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lty, art and part, of forging the proTory notes of the faid Company, and o of iffuing four of the notes. This rdict was certified by the Judge upon e circuit to the High Court of Jufticiary M'Affee having applied to be ard by coufel in bar of judgement, was contended, that the forgery was nfeffedly perpetrated in the city of ublin in Ireland, and being without e jurisdiction of the court, was not an Fence against the laws of this country; d, fecondly, that the illuing only, when ot joined to the actual forgery, was not crime by the law of Scotland punishle with death. The court, after long eadings, were unanimously of opinion, hat a forgery, perpetrated to take ef. &t in this kingdom, in whatever couny the fame may have been executed, as death; and that the fraudulently ttering and ufing notes, knowing them be forged, was by the law of Scotnd a capital crime. They therefore epelled both objections, and fentenced Afee to be hanged in the Grafs-maret of Edinburgh, on Wednesday fin. 8. ext; and he was executed accordingly. The following letter from the Provoft f Dundee, with the freedom of that orough, has been prefented to Lord Rodney; to which his Lordihip returned he polite answer fubjoined.

Letter, the Provost of Dundee to Lord Rdney MY LORD, Dundee, Nov. 13. 1782. THE glorious actions atchieved by your Lordship, while they add luftre to he British arms, merit highly every reCurn of gratitude from your country.

Animated by this principle, the Magitrates and Town Council, reprefenting The Corporation of Dundee, have directed me, in the most respectful terms to acknowledge their high feufe of the emiment fervices performed by your Lordhip to the British empire, and particolarly of that decifive victory over its enemies on the 12th of April laft; a victory qually fplendid and beneficial in its confequences, and which will ever ftand diftinguished in the annals of a country where naval merit is the chief boast.

Ambitious, my Lord, to fee a name fo illuftrious ranked among their citizens, they have done themfelves the honour to prefent your Lordship with the freedom of their Corporation, which will be delivered by Mr Dempfter, their

reprefentative in Parliament. VOL. XLIV

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wards me.

I beg you will permit me to fubfcribe myfelf, with every respect, Sir, your much obliged, and moft obedient humble fervant, RODNEY.

PREFERMENTS.

In the September Magazine we inferted from the London Gazette, the nomination of David Rac Efq; to be one of the Lords of Seffion. His Majefty's letter appointing him is dated September 6. The letter was prefented to the Court on November 11. when it fit down for the winter-feffion, upon which day he entered upon trials as Lord Probation er; and on the 14th he took his feat by the title of Lord Elkgrove

Neil Fergullon, Efq; Advocate, is appointed one of the Affeffors of the city of Edinburgh in the room of Lord Efkgrove.

John Swinton of Swinton, Efq; Advocate, fheriff-depute of Perthshire, is appointed one of the Lords of Seffion in the room of Lord Covington deceafed [p. 615.] On Decem ber 19. he prefented his Majefty's letter to the Court, and entered upon his trials as Lord Probationer. He took his feat on the 21ft by the title of Lord Swinton.

William Nairne, Efq; of Dunlinnan, Advocate, is appointed theriff-depute of Perth *

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commanders on withdrawing fence of Capt. Cornwallis a

A Bbé, curious story of one

313

Aberdeen Infirmary, patients

in 56.
Accounts, public, reports of
commiffioners appointed to
examine 73. 119. 181. 242.
351 412. 471. 526 577. Sa
laries appointed to the com-
miffioners 516.

Acts paffed 343. Abstracts of
281. 344. 530.
Administration, places held by
the late 227-
Admiralty feffions, trials at

217.

Advocate, Lord. See Edin-
burgh.

Affection, conjugal, on 229.
Africa, Dutch forts in taken

434.

the troops 656. Successful ex-
pedition of the French to
Hudson's Bay 659.
American colonies, intereft of
Britain with regard to, con-
fidered 363 Confequences re-
fulting from extended domi-
nions ib.

nies.

