I. for punishing persons going armed
in disguise. A clause in the act of the 6th of George II. to prevent the
breaking down the bank of any river; and another clause in the said act,
to prevent the treacherous cutting of hop-binds. Several clauses in an
act of the 10th of George II. for punishing persons setting on fire any
mine, &c. The temporary part of the act of the 20th of George II. for
taking away the hereditary jurisdictions of Scotland, relating to the
power of appealing to circuit courts. Those continued were,--1. An act
of the 12th of George II. for granting liberty to carry sugar, &c, until
the twenty-ninth of September, in the year one thousand seven hundred
and sixty-four, and to the end of next session of parliament. 2. An act
of the 5th of George II. to prevent frauds by bankrupts, &c., for the
same period. 3. An act of the 8th of George II. for encouraging the
importation of naval stores, &c, for the same period. 4. An act of the
19th of George II. for preventing frauds in the admeasurement of coals,
&c. until June 24, 1759; and to this was added a perpetual clause for
preventing the stealing or destroying of madder roots. 5. An act of the
9th George II. for encouraging the manufacture of British sail-cloth
until the twenty-ninth of September, one thousand seven hundred and
sixty-four. 6. An act of the 4th of George II. for granting an allowance
upon British-made gunpowder, for the same period. 7, An act of the 4th
of George II. for encouraging the trade of the sugar colonies, until the
twenty-ninth of September, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-one. And
8, so much of the act of the 15th and 16th of George II. to empower the
importers of rum, &c, as relates to landing it before the payment of
duties, until the 29th of September, one thousand seven hundred and
sixty-four.]

[Footnote 461: Note 3 O, p. 461. _Translation of the Letter written by
the Duke of Brunswick to his brother Prince Ferdinand._ "Sir,--I know
you too well to doubt that the situation in which we stand at present,
with respect to each other, gives you abundance of uneasiness; nor
will you doubt that it gives me equal concern. Indeed, it afflicts me
greatly. Meanwhile I could never, my dearest brother, have believed that
you would be the person who should carry away from me my eldest son.
I am exceedingly mortified to find myself under the hard necessity of
telling you that this step is contrary to the law of nations, and the
cons