ABERDEENSHIRE, im-

provements in, 525
Africa, hints for civilizing,
575
Alicant, brave defence of
by the English ią 1709,

910
Alison, Mr, his character
of Sir William Forbes,
825

Anecdotes, 888
Antiquities, Gaelic, 16

in North A-

merica, 263
Argyle, Earl of, account
of his expedition into
Scotland, 426
Arran, tour to, 19,95
Ayr, explanation of the
terms in its charter, 333
Barbary, travels in, 30
Battery, impregnable one,
description of, 405
Bell, Dr, account of his
system of education, 906
Blackfriar's chapel, St An-
drew's, description of,
803

Black Sea, history of the
trade of, 660
Blair castle, accounts of its
siege in 1746, 330, 410
Books, new, 44, 122, 203,
283, 334, 359, 443, 519,
603, 682, 764, 823, 840,
922

burnt or suppres-
sed, 257, 416, 492, 572,
650, 729, 895
Brasil, description of the
map of, 3

account of its dis-
covery, conquest, and
present state, 4
Brienne, M. de, character

Burghead, new harbour
completed, 525
Calanthrop and Lucilla, a
poem, elucidation of, 89
Caledonia, by G. Chal-
mers, review of, 273, 756
Calonne, M. de, character
of, 112
Carleton, Capt. his me-
moirs, 434
Carlisle castle, account of,

323

city, account of,

324, 406, 490
Cary's memoirs, review
of, 915
Castle craig, description
of, 883
Cawdor castle, description
of, 723
Celestial phenomena in
1808, 38, 85, 166
Charity workhouse of E-
dinburgh, receipt and
expenditure thereof, 885
-Chemistry, on the progress
of knowledge in, 38, 86,
166, 248, 362, 445, 522,
567, 671, 750, 833, 913
Coal trade of Scotland,
general view of, 674 ·
Cod fishery, description

of, 744
Coffee, hints on the use

of, 723
Coin, a curious copper
one described, 892
Combinations, strictures

on, 732

the Confederacy against
Great Britain, a sermon,
by Dr Hill, 204
Congelation, curious fact
regarding, 18
Cook, Mr, his illustrations
of the general evidence
of Christ's resurrection,
118

the Cottagers of Glenbur.
nie, review of, 678

Court of Session, its sin
gular procedure in the
case of the parish of Dal-
ry, 164

Crawford, Earl, his severe
conduct towards the Pro-
fessors in 1690, IS
Crawford, Tho, his histo
ry of the University of
Edinburgh, 835
Crichton castle, descrip-
tion of, 563
Despotism, certain forms
of it in a savage state,
508
Dickson, Margaret, cu
rious account of her exe-
cution and recovery, 905
Dictionary of the Scottish
language, review of, 60t
Dreghorn castle, descrip-
tion of, 243
Drury, Robt. his account
of Madagascar, 121
Dryden's works, review
of, 355
Dunipace, remarks on,
245, 420, 649
Edinburgh, description of,.
by a German, 907

University, de-
scription of, by the same,
908
Education, Dr Bell's sys-
tem of, 906
Egypt, arts and manners
of, 266
Elephant, mode of catch-
ing and taming, 99
Etymologies, Gaelic, 16,

105
Fashion, remarks on, 580
Fine arts, on the progress
of, 38, 86, 166, 248, 362,
445, 522, 567, 671, 750,
833, 913
Finlay's Scottish ballads,
review of, 920
Finlayson, Dr James, me»
moirs of, 83

Fle

Fleming, John, his tour
to Arran, 19, 95
Fobes, Sir Wm. character
of, 825

Forbes, Gen. John, me-
morial to the Lyon Clerk
respecting his coat of
arms, 808
Forresteries, curious re-
port concerning, 490
Fowlsheugh, account of,

