and five-pence three farthings. For the purchase of certain lands
and hereditaments, in order to secure the king's docks at Portsmouth,
Chatham, and Plymouth, they granted thirty-six thousand nine hundred
and sixty-six pounds two shillings and ten-pence. They voted two hundred
thousand pounds for enabling his majesty to give proper compensation
to the respective provinces in North-America, for the expenses that had
been incurred in levying and maintaining troops for the service of the
public. They granted twenty thousand pounds to the East-India company,
towards enabling them to defray the expense of a military force in
their settlements: and the same sum was granted for carrying on the
fortification to secure the harbour of Milford. To make good several
sums issued by his majesty, for indemnifying the inn-holders and
victuallers of Hampshire for the expenses they had incurred in
quartering the Hessian auxiliaries in England; for an addition to the
salaries of judges, and other less considerable purposes, they allowed
the sum of twenty-six thousand one hundred and seventy-eight pounds
sixteen shillings and six-pence. Finally, they voted one million, upon
account, for enabling the king to defray any extraordinary expense of
the war, incurred, or to bo incurred, for the service of the current
year; and to take all such measures as might be necessary to disappoint
or defeat any enterprises or designs of his enemies, as the exigency of
affairs should require. The sum of all the grants voted by the committee
of supply, amounted to twelve millions seven hundred sixty-one thousand
three hundred and ten pounds nineteen shillings and five-pence.

KING'S MESSAGE TO THE COMMONS.

The commons were still employed in deliberations on ways and means on
the twenty-second day of May, when Mr. secretary Pitt communicated to
them a message from the king, couched in these terms: "His majesty,
relying on the experienced zeal and affection of his faithful commons,
and considering that, in this critical conjuncture, emergencies may
arise, which may be of the utmost importance, and be attended with the
most pernicious consequences, if proper means should not immediately
be applied to prevent or defeat them, is desirous that this house will
enable him to defray any extraordinary expenses of the war, incurred, or
to be incurred, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred
and fifty-nine, and to take all such measures as may be