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