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But thefe. as they have increafed in Number, have unfortunately declined In- Merit of enlightening-the Mind, and mending the Heart, they have tended to miQead the one, ana corrupt the other. At Attention to national Ob jeete, their original Purpofe, feems to be entirely itr- got. Amufernent ia their fofe Aimj and. in feeking to-atta-n that, they often deviate Decency and found Morals.

Confideiations have induced a Set of Literary Gentlemen to undertake a Monthly Mifcellany, under the Title of, TheEnglifh Magazine and they hope to render it worthy of that People whofe Name they have afftubed, and to whom it is humbly efftred. Though the Editors of the Efiglifh do not mean to depend, tp.n*e on cafual Contri- Intiaiw for the partieu- Attention will be paid to the favours of all jpge- whofe. is earneftly ilMphli. AH Mathematical Queftions, and even Cafes Phytic, will find a xeady Solution. In a Avail be omitted to render the Englifh Englrftwien couW wifh it.

Ttf GuatcUan's, the Proprietors of Academies, Boaklrng -ichools, and allPeribns who are entruftcd with the Education of Youth of both Sexes. 7ft morrovj be fuhlijhed, Price 1 (To be Monthly) Number I. which -will, he given a new and correct Map of the World) or HE YOpNG GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE or, Monthly. Repository of Seen- Hfiq, Moral and entertaining Matter, for the' Ih-. formation and Improvement of Youth.

Calculated tafupply Heads of.families with a rational Pam- Wt tor their Children and Dependants; by Means which, Knowledge may be agreeably imparted, Ynd pkatuig Amufement go Hand in Hand with Science, Jlfjtfaeand Tailc. for.Q. Kearfljr, at Ne. in Fleet -ftreet 'by all the Bookfellers in Great Britain and We hvit determined to attempt the prcfent to. afnnmmodate familiei with a Monthly wbjcJv may.

be put -with Confidence, into the Hands of great Ends at which we to. inform the Mind It ajud thirdly, ta re- ine the, Tafte, To thU End -our. JVprk ihall be deftined to Majteri of uftful Science and Intelligence fljTajBrJeft fy. ftflmd, wtwill fapply our jiot only fith Precepts of active Virtue, but with (he of Perforis eminent in our owq or pfjber Countries the third Department we prbpoie to dertiite to Works of Ta.de and Ceaiitt, elegant JBIfeys; Cri- ticifms or Difcuflions on the taw together of Poetry as are calculated at once to inftru i.iThe hrft Number may be returned if not approved 7 1. Gorr are requeued, to their Letters ro G.

Kearfly, No. .46, Fleet-ftreet, London. (Embell 'fhed with an elegant. Engraving the celebrated. Henry IV.

of from an. original and a beautiful View of Dunkelel, Biioarn. Danfinflne.) BE LONDON MAGAZINE, For Janairy, jjf. Which will contain (befides many- other valuable; entertaining Articles) a Character inter-, eftinj Anecdotes of Henry IV. exhibitint; him as a King a a Gentleman Female Virtue in Principle, and refined Improvements, difplayed in Character and Conduit; A donwftic SyAem of practical Education Arguments to prove Love preferable to Ambition Parliamentary Hiftory, on an imp'omd Plant Politi-j of Lord John Cavendifli: The Whigs Tories compared A Letter'of Montefquieu 's on the Education of Princes: GUervations on the.

late David Hume Journal of a modern fine Gentleman An eMraordinary Cbaracter-of a Female, once in -very high Life: hi'ofophical Queries to Afirenomcrs and Philofophers Remarks on tmpreffiog Seamen: On Dr. Fothergrlfs Advice to Perfons bitten by mad Animals On the Influence of the Air on Vegetables Account of DunkeW, Impartial Review, and List of new Publtcationa -t Brttifti Theatre: Original Poetry with an Elegiac Ode on the Death of the- Docbeft of Koithumberland Mathematical Correfpondcnce, Me. IK. Priwtey for R. Bastwiri, No.

