Bedfordshire, historical view of
events in that county, 372.
Benkendorf, General, some
count of, 453.

ac-

Bolt, for book cases, &c. new
and improved one, 359.
Bonaparte, anecdotes of, 24-25.
Breconshire, or Brecknockshire,
particulars relative to the early
history and present state of,
338 339 349.
Brewing, rules for, 108.
Britain, remarks on the sources of
its wealth and power, and on
the causes which may produce
its decay, 229. Advantages
of its commerce with America,
336.
Brunswick, Duke of, his errors at

the battle of Jeną, 511.
Buttner, Professor, of Jena, bio-
graphical notice of, 453.

C

Cambray, League of, account of

its formation, 464.
Canal, communicating between
the Bay of Biscay and the Me-
diterranean, begun in 1785,
388.

Canals, grand national, in Russia
and in Denmark, 389.
Cannabis, account of that plant,

412.

Caoutchouc, or elastic gum, de-
scription and properties of, 414,
Capillary Attraction, See Attrac.

tion.

Carabi, account of those insects,
420.

Carlisle-bay, in Barbadoes, de-
scribed, 169.

Carrots, cultivated by double fur.

rowing, 354.
Carthage, remarks on the over.
throw of by the Romans, 226.
Brief account of its ships and
commerce, 385.
Catholic question, various tracts
and observations relative to,

197-203. 207-209. 211. 303"
307 327 442-443.
Catholics of Ireland, historically
defended, 295. Catholics of the
Pale adherents to the English
Government against the Irish
Catholics, 298. Impolicy and
mischief of the present treat-
ment of, 300. Proceedings
of, 327.

Charles I. of England, character
of by a female cotemporary,
265.

II., amatory song sup-
posed to have been written by
him, 424-
Character of that
monarch by Churchill, 425.
Chimnies, invention for cleaning,
358.
China, labourers of, recommended
to supply the place of Negrues
in our West India colonies, 209.

supposed to have been the
Serica of the antients, 490.
Civilization of British subjects
in India, scheme for promoting,

49.

Clock striking, new movement for,
360.

Cloyne, Bishop of, his remarks on

Roman roads in Britain, 374-
Condé, the great, anecdotes illus-

trative of his character and ser-
vices, 529-534.
Constitution, for a populous coun-
try, sketch of, 38.
Corinth, destruction of by the
Romans, 386.

Cornea, opacity of, mode of cu-
ring, 103.

Corston, Mr. his manufacture of
Rye-straw Hats, 357:
Cort, Mr. converts pig iron into
bars, 388.

Cotton plant, account of, 362.
County life, remarks on, in con-

trast with a town life, 202-294.
Crane, improved, account of, 358.
Creole, of Spanish America, char-
acterized, 149.

Cromwell,

Hughes, Mr. on the culture of
hemp in Canada, 362.
Husband, christian, duties of, 94.
Hutchinson, Mrs, wife of Col. H.
interesting particulars of her,
and of her husband, related by
herself, 261-264. 269.
Hutton, Mr his testimony that he
is yet among the living, in op
position to a report that he was
dead, 448.

I and J

James I. of England, view of po-
litical parties in his reign, 264.
Incontinence in a widow, ludicrous
penance for in old times, 377.
India, British possessions in, com-
parative view of their beneficial
and prejudicial effects on this
country, 231.

—, See Establishment. See Ci-
vilization.

Indians of South America, cha-
racter of, 150, 174. Interest-
ing anecdote of, 175.

-, of North America, judici-
ous plans of the Quakers for
effecting their civilization, 332.
Indigence, See Poverty.-Progress
of in England, 125.
Inertia, of matter, a more proper
term than vis inertia, 515.
Inoculation, vaccine, See Vaccina-
tion.

Job, discussion respecting the
book of, 394-398. Specimens
of a new translation of, 398-

respect to the League of Cam-
bray, 464.

L
Lafayette, General, remarks on
his imprisonment by the Ger-
mans, 466.

Lancaster, Mr. his plan of educa-
tion, as far as it respects reli-
gion, attacked and defended,
329-330.
Language, remarks on the origin
and formation of, 70.
La Pérouse, sentiments of that
unfortunate navigator, respect.
ing South America, Manilla,
and Macao, 391.
Lark, habits and character of that
bird poetically depicted, 192.
Lascars, account of a disease to
which they are subject, 469.
Le Caan, Mr. his check to car-
riage wheels, 359.

Leslie, Professor, the priority of
his claim to discoveries on heat,
compared with that of Count
Rumford, 519. Superiority
of his Hygrometer, 521. His
dissertation on Capillary tubes,
522. His experiments with
his Photometer in opposition
to Herschel, 524..
Letter writing, superiority of the

French in the art of, 479. Re-
marks on various of their cele-
brated authors in this line, 481
482.
Llewelyn ap Gruffydh, last Prince
of Wales, full account of his

death, 342.

Loans, national, on a new plan,
proposed, 235.

