INDEX, 
PAGE, 
MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 
Andrew Marvell 37 
Madame de Sevigne MS 
_----. Henry Briggs O15 
——— M. Gaillard 388 
James Elphinston 484, 595 
Capt. Evans 49] 
Duke of Portland 585 
Mercury, on the uses of 92 
Merino sheep, sale of 60 
Mermaids, their existence ascertained 309 
Metal, discovery of a new 
Metempsychosis, antient doctrine of 188 
Meteors, description of remarkable 366, 
580 
Metcoric stones, alumine in 513 
Meteorological re aoe 123, 243, 347, 4477, 
3023 650 
Methodists, conference of the , box 
Micro-cosmographby, account ofthe 281 
Mineralogy of Staffurdshire, 35, 266, 384, 
462 
Mines, on correcting the damp in 369, 
572, 580 
Miracles, remark on 590 
Mist, power oftrees to condense 399 
Montesquieu, anecdote concerning 53 
Mortality, bill of 708 
Mosaic, derivation of the word 376 
Moss, uses of the long white 509 
Mouse, discovery of a newspeciesof 61 
Mules, on the fecundity of 461 
Murray, Sir J. character of 328 
_ Musical publications, review of 64, 209, 
315, 417, 521, 618 | 
pendulum chronometer, ac- 
count of a 270 
scifénce, opinions of the 
Turks on 500 
. instrament, account ofa new 514 
Names of places, derivation of 138 
Napier, mean conduct of 365 
Naples, state of the kingdom of 450 
-- conservatory of St. Onufrio at 499 
Napoleon Museuin, account of the 455 
— coronation of 483 
National Institute, proceedings of the 195, 
294, 402, 504, 606 
disputes, plan of se! tling Q71 
Naturalists Monthly reports, 122,942, 346, 
446, 551, 649 
Natural history, duties on articles of 272 
Navigation, on the internal of Ireland 358 
Navy, origin of alphabetical signals in 
the 
169 
Nelson, lord, statue tothe memory of 241 
Newcastle, courthouse and gaol at 223 
school established at. 430, 635 
Newspaper representation, on 354 
Niece, account of the amphitheatre at 205 
Nonconformists, returns of 289 
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Norden’s Speculum Britannia, account 
of 395 
Norfolk agricultural society, meeting 
ofthe 2a 
Norwich, account of queen Elizabeth’s 
visit to 184 
improvement at 437 
Nutmegs, caution concerning 616 
Oak-tree, discovery of aremarkable 636 
Observatory of Seeborg, state of the 206 
Oenométer, description of gees) 
Officer, jour:al ofa British 349, 557 
Onufrio at Naples, couservatorio 499 
Opera, the iirst that appeared in 
France 52 
Opium, new method of preparing the 
extract of 312 
Oran Otan, anecdotes of the 141 
Orator, on a bad 398 
Oratorical society, account of an 152 
Oriental accounts of the reignof Bah- 
man 449 
Osages, curious particulars of the- 245 
Oswestry agricultural society, pro- 
ceedings of the 112 
Owen, Sir Hugh, account of 23 
Oxford, election of the chancellor of 624 
Palm tree, account of a fossil BAe 
Papa, origin of the word 189 
Paper, made from straw 60 
how. to extract crease from oral 
new mode of sizing 414 
improvement in 519 
Parliament, abstract of new acts of 89, 
211, 3503 
plans of reform of 22. "15, 
254, 303, 375, 482, 580 
Parliamentary boroughs, origin of the 615 
Parricide, remarkable instance of 399 
Pastoral poetry, observations on 33 
— specimen of 255 - 
Patents lately enrolled, 66, 200, 314; 07, 
517 , 603 
eranted in France 413 
Paternoster, old English version of the 592 
Pauiinus, bishop of Nola, anecdote of 189 
Paul’s, St. anecdote concerning the 
building of 188 
Pawnbrokers, impositions of 262 
Pentateuch, Jewish rule concerning 
the 52 
Perceval, Mr. letters of 4.25, 426 
Peruvian bark, substitute for 407 
Petersfield, shew of sheep at 459 
Pett, Sir Peter, letter of 288 
Pheenomena, remarkable 12, 414, 419 
Pharmacopeeia, account of the Lon- 
don 
Philopatris Varvicensis, explanation 
of 354 
Piano-forte, on the invention of the 23, 
483 
387 
Pike, 
658 
see 
an improved 
