His majesty's most gracious fpeech to both houfes of parliament, on the 24th of April 1765, to recommend a regency bill. The joint addrefs of the house of lords and house of commons Abstract of an act to provide for the adminiftration of government in cafe the crown fhould defcend to any of the children of his majefty, being under the age of eighteen; and for the care and guardianship of their perfons. [259 His majefty's most gracious fpeech to both houses of parliament, on Saturday the Abftract of the act for annexing the island and lordship of Man to the crown, upon the furrender of the duke and duchess of Athol The humble addrefs, to his majesty, of the right honourable the lord mayor, [ibid. The humble addrefs of the house of commons in return to the foregoing Speech. [ibid. The queen's anfwer to a congratulatory message, fent by the house of commons to her majefty, on her happy delivery of another prince during the vacation His excellency Francis Seymour, earl of Hertford, lord lieutenant general and [ibid. The most humble addrefs, to the king, of his majesty's new fubjects, the French inhabitants of the island of Grenada. Extract from his moft Chriftian majefty's letter to M. d'Abbadie, director ge- neral and commandant for his majesty in Louifiana, ordering him to deliver up to his Catholic majefty all the French poffeffions not already ceded to Great Notification of the act, by which the dosager emprefs queen has nominated the prefent emperor to the co-regency of her hereditary dominions. CHARACTER S. Memoirs of his late Royal Highness William Auguftus Duke of Cumberland. Character of Queen Anne. Letter from Henry IV. of France to Madame de Grament. Character of the late duke of Ormond. of Harley earl of Oxford. of the late vifcount Bolingbroke. Memoirs of the life of William Pultney, earl of Bath. 10 ibid. 12 13 Memeins of the late Dr. Stukeley, communicated by Mr. Collinfon. 29 The life of the late celebrated Dr. Edward Young. Character of the late Doctor Thomas Sheridan of Dublin, so often mentioned Extracts from two letters to the late professor Colson, of Cambridge üniversity, ́ when master of an academy at Rochefter. Some account of the life and writings of the late Mr. Theophilus Cibber. 38 of Mr. Thomas Britton, the famous musical fmall-coal man. 45 Remarkable inftance of the great patience, under bodily pain, of the Indians inhabiting the banks of the Oroonoko. Some account of a very remarkable North American Indian chief. of the tulip-madness, which prevailed in Holland in the last century.50 Two letters from Oliver Cromwell to colonel Hammond, governor of the isle of Wight, during the confinement of King Charles I. in Carifbrooke.caftle. 51 NATURAL HISTORY. A defcription of the Isle of Man, lately drawn up from the best authorities. 70 On the nature, caufes, and ufes of the twilight. On the great and extenfive powers of Sympathy over the human frame. 80 Some account of a country boy blessed with a most furprising memory. 88' Surprising inftance of the great infectiousness of fome difcafes, where a free An account of an extraordinary disease among the Indians, in the island of Nan- tucket, and Martha's Vineyard, in New England. Attempt to account for the female cuckoo's leaving the care of hatching and of an infect, the female of which is viviparous and oviparous at dif- 99 of a tree, that speedily grows to a great fize, and yields fervers, pulfe, fodder for cattle, and a fine blue dye, without any manure, and in tit Description of a very useful kind of cabbage for the service of man and beaft, not as yet cultivated in England. 99 An account of an experiment tried to afcertain the truth of a tranfmutation of wheat into rye, recorded in our article of Natural Hiftory for the year 1759 100 Obfervations on very good eatable mushrooms, produced by a fort of stone, to which the author gives the name of Lapis Lyncurius, though it is not the lynx ftone, or the amber-colour Belemnites of naturalifts. 101 An hiftorical account of the eruptions of mount Vefuvius, in the year 1760. 103 On the extraordinary wholesomeness and extreme delicioufness of the waters of the Nile; with an attempt to illuftrate thereby a paffage in feripture. 106 Curious obfervations on the smell and bath of the earth. 107 On the gold found amongst the fands of fome rivers of France, and the origin of it. 109 On the vast quantity of gold and filver incorporated in moft kinds of comIMON fand, or fo clofely adhering thereto, and in fuch minute particles, as not to be perceivable by the eye, or feparable by the common methods of washing or picking. General obfervations on the mixtures of platina with other metals. ibid. On the great energy of the reflective power in subite fubftances, especially filver when polifhed. Wonderful property of magnets to care the tooth-ach. PROJECT S. 112 ibid. A fuccinct account of the proceedings relative to the discovery of the longitade at fea, by means of artificial time-keepers, particularly Mr. Harrifon's; extracted from the feveral pieces which have lately appeared on that important fubject; and from others that have not as yet been published. Certificate of the commiffioners of the longitude, to the commiffioners of the zavy, relating to Mr. Harrison's time-keeper. 113 128 Abort view of the improvements made or attempted in Mr. Harrifon's watch. 120 Remarks, Sc. by a friend of Mr. Harrifon, upon the above short view. 131 Efficacious method of treating drowned perfors; yet fo plain and easy, that those who happen to be prefent at fuch melancholy accidents may put it in practice, without any afftftance from perfons converfant in phyfic or furgery. 