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firming the difcovery of M. Riems
that fome common working bees are
capable of laying eggs, 328-In cafes
of two rival queens being in a hive,
one of them always put to death, 330.
-Confequences of the removal of the
queen from a hive, 331.-Maffacre of
the drones, 333.-Periods at which the
transformations occur in the different
orders of bees, 333.-Account of the
hatching of the queen bee, 334.-Of
the formation of fwarms, 335---Ob-
fervations on the economical treatment
of bees, 337.
Huntingdon, William, S. S. account of,
385.

I

Ingram, Mr, on Methodism, 341.-Ex-

amples, according to them, of the fpe-
cial interference of Providence, 343.
-Specimens of the energy of their
religious feelings, 345.-Shocking ftory
of the effects of their doctrines, 347.
-Religious hoy established between
London and Margate, 351.-Specimen
of the advertisements circulated in their
fingular publications, 352.—Activity
of their exertions in the British army
and navy, 353.-Their doctrines shown
to lead to erroneous and dangerous no-
tions of the prefent judgements of
God, 355.-Their fanaticifm and
gloomy dispofition, 356.-Do not dif-
fent from the articles of the church of
England, but differ in the choice of
the articles upon which they dilate,
357.-Confequences of their notions
upon men of different temperaments,
358.-All their doctrines calculated to
gain influence among the poor and ig-.
norant, ib.-Reflections on the causes,
&c. of the prevalence of fanaticism,
359-Inquiry to what degree Metho-
difm is likely to extend in this coun-
try, 360.

Inn, English, picture of, 372.
Inn, Portuguese, defcription of, 89.-
Spanish, 91.

Inquiry into the State of the Poor, 100.
-Miferies of mankind owing at least
as much to the ignorance as to the bad
defigns of legiflators, 101.-General
character of the prefent work, ib.—
Population of a country, on what it
depends, 102.-Difference between pub-
lic and private benevolence, 105.-

Plan propofed by the author for the
improvement of the poor laws, 106.—
General view of the tendency of the
many plans which have been adopted
for ameliorating the condition of the
poor, 109.

Jupiter, theory of the disturbances of the
fatellites of, 274.

L

Lakes in Cumberland, defeription of, 382.
Lancafler's, Mr, Plan of Education, &c.
61-Account of the method of teach-
ing employed by, 62.-What may be
confidered as the chief improvements
made by, 63.-Duli and diftant mo-
tives hitherto prefented to children,
66.-Advantages arifing from educa-
tion being diffuted among the lower
claffes, 68.

London, view of, from the top of St.
Paul's, 375.

Lowe's, Mr, tract on West India affairs,
character of, 153.

M

Macartney, Lord, Barrow's Life of, 289.
Birth and education of, 291.-Is fent
as envoy to the court of Petersburgh,
ib.-Marries, is appointed fecretary to
the lord lieutenant of Ireland, and
made a knight of the Bath, governor
of Grenada, &c. 294.-Taken prifo-
ner by Count d'Estaing, and carried to
France, 295.-Is appointed to the go-
vernment of Madras, 296.-Integrity
of, in his administration, 297.-Rc-
turns to England, 303.-and is fent
ambafador to the emperor of China,
305.-Made governor of the Cape of
Good Hope, 306.-Returns to Eng-
land, ib. and dies, 307.-Character of
the Ruffian nobility, 308.-Account
of the court ceremonies of the Chinese,
311-Extortion of the Chinese admi-
niftration, 316.-Cultivation of the
ufeful arts difcouraged among, 318.
Macedon, kingdom of, the leatt confider-
able in extent and opulence of all those
into which the dominions of Alexan-
der were divided, 60.-Obftinate resist-
ance oppofed to the Romans by, un-
der many disadvantages, 61.
Mant's Poems, 167.-Neglect of that
style of poetry which delineates the
beauties of the country, among the
writers of the early part of the last
century, 167.-Restored by Thomson,

168.

168.-Author of the prefent work
entitled to praife in that refpect, 169.
--Extracts, ib.

Manufacturing towns, wretched state of
the lower claffes in, 380.
Mayer, Chriftian, the first who applied
algebra to trigonometry, 249.
Milo, an island in the Archipelago, in-
terefting from its harbour and fitua-
tion, 96.

Moon's acceleration, various hypotheses
to account for, 260.-Solved by La
Place, 261.

