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do agree with the committee, that the duty thall take place from and after the day the bill fhall receive the royal affent. After fome oppofition from Sir Thomas Dundas, the question was put, and agreed to without a divifion.

Mr. Steele prefented a claufe, which was agreed to, and read a first and fecond time.

Sir Thomas Dundas prefented two claufes, which were fupported by Sir Adam Ferguson, Sir James Erskine and Sir Wm. Cunvngbame, and oppofed by Mr Pitt, the Marquis of Graham, Mr. Beaufoy, and Mr. Steele, and negatived without a divifion. The bill was ordered to be ingroffed.

The order of the day was then read, for the Houfe refolving itfelf into a committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of the charges against Sir E. Impey; and the Houfe being accordingly refolved into a committee, Mr Andrew St. John in the chair, Mr. Farrer was requested to proceed in his narrative.

Mr Farrer begged that the evidence which he had yesterday given in might be read over to him, which having been done, by the clerk, Mr. Farrer made a few corrections.

The Hon. Gent then proceeded in his evidence; and when he came to that part of the trial of Nundcomar where an interpreter was to be appointed by the court, a particular perfon was objected to by the court as improper to fill that office, for which they stated certain reafons, by no means fatisfactory to him (the witnefs), and which he did not believe to be the caufes of their object ing to the interpreter; what he conceived to be their real motives, he would, with permillion from the committee, lav before them.

Mr. Scott objected to the Hon. Gent's giving any opinion as a member on the fubject. Having fubmitted to be examined as a witnefs, he could not, until his evidence was finished, give any opinion as a member.

Lord Mulgrave, the Speaker, and Mr. Pitt, agreed with Mr. Scott.

Mr. Fox diffented from thofe gentle men; the point, however, not being deemed of much confequence, was given up, and Mr. Farier dered to proceed in his narrative.

At ten o'clock, having come to the defence of Nundcomar, Mr. Pilt propoled that the evidence fhould clofe there for the night; which being agreed

to, the House was refumed, progress reported, and the committee ordered to fit again on Thursday. Adjourned.

Wednesday, February 13.

At half past ten o'clock the Speaker came to the House; and, prayers being over, it was moved, that the Houfe da attend, as a committee of the whole Houfe, at Westminster-hall, on the trial of Warren Haftings, efq They ac. cordingly proceeded to the hall, in the manner previously prefcribed.

At half past five o'clock, the proceedings on the trial being concluded for this day, the Commons returned to their Houle, and the Speaker having taken the chair,

Mr. Steele moved, that the Scorch equalizing duty bill fhould be read the third time. The bill having been read and agreed to,

The Marquis of Graham propofed a claufe, to be added by way of rider, the purport of which was, that all Scotch fpirits, actually thipped for England on or before the 1t day of February, should be admitted into the English ports on the old duty. The claufe was admitted without objection.

Sir John Sinclair faid, it had been his intention to ftate feveral general reasons againft the principle of the bill; but, as a paper had just been delivered at their bar, and laid on the table, relative ta the bufinefs, which paper he was prepared to fpeak to, he would not at prefert oppofe the will, but he hoped that a permanent regulation of the trade would be adopted.

Mr. Pitt declared, that he was as defirous as the Hon. Bart. or any other gentleman, that a permanent regulation might take place It was, however, impoffible that fuch a regulation could be introduced into the prefent bill, which, from the exigency of the cafe, fhould not be delayed. On the expira tion of the term of the prefent bill, a permanent regulation would be offered to the Houfe.

The queftion was then put, that the bill do pafs; which palling in the affirmative, Mr. Steele was ordered to carry it to the Lords.

A meflage was ordered to the Lords by Mr. Adam, requesting their Lordfhips to iffue fummonfes for the attendance of witneffes on Friday next at Weftminfter-hall, on the trial of Mr. Haflings; after which the Houfe adjourned. (To be continued.)

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ABSTRACT OF THE PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY, INSTITUTED AT LONDON, FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AR15, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. COMMUNICATED TO THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY. SAM. MORE, Secretary.

SOCIETY'S OFFICE, ADELPHI, May 24, 1788.

Ordered, that the feveral candidates and claimants, to whom the Society fhall adjudge premiums or bounties, do attend at the Society's office in the Adelphi, on the laft Tuesday in May 1789, at 12 o'clock at noon, to receive the fame, that day being appointed by the Society for the diftribution of their rewards; before which time no premium or bounty will be delivered.

ADELPHI, June 1, 1788.

The fixth volume of the Tranfactions of this Society is now in the prefs, and will fpeedily be published, when it may be had, by Members only, at the Society's houfe in the Adelphi; and by all other perfons, of the principal book fellers in England and Wales; in which book will be found the particulars of each premium inferted in the following Abstract, and the methods to be purfued by thofe who intend to become candidates; together with many papers, communicated to the Society, in the feveral branches of Arts, Manufac tures, and Commerce, which are the immediate objects of their attention and encourage

ment.

