The Annual Register/1758
THE
THE
ANNUAL REGISTER,
or a VIEW of the
HISTORY,
POLITICS,
AND
LITERATURE,
For the YEAR 1758.
THE EIGHTH EDITION.
LONDON:
Printed for J. Dodsley, In Pall-Mall, 1791.
THE
THE
CONTENTS.
| Preface | iii | |
| History of the present War. | ||
| CHAP. I. | ||
| Origin of the troubles in North America. Admiral Boscawen and General Braddock sent thither. Operations intended. Two French men of war taken. Braddock defeated. General Johnson repulses the French. French threaten an invasion. Fort St. Philip besieged and taken. Treaty with Russia, the spirit of it. Alliance with the King of Prussia. Ground of the quarrel between her Imperial Majesty and that monarch. Treaty of Petersbourg. Treaty of Versailles. King of Prussia enters Saxony and Bohemia. Battle of Lowositz. Saxon army surrenders. | 1 | |
| CHAP. II. | ||
| State of the English ministry. The characters and designs of the several factions. A coalition. Oswego taken by the French, Calcutta taken by the Nabob. Angria reduced by Admiral Watson | 9 | |
| CHAP. III. | ||
| State of the confederacy against the King of Prussia. French pass the Weser. King of Prussia enters Bohemia. Battle of Prague. Prague invested. Count Daun takes the command of the Austrian army. Battle of Colin | 14 | |
| CHAP. IV. | ||
| Consequence of the battle of Colin. King of Prussia evacuates Bohemia, Battle of Hastenbeck. Convention of Closter-seven, Expedition to Rochfort. Russians enter Prussia. Austrians besiege Schweidnitz. French and Imperialists make incursions into Brandenburg. Swedes enter Pomerania. Battle of Norkitten. General Lehwald defeated. Bad condition of the King of Prussia | 18 | |
| CHAP. V. | ||
| Battle of Rosbach, Schweidnitz taken by the Austrians. Prince of Bevern attacked in his entrenchments. Breslau taken by the Austrians. King of Prussia marches to Silesia. The Battle of Lissa. Breslau retaken. Austrians driven out of Silesia | 21 | |
| CHAP. VI. | ||
| Russians and Swedes retire. Hanoverians resume their Arms, Cruelty of the French. Condition of their Army. Castle of Harbourg besieged. Recapitulation of the events of the year 1757 | 26 | |
| CHAP. VII. | ||
| Preparations for an expedition to Louisbourg. Laid aside. Fort William-Henry taken. Exploits of Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in India. Chandenagore a French fort taken. Victory over the Nabob. Nabob taken and beheaded. Revolution in Bengal. Treaty advantageous to the East-India company. Admiral Watson dies | 28 | |
| CHAP. VIII. | ||
| French retire out of Hanover. The taking of Hoya. Minden taken. Distress of the French. Generosity of the Duke de Randan. The French retire beyond the Rhine. Recovery of Embden by Commodore Holmes | 33 | |
| CHAP. IX. | ||
| Alterations in the French ministry. The state of the English affairs in the year 1758. Subsidy treaty with the King of Prussia. Affairs of Sweden and Russia. Schweidnitz taken. King of Prussia enters Moravia and invests Olmutz. Conduct of Count Daun. Attacks the Prussian convoy. Siege of Olmutz raised. King of Prussia marches into Bohemia | 37 | |
| CHAP. X. | ||
| Allies pass the Rhine. Battle of Crevelt, Action at Sangershausen. Action at Meer. Allies repass the Rhine | 43 | |
| CHAP. XI. | ||
| Retreat from Bohemia. Measures of Count Daun. Battle of Custrin. King of Prussia marches into Saxony, and joins Prince Henry | 48 | |
| CHAP. XII. | ||
| General Oberg defeated at Lanwerenhagen. King of Prussia surprised at Hohkirchen. M. Keith and Prince Francis of Brunswick killed. Affair at Gorlitz. King of Prussia marches into Silesia. M. Daun invests Dresden. The suburbs burned. The King of Prussia raises the siege of Neiss and Cosel. He returns into Saxony. The Austrians retire into Bohemia. Dispositions for the winter | 55 | |
| CHAP. XIII. | ||
