EACH DAY's PRICE OF STOCKS FOR DECEMBER 1796. Bank 1aperCt13 per Ct.13perCt, 4perCt 5perC Long Ditto, S. Sea Old New 13perCt, India India, India Stock Reduc. Confols Scrip. 56/1/20 561a ja
25 143
20 14350
27 Sunday]
28 143456
29 143 56/1/1
Ann. 1751. Stock. Scrip. Bonds. Navy. Bills. Lott. Tick.
121. IIS.
9s. 6d. 1zi. 9s. 6d. 21.65. 12l. 55.
121.6s. 21. 55.
121. 55. 6d. 12l. 55. 6d. rat. 6s.
N. B. In the 3 per Cent. Confbis the highest and lowest Frice of each Day is given; in the other Stocks the highest Price only.
ESSAYS, DEBATES, NAMES OF AUTHORS, ANECDOTES, &c.
BSENT man, anecdotes of one, 316. Account of Lord Macartney, 3. Paul Sandby, Efq. 75. Burns, the Scotch poet, 78. Robert Shaw, Eíq. 79.- James Petit Andrews, Efq. 155. - mas Philips, author of the Lite of Cardinal Pole, 169. David Rittenhouse, 229.- Mr. Jofeph Munden, the comedian, 235. Dr. James Fordyce, 238.-Dr. Tho- mas Reid, of Glafgow, 311. - William Oldys, Efq. 315. Rev. T. Martyn, 395. Age of Reason, an Indian's ideas on it, 347. Agriculture, progress of the Board of, during the third feffion of its eftalifhment, 13. -Proper methods of profecuting furveys for obtaining agricultural information, 98. America, fome particulars concerning it at the end of the last century, 91. Amphion frigate blown up at Plymouth, 228, 308.
Amwell, extracts from the register-book of that parish, 249.
Andrews, James Petit, Efq. account of, 155.
Anecdotes of Edward Montague, Earl of Sandwich, 9. Lord Brereton, ib. Sa- rah, Duchefs of Marlborough, 10. — The odore, King of Cortica, 77.- Sir Thomas Cook, 84. Lord Shaftesbury, 85.- Sir John Maynard, ib. - Mrs. Sarah Stout, ib. Mr. Clayton, ib. ·See Droffiana. Table-talk. Annecy, defcription of, 168.
Charlestown, in America, dreadful conflagra. tion there, 148.
China, letter from the Emperor of, forming a fequel to the account of the journey of the Tefhoo Lama in vol. XXVI. p. 249, 325.
City of London vote an addrefs to his Ma- jefty on his intention of opening a negotia. tion for peace, 309, 388.
Clancarty, fome account of that family, 7. Clayton, Mr. ancedote of, 85. Coins, modern, etlay on, 21. Colombo furrenders to the English, 217. Compafs, mariner's. See Magnetic-needle. Conqueft, an effay on the right of, 241. Convent of nuns at St. Helen's Aukland, Durham, account of, 177.
Cook, Sir Thomas, anecdote of, 84. Cornfactor, an eminent one convicted of frau- dulent dealings in the market, 227. Corfica, fome new anecdotes refpe&ting The- odore, King of, 77. 'That inland evacu
ated by the English, 385, 389. Craggs, particulars of that family, from Ba- ker's manufcripts, 164
Craigie, Lieutenant Patrick, tributes to the memory of, 76, 236, 398.
Cream, the practice of clouting it in the west of England defcribed, 199. Cricket-match, a fingular one played by crip ples, 149.
Death, remarks on the legal punishment of, 4 1. Demerary captured, 135. Denmark, Queen-Dowager of, dies, 385.
Arnold, executed for murder, his letter de- Devotion in English churches, the remarks of
claratory of his innocence, 398. Automata, account of leveral, 260. Bank of England, rotunda in, described, 240. Bishop of Bangor tried for an affault and riot, 149.
Blarney, origin of, as a cant term, 8. Board of agriculture. See Agriculture. Brereton, Lord, anecdote of, 9.
Burns, the Scotch poet, memoirs of, 78, 266. Camelford, Lord, difpute between him and
Captain Vancover, 309.
Cardinal of York, an account of, 414. Caricatura, an eilay on, 413.
Dodd, Mr. the comedian, dies, 310. Domingo, St. the Spanish inhabitants put themselves under the protection of the En- glish government, 228.
Draper, General, epitaph to his memory in Bath cathedral, written by Mr. Anily, au- thor of the Bath Guide, 8.
Duel between Lord Valentia and Mr. Gaw- ler, 68. Between Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Pride, in which the former was killed, 226.
Dutch fleet captured by Admiral Elphinstone
without firing a gun, 453. Earthquake, a dr adful one in Syria, 226. Eaton, Daniel Ifaac, convicted of publifhing a libel on the king, 69.
