New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register

GENERAL INDEX

TO THE NINTH VOLUME.

ABERCORN, Marquis of, his death and

character, 168
Aberystwyth, improvements at, 181, 565
Academy, premiums awarded by the Royal,67
of Sciences, proceedings of the,

251, 114
Accidents, 6, 80, 86, 172, 179, 181, 182,
270,271, 275, 369, 557, 564
Ackermann, his improved axle-trees, 234
Acoustics, singular experiments in, 141
Acts of Parliament, abstracts of new, 824,

520

Adam of Bremen, his account of the dis-
covery of Vinland, 482

Adam's Peak, in the Island of Ceylon, dis-
covered, 44

Addington, Right Hon. J. H. death of, 560
Africa, failure of an attempt to explore the
interior of, 42-account of a mission to
the King of Ashantee, 42-on the ruins
of Carthage and the Barbary States, 207
-present state of slavery on that coast,

332

account of the Moravian missions
in, 426, 523
Agricultural reports, 92, 188, 284, 379, 476,
572

premiums of the Board of, 452
Aikin, Lucy, account of her Memoirs of the
Court of Queen Elizabeth, 332
Air, observations on the currents of atmo-
spheric, 183

Albani, that family recovers Winkelman's
plates, 344

Alban's, description of the monastery of St. 3
Ale brewed without hops, 86
Alexander the Great, anecdote of, 39

of Russia, the wisdom of his go-

ment, 300
Alfred, his attempt to discover the north-east
passage, 483

Alfreton, in Sussex, charity school establish-
ed at, 179

Algiers, narrative of a captivity in, 103, 209

-outrages committed there, 163

Alien bill, debates on the, 544

Almanack, errors in the nautical, 262
Aloes grow wild in Sicily, 381

254, 450-ancient fortifications in, 344-
account of its discovery by Icelanders, 408,

481

Amphora, one found in Cambridgeshire, 365
Anacreon, emendation of a passage in, 12
Anas, on the utility of, 57
Anecdotes of John Carter, s+Mrs. M'Lellan,

95-Alexander the Great, 39-M. Du-
theil, ibid-of the Gael-Don Manuel
Godoi, 131-the Dukes l'Enghein and
Bourbon, 140-Dr. Shippen, 191-J. L.
David, 225-Fenelon, 228-Robert Bruce,
229-a Soldier at Waterloo, 230-Dr.
Franklin, 244-Dr. Busby, 289-of the
late King of Sweden, 319-Sir Lewis
Dives, 328-Archbishop Usher, bid-
Sir Stephen Fox, 329-Rousseau, 412
Angelo, Michael, description of his statue of
Moses, 65

Animals, on their powers of vomiting, 375
Anglesea, hospitality of the Marquis of, 5
Antiquaries, account of the Northumberland
Society of, 84

Antiquities found at Pompeii, 148-at Min-
turnæ, 149-in Egypt, 234, 258-in
Greece, 252-in North America, 344-
in Cambridgeshire, 365-gold coins, 374
-in Sicily, 382-at Nottingham, 463-
a Roman villa, 464-antique gold ring,
485-at Grantham, 558

Ape, account of the Titi species of the, 141
Apparition, account of a Swedish, 297
Appeal of murder, decision on a case of, 356
Arabian Nights Entertainments, illustrate
the manners of the East, 209

Archdukes, their journal of travels in Britain,
1, 129, 221, 299, 397, 478
Architecture, on the origin and styles of, 99
-on the theory of gothic, 295
Arctic regions, particulars of the expedition
to the, 47, 250, 338

Arthur, Mr. his agricultural improvements in
New South Wales, 115
Arts, proceedings of the Society of, 437

review and register of the fine, 65, 155,
255, 345, 443, 535

Artaud, M. on the Mosaic pavements of
France, 342

Alum, account of the manufactory of, at Arkwright, Sir Richard, description of his

Glasgow, 479

Alps, on the climate of the upper, 233
America, geographical observations in, 44-
state of public affairs in North, 70, 163, 344
-new literary journal established there,
NEW MONTHI.Y MAG.-No. 55.

