To continue the small Scotch note act. For indemnifying the governors, &c. of the Weft-India islands for permitting the importation and exportation of goods in foreign bottoms. To extend the bail given in cafes of criminal information in Scot land. To make perpetual the act for the relief of debtors. For continuing the act for the tranfportation of felons, and the removal of offenders to temporary places of confinement in England and Scotland refpećtively. For continuing the act relating to penitentiary houses. To continue the act for rendering the payment of creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland. To explain the act relating to colliers in Scotland. For encouraging the improvement of lands fubject to the fervitude of thirlage in Scotland. To grant indemnity for penalties incurred under the tanners' act, and to repeal certain parts of the faid act relating to the buying of hides. June 21. An act for raifing 15,500,000%. by annuities. To repeal the duty on Pruffian yarns. For regulating the rates of porterage in London, Weftminster, and Southwark. To amend the Scotch militia-act. July 1. A&t to grant additional duties on fugar and coffee. For For granting to his majesty 200,000l. to be placed to the account of the commiffioners for the reduction of the national debt. For allowing a bounty on pilchards, and transferring the falt duties to the excile. For regulating the falaries of the Scotch fheriffs. To enable a perfon appointed to the office of baron of the exchequer to take upon himfelf the degree of a ferjeant-at-law. July 12. A&t to raise a fum by lottery. For raifing 3,000,000l. by the fame. For repealing the falt-duties, and granting others. For poftage on fhip-letters. To continue the Scotch diftilleryact. To enable the lords of the treasury to iffue exchequer-bills on the credit of the income-tax. For altering the time for making up the duties on vellum, parchment, and paper ftamped. To amend the income-act. For ex mpting certain public bodies from the legacy-duty. For regulating the fpirit-licenceact. To repeal fo much of the act of queen Anne, &c. as puts an end to the forfeiture of inheritances upon attainder of treafon, after the death of the pretender and his fons. To continue the act for farming the post-horle-duty. To regulate the importation of goods from foreign colonies in America. For defraying the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia. To allow the importation of Spanith wool. For fuppreffing feditious and treafonable focieties. For regulat.ng the carrying of flaves from the coaft of Africa. To prevent unlawful combinations of workmen. For purchafing the duke of Richmond's coal-duty. An act to regulate the quarantine of the Levant trade. To continue certain laws respect• ing the Greenland-fillery. To revive and continue certain laws refpecting the British-fisheries, and Newfoundland finery. For prohibiting the exportation of corn. To regulate the Eaft-India fhipping. To protect masters against embezzlements by their clerks or fervants. For a grant to his majesty out of the confolidated fund. For granting certain ftamp-duties on bills of exchange and promiflory notes. For augmenting the judges' falaries in England and Scotland. To amend the land-tax redemption act. For reducing the militia forces, and augmenting the regulars. To permit the importation of certain naval ftores from Germany. For recruiting the forces of the Eaft-India company. To enable his majefty, by order in council, to permit the importation of certain goods in neutral hips. An An accurate Extract of the Prices of the Quartern Loaf, Wheaten Bread, at the Commencement and Conclufion of the feveral Mayoraltics herein flated, from, the Year 1735, to the prefent Time. The Price at the Commencement of each Mayoralty fhews the Price at the Conclufion of the preceding Mayoralty. *Died in their Mayoralty-Parfons fucceeded by Lambert, 1740. Godfchall, by Heathcote, 1741. Pennant, by Blackford, 1749. Winterbottom, by Alfop, 1751. Ironfide, by Rawlinfon, 1753. Beckford, by Trecothick, 1769. † Weftley, 1743, bread for two weeks, at 4d. the quartern loaf, in this mayoralty. Dickenfon, 1756, bread at 94d. four weeks. Curtis, 1795, five weeks, at 15d. the penny loaf weighed 4 oz. 10 drs. AVERAGE Account of the Import of Foreign Wheat into the Port of London, from the 1st of January, 1781, to 1799, prefented to the House of Lords : 1799. PRICES OF STOCK FOR THE YEAR 1799. N. B. The highest and leeft Prices of each Stock in the Courfe of any Month are put down in that Month. 3 per. 4 per. 5p.ct. 5p.ct. Long Short India India New S. Sea Old Stock. c. red. conf. conf. Navy. 1797. Ann. ann. Stock. Bonds Loan. Stock ann. Bank 3 do. New Exche-Imp. Imp. irith Eng. Lot. ann. quer Bills.3 P.Cann 5p ct Tickets. Irish Lot Tickets. 1643 57 118885 535 534 542 52 53 140 Apr. 135. 5421 55 71 86 83 53 8 10 76 13 14 Ο 2 102 7513 1 6 2 dif. 524 102 7720 dif. 514 10 76 I dif. 523 107/ 753 8 614 10 74 51 8 10 12 O 140 56 56 70 87- 85 16 May 17122 pr. 553 3 pr. 5 80 16 137 54542 687 8.5 83 15. 102 69 55 521 74 7-14 |