| The burning of the ships at St. Malo. Taking of Cherbourg. Defeat at St. Cas. Operations in America. Siege and taking of Louisbourg. English army defeated at Ticonderoga. They take Frontenac. The French abandon Fort du Quesne. Conclusion of the annals of the year 1758 | 65 | |
| 78 | ||
| Odd Advertisements | 119 | |
| Remarkable affair that happened to the Duke of Marlborough | 121 | |
| Supplies granted by Parliament for the year 1758 | 127 | |
| State of the national debt as it stood Jan. 11, 1757, and Jan. 11, 1758 | 138 | |
| STATE PAPERS. | ||
| Major General Yorke's Memorial to the Deputies of the States General on the 22nd of Dec. 1758 | 144 | |
| Count D'Affry's Memorial to them of the 25th of July | 147 | |
| Another of Jan. 25 | 147 | |
| Memorial of two hundred and sixty-nine merchants to the States | 149 | |
| Memorial of the Princess Gouvernante to the States, June 7th | 150 | |
| Her answer to the fourth deputation of merchants | 151 | |
| Her speech to the States when she delivered the merchants memorial to them | 151 | |
| Letter of the States General to the States of Holland and West-Friesland | 152 | |
| Amsterdam merchants Memorial to the Princess Gouvernante | 154 | |
| Speech of the Princess Gouvernante to the States | 157 | |
| Count Kaunitz's famous Rescript | 157 | |
| Declaration delivered the 12th of June to all the foreign ministers at Petersbourg | 161 | |
| The Pope's Brief, conferring the title of Apostolical Queen of Hungary on the Empress Queen of Hungary | 163 | |
| Instructions of the States of Courland to their Deputies at Warsaw | 164 | |
| King of Poland's Universalia for a general Dyet at Warsaw | 166 | |
| Prussian Memorial concerning the suburbs of Dresden | 167 | |
| The Saxon Memorial on the same | 174 | |
| Brandenburgh Minister's answer | 176 | |
| Capitulation of Louisbourg | 177 | |
| The Governor's letter to a friend | 179 | |
| General Amherst's letter to him, and the answer | 181 | |
| A piece extracted from authentic documents of the French administration in Hanover | 182 | |
| Conditions of a treaty between France and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel | 186 | |
| Baron Gemingen's Memorial to the Dyet of the Empire | 187 | |
| Extract from a manifesto lately published by authority at Paris | 200 | |
| The reigning Duke of Brunswick's letter to his brother Prince Ferdinand | 213 | |
| The King of England's conduct as Elector of Hanover, in answer to the Parallel of the conduct of the King of France, with that of the King of England, Elector of Hanover | 216 | |
| CHARACTERS. | ||
| King of Prussia's, by Maupertuis | 235 | |
| Voltaire's, by the King of Prussia | 237 | |
| Anecdotes of the Life of Baron Montesquieu, Author of the Spirit of Laws | 239 | |
| Anecdotes of Dr. Boerhaave | 245 | |
| Accounts of John Ludwig | 247 | |
| Particularities that attended a Lady after the Small-Pox | 253 | |
| Lord Somers's, Duke and Duchess of Marlborough's, Lord Godolphin's, Lord Sunderland's, Lord Wharton's, Lord Cowper's, the Earl of Nottingham's, and Sir Robert Walpole's characters, by Dr. Swift | 257 | |
| Description of the court and person of Queen Elizabeth, from Hentzer | 263 | |
| Description of Theobalds and Nonsuch, from ditto | 264 | |
| The manner of celebrating harvest home at that time in England, from ditto | 265 | |
| Account of the English, from ditto | 266 | |
| Henry the Eighth's order for Lady Lucy's table | 266 | |
| Petition of Margery the wife of William Beacham to Oliver Cromwell | 267 | |
| His letter to his Secretary thereon | 268 | |
| Account of Calmucks and Cossacks | 268 | |
| Ulan Smolensco Czeraznigorff, the celebrated Laplander conjurer that appeared in Dublin | 275 | |
| Extraordinary Adventures. | ||
| Sufferings of the persons in the black-hole at Calcutta | 278 | |
| An authentic narrative of the loss of the Doddington Indiaman | 287 | |
| The wonderful preservation of three persons buried about five weeks in the snow | 297 | |
