PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES

PUBLIC P A P ER S.

Transaticns in Parliament relative to the Stoppage of Payment in Sfecie of

the Bank of England,

(193)

Copies of all Communications between the Dire@lors of the Bank and the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer, refprcling Advances to Government since the firs of
Notenber, 1791,

(ibid.)
Report from the Committee of Serocy, afpointed by the House of Lords to cua-

muine and fare the total Amount of outsonding Demands on the Bank of
England, and likezvise of the Fund's for visibaiging the same, and to riport
the Rult tbereof to the Huule, togeiber zeith their Opnion on the N.celi'y

of rorridi jor the Confirmation and Continuance of Measures taken in

pursuance of ibe Minute of Council on the 26th of February last, (217)

Copy of Rilolutions mor ed by the Duk: of Bed ord, May 15, 1797, in Con-

Jezuince of the a'ore Report Tie previous Question cv.is carried on the

obore Siries,

(231)

Protik catered on the fournals of the House of Lords, in Consequence of the

Reflt on of the Honje to reject the Motion of the Duke of Bedford for the
Dimiffion of Vinters,

(:30)

His Macly's Speech to both Houses of Parliament, Tusfilay, July 20, 1797,

(237)

His Hairly's Speech to boil Houses of Parliament, Nov. 2, 1797, (228)

Address of the House of Icers to the King,

(239)

The humble Aldrifs of the blouse of Commons to the King, moved by Mr. Wil.
brabam Bootle,

(2.1)

Papers cubicb pared in the late Negotiation for Peace at Life, between Lord

Vaneury, Plenipotentiary from the King of Great Britain, and the Com.

mhours from the French Directory. Presented to the House of Commons,

by Command of his Majefy, November 3, 1797,

(242)

Dilaration of the King of G eat Britain to the People, respecting the Rupture

of the late Nezotiation,

Joint Address of bor" Houses of Parliament to his 11ij fty, presented Nov.
15, 179",

(295)
Treaty of Navigation and Commerce beturen bis Britannic Majesty and ibe.

Emjeror of Ruja, signed at St. Petersburgh, Feb. 10-21, 179, (26)

Proceedings of a Meeting held in Palace l'ard, Iloft minfter, April 3, (303)

Speech of bis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to both Horfis of

Parliament, July 3,

(505)

Proclamation of General Lake, Commander in Chief of the Northern Diftrict

in Ireland,

(308)

Jintage from bis Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to the House of Conions,

(ibid.)

Refeript, publisted by Order of the King of Prusia respecting the Profil

Tirritories on the left Bank of the Rbine,

(309)

Letter of Convocation adressed to the Plenipotentiary Envays of the 14,-

cated States of N-riera Germany, by Von Dobm, the PruFan Minifer,

(311)

Imperial Ukafir, or Ediet, illued at Peersburgh, respecting the Importation of

French and Dutch Verchandise,

(314)

Treaty of Ofenfive and Defensive Alliance between the French Republic and

the King of Sardinia,

(ibid.)

Melage from the President of the United States to Congress,

(316)

Speccb of the President of the United Staies in opening the Siffion of the Legisla-

(317)

Treaty of Definitive Prace concluded bercucer the French Republic and the

Emperor, King of Hungarg and Bohemia,

(323)

Public A7s faded in the First Seffion of the Eigbtreuth Parliament of Great

Britain,

(327)

tute,

BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS.

Clarafer of James 1. King of Scotland,

(3)

The Life of Pope Lro X.

[4]

Memoirs of Baron Born,

[12]

Memoirs of Dr. Zimmerman,

[17]

Sketch of ihe Life and Charader of 11" llam, Earl of Vansfield, [35

Olber Anecdotes illuftrative of Lord Mansfield's Judicial, and of bis Political

Charafler,

(55)

Anecdotes of the reigning Sultan, and of the ruling Cabinet at the Ottoman

Court,

[62]

MANNERS OF NATIONS.

