Camp-Meetings, description of, 8-10. Campan, (Madame) Vindication of, from the Falsehoods of Mr. O'Meara, 256- 258, 449-452-origin of her establish- ment for education, 453-her misfor- tunes, 454-completely vindicated from the charge of treachery to the Queen of France, 455-review of her memoirs of Marie Antoinette, 455-character of Louis XVI. by his queen, 456-anecdote of his apathy, or reserve, 457-faction| against the queen, 458—her disregard of etiquette, 459—its consequences, 460- insult of the king, by the national as- sembly, 461-vindication of Mr. Pitt from the charge of fomenting the dis- turbances in Frauce, 461-463. Canadian voyagers, want of moral feeling among, 379.
Chalmers's (Rev. Dr.), Speech on the Ex- tinction of Compulsory Pauperism in Glasgow, 349-refutation of his proposi- tion that compulsory assessment is the cause of the increase of pauperism, 350 -and also, that the demands of human want may be supplied by gratuitous means, 351, 352.
Champollion, (M.) Lettre sur l'Alphabet
des Hieroglyphes Phonétiques employés par les Egyptiens, 188-his system an extension of what was previously known, 189-account of some of his researches, 190-193-copy of his hieroglyphic al- phabet, 194-remarks on his labours, 195, 196.
Chepeywan Indians, character of, 379—re- markable instance of parental affection in one, 380.
Christianity, disbelief of, proved to proceed from the will, not from the understand- ing, 525, 526-sketch of its evidences, 528-531-remarks on the temper, of mind with which its evidences ought to be studied, 532-its adaptation to the progress of society, 533-and to the ac- tual state of man, ib. 534. Church of England, erroneous assertions concerning, corrected, 19-why the Church of England has changed less than the pretended immutable Church of Rome, 25-state of this church during the early part of the eighteenth century, 518-has produced the most able de- fenders of Christianity, 527, 528.
Commerce, operation of the earlier naviga- tion laws on, 431-of the navigation act of King Charles II. 431-and of the re- cently passed laws, 432-particularly as they respect the extension of licence given to British and foreign ships, re- spectively, 433, 434-the probable in- fluence of these laws on the commerce of the British colonies, 438-441-estimate of the actual benefit obtained by altering the navigation laws, 445-449. Constituent Assembly of France, account of the component parts of, 309, 310-re- marks on its proceedings, 311, 314. See France.
Constitution of Spain, examination of, 546 -its defects, 555.
Controversy, advice concerning, 150. Convocation, evil of suffering it to fall into disuse, 518.
Convulsionnaires, notice of, 30. Copper Mountains, described, 389, 390- remarks on their geology and minera- logy, 403-climate of this region, 405. Cordicoles, or worshippers of the heart of Jesus, account of, 25-27.
Cortes, (Spanish) injudicious conduct of, 554-their decree for punishing slave- traders, 16%.
Crawford, (John) History of the Indian Ar- chipelago, 111-remarks on his account of the aboriginal races inhabiting the In- dian islands, 111-116- on the lan- guages of the Archipelago, 117-parti- cularly that of Sumatra, 119, 120-his ignorance exposed, 121-execution of the historical parts of his work, 125, 126 -remarks on the policy, which ought to regulate the future intercourse of the English with the India islands, 127-129 -on the prices paid for cloves, 131, 132 -on his account of the nutmeg tree,134, 135.
Cree Indians, character of, 377.
Dauphin of France, treatment of, by the republicans, 473.
Deering, (Sir Edward) remarks of, on the evils of separation, 18, 19. Deism, novel scheme of, 496. See Infi- delity.
Dissenters, on the conduct to be pursued towards them, 151–153.
536-character of his pamphlet, 540- state of Spain, in 1808, on its invasion by Buonaparte, 545.
Collier, (Sir George) account of the cruel-Douglas, (Sir Howard) the Crisis of Spain, ties inflicted by the Spanish and Portu- gueze slave traders, 165-noble conduct of, and of the officers under him, 174— his opinion on the eligibility of the island of Fernando Po, as a settlement for counteracting the slave trade, 175.
Drovetti, (M.) falsehoods of, exposed, 70. Ducas, (Theodore) Travels of, 365-plan of
the work, 366, 367-anecdote of Machi-
avel, 368-literary character of Guicci- ardini, 369-anecdotes of Ariosto, 370— 372.
