ACCESSION of King George III., inte- resting notices concerning, 468 Accident, melancholy one in the Solway Frith, 74-Dreadful one near Rothsay, 75-In a steam-boat, 76—Shocking one in France, 177-Singular one in Perth- shire, 276-In Edinburgh, 369-Shock- ing one at Fintray, 370-At Edmon- stone, near Edinburgh, 469
Acid, pyroligneous, effectual in preventing the putrefaction of animal substances, 266 Addison's Vision of Mirza, compared with Plato's Apologue of Eurus, 310 Admirable Crichton, remarks on Tytler's Life of the, 136
Africa, account of a journey into the inte- rior of, 61
Agricultural reports, 84, 192, 282, 383, 478, 575
Alloa, skeleton of a whale found there, 171 America, United States of, commercial em- barrassments in, 71, 179-On the un- friendly dispositions existing between Britain and, 104-Remarks on English writers on, 317-Plague rages in, 466
Spanish, intelligence from, 71 -Attack of Callao, by Lord Cochrane, 180 Victorious career of the patriots in, 563 American literature, specimens of, 206- "The author's account of himself," 207 "The voyage," 208—" Rural life in England," 211
Amsterdam, account of the bank of, 46 Amusements, public, 80, 187, 278, 376, 470, 571
Anecdotes, historical, literary, and miscel- laneous, 20, 455, 527
Animals, mammiferous, notice of a work on, 553
Apologue of Eurus compared with Addi-
son's Vision of Mirza, 310 Appointments, promotions, &c. 80, 189, 280, 379, 476, 573-
Banking companies of Europe, historical sketch of the principal, 46 Bankrupts, lists of English and Scotch, 88, 196, 286, 387, 482, 579 Barcelona taken by the patriots of South America, 368
Biographical sketch of Macdonald, author of Vimonda, 233-Of the late Lord Somerville, 483
Blanchard, Madame, killed by falling from a balloon, 177
Blasphemy, trial for publishing, 467 Bonaparte, Napoleon, recollections of, 343 Boswell Redivivus, a dream, 304 Bowers, Peter, trial of, for murder, 77 Brazils, notice from the, 232 Bribery at elections, trials for, 568 Britain and America, on the unfriendly dispositions existing between them, 104 British legislation, 79, 276, 375, 570 Bruce, King Robert, re-interment of his remains at Dunfermline, 469 Bruce and Wallace, a vision, 496 Bruce's Travels, on the authenticity of, 544
Buccleuch, the late Duke of, memoir and character of, 287
Burgh reform in Scotland, information re- specting, 76
Burckhardt, Mr, the African traveller, let- ter of, 153
Burns, Robert, meeting in London to com- meniorate, 28
Byron, Lord, remarks on his Mazeppa, 145
Caledonian canal, progress of the, 78 Cape of Good Hope, attack of the settle-
ment there by the Caffres, 271 Carlisle, Richard, trial of, for blasphemous publications, 467-His sentence, 568 Cashmir goats, information respecting, 65 Catastrophe, affecting one, 566 Cause and effect, remarks on, 502 Ceylon, inhabitants of the central districts of, 451
Chalmers's, Dr, sketch of his manner in preaching, 188-Thoughts suggested by a pamphlet of, 432
Chili, earthquake in, 368
Chinese, translations from the, 24-Porce- lain pagoda at Nan-King, 25-Letter from the Emperor to the Prince Regent of Britain, 26
Churches, L. 100,000 granted for new ones in Scotland, 74 Circuit intelligence, 371
Clark, Dr, abstract of his travels in Scan- dinavia, 249
Clerical portraits, Sir H. Moncreiff, 113- Dr Inglis, 114-Mr Andrew Thomson, ib.-Dr Macknight, Dr Brunton, Bi- shop Sandford, 116-Mr Alison, 117, Dr Chalmers, 118
Births, lists of, 93, 197, 291, 387, 485, College verses, 416 580 Coloured snow, account of, 66 4 E
Combination of metals, experiments on the, 265
