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seq.; tendency of population to ex-
...ceed the limits of subsistence, 600;
charitable aid productive of consider-
able evil, ib.; origin of savings' banks,
601; various plans projected for im-
proving the surplus earnings of the
poor, ib, principle of friendly soci-
eties, ib.; exertions of Mr. Rose, 602;
Mr. Bone establishes a tranquillity
bank, ib.; plan of it, ib.; Ruthwell
economical bank, 603; similar insti-
tutions founded, ib.; nature and ad-
vantages of savings' banks, ib.; su-
periority of economical banks over
deferred annuities, benefit clubs, &c.
604, 5; remarks on the influence of
poverty in regard to marriage, and
promiscuous intercourse, ib.; tendency
of economical banks to rectify the
evil, 606; population in old countries,
has outgrown the limits of subsist-
ence, 607; this effect not yet felt in
North America, ib.; its consequences
on the state of society there, 608;
America inferior to England in intel-
lectual endowments, ib.; Mr. Rose's
pamphlet on banks for savings, 609;
extracts, ib.; Duncan's essay on parish
banks, 610; Taylor's account of Lon-
don savings' banks, ib.; Beaumont's
essay on provident banks, 611; Da-
vis's friendly advice to frugal persons,
ib.; Bone's regulations of tranquillity
bank, ib hints towards improving
the system of economical banks, ib.;
evil operation of parish relief, under
certain circumstances, 612; and of
the Milbank penitentiary, 613.
Scott's inquiry into the effect of bap-
tism, &c. 429

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Scottish and Sardinian music, their intimate
resemblance, 80

Scott's (John), Paris revisited, 209, et
seq., moral condition of France, de-
plorable, 210; state of the catholic
clergy, 211; of the French protes-
tants, ib.; inquiry into the sources of
the greatness of the British nation, ib.;
et seq.; commerce one great source
of the moral elevation of the British
empire, 213; its operation, ib.;
France never a commercial country,
214; importance of the middle class in
England,ib.; the representative system,
another source of our national prospe
rity, ib.; ci devant French patriotism, its
nature, &c. 215; English contrasted,
ib.; great importance of the freedom of
the press, in preserving true patriotism
in England, ib.; enlightened toleration
never understood in France, 216;

protestant marriages acknowledged in
France by Louis XVI. ib.; popery, its
various character, 217; no middle class
known in France, ib.; the clergy,
species of nobility, ib.; governments
not qualified to confer religion on a
nation, 218; the people themselves
the originators of the moral glory of
England, ib.; its attachment to wars, i
one chief cause of misfortune
France, 219; Mr. Scott's caution to
England; his judicious remarks on the
occasion and nature of the late agitations
in Europe, 220; present duty of Eng.
land, ib.; concluding reflections, 222:
a permanent peace, its probable in-
fluence on the social economy of the
French nation, ib.

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Scott, Walter, character of his poetry,34
Scripture, Dr. Horsley, on the perspicuity

and sufficiency of, 157, 8

Scripture help, designed to assist in
reading the Bible profitably, 492;
contents, ib.

Sermons, by Bishop Horsley, 151, et seq.

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for the use of families and vil-
lages, by Thornhill Kidd, 369, et seq.
on devotional subjects, by the
Rev. A. Bonar, minister of Cromond,
278, et seq.; address to believers, 281, 2;
the living temple, 282, 3.

Serpent, a species that makes a noise
like a turkey, 113

Servants, female, tracts relative to the
conduct, the improvement, and en
couragement of, 385, et seq.; pecu
liarities attaching to the nature of
their situation in society, ib.; their
great disadvantages, in regard to their
moral condition, 386; their religious
disadvantages, ib. et seq.; their influ-
ence on society very considerable,
387; extracts from the various tracts,
ib. et seq.

Sharpe's report, with minutes of evi-
dence, &c. for the better regulation
of mad-houses, 293

Sheffield's, Lord, miscellaneous works of
Edward Gibbon, 1, et seq., See Gib-
bon.

