Blackwood's Magazine/Volume 1/Index

Accident, dreadful one in a coal-pit, 546.

Adam, the late Dr, letter of Dr Vincent respecting, 260.

Africa, failure of the expedition to the Congo, 101—Unfavourable account of that to the Niger, 434—Its failure, 651.

Agricultural Reports, 116, 224, 336, 447, 554, 605.

Algiers, the plague raging there, 651.

Alloa, Shakspeare club of, 152.

Amber imbedded in limestone, 483.

Amelia Island seized by M'Gregor, an insurgent chief, 533.

America, United States of, speech of the President, and proceedings of the Congress, 99. —Speech of the new President, Mr Munro, 204.—Emigrations from Europe to, 649,

——— South, vacillating state of the contest there, 100, 204—nsurrection at Pernambuco, and revolution in Chili, 431.—Success of the insurgents in Caraccas, 533.

American Commissioners, their report on a steam vessel of war, 30.

Analytical Notices—Of the Edinburgh Review, 81, 300—The Quarterly Review, 83, 296—Supplement to Encyclopedia Britannjca, 180—Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, 186.

Angouleme, Duchess of, review of her journal, 172.

Animal Magnetism, observations on, 563.

Antiquarian Repertory, 65, 167, 398, 496, 621.

Antiquaries, anecdotes of, 136.

Appointments, Promotions, &c. 219, 330, 442, 549, 662.

Aristus and Deinus, story of 367.

Armata, review of, 78.

Army, British, strength of, in the colonies, 435.

Auchtermuchtie, wife of, a favourite old ballad, 87.

Australasia, maritime discoveries in, 493.

Austria, account of a new religious sect there, 202.

Banks for Savings, on the constitution and moral effects of, 17.— Extension of the system, 327.

Barbadoes, fall of volcanic dust there, 134.

Bath Stove, curious old handbill respecting one at Leith, 500.

Beaufoy, Colonel, account of his journey to Mount Blanc, 59.

Berlin, destruction of the national theatre there by fire, 648.

Bible Societies, bull of the Pope against them, 201.

Bingley's Useful Knowledge, review of, 178.

Births, 119, 227, 339, 450, 557, 670.

Black Dwarf, some account of the supposed original of, 235.

Blasphemous Works, Government circular respecting, 326.

Bonaparte complains of his rigorous treatment in St Helena, 101—Account of daily provisions served to him, 216.—Conversation between him and Lord Amherst, 651.

——— Joseph, purchases an estate in America, 649.

Bond of Alliance between the Earls of Huntley, Marischall, and Errol, 498.

Bowed Davie, the original of the "Black Dwarf," account of, 235.

Bower of Spring, a poem, review of, 415.

Bread and Salt, oath of, 236.

British Legislation, 218, 439.

Buchanan, review of Irving's Life of, 286.

Byron, Lord, review of his drama of Manfred, 289.

Carr Rock, account of a stone beacon erecting on it, 358.

Chain-bridge, account of one at Dryburgh, 660.

Chalmers's Discourses review of, 73.

Chartulary of Kelso, extracts from, 496.

Chepman, Walter, printer, documents relating to, 621.

Chili, successful revolution there, 431, 650.

Chimney-sweepers, trial of one for murdering his apprentice, 547.

China, failure of the British embassy to the court of, 205.—Statistical account of the empire, 433.

Clark, Lady Mary, anecdote by, of the Highlanders in 1745, 129.

Cleland, Colonel, extracts from his mock poem on the Highland Host, 69.—Some account of his life and poems, 608.

Cobbett, Mr, leaves England for America, 217.—His address to the public, 323.

Coleman's Eccentricities for Edinburgh, review of, 417.

Colonial Policy, observations on the British system of, 25.

Combustion, chemical process of, 138.

Commercial Reports, 113, 221, 333, 444, 551, 667.

Congo River, failure of the expedition sent to explore it, 101.

Correspondence between Montrose, Queensberry, and Graham of Claverhouse, 499.

Cotton Yarn, on the exportation of, 472.

Craniad, The, or Spurzheim illustrated, a poem, review of, 280.

Craniology, observations on the controversy on, 35.—Defence of Dr Spurzheim, 365.

​Crashaw's "Suspicion of Herod," extracts from, 140.

Czerny-Georges beheaded by the Turks, 649.

Deaths, 120, 237, 339, 451, 553, 671.

Dedication, singular one, of a fountain to the memory of Stewart of Allanton, 480.

Denmark, exertions of, to raise a navy, 648.

Drowning, narrow escape from, of a blind and deaf boy, 240.

