Bowyer, Mr. his work on Waterloo, announ- ced, 50
Boydell, John, anecdote of, 417 Boyne, Viscount, account of, 268 Bray, Dr. his plan for parochial libraries, 110 Brewster, Dr. the Copleyan Medal adjudged to him, 39-prize awarded him by the Institute of France, 56
Carlisle Library, particulars concerning, 79 Pitt Club, account of, 435
Carlton House, architecture of, 121-in- provements near, 362
Carlyle, Rev. Mr. on his character, 114 Casson, John, trial of, 86
Cat in the pan, origin of the expression, 131 Catholic Seminaries, on, 194
Brickdale and Co. statement of their affairs. Cauchy, M. prize adjudged to, 56
Cavendish-square, description of, 219
Bridges, prices of shares in, 94, 199, 283,381. Certificates, lists of, 93, 189, 282, 380, 476, 479, 575
Brighton, visit of the Prince Regent to, 85 Bristol Pitt Club, account of, 434 British and Foreign Bible Society, remark respecting, 8-on the remark concerning, 400-meeting of, 557
Institution, exhibition of, 154 Museum, architecture of, 124 -System of Education, defence of, 435 Britton, Mr. on the monumental bust of Shak- speare, at Stratford, 414 Brixham, opening of a new chapel at, 466 Broughton, Wm. his longevity, 365 Brown John, particulars respecting, 417 -W. C. death of, 171
Buckinghamshire, Earl of, biographical ac- count of, 172
Buckley, George, apparatus for weighing gases invented by, 326 Bullion, prices of, 285, 481, 577 Banbury, Mr. W. H. particulars respecting,
Burdon, Mr. letter from Mr. Tweddell to, 6 Burlington House, description of, 218 Burns, Robert, inscription to his memory,
Buschmann M, Von, musical instrument in- vented by, 429
Butts, Mr. particulars respecting, 417 By hook or by crook, origin of the saying,
Byron, Lord, on his imitations, 199-sale of his estates, 368
Cabanillas, Dr. his treatment of the yellow fever, 234
Cadogan, Col. monument erected to him,
Cain, query respecting, 5-on the history of, 199-answers to the query, 303, 407 Cambridge, proceedings of the University of, 50, 138, 323, 422, 525
museura to be erected at, 270 Cambridgeshire, meeting of the land pro- prietors of, 78-riots in, 563 Campbell, Miss, lines by, 522
Campbell, Rev. J. account of experiments with bottles sunk in the ocean, 212 Canada, Lower, protestant college in, 111 Canal shares, prices of, 94, 190, 283, 381, 479, 575
Canova, inquiry respecting a design by him for Lord Nelson, 22 Carlini, perticulars respecting, 418 Carlisle, A. his lectures an anatomy, 59 Mrs. anecdote of, 418
--new bridge at, 366-proposed estab- lishment of a muscum at, 564
Chambars, Mr. particulars respecting, 419 Chamberlaine, M. particulars respecting, 418 Chambers, Sir Wm. particulars concerning,
Clarke, Mr. properties of his night soil, 211 Cleveland House, remarks on, 215 Clifford, Lady, her death, 86 Clifton, H. C. poetry by, 524 Climbing boys, meeting of the society for
superseding the employment of, 558 Clincher, origin of the expression, 321 Coal-mines, on preventing explosions in, 38 -on lighting, 425
Cobbet's Register, strictures on, 211 Cobham, Mr. his performances, 349 Codices Rescripti described, 326 Commerce, remarks on, 119
Commercial Reports, 88, 184, 287, 377) 475, 569
Companies' Shares, prices of, 94, 199, 283, 381, 479
Conyngham, Countess, her death, 560 Cormouls, Rev. Mr. on the hollowness of
the globe, 19-on gravity, 223, 411, 511 Corn, average prices of, 87, 183, 287, 383, 483, 579
Cornwall Agricultural Society, meeting of, Eagle, remarks on the natural history of, 489
Coromandel hoy, robbery of, 460
Coroners' inquests, improper verdicts of, 9,
Courtenay, J. account of, 364
Covent-garden theatre, remarks on the archi- tecture of, 121-performances at, 157, 251, 349, 451, 541
Cow-pox, on the impossibility of inoculating bad humours with it, 105 Cradle churn, account of, 375
Crane, Dr. on the symptoms of real death,