Elphinstone, Admiral, captures an entire Dutch fquadron without firing a gun, 389,
Fallowing, practical obfervations on, 199. Farms, remarks on the fizes of, 198. Fayette, account of Madame de la, and her daughters, confined in the citadel of Olmutz, 168.
Magnetic-needle, new difcovery refpecting the variation of, 20.
Malmesbury, Lord, fent plenipotentiary to France for the purpofe of negotiating a peace, 377, 378, 385, 388. Returns unfuccefsful, 468.
Manure, thoughts on collecting fubftances for,
Marceau, the French general, killed, and honours paid to his memory by the Auftrian generals, 306.
Marlborough, anecdote of Sarah, Dutchefs of,
Maroon war terminated, 64. Marriages, 149, 229. Marshall, Mr. the rural economift, the first fuggefter of a board of agriculture, 97. Martyn, Rev. Mr. account of, 395- Maynard, Sir John, anecdote of, 85. Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, original letter of, 115.
Morning-Poft, the proprietors of, convicted of
having fabricated a French newspaper for the purpose of spreading falfe intelligence, 69. Munden, Mr. Jofeph, the comedian, me- moirs of, 235-
Murderers convicted, 68, 465. Mufic, remarks on the ftudy and practice of 114, 179, 270, 357, 405. Naples makes peace with France, 385.
Finances, English, remarks on, 100, 340, 419. Footner tried for the murder of Mr. Yates, 228. Force, account of the naval and military of New year, reflections on it, 410. England, 227.
Fordyce, Dr. James, account of, 238. French finances, obfervations on, 27, 225. French Revolution, circumftances attending
the celebration of the anniversary of, 32. Froft, vulgar errors refpecting the effects of, 467, 46*.
Gardens, accounts of feveral in the vicinity of London in 1691, 85, 91. Gibbon, Mr. the hiftorian, fkotches of his life and writings, 23, 109, 191. Grenelle, the Jacobins form a plot to furprife the camp there, which fails, 226. Hearne, Mr. instructions delivered to him preparatory to his journey on difcoveries in Hadfon's Bay, 329.
Highland dref, effay on, 4.
Findoo Laws, extracts from the code of, 252, 335.
Humane-Society, eulogium on, by Dr. For- dyce, 113.
James, King, account of his attempt to convert
his daughters to the Romish perfuafion, 167. Inclofure of linds, remarks on, 198. Jones, Mifs, tried for the murder of Mr. Yates, 228.
Lighthouf rected at Memel, 380. Lean of 18 milions, rifed in 15 hours and 20 minutes, 406.
Louis XVIII. the expatriated King of France, fhot at by an affaflin, 148.
Lucia, St. the inland of, capitulates to the English, 210.
Lycophron, criticifms on, 7, 181, 266, 349. Macartney, Lord, account of, 3. Mackenzie, Mils, drowned, 70,
Obituary, 70, 150, 229, 309, 390, 470. Oldys, William, account of, 315. Owen, Mr. anecdotes of, as an author, 56. Palanquins, defcription of two prefented by the India-Company to the fons of Tippos Sultaun, 8o.
Parliament, lift of members returned to ferve in the new one, 125. Parliamentary Journal. Opening of the new parliament, 280. His Majefty's fpeech, 281.- The addrefs of the peers voted, 282. Proteft against the addrefs by Earl Fitzwilliam, 283.1 The Commons choose Mr. Addington for their fpeaker, 286. — Commons addrefs voted, 287. Meafures propofed to meet the invafion threatened by France, 362. Maroons, 365. - Float- ing debt, 367-Militia augmentation and invafion bill, 432. Mr. Thelluffon's e- lection for Southwark declared void, 435 -The budget, 436. — Advances to the Emperor without the confent of parliament, 438.
Petty, Sir William, genealogical anecdotes relating to, 251, 400.
Philips, Thomas, author of the life of Car- dinal Pole, memoirs of, 169. Plautus Aulul. criticiim on, 397. Poland, histerical fketch of, 38. Police, important obfervations on various branches of that subject, 41, 44, 261, 264, 341, 344•
Polw hele, Mr. vindicates him elf from a charge of plagiarism, 407.
Poor, Count Rumford's plans for their relief, 45, 48, 105, 108.
Pope, Mr. letters on his translation of Ho-
mer, 155, 321. Powder-mills at Hounslow blown up, 148, 389. Another at Dartford fired, 149. Pretender, an account of him, 414. Prifoner, one at Stafford affizes pleads guilty, and is afterwards acquitted for want of fuf- ficient evidence, 149.
Reid, Dr. the philofopher, dies, 311. Rittenhouse, David, the American philofo- pher, account of, 229.
Rochester, Lord, feven original letters of that witty but licentious nobleman to his lady, 244.
Royal Society of England, account of that in- ftitution in its origin, progrefs, and prefent ftate, 257.