Dunblane, account of a mineral spring there, 485.

Dunkeld, Narrative of the Conflict at, in August 1687, 612.

Edgeworth's Harrington and Ormond, review of, 519, 631.

Edinburgh, on the proposed establishment of a Foundling Hospital there, 38.—Wernerian Society of, 231.—Introduction to a medical report of, 266.—On the diseases lately prevalent in, 394.—Interesting incident there, 661.—Juvenile depredations in, 662.

Egyptians, act of Privy Council anent some, 66.—Letter from James IV. to the King of Denmark, in favour of, 167. See Gypsies.

England, disturbances in, 545.

Engraving on stone, the method of, 128.

Faustus, Dr, Marlow's tragical history of, 388.

Faw, John, Lord of Litill Egipt, wirt of the Privy Seal of Scotland in favour of, 65.—Act of the Lords of Council respecting, 167.

Finances of Britain, 545.

Foreign Scenery and Manners, Sketches of, 251, 359, 487, 582.

Foundling Hospital, on the proposed establishment of one in Edinburgh, 38.

France, proceedings of the legislature of, 96.—Riot at a theatre in Paris, 199.—State of the military force, 200.—Income and expenditure of, 315.—Emigrations from, to America, 428.—The government endeavours to conciliate the old army, 647.—Concordat between the Pope and the king of, ib.—Execution of two English soldiers in, ib.

——— Isle of, dreadful fire there, 101.

Gaelic Dictionary, letter respecting the compilation of one, 256.

General Assembly, meeting of the, 438.

Genius, original, observations on, 347.

Germany, amount of the Austrian army, 98.—Emigrations from, 317.—Prohibition of Bible societies in Hungary, 429.

Ghent, horrible catastrophe there, 200.

Glasgow, alleged conspiracy in, developed in Parliament by the Lord Advocate, 108.—Arrests there for treasonable practices, 213, 215.

Grahame, James, author of "The Sabbath," memoir of, 596.

Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia visits Britain, 216.

Greeks, on the Sculpture of the, 9.

Greek Tragedy, remarks on, Æschyli Prometheus, 39.—Ǣschyli Chœphori—Sophoclis Electra, 147.—Septem adversus Thebas Æschyli—Euripidis Phœnissæ, 352.—Philoctetes Sophoclis, 593.

Grenfell, Pascoe, review of his Speech respecting the Bank of England, 408.

Gypsies, Scottish, interesting notices concerning them, 43, 154, 615.—Anecdotes of Jean Gordon, 54, 161, 618.—Report concerning those of Roxburghshire, 156.—Notices respecting them in the Justicary Records, &c. 615.

Harold the Dauntless, a poem, review of, 76.

Highland Society of London, meeting of, 217.

Highland Chief, sham epistle from a, 236.

Highland Host, account of the, 68.

Highlanders in 1745, anecdote of the, 129.

Horizon, White's new invented one, 142.

Horner, Francis, Esq. M. P. memoir of the late, 3.

Hospitals for the sick, on the origin of, 130.

Hoyland, John, some remarks on his Historical Survey, &c. 58.—Answers to his queries regarding the Scottish Gypsies, 156.

Hutton, Life of, by his daughter, review of, 413.

Jews, edict of the Emperor of Russia in favour of, 203.

Inconstancy, the Progress of, a tale, 601.

Indies, East, the Snowy Mountains crossed by Capt Webb, 100.—Military strength of the native chiefs, 432.—Incursions of the Pindarees, 433.—Storming of Fort Hattras, 534.

Indies, West, infested by South American privateers, 534, 650.

Inventory, curious one, of the effects of Allan Stewart of Allanton, in the year 1547, 480.

Ionian Islands, conspiracy discovered there, 318.

Ireland, distresses and disturbances in, 545.

Irvine, melancholy occurrence there, 659.

Italy, emigrations of Englishmen to, 98.

Kemble, J. P., observations on his Essay on Macbeth and King Richard III. 455.

King, The, interesting particulars concerning, 660.

Lalla Rookh, review of, 279, 503.

Languages, Ancient and Foreign, on the utility of studyng, 567.

Legislation, British, 218, 439.

Leith, violent gaie at, 214.

Libel, trial for, 543.

Life Preserver, interesting experiments with a new one, 661.

Lisbon, alarming conspiracy there, 428.

Literary and Scientific Intelligence, 85, 189, 303, 418, 523, 636.

​Literary Romance, fragment of, 382, 465, 573.

Lithography, or art of engraving on stone, method of, 128.

Lovat, Lord, his memorial to George I. 398.

