A. D. 1800. 



5^3 



Foundling hofpital and fome private proprietors, make a great addition 

 to the north fide of the town. 



June 50'" — The royalty of the commercial and manufaduring city of 

 Glafgow was extended over fome adjacent grounds ; and the lord provoft 

 and magiflrates were empowered to raife funds for feveral improvements 

 in the police of the city, and alfo to divide it into wards, and make 

 enumerations of the inhabitants. [Local aSis, c. IxxxviiiJ 



In confequence of the increafing bufinefs and profperity of the Bank 

 of England, additional accommodations had become neceflary. To ac- 

 complifh thefe, the governor and company were empowered by a61: of 

 parliament to purchafe all the buildings adjacent to the Bank, bounded 

 by Bartholomew lane, Throgmorton flreet, and Prince's ftreet. {Local 

 a£ls, c. Ixxxix] The whole fpace is now covered with buildings, execut- 

 ed in a fubftantial and elegant manner with folid flone. 



July 9^* — Two ads, of 3 James I and 14 George II, refpecling the 

 recovery of fmall debts in London, were amended. The jurifdidion of 

 the court of requefls, hitherto reftrided to debts not exceeding ^(^2, was 

 extended to debts of £c^. Three of the commiffioners of the court may 

 decide on controverfies for fums not exceeding ■^^, and feven when the 

 matter in conteft does not exceed £'i, ; and they may order payment to 

 be made by inftallments when the debtor is not able to make it at once. 

 {Local aSis, c. civ] 



The great increafe of the town of Neath in Glamorgan-fliire, in con- 

 fequence of the extenfive collieries, copper-works, fmelting houfes, and 

 other branches of bufinefs comieded with mining, required an improve- 

 ment in the harbour, the entry of which was obftruded by a bar, and 

 alfo regulations for pilots. Commiffioners were therefor veiled with 

 authority to licence pilots, regulate their payments, &c. {Local ads, 

 c. cvii] 



In the courfe of this fefllon, fifty-five ads were paffed for improving 

 ftreets, roads, and bridges, throughout the kingdom ; one for a canal 

 between Gravefend and the River Medway, and ten for amending ads 

 formerly pafled tor canals ; and alfo feventeen for dividing, inclofing, 

 draining, and improving, wafte and unprofitable lands. 



While the propofal for the union was under the confideration of the 

 Britilli and Irifti parliaments, a great variety of accounts, illuftrative of 

 the commerce and revenues of both kingdoms, were called for, from 

 which I have extraded the following 



Account of the value, estimated at the prices current, of the merchandize 

 imported into Great Britain, on an annual average of the three years preceding the 

 5''' of January ITQy, particularizing the most important articles. 



Asnes|p^j ashes 141, 040 



Barilla 183,2/4 



Cattle, cows, and oxen 150,ly2 



'Oats a^607,838 



Rye 117,177 



VVheat l,6Uii,27g 



.other kinds, flour, meal . . . . 321,113 



