An act for the preventing the exportation of corn, grain, or meal, with a bounty, during the operation of two acts, pafled in this prefent fetion of parliament, for allowing the importation of corn. An act for establing certain regulations in the receipt of his majelly's exchequer. An act for granting relief to the United company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, by allowing further time for the payment of certain fums due, and to become due to the public, and by advancing to the faid company, on the terms therein mentioned, a certain fum of money to be railed by loans or exchequer bills; and to enable the faid company to make a dividend of four pounds per cent. to the proprietors at Christmas, one thoufand feven hundred and eighty-three; and to regulate the future payment of debentures of drawbacks on Eaft India goods. An act to enable his majesty to raike a further fum of money by loans or exchequer bills, to pay off and discharge the debts due and owing on the civil list. An act for fettling and fecuring a certain annuity for the ufe of the right honourable Sir George Auguftus Eliott, knight of the most honourable order of the Bath, in confideration of the eminent fervices performed by him to his majesty and this country, An act for fettling and fecuring a certain annuity on George, lord Rodney, and the two next perfons to whom the barony of Rodney fhall defcend, in confideration of the eminent fervices performed by the faid George, lord Rodney, to his majefty and the public. An act for vefting certain meffuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in trustees, for the further fecuring his majesty's docks, fhips, and ftores at Portsmouth; and for the more fafe and convenient car rying on of his majesty's guapowder works and mills near the town of Faversham. An act to extend the provifions of an ac, enituled, "An act to amend and make more effectual the laws relating to rogues, vagabonds, and other idle and diforderly perfons, and to houfes of correction,” to certain cafes not therein mentioned. An act for better paving, cleanfing, and lighting the parish of St. Clement Danes, in the county of Middlefex and certain places adjoining thereto; and for removing, and preventing nuifances and annoyances therein. An act for better paving, cleanf ing, and lighting the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, within the liberty of Weltminster, and certain places adjoining thereto; and for removing and preventing nuifances and annoyances therein. An act for paving and regulating Church lane, in and near the parifh of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, and Saint George, in the county of Middlefex, and feveral other streets, avenues, and places, within the fame parifh of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, and preventing annoyances therein; and for enabling the inhabitants of the faid parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, to raife money to defray the expences incurred in repairing the parish church. An act for making and maintain. ing a navigable canal from a place near Rider's Green, in the county of Stafford, to Broadwater fire-engine, and fix collateral cuts from the fame, to feveral coal mines; and also a navigable canal from or near the town of Birmingham, to join the Coventry canal at or near Faze. ley, in the parish of Tamworth, in the faid county of Stafford, with a collateral collateral cut to the lower part of the faid town of Birmingham. An act to enlarge the term and powers of an act, paffed in the fecond year of the reign of his prefent majefty, for amending, widening, altering, and keeping in re pair, the road from the fouth end of Sparrows Herne, on Buthy Heath, through the market towns of Watford, Berkhamsted, Saint Peter's, and Tring, in the county of Hertford, by Pettipher's Elms, to the turnpike road at Walton, near Alefbury, in the county of Bucks. terbury, to the water-fide at Whit ftable, in the county of Kent. An act for continuing the term and altering and enlarging the pow ers of an act, for amending, wideing, and keeping in repair, feveral roads leading from Cleobury Mortimer, the Crofs Houfes, Glazeley, and the turpike gate on Abberleyhill, in the counties of Salop and Worcester. An act to enlarge the term and powers of an act, for repairing, widening, and altering the road from Sandon, in the county of Stafford, to Bullock Smithy, in the county of Chefter; and from Hilderstone to Draycott in the Moors; and from Werley Rocks to Tean, in the faid county of Stafford. An act for continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the powers of feveral acts of parliament therein mentioned, fo far as the fame relate to the repairing and a mending of the roads leading trom Leeds, through Bradford and Horton, and through Bawling and Wibers of an act, for repairing the roads fey, to Halifax, and