Mountainous districts, their general fea- tures, nearly similar, 349, et seq.
Mountain scenery, Chateaubriand'$ remarks mil, 47
Mountain scenery, its influence on the mind and feeling, 250, el sea.
Xqiruvari, a mountain of Caucasus, de- scription of, 340
Mural, remarks on his character, by Miss Williams, 734
Music, at Morocco, its nature, 527
Music, native, of mountainous countries wild, abrupt, and mournful, 80; great resemblance between Sardinian and Scot- tish music, ib.
Narrative of events in France, from the landing of Bonaparte till the restora- tion of Louis XVIII. 65, el seq.
Kelson's, Lord, letters, were not publish- ed by Lady Hamilton, 289
New Covenant, translated into Hebrew, for the Jews, 343, et sea.; work in- cludes Matthew only, 343; Jona's translation of theNew Testament, 344; plan and execution of the work, ib.; emendatory hints to the translators, 345, et seq.
Ney, Marshal, Miss Williams's remarks on his character, 68; executed at Paris, ib.
fffagara, Chateaubriand's dangerous adven- ture there, 48
Nitmes, cruelties perpetrated there, confined to the protestants, 304
Nonconformist church, the first in England, some account of, 401
Karris (the lunatic) his case stated, 297, 298
Notes, to illustrate the text of books, a modern contrivance, 13; objections against the notes to Gibbon's Decline and Fall, 14
Notes, intended as materials in regard to the affairs of the French Protes- tants p( the Department du Gard, 209
Ode, a second, to Buonaparte, 75, 76; its character wholly imitative, ib.; extract, 76
Opoleyta, a tale of Ind, 158, et sea.; ex- tracts, 159 Oregan, a river of the Wast, 130
Orr, a united Irishman, remarks on his case, and on his defence by Mr. Cur- ran, 168
Osages, American Indians described, 110, 111; their own tradition of their origin, 111
Pamphlets on the prevent distressed
state of the United Kingdom, 417, at tea.
Papal system, its varied aspect as exhibited in past circumstances, and in present lo- cality, and as represented by modern en- lightened advocates, 317, 318; its just features exhibited in Spain, Portugal, &c. not in the descriptions of Butler and Eustace, ib. Papists, their zeal in propagating their religious opinions, 226 Parish relief, its evil operation under certain circumstances, 612
Par'urina, a poem, by Lord Byron, 273, et seq.; objections to the tale, ib.; its effect painful, 274 ; Lord B.'s poems merely sketches of characters, ib. Paris revisited, see Scott (John)
Farkes's chemical essays, 255, et seq.; manufacturers should be conversant with scientific principles, ib.; the arts precede the sciences in the progress of mankind towards refinement, &c. ib.; Lord Bacon's proof that the dis- covery of gunpowder was accidental, 256; nature of these essays, ib.; sub- jects of the essays, ib. el seq,; his ad- vice to a medical student considered, 258; his description of making cast steel obscure, 266; his remarks on temperature contradictory, ib.; his account of combustion unphilosophicul, ib., his statement in regard to the bittern of the Cheshire, Sfc. works, erroneous, 261; barytes, used by the French manu- facturers of porcelain, 263; Drs. Ward and Roebuck's modes of form- ing sulphuric acid, 264; a particular process in Lancashire described, 265; on citric acid, 266; its process and pro- duce, ib.; attempt to make it in Sicily, 267; on fixed alkalies, is.; general remarks, 268. ,
Parsey's deserted village restored, a poem, 398, 399; extract, ib.
