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Bucknall, Dr. H. death of 281
Bull fights, in Spain, description of 299,
587

Buonaparte, anecdotes of 155. animad-

versions on the character of 591
Burleigh, Lord, original letter to 517
Cabriolets, introduction of 463
Cage for Scolding Women 233
Calcutta, Mission House and Schools at31
Cambridge University, Prize Essays 66,
160, 256, 541

Campan, Madame, biographical notices
of 239

Campbell, Sir Ilay, memoir of 569

Canal Shares, prices of 95, 191, 287,
383, 479, 575

Cannibalism, in New Zealand 364
Canterbury, Abp. household of in the
16th century 533. hospitality of 534
Cappe, Mrs. memoir of 146
Carthage, Modern, visits to 324
Castleconte, Baron, death of 375
Cathedral Schools, account of 309
Catholic Claims, discussion on 360
Caulfield, Lord, death of 383. character482
Cavern, extraordinary in America 172
Censor, No. XIV. Dr. Allibond's Feast 307
Censorship, in Austria 452

Chancery, Court of, delays in 553
Chanting, revival of recommended 398
Characters of Nations 119
Charitable Institutions, on the manage-
ment 402, 497

Charm, wonderful effect of 214
Chaucer's Tomb, anecdote of 226
Child, extracted from the womb after
the mother was shot 581
Chimney Swallow, natural history of 209
China, intelligence from 268. state of
the military of 605

China, Old, dissertation on 597
Cholera Morbus, progress of 118
Cholmeley, Sir Roger, memoirs of 238
Christ, age of at the Crucifixion 10, 406
Christian, E. memoir of 569

Christian Names, derivation of 32, 199,
227,395

Christiana, singular custom of giving a
receipt 633

Christianity, superiority of 515
Churchwardens' Rates, remarks on 130
Circuits, Spring 175

Clans of Scotland, list of 216

Clergy, vindication of 98. right of to
tithes 397

Cloth, Water proof, discovery of 548
Coats of Arms, utility of 313
Cochrane, Rev. J. A. death of 281
Collectors for Charitable Institutions, du-
ties of 498

College of Arms, utility of 313
Colley Family, notices of 40
Colley, Major, notice of 194
Colombia, trade of protected 174
Conder, James, memoir of 648
Congress of Verona, parliamentary dis-
cussion on 358, 360, 456

Conscriptions, Buonaparte's plan of
adopted in Europe 55

Constable, Sir T. H. C. memoir of 470
Cooke, Rev. Dr. J. death of 281.
dote of 424

anec-

Rev. John, memoir of 572
Cooper, Rev. T. memoir of 571
Copper Indians, anecdotes of 430
Copper Mine River, discovery of 429
Corbet, Bp. poems of 308

Sir Corbet, memoir of 470
Corn, Smut in, method of preventing 633
Coronation Expences, discussion on 555
Cosmorama, description of 546
Cotton Trade, prosperous state of 78

Twist, great demand for 559
Cotton's Fishing House, described 603
County History, Compendium of 407,
493, 583

County Meetings, irregularity of 125
Courtown, Countess of, death of 468
Cowper, Hon. E. S. death of 281
Criminal Laws, discussion on 551
Cripples, on the cure of 528
Criticism, False, evils of 511

Periodical, observations on 219
Crown, on debts due to 120, 303, 304
Crucifixion, age of Christ at 10, 406
Cruelty to Animals, remarks on 589, 598.
on the prevention of 599
Cumberland, soi-disante Princess of, high
pretensions 560. parliamentary inves-
tigation637. pretensions vindicated 642
Curfew Bell, custom of tolling 582
Currency, Mr. Western's Motion on 555
Currents, in the Air and Ocean 399
Cyclopean Architecture, remains of in va-
rious parts of the world 109
Cyclops, account of 109

Daniel's Seventy IVeeks, remarks on 10,
406

Dartmoor, notices of 354

Davies, Tom, bookseller, anecdote of 139
Davison, W. notices of 522

De Coster, anecdotes of 251
Dedburbury, where situated? 482
Deer, American Indian mode of killing

430

Delambre, Chev. death and character 29
Denmark, intelligence from 640
Deodands, practice of, defended 121.
explanation of 396

Dionysius, anecdote of 503

Dissenters, society for protecting 520
Dog-rib Indians, anecdotes of 430
Dorchester Church, Oxon, account of 297
Dove, River, description of 603
Downes, the prompter, notices of 488
Downes Family, where existing? 290
Drogheda,

Index to Essays, &c.