Ashantee, in Africa, account of a mission to,

Ashburton, state of the serge trade at, 81
Ashford, Mary, decision in the case of, 356
Ashton-under-Line, Lancashire, new church
at, 83

Asia, geography of the north eastern coast
of, 44

Astrology, new apology for, 149

Athens, account of the state of modern, 13
Atiamo, in Sicily, described, 382
Atmosphere, its influence on health, 56
Attorneys, their application to Parliament on
the practice of conveyancers, 165
Axle-trees, improvement in the construction
of, 234

Bailey, Mr. on the virtues of the Belladonna,

Lieutenant, killed in a duel, 74
Samuel, the original woodman, his
great age, 267
Baker, J. his liberal bequests, 549
Bakewell, Derbyshire, improvements at, 554
Ballads, publication of Spanish, 147
Ballantyne, Mr. description of his new in-
vented lever, 374

Balloons, on a plan for applying them to ob-
jects of discovery, 411

Bank, one instituted in New South Wales,
218, 375

Bank of England, state of the, 33-restric-
tion of cash payments at the, 353-num-
ber of forgeries committed on the, 448-
debate in the Lords on the restriction bill,
544-amount of sums paid by the public
to the, 549-trial concerning their notes,
ibid.

Bankrupts, list of, 88, 183, 280, 376, 472,

568

Banks, institution of Saving, 81, 82, 83, 84,
165, 174, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 271,
356, 365, 366, 370, 371, 461, 465, 467-
objections to those institutions, 503
Bank notes, debate in Parliament on forged
ones, 448-on the increase of the same,
492

Bannockburn, intended monument to be
erected there, 566

Barbary, observations on the states of 207 -
wretched state of Christians in 214
Barclay, Mr. Charles, resigns the contest in
Southwark, 563

Barker, Miss, remarkable escape of, 80
Barrington, Daines, his proposal of a voyage
to the pole, 497

Bars, advantage of iron sash, 314
Barton-upon-Humber, remarkable longevity

Beachwood, the seat of Sir John Sebright,
described, 3

Beatson, Dr. Robert, memoirs of, 169
Beaudesert, the seat of the Marquis of An-
glesea, described, 4

Bedford, Duke of, visit of the Archdukes of
Austria to the, 4-description of a tem-
ple erected by him, 173-his letter to
Lord Grantham, 270

Bedfordshire, charitable institutions in, 196
Beer, gentian root used in the brewing of, 174
Beeremberg, an arctic mountain, its height, 44
Bees, St. that abbey repaired and converted
into a school, 172

Bell, Dr. his system of education defended,
214-farther vindication of his system,
392-objections to it, 396

Belladonna, efficacious in tic douloureux, 33
Bellamira, a new tragedy, plot and characters
of, 446

Bellamy, John, strictures on his new version
of the Bible, 206

Belvoir castle, repair and improvements of,

343

Bernard, description of the convent of mount
St., 97

Bernstein, Professor, his visit to the English
universities, 338

Berzelite, a new alkali, discovery of, 471
Berzelius, M. his discovery of a new metal
in sulphur, 471

Bevan, Mr. his observations on the fall of
rain, 433

Bexley-heath, cultivated state of, 175
Biarn, an Icelander, his discovery of Ame-
rica, 408

Bible, strictures on a new translation of the,
206-intolerance taught in a Roman ca-
tholic version of the, 323

societies, made a vehicle of sedition,
301-one established at Manchester, 461
-their tendency to promote Schism, 496
Bideford, Devonshire, a canal proposed to be
cut at, 458

Bilious diseases, virtue of the nitro muriatic

acid bath in, 33-formula of pills for, ib.
Biography, true end of, 122-observations
on self, 150

Bird, Mr. of Greenwich, murder of him and
his housekeeper, 175

Birds, a powder secreted by particular ones,
375-on eggs, ib.-white stork shot in
Norfolk, 465

Blackburn, in Lancashire, lighted with gas,

INDEX.

