tling, the blood was thereby diffolved, and fo continued for 24 hours: That a folu tion of it injected into a dog's vein, firft occafioned tremors, then univerfal convulfions, and lastly death; and, four hours after, upon opening the dog, the blood, which fhould have been coagulated, was found fluid, both in the trunks of the veins and at the ends of the arteries: That, by fubftituting Vefuvian falt for common fal Ammoniac, the strongest sort of aqua regia nay be had for diffolving gold: And that n fome of the stones there appear veins of gold, in others of filver, but infenfible; and in others, which are very heavy, there $ fome antimony. Why the pernicious lamps fhould be feen only in the old firaa, and not rather in the new, where by he action of fire they ought to iffue, is hus accounted for: As the burning mater begins to cool at the furface, the more abtile heterogeneous particles lie buried nd imprisoned under ground, acquiring in me acutangular and deleterious figures; 11, when new eruptions produce many ffures, the unrefifted damps rufh forth; air long pent up in fome hollow, obining vent, generally comes out in a pericious vapour. An Irish PETITION to the houfe of L-ds in Ireland. be humble petition of Mr Dormatt Offaly, a moft accomplished Gentleman, M Oft humbly, and moft fubmiffively, and most obediently, and moft dufully fhewing, and expressing, and declang to your Lordships, that whereas, and thereby, and wherein the most major, nd moft bigger, and the most greater, nd the most ftronger part of the beft, nd most ableft, and the most mightiest ort of the barony of Jeragh and county f Kerry, finding, and ordaining, and ertifying themfelves, here, and hereafter, nd the time paft, and now, there, and hen, and at this prefent time, to be very nuch and greatly oppreffed, and diftrefed, and overcharged in all taxes and quitrents, and other levies, and accidental applotments, and collections, and gatherings together in the county aforefaid, and for the further prefervation of all, and every fuch, henceforth, heretofore, and for the time to come, and now, and then, and at this time, and for eyer, the aforefaid moft major, and the moft ftronger, and the most bigger, and the moft better part of the most beft, and the moft ableft, and the most mightiest fort of the people of the barony aforefaid, hath appointed, and nominated, and conftituted, and ordained, and declared, and elected, and made one Mr Dormatt Offaloy, to folicit, and make motion to your Lordships, looking upon me, now, and then, and there, and here, Mr Dormatt Offaloy, to be the most fitteft, and the most meeteft, and the most ableft, and the moft eloquenteft fpokefman within the said barony of Jeragh and county of Kerry, their grand and well beloved, and better merited agent, and folicitor, to reprefent oppreffion, and fuppreffion, and extortion, for all fuch, and all much; and whereas, and whereby, and whereupon your petitioner is fairly, and firmly, and handfomely, and ingeniously, and defervedly appointed, and nominated, conftituted; and ordained, elected, and approved of, and made choice of, as an agent, and folicitor, to undergo and overgo, to under-run and over-run this new and big, great and mighty fervice, and there, and therefore, to will, and shall now, and there, and then, and at this time, and the time paft, and heretofore, and formerly, and at this prefent, and for ever, your humble, and fpecial, and important, and mighty, and indefatigable request of me, your petitioner and Solicitor General aforefaid, that your Honourable Lordships will be pleafed, and fatisfied, and refolved, to grant, and give, and deliver, and bestow upon me Mr Dormatt Offaloy, the before recited, and nominated petitioner and folicitor aforefaid, and order a judgment, and a warrant, and authority of reference to my Lord of Kerry, and Capt. Henry Bonofofy, Efq; and Juftice of the Peace, and quorum, or any four, or five, or more, or lefs, or either, or neither of them, and now, then, and there, and here, and any where, and fomewhere, or no where, to call, and bring, to fetch, and carry before him or them, or either, or neither, as aforefaid, all fuch, all much, and every, and either, or neither, and both such party or parties, as they fhall manage, or conceive, confider, fup4 K 2 pole, and neither of them, fhall, and did, and pofe, and appoint, efteem, and think fit, Rates of Intereft according to the Scots Acts. Annualrents from L 5 J Explanation of the ensuing Table. Given, and granted, and dated, and fign- under this mark; and oppofite to it, Note 1. The new ftile commenced Oft. 4. 