The Annual Register/1758

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
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
The CHRONICLE.		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

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