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Commendams, the case of, 265.
Condorcet, his Moyen d'apprendre à
compter' recommended, 367.
Connecticut, boundaries of, in her
character, 315-school fund, 319.
Consulate of the Sea, account of, 16
-translations of, 17.

Contracts maritime, translation of
Pothier's treatise on, reviewed, 1.
Cornuti, his botanical work, 102.
Cottu, his work on English law, re-
viewed,343 et seq.-sent from France
to study the system of juries, ib.—
his reception in England, ib.-his
admiration of England, 344, 352,
354, 357-his explanation of 'ben-
efit of clergy,' 345-his remarks on
the manners and local attachments
of the English, 346-on the im-
portance attached to grand juries,
347-his contrast between an Eng.
lish and French criminal prosecu-
tion, 348 et seq.-his description of
a court room at the assizes, 351-
inaccuracies of, 352 et seq.-his
account of Captain Maxwell's of-
fering himself as a candidate at the
Westminster election, 354-his re-
marks on the happiness of the Eng-
lish, 357-on the difficulty of the
French adopting the English mu-
nicipal regulations, 362.

speare and Milton, 466.
Coke, Sir Edward, his life and writ-
ings, 255 et seq.-his birth, educa-
tion and early life, 256-reader of
Lyons Inn, ib.-his marriage, ib.
-his rapid rise, ib.-his second mar-
riage with lady Hatton, ib.-prose-
cuted on account of its irregularity,
257-his friendship towards the
church, 257, 278-his eminence
among the lawyers of his time, 258
-his conduct in the prosecution of
the earls of Essex and Southampton,
ib.-knighted by king James, ib.-
his conduct in the trial of Raleigh,
ib.-his conduct in the trial of the
conspirators in the gunpowder trea-
son, 260-his speech in Garnet's
case, ib.-made sergeant at law
and chief justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, 260-letter to,
from Bacon, 260, 283-his ani-
mosity against Bacon, 261, 268,
270-made chief justice of the
king's bench, 261-his conduct as
to extrajudicial opinions, ib. con-
duct in Overbury's cause, ib.-per-
sonal anecdote of, 262-displeases
the king, 263-his controversy
about chancery jurisdiction, ib.-
his conduct in the case of commen-
dams, 263, 265-his disgrace, 269
et seq.-character as a judge, 271-
marries his daughter to the brother
of the duke of Buckingham, 271 et
seq. domestic troubles, 271 et seq.
-restored to favor, 272-mutual
conduct of him and his enemies,
273—conduct in parliament, 273 et
seq. 275 et seq.-mildness towards
Bacon 273-committed to the tow-
er, 274-refused admission to king
Charles' presence, 275-compelled
to serve as sheriff of Bucks, ib.-
his retirement and death, 276-
seizure of his papers, ib.-his fami-
ly, 277-person, personal anec-
dotes, and character of, 277 et seq.
-his Reports, 278 et seq.-his En-
tries, 280-his Institutes, 281 et
seq.-his other writings, 284.
Colbert, design of the ordinance of
Louis XIV. attributed to, 19.
Colden corresponded with Linnæus
on botany, 105.
Comines De, cited, 9.

Cowpens, Botta's description of the
battle of, 194.

Cowper, a mistaken notion of, respect-
ing versification, 240-Byron's crit-
icism on, 463, 468.

Coxe cited, respecting the British
claim to Louisiana, 77.

Cross, his history of the Variolons
Epidemic in Norwich reviewed,
286 et seq.-his observations on
the efficacy of vaccination, 301 et
seq. his assiduity commended,
302-his remarks on the baneful
consequences of variolous inocu-
lation, 305.

Croga Anthony, grant of lands to, 77.
Curran, 5.

Cushing, Caleb, his translation of
Pothier reviewed, 1.
Cutler, Dr. his botanical writings, 106.

D.

D'Aguesseau, the Chancellor, patro-
nises Pothier, 4-account of, 4—his
plaidoyers models of eloquence, 5.

Darby, his A
viewed, 62,
cies of, 98
Davis Capt.
Augustine, !
Devonshire, in
357.
Dickenson Jol
Pennsylvan
184.
Drake, his lan
Drama, not to
sion of love
ferent mode
ry, 230-of v
in, 242.
Dumoulin, his
of Paris, 6-
Earth, the inter
and why, 13
of the interio
Eaton, account
any,
118.

Ebeling, his ge

67.

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Ellesmere Chancellor, his dispute
about chancery jurisdiction, 263—
his conduct in the case of commen-
dams, 267 et seq.

Elliott's Botany of South Carolina
and Georgia, 116.
Emerigon, 10.

