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LA MONACA DI MONZA, by G. Rosini, 339
Lancashire, Traditions of, by J. Roby, 25
Lander, (Rich.) his Records of Clapper-
ton's last expedition to Africa, 286-
sketch of his life, 287
Landlords, influence of good and bad, in
Ireland, contrasted, 319

Landon, (Miss) her Venetian Bracelet,
and other poems, 159
Language, that of the Celts, 4

Lansdowne, (Marquess of) his conduct as
an Irish landlord, 319

La Paz, description of, 577

Lardner, (Dr.) his Cabinet Cyclopædia, 1
Last Supper, latent beauty pointed out in
Da Vinci's picture of, 437

Lawrence, (Sir Thomas) death of, 304-
Lawrie Todd, a novel, by Mr. Galt, 466
Laws, account of those in force, in the
Pagan countries of Africa, 291
Lectures on Sculpture, by J. Flaxman, 191
Leipsic, battle of, 511

L. E. L., (see Landon)

Leslie, (Professor) his objections to light-
ning rods, 174

Letter to the Earl of Aberdeen, by Mr.
Knight, 183-from Sydney, edited by
R. Gouger, 258-on the Present Dis-
tress, by C. C. Western, 455
Letters, Two, on Population, by Mr. Se-

nior, 106-character of those of the
East, 420

Life in India, estimate of, 331, (see Munro
-Raffles)

Life, Ages of, a poem, by a Hungarian
poet, 413

Life and Times of Edmund Calamy, by J.
T. Rutt, 241

Light, phenomena of, 91

Lightning-rods, Mr. Murray on, 172-
plan for constructing, 175
Lion, Californian, anecdote of a, 49
Literature, Eastern, Sir T. Munro's opinion
of, 420

Loncarty, battle of, 5-6

London, (Bishop of) his remarks on the
inspiration of Moses, 254

-, University, yearly accounts of, 471
Londonderry, (Marquess of) his Narrative
of the War in Germany and France, 500
Long, St. John, (see St. John)
Longs, (the Misses) misrepresentations
with respect to, 182

Lost Heir, a novel, 468

Louis the Sixteenth, character of, 283
Love, early susceptibility of, a proof of a
genius for the fine arts, 221-Sir T.
Munro's opinion of love, 425

Love Letters from Dr. Doddridge, 80-84
Lushington, (Dr.) letter of, to Lady Byron,

590

Luther, character of, 128

Luxuries, tax on, 547

M.

MAGYARS, Poetry of, by Dr. Bowring, 408
-song of the conquest of, 410

Mahommed, character of, 127
Mahommedans, character of those in Africa,
290-their faith making rapid strides
there, 291

Maid of Scio, by Miss Snowden, 300
Maintenon, (Mad. de) character of, 127
Malacca, probable cause of its being re-
tained by the East India Company, 479
Malay girl, polite conduct of one, 483
Mallam, a sacred character in Africa, 290
Malt, tax on, 547

Malthus, (Mr.) his correspondence with
Mr.Senior, 106--his principle with respect
to population, 312

Man, depravity of, illustrated, 120
Manual of the economy of the human body,
in health and dieease, 470

Manners, account of early, in Scotland and
England, 16

Manuring, the Harleian system of, 64
March to Finchley, Hogarth's, 437
Maria Louisa, wife of Buonaparte, her
conjugal affection, 513

Marie Antoinette, reproachful character of,
by President Jefferson, 283

Marshall, (Mr.) his evidence as to the ex-
hausted state of some of the Irish pea-
santry, 320

(J.) his popular summary of
vaccination, 530-seasonableness and im-
portance of his work, 530-533

Massacre, periodical, of drones in hives,
382

Materialists, doctrines of, 404-answered
by Sir H. Davy, 405

Mechanics, concise system of, 151
Medes, poetical description of their march
towards Nineveh, 525

Memoirs and Correspondence, &c. of Pre-
sident Jefferson, 277-of the Life and
Services of Sir T. S. Raffles, 475
Mendicity, vagrant, the grievance of in
Ireland, 315

