lived on an uninhabited island, near Peru, 105 Address to the College of Fort-William, 184
the Aerial Isles, a poem, re- view of, 286 Agriculture, present state of, 427
Algiers, condition of the slaves at, 588-Description of the town and harbour of, 643
Alison's sermons, review of, 286
Anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington, 9-of Marshal Macdonald, 10-of Bona- parte, 914
Annuity Fund, plan of one for the poor, 657 Antiquarian Inscription, de- bate on one, 337 the Antiquarian Repertory, No. I. 194--No. II. 205 No. III. 344-No. IV. 436 -No. V. 519, 677-VI. 663-VII. 817-VIII.897 the Antiquary, a novel, re- view of, 365
Antiquity, Monumental, on the study of, 116 Antiquities in Dumfries- shire, account of, 322 Architecture, observations on the Gothic style of, 447 Arts, Fine, memoirs of the progress of, 53, 95, 167, 247, 327, 415, 494, 565, 647, 727, 805, 886
in Edinburgh, no- tices respecting, 205 Austrian Empire, statistical accounts of, 804 Begging, Third Report of Society for Suppression of, 97-Extension of the Socie- ty, 678
Bill of Fare in 1631, 253 Bonaparte, behaviour of, be- fore and after his abdica. tion, 24-Particulars of his December 1816.
conduct at Waterloo, 828- Anecdotes and conversations of, at St Helena, 914 Borneo, description of the island of, 921
Brain, Gall and Spurzheim's anatomy of the, Report of the French National Insti- tute on, 887
Brewing utensils, law case respecting, 198
Britain, Cambrian narrative of Cæsar's invasion of, 257 -Population of the princi- pal towns of, 584-Reve- nue of in 1815, 758-Ge- neral view of the Trade and Navigation of, in 1814 and 1815, 892
Brown, Professor Thomas, review of his Wanderer in Norway, 47
Burns, Robert, review of Dr Currie's letter to a friend of, 605
Byron, Lord, review of his Third Canto of Childe Ha- rold, 849 Cadogan, Colonel, inscrip- tion on a monument to, 252 Cæsar's invasion of Britain, original narrative of, 257 Caledonian Horticultural So- ciety, discourse read at a meeting of, 180-Proceed- ings of, 261, 747 Caves, description of a great one in Kentucky, Ameri- ca, 909
Celtæ, the ancient inhabi- tants of Europe, disserta- tion on the, 817 Chapel, Episcopal, descrip- tion of one building in Edin- burgh, 403
Chemistry, memoirs of the progress of, 53, 95, 167, 247, 327, 415, 494, 565, 647, 727, 805, 886 Childe Harold, review of the Third Canto of, 849
Chili, political state of, 111 China, dispute between the East India Company and, 271 Crichton Castle, description of, 3
Church of Scotland, review of Dr Cooke's speech re- specting residence and plu- ralities in the, 529 Cicero, newly discovered ora- tions of, 254
City of the Plague, a poem, review of, 209
Civil List, Expences of the, 430
Clackmannan Tower, de- scription of, 163 Composition, Original, essay on, 658
Cooke, Dr, review of his Speech in General Assem- bly on residence and plu- ralities, 529
Court of Session, curious case
recently decided by the, 31 Crinan Canal, papers relative to the, 422 Criticism and Taste, state of, 171
Currie, Dr, review of his Letter to a friend of Burns, 605
Dalrymple, Alexander, me- moir of the late, 749 Dancing, state of the art in Edinburgh, 22
Deaf and Dumb, report of the Edinburgh Institution for the, 489
Debts, on diminishing the expences of recovering, 755 Defamation, curious action for, 201
Delinquenty, juvenile, cau- ses of the increase of, 673 the Drama-present state of tragic acting, and compa- rison of some of the prin cipal performers, 624 Dumfries-shire Antiquities, 322
Dundee, Rational Institu- tion, account of, 169 Dunse, description of the town-house of, 483 Earthquake felt in Scotland, 567-Particulars concern- ing it by Thomas Lauder Dick, Esq. 843 Edinburgh-Origin and an- tiquities of the castle and city, 3-Institution for sa- cred music, 11, 120-State of dancing, 22-Opening of the new Jury Court, 111- Fine arts in, 205-Case re- specting the erection of a Foundling Hospital, 339- Proposals for adding a mu- sical Hall to the Assembly Rooms, 361-Description of an Episcopal Chapel erecting in, 403-Debate on the County Jail bill, 403, 505-Report of the Deaf and Dumb institution, 489-Description of a new Merchant Maiden Hospi- tal, 722-of the new Coun- ty Rooms, 803-Plans for improving the Roads in the vicinity, 926
Education of the lower clas- ses, report of a committee of the House of Commons on the subject, 832 English nation, sketches on the character of, 244
literature, present
