Reviewer to two angry letters by him,
551.

Dublin, community of co-operatives near,
364.

Durham, liberality of James I. at, 57.

Eccentric habits and opinions, resemblance
of, to insanity, 172-in what respect dif-
ferent from insanity, 182.
Education, danger of improper modes of,
leading to insanity, 176.

Edward I., attempts of, to reduce Scot-

land under his dominion. See Scotland.
Elephants, estimation in which they are
held by the Burmese, 41-pretended
delicacy of this animal a romance of Eu-
ropean invention, 42.

Elizabeth, (Queen.) popularity of, on her
ascent to the throne, 55-daily expenses
of, during a month's journey, 66-sin-
gular arrangements at Norwich for her
reception, 67-and at Sandwich, tbid.
-her demeanour on a visit to Cam-
bridge, contrasted with that of James I.,
on a similar occasion, 71-observance
of one of her ministers to have all man-
ner of books and ballads brought to him,
100-act passed in her reign, obliging
the landowner to attach a portion of land
to each cottage built on his property,
281.
England, causes of the decay of piety in,
2-its present churches, dress of the
clergy, and length of their sermons, con-
trasted with those of the olden time, 3
-other instances of change injurious to
religion, 4-no religion in, but what
is founded on evidence and expediency,
5-effect on the religion of, by the re-
formation, ibid.in what respect the
reformed church of has grounds for fear,
6-reason of the church of, seeking an
alliance with the state, 7-Warburton's
sentiments on the subject of the church's
decay,8-divisions in the English Church
not greater than the schisms in the Ca-
tholic, 10-decay of religion in England
accounted for, 16-the increasing de-
graded state of the peasantry of England
not the result of the poor-laws, 241-
condition of the peasantry of, from the
conquest to Henry VII., ibid.-evils re-
sulting to the peasantry towards the end
of this period, by turning arable lands
into sheepwalks, 242-the reign of
Henry VIII, the happiest in the annals.
of rural population, 243-evils arising
to the peasantry from inclosures at the
commencement of the 18th century, 245
-parishes cited in proof, 247-vagrancy
in England concomitant with the system

Erskine, (Sir T.,) 59.

Erskine, (Thomas Lord,) singular case of
insanity cited by, 170-states the know-
ledge of good and evil in an insane per-
son, too vague a principle for responsi
bility, 180.

Evidence, in the present day, no vital reli-
gion but what is founded on, 4.
Eye-witness. See Browne.

Falkirk, battle of, 353.
Fergus, descent, and supposed period of
the reign of, 122.
Ferne's Blazon of Gentry, whimsical in-
stance of Scottish national intemperance
written in the margin of, 344, note.
Ferrier, (Brigadier,) Costigan's Sketches
written by, 190.

Fielder, (Mr.,) dies at Bulama, 399.
Finance, committee of, 493-nature of its
labours, 501-civil list, 503-army,
ordnance, and navy, 505-civil depart-
ment, 508-national debt, 509-de-
crease of the revenue, 512-statement of
its receipts, 513-amount of British in-
come spent by absentees, 515-former
diminution of revenue how far counter-
balanced, ibid.-increase in the last year
of two millions sterling, 516-little hope
of increase, as to the current year, from
the present stagnation of commerce, 517
-table showing the increasing consump-
tion of sundry articles during twelve
years of peace, 518-table of the pro-
duce of legacy and probate duty, 519-
increase of wealth and population since
1793 doubled, 520-increase of annual
taxation during that period, ibid.-in-
202
quiry

quiry whether our means are likely to
cope with our burdens, 521.
Finchingfield in Essex, deplorable picture
of the unemployed poor there, 278.
Fitch, (Mr.,) 37.

Fitz-Clarence, (Lieut. Col.,) 120.
Forbes, (Admiral,) honourable mention of,
in refusing to sign Admiral Byng's death-
warrant, 376,

Fortunes of Nigel, quoted on the subject
of James I., 56,
Frankland, (Capt. Charles Colville,) tra-
vels to and from Constantinople, 448,
450.