Craufurd, Mr. his course of French litera- ture, 55
Crewe, Emma, a female artist, 418 Critical Review, improvement in, 528 Croft, Sir Herbert, account of, 562 Csaky, Count, his monument to Buonaparte,
Culprit, origin of the word, 321 Cumberland, extensive floods in, 79 Curwen, Mr. his election for Carlisle, 270
Dalton, establishment of two schools at, 465 Davy, Sir H. on the fire-damp of coal-mines, and on a method of lighting them so as to prevent explosion, 38-on improvements in his safe-lamps, 143-experiments with them, 327-remarks on them, 396 Dawe, Mr. his picture of Miss O'Neill, 59 Day, Mr. his cast of the colossal group at Monte Cavallo, 155
Dayes, E. particulars respecting, 419 Dean, Mr. particulars concerning, 419 Branch Bible Society, institution of,
Death, equality in, 110
De Bruyn, particulars respecting, 419 Depping, Mr. new works by, 55 Derby Pitt Club, account of, 435
Devis, Mr. his picture of Miss O'Neill, 58 Devon and Exeter Pitt Club, account of, 436 Devonshire, prosperity of, 80-reduction of rents in, 271-proposed improvements in, 564-election of Mr. Bastard for, 565 Dividends, lists of, 92, 188, 280, 379, 477, 572
Dock shares, prices of, 94, 199, 283, 381,
Dodd, Mr. his proposal for a new bridge over the Thames, 168
Dog in a Doublet, origin of the expression,
Earthquakes, 273, 413
East Dereham, new theatre at, 567
East India House, on the architecture of, 124 Ecton, Mr. his return of church livings, 296 Edmondson, Mr. particulars concerning,521 Education, remarks on the tendency of the new system of, 112-defence of, 405 of the Poor, meeting of the So-
ciety for promoting, 558 Edwards, Mr. anecdotes of, 521 Egerton, Rev. Mr. on his collection of MSS. 139-new work by him, 328
Elgin Marbles, opinions of eminent artists respecting, 247-report from the select committee on, 333
Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company, packet established by, 564
Ellis, John, poetry by, 421
Ellys, J. particulars respecting, 521 Elmes, Mr. on the works of Nicholas Ozanne, 19-his plan of a new village announced, 155-his plan for a house for the Caledo- nian Society, ib.
Elspeth, inquiry concerning the origin of that name, 318
England and Wales, number of parishes in,
English fashions, remarks on, 426 Engravers, on their exclusion from the Royal Academy, 5-reasons for their exclusion,
Epping Forest, intended inclosure of, 367 Espagno, his remarkable longevity, 2 Evangelical divines, caution against, 118- remarks on their conduct, 312, 813- defence of, 313, 314
Exchange, courses of, 285, 481, 577 Exercise, on the benefits of, 2
Exeter, establishment of a Gas-light Com- pany at, 80-new church at, 564 court, fire in, 460
Eyre, Mr. his death, 375
Faria, M. his experiments on animal mag- netism, 426
Faringdon, silver coins found near, 365 Farms, on the disadvantages of small ones, 196
Fenning, Eliza, remarks on the case of, 198 Ferguson, Adam, account of, 268 Finances, statement of, 164
Fires, destructive, 175, 362, 370, 375, 370, 460, 557, 569
Fisher, Mr. his death, 565
Doncaster, foundation of national schools at, Fitzwilliam, Viscount, account of, 172 472
Dougall, Mr. on the language of Malta, 98, 297, 897
Dramatic Register, 60, 155, 250, 347, 450,
Drury-lane Theatre, performances at, 60, 155, 250, 347, 450, 540-architectural remarks on, 122
Dublin, destructive fire at, 375 ** Ducis, M. account of, 329
Duigenan, Rt. Hon. Patrick, account of, 363 D'Uklanski, Baron, posthumous work by him announced, 504
Dunster, Rev. Charles, account of, 464
Flindell, Mr. T. his lines on the death of Francis Gregor, 160
Flogging, on the punishment of, 203-de- fence of, 409
Foundling Hospital, architecture of, 123 Fournier, M. his edi ion of the works of Ci- cero announced, 529
Fox, Mr. Joseph, his death, 363