Running-match between cripples, 149. Ruffia, ftate of fociety and improvement in, 36.
Salmon-fishery of the Tavey, interefting ac- count of, 200.
Sandby, Paul, Efq. account of, 75. Sandwich, anecdotes of Edward Montagu, Earl of, 9.
Sardinia, King of, his death, 452. Scandal, effay on, 162.
Scotland, election of the fixteen peers for par- liament, 69.
Sellers tried for fhooting at, and killing, Mr. Yates, 228.
Shaftesbury, Lord, anecdotes of, 85, Shaw, Robert, Efq. account of, 79. Sinclair, Sir John, his effay on the highland dress, 4- His addrefs to the Board of A- griculture, May 24, 1796, 13. Skene, George, Efq. anecdotes of, 424. Spain makes peace and alliance with the French republic, 226. — Declares war a- gainst England, 375, 389.
State Papers.Proclamation of the Prince de Bouillon, 55- Proclamation of the King of Naples, 56. Explanatory article in the treaty between England and America, 123.-Proclamation of the Queen of Portu- gal, 124.-Proclamation of the Archduchess of Auftria to the inhabitants of Tyrol, 125. -Note of the French directory in confe- quence of a report that a British envoy had arrived with propofals of peace, 279.- Refignation, and addrefs to the Americans, by General Washington, 367. — Decree of Spain, containing a declaration of war against Great Britain, 375.- Papers of negotiation between Lord Malmesbury and the French minifter for foreign affairs, 377, 378, 385,386, 387,383, 468.-Proclama- tion by the Emperor, 440. Declaration of the Elector of Hanover, 441. An- fwer of the inhabitants of the right bank of the Rhine to a proclamation of the French General Beurnonville, ib.- Address from the diet of Ratisbon to the Emperor, 442. Letter from the Emperor to the Duke of Wurtemberg, ib. - Speech of the King of Sweden on his affuming the reins of government, 443. -Aniwer of Great
Britain to the Spanish declaration of war,
Story, an affecting one, Ic. Stout, Mrs. Sarah, anecdote of, 85. Suicide, effay on, 236.
Sweden, the King of, declared of age, affumes the reins of government, 385. Table-Talk. Earl of Cloncartie, 17. Sir George Saville, ib. Sir William Pet-
ty, 8r. Earl of Bath, ib. Sarah Dutchefs of Marlborough, ib. Lord Ox- ford, 82. David Hume, ib. Lord Guildford, ib. Duke of Portland, 158. Sir Samuel Garth, ib. Vifcount Falmouth, ib. - The Pretender, 159. Duke of Wharton, 160. bridge, Efq. ib. Dr. Johnson, ib. -- George the Firft, 246. George the Se- cond, ib. Marquis Townfhend, 247. Hon Charles Townfhend, 248. Hon George Grenville, ib Bishop Berkeley, 249. Marquis Townfhend, 319.. Franklyn, ib. Dr. Mead, ib. - Arch- bishop Laud, 401. - Lord Clarendon, ib. Baron Maferes, ib. George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 402. Efther Temple, ib. - Duke of Marlborough, 403. Rich, the Patentee of Covent-Garden- Theatre,
Taxes, new, lift of, for 1797, 469. Temperature of the fouthern parts of the pe- ninfula of India, obfervations on, 174. Theatrical Journal. Bannian-Day, 49. - Magic Banner, or Two Wives in a Houfe, 50. Mr. Ellifton's first appearance on a London ftage, ib. Don Pedro, 116. Re-production of the Iron Cheft, 203. Mr. Burrows, 204, Alterations in Co- vent-Garden-Theatre, ib. Mrs. Addi- fon, ib. Mr. Wroughton announced as deputy-manager of Drury-Lane-Theatre, ib. Mr. Ellifton in Sheva, the jew, 273- Mrs. Norton, ib. Mr. Murray, ib. The Triumph of Love, 226. - Mr. Wad- dy, ib. Mifs Townfhend, ib. Mr. Hargrave, ib. tains, ib. Allingham, ib.
Revival of Edward and Eleonora, ib. Mr. Denman, ib. Fortune's Fool, ib. Mr. Hamlin, 351. Mr. Campbell, ib. The Charity-Boy, ib. Olympus in an Uproar, ib, The Confpiracy, ib. -Abroad and at Home, 425. Philafter revived, 426. Force of Ridicule, ib. The Shipwreck, 427. Thelwall, Mr. driven by force from Yarmouth, where he was delivering his lectures, 226. Time-keepers, hiftorical account of feveral,258. Trollope, Capt. his extraordinary bravery and good conduct in an affair with a French fquadron, 220.
Vancouver, Capt. and Lord Camelford, dif- pute between, 309. Waller, Edmund, fome particulars refpecting him and his works, not generally known, 161. Ppp 2
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