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Cabinet Cyclopædia, noticed, 240, 537
Library, 240, 537

Cadets, education of, 46

Caillie's Travels to Timbuctoo, 425
Camelford, Lord, memoir of, 245
Camps, retrenched, 505
Caravanserai, described, 484
Carbines, construction of, 69
Cartouch-box, its defective construction, 204
Cavalry Board, 416

British, on the Peninsula, 59; fire-
arms of, 69; actions of, 357, 522
-British, merits of, 548

French, their conduct at Waterloo,

13, 524

light, distribution of, 205
movements, revised, 268

on the employment of, 344
Ceylon, addresses and orders on the occasion
of the 16th Regiment leaving, 252
Chain-Messengers, 503; described, 504
Chanticleer, late voyage of, 489

Charles, King of Spain, his letter to Queen
Anne, 512

Charpentier, M. work translated by, 369
Chesapeak, action of, 149
Chesnut, on the growth of, 464
Choiseul, Duke de, 248

Cholera, epidemic, 249, 259, 410; quaran-
tine for, 420

Christoval Fort, 511

Chronometers, knowledge of, 489
Churruca, Admiral, experiments of, 369
Cigar-smoking, practice of, 91
Cipher to be employed on service, 246
Clerk, Mr. statements of, 145, 146
Coa, combat of, 378

Cockburn, Rear-Admiral, 170
Colbert, Gen. 524

Colonies, service in, 343

Colours presented to the 30th Regiment,
265; to the 70th Regiment, 420
Combat, sham one described, 479
Comets, calculation respecting, 314
Commanders in the Navy, 267
Compass, irregularities of, 415
Congo, river, 185

Congreve rockets, trial of, 470
Constantinople, panorama of, 240; letters
from, 300

Contagion and Malaria, in fever, 109
Cook, Capt. and Sir Joseph Banks, 102
Copper caps, to render them water-proof, 515
Corisco Bay, natives of, 322, 326
Cork Yacht Club, 396

Corps, changes in stations of, 121, 268, 558
Cotton, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Stapleton, 522
Couchman, singular costume of, 467
Courts-Martial, on the constitution and
practice of, 94; order respecting, 271
on Commander Williams, 123;
on Capt. Kelly, 270; on Lord W. Paget,
568

Cove, Naval establishment, removal of, 556
Cowes, regatta at, 397

.

Crawfurd, Gen. 378

Creagh, Mr. James, 167, 168
Cuirassiers, French, bravery of, 526
Dances of Rotuma, 479

Darien, turtle-catching on the coast of, 267
Deaths, 142, 285, 438, 580

Deccan prize-money, non-payment of, 251
Deception, island of, particulars of, 492
Delagoa Bay, natives addicted to theft, 193
Democracy, power of, 290
Dickson, Commander, 414

Diebitsch, Count, memoir of, 81; parti-
culars respecting, 114; movements of,
258, 409; his death, 410

Dining out, an adventure in Portugal, 92
Dixon, Commander, pamphlet by, 96
Dolling, Capt. club established by, 68
Dominica, attacked by the French, 281
Don, Gen. 176

Donkin, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rufane, 414
Douglas, Sir Howard, 160, 161; new edi-
tion of his Essay on Military Bridges
announced, 241; on naval gunnery, 373;
his speech on the establishment of a Naval
and Military Museum, 411
Drill, suggestions on, 404
Driver, Capt. 29

Drummond Light, for light-houses, 77
Lieut. on correcting the com-

pass in high latitudes, 413
Dubitza, affair of, 7

Dublin Bay Regatta, 118

Dudhurst, H. W. on the proposition for a
United Service Medical Society, 251
Duelling, remarks on, 100

Dundas, instructions of, 395

Dyas, Ensign, bravery, 332, 334, 335, 337

Ecliptic, obliquity of, 114

Edinburgh Cabinet Library, noticed,241,537
Editor's Portfolio; or Naval and Military
Register, 113, 257, 409, 553
Education of the sons of officers, 96
Edwards, Lieut. his letter detailing the
death of Capt. Logan, 253

Ekins, Rear-Admiral, statements of, 145,
147, 148, 149

Elliot, Capt. Hon. G. experiments by, 370
Encke, calculations of, 314

England, trade of, 295

Epitaph on the late Colour-Serjeant Ro-
binson, 487

Epitome of English literature, 537
Erromanga, island of, 479, 480
Esteiras, Cape, 322, 323
Etiquette, a point of, 251

