A Binian, Sir W. Jones's Affembly, General, meets
converfation with an, concerning the city of Gwen- der and fources of the Nile 646 Agricola, obfervations by, on the utility of the barometer in agriculture 313 Agriculture, proposals for a profeffor of, at Edinburgh 209. Obfervations on the propofal 210. Great utili-
ty of the barometer in 313 Alba, Duke of, memoirs of his life 577.637.
America: States, who have ratified the federal conftitu- tion 197. Washington in- ftalled chief magiftrate 298. His fpeech on being chofen 638. Inhabitants of Ken- tucky on the navigation of the Miffifippi 459. Bulls obtained from Rome for the confecration of Dr John Ca- roll, the first Roman Ca- tholic Bishop 511. The Chesapeak, the firft veffel allowed to hoift American colours in the Ganges, ar- rives at New York 564. Grain in great plenty ib. Anecdotes: Of the value of money, &c. 16. Of Buf- fon 21. Of Dr Monfey 56. JI2. Of Congreve and Rowe 84. Of Peter the Great 87. Of Montefquieu 181. Of Mr Thickneffe 215. Of Frederick III. 317. Of the Pretender and Lady M. Touchet 371. Of the late King 372. Of the Em- peror 388. The mufical pigeon 443. Of Mifs Schlö- zer 472. Of Peter the Great's father 493 Animation, a cafe of fufpend- ed 41. Antipathy between the En- glish and Irish, story illus- trative of 139 Archenholz, M. a Pruffian officer, view of G. Britain by 584. Liberty of the prefs 586. Public courts of juf- tice ib. Trial by jury 634. Parliamentary reprefenta- tion 635
Archers, Hertfordshire, shoot for a prize at Hatfield, which is won by a lady 356. Scots royal company shoot for the prize given by his Majesty 535
257. Dr George Hill mo- derator ib. Proceed to e- lect a principal clerk 302. Debates on the mode of proceeding ib. Dr Carlyle and Profeffor Dalziel candi.
reverse the fentence of the fynod of Glasgow and Ayr ib. Approve of the com mittee's report on the horie- tax, and appoint a standing committee to apply to Par liament for relief therefrom ib. Caufes not discussed re- ferred to the Commiffionib. Commiffion meet, and take under confideration the cafe of the parish of Ardroffan ib. Difmifs the appeal, and appoint the prefbytery of Irvine to ordain and fettle Mr John Duncan 360. Bankrupts, lift of, 52. 104. 156. 208. 260. 312. 364. 468. 520. 572.624 Barometer, great utility of in agriculture 313. Barons, Scots, to those who renounce their birth-right 261
Barrington, the noted, tried for theft and acquitted 608 Baftile, hiftory of the 551. 587. See France., Beattie, Dr, on the art of writing 22. On phyfiogne- my 537.
Beetles, a recipe for deftroy- ing 268
Belzebub. Sae Education. St Bernard's mineral well, commiffion to the keeper 653 Bon mot, a clerical 481 Books:
dates 303. Dr Carlyle e-. lected and takes his place ib. Scrutiny demanded for Prof. Dalziel ib. King's letter and bounty prefented ib. Addrefs to the King ib. and Queen 304. Debates on the clerkship renewed, warmly contefted 305. Dif- mifs Mr Lawfon's petition for a licence, as contrary to an act of Affembly, ib. Committee for overtures meet, and tranfmit the re- port of the committee for revifing commiffions to the Affembly ib. Disorderly fcene ib. Every attempt to re-establish order proving abortive, the moderator diffolves the committee 306. Affembly confider report of the committee, and agree on the mode for difcuffing the objections to commiffions 306.357.Dr Carlyle's friends abandon their oppofition to the fcrutiny 356. Vote of thanks to his Grace the Com- miffioner ib. and to the Mo- derator 357. Refolve, that the judgement of the House in future be taken with fhut doors 357. Confider ap peal of heriors, elders, &c. of the parish of Aberbro- thock, against the fettle-Tranfactions of the