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CHAP. XII.

. CHRONICLE.

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APPENDIX TO THE CHRONICLE.

Public Income of Great Britain for the Year ended the 5th of January,

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Royal Decree addressed to the Supreme Council of Castile by Ferdinand
VII

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Letter of the King to his Father, Charles IV

Letter from Charles IV to his Son Ferdinand

Letter written by King Ferdinand VII to his august Father, in answer to the
preceding

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Opinion of General Palafox. Given by Order of his Majesty Ferdinand VII

(whom God preserve), in the City of Bayonne, the 29th of April, 1808. 284

Extract from the Address of his Imperial and Royal Majesty to the Legislative
Body, on the 25th of October, 1808
Translation of the Chop which the Tsontoe of Canton addressed to the Senior
Commander, Captains, Officers, Petty Officers, and others, belonging to the
English Ships at the Port of Whampoa, and which was delivered to the said
Senior Commander, Captain Milliken Craig of the Elphinstone, by the Man-
darins, deputed by the Tsontoc, under a Canopy of State, surrounded by Chi-
nese Guards under Arms, erected for the Occasion on French Island, on the
Side of a Hill, having a Chinese Camp on each Side on Hills each about one
Mile distant, and all in View from the Van Ships of the Honourable Company's
Fleet, moored in Line of Battle within Gun-shot

Answer to the foregoing

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A General Bill of Christenings and Burials, from December 15, 1807, to De-
cember 13, 1808

Table of the Prices of Stocks for 1808

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List of the principal Public Acts passed in the Second Session of the Fourth Par-
liament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-48th of
George III

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STATE PAPERS.

His Majesty's Speech to both Houses of Parliament, January 21 ...... 296

French Commercial Decree, signed Napoleon, and dated at the Thuilleries,
January 11, 1808

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Portuguese Revolution.-Edict and Proclamation, issued at Oporto 20th June,

1808 .....

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Sketch of Buonaparte's New Constitution for Spain.
Proclamation of Peace with the Spanish Nation by his Britannic Majesty.. 331
Precautions which it will be proper to observe throughout the different Provinces
of Spain, in the Necessity to which they have been driven by the French, of
resisting the unjust and violent Possession which their Armies are endeavouring
to take of the kingdom••

Proclamation of Peace with England, and Sweden her Ally'
Manifesto of the Junta of Seville

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Proclamation issued by the Supreme Junta of Spain to the Spanish Nation.. 344
Extracts from the Correspondence with the Russian and French Governments,
relative to the overtures received from Erfurth......
Exposé, or State of the French Empire.-Paris, November 3
The King of Great Britain and Ireland's Declaration respecting the Overtures
of France and Russia. Dated Westminster, December 15, 1808 ...... 364
Spanish Revolution. Decree for the Formation of a Militia of Honour, dated
Royal Palace of Aranjuez, November 23, 1808
Deposition of the Pope

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CHARACTERS.

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Character of the late Countess of Bath Character of William Wilkie, D.D. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of St. Andrews; Author of the Epigoniad; a Volume of Fables; and a Dream, in the manner of Spenser Characteristical Anecdotes of the Russian Field-Marshal Suwarrow. Translated and extracted from the Original French of a Work intituled "Précis Historique sur le célébre Feld-Maréchal Comte Suwarrow Rymnikski, Prince Italikski; par M. de Guillaumanches- Duboscage, Lieutenant-Colonel des Dragons de Kinbourne, et Officier de l'Etat-Major de l'Armé du Feld-Maréchal Suwarrow, en 1794, 1795, 1796". Portrait of Louis XVI. From the Second Volume of Picturesque Travels in Greece, by the Count Choiseul Gouffier. Translated from the Original French

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The Character of the English and French compared; by a Dane; in 1727. Translated from Baron Holberg

ib.

State of Religious Sects and Observances, in various Parts of the World.... 27 Most prominent Features in the Character of both the Invaders and Invaded in Spanish America

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Indians on the Strait called the Canal of St. Barbara
Warlike Spirit und Heroism of a Lady of Aracuv
Military Maxim of the Araucani, and Speech of their General Quinteaguen to
his Army.

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Sufferings of the Indians of both Sexes, dragged into Captivity by the Indians of War

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Maxims and Measures of the Jesuits in converting, and first Intercourse between their Missioners and the Indians

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National Character of the Turks

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Physical Constitution, general Habits, Moral and Religious Education, and Manners of the Turks

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Behaviour

Behaviour of the Turks towards Strangers

Women and Domestic Economy of the Turks

Manners of the Greeks and the Boyars in Moldavia and Wallachia

Character of Oliver Cromwell

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Character of General Monk

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Character of Charles II.

Character of the High Church Party in 1685

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Deportment of the Earl of Argyle from the Time of his Capture to that of his

Execution, 1685

A Day at Madrid

Spanish Cookery

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Puerta del Sol, the Centre of Madrid

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Hospitals of Madrid.-Country-Girls from Biscay.-Coffee Houses..
Anecdotes and Character of James Bruce, Esq.

Of the Country and Customs of the Abyssinians
Anecdotes of the late Lieutenant General Villettes

NATURAL HISTORY.

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On some new Phenomena of Chemical Changes produced by Electricity; particularly the Decomposition of the fixed Alkalies and the Exhibition of the new Substances which constitute their Bases; and on the general Nature of Alkaline Bodies. By Humphrey Davy, Esq. Secretary, R. S. M. R. I. A. ...... 89 On the Culture of Flax. By the late Robert Somerville, Esq. of Haddington in East Lothian

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On the Method of ascertaining the Value of growing Timber Trees, at different and distant Periods of Time. By Charles Waistell, of High Holborn Tables respecting the Growth of Timber

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Sympathy of the Bird Alcatraz with its Fellows in Distress
Curious Particulars relative to the Stork

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Farther Instances of Reason and Moral Sentiment, or Sensation, in the inferior Animals...

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Of the General Structure and Physiology of Plants compared with Animals 110 On the instantaneous Production of Fire, by the mere Compression of Atmospheric Air. By Frederick Accum, M. R. I. A. Operative Chemist, Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, and on Mineralogy and Pharmacy, &c.

USEFUL PROJECTS.

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Plan for the Relief of the West-India Planters. By Alexander Thomson, Esq. of Old Brompton, Major in the Royal York Mary-le-bone Volunteers Hints for Domestic Improvement

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On drying Articles of Manufacture, and heating Buildings, by Stcum.
Buchannan, Esq. Civil Engineer, Glasgow

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By R.

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On the Utility and Advantage of Gas Lights. By William Murdock. nicated by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. Specifications of Patents

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Specification of the Patent granted to William Congreve, of Garden-court, in the
County of Middlesex, Esq, for a new Principle of measuring Time, and con-
structing Clocks and Chronometers. Dated August 24, 1808.
New Patents lately enrolled

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