Agriculturifts, modern, their fattening of cattle reprobated, 373. Allegiance, remarks on, 303.
Almon, Mr. fallacy in the observations of, on Mr. Wilkes, 245.
Andreoli, General, one of the least atrocious French Generals, 494; his miffion to England proved to have been an insult, ib. the selection of him to prepare the fubju- gation of England, ib.
Annual Regifter, animadverfions on the execution of that work, 343, the parlia mentary proceedings delcribed in it, mere copies from the Newspapers, 344; state of Europe confidered, 346; observations on the convention between the French and Batavian republics, 347; the per- petual confulfhip of Buonaparte, refe- rence to, 347, 348; Marquis Cornwal. As's miffion to Paris, 348, 349; account of the French expedition to St. Domingo,
the new tax, 189; neceffity of purifying that profeffion, ib.
Audience of Paris, inftance of the extraordinary effect produced in them by dramatic repre- fentation, 467.
Augereau, his cruelty towards the inhabitants of Lugo, defcribed, 495.
Bacon, Francis, diftorted biography of, 45, 46; ftatement of various writers refpect- ing his character, ib.
Bagot, Dr. the character of, fketched, 439. Banditti, dangerous infefture of the Iftrian coaft by numerous hordes of, 400.- Baptifm, hiftory of that rite, 47.
• original intention of, 357.
of infants, reasons for the, 305. Barbarifm in grammar, comments on, 47. Bards, cenfure of that article in Rees's Cy- clopædia, 47.
Baru, beft defcription of a, contained in Virgil's Georgics, 48.
Barometer, dullnefs of that article in Rees's Cyclopædia, 48.
Battalion, ftri&tures on the explanation of, in Rees's Cyclopædia, 49.
Battle, remarks on the compofition of that article in Rees's Cyclopædia, 50. Bathing places, their influenee on youthful minds, 145.
Beaulieu, defeated twice by Buonaparté by the fame ratagem, 406.
Beauty, elaborate treatife on, commended,
Bernadotte, more remarkable for his infolence than his exploits as a General, 496. Berthier, Mr. the maffaere of defcribed, 491. -, General, accustomed to be the tool of all factions, 496. Berwick, upon Tweed, cenfures on the de- feription of in Ree's Cyclopædia, 52. Beta, imperfectly detailed in Ree's Cyclo- padia. 52.
Betty (Mafter) biographical memoirs of; folly of the attempts to panegyrize him,
his firft performance in London po- etically defcribed, 302.
Bible, laborious compilation on the word, 52, 53.
Blagdon, F. Efq. edition of the Spectator by,
Booker, Dr. cenfure of his poem of “To- bias," 423, 424.
Bournonville, the notoriety of, to be attri- buted only to his imprisonment in Auftria, 496.
Bon, diftinguished for his bravery in Italy and Egypt, 496.
Brand, Hannah, her denial of some tenets of the Bible, 208.
Bread, high price of, converfation on that fubject, 197.
Briffot, his plan of Municipalities, the cause of his downfall, 490.
Brown, Dr. account of, 376; the subjects
of his fermons ftated, ib. recommenda- tion of the fame, 381-
Buonaparté, the character of, compared with that of Charlemagne; his hypocrify and ufurpation of the crown, 481. Buonaparté, his addrefs to the Maltese on taking poffeflion of their ifland, ftrictures on, 5, 6; his patronage of the Arts and of Letters before the year 1798 and 7. acts and conduct of, in 1802, 347, 348.
-, compared with Cromwell by Mr. Burdon, 405; reflections on his mar- riage with Mad. Beauharnois; his treat- ment of that lady, ib. account of the commencement of his victorious career; exaggeration of his atchievement at the bridge of Lodi by M. Burdon; ib. ftric- tures on his conduct on that occafion, 406; recital of his fevere measures to conciliate obedience in Italy, ib. remarks on his letter to the Archduke Charles, 407; inftances of his favage ferocity of temper, ib. his taciturnity mistaken for modefty, corrected, 407, 408; infolence of his proclamation to the inhabitants of Cairo, ib. his expedition to Acre, dread- ful anecdotes of, 403, 409; of his merits at the battle of Marengo, 410; obferva- tions on his government, 410, 411; fail-
Calvin's works, remarks on them; nature of their contents, 227, 228; the author proved to have been a leveller, 437. Calvinifm, principles of, explained by Dr. Hill, 226, feq.
and Arminianifm, dfficulties ad- hereing to, on the fubject of falvation; ftrictures on them &c. 239, 240.