gainst a fuperior force 345.
Engagements between Rod-
ney and Guichen 345. Opera-
tions in the Carolinas 348.
Battle of Camden 349. Tarle-
ton routs Sumpter 350
Antiquarian fociety, Dr Stuart's
letter to the fecretary, with a
American war, mifconduct of copy of his hiftory 241. Earl
32 70.141.
See Cornwallis. of Buchan's difcourfe at its an-
Amufements, domeftic, pro- niverfary meeting 613.
priety of 198.
Ants, white, account of 425.
Anecdotes: Of Ld Hawke 7.
Armed neutrality, principles of
note Of Mrs J 26. Of navigation adopted by the
two cherubims weeping 176. Empress in 46.
Of a gentleman of a loofe Arnaud, M. fictitious peniten-
turn of mind 288 Of an Ab- tial letter to, and answer 34.
bé 313. Of M. Sartine 508. Afgill, Capt. fet at liberty 697
Anderfon. See American colo- Affembly, General, meets 315.
Their addrefs to the King ib.
Debate on the addrefs 326.
Diffent against the address 327.
Appeal against fettling Mr
Scott in Avendale difmiffed
328. Libel against Mr Affleck
for fornication, &c. admitted
to proof 329 Mr Gillespie ap-
pointed to be fettled in Arro-
char ib. Prefbytery of Irvine
injoined to fettle Mr Boyd mi-
nifter of Fenwick 329. Over-
ture against ordination without
moderating a call 330. Cafe
of Mr Mackintosh, accused of
fornication ib Cafe of Meff.
Johnfon and Murdoch, two
prefentees for one parish 331.
Whether the minister of the
chapel of eafe at Dunfermline
can difpenfe the facraments
without the confent of the
kirk-feffion of Dunfermline,
he having no feffion of his
own 332. Regulations refpec-
ting marriages ib. Collection
ordered for defraying the ex-
pence of tranflating and prin-
ting the Old Teftament into
Gaelic language ib.
Bacon, the fculptor, anecdotes

Air, different kinds of 200. Annual Register: Retrofpective
Experiments on ib.
view of affairs in 1779 1.
Allegory. See Bull.
Character of the belligerent
Allen, Rev Mr, trial and fen- powers in Germany 2. Pacific
tence of 387.
views of the Emprefs-Queen
America: Rebel expedition in feconded by Ruffia and France
Canada 27. Operations in 3. Treaty of peace on equi
Carolina 28 Adm. Rodney table principles 4. Difference
fends intelligence concerning between Russia and the Porte
the French fleet go. Number
4. New convention 7. Atten-
of troops furrendered at York- tion of Spain to her navy 65.
town 92. Loyalifts addreffes Character of the young King
to King and Parliament 113. of France 65. Succefs of the
Taxes on each province 266. French on the coaft of Africa
Loyalifts on the fame footing ib. Unfuccefsful defcent on
with the army 266. Refolu- Jerfeyib. Invafion threatened
tions of the province of New by the French 66. Critical fi-
York against the proceedings tuation of G. Britain 68. Her
of Congrefs 266. Cruelties refources grow with her necef-
committed on the loyalifts fities 69. Reprifals on Spain
371.490. Refolves of diffe- 69. Spanish manifeftoes 69.
rent affemblies, banishing 121. Grievances of Ireland
loyalifts, &c. 376. 543. Pro- 122. Affociations univerfal
ceedings relative to the execu- 123. Number trained to arms
tion of Capt. Huddy 377. 430 124. Unlimited commerce in-
His execution juftified 491. fifted for by them 125 127.
Congress refuses to grant a Causes of discontent in Britain
passport for Mr Morgan 379. 125. Rodney's victories 177.
Letters to Gen. Washington A Dutch fleet captured 179.
and to Congrefs, offering in. Principle of the armed neu-
dependence 494. 540. Re- trality 179. France and Spain of 564.
folutions of Congrefs there- highly approve of it 180 Bahama iflands furrender 384-
upon 541. Diftrefs of the loya- Britain obliged to fupprefs Bank uptcies, caufes of 118.
lifts on independence be- her indignation 180. Spa- Bankrupt, integrity of one 118.
ing refolved on 542. Expedi- nifh fuccefs on the Miffifippi Banks, Sir Jof. account of 640
tion of the loyalists 493. 233. Rebel expedition against Barbadoes. See West Indies.
Their addrefs to the King on the Six Nations 233. Spanish Barre, Col. debate in the Houfe
occafion of American indepen- and British expeditions on the of Commons on his penfion
dence 598. Congrefs refolve Honduras fhores 235. Omoa 518.
not to make a separate peace taken by the British 237. Extra- Barrington, Adm. French con-
Laws confifcating the ordinary courage of a British voy taken by 214
property of loyalists 650 689. failor 237 Siege of Charlef. Bayley, N. patriotifm of 575.
Petitions of the merchants in town 289. Succefs of the Bri Similar inftance of in a French-
Chaicftown to the British tifh army 293. Gallant de man 576.
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Defcription of the chanonry
of Old Aberdeen 150
Mount Keneth ib.
The beauties of Sterne ib.
Poetical parts of the Old
Teftament, newly tranflated

ib.

Effays to young-married wo-
men 198

Branches of natural philo-
fophy connected with medi-

cine 199.

-Tracts on inoculation 202.
-Inquiry into the causes, &c.
of nervous diforders 202,

Sacred dramas 204.
New fyftem of geography

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Effay on defenfive war 205.
Bever's legal polity of the
Roman ftate 254.
-Obfervations on the Scottish
dialect 257.

