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Letter from Gen. Paoli to the National Afend'r.

the metropolis have their annual ceremonies and caroufals; but let our vigilance truftrate any of their wicked atco pts. All the troops fhall be under arms, the streets properly lighted, and the patrols continually moving.

Pin it from Er 12, 7. If Affembig of the State of Br. ut

ize of Flanders, we the Che Belgic League, nime, the Altes gerloo, St. Micha Pare, 2. Pretves; in By this firm and wife refolution, . t te approved of by all houfe keeper, this night will exhibit the most ipiendid and joyous aniverfary for the birth of Christ, that was ever performed in this Mott Chintian kingdom.

Count Mirabeau has received many challenges; but he witely iets down their names, and antwers, that he will be ready after havrng fettled an affair of honour with fuch and fuch a one-mentioning a dozen of them.

In the territory of Medoc, n ar Bourdeaux, an inturrection happened between the noblemen and pealants. The former having refufed the corn neceffary for towing, the latter entered furiously into the vineyards, and threatened to root them all up, faying,

that fince their enemies wasted to deprive them of bread, they should be deprived of drinking. Eight hundred militiamen foon restored peace and tranquillity by perfuading the noblemen to comply with the pealants' reasonable requeft.

PARIS, Dec. 25.

The following Letter was fint by General
PAOLI, to the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
of FRANCE, and which was read on
Friday fennight.

"IT is with a tranfport of joy, easier to feel than to exprefs, Mr. Prefident, that I eagerly embrace the opportunity to entreat you to lay before your auguit Affembly the lively fentiments of my profound respect, and fincere acknowledgements for the decrees lately paffed in favour of my country. In admitting Corfica to the pericct enjoyment of all the advantages that muft refult from the happy constitution juft now established, the moit infallible means have been found for fecuring for ever the attachment and fide. lity of the inhabitants of that ifland, and in granting to my emigrated companions the power of revisiting their native foil, and enjoying all the privileges of French citizens; while the National Affembly proclaims her justice and generolity, numbers of indivi

uals will be fo endeared to her new conftitution, that, to defend it, they will fhed the last drop of their blood; and the beneficent Monarch, the restorer of his people's liberty, who has fanctioned her decrees, will never have to boast of fubjects more devoted to his glory.

I have the honour to be, Mr. Prefident, your most humble and obedient fervant, DE PAOLI."

a word, their emigra a out of the Autra lands, held their meetings the Fred, to prepare and direct the e Revolution which is now elt bites parted from this place on the ruth, is a fels. They et of. in a grad prem carriages, efconted by a large orpe bant dragoons well mounted and r a number of young men of good tam Breda joined them, dreffed alfo a la with the portrait of Van-der-Noot, ^," dallion, hanging at the breast W Van-der-Noot was himself in the ty with Baron Houft, the firt nobl Brabant. From breda the proc rected its rout through Meel, Hoog and Sourfel; as foon as they Hoogitraten, which is in the Arthur bant, the Committee and States wer ceived in a folemn manner, as the Sa of the country.

On the 18th, at three o'clock it f noon, these renowned detenders ! Liberty entered the gates of Prð their arrival was announced by the cannon from the ramparts, and by ing of all the belis in the city. Th of Urfell, that illustrious victim of power, went out to meet her fellow : who had facrificed their perfons and * to the public caufe. They arrived church of St. Godule, efcorted by m 6,000 infantry and cavalry, where th Te Deum. At night, Monf. Van-e was conducted to the Theatre, teate Governor-General's box; and Vi Death of Cæfar was the piece clase applaufes were prodigious, when the ing verfes were pronounced;

"Oui, que Cefar foit grand, mais qu foit libre."

"Voila donc les foutiens de ma tritte -
"Voila vos fucceffeurs, Horace, Dec
"Et toi vengeur des loix."*

The illuminations began at five and continued the greateft part of the and to-day when Monf. Van-der-N tended the States, the people took “ horfes from his carriage, and drew his houfe to the Houfe of Affembly.

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BANKRUPT S.

William Mears and Thomas Mears; of Whitechapel, Middlesex, bell-founders and 'copartners.

́Alexander Aubert and Charles Henry Rigaud, of Middle Moorfields, London, merchants and copartners, (trading under the firm of Alexander Aubert and Co.)

David Moore, now or late of Hawkshead, Lancashire, mercer and draper.

Thomas Marley, of Rye, Suffex, taylor, and woollen-draper.

Thomas Terrington, of Kingston upon Hull, linen-draper.

John Heard, of Bude, Cornwall, cornfactor.

James Morris, of Cheltenham, Gloucefterthire, victualler.

John Bowman, of Startforth, Yorkshire, yeoman, and dealer in woollen cloths.

