224 



A. D. 



1791, 



that city ftill found themfelves grievoufly diftrelTed by abules and em- 

 bezzlements in the procefs of their bufinefs : and therefor feveral re- 

 gulations were enaded for the infpedion of yarn, and for preventing 

 falfe reeling and other frauds in that bi^anch of manufadure in the 

 county of Norfolk, [c. 56.] 



An a6l was palTed for repairing, enlarging, and preferring, the har- 

 bour of Swanfea in South Wales, [r. 83.] 



A variety of ads were nafled for making navigable canals, improving 

 the navigation of rivers, building bridges, making roads, and other 

 local improvements. 



Auguft — The SpanilTi government having ilfued an order that all for- 

 eigners i-efiding in Spain fhould be divided into two clafles, viz. iraiifient 

 and domiciliated, Meffieurs Keith and Macdonald, two Britifh merchants 

 in Alicant, who had chofen the later clafs, were ordered to leave Ali- 

 cant within fifteen days, and to take an oath of implicit obedience to 

 the Spanifli laws during that time. For negleding to comply with this 

 order, which muft have had ruinous confequences, the go\-ernor of 

 Alicant fhut them up in the caftle. The Spaniih minlflry immediately 

 difavowed the governor's condu^l, and put an order for the releafe of 

 t]ie two gentlemen- into the hands of Lord S'. Helens, the Britifli am- 

 baflador at Madrid, adding that, unlefs the governor could make good 

 his charge againft Meflieurs Keith and Macdonald, he fliould be com- 

 pelled to make them ample fatisfadion ; and that circular letters were 

 forwarded to prevent fimilar opprefTions. 



The following account of the fettlements in the French colony of <S". Dotn- 

 ingo, and of the (xports from it to France, ^c. is taken from the accounts 

 drawn up by order of the legillative affembly of France. 



Plantations of clayed sugar 



— blown sugar 



• coftee 



cotton 



—^——— indigo 



Other smaller establishments 



Negroes of all kinds 



Horses and mules 



Horned cattle 



Total value ot lands, buddings, &c 



Total value of negroes, borses, &c 



Total capital employed in plantations, &c. 