Family Classical Library, noticed, 240, 537
Fernando Naronha, island of, 494
Fever, contagion and malaria in, 109
Finch, Capt. visit to Sandwich Islands, 194
Fisher, Mr. on the course of the Niger, 262
Fitz-Clarence, Col. created Earl of Mun-

ster, 259

Fleet, British, annals of, 131, 572

Fleet, on condemning smugglers to serve in Humming-bird, fact respecting, 261
it, 57

effects of intemperance in, 497
Fleets, on conducting and manoeuvring, 350
Fletcher's History of Poland, noticed, 537
Forman, Capt. assertion of, 315
Fortification, &c. popular view of, 505
Foster, Commander Henry, his death, 286;
particulars respecting, 489, 495
Fragments of Voyages and Travels reviewed,

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Hunt, Lieut. killed, 329
Hurricane, dreadful, 264

Ice islands, numerous, 491
Independence Island, account of, 197
India Army, 250

Indian Army, versus that of St. Helena, 405
Infantry, British, on the equipment of, 202;
distribution of, 205

Intemperance, effects of, in the fleet and
army, and its remedy, 497
Ireland, affairs in, 113, 257, 409
survey of the coast of, 270
Irish, character of, 179
Irwin, Mount, 254

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Sir Thomas, Life of, noticed, 537
Lazaretto, formed at Constantinople, 301
Leipsic, song of a peasant girl after the
battle of, 23

Leopold, Prince, elected King of Belgium,410
Letters from Constantinople, 300

Life Guards, silver kettle-drums presented
to, 262, 555

Lieutenancy of the Tower, 554
L'Heritier, Gen. 526

Light cavalry and infantry, distribution of in
the field, 205

Light-houses, the Drummond light for, 77
Lightning-conductors, 121

Lithuania, forming the centre of the revolu-
tionary districts, 223

Loango Bay, 186

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Macerone, Col. on Rifle Cartridges, 513
Mac Geechy, Major, killed, 334, 336
Macintosh, Major, 332

Mackie, Major-Gen. his death, 286
Mackenzie, Colonel Alexander, death of, 582
M'Dermott, Colonel James, death of, 582
M'Leay, Alex. letter of, 256
M'Leod, Capt. his death, 143

Major, gallantry of, 379
Major-Gen. drowned, 143

Man, Edward, killed, 329
Manderson, Capt. 50

Mangroves, fatal influence of, 187
Manoeuvres, naval, systematic practice of, 350
Marine, mercantile, on the discipline of, 24
Marriages, 142, 285, 438, 580

Marshall's gun-carriages, experiments on, 242
Massey, Mr. invention of, 502
Masters in the Navy, 399
Mates in the Navy, grievance of, 107
compared with Ensigns

in the Army, 399
Mats, different, 476
Matthew, Patrick, his Treatise on Naval
Timber, 457

Maxwell, Sir Murray, sketch of services, 531
Mayumba Bay, 186

Medical department, pay, &c. of, 107;
abuses in, 400, 401

Medical Staff of the Army at Home, dis-
tribution &c. of, 227; comments on,

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Out; an Adventure in Portugal, 92
Timber, observations on, 457

Navy, masters in, 399

mates in, without rank, 399
Nelson, Viscountess, her death, 287
New Sporting Magazine, noticed, 241
Newton, accusation against, 310; renown
of, 318

Newtownbarry, affray at, 409

Niemen, river, some account of, 224
Niger, discovery of the course of, 262, 367,
423

Niza, filthy state of, 183

Northesk, Admiral the Earl of, memoir of his
services, 339

Norton's Rifle Shell, experiments with, 120.
Nugent, Colonel, address of, 117

Oak, British, on the growth of, 462
Officer, naval, requisite for, 387
Officers, plan for educating their sons, 96
who served on the Peninsula and at
Waterloo, 550

Olivenza, surrender of, 178
Ordnance Department, 272
Estimates, 125, 560

O'Reily, Dr. anecdote of, 330

Meteorological Register, 144, 288, 440, 584 Padron, Cape, natives of, 38
Micee of Hindostan, 552

Midshipmen afloat, comforts of, 545
Military achievements and occurrences, 288
punishments, 552

Monkeys, sagacity of, 40; worshipped, 192
Moondah river, 322, 323
Morgan, Lieut. 167

Morocco, account of, 116, 259
Muffling, Gen. 528, 529

Mulgrave, Earl of, his death, 143
Murray, Brigadier-Gen. 62

Museum, Naval and Military, formed, 225
Musket, manufacture of, 202
Musquito Islands, 323
Mutiny, observations on, 26