To the PUBLICK.

HE CHIEF OBJECTS of the attention of the SOCIETY, in the application of their

TREWARDS, Are all fuch ufeful inventions, difcoveries, or improvements (though

pot mentioned in the Book of Premiums), as appear to have a tendency to promote the arts, manufactures, and commerce, of this kingdom; and, in purfuance of this plan, the Society have already been enabled, by the voluntary fubfcriptions of its members, and by benefac tions of the nobility and gentry, to expend for fuch ufeful purpofes a fum amounting to upwards of thirty thousand pounds.

Whoever attentively confiders the benefits which have arifen to the Publick fince the inftitution of this Society, by the introduction of new manufactures, and the improvements of thofe formerly cftablifhed, will readily allow, no money was ever more ufefully expended, nor has any nation received more real advantage, from any public body whatever, than has been derived to this country from the rewards beftowed by this Society; and this obfervation will be confirmed by infpecting a general account of the effects of the rewards beftowed by the Society, annexed to a work in folio, printed in 1778, intituled, "A Regifter "of the Premiums and Bounties given by the Society, inftituted at London, for the encou"ragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, from the Original inftitution in 17549 "to 1776, inclufive;" which work is fent to every Member on his Election, and may be feen by any perfon, applying to the Secretary, or other officers of the Society, at their houfe in the Adelphi.

In order fill further to promote the laudable views of this inftitution, and to enable the Society to profecute to greater effect the work fo fuccefsfully begun, it may not be ime proper to inform the Publick, by what mode, and on what terms, Members are electedPeers of the Realm or Lords of Parliament are, on their being propofed at any meeting of the Society, immediately balloted for and the name, with the addition and place of

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abode of every other perfon propofing to become a Member, is to be delivered to the Secre tary, who is to read the fame and properly infert the name in a lift of Candidates, to be. hung up in the Society's Room, until the next meeting, at which fuch perfons shall be hallotted for; and if two-thirds of the Members then voting fhail ballot in his favor, he fhail be deemed a perpetual Member, upon payment of twer & quineas at one payment, or a fub. feribing member, upon payment of any fum not lefs ihan tas guincas andually: every Member is equally entitled to vote, and be concerned in all the tranfactions of the Society.

The meetings of the Society are held every Wednesday, at fix o'clock in the evening, from the fourth Wednesday in Ofister, to the firf Wednesday in June. And the feveral Commitrees, to whofe confideration the various objects of the Society's attention are referred meet on the other evenings in every week during the Sehen.

CLASS

PREMIUMS FOR PLANTING AND HUSBANDRY.

1. ACORNS. For having fet ten acres, between October, 1787, and April,

1788; the gold medal.

2. For five acres the filver medal. Certificates to be produced on the first Tuesday in November, 1788.

9. Railing Oaks. Not fewer than five thoufand, from plants, or acorns, in woods that have been long under timber; the gold medal.

10. For three thoofand; the filver medal. Certificates to be produced on the first Tuesday in January, 1789.

15. Obfervations on Oak. For obfervations and experiments on the obftruétions to the growth of oaks, with remedies for them, and afcertaining the proper time for felling the trees; the gold medal.

Accounts to be produced on the third Tuesday in December, 1789.

16. Spanish Chefnuts. For fetting fix acres between the first of October, 1787, and April 1788, mixed with feeds cuttings of other trees; the gold medal.

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17 For four acres; the filver medal. Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuesday in November, 1788.

24. English Elm. For eight thoufand, planted between June, 1787, and June 1788; the gold medal.

25. For five thousand; the filver medal. 26. For four thousand; the filver medal. Certificates to be delivered on the first Tuesday in Nove her, 1788.

30. Larch For panting, from June 1787, to June 1738, five thousand, to be between two and four years old; the gold medal.

31. For three thoufand; the filver medal. Certificates to be delivered on the last Tuesday in November, 1783.

34. Silver Fir. For not fewer than two thuland, planted between June 1789, and June, 1790, in a mixed plantation or foreft trees; the gold medal.

35. For one thoufand; the filver medal. Certificates and accounts to be delivered on the laf Tuefday in December, 1793.

36. Haming Jon Willero. For three acres planted in the year 1788, at least une

thoufand cuttings on each acre, the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the last Tuefday in December, 1788.

37. Upland or Red Willow. For not lefs than three acres, planted before the end of April, 1788, twelve hundred on each acre; the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the last Tuesday in April, 1789.

39. Alder. For fix acres, planted in the year 1787, at leaft one thousand on each acre; the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the laft Tuefday in December, 1788.

