tion of the A general i: minster, E An account! into Engl the duties Prices of Ste Supplies gra Ways and m Taxes for th His Majesty' Seffion, Ju The bumble bled, to t The humble Majesty's Convention figned at I Letter from t on the rec Speech of the parliament Speech of th lord lieute Lords, M Speech of th prorogatio Memorial pr de Thulen Memorial pr de Thulen. Memorial pr James Ha Convention figned at Tra flation figned and Dorfet and Majefty; Majefty The Emperor in anfwer etter from Dr. Franklin to Mr. Nairne of London, propofing a flowly fenfible Hygrometer for certain Purpofes-from the fame work 88 me Obfervations on ancient Inks, with the Propofal of a new Method of recovering the Legibility of decayed writings, by Charles Blagden, M. D: Sec. R. S. and F.A. S.-from the Philofophical Tranfactions of the Royal Society of London ANTIQUITIES. opy of a notable Letter, written by the Duke of Suffolk to his Son-from original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various Perfons of Rank or Confequence - 96 99 tter to the Right Worshipful John Pafton, at Norwich, giving an account of the Death of the Duke of Suffolk-from the fame work the fame, on the fame fubject from the fame work me Obfervations on the two preceding Letters 103 104 tter containing a certain and curious account of the Commons of Kent, when affembled at Blackheath under Cade, in 1450, written by J. Payn, whe was taken by them, and threatened to have been beheaded, c.-from the Same work 106 tter containing a curious and authentic Account of the Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, with Margaret, Daughter of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and Sifter of Edward IV. and of the fubfequent Diverfions exhibited at Bruges in Honour of it; written by John Pafton, an Eye Witnefs-from vol. ii. of the fame work rious Specimen of the Celebration of Marriages at Court in the Beginning of the Reign of James I. extracted from a Letter from Sir Dudley Carlton to Mr. Winwood-from the Gentleman's Magazine for February 1787 115 the Dress and Ornaments of the ancient Mexicans-from the hiftory of Mexico, tranflated from the Italian of Saverio Clavigero, by Mr. Cullen MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. 116 rious Particulars relative to the Religion of the Mexicans-from the fame work 118 cerning the Rites obferved by the Mexicans upon the Birth of their Children -from the fame work the Military Conftitution of the Mamlouks-from M. Volney's Travels in Egypt and Syria 135 126 particular account of the Government of the Druzes, a People of Syria -from the fame work 143 narkable Speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, to Lord Dunmore, when Governor "f Virginia-from Mr. Jefferson's Obfervations on Buffon's Remarks on the Indians of North America 151 e Story of Angelica-from a philofophical, historical, and moral Effay on Old Maids, by a friend to the Sisterhood 152 10 letters from Sarah Duchefs of Marlborough, copied literally from bs original MS, 157 POETRY. - 34 Curious Account of a peculiar race of people in Siberia, called Wodyacks-from 35 NATURAL HISTORY. 38 Obfervations tending to fhew that the Wolf, Jackal, and Dog, are all of the Bart. P. R. S. - 45 Some account of a motley-coloured, or pye Negro Girl and Mulatto Boy, ex- - USEFUL PROJECTS. Experiments on the Culture of Turneps, and a Receipt for preferving the 77 Account of the Racine de Difette, or Root of Scarcity; of its utility, and the 79 81 A method of destroying Ants, Spiders, and other Infects, in Hot-houses and 82 Extract of a Letter from Bernard Romans, of Pensacola, dated August 20, Letter from Thomas Rufton to Benjamin Franklin, Efq; LL. D. concerning Letter from the Reverend Jeremy Belknap, on the preferving of Parsnips by 87 Letter 88 Letter from Dr. Franklin to Mr. Nairne of London, propofing a slowly fenfible Hygrometer for certain Purposes-from the fame work Some Obfervations on ancient Inks, with the Proposal of a new Method of recovering the Legibility of decayed writings, by Charles Blagden, M. Ď: Sec. R. S. and F. A. S.-from the Philofophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London ANTIQUITIES. - 99 103 104 106 Copy of a notable Letter, written by the Duke of Suffolk to his Son-from original Letters, written during the Reigns of Henry VI. Edward IV. and Richard III. by various Perfons of Rank or Confequence 96 Letter to the Right Worshipful John Pafton, at Norwich, giving an account of the Death of the Duke of Suffolk-from the fame work To the fame, on the fame fubject-from the fame work Some Obfervations on the two preceding Letters Letter containing a certain and curious account of the Commons of Kent, when affembled at Blackheath under Cade, in 1450, written by J. Payn, whe was taken by them, and threatened to have been beheaded, c.-from the Same work Letter containing a curious and authentic Account of the Marriage of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, with Margaret, Daughter of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, and Sifter of Edward IV. and of the fubfequent Diverfions exhibited at Bruges in Honour of it; written by John Pafton, an Eye Witnefs-from vol. ii. of the fame work Curious Specimen of the Celebration of Marriages at Court in the Beginning of the Reign of James I. extracted from a Letter from Sir Dudley Carlton to Mr. Winwood-from the Gentleman's Magazine for February 1787 115 On the Drefs and Ornaments of the ancient Mexicans from the history of Mexico, tranflated from the Italian of Saverio Clavigero, by Mr, Cullen MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS. 111 116 Various Particulars relative to the Religion of the Mexicans from the fame avork - 118 Concerning the Rites obferved by the Mexicans upon the Birth of their Children -from the fame work 126 Of the Military Conftitution of the Mamlouks-from M. Volney's Travels in Egypt and Syria 2 135 A particular account of the Government of the Druzes, a People of Syria -from the fame work 143 Remarkable Speech of Logan, a Mingo Chief, to Lord Dunmore, when Governor of Virginia-from Mr. Jefferson's Obfervations on Buffon's Remarks on the Indians of North America 151 The Story of Angelica-from a philofophical, historical, and moral Effay on Old Maids, by a friend to the Sifterhood 152 Two letters from Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, copied literally from the original MS, 157 POETRY. POETRY. Ode for the new year 1787, by T. Warton, Efq; Poet Laureat 159 160 162 On the late improvements at Nuneham, the Seat of the Earl of Harcourt, by the late W. Whitehead, Efq. 163 Verfes on the Duchefs of Rutland; fuppofed to be written by Sir H. Languish 165 The Three Vernons, by the Honourable Horace Walpole 167 168 170 Addrefs to the Deil-from Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns G A Dedication to G**** H*******, Efq-from the fame 171 174 177 Ode, tranflated from the Perfian of the Poet Hafez, by Sir William Jones 178 179 Softly, an Ode from the fame, by Captain Thomas Ford 180 180 Reply to the two Epigrammatifts 180 Written at Nice, Auguft, 1743, by the Right Honourable Henry Fox, late Lord Holland Impromptu, by Bishop Atterbury, on a challenge to the Bifhop, to dictate fomething in praife of a Goofe Quill, from the words, " Defpife not the worth of thofe things that are small" Impromptu, by a Gentleman of the Temple, on the Sight of one of the Croydon Belles in the Court at Kingston during the Affizes Song, by Captain Morris ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1787. 184 184 186 Mary Queen of Scots vindicated; by John Whitaker, B. D. Author of the 196 THE EN D. |