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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,
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.
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
, 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
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,
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
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,
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,
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
——, 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
rious narrative of Lady Murray concerning him, 658
Indian woman, account of her burning herself,
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,
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,
Martello towers, compa- rative view of, 646 Marble, on the formation
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
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-
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,
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,
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
mory of Mrs Green, 848 Elegy on the late MrB—-,
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
Macintosh, Mr, verses to, Ossian, to the shade of,
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-
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,
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,
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,'
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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