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sence, observing that, as they had been the ruin of him, he would prevent them injuring any one hereafter.

At Massulipatam, in the house of James O. Tod, Esq. Judge and Chief Magistrate there, on the 5th November 1818, Lieutenant Alexander D. Coull, of the Madras artillery, son of James Coull, Esq. of Ashgrove, in the county of Moray. This young gentleman, cut off in his twenty-seventh year, particularly distinguished himself at the storming of Nagpore, where he received a gunshot wound in the neck, which proved the occasion of his death. He was much esteemed and beloved by his brother officers, who have erected a monument to his memory in the chapel ground at Massulipatam, where his body was interred with military honours.

At Hastings, Colonel Herries. This gentleman has commanded the light horse volunteers near forty years.

At Peckham, Mrs Blackwood, relict of Shovel Blackwood, Esq. of Petreavie.

At St Bernard's, Jamima, fourth daughter of Mr Archd. Lundie, writer to the sig

net.

At London, after a long and painful illness, Edith, wife of Francis Law of Lauriston, Esq. in the county of Mid-Lothian. At the great age of 106 years, Duncan Macrae, in Bogbain, near Inverness. His brother Alexander died in the same place, several years ago, at nearly the same age.

At Weymouth, aged 82, Robert Bayard, Esq. of Bath. He is supposed to be the last surviving officer who fought under the command of the brave General Wolf, at the battle of Quebec, in the year 1759, and was near him when he fell.

In the neighbourhood of Luss, Archibald Glen, labourer, aged upwards of 90. His father, Janies Glen, commonly called the "Glasgan," and John (Bearnack) Colquhoun, two notorious characters, belonged to a party of twelve men raised by the Laird of Luss, in aid of the persecution, and served under the bloody "M'Aulay,' of Ardincaple, in that unhappy period of bigotry and oppression.

At Vienna, after a severe illness, in the 41st year of his age, Prince M. de Lichtenstein, Field Marshal and LieutenantGeneral in the service of Austria.

Cæsar Colclough Armett, Esq. Major in his Majesty's 35th regiment of foot, and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the army. He accompanied his regiment, in which he served upwards of twenty years, to Egypt, Sicily, France, and the Greek islands, where he remained a considerable time, and was present at several engagements with that distinguished corps. His regiment being under orders for Canada, he, with his wife and four children, embarked on board the packet from Bristol to Cork, which unhappily foundered in a gale of wind, and thus,

at the early age of 36 years, his country is deprived of a brave soldier, and society of six respected and amiable individuals.

Lieutenant-Colonel David Roberts, formerly of the 'life guards, but last of the 51st regiment of infantry, in his 63d year, at Havre-de Grace, in Normandy, whither he had retired in the hope of recruiting his health, shattered as was his frame by a long life of the severest military duty in various parts of the world, and by the many and dangerous hurts he had received in actual service. At Lugo, while under the command of Sir John Moore, Colonel Roberts, then acting as Brigade-Major to General Leith, was wounded in the right hand, which it was found necessary to have amputated. On his recovery, he trod the path of glory under the Duke of Welling. ton, and was present at most of the serious affairs in the Peninsula. At the battle of Bidassoa he was unfortunately struck in the back with a musket-bullet, which, lodg ing beneath the shoulder-blade, remained unextracted to the hour of his death..

At Arkleton, near Langholm, after an illness of three weeks, John Jardine, Esq. The partiality of surviving friends often tempts them to exaggerate the merits of the departed, but in the present instance there is no room; Mr Jardine was a man of the most amiable disposition; faithful, sincere, and honourable in his dealings, disinterested in his views, and open in his conduct; with feelings particularly alive to the misfortunes of his fellow creatures, be was always ready, as far as lay in his power, to alleviate the sufferings of the distressed. His loss will be long and sincerely regretted by a numerous circle of friends and acquaintances, and will be particularly felt by the poor in his own immediate neighbourhood, in whose hearts his many private charities, and the exercise of those virtues which constitute the character of a truly good man, has served to raise and establish a fair and lasting monument to his memory, which will never be forgotten.

