the gun-boats, in faving the enemy from the flames. Battering [215 General Murray's account of the fiege of Fort St. Philip, articles of capitulation, and returns of the fate of the garrison and ar- Extract of a letter from the Hon. Vice-Admiral Barrington to Mr. Stephens, dated on board the Britannia, at St. Helens, April 25, 1782, giving an account of taking the Pegafé,a French 74 gun fhip,by Capt. Jervis, in the Foudroyant; with Capt. Jervis's own account Copy of a letter from Capt. Pole, of his Majefty's fhip Success, of 32 guns and 220 men, to Mr. Stephens; giving an account of his taking the Santa Catalina, a Spanish fhip of 34 guns Copies of difpatches from Admiral Sir George Bridges Rodney, Bart. containing the particulars of two engagements with the French fleet under M. de Graffe in the West Indies, on the 9th and 12th of Extract of a letter from Count de Guichen to the Marquis de Caftries, giving an account of his having taken a fleet of eighteen English Copies and Extract of letters from General Eliott, Governor of Gibraltar, to the Rt. Hon. Thomas Townfhend, giving an account of the attack and defence of that fortress on the 13th of Sept. 1782. [258 Extracts of two Letters from Lord Viscount Howe to Mr. Stephens, containing an account of his proceedings for the relief of Gibraltar, - [261 and of his engagement with the combined fleet on the 20th of O Extract of a letter from Captain Curtis to Mr. Stephens, containing further particulars of the attack and defence of. Gibraltar, and of the total deftruction of the Spanish armament Extracts of two letters from the fame to the fame Extract of a letter from Sir Edward Hughes to Mr. Stephens, con- taining an account of his engagement with the French feet under Mon, Suffrein in the East Indies, on the 17th of Feb. 1782 [268 Extract of a letter from the fame to the fame, containing the particu - [274 Articles of capitulation of the islands of St. Chriftopher and Nevis [278 Copies of two letters which paffed between the Duke de Crillon and General Eliott, during the fiege of Gibraltar Copy of a Note from the Right Hon. Lord George Gordon to the Right Hon. the Earl of Shelburne Letter from the Rev. Mr. Wyvill to Lord Shelburne, with his Lord- An account of the quantities of corn and grain exported from and im ported into England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ended the 5th of Addrefs of the houfe of commons to his Majefty against the further pro- fecution of the American war; with his Majefty's most gracious Memorial of Prince Gallitzin and Monf. de Marcof, minifters of [298 Copy of the Earl of Shelburne's letter to the lord mayor, relative to -- - [304 The humble petition of the frecholders of the county of York to the - - [308 Heads of the act for restraining any person concerned in any con- - - [ibid. The fourth report of the commiffioners appointed to examine, take, and CHARACTERS. [315 Character of Auguftus Cæfar. From Dr. Bever's Legal Polity of the Roman State Character of Juftinian. From the fame I 5 Characters, manners, cufloms, &c. of the people of Naples. From Anecdotes of Charles the XIIth of Sweden. From Letters, Military Extract from the Confeffions of J. J. Rouffeau 22 25 31 Some account of the Brahmins of India. Frem Travels in Europe, of the Cufomary Customary education and employment of the inhabitants of the island of Nantucket - A fhort narrative of the late Gilbert Weft, LL.D. NATURAL HISTORY. 52 55 Of the heat of the water in the Gulf-ftream. By Charles Blagden, Account of a child who had the fmall-pox in the womb 59 65 66 69 in the 81 of its shell-fifl - of Account of Mount Vefuvius in the year 1777. From Travels Account of the Mare Piccolo of Taranto 89 the Nautilus, Coral, and Pinna Marina. From the fame USEFUL PROJECTS. -- 99 104 Some account of the chymical and pharmaceutical history of the Red - Difcovery of the conftruction of a machine for preventing the ill effects Account of the usefulness of washing the flems of trees ANTIQUITIES. 120 123 Account of Lichfield and its cathedral. Extracted from Pennant's 12 From the fame 131 Account and defcription of the tomb of Humphry Duke of Gloucefier. From the fame 135 Charges of the burial of Humphry Duke of Gloucester, and obfervances appointed by him to be perpetually borne by the convent of the monaftery of St. Albans 136 Of the military machines of the antients, and the ufe they made of them. From the Italian of Count Algarotti 137 Of the fieges and naval armaments of the antients, and their refemblance to thofe of the moderns. From the fame MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. 140 A Difcourfe delivered to the ftudents of the Royal Academy on the diftribution of the prizes, December 10, 178, by the prefident 146 Capt in Inglefield's narrative concerning the lofs of his Majefty's fhip the Centaur of 74 guns, and the miraculous prefervation of the pinnace, with the captain, mafier, and ten of the crew On cruelty to inferior animals - 155 166 Some account of the rife and defcent of the Empress Catharine, wife of the Czar Peter I.; and alfo of the rife of Prince Menzikoff 169 Some account of the bay and city of Sorrento, and of the ruins of the Surrentinum or Villa of Pollius, at Capo di Puolo Some account of the French African ifiands 172 174 Some account of the most capital pictures in the King of Spain's palace at Madrid 177 POETRY. Ode for the new year Jan. 1, 1782 Ode for the King's birth-day, June 4, 1782 186 187 188 Addrefs to Poetry; an extract from an Effay on Epic Poetry fame poem 190 Verfes on Sir Joshua Reynolds's painted window at New College, Ox ford 193 Ode to the Honourable William Pitt 195 Prologue fpoken at the opening of the Lyceum at Madras, 1782 197 Prologue to the new comedy of Variety Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the Works of the English Poets, An Effay on the Genius and Writings of Pope 203 209 THE END. CR AULD, Printer, Greville Street, London. |