The LONDON General Bill of Christenings and Burials, from December 10. 1782, to De-
cember 16. 1783; with the diseases and casualties, &c. [44. 714.]

17091 |Buried {Mellales 9739}

Age. No.

Age. No.

1421

60 and 70 1332

2 and 5

1873

30 and 40

1711

5 and 10

673

40 and so

1757

10 and 20

676

ifts on the means of procu- Annual Regifter: View of af

A Berdeen, damage at, by a
ftorm 165
ring redress 49. Expedition a- fairs in 1780. French convoy
Aberdeen infirmary, number gainst the Indians 104. Suf- taken 169. British Eaft and
of patients received into 56 penfion of confifcations in West India and Quebec fleets
Accounts, public, reports of Maffachuffets bay 105. Rea- captured 170. Siege of Gibral
the commiflioners appointed fons against an impost on im- tar 171. Operations in the
to examine 82. 141. 184. 239. ported goods 105. King's ar- Carolinas 242 345. Expedi
295.358
my withdrawn from Charlef- tion to Cape Fear 189. Bartle
Acts paffed, and abftracts: Du- town 106. Departure of loyal- of Guildford 190. Reflections
ty on bills and receipts 225. ifts 210. Thanks of Congrefs on the American war 294.
343. on stage-coaches, medi- to Gen. Green 211. Unfuc Battle of Camden 345. Siege
cines, and waggons 343% on cefsful rebel-expedition a- of Ninety-fix 352. Capture of
burials, marriages, &c. 344. gainst Ofwego 211. amount Eustatius 401. Wealth found
See Marriage. Land-tax $40. of debts incurred during the in it ib. Unfuccessful attack
Importation of wheat, &c. ib. war 267. Eftimate of white on St Lucia 403. Tobago
Reftraining Sir T. Rumbold, inhabitants in 268. Lift of taken ib. Patriotifm of the
&c. from leaving the king- members of Congrefs ib. planters 404. Operations in
dom 541. To prevent appeals Washington's orders on peace Virginia 406. Americans re
from Irish to British courts being agreed to 317. British pulfed 408. Washington feigns
577. Bounty on exporting commanders orders 318. Se an attack on New York 457.
British and Irish linens, &c. vere refolutions against the Suddenly decamps 458. Suc-
ib Allowing further time to loyalifts 319. Interview be- cefiful expedition of the British
the East-India Company to tween Carleton and Wafh ib. Sea-fight 460. Cornwallis
pay their debts to govern- ington 381. Washington's clofely invested 461. Surren-
ment, and for enabling letter to Congress in favour of der of his army 464
them to borrow money 578. officers ib. Refolution_of Antiquarian Society obtains a
581. In favour of trade with Congress thereupon 382. Mu- royal charter 444. Oppofition
America ib. To prevent pay- tiny at Philadelphia, which to their obtaining it 673. Pre-
mafters from having large obliges Congrefs to leave that fent of books and MSS. fent
fums in their hands ib. For place 383. Washington in- by the K. of Denmark to 614
regulating proceedings before ftructed to grant furloughs Army, British, reduction of
thejufticiary and circuit courts 438. Remonftrance of the of 661. Establishment of the re-
579. To permit the import- ficers on being obliged to quit duced regiments 662
ation of corn into certain the army before their arrears Affembly-rooms building at
counties in Scotland ib. To are paid 438. Washington's Edinburgh 327
amend the laws relating to answer 439. His circular letter
rogues, &c. ib. Prize-goods before quitting the fervice494.
to be fold for which the Situation of loyalifts in Nova
duties are not paid 580. Abo- Scotia 499 Addrefs to a part
lifhing certain offices in the of the army on its diffolution
exchequer ib. Scots tobacco 551. Congress on the finances
to be paid for and burnt 581. ib. Statue of Gen. Washing-
Duties and drawbacks on ton to be erected 552. Con-
muflin, &c. altered ib. To grefs addrefs to him, and his
prevent the exportation of reply ib. Loyalifts addrefs to
corn ib. Annuities fettled on Carleton 553. Letter from
Ld Rodney and Gen. Elliotib. that General to Congrefs ib.
Scots bankrupt-ac 639. 681 Washington's farewell to the
Admirals, uniforms of 44 army 663. Fire-works to be
Admiralty, Scots, its powers 637 difplayed on the evacuation
Advertisement, curious one 354 of the British troops 665. 711.
Air balloon, experiments with Encouraged to trade with Bri-
491. 649. 712
tain 666. Washington takes
Algerines, their cruelty to leave of officers at New York
Chriftian flaves 492
711. Refigns his commiffion
Algiers bombarded 491 to congrefs ib. Prefident's ad-
Alves on affected writers 624 drefs to him on that occafion
Amelia Harley, affecting hi- 712. See Annual Register
story of 177
American commerce. See Shef-
America, provifional articles field
of peace with 5 Washington Anecdotes: Egyptian mummy
to Carleton on the partial 98. Of Charles XII. 256. Of
ceffation of hoftilities Dr Knatchbull 283. Hogarth
188. 456. Sir John Hill 420