Locks, on canals, improvement in,
360,

M

Macartney, Lord, short account
of, 432:
Mackintosh, Mr. introduces the
art of dyeing Turkey red, 388.

Maenor

Marner Pyrr, or Manorbeer, in
Pembrokeshire described, 113.
Magnetism, observations on, 523.
Maine, Province in America, ac-
count of, 56.

Mary, the perfidious Mary, verses
to, 323.
Matrimony, a more powerful com
forter to the mourning widow-
er than the book of Job, 393.
Mines, in South America, the
management of, very badly
conducted, 150.
Missouri, a river in America,
country adjacent to, described,
62.
Montem, at Eton, origin and ob

ject of that procession, 378.
Moral writers, occasional absur-
dities of exposed, 286.
Morris, Mrs. on making potatoe
starch, 357.

Mortier, General, eulogy on, 26.
Muscles, of the human body, ob-
servations on, considered ana-
tomically, and with a view to
the art of painting, 180.
Muslin, as applied to the dress of
ladies, ought to be rendered in
combustible, 355.

N

Nantes, edict of, effects of its re-

vocation, 499.
Neutral-vessels, particulars rela
tive to our treatment of, 215.

Optics, remarks on phænomena in
that science, 523.
Orford, Earl of, See Walpole.
Orrery, Lord, his elegant remark

on the pleasures and advan
tages of literature, 431.
Overseers of the poor, proposition
for making them permanent,
139.

Owen Glynder, death of, 347.
Owen Tudor, story of a potatoe
dinner relative to, discredited,
315,

Oxford, remarks on the celebrated
buildings of, 248-250.

Р

Pain, and Pleasure, remarks on the
effect of emotions of, in the
business of education, 32, 34.
Paine, Thomas, anecdote of, 25.
Paints, made with fish-oil, ac
count of, 355.

Paper, machine for cutting, 360.
Parker, Mr. his shoemaker's ma
chine, 359.

Partridges, young, reared by art,
457.
Philadelphia, its famous market
described, 59.
Phosphorus, the luminous qualities
of, remarkably possessed by a
fish called Pyrosoma Atlanticum,
67.
Pike, extraordinary one taken, 16.
Pisé-walls, account of that mode
of building, 313-

Pitt, Mr. his public character
and oratorical talents panegy-
rized and investigated, 81-92.
His private character, 88.
Plover, a bird of ill omen, poeti
cally instanced, 193.
Pocklington, John, author of a
sermon intitled, Sunday no Sab-
bath, which was burnt by the
common hangman in 1640, 377-
Poor, and Poor Laws, and Educa

tion of the Poor, discussion of
those important topics, 122-
148. 216-219. 233. 308-310.
329

Poor, of Dublin, See Dublin.
Potatoe-starch, recommended for

cleansing silk, &c. 357.
Potatoes, story of, relative to Owen
Tudor, shewn to be untrue,

315.
Poverty, and Indigence, remarks
on, and distinction between,
122-123.
Pressing, of seamen, poetically

and pathetically described, 193.

Prior,

Ram, Black, story in the Specta-
tor of a widow being obliged
to do penance by riding on a
black-ram, authenticated, 377.
Red-breast, pleasing poetical ad..
dress to, 196.
Redeemer, Job. XIX. 25-27.
Bishop of Killalla's opinion and
alteration of that passage, 403.
Religion, remarks on a national
establishment of a particular
system, on liberty of conscience,
and on the diversity of religi
ous opinions, 287-291.
Rent and Taxes, their effects
politically considered, 233.
Restaurateur, origin of that term
as applied to the cooks of Paris,

26.

Richardson, Mrs. on clearing fea-
thers from animal oil, 357.)
Rods and Stations of the Ro-

10

mans, in Britain, remarks on
by the Bishop of Cloyne, 374
Rome, causes of its decline and
fall, 227.

Roofs, of large buildings, obser-
vations on their construction,
251.

Rousseau, J. J. account of his
death, 19.

Roxburgh, Dr. on Caducay Galls,
361.

Rubber, Indian. See Caoutchouc.
Rumford, Count, suspicious coin-
cidence of his experiments on
heat with those of Mr. Leslie,
519.

S

Saint David's, antient account of
that episcopal seat, 114.
Saint Edmund, curious story re
specting his dead body, 259.
Contests between the towns-
men and the Monks of Saint
Edmund's Bury, 241.
Salmon, Mr., on a geographical
quadrant, 359. On improved
canal locks, 360.
Saltpetre. See Gunpowder.
Scotch, that people said to have

been false, both to the parlia
ment and the king, in their
conduct respecting Charles I.

270.

Serica, of the antients, supposed
to be China, 490.
Session, Court of, in Scotland,

suggestions for altering, 441.
Sheep-shears, new invented, for
preventing the animal from be-
ing cut, 354.
Sheldonian theatre at Oxford, re-
marks on, and particularly on
its roof, 250, 251.
Shoemakers, machine for, to pre-
vent their stooping, 359.
Sinking fund, asserted to be the
invention of Mr. Pitt, 81. A
contra, referred to Dr. Price,
82.

Slaves