ADDISON, Mr. Wills's annotated collection of his papers on Sir Roger De Coverley, 153; Sir Roger compared with Falstaff, ib.; Addison as an author, ib.; the club, 153, 154; visit at Coverley Hall, 154; the chaplain, ib.; on sermons, 155; haunted rooms, 156; play of The Drummer, ib.; Sunday at Coverley Hall, 158; dress, 159; Sir Roger's love adventure, 159, 160; fox-hunting, 160; Will Wimble, 161; the Saracen's Head, 162; witch- craft, ib.; the gipsies, 163; party spirit, and usages of society, ib.; the knight in London, 164; his death, 165; Addison's acute observation, 166; his humour, ib.; ease of style, 167.
Administration, the, changes in since the Reform Bill, 302.
Agriculturists, position of, 266.
Albemarle, George Earl of, 268; and see George III. Alfred, King, 182; and see Epic Poems.
America, increase of every element of wealth in, 263; state of, during the early reign of George III., 279; et seq.
American war, the, 270.
Anatomy, comparative, 193; and see Owen. Artillery, introduction of, in Europe, 246.
Bautzen, the battle of, 7.
Bell, Sir Charles, on the Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression, 33, 37; and see Physiognomy. Birds, natural history of, 202. Birth-wort, locality of the plant, 26. Bücher, Field-Marshal, 6, 7.
Bohemia, early history of, 221; embassy of Leo von Rosmital, 222; and see Hye.
Britton, J., on the authorship of Junius, 49; and see Junius.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, 289; see Lamartine.
Louis Napoleon, 137; authorship of Ré- vision de la Constitution, ib. ; the Legion of Ho- nour, 138; alleged anticipation of conspiracy against him, ib.; the Republic and the Constitution, 139; the National Assembly, ib.; constitutional position of the President, 140; interference with the press, 141; with the army, 141, 142; his salary, 142 differences with the Assembly, 143; universal suffrage, 144; composition of the Assembly, ib.; the coup d'état of December, 1851, 145; arrests, 146; the High Court of Justice, 147; the Parti Prêtre, 149; government by the sword, 150.
Caithness, progress of agriculture in, 98. California versus Free Trade, 262. Cathcart, Hon. Geo., Commentaries on the War in Russia and Germany by, and other military me- moirs generally, p. 1; Baron Muffling, 2; his sketch of the Duke of Brunswick, 3; joins the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, ib.; Müller's Memoirs,
4; festivities at Erfurt, ib.; Napoleon, 4. 5; Blu- cher, 6, 7; battle at Bautzen, 7; Katzbach, 8; French generals, ib.; Muffling agent between the Prussian and English commanders in 1815, 9, 10; intercourse with the Duke, 10; proceedings at Quatre Bras, 11; march to Paris, 12; General Wolzogen, 13; camp of Drissa, 14; intrigues at Smolensko, 15; battle at Leipzig, 16; Col. Cath- cart's narrative, 17.
Chaboulon, Fleury de, account of, 290; and see La- martine.
Chesney, Col., on the Past and Present State of Fire-Arms, 228; and see Douglas.
Clift, Mr., appointment of at the Hunterian Museum,
Conservative principles and policy, 262.
Constitution, Révision de la-authorship of, 137. Cottle, Joseph, Alfred, an heroic poem, by, 182; and see Epic poerns.
Coverley, Sir R., 153; and see Addison.
Derby, the Earl of, speeches by, 302, 309; adminis- tration of, 307.
Douglas, Sir Howard, Treatise on Naval Gunnery, by, 238; the old musket, ib.; the rifle, ib. ; tactics of the Americans, 239 first publication of the trea- tise, 240 ph projectiles, 246; deductions, 212; point blank range, 243; the penetration of shot, ib.; boring up, 244; shells, ib.; the pivot-travers- ing principle, ib. the French incendiary shell, 245; on the service of guns in action, ib.; Colonel Chesney's work, 246;.earby use of powder, ib. ; artillery, 240, 247; its constitution, 247; the horse brigade, 248; basis for re-organization, 249; the Minié rifle, 251; the Zundnadelgewehr, 252; su- periority of new over old weapon, 253; loading, 254; discharge, 254, 255; angle of elevation, 255; distances, ib. Rand's telescope, ib.; Beamish's, 256; stadia, ib.; the bore, 257; the Minié ball, 258; the range, ib.; loading, 259; effect of rifles on guns and cavalry, 259, 260; results of experi- ments, 261.
