possessed of 5001. or more, but less than 1000l. of the capital Stock of the said Company, presented to the Hon. House of Commons. [215 Authentic Letters relative to the intended Tax upon Irish Absentees, viz. From the Duke of Devonshire, and other Lords, to Lord North. [217 Account of the Honours paid by the Assembly and Council of Jamaica, to the Memory of the late Sir William Trelawney, Bart. Governor of that Address of the Council of Jamaica to Lady Trelawney. State of the Export Linen and Linen Yarn Trade of Ireland for the last Account of the total Quantities of British and Irish Linens exported from England, from the Commencement of the Bounty, to January 1772, dis-, Account of the Quantity of Linéns stamped in Scotland in the Years 1727, fibid. Account of the total Quantities of foreign Linens imported into England, and the Duties paid thereon from 1762 to 1771, both inclusive. [225 Account of the progressive Increase of the Revenue of the Post-Office. [ibid. STATE PAPER S. His Excellency Earl Harcourt's Speech to the Parliament of Ireland, on [ibid. The Addresses of both Houses of Parliament in Ireland to his Majesty. [234 His Majesty's Answers to the Addresses of both Houses of Parliament in The Thanks of both Houses of Parliament in Ireland for his Majesty's most The Addresses of both Houses of Parliament in Ireland to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, with his Excellency's Answers. The Lords Protest against the East-India regulating Bill, Second Protest of the Lords, upon the Rejection of the Duke of Rich- CHARACTERS. A Description of the Island of Otaheite; with many Particulars of its Some Account of the Inhabitants of Batavia and the adjacent Country, their 45 Character of Mrs. Bridget Bendish, Grand-daughter to Oliver Cromwell, 77 Character of Sir Francis Bacon, Lord High Chancellor of England, by Some Account of the celebrated Sir John Tradescant. Some Account of Mac Murchard, an Irish Chieftain in the Reign of Richard Of the Customs, Manners, and Language of the Northern Indians of America. 85 NATURAL HISTORY. An Account of the Cavern of Dunmore Park, near Kilkenny, in Ireland. 94 Of the dreadful Effects of Cold in the Streights of Le Maire. Some Particulars of the Natural History of New Zealand. Surprising Sea Weed in the Neighbourhood of the Streights of Le Maire. 104 Of an extraordinary Fog-Bank on the Passage from Rio de Janeiro, to Port ibid. Observations on the milky Appearance of some Spots of Water in the Sea. ibid. Abstract of a Memoir on the Causes of sudden and violent Death, wherein it is proved, that those who fall Victims to it may be recovered. 132 Of the Effects of Elder, in preserving growing Plants from Insects and Flies. 134 An approved Method of washing old. Paintings, and giving them a good Gloss. ANTIQUITIES. 136 Of the Saxon and Norman Architecture; from Grosse's Antiquities of England and Wales. 11 On the Suppression of Religious Houses; from the same. Of Doomsday Book; from the same. Observations on Bolton Castle, in Yorkshire; from the same. 137 146, 147 151 The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan; from the Anglo-Saxon Version of Orosius, by Alfred the Great. 152 Ancient Epitaph on Sir John Mason, who lies buried under St. Paul's. 158 MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. 160 Extracts from a Discourse delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of Prizes, Dec. 10, 1772, by the President. Curious Extracts from Mr. Burney's Journal of his Voyage down the Iser and the Danube, from Munich to Vienna. Of the Carillons, or Chimes, in the Low Countries; from the same. Of the popular diversions in Vienna; from the same. 166 Incidents relative to the Roads and Manner of Travelling in Germany; Some Instances of the inordinate Passion for Music which prevails in the German Courts; from the same. Of the present State of Dresden, and of Saxony; from the same. Some curious Particulars of the Island of Malta. Rebuke to an English Gentleman, by a Sicilian Nobleman. Instances of the Oppressiveness of the present Government of Sicily. Of the Italian Language; by the late Earl of Corke and Orrery. 183 186 188 192 ibid. 193 Of three extraordinary Pieces of Wax-work at Florence; from the same. 196 Letter from the Countess of Pomfret to the Countess of Hertford, afterwards Dutchess of Somerset. Letter from the late Dutchess Dowager of Somerset to Mrs. ibid. 198 Account of two Fournies into Wales, in two Letters from Bishop Herring to Mr. Duncombe. Curious Letter from the Lord Mountnorris to the Earl of Stafford, the Day before his Execution; from the second Volume of Clarendon's State Papers. 203 Letter Letter from 204 205 A Letter to Sir Ralph Hopton, supposed to have been written by the Earl of -- 206 ibid. Essex. Letter from Sir Edward Hyde to Lady Dalkeith. Extracts from a Letter of Sir Edward Hyde to Mr. Secretary Nicholas, which strongly mark the Writer's Principles and Love for his Country. 207 209 Extract from another Letter, which shews Lord Clarendon's Opinion of the from Sir Edward Hyde to the Duke of Richmond. Singular Anecdote relative to Ventriloquism. 210 211 212 213 214 A Letter said to have been written by M. de Voltaire, last Year, to the late Earl of Chesterfield. 217 Verses written in an Alcove; by the same. 219 223 225 The Mouse's Petition; found in the Trap where he had been confined all Translation from Dante, Canto xxxiii. by the Earl of Carlisle. 227 228 230 Extracts from the Academic Sportsmen, or a Winter's Day, a Poem. 232 Three Pieces taken from a Pastoral Drama, written by Miss Mare, of Bristol, viz. Ode for the New Year, 1773: written by William Whitehead, Esq. The Nymph of Tauris, an Elogy, on the Death of Miss Anne Trelawney, who died in Jamaica. Prologue to the New Comedy, called "She Stoops to Conquer, or the Mistakes of a Night," written by David Garrick, Esq. Epilogue to the same, by Dr. Goldsmith. New Year Ode, to his most excellent Majesty King Bladud, of Bath. ago. The Traveller and Statute of Opportunity, a Dialogue. Character of the late Mr. Robert Lloyd, when a Prisoner in the Fleet: 246 An humble Prayer. ibid. Epitaph Epitaph on Mr. Thomas Hammond, Parish-Clerk of Ashford in Kent. 246 Verses presented by Sir Henry Lea, the brave Ancestor of the present Litchfield Family, to Queen Elizabeth. 247 ibid. 248 249 Ode for his Majesty's Birth-Day, June 4, 1773. Lines written by Mr. Garrick on the back of his own Picture. Epigram occasioned by Mr. Walpole's Impromptu on the Dutchess of Queensbury. Epilogue, written by R. Cumberland, Esq. and spoken after the Comedy of the Jealous Wife, performed for the Use of the Society for the Relief and Discharge of Persons imprisoned for small Debts. ibid. To the Parret, a Rivulet near Sherbone. 251 The Triumph of Ceres, or the Harvest Home. 252 On seeing the Figure of Death in a Dream. By Dr. Harrington. 253 ACCOUNT OF BOOKS for 1773. 254 255 The History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry the Second. With a Preliminary Discourse on the ancient State of that Kingdom. By Thomas Leland. D. D. Senior Fellow of Trinity College, and Prebendary of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 3 vols. quarto. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of his present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Čaptain Cooke, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. By John Hawkesworth, LL. D. 3 vols. The present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Provinces; or the Journal of a Tour through those Countries, undertaken to collect Materials for a general History of Music. By Charles Burney, Mus. D. 2 vols. octavo. quarto. 266 274 THE END. |