EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Africa (Southern) travels in. See Lichtenstein.
Aluminium, properties of, 72.
America, discoveries of the English in, 125, 126.
Americans, account of their trade to India, 275, 276-cheapness of
American teas accounted for, 276-number of, impressed, 197. See
Madison.
Animals, on the mechanical agency of, 152, 155-of southern Africa,
account of, 382, 385.
Arabians, ancient commerce of, 117—their intercourse with India, 118.
Arminian doctrine on original sin and freedom of the will considered,
357 et seq.-summary of the whole argument, 367, 368.
Articles of religion, observations on the propriety of subscribing them,
424, 425. See Subscription.
Authors, calamities of. See D'Israeli.
Barium, how procured, 71, 72.
Bazar, or market-place, of Bombay, described, 413.
Beauharnois, wretched state of his division, 470-totally defeated by the
Russians, ibid. 471.
Beaumont (Dr.) extract from his poems, 102.
Bell (Dr.) points of difference, between his and Mr. Lancaster's system
of education, 1, 2--comparison of the two systems, 22, 24.
Belsham (Thomas), Memoirs of the Rev. Theophilus Lindsey, 422-obser
vations on the nature and reasonableness of subscription to articles of
religion, 422, 423-different classes of subscribers to the articles of
the church of England, 424-account of Mr. Lindsey, 424-his
doubts concerning trinitarian doctrines, 425-petition of the Feathers'
Tavern Association for relief in the matter of subscription, 428—ex-
travagant assertion of Mr. Lee and Sir George Savile in the House
of Commons on that occasion, 429, 430—extract from a work of Mr.
Lindsey's on the divine being, with remarks, 431-unitarian method
of studying the Scriptures and getting rid of Scripture doctrines, 433,
435-instance of unfair quotation, to support their hypothesis, 436—
general observation on Mr. Belsham's work, 437.
Benefit societies, how abused, 344.
Beresina, the French totally deteated at the passage of, 474.
Berlin and Milan decrees, observations on, 205, 209, 210.
Bhud, temple of, at Bellegam, 415.
Bishops, Latimer on the unfitness of giving them secular employment,
Black (Dr.) brilliant chemical discoveries of, 68, 69.
Blockading, system of, its effects considered, 56, 58—its advantages, 58,
Bombay, pier and esplanade of, described, 407, 408-native inhabitants,
loaded with jewels, 408-Black town of, described, 408-economi-
cal living of the Hindoos, ibid. 409—fort, trade, temples and churches,
410, 411-manners of the English resident there, 412—its bazar de-
scribed, 413-sculptures in the neighbouring caverns, 414.
Boors (Dutch) of Southern Africa, character of, 391, 392-interior of
one of their houses described, 392.
Borodino (battle of), the French defeated at, 460.
Boron, how procured, 72, 73.
Bosjesmans or Hottentots, conjectures on the origin of, 387-account of
their manners and customs, 385, 387.
Brumble (Matthew) anecdotes of, 100.
Buonaparte, preparations of for war with Russia, 452-enters Russia at
the head of an immense army, 453-events of his campaign, and total
frustration of his boasting schemes. See Russia.
Butler (Bishop), character of, vindicated, 432.
Byron (Lord), remarks on his address for the opening of Drury-lane
theatre, 175, 176-imitation of, 177, 178.
Caffres, conjectures on the origin of, 390—their appearance and man-
ners, 388, 389-superstitious practices, 389, 390-account of the
missions to them, 392, 394.
Calamities of authors. See D'Israeli.
Calcutta, manners of the English at, 418.
Calvinists' doctrine concerning original sin and the freedom of the will,
examined, 357 et seq.-sophistry of their arguments, 563.
Campaign of the French in Russia. See Russia.
Canvas, good, may be imported from Calcutta, 50.
Capital of the East India Company, amount of, 251.
Caulking, bad system of, in the British navy, 40, 41.
Cavendish (Mr.) brilliant discoveries of, 69.
Ceylon (island), greatly improved under the British government, 416.
Chapman (Dr.) quotation from his Latin verses, 405, 406.
Chatterton, balance-sheet of, 94.
Chemical philosophy. See Davy.
Chemical substances, table of their weights, 78, 79-observations on, 79,
80.
China, state of our intercourse with, 140, 141-reasons why the trade to
should not be opened, 271-account of the monopoly of the Hong-
merchants, ibid. 272-the utmost delicacy necessary, in all intercourse
with China, 273-restrictions to be imposed on the East India Com-
pany, in the event of the China trade being confined to them, 278.
Chlorine, Sir H. Davy's opinion on, 73, 74-remarks thereon, 75, 76.
Church-of-England education, defined, 7, 8-society for. See National
Society. Subscription to her articles. See Subscription.
Church establishment in India, necessity of, 285, 286.
Churchyard, neglect of, by his patrons, 95.
Clarke (Dr.) remark on his travels in Russia, and his reviewers, 482
Coleridge (Mr.) parody on, 180.
Colman (George), Poetical Vagaries, 144-strictures on the size, &c.
of the publication, ibid. 145-extracts from his ode to We, with re-
marks, 147, 148-parody on Walter Scott, 149, 150.
Colquhoun (P.) Propositions for ameliorating the condition of the poor,
319-state of population at the commencement of the nineteenth
century, ibid.-inquiry into the number of poor and the poor laws,
ibid.-increase of paupers accounted for, ibid. 320-remarks on Mr.
