Absolute princes, manners and morals of, 293-ignorance of, 296—
intrigues of, 301-infamous characters in the courts of, 304-re-
flections upon, 309.
Acts, bounty, Irish, their ruinous consequences, 388-how this in-
jury has been effected, 390.
Advocate, Lord, of Scotland, duties of, 453-length of time a pri-
soner can remain untried by, 454-attention paid by, to the cases
which come before him, and consequences, 456.
Etna, night ascent to, admirable description of, 51.
Alderman's widow, letter to Cardinal Wolsey concerning, from Sir
Thomas More, 430.
Americans surpassed only by the English in travelling, and for what
purpose generally undertaken, 123.
Anson, Lord, imperfections in his voyage, 137.
Archbishop Cranmer, interesting letter from, to Hawkins, extracts
from, 430.
Arts, school of, where first established, nature and object of, 109—
number of students and lecturers in, 110-principles established
in, 113-individuals with whom it originated, 114-where since
established, 116-what necessary to promote its further useful-
ness, 117.
Assessed taxes, repeal of shown to be less necessary than the repeal
of many others, 489.
Ashantee, Journal of a Residence in, 336-supposed population of,
338-manners and language of, 339-desire of the King of, to
open a further communication with the British, 340-causes of the
wars waged by, and their final success, 345-part which England
has acted in that war, and consequences of, 352-course to be
pursued by the British respecting, 354.
Bareuth, princess of, her memoirs, character and value of, 287.
Bedford, Earl, letter from, giving an account of the murder of
Rizzio, 435.
Berwick, Duke of, warm eulogist of Louis XIV., 296.
Birkbeck, Dr, where he commenced his valuable scientific labours,
108-by whom his plan afterwards adopted, 109-establishment
in London opened by, 115.
Blackstone, Judge, quotations from, 460.
Bowdich, Mr, his estimate of the population of Ashantee, 338.
Brougham, Mr, his treatise on education, his many claims to public
esteem, 508-extracts from the work, 509.
Bounty Acts, Irish, injurious consequences of, 388-by what means
this injury has been effected, 390.
Burnet, Bishop, his account of the agony of King William for the
loss of his Queen, 305.
Burschen of Jena, account of, 80-laws of, 83-duels of, and wea-
pons employed in, S4-duration of these peculiarities, 85.
Campbell, Thomas, Domestic Tale of, and its character, 272-scenes
in, and extracts from, 273-his hatred of oppression exemplified
in his noble ode to the memory of the Spanish patriots, 282-War
Song for the Greeks, 283—The Rainbow, poem of, ib.-The Last
Man, extracts from, 284-Verses of, on Mr Kemble's retirement
from the stage, 285.
Captain Rock, Memoirs of, 143-his description of the cruelties
practised in Ireland by the English at an early period of their his-
tory, 144-his account of the state of Ireland in the days of Queen
Elizabeth, 147-how the Irish were treated by Cromwell, 148
-perplexing state of the Irish at the Revolution, 149-what pro-
hibitions enacted against the Irish during the reigns of William
and Anne, 150-consequences of this system, 151-question whe-
ther these incapacities will be removed, and from what principle,
152-quotation from the author, in allusion to the hopes of par-
tial concession to the Irish, 153.
Catholics, Irish, disabilities of, lands of when confiscated, and a-
mount of, 360-small number of, in the public offices in Ireland,
362-clergy, character of, how their condition might be amelio-
rated, 365-emancipation of, good to result from, 366-leaders
of, their folly, 367.
Chalmers, Dr, of St John's Church, Glasgow, how poor funds ma-
naged by, 253-from what cause its failure was anticipated, 255
-success of his experiment, 256-his conviction of the evils of
public charity, 258.
Chancery Court, of improvement in, by whom effected, 413-com-
missioners appointed to inquire into, 415-calculation of the cases
decided in, 421.
Chateaubriand, M., pamphlet of, on the death of Louis XVIII., and
fulsome flattery, 8-what the young Napoleon's birth compared
to by, 13-pamphlet of, respecting Charles X., 18.
Coomassie, capital of Ashantee, population of, 338.
Corn-Laws, repeal of, upon what grounds opposed, 55-erroneous
opinions industriously circulated respecting, 56-fallacy of this
argument respecting the overflowing importation of foreign corn,
63-injurious consequences of, to the landlords and farmers, 64
-avowed object of the corn-laws in 1815, 65-repeal of, how
tending to abolish the Poor-rates, 68-expediency of abolishing
the corn-laws in other respects, 70.
Collier, Sir George, manner in which he acted on Cape Coast, 348.
Curwen, Dr, submission of, to Henry VIII., 433.
Dantzic, price of corn at, 59.
Disabilities, Catholic, evil of, 360-suggestions for the total aboli-
tion of, 366.
Dominica, dreadful state of slavery in, 467.
Dupuis, Mr, his calculation of the Ashantee population, 338-his
interview with the King of Ashantee, 340.
Duties on coffee, reduction of, by whom brought under the consi-
deration of the Treasury, 490-groundless fear of reducing the
revenue by, 491-duty on, and consumption of, for the last 32
years, 493-consequence of the high duties, 495.
East India Company, extensive survey of, and progress of, 141.
Education, scientific, of the people, difficulties of, 98-method for
promoting the same, 99-circulating libraries, how useful to, 101
-conversation, how to add to, 102-elementary treatises serviceable
to, 103-lectures essential to the success of, 105-progress made
in establishing this system of instruction, and by whom, 107-
where already established for the purpose of, 115-ways by which
may be still more effectually accomplished, 118.