At Edinburgh, in the 65th year of his age, Dr Inglis, formerly minister of Kirkmabreck,

At St John's Lodge, Herts, General Sir Cornclius Cuyler, Bart. Governor of Kinsale, and Colonel of the 69th regiment of foot.

At Holmwood, near Henley, aged 17. Ensign Kerr, 35th foot, eldest son of Lord Mark Kerr.

At Jamaica, Mr William Grant, third son of the Rev. William Grant, Sanday, Orkney.

Lost, on his voyage home from Quebec, Captain Arch. Moore of Seabank, Rothesay. From some linens that were washed on shore, having his name marked on them, it is understood his ship was wrecked in the river St Lawrence, and that all on board perished.

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GENERAL INDEX.

ABERDEEN, motion of Lord Archibald
Hamilton regarding, lost in the House of
Commons, 366

Aecident in a coal pit, near Paisley, 33
singular one, 368-Melancholy
ones in the Frith of Forth, 567-8
Africa, notice of Bowditch's travels in, 168
-His mission to Ashantee, 432-Ra-
vages of the plague in, 563-Insurrec-
tion of the Caffres, ib.

Agency of spirits, opinion of the middling
classes of Scotland in the 17th century
on the, 225

Agricultural Reports, 89, 185, 279, 378,
473, 577

Alloa, account of the meeting of the Shake-
speare club there, 398, 545
America, United States of, opening of Con-
gress, and president's speech, 79-Review
of Warden's account of, 149-Advantages
derived from English parentage, 150
Lakes and rivers, 151-Minerals, 152-
Commerce, 153-Political situation, 155

Population of New York, 169-Trial
of two British subjects who were shot by
order of General Jackson, 173-Treaty
with and Great Britain regarding boun-
daries and fisheries, 266-Obtain the
Floridas from Spain, 363-Proceedings
of Congress regarding the execution of
Arbuthnot and Ambrister, ib.-Deci-
sion at New York of a case arising out
of the non-intercourse act, 563
American water-burner, notice of an in-
vention so called, 355

Amusements, public ones in Britain, jour-
nal of, 370, 468, 571

Ancient and modern ladies, a song, 318
Anecdote of the Bastile, 324
Anecdotes of the Peninsular war, by a pri-
vate soldier, 344—And of the battle of
Waterloo, 346

429

of Bonaparte's campaign of 1809,

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Antar, a Bedoueen romance, review of,

621

Appointments, promotions, &c. 84, 182,
276, 373, 471, 575

Arbuthnot and Ambrister, two English-
men, tried and shot by an American ge-
neral, 173-Proceedings of the Ameri-
can Congress, regarding, 363

Arctic Highlands in Baffin's Bay, account
of the, 332

Army, British, official returns of the, 268,
.. 273

Arts of painting and sculpture, why they

are yet but in a state of infancy in Bri-
tain, 289

Ashantee, interesting particulars regarding
the kingdom of, 432

Assembly, General, proceedings of, 569
Autumnal Excursion, the, remarks on, 319
Baden, death of the Grand Duke of, 78
Baffin's Bay, account of Ross's voyage to,
329

Balsam found in Spain, singular effects of
a, 454

Bank of England, resolutions for its re-
sumption of payments in cash, 565, 566
Bank notes, notice of plans for the im-
provement of, 259

restriction act, on the repeal of the,
43-Report of Parliamentary Commit-
tees on the, 461

Bankrupts, lists of English and Scotch, 93,
189, 283, 382, 477, 581
Bastile, anecdote of the, 324
Bay of Islands, account of a visit to, 309
Bell, Peter, a poem ascribed to Words-
worth, remarks on, 425-Another Peter
Bell, 427

Belzoni, M. notice of, 452
Berry, Captain, particulars of his late visit
to New Zealand, 394, 405
Biographical sketch of the life of M. Von
Kotzebue, 509

Birds, on the singing of, 17-Its unifor-
mity among the same species in the most
distant countries, 19-The motives which
induce them to sing, 20-No large fowl
known to sing, 21

