iffued and applied the fum of 1,664,8221. 4s. 5d. out of fuch monies as fhall or may arife of the furpluffes, exceffes, or overplus monies, and other revenues compofing the fund commonly called The finking fund.

3. That fach part of the duties which have been, or fhall be, paid upon iron imported in foreign-built thips, navigated by foreigners, as exceeds the duties payable upon iron imported in British-built fhips, navigated by British fubjects, be not drawn back upon re-exporta

tion.

4. That the drawback, which was formerly payable upon the exportation of foreign rough hemp, and which was difcontinued by an act made in the fixth year of the reign of his present majefty, be reftored, upon condition that the preemption thereof be offered to the commiffioners of the navy. And that an act, made in the fourth year of his prefent majesty's reign, intitled, An act for granting, for a limited time, a liberty to carry rice from his majefty's provinces of South Carolina and Georgia, directly to any part of America to the fouthward of the faid provinces, fubject to the like duty as is now paid on the exportation of rice from the faid colonies to places in Europe fituate to the fouthward of cape Finisterre,' which was to continue in force for five years from the 24th day of June, 1764, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament, and alfo a claufe in an act paffed in the fifth year of his faid majesty's reign, intitled, An act for more effectually fecnring and encouraging the trade of his majefty's American dominions; for repealing the inland

duty on coffee, impofed by an act made in the 32d year of his late majefty king George II, and for granting an inland duty on all coffee imported (except coffee of the growth of the British dominions in America); for altering the bounties and drawbacks upon fugars exported; for repealing part of an act made in the 23d year of his faid late majefty, whereby bar iron made in the faid dominions was prohibited to be exported from Great Britain, or carried coaftwife; and for regulating the fees of the officers of the cuftoms in the faid dominions," which gives liberty to export rice from North Carolina, in the fame manner, and during the fame limited time, under the like entries, fecurities, reftrictions, regulations, limitations, duties, penalties, and forfeitures, as are enacted by the faid act made in the fourth year of his prefent majefty's reign with refpect to South Carolina and Georgia, are near expiring, and fit to be continued.

APRIL 15.

To make perpetual an act made in the firft year of the reign of his prefent majefty, intitled, An act to continue the duties for encou ragement of coinage of money.' APRIL 17.

That the annual fum of 1500 1. granted to his majefty, to be paid to the principal fecretaries of state, to be diftributed among the clerks in their refpective offices in compenfation for the advantages which fuch clerks enjoyed from their fending and receiving letters and pac kets free from the duty of postage; before the commencement of an act made in the 4th year of his prefent majefty's reign, intitled, An act for preventing frauds and abuses,

in relation to the fending and receiving of letters and packets free from the duty of poftage,' be charged upon, and made payable out of, the revenues arifing in the general letter-office, or poft-office, or office of poftmaster-general. APRIL 18.

1. That a fum not exceeding 199,8641. 16s. 4 d. out of the money remaining unapplied, of the winter ftoppage of 6 d. per day, made on the non-commiffioned officers and private men of the regiments of cavalry, ferving in Germany in the last war, and of the balance of the stock purfe account of two regiments of cavalry; and alfo out of the monies due upon the final account, ended the 24th of December, 1755, of William earl of Chatham, formerly paymaftergeneral of his majesty's forces; and of the final account of Thomas Calcraft, efq; late paymafter of the royal bounty to the widows of the officers of his majefty's land-forces and marines, and the widows cf half-pay officers, ended the 24th of December, 1762; and also out of the monies remaining in the office of the paymaster-general of his majefty's forces, fubject to the difpofition of parliament; be applied towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty, towards defraying the extraordinary expences of his majefty's land forces, and other fervices, incurred to the 23d day of December, 1768, and not provided for by parliament. And

2. That, towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty, there be applied the fum of 59,8791.

8s. 5 d. remaining in the receipt of the exchequer, on the 9th of April, 1769, for the difpofition of parliament over and above the furplus of the finking fund then remaining for the fame purpose.

3. That the further encouragement of the growth and culture of raw filk, in his majefty's colonies and plantations in America, will be a great advantage to the trade and manufactures of Great Britain.

4. That a bounty on the importation of raw filk, of the growth and produce of his majefty's colonies and plantations in America, will be a proper encouragement for promoting the growth and culture thereof in the faid colonies and plantations. And

5. That a bounty be granted upon raw filk, of the produce of his majefty's colonies or plantations in America, imported directly from America, under proper regulations, into the port of London, for the term of 21 years, in manner following; that is to fay, during the first feven years, the fum of 251. for every 100l. value of such raw filk; during the next feven years, the fum of 201. for every 100l. value of fuch raw filk; and, during the laft feven years, the fum of 151. for every 100l. value of fuch raw filk; and that fuch bounty be paid out of his majesty's customs.