Mennais, de la, character of, 137
Mercantile Teacher's Assistant, by J. Mor
rison, 150

Merchants, their profits during the war, 459
-cause of their present want of profits,
460

Mercy in civil war, remarkable instance of,

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Milman, (Rev. Mr.) his History of the
Jews, 252

Mind, reply to the arguments for the mate-
riality of, 405-characteristic property of
a great one, 477
Mines, Mexican, 40

Alining, new review on, 471

Mining Speculations, remarks on, in South
America, 568

Minister, a British, a character of one,
494 short account of the present mi-
nistry, 496

Minto, (Lord) letter from to Sir S. Raffles,

480

Miracle, the explosion which prevented the
rebuilding the Temple, under Julian,
was one, 255-necessity of it towards its
end, 256

Missionaries, some account of, in South

Africa, 210-description of their princi-
pal establishment in Kaffreland, 212-
good result of their labours, 214
Missionary, humane conduct of one in the
East, 489

Moments of Loneliness, by S. E. Hatfield,
300

Montaigne, character of, by various authors,
243

Montgomery, (Robert) his Satan, a poem,
159-foolish praises of, quoted, 165-
title of the poem preposterous, 166-
specimen of its bombast, 167
Moore, (T.) his Letters and Journals of

Lord Byron, 217-translation of one of
his melodies into French, by Sir S.
Raffles, 478

Moreau, (Gen.) death of, before Dresden,

510

Morland, the painter, 454

Morrison, (James) his Guide to Book-
keeping, 150

Mortality of Penang, 479

rate of, amongst the Jews in
London, 299
Moses, speculations with respect to his five
books, 254

Mothers, example of the good effects of
the early care of their children, 57-
those of poets have generally reason to
be proud of their affection, 230
Mummy, the art of making, probably de-
rived from a practice of bees, 380
Munro, (Sir T.) Life of, 417

Murder, how punished in Africa, 291
Murray, (J.) his treatise on Atmospherical
Electricity, 172

Museum, the Hunterian, 471
Music, the, of the Africans, 294
Mythology, folly of employing, in modern
fine arts, 203

N.

NABOB, an Indian, pleasant description of
one newly returned to England, 336
Napoleon, description of his exhibition at
the Champ de Mai, in 1815, 275-his
speech on the occasion, 276

Narrative of the War in Germany and
France, by Lord Londonderry, 500—its
character, 514

Natural History, loss sustained by, 489
of Insects, 370

Negro slaves among the ants, 371-de-
scription of them, 385

Negroes in Africa, religious opinions of,
290

Neuters, amongst ants, nature of, 383
Newnham, (Rev. F.) his dramatic poem
of the Pleasures of Anarchy, 237-his
admirable candour, 238—his letter to the
manager of the Surrey Theatre, 239
Newspaper, an Egyptian, 472
Newspapers, circulation of, in France, Eng-
land, and the Netherlands, 616

New South Wales, superiority of its situa-
tion, clime, &c., 259-Emigration to
ought to be encouraged, particularly from
China, 264-English settlers in, 265—
Government of, 266-Wool, the great
object in, 268

Newstead Abbey, Lord Byron's farewell
revelries at, 228

Nineveh, the Fall of, by Mr. Atherstone,
514-the prophet Elkoshite's denuncia-
tions against that city, 516

Novels, New, 462

the, of 1829, their evanescent cha-

racter, 268

Nonconformists, (see Dissenters)

Norfolk, Vocabulary of, 301

Nun of Monza, the, a novel, 339-its plot
explained, 340

0.

OPIE, the painter, 454

Opposition, Parliamentary, evils of an un-
principled one, 494-cannot be justified
against the present administration, 499
Optics, 86-89-94

Orange, (Prince of) his embarkation at
Holland for England, 246

Oxford, G. Colman's first night at, 351
Oxygen, curious properties of, 403
Oyster, the pearl, account of, 45

P.

