INDEX. 
rii 
Public affairs, state of 
Publications, lists of new 
PAGE. 
71, 169, 276, 382, 
488 j 590 
52, 151, 261, 359, 
467, 572 
«• *« 25 b 
.. 18 
. . 6 z2 
Pumps, improvement in «. 
Punishments, on capital 
Purnell, J accourt of 
Quadric’s, Dr. operations on the blind 164 
Quakers, on the church government of lc8 
109 
Qualls per nemo rerem, &c. on the au¬ 
thor of .. 124 
Qualifications for a place .. 142 
Quarter sessions, on county *• 426 
Queries on gas lights .... 545 
Questions, on teaching children by 128,422 
prize 68, 161, 1^3, 165, 273 
Quotation, an ingenious .. 143 
Rabbits devouring their young, on 326, 441 
page. 
Saxon language, on the 77 129, 530 
School masters, inadequate pay of 427 
Schools, institution of charity 86, 87, 179, 
39 ^> 5031 617 
Radclifte, Dr. letter of 
Raikes, R. account of 
Pvaine, Dr. account of • • • 
Raleigh, Sir W. letters of 
... anecdote of 
Raphael, engraved life of , 
Ptashleigh, P. account of 
Records, report on the public 
Reform, on parochial •, 
.in parliament, on 
2»5, 
140, 
141 
191 
497 
141 
353 
163 
97 
158 
80 
26, 226 
.. on the state of grammar 
.. in Germany . 
dialogue on the discipline of 
Scorav, G account of •• .. 
Scott, Waltei-, on the poetry of 
Scripture, on illustrations of the 
.... on the coins mention'“d in 
.. Indian translations of the 
18 
162 
337 
179 
135 
324 
261, 
373 
. ,05 the improved version of 
^ the 324, 342, 539 
Seamen, on impre'sin» 32,240 
Seaton Carew, remarkable adventure at 
Seaton, Rev. J. account of .... 
‘^evern, extension of the towing path on 
the .. . 
• tunnel under the .. .« 
Seward family, monument to the 
Shaftesbury, Earl of, his death 
Shakesp^re, critical remarks ori 19, 212,222;. 
, explanation of passages in 126-7 
302. 
5‘3 
89 
190 
291 
82 
, meetings for 80, 194, 200 
., plan of legal 554 
Reid, T. account of .. 179 
Representation, on a re.^orm in the 26, 226 
Respiration, on artificial 163 
Rhodes, present state of 433> 633 
Richard of Cirencester, on the Itinerary 
of •. . • . • 22, 439 
Richardson, W. W. account of 277 
Rifle corps, contest of .. .. 289 
Riots at Nottingham .... 5C>5 j6i3 
Roads, on Roman and British ., 376 
.... over the Alps, on the 529 
Roberts, Morris, extraordinary escape of 303 
Robinson, G. account of •• 
Roesler’s, Mr. method of education 
Rome, imperial decrees concerning 
Romilly, on the family of .... 
Roofs, iron ones for houses 
Rooms, improved methods of heating 
82 
68 
164 
463 
256 
160, 
240 
4^3 
. . 95 j 305 
Russia, literary society in ,« 65 
•.. trade to China .. .. 583 
Rutland, Duke of, actions against the 18b 
Sadler, Mr. his aerial voyages 92, 174, 401 
120 
215 
, 624 
300 
Rowlands, Rev. O, account of 
Ruffin, Gen. account of 
Saint, Mr. on Taylor’s Arithmetic 
... reply to .. 
Saldanha frigate, loss of tlie ,, 
Salisbury, storm at . 
Sand Rock Spring, Isle of Wight, ac¬ 
count of . 
Sanscrit, illustrations of the bible by the 135 
Sassafras tree, on the fruit of the 326 
Savage, conversion of a , . ,, 252 
Saul, Isaac, account of 28a 
314 
Skiddaw, account of 
Sheep, on the foot rot in . « 
Sheriff, a patriotic .. 329, 
Ships of war in commission «. ' 
.. improvements in 
Shirting cloth, improvement in 
Shrewsbury, execution at .• 
.... ...... charity school at 
Shropshire prison charities .. 
.agricultural society 
Silchester, antiquity of .. 
Sick, pillage of the i. .. 
Silk mills, improvement in .. 
Silver, on the price of 
.vein in Cornwall .. 
Sinking fund, state of the , . 
Sixtus, Pope, anecdote of ,, 
Skeffington,Lady, account of 
Slavery, on the negro 
Small pox, after vaccination 
..w, cases of secondary 
., remarkable cure of 
Smart, J. account of 
Smith, J, account of ,, 
Smithfield cattle show 
Societies, proceedings of learned 38, 
257,363,472, 
Soldiers, employment for 
Somerset House, decay of the iron work 
«• •• 
Somnambulism, instance of 
Sound, observations on .. 
Southwark bridge, advantages of the 
Sowden, R. account of 
Spain, state of affairs in 71, 160 
Spanish warfare, errors of the 
Sparta, account of the site of ., 
Spencer, Rev. T. account of 
Stage, on the abuses of the 
Stage coaches, ineflicacy of the act for 
Stamford, population of 
500 
16% 
544 
79 
585 
149 
292 
617 
189 
ib. 
# 
13 
252 
4 P* 
516 
17a 
44 
177 
549 
63 
ib; 
128 
82, 
411 
602 
154, 
5^4 
217 
286 
160 • 
340 
284 
,276 
343 
637 
184 
I2S 
336 
87 
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