Siege of Corinth, a poem, 269, et seq.;
extracts, &c. ib.

Singuana, 464

Simeon, Mr. his opinion that the lan-

guage of the ritual is too strong, 435
Simplon and the Valteline, two grand
military routes, necessity of their
being included within the neutrality
of the Geneva and Swiss limits, 99
Sismondi's considerations sur Genève, 94,
el seq.; probable evil that would result

from annexing Geneva to the Helvetic
league, ib.; importance of Geneva,
considered as an enlightened protestant
state in the centre of the continent, 96;
as belonging morally, to this country,
ib; author's apprehensions in regard
to the adoption of a liberal system of
instruction in France, 97; extract, on
the importance of Geneva to the protestant
interest, ib. et seq.; protestant colonies
in Italy, formed by the Genevese, ib. ;
Discours sur la Philosophie de l'Histoire,
99; author's opinion that the state
of mankind always has been, and is,
progressive in knowledge, virtue, and
happiness, ib.

Sketch of Highland manners and cus-
toms, 243, el seq.

Slave trade not abolished by Buonaparte
from a sense of humanity, 71
Small pox, its ravages among the Ma-
has, American Indians, 112; cruel ef-
fects of their despair, ib.

Smedley's Jonah, a poem, 291, et seq.;
extract on the history of Jonah, ib.;
death and resurrection of our Saviour,

"

292

Smedley's Prescience, a poem, 472, et
seq.; Lord Bacon on divination, 472, 3;
Druids' circle at Stone-henge, 474, 5;
witch described, ib.; lovers prescience of
an unknown mistress, 477.
Smith's, Dr. J. P. reasons of the pro-
testant religion, 313, et seq.; varied
aspects of the papal system, as exhibited
by past circumstances and present locality,
and as represented by modern enlightened
advocates, 319, 20; popery is de-
structive of the essential principles of
personal religion,' 323, et seq.; denial
of the right of private judgement in reli-
gious matters, 324, 5; fundamental
principles of dissent, the same as those of
the protest against the church of Rome,

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Squirrels, barking, in N. America, 113
Staitan or Kite Indians, consequences of
their extreme ferocity, ib.

Steam-engine, improvement in the con-
struction of, a natural consequence of
Dr. Black's discovery of the theory
of heat, 256
Stone-henge, poetical description of the
Druid's circle there, 474, 5

Stone Mrs. and Norris's (the lunatics)
cases as stated in evidence, by the Hon.
H. G. Bennet, 297, 8

Stourton, Lord, his altar tomb in Salisbury
cathedral, 457

Studies in history, by T. Morell, 170.
See Morell

Style of Gibbon, contrasted with Hume's
and Robertson's, 14, et seq.; art, its
prevalent feature, 13

Styles's temptations of a watering place,
591, et seq.; extracts, 592; the the-
atres less pernicious to the morals than
trinket-shops, &c. at a watering-place,
592, 3

Sulphuric acid, Dr. Ward's patent for a
mode of obtaining it by combustion,
264; Dr. Roebuck's improved mode,
ib.; mode practised in Lancashire, 265
Surry chapel, great liberality of the
congregation worshipping there, 496

Tangiers, administration of justice there by
the Kaid, 525; by the Cadi, 526.
Tassoni, Walker's memoirs of, 497;
sketch of his life and works, &c. ib.
et seq.

Taylor, Mr. Dan. his controversy with
Mr. Andrew Fuller on the nature of
faith, 484, et seq.

Taylor's, Mrs. present of a mistress to
a young servant, 385; anecdote as a
specimen of the work, ib. et seq.; sub-
jects treated of in the volume, ib.
Taylor's summary account of the Lon-
don savings' bank, 599, 610

Tea, great consumption of, at Morocco,
526; supplied by the English from
Gibraltar, ib.