These were the only refolutions of the committee of ways and means agreed to by the houfe; and with refpect to the fums thereby provided for, that can at prefent be ascertained, they stand as follows:

VOL. XII.

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An addrefs of both houses of parlia ment, on Monday the 13th of February, 1769.

Moft gracious fovereign,

E your majefty's most duti

your majefty, that you will be gra ciously pleased to direct your majefty's governor of Maffachufetsbay to take the most effectual methods, for procuring the fulleft in

lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in parliament affembled, return your majefty our humble thanks, for the communication your majefty has been graciously pleased to make to your parliament, of feveral papers relative to public tranfactions in your majesty's province of Maffachufets-bay.

We beg leave to exprefs to your majefty our fincere fatisfaction in the measures which your majefty has purfued, for fupporting the conftitution, and for inducing a due obedience to the authority of the legislature; and to give your majefty the strongest affurances, that we will effectually ftand by and fupport your majesty, in fuch further measures as may be found neceflary to maintain the civil magiftrates in a due execution of the laws, within your majefty's province of Maffachufets-bay. And, as we conceive that nothing can be more immediately neceffary, either for the maintenance of your majesty's authority in the faid province, or for guard ing your majesty's fubjects therein from being further deluded by the arts of wicked and defigning men, than to proceed in the most speedy and effectual manner for bringing to condign punishment the chief authors and inftigators of the late diforders, we moft humbly befeech

touching all treasons, or misprifions of treafon, committed within his government, fince the 30th day of December, 1767; and to transmit the fame, together with the names of the perfons who were most active in the commiffion of fuch offences, to one of your majefty's principal fecretaries of state, in order that your majefty may iffue a fpecial commiffion, for inquiring of, hearing, and determining, the faid offences, within this realm, pursuant to the provifions of the ftatute of the 35th year of the reign of king Henry VIII. in cafe your majefty fhall, upon receiving the faid information, fee fufficient ground for fuch a proceeding.

His majefty's most gracious answer.

My lords and gentlemen, The fincere fatisfaction you exprefs in the measures which I have already taken, and the ftrong affurances you give of fupporting me in thofe which may be ftill necef fary, to maintain the juft legislative authority, and the due execution of the laws, in my province of Massachufets-bay, give me great pleafure.-I fhall not fail to give those orders which you recommend, as the most effectual method of bringing the authors of the late unhappy [22]

diforders

W Hereas a doubt had arifen in our royal breaft concerning the evidence of the death of George Clarke, from the reprefentations of William Bromfield, efq; furgeon, and Solomon Starling, apothecary; both of whom, as it has been reprefented to us, attended the deceafed before his death, and expreffed their opinions, that he did not die of the blow he received at Brentford: and whereas it appears to us, that neither of the faid perfons were produced as witneffes upon the trial, though the faid Solomon Starling had been examined before the coroner, and the only perfon called to prove that the death of the faid George Clarke was occafioned by the faid blow, was John Foot, furgeon, who never faw the deceafed till after his death; we thought fit thereupon to refer the faid reprefentations, together with the report of the recorder of our city of London of the evidence given by Richard and William Beale, and the faid John Foot, on the trial of Edward Quirk, otherwife called Edward Kirk, otherwife called Edward M'Quirk, for the murder of the faid Clarke, to the mafter, wardens, and the rest of the company of examiners of the furgeons company, commanding

them likewife to take fuch further examination of the faid perfons fo reprefenting, and of the faid John Foot, as they might think necessary, together with the premifes abovementioned, to form and report to us their opinion, "Whether it did "or did not appear to them, that

the faid George Clarke died in "confequence of the blow he re"ceived in the riot at Brentford

on the 8th of December laft ?" And the faid court of examiners of

the furgeons company having thereupon reported to us their opinion,

That it did not appear to them " that he did ;" we have thought proper to extend our royal mercy to him the faid Edward Quirk, otherwife Edward Kirk, otherwise called Edward M'Quirk, and to grant him our free pardon for the murder of the faid George Clarke, of which he has been found guilty: Our will and pleafure therefore is, That he the faid Edward Quirk, otherwife called Edward Kirk,otherwife called Edward M'Quirk, be inferted, for the faid murder, in our firft and next general pardon that fhall come out for the poor convicts of Newgate, without any condition whatsoever; and that in the mean time you take bail for his appearance, in order to plead our faid pardon. And for fo doing this fhall be your warrant. Given at our court at St. James's, the 10th day of March 1769, in the ninth year of our reign.

By his majefty's command, ROCHFORD. To our trufty and well-beloved James Eyre, efq; recorder of our city of London, the fheriffs of our faid city and county of Middlefex,and all others whom it may concern.

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