state of, 650 Epitaphs and sepulchral in- scriptions, 259, 352, 517, 586, 756, 837 Esquimaux, account of one brought from Davis' Straits to Leith, 653 Exchequer, Court of, case relative to brewing uten- sils decided by, 198 Ferguson, Professor, biogra- phical sketch of the late, 407 Fort-William, address to the College of, 184
Forth and Clyde Canal na- vigation, review of an ac- count of the, 689 Foundling Hospital, law case respecting the institution of one in Edinburgh, 339 France, state of politics and literature in, 414 French characters, opinion of, 102
Gall and Spurzheim's ana- tomy of the Brain, Report of French National Insti- tute on, 887 Genealogical Error, notice respecting one, 927 Gothic Architecture, obser- vations on, 447
Grain, hints on the preser- vation of, 855 Gypsies in Scotland, present state of the, 682 Hamilton, Eliz. biographical notice of the late, 563 Hayti, or St Domingo, state of negro literature in, 808, 902
Hemp, plan for cleaning it in India, 604 Hendersyde Park, descrip- tion of, 563 Highland Society of Scot- land, proceedings of, 35— Memorial of, to the Lords of the Treasury, 279-Re- port of a committee, on the distillery laws, 281-Re- view of Prize Essays and Transactions of, 765
Highland Roads and Brid- ges, report of Commission- ers on, 358
Hogg, James, review of his poem, Mador of the Moor, 448
Holy-Rood, history of the ancient monastery of, 737, 824
on Impediments of Speech, 264
Income tax, on its expedi-
ency in time of peace, 84 India, plan for cleaning hemp practised in, 604 Johnstoun, Dr Robert, copy of his Testament, 572 Jury Court of Edinburgh, opening of, 111 Kentucky, description of a great cave in, 909 Kilgour, Peter, who died aged 102, particulars con- cerning, 483
Kincardine, parish church of, description of, 243 Kinnaird, Lord, his account of the cause of his being ordered out of France, 91 Lapland, the ship Pallas frozen in, on the coast of, 811 Lavalette, Monsieur, trial
of Sir Robert Wilson, &c.
for aiding his escape from France, 329
Letter to a friend on the loss of an infant son, 86 Literary Intelligence, 51, 134, 213, 292, 373, 452, 533, 612, 693, 773, 854, 934 Literature in England, pre- sent state of, 650 Mackenzie, Sir G. S. propo sal of, for adding a musical Hall to the Edinburgh As- sembly Rooms, 361 Mador of the Moor, a poem, review of, 448 Manufactures, memoirs of the progress of, 53, 95, 167, 247, 327, 415, 494, 565, 647, 727, 805, 886 Marble, Scottish, on the dif- ferent species of, 813 Marbles, the Phygalian, 175 on the purchase by Government, of a collection of the Earl of Elgin's, 191 -Parliamentary Report, concerning, 354 Marykirk, description of the new bridge at, 883 M'Donald, Marshal, anee- dote of, 10
Mecca, ceremonies at visit- ing the temple of, 284 Meerman, Johan, sketch of his life and writings, 248 Merchant Maiden Hospital, description of a new one in Edinburgh, 722 Meteorological Table, 40 Monumental antiquity, on the study of, 116 Moorish Ladies, their dress and manners, 600 Mount Parnassus, narrative of the ascent of, 444 -Natural History, monthly memoranda in, 7, 88,170, 252, 412, 493, 567, 645, 801, 885 Negro kingdom of Hayti, literature of the, 808, 902 Niger, new information re- lative to that river, 278 Nithsdale Minstrel, defence of the, 89
Lord, narrative of his escape from the Tower of London, 262 Original Composition, essay on, 638
Parliament of Scotland, ex- tracts from acts of, 177 Paul's Letters to his Kins- folk, review of, 125 Peebles, reception in 1802 of the 42d regiment in, 246 Perthshire County Rooms, description of, 83 Phenomenon, brilliant, ob- -served in the heavens, 645 Phillips, Counsellor, his re- ply to the Edinburgh Re- view, 28
the Phygalian Marbles, 175 Pictures, Mr Hope's sale of, 501
Plague, account of its rava-
ges in Tripoli, 594
Poor, plan of an annuity fund for the, 657 Population of the principal towns of Great Britain, 584 Prices of grain, land, labour, and necessaries of life, from the year 1000 to A.D. 1760, 14
Rajah of Coorg, notices of the, 207
Rain Gages, in Edinburgh, &c. for 1815, 101 Rational Institution, Dun- dee, account of, 169 Reaping machine, claim of Mr Kerr to the invention of one, 17
Rein Deer, account of some brought to Orkney, 811 Remarkable occurrences in 1815, 19
Revenue of Great Britain, in 1815, 758 Review, Edinburgh, Coun- sellor Phillips's letter to the Editor of, 28 Roads in Edinburgh, plans for improving them, 926 Roads and Bridges, Highe land, Parliamentary report on, 358
