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A Voyage to South America, performed by order of the American Government. By H. M. Brackenridge, one of the Commissioners. 2 vols. 8vo. 1. 4s.

Travels through Holland, Germany, and parts of France, in 1819, with reference to their Statistics, Agriculture, &c. By W. Jacob. 4to.

Travels in various Countries in the East, being a continuation of Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, &c. Edited by Robert Walpole, M. A. 4to. 31. 3s. boards.

Narrative of a Journey in Persia.

Svo. 12s.

Sketches of the actual State of Society and Manners, the Arts, Literature, &c. of Rome, Naples, and Florence. By the Count de Stendhall. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

No. II. Vol. III. of the Journal of New Voyages and Travels, containing Mollien's Travels in Africa, with a large map and many engravings. 3s. 6d.

An Abridgment of Modern Voyages and Travels. By the Rev. T. Clark. Vol. II. comprising a complete Tour of Asia. 8s.

No. I. Vol. III. of the Journal of New Voyages and Travels, containing Samson's Travels in Lower Canada, and Cornelius's Tour in Virginia, &c. With engravings. 3s. 6d.

Travels on the Continent, for the use of Travellers.

8vo. 17. 5s.

The Diary of an Invalid in Pursuit of Health; being the Journal of a Tour in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Berlin, and France, in the years 1817, 1818, 1819. 8vo. 16s.

Travels in the Interior of Africa. By G. Mollien. With plates. 4to. 21. 2s.

A Voyage to India. By the Rev. James Cordiner, A. M., author of a Description of Ceylon, and Minister of St Paul's Chapel, Aberdeen. In one volume 8vo. boards.

A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the years 1817-18, containing Remarks on the Language, Geography, History, Antiquities, Natural History, Science, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Agriculture, the Mechanical Arts, and Manufactures. By W. A. Cadell, Esq., F. R. S., London and Edinburgh. Two vols. 8vo. With Thirty-three engravings. 1. 16s. boards.

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Abercrombie, General, his declaration of the licentiousness of the
soldiery in Ireland, 287.

Accum, Mr, his Treatise on Adulterated Provisions, 131-his exa-
mination of the articles most commonly counterfeited, 135-va-
luable character of this work, 139.

Act, Mr Gilbert's, points out the number of charities in five Eng-
lish counties, 112.

Adam's Letters on Silesia, opinion of, 413.
Addison, character of, 327.

Admiralty, droits of, origin and use of, 478.

Adulteration of Provisions, and by whom practised, 134-of bread,
136 of wine, 137-of malt liquors, 140-of beer, 141-of pep-
per, 143.

Agriculture and manufactures, fundamental distinction between, 181.
Aid, parochial, in Scotland, its inefficacy to relieve the present dis-
tresses, 393.

Alarms, recent, 187-evidence of, how to be collected, 199—ru-
mours of disaffection, 200-quotations from the Report of, ib.-to-
tally groundless, 222-reasons which show the danger imaginary,

223.

Allen, William, to whom the French Protestants are indebted for
their freedom in education, 495.

Almonds, bitter, employed to give flavour to insipid wines, 137.
Alum, added to bread to whiten its colour, 136-added to young
wines to heighten their colour, 137.

Ambrosian Chant, why so named, 362.

America, United States, statistical account of, 69-population, 70-
trade and commerce, 71-imports, ib.-tonnage and navigation,
72-lands, ib.-post-office, 73-revenue, ib.-army and navy, 74
-expenditure, 76-debt, 78-naval war with Britain, effects of,
ib.-small progress in the arts and sciences, 79-vilified by a por-
tion of the press of this country, 399-ultimate success of the cause
of liberty will depend on the part they take in that contest, 404.
Anecdotes, personal, of eminent men, their value, 302.
Anecdotes, Spence's, from Pope, 307-from Mannic, 311-from Lord
Peterborough, 321-from Ramsey, 322-from Dr Lockier, 323-
from Dennis. 326.

Anne, Queen, act of, prohibiting the use of unwholesome ingredients
in beer, 141.

Antioch, first regular choir established at, for singing hymns in the
service of the Church, 362.

Arcangelo Corelli, a celebrated musician, 368.

Aretino Guido, reputed inventor of the counterpoint, 364.

Arkwright, Sir Richard, contrived to spin cotton by machinery, and
its consequences, 169.

Articles in trade and commerce adulterated, 133.