43.

Carleton's anfwer 44. Loyal

Affembly, general, meets 279-
Anfwer to the King's letter
327. Proceedings on the peti
tion of Mr Meldrum 328. De-
termination in the cafe of Dr
Bryden, accused of adultery
329. Why the collection for
printing the Bible was not
completed 319. Overtures
complaining of the law of
patronage difmiffed 329. Dif-
fent from that fentence 330.
Overtures for a national fast
not agreed to 331. Sentence
of prefbytery finding Mr Af-
flect guilty of fornication, &c.
affirmed 332. Mr Macintosh,
accused of fornication, fuf-
pended 333. Proceedings in
the cafe of Mr Lawfon 334-
Sentence of fynod, refufing to
take Mr Fortune on trials, re-
verfed 334

Athol Highlanders, Sce Mutiny
Atkinson, C. tried for perjury
442. Account of ib. Expelled
the House of Commons 634
Atmosphere, remarks on the
extraordinary state of 410

Attenti on

Attention, importance of 286
Balloon. See Air

Bank, account of the failure of
one in France 550

Letters on various fubjects: Chalmers on the comparative
On painting 257. On catches ftrength of Britain 33. On its
258. On the English lan- refources 63
guage 260.

On writing 261 Charles XII. anecdote of 156

Bankrupt-act, abstract of 639. —Ferguson's hiftory of the Chatham, Earl of, character of
- Roman republic 262. 481 him 203

689

Bard. See Minstrel

-Dr Blair's lectures on rhe- Childbed-fever, cure for 147
Children, account of, killed by
their father 209

Barley, Siberian, on the cul- toric, &c. 307. 441. 542
ture of 7
-Peter Pindar's lyric odes,
Baronets, abufes in that order extracts from 313

to be corrected 666

-Dr Beattie's differtations

Beattie, Dr, on atrention 286. 372

On the Beauty and awkward--Swinburn's travels 376. De-
nefs of motion 373. On the fcription of Neapolitan man-
diverfity of genius 425. On ners and cuftoms ib
dreaming 426. On the measure-The Village, a poem 378
of English verfe 427

-Drury's illustrations of na-

Bembridge, trial of, for fraud tural history 429
370. Fined 712
Bienfait anonyme,
ftory of 516

Bills. See Acts

Births. See Acts

-Progrefs of refinement 546
affecting-Ld Sheffield on American
commerce 590. 643
-Mariden's history of Suma-
tra 594. 654

Birth, monftrous, account of 8-Irwin's occafional epiftles
Bishops, annual income of 149 599
Blair, Dr, his lectures, review- -Experiments made with air
ed 307. Advantages derived balloons 649
from the study of criticifm-A tour in Wales 656
308. On fublimity in objects Bourne, Lt, his trial for an
310. Of the proper felection affault on Sir James Wallace
of circumftances in description 339

421. Obfervations on the pu- Britain, preliminary articles of
rity of language 423. Import peace with the powers at war
of precision in writing 424. 1. Comparative strength of
Remarks on Addifon's ftyle 33. Its refources 63. Anfwer
of the British court to the
Dutch Brigade 107. Order of
council respecting trade with
America 321. 500. 666. Qua-
rantine to ceafe 441. New
paffes to cruifers 668. British
forces, reduction in 661
Burials. See Acts

542
Books:
-Chalmers on the comparative
ftrength and refources of Bri-
tain 33. 63
-Cecilia, a novel, extracts
from 36
-Monro on preferving the
health of foldiers 38
-Hiftory of the nations which him 96