Blantyre cotton works, description of the,178
Bleeding, its efficacy in spasmodic com-
plaints, 33

Blood, its changes in coagulation, 43-mi-
croscopic experiments on the, 146
Bohusz, M. on the origin of the Sarmatians,

253

Bologna, a periodical work set up at, 442
Books on the incorrect manner of printing
school, 424

Booth, Mr. on the performance of, 387
Bossumpra, a river in Africa, its course, 54
Botany Bay, present state of, 22, 111, 217
-bank established there, 375
Boulogne, description of, 1

Bourbon, anecdote of the late Duke of, 140
Bourgeois, Sir Francis, his donation to Dul-
wich College, 404

Bradford, Wilts, a family poisoned there, 466
Yorkshire, new bank established

at, 180
Bradley, Staffordshire, remarkable appear-
ance after a fire at, 561

Bragoli, M. his improved edition of Dante,342
Branchi, Dr. his chemical discoveries, 88
Branston, Staffordshire, violent thunderstorm
'at, 561

575

Buckingham, saving bank at, 365
Buckley Mountain, Cheshire, church and
schools erected on, 80

Buildings, new, cement or composition for,
421-rage for, 467

Buonaparte, on his plan of invasion, 1—
anecdotes of, 54-his conduct to Spain,
135-proofs of his atrocities, 301, 399
Burdett, Major, melancholy fate of him and
his family, 182

Burges, George, animadversions on his cri-
ticisms, 17

Burgess, Isaac, his character, 558

Burkardt, Louis, his death and character,149
Burnet, Bishop, his character as an histo-
rian, 150

Burney, Dr. Charles, memoirs of, 169-re-
port of the Committee of the House of
Commons on his library, 437, 514

Capt. William, on the geography of
the north east coast of Asia, 44
Burns, treacle a remedy in, 27
Busby, Dr. anecdote of, 289
Butter, method of preserving, 326
Byron, Lord, strictures on a passage in his
poems, 164-vindicated, 390

Cabinet of varieties, 37, 140, 227, 322, 412

Bray, William, his edition of the Evelyn Caen, fossilized crocodile found at, 341

manuscripts, 327

Brazil, variety of plants in, 232
Brewers raise the price of porter, 74-pro-
test against the increase, 165-one con-
victed of frauds on the revenue, 272-
public houses monopolized by, 273
Brewing, improvement in that of ale, 86
Brewster, Dr. his invention for distinguishing
genuine gems, 249

Bride of Abydos, a play, account of, 158
Bridges, erection of new ones, 79, 368, 558,

562

Bridgewater, Duke of, account of his canal,

397

Brighton, saving bank formed at, 179
Briggs, Mr. on forged notes, 492
Brindley, John, his extraordinary works, 397
Bristol, Sir Robert Gifford chosen recorder
of, 85-literary institution at, 398-ves-
sels cleared and entered at, ib.-improve-
ments at, 464-meeting of the missionary
society at, ib.-floating chapel at, 465-
new pump-room at the Wells, 560

- Frederic, Earl of, monument erected
to his memory, 178
British Institution, remarks on the exhibition
of the, 155, 255

British Museum, books obtained by the, 250
-grant of Dr. Burney's library to, 437, 514
Broling, M. his travels in England, 253
Bruce, Robert, discovery of his remains, 229
-anecdotes of, 230-intended monument
in honour of, 566

Brugnatelli, M. his method of detecting arse-
nic and corrosive sublimate, 471

Brunton, Miss, her first appearance on the
London stage, 64

Brulliot, M. his dictionary of monograms, 439
Brydges, Sir Egerton, on the copyright act,419
Buckbean recommended in brewing, 177

Calamus, sugar extracted from its roots, 375
Calendar, on supposed errors in the, 440
Calbo, a Greek, his lectures in London, 548
Caledonian canal, works on the, 565
Calne, new market at, 179

Calculi, examination of biliary, 567
Cambrics, machine for manufacturing, 467
Cambridge, proceedings in the University of,

45, 143, 249, 338, 437-improvements
in the public buildings there, 79-prizes
distributed at, 143- -Roman antiquitics
found near, 365

Duke of, his marriage, 68, 549
Canada, proposals for the improvement of,
17-additional account of, 31