Paul'* letters to his kinsfolk, 346, el sea.; causes of the discontent that suc- ceeded to the first return of the Bour- bons, 347; negligence of the police rendered Buonaparte's journey to Paris safe and easy, 348; his effec- tive preparations for the invasion of Belgium, it.; affair of Stuatrt Bras, ib.; danger of Blucher, 349; retreat of Wellington upon Waterloo, ib.; alarm at Brussels, 350; instances of English and of French bravery, «6.; noble sentiments of Wellington, 351; perseverance of the British troops, 351; real nature of Napoleon's errors at Waterloo, 352; author's opinions that the late poli- tical trouble of Europe originated in the partition of Poland, ib.; reflec- tions on the mischiefs that would have arisen from the burning of Paris, 353; objectionable levity of the au- thor in speaking of the papal heresy, 354; his opinion of the present state of the Romish church, incorrect, iA.j great attention paid to tbe religions education of the lower classes in the kingdom of Wirtemburg, 350; ill- judged remarks on the restoration of the Gallic church, exposed, ib.; his reflections on the slate of the Protestants in France, 356, 357 Peculiarities of an author, are generally among his faults, 37
Peony-a-week Purgalorian Society, 326; Carlyle's remarks on it, ib. Penrose's, Llewellyn, journal, 395, el tc'j.; nature of the work, ib.; evidence of its authenticity unsatisfactory, 396; seme *ccowit of the author, ib.; testi- mony of Mr., now Sir B. West, 397; Mr. Taylor's account of the journtl, ib.; its character, 398
Peshaxotr, residence of the Afghaun court, 468 j description of the surrounding country, 557 Philosophical transactions for 1814,357, et ten.; synoptic scale of chemical equivalents, 357, 8; analysis of a new species of copper ore, 349; Ba-
1 kerian lecture, on some new electro- chemical phenomena, ib.; new expe- riments on the fluoric compounds, 360, ti seq.; experiments and observa- tions on a new substance which be- comes a violet-coloured gas by beat, $62, et sea.; account of a family hav- ing handsaud feet with supernumerary fingers and toes, 504; experiments and observations on the influence of the nerves of the eighth pair, ou the secretions of the stomach, 505; on a fossil human skeleton from Guada- loupe, ib.; observations on the func- tions of the brain, 506; further ex- periments and observations on iodine, 507, et seq.; observations respecting the natural production of saltpetre on walls of subterraneous and other buildings, 511; on the nature of the salts termed Prussiates, and on acids formed by the union of certain bodies with the elements of thePrussic acid, ib.; some experiments on tbe com- bustion of the diamond and other car- bonaceous substances, 513; some ac- count of the fossil remains of an ani- mal more nearly allied to fishes than
any other classes of animals, 514; en nn easier mode of procuring potassium than that which is now adopted, ib.; on the influence of the nerves upon the action of the arteries, 515; on the means of producing a double distilla- tion by the same beat, ib.; an account of some experiments on animal heat, 516 Poems, by Lord Byron, 595
Poland, partition of, occasioned in a great degree the troubles of Europe, 353 Policy of an infidel despot more bene- ficial to society than the principles of popery, see extract, 71, et seq.
Political establishment for the conver- sion of sinners, absurdity of it, 550,1 Poor's rates, era of the act of their esta- blishment, 493 Popery, diversified nature of its charac- ter in various countries, 217; pam- phlets on, 313; pomp of tbe Romish church, tic. adverse to the simplicity of the Christian institute, 314; its Iste
'threatening situation, ib.; the feelings and the practice of protestants, on this occasion strangely at variance, 316;
- present efforts of the Romish church to re-establish herself, ib.; duty of protestants to counteract its efforts, 317; design of the pamphlets, ib.; papal sydem, Us varied aspects, at ex- hibited by past circumstances and present locality, and as representtd by modern, enlightened advocates, 317, 8; Dr. Smith's candid mode of treating his subject, 318; reasons for considering the papal system unalterable, ib.; its true fea- tures exhibited in Spain and Portugal, not in England, Sec. ib.; Butler and Eustace's professions of liberality, in direct opposition to the spirit of the Romish church, ib.; they are un- authorized advocates, 319; inquiry into alleged pretensions to religious au- thority, ib. et seq.; reasons for rejecting the authority of the pope and church of Home, 321 ;, supremacy of the pope considered, 322; Romish infallibility, doubt whether it attaches to the pope or to the church, ib.; Carlyle'sremarks on Mr. Ryan's collective infsl'ibilHy, 322, 3; his reasons for the Romish clergy's deriving their succession from the priests, and not from the prophets, 323; popery destroys the essential princi- ples of personal religion, &c. ib. et seq.; fundamental principles of dissent, the same us those that protest agerrut the church of Rome, 325; duty efeUt-
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■setters to stale the reasons ofthtir dissent, it.; reveries of Joanna Southcot in- stauced by Mr. Ryan, as one of the evils of protestantism. 326; reply of of Mr. Carlyle, ih.; penny-a-week purgatorian society, ih.; Air. C.'s re- •marks on it, ib.; Claude's "defence "of the reformation," 327; Tiaylo's high estimate of it, ib.
Population in old countries outgrows the limits of subsistence, 608
Porrett on the nature of the salts termed triple Prussiates, and on acids formed by un'on of certain bodies with the elements of the Prussic acid, 511
Poverty among the Highlanders described, 242
Poverty, the actual source of the pre- sent distress of the nation, 425; its causes, ib.; its extensive influence in regard to marriage and promiscuous intercourse, G05; counteracting ten- dency of economical banks, 606
Praying-machines, curious account of, 332
Preaching Christ, Durant's sermon on the best mode of, 174, et scq.
Presbyterian church, the first in Eng- land, 402
Prescience, a poem, 472, el seq; ex- tracts, 474, et sea.
Preston's review of the present ruined condition of the landed and agricul- tural interests, 417, el tea.
