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TWELFTH VOLUME OF THE BRITISH REVIEW.
AMERICA and Spain, disputes be- tween, 420-mischiefs of its demo- cratical spirit, 422-its news wri- ters, ibid.-its chief magistrates, 424 -might keep aloof from war, ibid.— impudence and shallowness of its pretexts, 425-claim to West Flo- rida, 426-acquisition of Louisiana, 427-extraordinary pretensions of, 431-claim on the Spaniards for pretended French depredations, ibid. -propositions made to Spain, 434— remarks on these, ibid.-answer to them, 435-counter propositions, 437 -Spanish possessions seized by the Americans, 438, 439-case of the American consul in Spain, 440-in- dependence of the South Americans not advantageous to the United States, 443-its shipping in a declin- ing state, 446-a war with Spain would be disadvantageous, 447. American Register, or Summary Review of History, Politics, and Literature, 420.
Amusements in England in the 17th cen- tury, 162.
Ancients, state of women among them,
35 had no steady principles of mo- rality, 39-were in reality without religion, ibid.-honour, a sentiment unknown among them, 42-their style distinguished from that of the moderns, 68.
Angels, on the agency of, 199. Antinomianism, how injurious to Chris- tianity, 100.
Apparitions of the dead, 199. Arctic regions, errors of the charts re- specting them, 531-variation of the needle in, ibid.-line of perpetual congelation there higher than usually supposed, 536-their temperatures,
Arlington (Lord), his manner of living at his country seat, 170-his charac- ter, 172. Arminianism, 379.
Armstrong (Dr. John), Practical Illus-
trations of Typhus Fever, and other Febrile and Inflammatory Diseases,
Bacon, study of, recommended, 128. Baptism, on the efficacy of the rite of, 99-how considered in the Scottish church, 100.
Barrington (Hon. Daines), Possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted, 528.
Barrow (Dr.), his remark on education, 118.
Bateman (Dr. Thomas), Succinct Ac- count of the Contagious Fever of this Country, 406, 417.
Baxter (Wm.), not a Calvinist, 96. Beaufoy (Col.), Possibility of approach- ing the North Pole, and on a North- West Passage, 528. Bengal. See India.
Bethlem Hospital, Inquiry into the Ex- pediency of a Chaplain for,450-mis- conduct of late officers of, 457-opi- nion of the house committee on the performance of religious service there, 464.
Bethnal Green, state of the police in the parish of, 300.
Beveridge (Bishop), on Call and Elec- tion, 95.
Biography, general faults of, 154. Bossuet, his early eloquence, 58. Brantome, remarks on, 56.
Bray (Edward), Memoirs illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. 151. Brougham (Henry), Letter to Sir Sam. Romilly on the Abuse of Charities, 286, 321-Answer to it in a Letter to Sir William Scott, 286, 323. Brown (Dr. John), his speculations pass- ing away, 416. Buonaparte, his return to France, 332
-his fate, 340-his character, 341, 360, 365,366-anecdotes of him, 360, 363, 364, 365-the principles of li- berty as much as possible eradicated by him,366-his conduct with regard to Spain and America, 427, 432. Burnet (Bishop), remarks on, 165. Buxton (John Fowel), Inquiry whether Crime and Misery are produced or prevented by our present System of Prison Discipline, 285, 306. Byron (Lord), Childe Harold's Pil-
Genlis (Mad. de), Influence of Women on French Literature, as Patronesses of Literature, and as Authors; or an Abstract of the History of the most celebrated French Women, 34-origin of the work, 48-her bigotry, 52- weakness of her judgment, 54. Genoa, as it was near two centuries ago, 159.
Ghent, prison discipline at, 316.
Gibbon, Letter to Dr. Watson from, 129.
Gil Blas, remarks on, 52.
Glasgow, method of teaching at, 108- prevalence of typhus fever there, 410.
Godolphin (Mrs.), death of, 172. Godwin (Wm.), his Life of Chaucer,
Government can have no right to any
sum beyond what is strictly required for its services, 226.
Graham (Dr. Robert), Practical Obser- vations on continued Fever, 406. Greece, ancient condition of women in, 35-courtesans of, 36.
Greene (Rob.), his Groat's-worth of Wit, 209.
Hastings (Warren), his conduct in - India, 471-his excuses for his con- duct, 485-general remarks on it, 493, 494--his trial, 494.
Herbert (Lord), on Repentance, 369., Hindus. See India.
History, qualifications necessary in a writer of, 216.
Hobhouse (John), Historical Illustra-
tions of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold, 1, 25-censures Mr. Eustace, 25.
Honour, a sentiment unknown to the ancients, 43.
Hooker (Richard), on the case of Ha- bakkuk, 97.
Horsley (Bishop), strictures on, 199, 200.
