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Belangen, briefly defcribed, 203.
Birmingham riots, controverly relative
20, 237 349. Good fermen on, by
Mr. Schol-field, 478.

Blane, Dr. his account of the Nardus
Indica, 17.

Blood, procefs of the formation of, from
food, 29.

Buffet, the celebrated French writer, de-

teftable for his bigotry, and perfecuting
difpofition, 514.

Bradley, Mr. his pious memory extolled,
as the founder of St. Edmund's church,
in Dudley, 479..

Britons, the aboriginal, their rude man-
ners poetically delineated, 399. Their
martial chara&ter defcribed, from the
fame poem, ib.

Bromfield, Dr. his cafe of a child born

with fymptoms of eryfipelas followed
by gangrene, 424. Dr. Garthshore's
fupplementary paper, on this fubje&t,
425.

Burke, Mr. his explofion of the French
Revolution exploded, 93. Parallel
between him and Mr. Fox in their
late parliamentary conteft, ICO. Ta-
tham's letters to Burke, on politics, cri-
ticized, 381.

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Cafles, Mr. his account of the fugar ant,

19.

Champion, Mr. his account of the pro-

duction of ambergris, 139.
Charles Vth of France, characterised,
147.

Cbeton, Richard Browne, Dr. his ac-
count of a cafe of retroverted uterus,
in which the paracentesis was fuccefs-
fully performed, 424.

Cbrift, his advent preceded by great and
peculiar events, 73.

Chriftians, their right, and even obliga-

ior, to judge for themselves in matters
of religion, and alfo to communicate to
others the refult of their free inquiries,
502. This right properly guarded, by
juft diftinétions, 503.

Church of England justified, in regard to
the relaxation of ecclefiaftical difci-
pline, 476.

Coyle, account of, 28.

Clauffen, General, his eftablishment of

great and useful manufactories in Den-
mark, 75.

Clayton's fermon, relative to the riot at
Birmingham, and the controversy with
him, in confequence of that difcourfe,
237. 239. 349, 350.

Company, Eaft India, general review of
their affairs, 333.

Conflantinople, remarks on that empo-
rium, 520.

Cooper, Thomas, Efq. his propofitions
respecting the foundation of civil go-
vernment, 183. His obfervations re-
fpecting the history of phyfiognomy,

190.

Cornish language, the ancient, nearly
loft, 373. Curious account of, 374.
Vocabulary of, 379.

Correspondence with the Reviewers, viz.
T. Byerley, on canal navigation, 119.
Philonomus, 359. P. Q. 360. Philo
Africanus, on the flave trade, 480.
Creeds, ought to be difmilled from our
public forms of worship, 160.
Cretins, of the Alps, account of thofe
unhappy people, 573. The diforders,
to which they are peculiarly fubject,
explained, 574.

Crawford, Dr. on the properties of the
muriatic barytes, 432.

D

Dalby, Mr. his remarks on General
Roy's account of the trigonometrical
operation, whereby the diflance be-
tween the meridians of the royal ob-
fervatories of Greenwich and Paris
has been determined, 15.
Day, Thomas, Efq. particulars of his
life, 60. His literary productions,
61. His great political character and
writings, 63. His death, by an un-
fortunate accident, 68.

Death, natural mode of, mechanically
explained, with respect to the human
frame, 58.

Decan, [Eaft Indies,] political view of

that province, 331.

De Lac, M. agreement between his prin-
ciples and facts refpecting the theory of
the earth, and those of other modern
writers, 121. His fecond memoir, in
the Philofophical Tranfactions on hy-
grometry, 133.

Democritus, his ridicule of the actions of
men, philofophically accounted for,
58.
Demonology, medical, obfervations rela
tive to, 189.

Denmark. See Clauffen.

Derby, account of the famous filk-mills
there, 32.

Defpotifm, political, origin and progrefs
of, 550. Its univerfal downfal pre
dicted, 553. Recommended, 580.

