Accident, dreadful, at the Old Bailey,
310, 422.

Agricultural Reports, Monthly, 107,
219, 339, 451, 555, 776.
Alum Mine, near Glasgow, account
of, 418.

L'Amadigi, a Romance, by Bernardo

Tasso, account of, 157, 266, 383.
St. Andrew's Cross, account of, 140.
Arabian Dialogue, 488.
Aristotle, opinions respecting, 136.
Arts and Manufactures, discoveries
and improvements in, 83, 184, 295,
416, 521, 633.

Banking, and Money Lending, obser-
vations on, 576.

Bankrupts, List of, 210, 327, 335, 442,
445, 542, 546, 665.
Beattie, Dr. comparison of, with Dr.
Priestley, 230.

Bedstead, cheap, for Workhouses, 87.
Boats, Canal, used in Ireland, 184.
Boccus and Sydrake, a Romance,
account of, 493.

Books, account of rare and curious,
43, 155, 266, 383, 488, 594.

difficulty of procuring pre-
vious to the invention of Printing,
351.

Boswell, Mr. J. W. account of his im-
provement of the ParallelRuler, 85.
Bottles, account of, thrown into the
sea, 350.

Bramah, Mr. account of his printing
apparatus, 521.

British Museum, account of the Lib-
rary of, 248.

Bulls, Irish and English, 467.
Bywater, Mr. J. his method of reef-
ing Sails, 421.

Campbell, Dr. translation of a Pas-
sage of Scripture by, 464.
Candlestick, new invented, 635.
Caroccio, account of, 225.
Carrots, on the culture of, 188, 657,

466.

Catalogue, curious, of old books, 43.
Cervantes, etymology of the name,

140.

Chamberlayne, William, account of
his Pharonnida, a heroic Poem,

Mr. J. memoirs of, 438.

368, 479, 584

525.

Dacier, Mr. his memoirs of M. de
Villoison, 48.

Davis, Mr. J. his improvement of
Glazier's Stands, 421.
Dessalines, J. J. memoirs of, 189.
Designs on Stone, how to take im-
pressions from, 298.

Distillation, new method of, 86.
Dividends, list of, 214, 333, 444, 545.
Dodd, Mr. his improvement of Fire-
places, 85.

Dogs, their mode of making Syllo-
gisms, 358.

Domestic Occurrences, 88, 198, 310,
422, 528, 645.

St. Domingo, separated from France,
190.-its name changed, 191.
Dress of two centuries compared, 1.
Duprat, Guill. account of his Beard,
136.

Eckhardt, Mr. George, his method of
making water pipes, 633.

Ely Fens, view of, 10.

148, 261.

Engelbrecht, Hans, quoted, 356.
Epitaph, in Barton churchyard, 356.
Esquire, remarks on the indiscrimi-

nate application of the title, 9.
Evil, touching for the, noticed, 360.
Ezzelino da Romano, memoirs of, 605.
Falconer, Dr. his dissertation on the
Elysian Fields, 36, 148, 261.
Farnham, excursion to, 227.
Feathers, how to clear, from animal
oil, 87.

Field, Mr. G. account of his Stove for
warming rooms, &c. 524.
Fire-places, improvements of, 85.
Forbes, Sir W. memoirs of, 198.
Foreign Occurrences, 104, 216, 335,
446, 546.

Foreigners, charitable institution for,
560, 670.

Freemasons, suggestion relative to
their origin, 137.

French and English words compared,

109.

French Metre, remarks on, 470.
Fruit-trees, how to prune, 88.
Gas, inflammable, method of obtain-
ing from pit-coal, 186.
Giffard's Massinger, remarks on, 18.
Gnostics, their method of knowing
one another, 137.

Gold, observations on estimating the
weight of, 575.

Grammatical Inaccuracy, remarks on,

468.

Grandi, Mr. S. account of his method
of preparing red Colour, 420.
Grecian Drama, extracts from, 484,

591.

Greece, Literary History of, 27, 140.
Greek Language, account and cha-
racter of, 29.

