STATE PAPERS. [267 His Majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of parliament, on the opening of the fifth feffion of the fixteenth parliament of Great Britain, on Tuesday the 27th of November 1787 The bumble address of the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal, in parliament affembled, for the foregoing speech; with his Majesty's anfwer The humble addrefs of the house of commons to his Majefty, for the fame; with his Majefty's anfwer [268 (270 His Majesty's fpeech to both houses of parliament at the clofe of the fifth feffion, July 11, 1788 [272 [27.5 [271 A copy of the treaty of defenfive alliance between his Britannic Majefty and their high mightineffes the ftates general of the United Provinces, figned at the Hague, the 25th of April 1788 Copy of the treaty of defenfive alliance, between his Majesty the king of Great Britain, and his majesty the king of Pruffia Aat of guaranty of the ftadtholdership of the United Provinces, by their high mightinees the ftates general [278 The Emperor's declaration of war against the Porte, Feb. 10, 1788 [279 Addrefs of the parliament of Paris, prefented to his moft Chriftian Majefty at the affembly of the bed of justice, May the 8th, 1788, on the arrest of Meffieurs d'Efpremenil and de Monfantbert, two counsellors of their court [281 Speech of his moft Chriftian Majefty, on opening the bed of justice, May the 8th [282 His moft Chriftian Majefty's ordinance, declaring the protest and deliberations above-mentioned, of the parliaments and courts, feditious and libel lous Note delivered the 18th of June, by the Ruffian ambassador at Stockholm, to dated June 23, 1788 [287 Declaration of the empress of all the Ruffias, against the king of Sweden, June 30, 1788 [289 Exhortation of the king of Sweden to his fubjects Declaration and Counter-declaration between Denmark and Sweden Declaration delivered to the confederated States of Poland by the Pruffian minifter at Warfaw, dated October 12, 1788, on the subject of an intended alliance between Ruffia and Poland Anfwer of the diet at Warfar to the king of Pruffia's declaration [294 Circular Circular letter fent, by order of the emperor of Morocco, to all the European confuls refident within his dominions 1295 Lords protest against the India declaratory bill, March 19, 1788 [ibid. Heads of the principal acts of parliament paffed in the year 1788 [298 Abstract of the act for providing certain temporary regulations refpecting the transportation of the natives of Africa, in British ships, to the Weft Indies, or elsewhere [300 CHARACTER S. Short account of the life and character of Robert Lowth, D. D. late bishop o London Character of the emperor Juftinian, from vol. 4, of the Hiftory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, Efq. Character of Mahomet, from the fame A fport account and character of Sophia Charlotte, firft queen of Pruffia; extracted from Memoirs of Frederick the Third, of Pruffia, by Fof. Towers, LL. D. ୨ "A 10 Some account and particulars relative to the natives of Montagna Negro, on the coast of Dalmatia, at the head of the gulf of Catarro; from Voyage from Venice to Lutichea" A particular account of the perfons, character, manners, and customs of the natives of the coaft of Africa, from the river Rionomas to the cape St. Ann: from "A Voyage to the river Sierra-Leone, on the coaft of Africa, by John Matthews, lieutenant in the royal navy; in a series of letters during his refidence in that country" 13 A letter from a noble Hungarian lady, on the fubject of the Gipfies in Hungary; extracted from the Appendix to a Differtation on the Gipfies, &c. tranflated from the German of H. M. G. Grellman 26 24 Particulars relative to the imprisonment and escape of Baron Trenck from the fortress of Glatz; from Memoirs by himself, tranflated from the German original Anecdotes of Lee Boo, fecond fon of Abba Thulle, king of the Pelew Iflands, from the time of his leaving Canton, in the Morfe Eaft Indiaman, to the time of his death.-From Mr. Keate's" Account of the Pelew Iflands, compofed from the journals and communications of Capt. Wilson, and fome of his officers, who were shipwrecked there, in the Antelope, a packet belonging to the Eaft India Company" 37 Some remarks and anecdotes, relative to the late Duchefs of Kingston; from "An authentic detail of particulars relative to her grace, during her connection with the duke, her refidence at Drefden, Vienna, St. Petersburgh, Paris, &c." 44 NATURAL HISTORY. Some obfervations on the heat of wells and fprings in the island of Jamaica, and on the temperature of the earth below the furface in different climates. By John Hunter, M. D. F. R. S.-From vol. lxxviii of Philofophical A table of the mean heat of every month, for ten years, in London, from 1763 to 1772, inclufive. By William Heberden, M. D. F. R. S. and A. S.- An abstract of Mr. William Smellie's Essay on Instinct.