Education, public reviewers' sentiments concerning, 315-what ma-
terial improvements in, 321-suggestions for the farther improve-
ment of, as exemplified in the management of Hazelwood School,
321-extracts from, on, 322-how conducted, and regulations ad-
opted in, 324.
Egypt, scenes in, sketch of the ship and voyage to, 42-ruins of Lux-
ore described, 46-slave market at Cairo, 49.
Eldon, Lord, number of causes and petitions disposed of by, 419-
comparative statement of, and other Chancellors, 422.
Elizabeth, Letter to, from Sir Francis Knollys, on a delicate matter,
436.
Ellis, Mr, his Letters illustrative of English History, 427-remark
applicable to this collection, 437-his unfair accusation of Oliver
Cromwell ably refuted, 444-improvements suggested to, 449.
Empire, Colonial, fatal effects of, to modern Europe, 483.
England, law of subletting applied with its full force in Ireland, and
oppression of, 394.
English History, Letters illustrative of, 427-Henry V., his treatment of
the illustrious captives whom victory had placed under his power,
429-Letter of Sir Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey, 430.
Establishments, Church, and tithes in Ireland, immense revenue of
her clergy, 376-plan for the education of, 377.
Ethiopia, its venerable antiquity, 180-where originally supposed to
be situated, 181-countries in, and character of their inhabitants,
183-whether Ethiopia or Egypt the original fountain, 193.
Fantees, history and character of, 341-cowardice of, 342.
Fishery, southern whale, account of, 136-branches of, where open-
ed, 137.
Foreign Corn, price of, 57-Amsterdam, 60-Dantzic, 59-Paris,
61-United States, 62-average price at which it might be im-
ported into England, 74.
France, King of, custom at his death, 3.
Franks, murder of, to what cause said to be attributed, 394.
Freeholders, Irish qualification of, how tending to the increase of po-
pulation, 393-consequences of to the landlord and tenant, 400-
how to be remedied, 40.
Gavelkind, meaning of, and ruinous effects to the Irish peasantry, 390
-necessity of its being utterly abolished, 391.
Germany, tour in, 79-places described, ib.-account of the Burschen
at the University of Jena, 80-of Weimar and Göthe, 86-Prus-
sia, virtues of its sovereign and his late consort, 91-form of its
government, 93-and attempted defence of, 94.
Göthe, sketch of, 86-versatility of his genius, 87-where his time
spent, and in what manner, 88.
Grattan, Mr, his description of proctors in Ireland, 379-speech of,
for redress, 383.
Greeks, war-song for, by whom written, concluding part of, 282.
Harrison, Mr, loss of, to the African institution, and excellent prin-
ciples of, 227.
Hayti, state of, claims it possesses to our attention, 498-population
of, 499-increase of population in, compared with the progress of
population in our slave colonies, 500-produce of the island, 501
-moral state of, 502.
Henry V., letter of, and how his distinguished prisoners treated by,
Heritors, what meant by, the duty of, in the management of the poor
in Scotland, 232.
High Tory principles, under what pretext inculcated, 1-these ex-
emplified in the case of Louis XVIII., fulsome flattery paid to him
by Chateaubriand, 6-in a sermon preached before Charles II. by
the Bishop of Down, 13-servility to, in the History of Lord
Clarendon, 20-this servile spirit contrasted with the conduct of
the Americans towards La Fayette, 25-fatal consequences of
these, 29.
Hill, Mr, master of Hazelwood School, Treatise on the manner in
which the school is conducted, 322—number of boys, laws fram-
ed by, 324-currency established in, 325-branches taught by,
in what manner their different movements performed, 327-his
mode of teaching the languages, 328-means employed by, for ex-
citing a love of knowledge, 328-extracts from, on the subject of
education, 330-cheerfulness preserved in this establishment, 332
-extract of a letter from, 333.
Huggins of Nevis's crime, tried for flogging slaves, and acquitted,
Hutton, Mr, voyage of, to Africa, his estimate of the capital of
Ashantee, 338.
Impressment, abolition of, what body anxious to repress all discus-
sion, 154-mistakes made by the apologists of coercion, 157—
consequences of this system, 163-cost of the machinery employ-
ed in, 172-objections to, 174-account of the means resorted to
for escaping from, 176-instances of desertion from, 178-how
possible effectually to be abolished, 180.
India, Sketches of, and character of the work, 31-quotations from,
33-description of the attendance on a British officer in India,
34-sketch of the elephant, 35-of a pagoda, 36-Bijanagur,
ruins of, 37-picture of Calcutta, 38-sight of Scindiah returning
from the chase, 39.
Ireland, to whom its inhabitants compared, 143-how brutally treat-
ed after the reign of Henry II., 144-how butchered by Queen
Elizabeth's officers, 146-number and extent of confiscations in,
during the reign of James I., 147-Cromwell's mode of settling the
affairs of, and massacres committed by him, 148-acts passed
against, in King William's reign, 150-treatment of, during the
reigns of George I. and II., 151-state of, in the present reign,
and expectations of the inhabitants of, ib.-beautiful quotation re-
specting, 153-source of the violent religious and party animosi-
ties in penal disabilities of the Catholics in, 360-defective state
of the magistracy in, 368-suggestions for the juridical improve-
ment of, 369-church establishment and tithes in, 376-number
of Protestants in, ib.-immense revenues of the Protestant clergy
in, 377-proctors in their oppression, 378-causes of the po-
verty of, 383-causes of the increase of population in, 388.
James II., disinterment of his body, deposition in a new church, and
inconsistency of, 26.
James V. of Scotland, letter of, to Sir Thomas Wharton, 434.
Judges, civil, their unlimited power of reviewing their own judg.
ments, 462.
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