PAGANISM, threatened to be superseded in
Africa by Mahommedanism, 291
Painters, Lives of the most eminent Bri-
tish, by A. Cunningham, 432
Painting in England, causes of its inferio-
rity, 433-historical, particulars con-
nected with, 434-source of the pleasure
we derive from contemplating, 443-ex-
tract from Burke on this point, 444—
observations on, 196, 197-painting of
statues, 199

Paper, the wasp an excellent maker of, 375
history of, ib.-377

Paper, tax on, 547
Papyrus, remarks on, 376
Paracelsus, his character, 357
Paratonneres, (see Lightning)
Paragreles, Mr. Murray on, 172

Parents, infringement of the rights of, by
the Lord Chancellor, 177
Paris, population of, 156

Passumahs, real character of, 482-religion
of, 483

Partridge, quack speech of, 365
Party, evils of, 492

Paupers, impolitic construction of the poor
laws in favour of, 311
Pearls, diving for, 44

Peasantry, the Irish, character of, 314-
real state of, 316-increase of, 318-
their physical strength, 320
Peel, (Right Hon. Robt.) anecdote of, in
connection with Lord Byron, 225

498

(Mr.) his character as a minister,

Penang, first establishment of, by the East
India Company, 479-its mortality, ib.
Pepper, bad system of growing in Beucoo-
len, 482

Perception, speculations as to the mode of,

406

Persecution of the Jews, 253
Perth, battle of, 10

Peru, Travels in various parts of, 564

-, Literary and Antiquarian Society of,
155

Pestalozzian system, 607

Petrarch, Life of, by Mr. Moore, 472
Pettyman (Capt.) his Resources of the
United Kingdom, 492

Pharmacopoeias, Rennie's Supplement to
the, 470

Phidias, his superior conception, accounted
for, 198

Physics, Elements of, by Dr. Arnott, 86
Picts, some account of, 3

Pitt, (Mr.) his erroneous opinions on popu-
lation, 312

Plant-lice, are milked by Ants, 386
Plato, his influence on the arts, 199
Pleasures of Anarchy, a dramatic poem,
237

Postum, the ruins of, beautifully described,
397

Poet, a poor one, described, 352

Poetry, (see Landon, Montgomery)-cot-
tage, 152 of the Magyars, by J. Bow-
ring, 408-sources of the inspiration of,
221-specimen of the African, 292
Political Economy, S. Read's work on, 469
(see Population)
Pollen, the, of flowers, mode in which bees
collect it, and its use to them, 380
Poniatowski, (Prince) his death, 511
Poor Laws, proposal to apply them to Ire-
land, 309

Pope Pius the VIIth, anecdote of, 399
Popish Plot, account of hobby-horsing pro-
cessions connected with the, 244
Popular Summary of Vaccination, by Mr.
Marshall, 530

Population, mode of increasing without
raising the price of labour in New South

Wales, 262-state of the Jewish in Great
Britain and Ireland, 299-erroneous opi-
nions of Mr. Pitt respecting, 312-Mr.
Malthus's doctrine concerning, ib.-two
letters on, by Mr. Senior, 106-Mr. Mill
on, 107-its relation to food, 110-reme-
dies for the excessive increase of,!12
Portugal, the policy of England towards,
discussed, 186-right of the people of to
choose their mode of government, 187
Potosi, mountain of, 565-town of, 566--
climate of, 567-education in, 570
Poulson, (G.) his Antiquities of Beverley,
299

Power, (Mr.) author of the Lost Heir, 468
Preaching, science of, vindicated, 114-

Mr. Simeon's attempt to reform, 116—
his bints on, 119-recommendations to
those who wish to be good preachers. 123
Prejugés, Des Reputations, by J. B. Sal-
gues, 123