N

Neutral Queftion, pamphlets on, I -
Great importance of the fubject at
prefent, ib.-Subftance of Mr Ran-
dolph's fpeech in congrefs, 2.-No
conclufion can be formed from the
fentiments of Mr Randolph and his
party, of the probable conduct of the
United States on the present occasion,
3.Importance of the carrying trade
of America underrated by him, 4.-
Opinions advanced by Mr Maryatt in
his publication, 5.-By Mr Medford,
6. Right of the mother country to
monopolize the trade of her colonies,
denied by, 7-Comparative statement
of the confequences of a war between
England and America, to the interefts
of both countries, ib.Investigation
of the claim of England to fearch
foreign veffels for deserters, 9.—That
claim defenfible with regard to Imer-
chant ships, but if extended to veffels
of the state would prove the cause of
conftant hoftility, 10.-Whether the
prefence of a fhip of war ought to
protect a convoy from fearch, 11.-
Inviolability of the territories of a
ftate applies equally to her ships of
war, 13-fhown from Grotius, 14-
A confequence of peculiar abfurdity
arifing from admitting the right of
nations to search each other's fhips, 15.
--Doctrine that the fea may be appro-
priated by a people, examined, 16.-
How far that right, as claimed by Bri-
tain, has been acknowledged by other
nations, 17.-Only inftances in which
the right of searching fhips of war has
been entertained, 19.-Right of fearch-
ing merchantmen admitted by the
Dutch, but denied with regard to ships
of the state, 20.-Importance of the
right of fearch overvalued, 2r.-Claim

to fearch merchantmen for deserters,
shown to be valid, 22.—though attend-
ed with fome difficulties, 23-The
permitting of our feamen to enter into
the American fervice, perhaps upon
the whole an advantage to this coun-
try, 24.-Sufpicion entertained that
the affair of fearch is only the often fible
reafon for defiring a rupture with A-
merica at prefent, 23.-Inquiry whe-
ther the deftruction of all neutrality
would be of advantage to this country,

27.

Obelife, Egyptian, placed in front of St.
Peter's at Rome, 189.

Obfervations on the means of increasing
the regular army, 171.-Fickleness of
our ministry in their military plans,
ib. Only ways in which the army
of a state can be recruited, 172.-Cau-
ses which prevent the recruiting of the
army by voluntary enliftment, ib.
Army of referve, a most iniquitous and
oppreffive measure, 174-Only ration-
al plan that has hitherto been proposed
for the recruiting of the army, 178.
Dependence in cafe of invafion, only
to be placed on the exertions of the re-
gular army, 181,
Otway, ode of, 33.

Р

Paisley, process of purifying the water of
a fmall river at, described, 202.
Palace, imperial, at Rome, vastness of,

55.

Paffinus, account of the city of, 45.
Peter the Great, character of, 308.
Phalanx, Macedonian, description of, 56.
Philopamen, by a well-timed manœuvre,

decides the victory at Sellafia in favour
of the Achæans, 50.
Place La, Traité de Mechanique Céleste,
249-Aftronomy the most fublime and
perfect of the physical sciences, ibid.
View of the principal improvements
made in the integral calculus, 250.
General character of the prefent work,
254.-Divifion of the subject, 255.
Problem of three bodies, 256.; steps
by which mathematicians have been
gradually conducted to the solution of,
257-Various hypothefes to account
for the moon's acceleration, 260.; folv-
ed by La Place, 261.-Inequalities of
the primary planets, 262; explained
by him, 264.--Conclufion relating to

the

the ftability of the planetary fyftem,
265.-Inquiry into the caufes which
determine the figure of the earth, and
of the other planets, 266.-Flux and
reflux of the sea explained, 268.-Equi-
librium of the sea shown to be stable,
271.- Preceffion of the equinoxes;
cause of, first discovered by Newton,
272.-Afterwards more fully explained
by D'Alembert, &c. ib.-Further re-
marks on the disturbances of the pla-
nets, and on the lunar theory, 273.
Disturbances produced by the action of
the fecondary planets on one another,
274. Of aftronomical refraction, 275.
-General eulogium of the prefent work,
277. Conclufion from this view of the
planetary system of a wife design in its
conftruction, 278; which leads to a
beautiful extenfion of the doctrine of
final causes, omitted to be taken notice
of by La Place, 279.-Reflections on
the small number of eminent mathema-
ticians which Britain has produced of
late, 285-Cause of that deficiency to
be fought for chiefly in the public in-
ftitutions of the country, 283.
Planets, primary, account of the theory of
the disturbing forces of, 262.
Poetical extracts from Southey's Specimens

of English Poetry, 33; from Mant's
poems, 169; from Wordsworth, 218;
Lord Byron, 286; Hoyle's Exodus, 364.
Pompeii, remarks on the city of, 189.
Pope. See Bowles.