Lyall, Margaret, remarkable case of, 61.

Macbeth, charter granted by him to the Culdees of Lochleven, 85.

Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehaugh, account of his MS. History of Scotland, 273.

Mareschal, on the nature and office of, 123.

Marlow's Tragical History of Dr Faustus, remarks on, 388.

Marriages, 119, 227, 339, 450, 557, 670.

Marshal, Billy, a gypsey chief, account of, 462.—Humorous story concerning, 618.

Memorandums of a View-Hunter, 27.—His observations at Dover, 28.—On Shakspeare's Cliff, 373.—Passage to Calais, 374.—Calais, 589.

Meteorological Tables, 118, 226, 338, 448, 556, 665.

—————— Observations, 572.

Milton's Satan, the original of, 140.

Mineral Spring, account of one at Dunblane, 485.

Mitchell, James, the blind and deaf boy, narrow escape of, from drowning, 240.

Modern Greece, a poem, review of, 515.

Montrose, disfranchisement of the burgh of, 544.

Moore's Lalla Rookh, review of, 279, 503.

——— Sacred Songs, review of, 630.

Moorish Privateers in the North Sea, 437.

Mount Blanc, account of a journey to the summit of, 59.

Mudge, Colonel, communication from him respecting the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain, 234.

Music, cursory remarks on, 343, 459.

Musical Museum, Scots, account of, 377.

Natural History, on the study of some branches of, 569.

Navy, British, regulations respecting, 659.

Nelson, Lord, erection of a pillar to his memory at Yarmouth, 660.

New Coin, description of the, 212, 216.

Newfoundland, distressing fire there, 649.

Niger, failure of the expedition to, and death of Captain Campbell, 651.

Nugæ Literariæ, 484.

O'Connor, Roger, arrest of, on a charge of mail-coach robbery, 330.—His trial and acquittal, 660.

Parliament opened on 28th January, 102.—The Regent's message on the state of the country, 103.—Numerous petitions for reform in, 208.—Resignation of the Speaker, 542.—Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 654.—Prorogued by the Prince Regent, 655.

Pastoral Life, tales and anecdotes of, 22, 143, 247.

Patents lately enrolled, 440.

Plants, on the vegetative power in the seeds of, 239.

Pernambuco, insurrection there, 431.—The rebels defeated and put down, 532.

Pirates, a number of them executed at Constantinople, 649.—Account of their excesses in the Persian Gulf, 651.

Poetical Epistles, review of, 626.

Poetry, Original.—The Desolate Village 70.—Italy, 71.—Verses on the final Victory over the French, 72.—A last Adieu—The Past—The Mossy Seat, 169.—A Night Scene—Lines written in Spring, 170.—The Mermaid; from the German—Greece; from the French, 171.—Sonnet to the Yew Tree—The Wreath—Song—The Burial of Sir John Moore, 277.—The Moss Rose—The two Graves, 278.—The Captive Lark—Sonnets, &c. 404.—The Lesson; from the German, 405.—Lines written in a Highland Glen—The Widowed Mother—On Domestic Happiness, 501.—Sonnets—On Friendship—On the Grave of a Child, 502.—On the Death of a Young Lady, 623.—Passage through the Desert—A Fairy Ballad, 624.—To the Memory of a very Promising Child, 625.

Poland, military conscription in, 99.—Emigrations from Scotland to, 543.

Pompeii, on the researches at, 372.

Poor, communication on the subject of their relief, 241.—Method of supplying them with soup at Geneva, 387.—On the education of their children, 474.

Pope, The, issues a bull against bible societies, 201.—Concordat between him and the King of France, 647.—Authorises the King of Spain to levy a subsidy on the property of the church, 647.

Port-au-Prince, explosion of a magazine by lightning there, 651.

Portugal, conspiracy in Lisbon discovered and defeated, 428.—Trial of the conspirators, 647.

Prince Regent, his speech on opening Parliament, 102.—Attack upon his coach by a London mob, 111.—His Speech on proroguing Parliament, 655.

Printing Presses established in Constantinople, 649.

Printing Press, account of Mr Ruthven's new one, 125.

Printing, Scottish, documents relating to, 621.

Prussia, the King of, visits Paris under the title of Count Ruppin, 647.

Public accounts, 441.

Publications, list of new ones, 90, 196, 310, 424, 529, 643.

Quebec, numerous emigrants from Britain to, 650.

