Obituary of Erasmus Rask, 238-240- of Jean Baptiste Say, 247, 248-of Antonio Scarpa, 252—of Barnaba Ori- ani, 253-of M. Kieffer, 529, 530- of Baron Cotta, 530-552. Oriani (Barnaba) biographical notice,
Oriental Literature, literary notices re-
specting, 253. 534, 535-particularly of Armenian literature, 509-512- vindication of the committee of the Oriental Translation Fund from the censures of Professor Schlegel, 317- 323-important services rendered by that committee to Oriental literature, 332, 333-Sir William Jones's observa- tions on the discouragement attending the study of Oriental literature, 326- noble efforts of the East India Com- pany to promote it, in England by the course of study pursued at Haileybury, 330 and in India, 331, 332.
Pacca (Cardinal Bartolomeo) Memorie Storiche, 29-observations on them, 67, 68.
Painters, observations on the German school of, 75-77-particularly on the works of Van Eyck, 77-79. Papal government, outline of the, 46, 47—
its ministers, ib.-49-power of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, and as a tem- poral sovereign, 47-municipal organ- ization of the Roman States, 49-civil courts, ib. 50-their jurisdictions, 51— state of the prisons, 52- the Holy Office, ib. 53-humane conduct of Pius VII. to a relapsed Jew, ib.-Papal re- venue, 60, 61, 62-observations on the Papal government of the Legations, 65, 66-unchangeableness of the Roman courts, 67-remarks on the correspon- dence between the English and Aus- trian ministers respecting the complaints of the Legations, 69-72. Patricians of Rome, origin of, 412-dis- putes between them and the plebeians, ib.-their oppression of the plebeians after the sacking of Rome by the Gauls, 414-their ineffectual opposi- tion to the Licinian rogations, 423- 326-their further contests with the plebeians, 428-431.
Pecchio (Count G.), works of, on England, 171-character of them, 173-descrip. VOL. XI. NO. XXII.
tion of England, 172—of the foreign exiles whom he met in London, 174— his remarks on English education, 175, 176-on English roads, 177-on the English mode of recruiting the army, 178-description of au election of members of parliament, 180-compa- rison of the systems of direct and indi- rect election, 180, 181. Pecchio (Torquato), description of Den- mark, and of the Danes by, in 1627, 469, 470, 471.
Pellico (Silvio), Memorie di, 473-cha- racter of the work, 475, 476-cause of his imprisonment, 476, 477-anecdote of his imprisonment at Milan, 477— 480-removed to Venice, and confined in the Piombi, 481-his sentiments and pursuits there, 481-487-sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment in the fortress of Spielberg in Moravia, 488- his removal thither, 489-anecdotes of his imprisonment there, and of some of his companions, 489-497—is libe- rated with two state prisoners, 498— goes to Vienna, 499-and thence into Italy, 499-his separation from his friend and fellow prisoner, Maroncelli, 500-return to his family at Turin, 501 -moral uses of his work, 50%. Philip II. King of Spain, abstract of evidence relative to his conduct to- wards his son Don Carlos, 455–463— conclusions showing that he did not put him to death, 464—his delight on hearing of the massacre of St. Bar- tholomew, ib 465. Pirkheimer (Wilibald) letters of Durer to, 85-his account of Durer's wife, 89. Pius VII. pope, anecdote of, 53. Plants, on the Physiology of. See Vege- table Physiology.
Poisons, effect of, on the structure of plants, 379, 580.
Pomptine Marshes, present state of, 45. Poor, condition of, in England, 219-ob- servations on the English poor laws, ib. and on the system of workhouses and depôts for the poor, ib. 220. Pope, triple office in the person of, 46~~ sketch of his government and ministers, 47-53.
Population of Rome, 39, 40-how affect- ed by the removal of the Papal govern- ment, 41, 42-its present state, 45, 46 -classification of it, 46.
