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FORTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Abington Pigots, evils of its inclosure bill, 247.
Absentees, amount of British income spent by, 314.
Alexander 1. of Scotland, 332-Alexander II., 334-Alexander III., his reign an interesting period of Scottish history, 335-Defeats Haco of Norway, 339— his misfortunes and death, 340. Ali, (Makomet of Egypt) singular plot against his life, 458.
Ali, (Pasha of Yauini) account of, 466. Allen, (W.) Home Colonies, 522. America, North, travels in, why generally defective, 417-ignorance of the Ameri- cans respecting England, 422-their schools and colleges, 423-system of government and administration of law, 425-legislative debates, 426-spirit of party in elections, 431-operation of the democratic principle on the administra- tion of justice, 433-difference between the Americans and English as to moral feeling, 437-women held in low estima- tion, 437-cause of this, 438-excessive use by the Americans of ardent spirits, ibid. English America capable of de- fending itself against the United States, 439-American carnival, 441-estate of New Harmony, 442-preference given in America to the episcopal church, 445 -lessons and examples of their ances- tors not wholly abandoned by the Ameri- cans, ibid.
Anne, (queen of James I.) expense of a ten
days' residence of, at Bath, 66-value of her jewels, 76-her character, 77. A. P. D. G. Sketches of Portuguese life, manners, costume, and character, 184- account of the author, ibid. Anti-Pauper System. See Working Classes. Assheton, (Mr.) 64.
Attacotti, tribe of Ancient Britains, 146. Ava, Mr. Crawfurd's Journal of an Embassy to the Court of, 27-Ava, as described by Marco Paolo, 28-visited by Mendez Pinto, whose account Mr. Crawfurd deems unfaithful, 29-Mission of Mr. Higginson to ibid.-Mission to, of Colo-
nel Symes, 30-Mr. Crawfurd's appoint ment and suite, ibid.-picture of the country viewed by him on his way, 31- gives an account of the celebrated petro- leum wells, ibid.-curious specimens of petrified wood and fossil bones of animals collected by him, 33-his reception at Ava, 34-Burmese notions of dignity, ibid.visited in his steam-boat by the king's ministers, ibid.-treaty of com- merce, consisting of twenty-two articles, reduced by their pertinacity to four, 35 -commendable patience of Mr. Craw- furd in this proceeding, ibid.-singular punishments to which these ministers are subjected by the king, 36-character of the king, 38- barbarous amusement practised by him of riding upon a man's shoulders, ibid.-hall of audience de- scribed, 41-presentation of the ambas- sador, and amusement that followed, ibid. -water-festival of the Burmese, consist- ing of boat-racing, described, 42 - amusements of the Burmese, 43-Bur- man punishments, ibid.-frightful picture of the brutal ferocity of this people, 45
their chandalas, or persons appointed to burn the bodies of the dead, 46-bar- barous custom as to a wife dying in child- bed, bid. funeral of a priest, hid.no- tions of the Burmese on the subject of disease, and other physical evils, 47— degraded class among them, denominated slaves of the temples, 48-their different tribes and respective practices, ibid.- state of the peasantry, 49--little progress of the Burmese in the useful arts, or in the higher branches of literature, ibid.— their notions of religion, 50-their pub- lic records, 51-curious specimen of the fidelity of these records in the account given by the court historiographer of the war with the English, ibid.-value of Martaban ceded to the English at the close of this war, 51-Mr. Crawfurd's address to the Burmese in announcing the event of the cession, 52-mistaken in his supposed policy of our keeping possession of Rangoon, 53-value of the map attached to his work, ibid.
Bacon, (F. Lord Verulam) 66. Bairactar, (Mustapha) conduct of, in de- fence of the Sultan Selim, 476. Balbi, (Adrien) Essai Statitisque sur le Royaume de Portugal et d'Algarve, 181. Baliol, (John) king of Scotland, 345. Banfill, (Samuel) third letter on the means of improving the labouring classes, 240.
Bannockburn, battle of, 350.
