Locke, Mr, his opinion on the cure of pauperism, 93.
Locke, Matthew, a celebrated English Musician, 376.
Long, Mr, amount of his pension from the West India duties, 484.
Longinus, his comparison of the Greek and Roman Orators, 228.
Looms, weaving, how many unoccupied in Glasgow, 393.
List, Civil, origin of, 473.
Lycurgus, principles prescribed by, for the education of young chil-
dren, and its similarity to that of Bell and Lancaster, 498.
Macculloch's description of the Western Isles, 443-excellent quali-
fications of this geologist, ib.-difficulties in collecting materials
for this work, 444-description of his visit to Loch Scavig, 446
-his estimate of the population of the Western Isles, different
from the inquiries of the Gaelic Society, 447-account of the in-
habitants, 448-their ignorance, 449-indolent habits of the peo-
ple, 450-striking example of, 451-interesting description of
North Rona, and the contentment of its inhabitants, 452-infor-
mation on the state of agriculture in these islands, 454-accuracy
of his geological observations, 455-general aspect of the islands,
ib.--his division of these islands, 457-his conclusions with regard
to granite, 458-coincidence of his opinions on this phenomena
with those of Hutton and Playfair, 459-instances of a gradual
transition of greenstone into a distinct syenite, 461-conclusions
with regard to the Trap rock, 464-sentiments of, with regard to
the sandstone in the centre of Sutherland and Caithness, 468—
coincidence of his views with the Huttonian theory, 469-fallacy
of the doctrine of universal formations, 470.
Madrigals, whence derived, 367.
Malmsbury, borough of, who is the proprietor of, and how he is re-
warded, 486.
Manchester, Magistrates of, their apprehensions of some alarming
insurrection being in contemplation, 204-their communications
to Government on this subject, 205-discrepancy of the deposi-
tions of the witnesses respecting the meeting at, 206-why the
names of the witnesses should be suppressed, 207.
Manners, diversities of opinion concerning, 419.
Manufacture, cotton, progress of, one of the main causes which
contributed to prevent the bulk of the people from feeling the full
effects of the sudden and excessive increase of taxation, 169.
Masques, a favourite amusement in the reigns of James and Charles
I. 375.
Master, Endowed, a character of, 113.
Meeting at Tandle Hills, account of, 205-discrepancies in the re-
port of, 206-why the names of the witnesses are suppressed, 207
at Birmingham, account of, 209-at Hunslet Moor, ib.-at
Huddersfield, 211-at Leeds, ib.-at Halifax, 212-on New-
castle Moor, 217-at Glasgow, 218-at Paisley, 219.
Melville, Lord, his conduct with regard to the East India Company,
Mid-Lothian, Heart of, character of the work, 3.
Mitchell, the spy, arrested for seditious practices, 211.
Monarchy, history of, in ancient times, 471.
Monochord, principles on which it was constructed by Pythagoras,'
Montague, Lady Wortley, lively account of, 329.
Montrose, Legend of, critique upon, 5.
Moore, Mr, petition presented by, to the House of Commons, from
the Mayor and Corporation of Coventry, 333.
Moor, Newcastle, meeting at, on Oct. 11th, erroneous information re,
specting it, 217.
Motets, introduced into the Church, but opposed by the ecclesias-
tics, 365.
Mozart a German musician, his wonderful history, 380-singular
interview with, 381.
Music, History of, 356-symbols used to express musical sounds
among the Greeks and Romans, ib.-kind of music which the Greeks
preferred, 358-why the Italians are the most musical people in
the world, 359-to whom it owes its title to the appellation of a
science; 360-when the first regular choir for singing hymns was
established, 362-to what the long infancy of music is to be attri-
bured, 363-a more lively species of composition invented, and by
whom opposed, 364-how different from all the polite arts in its
progress to perfection, 367-stamped with a new character in the
17th century, 368-history of eminent persons who have severally
contributed to the advancement of this science, 368-musical dra-
mas where first represented, 370-story of Stradella, 371-cir-
cumstances which give charms to Italian music, 373-to what the
French music owes its merit, 374-inferiority of England to other
countries in her progress of music, 375-by whom the musical
taste of that country was improved, 376.
