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VEnereal, treatife on the, 475.
Village curate, 123.

Vince's treatife on aftronomy, 253.

Saltoun's thoughts on the difqualification Vindication of the liturgy, &c. 309.

of the eldest fons, &c. 433.

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INDEX

TO THE

NATIONAL

AFFAIRS.

A.

AMERICAN revolution, influence
of the, 72. Effects of the loss of,
396.
Auftrian Netherlands, accommodation

in 1787, 74. Sovereign, preci-
pitate meafures refpecting the, 74.
Revolt of his fubjects, ibid. Retro-
fpect of the emperor's conduct, ibid.
Conceffions made by him, ibid. Jea-
Joufy of the people, ibid. Plan of
governing, ibid. Difcontent of the
people, 75: Confequence of their
refufal, ibid. Difpleasure of their fo-
vereign, ibid. The conceffions an-
nulled, ibid. Refufal of the states, ibid.
Difpoffeffed of their just office, ibid.
Privilege of Brabant, 76. Infringe-
ment of their rights, ibid. General
revolt, ibid. Overthrow of the con-
ftitution, ibid. Standard of revolt, ibid.
Succefs of the citizens, ibid.
duct of the emperor, ibid. His alarm,
77. Promises of the emperor, ibid.
Declaration of the Brabanters, ibid.
Reflections, ibid. Spirit of the states,
ibid. Lofs of the provinces, ibid.
Imperial troops, repulfe of the, 80.

B.

Con-

BElgic nation, prejudice of the, 153.

Sovereign power, ibid. Indepen-
dence of the nation, ibid. Their an-
cient conftitution, ibid. Under the
guidance of prieftcraft, 479.

Brabant, ftates of, 154. Right of vot-
ing, ibid. States-general, ibid. Belgic
provinces, ibid. Modern Perfians,

ibid.

British parliament, 159. Subfidies voted,
ibid. Duke of Richmond's fortifica-
tifications, ibid. Wilberforce's bill,
160. Teft act, ibid. Trial of Mr.
Haftings, ibid. Indignation by it
produced, ibid.
Budget, obfervations upon the, 315.

C.

Calonne, M. character of, 316. His
ftatement of the French finances,

316.
Chatham, lord, mentioned with applause,
318.
Clermont, Count de, faying of the, 319.
Frediction that the National Affembly
will prevail, 320.
Continent of Europe, 479.

D.

Denters, reafoning of the, 240.

E.

Emperor, his indifpofition, 157. Pro-

bable effects of his death, 158.
Anticipations of his greatnefs, 235.
Reflections on his death, ibid. Leo-
pold his fucceffor, ibid. Views that

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eafily comprehended, ibid. And of
weight with the multitude, ibid. Spe-
culations on the fituation of Leopold,
238.

English parliament, 155, 399. Haftings's
trial, ibid. Complaint against Major

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Scott, ibid. The Major's defence, ibid. Minifter, conduct of the, 393.

Reflections on the trial, 400.

English, colonies eftablished by the, 397.
Evils of fuperftition in the Belgic pro-
vinces, 320.

F.

FRance, the king of, why he admired
the Comte de Vergennes, 71. Policy
of the French monarchy, 72
Down-
fall of ditto, ibid. Sparks of freedom
in her people, ibid. National af-
fembly, ibid. Form of government,
ibid. Her patriots, ibid. Outrages
of her people, 73. New legiflature,
ibid. Establishment of the revolution,
ibid. Intrigues of the French mo-
narchy, ibid. Deftruction of ditto, ibid.
Revolution honourable to the nation,
152. Their humanity, ibid. Decla-
ration of the king, 153. Disorders in
that country, 239. Diffenfions in, 319.
National affembly of, 398. Their
power of making peace and war, 399.
Reflections on this decifion, ibid.
French republic, 479. Congratulations
of ftrangers, ibid. Reftoration of
equality, ibid. Speculation on this
step, 480.

G.

GReat Britain, diffenfions in parliament,

De-

78. Right of regent, ibid.
cifion of that right, 79. Conduct of
the prince, ibid. Flourishing ftate of
the kingdom, ibid. Commercial treaty,
ibid. Impofition of taxes, 80. Na-
tional debt, ibid. Extenfion of the
excife, ibid. Zeal of the minifter, ibid.
King's speech, ibid. His journey to
Germany, 159. Rights of the Eng-
lish, 395. Enterprifes of the English,
396. National honour, ibid. Spirit
of enterprise of the people, 397. Pro-
jects lately formed, ibid.

H.

Haftings, Mr. character of, 160.

N.

NEckar, Monf. character of, 316. His

different statement of the French
finances, 316.

Neckar and Pitt compared, 316.
Netherlands, counter revolution threat-
ened, 399. Cafe of Vandermersch,
ibid.

P.

Parliament, convocation of a new, 475.

General election, ibid. Temper of
the people, ibid. Balance of power,
479. Remarks on the minifter's pro-
ceedings, ibid.

Parliamentary reform, 318. Mr. Flood's
fpeech, ibid. The orator praised, ibid.
The motion wifely rejected, ibid. Im-
portance of the people, 319. Motions
for the production of papers, 393.
The minifter's inconfiftency, ibid.
Crifis of nations, 394. Diffolution of
parliament, ibid.

Peace, fudden tranfition from, 393.
Pitt, Mr. his merits and demerits, 476.
Poland and Pruffia, an alliance between,
156.
Political fpirit in the North, 477. Re-
prefentation there, ibid. Chancellor's
decifion on this subject, ibid.
Prime minifter, policy of the, 317.
Avoids refponfibility, ibid.
Pruffia, Sweden, Poland, and Turkey,
confederacy between, 319.

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S.

Sardinia, king of, increases his army, 78. Sinking fund, 317. Its principle condemned, ibid.

Spain, fucceffion of a new king, 78. Defpotic power, ibid. Rupture with, 394. Reflections, ibid. Pride of the Spaniards, ibid. Their claim to Nootka Sound, ibid. Dependencies of, 397. Expofed to invafion, ibid. Decline of induftry in Spain, 398. Co-operation of the northern powers, ibid. Iffue of war, ibid. Afraid of war, 479. Procraftination in answering Britain, ibid. Summary review of 1789, 71. Power of opinion, ibid. Standing armies, ibid. Rights of human nature, ibid. Spirit of liberty, ibid. United Provinces, ibid. Sweden, courage of the king of, 156. Of the people, ibid.

T.

TAxes, additional cenfured, 317:

Turkey combines with Sweden, 157. Prefent appearances, ibid. Tuscany, the grand duke of, his talents, 158. Cenfures his brother, ibid.

W.

WAR on the continent predicted, 240.

A general one, 398. The grandeur of the fcene, ibid. Frederic 11. quoted, ibid. Tippoo Sultan, ibid. Westminster, importance as an electing body, 477. Its prefent candidates, 478. Lord Hood, ibid. Mr. Fox, ibid. Horne Tooke, ibid.

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