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SCOTS MAGAZINE.

MDCCLXXIX.

VOLUME XLI.

Ne quid falfi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by A. MURRAY and J. COCHRAN

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оброй 1-25

To each article is annexed the number of the page of this volume in which it is to be found.

1778. Aug. 10. A fea-fight in the East Indies between Sir E. Vernon and M. Tron

jolly 151.

08. 17. Pondicherry taken by Sir Hector Munro 148.

Nov. 9. The titular Archbishop of Dublin and feventy other clergymen take the oaths prescribed by act of parliament 52.

Dec. 13. Maj.-Gen. Grant takes St Lucia 80.

28. Lt-Col. Campbell defeats the Americans, and takes Savannah 80. 30. A Memorial of twelve Admirals prefented to the King 95.

$779. Jan. 1. Proclamation for a general faft 105.

2. Refolves of the Congrefs for calling in their paper money and iffuing more on account of counterfeits 146.

9. Adm. Keppel tried for his conduct on the 27th and 28th of July 1778 97. 30. British fettlements at Senegal taken by the French 165.

Feb. 2. A Popish chapel in Edinburgh burnt by the populace 107. —11. Fort James on the river Gambia taken by the French 386. 24. Propofal made for taxing those who travel poft 187.

March 3. An American army defeated at Briar Creek 191.

4. A civil government re-established in Georgia 192.

18. Roman Catholics petition the House of Commons for redress 131.
20. French fettlement of Mahie furrenders to the British 440.

April 9. A memorial prefented by the British ambassador to the States-General re-
quiring the fuccours ftipulated by treaty 164.

12. Adm. Pallifer tried for his conduct on the 27th and 28th of July 1778 416.
20. Several highlanders killed in a mutiny at Leith 219.

May 1. French repulsed in an attack upon the island of Jerfey 174.
May 10. Maj.-Gen. Matthew lands at Portsmouth in Virginia 328.

13. Sir J. Wallace destroys fomé French ships in Concale bay 176.

——— 18. An act paffed for relief of Protestant Diffenting ministers and school-masters in England 273.335.

Jane 16. A hoftile manifefto delivered to Lord Weymouth by the Spanish ambassa. dor 316.

18. Letters for Reprisals ordered in consequence of the above manifesto 338. 16. St Vincent's taken by the French 437.

20. Americans attack and are repulfed by Col. Maitland at Stono Ferry 499.
23. The claim of damages to be paid to the city of Edinburgh to the Roman
Catholics afcertained 454.

Jane 13. Three feventy-four gun fhips offered to government by the East-India
Company 338.

July 16. Stoney point taken by the Americans 484.

29. A great fire at Conftantinople 503.

Aug. 8. A great eruption of Mount Vefuvius 446.

10. Mortmain and Servitude fuppreffed in France 443.

-14. An American fleet destroyed in Penobscot river by Sir George Collier 492.
16. The combined fleets of France and Spain appear off Plymouth 450.
Sept. 11. A propofal by the county of Dumfries, to raise ten volunteer companies,
refufed by the Secretary at war $72.

17. Paul Jones's fquadron appears in the frith of Forth 509.

23. The Serapis and Scarborough taken by Paul Jones after a defperate engagement 564.

24. Plates of copper forbid to be exported, or carried coastwife 504.

08. 8. The Weft Fencibles mutiny 573.

9. The Quebec frigate blows up in an engagement 568.

Count D'Estaing repulsed at Savannah in Georgia 678.

12. Great diffatisfaction in the Irish parliament against England $44.
14. The Irish addrefs for a free trade $48.

20. Omoa taken by Capt. Dalrymple 667.

Nov. 15. The Irish parliament infulted by a mob 608.

24. A fhort money. -bill carried in the Irish parliament 613.

Dec. 9. Propofitions in favour of Ireland made by Lord North 639. On which

the oppofition are neuter 661.

14. These propofitions highly fatisfactory to the Irish parliament 662. & feqq. 18. Public rejoicings in Dublin on that account 666.

Figures inclofed thus [

; of both ber directing to the volume, the fecond or following numbers to the page or pages. If different volumes be referred to, they are feparated by a fhort line which there are examples, p. 12. col. 1. lin. 45. and col. 2. lin. 43. of this volume. Vol. I. answers to the year 1739, vol. 2. to the year 1740, and fo on, a volume every year. A fingle number refers to the volume in which the reference is made; of which fee an example above, p. 172. col. 2. lin. 4.

