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CHAP. V.
FINANCE.
PAGE.
Lord Castlereagh's Statement of proposed Reductions, and Motion for a Committee of In-
quiry. First Report of the Committee. Second Report. The Budget. Debate on
the War Salary of the Secretaries to the Admiralty On the Number of Admiralty
Lords-On the Office of Third Secretary of State-On Mr Canning's Mission to Lis- bon-On Mr Harris's Appointment,
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CHAP. VI.
POOR LAWS PUBLIC DISTRESS.
General Observations on the Poor Laws-Remedies suggested. Mr Curwen's Motion.
Committee appointed-Report-Debate upon it. Mr Brougham's Motion on the
Distresses of the Country. Mr Vansittart's Plan for the Relief of the Labouring Classes,
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CHAP. VII.
TREATMENT OF BUONAPARTE.
General Observations. Motion by Lord Holland. Explanation by Earl Bathurst. Mo-
tion negatived,
CHAP. VIII.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS.
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The Catholic Question-In the Commons-In the Lords. Sir Francis Burdett's Mo-
tion for Parliamentary Reform,
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CHAP. IX.
MISCELLANEOUS PARLIAMENTARY TRANSACTIONS.
Mr Abbot resigns the office of Speaker-Created Lord Colchester, with a Pension. Mr
Sutton Elected. Debate on Lord Sidmouth's Circular Letter. Mr Wilberforce's Mo-
tion relative to the Slave Trade. Mr Lyttleton on the Lottery. Mr Bennet on the
Report of the Police Committee. The Academical Society. Mr Brougham's Motion
on the State of the Nation. Prorogation of Parliament,
CHAP. X.
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SCOTLAND.
General View of the Political State of Scotland. The Scottish Bar. Ascendency of the
Whigs. State Trials. Debates in Parliament on the subject. Burgh Reform-Mon-
trose Aberdeen-Dundee. Ferment in the Nation. Meetings at Edinburgh. At-
tempts to reduce the Charter of that City.
CHAP. XI.
ROYAL FAMILY.
The Princess Charlotte-Her Illness, and Death. Grief of the Nation. The King-
Queen-Princess of Wales,
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CHAP. XII
FRANCE.
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Situation of France. Army of Occupation partly removed. Proceedings of the Cham-
bers relative to the law of Election; to Personal Liberty; to the Press. The Budget.
Disturbances occasioned by the Tragedy of Germanicus. Plot against the Princes.
Commotions in the Provinces. Improved state of France,
CHAP. XIII.
THE REST OF EUROPE.
On the present Political state of Europe. Spain. Insurrections in Valencia. Catalo-
nia. Disturbances at Cadiz. Finance. Abolition of the Slave Trade.-Conspiracy
in Portugal.-Wirtemberg. Discussions between the King and the States.-Prussia.
Petition of the Germans. Sweden. Conspiracy against the King.-Naples.-Tur-
key,
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CHAP. XIV.
AMERICA.
Operations in the Caraccas-of Bolivar-of General Piar. Battles fought with Morillo.
Naval force of the Patriots. Successful Invasion of the Island of Margaritta by Mo-
rillo. War in the Caraccas indecisive. Landing of Mina at Soto la Marina. Suc-
cesses. Opposed by Marshal Linan, who takes Fort Sombrero. Siege of Los Reme-
dios by the Royal Troops. Mina taken and executed. Los Remedios taken. Inde-
pendent Government of Buenos Ayres. Successes of San Martin in Chili. Amelia
Island taken by M'Gregor. Revolution in Pernambucco-Suppressed,
CHAP. XV.
INDIA.
Pindaree War. Origin of the Pindarees. Defensive Plans adopted-Inefficient. Of-
fensive War undertaken. Advance of the British Armies. War with the Peishwa
His Defeat and Surrender. War with the Rajah of Nagpoor. Critical Position of the
British. Finally Repulse the Enemy. Surrender of the Rajah. Subsequent Battle
and Defeat of his Army. War terminated. Advance of the British against the Pin-
darees. War with Holkar. His Defeat. War concluded by a Treaty. Destruction
of the Pindarees. Objects of the war,
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PART II.
LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS.
CHAP. I.
BIOGRAPHY-POLITICAL.
Mr Ponsonby. Mr Horner. Mr Henry Erskine. Mr Curran. Admiral Duckworth.
Duke of Northumberland. Duke of Marlborough.
Maury. Kosciusko,
Marshal Massena.
Cardinal
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CHAP. II.
