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Kentish, Mrs. lines by, on the Rose, 117.

King, anecdote of the late, at his coronation, 62.
Kingly title-a great jackass! 255.

King's cock-crower, a singular office, 299.

Kings of England, curious fatality attending the suc
cession of the, 278.

King's Evil, woman touched for, by QUEEN ANNE, 135.
Kiss, lines on a, by Burns, 69.-Contradicted, 76, 80.
Kiss, the, lines so titled, by Westmore, 308.
Krudener, Madame, curious biographical notices of, 26.
L

Lacon, by Mr. Colton, extracts from, 262.
Lady, lines on a painting, by a, 204.-Lines on a young,
leaving England, 325.

Lake scenery, the, of England described, 198.
Lakes of North America, notices of their extent, 174.
Lancaster or Lancashire, a query respecting, 399.
Lancaster, Joseph, his tour in America, 126.
Languages in the known world, number of, 142.-A
short cut to the learned, 379.

Larkin, Mr. letter from, on changing songs, 63.
Larks, three, fly into a shop in Preston, 135.-Natural
history of the different species of, 309.-Sale of, 311.
Lathkyl Dale described by Wilfred Wender, 386.
Lathom House, brief Journal of the Siege of, 145, 153,
169.-The Contributor of (X. L. D.) accused of pla-
giarism, 320.-Defended by the Editor, 328.-His
own Defence, 336.-Notes to the, 1st, 340; 2d, 3d,
4th, 5th, 6th, 347; 7th, 366; 8th, 374; 9th, 10th,
11th, 12th, 382; 13th, part of 14th, 406; remainder
of 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 413; 20th, to
38th, 418.

Latin, a town in France where that language only is
spoken, 35.

Latin pun, made at Rome, 135.

Laughter, stanzas to a young lady freely indulging in,
4-Remarks on, by Pyrus, 359.

Lawless's adventure (a good tale, in verse) 12.
Lawrence, St. a wonderful decent down the rapids of,

289.

Lawrence, William, his remarks on materialism, 251,
258, 274.

Le Cavalier Seul, or the miseries of quadrilles, 356.
Lectures in Paris, remarks on Mr. Mulock's, 318.
Leeks, on the Welsh custom of wearing, 292.
Leg, a baker undertakes to stand on one for three hours,
199.-Curious action about an artificial one, 230.-Of
the Marquis of Anglesea, lines on the, 188.
Legacy, a curious one, and curiously defeated, 102.
Leonora, translated from the German of Burgher, 132.
Leopard, American one described, 175.

Le Pattissier, a jeu d'esprit on Birch, 60.
Leprosy, a village in Africa appropriated to those afflicted
with, 140.

Letter, singular direction of one sent by post, 206.
Libraries, the essence of, 111.

Life, human, on the brevity of, 126.
Life-preserver, an ingenious marine one, 150.
Light, a new one (a whimsical anecdote) 124.-Method
of producing, under water, 262.---l'roduced by a
flower, 262.

L-n-g-r-d, lines addressed to the Rev. by I. P. 316.
LITERARY NOTICES, CRITICISMS, &c. 5, 37, 38,
41, 57, 73, 86, 92, 113, 121, 133, 134, 140, 152, 156,
156, 165, 165, 172, 190, 190, 192, 200, 201, 241, 242,
249, 253, 256, 285, 295, 318, 404.
Literary characters in low life, 316.
Literary and social genealogy, 63.
Literary Society, a new Royal one to be established, 255.
Literary premia, remarks upon, 272.-Letter on, 279.
Literary men, on the misfortunes and poverty of, 245.
LITERARY TRIFLING, 86, 134, 168.—See Christmas
Puzzles.

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Locusts of Egypt, notices of, 211.
Logierian system, remarks upon, 247.
Longevity, instances of, 5, 56, 165, 199, 294, 339, 343.
Longitude, the discovery of claimed by M. Wrousky, 20.
Looking-glasses, new mode of manufacturing, 109.
Looking for a thing, queries respecting, 192.-Answered,
199, 208.

Lorenzo, essay by, on the morality of the Drama, 268.
-Finds the missing cantos of " Liverpool," 280.-
Denied to be genuine by O'Goster, 295, 296, 351.-
Sonnet by, "To my big toe," 372.
"Lord Ullin's Daughter," by Campbell, 180.

Mirage, the, or phenomenon of the Desert, 211.
MISCELLANIES, 4, 7, 8, 16, 22, 23, 38, 40, 56, 56,
62, 75, 79, 85, 86, 86, 102, 102, 103, 111, 158, 15
165, 166, 175, 199, 206, 217, 218, 230, 277, 278, 23
315, 326, 342, 350, 372, 388, 398, 407, 411.
Miser, good, epigram on the death of, 222.
Missionaries to the East Indies, 14.
Missionary, excellent reply of an Indian to a, 167.
Moles, how to destroy, 103.

Monsal Dale described by Wilfred Wender, 385.
Moore's Melodies, extract from, 60.-Almanack, notic
of the author of, 205.

Moore, Sir T. his opinion of capital punishinents, 313.
Mortality, remarks on, at different ages, 407.
Mountains, fall of two, one in Germany, another
America, 62.

Lothario, lines addressed by, "To any pretty girl," 253. Moral sense, original essay, 295.-Remarks on, 312
Love affairs.-See Heart, affairs of the
Love and madness (a ridiculous story) 53.
Lover, a, his character of his mistress, 204.
Love, the language of, poetically described, $56.
Love, at first sight, 117.-Lines on, 164.
Lusus Naturæ, 48, 56, 126, 134, 175, 218, 251, 255, 331.
Luxuries, French, in ancient and modern times, 254.
Lyceum, complaints of broken panes in the, 256.

