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558-594. On the affair of the half-pay
officers
594-604
Decius Jubellius, his fpeech on the motion
to addrefs for papers relating to the peace

493
Definitive treaty of peace, copies of it
delivered to the members
Dialling question, folved

44
372 G.

Dingley, Mr. his benefactions to feveral hof-
pitals, &c.
16
Diflemper among the horned cattle, ac-
counts of it 239, 79, 576. Receip's
for it 432, 436. New order of council
in relation to it,
576
Divorces, in cafe of defertion, that quefl.on
difcuffed so. In cafe of mutual confent

<81
Dodwell, Mr. abra of his free anfwer
to Dr. Middleton's free inquiry 318. Ab-
tract of Mr. Toll's defence of the doc-
tor against hina
397
Dogs dying by feeding on the dead carca's
of a daftcamper'd bullock
05
Domitius Calvinus, Cn. his fpeech for the
chufe relating to the epifcopal clergy in
Scotland

10

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Fireworks in France play'd off 99. In
Holland

201

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Flushing, a dreadful fire there

177
47

Fool, extracts from 32, 82, 84, 185, 214,
226, 280, 467, 538.

Fools, prodigious increafe of the family

of 84. Comical story of a couple of 85
Ford, Mr. robb'd
526
Foreigners, how the incrcafe of their pro-
perty in our publick funds may affect the
nation
114
Foundling hofpital, a grand appearance
there to hear Mr. Handel's mufick, with
an account of this inftiturion
239
France, promotion of officers there 47.
The peace proclaim'd there, with great
rejoicings go. Popular edicts there 147.
How we might have prevented her be-
coming powerful at fea 279. D. Other
edicts there 387. And an arret in re-
lation to monasteries
435
Fre and candid difquifitions relating to
the church of England, abstract of that
treatife
417, 460
Freedom of speech the bulwark of liberty
82

French evacuate the towns in the Nether-
lands 47, 99, 147. They improve their

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370

Genoa, advices from
147, 387
Geometrical problem 271. Solved 328.
Another folution 395. Another 564.
Another propofed
ibid.
Geometrical question, construction of 30.
Another folved 84. Another propofed 373.
Solved
563
Ghoft, fpeech of, to a certain club near
St. James's
65-68
Ghofts and apparitions, the vulgar notion
of them expofed
513
Giants causeway in Ireland, account of it

117
Gibraltar, rumours about restoring it 47.
Extract of a letter from thence 462.
Adv.ces to the fame purpose
53x
Glasgow, the fire there 287. Debate on
the question for granting that city 10,cool.
to reimburse it the fums extorted from

it by the rebels 301-317. 349-360
Government, what it meant by an abfolute,
an arbitrary, a tyrrannical, and a free
209, 210
472

one

Government, the duty of

Grand feignior, a great change in his court

ges they have above the fair and fettled
trader ibid. How this may effect thre
landed intereft, the publick revenues,
the private purchafers, and our trade and
manufacterers in general 116, 117.
When the licensing of them began 161.
Declared vagabonds by an act of queen
Elizabeth
170 D.
Heathcote, Mr. alderman, copy of a let-
ter from him at Bath 29. He refigns
his gown 42. Thanks of the court of
common-council to him 44, 116, 117
Henry IV. of France, ftory of him
Herculaneum, extract of a letter from
Rome, giving an account of fome of the
principal, antique pictures found in the

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Gravefend defcribed

Greenwich defcribed

Grief, obfervations on

H.

483

491

count of them

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221-225

4.10

251

252

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Hurford, Mr. fhot by a clergyman, on ac-
count of his daughter

238

Hutchinfon, Amy, burnt at Ely for poifon-

ing her husband

JAC

I.