Thefe references anfwer, in good meafure, the purposes of an appendix to a hiftory, by directing to vouchers, &c. as above, p. 19. col. 1. lin. 42.;- and fometimes they ferve to explain, confirm, or refute, as above, p. 315. col. 1. 1. penult, note; p.722. col. 1. 1. 35. and many other places.

for explaining or illuftrating any thing in a paper or Notes inclosed thus [ Notes added by the authors, or extract, as above, p. 214. are generally our own. by the compilers of the works from which we take them, are not so inclosed, as above, p. 41.

The day of the week on which every month of 1779 began: A help to find the date of any article expreffed as falling on a certain week-day before or after a date mentioned.

[The 1ft, 8th, 15th, 22d, and 29th, of a month, fall on the fame week-day. The month-day advances one week-day every common year, and two every leap year: fo, as 1780 is a leap year, January and February advance only one day in that year, but all the rest of the months advance two days, after the week-day on which the fams month-day fell in 1779.]

September, Wednesday.
October, Friday.

January,

Friday.

May,

Saturday.

February,

Monday.

June,

Tuesday.

March,

Monday.

July,

Thursday.

April,

Thursday,

Auguft,

Sunday.

November, Monday.
December, Wednesday.

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55.-59. Tranfpofe the words. We now proceed. by making them the last of the pas ragraph and column.

1. 19. for an read in. 342. I. 27. for Howe read Heath

217. 2.

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435.

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38.-47. delete the whole paragraph.

2. 5. read the article thus: At London, Thomas King, Lord King. His Lordship was the fourth fon of Lord Chancellor King; and it is remarkable, that all the brothers fucceffively fucceeded to the Barony. He is fucceeded in title and estate by his eldest fon, Peter, now fixth Lord King. 44-49 delete the whole paragraph.-The Noble Lord is ftill alive; and what is faid of his family was a mistake.

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48. delete the whole paragraph, that Noble Lord likewife is ftill alive. 16.-25. delete that paragraph; and instead of it say, Sir Edward Hughes having found that the French had abandoned the island of Gorée, he took poffeffion, and left a garrifon in it, under the command of Lt-Col. Rooke 17. read coolly.

I. 48. for 5000 read soo

629. I. 7. 8. delete for a limited time.

684. 1. 39. make the reference thus. [675, 76, 84. 715.]

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SCOTS MAGAZINE.

JANUARY,

1779.

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CONTENT S.

The MIRROR. An account of the author 1. and of the reception of the first number of that paper 3.

An account of persons who could not distinguish COLOURS 4.

A view of ROUSSEAU in his last moments 6.
HISTORY 1777. Great Britain: Indifference
prevalent 9. 10.

-Eaft Indies: Of the Nabob of Arcot 10.
Interference of administration 11. Rajah
of Tanjour 12. Lord Pigot 13. Differences
in the council of Madras 14. Seizure of
Lord Pigot's perfon 15. His Lordship's
extraordinary refolution ib. Deposed ib.
Another governor appointed ib. Bengal
council approve 16. East-India courts ib.
and the Commons 18.
PARLIAMENT. Commons on their addrefs:
Speeches by Meff. Greville, Campbell,
Townsend, Fox, and Ld G. Gordon 19.
Mr Wilkes 20. Gov. Johnstone 22. Sir W.
Meredith 30. Lord North ib. Gen. Bur-
goyne, Lord G. Germaine, &c. 31.
Anecdote of Mr NECKER 31.

AMERICA. Recapitulation 32 Treaty with France ib. S. Deane's addrefs to the Americans 33. and Gen. Lee's 38. Pennsylvania affembly on the manifefto ib. Loyalists fentenced ib.

Books. Pulteney on the prefent state of affairs 39. Stuart on the law and conftitution of Scotland 43. Grant on Popith perfecution 44. Proteftant Intereft on the ftatutes against Popery ib. Loch on trade, &c. 45. POETRY, &c. To Adminiftration 46. Epitaph on Dr Goldsmith ib. Answer to the question, What is Grace? 47. Verfes to a lady with an artificial rofe ib. The Macaroni ib. Winter's amufement ib. Sun- fetting and Moon-rifing 48. Elegiac ode on Garrick ib. Infcriptions to the Deity ib. HISTORICAL AFFAIRS. Foreign 49. England so. Ireland 51.

LISTS, &c. Stations of the land-forces 520. Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Preferments 54, 5. War-fhips commiffioned 56. Mortality-bill ib. Prices of grain, slocks, &c. ib.

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bip The MIRROR,No 1.Saturday, Jan.23.1779.
A periodical paper, published on Tuesdays.
and Saturdays, by Mr Creech, Edinburgh,
price three halfpence.
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