1582; when 10 days were thrown ou at once, and the last year of every centr ry after, excepting each fourth century, appointed to have no day intercalated in 2 February: So that in this century, new ftile preceeds the old, which we ufe, 11 days. per cent. to creditor. Ook for the year under the title YEARS; and oppofite to it you have the day of the week on which March begins. Next look for the month under the title MONTHS; and oppofite to it, under the day of the week, in the upper line, on which March begins, you have the day of the week on which that month begins. Then look for the day of the month under the title DAYS; and oppofite to it, under the day of the week, in the upper line, on which the month begins, you have the day of the week wanted. And, to make this table anfwer for the new ftile, look for the number of days that the new ftile preceeds the old the Note 2. In this table March is fuppofed to be the first month of the year; fo that to find what day of the week any day of January or February, e. g. 1743, falls upes, you look the preceeding year, 1742. EXAMPLE. What day of the week is the 20th day of May 1743 Oppofite to the year I find Tuesday to be the first day of March. Oppofite to the month, under Tuesday in the upper line, I find Sunday to be the firft day of May. Oppofite to the day of the month, under Sunday in the up per line, I find Friday to be the 20th day of May O. S. And oppofite to 11, the prefent difference between the old and new ftiles, under Friday in the upper line, the 20th May O. S. I find Monday to be the 20th May N. S.-So likewife, obferving Note 2. above, I find that the 26th of Fe bruary 1743 falls upon Saturday, according to the old, and upon Tuesday according to the new stile. from 1701 to 1812, both ristance of the Dominical Letter. LE, fhewing what Day of the Week any Day of any Month falls upon ATABLE, fhewing what Day of the week any Day of any Month falls upon from 1701 to 1812, both according to the Old and New Stiles, without the affiftance of the Dominical Letter. YEARS OF CHRIST. March ift. Days of the Week on which they begin. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 31 May Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 60 788 Wednesday 30 June 31 July 31 August 10 30 November Sunday 31 December 39 67 795 Thursday 31 January 12 40 68 796 Saturday 2 February Monday 69 797 Sunday 70 798 Monday 15 43 71 799 Tuesday 16 44 72 800 Thurfday DAYS. 17 45 73 801 Friday I 8 15 22 29 Sunday 18 46 74 802 Saturday 19 47 75 803 Sunday 76 804 Tuesday 77 805 Wednesday 2 9 16 23 30 Monday 3 10 17 24 31 Tuesday 4 11 18 25 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday 38 66 794 Wednesday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thurfday Friday Friday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Sunday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Monday 12 Monday Tuesday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Wednesday 10 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Wednesday Thurfday Friday. II 16 15 25 53 81 809 Monday 26 54 82 810 Tuesday 83 811 Wednesday 27 55 1728 1756 1784 1812 Friday N. B. This Table may be made to answer for any year of the Julian or Gregorian calendars not inferted, by adding to, or fubtracting from the years, 28 as many times as is needful. 614 An INDEX, fhewing the Characters affumed by the feveral M. Aburius, Earl of Abingdon L. Æmilius Mamercinus, Mr Ald. Perry Afinius Pollio, Lord Polwarth, now Earl of Arrianus Maturius, Sir Dudley Ryder Sp. Carvilius, Earl of Carlisle Celfus Albinovanus, Alexander Hume- C. Cicerejus, Earl of Cholmondeley Claudius Marcellus, Earl of Sandwich M. Furius Camillus, Sir William Wyndham M. Giganius Macerinus, Lord Gower C. Herennius, Edward Hooper, Efq; Chedworth A. Hoftilius Mancinus, Earl of Holderness Julius Florus, William Pit, Efq; C. Marcius Coriolanus*, Tho. Carew, Efq, T. Numicius Prifcus, William Noel, Efq; C. Oppius, late Lord Onflow L. Pifo, Earl of Chesterfield 2. Salonius Sarra, Bishop of Salisbury derfon, now Earl of Scarborough M. Valerius Corvus, Sir John Barnard General ERRATUM. For C. Marcius Coriolanus, p. 540. read Cn. Manlius Vulfo, January 42 February 12 23 General Bill of MORTALITY for 1742, in Edinburgh and Weft-kirk parish. 27 34 108 In the Weft kirk yard. March 23 48 April May 18 23 June July August 3 16 September October 16 November 19 14 17 32 17 13 17 15 203 23 2 154 30 115 23 III 30 26 II 18 13 16 ∞ 36 |