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INDEX for 1809.

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ABERDEEN, police of,

report on, 576
Accident, account of a
dreadful one at the Mei-
kle ferry in Sutherland,
670

Etna, Mount, account of

a great eruption of, 815
Agriculture of Scotland,
account of its progress,
424, 509

of Berwick-
shire, review of, 677
Alphabet, on the necessi-
ty of a new one, 265
Alcohometer, account of
one, 727
American States, picture
of their trade and popu-
lation, 818
Analecta, 499, 654
Anderson, Dr James,
sketch of his life, 184
Argyle, Duke of, account
of his descent upon Scot-
land in 1685, 411
Arsenick, new method of
detecting it, 512
Artists, criticism on their
exhibition of Paintings
in Edinburgh, 269, 326,
674, 729
Austria, view of its mili-
tary power, 246
Bagdad, description of, 33,

102

Bank note, description of
a newly invented one,
323
Barbary, account of curi-
ous caves in, 588
Barometer, description of
a newly invented one,
197
Battery, observations on
Mr Gillespie's revolving
one, 646, 567.
Berwickshire, review of
the agriculture of, 677
Books, new, 46, 124, 203,
December 1809.

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284, 364, 441, 524, 604,
683, 766, 842, 922
Boothby, Sir Brooke, re-
view of his Fables and
Satires, 919
Botanic Garden at Edin-
burgh, suggestions for
its improvement, 404,
485

--- at Liver-
pool, account of its esta-
blishment, 580
Boulton, Matthew, Esq.
memoirs of, 655
Buchan, Lord, letter to
him on the properties of
ragwort, S06
Buchan, General, account
of his defeat in 1690,903
Burns, R. curious letter
from him to Mr Erskine
of Mar, 30

observations on
Scottish songs, by, 31
review of Cro-
mek's reliques, 199

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, R. original let-

ter of, 818
Burntisland, plan for im-
proving its harbour, 894
Cairngorm stone, remark-
ably large one, sos
Caledonia, by G. Chal-
mers, review of, 119
Campbell, Tho. review
of his poem entitled Ger-
trude of Wyoming, 280
Canadian winter, descrip-
tion of one, 822
Cancer, observations on,
by Dr Wardrop, 603
Canine madness, remarks
on, 165, 245
Carr, Sir John, remarks
on his Caledonian sket-
ches, 114, 188, 261
Cathcart castle, descrip-
tion of, 433
Caucasus, Mount, mine-
ralogical view of, 277

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magazine,

Commercial
plan of, 366
Copal varnish, new pro-
cess for making, 726 ́
Cortes of Spain, account
of its ancient constitu-
tion, 431
Court of Session, report
of the Commissioners on
the new Act concerning
the administration of jus-
tice, 407, 489
Covent garden, critical
survey of the new theatre
erected there, 736
Cruelty to animals, re-
marks on, 551
Dalyell, Mr, review of
hisMonastic Antiquities,
359
Davy, Professor, his ex-
pla-

planation of Galvanic
combinations, 197
Davy, Professor, singu-
lar experiments to pro-
duce a metallic substance
725
Distillation, address to the
landed interest of Scot-

land on, 433
Dornoch, account of a
dreadful accident near
that place, 670
Earthquake in Perthshire,
account of one, 196
Edinburgh, description of,
from the German of
Frank, 10, 94, 259
Edmonston, Mr, descrip-
tion of the Zetland isles,
by, 908
Ednam, account of the
village of, 723
Education, sketch of Mr
Lancaster's system of, 89
Ellison, Mr, account of
his singular escape from
Verdun, 733
Epidemic in Spain and
Barbary, account of it,

571

Epitaphs, 445, 728, 809,

899

Exhibition of Pictures in
Edinburgh, criticism on,
269, 326, 674, 729
Expeditions, British, state
of the result of those to
the Continent, 827
Eymouth, description of
the town and harbour of,
745
Fables and Satires, by Sir
Brooke Boothby, review

of, 919
Fernihirst castle, account
of, 83
Ferries, betwixt Mid Lo-
thian and Fife, reports
on the plan for impro-
ving them, 889.
Fine arts, memoirs of the
progress of, 37,117, 196,
273, 355, 430, 512, 594,
647, 725, 829, 886
Fine Arts, caution a-
gainst the excessive pur-
suit of the, 855
Fiorin grass, on its valu.

able properties, 724, 208

Forfar Garden, account
of, 409
France, account of its
War Depot, 420

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view of its pre-

sent state, 577
French bulletins, analysis
of, 501
Gaelic language, synopsis
with the Latin, 266
Galvanic combinations,
explanation of, 196
Garden at Forfar, account
of, 409
Georgics, British, by Mr
Grahame, review of, 837
Germany, map of the seat
of war in, 323
Germany, view of the
changes in, by the trea-
ty of Vienna, 803
Gertrude of Wyoming,
review of, 281
Gillespie, Mr, observa-
tions on his revolving
battery, 567, 646.
Ginger, curious process
for producing an acid
from, 726
Glasgow public library,
account of, 110
Glasgow, account of the
town and university, by
a German, 333
Glass, crown, on its ma-
nufacture in Scotland,

410.