Canal shares, prices of, 92, 188, 284, 570
Canals, machine for removing earth dug in

the construction of, 251-new ones, 174,
366, 368, 372, 458, 555, 562, 565
Candolle, Professor, on the geographical dis--
tribution of vegetables throughout the
globe, 231

Canterbury, description of, 3

Canning, Right Hon. George, invited to stand
for Liverpool, 461

Canova, on the merits of, 296

Carey, Dr. John, his metrical guide to Virgil,
246-his Eton Latin prosody, 431

William, on the merits of Chantrey
and Canova, 296
Carlisle, improvements at, 80-state of the
dispensary at, 270-electioneering contest
at, 366-cattle shew at, ib.-fever at, ib.
-description of the castle, 477
Carmichael, Capt. his description of the
island of Tristan d'Acunha, 234
Carnarvon, petition of the inhabitants against
Bangor ferry bridge, 565

Carriages, improvement in the axle trees of,

234

Carleton House, improvements of, 356
Carter, John, biographical account of, 8
Caverns, remarkable one in Derbyshire, 130
-geological observations on, 417
Cement, account of an improved, 421
Certificates granted to bankrupts, 90, 186,
262, 377, 474, 570

Ceylon, description of a remarkable moun-
tain in that island, 44-attempt to shake
off the British government in, 449
Chabannes, Marquis, his improved method
of warming and ventilating houses, 142
Chantrey, Mr. on the merits of, 296-account
of a portrait of, 443

Chapels, new episcopal ones at Edinburgh,

181

Charlotte, Princess, elegy on the, 4-sub-
scription for a monument to her memory,
74-amount of the same, 165-club pro-
posed to commemorate her memory, 176,
204-her character, 245-free church to
be erected in commemoration of, 356-
eulogium on her virtues, 528

Charts, account of new ones of the Mediter-
ranean, 341

Chelmsford, case of imposture at, 459
Cheltenham, charitable institution at, 368-
account of assessed taxes and number of
stage coaches at, 556

Chemistry, monthly reports in, 88, 183, 375,
471, 567

Cherwell, improvement of the river, 560
Cheshire, Roman antiquities found in, 365
Chesnut-tree, remarkable one in Somerset-
shire, 178

Chester, births, marriages, &c. in, 80-law
library presented to, 365
'Chesterfield, description of, 130

Chevercul, M. on changes in colours, 415
Children, on the diseases of, 33-scandalous
practice to those of the poor, 79-plan
proposed for foundlings, 93-three born
with five fingers and a thumb on each
hand, 533

Chili, declares independence, 548
Chimneys, machines for sweeping, 237, 374
China, new description of, 48

Chinese books in the royal library at Paris,

Chiroplast, a new musical discovery, 348.
Chlorine, experiments on the nature of, 375
Christian, M. his invention for working flax

and hemp, 251

Churches, new one built in Delamere forest,
80-another at Ashton-under-Line, 83-
subscription in aid of the grant for build-
ing new, 165-new one at Exeter, 173
two erected at the expense of Mr. Glad-
stone, of Liverpool, 175-a free one about
to be built at Bath, 177-proceedings in the

House of Commons for building new ones,

263-contributions for the same purpose,
265-new ones near Manchester, 461-

foundation of a new one laid at Rochdale,
557-enlargement of that of Whitby, 564
of England and Rome, plan of

reconciling them, 428

Chronometers, improvement in, 237
Clarence, Duke of, his intended marriage,
264-rejection of the proposed grant to
him, 354

Clarke, Henry, account of, 455

Dr. E. G. his analysis of the petalike,
376-his analysis of a new mîneral, 471
Clavier, M. his death and character, 48
Clay, Mr. his new construction of ma
chinery, 141

Clerk, John, his voyages to the north, 401
Clerke, Sir H. W. account of, 370
Climates, temperature of different, 439
Cloths, increase of the manufacture of, 374
Clowes, Rev. John, account of, 370
Clergy, remarks on the conduct of the esta-
blished, 195-on the charges paid by them
for licences, 197-on their behaviour,
309-their irregularity in official dress,

gold ones found at Dublin, 374

on the ancient ones of Venice, 441
Colchester, Lord, presents a law library to
the city of Chester, 365
Collieries, on the imperfect ventilation of, 7

