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DIED AT EDINBURGH, ON THE 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER LAST,
WILLIAM RUSSELL, ESQ. ADVOCATE.

We cannot permit these words to stand in this Magazine unaccompanied by some expression, however poor and inadequate, of the feelings which the event they record has excited in many hearts-and in few, most certainly, more strongly than our own.

The name of MR WILLIAM RUSSELL was, and had for many years been, known and honoured in the literary circles of Scotland; but his conduct had been so modest, his modes of life so unobtrusive, that, in so far as we know, his reputation had scarcely travelled beyond his own country, when he was thus cut off in the very prime and vigour of an intellect which could not have been exerted, as he always did exert it, much longer without attracting an abundant share of notice and distinction.

As it is-If his friends should be induced, (as we hope they may be,) to present the world with some collection of Mr Russell's Essays from the periodical works to which he had contributed, there can be no doubt that his name must assume and retain a distinguished place in the political literature of this age. The largeness and comprehension of his views, the sound, solid sense of his reasoning, the vigour of his argument, and the massive energy of his eloquence, would have rendered him a most powerful auxiliary in any cause; and he never exerted these great talents but for the cause which was and ought to have been dear to him, as a gentleman, a patriot, and a Christian. During the tumult and agitation of the last war, he, then young and friendless, stood forth almost alone in Edinburgh-we might, perhaps, say in Scotland-as the bold and determined friend and defender of those principles which have eventually led to the salvation of this country and her constitution in church and state. He began to write, when all the political writing that anybody heard of in Scotland, was Whig-and nobody had more temptations, if anything could have tempted him, to join that active and then clever party, than he. He understood their views, he feared not their powers, and he laid the foundation of the literary opposition, which has since utterly ruined and annihilated the influence of those who, at that never-to-be-forgotten period, possessed the almost absolute sway of the political press of Scotland, and who exercised that authority for purposes well worthy of the impudence which alone could have led to its assumption.

In his more mature years, Mr Russell continued to be one of the firmest and most effectual friends of the cause which in Scotland had owed so much to the zeal of his youth; and among other matters, he was the author of a great many of the best serious political papers that have appeared in these pages.

In History, Politics, and Political Economy, his attainments were of the first order. He was also thoroughly skilled in the jurisprudence of his country, and being gifted with very superior powers as a speaker, must, but for fortuitous circumstances, have risen to the very head of his profession.

We have never met with a man whose character was more perfectly appreciated among all who had any access to know him. It was impossible for anybody to see much of him, without feeling that every action, and every word of his, were dictated by a heart fraught with every sentiment of honour and kindness. Nothing mean, crooked, or sinister, could endure his presence. There was a purity and dignity in his mind, that never failed to overawe and banish those whom it did not attract and win. Few men had more personal friends than he ;-and never was any man more uniformly and deeply respected by all who were entitled to consider themselves as his associates.

This gentleman, dying in his 37th year, has left abundant proofs at least, if not any one adequate monument, of his intellectual power. Equally amiable and estimable in every relation of public and private life, he has bequeathed sorrow to all that knew him-and pride to those immediate connexions who can never cease to deplore his loss. It will not be easy to fill up the void that has been created amongst us by the disappearance of WILLIAM RUSSELL.

Printed by James Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh.

Ambrosianæ, Noctes, 231, 585
America, North, peculiarities of, 129–
Summary view of, 617

America, summary view of, remarks on a,
617

America and England, remarks on an ar-

ticle in the North American Review, in
reply to a review of Faux's days in Ame.
rica, in the Quarterly, 474
American writers, remarks on, 304-Adam
John Quincey, 308-Aimes Fisher, ib.
-Allen Paul, ib.-Bozman, Henry
Breckenridge, 310-Byant William
Cullen, ib.-Buckminster, Channing,
311 No. II. 415-Sully, 418-Bow-
man, Mason, Watmuller, King, Wan-
derlyn, Jarvis, 419-Beazly, 420—
Bigelow, Bolman, Brown, 421-Carey,
Coffin, Coleman, Cooper, 427-No. III.
Hannah and John Quincey Adams, and
Washington Alston, 560-Drs Barton
and Belknap, Joel Barlow, and Anthony
Benezet, 562-Writers on Botany, 563
-Cleveland, Cooper, Clinton, 564-
Croaker, Colden, Dubrey, 565—Da-
vidge, Delaplaine, Dennie, 566-The
drama, 567-Evans, Everett, 568
Ancient and modern wines, remarks on the
history of, 1