Los- meut of Mr Gleig by the don fociety for the encon- prefbytery ib. Short ac- ragement of Arts, &c. The count of this business ib. propagation of timber 27. Find, though the presbytery Earl Fife's extenfive planta- are liable to cenfure for their tions 28 irregular proceedings, yet the ordination and fettle- ment of Mr Gleig are good and valid 358. but appoint the prefbytery to fift them- felves at the bar of next Affembly 359. Scrutiny on the clerkship clofed, and Profeffor Dalziel declared the fuccefsful candidate ib. Report of trustees on the widows fund ib. Thanks to Sir H. Moncreiffe ib. Confider petition of Dr W. Taylor, &c. relative to Dr Macgill's publicatious, and
Priestley's lectures on hi- story and general policy: On the advantages and dif- advantages of national debts 25
-Mrs Stewart's cafe, writ ten by herself gó
Sir Jofeph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco, a tale, by Peter Pindar : A butter- fly hunt 31
Opinions of Sarah Duchefs Dowager of Marlborough: Queen Anne 84. George ll. 86. Chamber organ 87 Original anecdotes of Peter the Great. By Mr Stæhlin, member of the Imperial a cademy at Petersburg 81 An effay on crookedness
-Confiderations upon wit-Richardfon's effays on
and morals: Definition of wit 127. Of women and gallantry 237. A man of accommodation 238. A vain man 239. A man of medi- ocrity ib -Dupaty's travels through Italy: Virgil's tomb 130. Grotto del Cane ib. Me- thod of preserving the burnt MSS. found in Herculaneum 131. Mount Vesuvius 132. Roman women 393 -Memoirs of the Countefs de la Motte, containing a complete juftification of her conduct 136 -Lady Craven's journey through the Crimea to Con- ftantinople 181
-Walker's historical effay on the dress of the ancient and modern Irish 185
-The Rev. T. Wright's ac- count of the advantages and method of watering mea- dows by art, as practifed in the county of Gloucester 188
-A report on the practical utility of K. M'Culloch's fea-compaffes 241
-Gymnomachia; or a con- teft between two old ladies in the service of a celebrated orator 243
-Travels through Sweden: Account of the copper mine of Fahlun 277 -Zeluco: Various views of human nature, taken from life and manners, foreign and domestic 279. On Sla- very 280. Hanno's affect- ing fate 336
-Confiderations on the capi- tal stock of the Bank of Eng- land 283
Shakespear's dramatic cha- racter of Sir John Falstaff, and on his imitation of fe- male characters: Difference between wit and humour 340
The works of the late John Gregory, M. D. 389. Cha- racter of the author 390
An effay on fhooting: Me- thod of manufacturing gun- barrels 391. Rules for shoot- ing well 392
-Howard's account of the principal lazarettos in Eu- rope: He performs quaran- tine at Venice 434
Gillies's view of the reign of Frederick II. of Pruffia, with a parallel between that Prince and Philip II. of Ma- cedon: His domeftic im- provements 436 -Gallic liberty.
-The village curate. poem 488. A ftaunch sports- man defcribed 490 -P. Pindar's expoftulatory odes to a great Duke and a little Lord 491. The pig and magpie, a fable ib -Beattie's elements of moral fcience, vol. I. On Phyfi- ognomy 537 -Monro's narrative of mi- litary operations on the Co- romandel coaft: Character of the climate 541. Extra- vagance of the European ladies 542 -Letters from Simpkin the Second to his dear brother in Wales; containing an humble defcription of the trial of Mr Haftings, from the commencement to the clofe of the feffions in 1789: Mr Haftings's fpeech 545
-Crawford's inquiry into the fituation of the Eaft In--Marshall's rural œconomy dia Company, from papers laid before the Houfe of Commons 283 -American book of common prayer 333
Young's Agriculture, the VOL. LI.