alfo the roads from Maidenhead Bridge to Readcalled Bowling-lane and Little Hor- ing, and from the faid bridge to Henton-lane, in the Wet Riding of the ley Bridge, in the county of Berks. county of York. An act to enlarge the term and powers of two acts, for repairing the roads from Doncaster, through Ferrybridge, to the fouth fide of Tadcafter Crofs; and alfo from Ferrybridge to Wetherby, and from thence to Boroughbridge, in the county of York; fo far as the fame relate to the road between Ferrybridge and Wetherby, and from thence to Boroughbridge. An act for enlarging the term and powers of an act, intituled, "An act for repairing and widening the roads from Dyed Way to Somerton, and from Gawbridge to Tintinhull, Fords, and from a stream of water called Ford, to Cartgate, in Martock, in the county of Somer An act for continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the pow An act for continuing and enlarging the term and powers of an act, for repairing and widening the road from Lawton, in the county of Chefter, to Burflem and Newcastle under Line, in the county of Srafford, and other roads therein mentioned. An act for enlarging the term and powers of an act, intituled, "An act for making, widening, and repairing a road from the north-east fide of the Gofwell-street road next Iflington, in the county of Middlefex, and near to the road called the New Road, over the fields and grounds, to Old-street Road, oppofite to the Doghoufe Bar, and at and from the Doghoufe Bar to the end of Chifwell-ftreet, by the Artillery Ground. An act for repairing and widening the roads leading from Wetherby to Knaresborough, in the county of York. Aa An act for amending and widening the road from the paffage or ferry over the river Severn, ar Newnham, in the county of Gloucefter, through the parishes of Newnham and Little Dean, to a place called Saint White's, adjoining his Majesty's foreft of Dean, in the faid county. An act for continuing and amend ing an act, for repairing and widening the road leading from the town of Stafford, to Sandon, in the county of Stafford, and several other roads in the counties of Salop and Stafford. An act for compleating and keeping in repair the road from the Ram inn, in the town of Cirencester, in the county of Gloucefter, through the town of Tetbury, to Oldfield, otherwife Woefield Corner, near the fixteenth mile ftone in the Bath road, and a road from thence through the parishes of Cold Alton and Swanfwick, to or near Lambridge, in the parish of Bath Eafton, near the city of Bath; and for continuing the prefent road from the faid corner to or near the monument upon Lanfdown, until the intended road from the faid corner to or near Lambridge be made fit for travelling. An act to revive and render more effectual an act, for repairing the road from Markfield turnpike, in the county of Leicester, over Charley, otherwife Charnwood Foreft, through the town of Whitwick, and from thence through Talbot-lane, to where the road leading from the town of Loughborough to the town of Afhby de la Zouch, in the faid county, comes from Ryley-lane, near to a place called Snape Gate. An act for enlarging the term and powers of an act, intituled, An act for widening, repairing, and amending the road from Hefket, by Yewes Bridge, to Cockermouth; and from thence, by Lorton, over Whinlatter, to Kefwick, in the county of Cumberland; and from Kefwick, by Dummail Rays and Amblefide, to Kirby in Kendall, in the county of Wetmoreland; and from Plumbgarth's Crofs, near Kirby in Kendall aforefaid, to the lake called Windermere, in the county of Weftmoreland; and from Kefwick aforefaid, to the town of Penrith, in the county of Cumberland. An act for enlarging the term and powers of an act, for altering, widening, and amending the road from the north gate of the city of Winchester, over Worthy Cow Down, through Whitchurch, and other places, to Newtown River; and alfo the road from Worthy Cow Down aforefaid, through Wherwell, to the prefent turnpike road at An? dover, in the county of Southampton. An act for enlarging the term and powers of two acts, for repairing the road from Saint Giles's Pound to Kilbourne Bridge, and for paving Oxford Road; and alfo of an act, to enable the refpective trustees of the turnpike roads leading to Highgate Gate House and Hampftead, and from Saint Giles's Pound to Kilbourne, to make a new road from the great northern road at Iflington, to the Edgeware road near Paddington; fo far as the fame is by the faid act directed to be under the management of the trustees of the faid two first mentioned acts. An act for continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the pow ers of two acts, for repairing the highways between Shepherds Shord and Horfley Upright Gate, leading down Bagdown Hill, in the county of Wilts, and other ruinous parts of the highways thereunto adjacent. PUBLIC