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reded againft the ifland of Tobago, which furrendered to Adaiiral La- 

 forey and General Cuyler, April 15"'. By this event the Bricifh plant- 

 ers, whofe induftry and capital had brought the ifland from the ftate of 

 an uninhabited wildemefs, when ceded to Great Britain at the peace of 

 1763, to be a valuable produdtive colony, again became fubjeds of 

 Great Britain, after having lived under the dominion of France iince 

 the year 17S1. 



April 30"" — ^The fum of ^200,000 was granted by parliament to the 

 commiflioners for the redudion of the national debt, in addition to the 

 annual million appropriated by the ad 26 Geo. Ill, c. 31, to be applied 

 by them agreeable to the diredions contained in that ad. [^^ Geo. Ill, 

 c, 22.] 



It is fufficient to obferve here once for all, that the fame addition to 

 the finking fund has ever fince been regularly granted every year by 

 particular ads of parliament. 



As the commencement of hoflilities would take vafl numbers of fea- 

 men from the merchant velTels, they were, as ufual, permitted to have 

 foreign feamen for three fourths of their complement : and the permif- 

 fion, inftead of being annually renewed, as in former wars, was made 

 permanent during the whole continuance of the war. [c. 26.] 



By an ad for preventing traitorous correfpondence with, and ailifl:- 

 ance being given to, his Majefty's enemies during the war, all perfons 

 refiding in Great Britain were prohibited from making, or procuring, 

 infurance on any veflels or goods belonging to any perfon living in the 

 French dominions, on any voyage whatfoever. Infurance was alfo pro- 

 hibited upon arms, ordnance ftores, mafls, timber, fail-cloth, cordage or 

 other naval flores, coals, faltpetre, iron, lead, or copper, and all things 

 made of thofe metals, gold or filver in bullion or in coin of any kind, 

 hay, flraw, corn of any kind whole or ground, provilions frefh or fak- 

 ed, leather, fadlery, boots, fhoes, or any other thing made of leather, 

 from any part of the world to any part of the French territories. All 

 infurances made contrary to this ad were declared void ; and all per- 

 fons concerned in making them were made liable to imprifonment. 

 Cutlery ware, not being of the defcription of arms of any fort, and but- 

 tons, buckles, needles, japanned wares, toys, and trinkets, were exempt- 

 ed from the prohibition of this ad : as were alfo the produce of the 

 ifland of Tobago, (not then known to be under the Britifh dominion) 

 or goods going to that ifland, being at the time the property of Britifli 

 fubjeds. [r. 27.] 



The fum of ^^4,500, 000 was raifed for defraying the extraordinary 

 expenfes of the year by a loan, the fubfcribers to which received £100 

 in the three-per-cent confolidated fund for every ^^72 paid in by them. 

 \c. 28.] The capital of the debt thus created amounted to ^^6, 250,000. 



Of the wealth, accumulated in nine peaceful years of fuccefsful -com- 



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