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Madness, religious, curious state-
ment relative to, 280.
Insanity.

Maher, Mr. on the culture of sea-

kale, 269. On the early pur-
ple-brocoli, 273.
Malays, successfully trained as
soldiers at St. Helena, 33.
Malta, particulars of the history
of, and its connection with
England, 395, &c.
Marocco, empire of, various par-
ticulars relative to, 188-203.
A letter from the Emperor to
the British King long unan-
swered, because it could not be
translated, 198.
Mathematicians supposed not to be
good logicians, 418.
Maxims, said to be Persian, spe-
cimens of, 544.
Medulla Spinalis of quadrupeds,
account of a canal in, 359.
Merchants, young, obs. on the edu-
cation of, and their progress in
the counting-house, 217.
Mercury, course of, recommended
7

to the European who visits the
West Indies, as a preventative
of the yellow-fever, 206.
Methodists, the treatment of, with
levity reprehended by Bp. Pa-
ley, 55.

Milton, undervalued by Bp. War-
burton, I. note.

Mollusca, marine, a new genus of,
described, 118.

Money, origin of the invention of,
504. Question of the legality
and rate of interest on, discus-
sed. 505.
Montesquieu, President, two origi
nal letters of, 491. His cele-
brated work protected by the
Duke de Nivernois, 511.
Monte Video, account of, 92.
Monument of London, remarks
on, 263. note.
Moore, Sir John, eulogy on by
the Commander in chief, 70:
Particulars of his campaign in
Spain, from his own journal,
72-84. Obs. on his character,
315. Curious anecdote rel. to,
318. Obs. on his conduct, pre

con. 327-329.
Moors of Barbary, domestic man-
ners of, 196.

of Grenada, historical par-
ticulars and character of, 535,
536.

Morocco. See Marocco.

Moses, comparison of, with Christ,
378.

N

Napoleon, Emperor, be-praised by
the French literati, 521, 522.
Nectarines Peaches growing to-
gether, account of, 173.
Newgate, its bad accommodations
for prisoners, 26.

New Testament, obs, on the dia.
lects occurring in, 286.
Newton, Sir Isaac, interview of the
Abbé Alari with him, 458.
Niemeyer, Dr., his work on edu-

cation praised, 518.
Nivernois, Duke de, his amiable
character

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Ogilvie, Dr., anecdote of, 18.
Omnipresence of God, beautifully
illustrated, 127.
Onion, Spanish, on the manage-.
ment of, 275.
Onomatopea, or process of forming
words imitative of the things
which they express, account of
a dictionary of such words, 484.
Opium, cultivated by Lord Egre-

mont for medical purposes, 143,
Oratory, remarks on the charac-
teristics of British and French
public speaking, 243-245.
Orbit of a revolving body disturbed
by other bodies, on the mode
of determining its position,529.
Orders in council, speech on, 440.
Ossian, opinion of Dr. Warburton

relative to, 7.

Ox, of the Sussex breed, describ.
ed, 144 Important remark
on working oxen, 145.
Oxford, Earl of, said to have been
the real writer of Robinson
Crusoe, 220.

—, arguments relative
to his supposed treachery to-
wards Queen Anne, 460-462.

P

Pardons from the court of Rome,

sold in reams, 379. note.
Parliament, extraordinary instruc-
tions for oratory in, 347.
Parson. See Clergyman.
Peaches and nectarine growing
one branch, instances of,
273. On varieties of, 276.
Perth, description of,, 16.
Pestilence of the 14th century, me-
lancholy picture of, 541.

Pharmacopaia, remarks on altera-
tions made in the last Edin-
burgh edition of, 304.
Phthisis, mode of treating that
disease by a physician of Wilna,

502.

Picts, supposed to be Caledonians,
175. Farther remarks on, 176,
177. 181.
Pillar-towers, description of those
antient buildings, 262.
Pinkerton, Mr., his inquiry into
the history of Scotland cha-
racterized by Mr. Chalmers,
179.

Plants, tender, hints on inuting

them to our climate, 269.
Plate, river, account of, 88.

Pond-fish. See Fish.
Poor, interesting view of their
earnings, and their expenditure,
146.

of Scotland and of Ireland,
Poor-rates, in Sussex, and gene-
comparison between, 18.

rally, serious increase of, 141. i
Population of the empire of Ma-

rocco, 192.

Portuguese, their national charac-
ter unfavourably represented,
313, 314.

Potassium and Ammoniac, experi-
ments on, 356.
Potatoe, obs. on the introduction
of, into England, 268. On va-
rieties of, 271.

Powell, Sir John, anecdotes of,

302.

