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And Men learn only from thy Page
The purpled Woes of hottile Rage,
And afk, the Record as they view,
If Tales fo ftrange can yet betrue;
Enquire, with better Wisdom bleit,
What madness then ufurp'd the Breaft,
When Man employ'd his Strength and
Alone to defolate and kill, [Skill
And brought on Earth infernal Flame
To add a Title to a Name;
To do what no one with fupply'd
Of all that toil'd, and groan'd, & dy'd;
O may these horrid Wonders paft
Be true no more while Time shall lait !
Henceforth,my Friend may betterDays
Secure thee Blifs in feeking Praife,
Nor frowning Fate all Fame deny,
-But well to paint Calamity !..

Lift of Plates in this Volume; with directions to place them.

JANUARY. A large Map of part of

si'efia, No. 27, on the Plan proposed

1760.

FEBRUARY. A Map of the G

Weft Indies.

56

MARCH. An exact Plan of the Town

and Fortifications of Gibraltar. 104

APRILA A Map of the Island of Ja-
maica. Pian of the City and
Harbour of the Havannah.
MAY. Another large Map of part of
Silefia, No. 22.

JUNE. Curious representation of the

Hemlock Plant.

JULY. Another part of Silefia, No.23.

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PREFACE.

HE important Events of the Year 1762, could not fail to render a Work which recorded them entertaining and interefting; we fhall, - therefore, as we did the latt Year, recommend our Mifcellany to the Attention of the Public, only by a brief Recapitulation of its Contents, claiming no Merit, which is not implied by the Favour of the Leaned and Ingenous, who have preferred the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE before other periodical Pamphlets of the fame Kind, as a Channel to convey the Refult of their Obfervations and Study to the Public: To this Preference, which has been long our Honour and Advantage, we are content to owe our Superiority; and, as the belt Teftimony of our Gratitude, we promife till to exert our utmost Abilities to deserve it, by our Regularity and Exactness in recording the public Events of the Year; the Impartiality with which we exhibit different Opinions, whether in Literature or Politics, from other Publications, and our Care and Fidelity with refpećt to the Manuscripts which we are favoured with by our Correfpondents.

In the Magazine for the Month of January, there is a clear and ample Account of the Difpute between Great Britain and Holland, with refpect to the Proceedings of the English and Dutch East India Companies at Bengal, the Mani feftoes of the two Crowns of England and Spain are inferted, with the Declara. tion of War that almoft immediately followed. This Number alfo contains a fuccinct yet full Hiftory of the public Funds, and of the Bulinefs of ChangeAlley; an Account of the Death of ABEL, a celebrated German Poem; and an original Life of Dr Sherlock, the late Bishop of London.

In the Month of February, an Event is recorded, which had Confequences of great Moment, the Death of the Emprefs of Ruffia, with an Account of the firft Measures taken by Peter the IIId, who fucceeded her, in favour of Prussia This Magazine contains alfo the Life of the celebrated Cardinal Borromeus; a particular Account of a pretended Ghoft in Cock-Lane; and a Specimen of a new poetical Verfion of the Pfalms, by the learned and ingenious Mr Merrick.

In the Magazine for March, the Events which brought on the War with Spain are traced back to their Source, by Facts authenticated in Papers relative to that Subject, which were published by Order of Government: A farther Account is given of the new Meafures purfued by the Emperor Peter III. of Rupa; a Scheme is propofed, which has fince been executed with great Succefs, for fupplying the Markets of London with Fith, by Land Carriage, at a reasonable Price, and defeating the iniquitous Contrivances of Fishmongers: An authentic and particular Account is inferted of the Reduction of Martinico; and a Scheme is propofed for railing Money by Sale of Crown-Leafes.

In April, we gave an Account of a Voyage undertaken by a Son of the ingenious Mr Harrison, with his celebrated Clock, which meafures Tune with fuch Exactness as fufficiently to afcertain the Longitude: Of feveral Steps taken by the Powers at War tending to a general Peace: Of an Infurrection in Ireland, by fome idle and mif-led People, who called themfelves White Boys: Of the Tranfit of Venus over the Sun, as obferved at Madres; and a Narrative of the Commiffion, Discovery, and Punishment of a Murder, attended with mot uncommon and astonishing Circumstances.

In May, we gave an Account of the Proceedings of France and Spain, with refpect to Portugal, with the Memorials of the three Crowns: Of a Premium for difcovering the first common Ufage of Linnen Paper: Of the Life of the late Admiral Holmes: Alfo a fuccinct Hiftory of Phylic, from the earlieft Times, with the first Difcovery and Introduction of many capital Medicines:_And & Method of purifying the fouleft and most fœtid Train-Oil, without Trouble or Expence.The Change in the Administration, which took place in May, produced three new weekly political Papers, the BRITON, the NORTH BRITON, and the AUDITOR.

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