Roman Antiquities in Scot- land, 897 Roxburgh, William, M.D. account of the late, 276 Sacred Music, institution for its encouragement in Edin- burgh, 11, 120 Sanctæ Crucis, or Holy-
Rood, history of the ancient monastery of, 737, 824 Sandwich Islands, particu- lars respecting the king of the, 433
~Science, memoirs of the pro-
gress of, 53, 95, 167, 247, 327, 415, 494, 565, 647, 727, 805, 886 Scotland, Extracts from the acts of Parliament of, 177 -Weights and Measures of, 178 Encroachments of the sea on the west coast of, 743
Scottish Antiquities, essays illustrative of, No. L-194
-II. 265-III. 344—JV. 436-V. 519, 577-VI. 663 VII.817-VIII. 897 Scottish Review-The wan- derer of Norway, a poem, 47-Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk, 125-The City of the Plague, a poem, 208 -Alison's Sermons, 286- The Aerial Isles, a poem, 289-The Antiquary, a no- vel, 365-Mador of the Moor, a poem, 448-Dr Cooke's speech on residence and pluralities, 329-Let- ter of Dr Currie to a friend of Burns, 605-A Trip to London, or the Humours of a Berwick Smack, 686- Forth and Clyde naviga- tion, 689-Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scot- land, 768-Tales of my Landlord, a novel, 928 Scottish marble, on the dif ferent species of, 813 Sea, encroachments of it, on the west coast of Scotland, 743
Serampore, works to be pub- lished at, 190 Sheridan, the late Rt. Hon. R. B, life and character of, 522
Smith, Mr, narrative of his imprisonment at Paris, 485 Spots in the sun, on the po- pular alarms respecting, 679
the Stage, present state of
tragic acting, 724 Steam vessels, voyage of one from Glasgow to London, 641
Tales of my Landlord, a novel, review of, 928 Taste and Criticism, present state of, 171
Tombuctoo, account of a vi- sit to, 497
Trade and Navigation of Bri- tain in 1814 and 1815, 892 Tragic actors, observations on some of the principal ones, 724
A Trip to London, review of, 686
Tripoli, account of the rava- ges of the plague at, 594 Vegetable substances, distri- bution of, over the globe, 762
Wales, New South, journey into the interior of, 41 Wanderer of Norway, re- view of, 47
Waterloo, anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of, 9-and of Bona- parte's conduct, 828 Wehabites, description of the, 284.
Weights and Measures, view of them in different parts of Scotland, 178-on the equalization of, 810 Wellington, Duke of, anec- dotes of him at the battle of Waterloo, 9 Whale-fishery in the South Seas, particulars of, 108 White, William, merchant in Glasgow, trial of, for murder, 728 Wilson, Sir Robert, and Messrs Bruce and Hutchin- son, trial of, for assisting in the escape of M. Laval- lette from France, 329 Wilson, John, review of his poem, the City of the Pla- gue, 208 Works, New, published in Edinburgh, 50, 134, 213, 292, 373, 452, 533, 612, 693, 773, 854, 934.
AGRICULTURAL Distress, statement of, by Mr West- ern, 382 Discussions re- specting, in the House of Commons, 463, 543
Bennet, Mr, statement of, on the abuses in prisons, 784 Bonaparte, bills for the bet- ter securing of, 383 Brande, Mr, his speech on the state of agriculture, 464
Brougham, Mr, his speech on the Holy Alliance be- tween Russia, Prussia, and Austria, 219-Extraordi- nary speech of, on a mo- tion for increasing Mr Cro- ker's salary, 461-Com- plains of partiality in Ex- cise prosecutions, 539- Speech of, on the distresses of agriculture, 543 His bill on the liberty of the press, 701
Burdett, Sir Francis, pre- sents a petition from Wilts, complaining of the taxes, 542
Canning, Mr, speaks in fa. vour of Catholic emancipa. tion, 784
Castlereagh, Lord, speech of, on the state of agriculture, 544
Catholic claims, Lord Do- nochmore's motion in fa- vour of, negatived, 698- Mr Canning's motion on the same subject rejected, 702
Christian treaty between Rus- sia, Austria, and Prussia, occasions a debate in the House of Commons, 219 Cochrane, Lord, House of Commons refuses to discuss his charges against Lord Ellenborough, 620
COMMONS, HOUSE of, De- bate on the Prince Regent's speech on opening the sessions, 138-Petitions a- gainst the Income Tax, and discussions thereon, 218, 222, 225, 299, 301, 378, 380- Discussion of the Budget, 221-Objections to the increase of the Judges' salaries in Scotland, 223
