PETITIONS RESPECTING THE PROHIBITION OF THE MALT DISTILLERY. OPPOSITION TO THE BILL FOR PREVENTING THE EXCESSIVE USE OF SPIRITS. ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A MILITIA IN SCOTLAND. BILL FOR REMOVING THE POWDER MAGAZINE AT GREENWICH. ACT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STREETS OF LONDON. BILL RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF FISH, &c. ACT FOR ASCERTAINING the QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. ACT FOR CONSOLIDATING ANNUITIES GRANTED IN 1759. BILL FOR SECURING MONIES FOR THE USE OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. ACT IN FAVOUR OF GEOEGE KEITH, &c. SESSION CLOSED. CHAPTER XIX. DETECTION OF A MURDER. CLAMOUR AGAINST LORD SACKVILLE. HE DEMANDS A COURT-MARTIAL. SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL. EARL FERRERS APPREHENDED. TRIED BY THE HOUSE OF PEERS. EARL FERRERS EXECUTED. ASSASSINATION OF MR. MATTHEWS. NEW BRIDGE BEGUN AT BLACKFRIARS. REMARKABLE ADVENTURE OF FIVE IRISHMEN. THE RAMILLIES MAN OF WAR WRECKED. TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES. HOSTILITIES RECOMMENCED. FATE OF THE GARRISON AT FORT LOUDOUN. BRITISH INTEREST ESTABLISHED ON THE OHIO. THE FRENCH UNDERTAKE THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. QUEBEC BESIEGED. THE ENEMIES SHIPPING DESTROYED. GENERAL AMHERST REDUCES THE FRENCH FORT AT THE ISLE ROYALE. FRENCH SHIPS DESTROYED, &c. DEMOLITION OF LOUISBOURG. INSURRECTION IN JAMAICA. ACTION AT SEA OFF HISPANIOLA. GALLANT BEHAVIOUR OF CAPTAINS O�BRIEN AND TAYLOR. TRANSACTIONS IN THE EAST-INDIES. ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BAY OF QUIBERON. ASTRONOMERS SENT TO THE EAST INDIES. EARTHQUAKES IN SYRIA. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. PATRIOTIC SCHEMES OF THE KING OF DENMARK. MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO THE STATES-GENERAL. STATE OF THE POWERS AT WAR. DEATH OF THE LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-CASSEL. OFFERS MADE BY THE NEUTRAL POWERS, &c. SKIRMISHES IN WESTPHALIA. SITUATION OF THE FRENCH ARMIES. EXPLOIT OF COLONEL LUCKNER. THE HEREDITARY PRINCE OF BRUNSWICK DEFEATED. VICTORY OBTAINED BY THE ALLIES. THE HEREDITARY PRINCE MARCHES TO THE LOWER RHINE. ADVANTAGES GAINED by M. DE STAINVILLE. THE ALLIES AND FRENCH GO INTO WINTER QUARTERS. CHAPTER XX. EXPLOIT OF THE SWEDES IN POMERANIA. SKIRMISHES BETWEEN THE PRUSSIANS AND POSITION OF THE ARMIES IN SAXONY AND SILESIA. GEN. LAUDOHN DEFEATS GEN. FOUQUET, AND REDUCES GLATZ. THE KING OF PRUSSIA MAKES AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT UPON DRESDEN. ACTION BETWEEN GENEEAL HULSEN AND THE IMPERIAL ARMY IN SAXONY. SITUATION OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. THE RUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS POSSESS THEMSELVES OF BERLIN. KING OF PRUSSIA DEFEATS THE AUSTRIANS AT TORGAU. DIETS of POLAND AND SWEDEN ASSEMBLED. INTIMATION GIVEN TO THE STATES OF WESTPHALIA BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA. THE KING OF POLAND�S REMONSTRANCE. REDUCTION OF PONDICHERRY. PART OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON WRECKED IN A STORM. DEATH and CHARACTER of KING GEORGE II. RECAPITULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF HIS REIGN. ACCOUNT OF THE COMMERCE OF GREAT BRITAIN. STATE OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. FANATICISM. METAPHYSICS AND MEDICINE. MECHANICS. GENIUS. MUSIC. PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. NOTES Illustrations