To each article is annexed the number of the page of this volume in which it is to be found. \ 1975 Jes. A petition from the American congrefs prefented to the King. 18. 19. 10. American papers laid before Parliament. 65. 81. 20. A motion by Lord Chatham to remove the forces from Boston. 81, 2. 11. Pugatfcheff, the Ruffian rebel, executed. 46. 104. 23. A declaration by the States-General for feizing Moorish fhips. 46. Feb. 1. A provifional act for fettling the troubles in America, prefented to the Lords by Lord Chatham, but rejected. 83. 9. An addrets of both Houfes prefented to the King, to enforce dae obedience to the fupreme iegiflature. 89. 10. A bill ordered in, to restrain the trade of the New-England colonies. 121. 14 Cardinal Brafci elected Pope, and affumes the name Pius VI. 156. 10. A conciliatory propofal to the Americans. 122. March 9. A bill ordered in to reftrain the trade of New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. 177. 16. A fecond letter by the American congrefs to the inhabitants of Canada. 411. 30. The royal affent given to the New-England restraining hill. 159. April 11. Notice given that remonstrances from the London livery would not be received on the throne. 217. 13. The royal afieut given ro the act to restrain the trade of New-Jersey, &c. 220. 19. Hoftilities begun in America. 229. 300. May s. Gen. Gage deprived by the Maffachufet's-bay congrefs. 307. 9. Ticonderoga and Crown-point furprised by the provincials. 309. 10. Articles of confederation and perpetual union proposed by the American colo-” nies. 665. The Queen of Denmark died at Zell. 186. 11. Lewis XVI. King of France, crowned at Rheims. 332. 22. A pastoral letter iffued by the fynod of New-York and Philadelphia. 417. The royal affent given to an act for restoring the clan Gregour. 176. June 8. The American congrefs refolve, that the compact between the crown and the people of Maffachufet's-bay is diffolved. 495. 11. A pardon offered to Americans who lay down their arms. 374. 14. Baronets of Scotland refolve to re-affume a badge authorised by K. Charles I. 341. 17. A bloody action at Bunker's hill near Boston. 375.438. 24. An addrefs, petition, and memorial, to the King, Lords, and Commons, of G. Britain, agreed upon by the representatives of the freeholders of Nova Scotia, 491. 668. July 6. A declaration iffued by the American congrefs in justification of their taking up. arms. 423. 8. A fecond letter by the American congrefs to the inhabitants of Britain. 417. 11. The province of Georgia joins the other colonies. 435. 1 14. Georgia provincial congrefs agree on a petition to the King. $49. 28. A letter by the American congrefs to the people of Ireland. 484. 30. Capt. Cook completes his third circumnavigation of the globe. 457. 31. An opinion given by the American congrefs of the conciliatory propofal. 481. 21. The plan of confederation thought not at prefent eligible by the provincial con 23. A royal proclamation for fuppreffing rebellion and fedition iffued. 455. Sept. 1. A petition from the American congrefs prefented to the King. $49, 5. The American congrefs meets in purfuance of its adjournment. 561. 7. 3. &c. Destructive forms and inundations both in England and Scotland. 631, 93: 18. Fort Chamblee in Canada taken by the provincials. 650, 1. Falmouth in Cafco bay deftroyed by a war-fhip. 660. 26. The King, in his fpeech, recommends the most decifive exertions. 563. Nev. 3. Fort St John's taken by the provincials. 052. 13. An act paffed by the Maffachufet's-bay affembly for fitting out armed veffels, and for condemning British fhips taken by them. 663. 719. 14. Destructive storms and inundations in Holland. 626. Gen. Gage arrives at London from Boston 630. Ec. 22. The royal affent given to an act to prohibit all trade with thirteen colonies of America, and to grant pardons, &c. €82. Briftol. Hindon. Plympton. Election declared void, and John Durand, vice P. H. Our no new writ ordered J. Baring's pet. withdrawn ry, who vacated Richmond. Charles Dundafs, vice Tho." Will. lingfhire Seaford. and Candidates, Per. Cuft, St Ives. Shoreham. James Butler and John Ald- Surry Ret. dec. in fav. of Meff. Cru- nor Mr Stephens. On a new Sir Jof. Mawbey, vice Sir ger and Burke writ, Sir Tho. Wynn was Francis Vincent dead Cardigan town. Th. Johnes, vice Sir R. Smith, found not duly elected Carlife. returned Kingston. Malden. Wendover. Petition withdrawn Tho. Dummer, vice J. But- Walter Stanhope, vice Fl. Will. Weddell, vice Edm. Caftlerifing. Hon. Charles Finch, vice A. Fr. Eyre's petition withdrawn. J. Dewar and S. Petrie peti- Meff. Delme and Byron fit Pet. dec. in fav. of Meff. Da- Bull. Mr Morice fits for James Wordley, vice E. M. mer and Ewer Pet. dec. in fav. of Sir A. Hume Wigton, New Galloway, &c. UT away the blue covers; and place this quarter of a fheet, containing the General Title-page, the Chronological Series of Events, &c. before the Magazine for January. Place the map of thirty miles round Bofton, and of the action near Charlestown, ro front p. 440. as stitched. SCOTS MAGAZINE. JANUARY, 17.7 5. CONTENTS. PARLIAMENT. On petitions concerning e- lections 1. On the navy establishment 2. Speeches by the Lords J. Cavendish and Beauchamp, and Meff. Cornwall and Burke 2.3. Army-establishment 3. Speeches by the Lords Barrington and North, and Meff. Ful- ler and Crugher, and Gov. Johnstone 3.-6. Bailing against GOVERNMENT indiscrimi- NEW BOOKS, with remarks and extracts. Dr Johnson's journey to the Hebrides 26. A Virginian to the congrefs 19. A friendly address to reasonable Americans 31. Three letters on the American difpute 33. To Lord on American affairs 34. Foreign books 35. Religion, Philofopby, Contro- verfy, &c. 37. Hiftory, Law, Politics, &c. 38, 9. Fine Arts, Belles Lettres, &c. 40. Entertainment 41. Plays and Poetry ib. POETRY. The Lover and Cupid 42. A Perfian fable ib. Prologue and Epilogue to the Cho- leric Man ib. On the name of Turnbull 43. Death and the Doctorib. Voiture on death ib. On the death of an amiable young St Ethelbert's infcription ib. Bangor to Canterbury, and the answer ib. AMERICA. The congrefs to the colony-a-HISTORICAL AFFAIRS 44. — 54· gents 17. Petition of the congrefs to the King 18. Gen. Gage's answer to their let- ter 21. Alledged differences in the con- grefs 21. An addrefs to the North-Ameri- Cafe of the Count de GUINEs, ambassador, On the RELATION between G. Britain and LISTs of Marriages, Births, Deaths, and Pre- ferments; Mortality-bill; Prices of grain and meal; Quantity and value of linen the addresses, with the Lords proteft, and the debates on motions for making patent the doors of both houfes to the members of either, have been al- ready attended to [xxxvi. 