-, objections made to that system, 240; liberty, definition of, according to, ib. reference drawn between that doctrine and that of the Neceffarians, ib. objec- tions to the Calvinistic fyftem, arguments oppofed, &c. 240, 241; reasoning of Dr. Hill on the fame, ib. further remarks on, 320, 321.
Calviniftic fyftem, fupported by Dr. Hill, 351, (fee alfo Hill Dr.) its abfurdity proved, 353.
Carthage, origin of the name of that city investigated, 107; refutation of its deri vation from a Grecian fource, ib. Caffas, M. caufe of his Travels in Iftria and Dalmatia, 386, 387.
-, account of a dangerous voyage of, from the depredations of the banditti; narrow efcape, &c. 400, 401. Catholics of Ireland, remarks on the, 9, 10. their proportiion of to the pro- teftants, 149%
Irish, their fatement, remarks on their conduct, &c. 11. Catholifm, nature of redemption, drawn from, 234.
Catholic church, the, cruelty of, 427; is favourable to democracy as well as mo- narchy, 430; fiscal project of in 1729; its pernicioufness, 431.
Catholic petition, the, letter on the sub- ject of, 424; dangers arifing from grant- ing it, 425, 435.
Catholics in England, the, hints respecting,
Cenforate in China, described, 72. Character in private life, and its confequen- ces, obfervations on the, 379, 381. Character,
Character, difference between the French and English, with refpect to taxes, 453. Charlemagne and Buonaparté, attempt at a pa- rallel between them, 480. Charlemagne, his manner of governing in- finitely fuperior to that of Buonaparté, 482; 'his violent refolution againft the Saxons, who had revolted; his cruel treatment of Rodguad, Duke of Triuli, 484; account of his expedition to Spain, 485: the policy of his journey to Rome, ib.; his butchering 45,00 Saxon prifoners, fimilar to the recent atrocity of Buonaparte at Jaffa, 486; his character as it is given by Voltaire, 487. Chinese, religion of the, 134.
Chinese women, the treatment of the, a proof, that China ranks but low on the fcale cf civilization, 68; the employment of, in ploughing, and in her domestic circle, ib. their fmoaking of tobacco, 69; manner of their difpofal in marriage, fi- milar to slavery, ib.
China, barbarous laws in, refpecting fuf-
pected murder, 69, 70; frequency of in- fanticide and fuicide in, 70; puerility of the amusements in that country, 70, 71; language and fituation of, curious ac- count concerning the, 26; hiftorical re- cords of, their complete and regular feries &c. ib. remarks on the conftitution of, power of the fovereign, &c. 71, 72; cen- forate defcribed, ib. reflections on the criminal code in, ib. remarkable trial for homicide, 73, 77. Chinese Government, their fufpicious con- duct to ftrangers, 133; liberality of fome of its individuals to the Embaffador's fuite, 141.
Chinese, or magic lantern, description of the, 351.
Choice, liberty of, defcribed in Calvin's fyftem, 240, 241. "Chriftian Obfervers," the, remarks on the object of, 319, the fect proved to be Cal- viniftic, 320; exposure of their accufa- tions against the Anti-Jacobin Review, ib.
"Chriftian Obfervers," the, ignorance of, proved, .322, 323; their accufation against Dr. Gleig, refuted, 321, 325, 329; fhort account of their character, 329. Christianity, the importance of, confidered
as a "republication of natural religion," and as a "method of faving finners," 231.
Church of England accused of rigid ad-
herence to Calvanism, 174
Church of Scotland, fentiments on the, 152. Claffical learning, proof of its advantages, at an early age, 465.
Clay-Marle, on the analyfis of, 418. Climates, northern, inferences refpecting
vegetation, drawn from the nature of the
Coalitions, thoughts on, 295. Coleman, object of his miflion to Ireland, 17; his death for high treason, ib. Confeffion of Faith, fpecimen of on the fubject of predeftination, 238. Confinable and unconfinable fubftances, re- marks on, 92.
Conftitution of China, fee China. Controverfies religious, statement of Dr. Hill, of the Arian, Socinian, Trinitarian, &c. &c. 233.