Hyder Ali, 255, 491.
Impey (Sir Elijah), his improper con- duct in India, 477, 488. Improvement, national, means of, 286. India, our empire there, better main- tained by moderation and justice than by the sword, 143-a striking pheno- menon in history, 213-an account of its origin long a desideratum, 214— a good history of, does not require residence there, 216-classification of the people, 219-origin of this, 220 -duties of a king, 224-public reve-
nues, ibid.-Ryots, 225-Zemindars merely collectors of rents, ibid.—Hin- du laws, 227-extraordinary mode of recovering debts, 228—punishments, 229-rules of evidence, 230-judicial proceedings, 231–religion, 234—pe- nances,ibid.—marriage and state of the female sex, 238-marriage unknown among the Nairs, 239-manners of the Hindus highly barbarous and depraved, 240, 513—state of the arts extremely rude, 240-agricultural implements, 241-literature, 242- Sacontala, 243-metaphysics, 244— state of civilization, 246--Maho- medan invasions of Hindustan, ibid. -origin and progress of the British power in, 247-Mr. Hastings's go- vernment, 471-acquisition of the Duanee of Bengal, 472—extraordi- nary revolution in the state of the country, 474-mischievous conduct of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 477-contest between this Court and the Supreme Council, 482, 483-pro- ceedings of Mr. Hastings toward the native princes, 483-Rohillas, ibid.— Rajah of Benares, 486-Nabob of Oude, 488-Mahrattas, ibid.-Hyder Ali, 491-Tippoo, 492, 505—Mr. Fox's India bill, 499-Mr. Pitt's, 500 -these compared, 501,504-mischiefs of the new system, 503-admi- nistration of Mr. M.Pherson, 504- Lord Cornwallis, ibid.-siege of Sa- vendroog, 508-change in the re- venue system, 509-robbers, 513- Sir John Shore, 514-Lord Wel- lesley, 515-fall of Tippoo, ibid.— subversion of other native powers, 517-Mahratta states, 519-Lord Cornwallis's second government, 521 -Sir George Barlow, ibid. Insanity. See Maniacs.
Ireland, Observations on the State of, principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population, 71-the body politic in a highly disordered state, ibid.-inexcusable ignorance con- cerning, ibid.--the peasantry happier than those of England, 72-state of, five years ago, 72, 73-subsequent state, 73-its soil inexhaustibly fer- tile, 74-its cabins, 75-bogs, 76— increasing population of, ibid.—a fa- mily at dinner, ibid.-mischiefs of multiplying petty freeholds, 79-high rents, 80-injurious practice of let- ting land by sealed tender, 81-tithes, 82-propensity to idleness, 83-op- pression of excise laws, 84-reme-
Labourdonnais, governor of the French East India islands, account of, 250. Lansdown (Marq. of), his conversation with Bishop Watson on a reform in the church, 132.
Laws, a confused code of, does not in- dicate a low state of civilization, 227
of the Hindus, 227 to 233-admi- nistration of, 231, 233—criminal, in England, 386 - require occasional revision, 387-100 great severity in- jures their effect, 388
their pe- nalties should be certain, 392-for- gery, ibid.-discretionary power of judges allied to tyranny, 394-rules of evidence, 496-no man should be compelled to give evidence against himself, 498-expense of, 512-Eng- lish forms of, 523.
Lecture, the term used differently in England and Scotland, 108. Leighton (Rob.), on election, 96. Literature, alarm excited by the pre- sent state of, 18-Influence of Wo- men on, 34.
Locke, study of, recommended, 128. Lord of misrule, 198.
Lords (House of), not to be bound by the rules of inferior courts, 497.
Magnetic needle, irregularities of its va- riation in the arctic regions, 531- and from the attraction of the ship, 532.
Maintenon (Madame de), remarks on her character, 64,
Man, a fertile soil detrimental to his im- provement, 77-an inconsistent be- ing, 152, 153.
Maniacs, consideration of the question how far the exercise of religious du- ties is beneficial or injurious to, 450 -on the general treatment of, 454-- cases of their attendance on religious worship, 458-opinion of the Beth- lem Committee on the subject, 464- opinions from other establishments, public and private, 466-on checks and preventives to insanity, 468. Marat, 359.
Mary Queen of Scots, her departure from France, 57.
Mary II, character of, 184, Merceron (Joseph), a justice of peace,
and patron of bullock hunting, 301. Mill (James), History of British India, 212, 471-character of the work, 521.
Missionary system should be followed in our own country as well as abroad, 291. Mohammedanism, its character, 92. Monarchy, remarks on, 27. Montague (Edw.). See Sandwich. Montesquieu, on the inefficacy of severe laws, 390.
Moore (Thomas), remarks on his ama- tory poems, 18 note.
