Steward of the Houshold, Duchefs of B-df-d. Chamberlain, Duchefs of An-ft-r: Mistress of the Horse, Lady Sa-h B-nb-y. First Lady of the Admiralty, Lady P-c-ck. First Lady of Trade, Lady H-Id-ffe. Secretary at War, Lady H-rr-t-n. Pay-Mistress General of the Forces, Lady D-lk-th. Captain of the Band of Penfioners, Lady Ch-t-m. Duchefs of D-gl-s. Lady Lieutenant of Ireland, Marchionefs of K-ld-e. As to any places about Court, which require particular talents in the perfons who held them, I should be at no lofs to find females of adequate abilities, and only defire they may be fairly compared with the males who at prefent enjoy those places: -- Poet Laureat, Mifs Carter. Hiftoriographer, Mrs. Macaulay. King's Painter, Mifs Reade. &'c. &c. The Commiffioners places at the feveral Boards of Excile, might be occupied by the wives and daughters of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs. The other inferior officers of business might be filled by the wives and daughters of the Common-council; which would be fuch a happy establishment of public measures,' as would infallibly keep the great corporation in good humour; a point of the utmost impor tance, and to which no adminiftration, male or female, can be too attentive. And now, Gentlemen, having sketched out a rough draught of my plan, I appeal to every impartial Englishman, whether the Ministry, as here named, is not in point of real abilities confeffedly fuperior to any administration he has seen or read of in this country fince the days of queen Anne or queen Elizabeth. Although I am thoroughly con. vinced in my own mind of the truth of this; yet, from a timidity and diffidence natural to our fex, I did not dare to offer my plan to the public till I had first communicated it to feveral eminent perfonages of the other fex, and particularly to the great Commoner, fworn appraifer of minifterial merit, and to the great Grammarian Dr. J-hnf-n, Chief Juftice of the Court of Criticism. The former of thefe great men wrote me a polite letter from Bath, in which he was pleased to say, 'Of all the plans of guidance, which have been fubmitted to me for my approbation, none has appeared of adequate virtuality, or fuch undoubted refponfibility. And the great Commentator Dr. J-hnf-n, after perufing my scheme, returned it with the following note: tion of this plan, my doubts inftantly vanished; and I now offer it to the public, boldly and faithfully, as a fovereign remedy for all the diforders of the state. As to myself, having heard fome recent inftances (I hope they did not happen in this country!) of Minifters having behaved with the blackeft ingratitude to the perfon who made them; I hold it prudent to flipulate before hand with my new Mi nitry, that they shall grant me the reverfion of the firft Teller's place in the Exchequer which fhall become vacant, and fecure me a penfion of 3000l. a year on the Irish eftablishment till fuch vacancy fhall happen. I hope no one will think, that in afking this, I have over-rated my own merits.-How many perfons do we fee poffeffed of lucrative places, or great penfions, who have never rendered the smallelt fervice to the community! whereas the Henriques family, both male and female, have spent the greatest part of their time and fubftance in forming schemes, for the honour and advantage of the state; for which, notwithstanding, they are to this hour unplaced, unpenfioned, unrewarded. JACOBINA HENRIQUES. A RECAPITULATION of the principal Occurrences of the Year 1765. April 21,THE French king gave 1764. orders for delivering the country of Louisiana to the Spaniards. Oa. 23. A victory was obtained at Buxar in India, over the army of Sujah Dowla, by the English troops under major Munro. Jan. 13, (1765.) The king of the Romans was efpoufed at Munich, by proxy, to the prince's Jo. fepha, of Bavaria. March 27. The town of Creutzbourg in Germany was burnt by the blowing up of fome gunpowder with which a boy was at play. April 9. The dowager princefs of Orange died at Leuwarden in Holland. May 10. Victor Francis, reigning duke of Anhalt Bernbourgh, died. 15. A great number of journeymen-weavers went in a body to St. James's palace, and prefented a petition relative to the importation of foreign filks. 19. A fire happened at Montreal in Canada, which confumed above one hundred houses. July 14. Four hundred houses were burnt down at Bolbec in Normandy. The prince royal of Pruffia was efpaused to the princefs Elizabeth of Brunfwick; at which ceremony the duke of York was prefent. 18. Don Philip, duke of Parma, brother to the king of Spain, died of the finall-pox at Alexandria. Auguft 5. The infanta of Spain was efpoufed to the archduke Leopold at Infpruck. 