225

226

Proclamation to the Dutch People, from the Provisional Representatives of

Holland, March 26

Proclamation from the Committee of Public Safety, of the French Conten-
tion, to the Inhabitants of the Province Guipuscoa, in Spain

Declaration of the King of Prussia to his most high Colleagues, Co-States of

the German Empire, and Members of the Germanic League, with respect

to the Treaty of Peace concluded between him and the French Republic 227

Proclamation from the French National Convention to the Citizens of

Paris

231

Substance of the Emperor's Decree of Commission, dated Vienna, May 19,

relative to preparatory Measures for a Pacification, presented to the As-

sembly of the Diet of the Empire. at Ratisbon, May 23

235

Copy of the Note delivered from the Emperor to the King of Prussia, at

Berlin, Feb. 21

Answer of the Prussian Cabinet

238

239

240

The Members of the General Administration of East Flanders, sitting at
Ghent, to the National Convention of France, Feb. 3
Letter from the Representatives of the People, with the Armies of the North
and Sambre, and Meuse, to the National Convention
The Members of the Central Administration of Belgium to the Nationel

Convention

241

ibid.

Letter from the Representatives of the French People, with the Armies of

the North, to the National Convention, dated Brussels, Feb. 26, 242

Letter from the same, March 7.

Address of the Magistrates of Antwerp to the National Convention
Letter from the Magistrates of Brussels, read in the Convention

243

ibid.

244

Substance of a Rescript of the Emperor, dated Vienna, presented to the
Ministers of the States, at Ratisbon, May 4

ibid.

Substance of a Declaration, made, May 12, to the Ministers of the States of
the Empire, by the Emperor

245

Substance of the Emperor's second Rescript to the Diet of Ratisbon, ibid.
Substance of the Address, which accompanied the Medal, which the Danish
Nation sent to Count Bernstorf

246

Substance of the Treaty between Great Britain and the Dey of Algiers 246

Proclamation to the People of France, upon the Completion of the Con-

stitution

ibid.

Treaty concluded at Basle, August 8, between the Republic of France and
the Landgrave of Hesse Cassell

Proclamation to the French People, Oct. 7

Decree for incorporating the Austrian Netherlands, &c. with the French
Republic

247

248

250

251

253

ibid.

ibid.

254

262

Proclamation from the Executive Directory to the French People

Letter from Louis XVIII, to the Archbishop of Paris

Letter from Louis XVIII. to the Pope

Answer of the Pope

Proclamation of Louis XVIII. to the French People

Edict published at Hanover, Sept. 29

Pro Memoria, or, Note delivered by the Prussian

States of Franconia

Directorial Envoy to the

263

Imperial

265

Imperial Decree of Ratification, concerning the Opening of Negociations

for a Peace between the Empire and France, August 21,

Imperial Court-Decree, concerning the separate Treaty of Peace concluded

between the Landgrave of Hesse Cassell and the French Republic, 267

Treaty of defensive Alliance between his Britannic Majesty and the Empe-

ror of Germany, signed at Vienna, May 29,

Treaty of defensive Alliance between his Britannic Mojesty and the Em-

press of Russia, Feb. 18,

Poland,

269

272

Manifesto on the Part of the Empress of Russia, relative to the Affairs of

277

Proclamation by Sir Gilbert Elliot, Viceroy of Corsica

279

Note of Mr. Drake, the British Envoy, to the Genoese Republic

Answer to the above

281

ibid.

Treaty between America and Algiers

283

Treaty between America and Sapin

286

294

297

Abstract of the Treaty between Great Britain and America

Treaty between the King of Spain and the Republic of France

Speech of the President of the United States of America to both Houses of

Congress, Dec. 8, 1795.

CHARACTERS.

300

*1

Account of the Reign and Character of Maximilian II. Emperor of Ger-

many; from Wraxall's History of France

Account of the Convent of Nuns of Clarisse, at Cologne; from Mrs.

Radcliffe's Journey through Holland and the Western Frontier of Ger-

many

*4

*5

Observations on the distinct Characters of Modern Whigs and Tories; from
Belsham's Memoirs of the Reign of George III.