Arundel, Sir John, ordered to be removed from the office of Master
of St John's Hospital, 129.

Assessments for the Poor, remarkable increase of, 335-danger of be-
ing encouraged, ib.

Athenians, character of the, 238—Athenian mob contrasted with the
British Senate, 239.

Austin, the monk, first instructor of the Saxons in the mysteries of
ecclesiastical music, 364.

Avonmore, Lord, instance of Mr Curran's judicious pleasantry with,
267.

B

Banks, Savings, advantages of, 393.

Bay, Chesapeak, towns in the neighbourhood of, destroyed by the
British, 75.

Beeke, Dr, his pamphlet published on the Income-tax, 177.

Beer, how adulterated, an ancient practice, 141.

Belfast, city of, answer to its application to Government for some
means of defence, 270.

Bible Societies, surprising conduct of, 450.

Bill, Convention, for what purpose passed in Ireland, 282.

Bolingbroke, Lord, character of his works, 318-reasons assigned for
his supposed greatness, 319.

Bonaparte, ascendancy of, occasioned a transfer of continental capital
into this country, 170.

Bopp, Mr, his translation of the interesting story of Nala and Dama-
yanti, 435.

Bourne, Mr Sturges, at the head of the Committee for revising the
Poor-Laws, 96.

Boyse, Mr, account of his reception from Curran, 273.

Brandy, French, how imitated, 139.

Bread, how adulterated, 136.

Brewing, Child on, important quotation from his work, 140.

Britain, Great, condition of the manufacturing classes in, 332-ex-
amples from Lancashire, 333-from Coventry, ib.

Brougham, Mr, advantages of his plan for inquiring into charitable
abuses, 123.

Burke, Mr, his sentiments with regard to the French Revolution
quoted by Lord Grenville, 191.

Busby, Dr, his History of Music, number of his plagiarisms from
Burney detected, 353-and from Sir John IIawkins, 355.

C

Cabinet, English, domineered over Ireland, 278.

Caithness, of what its rocks are chiefly composed, 466.

Castlereagh, Lord, accused by Lord Archibald Hamilton of disposing
of an appointment in the East India Company by way of barter
for a seat in the House of Commons, 476.

Causes which contributed to prevent the bulk of the people from feel-
ing the full effect of the sudden and excessive taxation, 169.
Chancellor, Vice, his decision against the Corporation of Huntingdon,
129-his uncalled for disapprobation of parliamentary inquiry into
charities, 130.

Charles II., act passed for abolishing the Court of Wards, Purvey-
ance, &c. 473.

Charities, inquiry into, 110-defects in, 114-abuses, principal causes
of, 115-effectual remedy of, 116.

Chemists, particular, employed to supply the unprincipled venders
with deleterious preparations, 134.

Cheshire, number of charitable endowments in, 126-Quarter-Ses-
sions of, resolutions passed at, 214-remarks on these resolutions,
215.

Cicero, his description of Demosthenes, 229-faults in his style, 235.
Civil List, origin of, 473.

Clure Lord, Curran's reply to, before the Privy Council, 266-vin-
dictive spirit of, 276.

Cleland, James, his survey of the number of hand-looms employed and
unemployed in Glasgow and its immediate neighbourhood, 382--
ways of meeting the distresses occasioned by a superabundance of
hands, 389.

Columbiad, Barlow's, Mr Walsh dissatisfied with the critique on, 411.
Colquhoun, Dr, his estimate of grain annually consumed in Great
Britain and 'reland, 174-of the new property annually consumed
in the same. 178.
Commerce, foreign, restrictions on, 337-reasons for abandoning this
system, 338-striking proof taken from Norway, Sweden, Russia,
Prussia, and Denmark, 341-restrictions on our intercourse with
France, 343-good consequences to be expected from removing
this monopolizing system, 351.

Commitee, Education, fully borne out in its evidence of abuses, 127
-calumnies with which this inquiry was assailed, 128.

Commons, Irish House of, a mere committee of the Irish faction, 270.
Constituents in Great ritain, how removed from the reach of their
representativ s, 476.

Crelli, Angelo, an Italian musician, history of, 368.

Corn Laws, how contributing to increase pauperism, 159.

Cornwall, Mr, his poems, after whom his style is moulded, 144-
whom he resembles most, 146-character of the author, ib.-quo-
tations from the Sicilian story, 147-from the Falcon, 151-Diego
de Montilla, 153.

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