METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.

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GENERAL INDEX

TO THE SECOND VOLUME.

ABERCORN, Lord. anecdote of, 241

Abb's head, description of, 308

Anstruther literary society, anniversary of,

521

Academy, royal, proceedings of, 63, 356, Apple, an extraordinary, 343

448, 543

Acts, abstract of new, 160, 356, 458, 554
Adair, Dr. account of, 288

Adams, John, anecdote of, 288

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109

George, his dedication to the king,

Adders voided by a cow, 178

Africa, on the missionary attempts in, 32,409
Agricultural reports, 90, 192, 290, 386, 486,

583

societies, proceedings of, 188,

274, 277, 287, 378, 477, 576
chemistry, on, 513

Alfred, on the masque of, 38
Ali Bey, account of, 440

Alnwrick, remarkable ceremony at, 503
Ambition, instance of, 241

Amelia, anecdote of Princess, 336

American ambassador, anecdote of an, 433
America, on the literature of, 54, 151

Aristocracy, observations on, 10
Arithmetical powers, extraordinary case of,

78

Arts, on taste in the fine, 130

review and register of the fine, 62, 141,
248, 354, 447, 543

Ash, remarkable fact of an, 179
Ashby, Leicestershire, mineral spring at, 376
Assizes, on expediting the business of, 273
Atmospherical refraction, on, 42
Astley, F. D. liberality of, 483
Aston, Warwickshire, convictions at, 285
Avonmore, Viscount, death of, 567
Axminster, bible society at, 78

Badia, Chevalier, account of, 441
Bailey, N. enquiry after, 322
Bakers, convictions of, 469
Balguy, Dr. anecdote of, 530

Balls, properties of detonating, 338, 342

political state of, 69, 170, 266, Bamborough castle, description of, 219

348, 466, 562

403

on the native tribes of, 127, 311,

Amusements, on literary, 504

Ancients, on the illuminations of the, 503
Andover, improvements at, 278
Andrew, Jonathan, remarkable family of,279
Andrews, M. P. account of, 73
ANECDOTES of Buonaparte, 37-masque
of Alfred, 38-royal theatricals, ib.-early
- Frederick
patriotism, ib.
piety, 39
Prince of Wales, ib.-Dr. Johnson, 109-
Mr. West, 126-George II. 136-Duke
of Newcastle, ib.-Earl of Chatham, ib.
Lord Bute, ib.-the Pelhams, 137-pro-
mising virtue, ib.-royal avarice, 138-
relative to Drummond's Oedipus, 288-
Dr. Wilson, 239-the Queen, 240-the
- Mr. Pitt, ib. Capt.
coronation, 241
Flinders, 309-Sir William Wyndham,
310-Dankelmann, ib.-royal tour, 335
-Duke of Cumberland, 336-Princess
Amelia, ib.-Duke of York, ib,-Princess
of Wales, 337-Rousseau, ib.-Bp. War-
burton, 338-Dr. Johnson, ib.-Julian,
411-Dr. Donne, 421-Dr. Beattie, 430
-Sir Joshua Reynolds, 431-Garrick, 432
-La Lande, ib.-his majesty, ib.-John
Adams, 463-Duke of Montagu, ib.-
Lady Clark, ib.-Mr. Cambridge, 529-
Duke of Clarence, ib.-Lord Bruce, 530
-Bp. Hurd and Dr.Bulguy, ib.-A Chan-
cellor, 531-Royal mercy, ib.--the Prince
Regent, 532.

Animals, on the senses of, 221

extraordinary habits of, 214
bone of a remarkable, 542

Bankrupts, lists of, 94, 195, 295, 380, 480,
586

Barrow, serious character of, 529
Bartolozzi, letter from, 21
Basingstoke, improvement at, 278
Bat, on the nycteribia of the, 214
Beattie, Dr. anecdote of, 430
Battersea, conflagration at, 268
Beckmann, Dr. his collection of vases, 149
pillar erected in, 272
Bedfordshire, shooting suspended in, 177
Beggars in the metropolis, number of, 367
Belfast, on the state of, 103
Belgium annexed to Holland, 167
Berg, political relations of the duchy of, 345
Belsham, Mr. murder of, 476
Berkeley, Gloucester, improvements at, 277
Berlin academy, account of, 440
Berwick, on the siruation of, 307
Bible societies, account of, 71, 78, 84, 177,

182, 188, 378, 473, 477, 571, 574
Biblical query, 19; answered, 129
Biographical intimations, 517
Birds, description of rare, 141
Birmingham, musical festival at, 301

academy, account of, 188
Black, Mrs. character of, 566
Blakeney, in Norfolk, described, 2
Blacking, improved mode of making, 145
Blucher. Marshal, visits Cambridge, 49
monument to, 150

Bolingbroke, Lord, character of, 304
Boston bank, failure of, 82
Bones, on the formation of the, 139
Bourgeois, Sir F. his benefaction, 439
Bradley, Admiral, convicted, 181
Bradwell, decision in the case of, 475

ntiquities, discovery of, 54, 77, 85, 150, Brain, on inquiries of the, 43

151, 282, 288, 343, 442, 575

NEW MONTHLY MAG,-No, 12.