41. Ah. For not less than fix acres, planted in the year 1787, the plants to be two years old, and the number on each acre, at least twelve hundred; the gold medal.

42. For not less than four acres; the filver medal.

Certificates to be delivered on the fecond Tuesday in December, 1783,

43. Afb. For fix acres planted in 1788, intermixed with feeds or cuttings of other plants; the gold medal.

44 For not lefs than four acres; the filver medal.

Certificates to be produced on the last Tuefday in December, 1789.

49. Mixed Timber Trees. For having enclofed, and planted or fown, ten acres with Forcht trees for timber, between October, 1784, and May, 1786; the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the first Tues day in November, 1788.

53. Mulberry Cuttings. For raifing not lefs than three hundred mulberry-trees from cuttings in the year 1785; the gold me

dal.

Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuefday in November, 1788.

54. Mulberry Cuttings. For not less than one acre of mulberry cuttings, planted in the year 1785, for the purpofe of feeding filkworms; the gold medal.

Certificates, that the plants are only three feet afender, to be produced on the first Tuesday in December, 1788.

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55. Mulberry Cuttings, or Trees. For not fewer than three hundred planted in 1787; the gold medal, or twenty pounds.

56. For one hundred and fifty; the filver medal or ten pounds.

Certificates to be produced on the first Tuesday in November, 1789.

58 Mulberry Trees in Hedge Rows. For one hundred planted in 1788; ten pounds. 59. For fifty; five pounds.

Certificates to be produced on the first Tuef day in October, 1789.

The candidates for planting all kinds of trees are to certify, that the respective plantations are properly fenced aud fecured, and particularly to ft te the condition the plants were in at the time of figning fueb certificates.

Any information which the candidates for the foregoing premiums may chufe to communicate, relative to the methods made uje of in forming the pant.tions or promoting the growth of the feveral trees, or any other obfervations that may bave occurred on the subject, will be thankfully received.

60. Trees for use when expofed to the weather. For the best account, to determine which of the following trees is of the greateft utility for timber, when expofed to the weather, viz.

Larch, black poplar, afh, Spanish chefnut, willow, alder, Lombardy poplar, or beech; the gold medal.

To be produced on the fecond Tuesday in December, 1788.

62. Planting bogoy or morally Sails. For the best experiments to afcertain the advantages of planting boggy or moraffy foils; the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuefday in January, 1792.

67. Comparative culture of Wheat. For the beft fet of experiments made on eight acres, to determine the comparative advantages of cultivating wheat, by fowing broad-caft or drilling; the gold medal.

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The account to be produced on the firft Tuefday in February, 1789.

68. Comparative culture of Wheat. For the best fet of experiments made on eight acres, to determine the comparative advantage of Cultivating wheat, by broad-caft or dibbling; the gold medal.

The accounts to be produced on the first Tuesday in February, 1789.

71. Beans and Wheat. For planting or drilling between December 1736, and March 1787, ten acres, with beans, and for fowing the fame land with wheat in the year 1787, ten guineas. Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuesday in November, 1788. 73. Turneps For experiments made on fix acres, to determine the comparative advantages of the drill or broad caft method in the cultivation of turneps; the gold medal

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April, 1789.

75 Green Vegetable Food. For the beft account of vegetable Food, that will most increafe the milk in mares, cows, and ewes, in March, and April; the gold medal. Certificates to be produced on the fecond Tuesday in November, 1788.

77. Comparative Culture of Turnep rooted Cabbage, for fatisfactory experiments, on the drill and broad-caft culture of turnep rooted cabbage, made on four acres of land; the filver medal, or ten pounds.

Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuef day in October 1791.

79. Turnep-rooted Cabbage. For failing in the year 1788, not less than ten acres, and for an account of the effects on cattle or theep fed with it; the gold medal.

80. For not lefs than five acres; the filver

medal.

Certificates to be produced on the laft Tues day in October, 1789.

82. Cure of Gurled Potatoes. For discovering the cafe and pointing out the cure of the difeafe, verified by experiments; the gold medal, or thirty pounds.

Accounts to be produced on the third Tuesday in November, 1789.

83. Potatoes for feeding Cattle and Sheep. For cultivating, in 1788, not lefs than four acres, for the fole purpofe of feeding Cattle and theep; the gold medal, or twenty guineas.

Certificates to be produced on the fecond Tuesday in November, 1789.

85. Cultivating Roots and Herbage for feeding sheep and black cattle. For experi

ments made on two acres of land, between Michaelmas, 1787, and May, 1788, to afcertain which of the following plants can be fecured for winter fodder, to the greatest advantage, viz.

Turnep-rooted cabbage, carrots, turnep cabbage, parfneps, turneps, potatoes.

The accounts to be produced on the firft Tuesday in November, 1788; the gold medal.

