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Adams, President, opinions and character of, 177.
Africa, our geographical knowledge of, very small, 326; the Ancients had
no knowledge of the country south of the Great Desert, 327-329 ;
chief epochs of African discoveries, 329-333; expedition up the
Quorra 335—340; appearance of the Delta of the Quorra,340 ; town
of Attah, 341; appearance of the country above Attah, 342; cultivated
state of the country between Eboe and the mouth of the Shary, 344;
ascend the river Shary, 345; town of Fundah, and their reception, "
345—347; descend again to the Quorra, ib.; the Shary again ascend-
ed, 348; return and ascend the Quorra, 348, 349; reach the town of
Rabbah, and return, 349--352 ; expedition again ascends the Quorra,
352,353; striking discrepancies occurring between Mr Laird's text and
the chart of the Quorra, by Commander Allen, R.N., 353; the expe-
dition yields but little exact information regarding the banks of the
Quorra, 354; the natives characterized as civil, gentle, and honest,
355; benefits most likely to arise from discoveries in Africa, 355, 356;
some points on the western side of Africa where a short exploration
might be productive of valuable results, 356, 357; the eastern coast
appears a fairer and more interesting field, 357.
Apprenticeship System. See Negro.
Astronomy, history of, 123.
Attila, King of the Huns, an epic poem, by Herbert, 261; is the age of
epic poetry past ? 261, 262; great epics always produced where the
genius of a people had been called into action by great events, 262—
264; modern poetry, 264-266; a great poet at the present time would
find the best opening in the department of the epic, 266; rules which
regulate epic poetry, 266-269; the machinery required for an epic
poem is that of thought and intelligence, 279-272; critique on Attila,
with liberal extracts, 273-294.
Ballot must have a trial, 211.
Church Revenues and Church Rates, 295; clergy maintained for ages by
the voluntary contribution of the laity, 295, 296; sketch of the Church's
unscrupulous acquisitions in wealth, from the time of Constantine
to that of Pope Innocent III, 296-801; when payment of tithes
in England was introduced, 301; the division of tithes by law tripartite,
301-308; tithes not the only fund appropriated to the reparation
of churches, 308-313; the distinction between the chancel and
the nave, or body of the church, first carried into effect in the
year
1250, 313, 314; progress of the innovation of the clergy, 314-318;
application made to the Court of King's Bench, by the laity, when
the Church Courts exceeded their jurisdiction, 318-320; Edward I,
by his writ of circumspecte agatis, defined the limits of temporal and
spiritual jurisdiction, 320, 321; Church rates a voluntary contribution
on the part of the parish, 321-324; church-scot of the Saxons dif-
ferent from the present Church rates, 324; recapitulation of the con-
clusions, 323.
Coleridge, S. T., affecting letter of, to Cottle, 32.
Commons, Committee of House of, on the poor laws in Ireland, 198;
three reports by, ib. ; recommendations contained in them, 199; de-
cide against the applicability of English workhouses to Ireland, ib. ;
recommend that those who desire to emigrate should be furnished
with the means of doing so, 199,200; classes enumerated for whom
entire maintenance is to be provided by the State, 201; reasons for
recommending voluntary associations, 202, 203; have excluded the
able bodied from the scheme of national charity, 204.
Constabulary, Irish, character of, 237.
Cowper, character of his letters, compared with Lamb, 4, 5.
Crime, diminution of, in Ireland, 243-452-457.
Dissent, practical evils of, 461.
D'Israeli's Novels, character of, 59; failure in his bold attempts, ib.
doubts whether be could produce a really good work of fiction, 80;
chose in Vivian Grey the department in which he was most fitted to
excel, 16; Henrietta Temple analyzed, 63-68; his Venetia, 69-72.
Divine right of princes, doctrine of, considered, 400-409.
Documents, Valuable, republished by Sir Francis Palgrave, 52. See
Palgrave.
Education Bill gives the power to principal corporations to establish
schools and levy a local rate for its support, 440, 441; a school com-
mittee empowered to meet in each parish, 441; educational or know-
ledge qualification to be the test for voting, 442; religious instruction,
443, 444; local management, 444; powers and functions of the cen-
tral board, 444, 449; Note to the article, 523.
Emigration caused by the principle of population, 90; recommended by
the Committee of the House of Commons, to enquire into the condi-
tion of the poorer classes in Ireland, 198.
Encyclopædia Britannica, the celebrated writers of the Dissertation
attached to the book, characterized, 111, 112.
England, its state of crime compared with that of Ireland, 452-457.
Epic poetry, the causes which have led to its rise and fall. See Attila.
Federalists, designs of, 176.
Franklin, Dr, formed one of the committee who drew up the Declara-
tion of Independence, 166; humorous and characteristic apologue by,
169; conduct in Congress, 173; joint-envoy to France, 174.
Fraser, Bishop, of St Andrews, unjustly treated by the historians of
Scotland, 41.