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Fancy, lines from an ode to, 441.
Fawkener, Mr. his letter, on the pro-
duction of ambergris, 138,
Features, of the human countenance, the
natural difference in, philofophically
and anatomically difcuffed, 206.
Ferriar, Dr. his account of an ancient
monument in Huln abbey, Northum-
berland, 187. His obfervations on
the vital principle, ib. His eflay on
popular illufions, and medical demo-
nology, 189. On the dramatic writ-
ings of Maffinger, 190.
Fish-women, at Paris, their fingular ad-

drefs to the French bifhops, in the Na-
tional Affembly, 509.
Flacourt's account of Madagascar, when
published, 556.
Foede a. See Rymer.

Food. See Digeftion. See Chyle. See
Blond.

France, the late revolution in, abfolutely
neceffary, 91. The rectitude of that
measure afferted, 93. Foreseen in
1639, 108. Dictated not only by a re-
gard to the welfare of France, but by a
Spirit of peace and good will to other
nations, 302. Queen of, encomium
on, 356. National Affembly praised
for not establishing a democracy, 454
France not the natural enemy of the
German empire, 485. Her conduct
with respect to Alface vindicated, ib.
Relation of various popular tranfac-
tions which happened at Paris, in con-
fequence of the revolution, 508. The
King more a flave to his minifters, be-
fore that event, than he has fince been
to the National Affembly, ib.
Franche Comté, account of, 203. Ro-

mantic fituations in, and natural cu-
riofities defcribed, ib. Remarkable
caverns, 204.

Frederic II. late king of Pruffia, his poft-
humous works tranflated by Holcroft,
324.
General contents of the vo-
lumes, ib. Charader of the tranfla-
tion, 328. An impreffion of the ori
ginal works reprinted in England, from
the Berlin edition, 329.
Fungi, claffed (as food) with animals,

27.

G

Germany, political conftitution of, remarks
on, 484. Wretched ftate of the people,
under fome of its princes, 485. All
its diflinct governments defpotic, and
likely to continue fo, 487.

Gera, account of that people, from He-
rodotus, 404.

Gibbon, the hiftorian, charged with dif-
ingenuity, with respect to religion,

73.

Government, of the different states of
Europe, &c. obfervations on, 482.
Mankind, in general, ignorant of the
true principles of government, 483.
Greece, origin of the drama, among the
ancient Greeks, 84. Their philofo-
phy investigated, 361. The famous
queftion, whether they entertained any
notion of a Trinity of perfons in the
Divine nature, difcuffed, 363.
Gum, elaftic, fome account of, 561.
Gunning, Mile, controversy concerning
her correspondence, &c. 356.
Gun-powder, its property of explosion ex-
plained, 573.

Guthrie,

Guthrie, Dr. his obfervation on the con-
gelation of mercury, 79.

H

Haflings, Mr. his excellent imitation of
Horace, 22.

Hay, the caufe of its fweating explained,
572. Cautions to be used in cooling
a heated hay-rick, ib.

Haydn, frictures on his mufical compo-
fitions, 199.

Haygarth, Dr. his defeription of a glory,

188.

Hemert, Profeffor, his Teylerian prize
differtation, on natural and revealed
religion, 501.

Henry, Mr. his obfervations on the bills
of mortality for Manchefter, &c.
184.

Herodotus, his character as an historian,
241. Specimen of Littlebury's tranf
lation of, 242. Of the new tranfla-
tion, by Mr. Beloe, 244. Of Mr.
Beloe's notes, ib.-251.
Farther ex-
tracts from Mr. Beloe's tranflation and
notes, 404. Mr. B. intimates his defign
of tranflating Plutarch's tract on the
malignity of Herodotus, and the Abbé
Geinoz's reply, 410.

Herfchel, Dr. his obfervations on the pla-

net Saturn, and the rotation of its ring
on an axis, 12. On nebulous ftais,

133.

Hefe-Homburgb, hiftorical account of the
princes of, 527. Remarkable cha
racter of Frederic II. 528. Account
of many uncommon mifchances that
befel him; all of which he furmounted
by his wonderful fortitude and bravery,
529.
Heffan foldiers, their wretched fubjection
to the arbitrary difpofal of their def-
potic princes, 485. Inftanced in their
being fent to fight the Americans, with
whom they had no quarrels, ib.
Hindoos, their general, and refpectable,
character, 10, 11. Explanation of the
feveral eras in ufe among them, 14.
Hiftory, general oblervations on the com-
pofition of, 72. Applied to Mr. Gib-
bon, 73.