| An English prisoner's escape from a French ship | 300 | |
| Robert Eastburn's captivity among the Americans, and his escape | 301 | |
| The burning of the Prince George man of war | 306 | |
| Literary and Miscellaneous Essays. | ||
| Essay on taste, by Montesquieu | 311 | |
| Of the art of laying out gardens among the Chinese, by Chambers | 319 | |
| Description of Lough Lane | 323 | |
| Natural history of Hartz forest | 331 | |
| Account of a remarkable island near Bombay | 335 | |
| Essay on the quantity and measure of English verse | 337 | |
| Essay on the Roman numerals | 344 | |
| Account of same particularities that appeared on the opening of a beehive | 346 | |
| Account of a shower of black dust that fell in Zetland | 349 | |
| Mr. Miller's method of cultivating Madder in England | 350 | |
| The strange effects of some effervescent mixtures | 358 | |
| Efficacy of bark in a mortification | 360 | |
| Account of the Jesuits establishment in Paraguay | 362 | |
| Paper from the Universal weekly chronicle | 367 | |
| Another from the Idler | 369 | |
| Another | 371 | |
| The remonstrance of the Mob of Great Britain against the importation of French words | 373 | |
| Petition of P—, E— of C— | 375 | |
| Petition of Posterity to the D— and C—r of W— | 376 | |
| Dying speech of Mr. Cuffe, Secretary to the Earl of Essex | 377 | |
| That Earl's letter to Lord Southampton | 377 | |
| Dr. Brett's sermon on conjugal love and duty, preached at St. Anne's in Dublin; with a dedication to the Right Honourable Lady Caroline Russel | 379 | |
| Copy of a will of a citizen of Bern in Switzerland | 383 | |
| Method of taking off paintings in oil from the cloths or wood on which they were done | 383 | |
| POETRY. | ||
| Melpomene, by R. Dodsley | 387 | |
| The birth-day Ode | 392 | |
| New year's Ode for 1759 | 395 | |
| Verses to the People of England, by William Whitehead, Esq. | 396 | |
| Ode to the King of Prussia by M. de Voltaire, and translation | 400 | |
| King of Prussia's Verses to Professor Gottsched | 403 | |
| The Professor's answer | 404 | |
| Ode in the second act of Agis | 406 | |
| Ode in the fifth act of Agis | 407 | |
| An epitaph on Johnny Armstrong | 408 | |
| Translation of a French Ode | 409 | |
| King of Prussia's Ode on Death, translated by Dr. Hawkesworth | 409 | |
| Epistle from the King of Prussia to Voltaire, translated by J. G. Cooper, Esq; | 412 | |
| Mr. William Thomson's Ode Brumalis, translated by Mr. Tattersal | 413 | |
| The pleasures of the mind | 414 | |
| To Peace | 416 | |
| To a kinsman on his intended marriage | 417 | |
| The latter part of Chap. VI. of St. Matthew paraphrased | 420 | |
| On reading Hutchinson on the Passions | 421 | |
| To Fear | 421 | |
| The Lover cured | 422 | |
| The Indian Philosopher | 423 | |
| To the Nymph of P— waters | 425 | |
| An Episode | 426 | |
| Verses written at the gardens of William Shenstone, Esq; | 428 | |
| To the Rev. Dr. Warburton | 430 | |
| Verses dropt in Mr. Garrick's temple of Shakespear at Hampton | 431 | |
| Prologue to Agis | 432 | |
| Epilogue to Agis | 433 | |
| Prologue to Cleone | 433 | |
| Epilogue to Cleone | 434 | |
| Epistle from a Clergyman to a young gentleman of the law | 435 | |
| The English bull dog, Dutch mastiff, and queil | 438 | |
| On the first fit of the gout | 440 | |
| A Sea Chaplain's Petition to the Lieutenants of the ward-room for the use of the quarter gallery | 441 | |
| Epitaph out of a church-yard in Dorsetshire | 443 | |
| King Theodore's epitaph | 443 | |
| An Account of Remarkable Books published in 1758. | ||
| An Estimate of the manners and principles of the times | 444 | |
| A Discourse on the study of the Law | 452 | |
| The Life of Philip of Macedon | 458 | |
| The Life of Erasmus | 463 | |
| Memoirs of the Life of Sir Thomas More | 468 | |
| A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England | 475 | |
THE END.