Priest's orders, process of ordination for, among the Mongols, 336
Private hours of Nap. Bonaparte, writ- ten by himself, 93,4; the work fic- titious, ib.
Protestant colonies in Italy, formed by the Ceneoese, 97
Protestant marriages in France, their legi- timacy acknowledged by Louis XVI. 216
Protestant religion, Dr. Smith's reasons of, 313. See popery
Protestants in trance, on ike p'esent state or, (Jan. 18ie; 100, 1 (Note)
Protestants in Frame, Walter Scott's remarks on the present state of, 356, 7
Protestants in the South of France, Miss H. M. Williams's account of the per- secutions of, 891, et S'J.
Protestants, less zealous than Papists and Mahometans, in propagating their do.trmes, 226; their feelings and their practice strangely at vari- ance, in regard to the late threatening state of the Romish church, 316.
Psalms, Uishop Horsh-y's translation of . tthe book of, 20, et sea.; specimens by the bishop and the reviewer, 28, etttq.
seq. j tendency of population to ex- ceed the limits of subsistence, 600; charitable aid productive of consider- able evil, it.; origin of savings' banks, 601; various plans projected for im- proving the surplus earnings of the poor, iA.; principle of friendly soci- eties, iA.; exertions of Mr. Rose, 602; Mr. Bone establishes a tranquillity bank, is.; plan of it, «'A.; Ruthwell economical bank, 603; similar insti- tutions founded, ib.; nature and advantages of savings' banks, ib.; su- periority of economical banks over deferred annuities, benefit ciubs, Sec. 604, 5; remarks on the influence of poverty in regard to marriage, and promiscuous intercourse,!*.; tendency of economical banks to rectify the evil, 606; population in old countries, has outgrown the limits of subsist- ence, 607 j this effect not yet felt in North America, >b.; its consequences on the state of society there, 608; America inferior to England in intel- lectual endowments, iA.; Mr. Rose's pamphlet on banks for savings, 609; extracts, ib.; Duncan's essay on parish banks, 610; Taylor's account of Lon- don savings' banks, iA.; Beaumont's essay on provident banks, 611; Da- vis's friendly advice to frugal persons, tA.; Bone's regulations of tranquillity bank, ib; hints towards improving the system of economical banks, tA.; evil operation of parish relief, under certain circumstances, 612; and of the Milbank penitentiary, 613.
Scott's inquiry into the effect of bap- tism, &c. 429
Scottish and Sari^ian music, their intimate resemblance, 80
Scott's (John), Paris revisited, 209, tt teg.; moral condition of France, de- plorable, 210; state of the catholic clergy, 211; of the French protes- tants, ib.; inquiry into the sources of the greatness of the British nation, ib.; et seq.; commerce one great source of the moral elevation of the British empire, 213; its njieration, ib.; France never a commercial country, 214; importance of the middle class in England,tA.; the representative system, another source of our national prospe- rity, ib.;a decant French patriotism,its nature, &c. 215; English coi.trasted, tA.; great importance of the freedom of the press, in preserving true patriotism in England, tA.; enlightened toleration never understood in France, 216;
protatant matrmges acknouMgrd in France by Louis XVI. ib.; popery, its various character, 217; no middle class known in France, tA.; the clergy, a species of nobility, ib.; governments not qualified to confer religion on a nation, 218; the people thenwelves the originators of the moral glory of England, ib.; its attachment to wars, one chief cause of misfortune to France, 219; Mr. Scott's caution to England; his judicious remarks on the occasion and nature of the lite agitatiam in Europe, 220; present duty of B-ng- land,ib.; concluding reflections, 222; a permanent peace, its probable) in- fluence on the social economy of tbe French nation, tA.
Scott, Walter, character of his poetry, 34 Scripture, Dr. Hursley, on the perspicuity and sufficiency of, 157, 8 Scripture help, designed to assist in reading the Bible profitably, 492; contents, ib. Sermons, by Bishop Horsley, 151, et tee.
for the use of families and vil lages, by Thornhill Kidd, 369, et teq. • on devotional subjects, by the
Rev. A. Bonar, minister of Cromond, 278, et seq.; address to believers, 281, 2; the living temple, 282, 3. Serpent, a species that makes a r >e like a turkey, 113 Servants, female, tracts relative to the conduct, the improvement, and en- couragement of, 385, et seq; pecu- liarities attaching to the nature of their situation in society, iA.; their great disadvantages, in regard to their moral condition, 386; their religious disadvantages, iA. et seq.; their influ- ence on society very considerable, 387 ; extracts from the various tract.-, tA. et seq.
Sharpe's report, with minutes of evidence, &c. for the better regulation of mad-houses, 293
Sheffield's, Lord, miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, 1, et seq. See Gibbon.