133 Cheap, eafy, and expeditious method of conftructing, houses, which have been found to be very useful hofpitals for the recovery of the fick; and, therefore, may, probably, make very wholesome places of refidence for the healthy; with remarks on the best method of procuring a free circulation of air in common buildings. Method of building chimnies that will not smoke. 134 135 Inftance of the great advantages that might be expected from planting the refinous pine-tree on fundry plains and heaths, E. Eafy method of making jeed, sown in the field, germ and take root in the drieft feasons. 137 138 9 An account of the difcovery lately made of feveral vegetables, many of them fit for the ufe of man, and all for that of cattle; fome of which, befides, by enduring the bardeft froft, and growing during the reft of the winter, even in the open field, feem intended by providence to make the earth yield her tribute the year round, and thereby fecure the most useful part of the brute creation from any danger of want in the most rigorous feafons. 141 Some account of the refult of feveral experiments made in Ireland, by Mr. John Wynn Baker, under the direction of the Dublin fociety, on the culture of the common cabbage, the turnep cabbage, boorcole, and turneps, in the open field, and after the Tullian method. 146 An account of the process so much spoken of by the ancients under the name of CAPRIFICATION, in which one species of fig-tree, whofe fruit never comes to perfection, is used to make another Species bear a moft extraordinary quantity. 151 The African millet recommended as a most useful plant to the attention of the European farmers. 153 Hint for the extraction of fugar from the stalks of a certain kind of African millet, the fame probably with that recommended in the preceding article. 154 Eafy method of preparing flesh meat without fpices, and with very little falt, yet fo as to keep good, and always ready for eating, for two or three years, and in the warmest climates. 155. Seme account of an attempt made to rear, in Holland and France, a kind of Eaft India Sheep, which, befides being much more prolific, yield almost as good avool as European sheep, and in much greater quantity. ibid. On the great advantage of giving premiums to farmers, manufacturers, and artifts, with a propofal for the increase of apiaries in Ireland, by confidering becs in the light of manufacturers. 156 Defcription of a very curious and ufeful bee-hive, invented by Mr. Thorley, near the Manficn-house, London. 161 162 Method of making horfes lie down in the ftable.. Experiments io afcertain the expence of burning chamber-oil in lamps, with wicks of various fixes. 163 Experiments to determine the real and comparative expence of burning candles of different forts and fizes, as they are commonly made at Market-Harborough, in Leicestershire. 164 165 Eafy and fafe method of refioring gold, when fullied, to its primitive luftre, without injuring the finest ground it may happen to lie upon. Defcription of an engine, in which the centrifugal force is happily applied to the raifing of water. 166 168 General thoughts on roads and -wheel-carriages; being the fruit of a gentleman's amufements in various avocations from family business. Hints for treating Geography in a more rational and concise manner. 173 ANTIQUITIES. An account of a mummy infpected at London 1763, by Dr. Hadley, Dr. Wol lafton, Dr. Blanfhard, Dr. Hunter, Dr. Petit, the rev. Mr. Egerton Leigh, and Mr. Hunter; in a letter from Dr. Hadley to Dr. Helerden, 174 defcription of the famous marble trunk of Hercules, dug up at Rome, commonly called the Torfo of Belvedere; wrought by Apollonius the fon of Neftor, and univerfally allowed to have been made for a flatue of Hercules Spinning, 180 Abstract of a letter concerning Herculaneum, and the other adjacent fubterra neous towns. 182 Some account of a work lately published at Florence, in three volumes octavo, intitled, Græcæ Ecclefia Vetera Monumenta. 189 A table exhibiting the ftandard, weight, value, and a comparative view of Englife gold money from King William I. Ann. 1066, to king George III. Ann. 1764. 192 On the origin of the English ftage, &c. extracted from the ingenious Mr. Percy's Reliques of ancient English poetry. 196 199 An effay on the ancient English minstrels. 203 204 The choice of the Ifraelites to preferve the doctrine of God's unity, and of the land of Judea for them to inhabit, as propereft for the difplay of God's Almighty power; likewife the influence of the Jewish law on the behaviour of that people towards the reft of mankind; vindicated from the abjections of Deifts, and particularly the railleries of M. Voltaire. 207 The knowledge of God the best principle to build a good education upon; with a very fimple method of making children fenfible, that God is not corporeal. 215 The maxim of reafoning with children, laid down by Mr. Locke, and lately oppofed by Mr. Rousseau, defended; and illustrated by fome fundamental truths not above the capacity of children. Of the education of ladies; a fragment by Dean Swift. 216 219 Of the changes in manners and principles in England fince the acceffion of the boufe of Hanover. Hints on good manners. 222 226 Advantages of the focial principle over a great understanding towards promoting the happiness of individuals. 227 On dramatic unity, especially as obferved by Shakespeare. The impropriety into which Chriftian poets have been led by following Homer and Virgil, in their excurfions to the heavenly manfions, confidered, both in a poetical and in a moral fenfe. 233 236 The traveller, an Oriental apologue. 244 Of the encouragement to agriculture, arifing from the poffeffion of a paternal inheritance. On the great abfurdity of declamations against luxury. 253 246 248 POETRY, |