Gow, Neil, biographical
account of, 3

Graduation, form of, in
the University of Edin-
burgh, 95

Grahame, Mr, review of
his British Georgics, 837
Grass, fiorin, account of
its qualities, 356.
Greenock, account of the
ancient baronies of, 643
Hall, James, his letter to
Lord Buchan on the
properties of ragwort,

806

Hamilton, Mrs, review
of her exercises in Reli-
gious Knowledge, 364
Heriot's hospital, query
respecting, 403
Herring fishery at Wick,
account of, 904

Highland Society of Scot-
land, proceedings of the,
176
Highlands, journey thro',
by the Ettrick Shep-
herd, 14, 99, 181
Home, John, sketch of
his life, 329

t

——, additions and cor-
rections to, 403
Horticultural

Society,
plan for its establishment
at Edinburgh, 805
House of Industry in E.
dinburgh, account of, 23
Hugues, Victor, governor
of Cayenne,singularcha-
racter of, 582.
Hume, David, curious
advertisement by, 23
Hume,Sir Patrick, his ac.
count of the Duke of Ar
gyle's descent upon Scot-
land, 411

CH-

rious narrative of Lady
Murray concerning him,
658

Indian woman, account
of her burning herself,

1.80

Infirmary, Royal, account
of its establishment, 96
the Ionian Isles, descrip
tion of, 915.
Kennedy, Captain, ae-
count of his miraculous
escape from shipwreck,
570
Kerr, Robert, review of
his agriculture of Ber-
wickshire, 677
Lancaster, Mr, sketch of
his system of education,
89
Lancaster, Joseph, intel-
ligence concerning, 897
Lavater, his letters to the
Countess of Lichtenau,
672

Leith, account of a cha-
rity school established
there, 89
Lesghaes, in Tartary, ac-
count of them, 337
Life-boat, description of
a newly-invented one,

18

Ligue,

me-

Ligne, Prince de, extracts
from his letters, 351
Literary intelligence, 46,
47, 125, 203, 204, 284,
285, 364, 365, 441, 442,
524, 525, 604, 684, 766,
843, 844, 922
Liverpool, account of its
Botanic garden, 580
Loch Ness, causes of its
never freezing, 115
Lovat, Lord, curious letter
concerning his trial, 22
Macbeth, history of, 121
Mackenzie, Gen.
moirs of, 565-
Mackenzie, Sir George,
review of his treatise on
the diseases and manage-
ment of sheep, 833
Macneil, Hector, review
of his Lyric Muse of
Scotland, 38
Mail coaches, on their
destruction of the high.
roads, 497
Manufactures, memoirs
of the progress of, 37,
117, 196, 273, 355, 430,
512, 594, 647, 725, 829,

886

Martello towers, compa-
rative view of, 646
Marble, on the formation

of, 355

Medical school of Edin-
burgh, account of, by
Dr Frank, 10, 94

society in Edin.
burgh, account of, 95
Meikle Ferry, in Suther-
land, account of a dread-
ful accident at, 670
Melgund castle, descrip-

tion of, 243
Melville, Gen. character

of, 880
Merino sheep, account of,
357

Mermaid,curious account
of one, 645, 734
Mineral veins, review of
Werner's new theory of
their formation, 683
Mines, Swedish, descrip-

tion of, 739
Minto, Lord, his discourse
to the members of the
college of Fort William,
191, 249

Miranda, Gen. account
of his landing on the
Spanish Main, 343
Mocha, description of,
664

Monastic antiquities, re-
view of, 359
Moore, Sir John, menoirs
of his life, 86, 167

another character

of, 484
Moore, James, review of
his narrative of the cam-
paign in Spain, 748
Murray, Lady, her curi-
ous narrative relating
to Sir Patrick Hume,
658

Natural History, monthly
memoranda in, 5, 85,
164, 244, 328, 408, 566,
645,723, 807, 884
Nopal, on the use of, as
an antiscorbutic, 673
Nubilia in search of a
husband, review of, 595
Newhaven, plan for im-
proving the harbour of,
883

the Observer, No. I. 905
Orphan Hospital, state-
ment respecting, 649
Osages, an Indian nation,
curious account of, 651
Paintings, criticism
their exhibition in Ed-
inburgh, 269, 326, 674,
729

on

Party spirit, remarks on,
487
Pasley, Admiral Sir Thu-
mas, sketch of his life,
27

Petty cur, plan for impro-
ving the harbour of, 883
Physicians, college of, in
Edinburgh, account of,
96