Technical terms in divinity, on the use of,
555

Temperature, Mr. Parkes's remarks on,
contradictory, 268

Temples of Jerusalem and Mecca, not to be
visited by Christians, &c. 534; mosques
not forbidden, ib.

Tenant on an easier mode of procuring
potassium, than that which is now
adopted, 514; on the means of
producing a double distillation by the
same heat, 515
Thomson's analysis of a new species of
copper ore, 359

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Thoughts on the present crisis, &c. 417,
et seq.
Toleration, religious, an enlightened one,
never prevailed in France, 216
Toleration under Bonaparte, a clew towards
unravelling its true character, 72, et seq.
Tragedies derived from the Greek my-
thology, neither acted nor read in
England, 90, 1

Tranquillity bank established by Mr.
Bone, 602

Transformations of insects, 577
Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, &c. 522,
et seq.

Timber, large, its great deficiency in
the interior of North America, 112

United brethren, Dr. Brown's account
of their missionary labours, 231; ab-
solute failure of their attempt to civi-
lize prior to christianizing the Green-
landers, 233

Valpy's Greek Testament, 341, et seq.;
plan of the work, ib., the theological
notes unsatisfactory, ib.; character
of the text, 342; general estimate of
the work, ib.

Virgil's fourth eclogue, contains, accord-
ing to Bishop Horsley, some prophe-
cies of the Messiah, 153
Vincent's spirit of prayer, 94
Volcanic explosions among the black or

rocky mountains of N. America, 126
Walker's memoirs of Tassoni, 497, et seq;
attainments and claims as an author,
ib. et seq.; origin of Tassoni's "Rape
"of the Bucket," 499; subjects of his
"Pensieri Diversi," 501; account of
Carlo Emanuele, Duke of Savoy, ib.;
traits in the life of Tassoni, ib.; state
of patronage in Italy in the 17th century,
503, 4

War, love of, the great characteristic of
the French nation, 219; its ruinous
tendency on the best interests of in-
ternal national society, ib.
Watering places, Styles's temptations
of, 591

Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington esta-

blishes his head-quarters there, 349; ac-
counts of various actions there, 360
Water, want of, distressed state of Ali Bey

and his party from it, 532; nature of its
effects on the human frame, 533
Watkins's, (Rev. H. G.) hints and ob-
servations, seriously addressed to heads
of families, in reference to servants,
385, et seq.

vants, ib.

friendly hints to female ser-

Watkins's second report of the London
Society for the improvement of ser
vants, ib.; extract, 390
Weekly monitor, 174

Wellington, the Duke of, establishes his
head quarters at Waterloo, 349;
dotes of, 351, et seq.

anec-

Western, Mr. nature of his late propo.
sitions, 422

White Doe of Rylstone, 33, et seq.;
foundation of the poem, 37; extracts, 38;
et seq.

Wilks's essay on the signs of conversion
and unconversion in the ministers of
the church, 538; character of the con-
verled minister, 548; his mode of
preaching, ib.; essentially different from
the unconverted minister, 549; absurdity
of a political establishment for con-
verting sinners, 550, 1; objectionable
passage in the preface to the essay, 554;
probably interpolated, ib.; author's re-
marks on the use of technical terms in
divinity, 555; his excellent remarks on
the ministerial character, 556
Williams's, Helen Maria, narrative of
events in France, from the landing of
Buonaparte, in March 1815, 65, et
seq.; extreme change in her political
sentiments, ib.; value of her testi-
mony in regard to recent events in
France, ib.; Buonaparte not popular
in France, ib.; his return the effect of a
military conspiracy, ib. et seq.; rapidity
of his march easily explained, 68; dan-
ger to be dreaded from military influence,
ib.; Marshal Ney's conduct repro-
bated, ib.; state of the Jacobins under
Buonaparte, 69; Buonaparte's peni-
tence, ib.; contentions in his council
chamber, 78; hire of French mobs, ib.;
Buonaparte collars his archchancellor, ib.
surprize of the French at the declama-
tions of the English in favour of Buona-
parle, ib.; French caricature, 71; a
choice morceau for craniologists, ib.;
his abolition of the slave trade, did
not originate in motives of humanity,
ib.: his alleged design to change the
Catholic religion in France, 72, et seq.;
encourages publications against popery,
ib.; styled by a bishop, the representative
of God on earth, ib.; engages the cardinal
archbishop, and the protestant president,
of Paris, in one religious ceremony, 73;
Murat, slight sketch of his character, 74
Miss W's reflections on the then present
state of France, ib. et seq.
Williams, H. M. on the late persecu-
tions of the protestants in the S. of
France, 391, et seq.; importance of
the present work, 592; author's testi-