512

Fraserburgh, new baths
completed, 525
French flattery, specimen
of, 88

French statesmen, cha
racter of eminent ones,
110

Frozen sea, account of a
journey to, 23
Funding system, reflec-
tions on it, 91
Gaelic etymologies and
antiquities, 16, 105, 418,
564, 889

language, synopsis
of, 414, 587
Gas from coal, its use, $19
Geological society, ac-
count of, 337
Glasgow, improvement in
the supply of water there,
727
Government, on the prin-
ciples of, by Mr Adams,

106

Grammar, query respect-
ing cases in, 548
the Grave, a poem, new
edition of, 839
Hall, Sir John, his severe
treatment of the Profes-
sors in 1690, 16
Henry IV. of France, cha-
racter of, 653
Highland Society, appa-
rent contradiction in one
of their essays, 117
Highlands of Scotland,
tour thio', 182, 250, 348,
423, 569, 672, 735, 809,
889

India, the renovation of, a

poem, 438
Indian recreations, review
of, 517
Irving, David, memoirs of
George Buchanan,by, 41

Island, a new one disco-
vered, 114, 175
Italian nations, on their
different characters, 167
James VI. curious procla
mation of, 731
Jamieson, Dr, review of
his Dictionary of the
Scottish language, 601
Keith, Bishop, letter from

of

Chev. Ramsay to, 898
Leslie, Gen. curious let-
ter of, 649
Lisbon, sketch of, 643
Literary fame, observa.
tions on, 170
Literary intelligence, 44,
45, 122, 203, 205, 284,
360, 443, 519, 603, 683,
764,841, 923
Louis XIII, and XIV. of
France, characters of,653
Lunatic asylum, plan for
establishing one at Edin-
burgh, 9, 153
Madagascar, account of,
by. R. Drury, 121
Mammoth, discovery
the remains of one, 23
Manufactures, on the pro-
gress of, 38, 86, 166, 248
362, 445, 522, 567, 673,
750, 833, 913
Manuscripts in the Scots
College of Paris, account
of, 505
Marchmont house, de-
scription of, 83
Marmion, a poem, review
of, 195
Marmontel, M. his cha-
racters of eminent French
Statesmen, 110
Mauldslie castle, descrip-
tion of, 643
Maurepas, M. character
of, 110

Maynoothcollege,account

of, 496
Mineralogical queries, 243
Missionaries in Bengal,
their memoir respecting
the translation of the
scriptures, S11

Mohun, Lord, query res-
pecting, 94
Monro, Principal, charges
against him, 13. Depri-
ved of his office, 15

Moonlight scenery, its si
fects in poetical com
sition, 501
National improvements in
Scotland, 598
Natural History, month
memoranda in, 37, f
168, 247, 353, 4-3, 4*%
566, 647, 7:5, Sog, 184
Navy, British, bistary
the rise and progress
741, S13, 900

plan for de
increase of, 593
Newfoundland, descrp
tion of, 744
Nisbet, Dr Charles, quzzy
respecting, 807
Orders in Council, brie
view of, 1SS
Park, Mungo, particulars
respecting, So07
Pearl fishery in Ceylan,
account of, 179
Feat-moss, essays on in
natural history and ori-
gin, 39
Peterborough, Earl,
singular exploits i Span,

743
Pines, isle of, curious -
rative of its settlement,

344
Plagiarism detected, scr
Plutarch, remarks ca s

character, 499
Poetic character,observa-
tions on, 170
Poetical coincidence, så
Political events, ther
fluence on literature, p
Population of Sealand,
tables, 249, 325, 400484
Preachers, Scots, remarks

Lamsay, Chev. his letter
to Bishop Keith, 858
Leason and speech consi-
dered, 668

Religious praises, by
M. Thomas, 340
Renegado, singular vil-
lany of a Spanish one,
34

Renny, the Rev. Mr, his

essays on peat moss, 39
Rio de Janeiro, descrip-
tion of the plan of 3
Robertson of Fascaly, his
application for the erec-
tion of a forestery, 490
Roslin, description of, 657
Russian navy, history of,
326