Births, lists of, 93, 190, 284, 383, 478, 582
and funerals, superstitious customs
of the Scottish peasantry at, 219
Bombay, temperatures there, 166--Popu-
pulation of, 167

Bonaparte, anecdotes of his campaign of
1809, 429

Bowditch, Mr, review of his mission to
Ashantee, 432

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Brown, Dr Thomas, review of his Emily Conflagration in Switzerland, 362-210

and other poems, 160

Brunton, the late Mrs, on the character
and writings of, 45 On her novel of
Emmeline, 444-Memoir of her life,
483 Letter of to Miss Joanna Baillie,
488 Lines written by, 489 Her fatal
forebodings of death, 490

Burgundy, letter-patent of the Duchess of,
in 1445, 140

Burns, the poet, commemoration of at
Edinburgh, 269-Proposed monument
to at Edinburgh, 466
Calcutta, shipping at the port of, 468
Caledonian Horticultural Society, proposal
of for establishing a botanical garden,
&c. 70
Campaign of Bonaparte in 1809, anecdotes
of, 429

Campbell, Thomas, review of his Speci-
mens of British Poets, 248

Carlisle, distresses of the weavers of, 570
Catholic claims rejected in House of Com-
mons by a majority of two, 462
Caucasus, account of the Scottish mission-
aries there, 323

Churches, new, where wanted in Scotland,
567

Ceremonial of Eastern Courts, remarks on
the, 327

Ceylon, rebellion of the natives of, crush-
ed, 362

Chalmers, Dr, remarks on sermons of, 242
Chancery, amount of effects belonging to
suitors in, 464

Clergy of Scotland, secular employments
of, reprobated in the Court of Session,
568-Case in the General Assembly re-
garding, 569

Climate, remarks on, 141
Clyde, the Vale of, a poem, 522

Coal pit, rescue of two men who had been
immured in one for ten days, 33
Cochrane, Lord, his arrival in South Ame-
rica, 363-Takes the command of the
Chili squadron, ib.
Commercial Reports, 91, 187, 281, 380,
475, 579

embarrassments of the coun-
try, observations on the, 337-How they
must be removed, 339
Commons, House of, appoint a committee
to consider the affairs of the bank. 176
Discussions in, on the King's establish-
ment at Windsor, 177, 268-Finance
statements in, 267-Appoint a commit-
tee to revise the criminal code, 268
Bills regarding the poor laws, 365-Re-
port of committee on the bank restric-
tion, 462-Reject Catholic claims by a
majority of two, ib.-Reject motion for
doing away state lottery, ib.Appoint
committee to consider of Scotch burgh
reform, ib.-Carry resolution in favour
of cash payments by the bank, 565,
566-Reject motion for a committee on.
the state of the nation, 565 275 276

Congress of Vienna, remarks on al poetical
piece entitled the, 423
Considerations on the proposed repeal of
the usury laws, 233

Conspiracy, trial in London for, 567
Corporal punishment, on its use in public
schools, 36

Court of Session, proceedings in, 81-Im-
provements in the Outer House, 567
Craignethan Castle, its supposed identity
with Tillitudlem in the tale of Old-Mor-
tality, 138, 525

Lady Mary o,' an old ballad,
523Notes on, 526

Credulity, remarkable instance of, 463
Crib, Tom, remarks on his Memorial to
Congress, 300

Crimes and offences tried at the Old Bailey,
London, 179-Increase of, 367
Criminal law and punishment of death,
view of the progress of opinion on the,
195 Parliamentary committee appoint-
ed to revise the, 268

Curiosity, singular one at Glenlyon, Perth-
shire, 541

Cursory remarks on poets and poetry, 228
Dante, remarks on his poem Inferno, 3
Dead bodies, trial for the crime of raising,
269

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Edinburgh, riot at the execution of a éti-
minal there, and shocking circumstances!
attending it, 49 Cominemoration of
Burns at, 269-Destructive fire at, 270

