A. D. 1766, 437 



lord lieutenant of Ireland, that four thoufand families were fupported 

 by the trade of refining fugar, in which a capital of /^34o,oco * was- 

 engaged ; and they complained, that the bounty given on the exporta- 

 tion of Englifh refined fugar to Ireland was a hardfhip upon their 

 trade, which it could not poflibly bear. They therefor begged of him 

 either to endeavour to get the bounty taken off from refined fugar 

 fliipped for Ireland, or to promote a bill in the Irifh parliament for 

 laying a duty on the fugar when landed in Ireland, which fliould be 

 equivalent to it. 



The Englifh refiners on the other hand fiirenuoufly oppofed the Irifli 

 propofal, and infilled that the flatcment given in by them was grofsly 

 mifreprefented. 



Mr. James Cook having been appointed by the admiralty to make a 

 furvey of the coafts of Newfoundland f, with the oppofite coafl of La- 

 brador, under the direftion of Commodore Pallifer, governor of New- 

 foundland, delivered his charts at the admiralty-oflfice : and Commo- 

 dore Pallifer having propofed to the admiralty, that Mr Cook fliould be 

 allowed to publifh them for the fervice and encouragement of naviga- 

 tion in thofe feas, they were accordingly publilhed. Mr. Cook had al- 

 ready, in the year 1759, made a furvey of the River St. Laurence, which 

 was alfo publifhed : and it has been found fo correal, that it was never 

 thought neceflary to make any other after it J. Thefe were the firfl; 

 public difplays of thofe great geographical talents, which pointed out 

 Cook as the proper condudor of the voyages of difcovery, which will 

 tranfmit his fame to the latefi: ages. 



February 5''' — A treaty was concluded between Great Britain and 

 Sweden, wherein it was ftipulated, that their fubjeds fliould mutually 

 enjov in the ports of either kingdom all the advantages granted by either 

 to the moft favoured nations, excepting only an article in a treaty be- 

 tween Sweden and France (dated ^^ April 1741) relating to the duties 

 payable in the port of Wifmar §. 



A letter from General O'Hara, governor of Senegambia, flates, that 

 Galam, a country fituated on the upper part of the River Senegal, is very 

 rich in gold, and fupplies all the Barbary flates with that pretious metal. 

 He fays, it confumes a very great quantity of manufaclures, which are 



* The petition of the importers and manufac- faid lie had reafon to believe, tliat Mr. Cook had 



turers of fugar to the Irifh parliament. Hates tlx: never attempted to draw a chart before he begau 



capital employed at ^400)O0O. his furvey of the River St. Laurence. But he wa» 



f Mr. Cook difcovered very copious mines of one of thofe heaven-taught gcniufes, who make 



coal ill Newfoundland,' fo clofe to the fliore, that greater progrcfs in fcicnce by their own powers 



the coals might be thrown direelly from the works and application than others can do by inftrudion. 

 into the veltels ; an objcil furely worthy of attcii- § The other articles of this tieaty, which is un- 



tion. [For/}er's Voyages in tbi North, p. 297 of commonly Ihort, contain nothing concerning com- 



Englijl) lranJlal'ion.'\ nicrce. I'lie icadir m.\y fecit in // cilUtiioncf 



X Sir Hugh Pallifer, his commanding officer, treaties, by George Chalmcri Efq, y.'x, p. 6o. 