Emigration from Ireland and Scotland, 102, 106; effects of, 106, 109; on America, 109. England in 1466, some account of, 227; and see Hye. Epic Poems, Recent, 178; on epic poetry, ib.; poetic subjects, 179; Cowper's Task, ib.; Scott, 179, 180; Byron, 180; Crabbe, ib.; want of originality in recent authors, 181; Joseph Cottle's Alfred, 182; Fitchett's Alfred, 183; Harris's Napoleon, 184; 'Sacred Incidents,' 187; proposed exhibition, ib.; theory of Creation, 188; destruction of Pharaoh, ib.; Hawkins's Wars of Jehovah, ib.; Dr. Steb- bing's 'Jesus, 190; Montgomery's Luther,' ib. Expression, anatomy and philosophy of, 33-35; and see Physiognomy.
Farini, L., the Roman States, by, 121; account and reputation of, ib.; Italy and Austria, 121, 122; discontents in Milan, 122; Count Gonfaloniere, ib.; Silvio Pellico, 122, 123; right of a state to punish treason, 123; the papal Government, ib.; political police. 124; Italian liberals and secret societies, 125; Leo XII. and the Sanfedisti, 125, 126; Gre- gory XVI., 126; rebellion at Romagna, ib.; Louis Napoleon's plot, 127; Mazzini, ib.; The Bandiera, 228; Pius IX., 129; the great conspiracy,' ib.; the press, ib.; Lord Minto's mission, 130; reason of the failure of the Italian cause, 131; rights of Austria, ib.; retrospect, 131, 132; on the insur- rection of Milan, 132; policy of Pius IX., ib. ; Mr. Gladstone's letters to Lord Aberdeen, 139; state of Rome, 134; Count Rossi. 135; Mamiani, ib. ; Lord Palmerston's policy, 136.
Fire-arms, Observations on, 238; and see Douglas. Fishes, classification of, in natural history, 204. Francis, Sir Philip, claims of, to the authorship of Ju- nius, 50; and see Junius.
Free-trade policy, 262; protection, ib.; abolition of the Corn Laws, 262, 263; Californian gold, 263; effect of influx of gold, 263; fluctuation of, 264; position of agriculturists, 265; full extent of free trade, 266; Conservative policy, 267; protection- ists, 267, 268.
Game Laws, the, deprecated by Junius and Lord Lyttelton, 78.
Gardens, 18; and see Kew.
Garland, the, by Horace Walpole, 167.
George III., early reign of, 268; Memoirs of the Marquis of Rockingham, edited by Lord Albemarle, ib.; conduct of Chatham, 268, 269; the Grenville Papers, 270; Lord Mahon's History, vols. v. and vi., 270; character of the king, 272; state of the government, ib.; management of the House of Commons, ib.; conduct towards America, 273; interview between. George. II. and Hardwicke, ib.; character of Temple, 274, fall of Newcastle, 275; accession of Bute, 276; the Grenville agri- nistration, 277; the Stamp Act, 279; Weaver riots, 280; conduct of ministers; b.: Rockingham, 281; his conduct towards: Biti, 283, jealousy to Bute, ib.; the Chatham administration, 285; loss of America, 287; the Duke of Gration, pb. Lord North, 288; change wrought by the king's reso- lution, 289.
Germany, campaigns in, 1; and see Cathcart. Ghosts, on the appearance of, 156. Gladstone, W. E., 121; and see Farini.
Gold. effect of influx of, 263; fluctuation of, 264; rise in prices, 265; standard of value, 266. See California.
Gonfaloniere, Count, anecdote of, 122. Gordon, General Patrick, diary of, 168; birth and early life, 171; studies at Dantzig, ib.; joins the Swedish army, ib.; severe discipline, ib.; is taken prisoner, and joins the Poles, 172; Sobieski, ib.; enters the Russian service. 173; mission to Eng- land, ib.; aids the young Czar Peter against the Regency, 175; his death, 176; anecdotes, ib. Government, Prevalent System of, since the Reform Bill, 302; Lord Melbourne's administration, 303; Sir Robert Peel's, ib.; the Litchfield House Com- pact, ib.; dis-olution of Parliament in 1841, 304; Free Trade, ib. ; Sir R. Peel's defection, ib.; Lord John Russell, 305; defeats of, 1851 and 52, ib.; the new Reform Bill, 306; Lord Derby's admin- istration, 307; speeches of, 308; the Snaith peti- tion, 309; Protection, 310; cause of Lord John Russell's resignation. 311; conduct of Sir James Graham, 312; the Chesham Place meeting, 313;
Harris, William Richard, 'Napoleon,' an epic poem by, 184; and see Epic Poems. Hawkins, Thomas, The Wars of Jehovah,' by, 188; and see Epic Poems.