Comet, stanzas addressed to a, 30-Ac- count of a new one, 65 Commercial distress in Britain, 78 Commercial reports, 86, 194, 284, 385, 480, 577
Common Sense, a poem, remarks on, 499 Commons, House of, budget opened in, 72-New taxes, 73-Grants L. 100,000 for building new churches in Scotland, 74-Report on the criminal laws, 491 Copenhagen, account of the bank of, 48- Persecution of the Jews in, 367 Corfu, earthquake in, 465
Corn tables, 85, 193, 283, 384, 479, 576 Cornwall's Dramatic Scenes, &c. remarks on, 121
Court of Session, proceedings in, 75 Craniology, or Phrenology, remarks on, 299, 425
Crichton, the Admirable, remarks on Tyt- ler's Life of, 136 Criminal Laws, Parliamentary report on the, 491
Criticism on a passage in Livy, 336-On verbal, 515 Crystal mine in France, discovery of a, Curious account of an improvisatore, 333 Facts regarding the swallow, 362 Curran, J. P. remarks on the life of, 56- 337, 428
Dante's Purgatoria, remarks on, 329 Death, verses composed in the prospect of,
Deaths, lists of, 95, 199, 293, 389, 487,
Denmark, persecution of the Jews in, 367 Desert, the, a poem, remarks on, 30 Difference between spoken and written thought, 530
Dramatists, essays on the early English, 104, 522 Dream, a, 304
Dundas, Chief Baron, character of the late, 90
Dunfermline, re-interment of the bones of King Robert Bruce at, 469 Earthquakes in Chili, 368-In Corfu, 465 -In Germany, 561-Dreadful one in the East Indies, 562-At Comrie in Perthshire, 568
Edinburgh, graduations at the university
of, 169-Additions to the College mu- seum of, 170, 361-Examination of the High School of, 187-Mr Wallace elect- ed professor of mathematics in the Col- lege of, 369-Opening of the Calton- Hill road, 467-Visit of the Persian ambassador to, 469-Musical Festival at, 471-Letters written from, in 1745, 540 -Proceeds of the Musical Festival, 567 -Final decision respecting the election of Magistrates in 1817, 569 Egyptian mummy, account of an, 65 England, account of the bank of, 50 English writers on America, 31-7
Etna, Mount, account of eruptions of, 160 Eurus, Apologue of, compared with the Vision of Mirza, 310
Events of the war, on the inferences to be drawn from the, 395
Explanation of a passage in St Paul, 120 Extracts from a Memoir of Dr Wells, 10 -From the Desert, a poem, 30-From the poems of Pindemonti, with English translation, 54-From the Life of Cur- ran, 56, 337-From early English dramatists, 104-From Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk, 113-From Cornwall's Dramatic Scenes, &c. 122-From Tyt- ler's Life of the Admirable Crichton, 136 From Lord Byron's Mazeppa, 147 -From some American authors, 207- From translations of Virgil, 214-From Dante's Purgatoria, 330-From the manuscript journal of a traveller in Italy, 411-From Fuller's Holy State, 419-From a pamphlet by Dr Chal- mers, 433-From an old pamphlet of Dr Zimmermann, 437-From Mrs He- mans's poems, 445-From a poem by Miss Holford, 507-From Latimer's first sermon before King Edward, 509- From Common Sense, a poem, 499 Fairies, on good and bad ones, 16 Farewell, the, 212
Female, account of one of the white species of mankind, having the skin of a negro, 13
Fire damp, explosions of, 567
Fires, in mansion-house of Ballony, 76– In Mr Bensley's printing-office, London, 77
Flowers, verses on, 449-On a sprig of
heath, ib.-The passion flower, ib.-The primrose, 456-The violet, ib. Forfarshire, account of a vitrified fort there,
France, statistical accounts of, 66-Insti- tute of, 67-New peers created in, 177 -Political trial in, ib.-Discovery of a crystal mine in, 266-Change of minis- try in, 560-Recal of persons banished from, ib.- Opening of the legislative bo- dies in, ib.