Napper Tandy, Curran's speech in defence of, 290.
Navy, American, causes which led to the first formation of, 74-
money appropriated for the increase of, 75.
Negro Slavery, by what provinces abolished in America, 421.
Newry, burgh of, in Ireland, canvassed unsuccessfully by Curran,
Nicol, Mr, his opinions on the Poor's laws, 107.
Nottingham, frame-workers of, address published by, 334.
Number of places under the Crown held by Members of Parliament,
and amount of their salaries, 477-where always to be found, 492.
Oak saw-dust, for what purpose employed, 140.
Odo, Archbishop of Rheims, his admonition to the Nuns of the mo-
nastery of Villars, 365.
Old Stores, account of, 479-transference of to the Crown, 480.
Opera, Italian, at what period it acquired a great accession of
strength, 371-Addison's ludicrous description of, 376.
Operatives, Scotch and English, inequality between, 391—by what
means to be remedied, ib.
Orange, Prince of, ordered an authentic memoir to be drawn up on
the means of restoring and amending the trade of the Republic,
and presented to the States-General in 1751, 175.
Oratory, Irish, its character, 265.
Orders in Council, pernicious effects of to this country, 339.
Organs, when begun to be generally used in Italy and Germany, 364.
Otaheite, missionary reports from, how received, 450.
Paisley weavers, description of, 394.
Palestrina, esteemed an excellent musician, his splendid funeral, 368.
Parliament, Irish, offered the regency of their kingdom to the Prince
of Wales, 274.
Parry, Mr, his objections to Mr Brougham's bill for inquiring into
abuses in charitable donations, 109-validity of these objections
examined, 110-his error in the number of charitable endowments,
111-his plan for preventing charities from being abused, consi-
dered, 119-weighty objections to that plan, 121-cases cited to
show its inefficacy, 125-expense with which his plan is accom-
panied, 127.
Paulet, Mons. interesting account of his school in France, and by
whom patronized, 498.
Pauperism, fallacy of the argument which ascribes it to the transi-
tion from a state of war to a state of peace, 158.
Peace establishment, extent of, 62-fatal consequences of, 69.
Pension list, Irish, enormity of, 271.
People, sovereignty of, its dangerous tendency, 430.
Pepper, how adulterated, 143.
Peterborough, Lord, anecdotes of, 320-his account of Fenelon, 321.
Phillpott's, Dr, remarks on his pamphlet, 225.
Pitt, Mr, his proposal for equalizing the income and expenditure, 56
-the old rules of finance set aside by, 69.
Plagiarism, what class of men most addicted to, 352.
Planche, M. his comparison of Paris to Athens, 227—his edition of
the works of Demosthenes and Eschines filled up with extraneous
matter, 243-that the French is equal to the Greek tongue, 243
-reasons for bringing forward the present work, 246.
Planters, West India, their complaints about the depression of trade,
Play fair, Mr, his opinion of the curvature in mineral masses, 81.
Plunket, Mr, remarks on his Speech in the House of Commons, on
the recent alarms, 190.
Ponsonby, Mr, how replied to by the then Solicitor-General of Ire-
land, 286.
Pope, Mr, anecdotes of, 307-light thrown on the history of his early
life, 311-person who first encouraged him to translate the Iliad,
313-specimens of his comparisons, 316-his account of his con-
temporaries, 322-interesting particulars of his death, 329.
Porter, intoxicating qualities of, to what to be ascribed, 141.
Porchester, Lord, his motion for a vote of censure against Ministers
regarding the Walcheren expedition, negatived in the House of
Commons, 484.
Potatoes used by bakers in wheat, 137.
