ny remonstrances to the same effect were presented from different
parts of the kingdom, and it appeared, upon the most exact inquiry, that
the encouragement of American iron would prove extremely beneficial to
the kingdom, as it had been found, upon trial, applicable to all the
uses of Swedish iron, and as good in every respect as the produce of
that country.]

[Footnote 330: Note 2 S, p. 330. One of the most remarkable acts which
passed in the course of this session, was that for regulating the
commencement of the year, and correcting the calendar, according to the
Gregorian computation, which had been adopted by all other nations in
Europe. By this new law it was decreed that the new year should begin
on the 1st day of January, and that eleven intermediate nominal days,
between the second and fourteenth days of September, 1752, should for
that time be omitted; so that the day succeeding the second should be
denominated the fourteenth of that month. By this establishment of the
new style, the equinoxes and solstices will happen nearly on the same
nominal days on which they fell in the year 325, at the council of
Nice; and the correspondence between the English merchants and those of
foreign countries will be greatly facilitated, with respect to the dates
of letters and accounts.]

[Footnote 331: Note 2 T, p. 330. An indulgent parent was poisoned by his
only daughter, on whom, besides other marks of tenderness and paternal
affection, he had bestowed a liberal education, which greatly aggravated
her guilt and ingratitude. Another young woman was concerned in the
assassination of her own uncle, who had been her constant benefactor
and sole guardian. A poor old woman, having, from the ignorance and
superstition of her neighbours, incurred the suspicion of sorcery and
witchcraft, was murdered in Hertfordshire by the populace, with all
the wantonness of barbarity. Rape and murder were perpetrated upon an
unfortunate woman in the neighbourhood of London, and an innocent man
suffered death for this complicated outrage, while the real criminals
assisted at his execution, heard him appeal to heaven for his innocence,
and, in the character of friends, embraced him, while he stood on the
brink of eternity.]

[Footnote 348: Note 2 U, p. 348. Several European nations had
settlements at Surat, which was one of the most frequented cities of the
East, from the great concourse of Mahometan pilgrims, who make it their
road from