His Majefty's fpeech from the throne, on proroguing the late parliament, pré-

vious to his diffolving it

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May 17, 1784 Addres of the lords, May 19, 1784; with his Majesty's answer Lords proteft on the Eaft India regulation bill, 9th August, 1784 - [317 His Majesty's Speech at the clofe of the first feffion of this parliament, 20th Auguft, 1784 Ratification of peace by the American Congress, and their recommendation of the loyalists, agreeable to the fifth article Letter of the king of Prufia to the States General, in favour of the prince of Orange

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APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE, 1785.

Account of Mr. Blanchard's flight across the English channel, with Dri Jeffries; and two letters from them after their arrival at Calais [323 Rejolutions and address to the people of Ireland, by the Irish delegates [326 Particulars of the death of M. Pilatre de Rafiere, and M Romain [328. Extracts from Dr. Burney's Account of the Commemoration of Handel, in May 1784

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Weft India meeting on the Irish refolutions, March 9, 1785 Regulations and reftrictions propojed to Mr. Pitt, by the Weft India body with Mr. Pitt's anfwers, March 13 Address to the trading towns in Ireland, from the council of the chamber of commerce of the city of Dublin, June 9

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A general lift of difeafes and cafualties, chriftenings and burials, for the year 1785

An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from and imported into England and Scotland, for one year, ended 5th January 1786

His Majesty's Speech to both houfes of parliament, on their meeting, January 26, 1785 Humble address of the lords to the above fpeech ; `with his Majesty's anfwer

of the commons with his Majefty's answer

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Speech of the Duke of Rutland, lord lieutenant of Ireland, in the Irish house of lords, on opening the feffion, zoth January, 1785

Letter from the empress of Ruffia to the king of Pruffia

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Copy of official paper tranfmitted from his Moft Chriftian Majefty to the em-
peror, relative to the navigation of the Scheldt
Preliminary articles of peace between the States General and the emperor of
Germany

Prohibitory act of the legislature of Massachusetts in North America
The Irish refolutions, with amendments

The Manchester petition, figned by 120,000 persons, prefented to the house of
lords, 17 June 1785

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Letter from the king of Pruffia to the States General, relative to the prince

of Orange

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The fame, in the year 1785

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Heads of the principal acts of parliament passed in the year 1784

CHARACTER S..

Account and character of the natives of the Friendly Islands; from Captain
Cook's laft voyage to the Pacific Ocean, vol. i.

fame

I

of the natives of Otaheite; from vol. ii. of the

Character of Captain Cook; from vol. iii. of the fame

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General account and character of the natives of the Sandwich Islands; from
the fame vol.

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16

Character of Catharine the Firft, wife of Peter the Great, after his death
emprefs of Ruffia; from Coxe's Travels into Poland, &c.
Character of Dr. Johnson; from Bofwell's Tour to the Hebrides
Particulars of the perfon, habits, and manners of Ayder Ali Khan; from the
Hiftory of Ayder Ali Khan, by M. Le Maitre de la Tour

NATURAL HISTORY.

18

On a new method of preparing a teft liquor to fhew the prefence of Acids and
Alkalies in chemical mixtures; by Mr. James Watt, engineer

27
An extraordinary cafe of a dropfy of the ovarium, with fome remarks; by
Mr. Philip Meadows Martineau

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An account of the fenfitive quality of the tree averrhoa carambola, in a
32
Letter from R. Bruce, M. D. to Sir Jof. Banks, bart.
Account of the celebrated falt mines of Wielitska in Poland; from Coxe's
Travels into Poland, &c.

Account of the Plica Polonica; from the fame work
Defcription of, and obfervations upon, the cock-chaffer, both in its grub and
beetle ftate; from Letters and Papers on Agriculture, &c.
Lift of the animals found in Kamtfchatka, communicated by Mr. Pennant;
from vol. iii. of Captain Cook's laft voyage
Particular account of Peter the wild boy; extracted from the parish register
of North Church, in the county of Hertford

USEFUL PROJECT S.