Prisons at Rome, state of, 52. Protestants, massacres of, in the South of France, in 1815, 107.
Prussia, charges of, against the commer-
cial policy of England, refuted, 403-
406. Publications on the Continent, lists of, from October to December, 1832, 254, et seq.-from January to March, 1833, 540, et seq.
Putrefaction of animal substances, influ- ence of the moon on, 507. Pyat (Felix), his description of a coffee room of Vaudevillists, 192-194.
Rain, influence of the moon on, 503- 505.
Rask (Erasmus), Biographical Account of, 238-240-outline of his excellent An- glo Saxon Grammar, 227, 228. Raumer (Friedrich von), Briefe aus Paris, 452-Biographical notice of him, 453-object and contents of his letters, 453-455-his abstract of the evidence respecting the history of Don Carlos and Queen Isabella of Spain, 455-463-his conclusions on this sub- ject, 464-on the conduct of Philip II. respecting the massacre of St. Bartho- lomew, 464, 465.
Reciprocity, Colonel Torrens's argument on the necessity of, considered, 152,
Recruiting the army in England, observa- tions on, 178.
Reichstadt (Duc de). See Napoleon. Religion, state of, in the United States of North America, 15-in France, 438— 441.
Rouds in England, remarks on, 177. Roche (Eugène), Paris Malade, critical notice of, 229, 230.
Rome (ancient), composition of the Ro- man people, 411-origin of the Pa- triciaus or Populus, and of the Plebs, 412-disputes between them, ibid.- oppression of the Plebs by the Patri- cians, after the capture of Rome by the Gauls, 414-changes in the con- stitution proposd by C. Licinius Stolo and L. Sextius Lateranus, 414-nar- rative of the event which is said to have been the origin of the measures proposed by Licinius Stolo, 427-ob- ject of the first rogation, the election of consuls, one of whom was to be a plebeian, 415-objections of the patri. cians as related by Livy, 415-reply to them by Mr. Niebuhr, 416-the se- cond rogation, the Agrarian Law re specting the public lands, 417-state- - ment of it, ibid, 418-its nature and
equity, 418-420—the third rogation, by which it was ordered that all the interest paid on outstanding debts should be deducted from the capital, and the balance paid in three years by equal annual instalments, 420 - re- marks on it, ibid, 421, 422-opposition of the Patricians to the passing of the rogations, 423, 424-which were even- tually passed, 425, 426—consequences of these measures, 428-renewed con- tests between the Patricians and the Plebeians, 428-431-judicious regu- lations made for the payment of debts, by the state accommodating debtors with loans, 432-comparative observa- tions on the working of the Roman and British Reforms, 432, 433.
Rome (Modern), topographical descrip- tion of the western part of the states of, 31, 32-the state of the cultivation of the country dependant on the sani- tary condition of the atmosphere, ib.— 34-causes of the malaria of the Ro- man plains, ib. 35, 36 note †-circum- stances which have aggravated it, ib.— ancient population of Rome, ib.-pro- gress of malaria, 36-especially in the modern city of Rome, 37, 38-sugges tions for checking it, 36, 37—popula- tion of Rome at various times, 39, 40 -probable effect of the removal of the Papal government on the popula- tion of the city, 41, 42-number of births and deaths, ib. 43-state of the different soils capable of production, ib.-state of agriculture, ib. 44-par- ticularly on the Farm of Campomorto, ib. 45-physical state of the present population of the Roman province, ib. 46-classification of the population of the Papal States, ib.-increase of crimes, 53-condition of the banditti, 54- particularly during the French domi- nion, 55-improvement of the police by the French, ib.-vindication of the character of the modern Romans, 56 -number of criminals tried in the course of two years, 57-income of charitable foundations, ib.-account of the Monte di Pietà, 58-efforts made to suppress mendicity, 59-revenues of the Municipality of Rome, ib.-of the clergy, ib. 63-state of education, 64. Roots of plants, observations on the de- scent of, 364.