Morality, the ancients had no steady principles of, 39.
Mothers, their conduct of great import- ance to a state, 125,
Mott (Thomas), Elucidation of the an- cient English Statute Laws that award the Penalty of Death, 386.
Nairs, marriage unknown among them, 239.
Necker (M.), 342, 354, 357, 365. Newgate, proceedings of Mrs. Fry and
the Ladies' Committee at, 318, 319. Ninon l'Enclos, 64.
North Pole, attempt to reach, 529- the sea near, not frozen, 535. North-West Passage, intelligence from the ships sent to discover, 528. Novatians, error of the, 93. Nuncomár, a Hindu, banged for for- gery, 479,
Official correspondence between Don Luis de Onis, Minister from Spain to the United States, and John Quincey Adams, 420. Omichund, a Hindu merchant, perfidi- ous treatment of, 258 note.
Ossory (Earl of), appointed Governor of Tangier, 174-his death, ibid.—his character, 175.
Paley (Archdeacon), his mistake on the object of Revelation, 373. Pethion, 358.
Philadelphia, prison discipline at, 316-
stances of its excellent effects, 317. Pit (Wm.), his judgment of Mr. Hast- ings wrong, 494-bis India bill, 500. Pays, acting and writing, require differ- ent talents, 209.
Police of the Metropolis, Report on the State of the, 285, 298-mischiefs of flash houses and fairs, 304.
Poor, on the state of the, 72-the gene- ral diffusion of education among, con- sidered, 286--require the example of the great, 291-generally desirous of the education of their children, 296. Popery. See Church of Rome. Potatoes, their too extensive use as food not desirable, 78.
Prison Discipline, Report on the Im- provement of, 285, 301-in its pre- sent state highly mischievous, 305- remarks on, 307-of the Borongh Compter, 311-improvements sug- gested, 313, 320-of the Maison de Force at Ghent, 316-of Philadel- phia, ibid.-Mrs. Fry and the Ladies' Committee, 318.
Quakers, benefits of their general sys- tem of discipline, 470.-
Religion, in reality wanting among the ancients, 39-peculiar difficulties at present in the way of sincere in- quirers into, 90-the Christian, com- pared with others, 91, 92-of the Hindus, 234-sublime expressions applied to the Deity no proof of re- fined religious ideas, 237-inquiry whether religious worship be benefi- cial or injurious to the insane, 450. Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to in- quire into the Education of the Lower Orders, 285, 296.
from the Committee on the State of the Police of the Metropolis, 285, 298.
of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Disci- pline, and the Reformation of Juve- nile Offenders, 285, 301.
of the Special Committee, on ap- pointing a Chaplain to Bethlem Hos- pital, 450.
Retz (Cardinal de), his memoirs, 59. Revenues, limitation of, by right, 226, Richelieu (Cardinal), 57.
Robertson (Dr.), an interesting writer, 217, 218.
Robespierre, 338, 359. Rohillas, 483.
Rome, ancient, picture of, 21-Coliseum of, 30-forum of Trajan, 31-state of women in, 38.
modern, approach to, 28-en- trance of, 29-ceremony of flagella- lation, 32.
Rousseau, remarks on, 52.
Sandwich (Montague, Earl of), his death and character, 166.
Scotland, college education in, 108- great room for improvement in some of the colleges, 122-murder of Captain Porteous at Edinburgh, 397 -typhus fever in, 410.
Scott (Sir Wm.), Letter to, in Answer to Mr. Brougham's letter to Sir S. Ro- milly, 286, 323.
(Walter), more eager for money than fame, 396.
Sermons, remarks on, 368, 375, 379, 384.
Shakspeare and his Times, 188-charac- ter of Shakspeare, 190-conjectures respecting his early years, 192-like- nesses of, 193-his Hamlet, 200-cha- racter of Lady Macbeth, 202-discri- mination of the passion of love in his female characters, 204-Juliet, 205 -Imogen, ibid.-Ophelia, ibid.-Cor. delia, ibid.-Desdemona, 206—male characters, Falstaff, ibid. — Othello, 207-Leontes, ibid.-rank of his prin- cipal plays, ibid.—had some hand in Pericles, ibid.-Titus Andronicus not his, 208-considered as an actor, ibid. -his sonnets, 212-recommended for entertainment and instruction, 129. Shelburne (Lord). See Lansdown. Siddons (Mrs.), strictures on her Lady Macbeth, 203.
Sidney (Sir Philip), his Arcadia, 211. Sieyes (Abbe), 357, 365.
Society, all distinguished eras marked by differences in its moral state, 7. Bible, remarks on the, 102. Church Missionary, 105.
for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, and the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, 285, 301.
, National, for educating Chil- dren in the Principles of the Esta- blished Church, 105, 297. Spain. See America.
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