Description of the several Merits of Albert Durer, Michael Angelo, and

Leonardo da Vinci, by Mr. Fuseli; from Seward's Anecdotes

Account of the Harem, or Apartments for the Ladies; from Russell's Na-

tural History of Aleppo

*7

*10

*14

Account of the Turkish Ladies; from the same

Account of the Republic of San Marino. By Dr. Gillies, Author of the
History of Greece; from Seward's Anecdotes of distinguished Per-
sons, &c.

*15

Account of the celebrated Conspiracy of the Pazzi, at Florence; from

Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de' Medici.

*27

*30

*31

Poetical Character of Politiano ; from the same

Character of the celebrated Girolamo Savonarola; from the same

Life of the late James Boswell, Esq. from the Gentleman's Magazine, #32

The Life of Patrick Browne, M. D. Author of the History of Jamaica;

from the European Magazine

Particulars of the Life and Character of Adam Smith, LL. D. from the

Third Volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh *37

Anecdotes of Mr. Robert Bakewell, of Dishley; from the Gentleman's

Magazine

NATURAL HISTORY.

*59

Observations on the Structure of the Eyes of Birds, by Mr. Pierce Smith,

Student of Physic; from the Philosophical Transactions

Observations on the Influence which incites the Muscles of Animals to

contract, in Mr. Galvani's Experiments, by W. C. Wells, M. D. F. R. S.

from the same

*61

Observations on the Maritime Alps; from Beaumont's Travels through

them

*70

Account of the Buffalo of America, by Mr. Turner; from Letters and Pa-

pers on Agriculture, selected from the Correspondence of the Bath and

West of England Society, Vol. VII.

*74

*75

Account of the River Tigris; from Ouseley's Persian Miscellanies

Observations on Spontaneous Inflammation; with a particular Account of

that which happened on board a Russian Frigate in the Year 1781; and of

the Experiments made in order to ascertain the Cause of it. In a Letter

to the Editors, from the Rev. William Tooke, F. R. S. Member of the

Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburgh, &c. from the Reper-

tory of Arts and Manufactures

*77

Account of the Lynx of Abruzzo; from De Salis's Travels through various

Provinces in the Kingdom of Naples, in 1789

USEFUL PROJECTS.

*83

*85

On the Use of Sea Water in Agriculture; from the Earl of Dundonald's

Treatise on Agriculture and Chemistry

Account of the Mode of making Parmesan Cheese, by Mr. Pryce; from

Letters and Papers on Agriculture

*86

Valuable new Discovery for the Preservation of Corn; from the Paris

Moniteur-by Antoine Gouan, National Professor of Botany in the

School of Health at Montpelier; Addressed to the National Convention #87

Discovery in Distillation from Potatoes, which will no doubt increase the

Cultivation of that Valuable Article of Life

Observations on the grafting of Trees. In a Letter from Thomas Andrew
Knight, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. from the Philosophical Trans-

actions

*88

*80

$92

On the Dry-Rot in Timber; in a Letter from Robert Batson, Esq. of
Lime-House, to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufac

tures, and Commerce; from whose Transactions it is extracted

Composition of a Water which has the Property of Destroying Catapillars,

Ants, and other Insects; invented by C. Tatin, at Paris; from the

Annals de Chimie

*93

Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. John Tucker, of Wickham, in

the County of Southampton, Tanner; for his Method of Tanning, and

making Leather of a superior Quality, and in a much shorter Period of

Time, than hath hitherto been done. Dated May 12, 1795

Rice Bread.-by Arthur Young, Esq. from Annals of Agriculture

$94

*95

Substance

S

Substance of Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on
Tuesday the 14th of July, 1795; stating the Progress that had been made
in carrying on the Measures undertaken by the Board, for promoting
the Improvement of the Country, during the second Sessions since its
Establishment.
*96

Abstract of Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee of Council,

appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating to Trade, and

Foreign Plantations, in Respect to the Stock of Grain in this Country, and

its Price subsequent to the Harvest of 1794, and respecting the Produce

of the Harvest of the present Year; the present and probable Price of

Grain in this Country till the ensuing Harvest; and the Means of pro-

curing a Supply to make good the Deficiency in the Produce of this Coun

try; with other Proceedings thereupon, from Jan. 31, 1795, to Aug. 6,

1795; and of the Evidence before the Lords of the Privy Council to the like

Effect, from April 27, 1795, to November 5, 1795.