France, Isle of, hurricane in the, 179 Frederick the Great, recollections of, 347 Fuller's Holy State, extracts from, 419– Of jesting, ib.-Of self-praising, 420- Of travelling, ib.-Of company, 421- Of apparel, 423-Of building, ib. Gardiner, Colonel, remarks on Doddridge's Life of, 35
Gas lamp, portable, account of Mr Gor don's, 361 German literature, annual report of, for 1818, 495
Highlands of Scotland, deplorable state of ignorance of the, 184
Historians of Germany, remarks on the, 141
Historical, literary, and miscellaneous anec- dotes, 20, 455, 527
illustrations of Shakespeare, 262 Holford, Miss, extract of a poem by, 507
Holland, journal of a visit to, 217-Briel, ib.-Rotterdam, 218, 313, 409-Schi- dam, 315-The Hague, 505 Holy State, Fuller's, extracts from, 419 Hungary, letters written from in 1671,
Hunt, Mr, his triumphal entry into Lon- don, 376
Hurricanes in the West Indies, 563 Imperial tea, notice respecting, 363 Improvisatore, curious account of an, 333 Indies, West, intelligence from the, 72— Violent hurricane in the, 563 Inoculation for the plague practised in Tangiers, 555
Inscriptions, Latin, remarks on, 532 Ionian Islands, insurrection in, 561 Inferences to be drawn from the events of the war, 395
Islander, an, letters from London by, 154 Italy, on the living poets of, 52-Extract from the journal of a traveller in, 411 Jews, persecution of, in Germany, 271, 367-And in Denmark, 367 Journal of a visit to Holland, 217, 313, 409, 505-Of a traveller in Italy, 411 Jury trial in Scotland, thoughts on, 258 Justiciary, High Court of, proceedings in, 77-Trial of Peter Bowers for murder, ib.-For raising dead bodies, ib.-For robbery and hamesucken, 186-For stouthrief and hamesucken, 569 Kaatskill mountains, legend concerning the, 321
Kemble, Mr J. P., recollections of, 99 Lapland, description of, by Dr Clarke, 253 Latin Inscriptions, remarks on, 532 Latimer, extracts from his first sermon be- fore King Edward, 509
Legend of Montrose, remarks on the, 38
Life of Curran, remarks on, 56, 337, 428 Literary, historical, and miscellaneous an- ecdotes, 20, 455, 527
Literary and scientific intelligence, 65, 169, 265, 361, 457, 553 Literature, American, specimens of, 206- Annual report of German, 495 Livy, criticism on a passage in, 336 Lords, House of, reject motion for repeal- ing the test acts, 72
Macdonald, Andrew, author of Vimonda, biographical sketch of, 233
Macgregor, General, his disastrous expedi- tion to Porto Bello, 71
Magnetic poles of the earth, supposed dis- covery respecting the, 266 Malays, establishment of a British port in the ancient capital of, 368
Malta, account of the plague there in 1813,3 Mainmiferous animals, notice of a work on, 553
Manchester, reform meeting there dispers- ed by the military, 274-Apprehensions of a rising of reformers there, 569 Marriages, lists of, 94, 198, 292, 387, 486,
Mathematics, Mr Wallace elected professor of, in Edinburgh, 369 Mazeppa, a poem by Lord Byron, remarks on, 145
Metals, experiments on the combination of, 265
Meteorological tables, 84, 192, 282, 383, 478, 575
Mirza, Vision of, compared with Plato's Apologue of Eurus, 310 Miscellaneous, literary, and historical anec- dotes, 20, 455, 527
Mollier's journey into the interior of Afri- ca, 61
Monody on the death of a dear friend, 504 Moore, General Sir John, ode to the me-
Mount Etna, account of two eruptions of,
Musical festival at Edinburgh, account of, 471
Nan-king, description of the porcelain pa- goda there, 25
Napoleon, recollections of, 343 Navy, British, state of the, 375 Nelson, Lord, recollections of, 350 Newfoundland, destructive fire at St John's, 272
