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INDEX for 1816.

ACCOUNT of a sailor who

Essays, Extracts, &c.

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

Duudee.

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

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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.

POETRY.

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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

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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

Folke-

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

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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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