Holland, obfervations with refpect to the

government of that country, 490.
Late difturbances there, fee Man-
drillon.

Home, Mr. his account of a child with a
double head, 19.
Hope, ode to, 285.

Horace, B. II. ode 16. imitation of, by
Governor Haftings, 22.

Horn, See Excrefcence.
Hottentot, ftory of one who relapfed to the
favage ftate, after having received an
European education, 562.
Hurricane, dreadful one defcribed, 557-
Hutton, Dr. his theory of the earth,

ftrata, &c, remarks on, 122. Similar
in fome parts, to that of Buffon, ib.
Hutton, Mr. W. his account of himself,
and of the Derby filk-mills, 32.
Hydrophobia, cafe of, 432.
Hygrometry, fecond paper on, in the
Pbilofophical Transactions, by De Luc,
133.

I and J

Januarius, St. pleafant ftory relative to
the famous miracle performed on his
blood, 205.

Jay, Mr. the American ambasador to
the court of Paris, his firm and manly
conduct, in oppofition to the duplicity
of M. Vergennes, the French mini-}
fter, 537.

Ice-cellar, a remarkable natural one, in
Franche Comté, defcribed, 203.
Felgerfma, M. his Teylerian prize dif

fertation, relative to natural and re-
vealed religion, 504.

Jefuits, remarks on the profound policy
of that order, 205.

Indies, Eaft. See Alexander. See Me-
gafikenes. See Turks. See Hindoos.
See Decan. See Company.
Inflammation, Specific diftinctions of,
430.

Intolerance, in religious matters, excellent
obfervations on, 259-266.

Ile de Sable defcribed, 559. Affecting
ftory of tome unfortunate people ship?
wrecked there, ib.

Juries, their right of judgment, in cafes
of libel, investigated, 336. Afferted, as
being as competent to decide on the
whole of the charge, as in other crimi-
nal cafes, 337, 338.

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Learning, &c.- rife and progress of, in

Afia Minor, 152.
Leopold II. the prefent Emperor of Ger-
many, his pacific difpofition, and mild
and praife-worthy principles of govern-
ment, 567. Blameable conduct of the
Netherlanders toward him, 580.
Lewis VI. of France, characterized as a
devotee, and a dishoneft man, 147.
XI. characterized, 148.
-XIII. his vile character, ib.

- XIV. a coloffus of tyranny, 149.
316.
Libel, publications relative to the laws
concerning, 336.

Library, public, at Geneva, easy access
to, 170. Thofe of England difadvan-
tageously mentioned, in respect of the
difficulty of admiflion to them, ib.
Liege, the Prince bishop of, his inconfift-
ent and capricious conduct, in regard
to his late difpute with his fubjects,
215.

Life, of man, mechanically described,

57.

Lightning, account of fome extraordinary
effects of, 18.


Lincolnshire, management of the poor in
that county, 232.
Lion, of Numedia, pompously defcribed,
274. Great dread of, by all other
animals, 275.

Lloyd, General, his military view of the

natural fituation of the King of
Pruffia's dominions, 443. His rules
and obfervations refpecting warfare in
general, 444.
Lombe, John, account of his acquiring
the knowlege of the construction of
the Italian filk-mills; and of the
erection of thofe at Derby, 33. Poi
foned by the Italians, 34.

William, fucceeds his brother
Jobn in the property of the Derby silk-
milis, 34.

-, Sir Thomas, becomes proprietor,
and obtains a parliamentary premium,
ib.

M

Madagascar, various accounts of, 556,
the last, by Abbé Rochon, fuppofed
to be the beft, ib. General defcription
of the inland, its foil, productions, &c.
560. Prodigious variety of its vege-
tables, 561. Favourable character of
the inhabitants, ib. Singular privi-
lege of their kings, 562. Their reli-
gion, ib. Agreeable character of their
women, 563 Unfuccefsful attempts
of the French to enflave them, ik.