Napier, Colonel, his work on the Peninsular
War, 62, 63, 64; statements of, 357,
358, 359; review of the third volume of
his History of the War, 375

Paget, Lord Wm. court-martial on, 568
Palmeiro, Cape, natives of, 41
Parker, Capt. Sir Peter, killed, 172
Parliament, dissolved, 113, 257
Parliamentary proceedings, abstract of, 125,
560

Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, Scientific
Expedition to, 259

Patten, Capt. killed, 331

Payne, Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. account of, 287
Pearce, Commander Robert, 169

Nathaniel, Life, &c. of, 537
Peasant Girl, song of one, 23
Pedro, Don, arrives in London, 410
Pendulum, experiments, 491
Peninsula, conduct of the British cavalry on,
59; history of the War in, 375
Persia, Skirmish in, 483
Phillimore, John, on condemning smug-
glers to serve in the Fleet, 57

Phillips, Sir Richard, opinion of, 316
Plague, quarantine against the infection of,
in Turkey, 300

POETRY-Song of a Peasant Girl after the
battle of Leipsic, 23; the Veteran to his
Sword, 209; the Soldier's Bride, 318;
United Service Recreations at Ports-
mouth, 349

Point-blank, definition of the term, 369
Poland, state of affairs in, 113, 258, 409, 553
Histories of, noticed, 537, 538
Polynesian Islands, account of a recent visit
to, 194, 473

Ponsonby, Sir W. 525, 527

Portugal, laws and institutions of, 291
Powell, Lieut.-Colonel, his address to the
30th Regiment, 265

Prescott, Lieut.-Gen. singular order of, 338
President, American frigate, 171
Privateer, French, captured, 390
Prize-money, distribution of, 124
Prizes advertised for payment, 560
Promotion, tardy, 250

Promotions and Appointments, military, 127,
277, 432, 570

277, 431, 569

naval, 126,

Publications, new, critical notices and re-
views of, 234, 375, 537
Punishments, African, 321

Quarantine in Turkey, 300

Queries, 391

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Sails, leather, 405

St. Catherine, account of the island of, 490
St. Helena, on promotion at, 250, 405
St. Mary's, town of, 164

St. Paul's Rocks, position of, 494
St. Pierre, opinions of, 308

St. Vincent, Lord, 386

Salamanca, incident at the battle of, 54
Samogitia, account of the duchy of, 223
San Christoval, operations against, 328, 329

against the Cholera Morbus, 420 Sardinia, statistics of, 557

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Recollections of the late American war, 162
of a visit to Warsaw, 467

Recruits, standard of, 118
Reform bill, 409

observations on,

289

Regattas, utility of, 67, 396
Reliance, hurricane experienced by, 263
Reminiscences of a Subaltern, 177, 328
Retreat, suggestions for, 546

Reviews and Critical Notices-On the Con-
stitution and Practice of Courts-Martial,
94; Bourrienne's Life of Napoleon, 95;
Commander Dixon's Pamphlet, 96; On
a New Armament for Ships-of-war and
Razéeing, 234; Colonel Napier's History
of the War in the Peninsula, vol. iii. 375;
Capt. Hall's Fragments of Voyages and
Travels, 385; Life of Sir Thomas Law-
rence, 537; Brooke's Travels in Spain
and Morocco, 537; Life of Nathaniel
Pearce, 537; Fletcher's History of Po-
land, 537; History of Poland, 538
Rifle Cartridges, observations on, 513
Robins and Hutton, experiments of, 238

Sarmiento, voyage of, 260

Saxe, Marshal, opinions of, 61

Sayer, Rear-Admiral Sir G. memoir of, 221
Schemloi, Capt. his plan for a lazaretto, 301
Scientific Gazette, noticed, 241

Scotland, extent of inebriation in, 497
Sea-fighting, modes of, 352
Semaphore Telegraph, illumination of, 535
Serjeants' Pikes, 204

Service, extraordinary length of, 120
Seymour, Colonel, killed, 63

Shark, its extraordinary sagacity, 185
Shary, river, conjecture respecting, 367
Ships-of-war, new armament for, 234

- mephitic air expelled from, 557
Shipwreck, reinuneration for, 247; extraor-
dinary case of, 427

Shipp, John, 87th regiment, case of, 548
Simmons, Capt. review of his work on the
Constitution, &c. of Courts-Martial, 94
Skirmish in Persia, 483
Slaves, fate of, 185

