An act for raising the sum of six millions, by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1808.

An act to prohibit the distillation of spirits from corn or grain, for a Immited time.

An act for regulating the charging of the duty on spirits imported into Great Britain, according to the strength thereof.

An act for reducing the duty of customs on coffee imported into Great Britain when taken out of warehouse for home consumption. An act for the discharge of debtors in execution for small debts from imprisonment, in cer

tain cases.

An act to render valid certain marriages solemnized in certain churches and public chapels in which the banns had not usually been published before or at the time of passing an act made in the 26th year of the reign of his late majesty king George II. intituled, "An act for the better preventing of clandestine marriages."

An act to repeal so much of an act passed in the 8th year of the reign of queen Elisabeth, entitled "An act to take away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders for felony," as takes away the benefit of clergy from persons stealing privily from the person of another; and for more effectually preventing the crime of larceny from the per

son.

An act to extend the provisions of an act, passed in the 45th year of his present majesty, for the encouragement of seamen and better manning his majesty's navy, to cases arising in consequence of hostilities commenced since the passing of the said act.

An act for enlarging the times appointed for the first meetings of

commissioners and other persons for putting in execution certain acts of this session of parliament.

An act to amend the laws relating to the marking of bags and packets of hops.

An act to amend and enlarge the powers of an act of the 46th year of his present majesty, for consolidating and rendering more effectual the several acts for the purchase of buildings and further improvement of the streets and places near to Westminster-hall and the two houses of parliament.

An act for the more effectual administration of the office of a justice of the peace, and for the more effectual prevention of fe lonies within the district of Dublin metropolis.

An act to amend the acts relating to the duties of assessed taxes, and of the tax upon the profits of property, professions, trades, and offices, and to regulate the assessment and collection of the same.

An act for enabling the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt to grant life annuities.

An act for the more effectual protection of oyster fisheries and the brood of oysters in England.

An act for enabling his majesty to grant annuities to the judges of the court of session, justiciary, and exchequer in Scotland, upon the resignation of their offices.

An act for granting to his ma-jesty a certain sum of money out of the consolidated fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain monies therein mentioned for the service of the year 1808; and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parlia

ment.

An act for repealing the stamp duties on deeds, law proceedings,

and

and other written or printed instruments, and the duties on legacies and successions to personal estates upon intestacies, now payable in Great Britain; and for granting new duties in lieu thereof. An act for enabling his majesty

to establish a permanent local mili. tia force in Scotland, under certain restrictions, for the defence of the realm.

An act concerning the administration of justice in Scotland, and concerning appeals to the house of lords.

"THE

"HE precise period at which Mr. Fox first formed the design of writing a history, cannot be ascertained. In the year 1797, he announced publicly his intention of devoting" a greater* portion of "his time to his private pursuits:" he was even on the point of relinquishing his seat in parliament, and retiring altogether from public life, a plan which he had formed many years before, and to the execution of which he always looked forward with the greatest delight. The remonstrances, however, of those friends, for whose judgment he had the greatest deference, ultimately prevailed. He consequently confined his scheme of retreat to a more uninterrupted residence in the country, than he had hitherto permitted himself to enjoy. During his retirement, that love of literature, and fondness of poetry, which Beither pleasure nor business had

ever extinguished, revived with ag ardour, such as few in the eagerness of youth, or in pursuit of fame or advantage, are capable of feeling. For some time, however, his studies were not directed to any particular object. Such was the happy disposi tion of his mind, that his own reflections, whether supplied by conversation, desultory reading, or the common occurrences of a life in the country, were always sufficient tocall forth the vigour and exertion of his faculties. Intercourse with the world had so little deadened in him the sense of the simplest enjoyments, that even in the hours of apparent leisure and inactivity, he retained that keen relish of existence, which, after the first impressions of life, is so rarely excited but by great interests and strong passions. Hence it was, that in the interval between his active attendance in parliament, and the undertaking of his history, he

never