Mr. statue of him erected, 557 France, state of literature in, 54, 233, 327, 425, 529-substance of the conventions with, 68-inquiry concerning the new boundaries of, 101-political transactions in, 166
Fraser, Archibald, account of, 78 Freebairn, Robert, accident which occasioned his son's death, 521
Frome, subscription for a free church at, 371 Funded debt of Great Britain, state of, 361 Furlong, Thomas, poetry by, 161, 419 Fuseli, Mr. his lectures at the Royal Aca- demy, 152
Gainsborough, Thomas, anecdotes of, 522 Game-laws, on their hardships, 33-answers
to animadversions on them, 205-further remarks on their hardships, 498, 500 Ganganelli, on Zotti's edition of his letters, 397
Gardner, Viscount, account of, 76 Garland, Captain, steam-machine invented by, 465
Gent, Thomas, poetry by, 159, 357 Germain, Mademoiselle, prize adjudged to her by the Institute of France, 56 Glasgow, monument to Col.Cadogan at, 277 Glauber salt, discovery of a cave of, 430 Globe, the, on its hollowness, 19-on its supposed antiquity, 23, 108 Gloucester, new bridge at, 566
and Berkeley Canal, completion
of, 466 Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, on his murderers,
Goodall, Miss, remarks on her performance,
Goode, Mr. his conviction for embezzle-
Grant, G. W. A. T. his death, 563 Grant, Miss, lines on the death of, 522 Gravity, on, 223, 411, 511
Great Britain, political transactions in, 162,
Greeks, on the academical institutions of the modern, 236
Gregor, Francis, lines on his death, 160 Griffiths, Mr. his lectures on geology, 528 Grimani, Miss, remarks on her performance,
Grimmer, Mr. on the ignis fatuus, 417 Grimsby, amount of duties received at, 82 Grosvenor Square, remarks on, 219 Guardian of Health, the, 1, 125, 319 Guy's Hospital, remarks on the architecture of, 123
Hairs, method of removing, 300 Halifax Pitt Club, account of, 436 Hamilton, Mr. on Tweddell's Collections,140 Hamlet, elucidation of a passage in, 310 Hampshire, projected lunatic asylum in, 177 -proposed equalization of the county rate in, 467-state of schools in, ib. Hanover Square, remarks on, 219 Hardinge, George, account of, 464 Harington, Dr. account of, 173 Hartwell, Charles, account of, 473 Hawkins, Edward, his death, 277 Haydon, Mr. new picture by, 155 Health, rules for preserving, 1 Heath, Mr. Justice, account of, 172 Heaton Colliery, state of a body found in, 176-discovery of the remains of the suf- ferers in, 274
He can't say boh to a goose, origin of the expression, 130
He has been at Blarney, origin of the ex- pression, 322
He is a dab at it, derivation of, 322 Hemp, proposed cultivation of, 274 Henley, Rev. Dr. Samuel, account of, 77 Hereford, Adult School to be instituted in, 368-Pitt Club established at, 467-state of the Female Adult School at, ib.-meet- ing of the Pitt Club of, 566
County Hall, portrait of the Duke of Norfolk to be placed in, 177 Hill, Lord, description of the column erected at Shrewsbury in honour of him, 371 Hillingdon, account of the library bequeathed to the vicar of, 111
Holland, on the union of the Austrian Ne- therlands with, 491
Homer, discovery of curious fragments of,57 Hood, Viscount, biographical account of,179 Hopetoun, Earl of, account of, 560 Horse Guards, remarks on the, 121 Howden, benevolent society at, 472 Humber, inundation of the, 277 Hutchinson, Foster, his death, 182
Kidd's Remains of Porson, strictures on, 8- vindication of that work, 393-strictures on it reasserted and vindicated, 507 King's Bench Prison, report on the state of,
King's health, bulletins of the, 74, 168, 265,
Körner, Theodore, translation of a poetical piece by, 421
Krudener, Baroness, particulars respecting,
Lambert, Rev. George, account of, 374 Lancashire, combination of calico-printers in, 178
Lang, Chevalier, his tract on the Jesuits, 235 Lansdown House, architecture of, 218 Latin line, inquiry concerning the author of one, 227
Lavallée, Marquis, particulars respecting, 232, 328
