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vention, 422-respecting the economy of, 433-what course of
conduct ought to be pursued relative to, 441.
Election, remarks on the doctrine of, 246, 247.

Ellis (Mr.), on changes in atmospheric air, 109-his experiments,

111.

England, antipathy of the American government to, 133—Mont-
gaillard's picture of, 209-Bonaparte's plan for accomplishing
the ruin of, 211-remarks on her population and agriculture, 213.
English, their turn of thinking directly adverse to that of the French,
206.

Ennius, supposed to have been the author of the Posthomerica, 396.
Enthusiasm of the Methodists, proof of the, 492.

Ethwald, a tragedy by Miss Baillie, 181-extracts from, 182.
Euler, his memoirs on isoperimetrical problems, 39.

Evangelical preachers, remarks on, 102-parallel between, and the
Catholic priests, 103-tenets of the, 104-106.
Evangelical clergy, observations relative to the, 244.

F.

Fable, an old one, with a new application, 469.

Fananders (William), the father of an African pupil at Bramia,
327-his friendly disposition towards the missionaries, 328.
Feudal system, the existence of, in Scotland, beneficial, 253.
Fortuna slave ship, care of the, 318.

Foulahs, tribe of, 322.

France, a radical change in the religion of, projected by parliament,
170-picture of, 209.

Freethinking christians, the, 446.

French, influence of the, in America, 122-analogy between the
conduct of, and that of the French, 171-curiosity of the, with
regard to England, 206-their turn of thinking directly adverse
to that of the English, ib.

G.

Galt's Travels in Sicily, Turkey, &c. 360.

Gaisford (Mr. Stephen), on the abolition of the slave trade, 51-
character of the work, 58.

Gibbon (Mr.), testimony to the accuracy of his narrative, 170.
Gillies (Dr.), his life of Whitfield, 480.

Girgenti, ruins at, 363.

Gravitation, origin of, not known, 306.

Greece, travels through by M. Chateaubriand, 78-modern, the

language of, 87.

Greek, on the study of, 299-302.

Greeks, character of the, 87.

Grenville's (Lord George), Portugal, a poem, 333.

H.

Habits of the Africans, an obstacle to their civilization, 329.
Harmattan, a peculiar kind of land wind, 331.
Havannah, annual exportation of slaves to, 321.
Heat, on the nature and effects of, 305.

Homer, ancient monument illustrative of, 399.

Homily Society, recommended by Dr. Clarke, and other dissenters,
477.

Hume (Mr.), his testimony to the preaching talents of Mr. White-
field, 487.

Hydrogen, a particle of, cannot be annihilated, 306-weight of,
309.

Habeel Usseyr, value and contents of the, 152.

Harvey (Mr. J.), economy of his estate in Jamaica, 72.

Hatred, the progress of, admirably delineated in the tragedy of De
Montfort, 179.

History, plan of combining with science, recommended, 36.
Holy Sepulchre, priestcraft practised at the church of, in Jerusalem,
92.

Holy Spirit, remarks on the operation of, on the mind, 237.

Hough (Bishop), life of, 217—his manly conduct in opposing the
tyranny of James II. 221-specimen of his pleasantry and bene-
volence, 222-his notions of domestic management, 223-letter.
to Mrs. Knightley on the death of her son, 223-charge to his
clergy, 224.

I.

2

Indies, West, inquiry into the insular policy of our colonies, 51-
missionaries persecuted in, 76.

1

Indies, East, observations relative to our connection with, 215.
Influence, political, necessity of continuing, 23-25-remarks on,
as opposed to the government of prerogative, 27-30.

Inquiry into the consequences of neglecting to give the Prayer-book
with the Bible, 135.

Instructions, those drawn up for the use of the methodists at va-
riance with the interests of the church, 495.

Islam, the early annals of, a catalogue of atrocities, 158.
Isoperimetrical Problems, Mr. Woodhouse's treatise on, 35.

Itinerancy, the methodistical system of, aims a mortal blow at the
church establishment, 494.

J.

Jamaica, remarks on the cultivation of the high grounds in, 70, 71.
Jefferson, (Mr. Thomas), memoirs of, 122.

Jerusalem, description of, 91-character of catholic monks at, 93-

account of the mosque at, 95.

Jews, character of the native, 94.

Juno, Temple of, at Girgenti, 363.

Justification, Dr. Tomline's sentiments on, 241.

K.

Kaaralom, town of, 386.

Kerbela, massacre at, 166-ceremony in memory of that event, 167.
Kholasset al Akhbar, 153.

Kingswood colliers converted by Mr. Whitfield, 482.

Kirkpatrick (Col.), his translation of Tippoo Sultan's Letters, 339.
Koorg, Tippoo Sultan's visits to, 352.

L.

La Grange, his improvements of the calculus of variations, 44.
Lancaster's (Mr.), objections to the analogy drawn by Professor
Marsh between his system of education and the principles of the
Bible Society, 146-vindication of his system, 416-419-punish-
ments invented by him, 426-admits the Bible only into his
schools, 428-accused of dishonesty, 429-433-and contradic-
tions, 430-and hypocrisy, 432.

