publican dispatches of the day would have led us to conclude. Many persons, on the faith of Paris Journals, believed that, at the time of entering into the treaty, the French had obtained a complete ascendancy; that the career of victory was secure; and that there was nothing to hinder them from marching to Madrid itself. This writer, however, who served in the French army, tells a very different tale: he relates no instances of cowardice in the Spaniards; success attended them during the whole of the first campaign: the French did not cheaply gain their advantages; at the period of entering into the treaty, their armies were in a situation which threatened peril, rather than promised farther success; repulse was not improbable; and to maintain their posts was all that the republicans could reasonably hope. In such a situation, if such it really were, (and we see no reason why the author should represent it as more unfavourable than it in fact was,) it must be admitted that the peace was an achievement far more beneficial than any military exploits to which the continuance of the campaign might have given rise : since this peace detached Spain from England, and restored it to all its former relations with France. The news also dispirited the insurgents of la Vendée, and made them think of submission; while the troops, which, if the war had continued, would (as the author states) have probably fought and bled in defence of obscure mountain posts, were marched into Italy, there to assist in conquests which were incalculably to aggrandize the power of the republic, and most materially to affect the fate of Europe. As this representation of the conclusion of the war between the French republic and Spain differs essentially from those which are contained in the public journals, we have been led to report it more at length than we should otherwise have done.
The details of all that appertains to the province of a commissary, as it affected this army, which are given in the last chapter already mentioned, will interest many readers, and should not be overlooked in any military history. According to the present writer, the whole expenditure of this military force, which continued on foot during 31 months, and which procured to its country so beneficial a peace, fell short of four millions sterling!
To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume..
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
Acid, oxalic, properties of, 523.
Ether, phosphoric, M. Boudet's
account of the preparation of,
524.
Africa, interesting accounts rela-
tive to the west coast of, the
products of the countries,
manners of the inhabitants,
and state of the slave trade,
&c. 450. Wonderful story of
the vast swarms of ants there,
457.
Ailhoud, the celebrated quack
doctor, account of, and of his
poisonous nostrum, 42...
Alcohol, tincture of, ought to
be used with medicated wines,
525.
Alfred, K. of England, his place
of interment undiscoverable.
See Howard.
Mr. Pye's epic poem on
the subject of Alfred's great
character, 179.
Alloy, metallic, paper concerning,
in the memoirs of the French
Institute, 509.
America, communications relating
to the agricultural and commer-
cial interests of the United
States, 204. Other commu-
nications, by a Spaniard, 206.
Ammonia. See Lampadius.
Animal Incognitum, observations
relative to the teeth of, 303.
Animals, new classification of
those which suckle their young,
521.
Aristotle, critical discussions rela-
tive to his Metaphysics, 226.
Mr. Taylor's translation, 227.
Arthy, Mr. See Griggiry.
Astle, Mr. his memoir on a curi-
ous record of pardon, found in
the Tower of London, 35.
Bible, importance of a translation
of, into Chinse, 95.
Bile, observations on, and on
its diseases, and on the acco-
nomy of the liver, 442.
Biot, M. on the integrals of equa.
tions of finite Diferences, 508.
Birds, new table of the classifica-
tion of, 521.
Blagdon, controversy revived by
Mr. Bere, 203. The dispute
followed up by other writers,
on each side, ibid. See also
P. 322.
Blair, Dr. Hugh, biographical
particulars concerning, 159.
His last sermon, 164.
Bonaparte compared with Cæsar,
190. The character of the
former prefered, ibid. Histo-
rical account of Bonaparte,
216. Life of, 264. Anec-
dotes relative to him, person-
ally, 265-268. His charac-
ter highly revered in the Bata-
vian Republic, 308.
Boudet, M. on phosphoric æther,
524.
Boullay, M. See Phosphorus.
Bridges, the principles of their
construction discussed, 323.
Brutus, his establishment of a
Trojan colony in Britain, the
subject of an English epic
poem. See Ogilvie.
Buffon, M. traits of his private
character, 510, 511.
Bull-baiting, a cruel and horrid
amusement, practised only by
buman brutes, 445.
Burial, alive. See Interment.
Cadet, M. on vegetable gluten,
530.
Casar, St. Bishop of Arles, curi-
ous account of, and of his
foundation of a female monas-
tery, 396.
Casarean operation, memoirs rela-
tive to, 407.
Carlisle, Mr. account of a mon,
strous Lamb, 85.
Cary, Mr. state of the case in his
suit against Longman, &c. for
copying his Itinerary, &c. 46.
Chaptal, M. on the use of oxides
in dying cotton, 518.
Charlemagne the great, his cha-
Chemistry, physical principles of,
Chenevix, M. his experiments on
James's powders; with direc-
tions for preparing a similar
humid substance, 296. His
letter to M. Vauquelin on
Mr. Hatchett's discovery of a
new metal, 529.
Children, physical education of,
its importance, 43:
Christ, his remarkable reply to
the Jews who accused him of a
breach of the Sabbath, 14. Cu-
rious account of a MS. falsely
ascribed to our Saviour, 506.
Clergy, the expediency of their
residence impartially discussed,
321.
Clovis, his conquest of France,
the origin of its monarchy, 390.
Cluvier, M. his memoir on the
life and writings of Daubenton,
510.