M.

M. a series of original essays by.-See Hora Otiosa.
M. a query by, respecting a point of honour, 384.-
Case stated, 390.-Another letter from, 390.-Editor's
opinion, 392.-Conclusion of the affair, 399.-Re.
marks on, 400.
M'Avoy, Miss, remarks on her powers, 200.
Macready and Virginius, critique on, 87.-Another ori-
ginal one, 95.-Character of, from the Courier, 200.
Macready's Richard III. compared with Kean's, 119.
Mad dogs, humourous essay so entitled, by Goldsmith,51.
Madrepore, a magnificent specimen of, 342.
Magnesia, a native hydrate of, discovered, 199.
Magnetic needle, variation of the, 20.-Deviation of, 80.
-Recession of the, 59.-Dip, 142.
Magnetism, remarks on Mr. Bywater's pamphlet on,
262.-Animal, prize question at Berlin on, 59.
Maids, the diary of an old one, 400.
Man, lines on, by Emma, 164.-Paper on the harmony
of the actions of the organs of, 185.-Poetical
ter of an honest one, 204.

Mountains, on their distant visibility, 104.
Mouse-trap, curious (an o3 ster) 192.

Mozart, singular anecdote of, 190.

Muloch, Mr. a letter supposed to be by, 38.-Verse
by, 260, 268.-His lectures in Paris attacking the
French nation, 318.-Challenged by three French
officers, 318.

Mummies, Egyptian, a description of, 111, 365.
Murder and insanity, horrid case of, 62.
Murder, curious case of, and the murderer in the jury
box, 161.

Muses, the nine, poetically designated, 341.
Musket, a repeating one, 262.

Musical notices respecting the Liverpool concerts, &c
330; and the muses, 341.
Musical composer (a great one) 125.
"My cot on the banks of the Dee," by Ryley, 76.
Mysterious affair in Ireland, 247.

N

Nabob, the, being a beautiful imitation of "Auld
lang Syne," 372.

Naples, sketches of, in 1817, 306.
Naldi, the unfortunate death of, 219.
charac-NATURALIST'S DIARY, 43, 61, 70, 76, 93, 109, 118,
157, 166, 179, 189, 237, 245, 259, 293, 299, 323, 333,
355, 363, 394, 405.

Maniac, curious tale of a, by a correspondent, 64.-
Lines so entitled, 117.

Mariner, the, lines by a common sailor, 100.
Marmaduke Modish, letter by, on the Courtesy, 215.-
Another letter, 239.

Marriage, thoughts on, by a thoughtful fellow, 125.—
Two early offers of, and question respecting, 408.
Married folk, advice to, in rhyme, 396.
Mary, lines to, by Cornelius, 76.-By C. 228.-By
Anna, 308.-By Sinclair, 244.-By O. W. 276.-
"To the sweet and artless," 332.-W. lines addressed
to, by Guli, 325.

Massaniello, biographical notices of, 387.
Materialism, an examination into, by Lawrence, 251,

258, 274.

Matlock, a walk to, by Wilfred Wender, 338, 345.
Matrimonial experience, humorous lines so titled, 180.
Maxims, a collection of good ones, 127.-Collection of,
by Mr. Colton, 262.
May, the wreath of (a song) 363.

Meanwell, George, letter from, on orthographical inno-
vations, 311.-Reply to, by A. B. C. 311.-Another
letter from, 318.

Meat, on the preservation of, by pyroligneous acid, 128.
Mechanic, an ingenious one (Ralph Heaton) 325.
Medallic biography of scientific men, 135.
Memnon, the statue of, remarks on, 407.
Mercurial atmosphere, 282.
Mermaid, the, notices of, 387.

Mes très chers père et mère, controversy as to the cor-
cectness of, 152, 156, 156, 165, 165, 165, 172, 192,
200.

LIVERPOOL, notices respecting,-See Theatre, Dra-
matic Notices, &c. 32, 39, 39, 47, 61, 73, 85, 85, 85, Metalic vegetation, a curious experiment, 128.
103, 112, 134, 134, 145, 153, 160, 160, 167, 168, 168, METEOROLOGICAL REPORT for Manchester, monthly,
169, 176, 176, 176, 176, 184, 184, 199, 200, 207, 207, 132, 159, 189, 235, 270, 282, 310, 342.-General table
208, 208, 215, 224, 256, 256, 257, 278, 279, 286, 287, for twelve months, with remarks, 373, 379, 398.
330, 336, 336, 340, 344, 347, 398, 398, 399, 399, 400. Meteorology, 38, 56, 126, 142, 151.
Liverpool, an heroic poem by Shaughnasey O'Shaugh- Methodists, on the increase of, in America, 175.
nasey, Esq. 220, 228-Another canto, 284, 292.-Mexico, the great temple of, description of, 33.
The fourth canto, 364.
Michael's Church, letter on the bells of, 73.-On the
LIVERPOOL, original essay descriptive of the manners, steeple of, 152.
customs, buildings, &c. of, 216.-Remarks on, by

W. 232.

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Miles Gloriosus, letter of, and extract from his grand-
father's journal, 112.

Mill erected in a prison in Yorkshire, 214.
Milton, original critique on, 206.
Mina Xavier, biographical memoirs of, 34, 42.
Mind, affections of the, paper on, by Y. Z. 225.
Miracle, a ridiculous one, 158.-Laughable one, 219.
Mirandola, remarks on the new play of, 239.-Original
critique upon, by Y. Z. 242.

