legate offers many arguments of confolation to Conftance, on the lofs of Arthur: they appear, to the spectator, reafonable, till fhe fo ftrongly expreffes the peculiar tenderness of maternal love, by anfwering, made him more acquainted with the movements of the heart, and lefs knowing or obfervant of outward forms: against the one he often offends, he very rarely misreprefents the other. The French tragedians, on the contrary attend not to the nature of the man He speaks to me that never had whom they reprefent, but to the a fon. One might be made to conceive, in fome degree, the horrors of a murderer, under whofe knife the bleeding victim is expiring in agonies, by a defcription of the unhappy object; but how fully, and how forcibly is the confcioufnefs of guilt expreffed by Macbeth, when, fpeaking of the grooms who lay near Duncan, he says, One cry'd, God bless us, and Amen! the other; As they had feen me with these hangman's hands, Liftening their fear. I could not fay Amen, When they did fay, God blefs us! Thefe expreffions open to us the internal fate of the perfons interested, and never fail to command our fympathy. Shakespear feems to have had the art of the Dervife, in the Arabian tales, who could throw his foul into the body of another man, and be at once poffeffed of his fentiments, adopt his paffions, and rife to all the functions and feelings of his fituation. Shakespear was born in a rank of life, in which men indulge themfelves in a free expreffion of their paffions, with little regard to exterior appearance. This perhaps decorums of his rank: fo that their beft tragedies are made ridiculous, by changing the condition of the perfons of the drama; which could not be fo eafily effected, if they spoke the language of paffion, which, in all ranks of men is much alike.” In the effay on the historical drama, our author obferves, "That thofe dramas of Shakespear, which his hiftories, being of an original he distinguishes by the name of kind and peculiar conftruction, cannot come within any rules, which are prior to their existence. The office of the critic, in regard to poetry, is like that of the grammarian and rhetorician in respect to language: it is their business to fhew why fuch and fuch modes of fpeech are proper and graceful, others improper and ungraceful; but they pronounce on fuch words and expreffions only, as are actually extant.” If we were to give our readers every part of this effay which affords us pleasure, we fhould nearly transcribe the whole; the extracts we have given, will, we make no doubt, fufficiently excite the curiofity of all thofe who have not feen the original. THE State of the belligerent powers. Expedition to the Mediterranean. Turky. Critical ftate of that empire. State of Poland. Conduct of the neighbouring powers in regard to the war. Auftria. Pruffia. Denmark. Difputes between the king and the fenate in Sweden. Diet degrades and punishes the fenate. Treaty of fubfidy concluded with France. France. Bankruptcy and fufpenfion of the French East India company. Spain. Portugal. Mazagan taken by the Moors. С НА Р. P. [1 State of the hostile armies on the borders of Poland. Irruptions of the Tartars. Ruffians pass the Niefter; first battle, and fiege of Choczim. General Romanzow is repulfed at Oczacow. Battle between the Galmuck and Cuban Tartars. Grand Signior declares war against the king of Poland. Second battle near Choczim; prince Gallitzin lays fiege again to that fortress. Turks and Tartars attack the Ruffians in their camp; but are repulfed. General Proforowski defeated. Prince Gallitzin raifes the fiege of Choczim, and repaffes the Nefter. [13 CHA P. III. Prudent conduct of the late grand vizir, produces his difgrace; Moldovani. Ali Pacha, is appointed his fucceffor. Great loffes fuftained by the Turks in their rash attempts to cross the Niefter. Turkish army break up their camp, abandon Choczim, and retire tumultuously to the Danube. Ruffians over-run the provinces of Moldavia and Walachia; Greek inhabitants of thofe provinces acknowledge the empress of Raffia as their fovereign, and take oaths of fidelity to her. Unfuccessful attempt on the citadel of Brailow. Count Panin fails in his defign upon the city of Bender. Difpofition of the Ruffian troops for the winter. Preparations made by the Grand Signior for carrying on the war. CHA P. IV. [22 New confederacies formed in Poland upon the departure of the Ruffian troops to the frontiers Spirited manifefto by the nobility of the grand dutchy of VOL. XII. U Lithua Lithuania. Great number of engagements between the Ruffians and con federates; dreadful exceffes committed on both fides. King of Poland fends minifters to the guarantees of the treaties of Carlowits and Oliva. Harmony at prefent fubfifting between the great powers of the empire. Emperor's journey to Italy; makes a confiderable stay at Milan; on his return reforms many abufes in the government of that duchy; vifits the king of Prussia at Neifs. Aix la Chapelle taken and quitted by the elector Palatine's forces. ·Marriage concluded upon between the dauphin and the archduchefs Maria Antonia [30 CHA P. V. Italy. Death of the pope procures a respite to the troubles of the court of Rome. The emperor, and great duke of Tuscany, come to Rome. Cardinal Ganganelli declared pope. The new