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.
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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
Bankrupts, list of British, 123, 359, 485, 730
Barry Cornwall, letter of Mr Mullion to,
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.
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,
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,
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,
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
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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