Appointments, promotions, &c. 124, 360,
-486, 613, 731

Authors and readers, intellectual character

and attainments of, have risen consider-
ably within the last fifty years, 521
Auto-Biography of Edmund Kean, the
actor, 271

Autumnal Stanzas, 290

Baillie, Joanna, essay on her talents and
writings, 162-Her Tragedy of Basil,
170-Ethwald, 171-Constantine Pal-
lologus, 177

Ballad, 230

Bankrupts, list of British, 123, 359, 485,
730

Barry Cornwall, letter of Mr Mullion to,

285

Belgrave, Lord, letter of, to the Cheshire
Whig Club, 543

Bible society meetings, opposed by the Ca-
tholics of Ireland, 491
Births, 126, 365, 488, 614, 733
Brasbridge, Joseph, review of Memoirs of,
428

British galleries of art, review of descrip-
tion of, 513

Brown, Charles Brockden, account of his
writings, 421

Buchanan's Memoirs of Painting, review
of, 505

Byron, Lord, review of Captain Medwin's
Conversations of, 530-Letter on same
subject, 536-Letter of Mr Southey re-
garding some parts of, 712

Calamitous Fires in Edinburgh, 698
Cantab, the confessions of a, 459, 571
Captain Rock Detected, by a Munster
Farmer, review of, 97

Catholic Association of Ireland, its dan-
gerous tendency, 501

Catholics of Ireland interrupt Bible Society
meetings, 491

Celebrated female writers, on the works
and talents of, No. I. 162
Chapters on Churchyards.-Chap. III. 215
-Chap. IV. 317-Chap. V. 468
Cheshire Whigs, remarks on the associa
tion of, 540-Deserted by Lord Bel-
grave, 543 Song on the, 547

Christmas Carol, by the Ettrick Shepherd,
680

Church of England, the, and the Dissent-
ters, remarks on, 395-Religious bene
fits that flow from Dissenters, ib.—Mo-
nopoly of religion by the Catholic clergy
the cause of the benighted and horrible
condition of Ireland, 396-Political be-
nefits that flow from the Dissenters, 397
-Catholic Church the most bitter and
active enemy to liberty, civil and reli-
gious, 402-Consequences of removing
the disabilities from the Catholics of Ire-
land, 405-Prodigious increase of Dis-
senters of late years, 409-Church of
England defective with regard to orato-
ry, 410-Church singing almost totally
neglected, 411-Objections to perform.
ing clerical duties by deputy, 412—Let-
ters on the same subject, 548-Want of
zeal in the English clergy the chief cause
of the indifference of the laity, 551
Cockney contributions for the 1st of April,
67

Confessions, the, of a Cantab, 459, 571
Continent, letters from the, 555
Controversy, the West Indian, No. IV.

682

Conversations of Lord Byron, review of

Captain Medwin's publication of, 530—
Letter on the same subject by an old
school-fellow of his Lordship, 536—
Letter from Mr Southey concerning, 712
Cork Missionary Society, riot at a meeting
of, raised by the Catholics, 495

Corn Markets, 121, 356, 483, 610, 728
Crabstick, the, a song by Mr Mullion, 600
Deaths, 127, 367, 488, 615, 734
Defence of the Prussian government, 245
Devil's Elixir, review of, 55