118

Presentiment of Death, instance of, 449
Prince of Wales's Island, mortality of, 479
Profits, commercial, the golden period of,
459-cause of the present want of, 460
Prophecy, Scriptural, Mr. Simeon on,
-concerning the Jews, 122
Propolis, the, of flowers, collected by bees,
its use in the hive, 380
Protecting Duties, impolicy of, 548
Prussic acid, salutary effects of, 364
Public men, moderation of the present, 493
Publication, its true end perverted, by a
sordid love of gain in certain booksellers,

348

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nected with, 270

Reputations, Salgues on, 123

Records of Clapperton's last expedition to
Africa, 286

Reform, Parliamentary, necessity of extin-
guishing faction to promote, 495
Refraction of Light, illustration of its effects,
94

Religion on the Continent, 147—that of
the Passumahs in the island of Sumatra,
483

Remarks on Moore's Notices of Byron, by
Lady Byron, 585

Rennie, (Mr.) his history of insect archi-
tecture, 372-his supplement to the
Pharmacopoeias, 470

Republicanism in America, Jefferson's
hopes of, and Washington's despair of,

281

Resources, the, of the United Kingdom
by Captain Pettyman, 492
Respiration, phenomenon of, 403
Retreat, some of the hardships of a, 541
Revelation, evidences of, 148

Revolution of France, its use as an instru-
ment of Providence, 145-its origin at-
tributed to Marie Antoinette, 283-coins
of the, 472

of 1688-preparations in Hol-
land for, 246

the American, character of the
founders of, 279-circumstances attend-
ing the declaration of the independence
of, 280

Reynolds, (Sir Joshua) birth and early life
of, 442

Rhinoceros, account of an escape from one,

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SAADI, an Eastern writer, character of, 420
St. Aignau, (M. de) his agency in bringing
about the peace in 1813 between Buona-
parte and Austria, 511

St. John Long, his discoveries in the heal.
ing art, 356

St. Peter's Church at Rome, 393
Saladin, account of his death, 70-and
character, 71

Salamanca, the battle of, 540

Salgues, (J. B.) on Reputations, 123
Salinas, ludicrous anecdote of, 542
Salmonia, the accredited production of Sir
H. Davy, 392

Sanson, the Paris guillotine-man, 472
Sardanapalus, poetical representations of
him, 525-and of his return to Nineveh,

528

Satan, a poem, by Robert Montgomery,
159-the title preposterous, 166-speci-
men of bombast in, 167

Savings Banks, number of, in England, a
proof of the independent spirit of the
people, 321

Scandinavia, songs of, 471

Scaum's Beverlac, 299

Scenery, the peculiar, of South Africa, 208
Schwartzenburgh, (Prince) appointed to
the command of the Allied armies, 509
attempt on Dresden, ib.
Scotland, curious condition with reference
to the poor laws, 316

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History of, by Sir W. Scott, 1
-sketches of, in early times, 16
Scott, (Sir W.) his History of Scotland, in
the Cabinet Cyclopædia, 1-character of
the history, 2-faults, 3-compared with
his Tales of a Grandfather, 9-defects of
the history, 15

Scriptures, explanation of some of the diffi-
culties of, 121

Sculpture, Flaxman's lectures on, 191-
wrong course of instruction in, 192-
sculptures of Egypt, 196—of Greece, 199
Sea, funeral at, 335

Seal, combat between one and two sharks,
described, 48

Seasons, remarks on, in Africa, 296
Sectarianism, M. Gregoire on, 102
Senior, (W. N.) his Letters on Population,
106 his attack on Mr. Malthus's doc-
trine, 113

Sermons on the Law and Gospel, by Mr.
Simeon, 114-select, of the German pul-
pit, 139-specimens of, 141
Settlements, new, powers of governors of,
266

Settler, account of the condition of one, in

New South Wales, 261

Sharks, means of protection adopted by
pearl divers against, 46-combat between
two sharks and a seal, described, 48
Shee, (M. A.) appointed President to the
Royal Academy, 304

Sheridan, (R. B.) his singular promise to
Gainsborough, the painter, 449
Simeon, (Rev. Charles) his Hora Homile-

ticæ, 114-his zeal to reform the practice
of preaching, 116—his exposition of the
Bible, 117