-

Barney, a musician, account of

compofe the Ruffian empire Cæfar, Julius, account of his
144. Ceremonies at funerals death 485
and marriages 312

Calabria. See Earthquakes, Ha-

-Military Maxims, extracts milton
from 146

Canal, new cut from 317

China,, difafter in, by a storm
493

Chemical eflays: Of the quan-
tity of water evaporated from
the earth in a given time aco.
Regions of perpetual fnow 201
Circuit-courts, trials at: M.
Davidson for ftealing_cloth
326. Guthrie and Simpson for
carrying off feed-pats, &c. ib.
Craig and Elder for house-
breaking ib. W. Sorey and
his wife for ftealing from a
bleachfield ib. J. M'Konochia
for ftealing linens ib. A. Web-
fter for fecreting and felling
leather ib. J. Cameron for
affaulting two strangers ib.
J. M'Kay for ftealing cattle
ib. A. Macdonald for shop-
breaking 326. 612. R. Mac-
Donnel, his two fons, two
daughters, and fervant-maid,
for deforcing a meffenger 316.
J. Cumming for theep-fteal-
ing 327. Gordon, Mason,
Reid, Vallentine, Burnet,
Hay, Murray, Macintosh,
Munro, and Mackrae, for
various kinds of theft 612.
A. Macculloch for murder ib.
H. Rofs for theft 613. H. Chif-
holm for receipt of theft ib.
A. Sutherland for theft, G.
Small for counterfeiting a
ftamp on leather, E. Ogilvie
for murder, T. Ogilvy and
others for fundry riots, M.
Macmillan for abstracting
money belonging to the post-
office, fugitate, Mitchell and
Mafon for stealing, J. Young
for forgery, T. Wilfon for
fheep-ftealing, and W. Dun-
can for murder 613. Anne
Moffat and others for theft,
J. M'Neish and others for de-
forcing revenue officers, J.
Tannahill and J. Glasford for
murder 614
Clergyman. See Mifer

and expenditure of the ftate Cattle, on the inoculation of Cockburn, Lt-Col. fentence of

to 517

322

-A bold stroke for a husband, Celbridge, account of a tour Coffin, leaden, and corpfe,
a comedy aos

found on opening a grave 173
Commerce,

Commerce, chamber of. See
Scotland

Commons, alterations in the
House of 112

73.

American officers 536. Pen- army cut off 214. Trines
fions to Rodney and Elliot male taken by the French
$38. On relief to the Eaft- 215, 11. Engagements be
India Company ib. On fums tween Sir Edward Hughes
Commons, House of. Bills to owing by public accountants and Monf. Suffrein 215. 218.
prevent appeals from Ireland ib. Debate in anfwer to the 686. Retreat of Humberton
22. Debate on the prelimi- King's fpeech 563. Sec. Fox's 269. Tippoo Saib defeated
nary articles of peace 23. 69. Eaft-India reform bills 625. 270. Arrival of Bickerton ib.
75. 133. On the mutiny of Debate on them 618. 696. Damage by ftorms 385. A
the 77th reg. 24. Proceed- Number of feamen to be em- Danish fort attempted to be
ings relative to Sir T. Rum- ployed 632. On the method feized 386. Death of Hyder
bold and others 69. On ar- to prevent fmuggling ib. Mr Ally, and peace with the Ma-
my extraordinaries 72. On Atkinson expelled634. Army- rattas 386. 492 Magazine
reforming abuses
On establishment for 1784, 710
at Bencoollen blown up 386.
producing Mr Ofwald's in- Copper-mines, account of 656 Gov. Haftings complains of
ftructions relative to Ameri- Corn, caufes of its fprouting, bad ufage 387. Capture of
can loyalists 73. On the and its remedy 198
Hyder-nagur, &c 492. Suc-
powers of the peace-commif- Courts martial.
cefs of Gen. Matthews 603.
Gioners 74. On producing Cockburn. Sutton
Difagreement between him
the treaty with Holland 75. Criminal. See Punishment and his officers 604
On rewards to Gen. Elliot ib. Cunningham, C. executed 277 berston and other officers
Supplies voted 187. On put-Cure, remarkable, of a man killed 605. Matthews's army
ting the provincial corps on fhot through the head 183 furrenders 607. Siege of Cud-
the establishment ib. On fe- Customs, Commiffioners of, let- dalore 682
curing to Ireland the exclu- ter to tobacco importers 614
five right of legislation 188. Dantzick, difference between,
On regulating the pay-office and Pruffia 491
and penfions 189. Ón the Dartmouth, account of the lofs
ordnance estimates 191. Re- of that ship rss
port on the East-India peti- Debt, national, state of 249
tion 192.
Debate on addref Denmark, treaty of commerce
fing the King for an admini- with Ruffia 101. Number of
ftration deferving the confi- ships which passed the Sound
dence of the people 250. Bill last year ib. A stop put to
for the better regulation of luxury ib.

