A. D. 1761. 347 



Allowed to the Eaft-India company towards the ex- 



penfe of their military eftablilliment, - 20,000 o o 



To the city of London towards repairing and widen- 

 ing the paflage over London bridge, - 15,000 o o 



For fupporting the Britifh forts in Africa, - 13,000 o o 



To which may be added. 



For the foundling hofpital *, - £4^,ic)'j 10 o 



[i Geo. Ill, cc. 18, 19, 2C.] 



An act was palled for enlarging and improving the harbour of White- 

 haven in Cumberland. 



The king having recommended ic to parliament to render the con- 

 dition of the judges more independent, their appointments and fala- 

 ries were fixed for life, unlefs they fliould render themfelves liable to 

 be removed by an addrefs of both houles of parliament. [i Geo. Ill, 

 c. 23.] 



A new machine for catching fifh, faid to be very fimple in conflruc- 

 tion, and very effectual in execution, was exhibited at Richmond on the 

 Thames. This one, being on a fmall fcale, was worked by a child : but 

 the large ones were propofed by the inventor to require only two men, 

 even in the mod tempeftuous weather ; and it was added, that the ufe 

 of them was entirely exempted from the very great hazard to which 

 the lives of the filhermen are expofed in boats. 



The ifkind of Dominica (one of thole called neutral ifliinds) in the 

 Weft-Indies was taken from the French by Commodore Sir James Dou- 

 glas, and General Lord RoUo, commander of the land forces, with a 

 reinforcement furniflied from Guadaloupe under the command of Co- 

 lonel Melville, lieutenant-governor of that ifland. Dominica has llnce 

 become a very valuable Bntifli colony, as will appear in due time. 



The governor of Barbados was commillioned to be alfo governor of 

 Dominica, St. Vincent's, Tobago, and the reft of the iftands to wind- 

 ward (eartward) of Guadaloupe. 



The ifland called Belleifle on the coaft of France furrendered to the 

 Britifli arms. But this capture, which was merely an operation of the 

 war, had little or no influence upon commerce. 



The Dutch this feafon employed 152 vefl'els in their herring fifliery 

 on the coafts of Shetland and Scotland, and 122 in their filhery on the 

 coaft of Iceland. 



While the Dutch were thus working their gold mine f upon the 

 Scottifli fliores, the Scots had only 17 vefl'els, meafuring 745 tons, and 

 carrying 174 men, employed on this important national object: and 



• A film almoll as large was granted tlic next f So the Dutch call their herring fifhcry, which 

 year, and fiich grants have been ol'tcii repeated, as is entirely carried on upon our coail'-'. 

 alfo the grants for Nova-Scotia, &c. which ars 

 annual. 



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