A.

288.

397, 440.

441.

manner, 45.

tifice, 459. Their wars, 460. Singu-
lar customs previous to a long jour-"
ney, 462.
Acts, Public, lift of, paffed in 1789,
509.
B.
Biography, Select, 17, 47, 89, 127,

172, 205, 248, 282, 313, 357, 388,
430, 467.

Benezet's account of Guinea, 27.
Bavarians, their characteristic traits, 34.
British nation, its strength and grandeur,
44.

Bohun-Upas, or poifon-tree of Java,

curious and interesting account of, 84.
British linen manufactories, their failure
87.

Bolingbroke, Lord, extraordinary cir
cumftance relative to him, 133.
Beauty, Oriental, in extreme diftrefs,

233.

Beauty, hiftorical leffon for its votaries,
238. Definition of it among the
Moors, 457.

Botanic difcovery made in Sweden, ac-
count of a, 246.

Blind man, curious account of one, 275.
Ingenuity of one, 424.

Boydell's Exhibition, fome account of,
289.

Benevolence, its perils, 307.
Brutes, fingularly noticed by the Nea-
politans, 324.

Baths, hot, in the Hottentot country,
wonderful effects of, 332.
Bofhmen Savages, their remarkable
conduct, 332.

Buffalo, wild, remarkable adventure
with one, 334.

Bundling, a curious cuftom practifed
in New England, 357.
Battle, thoughts previous to one, 399-
Pathetic defcription of the manner of
collect

colleЯing the dead and wounded af-
ter an action, 401.

Burke, Mr. remarkable expreffions of,

411.

Baviere, Madame de, extracts from her,

Original Letters, 417.
Bunker's Hill, fhort account of the
battle of, 441.

Breasts, their fingular ufe among the
Arab women, 464.

Battle of Hexham, the, a comedy, ac-
count of, 470.

Benevolent Planters, a musical prelude,
fome account of the, 470.
Briffon's Narrative of his Shipwreck and
Captivity, 471.

Buckingham, Marquis, refufal to tranf-
mit the address of the Irish parliament
to the Prince of Wales, 504.
Bailey, Dean, and Mifs Catley, anec-
dote of, 513.
C.

Charles XII. of Sweden, anecdotes of,
3, 159, 160, 382, 499.
Creichton, Captain, adventures of, 4.
Cox, Mr. relates feveral Ruffian anec-
dotes, 4, 5.

Chaltity, remarkable inftance of, 6.
Carthage, foundation of, 12.
Commercial treaty, thoughts on the, 14.
Continental war, 15, 174.
Charles II. fingular anecdote of, 40.
Cambyfes conquers Egypt, 41.
Charlotte, Queen, arrival of, in Eng-
land, 51. Obfervations on the cha-
racter of, 128. Addressed by the
two houses to accept the care of his
Majefty's perfon during his illness,
225. Her anfwer, 226. Her vifit
to Covent Garden theatre, 257. Is
appointed a council, 410.
Criminals, condemned, deftroyed in a
fingular manner by the Emperor of
Java, 85.

Child of Nature, a new translation,
fome account of the, 93.
Conference between the Haufes of Lords
and Commons, refult of the, 97.
Condor, a monstrous bird of Peru, de-
fcribed, 125.

Chefelden, Mrs. extraordinary opinion
held by her, 132.
Cook's River, account of the inhabi-
tants of, 143.

Cookery, fingular fpecies of at Atoui,

154.

Combat, defcription of an intended
one between Henry Duke of Lan-

cafter and Thomas Mowbray Duke
of Norfolk, 158.

Cuckoo, interefting particulars of that
bird, by Edward Jenner, Efq. 168,

169, 170, 171, 172.

Coriolanus, revival of, at Drury Lane
theatre, 176.

Craven's, Lady, Journey to Conftan-
tinople, defcribed by herself, 177.
Her interview with the King of Po-
land, 181.

Cavern near the Sorgue, account of an
unfathomable one, 178.

Coffack entertainment, defcription of
one, 182.

China, anecdotes of the hiftorical ni-
bunal of, 193. Singular state of
medical knowledge in that country,
241.

Catinat, Marefchal, anecdote of, 197.
Charter, the firft granted to the city of
London by William the Conqueror,

199.

Curfew, account of its first institution,
199.

Ceremony, religious, inftance of a
cruel one, 200.

Coachman, humorous anecdote of one,
209.

Chimney-fweeper's apprentice, remark-
able anfier made to Mr. Hanway by

one, 209.

Convict, uncommon efcape of one at
Teneriffe, 217. Miferable fate of
another, 260.

Convicts, at Port Jackson, fome of them
return to their old practices, 223.
Tried and executed, 223.
Charlemain, melancholy destiny of his
fucceffors, 236. Horrid punishments
in his reign, 244.

Courage, ftriking inftance of, 238.
Cowper, Lord Chancellor, a faying of
his, 240.

Canary birds, hints for improving their
breed, 247.

Caravan, curious ceremony on the de-
parture of one for Mecca, 281.
Cicifbeifm, curious inftance of, related
by a married lady, 296.
Conjugal difputes in Italy, humorous
termination of, 297.

Cook, Captain, eulogium pronounced
on him at Florence, 300.
Complaifance, fingular inftance of,
309.
Cowardice, remarkable inftance of,
312.

