Page images
PDF
EPUB
[blocks in formation]

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
bis Majefty's recovery

-

Tibid.

Account of the Galas and Entertainments given upon the recovery of the

King.

By the Princefs Royal, on the 1ft of May
By the French Ambassador

[251
[252

[253

Grand Gala at Ranelagh, by the Club at Bootle's, May 7
Spanish Ambassador's, June 9

[blocks in formation]

Account of the Coronation of the King of Spain

[blocks in formation]

Account of the new Settlement at Botany Bay

(256

the Brewer and Pickard

[258
[260

Boxing-matches between Perrins and Johnson, Jacombs and Big Ben, George

-

Account of their Majefties' Journey to Weymouth and Plymouth
Mr. Wilberforce's twelve Propofitions, fubmitted to the Committee on the Slave

-

Trade
Defcription of Sir George Savile's ftatue erected in York Cathedral,
infcription

[blocks in formation]

Account of the opening of the Academy at Windsor, in Nova Scotia
Mr. Burke's letter on the fubject of the cenfure moved in the House of Commons,
refpe&ting words Spoken by him in Weftminster Hall
Speech of Mr. Haflings, addreffed to the High Court of Parliament [276
A general bill of all the christenings and burials in the cities of London and
Weftminster, &c. for the year 1789
[278
An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from, and imported
into, England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and
the duties received thereon, for one year, ending the 5th of January 1790.

[blocks in formation]

Prices of Stocks for the year 1789
Public Acts paffed in the fixth feffion of the fixteenth parliament of Great Bri-

[blocks in formation]

STATE PAPERS.

Report of the committee appointed to examine the phyficians who have attended
bis Majefty, during his illness, touching the fate of his Majesty's health

[287

Refolutions of the house of commons, delivered to the lords at a conference on the
23d of December 1788

[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
chancellor, Jan. 1, 1789

[297

-

[299

Proteft of the lords, who voted against agreeing to the aforesaid refolu-
tions,
Anfwer of the prince of Wales to the lords and gentlemen appointed to deliver
to him the foregoing refolutions

-

-

(303

[305

[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]
[blocks in formation]

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
Addres

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,
1789
Address of the deputies of the tiers etat of France, to his Majesty, June 6, 1789

[329

[ibid.

[blocks in formation]

Extract from the declaration of the emperor to the ftates at Bruxelles, March 8,

[blocks in formation]

1789
Speech of the king of Sweden to the assembly of the ftates, in March 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

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

[ocr errors]

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

[ocr errors]

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.

[ocr errors][merged small][merged small]

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

[ocr errors]

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

« PreviousContinue »