Macbeth, charter granted by him to the Cul- dees of Lochleven, 85. Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehaugh, ac- count of his MS. History of Scotland, 273.
Mareschal, on the nature and office of, 123. Marlow's Tragical History of Dr Faustus, remarks on, 388.
Marriages, 119, 227, 339, 450, 557, 670. Marshal, Billy, a gypsey chief, account of,
462. Humorous story concerning, 618. Memorandums of a View- Hunter, 27.-His observations at Dover, 28.-On Shak- speare's Cliff, 373.-Passage to Calais, 374.-Calais, 589.
Meteorological Tables, 118, 226, 338, 448, 556, 665.
Milton's Satan, the original of, 140. Mineral Spring, account of one at Dun- blane, 485.
Mitchell, James, the blind and deaf boy, narrow escape of, from drowning 240. Modern Greece, a poem, review of, 515. Montrose, disfranchisement of the burgh of, 544.
Moore's Lalla Rookh, review of, 279, 503. Sacred Songs, review of, 630. Moorish Privateers in the North Sea, 437. Mount Blanc, account of a journey to the summit of, 59.
Mudge, Colonel, communication from him respecting the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain, 234.
Music, cursory remarks on, 343, 459. Musical Museum, Scots, account of, 377.
Natural History, on the study of some Branches of, 569.
Navy, British, regulations respecting, 659. Nelson, Lord, erection of a pillar to his me- mory at Yarmouth, 660.
New Coin, description of the, 212, 216. Newfoundland, distressing fire there, 649. Niger, failure of the expedition to, and death of Captain Campbell, 651. Nugæ Literariæ, 484,
O'Connor, Roger, arrest of, on a charge of mail-coach robbery, 330.-His trial and acquittal, 660.
Parliament opened on 28th January, 102. -The Regent's message on the state of the country, 103.-Numerous petitions for reform in, 208.-Resignation of the Speaker, 542.-Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 654.-Prorogued by the Prince Regent, 655. Pastoral Life, tales and anecdotes of, 22, 143, 247.
Patents lately enrolled, 440.
Plants, on the vegetable power in the seeds of, 239. Pernambuco, insurrection there, 431.-The rebels defeated and put down, 532. Pirates, a number of them executed at Con- stantinople, 649.Account of their ex- cesses in the Persian Gulf, 651. Poetical Epistles, review of, 626. Poetry, Original.-The Desolate Village, 70.-Italy, 71.-Verses on the final Vic- tory over the French, 72.-A last Adieu. -The Past-The Mossy Seat, 169.- A Night Scene-Lines written in Spring, 170.The Mermaid; from the German -Greece; from the French, 171--Son- net to the Yew Tree-The Wreath- Song-The Burial of Sir John Moore, 277.-The Moss Rose-The two Graves, 278.-The Captive Lark-Sonnets, &c. 404.The Lesson; from the German, 405-Lines written in a Highland Glen -The Widowed Mother-On Domestic Happiness, 501.-Sonnets-On Friend- ship-On the Grave of a Child, 502.- On the Death of a Young Lady, 623.- Passage through the Desert A Fairy Ballad, 624.-To the Memory of a very Promising Child, 625.
Poland, military conscription in, 99.--Emi- grations from Scotland to, 543. Pompeii, on the researches at, 372. Poor, communication on the subject of their relief, 241.-Method of supplying them with soup at Geneva, 387. On the edu- cation of their children, 474.
Pope, The, issues a bull against bible socie- ties, 201.-Concordat between him and the King of France, 647.-Authorises the King of Spain to levy a subsidy on the property of the church, 647. Port-au-Prince, explosion of a magazine by lightning there, 651,
Portugal, conspiracy in Lisbon discovered and defeated, 428.-Trial of the conspi- rators, 647.
Prince Regent, his speech on opening Par- liament, 102.Attack upon his coach by a London mob, 111.-His Speech on proroguing Parliament, 655. Printing Presses established in Constanti- nople, 649.
Printing Press, account of Mr Ruthven's new one, 125.
Printing, Scottish, documents relating to, 621.
Prussia, the King of, visits Paris under the title of Count Ruppin, 647. Public accounts, 441.
Publications, list of new ones, 90, 196, 310, 424, 529, 643.
