47^ * A. D. 1799. 



granted to the duke of Richmond by King Charles TI, and confirmed 

 to the prefent duke by parliament, was now made payable to the public 

 revenue ; inftead of which an annuity, equal to the average of the amount 

 for ten years preceding 25'" December 1798, was fettled on him and his 

 heirs, fubje<5l to redemption, as may be afterwards agreed between the 

 lords of the treafury and him *. \_c. 84] 



It being doubtful, whether the embezzlement of goods, money, bills, 

 or other fecurities, by fervants or clerks, whom merchants are obliged 

 to entruft in the courfe of their bulinefs, be punifhable as felony, the 

 parliament enaded, that any fervant, clerk, or perfon employed in the 

 way of bufinefs, committing fuch frauds, fhould be tranlported for a 

 term not exceeding fourteen years, [r. 85] 



The king was empowered to prohibit, with the advice of the privy 

 council, the exportation of corn, and alfo to permit the importation of 

 corn, kidney beans, tares, lentils, calivances, and other pulie ; and alfo 

 bulls, cows, oxen, calves, flieep, lambs, fwine ; beef, pork, mutton, veal, 

 and lamb, faked or frefh ; bacon, hams, tongues, butter, cheefe, potatoes, 

 rice, fago, tapioca, vermicelli, millet feed, poultry, eggs, game, and four 

 crout, in Britifh or neutral veflels, without paying any duty. [c. 87] 



It was enaded, that the Eaft-India company fhould employ no veilbls 

 in their fervice but fuch as are contraded for to ferve them in trade, 

 warfare, or other fervice, during fix voyages to and from India or China. 

 They mufi: advertife for propofals for building fliips for their fervice of 

 dimenfions, &c. exprefled in the advertifements ; and they mufi; im- 

 partially accept the offer of the lowefl: freight, unlefs all the offers be 

 thought unreafonably high, the court of diredors being at liberty to 

 make agreements for extra freight in time of war or preparation for 

 war. — In cafe of a fliip being lofl; or taken before the completion of her 

 fifth voyage, if the company are fatisfied that the captain, or, in cafe of 

 his death, the chief officer, had done his duty, they may contrad with 

 the owners for a fimilar fliip, to be employed during fix voyages on the 

 fame terms, and to be commanded by the fame captain, or, failing him, 

 by the former chief officer. — In cafes of exigency the company, or their 

 fervants abroad, may hire fhips for any particular fervice VelTels em- 

 ployed as packets, and velTels employed in the company's war eftablifh- 

 ment in India, are not fubjeded to the regulations of this ad. [c. 89] 



The fum of ^^703,541 :i3:4 was raifed by a lottery of 55,000 

 tickets at/^i2 : 15 : 10 each. The fum deftined for prizes being only 

 5(^500,000, there remained a profit to the public of ^^203,541 : 13:4. 



Goods produced in the foreign colonies or plantations in America, 

 imported diredly in vefTels belonging to the United ftates of America, 

 or other friendly powers, are permitted to be warehoufed and refhipped 

 without paying the duties impofed by the convoy ad. But fuch goods, 

 taken out for home confumption, mufi: pay the duties, [c. 95] 



* The annuity was fettled ia the year i8co at jf) 9,000 a-year. [_ylSs, 40 Geo III) c. 43, and c~ 

 J 03 of local aSs.^ 