PAPERS. Tranfcript of the Treaty between France and the United States of America, tor gether with the Ratification of the fame by Congress. Τ HE United States, affembled in Congrefs, to all who fhall fee befe prefents greeting. Whereas Benjamin Franklin, our minifter plenipotentiary, by virtue of full powers vested in him, has made, With Charles Gravier de Vergennes, counfeiler of the king in all his councils, commander of his orders, minifter and fecretary of state, vefted alfo with full powers by his most Chriftian majefty for that purpose, concluded and figned a contract between his faid moft Chriftian majefty and the United States of North America, in the terms following: Contract between the King and the As it has pleafed the king to comply with the requests made to him in the name, and on the part of the United Provinces of North America, by affifting them in the war and invafion under which they have groaned during feveral years; and his majefty, after having concluded a treaty of amity and commerce with the faid confederated provinces, on the 6th of February, 1778, having had the goodness to fuccour them, not only by his fea and land-forces, but alfo by means of advancing them money as bountifully as in its confequence efficacioufly, at a time when their affairs were in a very critical fituation; it has been judged proper and neceffary to fix the exact amount of thefe advances, the conditions upon which the king has made them, the different periods, at which the congrefs of the United States have agreed to pay them into his majefty's royal treasury; and finally to regulate this matter fo, that no difficulties may hereafter arife to interrupt that good harmony which his majesty is refolved to fupport on his part with the United States. For the purpose, therefore, of accomplifhing fo defireable an end, and with a view of ftrengthening thofe bonds of amity and commerce which fubfift between his majesty and the United States: We Charles Gravier de Vergennes, &c. counsellor to the king and all his councils, commander of his orders, minifter and fecretary of state to his command and finances, vefted with full powers by his majefty: and we Benjamin Franklin, minifter plenipotentiary of the United States of North America, vefted equally with full powers by the congrefs of the faid ftates, after having each communi. cated our refpective powers, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. I. It is agreed upon and certified, that the fums advanced by his majesty to the congrefs of the United States, under the title of a loan, in the years 1778, 1779 1780, 1781, and in the prefent year 1782, amount together to the fum of eighteen millions of livres, of French French money, as appears by the 1.-28 Feb. 1778. 750,000 750,000 nuary, 1788, at the house of his principal banker at Paris the above fum, with the intereft due thereon, at the rate of five per cent. per an num. Art. II. Upon confideration, however, that the payment of fo 750,000 large a capital at one ftipulated period, namely, the rft of January, 1788, may be exceedingly inconve nient to the finances of the congress 3,000,000 of the United States, and that it might, perhaps, be even impracti 250,000 cable, it has pleafed his majesty on 250,000 that account to release them from 250,000 the tenor of thofe receipts given by. 250,000 their minifter for the eighteen millions of livres, Tournois, mentioned in the preceding article; and he has confented that the reimbursementof 750,000 the capital in yearly money to his 750,000 royal treafury fhall be made in 750,000 twelve equal payments, of 1,500,000 1,000,000 livres each, and in twelve years, to 750,000 begin the third year after the peace. 1,000,000 750,090 750,00 Art. III. Although the receipts of 4,000,000 the minister of the congrefs of the United States, mention, that "the 18,000,000 of livres above mentioned, fhall be paid into the royal treafury with five per cent. intereft." His majefty, defirous of giving a 750,000 fresh proof to the faid United States, of his friendship, has been pleafed 4,000,000 to make them a prefent of the arrears of intereft to this day, and alfo to 1,500,000 remit it from this time to the day of 1,500,000 the date of the treaty of peace; a 3,000,000 favour which the minister of congrefs acknowledges as proceeding purely 6,000,000 from the king's bounty, and which he accepts in the name of the United States with the most profound and lively gratitude. Total 18,000,000 By which receipts the faid minifter has promifed, in the name of the congrefs, on the part of the Thirteen United States, to caufe to be paid and reimbursed to the king's royal treasury, on the 1ft of Ja Art. IV. The payment of the faid 18,000,000 of livres fhall be made in ready money to his majefty's Royal Treafury at Paris, in twelve equal payments, and at the period ftated in the fecond article |