Columbium, a new metal discover-
ed by Mr. Hatchett, 529.
Combe, Mr. his account of a re-
markable Greek sepulchral mo-
nument, in the possession of
Dr. Garthshore, 34.
his account of an
elephant's tusk, in which the
iron head of a spear was found
embedded, 85.
Congo, account of that country,
See Africa.
Correspondence with the Reviewers,
111. 221. 335. 447.
Cossigny, M. his project for ex-
tracting real indigo from woad,
500.
Coulombe, M. on the theory of the
6
moon,
His experiments Dying of cotton. Sce Chaptal.
on the coherence of Fluids,
516.
Cowley, the poet, his carnest love
of solitude, 329, New poem
on that subject, ibid.
Cow-pock (not pox), publications
relative to the practice of In-
oculation for, 440.
Cuvier, M his account of the
life and works of M. Lemon-
nier, 512.
Darracq, M. on the oxalic acid,
523. On zaffre, 527.
On
the acetic and acetous acids,
5 0.
Daubenton, M. his lecture on
natural history, 460. Excel-
lent character of this writer,
and of his works, 510.
Davy, Mr. account of some Gal-
vanic combinations, &c. 297.
Deaf and dumb persons, particu-
lars relating to the education
of, 133. See also Sicard.
Deafness, a particular kind of,
how remedied, 304.
Delambre, M. on the passage of
Mercury over the sun, 518.
Descrizelles, M. his account of
the danger of keeping phos
phorus in a bottle, should it
burst, 530.
Desessartz, M. on the use of mer-
cury in the small-pox, 519.
Diseases, in London, in 1796,
brief statement of, 402. Mr.
Webster's account of those
which are epidemic and pesti-
lential, 404.
Dolomieu, M. on making gun.
flints, 517.
Domingo, St. account of antiqui-
ties found there, 30. Of the
dreadful political state of that
island, 333.
See also Tour
saint.
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Eden, Sir Frederick Morton, his
sentiments in favour of the
peace, &c. 213.
Egypt, deplorable state of its in-
habitants and the Ottoman des-
potism, 59. Curious account
of a mad and fruitless attempt
to destroy the pyramids of
Egypt, 345.
Electricity. See Wollaston. See
Ritter.
Elephant's tusk. Sec Combe.
Events, military, in the French
war, 495.
Fluids, coherence of. See Cou-
lombe.
Fetus, changes in the organs of.
See Sabatier.
France, state of, in her present
circumstances, as a republic,
189. Historical events relative
to the kingdom of, See Clovis,
Pepin, Charlemagne.
-, Normal schools lately es-
tablished in that country, 459.
Military events of the
late war, 495. Anecdotes re-
lative to many of the principal
victims belonging to the court,
sacrificed at the beginning
of the late revolution, 535.
Memoirs of the late war
between France and Spain,
541.
Frederick William II. King of
Prussia, very unfavorably cha
racterized, 234. 237.
Frere, Mr. his account of Hints
in Suffolk, 30. Supposed to
have been weapons of war, ibid.
Garat, M. his lecture on the
analysis of the understanding,
Duhamel, M. on refining lead, 518. Garthshore, Dr. See Combe.
Hardy, Thomas, his trial for
high treason, as recorded by
Mr. Belsham, 77.
Harris, James, Esq. his life and
works, 2-9.
Hatchett, Mr. his discovery of a
new metal called Columbium,
529.
Hauy, Mr. his Lecture on phy-
sics in the French Normal sit-
tings, 460.
Hay-stack, Maid of. See Louisa.
Herschel, Dr. his observations
on the nature of the sun, 291.
additional observations,
295. See also Sun.
Home, Mr. Everard, observations.
on the grinding teeth of the
wild boar, 303.
Howard, Mr. his paper in the Ar-
chæologia, concerning his fruit-
less inquiry after the burial-
place of K. Alfred, whose re-
mains are said to have been
built over, in the spot on which
stands the county gaol, near
Winchefter, 34.
Hulme, Dr. his experiments on
light, &c. 298.
Hyacinthus, &c. See Leroux.
James's Powder, experiments on.
See Chenevix.
Indigo, project for extracting it
from woad, 500.
Interment, premature, of human
bodies apparently dead, laud-
able institution for the preven-
tion of, in Germany, 42.
Joseph II. Emperor of Germany,
briefly characterized, 240.
Ireland, the Roman Catholic fa-
milies of, said to have not yet
lost sight of the forfeited
estates, 277. Strictures on
Sir R. Musgrave's account of
the rebellions in Ireland, 275
-286. See also Littlebales. See
also Musgrave.
Gordon's History of the
late rebellion in, 374. That
work commended, 375.
Irrigation, national advantages of,
69.
Italy, travels in, 492. Extract
from Meyrs's publication con-
cerning, 493.
Kingston, on Hull, approved ma-
nagement in the maintenance
of the poor of that place, 430,
Knight, Thomas Andrew, Esqr.
his curious experiment on the
ascent of sap in trees, 295.
Lacepède, M. on a new Table of
the classes of birds, 520.
La Grange, M. his mathematical
lecture in the Normal school,
464. See also Series, and Te-
legraph.
La Harpe, M. de, his lecture on
republican eloquence, 466. His
observations on tragedy and on
tragic writers, 483. On writers
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