An account of an artificial spring of water; by Erafmus Darwin, M. D.

F. R. S.

On dibbling wheat

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55

On the culture, produce, and application of the Howard or clustered potatoe,
and the comparison of them with other forts; by Arthur Young, Efq; 50
A contrivance for increafing the effect of engines for extinguishing fires
Account of a diffolvent of the human calculi; by Mr. B. Colburne, of Bath
On the natures of different kinds of foil, and the grain, pulse, or grasses proper
to each

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59

Superior advantages of the drill to the broadcast husbandry pointed out
Obfervations of the best method of restoring worn-out foils without manure 60.
To preferve turnips from froft

ANTIQUITIES.

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Extracts from obfervations on the practice of archery in England; by the
Hon. Daines Barrington

64

Some account of the burial-places of the ancient Tartars; by the Reverend
W. Tooke, F. R. S.

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81

Obfervations on the language of the gypfies; by Mr. Marsden, F. S. A.
Collections on the Zingara, or gypfey-language; by Jacob Bryant, Efq; 83
Extract from an account of the caves on the Elephanta Island, near Bombay;
by Lieutenant Colonel Barry

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY S.

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Account of a curious mode of travelling in Kamtfchatka, by means of fledges
drawn by dogs; from Captain Cook's laft voyage, vol. iii.
92
Account of the manner of bear-hunting practifed by the Kamtfchadales ;
from the fame
Circumftantial narrative of the attempt made by the confederates to affaffinate
the king of Poland, on the night of the 3d of September 1771 ; from vol. i.
of Coxe's Travels into Poland, c.
Account of the different orders inftituted in Ruffia; of a favourite building
of the prefent emprefs's, called The Hermitage; and of the manner in which
foe paffes her time
Curious account of the pretender, prince Charles Edward, after the battle
of Culloden; by James Bofwell, Efq;
Curious remarks concerning the favages of North America; by Dr. B. Frank-
lin

Short account of the penal laws of Ruffia-Defcription of the punishment of
the knoot-The empress's answers to Mr. Coxe's queries on the fate of

118

the Ruffian prifons-Outlines of the new code of laws established by her
at her acceffion; from Coxe's Travels into Poland, &c. vol. ii.
Anecdote of the Dutchess of Queensberry; from the Life of Mrs. Bellamy 125
Prayer directed by the bramins to be offered up to the Supreme Being; from
The Inftitutes of the Great Timour, improperly called Tamerlane -
A defcription of Ruder, as contained in another facred book, called The Ather-

bun Bede

POETRY.

Ode for the new year 1784, by W. Whitehead, Efq;

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Ode for his Majefty's birth-day, June 4, 1784, by the fame
Ode for the new year 1785, by the fame
Ode for his Majefty's birth-day, June 4, 1785, by the Rev. T. Warton

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The exordium of Jaumi's poem, intitled, " Eufoof and Zoolleikha ;" from
The Inftitutes of Timour, &c. by Major Davy
Tranflation of a hymn to Camdeo, the Hindoo god of love, by Sir W. Jones

Mrs. Sheridan on her brother's violin

Her brother's lyre to Mrs. Sheridan, by Mr. Pratt

L'Amour Timide

Song

Verfes to the feathered ladies, faid to be written by Earl Nugent
Sonnet to a nightingale, by Charlotte Smith

Extract from The News-paper, a poem, by the Rev. G. Crabbe

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On the author of the ballad, called The Children in the Wood, by Mr. Jer-

ningham

Ode to Melpomene, by Anna Seward

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An emblem of the fhortness of human pleasure, to the grafshopper, by Mr. Say

147

Epitaph, by Voltaire, infcribed on his monument in his own chamber at Fer-
his heart in a box

A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, performed under the directions of Captains
Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majefty's fhips the Refolution and Discovery,
in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780
Travels into Poland, Ruffia, Sweden, and Denmark, &c. &c. by W. Coxe,
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A. M. F. R. S.
Travels in the Two Sicilies, by Henry Swinburne, Ejq; in the years 1777,
1778, 1779, and 1780

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