INDEX

TO ESSAYS, DISSERTATIONS, and HISTORICAL PASSAGES.

ABRAHAM, Richard, death of 571
Accidents, by explosion of gas 171. by
explosion of a jug ib. by shipwreck ib.
at the West London Theatre 172. by
clothes catching fire 173. by thunder-
storms 636, 637
Achilles, statue of 132.

monument of,
by Phidias, erected in Hyde Park 355
Addis, W. death of 645
Aerolite, description of 265
Africa, intelligence from 555. travels
through 161. unknown state of 520
Agricultural Committee Report, parlia-
mentary discussion on 456, 457
Agriculture, distressed state of 133,416.
abundant produce a blessing 200, 488
Air, on the currents of 2, 103
Air Pump, utility of 159
Albemarle, Lord, character of 234
Algiers, plague in 555

Ali Pacha, death of, described 266
America, intelligence from 76, 170, 363,
460, 636. literary character and cus-
toms of 298. Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb 363. genius of noticed 482.
number of publications in 626
Ancient Anecdotes 392
Animals, sagacity of 505
Anlaf, warfare of 4, 5
Ant, sagacity of 312

Antediluvian Cave, discovery of 161.
description of 352. humorous remarks
On 491

Antiquaries, on the respect due to 8
Apollo, statue of, at Nismes 66
Apothecaries' Garden at Chelsea, descrip-

tive account of 387, 498

Architect, an eminent one defended 102
Armagh, Abp. memoir of 469. biogra-
phical notices of 597
Armour, ancient, remarks on 307
Arrow, poisoned, antidote to 80
Ashton, Sir A. struck speechless 117
Asia, intelligence from 169, 363
Athelstan, warfare of 4, 5

Atkinson, Wm. death 278. character 414
Atwick, fossil remains at 545
"Auld Robin Gray," origin of 386
Authors, on the misery of 124
Avalanche, near Chepstow, described 267
Badang, adventures of 46
Balloon, horizontal motion given to 543
Bandy, popular custom of 222

Bankes, Mrs. Margaret, death of 570
Bannockburn, flourishing state of 556
Barometer, simple one described 448
Barrows, ancient, discovery of 160, 353
Barry, Dr. E. memoir of 185

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Beaumont and Fletcher, critique on 592
Bees and Frying pan, custom of 222
Bellasis, G. H. death of 474
Benbow, Adm. verses on, noticed 488
Bentley, Eliz. memoir of 153
Berkeley, Lady C. anecdotes of 54
Berthon, Gen. rebellion of 264, 634
Bible, division into chapters 302
Bibles, subscriptions for 256
Billingsgate Ward School, ancient sculp-
ture on described 404

Bindlos, Fran, who? 104. answered 194
Blanchard, J. notices of 514
Blazoning, peculiarities in 514
Blestium, co. Hereford, ancient site 26
Boats, Canal, method of propelling 356
Bodmin, Roman Antiquities at 353
Booth, L. death of 571

Boring for Water, new method 607
Boswell, James, memoir of 277
Boswell, Sir A. killed in a duel 365
Botanical Discoveries in Paraguay 255
Botanical Garden at Chelsea 387, 498
Bothal Castle, Northumb. account of 403
Boullongue, Bon, notices of 514
Bourbon, Duchess, death of 93
Bourchier Arms, remarks on 607
Bourdeaux, visit to 610

Bourdon, Sebastian, notices of 515
Brereton, Hon. John, inquiries after 290
Brewing, improvement in 159
Brighton, Royal Chapel at, consecrated
79. public works at 268

British Institution, opening of 447
British Trackway, in Herefordshire 26
Brodrick, Abp. death and character of
570

Bromhead, Sir G. death of 562
Brow, various applications of 604
Brownley, James, death of 566
Brun, Charles Le, notices of 515
Brunnum, Battle of, remarks on the an-
tient site of 3
Brutes, sagacity of 505
Buckler, Dr. defence of 102
Bulkeley, Visc. death of 562
Buonaparte, political axioms relative to
409. contrasted with the Duke of
Marlborough 413

Burée, J. P. death of 570
Burnham, account of 5
Buying and Selling, operations of 226
Byng, Admiral, trial of noticed 343

Byron,

Carfax Church, Oxford, architecture of Colchester, ancient sphinx found at 107

China, affray in 460, 554. dispute set-
tled 635

Chisholm, Lieut.-col. memoir of 182
Christian Church, history of 217, 314
Christian Knowledge, Society for pro-
moting, Prize Essay 254

Christian Virtues, antient sculpture 406
Christmas Day, New, popular customs
of in Herefordshire 13

Christmas Day, Old, popular customs of
in Herefordshire 14
Church Establishment in Ireland 78
Church Towers, plan for stopping up the
windows, against lightning 482
Churches, Building of, report respecting

