CADEMY, female, account of
ACADE America, 400.
Addington's Affinity beween Painting and Writing (in MSS.) extracts from, 251.
Africa, its present internal appearance defcribed, 272.
Allies, total lofs of, during the cam- paigns of 1799, 387-389. American juftice, fpecimen of, 398. Anderson, Dr. and Gen. Washington, ftrictures on, 337-350. Andrewes, Rev. Mr. his pathetic fer- mon in behalf of the,Endeavour So- ciety, noticed, 86, 87. Anglo-Saxons, account of their firft irruption into Britain, 3, 4. Anticipation epitaphs, 462. Archduke Charles, contrafed as a ge- neral, with Buonaparte, 241. Architecture, Egyptian and Grecian, judicious obfervations on, 274, 275. Arthur, remarks on the wars of, 5-8. Affociations in Africa, account of two curious, 268.
Author, cafe of a disappointed, invef- tigated, and advice offered, 415. Authorship, neceflity of a ftandard for the age of 416.
Badon-Mount, battle of, cbfervations on, 6.
Baptifm, a new mode of performing. See Godwin.
Bankers, female, description of, 140. Battle, defcription of one in Mexico, 365.
of Morgarten, animated de- fcription of, 380-382. Baudelocque, a vicious recommenda- tion of, cenfured, 52.
Beatfon's View of the War in India, 119-inconteftible proof of the treacherous conduct of Tippoo, 120. -trifling lofs of the unarmed inha- bitants in Seringapatam, afcribed to the high difcipline of the British troops, 123-lofs of the English army, ib.-number of the troops in garrifon immediately before the APPENDIX, VOL, YII.
fiege, 123, 124-reftoration of the Myfore family, 125-importance of our late acquifitions in India, 127. Bell's Memorial on the present State of Military and Naval Surgery, 293¬~ his opinion of the army and navy furgeons, ib-his propofition for removing the evils, 294-296-fin- cerity and fenfibility of the author, 296-298-remarks on his projects,
Bellows-blower, unacquainted with the alphabet, demands a license, to act as a qualified preacher! 168. Benfon's Vindication of the Methodifts, a compotition of virulence and in- ve&ive, 166-matter of thankfulness to the author, 167-an anecdote of fome journeymen methodists quoted, 167, 168-increase in the number of preachers in the metropolis during the last three years, 168-evil con- fequences thereof, 169.
Berne, treasure found at, how difpofed of by the French Republic, 464. Bevan's Refutation of Modern Mifre- presentations, 34-various points confidered and refuted, 34, 39-fa- cility of the author at Quaker making, 37-obfervations on the i Life of James Nayler, 158-his real life and character quoted from re- fpectable authorities, 159-a curi ous anecdote, 160-blafphemous and idolatrous paffages of Fox, Tom- linfon, and others quoted, 161- proof of Nayler's courage,162-anec- dotes of his blafphemous conduct andthat of other Quakers, 163. Bible, admonitions refpecting the, 23. Bilious Fever and Cholera Morbus,
contraft between, 438.
Bishop of Lincoln, his excellent Charge to his Clergy, 128-his remarks on the prefent general infidelity, 129— fuggefts the necellity of a particu lar attention to Sunday schools,
his plan of the campaign of 1797, conclufions drawn from, 243--245.
artifices of, in his propofals to open a negociation for peace, ex- pofed, 259-his reafons for prevent- ing a general peace, 260. Books, bad effects of their fupera- bundance at the prefent day, 91. Bourbon, House of, proofs of the obli- gation on Great Britain to restore it,
Bread, probable caufes of its present
high price, 319-its confumption at prefent greater than when the loaf cost nine pence; and the causes which produce this confumption,
Burglary and robbery in England, the frequency of, accounted for, 139. Burke's Thoughts on Scarcity, 280-
his opinion refpecting the act for re- pealing the Statutes against fore- ftallers, diffented from, 281-argu- ments of the author, Dr. A. Smith and others controverted, 282-the new company for fupplying the me- tropolis with flour, &c. defended by the Reviewer, ib.-difference be- tween two friends respecting the ne- ceffity of an advance in wages, 283. -obfervations on the prefent ftate of labour, ib.-the author's remarks on the impolicy of legiflative interfer- ence, to regulate the price of provi- fions, on farmers, on middle men &c. &c. refuted, 283-285.