Hiftory of Connecticut 260.
Remaks on the Britifh fhips
of the line 263.

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Dr G. Stuart's hiftory of
Scotland 421. 477. 587.
Philofophical Tranfactions

424. 585.

Difquifitions on feveral fub-
jects 479 536

179. of a French convoy 214.
by Capt. Elphinston 668
Captures on both fides rro. 163.
220.279. 333. 389. 445. 501.
$57. 668
Chancellor, Ld, orders the de-
livery of an infant to her
guardian 387

Chancellor, Ld Thurlow, cha-
racter of him 454

Evidence of tranfactions in Chatham, Earl of, account of
the monument erected to his
memory 563

India 483.

Experiments on mercury,

&c. 533.


Memoirs of the Royal aca-
demy at Paris 592.

Buffon's natural history 641.
Hayley's effay on Epic poe-
try 645.

Scott's poetical works 649.
Bread, affize of 672.
Bristol, mayor, &c. of, petition,
the Commons to put an end
to the war 50.
Britain, plan for arming the
people in 275. Situation of
allegorically defcribed 416
British court, intimation of a
peace given by 611
Bruce, Peter Henry, memoirs
Remarkable story of

of 417

a female foldier 418. Cruel
punishment of robbers in Ruf-
fia 474. Character of Czar
Peter's fon ib. Sentence of
death paffed on him 475. Sup-
pofed to have been poifoned
ib. Execution of Pr. Gagarin
476. Hiftory of a bear ib.
Brutes, on cruelty to 480.
Buchan. Earl of, on education
225.287. Letters to the Peers
of Scotland 278. to Lord Shel-
burne 444. See Antiquarian
fociety

Budget, matrimonial 232
Buffon's natural hiflory, ac-
count of it 641. Fanciful de-
feription of the ideas of the

first manib. Of mules, or un-

natural productions 643. Ac-
count of the German mar-
mot 644

- Letters from an American
farmer 163.
Decree in the great cause of Burials. See Edinburgh
tithe-milk 312.

Bull, diftreffed fituation of, an
allegory 416

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Charles I. account of during his
confinement 147.
Addrefs to
him 400
Christianity defined sor
Circuit-courts, trials: Of T.
Macgeorge for stabbing T.
Bell 277. Of Cheives and
Naughton for deforcing cu
ftomhouse-officers 278. For
theft and child-murder 500.
Of John Macafee for forgery
501. Executed 713.
Clergyman, amiable character
of one 568
Climate, influence of on the
See
morals and paflions 36.
Falconer.

Commons, Houfe of, Mr Fox's
motion for an inquiry into the
conduct of the first Lord of
the miralty 9. Debate, by
Lord Mulgrave 11. 16.
Mr
Gafcoigne 11. Mr Fox r2. Ld
Howe 19 Mr Web 20. Mo-
tion loft ib. Renewed, and a-
gain loft 129 State-papers
Taid before the Houfe 2o. Pe-
tition from the mayor, &c. of
Bristol for putting an end to
the American war 5o. Petition
from importers of foreign fpi-
rits 51. Debate on the navy-
eftimates 87. New claufe in
the mutiny bill 128. Gen.
Conway's motion for putting
a top to the American war
129. Loft by a majority of
one 132. Again renewed ib.
and carried 135. Motion car.
ried for declaring those ene-
mies to their country who
fhould advise the further pro-
fecution of the American war
ib. Budget 137. Motion for
a bill to enable his Majefly to
make peace with America 184.
carried 186. Motion and de-
debate on the expences of the
prefent ruinous war 186. Mo-
tion loft 188. New taxes 188.
412.
Removal of minifters

moved for 244 Debate ib.
Negatived

egatived 249. Lord North $30. Revenue-officers incapa.

eclares the minifters to be citated from voting for mem-
o more ib. Mr Eden's mo- bers of that houfe $31.
ion refpecting Ireland 199. Connecticut, manners of its in-
Motion withdrawn 301. The habitants 337. Account of a
King's meffage for removing nimals in 338.
he grievances of Ireland ib. Conftantinople, dreadful fires
d Advocate on East-India in 488.