of Glocestershire; including its dairy: Together with the dairy-management of North Wiltshire; and the manage- ment of orchards and fruit- liquor in Herefordshire 593. 4 U
Method of making barn- floors with dry materials 596 -Dempster's difcourfe rela- ting to the British fisheries; and fome thoughts on the prefent emigrations from the Highlands: On perfonal fer- vices 640. Anecdotes of the author 642
Thoughts on the difquali- fiation of the eldest fons of the Peers of Scotland to fit in Parliament. With obferva- tions on the civil polity of the kingdom. By Lord Sal- toun 643
-Letters of the late Thomas Rundle, Bishop of Derry: Character of Thomson's fea- fon's 645
Books, new, catalogue of 29. 91. 133. 187. 239.283.338. 395.438. 492. 543.597.645 Botanic difcovery 193 Botany Bay: Particulars of the voyage to, appearance of the country, &c. 149. French circumnavigators I5I Boxing matches 252. 513 Brown, Dr J.eulogium on 243 Brown, J. painter, fome ac- count of 632 Buffaloes, old Scottish at Drumlanric, account of 266 Buffon, anecdotes of 21 Burials at Edinburgh 52. 104. 156. 208. 260. 312. 364- 468. 520. 572. 624 Burns, R the Ayrshire bard, eres a monument to R. Ferguffon 411
Cabbage, history of the mow- ing 19
Calcutta, picture of the mode of living at 211 Caledonian hunt 515 Canal, one joining the Severn and Thames opened 567. One propofed between Ber- wick and Kelfo 514. 614 Catholic diffenters petition 373
Cavalry, Spanish, cause of their fuperiority 443 Chains, &c. across rivers, in- vention for breaking 513 Chatterton, T. account of his life 417
Chefs, a morality on 423 Circuit-trials 254.--257. 463 Clerical bon mot 482 Coffey and Pope, poets, a di- alogue between 138 Coins, ancient, found at Lin- lithgow
lithgow 299. At Kello b. Coin, counterfeit copper, in circulation 202
Coin, current filver, efli- mate of its real value 476 College, new, at Edinburgh, ceremony obferved at laying the foundation-stone of 521. Amount of fubfcriptions 615 Comets, earthquakes, &c. in Juftinian's time, of the 67 Commerce, chamber of. See Edinburgh
Commodities and money, a- necdotes of their value 16 Commons, Houfe of: On re- port of the Committee to fearch for precedents 9. On the Prince's right to the re- gency ib. Conference with the Lords 15. Speaker's death intimated by the clerk 78. On chufing a new Speaker 79. Mr Grenville chofen 80. On re-exami- ning his Majefty's phyfici- ans ib. Limitations on the Regent, and care of the King's perfon 113.-122. Refolutions communicated to the Prince 165. On the re- gency bill 171.-181. On the addrefs 220. Navy and army estimates 269. Ord- nance extraordinaries 271. On appointing a thanksgi ving for the Revolution 272. Shop-tax repeal 273. Haw- kers and pedlars274. Thanks- giving for the King's reco- very 275. On Mr Ha- ftings's petition 321-332. Catholic Diffenters 373.430. Corporation and test acts 374. Slave-trade 376.-381.430. Refignation of the Speaker 381. On chufing a new Speaker 381. Mr Adding- ton chofen 385. Ways and incans 425. Scots Epifco- pal communion 428. To- bacco-duties ib. British fisheries 429. Newspapers 430. India loan-bill 431. 530. Scots borough reform 477. On exportation of corn to France 479. Finances 489. Tobacco - bill 529. Revolution anniversary 529 Congreve, anecdote of 84 On Converfation, from the Olla Podrida 64 Convicts prefer death to tranf- portation 461
Copper coin, counterfeit, in circulation 202 Coftiveness, remedy for 631 Cramp, remedy for 631 Cuckoo, obfervations on the natural history of I
The Curate to Faldoni, from the correspondence of two lovers, inhabitants of Lyons 483
Debbieg, Col. tried by a court- martial 459
Debt, national, redeemed, official statement of 567 Delhi, narrative of the revo- lutions at 227 315 Denmark: As an ally of Ruf- fia, invited to accede to the quadruple alliance 248. Bri- tish minifter's declaration for preventing hoftilities be- tween and Sweden ib. A- grees to remain neuter 344 Difcovery, a fingular nautical 254
Difpenfary, Dundee, state of 405
Douglas, Heron, and Co. a call made upon the partners
of 204 Douglas, Rev. Mr R. inquiry after his genealogy 646 Drill-husbandry, advantages of 433
Duelling, an old foldier on 341 422. 546. Propofal for the prevention of 369 Earthquakes, history of, in Ju- ftinian's time 67 Earthquake, shock of an, felt at Wenlock 513. At Crieff, &c. 569
Eaft-India Company:
nute of Ld Cornwallis's ar- my reform 318. State of their revenue 431. Loan-
bill 530 Edinburgh: P. of Wales gives 2001. to the poor 47. Me- dium ftate of the thermo- meter for 1788, ib. Dif- pute between the magiftrates and heritors of Canongate about fettling a minifter de- termined ib. Trial of Mrs Short, &c. for a riot ib. Thanksgiving in the Epif copal chapels for the King's Mr Fennel's recovery 100.