Campaign of 1799-caufes which pro-
ducod the misfortunes of the allies on Sept. 25 and 26, 383-385. Carrington, Lord, ftrictures on his late conduct refpecting the fubject of tithes, 334.
Century, reflections on the end of a,
Chafteller, Marquis de, biographical anecdotes of, 389, 390. Cholera Morbus defcribed, 48. Chriftening, ludicrous account of one, at fea, 180.
Christian preacher, the duty of one explained, 129.
Chriftianity, account of its establish-
ment in the kingdom of Northum- bria, 8, 9.
Coals, plan for reducing the price of, at Edinburgh, 423. Colquhoun's Treatife on the Police of the Metropolis, 137-his definition
of Police objected to and improved, 138 his chapters on punishments, and female Proftitution objectiona ble, ib.-remarks on the frequency of robberies, 139-profits of the fe- male banking fyftem, 140-mea- fures of the author for fuppreffing proftitution cenfured, 143-fallacy of his calculations, 145-general obfervations on the work, 147.
on the Commerce and Po- lice of the River Thames, obferva- tions on, 276-principal contents of the work ftated, 277.
on the commercial aggran- dizement of this country, 278-re- marks on the fallacy of the author's calculations, &c. 280.
Commanders of the Auftrian and French armies, their portraits con- trafted, 241.
Cooper's Letters on the Irish Nation,
173 gives a decided preference to the Irish, over the English, orators, 174-his diftinction between the origin of government and the origin of political fociety unintelligible, 175 -grofs errors of the author pointed out, 176.
Corn, common-place obfervation that its dearness is to be attributed to the war examined and refuted, 220- amazing amount of the importation, of, from Sept. 1799 to Sept. 1800. Correfpondents anfwered, 238, 358. Cortes, Hernando, his attempts at the @onqueft of Mexico, defcribed, 360 effects a landing near Tobafco, and defeats an army of 12,000 Indians; his entering into Mexico, on an ac- count of that capital, 363-his cru- elty an hypocrify, 365. Cottages, new and curious plan for the erection of, 412.
Cow-pox, obfervations on the, 53. Critical and Monthly Reviews, ftric, tures on the, 429-437.
David the Painter, anecdote of, 213. Daubeney, Mr. attacked by a young ftudent, and defended by the re- viewer, 305-309.
Dead, curious cuftom of interrogating the, in Africa, 270.
Democratic governments, the una- voidable defects of, accounted for,
Defpotifm, proofs of its influence upon the human mind, 276.
Face painting, anecdote of, 73. Fafters, anecdotes of fome extraordi- nary, 36.
Female education, a private preferable to a public, 135.
preaching, cautions againft, on fcriptural authority, 256, 257. Fever, the Bilious defcribed, 48, 49. Field-preaching defended, 66. Fox, Mr. his political conduct respect- ing the laft treaty with France, ex- pofed, 265.
(the Quaker) anecdote of, 37. France, its excellent regulations re- fpecting provifions, under the anci- ent government, 284. Frederic II of Pruffia, his character by a late French writer, 475. French language, reflections on the modern attempts to improve it, 211.
Republic, total amount of its revenue in Sept. 1797, 463-account of fome fingular new taxes impofed for its fervice in 1798, ib.-enor- mous arrears of, in 1798, and the new taxes levied, 464-miferable fhifts of its financiers, 465.
ftrictures, on fome leading cha- racters in Atheism, on their conduct towards their clergy, &c. by the Bishop of Rochester, 287.
troops, number of, in Serin- gapatam, at the time of the fiege,
Gaming, reflections on that vice, 141. George I. anecdote of, 73. GOD. See the DEVIL!!! Godwin, the philofopher, account of, the Baptifmal ceremony performed on him by a foi-difant Bishop! 419
Government, remarks on different forms of, ancient and modern, 91. its vital principle defined, 92. Governments, the firft, probability of their having been patriarchal, 94. Gout, prefervative and curative means for, 301.
Grandee, an ancient British, his speech on the introduction of the Chriftian religion into this kingdom, 10, 11. Guild, Dr. anecdotes of, 15, 16.