Singapore, entitled from its position to be
called the Malta of the East, 484
Sinkel, his epistle to the deputies of the
Armenian Communion, 103

Sketches in Ireland, extract from, 319
Slavery in the Mauritius, 606
Slaves, guilty of theft, how punished in
Africa, 292

Negro, proposal to employ them in
New South Wales, 263

-, amongst the ants, 371-
mode in which they are reduced to sla-
very, 385--and their wonderful instincts,
386

Small-pox, vaccination a sure safeguard

against, 530-extinction of, by means of
vaccination in many parts of Europe, 533
-instance of the negligence of the legis-
lature respecting, ib.

Snail, mode of destroying, used by bees,
380

Snowden, (Miss) her poetry, 300
Society, the Zoological, principally estab-
lished by Sir S. Raffles, 491-state of, in
Sydney, 264-267-reflections on the
progress of, 395-the Royal Asiatic,
present, of Prince Mirza, 305

Song, an African one, 293-another, 295-
Hungarian, 410, 411-dancing, 415
Southey, (Dr.) his account of the last days
of Barry the painter, 452

Spider, elevation of in the air might have
suggested the air-balloon, 370-point
respecting, proved by Mr. Rennie, 390
Sport, an ancient English one, described,
302

Squib, a good election one, 302

Stanley, a narrative connected with the
noble house of, 31

Statues, Egyptian, cause of their imperfec-
tion, 196-Flaxman on the painting of,

199

Steam, curious application of, 57

-vessel, the Enterprize, description of
her manoeuvring at Madras, 431
Stories of Travels in Turkey, 469

Waterloo, and other Tales, 268

-character of the work, 269-extracts
from, 270-272

Storm, description of an African, 288
Storming a town, the time for attempting
it, 509

Strickland, (Mr.) extracts from his discourse
on the poor laws, 313

Suffolk, vocabulary of, 301

Sumatra, some account of, 482-affection-
ate character of the people of, 483
Sun, the setting of, in Africa, 296
Superstition, Indian, 581

Supplement to the Pharmacopoeias, by J.
Rennie, 470

Surgery, curious anecdote respecting an in-
strument used in, 174

Suworoff, (Gen.) anecdotes of, 20
Sweden, Crown Prince of, (see Bernadotte)
Sydney, a letter from, 258-description of
the state of society in, 254-267

T.

TABERNACLES, Feast of, what it predicted

121

Tales of the Munster Festivals, 463-of
a Briefless Barrister, 467

Taste, Mr. Alison's heresies in, 200
Taylor, (W. C.) his history of France and
Normandy, 469

Taxes on Industry, proposal to reduce, 545
-on raw materials, 546-on materials
employed in literature, 547-on luxuries,
ib.

Temple, of Jerusalem, miraculous interpo-

sition to prevent the rebuilding of, 256
Temple, (Edw.) his Travels in Peru, 564
Tendency, misuse of the word in discussions
relating to population, 108
Tertulia, a Mexican, 42

Theft, how punished in Africa, 291
Theological Institutions, account of the
plan pursued at, 148

Theology, (see Divinity)-introductory lec-
ture on the study of, by the Rev. T
Dale, 148

Thornhill, (Sir J.) his influence on English
painting, 435

Thornton, (Bonnel) account of his literary

contributions to the Connoisseur, 350
Thunder, means of averting, 173
Tinterero, anecdote of one, 47
Title, a taking one for a poem, 240
Topography, (see Beverley)

Tornado, description of an African, 288
Torture, practice of, in South Africa, 214
Tory, the appellation nearly extinct, 499
Tracy, a novel, 465

Trade, comparative state of, 458-reviving
in this country, 461

Traditions of Lancashire, by J. Roby, 25
Transformation of Insects, 371-that of the
butterfly and ant-lion, ib.-of the bee,

378

Traun, the cataract of, accident at, nearly
fatal to Sir H. Davy, 401

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