sugar and coffee not of the British plantations. 62. An act to amend several acts for the prevention of smuggling; for better securing the duties on coals, culm, and cinders; and for permitting the exportation of salt, pepper, and wine from Guernsey or Jersey to Sark, in small packages. 63. An act for repealing the duties on the materials used in making spread window glass and crown glass, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof, and for the better collection of the said duties. 64. An act to amend an act, passed in the last session of Parliament, for enabling the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt to grant life annuities. 65. An act for giving jurisdiction to justices of the peace to hear and determine prosecutions for penalties incurred by any offence against the laws relating to the revenue of customs; and also requiring all goods, customable and not exciseable, seized by any police or peace officer, to be brought to the custom-house warehouse in London within a certain period. 66. An act for the abolition of certain holidays, and for altering and extending the time for keeping open the chief office of excise. 67. An act to amend an act passed in the 46th year of his present Majesty, for the redemption and sale of the land-tax, and to make further provision for exonerating small livings and charitable institutions from the land-tax. 68. An act to explain and amend the law of bastardy, so far as relates to indemnifying parishes in respect thereof. 69. An act to indemnify persons who have inadvertently printed, pub lished, or dispersed papers or books without a full description of the place of abode of the printers thereof, from penalties incurred under an act of the 39th year of his Majesty's reign. 70. An act to amend an act passed in the 48th year of his present Majesty, to enable his Majesty's postmaster-general of Ireland to purchase premises for the enlargement of the general post-office in the city of Dublin. 71. An act for raising the sum of 14,600,000l. by way of annuities. 72. An act to continue until the 25th of March, 1811, certain acts of the Parliament of Ireland, for the . improvement of the city of Dublin, by making wide and convenient passages through the same, and for regulating the coal trade thereof, and for other purposes. 73. An act to grant to his Majesty duties upon spirits made or distilled in Ireland, and upon British spirits imported into Ireland, and upon licenses to sell spirituous liquors in Ireland in quantities not less than two gallons. 74. An act to continue until the 5th day of July, 1810, several acts for granting certain rates and duties, and for allowing certain drawbacks and bounties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into and exported from Ireland. 75. An act to provide for the better collection of the duties and taxes on carriages, servants, horses, and dogs, in Ireland. 76. An act for vesting in the lord lieutenant of Ireland, by advice of the privy council, the power of prohibiting the exportation and carrying coastwise of gunpowder, saltpetre, arms, ammunition, and naval stores. 77. An act to amend the several acts for securing the duties on paper made in Ireland. 78. An act for raising the sum of 1,250,000l., by way of annuities and treasury bills for the service of Ire land. 79. An act for raising the sum of 500,000l., by treasury bills for the service of Ireland for the year 1809. 80. An act for allowing dealers to roast their own coffee on certain conditions. 81. An act to amend several laws of excise relating to paper, silks, and salt, and for authorising the seizure of utensils in cases where vessels used in excise manufactories are subject to forfeiture. 82. An act to amend several acts passed in the last and present sessions of Parliament relating to the local militia. 83. An act for the amendment of the laws now in force in Ireland, relative to persons entering into recognizances in criminal cases, in custody under any fine, or under such recognizance. 84. An act for amending the Irish road acts. 85. An act for defraying until the 25th day of March, 1810, the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia of Ireland; for holding courts martial on serjeant majors, serjeants, corporals, and drummers, for offences committed during the time such militia shall not be embodied; and for making allowances, in certain cases, to subaltern officers of the said militia during peace. 86. An act to make provision, in certain cases, for the wives and families of ballotted men, substitutes, and volunteers, serving in the militia of Ireland. 87. An act for defraying the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia and local militia in Great Bri tain for the year 1809. 88. An act for making allowances, in certain cases, to subaltern officers of the militia in Great Britain, while disembodied. 89. An act to revive and continuė until 25th day of March, 1810, and to amend so much of an act made in the 39th and 40th year of his present Majesty, as grants certain allowances to adjutants and serjeantmajors of the militia of England, disembodied under an act of the same session of Parliament. 90. An act for providing relief for the wives and families of the militia-men in Scotland, when called into actual service. 