Lavallette, his escape, 167
Mackenrot, Anthony, his trial for forgery, 74 Mackinnon, Rev. J. on the history of Cain, 199-on the Mosaic history of Joseph,
Macquarrie, Governor, report of his journey into the interior of New South Wales, 14 Madeira, effects of the earthquake at, 413 Magistrates, on the appointment of, 21 Maidstone, state of the national school at, 467-petition for a mail coach to, ib. Majo, A. A. his discovery of the Orations of Symmachus, 234
Malta, on the language of, 98, 297, 397 Manby, Capt. his method of extinguishing fire, 265
Manchester, proposal for a new church at, 82-combination of the journeymen at, 178-proposed introduction of gas lights at, 272
Pitt Club, account of, 437 Mansion House, remarks on the architecture of, 121
Layman, Captain, experiments with his me- Manufactures, foreign, policy of discourag-
thod of preparing timber, 327
Le Blanc, Sir Simon, his death, 363
Leeds Pitt Club, account of, 436
Leviathan, on the, 490
Leicester Pitt Club, account of, 436
Leipzig, picture of the battle of, announced,
Lending libraries, proposed establishment of,
Leopold, Prince, memoir of the life of, 513 Lewes, foundation of a new chapel at, 471 Lewson, Mrs. account of, 561
Libraries, public, accounts of, solicited, 513 Lichfield, coal mines to be opened near, 275 Lincoln, earthquake at, 273
and Stamford Mercury, duties paid to government by, 82 Lincolnshire, proposed cultivation of hemp in, 274
Lioness, extraordinary attachment of one to a terrier bitch, 211 Literary Criticism, on, 305
Literary Fund, annual dinner of, 424 Liturgy of the Church, remarks on, 294 Liverpool, new church at, 82-gas light company at, 369-parish dinners abo- lished at, 368
Manvers, Earl, account of, 561
Mardyn, Mrs. her performances, 156, 541 Margate Sea Bathing Infirmary, trial con- nected with it, 368
Marlborough House, remarks on, 218 Martins, Dr. his work on the formation of the head, 235
Marylebone, description of the new church of, 121
Marylebone-street, fire in, 557 Massareene, Earl, account of, 268 Mathematical questions, interest of, 513 Mathematical sciences, on the neglected state of, 142
Mayne J. poetry by, 162, 259 Measure for Measure, new reading in, 204 Melksham Spa, particulars respecting, 276 Memoirs of Eminent Persons, 135, 513 Merry Andrew, origin of the expression,
Meteor, remarkable, 372
Meteorological Registers, 96, 192, 288, 384, 484, 580
Metz, the engraver, particulars respecting, 22 M'Gill, Mr. his bequest, 111
Millin M. notice of works by him, 55
Theatre, renewal of the lease of, Milner, Dr. his conduct, 193
Loan for 1815, particulars of, 94, 190 London, incidents, &c. in, 74, 168, 265, 362, 460, 556-bill of mortality of, 74- remarks on the principal buildings in, 119, 217
Pitt Club, account of, 430-meeting of, 556 Longevity, instances of, 2, 79, 80, 81, 83, 105, 174, 176, 177, 181, 275, 276, 278, 365, 366, 368, 369, 375, 465, 466, 469, 471, 561, 567, 568
Lottery tickets, price of, 479
Lubbock, Sir John, account of, 268-cor- rection of an error respecting, 365
Luttrell, J. F. account of, 268
Mines, on the ventilation of, 300 Mint, the, damage by fire at, 461 Missionary society, inconsistency of one, 221 Molyneux, Sir D'Arcy, his death, 86 Montague House, remarks on, 218 Monthly Magazine, on the anti-British sen- timents of the editor of, 215-strictures on,
Moore, Ann, lodged in Chester gaol, 270 Moreton-Hampstead, destructive fire at, 175 Mudford, Mr. his narrative of the battle of Waterloo announced, 50
Mundy, Mr. subscription for a bust of, 465 Murray, Dr. on his cased lamp, 300 Miss, her performances, 348 Music, review of, 67, 151, 244, 346, 446
Lyceum, new theatre erecting on its site, My eye Betty Martin, origin of the expres-
New Bethlem, description of, 123 Newburgh, coins found near, 375
Patton, Admiral, account of, 77