Heron, Sir R., Notes by, 110; reasons for noticing the work, ib.; origin of the family, 111; family aneedotes, 111, 112; curious mixture of notes, 112; political slanders, 113; Sheridan and the Regent, ib.; political consistency, 114; the case of the Barrack Masters, ib.; historical errors, 115; Soult at the Coronation, and the Quarterly Review, 115, 116; Pitt and Vansittart, 117; Castlereagh, ib.; Duke of Portland, 118; royal visit to Ire- land in 1821, ib.; Lord Brougham, 119; the House of Commons, ib.; Canning, 119, 120; Scarlett and Copley, 120.
Highlands, the, Destitution in, 87; the potato blight, ib.; Sir J. M'Neill's expedition, 88; exaggerated accounts, ib.; Mr. Donald Ross, ib.; encumbered estates, 89; sale of, in Scotland, ib.; outlay by proprietors, 90; inadequacy of eleemosynary aid, ib.; peculiar character of inhabitants, ib.; similari- ty to the Irish, 91; the Destitution Fund, ib.; consumption of whiskey, ib., 316; dislike to labour, 92; mode of living in the Hebrides, 94; manufac- ture of kelp. 95; herring fishery, ib.; remedy for the distress. 96; experiments, 97; Caithness, 98; small holdings, 99; comparison between Belgian and Highland husbandry, 100; emigration, 101.
Skye, ib.; error in Excise returns as to the con- sumption of whiskey, ib. Hooker, Sir W. J., 18; and see Kew. Hunter, John, see Owen. Hye, Isidoor, Notices sur les Voyages faits en Belgi- que par des Etrangers, par, 221; researches and discovery by, ib.; early history of the Reforma- tion in Bohemia, ib.; George of Podiebrad, ib.; Rockysana, ib.; embassy of Leo von Rosmital, 222; objects of the mission, 223; its progress, 224; relics at Cologne, ib.; at Aix la Chapelle, ib.; Brussels, 225; Bruges, 226; Dover, 227; Canterbury relics, ib. ; arrival in London, ib. ; the court of Edward IV., 228; departure of the Em- bassy, 230; Salisbury, ib.; embarkation, 231 general account of England, ib.; France, 232; Louis XI., ib.; Joan of Arc, ib.; Spain, ib.; pro- gress through, 233; bull fights, 233, 234; Portu- gal, 234; Compostella. ib.; Toledo, Madrid, 236; Barcelona, ib.; Venice, 237; reception at Gratz, 237; return to Prague, ib.
Francis, ib.; descriptions by Junius, 51; of Chat- ham, ib.; of Welbore Ellis, 52; Mr. Calcraft, ib.; reasons against Francis being the author, 54; qualities united in Junius, 55; admiration of Mr. Grenville, 57; commencement of the letters, ib.; position of George Lord Lyttelton, 58; negotiations of Pitt and Temple, ib.; Thomas Lyttelton (the second Lord) 59; his early life, 60; in Parliament, 61; his marriage, 62; political career of, 63: joins the ministry, 66; his vision, 68; his death, 69; general characteristics of, 70, 71; extensive ac- quaintance, 71; Chase Price, 72; Colonel Bodens, ib.; the Selwyn coterie, 73; Tom Whateley, ib. ; Lord Chatham's infirmities, 74; connexion with the Bedford family, 75; similarity of sentiment in Thomas Lyttelton and Junius, 77; the American question, ib.; liberty of the press, 78; the game laws, ib.; the Irish question, 78, 79; parliamentary debates, 79; religion, 80; extent of knowledge, 80, 81; legal information, 81; private letters, 82; quotations from Milton, 83; peculiar expressions, $5; notice of Lord Lyttelton's death by the Pub- lic Advertiser, 86; his general character, 86, 87. K.
Kelp, manufacture of, 95.
Kew Gardens, 18; on gardens generally, 19; vey's reflections, ib. ; Gerarde, ib.; pleasure grounds, 19, 20; scientific names of plants, 20; pines, 21; the Araucaria imbricata, ib.; conservatories, 21, 22; the heating process, 22; tea shrubs, 23; the Moutan, ib.; sensitive plants, 24; the Victoria regia, ib.; the palm stove. 25; poisonous plants, 26; Jatropha urens, ib.; Aristolochia gigas, ib.; the museum, 27; the pottery tree, ib.; dairy plants, ib.; Darnel, 29; Lentil, ib.; paper and bark, ib. ; composition of potatoes, 29, 30; Director's Report, 30; objects of the garden, 31; exports and im- ports, ib.; the Arboretum, ib.; number of visitors, 31, 32; regulations, 32, 33.