Happiness, its nature inveftigated, 92. Haygarth's explosion of Perkins's Tractors, 30-32-their effects prov ed to proceed from the power of the imagination, ib.
Hill's (Rev. Rowland) Second Tour through the Highlands, 310-his treatment at Kendal, ib.-cenfures the General Affembly of Scotland, 310, 311-Bishop of Rochester's fentiments on Methodifm quoted,
Honour, worldly, reflections on, 397. Hottentots, account of their marriages,
Imagination, remarks on the influence of, on the animal fyftem, 30. Income Tax British, and French War Tax, comparifon between, 468. Infpiration, obfervations on, 258. Internal feeling, reflections on, 101.- its origin, ib.
Johnfon Dr. quotation from, addreffed to Peter Pindar, 100
Jones, (late Mr.) his Letter to the British Critics, 79-his animadver- fions on Dr. Priestley, 80. Jones (the late Mr.) his Letter on the death of his wife, 105, 100 felect biographical account of, 439-458.
Lift of his works already published, 458, 459.
his beautiful Latin Poetry, and anfwer to, 459-461. Ireland, people of, the majority proved to be in favour of the Union, 177. Judges, the English, their rank, for- tune, and exalted station, fufficient fecurity for their integrity, 93.
Labour, and wages, obfervations on the prefent ftate of, 283. Lavoifier, his artful conduct towards Dr. Black, 186.
Lecturer of St. George's, his oppo- fition to the views of the Endeavour Society, 86,-his virulent Sermon reported, 87, 88,-his attack on the regular clergy, 89.
Letters, modern philofophical, on Love,
and other fubjects, 369 371–374. Licenfes, evil of granting them to igno- rant preachers, 169.
Light, experiments on, as fpontane- oufly emitted from various bodies, 197, 198.
Lotus, method of preparing food from its berries, in Africa, 270, 271. Lowth's elegant effay on Architecture, extract from, 252. Lucifer, the father of Philofophy! 24. Luxury, the fatal effects of, 134.
Macdonald, Gen: biography of, 390 Marine Police Office, remarks on, and the extenfive power of its Magif- trates, 280. Medical Publications, their principal merit confifts in a correct nofological defcription, 46. Memoirs of Modern Philofophers, ac- count of, 39-the principal charac- ters in that admirable novel delineated, 40-46.
Method ft Preachers, rewards received,
by fome, for their fervices, 167— one in particular, recommended to notice, 167, 168-names and ref- pectable profeffions of fome lately li- cealed, 468.
Methodists, ftrictures on their conduct, 64-67.
Mexico, account of the capture of that city by the Spaniards in 152, 365, 366 Monarchy, a limited, preferable to all other forms of government, 93.
, an abfolute, its partial in- fluence, a matter of neceflity, 93. the Pruffian, account of the fift eftablishment of, 475. Monarchs, curious manner of depofing in Africa, 271.
Monopolizers and Foreftallers; proof of their existence in the time of So- lomon, 324.
Monthly Review; its account of the Correspondence between Anderfon and Washington, examined, and animadverted on, 340-350. Montezuma, King of Mexico, his im- menfe power, and his capital de- fcribed, 361.
Moonlight of a Summer Evening, po- etical defeription of, by Polwhele, contrafted with that by Hurdis, 247. Myfore,family, motives for their restor ation in India, by the British Go- vernment, 125. N.
Names, falfe, on the adoption of, te introduce false ideas, 25.
National Debt, a propofal for the fpeedy liquidation of, 412.
Novel writing, specimen of, 202.
Oufe, the poetical defcriptions of that river, by Cowper and Hurdis, con- trafted, 246, 247.
Ovens, parish, the establishment of, recommended, 328.
Paris, wretched ftate of, after the ufurpation of Bonaparte, 470. Parish Prieft, tranquil end of a, describ- ed, 60.
Pearfon's Obfervations on the Bilious
Fever, ftrictures on, 46, 47-the fymptoms of that disease described, 48, 49.
Chemical Nomenclature, ob- fervations on the, 185-progreffive improvements in the fcience of che- miftry, 185, 188- objections to various terms, &c. 190, 193-re- marks on the Doctor's Table of Affi- nities, 193, 195.