cause 151. Refumes his theatrical performances 408. Macfadzean and Drysdale fined, &c. for forcibly en- tering the Obfervatory on
the Calton-hill ib. Mr Buchanan of Stirling chofen minister of Canongate ib. T. Hall tried for fwindling
151. 407. Illuminations on the King's recovery 152, Magiftrates address 200. Pa- tent mail-coach 202. Coun- terfeit copper coin in circu lation ib. Proposals for a professor of agriculture at 209. Obfervations on the propofal 210. A chime of bells put up in St Andrew's church steeple 299. Hou- fes not allowed to be built above five ftories high 405. Chamber of commerce elect officers 407. On ftamps 469. Letter from Sir J. Sinclair to, on ditto 547. Mathefon and Macgregor tried for theft 408. Caftle illumina ted ib. A new mace given to the college 514. Tron church repaired, and open- ed 516. Ceremony obfer ved at laying the foundation. ftone of the new college 521. A farmer's fubfeription to ditto 615. Amount of fub- fcriptions ib. Cafe of Mifs Burns ib. Hall and his cre- ditors 617
On Education 163 Education, modern, original thoughts on 263 Edward IV's burial-place o- pened 198 Emperor, anecdote of the 388 England: Present of coals to the P. of Wales 46. Stock purchased by government 99. 567. Form of thankf giving for the King's reco- very 100. Illuminations on that happy event 149. Di patches from Botany Bay ib. Mr Wardrope pardoned 198. An obelisk erected near Ken- dal in memory of the Revo- lution ib. Edward IV's bu- rial-place opened ib. Queen's drawing room on the King's recovery ib. Royal gala at Windfor 199- Queen at Covent-garden theatre ib. Pecuniary rewards, &c. to King's physicians ib. Ad- drefles to the King 199. 100. Ward the boxer kills a man 252 Humphreys and Men- doza ib. Duel 253. Af gular nautical discovery 254- Ball
INDEX to the Effays, Books, Hiftory, &c. 1789.
Ball at St James's on the King's birth-day 299. Re- markable law-cafe of infa- nity tried 352. Fall of a very old oak tree at Oxford 355. Hertfordshire archers fhoot for a prize at Hatfield 356. Court martial on Col. Debbeig 459 Diary of their Majefties journey to Ply mouth,&c. 460.511.564.610 651. Magnificent fete given by E. Fitzwilliam to the P. of Wales 461. P. of Wales's overturned ib. carriage Phipps and his fon execu- ted for forgery 512. Earth- quake at Wenlock, Wilts 513. County of Effex fined for not having distinct a- partments for male and fe- Box- male prisoners ib. ing matches at Banbury ib. Storms 567
Eric, king of Sweden, story of his daughter 534 Eulogium on Dr Brown 243 Exchequer court, trials before 48. 300. 409 Executions 405. 512 Faldoni, the curate to, from the correspondence of two lovers 483 Ferguffon, R. monument e- rected to his memory by the Ayrshire Bard 411 Fete, a magnificent, given by E. Fitzwilliam to the P. of Wales 461 Fiars for 1788. 204 Fife, Earl, account of his ex- tenfive plantations in the counties of Banff and Mo- ray 28
Fisheries, British, fubfcrip tion in Bengal for 462 Fishery, Scotch, reflections upon 332
Flea, natural history of 267 Forgery, Phipps and fon exe- cuted at Shrewsbury for 512 Forth & Clyde navigation 516 France: M. Neckar's report on the restoration of the ftate adopted by the King and council 45. Refolution there- on ib. Arret offering a boun- ty on the importation of grain 46. Refufe to pay the fums ftipulated by the treaty of 1785 with the Dutch 99. Letter for meeting of the States-General ib. Qua- ruple alliance with Ruffia,
&c. 247. Bounties on the importation of grain dou- bled 249.