Price, Dr., remarks on his doc-

trine of annuities, 410.
Prisoners, strictures on the deten-
tion of, after a grand Jury has
thrown out the bill of indict-
ment, 24

Prisons of London, observations
on, 26.
Procession, religious, in Spain, in-
voluntarily participated by a
British officer, 316.
Prodigal Son, parable of, well il-
lustrated, 124.

Punishments, legal, and capital,
excellent obs. on by Dr. Parr,
230.

R

Rape, or Brassica napus, a variety
of, much recommended, 270.
Readings, various, of the Scrip-
tures, obs. on, 289.
Religious madness, curious state-

ment respecting, 280.
Repentance, excellent obs. on, 124,
Revolutions, in states, view of their
influence on liberty, commerce,
and civilization, 475-477-
Rhubarb, cultivated by Ld. Egre-
mont, for medical uses, 143.
Robinson Crusoe, adventures of,
said to have been written by,
Lord Oxford, 220.
Romans, forcing-houses of, obs. on,

274.
Rome, court of, and papal church,
corruptions of, 379.
Curious
anecdote of the sale of pardons,
ib. note.
Rome and Constantinople, reflec-
tions on the empires of, after
the death of Constantine the
Great, 539.
Romney, George, particulars of
his life, 338-345-
Ronsard, the old French poet,
his poetic address to the Lark,
486.

Roots, on the origin of, 361.
Rousseau, remarks on, by Dr.
Warburton, 9.

S

Sailor, old, poetically described as
watching his former ship coming
to Deptford to bebroken up.36.
Saint Domingo, description of an
earthquake in, 532. Fertility
of that island, 533.
Saint-Helena, statistical and des-

criptive particulars of, 29-33.
Salisbury, Mr., on the Tuberose,

270. On the Dahlia, 272. On
nectarines and peaches produc
ed on the same branch, 273.

Salt-mines of the Tyrol, description
of, 479.

Saxons, obs. on the state of archi-
tecture among, 259, &c.
Scepticism, seientific, poetically
described, 103.

Schism, view of arguments against,
371.
Scotland, migrations to, from Eng-
land, in an important degree,
about the twelfth century, 182,
183.

Scott, Dr. John, account of, 298.
Scott, Mr.Walter, observations on
his poetical compositions, 234,
235.

Scriptures, study of, many and
great requisites for, 184. 290.
Various readings of, 289.
Sea-Kale, on the culture of, 269.
Seriousness in religious matters
recommended by Archdeacon
Paley, 54.

Sewell, Mr., on the Medulla Spi-
nalis of quadrupeds, 359.
Sheep, the greasing of,recommend-
ed for their wool, and the neces-
sity of sheltering them, 384.
Ship, coming to Deptford to be
broken up, poetically describ-
ed, 36.

Simpson, Mr. on the Burr-knot
apple, 273:

Slaves, traffic in, from the interior
of Africa to. Marocco, and
treatment of, 201.
Snake. See Boa.
Somerville, Lord, his remarks on
wool, 382.

Sonnet, pleasing, on retrospection,
436.
Spain, account of the English
campaign in, under Sir John
Moore, and of the inadequacy
of the Spanish Patriots to sup.
port their cause, 72-84. Far-
ther observations, 315. 327-
329.
Spaniards of St. Domingo, their
idleness and consequent po-
verty, 533.

Spunging-

Spunging-Houses, regulations of, Utrecht, peace of, particulars con-

28.

Steel. See Iron.
Stone. See Lithotomy.
Strawberries, on the management
of, 271. Improved culture of
the Alpine species, 276.
Stylites. See Symeon.
Sugar, experiments on the appli-
cation of, as food for cattle,
223.

Sulphur, experiments on the ana-
lysis of, 357

Sussex, agricultural particulars of
that county, 138–147.
Sweden., See Gustavus.
Swift, Dean, accused of Deism,
and defended, 464.
Symeon Stylites, observations on
his extraordinary mode of life,
264.
Synchronisms, or chronological
arrangement of events in all
ages and nations, 537.

T

Thurlow, Lord, anecdotes of, as
a lover of the arts, 241.

Troughton, Mr., on dividing in-
struments, 363.
Tuberose, on the culture of, 270.
Typhus, mode of treating that
fever by a Physician of Wilna,
499.

Tyrol, interesting and sublime
scenery of that country, 478.
Account of its salt-mines, 479.
Of the lake Konigssée, 480.

V and U

Vines, method of stopping their
bleeding, when pruned, 273.
Voltaic apparatus, on the con-
struction of, 356.
Voltaire, his intention of dedicat-
ing his Henriade to Lord Bo.
lingbroke, 453.

nected with that event, 460.

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