Lamartine, A. de, on the Hundred Days, 289; cha- racter of the work, ib.; Buonaparte's return from Elba, 290; M. Fleury de Chaboulon, ib.; the Orleanist conspiracy, 292; Soult's share in the re- turn of Buonaparte, 295; unusual General Orders, 296; Buonaparte's arrival at Macon, 297; cam- paign of Waterloo, 298; victories of Wellington, 299; feelings of, at close of the day, 300; anec- dote of a cook, ib. ; conduct of Napoleon, 301. Lavater on Physiognomy, 35, 36. Lepidosiren, account of the, 198.
Luther, or the Spirit of the Reformation, by Rev. R. Montgomery, 190, and see Epic Poems. Lyttelton, Thomas, 58; and see Junius.
Mahon Lord, History of England by, vol. v. and vi., 268; and see George III.
Microscope, the use of, in physiological investiga- tions, 205.
Milan, discontent and plots in. 122. Military memoirs, 1, and see Cathcart. Ministries, the old and new, 302. Minto, Lord, mission to Rome, 130.
M'Neill, Sir John, Report of, on the Western High- lands and Islands, 87.
Montgomery, Rev. Robert, Luther by, 190; and see Epic Poems.
Monsters, Hunter's Theory of Cause and Origin of,
Muffling, Baron, memoirs of, 1; and see Cathcart.
Müller, F. von, recollections of, 1; and see Cathcart. Murchison, Sir R., on the Australian Gold, 228 n. Muskets, observations on, 238; and see Douglas. Mylodon, the, on the structure of, 212, 213.
Napoleon, an epic poem, 184: and see Epic Poems. Napoleon, Louis, 137; and see Buonaparie. Newcastle, Duke, fall of, 275. Noses, the classification of, 33; and see Physiognomy. 0.
Owen, Professor, Works by, 193, 197, 198 n.; early career, 194; interview with Abernethy, ib.; the Hunterian Museum, 195; Mr. Clift, ib.; Mr. Owen's appointment, ib.; compilation of cata- logues, 195, 196; of the physiological series of comparative anatomy, 196; origin of monsters, 197; memoir on the Lepidosiren, 198; the Ourang- outan, 199; effect of his labours upon the classifi- cation of the animal kingdom, ib.; division of the class Mammalia, 200; experiments on marsupial animals, 201; the Ungulata, 202; Birds, 203; the Apteryx, ib.; division of Reptiles, 203; of Fishes, 204; Mollusca, ib.; Belemnites, ib.; microscopic investigations, 205; parasitical animals of the hu- man frame, 206; 'Odontography,' 207; structure of fish scales, 209; palæontology, 210; Hunter's observations, 210, 211; his collection of Fossils, 211; the Megatherium, 212; the Sloth and Mylo- don, 212, 213: the Dinornis, 215; works on Bri- tish Fossal Mammals and Birds, 217; Reptiles, ib.; origin of our existing Mammalia, 218; the Anoplothere, 220.
Palmerston, Lord, conduct and policy of, 136. Peel, Sir R., administrations of, 303, 304; and see Government.
Physiognomy, on, 33; the human face, ib.; of like- nesses, 34; means of recognition, ib.; the eyes, ib.; expression, 35; on physiognomy as a science, ib.; Lavater, 35, 36; Le Brun's passions, 36; Sir C. Bell, 37; limited nature of theories, ib.; the human and animal profile, ib.; Greek artists, ib. ; physiognomy proper to certain stages of life, 38; expression of intellect and the heart, 38, 39; not confined to the face, 40; the nose, 40, 41; beauty in women, 41; gradual development, 42, 43; pre- valent style of beauty, 43, 44; general forms, 44; the forehead, 45; the eye, ib.; the mouth, 46; teeth, ib.; unity of the parts, 47; the smile, 48; effect of sun, ib.
Pines, varieties of, 21.
Potato, composition of the, 29, 30.
Press, the, liberty of, upheld by Junius and Thomas Lord Lyttelton, 78.
Reptiles, division of, 203.
Restauration, Histoire de, 289; and see Lamartine. Ride, the, 251.
Rockingham, memoirs of, 268; and see George III. Roman States, the, 121; and see Farini. Rosmital, Leo von, embassy of, 222; and see Hye. Russell, Lord John, cause of his late resignation, 302; and see Government.
Sermons, on the composition of, 155.
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