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NATURAL HISTORY, 86, 88, 94, 102, 136, 152, 166,
165, 175, 182, 206, 214, 218, 251, 255, 255, 293, 309,
310, 327, 367, 367, 387.
Nauticus, letter by, on swimming, 96.-Letters by, 280.
-On the preservation of eggs, 376.
Naval architecture, remarks upon, 386,
Negro feeling (an affecting anecdote) 393.
Negro asylum in Hayti, 141,
Newgate Calendar, state of, for the year, 195, 255.
Newspaper, extracts from a North American Indian
one, 126.-One published on board during the Arctic
Newspapers, on the origin and history of, 222.
expedition of Captain Ross, extracts from, 263, 264,
Niger, on the exploration of the, 270.
Night, in a stage-coach, lines by Mr. Montgomery, 4.
Noctambulism, fatal effects of, 230.

-Sonnet on, 172.

-

Nose, sonnet to my, from the New Monthly Magazine,,
372.-Parody on, by Lorenzo, 372.
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Oath, singular, about bad shillings, 395.
Oats bruised for horses, more nutritious, 271.
OBSERVER, the young one, by Pyrus, 319, 327, 335,
344, 359, 367, 416.

Ocean, an apostrophe to, by Barry Cornwall, 36.—By
Lord Byron, 60.

Ohio, origin of the name of the river, 79.
Oil gas, its superiority over that from coal, 318.
Olives, emigration of, from France, 131.
O'Neill, Miss, and Mrs. Siddons, 16.
Operas, Lord Chesterfield's opinion of, 135.
Old man of the mountains, notices of, 11.
Oratory, corporation (a whimsical anecdote) 351.
Orbilius, a flogging schoolmaster, 56.-Reply to, 72.
Organs of man, paper on the harmony of the actions of
the, 185.

Ormskirk, an enraged correspondent from, and his cau-
tion to females, 352.-His statements denied by Ve-
ritas, 375.

Orphan Asylum, speech of Counsellor Philips, at the
annual dinner of the, 369.

Orphans, the (a tale read by Mr. Putnam) 388.
ORTHOGRAPHICAL INNOVATIONS, various letters or,
311, 311, 318.-Editor's remarks on, 344, 368, 408.-
Letter of J. C. on, 360.
Orthographical transmogrification, 56.
Orthography, whimsical, 326, 372.
Ossian, story after the manner of, 123.

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Rizzio, David, critique on the opera of, 8.
Roads, remarks on the improvement of, 397.

Polonius Pottinger, a laughable critique by, on some Robber, assumes the character of the devil, 85.
lines on Betsy, 121.

Pompeii, on the ruins of, 278.

Poor, the houseless.-See Houseless.

Poor, the, a society recommended by W. S. H. for re-
deeming goods pledged by, 334.
Pope's villa at Twickenham, 219.

Painters and poets, an anecdote of Annibal Caracci, Population, remarks on, as to the proportion between

255.

Painting, on the pleasures of, 190.

the sexes, 211.

Porcelain, an engraving on, 218.

Palologus Modestus, a whimsical critique on "Willy Post-master taken in (a laugable story) 191.
White," 183.

Pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, origin of, 299.

Panic, rapid spread of, an essay on mad dogs, 51.
Paradise-street, house in, in a dangerous state, 256.
Parent, letter so signed, 160.

Parental duties, letter of P. Z. upon, 368.

Post-office, primitive one, 211.

Potato, an extraordinary one, 126.-Another, 159.
Poynton, lines by, to Fanny, 124.
Precedence, a singular point of, 393.
Presence of mind, great, 135.-In a courtier, 219.
Presents during courtship, by law to be returned, 367.
PRINTS, original series of letters on collecting, &c. 201,
209, 218, 225, 233, 243.

Paris, Mr. Muloch's lectures in, 318.-Challenged for Primrose, lines, to the, 330.
them, 318.

Parrot, Locke's extraordinary one, 23.

Parry, Captain, remarks on his Arctic expedition, 177,
186, 196, 234, 263, 279, 281.-Extracts from the
published voyage, 380, 381, 396.

Parsons, Captain, his South American journal, 2, 30.
Parting, lines on, by a common sailor, 100.
Partnership, a singular one, the Virgin Mary being one
of the firm, 346.

Partridges, out of 40 brace shot, 32 brace of old birds,

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Peach-tree, with upwards of 1600 peaches, 16.
Peak of Derbyshire, improvements in the, 402.
Penny, the want of a, a humorous French story, 141.
• People under a despotic government compared to a bag
full of rats, 23.

PEREGRINE, a series of letters, describing his voyage
in the Mediterranean, &c. 322, 337, 361, 401, 409.
Perspective drawings, instruments for making, 218.
P'ersonalities, letter of Adolescens on, 351.
Peter Bell, by Wordsworth, a laughable critique on,

255.

Peter's, St. Church, alterations of the clock, query
respecting, 167.

PHENOMENA, remarkable, 7, 16, 38, 38, 56, 126.
PHILANTHROPIST, the, 119, 127, 141, 193, 257, 265,
313, 334, 369, 393, 420.

Printing, early, 6.-On copper, improvements in, 38.-
From fusible metal, 270.-Press, improvements in,

103.

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Rob Roy the Second, lines so signed, 164.
Roman altar, one discovered near Chester, 332.-Wood-
cut of, 347.-Barbarities described, from Valerius,
357.-Coins, on the present value of, 346.-Padlock,
discovered near Chester, 366.--Respecting, from
Forsyth, 367.-And remarks on, by Q. 367.-Eagle
discovered in Germany, 255.-Monument, a large
one discovered in Egypt, 80.
Romance in real life, 222.

Romilly's, Sir Samuel, opinion of capital punishments,

813.