526

Acobites, their cafe, according to the
author of the idea of a patriot king
158. A criticism on it 199, 247.
Whether thofe of them who refufe to
take the oaths are to be called fools.
199. Cafe of the Yorkifts and Lancaf-
trians compared with theirs 200, 201.
Whether thofe of them that take the
oaths are to be called knaves 201. The
intereft of the prefent royal family con-
fidered in relation to them 201, 202
James I. his character

3

James II. of his abdication, and the re-
volution

247, 218

Janffen, Mr. Cheriff, account of his attend-
ing

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Inquiries, parliamentary, feveral argu-
ments pro and con about them 453, 498
499, 503, 504, 505, 541, 547, 548,
589, 591, &c.
Intereft of money, that there fhould be
different rates of it, according to the
different fums lent and the different fe-
curities 58. Of the legal and natural
intereft of money 58, 59. Some new
regulations propos'd with regard to it
61. Arguments for reducing the legal
intereft 63. The taking of an interest
for money lent juftified 110. Several
obfervations about the natural intereft
of money, III. How the legal intereft
fhould differ according to the difference
of the fums lent ibid. G. Scheme for
reducing the intereft of the national
debt 574. The act pafs'd 576. Differ-
tation on the fubje&t
Invariable dimenfion
Invafion, that one with a fmall number of
troops is more to be dreaded than one
with a greater number, and a remarkable
flory to that purpose
Job, abftract of Mr. Garnett's differtation
on that book
560-563
John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, ac-
count of him
Journeymen ficemen, cafe between them
and their mafters
574, 575
Journeymen joiners in France, a combina-
tion between them

605
271

306

230

579

Ipfwich, a motion for holding the fummer
alizes there

412

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1750, 576. Scheme of the proportions
the feveral counties paid to it, &c. in
1693 and 1697, compared with the
number of members they fend to parlia-
ment 538. Extracts from a pamphlet,
intitled, Confiderations upon a reduction
of the land-tax
564-566
Latton, Mr. the British ambassador to the
emperor of Morocco, imprisoned at
Tetuan 435. A particular account of
that affair

556

444

94

Launceston in Cornwall described
Laura, with 135 convicts on board, caft
away
Lending upon perfonal fecurity 112. How
this matter ftood before the establishment
of our publick funds, and how it is at
prefent 113. How this affects our trade
and commerce
ibid.

Letters on the spirit of patriotifm, &c. a cri-
ticifm on that piece 199. A fecond cri-
ticism on it

247

7

Lewis XIV. his character
Liberty, publick, a general enquiry into
the nature of it, and how it is to be pre-
ferved
206

Lieutanancy of the city of London, their
addrefs

Lightning in January
Lincoln defcribed

95

42

605

Livius Salinator, C. his fpeech on the
motion for an addrefs

190

445
Locufts, great devaftation by them in
Germany, &c.
430
London, of the great fire there in 1666.
393
London addrefs 142. Congratulation to the
prince and princefs of Wales on the birth
of a princefs
London, citizens of, free from all toll, &c.
and a remarkable certificate to that pur-
pofe
512
Lord chancellors, character of two 419
Lords addrefs, and the king's answer 513
Lovat, the mafter of, a pension granted him
473
Luxury the ruin of liberty, and how all
the antient free ftates fell by it 219. Its
pernicious effects to particular perfons,
as well as to flates and kingdoms

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M Malta, a formidable confpiracy

there 339.

Defcription of the inland
345. A further account of the con-
fpiracy
53%
Marcus Valerius, his pretended fpeech 72
Mark Anthony, his character
Marshal's court, and other inferior courts
225, 226
Martin's le Grand, St. why it belongs to
Westminster
528

6

Makwell and Eudocius, their different
characters

585
Mau-

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Mercurial Clepfydra, an occafional animad-
verfion upon it

173.

211

177

Metaphors, what renders them per-
fect, and fome inftances of bad ones
Which are the most pleasing, and
fome examples of fuch 174. Of thofe
which imply allufions 175. Other in-
ftances of impropriety in them 175,
176. To what writings they should be
confined
Middleton, Dr. an account and abstract of
his Free Inquiry into the miraculous
powers in the primitive church 17. Sub-
ftance of his introductory difcourfe 17,
18. Purport of his preface 18. The
feveral heads of his book, and in what
manner he treats them 19. Objections
to his argument ftated and refuted 20.
Abstract of Mr. Dodwell's Free Anfwer
to him 318. Abstract of Mr. Toll's De-
fence

391

Minifters, first-rate and fecond-rate 504
Mirepoix, marquis of, the French ambaf-

fador, has his first private audience 335
Modena, duke of, arrives in England 238.
Departs