David Morgan, of the parish of Langadock, Carmarthenshire, dealer and chap

man.

James Hatch and Jofeph Hateh, now or late of Fenchurch-street, London, trunkmakers and partners.

Matthew Jones and William Hickes, of Worthing, Suffex, merchants and copartners.

Stephen Nocus, of Green-ftreet, in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields, Middlefex, toyman and jeweller.

William Griffin, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, woolftapler.

Stephen Grey, of Beverley, Yorkshire, tallow-chandler..

Thomas Cocks, of Manchester, Lancafhire, grocer.

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Somerville Macqueen, late of Fih-street hill, in the city of London, hardwaremen: Robert Crofléy, of Silver-ftreet, Edmon ton, Middlesex, baker.

Thomas Popkin, of George-ftreet near the Minories, London, coal merchant. Thomas Dearn, late of Clate-Market, Westminster, Middlefex, dealer in earthenware.

William Boynton, of Upper Seymourftreet, Portman-fquare, Middlesex, painter. Thomas Dickifon, of Minikip, in York'fhire, dealer.

John Page, now or late of Milton, near Sittingborn, in Kent, hoyman.

Jofeph Walton, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, baker and flour-dealer.

Thomas Newman, of Stockwell, in the

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Births-Marriages-Deaths.

ith of St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, victu-

Jer.

James Cooper, of Rochester, in Kent,
grocer.

John Long, of Bishop Hatfield, in Herts,
common-brewer.

John Mitchell, of Yeovil, in Somerset-
Chire, fhopkeeper.

Nicholas Brady, of East Haddingfield,
near Great Baddow, in Effex, dealer

Thomas Laxenby, of Commerce-Row,
Black-Friars-Road, Surry, carver and gilder.
James Dixon, of Chelter, shopkeeper.
John Brown, late of Bury, but now of
Little Bolton within Pendleton, in Lan-
cashire, currier and leather-cutter.

Albert Innes, late of Duke-street, York-
buildings, Strand, Middlesex, merchant,

BIRTHS.

The Lady of the Rev. Dr. Fisher, Canon
of Windfor, of a fon.

At the house of the Right Hon, Thomas
Harley, the Lady of David Murray, Efq.
of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

At Salisbury-Green, near Edinburgh,
Alexander Pringle, Efq. of Whiteh..nk, Sel-
kirkshire, to Miis Mary Dick, fourth daugh-
ter of the late Sir Alexander Dick, of Pref-
tonfield, Bart.

William Steer, Efq. of Broad-street, to
Mifs Frafur, daughter of William Frafer,
Efq. late Under Secretary of State.

Mr. John Mafen, Attorney-at-Law, of
Curtitor-treet. to Mifs Crotby, of Deptford.

At Bloxhourn, Mr. W. J. Eade, of Wood-
street, Cheapfide, to Mifs Robinion, of Hod-
deidon.

At Weftham Church, Sir Charles Ventris
Field, to Mrs. Burch, of the Clote, Salif-
bury.

At Lewisham, Burgoyne Tomkins, Bíq.
to Mils Wefton, of Sydenham, Kent.

James Kelly, Efq. fon at Col. Kelly of
the Madras Etablishment, to Mifs tabella
Fordyce, daughter of Captain William
Fordyce.

Hinman Allenby, jun. Efq. of Long Sut-
ton, Lincolnshire, to Mils A. Raddith,
youngest daughter of William Raddish, Eíg.
of Margaret-ftrcet, Cavendish-square.

Mr. Rowland Maltby, of Bafinghall-street,
to Mifs Louifa Pollock, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. Pollock of Griddleton, Wilts.

John Bligh, Efq. fecretary to the governor
and company of Chelfea water-works, to
Mrs. Heathcote, relict of George Heathcote,
Eq. late commiffioner of taxes.

Lewis Wolfe, Elq, comptroller of his Ma-
jetty's ftationary office, to Mis M. Hales
Ratcliff, of Dover.

Erancis Foley, Elq of Leish Lan
fhire, to Mila Margaretta Christians
Ward, of Hackney, Miächer

George Slomaker, Efq. fe
Thomas, the pretent Dein of Weta
to Mils Gibion, fitter-in-law ci-b.
Efq. of Abington-street, Weftresit

The Kev. Dr Sumner,
Eton Colinge, to Mis A. Tyre, a £

DEATHS
Capt. Fowler, late commander a
Weft-India trade.

The Rev. Thomas Shrigley, MA -
years eurate of St. Botolph, Fatherpe
Mr. Thomas Evans, in part
Mr. Coles, ftationer, in Fleet-tre
At Midnapore, Walbum Seare
a lenior merchant in the fervice

At Calcutta, Mr. Charles Puis
and Capt. Thomas Bough, et ther
engineers.