91. An act to empower judges to try civil causes in their own counties in England. 92. An act for charging the sum of 11,000,0001. raised for the service of Great Britain for the year 1809, and the sum of 7,932,1001. in exchequer bills, funded, pursuant to an act of this session of Parliament, upon the duties granted to his Majesty during the continuance of the present war, and for certain periods after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace. 93. An act to enable the commissioners of his Majesty's treasury to issue exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by Parliament for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1809. 94. An act for granting to his Majesty a sum of money, to be raised by lotteries. 95. An act for further regulating the constitution of the board of commissioners for auditing the public ac counts. 96. An act to provide for a durable allowance of superannuation te the officers of excise, under certain restrictions. 97. An act for empowering the board of ordnance to exchange lands at Purfleet, in the county of Essex, for other lands in the said parish. 98. An act for repealing the seve ral duties of customs chargeable in Great Britain, and for granting other duties in lieu thereof. 99. An act to amend the several acts for the regulating and securing the collection of the duties on spirits distilled in Ireland, and for the regulating the sale of such liquors by retail. 100. An act to amend the several acts for securing the collection of the duties on auctions in Ireland. 101. An act to regulate the fees payable by persons charged with treason, felony, and all other offences, at assizes and quarter-sessions in Ireland; and for amending an act of the Parliament of Ireland, made in the 36th year of his present Majesty, relating thereto. 102. An act to appoint commissioners to inquire and examine, until the 1st day of August, 1811, into the nature and extent of the several bogs in Ireland, and the practicability of draining and cultivating them, and the best means of effecting the same. 103. An act to amend an act, made in the last session of Parliament, for making provision for the building and rebuilding of churches, chapels, and glebe houses in Ireland. 104. An act to amend several acts, made in the Parliament of Ireland, for granting life annuities with benefit of survivorship 105. An act to continue, until the 25th day of March, 1810, an act of this present session of Parliament, to suspend the importation of British or Irish made spirits into Great Britain or Ireland respectively. 106. An act for allowing further time for taking goods out of warehouse, and paying duties thereon. 107. An act for the more effectual recovery of penalties and forfeitures incurred in the British colonies and plantations in America. 108. An act to amend the several acts respecting the payment of wages and prize money, and allotment of wages, to persons serving in his Majesty's royal navy. 109. An act to repeal several acts respecting the woollen manufacture; and to amend other acts relating to the said manufacture; and for allow ing persons employed in any branch of the woollen manufacture to set up trade in any place in Great Britain. 110. An act to rectify a mistake in an act, made in this session of Parliament, for continuing and making perpetual several duties of one shilling and six-pence on offices and employ ments. 111. An act to continue until the 25th day of March, 1811, an act of the 45th year of his present Majesty, for appointing commissioners to inquire into the public expenditure, and the conduct of the public business in the military departments therein mentioned. 112. An act to amend an act, passed in the 44th year of his present Majesty, to provide for the defence of the realm, with respect to the purchase of lands and hereditaments for the public service. 113. An act for better regulating the office of agent-general for volun. teers and local militia. 114. An act for enabling his Majesty to raise the sum of 3,000,0001. for the service of Great Britain. 115. An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors in England. 116. An act to make further provision for the execution of the several acts relating to the revenues, matters, and things, under the management of the commissioners of customs and port duties, and of the commissioners of inland excise and taxes, in Ireland. 117. An act for lowering the duty of excise on coffee, of the growth of his Majesty's dominions in Africa. 118. An act for better securing the independence and purity of Parliament, by preventing the procuring or obtaining of seats in Parliament by corrupt practices. 119. An act to give to the persons named by his Majesty, pursuant to an act, passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled, An Act concerning the Administration of Justice in Scotland, and concerning Appeals to the House of Lords,' further time for making their report or reports. 120. An act for amending and reducing into one act of Parliament the several laws for raising and training the militia of Ireland. 121. An act to alter and amend the laws relating to bankrupts. 