286

Money tree in America, project of 583
Money fubfcription, how the late one was
made a jobb of

448

Moore, Mr. Charles, fometime master-
cooper of the Victualling-office, extract

of his cafe

466

Morgan, lieutenant, shot to death on board

the Chefterfield

335

490

Motions for addreffes on feveral important
affairs, petitions, and orders in last session
of parliament 454, 455, 456, 457.
Mufti at Conftantinople depos'd and ba-
nih'd 483. His bad character
Mutiny bill pafs'd 142. Debates on it in
the House of Commons 364. In the
Houfe of Lords 365. Extracts from a
pamphlet, intitled, Seafonable and affec-
ting obfervations on the mutiny bill 535
Mutiny bills, rife and hiftory of them
122, 123.
Further account of them
133. Of the articles of war fram'd on
them

N.

ibid.

APLES, king of, exerts his au-

Nthority against the bishop of Vena-

bro, and is in danger of being furpriz'd
by the Algerine corfairs
435, 436

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Nottingham defcrib'd
Nova Scotia, propofals for a fettlement
there for our difbanded foldiers and fea-
men, with the encouragements given
De-
them for that purpofe 119, 120.
fcription of the country ISI. Of the
French inhabitants there 183.
fports fail for it 238. Arrive there 384.
Copy of a letter from one of the fet-
tlers there, giving an account of their
arrival, of the country, and of their pro-
ceedings there 41-15. The manners
and drefs of the Indians there 471.
Other advices relating to it 574, 575
Novels and romances, a cenfure on the
prefent reigning tafte for them, and how

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Narborough, Sir John, his actions
National debt, itate of, for 1748,
Scheme for reducing the interest

273

458,

of it

574

Oxford addrefs, copy of it, intended to
have been prefented 31. A motion ar-
gued in the King's-Bench in relation to
that Univerfity

44

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Oxford almanack, explanation of

527

Natural philofophy, a question in

229

Oxford

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PAPER credit bill with respect to the

American plantations
405 G
Parliament prorogu'd 287. A fummary of
the most important affairs that happen'd
during the feffion 324, 360-368, 405
-412, 454. Further prorogued 382,
431. Meets
527

Party, that a patriot king ought to espouse
none 103. The evil of governing by
one in a state united 104. The evil of
governing by one in a itate divided 104,
&c. How a patriot king should conduct
himself with regard to parties
157
Patriot king, the idea of 103-107, 157
-160. How to conduct himself with
regard to parties 157. Even in the
greatest extremities ibid. After a con-
trary conduct in former reigns 158. A'
digreffion, applying this to the cafe of
the Jacobites
ibid. E.
Pawnbroking, debate on a question relating
to it 55-65. Source of the oppreffion
in this trade 60. Arguments against
giving a legal fanction to it 64. How
it is the bine and deftruction of the
poor ibid. Conclufion of the debate on
this fubject
109-115
Peace proclaimed 94, 95. General
thanksgiving for 191. The grand fire-
works on account of it played off 191-
193. Obfervations upon it 397, 401,
&c. 445. Whether it can be called an
honourable one 447. That the terms of
it were better than could be expected
452. Debate on the motions for ad-
dreffing for letters and papers relating to

493-595 541-550. 53-94
Penlez, Bofavern, one of the rioters in the
Strand, executed, 479. Petition of the
Middlefex jury for him and Wilson 19.
A truc ftate of his cafe, from a pamphlet
wrote by Mr. Freling
Pennant, Sir Samuel, chofen lord mayor
432. Sworn in at Westminster 479
Penfylvanians praifed for their univerfal tole-
ration
184
Penzance in Cornwall, a new defcription of

520

566

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Ratcliffe library, the ceremony of opening
it
156
Rattan a fhort description of that island 471
Reading in Berkshire described
604
Reafon and judgment, their remonstrance
againft wit and declamation, &c. 555
Rebels transported and discharged 42, 575
Recorder of London, a new one chofen 44
Remembrancer, extracts from 121, 133.
154, 229, 278, 279, 394, 472, 538
Refiftance, how far it may he carried 247.
When

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