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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

371

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,

417

Burdon, Mr. letter from Mr. Tweddell to, 6
Burlington House, description of, 218
Burns, Robert, inscription to his memory,

100

Buschmann M, Von, musical instrument in-
vented by, 429

Butts, Mr. particulars respecting, 417
By hook or by crook, origin of the saying,

132

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,

277

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

574

Chambars, Mr. particulars respecting, 419
Chamberlaine, M. particulars respecting, 418
Chambers, Sir Wm. particulars concerning,

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Clapham, fire at, 569

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

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Cornwall Agricultural Society, meeting of, Eagle, remarks on the natural history of, 489

564

Coromandel hoy, robbery of, 460

Coroners' inquests, improper verdicts of, 9,

194

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,

369

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,

236

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,

176

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,

479, 575

Dodd, Mr. his proposal for a new bridge over
the Thames, 168

Dog in a Doublet, origin of the expression,

132

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,

105

English fashions, remarks on, 426
Engravers, on their exclusion from the Royal
Academy, 5-reasons for their exclusion,

195

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,

540

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

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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,

405

Goodall, Miss, remarks on her performance,

251

Goode, Mr. his conviction for embezzle-

ment, 373

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,

359, 458

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,

450

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

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INDEX.

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,

252

King's health, bulletins of the, 74, 168, 265,

362, 460, 556.

Körner, Theodore, translation of a poetical
piece by, 421

Krudener, Baroness, particulars respecting,

428

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

585

Mackenrot, Anthony, his trial for forgery, 74
Mackinnon, Rev. J. on the history of Cain,
199-on the Mosaic history of Joseph,

492

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,

154

Lending libraries, proposed establishment of,

110

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

178

ing, 366

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,

322

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,

311

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-

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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,

at, 78

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

530

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,

403

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,

300

410

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,

227

Osweld's Air, inquiry concerning, 318
Otley, threshing machine exhibited at, 472
Oxford, bishop of, his mathematical abilities,

199

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,

198

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,

302

Pons, M. comet discovered by, 234

Poor, hints for improving their condition, 7,

206

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,

234

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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