See Murray.

Hum-

Edinburgh: State of the cha-
rity work-house 163. Public
contribution for its relief ib.
Proceedings for removing the
flaughter-houses 164 Man-
ners, &c. in 1963 and 1783
compared 617. See Scotland
Edinburgh Infirmary, patients
in 56

Egyptian mummy, an anec-
dote 98

Elgin. See Scotland

Embargo on provisions taken
off soo

England; trial to recover pay-
ment from the bank of, for an
abstracted note 107. Riots
and mutinies in 157. Ac-
count of thunder storms 389
English verse, on the measure
of 427

children 209

India 298. Budget 302. 409. Deferters pardoned 322
On a reform in the reprefen- Dispensary, number of patients
tation in parliament 361. On fupplied from 107
the misbehaviour of Pow- Dreaming, on 426
ell and Bembridge 367. See Drinker, Edward, life of 285
Bembridge. Powell. New Duels: Lieut Riddell and
taxes 409. Calculation of Cunningham 272. Col' Gor-
the fum to be raised 410. don and Thomas 501
Objection to the taxes ib. Sir Dutchman, intrepidity of one
A. Ferguffon's interference in 371
favour of the university of Earthquakes, at Aix-la-Cha- Father, of one who killed his
Edinburgh 415. See Ferguf- pelle 491. In Calabria and
fon. On granting relief to Sicily 113. 393. 466. 525. Feast, Russian, barbarous man-
the poor in Scotland 415. Pe- Places destroyed 117. Num- ner of 228
tition of the Quakers against ber killed ib.
the flave-trade 416. Motion Eaft-India Company: On re-
refpecting Sir T. Rumbold warding Mr Baldwin 159.
471. On the reduction in Number of proprietors 590.
the army 472.
Addition of Vote thanks to Gov. Haftings
200 ferjeants to the King's 610. Proceedings on Mr Fox's
Jetter-men 472. Penfion to bill ib. State of their affairs
naval officers widows in- 634. Progrefs of Mr Fox's
creased 473. On Mr Pitt's bill through parliament 635
reform-bill 474.
Eftablish- Eaft-Indies, account of rivers
ment for the Prince of Wales in 57. 121. Defeat of Col.
477. On a reform in the ex-
chequer 532. On Lord Thur-
low's pension $33. Relief to
loyalists 535. Half-pay to

Felons, 150 efcape 442
Fences, new method of ma-
king 32

Ferguson, Dr, Plan of his Ro-
man history 262. What di-
flinguishes him from other
authors of the fame period
481. Battle of Canna 482.
Death of Cæfar 485. Diffe
rence between ancient and
modern characters 487
Braithwaite 212. 268. Forts Ferguffon, Sir Adam, thanks
taken by the French 212. of magiftrates and university
Hyder Ally defeated 214. of Edinburgh to 446. Free-
Grand guard of the British dom of that city given him ib.

Degree

Degree of Doctor of Laws Hill, Sir John, anecdote of 420 Lords, Houfe of: Debate on

conferred on him ib.
Ferrage, his barbarities 154
Fever, childhed, cure for 147
Fiars for crop 1782 168
Fleets, arrival and departure
of 322

Forgeries, difcovery of 274
Formofa. See China

Hogarth, anecdotes of 288. 456
Hunter, Dr, anecdote of 117
Hufband, bold stroke for, ac-
count of that comedy 205
Iceland, new island discovered
in the fea of 339. Destruc-
tion by an eruption in 490
Inundations, damage by 155.