Convention between the French and Bata- vian republics, 347.
Conviviality in China, curious mode of ex- prelling, 69.
Corn-trade, the, ably difcuffed, 308. Cornwallis, Lord, conciliating conduct of,
towards the Irish Papifts, 15; inefficacy of that treatment, 16; details of his journey to Paris, 348; account of his negociation, 848, 349.
Covenant Chriftian, condition of the, col- lected, 337; confideration of the mean- ing of the word, 357.
Cow-Pox, addrefs on the subject of inocu- lating the, 304.
Coxe, Mr. the, talents of, for poetry, dif tinguished for their elegance, 420, 421; proof of his conjugal tenderness, ib. fpe- cimen of a patriotic fong by, 422; in- flance of his happiness as an epigram- matift, 423.
Cruelties, wilful, inflicted on animals for the
purpose of experiments, animadverfion on the, 374.
Cruelty, ferocious, of the Jews, to the Cana- nites, correct explanation of the, 207. Cucciha, explanation of that ceremony, 2.
Dalmatians, the, proved to be the defcend- ants of the Romans, 388, 398; hatred between them and the Morlachians, ib. Dancing, obfervations on, 144. David, the pfalms of, tranflated by Mr. Cottle, ably executed, 301.
Decency, fentiments on; allufions to the want of modefty in the Monthly Re- viewers, 102, 103.
Delicacy, female, confidered in a polished ftate by travelling; cenfure of, &c. 375. Defmond, Earl of, account of his frequent rebellions and death, 17.
Divinity, the fyftem of, its importance de- scribed, 229.
Duelling, its reprobation, on the occafion of the death of Gen. Hamilton, 191. Mm
Edinburgh Reviewers, remarks on the r injuftice to authors in general, 88; de- fence of Dr. Thomson against the, 88,95; proof of their wilful distortion of the text of an author, 90. Dr. Thomson's fyftem of Chemistry, uni verfally approved of, except by thefe Re- viewers, 88; explanation of their con- duft, 89, 91; handsome acknowledge- ment of his own errors, 93, 95. Edinburgh Review, general ovfervations on its contents, fpirit, &c. &c. 209, 210,
Education of females, thoughts on the, 142. Education, importance of, in general, 412;
modern foreign languages recommended to a young Princefs, ib. proficiency in the fine arts not requifite for a fovereign, ib neceffity of a fovereign being acquaint- ed with human nature and hiftory of the country. ib. importance of hiftory to a fovereign, and ftri&tures on Hume, 413, 444; excellence of religion in forming the character, &c, 414, 416.
Egypt, motives of the French Directory for invading, 7, 8.
Election, the doctrine of, ably canvaffed, 339.
Elegy, a political parody, 218, 223. Emancipation, catholic, the importance of, confidered, 283; pretenfions of the Ro- man Catholics of Ireland, 284; grounds tor oppofing it, ib. tenor of the term "Catholic Emancipation." obfervations en the test oath, 285, 287; reflections on the afcendancy either of the Roman Catholics or Proteftants, 288, 294; on the statement of the acknowledged doc- trines of the Romish Church, 289.
--, English, fee Great Britain. Epigrams, 224, 335. Epifcopacy, ftrictures on the divine right of, 363.
Epifcopalians and Prefbyterians, controverfy between the, explained by D. Martin,
Gee, the maffacre of its inhabitants by the
English and Scotch forces, refuted, 9, 10; hiftorical affertions on the fiction, ib. Genius, the patronage of men of, recom- mended to fovereigns, 415.
Gifford, Mr. his tranflation of Juvenal com- pared with that by Mr. Marfh, 23, 24; fuperiority of the former proved, 23, 30.
-, Mr. falfely charged of reprefenting cannibalism, practifed in Egypt, 96, 99. Gleig, Dr. the fermons of, distorted by the "Chriftian Obferver," 321; high charac- ter of, 326, 327.
Globes, u'e of the, explained, 183. Gospel, the doctrine of explained, 172. Grace, invisible, enquiry in the ●perat on of, 239.
Gray's Elegy, written in a church-yard, tranflated in Latin; by school-boys, com- mendation of, 443, 446.
Great Britain, inhabitants of, their character, 184.