Loans and gifts of money for
relieving the poor 612. Paf-
fage cross the North Loch 613
Edinburgh, monthly burials in
56. 112. 168. 224. 180. 336.
392. 448. 504 560 616.672
Education. See Buchan

Elliot. See Gibraltar. Letter
from the Duc de Crillon to the
General, and his answer 678
Embargo on fhips laden with
provifions 105

Affairs 302.683. His refolutions Convicts, mifchiefs committed
59. Other refolutions by by, after difmifling 218. How
Gen. Smith 401. Debate on to be prevented ib.
the bills for restraining Sir T. Cornwallis, Lord, Fabricius
Rumbold and others from lea- on his mifconduct in Ameri- England, defcent on by the
ving the kingdom 403.684 On ca 32. 70. 218 Mifreprefenta- Dutch feared 274
difqualifying contractors 354. tions of Fabricius pointed out English constitution, panegyrie
King's meffage, propofing an 238 J. Monro, in anfwer to

on 202

œconomical plan 354 Inten- thefe mifreprefentations 294. Englishman in Bengal, how a

See Grain.

ded reform in the civil lift Corn.
355. Motion carried for pay- Crawford, Col. See Gemmil.
ing arrears due on it 355. Crimes, caufes of 202
Sum for army-extraordinaries Criminals, fpeedy execution of
356. Inquiry into the fate of ordered 497

the finances ordered ib. Mo- Cruelty, infliction of on a ne-
tion on the unmerited penfion groe 231. See Prisoners
to Mr Robinfon 357. Mr Curtis. See Gibraltar.
Wilkes's annual motion car Cuftoms. See Revenue officers
ried 362 Motion for an alter- Dalrymple, Mr, infcription on
ation in the reprefentation of 624

the Commons 409 On the Daruly. See Stuart

Scots militia bill 410. Bill Deer and Fawn, story of 64
thrown out 412. Report on Defenfive Band, ceremony at
the expence of the war 449. receiving their colours 614
505. 581. On redrefling Irish Denmark, goods taken from
grievances 458. On thanking fubjects of in Eustatia to be
Ld Rodney, &c 461. Motion restored 48

relative to his recal 466. and Deferters, pardoned 274
for a provifion to him and his Difpenfary, number of patients
family 470. Debate on Mr fupplied from 109

day is spent by 368
English poetry, Warton's hi-
ftory of 144. 195
Eternity, what 536.1590
Excife. See Revenue
Fabricius. See Cornwallis
Falconer's remarks on the in-
fluence of climate, &c. on the
difpofition 36. General state
of morals in different climates
ib. Hot climates inspire
greater fenfibility ib. Pride,
&c. 37. Effects of drinking
water, fermented liquors, and
tea 94, 6

Fanny, the Fair Foundling of
St George's Fields, hiftory of
568

Fafts appointed 51
Female Parliament, refolutions
of 232

Burke's reform-bill 513. Act Dogs trained to follow human Female foldier, story of 418
prohibiting the highland drels tract 48

to be worn, repealed 515. On Domestic amusements,
a reform in public offices ib

198

what

Fiars for crop 1781, 168
Fire, melancholy account of
one in London 52. In Ja
maica a12. At Conftantinople
488

Fire-fhips, account of those
employed against Antwerp
673

Fleets, failing and arrival of:
At Barbadoes 31. from Toba-
go so. from Breft and Cadiz
104. from Portsmouth 105.
274 358. 495. under Ld
Howe 496
Flemyng. See Wigtoun
Fletcher, Angus Roy, fingular
military opera- character of 62
tions in 105. 495. Arrival of Fleshers. See Edinburgh
fhips from 105. 157. 550. Flintshire, addrefs of to the
Dutch fettlements taken 157. King on the change of the
270. Victories over Hyder miniftry 322

Sum to be paid to the com- Douglas, Mr Archibald, chofen
miflioners of public accounts member for Forfarshire 276
$16. Bill to prevent the growth Draper. See Murray
of tobacco in Britain ib. Mo- Duel, MDulany killed in one
tion relative to the paymaster 387. See Allen
of the forces and treaturer of Dundee, provost of, his letter to
the navy ib. Motion and de- Ld Rodney, and anfwer 713
bate on Col Barre's penfion Eat-India Company, oppref-
$18 On Mr Fox's refignation, fions of their fervants in In-
&c. 520. King's speech 561. dia 483
Addrefs in antwer to it 625. East india proprietors, pro-
Debate on the addrefs 630. ceedings of relative to the re-
On the ministry deceiving the cal of Gov. Haftings 607.
public with the idea of peace East-indies,
636 On the fupply 638. 681.
Thanks to officers, &c. 681, 2.
Proceedings on Mr Whitchill's
petition 685. On producing
the provisional treaty with A.
merica 686. Negatived 688.
Commons, members of the
Houfe of, prohibited to en- Edinburgh, act to prevent the
gage in government-contracts flaughtering of cattle in 281.

Ally 214 317. Naval en- Food, what kinds are best 342
gagements 661, 4. Dreadful Food, liquid, remarks on the
storm 666
effects of 94
Forbes, George, letter of thanks
from the King of Pruffia to 53

Forbes,

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