Fox, Ch. memoirs of 194. Pro- 209
grefs of his Eaft-India Bill Intrepidity, extraordinary in
635. Divifion in the House stance of 371
of Lords on that bill 636 Inverary, accident near 502
France, preliminary articles of
= peace with 1. Remonstrance
of the states of Brittany 42.
Arret authorising a loan 104.
Trial of two naval captains
153. Damage by inundations
155. Failure of the Caiffe
d'Efconté 550

the preliminary articles of
peace 26. On the loan 360.
On an eftablishment for the
Prince of Wales 479. On gi-
ving places of emolument to
judges 531. Debate on the
addrefs in anfwer to the King's
fpeech 562. Division on the
Eaft-India bill 636. Debate
on that bill 705

Magennis, Dr, trial of 14
Magiftrates. See Scotland
Ireland, new order of knight- Magnetism, medical virtues of
hood in 160. Ceremony of 358
the inftallation 161. Gene- Magpie, a woman hanged for
vans fettled in 556. Refolu- its theft 132-
tion of volunteers on the ne- Mansfield, Ld, character of
ceffity of a parliamentary re- him 202
form 556. Duke of Rich- Manners, &c. of Edinburgh in
mond, &c. on that fubject 1763 and 1783 compared 617
$56. Peace proclaimed 559 Marriages, tax on 344. Hu-
Convention proceedings 713. morous memorial occafioned
Irish Parliament: Ld Lieute- by 681. See Acts
nant's speech 557. Addreffes Meteors, plan for obferving
559. Thank volunteers ib. 582. Account of the meteor
Lords on annual parliaments on 18th August 611
713. Commons on retrench- Miniftry, changes of 223. 637
ment $86. Violent altercation Minstrel profeffion, obferva-
between Flood and Grattan tions on 583

ib. Army-reduction 713. Na- Mifer, fingular character of 568
tional debt and annuities ib. Mortality-bill 56. 112. 168.
Supply for fifteen months ib. 224. 280. 336. 392. 448. 504.
Parliamentary reform ib. De 560. 616. 672. 715
termined to fupport their Motion. See Beattie
rights 714. Absentee tax ib. Murder, trial for 14
Provincial regiments ib. Murray, Gen. defence on his
Irwin's epiftles, extract from trial 88. Obfervations by
Gen. Draper 93. Gen. Mur-
ray's addrefs to his judges 125.
Obfervations by Gen. Draper
128. Papers and letters pro-
duced on the trial ib. Sen-

599

Italy See Earthquakes
Jewefs, ftory of 186

517

Gordon, Ld George, letter to Johnson, Dr, his style imitated
Ld Shelburne on the mutiny
at Portsmouth 47
Graham, Dr, lectures in Edin-
burgh 502. Imprifoned and

fined 503

Jufticiary trials: OfCuningham
and Laurie 277. Of Chalmers,
Figgins, Mowat, and Thom-
fon 278. See Circuit. Pu-
nishment

Grain, prices of, at Haddington
56. 112. 168. 224 280. 336. Kempenfelt, Adm. monument
392. 448. 504. 560. 616. 672 erected to his memory 276
Grosvenor Eaft-Indiaman, lofs Knatchbull, Dr, anecdote of
of that ship 228. 453 521.
Nombers faved and loft 524
Gyphies, their barbarities in
Hungary 154
Haddington. See Grain
Hamilton, Sir W. his account
of the earthquakes in Calabria
393 466 525
Hardy See Viagennis
Haflings, Gov letter from in
justification of his condu✰ s
Hedge-hog, economy of 98 In
a torpid flate in winter 230
Heights of different places 432

tence 130. The King ap-
proves of it 180. Interpofi-
tion of the court to prevent
bad confequences 181
Mufic, nature of catches 258.
Obfervations on the ancient
mufic 583

Mutiny, accounts of that at
Portsmouth 46. 157. 271.
King's declaration in confe
quence of the mutiny 48
Natural history, difficulties in
procuring knowledge of, in
hot climates 419. Account
of fome infects, &c. 430
Neapolitan manners, defcrip-
tion of 376

283
Knighthood, new order of, in
Ireland 110 160
Language, English, on 260. 413
Leith, fhipping at 501
Linen, value and quantity of,
ftamped in Scotland 109
Lloyd, and other criminals, ac-
count of their execution 441
London, commotion in, by Newton, Bp, account of 148.
a hand bill 159. Common His characters of Dr Corn-
council on indecent prints, wallis, Lord Mansfield, and
&c. 159 Letter to the Ld Earl of Chatham 202. Of
Mayor on the peace 445.
Mr