medy, 222. Farther report of
proceedings in cases of high
treason, 356. Bp. of Ossory's
sermon, alluding to the un-
happy circumstances of the
times with respect to that
kingdom, 476.

Irwin, Mr. his Nilus, an elegy
on Nelson's victory, praised,
456.
Italy, Buonaparte's conquest is
promoted by magnificent pro-
mises of liberty, which have
been very imperfectly kept,500.

K

Kenyon, Lord, his liberal ideas-
with respect to literary property,
delivered on the case of Beck-
ford v. Hood, for printing a
book without leave, 310. See
also Abburst.
Kippis, Dr. his conduct as editor
of the Biographia Britannica
commended, 13.

L

Land-tax, sale of, pamphlets re-

lative to, 345.
Le Lievre, and Pelletier, Messrs.
report on extracting mineral
alkali from dea-salt, 362. On
the manufacture of soap, ib.:
Loadstone, account of a prodigious
one, which sustained the weight
of zoz pounds and 7 ounces, 553.

M

Malvern hills and spring, poeti-

cally celebrated, 419.
Mann, Isle of, cheap living there,
on fine mutton and pork, but no
good fat beef, 383.
Martin, Henry, one of K. Charles's
Judges, anecdote relative to the
life and character of this re-
markable man, 267. Acros-
tic epitaph on his tomb-stone in
Chepstow Church, written by
himself, 268.

New South Wales, colony of, its
origin, establishment, and po-
litical regulations, &c. 242.
Hardships endured by the
earlier colonists, 247. Mis-
understanding with the Natives,
252. The colony acquires
(1796) a degree of strength,
255. Norfolk Island described
and well settled, 373. Its cal-
ture and produce, 374. Bo-
tany Bay savages described, and
their characteristic manners
discriminated, 375. Discover
no traces of any religion, 376,
Their horridly barbarous modes
of courtship and matrimony, and
other peculiarities, and horrors,
378. The diseases prevalent
in their country, 380.
Nicholas, M. on salt-springs in
France, 564.

Nitre-beds, artificial. See Chaptal.

P

Paintings, Grecian, on antient
vases, &c. illustrated, 505. Ele-
gance in the drapery of human
figures on, ib. Picturesque
folds of the cloak, &c. in the
manner of putting it on, ib.
Their punctilio in dress inte-
resting to admirers of the an-
tique, 506.

Peace, at the present juncture,
recommended, 101.
Pearson, Dr. his experiments, &c.

on urinary concretions, 75.
Penshurst, sonnet written at, 320.
Pérouse, M. de la, acc. of his voy-

age round the world continued,
from vol. xxvi-Leaves the
coast of Chili, and steers for
Easter Island, 292. Stricture
en Mr. Hodges's drawing of
the monuments at that island,
293. Sandwich Islands; with
a remark on the death of Capt.
Cook, ib. Arrival at Mount
St. Elias, and description, 294.
Unfortunate occurrence, 296.
Proceeds to Monterey Bay, 301.
Amusing description, 302. Sails
for China, and arrives in Macao
Road, 303. Visits to Kamt-
schatka, 404. Arrives at Ma-
onna, 407. Dreadful accident
and great loss sustained there,
through the treachery of the
1. natives, 409.
Persius, well translated into Eng-

The

lish, 91. Specimen of, 92.
Philo Judæus supposed to be a
believer in Christ, 440.
contrary opinion suggested,441.
Pindar, Peter, his boast of the fa-
vours of his Muse, 228.
Poor, observations on the best me.
thod of maintaining them, 77.
Construction of a work-house,
79. Proper diet, 80. Employ-
Excitements to in-

ment, 82.

dustry, &c. 83.
Pope, Mr. his Windsor Forest trans-
lated into French, and specimen

of, 557.

Population, various systems rel. to,
2. Checks to, 3. Condor-
cet's ideas on this subject, 5.
Godwin's system, ib. Their
notions controverted, 6.

Quoters, in conversation, satirized,
331

R

Ritz, Mademoiselle de, biograph-
ical sketch of, 501. Distin-
guished by royal favour, 502.
Her downfall, ib.
Robertson, Dr. his History of A-
merica preferred to all others
on the same subject, 155.
Rousseau, J. J. some anecdotes,
&c. rel. to him, in his later
years, originally published in
France, 471.
Rumford, Count, his experiments
to shew that water, oil, &c. are
non-conductors of heat, 168.
Russia, empire of, actual state of,
at the close of the 18th centu-
ry, 503. Its want of population
accounted for, 504. Unna-
tural barbarity of parents a-
mong the common people to
their children, in Russia, one
cause of their scanty popula-
tion, ib.