Rooks, a pair build in a garden in Manchester, 387.
Rose-tree bears 1274 roses, 102.

Rose, lines to the, by Mrs. Kentish, 117.
Rose, lines on the everlasting, 189.
Rose, origin of the term Under the, 350.
Rosin-bubbles, on the blowing of (a curious experiment)
270.

Royal family of England, dramatic recreations of, 1.
Royal Society, a new literary one to be established, 255.
Russian festival, an extraordinary one, 35.
Russian northern expedition, 59.

S.

Sabbath, the violation of the, in the neighbourhood of
St Anne's, 336

Sachetti's novels, translation of one, 127.

Puffing, a capital specimen of American, 348.
Pulmonary complaints, singular mode of discovery, 72. Salt between the timbers of a vessel preserves it, 116.
Pump, a newly-discovered nautical one, 231.
Pumps, improvements in, 191.'
Punch-bowl made out of a cockle-shell, 75.
Punning, a curious specimen of, by Swift, 326.
Putnam, Mr. lines addressed to, on his reading of
"female education," 404.

Sailor relieved in Blundell-street cellar, lines by a, 264.

Sandwich Islands, singular letters from the King and
Queen of the, 411.

Putnam, Mr. his readings and recitations, 368, 372, 388,

392.

Puzzles, 213, 221, 220, 236, 236, 244, 253.
P―y, F. letter from, on swimming, 64.
Pyramids, remarks on, by Miller, 102.
Pyrenees, conflagration of the, 126.
Pyroligueous acid, on the preservative powers of, 128.
Pyrus, letter from, 293, "the Young Observer" by, 319,
328, 335, 344, 359, 367, 416.
Pythagoras, curious custom of, 214.
P. Z. letter of, on parental duties, 368.

Q

Q. in a Corner, letter of, on the Liverpool theatre, 88.
Quack, singular, verses by, ridiculing gluttony, 340.
Quadrille, singular situation in the game of, 376.
Quadrilles, the miseries of, or "Le Cavalier Scul," 356.
Philip, the Rev. Mr. his appeal concerning the High-Quarantine, the miseries of, described by Peregrine, 337,
Quakers, on the high moral character of, 199.
lands, 193.-Corrections in, 215.

362, 401.

Phillips, Counsellor, speech of, at a meeting of the Lon-Queen, a blacksmith's wife becomes one, 158.
don Hibernian School Society, 181.-At a dinner of Queen, the, entry of, into Jerusalem (a picture) 75.-Her
the Orphan Asylum, 369.
reception at Tunis, 814.-Remarks on her conduct
abroad, by Peregrine, 409.

PHILOLOGY, 37, 38.

Philosopher's scales, the (good lines) 124.
Physicians, deplorable state of, in Spain, 343.
Physiology, paper on the harmony of action in the

organs of man, 185.

Physiognomy and Madame Tussaud's wax-work, re-
marks on, 374.-As connected with the facial angle
of various nations and the beau ideal (with a wood
cut) 333.

Picture of Charles I. containing the Psalms, 343.

Pig, a remarkably large one, 271.

Queries, two curious ones, 192.-Answered, 199, 208.

Savannah, lines on leaving, 340

Saxon dynasty, queries respecting the, 215.
Scales, the philosopher's, 124

School advertisment in 1799, singular, 86.
Schoolmaster, lines on the profession of, 236.
Schools' society, notices of the National, 8.
Schools in Liverpool and its vicinity, a table of, 278
SCIENTIFIC NOTICES.-See Scientific Records.
SCIENTIFIC RECORDS, 20, 25, 36, 37, 49, 59, 72, 73,
80, 87, 103, 129, 142, 157, 174, 177, 185 191, 193,
196, 203, 213, 217, 218, 250, 258, 262, 269, 274, 782,
310, 318, 330, 333, 342, 350, 358, 373, 373, 379, 386,
396, 397, 407, 410, 412.

Scorseby, Capt. on the Arctic regions, 186,
Scotch bagpiper (a whimsical anecdote) 355.
Scotch Etymologies by Toi, 378; remarks on, by T. 379.
Scotch Novels, on the author of the, 41, 57, 73, 121,
133, 140, 404.

Scotland, the Highlands of, Mr. Philip's appeal respect-
ing, 193.

Scott, Sir Walter, and the Scotch novels.-See Scotch
Scott, Burns, Byron, and Campbell, compared by Mr.
Gillespie, 273.
Novels. On his poetical style, 261.
Sea, a winter view of the, by Crabbe, 246.
Seaman, lines supposed to be sung by a shipwrecked

one, 148.

Seamens' wives, C. S. B. on parish relief to, 85.

Quill, one discovered in a bird nearly filled with lead, Season, the mildness of the, 339.

375.
Quotations from the classics to be translated, 391.
QT-, letters by, 119.

R

Radcliffe, Dr. a bon mot of, 135.
Rain, on the comparative quantities of, 39.
Rainbow, lines to the, by Mr. Campbell, 260.

Pike, one caught by a gander, 150.-Interesting ac- Rake, a reformed one, letter from, 3.

count of its mode of life, habits, &c. 214.
Pine-apple, one weighs 5 pounds 14 ounces, 132.

Pitt, William, his opinion of the punishment of death,

313.

Placards, on indelicate ones, 48.-Remarks on, 248, 248.
Plagiarism exposed, 304, 312.-Of Y. Z. 320.-the edi-
tor accused of, by Fairplay, 320.-Defence, $28.
Plague, inoculation for the, 80.
Plants, a valuable assortment of, presented to the Glas-
gow Botanic Garden, 191.
Platinum, prepared in the leaf, 59.