—From Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. i. Obfervations on Pemphigus, by Stephen Dickson, M. D. fellow of the college of phyficians, and one of the king's professors of phyfic in the city of Dublin, M. R. I. A. &c.—From the Transactions of the Royal Irish Aca- An account of feveral ftrata of earth and shells on the banks of York River, in Virginia; of a fubterraneous passage, and the fudden defcent of a very large current of water from a mountain, near Carlile; of a remarkably large Spring near Reading, in Pennsylvania; and alfo of feveral remarkable springs in the ftates of Pennsylvania and Virginia. In a letter from the Hon. Ben- jamin Lincoln, F. A. A.-From Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts An account of a fingular Apple-tree, producing fruit of oppofite qualities; a part of the fame apple being frequently four, and the other fweet. In a let- A remarkable cafe of Gun-foot Wound. Communicated in a letter from Bar- nabas Binney, hofpital phyfician and furgeon in the American army, in 1782. USEFUL PROJECTS. An account of a new method, invented by the earl of Dundonald, for purifying fea-falt-From Tranfactions of the Royal Society at Edinburgh, vol. i. 82 An account of the method of making a wine, called by the Tartars Koumifs, with obfervations on its ufe in medicine. By John Grieve, M.D. F. R.S. Edinb. and late phyfician to the Ruffian army.-From the fame work 84 Obfervations upon the art of making Steel. By the Rev. Daniel Little, F. A. A.From Memoirs of the American Academy of arts and Sciences, An account of land gained from the fea on the Effex coaft, by the Rev. H. Bate Dudley; in a letter from him addreffed to the fecretary of the fociety. -From Tranfactions of the Society inftituted at London for the entouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce 93 An account of paper made from the bark and leaves of Within twigs.-From the fame work 96 An account of ardent Spirits produced from potatoes. By James Anderson, LL.D. F.R. S. and F. S. A. Scotland.-From vol. iv. of letters and papers or agriculture, planting, &c. felected from the correspondence-book of the fociety inftituted at Bath, &c. ibid. On the means of preferving apple-bloffom and orchards from injury. In a letter from Mr. Gullett.-From the fame work Bishop of Killalue's method of cultivating potatoes. From the fame work 102 Receipt to make perpetual Yeaft or Barm. Communicated by George Dempfter, Efq. M. P.-From vol. xiii. of the European Magazine ANTIQUITIES. 101 103 104 III 114 Articles propofed by the earl of Warwick, as preceptor to Henry VI. in his minority, to the lords and council, for their approbation.-From" Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI. Edvard IV. and Richard III. by varions perfons of rank or confequence, The Speech of John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, against Edmund Beaufort, duke of Somerset, in the house of lords. From the fame work Letter from John Pafton to fir John Pafton, knt. giving an account of a vifit of Edward the Fourth to Norwich, in the courfe of a royal progress, in which he is attended by fome of his minifters.-From the fame work Defcription and hiftory of a curious fruftum of a statue of Serapis at Arles, the ancient Arelas.-Extracted from Notices and defcriptions of antiquities of the Provincia Romana of Gaul, now Provence, Languedoc, and Dauphine, by Governor Pownall, F. R. S. and F. S. A.” Obfervations on the time of the death and place of burial of Queen Katharine Parr, by the Rev. Treadway Nash, D.D. F. A. S.-From the "Archaeologia; or, Mifcellaneous tracts relating to antiquity;" published by the fociety of antiquaries of London, vol. ix. 125 66 119 Remarks on the title of Thane and Abthane. By Robert Riddel of Glen Riddel, Efq.-From the fame work 130 MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY S. 140 The Vicar's tale.-Extraded from the Olla Podrida, a periodical work 132 An ironical defence of vice and immorality.—From the fame Particulars relative to Mr. de Sauffure's journey to the fummit of Mont-Blanc. -From the account of De Saufjure's " Relation Abrégée d'un Voyage à la Cime du Mont-Blanc," &c. in the Appendix to the 77th vol. of the Monthly Review 144 Advice to a new-married man. By Mrs. Thrale, now Mrs. Piozzi 149 Allegory, from a Philadelphia news-paper, said to come from the pen of the late celebrated Dr. Franklin 152 - Obfervations upon the paffions, addressed to the ladies.-From the Observer 156 The hiftory of Tarempou and Serinda. -From Variety, a collection of essays, written in the year 1787 159 POETRY. 167 168 Ode for the new year 1788. By T. Warton, Efq. Poet Laureat To a lady. Written in Ireland - 170 178 179 180 181 The Adieu and Recall to Love.-From vol. i. of the British Album Epilogue to the fame.-Written by Capt. Morris and Capt. Topham Song to Delia. By the fame ibid. 186 187 188 ibid. |