ORDNANCE. Dec. 2. For the charge of that office LAND SERVICE. Nov. 29. For maintaining 64,971 men, includ- For general and general staff-officers, and offi- For an additional corps of 1576 horfe, and 8808 For deficiency in fum voted laft feffion for For five battalions ferving with the king's army On account for forage, bread, bread-waggons, Jan. 20. For reduced officers of land-forces and marines For allowances to reduced horfe-guards and re- For penfions to reduced officers widows Jan. 22. For extra expences incurred from Nov. Feb. 17. To the Chancery at War of Hanover, Feb. 23. Upon account of the militia when 7,625,293 1 4. 1,000,000 15,000 D¢ ant ant to act of laft feffion, towards navy-debt and naval fervices Dec. 23. To the king of Pruffia, pursuant to Jan. 20. To certain provinces in North America Jan. 29. To difcharge Exchequer bills fince Dec. For defraying the charge of the mints Feb. 9. To the Foundling hofpital To the African forts and fettlements in Annamaboe Feb. 19. For difcharging debts, &c. on the late March 7. To his majefty by fupply of credit DEFICIENCIE S. Jan. 15. To the Sinking fund to make good deficiency on July 5, 1760, of malt duties, 33 G. II. To ditto, for ditto, of duties upon offices and penfions To ditto, for ditto, of fubfidy on poundage, &c. and an additional duty on coffee and chocolate 1,232,000 1,000,000 120,000 O 0 4,650,404 4 10 49,424 O 72,011 6 11 Feb. 23. To make good deficiency of last grants 5,969 12 9 89,510 12 11 216,915 12 7 18,816,119 19 9 WAYS and MEANS for raifing the SUPPLY. Nov. 29. By land-tax, at 4s. per pound 2,000,000 By duties on malt, &c. continued Dec. 18, By annuities for 11,400,000l. and lottery for 600,000 March 3. By Exchequer bills to be charged on next aids towards navy debt and naval fervices March 6. By money remaining in the Exchequer, being part of 90,00cl. granted in 1759, for militia Out of the finking fund Supply of credit Note, Dec. 18. was voted an additional duty of 38. per barrel on beer and ale, which on Dec. 20, was declared for payment of the above annuities, and the Sinking Fund to be the collateral fecurity. Note alfo, on Feb. 5, the duties upon wines, vinegar, cyder and beer, appropriated for payment of 15,000l. a year for charges of the mint, were farther continued for feven years. The The Speech addreffed to the Liverymen of London by Mr. Alderman Beckford, af ter bis being declared one of their Reprefentatives to ferve in Parliament. Gentlemen and Fellow-Citizens, You have been pleased to elect me once again one of your reprefentatives, with three very worthy gentlemen, in order to transact your business in parliament: and I look upon this as the greatest honour that can be conferred upon me; for I never have defired, nor ever fhall defire, any other honour or title than that of a private gentleman, acting, as one of your reprefentatives, a free and independent part in parliament. I look upon this honour to be still greater, as you are fenfible I have not folicited perfonally your votes and intereft; and I can affure you, gentlemen, it was not thro' want of any refpect to the livery of London; for there is no man living that reverences and regards it more than I do: I thought it more becoming and more respectful in me, to leave to the independent livery of London the choice of their members. I am very fenfible, gentlemen, that many things have been alledged against me: from mistaken notions I have been reprefented as a man of arbitrary and defpotic principles; I therefore take this opportunity of declaring, in the face of all the livery of London, that my principles ever have been, and ever fhall be, to fupport the religious and civil liberties of this country. You fee, gentlemen, I speak my mind freely; a decent freedom is the first privilege of a member of parliament, and therefore I hope I may give no offence whatsoever; I am fure I never intended it; yet I am very fenfible, that while I have fat in parliament I have given offence; but I declare publicly, herein I never did fay any thing against men, but against measures: the oppofition I fometimes made has been to measures, and not to men: I have felt, as you all know, for the three first days poll, that refentment operates much stronger than friendship; but I have found likewife, that the friendship of the livery was even ftronger than re. fentment, and the poll fhews it. It will be an honour to me to proceed in the fame manner I have done, declaring publicly to every man, that I have no kind of enmity whatever to any particular perfons, who, I dare venture to fay, have made that oppofition to me from a conviction that I have done wrong. You, gentlemen, are the first city of the Ringdom: you are, in peint of riches, and in point of influenee, fuperior; and all the nation will take-the example from your city; therefore I hope that the fame independence, which you have fhewn upon every occafion, will fill continue; and that you will fet an example to all other cities and boroughs of this kingdom, of that independence, and that uncorrupt conduct, you have been always famous for. In fome other places we have frequent experience, that the arts of canvaffing have been quite different from what it is in London; and therefore I repeat it, that I hope the livery of London will not take it amifs in me, that I have not made that perfonal application: I declare it, and would willingly enforce it. I never did it in my last election (the election before this) I never did it in this election; but it was not out of want of respect, but from a quite contrary reason. Gentlemen, our conftitution is deficient in only one point, and that is, that little pitiful boroughs fend members to parlia ment equal to great cities; and it is contrary to the maxim, that power should follow property; therefore it becomes you of the livery of London to be extremely upon your guard, as you have been on the prefent occafion, to choofe members that are intirely independent: and I do most heartily congratulate you upon your prefent choice of the other three members; as to myfelf I have nothing to fay. You have upon all occafions, gentlemen, whenever any attack was made upon the conftitution of this kingdom, readily stept forth, and ftood in the breach; and you have fupported the liberties of the nation with firmnefs and refolution: we are now come to times, gentlemen, when there is no occafion for that firmnefs, or that refolution; for we have now (praise be to God for it) we have now a young monarch upon the throne, whofe qualities are so extremely amiable, whofe refemblance is exact in every feature of body and foul, the fame as that great and amiable young prince Edward the Sixth. You have a truly patriot king, and therefore have no occafion to exercife that firmnefs and refolution, which has been called for at many other times: you have likewife a patriot minifter; I fay a patriot minifter; and therefore it will be your own fault, if you are not the happiest people in all Europe. 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Swiftly from the mountain's brow, Shadows, nurs'd by night, retire; And the peeping fun-beam now Paints with gold the village fpire. Now the pine-tree's waving top Gently greets the morning gale; And the new-wak'd kidlings crop Daifies round the dewy dale. Philomel forfakes the thorn, Plaintive where the prates at night; And the lark, to meet the morn, Soars beyond the shepherd's fight. From the clay-built cottage-ridge, See the chatt'ring fwallow fpring! Darting thro' the one-arch'd bridge, Quick the dips her dappled wing. Lo, the busy bees, employ'd! Reftlefs till their task be done! Now from sweet to fweet uncloy'd, Sipping dew, before the fun. Trickling thro' the crevic'd rock, See the filver stream distil! Sweet refreshment for the flock, When 'tis fun-drove from the hill! Ploughmen, for the promis'd corn, Rip'ning o'er the banks of Tweed, Anxious, hear the huntsman's horn, Soften'd by the shepherd's reed. Sweet, oh sweet, the warbling throng, J. CUNNINGHAM |