pontiff refufes to comply with the folicitations of the Bourbon princes, for the extinction of the order of Jefuits. Is obliged to cede Avignon and the Vanaifin to France. King of Naples keeps poffeffion of the duchy of Benevento. Precarious ftate of the monks. Conduct obferved by the Italian ftates, in regard to the Ruffian fleet in the Mediterranean. Claims made by the courts of Vienna and Turin, upon part of the Genoefe territories. CHAP. VI. 1 [36 Hopeless fate of Corfica. French negociate with the chiefs during the winter. Unfuccessful attempts upon the French pofts. Ecclefiaftics take up arms in defence of their country. Count de Vaux arrives with fifteen battalions from France, and takes the principal command. Corficans defeated near Roftinu. Corte taken without oppofition. The whole island fubdued. Paoli flies to Leghorn. Affembly held at Corte; French government established. Sovereign council of the island abolished; a new one created under the direction of the parliament of Provence. Corfica annexed to the French king's dominions, and brought within the jurifdiction of the Gallican church. Unfuccessful attempts to conciliate the minds of the people to the new government. Lofs fuftained by the French in this conqueft. French domeftic affairs; Eaft India Company. Intereft on the public funds reduced. Parliament of Britany restored. Difturbances in St. Domingo. CHAP. VII. [40 War in India. Hyder Aly ravages the Carnatic. Battle near Mulwaggle. Hyder Aly advances within a few miles of Madrass. Peace concluded with Hyder Aly. New treaty with Sujah Doulah. Supervisors appointed to India. Great debates upon the powers to be granted to the fuperto go vijors. A naval force applied for to go to India. Extraordinary powers demanded for the commanding naval officer; the demands are rejected by a general court. Sir John Lindsey fails with a small squadron to the gulph of Perfia. CHA P. VIII. [48 Retrofpective view of fome matters previous to the General Election. Mr. Wilkes elected for the county of Middlefex. Great licentiousness prevails, which is not 5 Suff fufficiently reftrained by the civil power. Conduct of adminiftration. Caufes of diffatisfaction. State of the miniftry. Parliament meets. Speech from the Throne. Parliament adjourns for the holidays. [57 CHAP. IX. Proceedings on American affairs. Refolutions, and an addrefs upon that fubject, contain fevere cenfures upon the conduct of fome of the colonies. Agreement for five years with the East-India company. Civil Lift debt. Expul·fions, and final incapacitation of Mr. Wilkes. Addreffes. Petitions The CHRONICLE. Births for the year 1769 Marriages Principal Promotions Deaths The Proteft of the House of Lords of Ireland APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. [*52 [176 An Extract from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury [178 [181 [187 War Copy of a Letter to J. Ellis, Efq. of Gray's-Inn, from Dr. Solander, of the [188 [190 The humble Addrefs of the Lord Lieutenant and Nobility, High Sheriff, Grand Jury, Gentlemen, and Clergy of the County of Effex [192 of the High Sheriff, Grand Jury, Gentlemen, and Clergy of the County of Kent [193 of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars of the University of Qxford [ibid of the Chancellor, Mafters, and Scholars of the University of [194 of the Merchants, Traders, and other principal Inhabitants of [195 of the Nobility, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Surry [196 The humble Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Middlefex [197 The humble Petition of the Electors of the City and Liberty of Westminster [202 Narrative of what happened previous to prefenting the Petition of the City of London to his Majefty; with a Copy of the Petition Геоб Matters now purfuing in France for the Improvement of Husbandry Jan. 2, 1769, by the Prefident Remonstrance of the Infurgents at Madrid, in the year 1766 Total amount of fhips and feamen employed between Great Britain Colonies on the continent of America, quith the exports of both Abstract of the charge of his Majesty's civil government for one year His Majesty's maft gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday Libid Lord Viscount Townshena's Speech to both Hauses of Parliament at Dublin, CHARACTERS. Of the Malais; from the Travels of a Philofopher, by Mr. le Paiure Of the Cochin-Chinese; from the fame Some account of the origin and founders of the fect of Anabaptifts, and of John 8 Of the great Admiral and celebrated Patriot, Andrew Doria, from the fame 24 The Life and Character of Francis the First, fummarily compared with these of his great rival and antagoniß Charles V. from the fame Short Characters, taken from Grainger's Biographical Hift. of England, viz. of Mary Queen of France, and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, 29.- Sir Thomas Chaloner, 30.Sir Philip Sidney, 31 Sir Walter Raleigh, ibid.King James I. 32.--The Palatine Family, 33.--Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, 36.The Shirley Family, 37.-Sir Edward Coke, 38.— Thomas Coryate, ibid. -William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, 39.— Henry Somerfet, Earl of Worcester, ibid.Land Digby, ibid.-Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 40,--John Prefton, Master of Emanuel College, |