|
| March 3. |
23. Statement of the National Debt, provided or unprovided for by Parliament, as it stood 1736, December 31, and 1737, December 31, together with an account of the Sinking Fund in that year, and to the payment of what debts contracted before 1716, December 25, the said fund has been applied. (Total debt 1736, 47,866,598l. 3s. 3¼d.; same 1737, 47,185,869l. 10s. 1¼d.) 2 sheets. [Treasury Board Papers CCXCVII. No. 28.] |
| March 4. |
24. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt to cause 300,000l. in Exchequer bills on Malt 1738, each bill containing 100l. principal money, to be placed as so much cash in the offices of the Tellers at the Receipt of Exchequer, to be thence issued for the public service, according to notifications from said Auditor. Said bills to be numbered and registered and payable first in course. [Money Book XXXIX. p. 195.] |
| March 7. |
25. Warrant under the royal sign manual to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to pay to Joseph Gascoigne 1,237l. 2s. 6d., as compensation for the non-performance of certain articles, whereby certain ground and other premises were to be conveyed to him in lieu of ground conveyed to the Crown, in order to the making of a new passage and gateway into Dublin Castle, and 598l. 3s. 6d. to Arthur Dobbs, Engineer and Surveyor General of Ireland, for works, detailed, as below, with a view to the finishing of the said new passage, in order to free and discharge the establishment of Ireland from the payment of 208l. 10s. per annum, payable to John Rathborne of the city of Dublin, merchant, under directions of George I., of date 1723–4, March 23, for non-execution of an agreement heretofore made with said Rathborne for other ground for the purpose of making the said new passage.
Appending:—Said Dobbs' estimate of the expense of building said new passage with side walls, gates and doors into Dublin Castle, after pulling down the two Old Towers in the Old Passage. (Total, 598l. 3s. 6d.) [Irish Book IX. pp. 122–5.] |
| March 7. |
26. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt to make forth 200,000l. in Exchequer bills on Malt 1738, to rank after 300,000l. thereon. [Money Book XXXIX. p. 195.] |
| March 10. |
27. Report to the Treasury from the Customs Commissioners, London, on the petition of the dealers in or refiners of Borax or Tincal. Have heard petitioners thereupon, and find that Tincal or Borax is brought only from the East Indies, and it is apprehended to be a fossil dug out of the earth, mixed with a fat and muddy substance and a large quantity of dirt and stones. The quantity of unrefined Tincal imported in the three years ended 1735, December 25, was 150,845 lb., and the quantity exported in the same time was 25,115 lb. In the same period only 3 lb. of refined borax was imported and none exported. In refining it loses about ⅓ weight. It is dissolved in water and refined by fire, nothing being used to make an increase of weight nor is there any substance that will incorporate with it, as petitioners allege. The chief use of it when refined is in soldering of metals and in refining gold and silver and some small quantities in medicine. It is consumed in France, Germany, Holland and other parts of Europe, and the Dutch till of late years had the sole refining of it, and supplied other nations with it when made into borax. Detail the import rates and drawback on tincal and refined borax respectively, but for fear of imposition, as the officers will be unable to judge the amount of unrefined tincal contained in the refined borax, advise against the grant of a drawback or bounty on borax refined in England. In duplicate. 6 pages.
Appending:—(a.) Said petition to the Treasury from the dealers in and refiners of borax, ut supra p. 300. With Treasury order of reference, of date 1736–7, March 8. 2½ pages.
[Treasury Board Papers CCXCVII. No. 29.] |
| March 10. |
28. Sir William Yonge, Secretary at War, to the Treasury, dated Whitehall, as to the memorial of Henry Popple, Agent and Paymaster to the six new Independent Companies at Jamaica, concerning his demands of 1,231l. 4s. for His Majesty's bounty of two pistoles per man, at 19s. sterling per pistole, to the officers and men of the said companies, and 199l. 15s. 9d. for a complete set of camp necessaries. Is of opinion that said Popple's demands should be paid from the fund raised by Major-General Hunter in 1731 by the sale of provisions intended for Brigadier Newton's and Col. Hay's regiment, then sent to Jamaica. Encloses correspondence had thereupon with Thomas Orby Hunter, the son of said Major-General Hunter, who admits he has a sum of money in his hands, but claims it as due from the Crown to his father.
Endorsed:—Reed. 13 March 1737. 2 pages.
Appending:—(a.) Said memorial from said Henry Popple to Sir William Yonge. 1 page.
