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THE REIGN

remainder of their fortunes. This great event would not have been brought about with so much ease and expedition, but the path was sketched out by the bill, which was drawn up for the same (but which miscarried) in the reign of George IV. But it no sooner passed into a law now, than its good consequences were immediately felt by the nation in general. Such an enormous incumbrance was no sooner removed, than George found his kingdom vigorous and more formidable than ever.^[1]

A young

↑ It may not be unentertaining to the reader, here to lay before him the particulars of the grants this year, after the peace had taken place.

		£
5000 seamen, including marines and ordnance for sea service.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2,900,000
45000 men, land-forces, in Germany and Great Britain, &c. and ordnance for ditto,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	2,250,000
Greenwich Hospital, ———		35,000

Milford

[1] It may not be unentertaining to the reader, here to lay before him the particulars of the grants this year, after the peace had taken place.

£

5000 seamen, including marines
and ordnance for sea service. $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ 2,900,000

45000 men, land-forces, in Germany
and Great Britain, &c.
and ordnance for ditto, $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ 2,250,000

Greenwich Hospital, ——— 35,000

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