A. D. 1797. 419 



And in a renewal of the aft, c. 40, for permitting the banks and 

 banking companies in Scotland, who had ilTued notes before i" Janu- 

 ary 1797, to ifTue notes under twenty fhillings, the Carron company 

 were alfo allowed to iffue notes payable on demand for any fums under 

 twenty (hillings, [c. 62] 



Veflels found in the harbours of fettlements taken from the enemy, 

 not being condemned as prizes in the courts of admiralty, were confe- 

 quently not entitled to the advantages allowed to prize veiTels. But it 

 was thought expedient, that fuch veflels Ihould be admitted to thofe 

 advantages under certain regulations, viz. veflels put under his Majef- 

 ty's protedion at the Cape of Good Hope, to be regiftered at the Cape 

 town ; thofe in Ceylon, at Columbo ; thofe on the coafl of Malabar, at 

 Cochin ; and thofe in Trinidad and Demararay at Scarburgh in the 

 ifland of Tobago : and the governors of thefe places are authorized to 

 adminifter the prefcribed oath, and grant certificates entitling the vef- 

 fels to import and export fuch goods as prize veflels are allowed to car- 

 ry. Such vefl^els arriving in any port of Great Britain, may, by an ap- 

 plication to the king in council, be entitled to all the privileges and 

 advantages of prize vefl^els. Notwithftanding the prohibition, contained 

 in the ad of King Charles II for encouraging and increafing fliipping 

 and navigation, any perfon refiding in an ifland or place reduced by 

 the Britifli forces, is admitted, on taking the oath of fidelity and al- 

 legiance to his Majefty, to carry on the trade of a merchant or fador 

 in fuch ifland or place agreeable to the terms of the capitulation, he 

 being fubjed to fuch laws and regulations as are binding on Britifli 

 fubjeds in the fame place. It is declared, that nothing contained in 

 this ad fliall abridge or alter any of the rights or privileges of the Eafl:- 

 India company : but all perfons, and all trade, within their limits fliall 

 be fubjed to the regulations eftabliflied for the Britifli fubjeds refidmg 

 in thofe countries, [c. 6^'} 



June 6'" — The importation of French cambrics and lawns, except 

 for being warehoufed for exportation, was prohibited ; and only Irifli 

 cambrics and lawns were permitted to be imported for home confump- 

 tion. French cambrics and lawns mufl; be exported only from the port 

 of London, and in veflels of not lefs than lOo tuns burthen, [c. 72] 



As feamen, after entering into articles to ferve onboard Britifli 

 merchant vefl^els during the whole voyage outward and homeward, fre- 

 quently defert from their vefl"els in the Wefl:-Indies, on account of 

 the exorbitant wages given by the run (as it is called) for ferving in 

 other vefl^els during the homeward paflage, whereby many veflels are 

 obliged to return home without a fufficient number of men, and great 

 loflTes are fuffered by the merchants, it was enaded, that feamen, de- 

 ferting from any Britifn veflel during the voyage, fliall forfeit all wages 

 due to them, befides fufFering fuch pains and penalties as the law 



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