Q. Quebec, numerous emigrants from Britain to, 650.
Review of Chalmers's Discourses, 73.-Of Harold the Dauntless, a poem, 76.-Of Armata, a fragment, 78.Of Stories for Children, 79.Of the Duchess of Angou-
leme's Journal, 172.-Of Ricardo on Po- litical Economy, 175.-Of Bingley's Use- ful Knowledge, 178.-Of Moore's Lalla Rookh, 279, 503.-Of Irving's Life of Buchanan, 286.-Of the Craniad, a poem, 288.-Of Lord Byron's Manfred, 289.- Of Grenfell's Speech, on the transactions. with the Bank of England, 406.-Of the Life of William Hutton, by his Daugh- ter, 413.-Of a comparative view of the British and American Constitutions, 414.
Of the Bower of Spring, 415.-Of Coleman's Eccentricities for Edinburgh, 417.-Of Stewart's Natural History, 510. -Of Modern Greece, a poem, 515.-Of Miss Edgeworth's Harrington and Or- mond, 519, 631.-Of Poetical Epistles, 626.-Of Moore's Sacred Songs, 630. Ricardo on Political Economy, review of,
Salt, on the ancient custom of sitting below it at table, 33, 132, 349.
Salt, on the symbolical use of, 579. Scots Musical Museum, account of, 377.
Appeal, decision of an interesting one,
Scottish Songs, on the humour of our an- cient ones, 237.
Peer, election of one, 326. Sculpture, observations on that of the Greeks, 9.
Sedition, trials for, in Scotland, 324, 437. Shakspeare Club of Alloa, account of, 152. Shakspeare's Macbeth and Richard III. ob- servations on Kemble's Essay on, 455. Sketches of foreign scenery and manners, 251, 359, 487, 582.
Somervilles, Memorie of the Family of, 162 -Feuds between them and the Stewarts of Allanton, 350. Somnolency, remarkable instance of, 61. Southcotte, Johanna, instances of fanaticism among her followers, 111, 213. Spain, riots in Valencia, 97.--Tyrannical measures of the king, 98.-Conspiracy of General Lacy at Barcelona, 201.-- Execution of Lacy, 531.-Good under- standing betwixt and Russia, 647. Spring Guns, trials respecting, 328. Spurzheim, Dr, attack on his system, 35. -Defence of, 365.
Steam Frigate, account of the American one, 30.
Steam Boat, explosion of one at Norwich, 325.-and at Richmond, 545. Stewart's Natural History, review of, 510.. Stewarts of Allanton, communication re- specting them, 349.-Feuds between them and the Somervilles, 350.-Reply to the foregoing article, 476.-Curious inventory of the effects of Allan Stewart, 480.-Singular dedication of a fountain to his memory, ib.
Stories for Children, review of, 79. Strathearn, geological observations on, 587. Sugar Cane, observations on its culture in the United States, 25.
Sweden, plot to overturn the government of, 98.-Anti-commercial policy of, 317. -Its absurdity and inutility, 648. Switzerland, dreadful avalanche there, 202. -Tradition related by a monk in, 270. Damage by inundations, 532.-A tile manufactory set on fire by water, 648.
Tales and anecdotes of the pastoral life, 22, 143, 247.
Thermometer, on its use as a hygrometer, 381.
Thunder Storm, account of one in Lanark- shire, 471.-In Edinburgh, 544. Tradition related by a monk in Switzer- land, 270.
Trigonometrical Survey of Britain, com- Treasons, trials for, 544. munication from Colonel Mudge on the subject of, 234.
Unlawful Oaths, trial of Mackinlay for ad- ministering, 547.
Vegetative power in the seeds of plants, Mr Lauder Dick's experiments on, 239. Venice, present state of the city of, 16. View-Hunter, memorandums of, 27, 373, 589.
Vincent, Dr, letter respecting the late Dr Adam, 260.
Waterloo Subscription, general account of,
Wellington, Duke of, brings an action a- gainst a Flemish editor for libel, and is cast, with expenses, 648. Wernerian Society of Edinburgh, some ac- count of, 231.
Whig and Tory, origin of the terms, 246. Witches, commissioun for examinating of,
Witchcraft, confessions of, in Scotland, 167. -Trials for, 497.
Wordsworth, Mr, observations on his letter relative to Robert Burns, 261. Works preparing for publication, 88, 194, 308, 423, 527, 642.
Wyfe of Auchtermuchtie, ancient ballad of,
« ForrigeFortsæt » |