7

Evil of using Potatoes for Bread; from the Annals of Agriculture,

ANTIQUITIES.

*100

*109

Account of the Government of England from the Year 1400 to 1485; from

Andrews's History of Great Britain, vol. 1, part 2.

*110

*113

*116

1029 ;

#118

Account of the Proceeding in the Trial by Battle; from Dallaway's Heral-

dic Inquiries.

Account of Chelsea College; from Lyson's Environs of London,

Articles of Reconciliation between a Man and his Wife, Oct. 9,

from the same,

Account of Canons, the celebrated Seat of the Duke of Chandos, in the

Parish of Stanmore Parva; from the same,
*119

Curious Letter, wrote by John Lesly to Sir Thomas Riddle, of Gateshead,

during the Siege of Newcastle by the Scots, in the Reign of Charles I ;

an authentic Copy from the Original, in the Possession of the Riddle

Family,

A Declaration of the Right Honourable James Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley

and Strange, of Knocking and of the Isle of Man, concerning his Resolu-

tion to keep the Isle of Man for his Majesty's Service, against all Force

whatsoever. Together with his Lordship's Letter in Answer to Commis-

sary-General Ireton,

*112

*121

Letter to General Ireton, in Answer to his Summons of the Isle of Man, *124

Two Original Letters of King James the First,
ibid.

Description of the Ruin at Thessalonica, or Salonicha, called the Incantada ;

from Stuart and Revett's Antiquities of Athens,

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

*125

On the Instability of the Greek and Roman Republics; from Whitaker's

real Origin of Government,

*127

Geography

*128

Geography considered in a political Point of View; from, Mercier's
Fragments
On Didactic Poetry; from a Critical Essay on Akenside's Pleasures of the
Imagination, by Mrs. Barbauld

130

Of the Infirmities and Defects of Men of Genius; from D'Israeli's Essay on
the Literary Character

Whimsical Expences of Economy; from the Gentleman's Magazine
Grimaldi; a true Story; from Varieties of Literature

POETRY.

131

*154

138

*146

Ode for the New Year, 1795, by Henry James Pye, Esq. Poet-Laureat *145
Ode for his Majesty's Birth-Day, 1795, by the same
Extract from Mr. Maurice's Elegiac Poem, on Sir William Jones
Ode to Jurymen, by Peter Pindar

*147

*149

An Ancient Catch; from a MS. of the Time of Queen Elizabeth, in the

British Museum

#150

Verses written by the late Earl of Chatham. [From Seward's Anecdotes,
in which Work it was for the first Time printed. To the Right Hon.
Richard Grenville Temple, Lord Viscount Cobham
Prologue to the Wheel of Fortune

Epilogue to the same

ibid.

*152

153

Address spoken by Mrs. Siddons, at her Benefit, and written by Samuel

Rogers, Esq. Author of the Pleasures of Memory

The Fursuit of Health; from Beloe's Miscellanies

A Tale, by the Rev. Mr. Bishop

Epigram; from the Gentleman's Magazine

Hope personified; from Lorenzo de' Medici, by William Roscoe

The Happiness of a Country Life, by the same

$154

*156

158

*159

ibid.

ibid.

The Author calls upon the Faculties of his own Mind to exert themselves to
#160
great and useful Purposes, by William Roscoe; from the same
On the Death of Politian, occasioned by a Full from a Stair-case, as he was
playing on his Lute. An Elegy on the Death of his Friend Lorenzo de'
Medici, by the same

Account of Books for 1795.

*161

The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent. By Wm. Roscoe,
4to. 2 vol. 1795.

*162

An Enquiry into the Foundation and History of the Law of Nations in Europe,
from the Time of the Greeks and Romans to the Age of Grotius. By Ro
bert Ward, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Barrister at Law, 2vols. 8vo. *171
An Inquiry into the Dutics of Man, in the higher and middle Classes of So-
ciety in Great Britain, resulting from their respective Stations, Professions,
and Employments. By Thomas Gisborne, M. A. 4to.