Freire, (Gomez,) conspiracy of, 215-par-
ticulars of his life, 217.

Friend, lines by a Chinese on taking leave
of, 111.

Gathelus, son of Cecrops, fabulous story
of, 121.

Genius, precocious, thoughts respecting,
292,297, 301.

George III, and IV., character of their pro-
gresses, 85.

Gibbs, (Sir V.,) opinion of, as to the re-
sponsibility of insane persons, 179.
Goch, successful colony of agriculturists at,
527.

Gooch, (Dr. Rob.,) account of diseases
peculiar to women, 163, 183.
Governments, attachments due to several
forms of, 446.

children by means of a few acres of
land, 272.

Haslam, (Dr.,) mentions an instance of an
insane person committing a murder hav-
ing a sense of right and wrong 181.
Hayles, (Peter.) Bulama colonist, 399,
401, 402, 406.

Headach, lines on, 295.

Heather ale, story as to the secret of brew-
ing it, 153.

Heberden, (Dr.,) 169.

Herodotus, misquoted as to the Nile of
Egypt, 228.

Highlanders of Scotland. See Pinker-

ton.

Historians, too little attentive to the effects

produced by the great body of the
people, 240.

Hippolito de Mendonça, account of, 198-

character and success of his journal, 201
-a rival journal set up by the Portu-
guese ministers, 203-loses his modera-
tion and becomes malignant, 210-man-
ner in which the conspiracy of Gomez
Freire was viewed by him, 215.
Hoghton Tower, visit of James the First
to, 64.

Holliushed's Chronicle, 70.

Holt, hamlet and farm in Sussex, decrease
of population in, from its occupancy by
a single tenant, 250.

time, as the people's ague, 65.

Haco of Norway, 339.
Hadrian, wall of, 125.

Hailes, (Lord,) instance of his Scottish
spirit, 344-character of his annals, 352
-defended, as an historian, against the
attack of Mr. Tytler, 242-258.
Hall, (Captain Basil,) travels in North
America. See Bernard of Saxe Weimar.
Hallet Effendi, account of, 478.
Han, Sorrows of, a tragedy from the Chi-
nese, 85-extracts from, 93.
Harmony, society of, 351,443.
Harrington, (Sir John,) 84.
Harvey, (Ld. Mayor of London,) teased

by James I., to marry his daughter to a
son of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, 75.
Hasketon, in Suffolk, instance of a widow

there maintaining herself and fourteen

mons, evils resulting from, 242, 245-
the measure less to be blamed than the
manner in which it has been carried
into effect, 252-with the enlargement
of farms the increase of crime has regu-
larly kept pace, 253-the decline and
fall of the Roman empire ascribed to a
similar cause, 256-what the best divi-
sion and size of farms, 265.

Innes, (Father,) character of, as an anti-
quary, 123.

Insanity, puerperal, case of, and its origin,
163 often arises from bodily causes,
not from inflammation of the brain, 164
-cases in illustration of this, ibid.-
when attended with a rapid pulse, in-
stead of depletion, a soothing and sus-
taining treatment required, 165-Dr.
Kelly and Dr. P. M. Latham quoted in
proof, that after large bleedings and low
diet, the vessels of the brain still remain
full, 166-origin of the error pervading
the profession as to the treatment of in-
sanity, ibid.in puerperal cases, which

are

Leushan, lines by a Chinese on ascending
the highest peak of, 111.
Lidlington, cause of the great increase of
the poor-rates in, 249.

Lingard, (Dr..) accuses the female person-
ages performing masques at Whitehall
with ebriety, 83.

Lloyd, (Bishop,) defends the antiquity of
the Irish against that of the Scots, 123.
Loans of the English government, 492-of
the French government, 495-of the
United Provinces, 497-of Prussia, Aus-
tria, and Russia, 498—of America, ibid.
London, poem on, by a Chinese, 109.
Lothian, question of the Scottish kings pay-
ing homage for, 343.