Dissenters, the, and the Church of Eng-
land, remarks on, 395

Economist, the political, 34, 202
Edinburgh, great fires in, 698

Edwards, Charles, posthumous letters of,
45, 658

Elixir, the Devil's, review of a work so
called, 55

English clergy, absence of zeal in them one
great cause of the indifference of the
laity, 551-Defective system of educa
tion among the, 552

Essays on the writings and talents of distin
guished female authors, No. I. 162
Ettrick Shepherd, letter to the, 86-His
left-handed fiddler, 529-Christmas ca-
rol by, 680

Examination of the school of Southside,
653

Farewell to Greece, 25

-to Scotland, by ODoherty, 598
to Twenty-four, 681
Female Writers, on the Works of celebra
ted, 162

Fiddler, the left-handed, 528-

Fires, calamitous ones in Edinburgh, 698
Future prospects of the world, 278
Genius of men and women, brief hypothesis
concerning the difference in the, 387
Germany, extract from Russel's Tour in,

245

Goetz von Berlichingen, a tragedy, by
Goethe, review of, 169

Galleries of art, British, review of descrip-
tion of, 513

Harem, visits to the, by Meerza Ahmed
Tubeer. Visit III. 17
Henderson, Dr, remarks on his History of
Ancient and Modern Wines, 1
Hoffinan, E. T. A. review of his book en-
titled "The Devil's Elixir," 55
Hora Germanicæ, No. XVII. Schiller's
Fiesko, 194-No. XVIII. Lessing's
Laocoon, 312-No. XIX. Goetz von
Berlichingen, a tragedy by Goethe, 369
Humes, letter from one of the, 657
Hunt and Hazlitt, 67

Hunt, Leigh, letter from, to Christopher
North, 67-Part of an article by, 69
Hypothesis concerning the difference in the
genius of men and women, 387
Intellectual progress and periodical publi-
cations, on the reciprocal influence of
the, 518

Ireland, origin of causes of the late disturb-

ances in, review of, 97-Benighted and
horrible condition of, caused by the mo-
nopoly of religion by the Catholic clergy,
396-Bible Society meetings in, opposed
by the Roman Catholics, 491-Riot at
a Missionary meeting at Cork, 495
Irving, Washington, remarks on his Tales
of a Traveller, 294

Italy, Botta's Modern History of, 262
Kean, Mr, on the auto-biography of, 271
Knowledge, on some errors respecting the
advancement and diffusion of, 26
Landon, Miss L. E. review of her poems,
189

Lessing's Laocoon, review of, 312
Letter from Leigh Hunt to Christopher
North, Esq. 67

to the Ettrick Shepherd, 86

on Medwin's Conversations of Lord
Byron, 536

of Lord Belgrave to the Cheshire
Whig Club, 543

Letter from one of the Humes, 657

from Mr Southey, in answer to an
attack upon him in Conversations of
Lord Byron," 712
Letters of Timothy Tickler. To the Editor
of the John Bull Magazine, 115 To
Christopher North, on the last Westmin
ster Review, 222-To the same, on the
last Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews,
&c. 291-To Dr Mullion, 715

of Mr Mullion to the leading poets
of the age No. I. To Bryan W. Proc-
tor, Esq. alias Barry Cornwall, 285

from the Vicarage-No. I. 548
from the Continent-No. I. 555
Liberal system, remarks on the origin and
motives of the, 442-Its consequences as
they affect foreign nations, 444-and as
they affect this country, 448-The sys-
tem not less pure than wicked, 453-Its
grand principle is to value men and
things according to their worthlessness
and dangerous character, 455

London periodical press, on the profligacy
of the, No. I. 179-No. II. 438
Love story, a summer evening's one, 579
M'Crie, Dr, review of his Life of Andrew
Melville, 251

Magalotti on the Scotch School of Meta-
physics, 227.

