The Pamphleteer/Volume 8

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1816.

CONTENTS OF NO. XV.

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I. The Speech of J. C. Curwen, Esq. M.P. in the House of Commons, on the 28th of May, 1816, on a Motion for a Committee for taking into Consideration the State of the Poor Laws.3

II. A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries. By Thomas Taylor.33

III. A Discourse delivered to the Literary and Scientific Society at Java, on the 10th of September, 1815. By the Hon T. S. Raffles, President.67

IV. Some Remarks on the Mildew of Wheat, and the Choice of Seed Corn, particularly in reference to an Hypothesis of Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. &c.107

V. Letters on the Present State of the Agricultural Interest, addressed to Charles Forbes, Esq. M. P. By the Rev. A. Crombie, LL. D.127

VI. Simple Measures, by which the Recurrence of Famines may be prevented, and the Pressure of the Poor Laws greatly abated, by a Slight and Partial Change in our Common Agricultural Practice. By W. Richardson, D. D. late Fellow of Trin. Coll. Dublin.157

VII. Thoughts on the Present Crisis, in a Letter from a Constituent to his Representative. By W. Peter, Esq215

VIII. On the Punishment of Death. By John William Polidori, M. D. [Original.]281

CONTENTS OF NO. XVI.

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I. On the Amelioration of Slavery. By Henry Koster. [Original.]305

II. Prize Essay on the Commutation of Tithes, in claim of the Bedfordean Gold Medal. By the Rev. James Willis.337

III. Thoughts on the Desirableness and Utility of Ladies visiting the Female Wards of Hospitals and Lunatic Asylums. By Catherine Cappe. [Original.]371

IV. An Inquiry into the Cause of the Increase of Pauperism and Poor Rates; with a Remedy for the same, and a Proposition for equalizing the Rates throughout England and Wales. By W. Clarkson, Esq.385

V. A Letter to a Friend in Devonshire on the Present Situation of the Country. By A. H. Holdsworth, Esq. M. P.421

VI. Report from the Select Committee on the Earl of Elgin’s Collection of Sculptured Marbles, &c. &c.431

VII. A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries. By Thos. Taylor. [Concluded.]455

VIII. An Address to Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte, on her Marriage; showing the Cause of the Distress of the Country, and pointing out a safe and effectual Remedy. [Original.]487

IX. Substance of the Speech of Mr. Serj. Onslow, on the 23rd of May, 1816, on moving for leave to bring in a Bill, to repeal the Laws, which regulate or restrain the Rate of Interest. [Original.]531

X. Thoughts on the Character and Tendency of the Property Tax, as adapted to a Permanent System of Taxation. By the Rev. G. Glover, A. M.545

XI. A Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury; by Richard, late Lord Bishop of Landaff.573