Prize, right of, Sir William Scott's opinion concerning, 479.
Produce, gross, of the revenue of Great Britain, 167.
Provence, poetry and music of, the model of Europe for centuries
after Charlemagne, 366.
Provisions, adulterated, 133-nothing more reprehensible, 134-ar-
ticles pointed out, ib.-what the great incentive to these frauds,
135-of bread, 136—of wine, 137—of malt liquors, 140-of beer,
141-of tea, 143-how to protect the community from these
frauds, 144.
Purana, account of, 442.
Psalmody Island, why so named, 362.
Pythagoras, the first who brought music to a science, 360-the prin
ciple on which he constructed his monochord, 361.
Quartz, common, equalled by the red sandstone in Sutherland and
Caithness, 467.
Quassia employed to give beer a bitter taste, 141.
Queen Anne, act of Parliament which passed in her reign respecting
the incapability of persons becoming members of the House of
Commons, when holding particular places under the Crown, 489
-Mr Pitt and Lord Melville, how they acted in the teeth of this
bill, 490.
Radicals, supposed danger arising from, 197.
Rates, Poor, their amount at the commencement of the last century,
156-amount of, in subsequent years, 157-their pernicious tend-
ency, 158-to what this is to be ascribed, 159.
Reform and liberty, principles of, visibly gaining ground in Europe,
403.
Reports of the Committee on the alarming state of the country, 199.
Representatives, how a day is spent in London by most of our, 478.
Retrenchments, where required, 185.
Revenue, public expense of collection of, in 1818, 67-Revenue of
Ireland, 68-abuses in the collection of, 487-instance where re-
form in, is safe and easy, 488.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, anecdote of, 303.
Ricardo, Mr, his plan to lighten the load of taxation, 180.
Robison, Judge, Curran's answer to, 266.
Roche, Sir Boyle, his answer to Curran's speech, 276.
Rousseau, his sentiments with regard to music, 372-anecdote of,
374.
Rollin, his description of the peculiarities of the mode of instruc-
tion practised by a religious fraternity in France, in the age of
Louis XIV., 496.
Romanesque, or Romance, established in Gaul, and why so called,
368.
Rona, North, interesting description of, 452.
Roundsmen, account of, 106-opinion of Mr Nicol concerning, 107.
Rowan, Mr Hamilton, accused of publishing a seditious address to
the revolted Irishmen, and defended by Mr Curran, 279.
Rowena, description of, in Ivanhoe, 13.
Salle, Abbé de la, cruel treatment of this venerable teacher, 504-
afterwards canonized, 505.
Sand, practice of calculating in, noticed in India, and of writing in,
mentioned by Erasmus, 499.
Sanscrit Grammar, object of the author, 432.
Schlegel, Mr Frederick, his Essay on Indian Philology, 431.
Schools, Grammar, in England, where found occasionally, 113-num-
ber of pupils educated by the new method, 500.
Scotchmen, Dean Lockier's opinion of, 324.
Scotland, descriptive letter from, 293.
Seybert, Dr, his involuntary tribute to the activity of the British
Navy, 75.
Sheares, Messrs, both members of the Irish bar, convicted of high
treason, and condemned, 288-speech of the one brother in behalf
of the other, ib.
Slaves, number of, in America, 70-Mr Walsh, his account of, 421.
Soap, frequently adulterated, 133.
Society, English, Curran's description of, 294.
Spain, revolution in, by which the cause of general freedom will be
promoted, 349.
Spence, Mr, his anecdotes compared with Boswell's Memoirs of John-
Spenceans, amount of the number of, 201.
Stradella, a celebrated Italian composer, remarkable anecdote of, 370,
Succession, order of, in rocks, 88.
Swayambara, history of, 436.
System, Prohibitory, its pernicious consequences to commerce, 337
its effect on the policy of other nations, 338.
Tartini, an Italian musician, brief account of, 369.
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