TABLE OF CONTENTS. No. 1. His majesty's message to the new parliament........ Remarks on the propriety of the dissolution of the late parliament, and objections answered. Proceedings in Parliament, the Oude Question-Revival of Private bills-Committee of Finance The Carnatic and Polygar questions......... The expedition of Sir Francis Burdett from Piccadilly to the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand........... Essay on the Theory of Money.............. Page 1 8 10 14 No. 2. Vindication of lord Wellesley's conduct relative to the transactions in Oude............... 17 Mr. Ryder's speech, on the 26th of June, against lord Howick's amendment to the address... 21 Verax's letter on the Yorkshire election, in answer to "one of lord Milton's (nearly) 9000 plumpers.".. Essay on the Theory of Money, (continued) to shew the true nature and properties of coins, and their connection with the first principle, or the standard unit..................................................................................................... Anglicus's letter on the conduct of the Porte................................................................ No. 3. Historical Digest of the campaign to the conclusion of the armistice near Tilsit-Account of the deposition of the Sultan Selim.......... 27 29 31 Essay on the Theory of Money, (continued) to shew the nature and properties of paper money, and its connection with the standard unit No. 4. On the state of Public Affairs........ Vindication of lord Wellesley's conduct relative to the arrangements in the Carnatic, with the speech of Sir Arthur Wellesley on the subject.................... 33 38 46 Parliamentary Proceedings.-On the shipping interest-Annuity granted to Sir John Stuart -Observations on the battle of Maida-Remarks on the exclusion of strangers from the House of Commons......... 49 ...... 50 Vindication of lord Wellesley's conduct relative to the arrangements in the Carnatic.......... 54 No. 5. Reflections upon the present state of our country-On the folly of cherishing the hope, and the dangers which must ensue from the conclusion of a peace.......... On the last House of Commons, which contained one-hundred members, known and avowed dissenters from the established church....................... Observator's letter upon the inflammatory allusions in the public prints, at the exclusion of strangers upon Mr. Whitbread's motion, with remarks on the partial and incorrect method of reporting the debates.................. A defence of the popular cry of "No Popery." Parliamentary Proceedings, with remarks-Exclusion of Strangers from the House of Lords -The measure justified upon considerations of public safety, in cases where the disclosure of our preparations and military arrangements might be useful to the enemy-On the slovenly manner of reporting the debates, the speeches in reply being almost always omitted........... On the question relative to the Polygars........... Declaration of the governor in council of Fort St. George, on the assumption of the Carnatic.............. Armistice between France and Russia, on the 21st of June, at Tilsit... Proclamation of the tyrant to his army.... Official account of the operations and defeat of the British army at Rosetta........ Operations of the British army in Spanish America... Order for the suspension of the blockade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Enis.......................................... Circular note from the court of Vienna to the belligerent powers, offering its mediation No. 6. Of the folly of cherishing the hope, and the dangers which must ensue from the conclusion of peace, (ontinued.).......... Reflections uponlord Castlereagh's plan for the increase of the public force.......................... Observations on our dispute with America-The attack made by the Leopard on the Ame rican frigate, Chesapeake........... Essay on the Thory of Money-(continued) Of free paper money.... Letter of A. D Y. against the reduction of the militia, and proposing a bounty of two guineas per milija man to enlist again, and a ballot for the line......... Treaty of peacebetween France and Prussia, signed at Tilsit on the 9th of July...... ibid. Inflammatory proceedings at New York, on the 2d of July, in consequence of the attack upon the Chesapeake frigate.................................................................. Page No. 7. On the necessity of a vigorous prosecution of the war, as the only security hereby Observations on the conduct of the late ministry towards our allies.......................................................................................... Remarks on a pamphlet, entitled Thoughts on the Catholic question.". Proclamation of the president of the United States, interdicting the admission of British armed vessels into the harbours of the United States, and prohibiting the citizens from affording them any aid 119 124 132 138 ... ibid. Treaty of peace between France and Russia, signed at Tilsit on the 7th July.. ................. 140 Note of Mr. Canning, secretary of state for foreign affairs, to prince Stahremberg, the Austrian ambassador, accepting, in his majesty's name, of the proffered mediation of the emperor of Austria....... 