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the fecond Edition, of HE ADVANCEMENT of ARTS', MANUFACTURES and COMJMERCE; containing the Defcriptions, with Perfpeftive Views, Geometrical Plans, of the moftufeful Machines and Models contained in the Repofitories of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures ard Commerce; with an Account of the feveral Difcoveries and Improvements which they have pro- rooted in Agriculture, Polite Arts, Manufactures, Mechanics, andChemiftry; with a Lift of the Names of the feveral Perfons who Premiums Bounties, and the refpeftive Sums and Medals given by the Society from the firft Inftitudon to this Time. Carefully corrected and revifed By ALEXANDER MABYN BAILEY, Regifter to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Printed for the Author, and fold by Mr. Dodfley, Pall-mall; Mr. Elmffy, Strand and Mr.

Thomas MoJre, Pater -jiofter Row; where Subscriptions fof the fccou4 Voluaic taken ia. For the Pablk OB8ERV ATI kN die Mfmrm Vii tad' mercc were extended afl "PafW tifthe the: whole BritiikliJatifJri was wofee commdii 'Cartfe: 'Ob? national D.ebt. had, not then attained; its prdent-f confidejcabje Calamity threatened, and wje had it in our Power at any Time to finilh the War, only'a "fatoF our Lord P4got. Ihould I have thought Conqueits. however, are Circmnftances of our preient 'tnoft focial War: We have already loft our moft vaiuable iCoibnies; a ILofs tyhicBt Wp never even appr.ehendecL irpm War: Three Millions of our Sub- I are now become pur inveterate Enemiejs, and have takeri Arms againft us, and for aj eoniiderable Time have baffled the whole 'Force of this Kingdom; affiftedivilh more than 25,000 German Aaxiliaries.

Even within the Kingdom itfelf we are a divided People and from the late Attempts at JWftol Portf- mouth, it ieemsthat the Miif- thiei to be felves. At the fame Time the national Debt. is rapidly increa and die Lives of our braveft Troops wafting in Attempts, which, if they fliould iueceed, mull dry up the moft valuable Sources of oVir Trade, and irreeorU cileably exaTperate the People, as well, the Countries we are endeavouring ts In ihort, we are now madly inflicting' Wounds I thro' every one of which this Kingdom muft to Death! And to mcreafe, if poffible, the Hdrrorsof our Situation; another War feems this Moment preparing for us by our old hereditary who have for fomeTime been notprioufly affifting the revolted Colonies: But mould we eSape this additional Calamity, and flipiild we be able in the End tp fubjugate the People of our Situation even then would-be but; little better; that implacable Hatred with whteh We fliall have infpired them, will render it im- poffible to keep them in Subjeftjon, but a Nmighty Force; and the Ravages of own Expences, will render it imgoffible to draw any Thing from them to maintain that (Force. Our Dominion over them ffhould it ever be regained) muft be burthenwpaUj) iis. whilftitlaftsi but it never can kit teag jf the Minds of the People aw -gSeattid -from as their Hearts are unalterably rfei tVni Independency and upon rfie firft 'foreign 'War, if not.

fboner, they wpula uniyerfally revolt and jpin our Enemies. The Empire thus difmembered, its Commerce defoxnred, and its public Debt infupportably increafcd, muft then be involved in Banjcruptcy and Ruin Yet in this defperate State of Things, infinitely more-desperate than in any. former War, the Funds Tjyenty ier Cent, higher than they were even; in the aft fuccefsful and glorious War. Can any Thing more' plainly demonftrsite our natiojial Jrora Cbft- auc tp im- digefted Orders of a former Court, lhottld, fer of tfiele hoftfle" Meafrifes' force Company to do that Juftice. of our 'and Friend the I am An INBPPE NT PROPRIETOR! For ibe Public To 8 A 'M 1 tppK Publications haye been of any Difiervice to the Character of Lord Nor ihould I have thought it.

worth my while addrefling you at this Time; but looking in the Daily Advertifer of Yefter- I faw offered to the Public a new Publi- cation, Price Three Shillings, of a Letter from Mahbmiried All Chan, Nabob of Arcot, to the. Court of which is annexed, a State of relative, to Tanjore, with an Appendix of I 'beg Leave to aut you, if yxnir feveral Prodadtions were not publiflied with a View of raifing the Curiofity' of a foo credulous Public, arid by that Means to Tupport thie Sale' of the Publicatipn 1 can hardly expeft a fair Anfwer from one who has taJieq fuchunfair a Gentleman, whole Abfence puts it out of his Power to defend hirai'felf. But I hope the Public will candidly judge the Merits of your Productions, having given; them my Opinion for their Origin. Jan. 29, 1777.

