THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES or STOCKS FOR EACH MONTH IN THE YEAR 1790.
Bank 3 per 3 per 4 per 15 per | Long | Short | India | India | India S. Sea | Old Stock. Ct. red. Ct.con. Ct.con. Cent. Ann. Ann. Stock. Ann. Bonds. Stock. Ann. Ann. Navy. Bills.
1 caftoms in, 204, 304. Capital punishments of, compared with those of Perfia, 233. State of mar- riage in that country, 243. Cruel deftiny of their young princes, 244. Thoughts on the propriety of eating raw flesh, 241. Witchcraft, ftate of, 275, 280. Kingly affaffinations in, 306. Difeafes of, 414. Account of the religious books of, 301. Curious ftate of both fexes in this country, during a religious cere- mony, 338.
byffinian king, anecdotes of, 273. Amusements of their princes when firft called to the throne, 281. Man- ner of going and returning from church, 337. Proceffion into his capital after a victory, 334. Curious account of Mr. Bruce's introduction to him and his minister, 335. Acts, public, lift of, 476.
Accident, dreadful, 432. Addrefs of the city of London on the convention of peace, 461. majefty's answer to it, 461. Accidents, lift of, 32, 53, 80, 100, 104, 189, 226, 267, 309, 347, 392, 432, 469, 472.
Athes confidered as marks of grief and repentance, 13. Arts, the, 101. Affaffinations, 101, 389. Aerostation, 101. Animal courage, 30. Affociation, particulars of the late grand confederative, in France, 267. Antwerp, maffacres at, &c. 343. Annuity allowed the duchess of Cum- berland, 389.
Amusements, public, method of con- ducting them in France, 25. B.
Artifice in a Chefter landlady, a com- Bells, origin of, 14. mendable, 37. Action, a brave, 155.
Autemquas, country of, defcribed,
Boyes, Mr. his first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre, Ico.
Bodily ftrength, inftance of, 5. Belligerent powers, relative itate of the,
Bafket-Maker, the, a musical drama, 346.
Becca, or Mecca, the market for the trade from India and Africa, de- fcribed, 302.
Breafts, uncommon length of those of the women of Sennaar, 386. Ex- traordinary customs observed among them, 386. Uncommon request of their queens, made to Mr. Bruce, 387.
Burying grounds, origin of them, 15.. Bruce's Travels, 255, 256, 257, 260, 261, 280, 281, 282, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309, 326, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338. Critical remarks on the immediate object of Mr. Bruce's journey, 339, 341. Continued, 378, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386, 387, 401, 403, 404. Concluding opinion on the merits of this work, 415, 416.
Bligh, lieutenant, his narrative, 209. His feizure, 209. Proceedings of the mutineers while he remained under confinement, 210. Departure of the boat from the ship, 211. De- termines to proceed to Tofoa, 201» Tranfactions at Tofoa, 211. Com. mencement of hoftilities at that ifland, 212. Death of John Norton, 212. Manœuvre of lieutenant Bligh to escape from the favages, 212. Re- folution of the captain to proceed to Timor, 213. Dreadful fituation of the crew, 215. Defcription of the Noddy, 216.. Mode of dividing small portions at fea, 216. Arrival on the coaft of. New Holland, and meeting with feasonable relief, 216. Conclu- fion of his narrative, 249. His fpirited behaviour among the muti- neers, 251. Congratulation on a profpect of relief after clearing the coaft of New Holland, 251. Sickly State of the crew, 252. Their arrival at Coupang, the refidence of the Dutch governor, and their proceed- ings at that place, 254.
Balance of power in Europe, 107. Compact of certain powers for pre- ferving it, 107.
Biography, Select, 15, 44, 78, 88, 167, 207, 245, 329, 407, 447. Better Late than Never, a comedy, at- count of, 468. C.
Cyrus, account of his expeditions, 297. Cambyfes, his ftrange expedition in fearch of gold, 298. Fate of his
army, 299. Contrivance, a horrid one, of a colonist of Bruyntes Hoogte, to deftroy a hoorde of Caffres, 202.
Caen, in France, mode of a lady's travelling there, 22.
Church of the Carmelites at Paris, an account of a visit to the, 26. Covent Garden playhouse, their ma• jefties vifit there, 14.
Child, the Spoilt, a farce, 100. Czar, a new comic opera, by Mr. O' Keeffe, 100. Courage, inftances of, 30. Cruelty, inftance of, 390. Crimes, ftate of, 32.