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652

Grafton, Duchess, death of 561
Greece, intelligence from 459
Greeks, cruelty of 555
Green, John, death of 378

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Green, Rev. W. original letters to 125
Grenville, family of 134

Grey, Countess, death of 562
Grey, Dr. R. original letters from 125
Gunning, P. death of 571

Gwyn, John, military memoirs of 116
Hail, new theory on 581
Hammond, Wm. memoir of 186
Hampden, character of 234
Hannington, Dr. J. G. death of 90
Hardinge, Mrs. Juliana, death of 645
Hardwicke, Lord, notices of 237
Harvest, forward state of 556
Harvest Home, popular custom of 220
Hawes, Benj. death of 87. charities of 88
Hay, Mr. reply to his remarks on the
sphinx found at Colchester 107
Hayle Abbey, co. Gloucester, seal of 544
Haymarket Theatre, hist. of 201,319,406
Haynes, C. M. memoir of 373
Headley, Wm. death of 569
Heard, Sir Isaac, memoir of 466. library

sold 625

Heath, Dr. George, death of 282
Helvetius, M. moral speculations of 223,
299, 397

Heralds' College, new one proposed 98
Heraud, H. death of 645
Hereford Cathedral, decorated window
of 364

Herefordshire, popular customs and su-
perstitions in 13, 220. unknown Bri-
tish Trackway discovered in 26
Heriots, trial respecting 173
Herrington Hall, purchase of 365
Hertford, Marquis, memoir of 561.

neral of 648

Hervey, W. death of 571'

Hesse Cassel, Prince, character of 235
Hewet, Sir T. death of 562
Hewett, G. death of 571

Hillington Rectory, remarks on 414
Hoadly, Bp. notices of 508
Hodgson, John, memoir of 378
Holland, family of 203
Holt, Wm. memoir of 187
Horsley, Bp. Life of announced 194
Howth, Earl, death of 370
Hunt, E. death of 571

Society of Artists 543. distresses of
566, 636

"Is being," improper use of 486
Isis, statue of, in British Museum 65
Italy, intelligence from 75, 168, 266,
459, 555

Ivan Antonovitch, a Russian tale 22
Jack and Gill, Greek fragment of 510
Jackson's Shakspeare, remarks on 422
Japan, customs of 431

Jefferson, Archdeacon, memoir of 182
Jenkyns, Henry, account of 36
Jenner, Dr. anecdote of 396

Jephson, Mr. motion in the Court of

King's Bench 638

Jerdan, Lieut.-Col. death of 472

Jerningham, Edward, memoir of 564
Jews, sufferings of 490

Johnson, Dr. moral speculations of 223,
293, 397

Jones, M. death of 571
Jouvenet, Jean, notices of 517
Jukes, Dr. A. memoir of 563
Juliana East Indiaman, loss of 78
Jumpers, enthusiasm of 40
Junius, considerations on the author 613
Keene, Whitstead, memoir of 278
Kemble, G. Stephen, death of 570
Kenilworth, revels at 51

King, Mrs. Frances Ehz. memoir of 90
King, Rev. J. memoir of 183
Kingsale, Baron, death of 562
Kipling, Dr. T. death of 276
Kirkdale, antediluvian cave 161,352,491
Kirkintilloch, Roman remains at 628
Knights, Irish, nullity of 172
Knivett, Sir P. descendants inquired for?
Knowles, R. death of 570

Lady Lushington Indiaman, loss of 169
fu- Lancaster, Thos. Earl of, disinterred 364
Lane, Mrs. Jane, anecdote of 194

Hutton's Divining Rod, noticed 608
Hydraulic Orrery, exhibition of 543
Hydrophobia, observations on 589
Hylaograph, newly invented, 544
Improvisatori, powers of 157
India, hostilities in 229
Inquisitors, origin of 132
Inscriptions, mode of preserving 215
Ireland, disturbed state of 77, 170, 267,
364. Marquis Wellesley appointed
Lord Lieutenant 77. Church Esta-
blishment in 78. revenue of 170.
relief afforded to 461. Incorporated

Lane Family, account of 415. descend-
ants of 482

Langton, Stephen, notice of 132

Law, uncertainty of 638

Lawrence, Mr. lectures of illegal 366.

letter of recantation of 443
Lead Mine, at Chepstow 365

Leeds, exhibition of Fine Arts at 254
Leicester, Earls of noticed 482
Leicester, Earl of, letter from 328
Le Mailre, Abbé, death of 645
Lewis, Percival, death of 89
Lhwyd, Edward, letter from 318

Life Beacon, newly invented 158. pre-
mium for 267

Lightning, violence of 76. dreadful ef-
fects of 636, 637⚫

Lincoln, city of, account of 209
Lincolnshire, cultivated land of 365
Lintel, newly invented 628
Lisbon, conspiracy at 554
Literary Fund Society, anniversary 463
Literary Puppyism, specimens of 213
Literary Retrospections, 223, 299, 397
Liverpool, anniversary of the Society of
Travellers