People, the origin of power-this opi- nion contefted, 94.
Penny-pieces, ftatement of the number caft, by Mr. Boulton, and the share of, to each individual, if equally di- vided, 141.
Peter Pindar, curious anecdotes of, 55. Phillips's Theatrum Poetarum Angli.
canorum, new edition of, by an anonimous compiler, 148-contains the lives of 160 more poets than the work of Dr. Johnfon, 149-speci mens of Queen Elizabeth's Poetry,
Philofopher and Peasant, dialogue be tween, 43.
Philofophers, the ancient, remarks on, 24.
Philofophifts, reflections on the ancient Grecian and modern British, 133. Philofophy (Mr.) birth and education of, 23.
Pleasures of a Winter Scene, by Pol- whele, contrafted with the fame, by Hurdis, 249.
Police, the accurate meaning of that word, 279.
hints for the improvement of, by a Central Board, without any ad- dition to the number of magiftrates, 146.
of Paris, expence of maintaining it more than ten times the amount of that of London, 147.
Folwhele's Hiftory of Devonshire, 75- Critical Reviewers opinion of the work quoted, ib.-contrafted with the impartial account of it in the Monthly Review, 76-ditto of the British Critic and European Ma- gazine, 77.
Prayer, a new, for Monday evenings, 304, 305.
Prophecy, the pillar of, defcribed, 26. Prostitutes, reflections on their indecent and outrageous conduct, 144. Providence, neceffity of implicit ac- quiefcence in the difpenfations of, enforced, 425.
Radcliffe's (Mrs.) Italian, account of, 27-her delineation of guilt com- mended, 28-defective in her por- traits of virtue, ib.
Rank and Titles, the Reformers' rea-
fons for the abolition of, 96. Reflections, Moral and Political, 90, 91 -reasons why well-difpofed people become difcontented, 91-nature of human happiness defined, 92-ob- fervations on monarchical and demo- cratic governments, 93-a limited monarchy preferable to all other forms, 94-the origin of power in the people controverted, ib.- re- marks on the valuable works of Sir John Fortefcue, 98.
Reflections on a ftormy night, by Cow- per, contrafted with the fame, by Hurdis, 248.
Refolutions of Common Sense, for pre-
venting popular delufion from pok- tical orators, 231, 232. Retirement, the happiness of, defcrip- ed, 60.
Revealed religion, the tower of, do- scribed, 26.
Revenue, annual increase of to the Company by their late acquifitions in India, 127, 128.
Review, defcription of a, 58. Rheumatism,beft remedy for, in young and old perfons, 301.
Robifon's Proofs of a Confpiracy, high literary character of the author, 107 -means taken by the Illuminati to fupprefs a tranflation of the above work, in Germany, ib-approbe- tion beftowed on it, by the King of Pruffia, 109. Robespierre and Buonaparte, anecdote of, 212, 213.
Satire, comparative effects of, general and particular, 202.
Saxon Parliament, behaviour of fome
of its members, on the abolition of Heathenifm 12, 18.
Scherer's Introduction to the Know- ledge of Gafeous Bodies, 181-oh- fervations and ftrictures on the au- thor's arrangement, 182-fome gres errors detected, 183, 184. Schilm, the fin of, explained, 255. Schifmatics, caution to, 257. Scott's Differtation on the Progrefs of the Fine Arts contrafted with the elegant effays of Addington and Lowth, 251, 253.
Seduction, remarks on the trivial punishment for, 406.
Serrurier, Gen biographical account of, 389.
Shirrefs's Life of Dr. Guild, 15-fome
account of the Doctor, ib: Sibbit's Differtation on Luxury, a moral, religious, and elegant compo fition, 132, 133.-his appropriate reflections on the fophifts of ancient Greece, 133-prefers a private edu- cation for females, 135-forcible ap- peal in favour of Chriftianity, 135, 137.
Sieyes, Abbe, anecdote of, 210. Silk Brokers, anecdote of two patriotic,
Sketch of a well known poetical cha- racter, 424.
Smith, Dr. Adam, ftrange affections of, in private company quoted, 420. Sonnini's Travels in Egypt, 17-fuperi ority of the translation, published by
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