New South Wales, intelligence from, 562 Norway, notices respecting, 256-Farm houses of, ib.-Drontheim, 257-Man- ners of the people, ib. Notice from the Brazils, 232
from Rome, 237, Observations on things in general, 513 Ode to the memory of Sir John Moore, 29 Original letters, 538
Pagoda, description of the porcelain one at Nan-king, 25
Paisley, riot at a reform meeting there, 276, 356
Parga, one of the Ionian Islands, deliver- ed up to the Turks, and evacuated by its inhabitants, 178-Remarks on that event, 245 Parliament, prorogation of, 180-Opening, 564-Measures proposed in for settling the disturbances in the country, 565 Patents lately enrolled, 80, 189, 379, 475 Paul, St, explanation of a passage in, 120
People, the, and their rulers, 548
Petrified trees in Russia, account of, 67 Phrenology, remarks on the science of, 299, 425
Pindemonti, an Italian poet, remarks on,
Plague at Malta in 1813, account of, 3 -Rages in Spain and America, 267, 466-Inoculation for, practised in Tan- giers, 553
Plato's Apologue of Eurus compared with Addison's Vision of Mirza, 310 Playfair, the late Professor, character and merits of, 163-Account of the funeral of, 185
Poetry, Scottish, specimens of, 355
Ode to the memory of Sir John Moore, 29-Stanzas addressed to a co- met, 30—The Cauzone of Pindemonti, 54-The broken heart, 123-The silliad, 133-Verses to the author of Aonian Hours, &c. 159-The runaway, a tale, 230, 353-The banished man on leav- ing his country, 262-The farewell, 312 Verses to Misses L, 333-On the victory of Waterloo, 408-College verses, 416-Verses on flowers, 449-The ephe- mera, a fable, 450-Verses on the pro- spect of death, 451-The rose unique of Britain, 456-The worth of woman, 521 -Song, 537-Kintra Jock, ib.-Wal- lace and Bruce, 497-Monody, 504 Political meetings in Britain, 78, 186, 274, 470
Population of France, 66
Portable gas lamp, account of a, 361 Preservation, wonderful one, 567 Prince Regent, letter to, from the Emperor of China, 26-Speech of, on proroguing Parliament, 180-On opening session of, for 1819, 564
Printing machine, notice of a new one, 457
Promotions, appointments, &c. 30, 189, 280, 379, 476, 573
Public amusements, 80, 187, 278, 376, 470, 571
Publications, monthly lists of new ones, 68, 175, 268, 365, 462, 558 Purgatorio, Dante's, remarks on, 329 Pyroligneous acid, discovery respecting the qualities of, 264
Recollections of Mr John Kemble, 99- Of Napoleon, 343-Of Frederick the Great, 347-Of Lord Nelson, 350 Reform, meetings to petition for, 78, 186, 274, 470-Measures adopted by govern- ment to counteract them, 565, 566 Remarks on the works of Dr Wells, 9— On the Desert, a poem, 30-On Dod- dridge's Life of Colonel Gardiner, 35— On the Legend of Montrose, 38—On the living poets of Italy, 52-On the Life of Curran, 56, 337, 428-On the English dramatic writers who preceded Shakespeare, 104, 522-On Dramatic Scenes, &c. by Barry Cornwall, 121— On Tytler's Life of the Admirable Crichton, 136-On the progress of the Germans in writing history, 141—On Lord Byron's Mazeppa, 145-On the different translations of Virgil, 214- On the Transactions of the Wigwam Society, 220-On the cession of Parga, 245-On the science of phrenology, or cranioscopy, 299, 425-On English writ- ers on America, 317-On Dante's Pur- gatorio, 329-On Mrs Hemans's poems, 443-On the difference between spoken and written thought, 530-On Latin inscriptions, 537-On the anthenticity of Bruce's Travels, 544-On the people and their rulers, 548-On Common Sense, a poem, 499-On cause and ef- fect, 502
Revenue of Britain, quarterly accounts of, 78, 375
Richmond, Duke of, death of, by hydro- phobia, 389
Riots at Glasgow and Paisley, 276, 356 Rip Van Winkle, a tale, 321 Rome, notice from, 237 Royal burghs of Scotland, sitting of conven- tion of the, 184