office of Third Secretary of State, 541-Debate on the ordnance estimates, 542- On the laws relative to fo- reign linens, 618-On the wool trade, 619-Refuses to consider Lord Cochrane's charges against Lord Ellen- borough, 620-Debates on the civil list, 622—Nega- tives motion for reduction of expenditure, 699-Re- jects motion for Catholic emancipation, 702-Debate on the modification of tithes, 702-On the Budget, 703 -On the distillery laws, 777-Votes thanks to the Duke of Wellington, 859 Croker, Mr, Secretary to the Admiralty, increase of his salary objected to, in the Commons, 461
Distillery laws, discussions on them in the Commons, 777
Divorce bill, debate on, 697 Elgin, Lord, his collection of marbles purchased by Parliament, 777 Essex, Earl of, complains of interruption from the mili- tary on the streets, 457 Excise prosecutions, impar- tiality in, complained of by Mr Brougham, 539
Folkestone, Lord, speech of, on the army estimates, 302 Foreign Powers, discussion of treaties with, 217
linens, motion for revising the laws concern- ing, rejected by the Com- mons, 618
Forged notes, statement of General Thornton on the increase of, 618 Grenfell, Mr, motion of, respecting the silver cur- rency, 617
Heron, Sir Rob. bold speech of, on the discussion of the budget, 221
Income Tax, debates on and petitions against its conti- nuance, 218, 222, 225, 298, 301, 304, 377, 380-Re- jected in the Commons, by a majority of 37 against ministers, 460
Judges salaries in Scotland, increase of, questioned in the Commons, 223 Lambton, Mr, his speech against the Property-Tax, 378
Liberty of the press, Mr Brougham's bill relative to it, 701
against it, 377-On the state of Ireland, ib.-Re- jects motion for abolishing useless offices, 537-De- bate on the civil list bill, 697-On the alien bill, 698 -Negatives motion for Ca- tholic emancipation, 698- Speech of the Prince Re- gent on the prorogation of Parliament, 857
Malt duty repealed by Mi- nisters, 460
Merchants, &c. of London,
petition against the Proper- ty Tax, 450 Methven, Mr, speech of a- gainst the Income Tax, 378 Military clubs deprecated in the House of Commons, 378 Milton, Lord, complains of interruption from the mili- tary in the streets, 541, 701 Ministers, practice of ques- tioning them in Commons complained of, 224-Left in a minority on the ques- tion of the Property Tax, 460-and on the question of appointing a vice - trea- surer of exchequer, 781 Nation, motion respecting the state of the, 297
Littleton, Mr, motion of, National naval monument, against lotteries, 779 Liverpool, Earl, statement of, respecting the silver coin, 537
motion for erecting one,140 Navy estimates discussed in the Commons, 538 Ordnance estimates, discus- sion of the, 542 Peace Establishment,debates on the extent of the, 299,302 Poor laws, plan for superse- ding them, 704
Prince Regent, his speech on the opening of Parlia- ment, 137-Grants a sum for erecting a monument to Cardinal York, 224- Announces to Parliament the approaching marriage of the Princess Charlotte, 298-Speech of, on the pro- rogation of Parliament, 857
Historical Affairs.
Algiers, proposed crusade a- gainst it, 225-Speech of Viscount Chateaubriand on the subject, 307-Massacre of Christians at Bona, 467 -England fits out a great naval armament against it,
Property Tax, rejected by
House of Commons, 460 Reform of Parliament, peti- tions on the subject, 781 Saxe Cobourg, Prince Leo- pold of, naturalized by a bill in Parliament, 299- Money voted to him on his marriage with the Princess Charlotte, 384
Silver coin, statements con- cerning the, 537, 617- Message of the Prince Re- gent respecting a new coin- age, 704 Spanish Patriots, their pro- secution by Ferdinand no- ticed in the House of Com- mons, 223 Tierney, Mr, his reply to Mr Rose, on a debate con- cerning the office of Third Secretary of State, 540- Speech on the civil list bill, 622-On motion for com- mittee on the expenditure of Government, 700 Tithes, debate on the modi. fication of, 702 Vansittart, Mr, advocates the continuance of the In- come Tax, 380-Proposes repeal of malt duty, 460- His statement of ways and means for the year, 703 Wales, Princess Charlotte of, her proposed marriage an- nounced to Parliament, 298 -which votes her an outfit of £.60,000, and £.50,000 annual income, 384 Ways and Means for the year, 704
Weights and Measures, bill for equalizing them, lost in the Lords, 457 Wellington, Duke of, re- ceives thanks of Commons, 859
Wilberforce, Mr, speech of, on the slave trade, 782 Wool trade, report of Com- mittee on the, 619
547-which burns the fleet and destroys part of the city by bombardment, 705 -forcing the Dey to make a humiliating peace, 785 -Situation of the city af ter these events, 862
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