17* 



nefe mailcets with fugars, and o- 

 ther tropica] produds, from ■which 

 empire they are nnt very diflant, 

 •may poflEbiy indoce our govem- 

 ■ment to confidcr this fubjeft with 

 ferioiis attention. 



Vt'c taay infer the profpcroDS 

 ftate of trade and corrmerce, in 

 Glafgow, from the great advance 

 of landed j-roperty which has tak- 

 en place of late in the county of 

 Lanark. 



The following lift of vefTels 

 which have pafled the found lad 

 year, may give ibmc idea of Euro- 

 pean commerce. 



BISTORICAL CHRONICLE. 



In all. 



973* 



■which the poor were allowed t)> 

 reroonftrate op their grievance 

 with impunity. 



The Abbe Reynal, who vnt 

 lately rcftored to his rank 35 a cj- 

 ti2en by. the Nadonai Aflemb'y, 

 has prefcnted the Riy-il AgrinO- 

 tural Society at Paris, with a bo:id 

 for a perpetual annuity of laoo 

 livres, or 50 1. Sterling, for tho 

 purpofe of purchafing implements 

 of agriculture, tnbe di'ributed an- 

 nually amongfl; hulbandmen in the 

 different departments of the king- 

 dom. To thit rum. Mr. Vnlhnd. 

 has added, for the prefcnt ye-ir, 

 30c livres ; and tlic fnciety 500 

 livres, taken from the fund deftluT 

 ed for prizes of encouragement. 



The Irifh parliament have ip- 

 ftituted an inquiry into the proper 

 means for preventing the iunrdi- 

 na'e life of fpirits among, riir. low- 

 er clafs of people. 



Feb. 2. The tide rofe in the ri- 

 ver Thames full twelve inches 

 higher than has been for twenty 

 years pad. A confideiabic ji:inof 

 the city was overflowed. This ha" 

 happepcd fevcral times before, viz. 

 in the years X%2S> i?.'?'^. P*^^- 

 f735. I^«<^- 24- ?7j6, O^. 14- 

 1747, ^nd Feb. 9. 1762. 



The following is the amount of 

 the cajiital fum redeemed by the 

 commiffiopers for the liquidation 

 of the national debt, en the laft 

 day of Januar)- 1 791. 



per cent confols, L, 

 3 per cent, reduced, 



The hiflory cf the natural world 5 per cent confols, L,. 3,753,8c - 



for the laft two yeai s, ii {bnicwhat 3 per cent, reduced, 1,878,45c 



remarkable. There has been no Old South Sea, 1,091,100 



frofl of three days comiruarce ; New 'Jouth 5ca, 807,000 



^d the wicdsof Europe have been South Sea, j 75 7, 242,000 



^Inioft is violent as the tornados | — 



of America. 

 . By the lateft accounts Ircm 



L. 6,772,350 



In Ofiober )aft 6,365 1. Exche- 



Spain, the people in variotw part*' quer annuities fell in, and 48,515 ). 



.•f the kingdom begin to talk audi- granted m Tfiji^ for 99 years will 

 Jbly of accum'Jatcd taxes, and fJic fpon fall in. which, with the intcr- 

 ^ehcity of Tome former age, in [ eft of the capital fum red'.-e/ne4 