18. His Imperial majefty Francis 1. emperor of Germany, died of a fit of apoplexy at Infpruck. 26. A Riot at Bofton in NewEngland on the occafion of the Stamp act. September 4. The princess of Parma was efpoufed, at St. Ildephonfo, to the prince of Afturias. 18. The 18. The young prince (William Henry) was chriftened at St. James's. 28. The princess of Naffau Weilbourg was delivered of a princefs. Oct. 19. The countess of Yarmouth died at Hanover. of Cumberland died at London. Nov. 7. A great fire happened at Bishopfgate-street. 13. The Margravine of Schwedt, fifter to the king of Pruffia, died. Dec. 20. The dauphin of France 27. An Auto da Fé was held at died. Lisbon. 29. His royal highness prince 31. His Royal Highness the duke Frederick-William died. EXTRACT from a Work, intituled MEDICINA POLITICA: Or, Reflections on the Art of Phyfic, as infeparably connected with the Prafperity of the State. TH By Charles Collignon, M. D. Profeffor of Anatomy at Cambridge. HE ingenious author, in his introduction to this performance, obferves, That an attention to every private and public duty, whether of moral or religious obligation, has a tendency to promote the happiness of every form of go. vernment; and that therefore he is pointing out a probable fource of public good, by fhewing how fome of the affections may be fo happily regulated, as to obviate the diffufive mifchiefs of which they are capable, when impetuous and under no controul. In a general view of the subject of this treatife, the following obfervations occur: "It will readily be granted me, and therefore need but curforily be hinted, that health and strength are as neceffary to execute, as found reafon and fober judgment to plan schemes for the benefit of the community. That the fpirit and robusiness of individuals are literally the ftrength, as numbers are the riches of a state. And that a mind pining under real, or but imaginary misfortunes, will scarce look abroad in domeflic troubles, or lend a hand And to fave the national ship. fhould there be truth in obfervations like thefe, then every thing that promotes, or preferves health; that procures ftrength and robustness of body; greatnefs and fortitude of foul; that regulates the affections, and fubdues the corruptions of our nature, muft neceffarily be the objet of national concern, and the ftudy that promotes it, a benefit to the public. "There are fuch various ways by which the manners and conduc of individuals may be warped from their original rectitude, fo as to introduse contufion into a ftate, that to purfue them all through their ute most extent, would be almoft an endless undertaking; but we have this confolation on our Gide, that fuch a task is unneceffary. If evils can be traced from principles into action; a variety of combinations of them may easily be forefeen to give variety and vigour to their effects. The perfons on whom, the place where, and the time when it acts, will ufually account for every kind of appearance it puts on. And in fome fuch comprehenfive form as thes, it is imagined the propofed enquiry may be made. "But there is one general obfervation necessary to be premised, as it affects every part of the argument; namely, that it is inconfift.nt with the nature of man, to be totally uninterested in what paffes in the world around him. A fingle link difcontinued at both ends was never known in the chain of nature. Nor is the reafon at all difficult to be affigned. Man is not Gd, a self-existent, independent be. ing, without parts or paffions: man therefore must be connected with his own rank of beings; and they of confequence with him; and then how can it be afferted with any degree of reason, that it is of no importance to others, how, and in what manner, a man behaves by hinfels, fince others must be liable to the confequences of his actions, though they are not perhaps wit netles of the actions themselves? And in this fenfe an idle man may be faid to do mifchief; and a redufe prove the efficient caufe of a popular tumult. "But negative virtues, if not productive of evil, are as little calculated to be productive of good. It is not fufficient to difcharge my duty to my neighbour, that I did not actually direct the knife, which it was once in my power to have wrested from the murtberer's hand. The retirement of Achilles from the army of the Greeks, when wanted on the scene of action, though it might footh his own refentful difpofition, was prejudicial to the public caufe. It is not therefore, nor ever can be abfolutely infignificant to the welfare of fociety, what part an individual is pleased to act. "The experience