Emigration in the United States, re-

marks on, 328 et seq.
England, essay on the complaints in
America against the British press
reviewed, 20-effects of a voyage
to, on American prejudices, 33 et
seq.-not on the decline, though
there are considerable evils in the
state of the country, 41-import-
ant that she should have her present
preponderance, 41-state of, in re-
gard to slavery, 43 et seq.-law of
slavery in, 43-Somerset's case,

44-English society, 159-Cottu
on the English law, 343 et seq.-
courtesy of the bar towards Cottu,
ib.-Cottu's remarks on the man-
ners and local attachments of the
English, 346-importance attached
to grand juries, 347-contrast be-
tween an English and French crim-
inal prosecution, 348 et seq.-re-
marks on the English character,
350-description of a court-room
at the assizes, 351-remarks on
elections, 352 et seq.-Cottu's pan-
egyric on, 357-constitution of, not
understood, 358-remarks on the
government of, 359 et seq.-ex of-
ficio information, 361-much room
for improvement in her institutions,
361-her penal code, 427 et seq.-
punishment of forgery, 431-effects
of a community of language with
the United States, 479 et seq.
English language, state of, in the
United States, 30 et seq.
Essex Earl of, his trial, 258.
Evans, his translation of Pothier on
Obligations, 5.

Euclid's Elements, 374 et seq.
Euler, his Algebra reviewed, 368.
F.

Faliero, Marino, a tragedy by Lord
Byron, reviewed, 228 et seq.-the
story of, 228-the great age of the
hero an objection, 229-plot ob-
jectionable on account of the means
of its discovery, 231-interview be-
tween the Doge and Angiolina
extracted, 232-other extracts, 236,
238-harsh and prosaic lines, 240.
Fearon, account of his life, 27-his
specimens of American dialect, 30.
Fever yellow, 57.

Florida, when and by whom discov-
ered, 62 et seq.-origin of the
name, 63-voyages of De Ponce,
ib.-voyage of Narvaez, 64 et seq.
-voyage of Soto, 66-voyage of
Cancellus, the friar, 68-voyage of
Ribault, 68-voyage of Laudon-
niere, 69-second voyage of Ri-
bault, 70-voyage of Menendez,
71, 91-voyage of De Gourgues,
73-boundaries in charter of Philip
II. and according to De Laet, and
Sanson, 74-charters of Charles II.
74-treaties between Spain and

Great Britain, 75-ceded to Great
Britain, 76-western boundary, 76
et seq.-treaty of Utrecht, 78-
treaty of Aix la Chapelle, ib.-
contests between the French and
English colonies, 79-ceded by
Spain to Great Britain, 84-boun-
daries of East and West Florida
fixed, and governments established
by Great Britain, ib.-conquered
by Spain and ceded by Great
Britain, 85-boundary of West
Florida by the treaties of 1783, ib.
-treaty of 1795 between Spain
and the United States, ib.-terri-
tory ceded by France to the Unit-
ed States, in 1303, 86 et seq.-
letter of Talleyrand on the boun-
daries, 89-survey of the coast, 91

-St Augustine plundered by
Drake, and by Capt. Davis, 93—
settlement of Pensacola, 93, 96-
expedition against Florida from
Carolina, 93-voyage of Charle-
voix, 94-St Joseph, ib.-expedi-
tion from Jamaica, 95-attacks
on Pensacola by the French, ib.—
Perdidos, why so named, 96-ex-
pedition under Oglethorpe, ib.-
deserted by the inhabitants when
ceded to Great Britain, 97-efforts
to settle, ib.-Gov. Brown and Dr
Trumbull, ib.-Forbes' sketches,
98-Darby's Memoir, 98 et seq.-
materials for an interesting history
of, 100.

Forbes, his Sketches of the Floridas
reviewed, 62, 98.

municipal regulations, 362.
Franklin, his remark respecting the
sentiments of the American colo-
nies, 186-degradingly misrepresent-
ed in the translations of Botta, 191.
Free agency, essay on, reviewed, 384

Forgery, punishment of in England,
and in the United States, 431 et
seq.

France, unwritten law of, 6 et seq.-

et seq.-remarks on, 356 et seq.
Fuller quoted respecting Coke, 277.
Funes Gregorio, his remarks on Las
Casas, and the slave trade, 162.

G.

Gauld, surveyor of the coast of Flo-
rida, 91.

rivalry between the customary and
the civil law, 7-various collec-
tions of the unwritten law, 8-or-
donnances, 9-jurisprudence des ar-
rets, 10-effect of the revolution
on the laws, ib.-Projet de Code
Civil, ib.-the various codes of
Bonaparte, 11-French society, 160
-decline of French tragedy, 272-
Cottu sent to study the system of
juries, 343contrast between an
English and French criminal pros-
ecution, 348 et seq.remarks
on the French character, 350-
difficulties of adopting the English

Geometry, Legendre's, reviewed, 374,
376 et seq.-remarks on the study
of, 379.

