thereof fhall be duly paid off and difcharged, or that fufficient Money fhall be referved in the Exchequer for that purpofe; All the Monies which fhall or may from thenceforth arife by the Duties of Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices and Pictures, Muflins, Drugs, China-Wares and Calicoes there by continued or granted until the twenty fourth Day of June 1714, fhall be fubjected and made liable towards making good the faid Yearly Fund to be fettled as aforefaid. 3dly, That immediate ly from and after the time that the Sum now remaining unfatisfy'd of the Loans not exceeding fix hundred thirty fix thousand nine hundred fifty feven Pound four Shillings and two Pence, fecuted by feveral Acts of the third and fixth Years of Her Majefty's Reign, upon the two Thirds of the Subfidies therein mentioned, and the Intereft thereof fhall be fully paid off and difcharged, or that fufficient Money fhall be referved in the Exchequer for that purpofe, all the Momes which fhall or may from thenceforth arife by the faid two Thirds of the faid Subfidies, until the feventh Day of March 1711, fhall also be fubjected and made liable, towards making good the faid Yearly Fund, to be fettled as aforefaid. 4thly, That towards raifing the Supply to be granted to Her Majefty, the Impofitions upon Wines, Vinegar, and Tobacco, which were firft granted to King James the Second, in the first Year of his Reign; and the Impofitions upon East-India Goods, and other Goods charged therewith, which were firft granted to their late Majefties King William and Queen Mary, in the fecond Year of their Reign, and the Additional Importions upon feveral Goods and Merchandizes which were at first granted to King William and Queen Mary, in the Fourth Year of their Reign; and the feveral Duties on WhaleFins imported, which were granted to King Wil liam in the ninth Year of his Reign, all which Duties have continuance by feveral fubfequent Acts, until the firft Day of August 1714, fhall be farther continued to Her Majelty, Her Heirs and Succeffors, from the laft Day of July 1714, to the firft Day of August 1716, and no longer. 5thly, That from and after the time that all the Princi 'pal A. C. 170. A. C. 170. pal and Intereft, which by former Acts of Parlia ment are charged upon the faid Impofitions upon Wines, Vinegar, Tobacco, and Eat-India Goods, and upon the faid additional Impofitions, and upon the faid Duties upon Wale-Fins, or upon them or any of them, jointly with other Duties, "hall be paid off and fatisfy'd, or that fufficient Money fhall be referved in the Exchequer for that purpofe; All the Monies which shall from thenceforth, arife by the faid Impofitions upon Wines, Vinegar, Tobacco and Eat-India Goods, and by the faid Additional Impolition and Duties upon Whale-Fins, fhall be appropriated towards raifing the Supply granted to Her Majefty. 6thly, That all Tobacco to be used or confumed on 'board any of Her Majelty's Ships of War in any part of Europe (which fhall be fold by the Commander or Purfer) be Stampt- 7thly, That a 'Duty be laid upon the faid Stamps. 8thly, That the faid Duty be one Penny for every Stamp to be affixed to every four Pound Weight of fuch Tobacco, the fame to be paid by the Manufacturer March 5. thereof: Which Refolution being the next Day reported by Mr. Farrer, were agreed to by the 'House. Further Re * On the 7th of March, the Commons confider'd folutions a- farther of Ways and Means, and refolv'd, First, bout Ways That for making good the Allowance of three and Means. Pound per Cent. per Annum, for Circulation of the Exchequer Bills to be circulated by the Governour and Company of the Bank of England, from the time the faid Exchequer Bills fhall begin to be iffued, and the Intereft, of two Pence per Diem for every one hundred Pounds to be born upon the faid Bills, until the Funds which are to be made liable to the faid Allowances for Intereft and Cir'culation fhall, take Effect, and be fufficient for that purpose, a Power and Direction be given for 'iffuing like Exchequer Bills quarterly for fo much as the faid Allowances for Intereft and Circulation hall amount unto; and that the faid quarterly Bills have alfo the like Allowances as to Intereft and Circulation from their refpective times of their being made forth, and have the fame Currency in the publick Revenues, and be alfo charg able с *able upon the fame cancelling Funds, and be in Y 'tioned: A. C. 1703. tioned: And by an Act in the Sixth Year of Her Majefty's Reign, were further continued for the Term of Ninety Six Years from the last Day of July 1712, for payment of Annuities, not exceed ing eighty thoufand Pound per Annum (which Excefs or Surplus, by a Claufe in the faid Act of the Sixth Year of Her Majefty's Reign, was reserved 2 to be difpofed for the publick Ufe and Service, and 'not otherwise) and all Arrearages of the faid half 'Subfidies and Duties not already Appropriated, or to be Applied by any Act or Acts of Parliament in 'that behalf, fhall affo be made fubject and liable for, or towards the payment of the faid two hundred thousand Pound per Annum, for Cancelling ' and Discharging the faid Exchequer Bills, as a'forefaid. 