Review of Chalmers's Discourses, 73.—Of Harold the Dauntless, a poem, 76.—Of Armata, a fragment, 78.—Of Stories for Children, 79.—Of the Duchess of ​Angouleme's Journal, 172.—Of Ricardo on Political Economy, 175.—Of Bingley's Useful Knowledge, 178.—Of Moore's Lalla Rookh, 279, 503.—Of Irving's Life of Buchanan. 286.—Of the Craniad, a poem, 288.—Of Lord Byron's Manfred, 289.—Of Grenfell's Speech, on the transactions with the Bank of England, 406.—Of the Life of William Hutton, by his Daughter, 413.—Of a comparative view of the British and American Constitutions, 414.—Of the Bower of Spring, 415.—Of Coleman's Eccentricities for Edinburgh, 417.—Of Stewart's Natural History, 510.—Of Modern Greece, a poem, 515.—Of Miss Edgeworth's Harrington and Ormond, 519, 631.—Of Poetical Epistles, 626.—Of Moore's Sacred Songs, 630.

Ricardo on Political Economy, review of, 175.

Robbery of the mail from Edinburgh to Stirling, 214.

Romance, fragment of a Literary, 382, 465, 573.

Russia, pacific policy of, 648.

Ruthven, Mr, account of his new Printing Press, 125.

Sacred Songs, by T. Moore, review of, 630.

Saddler, Mr, crosses the Irish Channel in his balloon, 548.

Saint Hilary, inscription in the church of, 130.

Salt, on the ancient custom of sitting below it at table, 33, 132, 349.

Salt, on the symbolical use of, 579.

Scots Musical Museum, account of 377.

——— Appeal, decision of an interesting one, 436.

Scottish Songs, on the humour of our ancient ones, 237.

——— Peer, election of one, 326.

Sculpture, observations on that of the Greeks, 9.

Sedition, trials for, in Scotland, 324, 437.

Shakspeare Club of Alloa, account of, 152.

Shakspeare's Macbeth and Richard III. observations on Kemble's Essay on, 455.

Sketches of foreign scenery and manners, 251, 359, 487, 582.

Somervilles, Memorie of the Family of, 162.—Feuds between them and the Stewarts of Allanton, 350.

Somnolency, remarkable instance of, 61.

Southcote, Johanna, instances of fanaticism among her followers, 111, 213.

Spain, riots in Valencia, 97.—Tyrannical measures of the king, 98.—Conspiracy of General Lacy at Barcelona, 201.—Execution of Lacy, 531.—Good understanding betwixt and Russia, 647.

Spring Guns, trials respecting, 328.

Spurzheim, Dr, attack on his system, 35.—Defence of, 365.

Steam Frigate, account of the American one, 30.

Steam Boat, explosion of one at Norwich, 325;—and at Richmond, 545.

Stewart's Natural History, review of, 510.

Stewarts of Allanton, communication respecting them, 349.—Feuds between them and the Somervilles, 350.—Reply to the foregoing article, 476.—Curious inventory of the effects of Allan Stewart, 480.—Singular dedication of a fountain to his memory, ib.

Stories for Children, review of, 79.

Strathearn, geological observations on, 587.

Sugar Cane, observations on its culture in the United States, 25.

Sweden, plot to overturn the government of, 98.—Anti-commercial policy of, 317.—Its absurdity and inutility, 648.

Switzerland, dreadful avalanche there, 202.—Tradition related by a monk in, 270.—Damage by inundations, 532.—A tile manufactory set on fire by water, 648.

Tales and anecdotes of the pastoral life, 22, 143, 247.

Thermometer, on its use as a hygrometer, 381.

Thunder Storm, account of one in Lanarkshire, 471.—In Edinburgh, 544.—Tradition related by a monk in Switzerland, 270.

Treason, trials for, 544.

Trigonometrical Survey of Britain, communication from Colonel Mudge on the subject of, 234.

Unlawful Oaths, trial of Mackinlay for administering, 547.

Vegetative power in the seeds of plants, Mr Lauder Dick's experiments on, 239.

Venice, present state of the city of, 16.

View-Hunter, memorandums of, 27, 373, 589.

Vincent, Dr, letter respecting the late Dr Adam, 260.

Waterloo Subscription, general account of, 543.

Wellington, Duke of, brings an action against a Flemish editor for libel, and is cast, with expenses, 648.

Wernerian Society of Edinburgh, some account of, 231.

Whig and Tory, origin of the terms, 246.

Witches, commissioun for examinating of, 497.

Witchcraft, confessions of, in Scotland, 167.—Trials for, 497.

Wordsworth, Mr, observations on his letter relative to Robert Burns, 261.

Works preparing for publication, 88, 194, 308, 423, 527, 642.

Wyfe of Auchtermuchtie, ancient ballad of, 67.