Physiognomical observa-
tions, 498
Pitcairn, Dr, memoirs of,
504

on Poetical taste and cri-

ticism, 17

Police of Aberdeen, re-

port on, 576

the Pope, account of the

burning of his effigy by
the students at the col-

lege of Edinburgh, 24,

902
Porteus, Bishop, sketch
of his life, 427
Potash, Galvanic experi-
ments with, 197
Property Tax, payable by
tenants, review of Mr
Sherriff's pamphlet relat-
ing to, 916
Prussia, King Frederick,
interesting conversations
with the Emp. of Ger-
many, 351
Ragwort, letter to Lord
Buchan on its properties,

806

Ralphson, Mary, extraor-
dinary life of, 569
Rockets, the invention of,
claimed by J. Weir, 270
Rose, Mr, extract from
his observations on Mr
Fox's History, 411
Roseneath castle, descrip-
tion of, 403
Royston, Lord, narrative
of his shipwreck, 335
Russian commerce, state
of, 488

military esta-
blishment, view of, 494
courts of justice,

' procedure in, 495
Ruthven, John, his new
invention for sign boards,
&c. 198
Saragossa, account of the
siege of, 166
Scheldt, description of the
islands in it, 563
Science, memoirs of the
progress of, 37,117, 196,
273, 355, 430, 512, 594,
647, 725, 829,886
Scotland, recollections in,

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Snake, remarks on the
great sea one found off
Orkney, 507, 645
Socrates, explanation of a
saying at his death, 328
Spain, extrordinary es-
cape of a British officer
from thence to Lisbon,
256
Spain, review of Mr
Moore's narrative of the
late campaign there, 748
Spanish Cortes, account

of its ancient constitu-
tion, 431
Steam Engine, on the
early history of, 410
Stewart, Professor Dug-
ald, character of, 96
Stone, artificial, method
of making it, 513
Stones, curious account of
their falling from the at-
mosphere, 911
Storm, severe one in Eng-
land, and in the north of
Scotland, 85

the Students at the Col-
lege of Edinburgh ba-
nished for burning the

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mory of Mrs Green, 848
Elegy on the late MrB—-,

288

Epitaph, Latin one on Mr
Alex. Cockburn, 48
-,curious ones,206,
367, 444
Euphemia, 207
Fletcher, Mr John, verses
to his memory; 926
the Glasgow garland, 528
Glencoe massacre, 446
Green, Mrs, verses to her

memory, $48
Impromptu, to a young
lady, 927
Isabella, 288
Johnston, John, pathetic
verses by, 848
the Jubilee, a song, 846,
Kisses, 447
Lord Ruthven, à ballad
208

Western Isles, journey to,
by the Ettrick Shepherd,
14, 99, 181
Whale, description of a
remarkable one, 117
Yeast powder, on the ad-
vantages of, 271
Zealand, description of
the islands of, 563
Zetland islands, descrip-
tion of, by Mr Edmon-
ston, 908

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Macintosh, Mr, verses to, Ossian, to the shade of,

127

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Clarke, Mrs, her extraor-

dinary evidence against
the Duke of York, 369.
Her letters to the Duke
read, 373. Further ex-
amination, 450. More
curious letters, 531, 533.
Clavering, Gen. examin-
ed on the charges against
the Duke of York, 451,
532. Found guilty of
prevarication, and sent
to Newgate, 930
Commons, House of, de-
bate on the address to

his majesty, 133. On
the correspondence with
France, 290. On the
convention of Cintra,
293. Long debate on
the charges against the
Duke of York, 534. Mo.
tion to address his ma-

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jesty to dismiss him, 536.
Resolutions for acquit-
ting him, 538. New mo-
tion for another address,
609. The Duke having
resigned, a motion is
carried for proceeding
no further in the busi-
ness, 613

Court of Session, bill for
extending the time when
the commissioners shall
give in their report on
its further regulation,

930

Distillation from grain
further prohibited, 293
Divorce bills, new order
of the House of Lords
respecting them, 930
Dutch commissioners,
motion respecting their
abuse of their powers,

933

Frere, Mr, motion re-
specting his letter to Sir
John Moore, 933
Gordon, Col. examined
on the charges against
the Duke of York, 372,
375, 453
India directors, motion a-
gainst the recal of writ-
ers and cadets appointed
clandestinely, 934
Irish currency, motion for
equalizing it, 932
Hope, Sir John, receives
the thanks of the House
of Lords, 209
Lords, House of, debate
on the address to his
Majesty, 130. On an in.

quiry into the state of
the nation, 289. On the
conduct of the war in
Portugal and Spain, 929.
On the appointment of
the Portugueze regency,
930

Militia, local, bill for es-
tablishing a permanent
one, 931

Moore, Sir John, a monu-
ment to his memory vo-
ted by the House of
Commons, 212
Navy estimates voted,'

293

Newspapers, motion for
removing their restric-
tion as to price, 934
Offices, bill for preventing
abuses in the sale of, 931
Parliament opened, 129.
prorogued, 934
Portugueze emigrants,
motion respecting the
assistance granted them,

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