A. D. lySr. 687 



war ; France and Spain have almoft no building timber ; and Holland 

 has none at all. Therefor almoft all the oak timber confumed in the 

 fleets of the European belligerent powers, and alio the marts, yards, 

 iron, hemp, and lail-cloth, were brought from the countries bordering 

 on the Baltic, where they were bought with ready money, the inhabit- 

 ants ot thole regions not being lb far advanced in the improvements, 

 or the corruptions, of civilization, as to require many of the fine manu- 

 factures or the luxuries of the more poliflied nations of Europe *. 



May a** — A great number of vefiels loaded with the plunder of 

 S'. Euftathius, which were on their way home under the convoy of four 

 fhips of war, were met by a French fleer, which took all the merchant 

 fhips except nine. The fliips of war, which had onboard moft of the 

 treafure, made their efcape. 



May Q'*" — Penfacola, the capital of our new province of Wefl-Florida, 

 was befieged by the Spanilh governor of Louifiana, and, after a gallant 

 defence by Governor Chefler and General Campbell, was obliged to 

 furrender to the fuperior force of the enemy, who granted the garrifon 

 honourable terms, and treated them u-ith great generoflty. 



June 2 ' — The illand of Tobago was attacked by the French forces 

 commanded by the marquis de Bouille and the comte de Graflc. 

 Governor Fergufon and the planters, with the help of a few regular 

 foldiers, and fome failors, and a few negroes, the whole number in arms 

 being only 427 men, made a gallant defence, which they kept up from 

 the 23" of May to the 2"^ of June, when they furrendered the ifland to 

 the very fuperior force of the enemy f. The marquis, with his ufual 

 generohty, granted the inhabitants the fame liberal terms he had grant- 

 ed to thole of Dominica. And thus was this line ifland, after being 

 brought from a wildernefs to a ftate of liigh cultivation by the eft'orts 

 of Britifli induftry and capital, transferred to the dominion of France. 



May iS'i' — The duties upon paper were repealed; and new duties, to 

 be rated according to the value and lize of the paper, were eflabliflied. 

 [21 Geo. in, c. 24.] 



The ad of lafl fefllon, \c. 45] allowing the members of the Turkey 

 company to import their goods in neutral bottoms, and laying a duty 

 on cotton imported in fuch vellels, was prolonged till the end of the war. 

 [21 Geo. III^ c. 26.J 



•• The Jraiii of monfy occafiontj by ihrfc im- of citir imports and cxporti'wilh Rudia, Swedtii, 



portaciuni was felt, for fome years aftir tlic war, Poland, and PiulTi.i, or tlic countiici coitiptchcnd- 



in Fratici: ; and llity were actually prupofinjr in ed under the name of the Eall country, during 



the year 17H4 to make a law for coiiiin;^ the fdvcr the war. 



plate belonging to private ■iidiudualt into mnuy, t A refledion was thrown out bv Admiral 



and to prohibit the walle of gold in vjildinij and R(>dncy in pariraincnt, that the gun», lie liid fciit 



ornaments. The quantity of money, feni from to Tobago in the- preceding year, \tcre allouctl to 



Britain for the prodjce of ihofo coUiitries, may be h'e unmounted. It ought to be len.cmbcrci', liov« • 



iudged of by runuing the eye ov:r the accounts evi-, thit r""'. an- of n > ufc »".)ijiit ;i.r' . 



