The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-25 00:00:00

sy WILLIAII HEY, Esq. F.R.S

31:-.:rni)er of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, Honor
ary Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh,
and uf the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manches-
ter, and Seniot Surgeon of the General Infirmary at Leeds.
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1.,,,h0m may also be had, Observations on the Blood, by the
same Author.

NEW ANNUAL REGISTER,
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In one large Volume 3Yo. price 145. boards, or 145. 6d.
hal f- bound,
THE NEW ANNUAL REGISTER ; or GE-
NERAL REPOSITORY of HISTORY, POLI-
TICS, and LITERATURE, for the Year Igor.
To which is prefixed, The History of Knowledge, Learn-
ing, and Tate,, in Great Britain, during the Reign of King
Chaades I I —Part V.
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Review of the principal Transadions of the present Reign,
prefixed to the First Volume, for the Year 1730 ;—or any
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frr A complete Index to the New Annual Register, from
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has been for sonic. time in preparation, and Will he published
early in iSos.
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MITE LIFE of GEOFFREY CHAITCER; in-
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FEMALE BIOGRAPHY.
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MEMOIRS of the LIVES of ILLUSTRIOUS
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THE LATE WAR.
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AHISTORY of the WARS which arc ,e out of
the FRENCH REVOLUTION, from their Com-
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of Peace between Great Britain and France.
To which is prefixed, a Review of the Causes, and early
Progress, of the French Revolution.
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A NIMAL BIOGRANIY ; or, Anecdotes and
CA. I Ihistrations of the LIVES, MANNERS, CHA-
RACTERS and ECONOMY of the. ANIMAL CREA-
TION.

By the Rcv. W. BING LEY, A.B.
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lege, Cambridge.
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interesting contents. He has brought forward many thou-
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N ESSAY 'on ABSTINENCE from ANI-
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" IJude fames ltuniitti vetitf,rum tanta ciborurd,
Audetis ves.A, genus o mortale ? Quod oro,
Ne ; et modals animos advertite nostris."—Ovt ntus.
" le n'a! pas la tetnerite de pritendre reformer le genre
mais as,,ez de courage pour dire la verite, sans me
sou,:ier des criai►leries de ceux qui la redoutent, qu'ils
out interet de trouper noire espece, ou tip la laisser dans
cies erreurs dont ils sont eux-inemes les dupes."
Diderot, Code de la Nature.

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IMPER tell PAR LIAMEN7.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24.
T z various Bills before the House were forwarded in their
respective stages.

the Navy Abuses Bill was read a third time and passed,
and the Bill was ordered to be returned to the Commons,
with a Message to that House, stating that their Lordships
had passed the same with Amendments. _

Some private business was disposed of, after which the
House adjourned till Monday.
A Committee of their Lordships• afterwards sat in the
robing chamber upon the projeled Improvements to be
made us the House, and which was attended by Mr. Wyatt,
and Mr. Groves, of the Board of Works.

HOUSE OF. COMMONS.

FRIDAY, DEC. 24.

Mr. lit v r wc. from the Customs, brought up an Account
of the quantity of Flax, Scc_ imported for the last ten years.
—Ordered to lie on the Table.

The SPEAKER acquainted the House, that the Petitioner
for an Undue Eledion for Kingston upon Hu! , had not en-
tered into the proper recognizance ; and also, that the Free-
men who had petitioned, had not entered into the proper re-
cognizance, therefore the Order for hearing the Petition was
discharged.

Tbe Sk zAlc ER also stated, that the proper recognizances
had not been entered into in the case of the Petitions ftom
Newcastle under Line, from Tregone, and from Seaford.
The Order for hearing those Petitions was therefore dis-
charged.

A•new Writ was ordered for Edinburgh, in the room of the
Right Hon. H. Dux ons, created Viscount Melville.
A new Writ was ordered for the Burghs of Dumfries,
icc. in the room of C. Hope, Esq. who has accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.

Mr. WILBF.RFoxcE presented a Petition from several
Merchants of the City of Bristol against the Tonnage Duty.
Mr. J. Smir it presented a Petition from the Maltsters of
Pomfret, against the Malt Duty.—Ordered to lie on the
Table.

Lord GLENSFRVI P. moved, that the Petitioner and the
Sitting Member for the County of Carmarthen should give
in, by the tat of February, a List of the Votes objected to on
each side.—Ordered.

A Person from the City of London presented an Account
of the progress of the Works in the. Isle of Dogs.—Ordered
to lie on the Table.

A Message from the Lords stated, that their Lordships
had agreed to the. Sugar Drawback Bill, the Navy Bills Bill,
the Militia Amendment Bill, the Irish Militia 13i11, the Malta
Bill, the Corn Exportation Bill, the Dublin Baking Bill,
and the Navy Abuse Bill.
The SOLICITOR GEN&RAL moted that the Amendments
made by the Lords in the Navy Abuse Bill should be taken
into consideration on Monday—Ordered.
The Land Tax Commissioners Bill was brought up and
read a first time, sod was ordered to be read a second time on
Monday.
Adjourned to Monday.