S

St. Domingo, Baron Wimpffen's
account of his voyage to that
island, 39. Of the country and
its inhabitants, &c. 41. Of the
treatment of the negroes, 43.
Salt-petre, prodigious quantities
of, obtained in France, by ex-
traordinary efforts, 554.
Seguin, M. on the new methods
of tanning leather, 563.
Shakspeare, curious remarks on
his play of Hamlet by a cele-
brated German writer, 544.
Shields, Robt. not the sole author
of the Lives of the Poets, pub-
lished by Cibber, 10.
Shuck-

Stout, Capt. commander of the
Hercules, his narrative of the
loss of that ship, 236.
Switzerland,

Miss Williams's
Tour in, 134. Lake of Lucerne
described, ib. Valley of Schel.
lenen and Devil's Bridge, 137.
Mount St. Gothard, 138. Le-
vantine Valley, 110. Abbey of
Engelberg, 143. Lavater's se-
vere remonstrance to the French
Directory, on account of the
French invasion of Switzerland,
351. Pleasing description of
the simplicity of manners pre-
vailing among the rustic inha-
bitants of the Canton of Appen-
zell, 481. Wonderful delight
taken by them in the care and
management of their cows, 482.
Their culture of snails, and con-
siderable trade in that commo-
dity, ib. Simplicity of their
dress, food, &c. 485. Strangers
to taxation, and every kind of
oppressive government, ib. To-
tally illiterate and superstitious,
yet happy in their ignorance
and innocence, 486. Their in-
dustry, linen manufactures, and
Trade, 487. Remarkable fond-
ness for their own Country,
489. Remarks on Switzerland,
in general, 540. Patriotism of
the inhabitants, 542. Origin
of the name Swiss, ib, Revo-
lution in the Cantons, 543.
Simplicity of manners among

the antient inhabitants, 544.
Their municipal government,
546.
Sydneia, analysis of that substance,
76.

T

Taxation. See Finance.
Time, historical, uncertainty of
our knowlege of, from the
unsettled state of chronology,
257.

Times, the present, remark's on
the signs of, 335.
Tree of Liberty, origin of that po
litical emblem, 154-

Turks, obs. on their government,
159. On their religion, 160.
Their want of mental energy,
162. Their ignorance of sci-
ence and history, ib. Their
language, 163. The art of
printing unknown to them, 164.

V and U

Vaillant, M. his very valuable

Museum of Natural History,
in danger of being dispersed,
532. Recommended to the at-
tention of the British public, ib.
His Histoire Naturelle des Oi-
scaux d'Afrique" commended,

535

Vandelli, Professor, his observa-

tions on Natural History and
Chemistry, as published in the
Mem. of the R. Acad. Lisbon,
551. His acc. of curious sub-
jects of Natural History in the
Brazils, ib. Of some extraor-
dinary fossil bones, ib. Of an
astonishing large mass of na-
tive copper, found in a valley,
two leagues from Cachoeira,
weight 2666 pounds! 552.-
On increasing the strength of
gunpowder, ib.
Vandermonde, M. his Memoir on
the fabrication of steel, 562,
On bright arms, ib.
Variola Kaccina, acc. of that dis-
case, 447.
Vauquelin

at Strawberry-Hill, 272. Sar-
castic reflections on the peace
of 1748, and the fireworks, 273.
On the impressions made, on
some minds, by the earthquakes,
274. Letters to General Con-
way, 275. Letters to Mr. Bent-
ley, 278. Correspondence with
Mr. Gray, the Poet, 281. Let-
ters from Paris, 286. 111-
boding of the French revolu-
tion, 288.

Ware, Mr. his successful practice
in treating the fistula lachryma-
lis, 431

Watson, Bishop, his opinion re-
specting the British constitu-
tion, 203.

Weights and measures. See Shuck-
burgh.

Weft-Indies. See St. Domingo.
Wilberforce, Mr. vigorously at-

tacked by Mr. Belsham, re-
specting ais ideas of the Chris-
tian religion, &c. 145.
Wilkie, the poet,, his Epigoniad
estimated, 14.

Williams, Miss Helen Maria, her
travels in Switzerland, 131.
Her Hymn to the Supreme
Being, written among the Alps,
noticed, ,139. Her address from
the Glacier goddess to Dr.
Darwin, ib. Her acc. of the
political state of the Levantine
valley, 140.
Windmills, comparative advan-
tages between the vertical and
horizontal kinds, 269.
Wye, river, picturesque beauties
of, 264.