Thanksgiving Prayer on his Majefty's Recovery from his late indifpofi- tion - - (249 Account of the proceffion to St. Paul's church on the day of thanksgiving for - Tibid. Account of the Galas and Entertainments given upon the recovery of the King. By the Princefs Royal, on the 1ft of May [251 [253 Grand Gala at Ranelagh, by the Club at Bootle's, May 7 Account of the Coronation of the King of Spain Account of the new Settlement at Botany Bay (256 the Brewer and Pickard [258 Boxing-matches between Perrins and Johnson, Jacombs and Big Ben, George - Account of their Majefties' Journey to Weymouth and Plymouth - Trade Account of the opening of the Academy at Windsor, in Nova Scotia Prices of Stocks for the year 1789 STATE PAPERS. Report of the committee appointed to examine the phyficians who have attended [287 Refolutions of the house of commons, delivered to the lords at a conference on the [296 Proteft of the lords, on the regency Letter from the Right Hon. William Pitt to the Prince of Wales, Dec. 30[298 Answer to the foregoing letter, delivered by his royal highness to the lord [297 - [299 Proteft of the lords, who voted against agreeing to the aforesaid refolu- - - (303 [305 Refolutions agreed to by the lords and commons, prefented to her Majesty on Her Majefty's answer to the lords and gentlemen, who delivered the foregoing Speech of earl Bathurst, in the name of the lords commissioners, appointed by ber Majefty's commiffion under the great feal, to declare certain caufes of the Speech of the lord chancellor to both houses of parliament, March 10 [ibid. The humble address of the house of commons to the King Speech of the lord chancellor to both houses of parliament, August 11 [309 Speech of the marquis of Buckingham, lord lieutenant of Ireland, to both houses Address prefented to the prince of Wales, Feb. 27, from the delegates from both houfes of parliament in Ireland Proteft of the peers of Ireland, who voted against the address to the prince of Wales, requesting his royal highness to take upon him the office of prince Proteft of the minority in the Irish house of lords, against the refolutions voted, afferting the right of both houfes to declare a prince regent Proteft of the lords against the vote of cenfure on the lord lieutenant Anfawer of the prince of Wales to the addrefs prefented by the delegates of the two boufes of parliament of Ireland [314 Second answer of the prince of Wales to the deputation from both houses of the parliament of Ireland, March 12 (315 Address of the boufe of commons of Ireland to the prince of Wales, on occafion of the final answer of his royal highness Proteft against the address of thanks to the prince of Wales, voted in the Iri Address of the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council of the city of Londen to his majesty, on the bappy occafion of his recovery, March 19 Addrefs of the lord mayor, fheriffs, commons, and citizens of the city of Dublin, in common council assembled, to his majesty, on the fame occafion the king, on the fame occafion [ibid. The king of France's speech on the opening of the ftates general, May 9, 1789 1328 - Letter from the king of France to the president of the national assembly, May 28, [329 [ibid. Speech of the king of France to the fates general, June 23 The declaration of rights, which has been agreed to by the national affembly of France, and fan&tioned by the king, and which forms the bafis of the new Extract from the declaration of the emperor to the ftates at Bruxelles, March 8, 1789 to (334 Declaration made by Mr. Elliot to the Count Bernftorf, April 23, 1789 [336 Articles of the quadruple alliance between Ruffia, Auftria, France, and Spain 1338 Treaty of defenfive alliance between his Majefty the king of Great Britain and bis Majefty the king of Prufia Note delivered by the Prussian ambassador to the diet at Warsaw, and read at CHARACTER S. Some account of Dr. Rundle, lord bishop of Derry, in Ireland, in two of his Lordship's Letters to his particular friends. From Letters of the late T. Rundle, LL. D. to Mrs. Barbara Sandys I 3 Defcription and character of the Turks and Greeks, inhabiting the island of Candia, (anciently Crete.) From M. Savary's Letters on Greece Character of the late Cardinal Polignac.