Drogheda, Murq. memoir of 83
Drogo, Fountain of, inquiries after 98
Drownfont, St. Mary de, Abbey of, ac-
count of 25, 98

Ducket, Ralph, murder of 306

Dudley and Ward, Visc. memoir of 466
Duloe, Cornwall, monumental inscrip-
tions from 516

Dumouriez, Gen. anecdotes of 608. me-
moir of 645

Dunster Castle, siege of 494

Dupre, Dr. E. death and character 380
Dyer's Privileges of Cambridge Univer-
sity? 290

Dyke Family, biograph. notices of 580
Dysart, Countess of, death of 374
Eamer, Sir J. memoir of 471

Earth, on the figure of 627.
stability of 634

on the

Easter Dues, legality of 520
Edmonton Fair, abolition of 590
Edwards, G. death of 569
Egerton Family, notices of 482
Eglesfield, Robert, pedigree wanted 386
Egypt, French army in 54. discoveries
in 161. hieroglyphic writings of ex-
plained 352

Electric Fluid, experiment with 269
Elizabeth, Queen, anecdotes of 536
Eltham Palace, Kent, dilapidated state
of 424

Englefield, Sir H. C. character of 68
Englishmen buried abroad 216,296,607.

at Rome 217,412. at Venice 328, 413
Enlistment Bill, Foreign, discussion on
359

Epitaphs of Englishmen buried at Rome
217, 412

Esquimaux Indians, manners of 291
Eustace Family, titles of noticed 386
Everton, co. Lancaster, account of 204
Extents of the Crown, on the laws of
120, 303, 304

Fabius Maximus, anecdote of 503

Fairs, injurious tendency of 400, 590.
act for suppressing 463

Fashions, origin of peculiar ones 424
Finance, state of 169

Finch, Sir J. original letter from 492
Fire Engine, newly invented 548
Fires, theatre at Munich 171. at Can-
ton 268. in Bedford-street 642
First Fruits, ecclesiastical revenue of 357
Fitzwilliam, Countess, will of 652
Fly Leaves, No. VII. Rump Songs 23.
VIII. Old Scotch Music 122. IX.
Chaucer's Tomb 226; Thomson the Poet
227. X. Bp. Corbet's Poems 308. XI.
Complete Angler 416. XII. Shaks-
peare's son-in-law 502; Prior's Poems503.
Fonthill Abbey, furniture of 79
Forman, Capt. W. on the tides 152.
the figure of the earth 627
Frampton Family,inquiries respecting 508
France, intelligence from 170, 265, 361,
459, 556

on

655

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Gardner, Lady, death of 468

Viscounty of, noticed 290
Garrick's Library, sale of 353, 451
Gas, improvements in 163

pre-

Gas Lights, report respecting 548
Gascoigne, Thos. memoir of 184
Geography of the Earth, remarks on 103
George III. Library of, given by His
sent Majesty to the Nation 547
George, Sir R. death of 471
German Universities, licentiousness of
161

Germany, intelligence from 171

Glebe Lands, whether tithable? 27.
liability to tithes 213

Glenbervie, Lord, memoir of 467
Globe, on the figure of 627. on the
stability of 634

Gold, fluctuations in the prices of 340
Goletta, a Turkish fortress, described 323
Gordon, Lord Wm. death of 468

Sir Adam, anecdote of 444
Sir W. D. death of 471
Gough, Richard, vindication of 537. his
house il.

