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Missionary, 225, 453, poliiical,
231, 460.
Inventions, new: walking on water,
188; horizontal direction of bal-
loons, 189; globes in relief, ib.;
boat without sails, oars, or steam
apparatus, ib.; machinery for
sweeping streets,ib.; raising water,
ib. imitation of oriental manu-
scripts, ib.; instruments for
per-
spectives, ib.; to render provisions
incorruptible, 407; vessels not
submergible, ib.; mode of saving
persons from drowning, 408; ap-
paratus to impel boats without
oars, ib.; printing presses, ib.;
luminous direction posts, ib.; per-
ambulator, ib., sight preservers,
410; instrument for teaching mu-
sic, 411; polymorphoscope, ib.;
lamp, ib.

Johnston, sir Alexander, communi-
cations from him, 33, 267.
Juan, Don, review of the first canto
of, 353.

L.

Lee, professor, review of two sermons
preached by him at Shrewsbury,
119; account of his life, and ex-
traordinary attainments, 121; com-
pared with the admirable Chric-
ton, 123; his present occupations,
128; his defence of the education
of the lower classes, ib.; cha-
racter of his sermons, 133.
Letters, original ones, from Rev.
Philip Henry, 308; Rev. Matthew
Henry, 311; archbishop Dawes,
312; colonel Gardener, ib.; Rev.
James Hervey, 313.

List of new publications, 193, 413.
Literary intelligence-establishment
of a society for the fine arts at
Birmingham, 220; undertaking-
new grand map of France, 192.
Longevity, instances of, 215, 6, 7, 8,
220, 446, 9, 450, 2, 3.

M.

Malays, their character, 269; of Su-
matra, their character, 17; reli-

gious opinions, 18; form of go-
vernment, 19; legislation, 20;
arts and manufactures, 21.
Manufactures: liquor from mountain
ashberries, 185; Sherbet, 186.
Mason, Rev. Dr. (of New York)
notice of him, 398.

Memoirs of Professor Lee, of
Cambridge, 121; Dean Milner,
244; Sir Joseph Banks, 258,

361.

Milner, Dean, memoir of his life,
244; his early occupation as a
weaver, ib.; is educated at his
brother's expense, 245; assists
his brother in his school, ib.; dis-
tinguishes himself at college, ib.;
chosen Jacksonian professor of
chemistry, 246; acquaintance
with Mr. Pitt and Mr. Wilber-
force, ib.; elected president of
Queen's College, Cambridge, ib.;
his conduct in that office, 247;
made Dean of Carlisle, ib. ; elected
Lucasian professor of mathematics,
248; his vice-chancellorship, ib.;
his writings, ib.; ill state of his
health, ib.; last illness and death,
249; character, 250; religious
opinions, 252; fraternal affec-
tion, 255.
Missionary Intelligence: Society
for Promoting Christian Know-
ledge, 206, 223; Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Fo-
reign Parts, 45S; Moravian Mis-
sions, 224; Baptist Missions,
225, 423, 453; Wesleyan Mis-
sions, 201, 228; Church Mission-
ary Society, 202, 228, 459; Lon-
don Missionary Society, 204, 226,
450; Glasgow Missionary So-
ciety, 227; American Board of
Foreign Missions, 228; Home
Missionary Society, 204; United
Foreign Missionary Society in
America, 230; American Baptist
Missions, 231; Episcopal Mis-
sionary Society in America, ib.;
Basle Missionary Institution,
460.

Monumental Inscriptions to the
Memory of Great and Good Men,

31.

468

N.

INDEX.

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Obituary of Mr. John Scott, 211;
Richard Twiss, Esq., 213; M. de
Fontanes, ib.; Earl of Carhamp-
ton, ib.; Admiral Bligh, 216;
Rev. Noah Blackburn, 217; W.
Stevenson, Esq., 218; Mrs. Pi-
ozzi, 219; Dr. Bateman, 220; |
Dr. James Gregory, 221; Mar-
quess of Londonderry, 222; Rev.
Dr. Neilson, ib.; Napoleon Buo-
naparte, 433; Charles Alfred
Stothard, Esq., F.A.S., 444; Kea
Kang Emperor of China, 446;
Prince Charles of Hesse Rothen-
berg, ib.; Dr. James Carmichael
Smith, 447; Thomas Morgan,
LL.D., ib.; Abel Worth, Esq.,
448; Oliver Cromwell, Esq., 449;
Sir Francis Milman, 450; Rev.
Dr. Ford, 451; Rev. Peter Gon-
dolphy, 452; Rev. Daniel Au-
gustus Beaufort, LL.D., 453.
Ordinations, 214,5,6,8, 9, 221, 449.
Original letters, from Rev. Philip
Henry, 308; Rev. Matthew Henry,
311; Archbishop Dawes, 312;
Colonel Gardiner, ib.; Rev. James
Hervey, 313.