Bastinado, story of an English merchant cured by it of the gout, 466. Bath and Wells, (present bishop) plan of, for the relief of industrious labourers, 266. | Beaver, (Capt. Philip) his early attachment to the sea, 376-bis intelligent answers to questions by Admiral Forbes, ibid.- high hopes entertained of him by Admi- ral Byron, 377-saying of, on his escape in a naval engagement, ibid.-ballad by, 378-placed in charge of an American brig, ibid.-taken prisoner, ibid.-report of his death from fever, 379-appointed first lieutenant of the Nemesis, ibid.- becomes acquainted at Boulogne with "Marshal Soult, 381-his attentions to study during peace, ibid.appointed first lieutenant of the Saturn, ibid.-pro- | jects formed by him, when paid off, 382 resolves to form a colony at Bulama in Africa, 383 difficulties attending its commencement, 384-the ships, the crews, and the passengers, 385-his ju- dicious and humane conduct during the voyage, 386-stopped at the Canaries as a pirate, 387—the crews of one of the vessels on landing at Bulama, attacked, and several killed by the natives, 388- the island purchased by Beaver of its kingly owner, 389-division in the coun- cil as to further proceedings, 390-first measures in the work of colonization, 391 -the island described, 392-effect of the climate on the colonists, ibid.death of Mr. Marston, the surveyor, 393- Capt. Beaver himself seized with a fever, 394his conciliating conduct when visited by the old Bijuga king, Bellchore, ibid.-the colonists reduced from eighty- six to sixty, 395-the Captain again seized with fever, but recovers after fif- teen days' confinement, ibid.-by deaths and the departure of a ship to Europe left with twenty-seven persons, 396- advised by an old schoolfellow, but with- out effect, to abandon the enterprise, 397 happy result of his caution and self-pos- session on a second visit of the old king, 398 further reduction of his little party, 399-attempt made on his life by one of the native labourers, 400-undresses
himself for the first time during a spice of eight months and nine days, 4014 the block or guardhouse finished, ibiu -fu. – ther striking instance of his courageous demeanour, ibid.the colonists reduced to eleven persons, 402-third visit of King Bellchore, 403-various trades practised by Beaver, ibid.—his joy on the arrival of two Englishmen, bringing de- spatches, ibid.writes to the Admiralty on hearing of the war with France, 405—— deserted by Peter Hayles, 404-another visit from Bellehore, 407-deserted by his grumeta soldiers, ibid.-pressed by the few remaining colonists to quit the island, he yields, and returns to England, 408 -on his arrival the Bulama Association pass a vote of thanks to him, iber- made lieutenant of the Stately, and dis- tinguishes himself, 409-is placed in his old station on board the Foudroyant, ibid.
- promoted to the Dolphin, 410- bearer of despatches from Lord Keith, but not promoted, ibid.marries, ibid. -in the expedition to Egypt made post captain, 411-obtains the medal of the Order of the Crescent, from the Porte, ibid.-appointed to the command of the Sea Fencibles on the coast of Essex, ibid-forms a plan for destroying the flotilla at Boulogne, ibid.-pablishes his African Memoranda, 412-appointed to the Acasta, and sails to the West Indies, ibid. charge of cruelty false, stated against him in the House of Commons, 413-proofs of his regard for the com- fort of the men under his command, 115 -beloved by his men, not by his officers, ibid.-defrauded at Barbadoes of 3007. prize money, ibid.dies from neglecting his health, 416-state of his family at his death, ibid. benefits that would accrue to the public from the publication of his journals and letters, 417. Becher, (Rev. J. T.) the Anti-pauper system, 522. Bellchore, African king, 394, 398, 403, 407. Bell at Edmonton, amusements at, of James I. and his companions, 59. Bellers, (John) proposals of, for a College of Industry, 359. Bellingham, question of the moral respon- sibility of insane persons arising out of his murder of Mr. Percival, 176. Bentivolio, (Cardinal) 56. Beresford, (Marshal) proceedings of, on the defence of Portugal being intrusted to his care, 203-obtains the king's sanction in Brazil to a new military code, 206-conspiracy for the murder of, 215. Bernard, (Sir T.) 262, 264, 283.