To the Printer of the Public Advertiler. 1 vatioh, That Heaven firft infatuates thole it 0. W. For the Public Advertifer. To the TREASURER arid BENCH BUS of tie Hon- SOCIETY of GRAY'S INN.

GENTLEMEN, are happy to obferve fome good Ef- pf the General Faff, by the Amendment of your Ways. The public Thanks are due by Holbpurn But artmt.feeu. wouid fluiie before Men', like, your Paftcrs Face, if -Sas'- You need ndt dread Srotefts Application of the ipbfic fwtd'm purchasing Brooms for fuch ptbht Utility. You have lately' told us, that the. Government of the Society nubolty rifided in ibe Bench" We are pleafed to.

find it in fuch good Hands, and perfiiaded. youi.wDl give Attention to tbis neceffaryHints From Grqfs Im, Jan. 38. THE HALL. To the Printer' of the Public Advertifer.

I HAVE read with Aftonifhment the Letters relative to Tanjore for although I had heard much, and believed fome Part of the rapacious Management pf the Company's Servants in theEaft, the Affair of Tanjore was perfectly new to me; and if the Fatts really arc as they are ftated, they ought tbcall forth the Attention of every India Proprietor, and rouze the Indignation of every Engliihmani Shall the Rights of the Company and the) Honour of the Nation be trampled under Foot to gratify the Refentment of any vernor? Shall the Aft of the Kihg, ratified by the Parliament, be with Impunity Why not the. Company take up the Caufe pf this opprefied Prince, the Nabob of Arcot I have known the Proprietors call a General Court on Affairs of much lefs Importance. Left Importance, did I When was there any Affair of fuch Confequence de-r pending Yet neither the prefent Court of Directors nor the Proprietors have taken Up this Matter. I am very far from being one of thofe discontented Men who.are continually finding Fault with the Gentlemen in the Direction. I fhould be forry to.be thought fo.

But if they fuffer the Ships of to depart without thoroughly coniidering the Affair of Tanjore, and tie Nabob of Arcot, arid redreffing every real Grievance which that injured Prince complains of, I mail think it my Duty, asa Proprietor, to endeavour to have'a General Court called to enquire' into their Conduct. I am, Sir, a considerable Proprietor, and would therefore wifh to fuppojt the Honour and Dignity of the Court of Directors, and consequently that of the Coiripany as much as. any Man; becaufe in fo doing I at Ieaft mean, to fupport my own Property. I never want the Higher Powers to interfere in the Management of our Affairs. But if the Court being in the Country for fome Time pafty deprived me of the Opportunity of reading the Papers as ufual; and it was only the other when looking over the Files of the different Papers, to fee what had been published wprth Notice during Abfence I-had anyKnowledge of M.

de Voltaire's-Letter, in the Public Ad-. vertifer of Thurfday, Nov- ebneerning thejGenius and Works pf Shakeipeare.r-The Exfreffion' pf DUNGHIXI mentioned, that Letter, Sir, is no more original, than it is elegant. The Saying attributed to Virgil, aurum tx fiercore Ennii, is known to every School-boy in Weftminfter; and I muft ferve, that the fotionoing out the Pun, upon fuch a dirty Idea, is not very fuitable to the Delicacy, ofstady. lam, however, far from being of the Opinion, that Voltaire, notwithstanding his PaSIion, is altogether 'wrong with regard to Sbahcfptare. It has been fo long the Fafliion, in tins Country, to.