143 The Russian minister, M. de Budberg's note to the same effect, addressed to count Meerteld, the Austrian ambassador...... ibid. The new constitution of the duchy of Warsaw....... 144 No. 3. The king's message to both Houses of Parliament, with remarks thereon, and a retrospect of our foreign policy...... Historical Digest of foreign affairs, since the peace of Tilsit....................... ......... 155 157 159 No. 9. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-State of modern France.... Reflections upon the treaties of Tilsit, and upon the present relative political powers of the late belligerents........... ... 161 163 Remarks on the report of the Committee of the House of Commons on West India affairs, shewing that the islands may be supplied from the British settlements in North America....... 168 Essay on the Theory of Money-(continued.)........... 169 Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Defence of the expedition against Denmark -The conduct of our government contrasted with that of the tyrant, in the subversion of the Venetian republic..... Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, on the commercial state of the West India colonies, ordered to be printed, Aug. 8, 1807....................... The Tyrant's speech to the deputies of the French legislative body, &c. Aug. 17............ 175 Spirited answer of the Prussian court to the Austrian offer of Mediation....... No. 10. Of the policy suited to the exigencies of the Times......... Memoir, containing a plan for ascertaining, at stated periods, our national resources and population..... Proclamation of the king of Denmark, declaring war against England, Aug. 16 Proclamation issued, August 16, at Zealand, by admiral Gambier and lord Cathcart, explanatory of the motives of the British government in demanding the temporary deposit of the Danish navy........... 191 ..ibid. No. 11. Of the justice and policy of our expedition to Denmark........... Memorial of the English merchants in Russia to lord Douglas, concerning the renewal of the treaty of commerce with that country....... Essay on the Theory of Money-(concluded.).................................. 196 202 Order of council for preventing vessels from clearing out for any of the ports of Denmark, and for laying a general embargo on Danish vessels, Sept. 2..... Official dispatches from admiral Gambier and lord Cathcart relative to the operations of the army and navy in Zealand.... Note from the Swedish minister to Mr. Canning, announcing the blockade of the rivers Peene and Oder, and all the ports of Swedish Pomerania, by the navil forces of his Swedish majesty......... The king of Denmark's circular notice to the duchy of Holstein, for the sizure of English goods, Aug. 19............ No. 12. Reflections upon the evacuation of South America-its causes and consequences... 209 Thoughts on the impending fate of Portugal, and the policy which weshould pursue in order to secure the Portuguese navy, and to assist the removal of the cour to Brazil......... 216 Manifesto of the viceroy of Peru, on the capture of Buenos Ayres by the English......... 222 General Whitelocke's disgusting official dispatch of the plan of his attackof Buenos Ayres, and of his defeat, and disgraceful capitulation to evacuate the whole coninent of Spanish America, after he had beaten the enemy, together with admiral Murray dispatches, and articles of the capitulation......... Declaration of the court of Denmark against England........... 1 No. 13. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-The capture of the Danish fleet, its causes and Further considerations relative to Portugal, and an historical sketch of the perilous con- Thoughts on West-India affairs, and on the influence of fanatic preachers there...... Official account of lieut. col. com. John Greyhairs, of the sporting expedition to the neigh- Letter from the same quarter by a methodist, who signs himself Veritas, exhibiting the groans of the saints, and enclosing a judicious act of the legislature of Jamaica, to prevent methodistical vagabonds from preaching without being duly qualified by law.......... Admiral Gambier's order for the blockade of Stralsund............ Official details of the operations before Copenhagen, and lord Cathcart's journal................ Spanish correspondence respecting general Beresford................ No. 14. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Stedfast perseverance of the king of Sweden in the public cause-Fallen an 1 pitcous condition of the king of Prussia--politics of Austria, Refutation of the arguments contained in a pamplet, entitled, "Observations on the pre- sent state of India, and on sir Philip Francis's letter to lord Howik.”. His majesty's Declaration relative to the expedition in the Baltic.............. Address of en Caciques from the Pampas of Buenos Ayres to the Cabildo of that city, promising their co-operation against the British forces........ Dutch decree, enjoining a rigorous and total exclusion of al intercourse with Great Britain 285. No.15. Further considerations respecting the expedition to Denmark, and the evacuation of Obervations on the Dutch decree again t British commerce... Analytical review of a publication, entitled, AReply to the Strictures of the Edinburgh Review, on the foreign policy of Marquis Wellesley's administration in India, &c. by Lawrence Dundas Campbell, esq.".. Address from the commission of the new government of Wars to the citizens........... 504 No 16. Historical Digest of foreign affairs-Thoughts on the Prussian exclusion of our com- merce, and on the necessity of the immediate cultivation of our waste and common lands, to supply the deficit in the importation foin the Baltic; and on the p priety of paying No. 17. Considerations on our dispute with America, and a copy of admiral Berkeley's pro- mise of pardon to deserters on their rejoining their ships...... Letter from an anonymous correspondent, on the views of Russia..... Turkish proclamation on the late revo:ution at Constantinople......... Proclamation of the emperor Alexander on the peace of Tilsit........ Treaty of Armistice between Russia and the Porte.... Decree of the emperor Alexand r, respecting the ingress and egress of foreigners........... 333 Official report of the Russian admiral Savin, relative to the actions of the 11th of May, and 19th of June, betw en the Russian and Turkish squadrons..... Analytic review of a pamphlet, entitled, "The Crisis, by the author of Plain Facts; or, a Review of the conduct of the late ministers.". Of the benevolent internal administration of lord Wellesley in India.. Proceedings of the court-martial, holden in Halifax harbour, for the trial of Jenkin Ratford, Letter from Raleigh on the concessions to neutrals, and the ruinous consequences which ... Remarks on general Whitelocke's plan of operations against Buenos Ayres........................ .... .................. Treaty between Great Britain and America................. ......................................... ...................................................................................................... No. 21. Further observations on the cry for peace............ .... Answer to an attack on Marquis Wellesley in the Morning Chronicle................. Letter from a merchant in Buenos Ayres, relative to the operations of the British and Spanish forces.......... His majesty's proclamation, subjecting all the ports of Europe, except in the powers not at war with us, to blockade......... No. 22. Publicola's letter against a peace............................................... Page Civis's letter on the reform of abuses in the commissariat department..................................................... 405 Letter of "A Payer of Taxes," on the the regulation and extension of existing taxes......... 407 Miles Britannicus's account of the action at Buenos Ayres.. 409 410 Lines, occasioned by reading certain orders, previous to, and after, the attack on a remote town...... On the reduction of the College at Calcutta....... Analytical review of Mr. Brand's pamphlet (continued.). Declaration of the emperor of Russia prohibiting all intercourse with Great Britain..................................... 427 Turkish dispatch relative to the evacuation of Egypt by the British army...............................*** Observations in the French gazette on the expedition to Denmark. Continuation of his majesty's orders in council....... No. 24. Reflections upon the conduct of America... ..................... ́.......................... ............................................... 433 of Russia....... The opposition party versus Sir Home Popham and the Corporation of London............................. ........ 442 Verses addressed to the author of a print entitled "Charon's boat".. Analysis of the three orders of council........ 444 Continuation of his majesty's orders in council............. Proceedings at the court of common council, on Mr. Waithman's motion to rescind the vote of thanks to Sir Home Popham.... 447 453 Historical Digest-Proceedings in Holland. T. P.'s letter on the decay of religion Message of the American president to congress at the opening of its session..................... No. 25. Plan of finance. Letter II. of A Payer of Taxes," on the regulation and extension of existing taxes. Miles Britannicus's refutation of the falsehoods, contained in the Spanish merchant's letter, relative to our operation at Buenos Ayres. 4.58 461 465 469 471 473 Continuation of his majesty's orders in council. 474 French decree respecting the commerce of the Weser. 475 The king of Spain's decree relative to the conspiracy of the prince of Asturias. Danish patent, inflicting penalties on such Danes as carry on trade with England. 476 ibid. 477 French reply to his majesty's declaration relative to the expedition to Copenhagen Tyranny and corruption-Extracted from the Shrewsbury Chronicle of Dec. 18. His majesty's declaration against Russia, and order of council. Emigration of the court of Portugal. No. 26. Affairs of Portugal . Letter III. of "A Payer of Taxes," on the regulation and extension of existing taxes. French reply to his majesty's declaration relative to the expedition to Copenhagen (concluded.) 491 479 481 483 486 488 493 498 50% 503 504 ibid |