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, (Duke,) his in- ducement to travel in America, similar to that of Captain Hall, 418-short account of the duke, 419-course fol- lowed by these travellers the same, 420
where their descriptions vary, the cause easily accounted for, 421-com- mendable designs of Captain Hall in writing his travels, 440commits a geopraphical mistake, ibid.-popularity of his work in America, 446.
Bicheno, (J. E.,) on systems and methods in natural history. See Natural His- tory.
Blind Harry, the Scottish historian, 356. Boat racing, festival of, with the Burmese, 42.
Boëthius, (Hector,) his vaunting account
of early Scottish story examined, 121. Bohun, (Sir Humphrey de,) slain in single combat by Robert Bruce, 351. Bosch, (General Van dem,) 540. Brazil, (prince of). See Portugal. Breeding, practice of, as to animals, appli- cable to tribes of mankind, 155.
Bremhill, weekly allowance to the young women by the overseers of the parish of, 259.
Brighton, Co-operative Society, account of, 365.
Brisson, (Jacques,) Histoire Financière de la France, 492.
Brougham, (Henry,) charge of cruelty al- leged by, against a naval officer, 412. Browne, (Captain John Murray,) historical view of the revolutions of Portugal by, 134-character of the author, 185 value of his works, 187, 220, 224. Brownlow, (Lord,) 267. Buchan, (Countess,) her imprisonment, 357. Buchanan, (George,) 122, Buckland, (Professor,) remarks of, on ani-
mals no longer found to exist, 33. Bulama, project of a colony at. See Beaver. Burmese. See Ava.
Busbequius, ambassador to the Turkish court, 485.
Cheltenham and Gloucester, compared as to their respective population and churches, 4.
Chinese, literature of the, 85- make no technical distinctions between tragedy and comedy, 86-a tragedy of, the sor- rows of Hau, critically examined, ibid. 82-a tragedy of Voltaire's constructed from one of their plays, 93—the Hundred Plays of Yuen translated by Père Pre- mare, ibid.-revolts with the Chinese, the sure result of famine, ibid.—the dra- matis personæ and divisions of their plays, ibid.-their poetry, 94-use of parallelism in their verse, ibid.from their fondness of it employed to the de- corations of rooms and temples, 97- spirit of their poetry, 98-cause of the little estimation in which Chinese litera- ture is held in the west, 99-songs and odes intended to be accompanied by mu- sic the earliest poetry of the Chinese, 100-specimens, from their ancient book of odes, 101-their low estimation of the stage, 102-account of their best modern poets and modern productions, ibid.-no instances found among them of epic poetry, 104-the pastoral not used by them, 105-specimens of the moral and didactic, 106—the satirical, ibid.— the descriptive, 107-use of mythology in their poetry, 108-specimens of the descriptive, 109-poetical pieces taken at random, 111-mistake of Profes- sor Rémusat, as to an English opinion of Chinese poetry, rectified, 113 a dictionary of Chinese poetry necessary for Europeans to form of it a right esti- mate, ibid:-a Chinese romance, under the title of the Fortunate Union, about to appear in English, 114-construction of this romance, 115-extracts from it, 116-120.
Christian of Denmark, visit of, to his sister queen Anne, at Somerset-house, 61. Church of England. See England. Cintra, convention of, 218. Clarendon, (Lord,) 3.
Butterfly, lines by a Chinese on giving Clock, singular one used by the Burmese, 49. liberty to, 112.
Carey, (Sir R.,) anecdote of, 54, note. Catholic religion, use of the ceremonial of, 2-infidelity of the higher order of the clergy, as common as gross superstition in the lower order, 6-various schisms in, enumerated, 10-14. Chalmers, (George,) 135. Chamberlain, (Mr.,) 76, 77.
Comyn, (Sir John,) stabbed by Robert Bruce, 349.
Cooper, (Dr., Pres. of Columbia College,) political anecdote respecting, 436.