Play, the amateur one.-See Theatricals.
Playbill of 1511, a curious one, 379.
Plays, ancient, prices of, 227.

Plough, a newly-invented one, 142.
Plums, on the different species of, 142.
Plumpudding, 26 yards long, weighing 980 lbs. 175.
Poacher, a humorous parody of a, on Brutus, 214.
POETRY, original and selected, generally in the fourth
page of each number.

Poet, poetically described by J. S. W. 156.

Ramsay, Allan, epitaph on, 158.

Seduction, lines on the victim of, 236.
Serpent, the American sea, re-appears, 271.
Serpent, a large one brought from India, 367.
Sexes, on the proportion between the, 211.
Shakspeare, letter from. addressed to his wife, 254.
His plays, number of lines in each, 86.
Shaking hands, a laughable American paper on, 149.-
Whimsical accident in, 240.

Shark, the hammerheaded, 7.-Several make their ap-
pearance on the Essex coast, 126.

Rapids of St. Lawrence, a wonderful descent down the, Shaughnasey O'Shaughnasey, Esq. Liverpool, an heroic

289.

Rat caught by an oyster, 7.

Rat and hen, a battle between, 54.

Rats, a bag full of, compared to the people under a
tyranny, 23.-A couple kept by a female maniac, 62.
Raven, a large one shot in Roxburgshire, 175.
Raymond, lines by, addressed to an absent friend, 268.
Recollection, lines on, 188.

Recreations. See Puzzles, Enigmas, Christmas Boxes.
Regularity and temperance, curious instance of, 255,
Rein deer, a pair domesticated at Ghent, 56.
Repartee (a good one) 216.

Respiration, an original article on, 25.
Resurrection-men, singular anecdote of some, 75.
Retirement, lines on, 308.
Retrospection, lines on, by G. F. 325.
Revenge of a dervise, curious, 111.

Rheumatism, the famous American recipe for, 213.
Ringlet, the, lines so entitled, 309.

poem by, 220, 228.-Death of, detailed, 240; and
remarks on, 240.-The other cantos found by Loren-
zo, 280; and remarks on, 280, 295, 295, 296, 351.-
Invocation to the spirit of, 300.-Fourth canto found
by Lorenzo, 364.

Shaving by steam! in America, 75.
Shepherd, the Rev. William, brief memoir of, 313.
Shetland, New South.-Sce Southern and Antarctic
Continent.

Sherry wine, etymology of, 80.

Shillings, bad, singular oath respecting, 395.
Ships, remarks on some old ones, 386.

Shipwrecked seaman, lines supposed to be sung by a,
signed J. S. W. 148.

Shipwreck, ingenious means of saving from (with a cut)

150.

Shoemakers, literary ones, 175.

Shops kept open late, letter of Censor on, 85.-Shutters,
a nuisance, 103.-Another letter, by Civitas, 134.

Shrove Tuesday, on the singular customs of, 299.
Shutters of shops, a nuisance, 103.

Siddons, Mrs. and Miss O'Neill, 16.

Siddons, Mrs. whimsical notice of the effects of her
acting, 342.

Sigh, lines on hearing one from a young lady, 45.
Sign-posts with illuminated letters, 191.

Silk-worms, on the rearing of, 312, 327.

Simon Gulled, letter by, on the Logierian system, 247.
Simon Sensitive, letter from, on the miseries of good
housewifery, 367.

Simson, John, letter from, on feats sf swimming, 24.
Sinclair, lines by, to Mary, 244.-To the memory of!

260.

Sisters, the (a story, translated for the Kaleidoscope) 82.
Skeleton, a human one, found in Plymouth, 271.
Skeleton of the wreck, a dreadful story, 326.

Skeletons, a number found near Glasgow, 35.-And on
Sussex Downs, 350.-Pigmy ones, a depository of,
found in Tenessee, 129.

SKETCH BOOK, the, extracts from, 97, 105, 113, 121,
137.

Sketch Book, the, criticised by the Edinburgh Review-
ers, 113.

Slave advertisement, an American one, 91.-Manumis-

sion of one in America, 102.
Slaughtering animals, remarks on, 192.
Slaughtering cattle for food, the law respecting, 207.
Sleepers, the story of the seven, 190.
Sleep-walking, fatal effects of, 230.

Smiling at Celia in church, lines on, by J. P. 316.
Snake enters a public-house to warm itself, 206.
Snow, red, caused by a fungus, 38.

Snuff-taking, whimsical dissuasion from, 342.

Teakettle and the bull-dog (a singular story) 279.
Tear of Gratitude, lines to the, 380,

Tears the Queen of, hyperbolical account of the effects
of Mrs Siddons' acting, 342.
Temperance and regularity, curious instance of, in low
life, 255.

Tennessee, antiquities of, Pigmy Skeletons, 129.
Terpodian, the, a new musical instrument, 407.
THEATRE AND THEATRICAL CRITICISM-See the

Drama.

Voice, the human, and instruments compared, 341.
Voltaire's Henriade, curious anecdote respecting, 295.
Voyage to India, satirical verses on the pleasures of a,

252.

Voyage of the Urania, a French vessel of discovery, 172

W.

Walpole and Pultney, a classical dispute between, 250.
Washington, Gen. anecdote of a singular escape of, 267.
Walking on the water, notices of, 386.
Theatre, state of the, in 1511, and singular play-bill, WAVERLY, &c. on the author or authors of, 41, 57,
Water, walking on the, notices respecting, 386.
379.-Liverpool, at the close of the season, 184.-Re-
marks, by Dramaticus, on the new corps dramatique, Way and Whey, a good joke, 62.
73, 121, 133, 140, 404.
391.-Others by C. N. 400.
Theatrical aspirant, singular letter from one, 192.-De-Webbe's Psalmody, notices of, 330.
Weasels eat frogs, 310.
clamation, paper on, 71.-Coincidences.-See Dra-Weisshorn, fall of the Glacier of the, 109.
Theatricals, amateur, recommended by I. P. 143.-Let-
Welch bard, lament of the last one, 76.
ters in consequence, 152, 168, 168, 175, 175, 176,
176, 176, 176, 183, 183, 200.