Georgia, treaty between France and
Spain to destroy the colony of, 76
-defended against the Spaniards
by Oglethorpe, 97-cession of
territory to the United States, 319.
Gesenius, his Hebrew Grammar, 474,
475.

Gray, John C. his oration before the
Phi Beta Kappa society, 478-his
remarks on the present state of
American literature, ib.-
-on the
effects of a community of language
with England, 479 et seq.-every
department of literature not occu-
pied, 479 et seq.-English models
of style one advantage of a com-
munity of language, 481-English
criticisms another, 482-extended
sphere of celebrity and usefulness
another, 484-field of literature
left open for American cultivators,
485- -diffusion of elementary in-
struction among our countrymen,
ib.--diffusion of refinement through-
out a community not chimerical,
486-importance of education to
our country, 487-literature a bond
of union between our states, 488.
Gray, the poet, Byron's remarks on,
462.

Grimm Baron de, his remarks on the

decline of French tragedy, 227.
Gronovius, his Flora Virginica, 104.
Grotius, Wheaton's eulogy on, 165.
Guienne M. De, author of the preface
to Pothier's Pandects, 4.
Gourgues De, his expedition to Flo-
rida, 73.

H.

Hannibal, 166 et seq.
Hanse Towns, sea laws of, 18.

Hardwicke
law of s
Hebrew la
of, revie
much att
New En
Herodotus
Herrera, hi
162 et se
thenticit
translatio
Hillhouse,
109-tran
History, obs
of, 169 et
109-wha
torians, 1
historian,
events, 1
Hobart Sir I
duct in t
268.

Hoffman, hi
Homer's use
155.
Honorius II

ing the ci
Hume, mist
da, 93.

Iberville I
mouth of
Intemperand

-preva
States, 43

James I, kin
against Co
his condu
dams, 266
Reports,
ment, 274
274, 278.
Jefferson, m

the conve
Jones Paul,
sea fight w

Jones Sir
tion of Po
the style
Jury grand,
land, 347-
Justinian, hi
Pothier, 3
code and

in his pan
New S

Hardwicke Lord, his opinion on the
law of slavery in England, 45.
Hebrew language, Stuart's Grammar
of, reviewed, 473 et seq.- -how
much attention bestowed on it in
New England, ib.

Herodotus quoted, 155, 156.
Herrera, his charge against Las Casas,
162 et seq.-
his character for au-
-Stevens'

thenticity, 163 et seq.-
translation of, 165.
Hillhouse, his remarks on the olive,
109-translation of Michaux, ib.
History, observations on the writing
of, 169 et seq.-ancient historians,
109-what required in modern his-
torians, 170-best periods for an
historian, 171-histories of recent
events, 172.

Hobart Sir Henry, 260, 261-his con-
duct in the case of commendams
268.

Hoffman, his lectures on law, 341.
Homer's use of the word barbarian,
155.

Honorius III, pope, prohibits teach-
ing the civil law in Paris, 7.
Hume, mistake of, respecting Flori-
da, 93.

I.

Iberville D', sent to explore the
mouth of the Mississippi, 77.
Intemperance, a source of crimes, 437
-prevalence of, in the United
States, 437.

J.

James I, king, 258- -his displeasure
against Coke, 263, 266, 269, 274—
his conduct in the case of commen-
dams, 266 et seq.-criticises Coke's
Reports, 269-quarrel with parlia-
ment, 274-his character of Coke,
274, 278.

Jefferson, mention made by him of
the convention of Pardo, 75.
Jones Paul, Botta's description of his
sea fight with captain Pearson, 192.
Jones Sir William, his commenda-
tion of Pothier, 1-his remark on
the style of Littleton's Tenures, ib.
Jury grand, importance of, in Eng-

land, 347-duties of, 374 et seq.
Justinian, his Pandects remodelled by
Pothier, 3-his alterations in the
code and novels, ib.-marine law
in his pandects and code, 15.
New Series, No. 8.

65

K.

Kalm, his travels in America, 106.
Krebs, on the word barbarian, 158.
Kuhn, the first teacher of botany in
the United States, 105.

L.

Lacroix, his remarks on the study of
mathematics, 366 his arithmetic
reviewed, 366 et seq.-his algebra,
reviewed, 366, 370 et seq.
Laet De, cited, 74, 93.

Lands, public, of the United States,
310 et seq. each state entitled to
a proportionate benefit from, 311,
319 et seq.system pursued by
Congress, 322 et seq.-not subject
to state jurisdiction, 325-quantity
required to give each state its pro-
portional benefit in respect to edu-
cation, 331-report of the senate
respecting appropriations of, 332
et seq.

