NOTE to the Article, in No. CLX., on Tucker's Life of
Admiral Lord St Vincent.

In reviewing this work we, as illustrative of the peculiar and characteristic manner in which Lord St Vincent was sometimes wont to convey a rebuke to an officer with whose conduct he was displeased, extracted an anecdote, in substance as follows:- A certain Rear-Admiral, in command of the in-shore squadron, who had been directed to watch the French fleet, in a bay on the French coast, made some representation to the Chief as to the obstacles presented by the shoaliness of the coast; upon which, the old Admiral, in order to show the groundlessness of that representation, led the main body of the fleet within the RearAdmiral's squadron, sailed round him, and out again. We had, from circumstances, been led to think, that this Rear-Admiral, whose name Mr Tucker did not think fit, in reciting the anecdote, to insert, was the late Honourable George Berkeley, one of four Rear-Admirals in the fleet; and we accordingly named him as the Rear-Admiral alluded to. We have lately been informed, on adequate authority, that our conjecture was wholly groundless; and we therefore feel ourselves in fairness bound to acknowledge, and to apologise for the mistake into which we had fallen, and which we rather unwarily committed to the press.

ERRATA in No. CLXI.

Page 229, line 25, for "This good and heroic Prince," read "The good and heroic Louis IX."

254, line 5 from bottom, for "the level of his speech," read "the level of his opinion."

258, line 10, for "distorting, perhaps in the attempt to revive them," read "distorting inevitably, in the attempt to revive them.” - 269, line 3, for "the almost brotherly love," read "the love."

INDEX.

A

Abyssinia British Embassy to the Christian Court of Shoa, in, 43-
arrival at Aden, ib.—at Tajura bay and port, 44-region of Adaiel,
44-45-description of lake Bahr-Assal, 45-sufferings endured on
its banks, 45-46-river Hawash; basin which it drains, 48-un-
wholesome country which separates the Christian and Galla tribes
from the Moslem of the desert, ib.-appearance of the country, 48-
49-inhabitants which now possess it, 49-50-history of the king-
dom of Shoa and Efat, 50-Its agriculture and productions, 51-53,
(See Shoa)-reception of the embassy-opposition raised against it
at first by all classes, 53-mode of collecting the royal revenue, 54-
review of the militia of the kingdom, 55-Homeric appearance of, ib.

their ferocity in war kept up by a barbarous point of honour, 56-
military expedition against one of the neighbouring Galla tribes,
56-58-good done through the influence of the embassy, 58-treaty
of commerce concluded with the embassy, 58-59-slave-trade in, 59
-character of the Abyssinian Christians not to be judged of by
their peculiar military usages, 59-60-credit the embassy gained by
hunting elephants and buffaloes, 60-executions not frequent, ib.-
condition of the ancient Ethiopic Church, 61-64, (See Ethiopic
Church)-the King and his subjects victims of the most superstitious
opinions, 62-63-Galla people a finer and manlier race than the
Amharas, 64-appearance of their country, 64-65-their women the
most beautiful of the African races, 65-consider themselves as the
descendants of the Ten Tribes, ib.-commercial prospects which the
civilization of the country is likely to realize, 65-66.

Aden, port of, description of, 43-its former importance, and present
prospects, 43-44.

Ethiopic Ancient Church, present condition of, 61-the usual accom-
paniment of their religious worship, raw beef, collops, and hydromel,

VOL, LXXX. NO. CLX11.

ib.-religious creed, and ceremonial rituals of, 61-62-churches of,
62-singular ornaments in the Cathedral of St Michael's, at Ankober,
ib.-theological questions a fruitful source of strife, ib.-opinions
held regarding the three births of Christ,' 62-63-Major Harris's
opinion of the priesthood, 63-gross superstitious feelings which
pervade all classes, 63-64.-See Abyssinia.

Agassiz' observations on the motions of the glacier of the Aar, 145-
146-his views on the dilatation of, 150-151-his objections to
Professor Forbes's theory met, 155.

Agricultural labourers, the immigration of, to the large manufacturing
towns the chief cause of the great increase of the population in
these towns, 91-94-fearful effect which stagnation in trade would
have on the landed proprietors, if these labourers were sent back to
their parishes, 94-95.

Alchymy, a mistaken theory in physics, 212-said by some to be a
relic of antediluvian wisdom, ib.-first traces of, in the fourth
century, ib.-its reputed father Geber, ib.-great object seems to
have been to discover truth and rear science, 213-declared by the
Church of Rome an unlawful science, 214-instances of the rapa-
city of the laity and bigotry of the clergy against the followers of,
214-215-became the resource of needy and desperate men, 215-
216-ignorance of modern adepts, 216-made by them the ground-
work by which all difficulties in sciences were solved, ib.—said to
bring men into close communion with the highest intelligences,
216-217-alchymists, by their experiments, acquired considerable
knowledge of chemistry, 217-for two centuries this knowledge was
devoted to the composition of poisons, ib.-fearful state society was
placed in by the constant use of, both in public and private life, 218.
-two poisoners, La Spara and La Tofagna, famous at Rome during
the seventeenth century, ib-inventors of the slow poison named
Manna of St Nicholas of Bari, ib.-prevalence of poisoning among
the Italians, 219-in France and England its practice never common,
220-introduced into France by Catharine de Medici, ib.—in dis-
favour with the nobles of the day, ib.—declined in France in the
sixteenth century, but increased in the seventeenth century, 221—
not confined to hatred and envy, but used to accomplish mercenary
purposes, ib.-execution at Paris of those who were guilty of the
crime, 222-not suppressed till 1682, ib.-uncommon in England, ib.
-first appeared during the reign of Henry VIII. ib.-pursued by
Dudley Earl of Leicester, ib.-practice of poisoning never common
in private life in England, ib.-gave origin to the famous Rosicru-
cian sect, 223.