Magic lay of the one horse chay, the, 440
Man-of-War's-Man, the, Chap.XII., 321

-Chap. XIII., 328-Attack of a Da-
nish battery by the boats of the Tottum-
fog, 331

Marriages, 126, 365, 488, 615, 734
Mansie Waugh, tailor, wonderful passage
in the life of, 456

Maxims of Sir Morgan ODoherty, Part
III., 334

Medwin, Captain, review of his Conversa-

tions of Lord Byron, 530-Letter on
the same subject, 536-Letter of Mr
Southey concerning, 712

Melville, Andrew, review of M'Crie's Life
of, 251

Memoirs of Joseph Brasbridge, review of,

428

Memoirs of Painting, review of Buchan
an's, 505

Memory, suggestions against the encou
ragement of, 136
Meteorological Tables, 123, 358, 485, 612,
730

Men and Women, brief hypothesis con-

cerning the difference in their genius, 387
Military appointments, promotions, &c.,
124, 360, 486, 613, 731

Modern history of Italy, remarks on Mr
Botta's, 262

Mother's lament for her son, the, 33
Mullion, Mr, letters of, to the leading
poets of the age, 285-Songs by, 589,
596

Murray, Lord Charles, death of, 490
Music, a satire, review of, 183
Naval promotions, 364
New Year's Chant, 680
New Christmas Carol, 680

Noctes Ambrosianæ, XVI., No. 231

No. XVII., 585
North America, peculiarities of, 129

Fine arts generally neglected by the
Americans, 131-Their most celebrated
painters educated in Britain, ib.-Cop-
ley, West, ib.-Turnbull, Rembrandt,
Peale, 132-Alston, Morse, 133-Stew.
art, Leslie, 134-Newton, C. Harding,
135 Summary view of, 617
Notice of an old English drama called
"The Valiant Scot," founded on the
story of Sir William Wallace, 672
ODoherty, Sir Morgan, his remarks on
Henderson the historian, 1-Maxims of,
334-His Farewell to Scotland, 598
Oudney, Dr Walter, death of, 490
Painting, review of memoirs of, 505
Parliament, the late session of Review
of the leading features of, 74-Policy of
the Whigs, 75-Their praises of Sir Ro-
bert Wilson, 78, and Lord Cochrane,
79-Conduct of the House of Commons
towards Lord Eldon, 80-Danger of de-
stroying party spirit, 81-Estimate of
the Ministerial and Opposition speakers,
82-Remission of taxes, 83-The prin-
ciples of free trade the principles of ruin,
ib.

Periodical publications and intellectual pro-

gress, on their reciprocal influence, 518
Poetry.-Farewell to Greece, 25-The
Mother's Lament for her Son, 33-Let-
ter from Timothy Tickler to the Editor
of the John Bull Magazine, 115-Son-
net to a Child, 161-Song from the Bea-
con, 177-Future Prospects of the
World, 278-Autumnal Stanzas, 290—
The Shepherd's Cot, 385-Song, "There
is not a breath," 394-The Magic Lay
of the One-horse Chay, 440-Twilight,
473-Symbolic Wild Flowers, 517-
The Left-handed Fiddler, by the Ettrick
Shepherd, 528-Song, "The Whigs of
Chester," 547-A Summer Evening's
Love Story, 579-Song in praise of the
Maga, 589-Ditto for Reformers, 596-
ODoherty's Farewell to Scotland, 598-
The Crabstick, 600-Examination of the
School of Southside, 653-New Christ-
mas Carol, 680-New Year's Chant,
ib.-Farewell to Twenty-Four, 681
Political Economist, the, Essay II. Part
II. On money, 34-Whether foreign or
domestic trade is most conducive to na-
tional wealth, 40-On the corn trade, 41
-Essay III. Part I. Difference between
practical and speculative opinions, 203-
Estimate of the real value of the facts of
political arithmeticians, 204-14
Porter, Sir Robert Ker, review of his Tra
vels, 140

Posthumous letters of Charles Edwards,
Esq., No. III., 45 No. IV., 658
Prices current, 122, 357, 484, 611, 729
Profligacy of the London periodical press,
on the, 179, 438

