mitee of the states of Brabant fuppressed, and its powers transferred to an engine of [*201 Narrative of the proceedings in the court of king's bench, in January 1787, on orvo informations against Lord George Gordon--one at the suit of the French (239 (254 Copy of a letter from Mr. Howard 10 the subscribers for erecting a fatue 10 bis mea mory, and towards the formation of a fund for the relief of prisoners (248 Report of the committee of shopkeepers, relative to the shop-rax, February 7, 1787 [249 Account of the loss of the Hartwell East Indiaman Letter froin the Duke of Brunswick to ihe commissaries of Amsterdam, who were sent to his Highness to agree on the satisfaction to be given to the princess of Articles of capitulation on the Duke of Brunswick's tuking pofeffion of Amsterdam [254 1787 Leiter from the same to the same, dated November 3, 1787. The answer of the Duke of Brunswick, dated November 5, 1787, to the preceding Copy of Mr. Pitt's letter 10 the Chairman of the meeting of West India planters and merchants, in answer to their resolutions respecting the reduction of the duty upon A general bill of all the christenings and burials in the cities of London, Westminster, An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from and imported into England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ended sth January 1788 Prices of Stock for the year 1787 Supplies granted by parliament for the year 1787 Ways and means for 'raising the Supplies * 261 STATE PAPERS. His Majesty'e must gracious speech 10 both houses of parliament, on opening the fef- 208 The bumble addrejs of the lords Spiritual and temporal, in parliament assembled, 10 the King; with his Majesty's answer · The bumble address of tbe commans of Great Britain 10 the King ; with his Majes Convention ber u een bis Britannic Majesty, and the Most Christian King, figned at Letter from the King of Prusia 10 the States General of the United Provinces, on the 1274 Speech of the Duke of Rutland, lord licurenant of Ireland, to both houses of parlia. Speech of the Speaker of the house of commons in Ireland, to his Grace the lord lieu- renant, on presenting the Money Bills at the Bar of the house of lords, Marcb 17, [276 Speech of the lord lieutenant of Ireland to both bouses of parliament, on their proro- Memorial presented to the States General of the United Provinces, by the Baron iler Thulemeyer, Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Prusia Memoriul presented 10 the States of Holland and Well Friesland, by the Baron de [285 Bemorial presented to the States General of the United Provinces, by Sir James Harris, K. B. the British Ambasador at the Hague, August 14, 1787 [280 (28) figned and exchanged at Versailles on the 27th of Otober, by the Duke of Dorset and by the Count de Tontmorin, on the part of his Most Christian Majesty [282 [283 gust 15, 1787 [285 [287 {288 **Convention of all the states, held at New York, and transmitted to Congress for '17, 1787. - . (.300. 1306 on the exile of the Duke of Orleans and two Counsellors of the parliamenı; wiib (307 [307 (308 (30.) . (311 tember 13th, 1987 28th September, 1787 [289 (315 CHARACTERS. ' Portrait of Frederic the Second, late King of Prusia, when Prince Royal; by M. de Subm--from the familiar Correspondence of Frederic the Second with that Gentle. advanced period of his life from Travels through Germany, by tbe Baron Ric- beck ; translated by the Reverend Mr. Mary 10 25 T E N T S. Summary account and history of Ali Bey from M. Volney's Travels througß Syriä and Egypt 15 Particulars relative 10 Ragonauth Row, usually called Raghobab- from the Afarie Miscellany 27 Extracts relative to the Character of the late Mr. Hanway--from the Remarkable Occurrences in bis Life, by Mr. Pugh . 31 Curious Account of a peculiar race of people in Siberia, called Wodyacks--from an original Letter from Petersburg, Jan. 14, 1783, in the Gentleman's Magazine for January 1787 Some Acccuni and Character of the late Robert Loweb, D. D. Lord Bishop of Lone don from the Gentleman's Magazine for November 1787 3$ NATURAL HISTORY. Observations tending to new that the Wolf, Fackal; and Dog, are all of the fame species. By John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. Remarkable case of numerous Births, with Observations. By Maxwell Garihsore, M. D. F R.S. and A. S. in a Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. 