Slave-trade at Angola, 37
Smugglers, on condemning them to serve in
the fleet, 57

Smith, Rear-Admiral, death of, 581
Smyth, Capt. W. H. Meteorological Register
kept by him, 144, 288, 440, 584
Soldiers, means for preserving health, 247
Soldier's Bride, 318

Sotheby, Admiral, death of, 583

Southard, S. L. letters of, 196

Sporting Magazine, 538

Staff, changes and alterations, 558
Standard Novels, noticed, 240

Steam Ships-of-war, on the mode of arming
and fighting, 89

Steamers, suggestions against accidents, 538
Sterns, circular, 117

Stevens, Lieut. remarks of, 239
Stopford, Admiral Sir Robert, 414
Subaltern, reminiscences of, 177, 328
Superannuation, military, 98

Universe, theory of, with Strictures on Com-
mander Woodley's "divine system," 305
Usagre, affair at, 363

Valais, disturbances in, 410

Vauban's notions of retrenched camps, 505
Veteran to his Sword, 209
Victor, Gen. 396

Vidal, Capt. 192; appointment of, 270
Villatte, Gen. 396

Vincennes, visit to the Sandwich Islands, 194
Vittoria, battle of, 17

Survey of the West Coast of Africa, 36, 185, Vivian, Colonel, gallant affair of, 523

319

Sunday Library, 538

Switzerland, military organization of, 453
Sword, on the use of, 61

Tactics, with reference to impending war, 1
Talavera, conduct of the 23rd Light Dra-
goons at, 396, 545

Talbot, Colonel, killed, 362

Voice from the Army, 441
Voltaire, maxim of, 509
Von Saldern, system of, 530

Wager, wrecked, 260

Walker, Rear-Admiral, death of, 583
Wall, Lieut. his plan for illuminating the
Semaphore Telegraph, 535

Wallace, Colonel Alexander, character, 181

Tamhameha III. King of the Sandwich Walsingham, Lord, account of, 287

Islands, letter to, 195

Target Practice, 488
Tarragona, siege of, 15

Taylor, Colonel, his bravery, 358
Tectona grandis, or teak-tree, 460
Teeth, hint for preserving, 552
Temeamea, brig, lost, 475
Teotihualcan, Pyramids of, 261
Thetis, loss of, 427

Timber, naval, remarks on, 457
Tongatabu, island of, 477

Torrington, Viscount, sketch of services, 365
Trafalgar, battle of, disposition of the com-
bined fleets at, 138

Trench, Colonel, pun respecting, 330
Trisection of an angle, 406

Troki, town of, 224

Tuckey, Capt. expedition of, 40
Tucopia, island of, 477

Tupinier, memoir on the French navy, 234
Turkey, improvements in, 300; insurrection
in, 410

Turtle Catchers on the Coast of Darien, 367
Twelve Nights, noticed, 240
Tyerman, Rev. Daniel, voyage of, 427

Uniform of the Unattached, 250
United Service Medical Society, proposed
establishment of, 111; remarks on, 251
Recreations at Portsmouth,

349

School, 398

War, on the system of, 1

Warsaw, recollections of a visit to, 467
Washington, Lieut. account of his visit to
Marocco, 116, 259

Waterloo, conduct of the French and British
cavalry at, 13, 524
Webster, Mr. 494

Weiss, Lieut. his death, 286
Whale, causes a shipwreck, 427

White, Capt. his Naval Researches, 145
Widows' Fund, suggestions respecting, 98
Williams, Commander, court-martial on, 123
Williams, Lieut. 495

Wills, an American, anecdote of, 172
Willow-tree, its naval properties, 466
Wilna, town of, 223

Windham, Mr. motion of, 281
Woodley, Commander, strictures on, 305
Works, detached, 510

Ximenes, Colonel, addresses to, 252, 253

Yacht Clubs and Regattas, 66, 396
Yellow fever, ravages of, 109, 110
Yeo, Sir James, extract of a letter from, 234
Yeomanry cavalry, instructions for, 105;

efficiency of, 210, 271; pay and allow-
ances of, 273; manoeuvres of, 393
Yorke, Admiral Sir J. memoir of, 215, 287
Yeou, or Sakatoo river, 367, 368

Zelé, French man-of-war, 158, 160

END OF THE SECOND PART OF 1831.

MAR 27 1917

LONDON PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, DORSET STREET, FLEET STREET.

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