Santorini, account of the
new island of, 114, 175
Savile's dissertations, re-
view of, 514
Science, on the progress
of, 38, 86, 166, 248, 362,
445, 522, 567, 671, 750,
833, 913

Scots Preachers, remarks
on, 172

Scots College of Paris, ac-
count of the manuscripts
in, 505

Scottish ballads, by J. Fin-
lay, review of, 920
Seggieden, description of,

403

Shell-fish, curious species
of, 169

Singing bird, queries con-
cerning one, 29
Slave trade, history of its
abolition, 664, 828
Slave trade in Germany,
history of, 585
Slaves, cruel treatment of,
in Barbary, 30
Spain, history of its mili
tary geography, 483
Spanish Itinerary, 645
Strachan, professor, de-
prived of his office, 15
Tacitus, remarks on his
character, 499

Tennant's Indian recrea-
tions, review of 517
Thomas, M. character of
his writings, 254

Thought, on the freedom
of, 191

Trades, humorous obser-
vations on their new no-
menclature, 261
Turgot, M. character of
of, 111

University of Edinburgh,
history of, 835

Ure, the Rev. Dav. sketch
of his life, 903

Virtue on the foundation
of, 815
Washington, Gen. letters
from, 495

Waste land in Scotland,
quantity of, 592
Weiss, Major, query con
cerning, 167
Wernerian Natural Histo-
ry Society, established at
Edinburgh, 203,325,803
proceedings of,

203, 243, 403, 486, 565,
883

on the love of Witchcraft, murder, and
credulity, 892

Glory, 2-55

M. character of Women, on their employ-
French Kings, 653
Thomson, plan of a mo-
nument to his memory,
589

ments during the middle
ages, 738
Woodlark, queries con
cerning it, 29

the Ear-ach, address to, 126
Edinburgh, views of, from
Marmion, 128
Elegy on T. D. Brown,
926
Epigram on two medical
men, 288

an Evening hymn, 365
the Exile, a song, 448

of Benmore,607
Glendonnen's raid, 115
Grace for a Hallowe'en
supper, 608
the Guardian angel, 766
Haliburton, Patrick, ver-
ses on his death, 365
Hamilton, Gen. verses on
reading an account of his
death, 446
Home, Mr, verses on his
death, 686
Inscriptions in a garden
near Edinburgh, 207

the Pastime of Venus, 128.
the Pause of expectation,
by Dr Beddoes, 927
the Poet, a burlesque ele-
gy, 697

Poet

Verses to a lady, sas

on Lord Nebant

monument, 607

on the death of Me

Home, 686

to an bonestratee,¦
but very bad poet, 756

——written beneath the
brow of Arthur's seat, kaj

by an officer to à
young lady, $47
to Craigmillar castle,

848

AMERICA, Motion for pa-
pers relating to the dif
ferences with, 374
Appeals, Scots, list of, 776
Arbroath, the Guildry of,
petition the House of
Lords for trial by jury in
civil cases, 610
Army estimates, debate
upon, 612
Bank of England advan-
ces 3,000,000l. to Go-
vernment, 370
Bark, Jesuits, debate on
prohibiting its exporta-
tion, 452, 610. The
bill passed, 690
Bosquet, A. his applica-
tion to Parliament for a
reward for his invention
to prevent ships sinking

for preserving the Da.
nish fleet, 291, 294. Long
debate on a motion for
censuring it, and another
motion for its approval
carried, 690

Court of Session, bill for
regulating its procedure
brought in, 609. Debate
on it, and read a second
time, 6to
Dardanelles, expedition
to, motion for papers res-
pecting it, 373. The pa-
pers presented, 690
Distilleries, motion for
the suspension of distil-
lation of corn, 769, 772
Droits of Admiralty, mo-
tion respecting them,
371
Finance Committee, mo-
tion for excluding Mr
Wharton from it reject-
ed, 691

