CONTENT S. HISTORY OF THE CHAP. I: PReliminary remarks. Treaty propofed and entered into by the belligerant CHA P. II. [1] Prince Ferdinand's plan. Allies enter into Heffe and Thuringia. French retire. The negotiation continued. [7] CHA P. III. the periods. Belleifle defcribed. CHAP. IV. Citadel [13] Propofals of England and France agree to treat of a separate peace. Epochas propofed by CHAP. V. English [] French Motions of the French and allied armies. General Sporken attacked. CHAP. VI. [24] Condition of the king of Pruffia. His inaction. Motions of the Ruffians and Y The negotiation resumed. French concessions. Difference concerning the German alliance. Difference concerning the captures antecedent to the declaration of tvar. Treaty breaks off. Meieurs Stanley and Buffy recalled. [37] Conduct of Spain during the negotiation. Spanish minifter's memorial. Treaty between France and Spain. Difference in the English miniftry. Mr. P. refigns. Mr. P. Letter. Difpute concerning the refignation. Addresses. Representation of the earl of Bristol. Difpofition of the Blockade of Pondicherry. Diftrefs of the French. Fleet difperfed in a form. Fleet returns. Town Surrenders. Mahie taken. Enterprifes of Mr. Law. Mogul army defeated by major Carnac. Nabab of Bengal depofed. Coat of Sumatra ravaged by the count d'Eftainge. Dominica taken by Lord Roll STATE His majesty's Speech to both houfes of parliament, March 3d, 1761. His majesty's speech to both haufes of parliament, March 19th, 1761. His majey's fpeech on opening the prefent parliament, Nov. 6, 1761 The earl of Halifax's speech to the parliament of Ireland. The declaration of the French king to the court of Sweden, &c. Memorial prefented by the French ambassador at Stockholm. Declaration of the empress queen of Hungary and Bohemia. Anfwer returned to the foregoing fpeech of Sir Joseph Yorke, by Baron Wa Declaration of the most Chriftian king to the diet of the empire. Tranflation of a note delivered to the earl of Egremont, by the count de Fuentes. Tranflation of the answer delivered to the count de Fuentes, by the [281] Tranflation of Mr. Lally's proposals for the delivery of the garrison. Colonel Coote's anfwer to M. Lally's proprofals. Articles propofed to colonel Coote by the chief of the fefuits; to which ibid. 70 The answer of the hon. gentleman to whom the above letter was addressed. ibid. The reprefentation of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London" to their reprefentatives in parliament. Copy of the thanks to the right honourable William Pitt, from the court of common [302] The king's most gracious fpeech to both boufes of parliament, on the 19th of [303] CHARACTER S. Account of the Buccaneers of America, &c. Particulars relating to the Indians of the Peninfula within the Ganges, A general account of the Canadians, from Charlevoix. The epifle from the yearly meeting, held in London, by adjournment. Queen Elizabeth's letter to Heaton, bishop of Ely. An account of the magnificent table kept in the reign of king Charles I. The last will of Sir William Petty, Knt. &c. Abftra&t of the will of lieutenant general Hufke. The archbishop of Cambray's letter to the duke of Burgundy. King Stanislaus's advice to his daughter Mary, queen of France, The life of Monf. Fontaine. ibid. Letter from Oliver Cromwell to the fpeaker of the house of commons, &c. Extract from the memoirs of the famous Ifaac Darking, Some account of Theodore Gardell, &c." of John Perrott, a bankrupt, &t. of John McNaughton, Ffq; lately executed in Ireland. of an extraordinary impoflor now living. NATURAL HISTORY. Some account of the Mus Alpinus, Baubax, or marmotte. Description of an old elephant brought from Perfia to Naples. Cautions against fuffering lead fmelting houses, &c. The nature of the fofil Afbeftos, &c. The practice of burning fulphur in bog fheads for preferving wine. Defcription of a white earth of which bread is made. of the death of a woman killed by an eruption from the earth. ibid. 25 96 Extract of another letter from Dr. Patrick Ruffel, to Dr. Alexander Ruffel. 98 An account of the dreadful earthquakes in the island of Terceira, &c. An account of that part of America, the nearest to the land of Kamtchatka. 104 The hypericum campodarenfe of Columna, a powerful vermifuge. 127 Account of fome antidotes against corrofive fublimate mercury. ibid. Cautions against the use of feggs. 128 Method of curing luxations of the fpine, or broken backs. ibid. Obfervations upon the proper nursing of children. An account of a remarkable operation on a broken arm. 129 130 Letter concerning the fattening of Jheep with grains. Accuracy of the trials made with Mr. Irwin's marine chair, &c. Remarkable inftance of the fuperior merit of the horfe-boeing bufbandry. A letter concerning the usefulness of the plant Nummaria, &c. Ufeful hints for failors and fea-faring men. 139 A method of making fea-water potable. 140 Chinese contrivance to keep a person above water. 141 Eafy method of opening a way to the fight through turbulent waters. Dr. Godfrey's machings for the immediate extinction of fire, &c. 146 149 On the nature of glass music, &c. ibid. Part of a letter from Paris, giving an account of a new wall-paint. 151 On a medal of the emperor Claudius, hitherto unexplained. Some account of the marks on coin, called mint-marks, &c. An account of fome fuperftitious opinions and practices in France. An hiftory of coaches. Of the origin of cards. Tranflated from the French. Of the defign of cards. A liquor to wash old deeds and writings, &c. to render them legible. A difquifition on the custom of burning the dead. The antiquity of drinking healths. An account of the first inftruments for measuring time introduced into Rome. A differtation concerning the antiquity, &c. of the poems of Offian. 152 ANTIQUITIES. 153 157 167 168 172 173 174 An account of the celebration of the May-Games, &c. ibid. Avarice and Glory, an hiftory. By the King of Pruffia. 184 On the qualifications requifite in a commentator upon the holy fcriptures. Thoughts on various fubjects, By Sir Hildebrand Jacob. 195 On |