gvh down every Drop'of this immortal Man? as Rofcius has chofen exprefs himielf in one of his Prologues, that even Shakeipeare, with all his Merit, is become a public Nuifance in every Company. Every Puppy of an Apprentice and Trull of a Mantua-maker, whttout.the leaft Judgment of poetical Beauties, is eternally belching out Quotation frpm Shakefpeare. The great vulgar ilnitate, in this Reipeft, the Small, and as a celebrated Ode expreSfes it, nothing rings, from Morning to Noon, in your Ears, but Sbakefpaire! Shakefbairk! the Name in the IripffTay. This general Prejudice, for it is impoSfible to call it little Pretender to Literary Fame, to endeavour to fend'dbwn the Stream of, Shakefpeare, his own dirty, crazy Bark, by writing. Criticifms, and in childilh Commentaries, the public Applaufe.

The Prefs, as well as Converfatien, labours under the Weight of a Subject, rendered un- fuSFerably dull by injudicious Repetition. After all this general (one perhaps might call it, almoft univerfal) Applaufe, ninety Parts put of' twenty of Shakefpeare's Works might, withotit any Injury to Genins Poetry, be thrpwn Voltaire's Futnier, to manure the fteril'e Heads pf many of the Poet's foofifh Admirers and dull Commentators. An IMPARTIAL READER. For Public Advertifer. To tbeTnzATiLiGAb in Monday's Paper: I RAM.

OU that Pufpetf made of Wood Are better than the Flejb and Blood, Which ixe in Theatres admke, Nay, more fufceptible of Fire." Be't Reafon may be good 5 I deem ypurfeif are form of Wood, A dry Stick, from fome drab-tree tprn, And fit for nPthing- but to burn. For the Public Advertifer. To the LADIES A LA MODE de PARIS. HAT butter'd, bruifed, bumped have bled, On Btiards, Since Cufhions rofe from Tail to Head? Of Cushions, Feathers, Filth, and Slinking Hair, The weakelt Heads the heavieft Burdens bear. The Sillieft Women take the greateft Pains To prove, they have not any Load of Brains.

Virtue no marks them for her own, Mistaken oft fpr Women of the Town Minerva drives them from her facred Fane, Where Modefty and all her Graces reign. Thus, deck'd in Peacocks Feathers, chattering Jays, Vain of their Plumes miftake Contempt for Praife. 1 JUL rvs and fpme. others To-morrowi A MOUSE on Monday. Ah OLD WHIG on Tuefday or'Wednefday.

was a Miftake in -the Copy of the. AdJdfeft of the Letter tp J. H. Efq; late Chairman-of die EaSt-India Company for Mr. Harrifpn'dld hot fdeceed to the Chair till the Year after, being Deputy at the Time the Orders relative to Tanjour were given.

A Privy Council is fummoned to meettliis Day at St. James's after the LeVeeis over. Morning the Earl pf Sandwich went to the Queen's Palace, and. held a Conference with the King for near two Hours. Yefterday' abput Two 'Clock a Meifengec atrived.

at Lord Suffolk's Office, with Dif- paches from the Britifh Minister at Petersburg and at the fam; Time a MeSTenger (who velled with tM above MeSTenger) arrived at the Ruffian ivirh Difpatches from.theEmprefs. "LordSuiFolk immediately waited on the King with the above Difpatch.es. Yefterday Morning at Eight 'Clock a Mef- fenger arrived the German Office? St. James's, with Letters for his Majelry 1 from the Prince: of HeSTe, which were fent immediately tp the King ac the Queen's Palace. Captain Biiggs, ol the Bollock, who is arrived at Liverpool from St.

Euftatia, fays there, were Rebel Privateers ar and nine'at Santa Cruz. The'Trid, Blake, faid to be takerr by the Americans, is Safe at Demarara. The New York. Packets now employed; mount 16 Guns, a'nd carry 50 Men, the fame as the War'EStablifninent. Notice is given, -that on Wednef next a Mail will fail from Falmouth for New York, by which will" alio be fent the, Letters for HaHifax, The four Men of Wari lately arrived at thlfe Nore from are ordered round to Spithead to join the Grand Fleet, which is to- endezvous tliere as fcon as the Ships are finished.