Rotation of crops, physiological principles for the regulation of, 381. Russia, literary intelligence from, 334. Russian Novels. See Zagoskin.
Saxo Grammaticus, biographical notice of, 132.
Say (Jean Baptiste), biographical notice of, 247, 248.
Scarpa (Antonio), biographical notice of,
Schlegel (A. W.), Reflexions sur l'Etude
des Langues Asiatiques, 315-his attack on Professor Wilson, 317-325-refu- tation of his objections against the Ori- ental Translation Fund: first, to the system of publishing translations as a means of diffusing information respect- ing the nations of the east, 317, 318– secondly, of the alleged incompetency of the translators, 318, 319-thirdly, that the committee have neglected the ori- ginals, 319-321 - inaccuracy of his translation of one of their regulations, 320-his angry censure of the eulogium bestowed by the committee on Arabic and Persian literature, 321-323-his ignorance of the Calcutta edition of the Shah Nameh, 323-notice of his obser- vations on translations of Sanscrit works published by English scholars, 324- his confession of his own obligations to Wilkins's version of the Bhagavat Gita, 325-the British Museum vindicated from his unfounded charges, 326-his misrepresentations of the Baron de Sa- cy's remarks on Mr. Price's translation of the Memoirs of the Emperor Jehan- gueir, 327-328-notice of M. Von Hammer's castigation of Professor Sch- legel, 329.
Silk manufacturers' statements and pro- positions, observations on, 157-163. Slavery, observations on the state of, in the United States of America, 10—12 -scheme for the abolition of it, 14, 15, Sleep of plants, nature of the, 365. Society, remarks on the economical changes in, 219.
Somal (Placido Lukias), Quadro della Storia Letteraria di Armenia, 509. See Armenian Literature.
Species of plants, observations on, 359-
Stem of plants, observations on the ascent of, 364.
Subdivision of plants, observations on, 358, 359.
Symmetry, law of, observable in plants which are allied by natural affinity, 561 -364.
Talleyrand, conduct of, in procuring the restoration of the Bourbons, 97-their first restoration his work, 99, 100-his conduct after their second restoration, 107-his resignation of office, 110. Texas, province of, account of the settle- ment of, 27, 28.
Thorvaldsen, the sculptor, anecdotes of, 225, 226.
Torrens's (Colonel) arguments on the ne- cessity of reciprocity of trade examined, 152, 153.
Tournon (Comte de), Etudes Statistiques sur Rome, 29-biographical notice of, 30-design of his work, ibid. S1. See Rome.
Traditional law of the Jews, notice of, 444, 445.
Trees, extraordinary longevity of, 368- 371-process of nature in healing them, S77-379.
Valdemar I., king of Denmark, reign of, 133-changes in the Danish constitu- tion effected by him, 154.
Valdemar II., outline of the code of laws framed by, 135-137.
Varese (Signor), critical notice of his no- vels, of Folchetto Malaspina, 231–233 --and of Preziosa di Sanluri, 233–236. Vaudevillists, coffee-room of, at Paris, de- scribed, 192-196.
Vegetable physiology, principles of: struc- ture of plants, 337, 338-several stages of the nutrition of plants, 339-347- annual growth of a plant in each of the four seasons, 348-fructification of plants, 349, 358-reproduction of them by subdivision, 358, 359-species of plants, 359-361-law of symmetry observable in plants which are allied by natural affinity, 361-364-descent of the root and ascent of the stem, 364, 365-sleep of plants, 365-causes of their different colours, 365, 366-indi- viduality of plants, 367-duration and age of trees, 368-371-principles of vegetable epireology, 372-376-pro- cess of nature in healing the wounds of trees, 377-379-effects of poisons on the structure of plants, 379, 380. Venice, notice of the Armenian monastery of St. Lazzaro at, 511, 512. Vesuvius, description of a visit to, 224. Viennet (M.), humorous account of the
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