Gray, C. G. memoir of 89

Greece, intelligence from 77, 268, 462,

557, 640. constitution of 557
Greek Adjectives, derivation of 322, 601
Greek Article, disquisition on 415
Greeks, Public subscriptions for assist-

ing 463. character of in 1674, 492
Green, Amos, notices of 16, 124, 290.
letter from 303

Grey, Countess, will of 652

Griffiths, Col. melancholy death of 642
Gun Trade, improvements in 173
Gunning, Sir G. W. death of 469
Hall, Henry, curious anecdote of 331
Dr. J. notices of 502
Handwriting of Ladies censured 130.
defended 216

Harberton, Viscountess, death of 183
"Harmonicon," song in, noticed 125
Harrocks, John, memoir of 378
Hart, Sir P. biographical notices 579
Havannah, description of 525
Hawkins, Sir J. anecdotes of 138
Haydon's Pictures, sale of 548
Hearne, Samuel, expedition to the Polar
Seas 429

Hedingham Castle, notice of 108
Heraldry, on the utility of 506
Herald's College, advantages of 313
Herculaneum, public-houses at,
scribed 256

Heriots, explanation of 396

de-

Herschel,

656

Herschel, Sir W. genius of 68

Index to Essays, &c.

Hess, Dr. J. L. Von, memoirs of 472
Heurtley, Archibald, memoir of 90
Hey, Wm. death of 89

Hibernian Society, anniversary of 463
Hickman, Thos. biographical notices of

328

Hieroglyphics, elucidation of 70. disco-
veries in 352

Hirundines, British, natural history of
209, 401

Hoblyn, Anne, death and character 650
Holme, co. Norfolk, account of 393
Holyroodhouse, Lord, inquiries respect-
ing 200. biographical notices of 290,

294

Horses, cruelty to 589

Houses of the Antient Britons 69

Lambe, W. death of 570
Lampedusa, description of 325
Lancashire, history of, wanted 320.
early barons of 321. materials for a

history of 505. briskness of trade in
559
Landholders, defence of 135
Lane Family, notices of 2
Langton, Thos. information requested 2
Baron, notice of 320

Lascar, interment of one described 20
Latham House, siege of 298
Law, John, notice of 216
Lawson, Mr. death of 570
Lefevre, C. S. death of 570
Leigh, Lord, notices of 281, 326
Lenoir, Mrs. poetical productions 582
Lewis, William, memoir of 185

Horse-shoes, practice of nailing to the Library, Royal, given to the Nation 161.

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John the Baptist, a head of, noticed 295
Johnson, Dr. letter respecting the library
of George III. 347

Keith, Lord, memoir of 273. baronies
of noticed 386

Kemble, J. P. memoir of 227

Parliamentary Report respecting 347.
Dr. Johnson's letter relative to dis-
posal of ib. 357

Lilford, Lady, death of 375

Lincoln Cathedral School, account of 309
Lindsey, Mr. anecdotes of 148
Linosa, description of 322

Literary Fund, anniversary of 451
Literary Residences, remarks on 45
Literature, modern, remarks on 219

Royal Society of, objects of

413, 543. defence of 530
Lithography, stone quarry found for 634
Liverpool, ancient and modern history of
18, 105, 201

Llorente, Don Juan, memoir of 566
Lockswell, Wilts, remarkable spring at 25
London, worthies of 108

London Bridge, new one to be erected
642

Long, Lady C. T. death of 183
Looe, East and West, description of 233.
ancient seals of described 306
Lords, House of, new entrance to, de-
scribed 210. censured 589
Lord's Prayer, importance of 344
Loring, Archdeacon, memoir of 376
Louvain Arms, remarks on 401
Lucy, Rev. John, descent of 194
Lullingstone, Kent, account of 577
Lupinus, derivation of 601
Macclesfield, Countess, death of 83
M'Nab, Dr. death of 378

Madrid occupied by the French 556
Magnetism, Polar, remarks on 123
Maiden Bradley Priory, ancient seal of,
described 306

Kempe, John, death of 569. memoir of Malta, melancholy accident at 363, 461

603

King, Sir A. B. examination of 551

King's Property Bill, discussion on 537
King's Weir, notice of 418
Kingsmill, Sir R. death of 471
Kingston, Countess of, death of 374
Knighthood, depreciation of 138

Ladies, hand-writing of, censured 130,
defended 216

Mamelukes, military skill of 54
Manners, Gen. R. memoir of 567
Mannix, Sir H. memoir of 84

Mansel, Bp. biographical notices of 491
Mantuan Vase, description of 548
Manuscripts, ancient, described 632
Marble Quarry discovered in Ireland
559, 641

Marcet, Dr. A. character of 68

Marcus

Index to Essays, &c.