Land, not bought and sold in Africa, 329.

Lay-preaching, a violation of church discipline, 494.

Leckie (Mr.), his work on Sicily recommended, 368.

Letters of Tippoo Sultan, 339.

Light, in what manner it acts in producing changes in vegetables,

117.

Liquids, on the constitution of, 305.

Lisbon, picture of the country round, 289.

List of new works published in March, April, and May, 503.

Love, scene in the tragedy of Basil depicting the excess of, 171-
rashly treated by Lord Byron, 285..

Lucretius on the doctrine of infinite indivisibility, 303.

Ludlam (Mr.), his school at Sierra Leone, 326.

M.

Madras, Report of the Military Male Orphan Asylum at, 416-

421.

Madre Silva (George de). See Woodburn, George, 320.
Mahommedan history, Price's retrospect of, 149.

Mahommed, account of the death of, 155-157-valedictory address
to his army, 158-cause of his hatred against the Jews, 160.

Mahommedism, remarks on the genius of, 155.

Manby's (Captain), essay on the preservation of shipwrecked per
sons, 451-certificates of the practical benefits of his invention,
456-459.

Mandingoes, tribe of, 322.

Marsh (Professor), on the Bible Society, 135-his exertions te
promote Dr. Bell's system of education, 136-letter to Mr. Van-
sittart relative to the Bible Society, 469.

Mathison (Mr. Gilbert), his notices respecting Jamaica, 51-cha-
racter of the work, 58, 59.

Mediterranean, description of the, 80.

Merwaun, horrible cruelty of, 170.

Messina, the British warehouses at, shut up, 370.

Methodism, the doctrines of, the basis of all religious reformation,
492-statement of the errors and defects of, 493.

Methodist, remarks relative to that term, 244.

Methodists, Wesleyan, number of, 480-address to them, 500—
their doctrines the instruments of all reformation, 492-how far
they departed from the church in regard to religious character
and temper, 496.

Ministry, papers on a change of, 461.

Mirkhond, great value of his history, 151.

Mirza (Mahommed Ali), letter of Tippoo Sultan to, 343.
Missionaries, persecuting laws against, in the West Indies, 76.
Moira (Earl of), his correspondence, &c. relative to a change of
ministry, 461.

Monks, character of the Roman Catholic, at Jerusalem, 93.
Monk's Hippolytus, 190.

Monument, ancient, illustrative of Homer, 399.

Montgaillard (M. M. de), sur la Grande Bretagne, 206-his data
with respect to the political systems of France and England,
209-his remarks on the population and agriculture of England,
213-on the sinking fund, 214.

Moravians, their exertions to civilize the Africans recommended,
317.

Morea, the songs of, whence derived, 82.

Moryson (Fynes), his description of Jerusalem, 91.

Moses, the freethinking christians character of, 447.

Mosque, description of the, at Jerusalem, 94.

Mountebanks of Bartholomew fair, and Mr. Whitefield, contend
together, 485.

Mutah, battle of, 159.

Mutilation, punishment by, 344.

Murder, curious law relative to in Turkey, 84.

Mysore, subjugation of, 339.

N.

Negroes, observations relative to the conversion of to Christianity,
74.

Nergood Fort, instructions relative to the siege of, 354.

Neves, dreadful cruelty towards the slaves in, 63.

New England men, character of the, 124, 125.

Ode, an Hindû one, 359.

0.

Olympian Jupiter, the temple of at Mazara, 379.
Omar, character of, 162-his death, 163.

Orations, funeral, Mr. Butler on, 413.

Orleans (Duke of), motives which influenced him in regard to the
revolution in Sicily, 373.

Othman, character of, 164.

Oxygen, consumed by all animals, 117-experiments relative to
the absorption of by vegetables, 111-by what parts of vegeta-
bles emitted, and why, 115-on the weight of, 308.

P.

Palestine, travels through, by M. Chateaubriand, 78.
Papers on a change of ministry, 461.

Parker (Dr.), conduct of James II. on the petition against his ap-
pointment as president of Magdalen, 218.

Particles. See Atoms.

Passions, series of plays on the, 172-remarks on, in relation to the
drama, 174.

Perceval (Mr.), consequences of his assassination, 462.

Persia, different original histories of, 151-153.

Philippopoli, 382.

Pierce (John), chief of the Nalo nation, 327.

Poor, increase of the, 251.

Poor laws, objections to the, 253-new policy discussed, 255.
Porson (Professor), the formation of the Greek character reduced
to a system by, 191-peculiar merits of, 192.

Portugal, a poem, 333.

Portuguese, still authorized to carry on the slave trade, 319.
Porteus (Bishop), his remarks on the education of slaves, 67.
Posthomerica, the. See Quintius.

Prayer, according to the freethinking christians notions, 446.

Prayer Books, the printing of, has decreased at Cambridge, and
why, 475.

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