- From the Ejays of the Marquis D'Argenfon, tranflated from the French --- 6 IO Character of Fontenelle, Montefquieu, and Henault.-From the fame Character of Sidi Mahomet, the reigning Emperor of Morocco.-Tranflated from the French of M. Chenier Some account of the dress and manners of the women of the cities of Morocco.— From the fame 17 19 23 25 A general view of the character of the Chinese-From the tranflation of Abbé Grofier's Defcription of China Obfervations on the character and national tafte of the French. From Letters from Barbary, France, Spain, Portugal, &c. By an English Officer 21 Wit, manners, character, and tafle of the Spaniards.-From the fame Character of the Portuguese. From the fame Specimens of original anecdotes of the Czar Peter the Great; with a letter of the Czar's written immediately after the battle of Pultowa.-From M. ·Stablin's original anecdoves of Peter the Great, collected from the conversation of feveral perfons of diftinction at Petersburgh and Moscow Character of Jofeph Baretti, Efq.-Extracted from the Gentleman's Magazine for 1789 27 34 NATURAL HISTORY. Supplementary letter of John Hunter, Efq. in proof of the fact, that the Wolf, Jackal, and Dog are all of the fame fpecies. From vol. ixxix. of the Philofophical Tranfactions 41 An account of the moving of a bog, and the formation of a lake, in the county of Galway, Ireland. By Ralph Oufley, Efq. M. R. 1. A.-From the Tranfactions of the Royal Irish Academy 42 An account of an aurora borealis feen in full funshine. By the Rev. Henry Ufher, D. D. F. R. S. and M. R. I. A.-From the fame 43 A table containing an authentic statement of the population of China, divided into provinces; made in the 27th year of the reign of Kien-Long; i. e. in 1761. From the Tranflation of Abbé Großer's Defcription of China VOL. XXXI. The manner of making porcelain.-From the Abbé Grofier 43 Curious account of a young Leveret nurtured by a Cat.-Extracted from the Natural Hiftory and Antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton, by the Rev. Mr. White 50 Some account of the poisonous ferpents and plants in the country of the Hottentots.-Extracted from a Narrative of Four Journies into the country of the Hottentots and Caffraria, in the years 1787,-8,-9, by Lieutenant Paterfon 51 Some account of the Natural Hiftory of New South Wales. From a Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay, by Capt. W. Tench, of the Ma rines 55 USEFUL PROJECT S. An account of the method of making the otter of rofes, as it is prepared in the Eaft Indies. Communicated in a letter from Donald Monro, M. D. of Lexdon, to Mr. John Robinson, Profeffor of Natural Philofophy in the univerfity of Edinburgh. From vol. ii. of the Tranfactions of the Royal Society at Edinburgh 60 Letter from Mr. Boote, addressed to the Secretary of the Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, on the comparative merits of the Drill and Broad-caft Husbandry; which received the gold medal (the premium offered by the Society on that fubject.)-From vol. vii. of the Tranfactions of that Society 60 Mr. Ecclefton's account of the improvement of Martin Meer, in the county of Lancaster, inclofed in a letter to the above Society; (which also obtained the gold medal.)-From the fame 66 70 71 An effectual remedy for curing the Scab in Sheep, communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. to the above Society.-From the fame Receipt for the Scurvy, fuppofed to be communicated by a Mr. Huckings, of Cambridge, on account of the great benefit he himself received from it.—Extracted from the Gentleman's Magazine for 1789 An enquiry concerning a fure and certain method of improving small arable Farms-By Mr. Wimpey, in a letter to the Secretary of the Society in ftituted at Bath, for the encouragement of agriculture, arts, manufactures, and commerce, within the counties of Somerfet, Wilts, Glocefter, and Derfet, and the city and county of Briftol 72 Of Furze or Whins [Ulex Europæus, Linn.] as a food for Horfes and Cattle. -Defcription of a machine for bruifing them and hints for rearing that plant economically as a crop. By Dr. J. Anderfon.-Addressed to the fame Society 77 |