Curiosity,

Curiofity, natural, feen by Mrs. Piozzi
at Milan, 326.
Caffres, their hofpitality, 336.
Cattle, fingular method ufed in Caffra-

ria, of calling them together, 337.
Camelopardalis, defcription of, 341.
Chriftina, Queen of Sweden, fingular
anecdote of, 347-

Chastity, curious way of preferving it
among the Hottentots, 350.
Confett's Tour through Sweden, Swe-`
dish Lapland, Finland, and Den-
mark, account of, 370.
Commodus, the Life of, 402. Caufe
of his profligacy, 404. His atchiev
ments in the amphitheatre, 405.
Poifoned by Marcia, 407.
Condé, Prince of, anecdote refpecting
the, 425.

Catley, Mifs, Memoirs of, 482, 513.
Cromwell, Oliver, anecdote of, 493.
Comet, Dr. Herfchell's obfervations on
a, 499.

Chatterton, Gregory's Life of, 511.
Council, Privy, lift of the, 531.

Dramatist, the, an account of, 292.
Diftrefs, parental, occafioned by an
eruption of Mount Vefuvius, 305.
Death, the event of, treated in an
uncommon manner by the Italians,
323.

Dahomans, history of the, 364.

Denmark, Prince of, anecdotes relating
to the, 382, 494.

Dervifes, Turkish, their character, 387.
Dungeon, defcription of a horrid, 390.
Defpot, Oriental, fingular fate of, 493.
Declaration, candid, whimsical effect of,
498.

Defenfive alliance, treaty of, between
the Kings of England and Pruffia,
504.

Frederick II. of Pruffia, anecdotes of,
8, 25, 26. Condefcenfion of, 250.
Admirable difpofitions of, previous
to the battle of Sorau, 256. Con-
tradiction of a report propagated in
his disfavour, 282. Anecdotes of,
329, 382.

France, fituation of, previous to the
revolution, 14, 46. Popular com
motions in, 125. Change of the
miniftry, 126.

Filial piety, remarkable inftance of, 36.
Florentine family, misfortunes of, 73.
Fenelon, Archbishop, tribute to the
memory of, 115.

Floyd's, David, bold fpeech to King
James, 116.

Francia, Francefco, the painter, anec
dote of, 116.

Furs, method of purchafing, on the
north-weft coaft of America, 139.
Froft, hard, account of the, 148.
32

Falle

Falfe Appearances, a comedy from the
French, fome account of, 256.
Faro Table, an altered play, fome ac-
count of the, 256.

Festival, held at Conftantinople on oc-
cafion of the act of circumcifion on
the fon of a noble, fome account of
a, 279. Cruel facrifices in honour
of, 369.

Farm-Houfe, a new comedy, fome ac-

count of, 292.

Fracas, between the Duke of York and
Colonel Lenox, connected account
of, 301.

Fafhion, the prejudice of, 306.
Francis I. of France, unconimon order
of, 347.

Furniture for a palace, horrid fpecies
of, 370.

Fleury, Cardinal, anecdote of, 382.
Female heroifm, inftance of, in a
French woman, 425.

Fordyce, Dr. anecdote of, 425.
Frogs, adventure of an army of, 442.
Family Party, a new farce, critique on
the, 469.

Fontenelle, anecdote of, 494.
G.

Greek, modern, fpeech of a, 6.
Gordon, Mrs. in danger of committing
a woeful mistake, 9.
Greeks, progrefs of the, in arts and
fciences, 13. Subdued by Philip of
Macedon, 41.
George the Third, memoirs of, 17,
89. First speech to the Privy Coun-
cil, 18. Subftance of his firft fpeech
to parliament, 19. Indifpofition and
recovery, 128. Propofition for veft-
ing the care of his perfon in her Ma-
jefty, till the re-establishment of his
health, 145. Excurfion to Wey-
mouth, 372.

Generality, uncommon inftance of, 39.
Germans, general character of the, 80.
Georgian fatellites, difcovery of, by
Dr. Herfchell, 164. Their diftance,
fituation, &c, afcertained, 167.
Gypfey, anecdote of, 209.

Greek prieft, anecdote of a, 239.
Gonzaga, Livia, ftory of her modefty,

Henry IV. of France, escapes a plot to
deprive him of life, 10. Anecdous
of, 115, 262.

Hiftorian, Universal, 10, 41.
Haftings, Mr. impeachment of, 45-
Habit, force of, 75.

Henry IV. of England, copy of the will
of, 157.

Hanway, Jonas, Esq. memoirs of, 15%,
205.

Hide and Seek, a dramatic piece, fint
account of, 176. Fate of, 215.
Houfhold officers, influence which they
formerly poffeffed, 194.
Haram, Royal, at Conftantinople, de-
feription of the, 195.

Horfes, diftreffing fate of fome in
ones, 235.

Highlander, fimplicity of a, 236.
Hume, Mr. anecdote of, 239, 311.
Hough, Dr. anecdote of, 277.
Howe, Lord, anecdote of, 277.
Half an Hour after Supper, a fmal

dramatic piece, some account of, 295.
Horfe-race, account of a whimsical on
at Florence, 300.

Hottentots, remarkable domestic ec-

nomy of, 340. Some account of, 350.
Hortenfius, a Roman orator, pofelic
an uncommon ftrength of memor
349.

Heads, human, appropriated to the pur
pole of decking an African palce,
368.
Henrietta-Anne of England, intere
ing particulars relative to the de
of, 379.1

Hell Gates, fome account of, 445-
Haunted Tower, a comic opera,

Mr. Cobb, fome account of, gos.
Harley, Mr. first appearance of, «
Covent Garden theatre, 502.
Haftings, Mr. fpeech of, before is
Judges, 507.

Hofpitals, Royal, and other puba:
Charities, lift of the, 530.
1.