Orme, Rev. William, review of his
memoirs of the life of Dr. John
Owen, 315, commended 315, 347;
its defects 319, 352; his partiality
to the Independents, 344, 6.
Owen, Dr. John, review of memoirs

of his life by Orme, 315; his
descent, ib.; education, 316; re-
tirement from Oxford, 319; con-
version, 320; first publication,
322; views of toleration, 322, 347,
9; settlement at Fordham, 323,

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removal to Coggeshall 347; jour-
ney to Ireland and Scotland, ib;
appointment to the deanery of
Christ church, ib; to the vice-
chancellorship of Oxford, 348;
conduct in the government of the
University, 349; election as mem-
ber of Parliament, ib.; conduct
after the death of Cromwell, 350;
retirement from public life, ib.;
death, 351; character, ib.
Owen, Mr.; meeting in Lanarkshire
to consider his plan for the relief
of the poor, and working classes,
208.

P.

Park, Mungo, poem on his death,
Philanthropic intelligence, provincial,
175, 399.
213, 5, 216, 221, 2, 448, 450, 452;
state of the public hospitals in
London, 209; proccedings of phi-
lanthropic institutions; society for
the relief of the Houseless Poor,
206; African Institution, 207;
Royal Humane Society, ib.; Free-
masons' Female School, ib.; West-
minster Irish Free School, ib.;
Floating Hospital for Seamen,
209; Society for the Encourage-
ment of Female Servants, ih.;
Royal Universal Dispensary for
Children, ib.; London Female
Penitentiary, 210.

Phenomena and curious productions
of nature; productive stalk of
wheat, 186; rare birds in Eng-
land, ib.; eruption of a volcano,
ib.; atmospheric phenomenon,
187; immense diamond, ib.; large
block of amethyst, ib. ; huge mass
of native iron, ib.; volcano in the
moon, 188; the unicorn, 406; a
mermaid, 407; rare plants in the
botanical garden at Glasgow, ib.
Poetry: what is poetry, a vision,
54; the death of Mungo Park,
175, 399.
Population-review of Godwin's
treatise on, 86; refutation of Mr.
Malthus's theory upon the sub-
ject, 86, 89, 92, 102, 9; in China,

95, 130; India, 96; South Ame-
rica, 97; Sparta, 98; Rome, 99;
North America, 102, 110; Swe-
den, 103; England and Wales,
105; Holland, 105, 112; France,
105; the idea of its redundancy
chimerical, 117.

Political Retrospect, 231, 400.
Preaching in the streets, proceedings
against Mr. Waller for it, 424.
Presbyterians, proofs of their former
intolerance, 325.

Prisons, account of various, 216,
221.

Prize question of the Medical So-
ciety of Paris, 191.
Publications, list of new ones, 195,

413.

R.

Raffles, sir Thomas Stamford, com-
munications from him, 1, 9, 284;
his instructions to the committee
for promoting the education of
the natives of Sumatra, 9; letters
to him from the school com-
mittee of Bencoolen, 13, 16, 26;
letter from him to the committee,
29.

Rajàvali, translation of the, from the
Cinghalese, 33, 267.
Religious institutions, proceedings
of — Sunday School Society for
Ireland, 201; British and Foreign
Bible Society, 202; Prayer Book
and Homily Society, 203; London
Society for Promoting Christianity
amongst the Jews, ib.; London
Hibernian Society, ib.; London
Itinerant Society, ib.; Port of
London Society, 304, 423; Naval
and Military Bible Society, ib.;
Merchant Seaman's Auxiliary
Bible Society, 206; Cambrian So-
ciety, ib.; Sunday School Union,
421; Protestant Society for the
Protection of Religious Liberty,
ib.; Continental Society, 422;
Church of England Tract Society,
423; intelligence ;-proceedings
against Mr. Samuel Waller for
preaching in the streets, 424; re-
fusal of a minister of the church
of England to read the burial ser-

evice over the body of a Dissenter,
217; appointment of an additional
service at Brighton church by the
king, 220.
Retrospect, political, 231, 460; ne-
crological of the year 1820, 235.
Review of Godwin on population,
86; two sermons preached at
Shrewsbury by professor Lee,
109; Prince Hoare's memoirs of
Granville Sharpe, 134; the im-
provement of English roads urged,
151; Orme's memoirs of Dr.
Owen, 315; Don Juan, canto I-,

353.

Roads, review of a pamphlet on
their improvement, 151.
Roscoe, Mr., his remonstrances
against solitary imprisonment,

175.

S.

Scott, John, account of him, 211.
Sharp, Granville, review of Hoare's

Memoirs of him, 134; his early
life, 136; direction of his exertions
to ameliorate the condition of
African slaves, ib.; successful ex-
ertions in behalf of Jonathan
Strong, 137; of Hylas, 138; of
J. Somerset, ib.; his publications
136, 7, 9, 141, 3; refusal to enter
into holy orders, 137; honorable
resignation of his situation in, the
Ordnance office, 139; controversy
with Dr. Johnson on the lawful-
`ness of impressing, 140; exertions
in favour of American indepen-
dence, 141, 3; for the abolition
of the slave-trade, 142, 3, 5;
procures the establishment of the
colony of Sierra Leone, 144; his
character, 149; independence,
138; active charity, 147; mo-
desty, 146; private character, ib.;
piety, 148; death, 149.
Stafford, Rev. Ward, report to the
Female Missionary Society of
New York, 153, 379.

Stothard, Charles Alfred, account
of him, 444.

Stuart, Rev. Moses, of Andover,
N. A., communication from him,
395.

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