Loulé, (Marquis,) murder of, 224.
Lowth, (Bishop,) his account of parallelism
in poetical composition, 94-the Chi-
nese verse particularly adap ed to this,
95, 97-instance of the antithetic paral-
lelism in Horace, ibid.

Macbeth, supposed cause of Shakspeare's
writing on the story of, 70-reign of,
330.

Machiavelli, says no state can be well

founded except by a single person, 188.
Machinery, account of, as relating to manu-
factures and commerce, 524.
Mackenzie, (Sir George,) defends the an-
tiquity of the Scottish kings, 123,
Mackintosh, (Sir James,) accuses a youth

of royal blood of riding with spurs on
the naked shoulders of negro slaves,
38.

Macpherson, (Dr.,) doubts that the battle
of Largs ever took place, 339.
Madden, (R. R.,) travels in Turkey, Nubia,

and Palestine, 448-character of the
work and its author, 449-writes for
effect, 457.

Magalhaens, (Dr. de,) pamphlet on Portu-
gal by, 184.

Malcolm I., of Scotland, character and
reign, 330-Malcolm IV., 333.
Malthus, (Mr.,) 283, 284.
Man, a religious animal, 10.
Marshall, (Judge,) 434.

Marston, (Benj.,) dies at Bulama, 393.
Martaban, ceded to the English by the
Burmese, value of, 51-capaciousness
of its harbour, 52.

Mayerne, (Sir Theod.,) 57.

Mendicant Friars characterized, 13.

Names given to places in consequence of
royal visitations, 62.

Nations, ancient Eastern, why less objects
of curiosity than heretofore, 27-in what
consists a nation's strength in the hour
of need, 198.

Natural history, systems and methods in,
302-causes of the science being brought
into discredit, ibid-value of the Sys-
tema Naturæ of Linnæus, estimated, ibid.
-change in public opinion, as to natural
history, produced by continental influ-
ence, 303-mistakes resulting from this
attempted to be obviated, by Mr. Bi-
cheno, 304-his remarks too limited for
the purpose, ibid.-whence the inquiries
of the naturalist, in his study of animals,
may be said to commence, 305-dis-
tribution of animals into masses or groups,
308-the Linnæan system in this re-
spect defective, 309-advantage of the
dichotomous method, 311-difficulty of
distributing organized beings according
to their affinities, 312-M. Cuvier mis-
taken in supposing he has accomplished
this, 313-cause of this mistake in Lin-
næus and Jussieu, as well as Cuvier,
ibid.-system of exhibiting animals and
vegetables according to their affinities,
by a single natural method, impracti
cable, ibid.-illustrations of this as to
animals, 314-similar illustrations as to
the vegetable kingdom, 315-methods
in natural history, which regard the sup-
posed law of continuity, 316-system
of progressive developement of M. La-
mark, 318-the circular distribution of
Mr. Maclevy, 322-327
Netherlands, colonies in, for the mainte-
nance, by agriculture, of the poor, 530.
Niabona, African king, 391.

Nichols, (John,) progresses, processions,
and magnificent festivities of King James
the First, 54. See James the First.
Niger. See Donkin, (Sir Rufane.)

Monteith. (Sir John,) question of his treach-
ery to Sir W. Wallace, 358.
Moore, (Thomas,) instance of strong incite-

arising from ploughing up commonable
lands, 248.

Northumberland, (Duke,) 268.

O'Flaherty, (Mr. Roderic,) claims for the

Irish an earlier descent than that of the
Scots, 123.

Oriental Translation Committee, a Chinese
romance about to be published by, 114
-commendable labours of, 120.
Owen, (Mr.,) 363, 443.

Pamplona, (Count of Subserra,) his as-
cendancy over the weak mind of the late
king of Portugal, 222, 224.
Parallelism, use of, in poetry. See Lowth.
Pays-de-Waes, interesting colony of agri-
culturists at, 527.

Pentecostals, meaning of, 12.