—relief of the sufferers by the accident at
the Felling, 176

Collins, Mr. his improvement in pumps, 61
Collin, M. von, establishes a new journal at
Vienna, 253

Collins, William, his improvements in the
preservation of metal, 61
Colours, remarks on vegetable, 44-durable

ones, 209-on the changes of, 415
Comet, particulars of that of 1811, 567
Commercial reports, 88, 184, 280, 876, 472,

568

Compass, method of protecting the mariner's,

Conroy, Mr. his cure for dry-rot, 340

INDEX.

John, his extraordinary age, 469
Constantinople, beauty of its appearance, 14
-conflagration at, 548
Consumption, efficacy of tar fumigation in,
56-virtue of that remedy questioned, 420
Conspiracy, detection of an infamous, 264
Convent of St. Bernard described, 96
Convertor, a new mechanical power, 5-ap-
plied to cranes, $15
Cook, Benjamin, his improved cylinders,
325-account of his iron foundry, 479
Copenhagen, account of the royal library
there, 253-account of the royal cabinet
at, 441

Copper, improvement in tinning, 142
Copyright, on the new act respecting, 241-
return under it to Parliamentary enquiry,

230

Cork, experimental observations in the hos-
pital at, 183-establishment of the linen
trade at, 468

Cormarcie, in Africa, description of, 52
Corn, average prices of, 92, 188, 284, 380,
476, 572

Cornwall, scandalous practice towards poor
children in, 79-philosophical society
formed in, 147

Corrosive sublimate, test for detecting, 471
Cotton, Charles, inquiry concerning, 107
Cotton, quantity of goods exported from Li-
verpool, 175-manufactories at Manches-
ter, enumerated and described, 223, 299
-those of Glasgow, 478
Covent-Garden theatre, state of, 32-ac-
count of its performances, 63, 159, 238,
350, 446, 542

Coulthurst, Rev. Dr. memoirs of, 363
Council, proposal for calling a general, 428
Cowper, translation of a Latin poem of, 164
-his lines on Liberty, 298, 395
Crane, new mechanical power applied to the,
5,315

Crawshay, Mr. increases the wages of his
labourers, 181

Creed, that of the platonists, 98, 294, 383
Crichton Dr. on the virtue of tar vapour in
consumption, 56

Crimes, report on the increase of, 357-ob-
servations on the increase of, 492-list of,

577

Cylinders, description of improved, 325
Dacier, M. his account of M. Dutheil, 29
Dalton, on his theory of the expansion of
fluids, 50

Damp, on that in mines, 6

Dante, new edition of his works, 342
D'Arblay, Chevalier, account of, 465
Dardanelles, account of the attempt upon
the, 13

Darley, Hill, his death, 267
Dartmoor, altitude of, 147-cobalt and sil-
ver mines in, 339

David, J. L. the painter, memoirs of, 225
David's St. prize questions of the society for
promoting Christian knowledge in that
diocese, 181-account of the Protestan:
catechism by the Bishop of, 245

Davis, Henry, his voyages for a north west

Dempster, George, memoir of, 360
Denmark, state of literature in, 51, 253, 441
-attempt to assassinate the king of, 548
Depping, M. his collection of ancient bal-
lads, 147

Derbyshire, description of, 129-improve-
ments in the county of, 554
Derry, the inhabitants erect a monument in
honour of their bishop, 178
Devizes, political change at, 564
Devonshire, its soil favourable to hops, 81-

beauty of its marble, 173-cobalt and sil-
ver mine in, 339-agricultural society
formed in, 367

Diabetes, remedy for the, 419
Dickson, Dr. on the poison of fishes, 519
Diderot, new editions of his works, 341
Dietz, M. his bequest to the royal library at
Berlin, 343

Digest of political events, 67, 160, 259, 353,
447, 544

Dispensaries, establishment of, 33, 47, 91,
174, 270

Diss, opposition to the intended navigation
from Bungay to, 276
Distilling, improved apparatus for, 420
Dives, Sir Lewis, anecdote of, 328

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