Chaucer, Catholic pastors depicted by, 11 Co-operation of the labouring classes,
works on the subject of, 359--plan of John
John Bellers, 360-communities in Hot- tentot villages at the Cape of Good Hope, 361-society of Harmony near Pitts- burg, N. America, ibid. community of the people called Shakers, 362-com- munity near Wheeling, on the Ohio- village and land of the Harmonists pur- chased by Mr. Owen, 363-other com- munities in N. America, 364-commu- nity at Orbiston, ibid.-in London, of printers, ibid.-community near Dublin, ibid. Brighton Co-operative Society, 365-proceedings of these co-operators, ibid.-their mode of reasoning, 366- their arguments against machinery, 367 -co-operation deemed by them a re- medy against this evil, 368-success at- tending the Brighton Society, 370-| care taken by it as to admission of mem- bers, 371-three societies formed by a lady in imitation of it, 372-benefits the co-operators hope to derive from these associations, ibid.-influence of these associations, if successful, on the rest of society, 373-evils that would result from their absorbing the greater part of the working population, ibid.
Corbet, (Richard,) 72. Correio Braziliense, 184. Cox, (Captain,) 32.
Cranmer, (Archbishop,) 14. Crawfurd, (John,) Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Court of Ava, 27. Cromwell, (Oliver,) knew the force of re- ligious principle, and availed himself of it, 10.
Cromwell, (Sir Oliver,) his reception of James I., 58-his character and history, 62.
Dalrymple, (Mr.,) 382.
Dalrymple, (Sir D.,) peculiarly qualified for the office of Scottish historian, 127- his Annals of Scotland, 129. Dandie Dinmont, trait in the character of, drawn from that of James I., 73. Davidson, (Lucretia Maria,) early propen- sity of, to poetical composition, 289- authors read by her previous to the age of twelve years, 290-anecdote of her filial piety on being presented by a gentle- man with a bank bill of twenty dollars, 291--forsakes her pen and her books in consequence of the remonstrance of friends against the use of them, and be- comes dejected, 292-resumes them by the private advice of her mother, ibid.— ill effect produced on her mind by the promise of reward, 293-rapidity with which she composed, ibid.-verses writ-
ten by her in consequence of the excite- ment occasioned by Moore's Farewell to his Harp, 294-complains in verse, in her fifteenth year, of frequent and vio- lent headachs, 295-lines by, to a star, 298 her regret at not having the ad- vantage of the customary female educa- tion, ibid.-her feelings on possessing it, by the benevolence of a friend, as ex- pressed in her letters while at school, 297-lines by, written in illness and under a sense of decay, 298-subse- quent lines, the last she wrote, express- ing her fear of madness, 299-anecdote of her attachment to her books, when on her death bed, and forbidden to read them, ibid.-her person described, 300 ←number and character of her writings, ibid.
Davis, (J. F.) Han-Koon Tsew, or the Sor rows of Han, a Chinese Tragedy, trans- lated from the original, 85. Death, thoughts on the fear of, 26. Denson, (John,) address to the Society for the Encouragement of Industry, 240– striking instance cited by, of the bene- fits derived from dividing a large farm into small allotments, 253-states the wages of a peasant to be less than what is allowed to an imprisoned felon, 254 -details the ill effects of the allowance system, 255.
Derwentwater, beautiful picture of domes- tic feeling on contemplating it, 25. D'Israeli, (J.,) inquiry into the literary and political history of James I., 54. Donkin, (Sir Rufane,) Dissertation on the course and probable termination of the Niger, 226-sources of his mistake as to this river, 227-in support of his theory, Herodotus made to say what he does not say, 228-in the same manner Ptolemy misapprehended by him, 229 -improperly supposes the Cape de Veide islands to be the Happy Islands, 230 his theory, making the Nile of He- rodotus and the Niger of Pliny to be the modern Niger historically overthrown, 233 his mistaken notions, as to other rivers being the Niger, combated, 235 -his doctrine of fluvial aneurisms, ibid. -his predilection for ancient classic authorities, and disregard for modern ones, the result of his great learning, 237-expedition of the two Beecheys cited against him, 238-ridicules Mungo Park for a faney, that might not inaptly have applied to himself, ibid.-picture of his feelings on the supposed truth of his discovery, 239-his mistake as to the river of Timbuctoo, ibid.-reply of the Reviewer
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