of all hiftory January 1766. may be brought to fupport a fimilar method of reasoning. Thus we find the founders of empires, and the most celebrated among the lawgivers, laying down rules, and often very ftriat ones, for the bodily and mental advantages of thofe, who were one day to be called to the management of the state; and providing the fame precautionary regulations to fecure the due obedience of the subject; infomuch as not to truft the partial fondness of a parent with the power of mifconducting the education of his child. "It is admitted then (to bring our reafoning nearer to the point in hand), that the health and hardiness of individuals is one defireable circumftance in a ftate. It is not neceffary to enquire minutely into the efficient caufes of courage. We know it may be a tranfient quality, vanishing with the precarious circumftance that gave it birth. It is easy to account for the change of that fellow's conduct, who fairly confeffed it, by saying, Ibit eo quo vis qui zonam perdidit And we read of a fingular, and perhaps fingle inftance, where bodily. fufferings were the parent of arti ficial fortitude, by inciting to despair; and where cowardice ever after was' the confequence of a cure. But the affertion remains unshaken by fuch' inftances, while there are so many painful labours both in the cabinet and field; and while it requires as well fortitude of conftitution, as v-r vacity of thought, to plan judicioufly, and execute fuccefsfully the various fchemes that are neceffary in a ftate." The author proceeds to the further confideration of his fubject under the following heads, viz. of fo F briety briety and temperance; of pity and compaffion; of ambition, pride, cruelty, &c. of fuicide; of religion; and after having duly confidered each, concludes with the following obfervations: "Upon the whole-Whoever would be happy himself, or contribute to happiness in others, must guard against fuch attacks upon, and innovation of his conflitution, as tend to introduce difquieting and irregular appetites in himself, and to extend them (by a kind of unavoidable communication) to the difturbance of his country, his neighbour, or his friend." Medical ANALYSIS of the Virtues and Excellencies of ASSES MILK. UPON a minute examination of the medicinal virtues and difpofition of affes milk, it will appear to be poffeffed of feveral peculiar excellencies, which render it remarkably wholesome. In the first place, it is thinner than all other milks, and abounds with watery and ferous ingredients. Since it is known that many difeafes are caufed by a groffness and tenacity of the juices, which, as they pafs flowly through the finer veffels, of which the principal emunctories and strainers of the glands confift, are apt to stop in thofe narrow paffages, fill them up, and occafion obftructions, it is very obvious and natural to conclude, that the ufe of affes milk, which abounds with ferous and fluid particles, muft be extremely proper to open the obftru&ted veffels, to attenuate the grofs and vifcid juices, and fet them in an eafy and free motion. Again, when we know that multitude of diftem pers proceed from an acrid, falt, and corrofive state of the fluids, we cannot but be affured that the thin ferum of affes milk will not fail of diluting, foftening, and fubduing them: though it must be allowed, at the fame time, that the sweet oily fubftance contributes much towards this effect, which embraces and involves the pointed particles of falt ; and by this means the crude, ill-digefted juices, being properly corrected, are, by the plentiful affiftance of serum, conveyed in their due course thro' the veffels appointed for fe. cretion. It is another extraordinary excellence of affes milk, that it contains but a small proportion of the groffer curdling fubftance. Not above two drams of a white sweetish matter can be procured from eight ounces of affes milk; when, on the contrary, ten drams of curd may be procured from the fame weight of cows milk. It is therefore evident, that the quantity of the grofs curdling fubftance is very fmall in affes milk, when compared with other forts. For this reafon it diffufes itfelf into the minuteft extremities of the blood-veffels, thoroughly dilutes the vital juices, liquifies the fluggish humours, and when it has thus diffolved them, conveys them off. A third circumftance that more ftrongly evinces the falubrious quality of affes milk, is, that the share of cheese-like fubftance which it contains, is extremely foft and tender, and never makes a grofs or firm curd. To make this evident, fome affes milk was warmed, and sprinkled with vinegar, in order to fee if it |