Particulars relative to the Religion, Economy, Classes, Tribunals, Cuftoms,

Arts, Literature, and Science of the Chinese,

[66]

Sketch of the Female Economy of the Seraglio, and of the real Condition of the

Female Sex at Conftantinople,

[83]

Observations and Anecdotes, illuftrative of the present Police, Commerce, State

of Society, and Manners at Conftantinople,

(88)

Public Amufiments at Bude,

[96]

Particulars concerning the present Pope, the Roman Nobility, and the Man-

ners of Modern Rome,

(98)

Characteristic Anecdotes of the Modern Neapolitans,

[101]

tnccdoies of the Modern Tarentines, with the Humours of a Saint's Day,

(104)

CLASSICAL AND POLITE CRITICISM.

Short Account of the Modern Greek Language, its Origin and Sysiem, (108)

On the Latin Terms usid in Natural HPory, by the Rev. John Brand, A. M,

&c.

Observa-

Obfervations on the Nature of the Chinese Language,

[114)

On the Coalition attempted by fome British Artists, between Poetry and Paint-

ing,

[120]

PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS.

Observations on the Means of confining Heat, and directing its Operations,

[124]

Account of a Method of making Soap of Wool, with Ofervations respecting

its Uje in various Arts. By M. Chaptal,

(130)

Interesting Account of the Effects produced on the Human Body, by the Internal

Use of Nitrous Acid, and of the Benefit derived from it in the Cure of Dif

cafes, by Mr. Scott, of Bombay,

[136]

Letter defcribing the good Efects of inspiring Vitriolic Æther in Cafes of

Pbtbilis Pulmonalis,

[140]

Curious Fa# in tbe History of the common Mole, by Arthur Bruce, Esq. &c.

[142]

ANTIQUITIES.

Remarks on the opinions entertained by different Commentators, with respect to

the Situation of the Hell of Homer,

[143]

Investigation of the Site of Troy,

[147]

State of the People, and of Civilization in Scotland, at the latter End of the

145b, and at the Beginning of the 15th Century,

[152]

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

An Account of the Means employed to obtain an overflowing Well ; in a Letter

to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet, &c. from Mr. Benja.

mein Vulliamy,

(159)

Economy of the Vineyards of the celebrated Tokay Wine,

(162)

Account of the Ferment for Bread used at Debretzin,

[165]

The Effets of Beneficence more extensive than are foreseen or intended, il-

lustrated in the Story of Dr. Clement,

[166]

Ode for the Nexu Year,

Elegy written in a Church-Yard in South Wales,

Lines addressed to a Fountain,
Scenery by Moonlight, Melna and the Gbost of Hidallan,
Elinor, a Botany-Bay Eclogue,
Mary the Maid of the Inn,
Lines found in a Bower facing the South,

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[171]

[72]

[174]

[176]

[178]

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(184)

Ode

Ode to Mirth,

O.de for his Majesty's Birth-Day,

Satirical Advice to Young Boets panting after Celebrity,

Lodgings for Single Gentlemen,

Birth and Court of Zelotimus,

Defcription of a Country Parson's Garden,

Address to March,

Apostrophe to an Old Tree,

Sanxet io the Infect of the Gollamer,

(185)

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[193)

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[196]

[198]

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[200]

The character of a nation, both with respect to morals and literature, is commonly found to vary with that of its rulers. Morals and literature are indeed in many respects closely connected; and science will not in general flourish without cultivation. The writers therefore, in many departments, of what are termed the belles lettres, in particular, will assume a cast and character from the manners of the times ; and, though individuals may casually arise eminent in particular branches of science, yet, those which are most encouraged will in general occupy most the attention of mankind.

We are now arrived at a period which, in character and manners, afforded a remarkable contrast to that which it immediately succeeded. Indeed it is difficult to conceive how, in fo short a lapse of time, the genius and pursuits of a peob

ple