A. D. 1778. 621 



An additional duty of ;^8 : 8 : o per tun was laid on all French 

 wines, and of f\/^ 14 : o per tun on all other wines. [18 Geo. Ill, c. 



The duties, formerly collected for improving the harbour of Rye in 

 Suffex, were continued for twenty-one years. [18 Geo. Ill, c. 32.] 



The corporation of the Trinity houfe was empowered to rebuild and 

 maintain the light-houfe on the rocks called the Smalls, in S'. George's 

 channel, (firfl: eredled in the year 1776) and to levy a fmall tunnage 

 duty on all veflels benefited by the light. [18 Geo. Ill, c. 42.] 



Several ads, which were near expiring, were continued, as follows. 



The act for granting an allowance on the exportation of Britifh-made 

 gun-powder, continued to 29'" September 1785. 



The adt for the encouragement of Britifh-made fail-cloth, continued 

 to 29'" September 1785 *. 



The act for carrying Britilh fugars from the place of their growth in 

 Britilh-built veflels, navigated according to law, directly to foreign parts, 

 continued to 29"" September 1785. 



The ad for punifhing perfons going armed in defiance of the reve- 

 nue laws, continued to 29"" September 1785. 



The adt prohibiting the irnportation of light filver coin, &c. continu- 

 ed to i" May 1783. 



The ad for allowing a bounty on flax-feed imported into Ireland, 

 continued to i" January 178c. 



The ad for the better regulation of pilots conducting veflels into the 

 Thames, continued to 25"' March 1792. 



The ad for allowing the exportation of wheat, 6cc. to the fugar colo- 

 nies, S'. Helena, India, and the flflieries of Newfoimdland, Sec. continu- 

 ed to 1" May 1779. [18 Geo. Ill, c. 45.] 



The city of London was empowered by various ads to borrow feveral 

 fums of money for the purpofe of completing fume public works, wid- 

 ening flreets, and making other improvements. [18 Geo. Ill, cc. 48-51 , 



71.73. 77. ^^/^?y-] ^ . r. ... 



Among the articles of the expenditure of the public money this year 



we find ^' 1 05,227 : 8 : 3 for defraying the cxpenfe of recoining the de- 

 ficient gold money. [18 Geo. Ill, c. 54.] 



May 28'" — When the Navigation ad [12 Car. II, c. 18] was palled, 

 the advantages lecured by it to the natiomd commerce were extended 

 to Ireland as well as to England. But, by a reftridion, which was now 

 fligmati/ed in parliament by Mr. Burke as ' a left-handed policy,' and 

 afterwards by Lord North, as ' narrow prejudice and blind policy,' the 

 Iridi were foon deprived of the commercial benefits refulting from this 



• Ptrliaps wc may afcribc to the continued cii- there wiro i i,5So p cc-s in the year 1774 ; 6,757 

 couragomiiit of thole ails the following r.ip'd »tc- jiitces in 1775 ; 2,659 P-'ccs in 1776; I,3':^5 F''ccc» 

 crcafe of the iiiipoitaiion of fail-cloth from Riilli.'. :' 111 1777 ; .nnd 4- 1 pieces in 1778. 