Prado, at Madrid, description of, 90.
Punifoments, military, extreme severity of,
in this country, 376.

e

Quackery, why fo prevalent in England,
384.

Quakers, character of, 387.

Quarterly lift of new publications, 232,498.
R

Refraction, astronomical, 275.
Rofetta ftone, remarks on the characters
upon, 53.

Ruffian nobility, character of, 308.
S

Salluft. See Steuart.

Sea, caufes of the flux and reflux of, 268.
Stability of equilibrium of, proved,
271.

Scotland, efficacy of religious toleration in
allaying difcontent and infurrection, ex-
emplified in the hiftory of, 130.
Sellafia, account of the battle of, 49.
Semple's, Mr, Travels in Spain, general

character of, 88-Defcription of a
Portuguese inn, 89-Of the Prado at
Madrid, 90.-Of a Spanish inn, 91.
Effects of the battle of Trafalgar at
Cadiz, 93.-Amusements of the Turks,
96. Their character, 97; and that of
the modern Greeks, 99.

Sinclair's, Sir John, Code of Health and
Longevity, general character of, 195.
Plan of the work, 196.-Circumstances
independent of individual intention by
which health is likely to be influenced,
197.-Original theory of the author's,
ib.-Effects of climate, fituation, &c.
198.-Education, &c. of children, 199.
-Qualities of air, 200.-Different forts
of fluids used as drink, 201-Defcrip-
tion of a method of filtering water at
Paisley, 202.-Remarks on tea, 203.—
Wine, 204.-Ale, 205.-Solid food,
206.-Cookery, 207.-Direction for
meals, 208.-Exercises, 209.-Account
of the process of training for boxing,
&c. 210.-Of Sleep, 211-Patience
and industry of the author entirely
mifapplied, 213.

Snow-water, fwellings in the neck occa-
fioned by the ufe of, 202.

Southey's Specimens of English Poetry, 31.
-Object of the compilation, 32.—Ode
of Otway, 33-Verfes by Sir William
Blackstone, 37.-Sonnet of J. Bamfylde,
39.

Spence on Commerce, 430.-Strictures on
the arguments on the unproductiveness
of manfactures, 430.-On the affertion,
that no addition can be made to na-
tional wealth by the accumulation of
profits in the hands of the home trader,
432.-Arguments by which the author
controverts the notion of wealth being
derived from a commerce of import,
436.-Conceffions he makes in favour
of that of export, 437.-The reverse of
his propofitions shown to be more pro-
bable, 438, from a fuppofed cafe illus
trative of the question, 439.-On the
wealth derived from colonies, 441.-
Foreign commerce, though not to be
depreciated, far inferior in importance
to the internal trade of a country,
446.

Staël, Madame de, Corinne, 183.-Out-
line of the ftory of, ib.-Reflections on
the castle of St Angelo, 188, and on
St Peter's, 189.-Remarks on Pompeii,
ib.-Effects on the mind of the fight of
the ruins and antique monuments of

Rome,

Rome, 191.-Effufion of Corinna, fup-
pofed fitting on the promontory of
Mifenum in a moonlight evening, 192.
-Some of the writings of the authoress
are vindicated from the charge of hav-
ing an immoral tendency, 194
Stewart's, Dr. Translation of Salluft, 413.
-Why versions of the ancient profe
authors are in this country less attend-
ed to than thofe of the poets, ib.-Ac-
count of Thucydides, 415.-Miftakes
the translator has committed, 416.-
Remarks on his criticisms on Livy,
423.-Paflage in Herodotus mifunder-
flood hy, 425.-Description of Sallust's
gardens, 427.

Syria, account of the Greek kingdom of,
58.

T

Three bodies, problem of, 257.
Thucydides, account of, 415.

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END OF VOLUME ELEVENTH.

No. XXIII. will be published in April 1808.

D. WILLISON, PRINTER, EDINBURGH.

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