625.-631.]; we now give the most remarkable of the On the 6th of December the Speaker ftarted a difficulty, and defired the af- fiftance of the Houfe, to reconcile the fanding order which is made at the o- pening of every feffions, that no petition for a double or undue return fhall be re- days after the meeting of parliament; and that part of the act for regulating controverted elections, which expressly orders, that whenever a petition is re- ceived, it shall be read, and a day ap- Mr Cornwall gave his opinion, that as, by the ftanding order of the Houfe, if a petition was prefented on the fifteenth day, it would come too late, and of course must be rejected; and as, by the pofitive words of the late act, the House is obliged to entertain a petition, and fend it to a committee, whenever it is prefented; it would be the proper mode, for the Houfe to have, in one case, a power to enlarge the time to more than that should appear frivolous or ill-grounded. le momired it to the Houfe, whether this would not be the moft equitable mode of proceeding, as well with regard to the ftanding order, as to the true fpirit of the late act. To this it was objected by Mr Dunning, That if this mode of proceeding were to obtain, it would, in reality, defeat the act, which the very laft feffions appeared, very justly, to be the favour ite of this Houfe; that, were the Houfe to be invefted with the power of reject ing petitions in the first inftance, a majority, without inquiry, might determine at once upon the merits of a petition, and reject it, without any trial whatever; that there had been many determinations answerable to this defcription could not be controverted; and therefore, to prevent the like, in future, he moved, "That, according to the true conftruction of the act in question, when ever a petition, complaining of an undue election, or return, of a member to ferve in parliament, fhall be offered to be prefented to the Houfe, within the time limited by the order of the House for queftioning the return of members to ferve in parliament, the faid petition fhall be delivered in at the table, and read, without a question being put thereupon." This motion was agreed to. But the Speaker being ftill embarraffed, as feveral gentlemen had petitions to prefent, and there was no mode prefcribed to which of them to give the preference; he was therefore defirous, to prevent even the fufpicion of partiality, to take the fenfe of the Houfe as to the manner of proceeding in this particular fituation, This occafioned long reafoning. At laft Mr Rofe Fuller moved, That the names of the counties, cities, &c. concerning which petitions were prefented, fhould be written upon flips of paper, and put into a glafs, and be drawn out by the clerk; and that the petitions referring to the names fucceffively drawn out fhould have the preference in being first heard. This occafioned a debate; and the question being put, the gallery was cleared in order to divide, but it was carried without a divifion. Then the feveral members who had petitions to prefent, delivered them in to the clerk; who having done what was directed by Mr Fuller's motion, eighteen names were drawn, and days were appointed for hearing the feveral peti tions, in the order in which the flips of paper were drawn. The time of hearing other petitions afterwards prefented, was determined in the fame manner. On the 12th, Mr Buller, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, moved, That 16,00p feamen, including 4282 marines, be employed in the fea-fervice for 1775. Lord John Cavendish obferved, That there were 4000 feamen moved for this year lefs than for the year preceding, notwithstanding the fpeech from the throne gave ftrong intimations that affairs in America were in a very critical and alarming fituation. This, he faid, was a method of proceeding he could by no means reconcile: for, allowing the fpeech to be framed on right information, as calling for measures of a spirited and decifive nature, what fort of correfpondence could there be between the contents of the speech, and the motion juft made? What name to give this method of proceeding, he was at a lofs to exprefs. He feared it would be found, in the end, a mere ministerial trick, first to form eftimates on a fettled peace-establishment, and then to surprise the House by grants of a very dangerous nature; perhaps by a vote of credit; to which he fhould never give his confent. Such being his fufpicions, he faid, he could not face his conftituents, without previously knowing, what he must tell them, whether compulsive measures were really intended to be purfued towards the Americans; or whether the rigour of former proceedings were to be relaxed, and a perfect reconciliation, in the way of peace, mediated. To think of enforcing the obnoxious acts on the Americans, by means of arms, on a reduced establishment, was a pretence only fit to amufe children; he therefore defired to know on what information the present motion was grounded. Lord Beauchamp ftood up, and faid, That being apprifed of the Noble Lord's [Lord J. Cavendish] intention of moving fomething on the fubject-matter of the prefent queftion, he had acquainted the Noble Lord who prefides at the head of the treafuty therewith; who had authorifed him to fay, that he had, at prefent, no information whatever to communicate, nor measures to propofe, refpecting America; and therefore, as the Noble Lord was indifpofed, he gave it as his opinion, to fufpend the argument till his Lordship could have an opportu |