BIOGRAPHY-LITERARY.
Mr Edgeworth. Dr William Thomson. Mr David Williams. Mr Glenie. Mr Be-
loe. Dr Monro. Mad. Stael. Werner. Delametherie. Messier. Rochon. Dr
Dwight,
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CHAP. III.
VIEW OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SCIENCE DURING THE YEAR.
Davy's Safety Lamp, and Researches on Flame. Artificial Freezing of Water. Pre-
servation of Volatile and Deliquescent Substances. The Oxy-Hydrogen Blow-Pipe.
Security of Steam-Boats. Geography of Plants,
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CHAP. IV.
VIEW OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES, AND OBSERVATIONS OF TRAVELLERS
DURING THE YEAR.
Present State of Discovery. Regions yet Unexplored.-AFRICA. Expedition to the
Congo. Description of this part of Africa. Expedition to the Niger. Mission to
Ashantee. Legh's Travels in Nubia. Excavated Temples. Notices from Abyssi.
nia.-ASIA. Embassy to China. Coast of Corea. The Loochoo Islands. Estimate
of the Height of the Himalaya Mountains. Moorcroft's Journey into Thibet.-SOUTH
SEA. Expedition into the Interior of New Holland. Complete Examination of its
Coasts. Van Diemen's Land. Mission to New Zealand. Revolution in Otaheite.
Mariner's Account of the Tonga Islands.-THE NORTH SEA. Scoresby's Descrip-
tion of the Polar Ice, and Plan of an Expedition to the Pole,
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OCCASIONAL AND FUGITIVE POETRY.
Monody on the Princess Charlotte, by Thomas Campbell, Esq.
345
On the same Subject,
346
Farewell Address, Spoken by Mr Kemble to the Edinburgh Theatre, the 29th March,
1817. Written by Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
348
Ode by Thomas Campbell, Esq. recited after the Dinner on occasion of Mr Kemble's re.
tirement from the stage,
349
To the Spirit of Kosciusko,
352
On the late Mr Horner,
ib.
Sonnet on receiving the "Scenes of Infancy" from a Lady,
354
Verses recited at the Anniversary of Burns, 25th January, 1817,
Verses on Burns's Punch-Bowl. Written extempore, at the house of RB, Esq. by
one of the Gentlemen present, when BURNS's Punch-Bowl (after dinner) was intro-
duced, full primed with excellent whisky-toddy,
356
To George Chalmers, Esq., the possessor of a Table and Wine-Glasses which belonged
to Thomson the Poet. By John Taylor, Esq.
The Moslem Bridal Song. From the Italian,
An Original Poem by Lord Byron,
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358
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Epistle to the Emperor of China. By Dr John Wolcot, (Olim Peter Pindar, Esq.)
Epilogue to Touchstone. Spoken by Mrs Alsop,
The Legend of Dunbar,
Sonnet to
Stanzas,
Carlisle Yetts,
The Bard's Farewell to his Broken Lute,
The Friends' Farewell,
Crookbarrowhill, Worcestershire, accounted the largest Barrow in England,
The Country Surgeon,
Elegy to the Memory of John Lowe,
To the Primrose. By John Mayne,
Sonnet. By James Edmeston,
Sonnet, on Viewing the Grave of Churchill, at Dover. By Arthur Brooke,
APPENDIX.
I.-TRIALS AND LAW PROCEEDINGS.
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b.
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PROSECUTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS CASES.
Mr Southey, for Suppression of Wat Tyler. Sir M. R. Burgoyne, for Non-Attendance at Public Worship.-Mr Scarlett, for Defamation at the Bar, &c. &c.
II.-PROCEEDINGS OF PUBLIC SOCIETIES.
The Royal Society of London,
of Edinburgh,
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III.-REPORTS, &c. ON THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF
PUBLIC ECONOMY.
FAGE.
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V.-PUBLIC AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.
Income and Expenditure for the Year 1816,
General View of the British Woollen Trade,
-of the British Cotton Trade,
of the British Linen Trade,
-of the British Silk Trade,
First Report from Select Committee on Finance,
Account of all Offices in the Colonies, with their Salary and Emoluments,
Account of all Missions and Consulships at Foreign Courts and Ports,
Report of the Secret Committee of the House of Lords,
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General View of the Church of England, in regard to Residence and Non-Residence,
Proposals and Regulations relative to the Royal Navy, made by the Board of Admiralty,
1st January, 1817,
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Letter addressed, by order of Napoleon, from General Count Montholon, to Sir Hudson
Lowe,