Grenville, Lord, prefent connections of,
Haiducks, their miferable ftate de'cribed, 390; their character, ib. Haley's late poem, inferiority of, to his other poetical effufions, 383; his manner compared with that of Cowper, 383, 384; plan of his Triumph of Mufic," and obfervations on an arrogant, para- doxical affertion, 834, 385. Hamilton, General, funeral oration in me- mory of, 190; his character, ib. Hawkerian controverly, the, obfervations of Mr. Polwhele on, 348, 442. Heat, explanation of, according to Hut- ton's theory, 211, 214.
Hebrew tongue, animadverfions on the ignorance of the critics of the, 197, feq Heretics, cuftom of the ancient, to alter paffages in the Bible, 204-
Hill, Dr. theolog cal inftitutes by, 225. Hill, Dr. his fupport of the Calviniftic fyf- tem, and reject on of that predeftinati n defended by Taylor of Norwich, 351; his mifreprefentation of the Arminian fyftem, 353; confideration of converfion and regeneration, 354; of juftification, 355, 356; the word covenant viewed, according to its general meaning, 357; baptifm, why originally inftituted, 357, 358; confirmation, remarks on, 359; excellent account of the connecton be- tween Chu ch and State, and of the gene- ral principles of Prefbyterian government, $59, 371; explan tion of the grounds for the authority of the LAY ELDERS, 864; advice to future minifters of the Church of Scotland. 367; obfervations on the Liturgy and Directory, 367, 368; on the adminiftration of the facraments, and on lecturing, 368, 369; of the doc- tinal part of preaching, and visiting the fick, 369, 371.
Hill (ir Richard) controversy of, 113; his opinion of the clergy in general, and of the Calvanifts in particular, 117; his reluc- tance to acknowledge the truth of univer- fal redemption, and his filence respecting the liturgy accounted for, 257; his ac- knowledgment refpecting the inspiration of the Holy Ghoft, 258; his affertion re fpecting the introduction of Calvinism, re- futed, 258, 259; remarks concerning the intercourfe between Cranmer and Calvin, 160; his mistake of the phrases God's election, and Calvinistic election, ib. his account of Bishop Jewell's "Apology," re- futed, 26, 262; his opinion of Ridley and Bradford, 262, 263; his confounding the Calvinian with the Anti-Calvinian
fyftem iu every infance proved, 264, 266; fingular remark on the duties of paftoral office, 266, 268; his ftrange and confufed remark on the thirty-nine articles, 268, 270; observations on the attributes of God, 271; on redemption, 272; his attachment to the constitution of that church, of which he is a member; strictures on it, 273, 275.
Hiftoriographers of the Chinese empire, na- ture of their duty, 72.
Homicide, trial for, in China, remarkable account of a, 73, 77.
Hofea, the prophecy of, in what light to be viewed, 199; proper names occurring in, explanation of the, 199, 200.
Hofea tranflated by Bishop Horfley, strictures on the criticism of, 197, 204. Huttonian theory of the earth, refuted, 211,
Infanticide in China, fee China. Infpiration, accurate notion of, 230. Infpiration of the feriptures, 302. Inftruction of youth, requiring accuracy in ftatements, 186.
Inftruction, good qualifications for, united with paternal affection, their influence. Infurrections in China, rarity of, 131; difaf- fection, prefent, account of the, 132. Intelligence, literary, 112.
Interpolations in the holy fcriptures, Arictures
Invalids of the army and navy, proposition for fupporting the, 419, 420,
Invafion, neceffity of increafing our difpofable force, against, 300.
Ireland, depraved state of, reported by a secret committee of the English House of Com- mons, 16; miffion of an agent from Eng- land in 1791, to the treafonable aflembly, the Catholic Committee, 17; recommended as the most preferable country for establish- ing an inftitution of "Moral and phyfical Geography," by Dr. Patterson, 61, 62, pre- ference given to London for this purpose, ib. fcarcity of wood in, 63; the changes of the climate inthat country confidered; inquiry in- to the various opinions refpecting this point, 64, 65; the population of, enquiry into, 147. Iris, the Norwich, a Latin poeni on, 109,
Irish, ancient dress of the; inferences drawn
from it, refpecting the culture of the flax- plant, 63. Jaffa, maffacre of the ers by the orders of Buonaparte at, 4 prifon Mm 309. Jamiefoa
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