Infurrections at Paris 249. 345 351. 449. 508. Two rioters executed 250. King's speech at open- ing the Affembly of the States General ib. Heads of M. Neckar's speech 251. Proceedings of the States Ge- neral 292.-298. 345.-350. M. 400. 504. 559. 601. Necker difmiffed 351. Hof pital of invalids taken, the cannon and other arms fei- zed ib. The Baftile taken, the Marquis de Launay, &c. put to death, and their heads fixed upon pikes and carried round the city 352. Nar- rative of the revolution 400. -405. 448.-459. 504.- 510. 559-563. 60г. Ld G. Gordon's petition to the National Affembly 458. Pa- rifian troops defeat the King's body-guards at Versailles 509. and efcort the King and Royal family to Paris 510. Prefident of the Na- tional Affembly's speech to the King 559. and Queen 560.
The King's anfwer 559. and Queen's 560. Com- memoration-medal for the French-guards 602. Patri- otic offering by fome Pari- fian ladies of their jewels ib France, obfervations on the probable confequences of the revolution in 473 Franklin, Dr, his addrefs to the Americans on their dif- affection to the new form of government 105. Edict of the K. of Pruffia by 590 Frecholders-of Perthshire on nominal and fictitious votes 514. Of Kirkcudbright re- ject Lord Daer's claim to be inrolled 515
French nation, remarks on the 528
Frofts, remarkable fince the conqueft 8
Fulling or waulk mill, one on a new conftruction 618 Funeral, account of Adm. Greig's 18
Furs, account of voyages in fearch of fince the death of Capt. Cook 34 Game, important queftion refpecting decided 410 4 U 2
Gardenfton, Ld, his letter to the fecretary of convention 462. Lays the foundation- ftone of St Bernard's mineral well, near Edinburgh 653. Commiffion to the keeper ib Germany: Marriages, births, &c. at Hamburgh, Ko- ningsbergen, and Berlin, in 1788, 45. Hopes of the Em- peror's complete recovery 247. Skirmishes between the Imperialifts and Turks 247. 291. Gradifca bombarded and taken 344. Prince Cou- bourg defeats the Turks in Wallachia, and takes Fockfan 446. Commotions at Liege 448 Declaration by the Prince Bishop ib. Actions in Wallachia, &c. 503. Bel- grade capitulates ib. Braban- tines claim an immediate re- vocation of the Emperor's illegal edicts 504. Czernitz, in Wallachia, and Cladova, in Servia, taken, 557. Pruf- fian manifefto relative to the troubles at Liege, ib. Ac- count of Brabant, and the principles on which the pre- fent refiftance is made ib. Manifefto of the Brabantine patriots 558. Narrative of the revolt in the low coun- tries, and probable confe quences of the severity of the Emperor's edicts 600. Bruffels taken ib Gillies. See Books. Goat, a he, kept in ftables thought to prevent the ftag. gers in horfes 596 Grain, prices of, 52. 104. 156. 208. 260. 312. 364. 520. 572. 624. Great Britain, on the import- ance of its trade with Ruf- fia 107. Political state of in 1740, III. State of prisons in 200. View of its liberty and privileges, general elec tions, courts of justice, &c. 584, 634.
Greig, Adm. account of 17. His funeral 18. Grief, extraordinary effects of 564 Happiness, on the difficulty of attaining 628 Harrison, J. inventor of the time-keeper, account of 495 Haftings, W. trial of, 331.481 Highlanders, Scotch, on their
paffionate love and genius for mufic and poetry 65 Highland fociety of Scotland: New members 409. Account of their proceedings ib
of London, pre- miums to pipers by 410 Hops, remarks on the ufe of 488
Howard. See Books Humane fociety, fuccefs of 610 Humphreys and Mendoza, boxing match between 252 Husbandry, drill, advantages of 433
Imprisonment, wrongous, ac- tion for 654
India, obfervations on the paf- fage over land to 484 Of Ingratitude 164 Innocent, Pope, a morality on chefs by 423 Infanity, remarkable law-cafe of tried 352 Infcription, on R. Ferguffon's monument 411. On a stone found at Perth 516 Intemperance. See Tempe.