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matic.

Theatricus, letter by, on the Liverpool Theatre, 159.
Thee, thee, only thee," from Moore's Melodies, 380.
Thermometer, the bachelor's, 305.

Thoughtful Fellow, letter of, on marriage, 125.
Timber, on the best time for felling, 80.-On the sea-
son for felling, 387.
Time, a picture of, 56.-A picture of, by Mr. Colton,
196.-Lines on, 356,

Titian's death of Action sells for seventeen hundred
guineas, 63.

Tityrus Quillet," Henry and Helen," a tale by, 52.-
Lines on solitude by, 188.
Tityrus, verses so signed, 276.
Toad, a tame one, 277.

Soldier, the, and the Cordeliers, a tale by Sachetti, 127. Toads found in solid trees, 136.
Soldier's wish, the, lines so entitled, 84.

Solitude, lines on, 188.

Song, an original one to the tune of Gilderoy, 164,-An-
other, 188, by Moore, 212.

Sonnet to the memory of John Keats, the poet, 348.
An original one, 236.-Translation of a German one,

244.

Sophia, letters from two, in answer to the complaints of
Jessamy, 383, 384.-Jessamy disclaims one Sophia,
391; and she announces her marriage, with a present
of bride-cake, 392.

Soul, lines on the immortality of the, 36.
Souls, on the transmigration of, 173.
Southern Continent, or island, 50.-Other notices of, 330.
Sounds, supernatural, from Southey's Life of Wesley, 5.
Spain, account of the present Queen of, 14.-Population
of, 343.-State of physicians in, 343.
Spider tamed, an instance of one, 142.
Spiders the best barometer, 126.

Sporting, extraordinary, 118.-Anecdotes of, 135, 135.
Square Toes, a letter so signed, 32.
Squinting, literary, an epigram, 60.
Staël, Madame de, anecdote of, 307.
Statue, the bronze one (a good story) 9.
Steam-boat, remarks on, by Mr. Holdsworth, 130.
Steam-boats to the Hebrides and North of Scotland, 203.
Stephens, Miss, letter of Clio on, 136.
Stewards and saints (a good story) 120.

St. John, H. letter by, on cruelty to cats, 208.
Stoneleigh Abbey, lines addressed to, by Chandos
Leigh, Esq. 164.

Story, a romantic one, 64.-A good one, from Boccac-
cio, 6.-A singular and romantic one, 266.
Stratford-upon-Avon, from the Sketch Book, 113, 121.
Stranger's Friend Society, the annual report of the, 265.
Suicide, for love, 159.-Dr. Johnson's opinion of, 343.
Sulphur, a shower of, 7.

Summer evening, stanzas written on a, 172.
Sun, on the gradual diminution of the, by emanation,

275.

Sunflower, a large specimen of, 159.

Surgical operation, an extraordinary one, 22.
Swallows, a pair breed twice in the same nest, 56.
SWIMMING, feats of, 9, 24, 32, 46, 64, 96, 321.
Swine, a remedy for a disease incidental to, 203.
T

Tabitha Tortoiseshell, letter from, 224
Tale of a maniac, curious, from a correspondent, 64,
Tales of my Landlord.-See Waverly, and Scotch

Novels.

Tar from coal, the refuse of the gas works, on its uses,

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Toe, sonnet to My big, by Lorenzo, 372.
Tomb, the, lines so titled, 45.

Tom Thumb, on original copies of, 46.
"Too late for Dinner," plot of the new play, 70.
Tooke, John Horne, good anecdote of, 336.
Tombs, Egyptian.-See Egyptian.
Tooth-drawing, galvanism applied to, 72.
Transmigration, remarks on the doctrines of, 173.
TRAVELLER, the, original and selected letters from
foreign countries, &c. 297, 306, 314, 322, 330, 337,
345, 353, 361, 370, 377, 385, 401, 409, 417.
Traveller, an enterprising English one, 339.
Travellers', society of, Liverpool, query respecting, 344,
Travelling, quick, in old times! 398.
Trees, on the appearance of, in autumn, 158.
Trial, a curious one, in France.

Trinity College, Dublin, 1634 students at, 62.
Trippet Bob, letter from, on his disasters, 143.
T. Q. Rugbiensis, critique on Virginius and Macready,
by, 95.

Tuesday, Shrove, on the singular customs of, 299.
Tulip tree, an extraordinary one, 75.

Tunís, the Queen's reception at, 314.
Turkey and dog, a singular attachment between, 387.
Turkish ideas of honesty, 255.
Tussaud, Madame, remarks on her exhibition, 343, 343,

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Ullin's daughter, by Campbell, 180.
Unicorn, the, discovered, 210.
United States of America, list of the, 279.
Urns, sepulchral, discovered in Bedfordshire, 126.
V.