Prussian government, defence of the, 245

Publications, monthly list of new ones, 118,
352, 604, 725

Reciprocal influence of periodical publica-
tions, and intellectual progress, 518
Remarks on the History of Ancient and
Modern Wines, On the late session of
Parliament, 74-On the profligacy of the
London periodical press, 179, 438-On
Mr Botta's Modern History of Italy, 262
-On the auto-biography of Edmund
Kean, 271-On Tales of a Traveller, 294
-On American writers, 304, 415, 560,
-On the Church of England and the
Dissenters, 395-On the liberal system,
442--On an angry article in the North
American Review, 474-On the con-
duct of the Roman Catholics at Bible.
Society meetings, 491-On the recipro-
cal influence of the periodical publica
tions, and the intellectual progress of
this country, 518-On the Cheshire
Whig Association, 540-On a Summary
View of America, 617

Review of Hoffman's work called the
Devil's Elixir, 55-Of the leading fea-
tures of the late session of Parliament,
74-Of Captain Rock detected, 97—Of
Sir Robert Ker Porter's Travels, 140-
Of music, a satire, 183-Of Miss Lan-
don's poetry, 189-Of Schiller's Fiesko,
194 Of M'Crie's Life of Andrew Mel-
ville, 251-Of Lessing's Laocoon, 312
-Of Goetz von Berlichingen, a tragedy,
169-Of Memoirs of Joseph Brasbridge,
428-Of Buchanan's Memoirs of Paint-
ing, 505-Of a Description of the British
Galleries of Art, 513-Of Medwin's
Conversations of Lord Byron, 530
Riots in Ireland at Bible meetings, 495
Russell, William, Esq. advocate, notice of
the death of, 736

Rock, Captain, detected, review of, 97
School of Southside, examination of the,
653

Schiller's play of the Fiesko, review of,

194

Scotch school of metaphysics, Magalotti
on the, 227

Scotland, ODoherty's farewell to, 598
Sharp, Simon, review of his poem called
Music, a satire, 183
Shepherd's cot, the, 385

Song on the Whigs of Chester, 547
Songs by Mr Mullion, 589, 596, 600
Songs by ODoherty, 598, 600
Sonnets, 161

Southey, Mr, letter from, in answer to an
attack of Lord Byron, 712
Speculations of a traveller concerning the
people of the United States, 91
Suggestions against the encouragement of
memory, 136
Suicide, the, 158

Summary View of America, by an English-
man, remarks on, 617-Face of the coun-
try, 621-Cities, towns, and villages, 623
-Modes and conveniences of travelling,
626-Men, 631-The women, 632-

Domestic life, ib.-Spirit of conversa-
tion, 633-Intelligence, 634-Patriot-
ism, hospitality, politeness, 637-Reli-
gion and religious sects, 638-The In-
dians, ib.-Slavery, slave trade, free
blacks, colonization society, 640-The
English language, oratory, literature,
644-The government, 645-Political
parties, 648-Manufactures and com-
merce, the fine arts, morals, 650-Na-
tional character, 651-Conclusion, ib.
Summer evening's love story, a, 579
Symbolic wild flowers, 517

Table talk. A New Series. No. 1., 71
Tales of a Traveller, remarks of Timothy
Tickler on, 294

Thoughts on the advancement and diffu-
sion of knowledge, 26

Tickler, Timothy, letters of, No. XVI., 115
-No. XVII., 222-No. XVIII., 294
-No. XIX., 715

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Whigs of Cheshire, remarks on their asso-
ciation, 540-Lord Belgrave's letter to
the, 543-Song on the, 547
Wild flowers, symbolic, 517
Wines, ancient and modern, remarks on
the history of, 1

Wonderful passage in the life of Mansie
Wauch, tailor, 456

Works preparing for publication, 117, 350,
602, 723

Travels, Sir R. K. Porter's, review of, 140 World, future prospects of the, 278
Traveller, speculations of a, 91

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