Hints intended for the advantage of
this noble island, 566.

Madog, ab Owen Gwynned, difcovers,
and fettles in, America, 300 years be→
fore the time of Columbus, 468.
Maintenon, Madame, anecdotes of, from
the cradle, 310.
Suffers great hard-
fhips in her infancy, 311. Married to
Lewis XIV. 312.

Manchefter, obfervations on the bills of
mortality for that town and for Salford,
184,
Mandrillon, M. account of his political

operations in Holland, &c. 516. Dif
appointed in his views of being able to
accommodate the late mifunderstand-
ing between the States and the Stad-
tholder, 517.

Maple, fugar furnished in great abundance
from that tree, in America, 542. Su-
perior advantages of making fugar from
maple, rather than from the cane, ib.
Negroes not wanted in the procefs, ib.
Marriage, a defcription of, among the
ancient Greeks, 87.

Marsden, Mr. his explanation of the

feveral chronological eras in ufe among
the Hindoos, 14..

Martyrdom, of the first Chriftians, its
effects on the unconverted world, 69.
Mafinger, his dramatic writings recom-
mended, 190.

Maury, Abbe, glance at his character,
514.

Mayow, the famous chemift, his useful
difcoveries, 544.
Megaftbenes, one of Alexander's officers,
publishes an account of India, 6.
Mercury. See Guthrie.

Mirabeau, M. De, his great abilities and
fingular character, 575. His ftriking
general obfervation on establishments
of national religion, 576.

Miffionary, French, bis infolent behaviour
to a king of Madagascar, 565. How,
defervedly, though feverely, punished,ib.
Mufic, vocal, critical obfervations relative
to, 196.

inftrumental, frictures on the pre-
fent flate of, in this country, 198.
Myfore, the country of Tippoo Saib,
account of the moft important local
circumstances of, 331.

Mysteries, facred, of the ancients, remarks
and anecdotes relative to, 259.

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National income and expenditure of Great

Britain, prefent comparative ftate of,
234.

Negroes, remarkable difference in the
character and conduct of those who
are free, in North America, compared
with those who are held in flavery, 341.
Netherlands, Aufirian, caules of the dif-
turbances there, 580.
Netley Abbey, an ode, 144.

Newton, Sir Ifaac, much chemical know-
lege contained in his works, 545.
Nobility, great difference between the ftate
and circumftances of that body in
France, and in England, 512.
Norway, character and prefent condition
of the peasantry there, 73.

O'Donnel, Mr.Cafe of hydrophobia, 432.
Ovid, bis epiftle from OEnone to Paris,
new translation of, 457.

P

Paine, Thomas, controversy occafioned by

his celebrated pamphle', 353.
Palibotbra, great extent of that city, 6.
Pallas, Dr. his experiments in order to
ascertain the degree of heat in animals,
during their torpid state, 79.
Palmyra, reflections by feeing the ruins
of, on the spot, 548.

Parian Chronicle, controversy relative to,
continued, 410. & feq.

Pearson, Mr. his obfervations on the ufe

of opium, in the venereal difeafe, 425.
Pennfylvania, the farmers, &c. of, de-
fcribed, as in their cut-fet in cultivating
that country, 185.

Percival, Dr. his inquiry into the prin-
ciples of taxation, 181.
Perfecutions, Chriftian, mafterly sketches

of, from the time of Conftantine, 263.
Pbilofopby, of ancient Greece, investi-
gated, 363.

Phyfiognomy. See Cooper. See alfo Fea-

tures.

Picter, Profeffor, his confiderations on the
convenience of measuring an arch of a
meridian, and of a parallel of latitude,
having the obfervatory of Greenwich
for their common interfection, 133.
Pigott, Mr. his determination of the
longitudes and latitudes of feveral
places near the Severn, 12.
Plague, dreadful ravages made by that
diffemper in Barbary, 277. Remark-
able instances of, ib.

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Reformation, Proteftant, from the church
of Rome, a great benefit to the Chrift-
ian world, 52.
Respiration, account of, 570,

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