John Wright, Efq. Banker, in Na
Mr. Renton, of Snow-hill.

At Calcot-place, near Rexi
Blagrave, relict of the late Joka o,
Efq. and daughter and co-hos
George Cobb, Bart. of Adderbury-
fordshire.

At Bristol, Chriftopher Ludios,

The Rev. Johan Eccles, keaz
Bruerne, and one of his Majelty!
the peace for the county of Nore

At Cote, in Gloucetterthire, Ja
Efq. many years an eminent m
banker of Brittol.

At Salisbury, Bennett Cuthber
captain and adjutant in the Nontus-

militia.

In Holbourn-row, Lincoln's.
Morgan William Clifford, Elq.
law.

In his 82d year, the Rev. Rate
CEDIS, Vicar of Waterpery, Oxford
Oakley, Brill, and Boaritall, Bucks
Mr. James Duthoit, of High
Lington.

In Queen Square, Thomas Hot
a cominitioner of bankrupts.

At Hendon, after a few days ille
ander Irvine, Efq. member of par
Eaft Looe, and a lieutenant is the
ment of foot guards.

Aged 77, the Key. John Shepar
of Woodford, Effex.
Mr. Michael Taylor, an emane
puter.

At Cheifea, in his 81st year, Henry
Efq. formerly of the Strand.
At Glafgów, Mr. David Macg
nister of the go pel at Buchanon.

Mrs. Margaret Trit, relict of the
James Macfarlane, Efq, of Burnbead

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INDEX FOR THE YEAR 1789.

A.

ABOUZAID, hiftory of, 565

Account of the Pelew iflands, 74, 124,
180, 234, 290, 331, 381

Adelphi buildings in the Strand, deføriptión
of, 351

Aleppo, defcription of the city of, 282
Alcander and Septimius, 328

Alexis, a paftoral, 598

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Almet, the dervifé, vifion of, 613
Amber varnish, how to make, 96
Ambitious man punished, the, 242
American States, obfervations on the, 297
America, hiftory of the difcovery of, 373
Anecdotes of Henry IV. 14-of Dr. John-
fon, 15-of his royal highnefs the infant
Don Gabriel, 82-of James Brown, Efq.
83-of Dr. Shipley, bishop of St. Alaph,
84-of the Right Hon. Fletcher Norton,
ibid. - of the Right Hon. C. Wolfran
Cornwall, 85-of the Right Rev. Dr.
Hurd, lord bishop of Worcester, 88-of
Mrs. Fitzherbert, 136-of Sir Charles
Douglas, Bart. 149 of Mrs. Brooke,
150-of Mr. Ifaac Tarrat, 151-of the
Rev. Nicholas Fayting, 188-of the duke
of Leeds, 189 of Annett and Lubin,
296 of Edmund Burke, Efq. 299-of
Sir Thomas Moore, 303-of Madame Si
mon, 308 of Dr. Johafon, ibid. -by
Mr. Thickneffe, 355-of Cha. Churchill,
501- of a German, ibid.
Anecdotes, hiftorical, of the value of money

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and commodities, 143-from the collec
tion of J. P. Andrews, Efq. 583
Anne Boleyn, life of, 569
Anthelmia, or Spigelia Linnæi, 618
Anthropophagi, or men-eaters, account of
fome, 391

Antiquity of card-playing in England, 10
Armadillo, natural history of the, 335
Artifice to evade a duel, 212

Auguftus Cæfar, an account of, 247
Aurora Borealis, remarks on, 585
Autumn, 454

B.

Bacchant's addrefs, a, 312
Bachelor's choice, the, 359

Bankrupts, 59, 113, 170, 227, 273, 323.
371, 418, 465, 514, 562, 610, 653
Barbauld, Mrs. memoirs of, 532
Baftile, the, 405

Baftile prifon, defcription of it, 438
Bath of Pharaoh defcribed, 294
Beauty, an ode, 503
Bee and the Butterfly, 158
Beneficence, reflections on, 469.
Billington, (Mrs.) account of, 617

Biographical anecdotes of eminent perfons

lately deceased, 82, 150, 188, 306, 592
Birth-days of the prefent fovereigns of Europe,
642

Births, 59, 114, 171, 227, 274, 324 3745
419, 467, 515, 563, 611, 654
Bonneval, count, memoirs of, 4C2
Botany-bay, expedition to, 196

Brandy in Sweden, fingular mode of dif-
tilling, 401

Brittany, in France, account of the pro-
vince of, 152

Brunton (Mifs) account of, 446

Burke (Mr.) authentic anecdotes of, 299

C.