Alligators, derivation of the word, note, 431-description of the tribes
and their habits, 431-435.

Ambrosian miracles, circumstances attending them criticised, 353-355
-authorities who attested them, 355-356-sketch of Ambrose and
his actions, 356-357.

Court of France, 208-now the resource of vagabonds and gipsies,
ib-interesting anecdote of the Duc de Candale, ib.
Carlisle, Frederick, Earl of, on the idea the French had that the
English were barbarians, 11-contrasts his mode of life with that
of George Selwyn, 12-public offices he filled, 29-30-attacked by
Lord Byron in his English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,' 30-his
attachment to Lady Sarah Bunbury, ib.-his fatal passion for play;
losses he sustained, 31-his embarrassments mixed up with those
of Charles James Fox, 32, 33-his letter regarding the youthful
habits of Mr Fox, 33.

Caspian Sea, level of, below that of the sea, 46.

Catharine, Queen-Mother of France-her unscrupulous passion for
power the true key to her character, 108-110.-See France.
Catharine de Medici-addicted to the occult sciences, 210-introduced
poisoning into France, 220-Paris, during her time, famous for its
poisoners, under the guise of druggists and perfumers, ib.
Catholic Church, 311-self-contradictory views of the Puseyites, as to
one Catholic system, 315-316-on the interpretation of the Bible,
and of the Fathers, 318-319-one system of, cannot be extracted
from tradition or antiquity, 319-322-Puseyite theory, that it is a
church one and visible, 323-fallacy of, 324-328-views held by
some late writers, that Papacy is but a development of primi-
tive Christianity, 331-333.

Catholicism as reared at Oxford, rather in an unstable equilibrium,
310-What is Catholicism? 317-318.

Chameleons, species of, habits and geographical distribution described,

435-443.

Chancery Court-jobbing connected with the Tory bill for effecting
reform in, 488.

Charles III. of Spain, hatred he had of England, 543-concluded the
Family Compact' with France, 544.

6

Chatham, Earl of (William Pitt,) correspondence of, 526-position
of the Whig and Tory parties, 526-529-coalition between the Duke
of Newcastle and Pitt, 530-state of parties at the accession of
George III. to the throne, 530-537-influence of John Earl of
Bute over George III., 537-538-condition of Parliament, 539-540
-Bute appointed secretary of state, 540-541-position of Chatham,
abilities of, 541-542-contrasted with his brother-in-law, George
Grenville, 542-543-proposed immediate war with Spain and France,
on ascertaining the Family Compact' between the two kingdoms,
544-this rejected by the cabinet, and retirement of, ib.-rewards
he received, 544-545-welcome he received from the citizens of Lon-
don on the Lord Mayor's day, 545-events which followed, 545-546
-his genius and virtues; the session of 1762, 546-547-his conduct
in opposition, 552-his speech against peace with France and Spain,
556-his two unsuccessful audiences with George III. to form a new
administration, 562-estate left to him by Sir William Pynsent,

6

Böhmen, Jacob, a Lusatian shoemaker, and teacher of Rosicrucian-
ism in Germany, 226-died in the year 1624, ib.-his followers not
extinct in the eighteenth century, ib.

Bowdler, John, life, death, and character of, 302-303,

Brahé, Tycho, marked influence which his services to astronomy had
on the progress of-180. See Tycho.

Brewster, Sir David's, lives of Galileo, Tycho Braché, and Kepler,
164 distinguished for their services to astronomy; their intellec-
tual characters and their personal histories, 164-165; extracts from,
describing the generous reception Galileo received from Pope
Urban VIII., 173-manner with which Galileo returned it, 174-
175—Galileo tried before the Inquisition at Rome for publishing
his 'Dialogues;' their sentence, 175-176-kindness with which
Galileo was treated by the Pope, 178-Summary of Galileo's scien-
tific character, 179-his description of the observatory at the
Island of Huen, 185-186-reasons why Tycho had to leave Huen,
186-187-on the belief of alchymy, 188-189-on the melancholy
posture of Kepler's private affairs, 191-192-on the feelings which
possessed Kepler when he ascertained the general law of the
planetary system, 192-193-on the difficulties which caused Kep-
ler's death, 193-194-on the frankness with which Kepler detailed
all the steps in his discoveries, 195-his allegation that England
neglects and dishonours its distinguished characters, denied, 197-
198.
Brinvilliers, Marquise de-belonged, by birth, to the family of D'Au-
bray, 221-contracted a guilty attachment to St Croix, a pupil of
Essili, a well-known Italian poisoner, ib.-by his advice, poisoned
her father and two brothers, ib.-her sister avoided death by flight,
ib. contemplates her husband's death, but delayed by St Croix, ib.
-death of St Croix, ib.-arrested at Liege, and beheaded at
Paris in 1676, ib.

Britain, Great, returns of its inhabitants in 1841.-See Population.
British mission to Shoa, 43.-See Abyssinia.

Brougham, Lord, sketch of the late Mr Stephen, 273-274.
Buildings, best method of protecting them from lightning in thunder-
storms, 471-473.

Burke, Edmund, his first appearance in political life, 572-573.
Bute, John, Earl of, character and education of, 537-538-appointed
Secretary of Staté, 540-treatment of, by the populace of London,
545-his appearance in the House of Lords, 546-error he commit-
ted in causing the resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, 547—
policy of his government, 548-549-abhorrence with which he was
regarded by the country, 549-551-supported in his government by
Henry Fox, 552-condition of his cabinet, 553-558-retires from
office, 559.

C

Cards, divination-in the seventeenth century an amusement at the