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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
Denters, reafoning of the, 240.
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
Moft 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
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.
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.
GReat Britain, diffenfions in parliament,
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.
Haftings, Mr. character of, 160.
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.
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.
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.
TAxes, additional cenfured, 317:
Turkey combines with Sweden, 157. Prefent appearances, ibid. Tuscany, the grand duke of, his talents, 158. Cenfures his brother, ibid.
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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