Vaccination, calculation of the lives saved by, 74.
Valerio, a letter of advice from, to Jessamy, 390.
Valerius, a Roman story, extracts from, 357.
Vampyre, criticism on the new melo-drame of the, 62.
Vandenhoff, Mr. critiques on his acting, 19, 31, 151.-
His farewell performance and speech, 168.-His first
appearance in London, 199.-See Dramatic Criticisms.
Variation of the magnetic needle, 20.
Vaulting ambition, anecdote of a rope-dancer, 159.
Vavaoo, the interesting tale of, 89.
Vegetable phenomena, a curious one, 152.
Vegetation in cold climates, remarks on, 183.
Verax, letter by, on swimming, 32.
Vessels preserved by salt between the timbers, 116.
Violet, lines accompanying one sent to a lady, 334.
Virgin, the fete of the, at Naples, attended by 80,000
troops, 116.
Virginius, criticisms on the new play of, 15, 16, 24, 87,

95, 95, 151.

Visions and sounds, supernatural, 5.
Vive la bagatelle, lines so entitled, 20.
Voice, human, imitated by a watch, 56.

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Welsh custom of wearing leeks, remarks on the, 292.
Welsh Indians in America, 59.

Well, an unusually deep one sunk in Lincoln's Inn
Fields, 135.

Westminster Abbey, from the Sketch Book, 137.
Wellington, anecdote of the Duke of, 40.
Westmore, lines by, to Emma, 276.-" The Kiss." 308.
Wesley, the Methodist, supernatural sounds heard by, 5.
Whale, one fifty feet long, 88.-Skeleton of one found
on a hill in New South Shetland, 331.
Whiston, murder at, inquiries respecting the, 136.
Whist, singular situation in the game of, 376.
White, on the mode of restoring, in paintings, 128.
White, Henry Kirke, verses on visiting the tomb of, 244.
Whitechapel, remarks on the flooding of, during heavy
rains, 184.

Whitfield's sermons, the number of, 277.
W. T. S. lines by, 148, 156, 212, 300.
Widows, two Hindoo ones burnt, 150.

Widows, Hindoo, remarks on the immolation of, 173.
-Mr. Buxton's motion in Parliament, on the burn-
ing of, 420.

Wife, a tender one! 214.-The purchase of one, 83.
One sold in Liverpool by private contract, 398.
"Willy White," a humourous critique on, by Pallo-
gus Modestus, 183.

Wilfred Wender, a Pedestrian Pilgrimage by, through
some of the most romantic parts of Derbyshire, 338,
345, 353, 370, 385, 402, 417.
Wilfreda Wender, poetry by, 418.

Window, an enchanted one in the Liverpool Town-
hall, 344.

Winifred, the legend of, represented from Wynkin de
Worde's Golden Legend, A. D. 1512, 348.
Winter, sonnet on the approach of, 172.

Wolf, an Arctic one becomes intimate with a dog, 191.
Woman, a wild one caught in the Island of Java, 150.
Wood long buried under ground, curious effects of time
upon, 282.

Wood-pigeons of America described, 7.

Wood, Mr. prospectus of his lectures on architecture, 412
Wood engravings, notices of very ancient, 342.
Wood, John, letter by, from Birkbeck's settlement or
the Illinois, 182.

Women, treatment of the native, in India, 254, 420.
Wordsworth's Peter Bell, a laughable critique on, 285
Wreck, skeleton of the, a dreadful story, 326.

X

Xantippe, a paper on, by a correspondent, 54.
Y

Y. a sonnet by, 117.-Lines addressed to Ellen by, 372
Yarrington, the, wild projects of, 398.
Ybsambul, description of the temple of, in Egypt, 227
York, New, law concerning dogs in, 4.-Number o
tavern licences, in, 79.

York, eulogy on the late Duchess of, by Erskine, 69.
Young, Mr. remarks on his Virginius, 24.
Youth, a thought on, lines so titled, 45.
"Youth, poems for," extracts from, 69.-Further ex
tracts and critique on, 92.
Youthful heroism, 60.

Y. Z. paper by, 185, 193, 201, 217, 225, 242.-Th
plagiarisms of, exposed by Cornelius, 304, 312, 320.

Z.

Z. letter so signed, on affairs of the heart, 38.
Z. poetry so signed, 45.
Zephyr, lines to, 284.
Zero, poetry by, 124.
Zimmerman, anecdote of, 395.

. letter so signed, 24.
letter so signed, 31.

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"I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff." WOTTON.

DRAMATIC RECREATIONS.

(From the Percy Anecdotes.)

The Princes of the House of Brunswick have generally been partial to theatrical entertainments. George II. frequently visited the theatres, notwithstanding his imperfect knowledge of the English language prevented his enjoying the beauties of the drama as much as he must otherwise have done. This monarch was at Drurylane theatre, when the Culloden despatches were pre

Bristol.

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Previous to the rising of the curtain, Prince George, then eleven years of age, came forward, and delivered in a most graceful and impressive manner the following Prologue :

To speak with freedom, dignity, and ease,
To learn those arts which may hereafter please,
Wise authors say, let youth, in earliest age,
Rehearse the poet's labours on the stage.
Nay, more! a nobler end is still behind,
The poet's labours elevate the mind;
Teach our young hearts with gen'rous fire to bum,
And feel the virtuous sentiments we learn,"

T' attain these glorious ends what play so fit,
As that where all the powers of human wit
Combine to dignify great Cato's name,

To deck his tomb, and consecrate his fame?
Where Liberty, O name for ever dear!
Breathes forth in every line, and bids us fear
Nor pains, nor death, to guard our sacred laws,
But bravely perish in our country's cause.
Patriots indeed! Nor why that honest name,
'Through every time and station still the same,
Should this superior to my years be thought,
Know, 'tis the first great lesson I was taught.
What, though a boy! it may with pride be said,
A boy in England born, in England bred;
Where freedom well becomes the earliest state,
For there the love of liberty's innate.
Yet more; before my eyes those heroes stand,
Whom the great William brought to bless this land,
To guard, with pious care, that gen'rous plan
Of power well bounded, which he first began.
But while my great forefathers fire my mind,
The friends, the joy, the glory of mankind,
Can I forget that here is one more dear?
But he is present, and I must forbear.