Pegge, Dr. on the custom of making April fools, 507
Penrhyn, Lady, account of, 77 Peterborough, dispensary at, 83
Phenomena, extraordinary, 372, 428 Phillips, Sir R. remarks on his Society for preventing war, 501
Newbury, establishment of a savings bank Philosophical Societies, proceedings of, 37,
Bank, property of, recovered, 563 Newcastle, arrangements for a mail at, 370 Newgate, description of, 122
New South Wales, report of Governor Mac- quarrie's journey into, 14
Ney, Marshal, his trial and execution, 166 Noble, Miss, her charitable bequests, 368 Northumberland, floods in, 83
Duke, reduction of the rents on his estates, 179-monument in honor of, 371, 568 Norwich, establishment of a day coach at, 179-on the paintings in St. Andrew's Hall at, 402
Pitt Club, account of, 437
Piccadilly, remarks on buildings in, 219 Pick, Mr. Wm. his death, 182
Pilgrim E. T. on the verdicts of Coroner's Inquests, 194
Pillet, his death, 427
Pitt Clubs, account of, 430
Plato, his notions of Providence, 115-his doctrine of the periodical mutation of things, 208
Platonists, on their notions respecting prayer,
Plymouth, improvements at, 80, 175-state of the Adult schools at, ib.-- Provident Institution at, 466
Poachers, audacity of, 81-trial of, 367
Nottingham, baptisms and burials at, 83- Poaching, on the most effectual remedy for,
destructive fire near, 370
(Edipus Jocularis, 130, 321
Ohio, new town on the banks of the, 429 Oliver, Mr. on the means of removing hairs,
Poetical lines, inquiry concerning the author of, 318
Poetic excellence, scale of, 11-questions suggested by, 202
Poetry, original, 47, 159, 257, 357, 419, 522
O'Neill, Miss, observations on her perform- Political events, digest of, 162, 359, 458
ances, 251, 452, 542
Opera House, sale of, 557
Opera House, English, description of, 542 Opiates, danger of administering them to in- fants, 391
Ordnance Office, remarks on the, 218
Orfila, M. result of his researches on poisons, 376
Orme, Mr. his proposal for a temple of the fine arts, 52
Osborn, Mr. his inquiry respecting turnips,
Osweld's Air, inquiry concerning, 318 Otley, threshing machine exhibited at, 472 Oxford, bishop of, his mathematical abilities,
proceedings of the university of, 50, 324, 422, 525-new fish-market at, 470 Oxfordshire Agricultural Society, meeting of, 568
Ozanne, Nicholas, notice of his works, 19
Painters in Oil and Water Colours, exhibition of, 449, 544
Painting, description of a remarkable one,
Pall-Mall, remarks on the buildings of, 219 Paris, remarks on the architecture of, 123, 217
account of a trip to, 289, 385, 485 Parishes, number of, in England and Wales, 105-on the propriety of dividing large ones, 201
Polyænus, recommended as a school-book,
Pons, M. comet discovered by, 234
Poor, hints for improving their condition, 7,
Popham, John, his death, 566
Porson, Professor, strictures on his posthu- mous tracts, 8-his character vindicated, 393-farther strictures on, 507 Portland Place, remarks on, 220 Portman-square, remarks on, 219 Portsmouth, new regulations in the naval college at, 272-proposal to make it a watering place, 367
Preferments, ecclesiastical, 75, 170, 266, 362, 461, 559
Prevost, Sir George, biographical account of 76
Price Current, London, 284, 480, 576 Priest, R. poetry by, 421, 524
Promotions, 74, 169, 266, 362, 461,559 Property tax, rejection of, 360 Provincial occurrences, 78, 174, 269, 365, 464, 563
Publications, new, 62, 145, 238, 340, 439, 532
Pye, Mr. his account of a remarkable tree, and escape of Charles II. 293
Quatremère de Quincy, M. new work by,
Quatremère de Roissy, M. on the architec- ture of London and Paris, 119, 217
Parliament, members returned to, 170, 266, Query, historical, 498
362, 461, 559
Patents, new, 545
Read, Mr. his account of the Hottentot Mis- sion of Bethelsdorp, 10
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