Malthus's system, 320, 321-its fallacy exposed, 322, 323—his
scheme for preventing the increase of the poor, 324, 325—remarks
on its barbarity, 326, 327-causes of mendicity, 328--the evil aggra-
vated by the Reformation, 329, 333, 334-Sir F. M. Eden's opinion
that manufactures and commerce are the true parents of our national
poor, 329, 330-Harrison's account of the number and classes of va-
gabonds, in his time, 330 and note-wretched state of the Scotch poor
in 1698, 331-successful remedy for, ibid.-the want of a general
system of parochial education never supplied, 336-on the changes
induced by the increase of manufactures, 337, 338-moral evils of
the system adopted by manufacturers, 339, 340-remarks of Espri-
ella thereon, 340, 341-effects of factious newspapers on the work-
ing classes, 341, 342-tendency of the benefit societies, 342-effects
of jacobinism on the lower classes, 343, 344-temper of anarchist
journalists and their writings, 345-the liberty of the press, how
abused, 345, 348, 349, 350-remedies for the distresses of the poor,
351-supply of their want of food, ibid.-the furnishing them with
employment, 352-manning the fleets and armies, 353, 354-coloni-
zing our distant possessions, 355.
Continuity, law of, observation, 160, 161.
Copper bolts, advantage of, in ship-building, 39.
Copy money, given formerly to authors, 93.
Cortez, anecdote of, 471.
Coulomb (M.) on the estimating of animal force, 155.
Courten (Sir Wm.) piratical attack of, on Canton, and its consequences,
Crabbe (Mr.) parody on, 180.
Crown lands, the chief source of supply for naval timber, 46.
D'Alembert, character of, 298.
Dammer, a valuable substitude for pitch, 51.
Davies (Myles) anecdotes of, 96, 97.
Davoust (Marshal) totally defeated by the Russians, 475.
Davy's (Sir Humphry) Elements of Chemical Philosophy, 65-brilliancy
of his various discoveries, 65, 67-discovery of pneumatic chemistry
by Van Helmont, 67-progress of chemistry in the 17th and 18th
centuries, 68-brilliant discoveries of Black, Cavendish, Priestley,
and Steele, 69-curious electro-chemical experiments, 69, 70-dis-
covery of the new metals, potassium, sodium, and barium, 71-
strontium, 72-magnesium, ibid.-aluminium and other metals, ibid.
chlorine,
chlorine, 73, 74-observations on Sir H. Davy's electro-chemical dis-
coveries, 75, 76—on the simplicity of the proportions of chemical
combinations, 77-table of the proportional weights of chemical sub-
stances entering into combination, 78, 79-remarks thereon, 79, 80
-observations on, and corrections of some passages in Sir H. Davy's
work, 81, 85.
Davy (Rev. W.) a singular instance of literary perseverance, 103-ae-
count of his laborious work, bid. 104.
Diderot, character of, 298.
D'Israeli's Calamities of Authors, 93-on authors by profession, ibid.—
copy-money formerly given them, ibid.-Chatterton's balance sheet,
94-neglect of Churchyard and Stow, 95-monasteries favourable
to literature, 96-anecdotes of Myles Davies, 96, 97—of orator Hen-
ley, 97, 98-maladies of authors, 99-influence of study on their
health, ibid. 100-account of Matthew Bramble, 100-disappoint-
ments of Logan, 101—of Cole, ibid.-extract from Dr. Beaumont's
Psyche, 102-instance of misapplied perseverance in the Rev. Wm.
Davy, 103-account of his extraordinary work, ibid. 104-anecdote
of Fransham, the Norwich pagan, 104-Tom Nash's invectives
against Gabriel Harvey, 105-verses of the latter, 106-literary con-
spiracy and malignity of Gilbert Stuart against Dr. Henry, 107, 108
on the laws relative to literary property, 109, 112-regulations in
France concerning it, 112—the proper way to relieve the distresses
of literary men, 113.
Dissenters, on what ground excluded from the National Society's
schools, 15, 16.
Dutch, origin of their trade to India, 123-formation and constitution of
their East India Company, 123, 124-their success, 124-decline of
their trade, 125.
East India Company (English). Origin and progress of the first com-
pany, 126-a second company formed, 127-consequences of the
rivalry of the two companies, 127, 128-their union, and its bene-
ficial effects, 128-political state of India under their administration,
129-parliamentary regulations of, 130-Dr. Smith's objections to,
considered, 131, 132-their extraordinary profits, 132-charge of
extraordinary waste and violence against their servants refuted, 133
-experiment already made of an open trade to India, and its failure,
133, 134-causes of the Indian markets being circumscribed, 135-
amount of exports, ibid.-imports, 136, 137-the Indian trade how
to be conducted, 137, 139-in what sense their territorial acquisi-
tions can be considered as the right of the crown, 139, 140-danger
of innovation upon the present system of administering the Indian
finances, 140, 142-state of the company's trade to China, 140.
East India Company's Charter, papers respecting, 239-state of opinions
concerning it, 240-extravagant expectations held out by several of
the petitioners, 241, 242-remarks thereon, 242, 243-probable ef-
fects of any sudden and violent innovation on the established inter-
course with India, 244-origin and home establishment of the Com-
pany, 245, 246-its establishment in India, 246-the danger of
innovation,
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