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Travellers into Foreign Countries 213.
Welsh population in 214. new market
in described 267. historical notices 585
London, antient sculptures in 404
London Bridge, proposed erection of 557
London Press, inaccuracy of 12
Louvaine, arms of 607

Louvre, visit to 32. French school in 514
Loveday, Mr. petition of noticed 135
Loveden, Dr. E. L. memoir of 88
Lucy Family, pedigree of 130
Ludlow, Gen. epitaph on 520
Lyttelton, Sir T. character of 235
Macdiarmid's "British Statesmen," re-
marks on 120

Macdonald, Col. on telegraphic commu-
nication 28

Madrid, disturbances at 553

Magna Charta, motives of the Barons
who signed 34. arms of the Barons
noticed 98. remarks on celebrating the
event 513

Magnetism, new discovery in 64
Maitre, Abbé, L. le, death of 645
Maittaire's Classics, spurious editions 136
Malpass, Sarah, memoir of 475
Malta, carnival at, described 423. let-
ter from 485

Manby, Capt. on extinguishing fires 66
Manufactures, improving state of 78
Margaret, Duchess of York, who? 34
Markets, prices of 95, 191, 287, 383,
479, 575

Marlborough, Duke of, contrasted with
Buonaparte 413

Marriages, early, impolicy of 409
Marshall, Thos. death of 567
Martin, Mr. picture of 350
Mason, Miles, death of 474

Mason's English Garden, remarks on 35

May Day Collation, account of 325
May Games, celebration of 323.

of their suppression 324

May Poles, popular custom of 221
Mazarine Bible, sale of 256

reason

Meath, Bp. memoir of 471. death of
contradicted 648

Medals, ancient, found at St. Geny 66
Medical Society, meeting of 270
Mediterranean, chart of 157
Medley, J. death of 645

Metals, allegorical application of 132.
method of securing against the effects
of air 356

Meteorological Diary 96, 192, 288, 384,
480, 576

Mews, Bp. notices of 507

Meyrick, Dr. on ancient armour 307
Michel Dean, co. Gloucester, acc. 17, 113
Midlent, popular custom of 221
Mignard, P. memoir of 605
Military Garments, ancient, remarks 308
Millhouse's Poems, remarks on 310
Mines, Silver,Cornwall, profits of 267,365
Monmouthshire, disturbances in 462
Monuments, spoliation of censured 603
Monypenny, J. death of 644

653

More, Sir T. anecdotes of 40
Morley, Bp. memoir of 507
Morocco, Emperor of, letter from 583
Morris Dance, popular custom of 221
Morrison, John, memoir of 187
Mortality, Bill of 95, 191, 287, 383, 479,

575. inquiry respecting the limits 194
Mothering Sunday, popular custom 221
Museum, British, hints to frequenters
112. Egyptian antiquities in 351
Myddelton, Sir H. autographs of 104.
arms of 296

National Distress. See Distress, National.
Natural History, method of preserving
objects in 356. discoveries in 157
Navy Five per Cents, reduction of 263.
payment of 270

Neave, Cath. death of 475

Negro Race, on the origin of 520

New South Wales, intelligence from 266,
636

New Year's Gifts, popular customs 222
Newberry, engagement at 118, 119
Newcastle, Duke of, character of 235
Newfoundland, distressed state of 170
Newspapers, parliamentary statement
respecting 625. list of and numbers,
printed in London 626

Nile, discoveries along the banks 533
Nine Holes, popular custom of 223
Nismes, ruins at 544

Noble, S. G. death of 571

Noel, Lady, death of 187. will of 648
Norfolk, Dukes, arms of 304, 588. no-
tices of 482

North, Bp, notices of 508
Nugent, character of 234
Nuga Curiosa 39, 132
O'Bierne. See Meath.

Oil, Fisk, method of purifying 448
Ombersley Church, co. Worcester, de-
scribed 297

Orford, Earl, death of 561
Oudry, J. B. notices of 606

Overseers, perpetual, recommended 417
Owen, Mr. plan of subscriptions 556
Oxford University, Prize Essays 348.
pamphlet respecting the Vice Chan-
cellor's Court? 584. architecture for
Carfax new church censured 601
Ozerney Georges, inquiry after 608

Paddy, R. death of 644

Painters, of the French school 515
Painting, statistic scale of 594. new
process in 616, 617

Paintings, in water colours, exhibition 447
Paraguay, botanical discoveries in 255
Paris, visit to 30, 294. dissipation of
100. disturbances in 264, 553.
Parliament, opening of 165. proceed-
ings in 165, 260, 359, 453, 549
Parry, Dr. C. H. memoir of 372
Pawnbrokers, law respecting 172
"Pastime of the Progresses," wanted 328
Peace, Universal, society for promoting

512

Pearls, where found 132

Pedigrees,