Game duties transferred
to the Stamp office, 691
Galloway, Lord, moves
an address to the King
on his speech, 129
Gambier, Lord, receives
the thanks of the Peers
and Commons, 209, 213
Greenwich hospital, mo-
tion respecting the offi-
cers belonging to it, 689
Hamilton, Lord, moves
an address to the King
on his speech, 134
Lake, Lord, a pension of
2000l. settled on his fa-
mily, 452, 612

Macdowall, Mr, duly e
lected for Renfrewshm
690
Militia, local, debate on
the bill, 769
Mutiny bill, debate on
the clause for the tem
of inlistment, 605. The
optional clause for i,
or for a term of yean,
agreed to, 690
Orders in Council relate
to neutral traders, debate
of the Lords upon them,
290, 293, 294. In the
Commons, 369. Motin
for an indemnity to per
sons acting under then,
375. Objected to a
various grounds, 450—
Further debates on, 452,
609. Lord Laudernej
resolutions against them
rejected, 610. The ill
passed, ib. Petition from
Liverpool against them
rejected, 616
Parliament meets, 15-
Lord Chancellor's sperti
to both Houses, ib. Ad-
dress of the Lords moved
by Lord Galloway, and
voted without a divine,
134. Address of the
Commons moved by Ld
Hamilton, and likeve
carried, 138. Ld. Chm-
cellor's speech on closing
the session, 775. Paris-
ment prorogued, 776
Peace, petition for, from
the inhabitants of Balta,

ter a most desperate bat.
tle, 946

147

America, North, an em.
bargo on shipping laid
on by Congress, 140.-
Mr Rose arrives from
England, and proceeds
to Washington, 141.-
His reception favourable,
but the embargo conti-
nued, 295. The mer-
chants discontented at
its continuance, ib. Re-
monstrance of the mer-
chants of Boston against
it, 851. The President's
answer refusing to re-
move it, ib. The people
much impressed with the
intelligence from Spain,
ib.

America, South, neutral
ships ordered to depart
from Buenos Ayres, 140
The people of Caraccas
declare for King Ferdi-
nand, 850. Seize all the
French there, ib.
Amethyst frigate, takes a
large French frigate, af-

Austria suspected of hos-
tile intentions by France,
790. Makes great mili-
tary preparations, ib.

with a British army at
Corunna, and is joyfully
received, 861. Arrives
at Astorga, but is order.
ed to retreat, 939
Bayonne, see Spain, Bo-
naparte
Bentinck, Lord Wm. ar-
rives from Madras, 69
Bonaparte arrives at Mi-
lan, 57. Adds new Dig-
nitaries to the Iron Crown
of Lombardy, ib. De-
crees Eugene Beauhar-
nois heir to the Crown
of Italy, ib. Makes a
speech to the Senate, 58.
Sets out for Venice, and
arrives suddenly at St
Cloud, ib. Issues a de-
cree against Portugal, u-
niting it with France,
222. Appears at Bay-
onne, and has interviews
with the Royal Family
of Spain, 456, 529. Com-
pels them to a surrender
of their rights to the
throne of Spain, 530.-

And sends them prison-
ers into France 456. Ar-
rives at St Cloud, 710.
Determines to subdue

Spain, 711. Appoints
the Duke of Berg to the
throne of Naples, ib.-
Sets out to meet the Em-
peror of Russia at Er-
furth, 788. The two
Emperors meet, and have
many conferences, 789,
866. Speculations on
their designs, ib. Aus-
tria threatened, 790. Ob.
tains a secret treaty for
the division of Portugal,
858. Arrives at St Cloud,
and pronounces a furious
speech against England
and Spain before the Le-
gislative Body, 864. Re-
ceives a fulsome address
from the President, 865,
Sends overtures for peace
to England, 867. De-
parts suddenly for Bay-
onne, 868
Brazil, the Prince Regent
of Portugal arrives there,
382. Establishes his
Court at Rio de Janeiro,
ib. Issues a proclama-
tion for regulating trade,
ib. Presents the British
officers with the insignia

of