87. Storks of Bees. For not fewer than thirty flocks of Bees, and giving an account of the manner of fupporting them; the gold medal, or twenty pounds.

The accounts to be delivered on the first Tufday in November, 1789.

8. Cultivating the true Rhubarb. For raifing, in the year 1788, not lets than three hundred plants of the true rhubarb; the gold medal.

90. For two hundred plants; the filver

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94. For ten pounds weight; the filver medal. 97. Afcertaining the component parts of arable Land. For the moft fatisfactory experi ment, to afcertain the due proportion of the feveral component parts of Arable Land, by an accurate analyfis of it; the gold medal.

The accounts to be produced on the laft Tuesday in November, 1788.

102. Improving Land lying wfte. For a method of improving foils, lying waste or uncultivated; the gold medal.

103. For the next in merit, the filver medal.

The accounts to be produced on the fecond Tuesday in December, 1788.

108. M.nures. For the best account, on what foil the application of marle, chalk, lime, or clay, as manures, be most benefisial; the gold medal.

The account to be delivered on the firft Tuefday in January, 1789.

110. Manures. For the best fet of experiments, to afcertain the comparative advantage of foot, coal-afhes, wood-athes, lime, or night-foil; the gold medal.

The account to be produced on the firft Tuesday in December, 1788.

112. Improving wafte Moors. For the improvement of not less than one hundred

acres of wafte moor land; the gold medal. Certificates to be produced on the firft Tuesday in February, 1789.

115 Gaining land from the Sea. For an account of the best method of gaining from the fea not less than twenty acres of land; the gold medal.

Certificates to be produced on the firft Tues day in October, 1788.

119. Machine to reap or mow Corn. For a Machine to reap or mow grain, by which it may be done cheaper than by any method now practifed; ten guineas.

The machine with certificates to be pro duced on the fecond Tuesday in December, 1788.

120. Improved Hee. For the moft improved horfe or hand nee, for cleaning the fpaces between corn fown in equid.ftant rows, and earthing up the plants; the gold medal, or twenty guineas.

To be produced, with certificates of its work, on the firft Tuefday in December, 1789.

121. Deftroying the Grub of the Cock-chafer. For difcovering a method of deftroying the grub of the cock-chafer; the gold

medal.

The accounts to be delivered on the first Tuesday in January, 1789.

PREMIUMS FOR DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEMISTRY, DYING, AND MINERALOGY..

122. Kelp. For four tons of Kelp, containing much more alkaline falt than any now made for fale; twenty pounds.

One hundred weight to be produced on the first Tuesday in January, 1789.

123. Barilla. For half a ton of merchantable Barilla, made from Spanish Kali, raised in Great Britain; the gold medal.

Twenty eight pounds, with a certificate, to be produced on the firft Tuesday in January, 1789.

124. Differtation on Akali. For the beft differtation on vegetable and mineral alkalies; the gold medal or fifty pounds.

To be produced on the firft Tuesday in March, 1789.

125. Preferving Seeds of Vegetables. For a method of preferving the feeds of plants fit for vegetation; the gold medal.

To be communicated on the firft Tuesday in December, 1788.

126. Deftroying Smoke. For an account of method of destroying the fmoke of fires belonging to large works; the gold medal.

To be produced on the first Tuesday in January, 1789.

128, Candles. For difcovering a method of making candles of refin, fit for common ufe; the gold medal, or thirty guiness. To be delivered on the firft Tuesday in December, 1788.

129. Subftitute for or preparation of reaft. For difcovering a fubftitute for, or preparation of Yeaft, that may be preferved

two months; the gold medal, or twenty pounds.

Specimens to be produced on the last Tues day in November, 1788.

139. Increafing Steam. For a method of increafing the quantity, or the force of team, in fteam engines, with lefs fuel than is now employed; the gold medal.

To be communicated on the firft Tuesday in January, 1789.

132. Preventing the Dry Rot in Timber, For difcovering the caufe of the dry rot in timber, and difciofing a method of preven tion; the gold medal.

The accounts to be produced on the second Tuesday in December, 1788.

134 Fine Bar Iron. For making ten tons with coak from coak pigs, in England or Wales, equal to Swedish or Ruffian iron; the gold medal.

One hundred weight to be produced on the firft Tuefday in January 1789.

136. White Lead. For difcovering a me thod of preparing white lead, in a manner not prejudicial to the workmen; Fifty pounds.

Certificates that a ton has been prepared, and the process to be produced on the fecond Tuesday in November, 1789.

137. Subftitute for Bufis of Paint. For the best substitute for basis of paint, equally proper as white lead; thirty pounds. Fifty pounds weight to be produced on the fecond Tuesday in November, 1789.

(To be concluded next Month.)

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