On the exhibition of ancient paintings
in, 289-Increase of buildings in. 359
-Execution of George Warden there,'
463 Donations to the College Museum'
of, 555

novels, review of, 60-
Education Committee, and the Quarterly
Review, remarks on the, 224

modern, of the middling classes,
remarks on, 314

Egypt, exertions of the Pacha to extend
the commerce of, 5631 s

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Eleonora, the Princess, daughter of King
James I. of Scotland, account of, 206
Embarrassments, commercial, causes of the
late, 337-How to be removed, 339
Emigration to America, extent of, 465
Emmeline, a novel, by the late Mrs Brun-

ton, remarks on, ¬44
England, Hazlitt's lectures on the comic
genius of, Lecture III. 12-Lecture IV.
143 Lecture V. 146

English dramatic writers, on those who
preceded Shakespeare, 127, 348, 409
Epidemic fever, on the prevailing, 532
Eskimaux, discovery of a tribe of, hitherto

unknown, 330-Their notions of reli-
gion, and a future state, 333-Their
sledges, ib.

Essayists, British, on their declining popu-
larity, 538

Execution of Robert Johnston at Edin-
burgh, 49-Of George Warden, 463---
Of John M Niel at Ayr, 569
Exhibition of ancient paintings in Edin-
burgh, remarks on the, 289-Beneficial
in promoting the advancement of the
fine arts, 291

Explosion of a powder mill at Hounslow,
568

Fancy dictating to philosophy, curious in-
⚫stance of, 119

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Fever, the present epidemic, remarks on
some recent publications on, 532
Fine arts, why only in a state of infancy in
Britain, 289
Fire, destructive one in Edinburgh, 270-→ I
One at Savannah, 461-One at Chris.
tiana, in Norway, 562-Dreadful one at
Norfolk, Virginia, 563

sity, 451-Turbulent spirit of the uni
versity students in, 459-Public libraries
of, 566
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Giesecke's Greenland Museum, notice of,
355

Glasgow, state of in 1692 and 1815, 14 P
Glenlyon, Perthshire, singular curiosity
there, 541

Good Hope, Cape of, insurrection of the
Caffres against the Government of, 563
Gottingen, narrative of transactions there
during 1818, which led to the dispersion
of a great part of the students, 394
Riotous conduct of the students, 396,
514-Rebellious edict, and resolutions
of the students, 518

Greece, modern, progress of science and H-
terature in, 452!

Gurney on Prison Discipline, review of, 156
Hamilton, Lord Archibald, his motion for
a committee on the cottish burghs car-
ried against ministers, 462
Hastings, Marquis of, his reply to address
of the inhabitants of Calcutta, 79
Hazlitt, Mr, nis lectures on the comic ge
Inius of England-3. Cowley, Butler,
Suckling, &c., 12-Historical illustra
tions of Shakespeare by, 39-4. Wycher-
ly, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar,
143-5. Periodical essayists, 146

Helena, St, lines on, 425

Herculaneum, state of the manuscripts
found there, 453

Herring fishery, the Dutch, remarks on,
106

Scottish, historical notices
of the, 216
(Historical illustrations of Shakespeare, 39
view of the progress of opinion
on the criminal law, &c. 195

offices, duties paid to government by
the, 367
Floridas, East and West, ceded by Spain
to the United States, 363
Forgery of bank notes, trials in London
for, 80, 178-Address of a London jury
on the increase of trials for, 178
France, formation of a new ministry in,
78 Exertions of the Royalists of against
athe measures of ministry, 361-Creation
of new Peers to counteract their influ
ence, ib.Public libraries of, 567–Trial!
for a conspiracy against the life of the
Duke of Wellington, 562
Friendly societies, case regarding, 367
Galvanism, extraordinary experiments in,

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Ganges, notice of a survey of the heads of
the, 453

General Assembly, proceedings of, 569
Geography for the use of Schools, review
of First Book of, 251

Georgia, severity of the winter there, 460.-
Germany, assassination of M. Kotzebue by
a young student, 361-Religious and
political fanaticism in, 362--Account of
the transactions in Gottingen during the
summer of 1818, 304, 514-jstablish-
ment of a new Royal Prussian Univer-

