Extract of a letter from Capt. Wm. Pere Williams, of his majesty's
Ship Flora, to Mr. Stephens, dated Spithead, June 27, 1781
Extract of a letter from Captain Curtis to Mr. Stephens, dated
Brilliant, Gibraltar, August 7, 1781
[250
Account of the action betwixt the Savage floop of war, of 16 guns,
Capt. Stirling, and the Congress, an American frigate of 20
[251
Account of an action between his majesty's floops the Atalanta and
Trepaffey, and a large American fhip called the Alliance 253
Extract of a letter from Lord George Germain, to the commiffioners
appointed to reftare peace to America, dated Whitehall, March
7, 1781
Extract of a letter from Wm. Knox, Efq. fecretary to Lord George
Germain, to James Simpson, Efq. dated Whitehall, March 7,
1781
[255
Copy of a letter written by Mr. Meyrick to Gen. Arnold (255
Letter from Gen. Washington to the Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Efq.
Speaker of the house of delegates, Richmond, Virginia [256
Letter from Mr. Adams, ambassador from the American Congress at
Amfterdam, to Thomas Cushing, Efq. lieutenant-governor of Maf-
fachufets
[258
An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from, and
imported into England and Scotland, with the bounties and draw-
backs paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ended
the 5th of January, 1782
[262
An account of all the men raised for his majesty's navy, marines in-
cluded, from the 29th of September, 1774, to the 29th of Septem-
ber, 1780, diftinguishing each year
[263
An account of all the number of the men who have died in actual
fervice in his majesty's navy fince the first day of January, 1776,
diftinguishing (as far as may be) those who have been killed by the
enemy; and alfo of the number of fuch men as have deferted the
faid fervice in the fame period, as far as the feveral accounts can
be made up, diftinguishing each year
[263
State of his majesty's British regular land forces, officers included,
in North America and the Weft-Indies, as they were at the end
of the year 1779
[264
Account of the men loft and difabled in his majesty's British land forces,
including two battalions of marines ferving on shore, by death,
captivity, defertion, wounds or fickness, in North America and the
Ieft Indies, from Nov. 1ft, 1774, to the date of the baft return
His majesty's most gracious speech to both houses of parliament, Nov.
I, 1780
The humble addrefs of the lords fpiritual and temporal, in parlia-
ment afembled; with his majesty's most gracious answer [283
The humble addrefs of the House of Commons to his majesty, with
bis majefty's most gracious anfwer
[284
Addrefs of the archbishop, bishops, and clergy of the province of Can-
terbury, in convocation affembled, prefented to his majesty on the
17th of November, 1780; with his majesty's most gracious an-
fwer
[285
Melage from his majesty, delivered to the House of Lords by Lord
Viscount Stormont, Thursday, January 25, 1781
Paper presented by Baron Nolken, the Swedish minifter resident in
London, concerning the mediation of that court between this
country and the States General of the United Provinces [317
Copy of the answer given to the foregoing paper by Lord Stormont,
on the 18th of September, to the Baron de Nolken, the Swedish
[318
The humble address and petition of fundry West-India planters and
merchants, to the King, on behalf of themselves and others inte-
refled in the British Weft-India iflands
To the King's most excellent Majefty: The humble addrefs, remon
france, and petition of the Lrd-mayor, aldermen, and livery of the
city of London, in common hall affembled
Petition of Henry Laurens, Efq. to the House of Commons (322
The fecond report of the commiffioners appointed to examine, take,
and flate the public accounts of the kingdom
Heads of the principal acts of parliament, from Nov. 1, 1780, to
Defeription and antiquities of Rhuddlan caftle, town, &c. from
Pennant's Journey to Snowdon
Hiftorical account of Denbeigh, of its caftle, church, charter, &c.
from the fame
An account of the ancient manner of hunting in Wales, and of the
laws relative thereto; from the fame
MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY S.
General view and character of the poetry of Queen Elizabeth's
age; from Warton's Hiftory of English Poetry
A short hiftorical account of Athens, from the time of her Perfian
triumphs, to that of her becoming fubject to the Turks, with the
manners of the prefent inhabitants; from Harris's Philological
Inquiries
Concerning Natural Beauty from the fame
Some account of Literature in Ruffia, and of its progress towards
being civilized; from the fame
On the advantages of Tafte for the general beauties of nature 163
Ode for the new year 1781, by William Whitehead, Efq.
Ode for the King's birth-day, June 4, 1781, by the fame
Extract from "The Triumphs of Temper," a poem, by Mr. Haley 169
Defcription of the Sphere of Senfibility; from the fame
Extras from the Library, a poem
Extracts from Sympathy, a poem
addicted himself to the study of poetry
An Ode, in imitation of Alcaus
Extracts from an Epifle to a young gentleman, on his having
Honoria, or the Day of All-Souls, a poem; by Mr. Jerningham 184
ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1781.
Philological Inquiries; by James Harris, Efq. 2 vols. 8vo.
The Hiftory of English Poetry, from the close of the eleventh to
the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed
two differtations: 1. On the origin of romantic fiction in Europe:
2. On the introduction of learning into England. Volume III. 4to.
To this volume is prefixed a third Differtation, on the Gefta Ro-
manorum. By Thomas Warton, B. D. Fellow of Trinity Col-
lege, Oxford, and of the Society of Antiquaries, and late Profeffor
of Poetry in the University of Oxford
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