Siege of Corinth, a poem, 269, et seq.; extracts, bXc. ib. Singuana, 464
Simeon, Mr. his opinion that the lan- guage of the ritual is too strong, 435
Simplon and the Valteline, two grand military routes, necessity of their being included within the neutrality of the Geneva and Swiss limits, 99
Sismondi's considerations sur Geneve, 94, et teq.s probable evil that would result
from annexing Geneva to the Helvetic leaguer >*•; importance of Geneva, considered as an enlightened protectant state in the centre of the continent, 96; as belonging morally, to this country, ib; author's apprehensions in regard to the adoption of a liberal system of instruction in France, 9"; extract, on the importance of Geneva to the proteilant interest, tb. el sea.; protestunt co'onics in Italy, formed by the Genevesc, it,; Discours sur la Philosophic de I' Histoire, 99; author's opinion that the state of mankind always has been, and is, progressive in knowledge, virtue, and happiness, ib. Sketch of Highland manners and cus- toms, 2+3, el seq. Slave trade not abolished by Buonaparte from a sense of humanity, 71 Small pox, its ravages among the Ma- nas, American Indians, 112; cruel ef- fects of their despair, ib. Smedley's Jonah, a poem, 291, el tea.; extract on the history of Jonah, ib.; death and resurrection of our Saviour, 292 Smedley's Prescience, a poem, 472, et sea,; Lord Bacon on divination, 472, 3; DruidS circle at Stone-henge, 474, 5; witch described, ib.; lovers prescience of an unknown mitlrett, 477. Smith's, Dr. J. P. reasons of the pro- tectant religion, 313, et seq.; varied aspects ofllu papal system, as exhibited by past circumstances and present locality, and as represented by m item enlightened advocates, 319, 20; 'popery is de- structive of the essential principles of personal religion,' 323, et seq.; denial of the right of private judgement in reli- gious matins, 324, 5; fundamental principles of distent, the sume as those of the protest against the church of Rome, 32i Snelgar's Christian triumph, a sermon on the death of Mr. Wraith, 593; short sketch of Mr. Wraith's life, ib.; et seq. Solimaun, mountains, a triple chain,557 Speeches of the Right Hon. J. P. Cur- ran, 162, et seq. Spence's entomology. See entomology. Spiders, eaten by Lalamle and others, mode of spinning their webs, de- scribed, 583, 4 Spire if Salithury cnlliedral, Britten's re- marks on it, 456 Spirit of prayer, by N. Vincent, 94 Spirituous liquors rejected by the Rickaras, an American Indian tribe, 1 i6
Squirrels, barking, in N. America, 113 Staitan or Kite Indians, consequences of their extreme ferocity, ib. Steam-engine, improvement in the con- struction of, a natural consequence of Dr. Black's discovery of the theory of beat, 256 Stone-henge, poetical description of the Druid's circle there, 474, 5 Stone Mrs. and Norru's (the lunatics) cases as stated in evidence, by the Hon. H. G. Benn,t, 297, 8 Stourtun, Lord, his altar tomb in Salisbury cathedral, 457 Studies in history, by T. Morell, 170. See Morell Style of Gibbon, contrasted with Hume's and Robertson's, 14, et teq.; ait, its prevalent feature, 13 Styles's temptations of a watering place, 591, et seq.; extracts, 592; the the- atres less pernicious to the morals than trinket-shops, c\'e. at a watering-place,
592, 3
Sulphuiic acid, Dr. Ward's patent for a mode of obtaining it by combustion, 264; Dr. Roebuck's improved mode, ib.; mode practised in Lancashire, 265
Surry chapel, great liberality of the congregation worshipping there, 496
Tangier!, administration of justice there by the Kuid, 525; by the Cadi, 526 Tassoni, Walker's memoirs of, 497; sketch of his life and works, &c. ib. el seq. Taylor, Mr. Dan. his controversy with Mr. Andrew Fuller on the nature of faith, 484, W seq. Taylor's, Mrs. present of a mistress to a young servant, 385; anecdote as a specimen of the work, ib. et seq.; sub- jects treated of in the volume, ib. Taylor's summary account of the Lon- don savings' bank, 599, 610 Tea, great consumption of, at Morocco, 526; supplied by the English from Gibraltar, ib. Technical terms in divinity, on the use of,
555 Temperature, Mr. Parkes's remarks on, contradictory, 268 Temples of Jerusalem and Mecca, not to be visited by Christian!, Sfc. 534 ; mosques not forbidden, ib. Tenant on an easier mode of procuring potassium, than that which is now adopted, 514; on the means of producing a double distillation by the same heat, 515 Thomson's analysis of a new species of copper ore, 359
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