Camden, Lord, memoirs of, 192
Camoens, the poet, Tife of, 486
Catley (Mifs) life and character of, 586
Cenfure, on, 453

Character of his royal highness the Prince of
Wales, 432-of the duke of York, 434
of the duke of Clarence, 477- of the
Princefs of Brunfwick, 538-of Mrs.
Montague, 546

Character of the wife of the Protector, lady
Elizabeth Boucher, 31

Character of a fmall poet, 22-of the eccles
fiaftical ftate, 437-of a happy life, 505
Characters, by the late king of Pruffia, 77
-national, by Lavater, 451

Charity, ellay on, 25-addrefs to, 551
Charr fish in Wales, account of them, 295
Chinele poetry, specimen of, 629
Circaffians, an account of their curious cuf-
toms, 73

Cleland (Mr.) memoirs of, 73
Cold, natural history of, 203
Comets, remarks on, 585

Condor of Peru, defcription of the, $35
Converfation, on, 249

Corinth, queen of, 497

Cottage, the, 553

Cowley, (Mrs.) memoirs of, 496

Cuckow, obfervations on its natural history,

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INDEX FOR THE YEAR 1789.

ouglas Hamilton, duke of Brandon, a ge-
nealogical account of the most noble fa
mily of, 255

Douglas Sir Charles' memoirs of, 149
Dreams and vifons, on, 67
Defing, effay on, 489

Dunkeld, and Danfinale in Perthohire, ac-
count of, 297

E.

Earl of Weftmoreland's feat defcribed, 403
Early marriages, thoughts on, by Dr. Frank-
iin, 298

Egyptian pyramids, account of them, 337
Elegy on the death of a young lady, 99—to
Delia, 310

Elephant, natural hiftory of the, 425

End of the word, effay on the, 117, 173
Endless mountains in America, account of
them, 294
Envy, on, 599

Epigrams, 100, 261-on the progress of
Twearing, 456-on the world, 552-on a
mifer, ibid.

Epilepfy, or falling-fickness, remedy for
the, 549

Epilogue to the impoftors, 159-to the tem-

pest, 551
Epitaph on Mr. T. Kitchen, 48 — on a
mifer, 358-
8-on a fhrew, 406-on the late

Dr. Monfey, 646
Evander and Caramanta, 632
Evening, a fonnet, 312-hymn to, 501
Evening, the close of, 645

Examination of his Majefty's phyficians, 36
Exploits of the knights of the round table,
491

F.

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Guftavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, ev
mours of, 485

H

Hacho, king of Lapland, 393
Happiness, stanza: on, 47
Happy man, the, 454

Herrings, curious account of their boah, &
519
Hinchclife (Dr John' lord byhop of Per
terborough, memoirs of, 85

Hints which ladies fhould ftuar, 629
Hiftory of the boat called the Lite Grand-
fire, 2;8

Holy war, an investigation of it, 141
Hope, to, 50, 600

Horfe-races, on, joz

Howard, earl of Arundel and Surry, a

63
Humming-bird, natural hiftory of the, 293
Hurd D. lord bishop of Worcefter, 'es-
rary and biographical anecdotes of,
Hymn to the evening, 505
I.

Importunate addrefs, the, 442
Inchbald (Mrs.) account of her ble så
writings, 449

Influence of the air on vegetables, ea tu,
421

Joanna, account of the natives of, 233
Johnfon (D. Samuel) memoirs of,” 302
Jordan (Mrs.) memoirs of, 446
Iron-work, how to preferve it from rul, şé
K.

Kemble (Mr.) biographical account of, jji
Keppel, Vifcount, memoirs of, 91
King James II. particulars of, 21
Knight of Malta, the, 528
L.
Lacedæmonians and Athenians, the seped
paid by them to old age, 521
Laughter, effay on, 183

Law intelligence, 51, 218, 313, 457, 602
Letter, the, 539

Letter from Voltaire to the Abbe Trublet, 24

from Sir Ifaac Newton to Dr. Richard
Bentley, 287-from Dr. Franklin to John
Alleyue, Efq. 298-from Jane Shore to
King Edward IV. -from Queen Elizabeth
to Sir Amias Paulet, 356—from Sirje-
feph Banks, 544

Life, an allegory, 280

Lines written on a blank leaf in Price's
Cookery, prefented to a young lady, &
on a blank leaf in a lady's pocket book for
1789-on a young lady, 5-to Lauta,
ibid.-to Cynthia, by Peter Pindar, ibid
on feeing a cloud of locufts, 100-on leav
ing a favourite manfion in the country,
ibid.--addreffed to the fair, ibid.—on mar-
riage, 157-to Hope, ibid.-
-to Anna,
158-on his Majesty's happy recovery,
213-written by her Majesty, ibid.--on a
proud young lady who encouraged two
lovers, and was disappointed of both, 261

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