33.

Poetry, history of its progress,

Comedy, history of, 140.
Tragedy, history of 141.
Orators, account of, 143.
Gregson, Mr. his cheap Bedstead for
Workhouses, 87.

Hail, method of averting, 185.
Hankey, Mr. Alderman, 646.
Hardy, Mr. his improvements in
Weighing Apparatus, 86.
Hance, Mr. his method of making
Hats water proof, 634.

Hawkins, account of his Voyage to
Guinea, 474.

Hawthorn, how to propagate, 88.
Hayti, the name of, restored to St.
Domingo, 191.

Heard, Mr. his improved method of
obtaining Gas from Pit-coal, 186.
Hell, opinions relative to, 138.
Herodotus, remarks on, 478.
Hertford College, account of, 176.

Krout, sour, method of making, 187.
Krusenstern, Capt. his method of pre-

serving Sea water, 83.

Laird, Mr. John, memoirs of, 194.
Lamps, improvement of, 84. 85, 299.
Laumont, Mr. Gillet, his method of
fastening Iron in Stone, 87.
Lawson, Mr. Ch. memoirs of, 528.
Letters, arrow headed, found near
Bassora, 137.

Leyden, terrible explosion at, 335.
Literary and miscellaneous informa

tion 71. 172. 283. 403. 505. 619.
Livy, observations on a passage of, 354
account of his relics, 361.
Locke, a simile of his, found in Hoo-
ker, 359.

Long, Walter, Esq. account, of 320.
Lotteries, their evil effects consider
ed, 458.

Luisa, Dona, de Carvajal y Mendoza,
memoirs of, 270. 391. 495
Lushington, Sir S. memoirs of, 198.
this account corrected, 644.
Manners, Comparison of, in the twa
last Centuries, 1..111.

Mansions, destruction of old, consi.

dered, 569.

Manure, new discovered principle of,

88.

Marriages Scotch, their validity dis-
cussed, 16. 240. 455. 563.
Marvell, Andrew, a poem by him
quoted, 239.

Masafuero, account of the island of,581.
Maunsell, Andrew, the first compiler
135. ora digested Catalogue of Books, 43
Memoirs of Distinguished Persons,

M. de Villoison 48 Thomas Wake-
field, 158 Donna Luisa de Carvajal
y Mendoza, 270.391. 495. Ezze-
lino da Romano, 605.

Massiers, Don, account of his fire
Escape, 522.

Meteorological Register, 80. 181. 293.
414. 519, 631.

Metre, French, remarks on, 470.
Mill, tide, at Greenwich, account of,84.

-, account of a, to work like a
clock, 140

Milton's Il Penseroso, observations on
a passage of, 469.

Mr. his improvement in Car-
riages,
"Miseries of Human Life" explana-
tion of, 367.

Monte Video, account of the storm of,
by the British troops, 547.
-Muratori's Antichità Italiane quoted,
20. 225. 576.

Music, its effects upon Animals, 357.
Nauche, M. his method of detecting
Litharge in wine, 298.

Nevin, Mr, his method of weaving
cloth, 420.

Nicholson, Mr. William, his direc-
tions for floating in Water, 87.

Mr. W. account of his me-
thod of discharging grease-spots
from Cloth, 524.

Obituary of Distinguished Persons:
J. J. Dessalines, 189. Duke of

Richmond, 191. John Laird, Esq.
194. Isaac Reed, Esq. 195. Sir S.
Lushington, 198. Sir Wm. Forbes,
198, Gen. Paoli, 300. Jas. Crowe,
Esq. 309. Mr. Chas. Lawson, 528.
Rev. Geo. Walker, 638. J. L. De
Lolme, 611. Dr. John Douglas, 612.
Oil, extracted from poppy seed, 295.
Omniana, 135, 356.

Opie Mr. memoirs of, 527.
Ottomans, Fr. Domenico, account of,
35

Paoli, General, memoirs of, 300.
Parker, Sir H. memoirs of 425.