(b.) Account of said disbursements. 1 page.
(c.) Copy of a letter from Sir William Strickland, late Secretary at War, to Major-General Hunter, dated Whitehall, 1731, May 14. ½ page.
(d.) Account of said sales of provisions in 1731 by said Major-General Hunter. ½ page.
(e.) Extract of a letter from Thomas Orby Hunter to Sir William Yonge, dated 1737–8, February 11. 1 page.
[Ibid. No. 30.] |
| March 11. |
29. Representation from the Commissioners of Revenue, Ireland, to the Treasury, concerning a trial at law, relating to a seizure, carried from the Sub-Commissioners of the district to the Commissioners of Appeals on the ground that said Sub-Commissioners had no jurisdiction over East India goods, the Act of 7 Geo. I., which prohibited the importation of East India goods into Ireland, except viâ England, having, so it is pretended, repealed the Act of Excise as to East India goods, and that the said seizures ought to be prosecuted in the courts at law. Desire a clause in an Act of Parliament to enable the Commissioners in Dublin and the Sub-Commissioners in their several districts to hear and determine on all seizures of East India goods imported into Ireland.
Endorsed:—Rec'd 21 March 1737. 2½pages. [Ibid. No. 31.] |
| March 15. |
30. Detailed scheme or estimate of a new establishment for the Duke of Cumberland, with all names and salaries, detailed. (Total, 12,000l. per an.) 3 pages. [Ibid. No. 33.] |
March 21.
Whitehall,
Treasury
Chambers. |
31. Present: Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Earle, Mr. Winnington.
Their Lordships, on reconsidering Edward Randolph's case, are pleased to accept 150l., which he now proposes to pay as a composition for his debts to the Crown, and a warrant is to be prepared upon the Act of Parliament, which authorises their Lordships to make such composition.
A memorial of the 11th instant from the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland, about obtaining a clause in an Act of Parliament, relating to seizures of East India goods, read and ordered to be transmitted to the Court of Directors of the East India Company for their opinion thereupon.
[Treasury Minute Book XXVIII. p. 71; Letter Book XIX. p. 465.] |
| March 22. |
32. Royal sign manual to the Clerk of the Signet attending for preparation of a bill to pass the Privy Seal for the establishing of the several yearly allowances, as below, to the Duke of Cumberland, the Princesses Amalie, Carolina, Mary and Lovisa, for themselves, their officers and servants from the feast of the Nativity last past, and during pleasure, viz.:— |
|
Per an. |
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
To William, Duke of Cumberland |
12,000 |
0 |
0 |
|
To Princesses Amalie and Carolina |
14,617 |
7 |
1 |
|
To Princesses Mary and Lovisa |
4,653 |
4 |
0 |
|
£31,270 |
11 |
1 |
|
Payment of the said 31,270l. 11s. 1d. to be made quarterly to John Selwyn, the younger, whom the Princesses Amalie and Carolina have nominated to be their Treasurer and Receiver General: to be payable out of the Civil List revenues, and without account, imprest or charge other than such as said Selwyn shall be required to render to Stephen Poyntz, Governor to the said Duke of Cumberland, and to Charles Longueville, who has been appointed by the said Princesses Amalie and Carolina to be their auditor. [King's Warrant Book XXXIII. pp. 28–9.] |
|
33. Warrant under the royal sign manual, dated from St. James's, continuing the establishment, detailed, of salaries and pensions to the servants and pensioners of the late Queen from 1737, Christmas, during the King's pleasure. (Total, 19,812l. 8s. 9d. per an.) Said establishment, including inter al.
|
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
Secretary, Keeper of the Privy Seal and Master of Requests (John Eckersall) |
400 |
0 |
0 |
|
Attorney General (John Verney) |
250 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lord Chamberlain (Henry, Earl of Grantham) |
1,200 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ladies of the Bedchamber, detailed |
4,400 |
0 |
0 |
|
Maids of Honour, detailed |
1,800 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pensions, detailed |
4,802 |
16 |
5 |
|
[Ibid. pp. 31–5.] |
| March 22. |
34. J. Scrope to Lieut.-Col. Pinfold in Minorca, acknowledging receipt of the several papers and memorials transmitted to justify the alterations made by said Pinfold in the regulations settled by the late Governor Kane, relating to the Decimos on corn and wine. “Their Lordships adhere nevertheless to their orders touching the said decimos, which were signified to you by my letter, dated the 4th day of October last, and are pleased to direct you to comply with the said orders accordingly.”
