AND

Hiftorical Chronicle.

For the YEAR MDCCCIV.

VOLUME LXXIV,

PART THE SECOND,

PRODESSE ET DELECTARE- -E PLURIBUS UNUM.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS

By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent.

LONDON, Printed by and for NICHOLS and SON,
at Cicero's Head, Red Lion Paffage, Fleet-Street;

where LETTERS are particularly requested to be sent, POST-PAID,
And sold by J. HARRIS (Successor to Mrs. NEWBY);

the

UCD LIBRARY

ON THE COMPLETION OF HIS SEVENTY-FOURTH VOLUME

N golden times, contending Poets vied

1. 10 fing the ffero of their Country's birth':

But, in thefe days of party-praise and pride, -
Who raife their voice in praife of modeft worth?
Yet to Parnaffian height his name fhall go,

And place him in the conftellation there with SwiFT;
For, know, he ranks with those that did bestow
On Britain's Crown her choiceft, noblest gift.

Mine be it, then, though with a junior Mufe
Of humbler vein, this labour to effay :
For candid Fame to Truth fhall ne'er refufe
Another record to a NEW-YEAR'S DAY.

"The grateful Sons of Letters yet anborr

Thee, URBAN, for thy genius shall adore;
Whofe defultory ftudies shall adorn

Their Country's name, and fwell the rifing fores
Whether, like BOYLE or NEWTON, they fhall trace
Myfterious Nature to her fecret fource,

Range the ftarr'd Poles, or through unbounded pace
O'ertake the burning Comet's rapid course;

Or whether they, more fav'rites yet of Heav'n,

Like SHARSPEARE or like MILTON feek to vie,.
To Poefy's Toft phrenzy often given,

Twine round their brows the bays that never die.

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Here fhall the Poet frame the votive lay,

To URBAN's praise in ages yet to come;
"Yes," shall some raptur'd Bard be heard to fay,
"'T was URBAN's labours rear'd the fwelling tome."

Hence, long as Time fhall hold his waining glass,
. Within thy Repertory their works shall shine,
And Sons of Science, yearly as they país,

Their choiceft gifts together fhall entwine,

Blefs'd be their names who feek the Public Good,
Deny'd by none who know their Country's right.
Inftruction is a blefling, like a flood,

Sweeps all before it in a flood of light.

Urge boldly on, by fair renown be led,

Juft as of old in claffic days when try'd,

Proud as Scamander, when, Jove's offspring faid, Rife, Ilion, rife!" and Ilion rear'd her head. Dec. 31, 1804.

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Meteorological Diary-Average Prices of Corn6o6| Meteorological Diary for June kept at Baldock 637
Eighth Letter from Dr. Lettfom on Prifons 607 Obfervations on the Solar Maculae and Fecule ibid
Mr.Neild's Remarks on Prifens, Lunatics, &c. 6c9 Area of England and Wales in Miles and Acres 638,
Kit'sCoity Houle-Dr. Uvedale?-Ships of War 26 12 Population in a Square Mile in each County 639
efcription of Rivalx and Kirkstall Abbeys 613 Farther Obfervations on Birmingham Mint 640
Dallenting Minifters at Chefhunt-Rubric 614 Technical Terms in Architectural Innovation 641
The Quintal-Trinity Chapel--Chapels of Efe615 Obfervations on the Natural Economy of B es 643
Mr. Whitfield's Progrefs in New England, 616 Prayers in Workhoufes-Family of Perry 644
The PROJECTOR, a period. Paper, N° XXXIII.618 Queen Anne's Bounty?-Index Indicatorias ibid
Swallows-Barnard Castle Font-Seal, &c. 621 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS; viz.
An eafy Remedy for Smoking Chimneys ibid Scotia depicta-Lives of English Civilians 645
The Crefpigny Fête at Camberwell defcribed 622) Dr. Jamelon's Treatife on Cheltenham Waters 648
Propofed Eftablishment of Afylum for Outcafts623 Dr. Wood's Remarks on Fever at Newcastle 651
TurpidityofSwallows--CritiqueonShakspeare624 Honeft Apprehenfions- Perring's Sermon,&c. 658
Remarks on Free Schools-Optical Query 625 SELECT POETRY,Antient and Modern664-668
On the Bremenium of Richard of Cirencester 626 Proceedings in pretent Seffion of Parliament 609
Mr. Yates's Ellay on the Cultivation of Oak 627 Interesting Intelligence from London Gazettes 672
The English Poftilion on the Sea Coaft 618 Providential Efcape of the Town of S. Helier 676
Original Letters from the Rev. Thomas Allen629 Abstract of the principal Foreign Occurrences677
Improvements round Westminster Abbey 650 Country News-Domeftic Occurrences, &c. 682
Remarks on "Purfuits of Architect.Innov." 631 Gazette and Civil Promotions-Preferments 686
Continuation of the Biographia Dramatica 632 AdditionsandCorrections to formerObituaries687
Purfuits of Architest.Innovation No LXXIII.633 Marriages and Deathsofeminent Perfons 687-699
Dr.Heylin?--Ant hilis?--Formation: Clouds635 Prices of Grain-The Bill of Mortality, &c. 699
Meteorological Diary for June kept at Hull 636 Daily Variations in the Prices of the Stocks 700

Embellished with a Perfp Aive View of RIVALX ABBEY in YORKSHIRE;

BARNARD CASTLE FONT; ANTIENT SCULPTURES;

a curious SEAL, &c. &c.

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URBAN, GENT.

SYLVANUS URBAN,

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