45 Some account of a molley-coloured, or pye Negro Girband Mulatto Boy; exhibited beforë the American Philosophical Society, by Dr. John Morgan, from the history given of them by their owner, M. Le Vallois, Dentis of the King of France from the American Philosophical Transactions Description of a remarkable Rock and Cascade near the Western Side of the Youghi. ogeny River, in Fayette County, in Pennsylvania, by Tbomas Hutcbins--from obe Same work Account of the Winds in Egypt, and their Phenomena ; of the Kamfin, or kor Wind of tbe Desert-from Travels in Egypt and Syria, by M. Volney Natural history of Syria, including its Mountains, Volcanos, and Earthquakes; Le cufts, Rivers, and Lakes; Climate, Air, Waters, and Winds-from the same work Some account of tbe productions and peculiarities of the Maraita country-from the Afiatic Mijcellany 34 55, 60 USEFUL''PROJECTS. Experiments on the Culture of Turneps, and a Receipt for preserving the Turnep Seed from being destroyed by the Fiy, in a Letter from Mr. Winter, of Charlton, near Bristol--from vol. v. of the Transactions of the Society for ibe Encouragement of Arts, Manufatures, and Commerce Account of the Racine de Disette, or Root of Scarcity; of its utility, and the mode of treating it, in à Lerier from Thomas Boothby Parkyns, Esq.--from the same work A method of destroying Ants, Spiders, and other Inseels, in Hot-houses and Pineries in a Letter from Mr. Ailway--- from the same work 81 Curious Discovery of the ancient Grecian Method of painting on Wax, by Miss Greena land-from the same worki . 83 Extract of a Letier from Bernard Romans, óf Pensacola, date: August 20, 1973, on an improved Sea Compuls--- from the American Philosophical Transactions 83 Ves and Pinen:79 Letter from Thomas Ruston to Benjamin Franklin, Esq. LL. D. concerning Smoky Letter from ibe Reverend Jeremy Belknap, on the preserving of Parsnips by drying Letter from Dr. Franklin to Mr. Nairne of London, prapofing a flowly sensible Hyo grometer for certain Purposes-from the same work Some Observations on ancient Inks, with the Proposal of a new Method of recover. ing the Legibility of decayed writings by Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. R. S. and ..F.A.S. - from the Philosophical Tranjactions of the Royal Society of London 91 Copy of a notable Letter, written by the Duke of Suffolk to his Son-from original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various Persons of Rank or Consequence Letter to the Right Worshipful Fohn Paston, at Norwich, giving an account of the Death of the Duke of Suffolk--from the same work To the same, on the fame subject from the same work Some Observations on the sto preceding Letters; Letter containing a certain and curious account of the Commons of Keni, when, allem. bled at Blackheath under Cade, in 1450, written by. F. Payn, who was taken by them, and threatened to have been beheaded, &c.-- from the same work 106 Letter containing a curious and authentic Account of the Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, with Margaret, Daughter of Richard Plantagenet, it · Reign of Jaines I. exiracted from a Letter from Sir Dudley Carlton to Mr. Win- wood -- from the Gentleman's Magazine for February 1787 On the Dress and Ornaments of the ancient Mexicans-- from the history of Mexico, MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, 118 Yarious particulars relative to the Religion of the Mexicans-from the fame work Concerning the Riles observed by the Mexicans upon the Birth of tbeir Children- Of the Military Conftitution of the Mamlouks--from M. Yolney's Travels in Egypt . A particular account of the Government of the Druzes, a People of Syria—from ibe Remarkable Speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, 10 Lord Dunmore, when Governor of Virginia--from Mr. Jetterfon's Observations on Buffon's Remarks on the Indians The Story of Angelica- from a Philosophical, Historical, and Moral Ejay on Old |