A bill intitled, An Act for the payment of the sum of seventy-seven thousand five hundred pounds, or so much thereof as shall remain due on the twenty-fifth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, in discharge of the national debt, together with interest for the same, at the rate of four pounds per centum, per annum, from the seaid twenty-fifth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, fifty-four, was read the first time in the House of Commons. ... [electronic resource].