Childrens' heads, curious form given them by certain people, 182. Caffrarians, fome account of the, 220. Contest, account of a most horrid úze on the island of Formofa, 372. Cyprus, a high hill discovered there, fuppofed by Mr. Bruce to be Olyın pus, 225. Cook, captain, life of, 44. Manner of his education, 44. Apprenticed to a fhop-keeper, 44. Embarks in the coal trade, 44. Enters into the king's fervice, 45. His fervices at the memorable fiege of Quebec, 45. Appointed to furvey the coafts of Newfoundland, 46. Continued, 71. Appointed to fuperintend the expedi- tion to the Friendly Ifles, . His account of an adventure of Messrs. Banks and Solander, in the bay of Good Succefs, 72. His account of the arrival of the Endeavour at Ota- heite, 72. Arrives in the Downs, 73. Is promoted to the command of another ship, in order to determine the existence of a fouthern continent, 73. His progress in search of a fouthern continent, 88. Defcribes the islands of ice which obftructed
his views, 89. His account of the lights like the Aurora Borealis, 89. Meets with the Adventure after lofing her above thirteen weeks, 89. His fituation amidst the islands of ice, 89. Paffes the antarctic circle for the third time, 90. Defcribes an amazing field of ice, 90. Afcertains the extent and fituation of the New Hebrides, 90. Difcovers New Cale- donia, and names it, 90. Arrives in England, 91. Promoted to the rank of poft-captain, 91. Confents to undertake another expedition to determine the probability of a northern paffage to the Pacific Ocean, 91. Obtains the promise of a reward from parliament for the discovery of a paffage through Hudfon's Bay, 92. The Refolution and Difcovery fixed on for the expedition, 92. Difpofitions for the departure of the veffels, 93. Some particulars of Nootka Sound, 169., Behaviour of the inhabitants of Owyhee, 169. Change in the conduct of these people, 170. Me thod of procuring reftitution for ftolen goods among the Indians, 171. Critical fituation of the captain, 171. Occurrences at Owyhee previous to his murder, 172. His affaffination by the Indians, and melancholy death, 207. Sketch of his character, 207. Monfieur Vaillant's reflections on his death, 208. Honours paid to his memory by the Royal Society; 208. His majefty's liberality to Mrs. Cook and her children, 208. Particulars of his family, 208. Ceremonies, curious, at the death of the Gingiro king, 281. Inhuman, previous to the entrance of a new Abyffinian king into his palaces 281. Charles the First, faintship, and cha racter of, 10, 11.
Cuftoms and Manners, Characteristic, 12, 65, 163, 204, 240, 280. Cromwell, Oliver, sketch of the life of, 15; 16, 17.
Chatterton, review of Gregory's life of, his fuccefs as an author, and his miferable fate, 19, 20. Ceremony, religious, curious account of a, 33, 34, 35. Counts Struenfee and Brandt, elucida- tion of their history, 48. Campaigns of the year 1789, 106. Curious interview with the infant Lama, 65. Account of Zeefkoo VOL. II
Lama, 66. The Calmucs method of making their offerings to the Lama, 67.
Cat, fingular inftance of affection in
Crown, Blood's attempt to fteal it,
Cathedral, St. Paul's, account of, 157.
Crofs, St. Paul's, described, 158. Confcience, anecdote of, 158. Ceremony, Abyffinian, extraordinary 163.
Ceremonies of the Seeks, 164. Caffre wars, origin and cause of, 184: Contrivance, a horrid one, 101. Condefcenfion in a fovereign, 234. Columbus, anecdote of, 234. China ware, introduced into England by king William and queen Mary, 238.
Cromwell, Richard, copy of his writ of fummons to parliament to lord Barksted, 239.
Caglioftro, count, sketch of the life and travels of, 79. Coffee, origin of, iz. Cards, origin of the use of, 15. Courage and generofity, initance of,
Candour, inftances of, 364. Creed, the courtier's, 375. Crillon, count de, anecdote of, 397. Ceraftes; a fpecies of the viper, de fcribed, 405.
Character, a fingular one, 436. Clarke's Survey of the Lakes of Cum-
berland, anecdotes from, 438., Cork lad, of Kentmere, account of the, 438.
Cuftom, a fingular one, 441. Coaches, origin of, iz. Convention between his Britannic ma- jesty and the king of Spain, 460. Counter declarations exchanged be- tween the British and Spanish minif ters, 459. Convention, articles of, between Pruf- fia and Auftria, 462. Convention, fubftance of, between the Imperial, Dutch, Pruffian, and Bri- tifh minifters, figned on the 10th of December 1790, 465.
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