Rolland, Adam, Esq. character of the late, 290-Legacies left by, 291 Runaway, the, a poem, 230, 353 Russia, account of the bank of, 49-Pe-
trified trees in, 67-System of educa- tion in, 173-Periodical publications of,
ib. Scandinavia, abstract of Dr Clarke's travels in, 249
Schiller, an imitation of, 521
Scientific and literary intelligence, 65, 169, 265, 361, 457, 553
Scotland, new churches in, L. 100,000 granted by Parliament for, 74-Prospect of union in the secession churches of, 75 -Proceedings of the convention of royal
burghs, 184-Thoughts on trial by jury in, 258 Visit of Prince Leopold to, 275
Scottish poetry, specimens of, 355, 536 Secession churches of Scotland, proposed union of the, 75
Seduction, case of in the East Indies, 562 Sermon preached before Ferdinand, King of Spain, 239-Latimer's first one be- fore King Edward, 509
Severn, large whale caught in the, 567 Shakespeare, on the English dramatic wri. ters who preceded him, 104, 522-His- torical illustrations of, 262 Silliad, the, a poem, 133 Sincapore, establishment of a British port there, 368
Snow, coloured, showers of, 66 Somerville, the late Lord, biographical sketch of, 483
Spain, revolution in the ministry of, 70- Mutiny among the troops in, 177-Yel- low-fever breaks out in, 367, 464 Specimens of Scottish poetry, 355, 536 Steam-ship, arrival of one in Britain from America, 77
Stockholm, account of the bank of, 48 Swallow, curious facts regarding the, 362 Sweden, periodical publications in, 173
General picture of the north of, 280- Farm-houses in, 250-Public presses in,
Tales of My Landlord, third series, re- marks on, 38
Taste, thoughts on, 13
Tea, imperial, notice respecting, 363 Things in general, observations on, 513 Thoughts, written and spoken, on the dif ferenee between, 530
Thoughts on taste, 13-On trial by jury in Scotland, 258-Suggested by Dr Chalmers's late pamphlet, 432-By Dr Zimmermann's old pamphlet, 437 Thunder storms in Scotland, 272 Translations from the Chinese, 24-From the Italian of Pindemonti, 54-From Virgil, remarks on, 214
Tytler's Life of the Admirable Crichton,
Venezuela, success of the patriots of, 180, 272, 368
Venice, account of the bank of, 46 Verbal criticism, on, 515
Verses by a banished man, on a last view of his country, 262-To Misses L 333-On the victory of Waterloo, 408 -On the prospect of death, 451 Vienna, account of the bank of, 47 Vision of Mirza compared with Plato's A- pologue of Eurus, 310
single and double, account of expe- riments on, 12
--, a, Wallace and Bruce, 496 Virgil, remarks on the different transla tions of, 214
Vitrified fort, account of a, 125
Wales, New South, progress of the colony there, 562
Wallace, Mr, elected professor of mathe- matics in Edinburgh college, 369 Wallace and Bruce, a vision, 496 War, on the inferences to be drawn from the events of the, 395
Waterloo trophies, sale of, in London, 75 Watt, the late Mr James, character of, 203 Wells, Dr, remarks on the works of, 9 Whale, description of the skeleton of a, found near Alloa, 171-One taken in the river Severn, 567
Wiffen, J. H. verses to, 159
Wigwam society, account of the transac
tions of, 220-Paper on the education of the lower animals, ib.-On men without heads, 223-Account of a new discovery in sheep-farming, 225 Winkle, Rip Van, 321
Woman, the worth of, an imitation from Schiller, 521
Works preparing for publication, 67, 174, 267, 363, 461, 556
Writing machine, notice of a new one, 457 Yellow-fever breaks out in Spain, 367, 464-In the United States of America, 466
Travels, Dr Clarke's, in Scandinavia, ab- Zimmermann, Dr, thoughts suggested by stract of, 249
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