Irish commiffioners prefent parliament's address to the P. of Wales 148. His anfwer ib. Dine with the Prince ib Irish parliament: Lord Lieu- tenant's speech at opening the feffions 146. Proceed- ings on the King's indifpo- fition ib. Address the Prince of Wales to take upon him the regency without reftric- tions 147. Cenfure on the Lord Lieutenant 148. Com- mittee of fupply 222. Pen. fien-bill 223. 226. Speech 223. Addreffes 224. An- fwers 225. Addreffes to the P. of Wales 225. 226. An- fwer ib. Motion to refcind the vote of cenfure on the Lord Lieutenant for refufing to tranfmit addrefs to the P. of Wales 276. Supply voted for ten months ib. Bill for fecuring the freedom of elections ib. Thankfgi- ving for the King's recove- ry ib. Protefts relative to the regency 285.-288 Of Jealoufy 164 Jenner, Ed. on the natural hiftory of the cuckoo I. Jewefs, emarkable cafe of a young, who had been dumb from her infancy 564
Jews of Alface and Lorraine, addrefs to the National Af fembly of France by 562 Jones Sir W. his conversation with an Abyffinian concern- the city of Gwender and fources of the Nile 646 Jury-trial, advantages of, and a propofal for introducing juries into the civil law of Scotland 573 Jufticiary-court trials 151. 201. 407. 408. King: Progrefs of his indif- pofition 24. 60. First exa- mination of physicians 83. Form of thanksgiving for his recovery 100. Illuminations on that happy event 149. 152. Proceffion to St Paul's 157. Addreffes to 200. Birth-day ball 299. Diary of his journey to Weymouth, &c. 460. 511. 564. 610. 651 King, anecdote of the late 372
Kings of Scotland, ancient chronicle of the 265 Knox, Mr, plan of his pictu- refque fcenery of Scotland
Langle, Viscount de. See Py- roufe.
Language, new definition of 229
Lapland girls, account of two brought to England, 370 Lavater, J. Cafper, account of 53. 108
Lee, Gen. character of 7 Lenox, Col. duel between and D. of York 253. And be- tween and Mr Swift 356. Caftle of Edinburgh illumi- nated on his arrival 408 Lettfom, Dr, a moral and phyfical thermometer by 216 Light, flashes of, feen to dart from a marigold 193 Light-houfe at Port Patrick burnt 101. New ones crect ed 513
Living at Calcutta, picture of the mode of 211 London :P. of Wales gives 1000l. to the poor 46. Com- mon council thank the Prince for his well-timed munificence ib. Salaries to performers at the opera- houfe 99. Illuminations for the King's happy recovery 149. Proceffion to St Paul's 157. Quantity of coals im-
ported 198. King's theatre, Hay-market, burnt 459. Seffions at the Old Bailey 46. 461. 610. Dr Withers and Mr Walter fined and impri- foned for libels on Mrs Fitz- herbert, and the Duke of York 568. Barrington's out- lawry taken off; tried for theft, and acquitted 608 Lords, House of: Report of the committee appointed to fearch for precedents order- ed to be printed 9. On the refolutions of the Commons 15. On appointing the Re- gent 71. Divifion on that question 75. 76. Proteft, &c. 78. Limitations on the Regent, and care of the King's perfon 122.—126. Protest 126. Addrefs to the Prince and Queen 167. Prince and Queen's anfwer 168. Commiffion for opening parliament 169. Parliament opened; commiffionersspeech 171. Mr Haftings 217. 481. Regency-bill 217. 220. His Majefty's convalescence 219. On the address 220. Addrefs 221. Answer 222. Thankf giving for the King's reco very 275. Religious penal ftatutes 381. 385-388. Finances 480. Tobacco-bill 529. India loan-bill 530. Acts paffed by commiflion 531. Speech ib. Prorogation ib
Machine, a new weaving one 202. A new threshing
Macrae, Mr, the tragedy of Douglas performed at his private theatre at Marion- ville 202 Manchester infirmary, re- marks by Dr Percival on the improvement of 142 Mansfield, Ld, sketch of his public character 134 Marigold, flashes of light feen to dart from a 193 Mary Q. of Scots, hiftorical portrait of 424. Reflections on the tragedy of 535 Matrimony, Date of among the nobility 71 Mechanic, account of J. Har rifon, a celebrated 495 Mendoza. See Humphreys Mickle, W. J. account of his life and writings 532. 581
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