Language, when it becomes fixed, 31
-changes in, retarded by a written
literature, 32-study of Latin and
Greek, 365-effects of the commu-
nity of language between England
and the United States, 479 et seq.
Laudonniere, his voyage to Florida,
69-his escape, 72.

Law, of contracts, the same in all
commercial countries, 2-law of
England and of Europe indebted
to the civil law, ib.-unwritten law
of France, 6-French and English
common law illustrative of each
other, ib.--opposition in France and
England to the introduction of the
civil law, 7-civil law prohibited by
Pope Honorius III. to be taught in
the university of Paris, ib.-vari-
ous collections of the unwritten
law in France, 8-ordonnances, 9-
verbosity of English and American
statutes, ib.-Projet de Code Civil,
10-the civil law commended, 11
-codes of Bonaparte, ib.-history
of maritime law, and an account
of the treatises on this subject, 14
et seq-international, 154--Ro-
man, Russian, Turkish, 160-defi-
ciency in legal biography, 255——
English Reports, 278-remarks on
the study of Coke upon Littleton,
283-Cottu on English law, review.
ed, 343 et seq.

Legendre, his Geometry, reviewed,

374, 376 et seq.
Linnæus, assists in making the Flora
Virginica, 104-his labors on
American botany, 105.
Littleton's Tenures, style of, praised
by Sir William Jones, 1, 282-edi-
tion of, by M. Howard, 7, 282-
Coke's commentary on, 281 et seq.
Liverpool, number and qualification
of its electors, 353.

Love, not the only dramatic passion,
227, 242 et seq.

Louis XI. desirous to introduce uni-
formity in the laws, &c. of France,

9.

Louis XIV. his marine ordinance, 19.
Louisiana, law decisions in, reported,
and law digested, by Martin, 5-
receives its name, 77-settlement
of, ib.-English expedition to, ib.
-English claim to, ib.-contests
between the French and English
colonies, 79-negotiations between
France and England, 80-bounda-
ries unsettled, 81-boundaries fix-
ed, 82 et seq.-ceded by France to
Spain, 84-treaty of 1795 between
Spain and the United States, 85-
ceded to France by the treaty of
St Ildephonso, 86ceded by
France to the United States, ib.-
extent of territory ceded to the
United States, ib. et seq.-letter of
Talleyrand on the boundaries, 89.
Lucretius, extolled by Byron, 462.
M.

Mallerille assists in drawing up the
Projet de Code Civil, 10.
Mankind, superficial taste of, 134 et
seq.

Mansfield, Lord, his opinion in Som-
erset's case, 44.

Marius, quotation from his speech in
Sallust, 41.

Marshall's Life of Washington quoted,
respecting the claims to Louisiana,
79.
Marshall, author of Arbustum Ameri-
canum, 107.

Martin, reporter of decisions, and au-
thor of a digest of the law of Lou-
isiana, 5-his translation of Pothier
on Obligations, ib.

Martin, his life of St Pierre, review-
ed, 200 et seq.

Martyrs islands, remarks on, 63-
Charlevoix shipwrecked on, 94.
Maryland, report and resolutions of,
respecting the appropriation of
public lands, 311 et seq.-resolu-
tions respecting the Virginia claim
to the western lands, 317-her re-
fusal to join the confederation, 318
-her attention to education, 338
et seq.-defects in the constitution
of her former university, 339-her
present university, 341-St. Mary's
college, ib.

Massachusetts, obscurity of her char-
ter, respecting her territory, 315-
criminal laws of, 429 et seq.-state
prison, 432 et seq. 438-law res-
pecting convicts, 436.
Mathematics, effects of, on the mind,
364 et seq.-Lacroix's remarks on
the study of, 366—Lacroix's Arith-
metic, 366 et seq.-Condorcet's
Moyen d'apprendre à compter, 367
-Euler's Algebra, 368-Lacroix's
Algebra, 366, 370 et seq.-—in
France, England and the United
States, 374-Legendre's Geometry,
374, 376 et seq.

Maxcy V. his report relative to the
appropriation of public lands for
the purposes of education, 310 et
seq.his remarks on the equal
rights of each state, 311-on appro-
priations by Congress, 320-on the
general and local benefit from ap-
propriating public lands for the
purposes of education, and on the
effects of emigration, 327 et seq.-
his reports commended, 342,
Menendez, his voyage to Florida, 71
-his perfidy, 72-his administra-
tion of the government of Florida,
91-his death, 92.

Michaux the elder, and his writings,
account of, 108.

Michaux the younger, his botanical
works, 109.

Military glory, too highly estimated,

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