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notices of the Scottish herring
fishery, 216
Humboldt, Count, on the laws which gn-
vern the distribution of vegetables, 556
Hurricanes, ravages of one at Jamaica, 174
-Account of one at Madras, 460—and
at the Mauritius, 562
Hydrophobia, fatal effects of, 369
Hygrometer and simpiesometer, notice of
Mr Adie's, 259 »

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Hygrometry, and meteorological observa-
tions, remarks on, 10

Jamaica, ravages of a hurricane there, 174
Java, remarkable mineral spring in, 3534
Jerusalem, visit of the Archbishop of, to
England, 454

Indies, East, address of the inhabitants of
Calcutta to the Governor-General, and
his reply, 79-Progress of translations of
the Scriptures in the, 166-Population
of Bombay, 167-Notice respecting high
mountains in the, 453-State of the ar-
my in the, 460-Shipping of Calcutta,
468

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Interesting narrative of a British soldier,
340-Storming of Monte Video, 343—
Retreat to Corunna, 344-Walcheren
expedition, 345-Attack of Fuentes de
Honore, 346-Battle of Waterloo, ib.
Joe, an English story, 403.

Johnston, Robert, riot and shocking cir-
cumstances at the execution of at Edin-
burgh, 49

Italy, literary and scientific notices con-
cerning, 451

Justiciary, High Court of, proceedings of
the, 82, 178-Report of the Lord Ad-
vocate on the occurrences which took
place at the execution of Johnston, 178
Farther proceedings of, 179, 269, 367,
570

Circuit Courts of, proceedings at

the, 466
Kean, Mr, on his performance of Othello,
209

King, Dr William, review of his Anec-
dotes of his own Times, 55

Knowledge, probable effects of the increase
of, on the condition of society, 22—Dif-
fusion of, detrimental to the happiness of
the lower ranks of society, 121—Un-
hinges their religious principles, 125
Kotzebue, M. Augustus de, assassinated at
Manheim, 361.--Biographical sketch of
the life of, 509

Ladies, young, of Scotland, bad effects of
the modern system of education on those
of the middling classes, 316

Ladies, ancient and modern; a new song,
318

Lakes, letters from the, 202

Lawrence, St, account of a wreck and es-
cape from drowning among the rapids
of, 109

Letter from Spain, 422

Letters from the Lakes, No. I. 202
Letters, original, of Lord Lovat and Zach.
ary Boyd, 239

Letters from London, by an Islander, 389,
491-Answer to them, written from
Skye, 495

Leyden, Dr John, remarks on the life and
poetical remains of, 414

Lords, House of, chimney sweepers' bill
thrown out by, 364 Reject motion in
favour of the Catholics, 564
Lovat, Lord, original letters of, 239
Madras, hurricane there, 460
Manuscript notes, from an interleaved
book of travels, 529

Marriages, lists of, 94, 190, 284, 384, 479,
583

Memoir of the late Mrs Brunton, 485
Mermaid, the, a Scottish ballad, 400
Meteorological reports, 88, 184, 278, 377,
473, 577

Mineral spring, remarkable one in Java,
353

Miniature volcano in the West Indies,
261

Miracle, modern, singular relation of a,
27

Missionaries of Caucasus, account of the,

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Natural history, poetical uses of, 113153
Libraries, public ones, of Germany, 556- Naval fete, grand one in Leith roads, 369

. Of France, 557

Light, phenomenon of, 127

Lightning, account of a recovery from a
stroke of, 536

Lines on seeing the sun set from Arthur's
Seat, 165

Literary and scientific intelligence, 70, 166,
259, 353, 451, 555

Literary curiosities, notice of, 354
Literature, oriental, on the neglect of, 297
Lithography, observations on, 447
Lochlomond, on some proposed alterations
on, 241

London, deaths in, in 1818, 81-Remarka-
ble fog in, 82-Receipts of theatres in,
168-Letters from, by an Islander, 389,
491-Sale of the museum, 452-An-
swer to the islander's letters from, 495

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