mony of the reality of the persecutions,
ib.; advantages acquired by the protes-
tants, from the late revolution, 393;
their complete emancipation under the
reign of Buonaparte, ib.; restoration of
the Bourbons, thrusts them back into a
state of doubtful toleration, 394; insur-
rections on the return of Buonaparte, ib.;
cruelties at Nismes confined to the pro-
testants, ib.; author's remarks on the
conduct of the three denominations in
London, 395

Williams's moral tendencies of know-

ledge, 594, 5; importance of history, 595
Wilson, Capt. J. Griffin's memoirs of,
275; subject of the narrative, 276,
et seq.; account of his conversion, ib.
et seq.

Wilson's history and antiquities of dis-

senting churches in London, &c. 401,
et seq.; sense in which the author uses
the word church, ib.; account of the
first dissenting congregation formed in
London, ib.; its pastors, ib.; first
presbyterian church, 402; rise of the
Brownists, ib.; first independent church,
ib.; rise of the first baptist church,
ib. plan of the work, ib.; list of the
principal biographical notices, 403;
biographical sketch of the life of W.
Kiffin, ib.; embraces the principles of the
baptists, 463; controversies on the sub-
ject of baptism, 404; falsely accused of
plotting against the government, 405;
acquires the esteem of the king, ib., ac-
cused of compassing the death of the king,
ib.; policy of Mr. Kiffin, and meanness
of Charles II. 407; execution of his
grandsons, by Jefferies, 407; compelled
to be an alderman by James 11. 408;
his death, ib.; account of Mr. Joseph
Jacob, 586; strict laws adopted in his

church, 586, 7; extract from his ser-
mon on wigs and whiskers, 587;
rhymes on the same subject, ib.; ex-
tract from a sermon on the fewness
of the faithful,' 588
Wilson's inquiry into the causes of the
high prices of corn and labour, &c.
417, et seq.
Wirtemberg, kingdom of, great atten-
tion paid there to the moral and re-
ligious instruction of the lower classes,
355

Wisdom, Philosophy, and Philanthropy
rivers!! 128

Wollaston's synoptic scale of chemical
equivalents, 357; its essential value,
ib.; its description and use, 358
Women, Mahommedan, covered place for
them in one of the mosques at Fex, for
attending of public prayers, 529
Woodcock, the Rev. H. in reply to Mr.
Gisborne's letter to the Bishop of
Gloucester. See Bible Society
Wordsworth's White Doe of Rylstone,33,
et seq.; the author's poetical qualifica-
tions not justly appreciated by his
contemporaries, ib.; remarks on the
love of poetry, ib.; character of
Walter Scott's poetry; on poetical
pleasure, 35; metaphysical poets, 36;
poetical powers of the author, ib.;
his faults, 37; a writer's peculiarities
are generally among his faults, ib.;
foundation of the poem, ib.; extracts,
38, et seq.

Young's, Arthur, Baxteriana, 86, et seq.

Zemzem, Chief of the Well of, deputed
to poison persons who have rendered
themselves obnoxious to the ruling
powers, 436, 7,

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