A Letter frpm Limerick, by Wednefday's brings, Advice, that a large American Privateer put intp the River Shannpp, and fent a Bpat Pri Shcrre to procure fome freSh Provisions and freSh Water, which they Were readily Supplied "with but fent the Commanding Officer Word, that his Stay there would be dif- agVeeabie to the Inhabitants, and perhaps more fo-tp hirnfelf and People, as fome Men of War from England are hourly expected there; uporiT which the Captain of the Privateer weighed Anchor, and failed away. He wanted to barter Goods he had on board; fifch as- Rum, Sec. for fome Provisions. He' faid he had been out four ths, and had fent Prizes to'New England, two of. them from.

Jamaica- He Guns Men; -laid his Ship was' fitted out by the Congrefs, but the Name or" it they 'could riot learn. L.E.P. Wednefday Orders were lent down to mouth, Plymouth, and Chatham, tb'fet fbriiej frefli Hahds to work, arid alfo that they work, double Tides; that fuch Men of War as ordered for Sea, may be ready to fail by the. latter End-6f next Month and the Marines'at' Chatham have Orders to hold themfelves in Readinefs to embark by that Tirne. It is faid, fays a 'Correspondent (although, the Odds are four to one in favour or a Norths Briton) that Sir Hugh Pallifer is to be the Treafurer of the Navy, iri the room of the j' Sir Gilbert Elliot: and that Lord I a Captain in the Navy, and Member of Parliament for Huntingdon', will be appointed a Lord of the in the room of Sir Hugh Pallifer.

Wednefday Night t3ie Prefs was So exceeding warm, that a Nurnber of Hackney Coachmen were taken from off their Stands, anci carried on board a Tender. ExtraS of a Letter from Rochefer, Jan. 28. The Cafualties' and Accidents to which human Life is expofed, are various and multiplex; but when we avoid thbfe Calamities which, are incident to our Beingi we account ourfelves happy, and the leaft Stroke of Fortune is more perceptible, and affords greater Anxiety and Trouble; when We are molefted by our or our Lives and Liberties are infringed on. by thofe who "Should be our Protectors, the Calamity then becomes truly grievpus and aggravating.

The Enormities cdrhmitted by the Military in this City and the adjacent Towns, are Cir- curoftances which Should not be paffed over, bnt 5 represented in a caridictManner, that every Individual may whether or noj the. Livea of a People" are" fafe, when they are fubjeft to the Inlolente of a lawlefs Banditti of young Officers. A Narration the various Infuits committed by them, in the Space of -Chret Days, will fufficiently demonftrate it. Thrfrfday lift the recruiting Parties quartered in Chatham Barracks, were reviewed by Gen. jEfervey in rite Evening feveral QSrkers were very inebriate, and in particular determined to breed a Riot 5 in confequence of which'Refolution they Sallied forth, with.their Swords drawn, in queft of fome unhappy- People, on whom they might difcharge their impious Defign; the firft Perfon they met was I a Blackfmith, whom they aceofted with fome dreadful arid unmerited Execrations, and Struck him repeatedly with their Swords over his Head, and the poor Man, from the Lofs of Blood he Soon fell; and had it not been for the Speedy ASEftarice of the Faculty, in all Probability he would have died.

They then proceeded to fbHow.others in the'fame Manner; but a Clamour Was Soon raifed, they found themfelves furrounded by Multitudes, and were forced to retreat to the from whence they were quickly difmiSTed by of a more peaceable Nature, and compelled to betake, themfelves to the Barracks, from whence they have not Since ventured to come. On Friday following many People we're aSTembledat the Play-houfe here, in order to fee Cato performed: At the Conclusion of the fecond Aft there was a total Sufpenfion to acting, occasioned by the riotous Difpoiition of fome Marine who entered the Houfe with the greateft Audacity, without any Hefitation, proceeded behind the Scenes, where they immediately drew their and challenged the whole Houfe to oppofe them. An incenfed Multitude now ruShed forward, and the Officers were quickly "di- vefted of their Swords, and, after 'having deceived a moft fevere Drubbing, were-permitted to depart. So great was the Timidity.