After the tragedy had been performed in a manner highly creditable to the royal and other juvenile amateurs, and much to the honour of those who had conducted their education, the Princess Augusta, afterwards Duchess of Brunswick, and mother of her present Ma

jesty, and Prince Edward, afterwards Duke of York, delivered an epilogue, of which the following is a copy:

PRINCESS AUGUSTA.

The prologue's filled with such fine phrases,
George will alone have all the praises;
Unless we can (to get in vogue)

Contrive to speak an epilogue.

PRINCE EDWARD.

George has, 'tis true, vouchsaf'd to mention
His future gracious intention

In such heroic strains, that no man
Will e'er deny his soul is Reman.
But what have you or I to say to
The pompous sentiments of Cato?
George is to have imperial sway;
Our task is only to obey;
And trust me I'll not thwart his will,
But be his faithful Juba still;
Though, sister, now the play is over,
I wish you'd get a better lover.

PRINCESS AUGUSTA.

Why, not to underrate your merit,
Others would court with different spirit,
And I perhaps might like another
A little better than a brother.
Could I have one of England's breeding,
But 'tis a point they're all agreed in,
That I must wed a foreigner,

And cross the seas, the Lord knows where,
Yet, let me go where'er I will,
England shall have my wishes still.

PRINCE EDWARD.

In England born, my inclination,
Like your's, is wedded to the nation;
And future times I hope will see
Me general, in reality.

Indeed, I wish to serve this land,
It is my father's strict command;
And none he ever gave will be
More cheerfully obeyed by me,

COLUMBIA.

CAPTAIN PARSONS JOURNAL.

soon came up with her. She was a small brig, and displayed English colours; her captain was greatly frightened, for he was "Rio de la Hache, March 15, 1820. carrying on a trade with the Indians, for "MY DEAREST TOM,-It gives me very which his vessel was liable to seizure if she great pleasure to be able to date a letter had fallen into the hands of the Spaniards. from the Spanish Main. We sailed from The captain came on board us, showed his Margaritta on the 6th instant, at three papers, and was allowed to proceed on his o'clock, P. M. our fleet consisting of eleven voyage. We anchored late in the evening, vessels of war, two gunboats, and three at Cape la Villa, and expected that, on the transports; our army is small, for, including following day, we would make our attack both soldiers and sailors, it amounted to but on their town. The following morning we 1800 men; the troops commanded by Colo- were detained at the Cape later than we nel Montillo, and our navy by his Excel- expected, owing to two of our vessels being lency Admiral Brion; the flag-ship, the missing; but, as one of them made her apUrdaneta, on board of which was your very pearance at about eleven o'clock, we got humble servant; we had but very few sick under weigh. The other, a fine schooner, on board the fleet, but among them was carrying sixteen eighteen-pounders, we have Colonel Bourke, considered the best officer not yet seen. After getting under weigh, out here; he was dangerously ill, and is we ran about sixty miles, and anchored, still very unwell. On the 8th one of the late in the evening, in five fathoms water. sailors on board us died suddenly, and in On this, and the night before, I may say, half an hour after he was consigned to the were the only nights I had any sleep, for deep; on the following day we had very our vessel rolled so desperately that our rough weather, a whirlwind passed within decks were constantly under water; to think a few yards of us, which drove the water of going into the cabin was ridiculous, it in clouds in a circular manner, higher than being very small, having births but for four our masts, and white as snow. While I was persons, yet eight contrived to squeeze leaning over the ship's side, looking at the themselves into it. I would roll myself up effects of this whirlwind, I heard a dreadful in my boat-cloak, and lie down on the quarsplash in the water, and instantly after saw ter deck, with an eighteen-pound shot under a poor sailor emerge out of the waves; we my head, by way of a pillow. Here, were going at the time about nine knots stretched at full length, I would soon fancy under our topsails; this poor fellow fell myself back at Margaritta, chatting with from the fore top gallant yard; the top gal- Mrs. English, in her neat and comfortable lant mast was at the same time carried away, room; and often I would fancy myself at in one instant we luffed in the wind, had Kildare-street, and say, how wonderful it is our boat lowered and manned, but all our that yesterday I was tossing about in the efforts to save the unfortunate person were Atlantic, on board the Urdanetta, and tovain; he disappeared, and I never saw him day to be comfortably at home with the more, except in my dreams for two nights; girls, questioning me about what I had seen, as soon as I closed my eyes I fancied I saw and how glad they were at my sudden On the 11th return. I would think myself quite happy him struggling in the waves. we had a most lovely day, and, in order until the thought rushed into my head, that that I might see our fleet to advantage, II was so long in this service, and had returned mounted to the main-top gallant-mast head, to my own country, nothing better than from which the fleet looked very respectable when I left it; suddenly I would start up, indeed. I had likewise a view of the Main, happy in one respect, and unhappy in which was not very far distant from us: in another; happy at finding myself still in the evening, about four o'clock, we saw a this service, and unhappy at being covered sail a-head of us; we instantly set all can-over with water; instead of being where, a vas, and made after her as fast as we could. few moments before, my wandering imagiHere our fleet, for the first time, broke nation led me to suppose I was. their line, some went to windward and shaking the water off my boat-cloak, I some to leeward of us; in order to in- would again lie down in hopes of enjoying tercept this vessel, as we approached the same happy insensibility; but this seems her, we hoisted Spanish colours; we to be a wrong term for it, so suppose I

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