4thly, That the Excefs or Surplus which 'fhall from time to time arife, as well by the Duties ' of Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices, Pictures, Mullins, Drugs, China-Wares and Callicoes, as by the Two third parts of the Subfidies of Tonnage and Poundage, made liable to the Payment of the Allow"ances amounting to Six per Cent. per Annum, or thereabouts, for Intereft and Circulation of the faid Exchequer Bills after the fame Duties and Re· venues fhall commence and take effect for that purpofe (which Excefs or Surplus fhall remain 'from time to time, after difcharging or leaving 'fufficient to discharge the faid Allowances, af mounting to Six per Cent. per Annum, or thereabouts) hall likewife be made fubject and liable for, or towards the Payment and making good of 'the faid two hundred thousand Pound per Annum, for cancelling the faid Exchequer Bills aforefaid. 5thly, That in cafe at the end of any Year, after the time when the faid two hundred thousand 'Pound per Annum is to commence as aforefaid, it 'fhall appear that the Funds intended, as afore'faid, for making good the fame, shall be deficient for that purpofe. Then, and fo often every fuch Deficiency thall and may be made up out of "the Produce of thofe Funds in any fubfequent Year or Years, in which thall appear to be an Overplus, to be applied for, or towards making good of fuch Deficiency. And 6thly, That the Duty upon the Exportation of Copper of the Produce ' and and Growth of Great Britain, and all Brafs Wire ⚫ made here be taken off. Which Refolutions being the next (b) Day reported, were agreed to by the House, and a Bill order'd to be brought in upon these, and the other Refolutions agreed to three Days before. A. C. 1709. (b)March8. French Some time before a Bill had been brought into the The Bill for Houfe of Commons, for the Exportation of Tobacco exchanging and other Commodities and Manufactures of the Growth Tobacco for and Product of Great Britain, the Design of which Wines was, to exchange Tobacco for French Wines: But the drop'd; Portugueze Ambaffador having by a Memorial re- and a Bill prefented to Her Majefty, and by Word of Mouth, to prohibiting feveral Members without Doors, That the Bill was the Imporcontrary to the Alliance between Her Majelty and tation of the King his Mafter; And it being confider'd be- French fides, that the faid Exchange would redound to the CommodiAdvantage of France, and to the Benefit of Five or ties order'd Six Perfons in Great Britain only: After the Bill to be had been twice read, and committed to a Com- brought in mittee of the whole Houfe, the Queftion was put on the 9th of March, that the Houfe fhould then rerefolve it self into the faid Committee; which being then carried in the Negative, the Bill was difmifs'd, by putting off the Confideration of it for a Month. And on the other hand, a Bill was order'd to be brought in, for the more effectual prohibiting the Importation of French Wines, and all other Commodities of the Growth and Product of France. March 9. the Condu& The next (c) Day the Commons took into Con- (c) March fideration the Papers relating to the design'd Invafi- 10. on of Scotland, and the Proceedings thereupon, and Votes of the against the Lord Griffin and others taken in Rebel- Commons, lion; and relating to the Perfons taken upon fuf- approving picion, as alfo to the Garrifons in Scotland." Whereof the Goupon the Houle refolved, Firft, That Orders were vernment not iffued for the marching of the Troops in Eng- about the land until the Fourteenth Day of March, it being Invafion. ' neceffary for the Security of Her Majelty's Perfon and Government, that the Troops in this part of "the Kingdom should not march into Scotland, till there was certain Intelligence that the Enemy intended to land in that part of the United Kingdom. Secondly, That timely and effectual Care was taken by thofe imployed under Her Majesty, Y 2 'at |