Marcus Marcellus, anecdote of 504
Marie Antoinette, biographichal notices
of 240

Markets, Prices of 95,191,287,383,479,
575

Marks Hall, notice of 108

Marriage Laws, Report of the Commit-
tee for investigating 458, 552
Martin, natural history of the 209, 401
Matchlock, Chinese, described 606
Maxwell, Mrs. death and character 473
Meath, Bp. of, memoir of 276

Mediterranean, Journal of a Midship-
man in 323, 419

Mermaids, existence of defended 34.
history of 35-39. exposure of 314
Merrick Family, notices of 113
Meteorological Diary 96, 192, 288, 384,
480, 576

Metropolitan Literary Institution, lec-
ture at 346

Meurick, Bp. notice of 394

Meyrick, Dr. Work on Ancient Armour
noticed 98

Middleton, Bp. criticisms of 415
Middleton Scholarship proposed for
Christ's Hospital 290
Midshipman, Journal of 323, 419
Military of China, state of 605
Millhouse, R. biographical notices of 101.
"Blossoms" by, commended ib.
Mission House and Schools at Calcutta 31
Monasteer, visit to 234

Montagu, Visc'tess, death of 375
Moore, Edward, on the Poetry of 215

Rev. Thomas, death and charac-
ter 188, 379
Moore's Loves of the Angels, remarks on
30, 100

Moreau, Buonaparte's opinion of 156
Morice, James, letter to Lord Burleigh
517. biographical notices of ib.
Mortality, Bill of 95, 191, 287,383,479,

575

Morton, C'tess, death of 468
Mortuaries, explanation of 396
Munday, E. M. character of 26
Murray, David, death of 378

John, notices of 216, 328.

Music, old Scotch, remarks on 122
Mutability of National Grandeur 113,221,
309, 513

Mutiny Bill, discussion on 265

657

Nelson Family, inquiries respecting 508
New Hall, Boreham, notice of 108
New South Wales, prosperous state of
462

New Zealand, cannibalism in 364
Newbolt, Sir J. death of 280

Newtonian Philosophy, doubts respect-
ing 627, 634

Nicknames, political, anecdotes of 333
Nollekens, J. memoir of 568

North West Expedition, remarks on 7.
reports of 161

North West Land Expedition, account
of 429, 431

North West Passage, remarks on 123
Norwich Cathedral, sculpture in 416
Nubia, antiquities of 70

Oats, ports opened for 559

Ocean, on different currents in 399
Ocham, Gulielmus de, inquiry after 482
O'Grady, Baron, charge against 637
Old Bailey, two Courts to be established
at 642

Old Bury, Enfield, description of 427
O' Beirne, Bishop, memoir of 276
O'Meara, Barry, criminal information
moved against 174. rule refused 642.
animadversions on his "Voice from
St. Helena" 591

Otter-hunt, remarks on 417

Ottoman Empire, prophetic destruction
of 486

Oxford University, prize essays 449, 541.
number of degrees conferred 449.
members expelled 560

Pace, Lieut. G. memoir of 89
Packets established betwixt Spain and
England 365

Pantelaria, description of 323

Papal Empire, prophetic destruction of

487

Parachute Rocket, described 174
Parliament, opening of 167. proceed-
ings in 167, 261, 357, 455, 551, 637
Parochial Rates, when quashable 2
Pauperism, extent of in Europe 634
Paupers, Irish, expense of 641
Pavement, Roman, discovery of at Thrux-
ton 452, 559

Pavements, Tesselated, discovered in
Hampshire 631

Pear Trees, method of grafting 633
Peche Family, biographical notices of 578

Names, Christian, derivation of 32, 199, Pendulum, on the vibration of 628
227, 395

Names of Places explained 296
Names, Proper, accentuation of 136
Nash, S. death of 90

National Debt, bequests for the payment
of 270. plan for reducing 264, 485
National Grandeur, on mutability of 113,
221, 309, 513
Nations, characters of 119

Navy, importance of 195. plans for im-
proving 196, 484. preparations in 269
GENT. MAG. Suppl.Vol. XCIII. PART II. ·

Periodical Criticism, observations on 219
Petersfield, improvements in 78
"Peveril of the Peak," hints respecting