Peuki, a tribe near Colchis, supposed de-
rivation of the name, 134.
Picts, question respecting, whether Cale-

donians or Goths, 136-142-difficulty
of coming to a conclusion as to their
language, 143-historical facts respect-
ing them, 146-round towers in Scot-
land and Ireland supposed to be of Pic-
tish origin, 147-incursions of, into Scot-
land and England, 148-death of Drust,
their last king, 150-further observa-
tions as to their being the ancient Cale-
donians, 157-probability refuted by
facts, of their having been at once dis-
solved and extirpated, 158-161.
Pinkerton, (John,) pugnacious character of,
131-considers the Celts of Ireland,
Wales, and the Highlands of Scotland,
as savages, ibid.-portrait of the Scottish
Highlanders in contradistinction to his,
132 his first literary work a fraud on
the public, 133-a club of young men,
calling themselves the Mighty Goths, in-
stituted in consequence of his degrada.
tion of the Highland Celts, ibid.-dis-
plays a power of learning to prove the
Goths to be descended from a tribe near
Colchis, named Peuki, 134-the Cale-
donians and the Picts considered by him
as one and the same people, 136-this
supposition shown to be at variance with
his own theory, ibid. his theory over-
thrown by the historic fact, of the Scots
conquering and extirpating the Picts, 152
dies poor and in exile, 135-character,
of, 358

Pitt, or Pigot, diamond, 468.

Pombal, (Marquis,) character of, as a
statesman, 189, 195.

Poor laws and poor rates, origin of, 244,
246-instances showing the cause of the
great increase of rates, 247-250-com-
parative estimate of rates where cottagers
have land and where they have not, 263
-danger of the rates absorbing the
whole rental of the laud, 266-emigra-
tion no effectual remedy to the increase

of rates, 267-how the expenditure of
four millions of rates may be saved, 279
-existing evils not remediable by any
modification of the poor-laws, 280.
Population, wretched state of the working
classes of, 366.

198

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Portugal, state of, under John V., 188-in
the next reign, under the administration
of Pombal, 189-as described by Briga-
dier Ferrier, and the author of Sketches
of Portuguese Life, at the commence-
ment of the Peninsular war, 191-
greater crimes committed by the higher
classes than the lower, 192-character
of the peasantry, ibid.-purity of morals
of the Portuguese at a distance from the
capital, 195-evils arising from the
hidalgos not receiving an academical
education, ibid.-from the prohibitory
system, as to books, of the Inquisition,
196-malign influence of a French party
in Portugal at the beginning of the French
Revolution, ibid.-flight of the royal
family to Brazil, 197-first political
journal that ever appeared in the Portu-
guese language, published in London,
account of its author, ibid.-a
journal set up by the Portuguese minis-
ters against it, 203-changes effected in
Portugal after its defence was intrusted
to a British general, ibid. ·
its army
brought into an excellent state by Mar-
shal Beresford, 204-reasons why the
British government could not interfere
in the reform of the Portuguese institu-
tions, ibid.-state of Portugal as to its
pecuniary resources before and after the
removal of the court to Brazil, 205-
expense incurred by the war with
France and subsequent peace, 206-
state to which the Portuguese farmer and
peasantry were reduced by the war,
207-effect produced by the war on the
commercial and literate classes, 209_
want of wisdom in the Portuguese rulers
evinced by their measures regarding the
press, 210-Portuguese newspapers for-
bidden by the prince of Brazil to notice
the Spanish Cortes, 211 — adulatory
homage from the priorate of Malta ad-
dressed to this prince, ibid.-other in-
stances of adulation, 212-plundering
disposition of the Portuguese function-
aries, 213-discontent of the soldiery
at these abuses, 204-effect produced
on the Portuguese soldiers by their as-
suciating with the British, ibid.-conspi-
racy of Gomez Freire to overturn the
Portuguese government, 215-instances
of Portuguese justice, 219-causes of the
late revolution, 220-state of parties,