CHAP. XII

FRANCE.

PAGE.

Situation of France. Army of Occupation partly removed. Proceedings of the Cham-

bers relative to the law of Election; to Personal Liberty; to the Press. The Budget.

Disturbances occasioned by the Tragedy of Germanicus. Plot against the Princes.

Commotions in the Provinces. Improved state of France,

CHAP. XIII.

THE REST OF EUROPE.

On the present Political state of Europe. Spain. Insurrections in Valencia. Catalo-

nia. Disturbances at Cadiz. Finance. Abolition of the Slave Trade.-Conspiracy

in Portugal.-Wirtemberg. Discussions between the King and the States. Prussia.

Petition of the Germans. Sweden. Conspiracy against the King.-Naples.-Tur-

key,

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CHAP. XIV.

AMERICA.

Operations in the Caraccas-of Bolivar-of General Piar. Battles fought with Morillo.

Naval force of the Patriots. Successful Invasion of the Island of Margaritta by Mo-

rillo. War in the Caraccas indecisive. Landing of Mina at Soto la Marina. Suc-

cesses. Opposed by Marshal Linan, who takes Fort Sombrero. Siege of Los Reme-

dios by the Royal Troops. Mina taken and executed. Los Remedios taken. Inde-

pendent Government of Buenos Ayres. Successes of San Martin in Chili. Amelia

Island taken by M'Gregor. Revolution in Pernambucco-Suppressed,

CHAP. XV.

INDIA.

Pindaree War. Origin of the Pindarees. Defensive Plans adopted-Inefficient. Of-

fensive War undertaken. Advance of the British Armies. War with the Peishwa

His Defeat and Surrender. War with the Rajah of Nagpoor. Critical Position of the

British. Finally Repulse the Enemy. Surrender of the Rajah. Subsequent Battle

and Defeat of his Army. War terminated. Advance of the British against the Pin-

darees. War with Holkar. His Defeat. War concluded by a Treaty. Destruction

of the Pindarees. Objects of the war,

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PART II.

LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS.

CHAP. I.

BIOGRAPHY-POLITICAL.

Mr Ponsonby. Mr Horner. Mr Henry Erskine. Mr Curran. Admiral Duckworth.

Duke of Northumberland. Duke of Marlborough. Marshal Massena.

Maury. Kosciusko,

Cardinal

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CHAP. II.

BIOGRAPHY-LITERARY.

ΡΔΟΣ

Mr Edgeworth. Dr William Thomson. Mr David Williams. Mr Glenie. Mr Be-

loe. Dr Monro. Mad. Stael. Werner. Delametherie. Messier. Rochon. Dr

Dwight,

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СНАР. III,

VIEW OF IMPROVEMENTS IN SCIENCE DURING THE YEAR.

Davy's Safety Lamp, and Researches on Flame. Artificial Freezing of Water. Pre-

servation of Volatile and Deliquescent Substances. The Oxy-Hydrogen Blow-Pipe.

Security of Steam-Boats. Geography of Plants,

CHAP. IV.

VIEW OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES, AND OBSERVATIONS OF TRAVELLERS

DURING THE YEAR.

Present State of Discovery. Regions yet Unexplored.-AFRICA. Expedition to the

Congo. Description of this part of Africa. Expedition to the Niger. Mission to

Ashantee. Legh's Travels in Nubia. Excavated Temples. Notices from Abyssi

nia.-ASIA. Embassy to China. Coast of Corea. The Loochoo Islands. Estimate

of the Height of the Himalaya Mountains. Moorcroft's Journey into Thibet.-SOUTH

SEA. Expedition into the Interior of New Holland. Complete Examination of its

Coasts. Van Diemen's Land. Mission to New Zealand. Revolution in Otaheite.

Mariner's Account of the Tonga Islands.-THE NORTH SEA. Scoresby's Descrip-

tion of the Polar Ice, and Plan of an Expedition to the Pole,

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284

OCCASIONAL AND FUGITIVE POETRY.

Monody on the Princess Charlotte, by Thomas Campbell, Esq.

345

On the same Subject,

946

Farewell Address, Spoken by Mr Kemble to the Edinburgh Theatre, the 29th March,

1817. Written by Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

348

Ode by Thomas Campbell, Esq. recited after the Dinner on occasion of Mr Kemble's re.

tirement from the stage,

349

To the Spirit of Kosciusko,

352

On the late Mr Horner,

ib.

Sonnet on receiving the "Scenes of Infancy" from a Lady,

Verses recited at the Anniversary of Burns, 25th January, 1817,

354

ib.

Verses on Burns's Punch-Bowl. Written extempore, at the house of R B—, Esq. by

one of the Gentlemen present, when BURNS's Punch-Bowl (after dinner) was intro-

duced, full primed with excellent whisky-toddy,

-

356

To George Chalmers, Esq., the possessor of a Table and Wine-Glasses which belonged

to Thomson the Poet. By John Taylor, Esq.

The Moslem Bridal Song. From the Italian,

An Original Poem by Lord Byron,

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358

359

Epistle to the Emperor of China. By Dr John Wolcot, (Olim Peter Pindar, Esq.)

Epilogue to Touchstone. Spoken by Mrs Alsop,

The Legend of Dunbar,

Crookbarrowhill, Worcestershire, accounted the largest Barrow in England,

The Friends' Farewell,

The Country Surgeon,

Elegy to the Memory of John Lowe,

To the Primrose. By John Mayne,

Sonnet. By James Edmeston,

Sonnet, on Viewing the Grave of Churchill, at Dover. By Arthur Brooke,

APPENDIX.

I.-TRIALS AND LAW PROCEEDINGS.

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367

ib.

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369

370

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372

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375

ib.

Mr Southey, for Suppression of Wat Tyler.-Sir M. R. Burgoyne, for Non-Attendance

at Public Worship.-Mr Scarlett, for Defamation at the Bar, &c. &c.

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HI.-REPORTS, &c. ON THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF

PUBLIC ECONOMY.

FAGE.

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138

143

V.-PUBLIC AND PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

Income and Expenditure for the Year 1816,

General View of the British Woollen Trade,

-of the British Cotton Trade,

of the British Linen Trade,

-of the British Silk Trade,

First Report from Select Committee on Finance,

Account of all Offices in the Colonies, with their Salary and Emoluments,

Account of all Missions and Consulships at Foreign Courts and Ports,

Report of the Secret Committee of the House of Lords,

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208

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224

226

General View of the Church of England, in regard to Residence and Non-Residence,

Proposals and Regulations relative to the Royal Navy, made by the Board of Admiralty,

1st January, 1817,

Letter addressed, by order of Napoleon, from General Count Montholon, to Sir Hudson

Lowe,

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