[Letter Book XIX. p. 466.] |
| March 22. |
35. An account, certified by E. Britiffe, in the absence of Lord Hobart, of warrants brought into the office of the Treasurer of the Chamber for the expense of Her Majesty's late funeral. (Total, 853l. s. 11d.) 1 page.
[Treasury Board Papers CCXCVII. No. 34.] |
| March 23. |
36. Same of the gross and net produce of the duty on wrought plate, under the management of the Commissioners of Excise in Scotland from 1720, June 1, to 1737, June 24, distinguishing each year: certified by the Commissioners of Excise, Scotland, John Dickie, Accomptant General, and Alexander Wright, Deputy Comptroller of Excise, ibid. 1 sheet.
[Ibid. No. 35.] |
| March 24. |
37. Same, certified by the officers of the Board of Works, of the expense of the new vault and other charges of her late Majesty's funeral to be paid in the Office of the Works. (Total, 3,104l. 1s. 5½d.)
Endorsed:—Brot. March 28. 1 page. [Ibid. No. 36.] |
1738.
March 29. |
38. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt for the issue of 10,000l. out of the Sinking Fund to satisfy the interest to 1737–8, March, on the 500,000l. loans on salt 1735.
Prefixing:—Certificate by the Auditor of the Receipt, dated Exchequer, 1738, March 27, of the interest due, as above, to Thomas Maddockes, chief cashier of the Bank of England.
[Money Book XXXIX. p. 207.] |
39. Same to same and to the Clerk of the Pells and all other officers and ministers concerned, to set apart out of the said Sinking Fund the sum of 3,840l. 18s., and to issue the same upon the unsatisfied order in the name of the Bank of England to make good the deficiency at 1737, Christmas, of the Additional Stamp duties, 4 Geo. II., to meet the 14,000l. 3½ per cent. annuities, and 24,000l. three per cent. annuities charged thereupon for 1,200,000l., contributed on the Act 4 Geo. II., in part of the Supply for the year 1731.
Appending:—Account and certificate by the said Auditor of the Receipt of the income and deficiency of said duties, as above.
[Ibid. pp. 208–9.] |
| March 30. |
40. Report to the Treasury from the Customs Commissioners, London, on the memorial of the Duke of Dorset, Constable of Dover Castle, concerning the prosecution he or some of his officers are under for the escape of certain smugglers out of the prison in said Castle. Detail the names of 15 smugglers who have escaped since June last. Dover Castle is the only gaol in the Cinque ports to which any person arrested within the liberty of the Lord Warden can be carried by law. But whenever any Habeas Corpus is desired by any sheriff or gaoler for removing any person to the King's Bench or the Fleet prison for greater security, it is constantly granted, pursuant to the Treasury directions of 1733–4, February 1. Do not doubt the allegations as to the weakness of the prison, but are bound to carry on the prosecution unless the Treasury intervene. 3 pages.
Minuted as under date 1738, April 13, infra p. 477.
Appending:—(a.) Said memorial to the Treasury from the Duke of Dorset, forwarding affidavits to prove the weak state of the Castle prison and the innocency of the officers. If the Castle is to be used for such purposes the prison should be strengthened, and a sufficient guard of soldiers allowed to keep the smugglers.
With Treasury order of reference, dated 1737–8, January 26. 2 pages.
(b.-h.) Seven affidavits by respectively John Toucher, yeoman; Robert Wellard, Register of the Courts of Chancery and Admiralty of the Cinque Ports and clerk of Dover Castle; Thomas Osborne and Jaggar Spillett; James Hobday, gent. Bodar of Dover Castle; Robert Walker; William Sharp, deputy of James Hobday, Marshal of Dover Castle; James Hobday, said Marshal of Dover Castle; concerning the rotten state of the prison and the innocency of the officers. 11 pages. [Treasury Board Papers CCXCVII. No. 38.] |
| March 30. |
41. Treasury warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt for the issue of 105l. to John Lawton for Lady Day quarter for himself and clerks for sorting, digesting and methodising records in the Exchequer Court.
Appending:—Lawton's certificate of work done during the quarter. “Since Christmas last Mr. Stewart has been sorting old records of various kinds, Mr. Smart has been sorting Star Chamber Records, Mr. Whiston and Mr. Farley have been methodizing the books of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Mr. Strachey has been sorting Star Chamber Records.”
[Money Book XXXIX. p. 129.] |
