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.
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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