122. An act for preventing frauds and depredations committed on merchants, ship-owners, and underwriters, by boatmen and others; and also for remedying certain defects relative to the adjustment of salvage in England, under an act made in the 12th year of Queen Anne. 123. An act to explain and amend an act, made in the 45th year of his present Majesty, for the encouragement of seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning his Majesty's navy during the present war; and for the further encouragement of seamen, and for the better and more effectually providing for the interest of the Royal Hospital for seamen at Greenwich, and the Royal Hospital for soldiers at Chelsea; and to extend the provisions of the said act to cases arising in consequence of hostilities commenced since the passing of the said act. 124. An act for altering, amend ing, and explaining certain acts rela tive to the removal of the poor, and for making regulations in certain cases touching the examination of paupers as to their settlement; and for extending to all parishes certain rules and orders in workhouses, under an act of the 22d year of his presest Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor.' 125. An act to amend an act, made in the 33d year of his present Ma jesty, for the encouragement and relief of friendly societies. 126. An act for the further prevention of the sale and brokerage of offices. 127. An act for further augment ing the salaries of certain of the judges of the courts in Westminster Hall, and of the chief and second justice of Chester, and justices of the great sessions in Wales. 128. An act for granting to his Majesty certain sums of money out of the consolidated fund of Great Bri tain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned for the service of the year 1809; and for further ap propriating the supplies granted in this session of Parliament. 129. An act to prevent the enlisting of local militia-men into the regular militia of any other county or stewartry than the county or stewartry to which they belong. No III. "In the name of God-We Gustavus Adolphus, by the grace of God, King of Sweden, &c. make known, that having been proclaimed king this day seven years back, and ascended, with a bleeding heart, a throne stain. ed with the blood of a beloved and revered father, we regret not being able to promote the true welfare and honour of this ancient realm, inseparable from the happiness of a free and independent people. Now, whereas we are convinced that we cannot any longer continue our royal functions, and preserve tranquillity and order in this kingdom, therefore we consider it as our sacred duty to abdicate our royal dignity and crown, which we do hereby, free and uncompelled, to pass our remaining days in the fear and worship of God, wishing that all our subjects and their descendants may enjoy more happiness and prosperity in future, through the mercy and blessing of God, and revere the king. In testimony and confirmation thereof we have personally written and signed the present, and corrobo. rated it with our royal seal. (L.S.) GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS. "Gripsholm Castle, the 19th March, in the year of the nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1809." No IV. "We, the undersigned Grand Seneschal, Marshal and States, &c. of Sweden do hereby make known, for ourselves, and in our capacity as deputies of our fellow-citizens, lawfully elected and empowered, that in consequence of a meeting of the states having been called by his Royal Highness Charles, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Duke of Sudermania, &c. Regent of Sweden, we have been con VOL. II. PART I. vinced, by our own experience, as well as by explanation communicated to us in this place, of the calamitous state of the kingdom, both with regard to its domestic concern and its relation with foreign powers. We have found, with the deepest concern, that the peaceful situation in which to all foreign courts and powers, was our country was placed, with respect destroyed by his Majesty Gustavus Adolphus IV. and a war commenced and carried on several years, which nected with the interests of Sweden, was not occasioned by reasons conwhich might have been easily avoided, which more than once might have been terminated without making any sacrifices, and which led at last to the most disastrous results; that the former prosperous condition of the kingdom was thereby converted into universal misery and distress; agriculture was deprived of the necessary arms to cultivate the ground, and the mines fell into decay; that the state was burthened with debts, amounting to several millions, and the subjects with oppressive taxes; that the military forces of the country, partly raised by illegal means, were sacrificed, without necessity or benefit, to the state; that first the German dominion, and soon after a valuable third part of Sweden, the Duchy of Finland, were lost in an unequal conflict with an enemy far superior in force; that, notwithstanding such severe misfortunes, and unquestionable proof of the dissolution of the empire, the king obstinately refused to enter into any negociations of peace, or any agreement with a power possessed of a decisive influence over the fate of the continent; that the whole country was thus exposed to the most imminent danger of utter destruction; and lastly, that the king made an arbitrary b |