Hales', Rev. W. H., pamphlet on Church Rates, 295. See Church Re-
Herbert's Rev. William, Epic poem, entitled Attila. See Attila.
Highlanders, Origin and History of, 416. See Skene.
Horne, Leonard, attacks the Education Bill in his translation of M. Cousin's
Education in Holland, 523.
Ireland under Lord Mulgrave, 220; badly treated by England, 222,
223; four-fifths of the constituency disfranchised under George II.,
225; evils entailed on, 226.
Ireland, State of, necessity of discussion on the, 450; Earl of Mulgrave's
Speech on, 451, 452; amount of crime in, compared with that of Eng-
land, 452-457; Mr Fox's character of the Irish people, 458; obstruc-
tions Government have had to contend with, 458, 459; differences which
exist between the relation of landlord and tenant, 459; defence of the
Government, 460.
Jamaica, abolition of Slavery in, 477-522. See Negro.
Jefferson, President, life of, 156--159; religious opinions, 160; elect-
ed to the assembly, 161; takes part in the dissensions between
America and Great Britain, 162, 163; takes his seat in Congress,
166; draws up the Declaration of Independence, 166, 167; appoint-
ed joint envoy to France, 170; obtains the abolition of the law
of primogeniture, ib.; and church establishment, 171; attempts to
abolish slavery, 172; chosen to Congress, 173; repairs to Paris, 174;
excursion to England, 175; returns to America, and accepts the office
of Secretary of State, 176; elected Vice-President, 180; brilliant
career of his Presidency, 183; death, 184; his characters of Washing-
ton and Madison, 185, 186.
Knowledge, or Education qualification considered as a test for the fran-
chise, 442, 443.
Laird and Oldfield's expedition into Africa, 326. See Africa.
Lamb, Charles, his extraction, 8; lived with his sister, ib.; similarity
between his essays and letters, ib.; describes his own character in a
letter to Southey, 9-11; predilection for the scenes around him, 11;
quizzing letter of, to Manning, 12, 13; unfit for the realities of life, 14:
attachment to plays, 15, 16; affection for his sister, 17; and friends, ib.;
letter to Wordsworth, explaining the history of his own mind, 18; his
inventions, puns, 19; ironical letter to Coleridge, 20; his attachment
to London, 21; effect produced on his mind by mountain scenery, 22:
defence of himself, and Hunt and Hazlitt, in a letter to Southey, 24;
his religious opinions, 25; his hatred of business, 27; tormented with
too much leisure, 28; given to indulgence in liquor, 29, 30, 34; cha-
racter of Talfourd's life of, 35.
Lander's expedition up the river Quorra in Africa, 333; death of, 352.
Liberia, colony of, 335, 336.
Madison, President, character of, by Jefferson, 385.
Magistracy, Irish, 232; stipendiary, 234.
Milton, influence which the circumstances of his times had on the spirit
of his poetry, 263.
Mulgrave's, Earl of, Speech on the state of Ireland, 450. See Ireland.
Mulgrave's, Lord, policy towards Ireland, 231; reform in the magistracy
by, 232; dismissal of Col. Verner, 233; popularity of his government,
241; change produced by, 243.
National Education, 439. See Education.
Negro Apprenticeship System, 477; main ends intended by the abolition
of slavery, 477-484; difficulties that lay in the way to induce the
colonies to pass laws adequate for that purpose, 484-491; first days
of apprenticeship, its progress, 464-500; returns showing the hogsheads
of sugar made in Jamaica, years ending July 1834 and 1835, 495;
first reports of Lord Sligo as to the working of the act, 496-498;
conclusions deducible from an analysis of the returns for October,
1835, 498, 499; special magistracy have discharged their important
duties with zeal, ability, and integrity, 500-502; how have the interests
of the planters been affected by the apprenticeship, 502-507; as
relates to value of property, 507, 508; value of the crops of 1835,
1836, and 1837, 508-513; table showing the general results of the
sugar crop in the different colonies, 514; how has the apprenticeship
worked for the negroes? 514—522.
Neville, M., opinions on poor laws, 194; of France, 196.
Non-resistance to established authority, doctrine of, examined, 397—
Non-jurors, principles of that sect examined, 409-411.
Nun, a branch of the river Quorra, general appearance of country through
which it runs, 337-343.
Oldfield's, R. A. K., expedition into Africa, 326.
Orangemen, illegal practices of, 251.
Palgrave's, Sir Francis, illustrations of Scottish History, 36; shows the
mistake respecting the claim of Edward I. to the superiority of Scot-
land, 36, 37; holds Scotland to have been a member of the Anglo-
Saxon empire, 44; mistake respecting the justice of the claim of the
Seven Earls of Scotland, 46-49: curious and valuable documents
regarding Baliol and Bruce, 52-56; severe in his stricture on the
Scottish Bishops, 57; in error respecting the justice and extent of
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