Bramah, Mr. his death, 567
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594

Brazil, travels in, 412
Bridlington, description of, 4
Brighton, fishery at, 186

Bristol, musical festival at, 84

conference of methodists at, 196
Broad, Mr. his traps described, 115
Broughton, in Hants, epitaphs at, 321
Bruce, Lord, anecdote of, 530
Brunswick, works of art at, 541
Buccleugh, death of the duchess of, 270
Bull, Rev. Mr. character of, 177
Buonaparteana, 37

Buonaparte, grant in favour of, 66
Bury in Suffolk, small pox at, 482
Bury, Mrs. epitaph on, 107
Bute, Lord, anecdote of, 135
-, Marquis, account of, 567
Byron, Lord, gains his estate, 282

Caistor in Norfolk described, 1
Calabria, phenomenon in, 542
Cambridge, R. O. anecdote of, 529

-, visit of Blucher to, 49
Campbell, Thomas, Memoirs of, 533
Campe's German Dictionary, on, 27
Canterbury, improvements at, 478
Carlisle, on the improvements of, 474
Carmarthen, sudden wedding at, 383
Carpets, improvement in, 47
Caroline, Princess, the will of, 137

INDEX.

Colchicum recommended in gout, 52
Commercial intercourse, on reviving, 33
reports, 91, 129, 292, 388, 487,

584

Commodities, on the value of, 323
Compositions, on prose, 404
Congleton, bible society at, 473

Conversion, on the modern spirit of, 27,

201, 203, 508

Copper, reduction in the price of, 84
Cork jackets, inutility of, 114
Corn laws, report on the, 252

Coronation, anecdote concerning the, 241
Coroners, on the neglect of, 275
Corpulency, instance of, 283
Cotton manufactures, on the, 333
Cows, fatal accident to, 180
--, adders voided by one, 178
horn, a remarkable, 288
Craven, increased value of lands in, 286
Crocus, on the garden, 429

Cromer in Norfolk, description of, 2
Cumberland, remarkable stone in, 274
anecdotes of the Duke of, 335,

336

Dalziel, trial at, 89

Dankelman, M. anecdote of, 310
Davy's Agricultural Chemistry, on, 313
Dawson, Dr., account of, 35

Carriages, improved mode of constructing, 46 Deer, remarkable horns of a, 384

-, on disengaging, 527

Cartlane Craig, described, 140

Desenfans, Mrs., her benefactions, 439
Derbyshire, on the roads in, 77

Ca de-hill, near Dunstable, description of, Despotism, observations on, 11

401

Castlereagh, Lord, declaration of, 67
Cat, remarkable instinct in a, 221
---, account of a monstrous, 80

Catedrals, neglect of the service in, 322
Catholics in Ireland, number of, 397.

Caucus, origin of the word, 213

Detonating balls, properties of the, 333, 342
Devil's bridge, improvement of, 287
Devonshire, unitarian society in, 78
Diamond, on the combustion of, 45
Dibdin, Charles, account of, 271
Dislocation, extraordinary case of, 87
Distillation, on economy in, 138

Cauls, superstitious notions respecting chil- Dives, Sir Lewis, account of, 427, 517

dren's, 20, 211, 440

Chatham, improvements at, 279

Chemical reports, 90, 290, 387, 583

Charnwood-forest, improvement of, 376

Chester, musical festival at, 178

benefices in, 473

Samaritan Fund at, 369

Chemistry, on agricultural, 513
Children, extraordinary, 78, 275
Chinese Literature, state of, 52, 247
Christchurch agricultural society, account
of, 277

Christian knowledge, anniversary of the so-
ciety for, 71

Christianity, on the propogation of, 27, 201
Christopher, on the legend of St., 124, 311
Church music, neglect of, 322
Circles, method of dividing, 42
Clarence, anecdote of the duke of, 529
Clarke, Edward, remarkable confession of,
276

Coal pits, accidents in, 182, 184
Cobbett, reputation of, 509

Cod fishery, on the Newfoundland, 210
Colchicum autumnale, effects of, 180

Dividends, announced, 95, 169, 296, 381,

490, 587

Divination, art of healing by, 15, 211, 415

Diving machine, account of a, 441

Dogs, on the madness of, 210, 313
Donne, Dr. anecdotes of, 421, 517
Dorchester, bible society at, 373
Drama, observations on the, 427
Dramatic register, 60, 158, 251, 352, 450,

552

Dresden, medical establishment at, 439
Drivers of teams, dishonesty of, 507
Drogheda, disorders at, 88
Drummond's Edipus Judaicus, on, 8, 205,
325, 417, 510

Drury-lane theatre, state of, 268
Dublin, state of the university of, 50, 454
-, improvements of, 384
institution, account of, 435
etymology of the name, 523
Duck, instinct of a wild, 104
Duel, remarkable, 181

Dulwich college, benefactions to, 430
Dunbar, description of, 308

Dunscombe, Mis, account of, 321, 401

INDEX.

Eastwood, Richard, account of, 287
Edinburgh Review, remarks on, 107, 216
Education, society for national, 71
Eel, natural history of the, 409, 514
Egypt, magnificent work on, 244
-, prophecy concerning, 18

Ely, bible society at, 177
Enolas, on the meaning of, 319
Epitaphs, remarkable, 107, 321, 415, 514
Essex, American frigate, taken, 171
Esterhazy, prince, his exhibition of pictures,

Fires, remarkable, 173, 182, 268, 367, 370, Herrings, quantity of taken, 478

collections for a history of, Languages, on the oriental, 119

Julian, on the death of the emperor, 418, MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS.-The
517

King, anecdotes of the, 38, 29, 137, 239, Mind, Gottfried, account of, 581