Mr. his new invented stand

for shoe-makers, 188.

Peace and war contrasted, 14.
Peasantry, state of, in Devonshire,

457.

Persian couplet, 572.

Pest, the dead men of, a Hungarian
Legend, 302

Pharonnida, a heroick poem, ac-
count of, 594.

Poems, patriotic, 315.
Poetry, Original,

The Molehill. 60 Sequel to Han-
nah, 166.
Maria 167. Sonnet to
Mrs. Charlotte Smith by Agues
Bourne, 169. Lord Melcombe to
Dr. Young, 169. German Song, 277.
Lines written on the banks of the
Thames by C. A. Elton, 278. Son-
net to Mrs. C. Smith by Agnes
Bourne, 279. Stanzas to Mr Mont-
gomery, 390. The Famished mo
ther, by L. S. Temple, 401. Son-
net to Shakespeare 401. Inscrip.
tion for T. Wakefield, on the Tablet
erected in Richmond Church, 402.
Hope for Africa, 402. Song, 501.
Lines on a favourite retirement by
C. A. Elton, 501. Ode to Hope,
502. Lines on the Island in Gras-
mere Lake, 503. Lines to a Red
Breast by J. Jackson, 505. Epi-
taph for Opie, 505. Invocation to
May, 615. Sonnet, 616. Ino,
Monodrama, 616. Proposed In-
scription for the Monument of Lord
Nelson, 619.

Pope, remarks on a passage of his
Essay on Man, 239.

Potatoe, its first introduction to the
British Isles, 636.

Potatoes, experiments on the veget
ation of, 418.

Priestley, Dr. comparison of, with
Dr. Battie-230.

Printing Apparatus, account of a
simple, 298.

Prints, Instruments for copying, 300.
Public affairs, Retrospect of, 65. 170.
220. 281. 340. 446. 549, 671.
Publications, monthly list of new,
74.178. 289. 411, 512.

Rats, effectual methods for diminish.
ing their number, 138.

Reed, Isaac, Esq. memoirs of, 195.
Religious controversy, remarkable,

471.

work, account of 387

St. Romuald, account of, 359.

Taplin, Wm. memoirs of, 310.
Tasso, Bernardo, account of his "L'
Amadigi," 157. 266. 383.
Taxation, effects of excessive, on the
morals of the people, 122.
Taylor, Mr. his new method of pro-
pagating Hawthorn, 88.
Time, fashionable employment of, in
the two last centuries, 5.
Titus, Silas, author of the noted pam-

phlet, "Killing no murder," 45.
Tour, extracts from a, in the coun
ties of Gloucester, &c. 557.
Translation, remarks on the word,
133.

Trees, method of transplanting, 139.
Trotter, Mr. J. account of his saw

for cutting curvilinear Figures, 635.
Trumpets, Speaking, used in Para-
guay, 135.

Trumpeter, his wages in 1547. 137.
Turnips, method of preserving, 523.
Vaccination, account of, in Scotland,

439.

Vazie, Coal measure, account of, 85.
Vegetation of Corn, &c, method of
accelerating, 188.

Villoison, M. &c. memoirs of, 48,
Wakefield, Rev. Thomas, memoirs
of, 158.

Walker, Mr. D. W. account of his
Lectures, 354.

-Mr. E. account of his Phan-
tasmascope, 522.

Rev. G. memoirs of, 638.
Walls, method of forming in India
84.

Water, Sea, method of preserving,

83.

Water-pipes, new method of making,
633.

Wilson, Mr. account of his composi
tion for damp walls, 420.
Winsor's projected light and heat com-
pany, remarks on, 186.
Wolfe, Mr A. account of his improved
Piston for Steam Engines, 297.
Women, their inferiority asserted by
the Fathers, 135.
Wool, opinion relative to, 140.
Wright, Thomas, account of his work
entitled Passions of the Minde, 387.
Young, Mr A. account of his discove-

ry of a new principle in manure, 88
Zinc, new method of laminating, 86.