102

Pew-openers, defence of 812
Philpot, Rev. C. memoir of 379
Phrenology, remarks on 151
Pictures, sale of Mr. Taylor's 547. sale
of Mr. Haydon's 548

Pilchard Fishery, description of 234
Places, names of, explained 296

Plants,

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Plants, Greek derivation of 322, 601
Playfair, William, memoir of 564
Poetry, modern, inferiority of 512
Polar Magnetism, remarks on 123
Polar Sea, land expedition to 429, 431
Pompeii, shops at, described 255
Poor Laws, bill for amending 641
Poor Rates, observations on 135
Porcelain, dissertation on 597
Portman, E. B. memoir of 280
Portsmouth, Lord, commission of lunacy
against 174, 270

Portugal, intelligence from 77,171,267,
363, 557, 639. counter-revolution in
557,629

Posilipo, description of 420

Potatoe, when brought into England 244
Powerscourt, Viscounty of, noticed 386
Pozzuolo, description of 421
Pratis, Abbey de, altar-piece of 9
Preston, Sir T. death of 471
Prior's Poems, fly-leaf in 503
Progresses of King James, queries re-
specting 200, 294

Prophecies applicable to the present pe-
riod 485

Psalmody, defective state of 397, 482
Pulpit Oratory, remarks on 151
Pump Aspirant, description of 548
Putnam, General, memoir of 321.
Pye, Jane, whose daughter? 386
Quin, Lady G. C. death of 375
Raleigh, Sir W. work of, noticed 194.

anecdote of 334

Rates, Parochial, when quashable 2
Receipt, singular custom of giving 633
Reciprocity Duties Bill, commmittal of

554

Reform, Parliamentary, hints for 126.
remarks on 423

Regent's Canal, tonnage of 80
Reginald de Breos, account of 394
Religion, on the mockery of 28. Buona-
parte's opinion of 254
Representation, Scotch system of 552
Revenue, annual statement 80, 169.
quarterly statement 365

Rhinoceros, skeleton of, found in Derby-
shire 173

Richardson, Rev. W. death of 377

Royal Academy, exhibition of 451
Royal Library. See Library, Royal,
Royal Society, anniversary of 68
Royal Society of Literature, objects of
413, 543. defence of 530
Rump Songs, notices of 23
Russia, literature of 633

Sailing of Ships, improvements in sug-
gested 483

Sailors, superstitious observances of 16
St. Bennet's Abbey, at Holme, account of
393

St. David's, Bp. defence of 530

St. Domingo, academy established at 633
St. Margaret, different saints under the
name 327

St. Mary-le-Bow, ancient seal of de-
scribed 305

St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, described
105

St. Nicholas ad Macellum, London, parish
of 34

St. Olave Church, London, account of
206, 315

St. Paul's Cathedral, Queen Anne's sta-
tue at 504

St. Paul's Church, Shadwell, account of
201

St. Peter and St. Paul Priory, Ipswich,
ancient crypt in discovered 326
St. Vincent, Earl, memoir of 369
Salisbury, Marquis, memoir of 563
Salter, Sir J. notice of 109

San Lorenzo, Duke of, reception in Lon-
don 175

Sand Martin, natural history of 401
Sandford, W. memoir of 377

Sarcophagus, human heart found in 359
Saxon Literature, translations wanted482
Scarabæus Vernalis, singular property of

583

Scilly Islands, state of 436

Scolding Women, cage for described 233
Scotch Music, Old, notices of 122
Scotch System of Representation, 552
Scotland, Clans of, with badges of dis-
tinction 216

Scripture Chronology, remarks on 10,
405, 406

Seals, ancient, described 305, 306

Richmond, Duke, queries respecting the Serres, Mrs. high pretensions of 560.

title 294

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parliamentary investigation 637. pre-
tentions vindicated 642

Severn, bridge to be erected over 365
Shakspeare's Son-in-law, notices of 502
Ships, improvement in sailing suggested

483

Shipwreck, near Holywell 364

Shenstone's character of Thomson the
poet 227

Shenstonian Fly-leaf, 503

Sheriff of Dublin,conduct investigated551
Sheriffs, list of 175

Signs, House, on the origin of 600
Silhouette, origin of the word 332
Silk Manufacturer's Bill, 555/

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