Edmonstone, (Sir Archibald) Journey to two of the Oases of Upper Egypt, 59- notice of it, 60, 67-69-ascent of the pyramid of Cephrenes, by him, 73. Egypt, notices of travels in, 59-61-re- marks on the elephantine Description de l'Egypte,' 62, 63-discovery of the supposed emerald mines, by M.Cailliaud, 63, 64 notice of his researches in the Thebaic Oasis, 65-67-journey of Sir A. Edmonstone to the Oases of Upper Egypt, 67-69-present state of Alexan- dria and Rosetta, 71, 72-researches of M. Lelorrain, 75-his falsehoods ex- posed, 76-antiquity of the zodiac at Denderah, 77, 78—remarks on its signs, 80, 81-progress of the Earl of Belmore! and suite through Upper Egypt to Nu- bia, 81, 82-noble conduct of Ismael Pasha, 83, 84-notice of researches con- cerning the hieroglyphic characters of the Egyptians, 190—193-copy of their hieroglyphic characters, 194. Eller, notice of the tenets of, 15. England, state of in 1815, 197-in 1816- 1822, 198 progress of revolutionary principles among the people, 199- caused and promoted by libellous publi- cations, 200-political parties the source of them, 201-203-influence of the op- position prints on the radical press, 204, 205-character of the present opposition, 206, 207-decline of talent among the Whigs, ib.defence of the late Whigs, 208, 209-progress of revolutionary principles among the modern Whigs, 210 -their influence on the public press, 212 214-remarks on their conduct, 215-
English, (Mr.) Narrative of an Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar, 60-character of it, 61, and note-his journey through Nubia, 86-and the country of the Ber- bers, 87-the seat of the ancient Meroë, discovered by him, 88-remarks on his account of the river Bahr el Abiad, 89, 90 -arrives at Sennaar, 94-description of its capital, ib. 95.
Fernando-Po, importance of the island of, for counteracting the slave trade, 175. Flavian amphitheatre, observations on, 326, 327.
France, state of, previously to the revolu-
tion, 274, 275-the states-general con- vened, 277-superseded by the national assembly, 278-demolition of the Bas- tille, at Paris, 279-usurped power of the national assembly, 279, 280—massa- cres at Paris, 280--and in the provinces, 281-rash decree for the abolition of feu- dal and other rights, 281, 282-effects of abolishing the game laws, 285-embar- rassed state of the French finances, ib.- tumults at Paris, 285-massacre at Ver- sailles, on the 5th and 6th of October, 1789, 287-290-murders at Paris, 292 -further excesses and follies of the na- tional assembly, ib.-celebration of the festival of the 14th of July, 293-creation of assignats, 294-project for the annihi- lation of revealed religion, 294-carried into effect, 295-its consequences, 296 -massacres in various parts of France, 297-particularly of the Protestants at Nismes, 297-spread of the revolution to the eastern provinces, 298-horrid mas- sacres at Avignon, 299-efforts made to save the royal family, 300-plan of their escape to Varennes, 301, 302-account of its frustration, 303, 304-the king compelled to return to Paris, with the queen and his children, 305-remarks on this proceeding, 306-the king accepts the constitution proposed by the assem- bly, 307, 308-table of the component parts of the constituent assembly, 309, 310-observations on its proceedings, 310, 314-strictures on the conduct of the French government relative to the slave trade, 168,169-ravages committed by the French slave traders, 167-atro- cious case of the French ship, the Ro- deur, 171, 172-impolicy of accumulat- ing slaves in the French colonies, 177, 178--origin of infidelity in France, 510 -512-its effects there, 509, 510-im- pious tenets of the French republican in- fidels, 496, 497.
Franklin, (Capt. John) Narrative of a Jour- ney to the Polar Sea, 372-an additional record of British spirit and character, 373-objects of the expedition, ib.—em- barkation for, and arrival at, Hudson's Bay, $74 commencement of journey, ib.-winter travelling, and its miseries, 375, 376-character of the Cree Indians, 377-opinion of a Black-foot Indian on a future state, 378-want of moral feel- ing among the Canadian voyagers, 379 -notice of the Stone Indians, 379-of the Chepeywans, ib.-affectionate con- duct of one of them, 380-ravages of the mosquitoes, 381-remarkable instances of frozen insects and fishes recovering animation,
animation, 382, 383-excursion of Cap- tain Franklin and his party to the head of the Copper-mine river, 384-privations of the travellers, 385-snow-houses of the Esquimaux described, S86-pursuits of the officers during winter, 387-man- ners of the Copper Indians, 388-artifice of the wolves, 389-providential escape of Dr. Richardson, ib. 395-description of the Copper mountains, 389,390-voy- age along the northern coast of America, 392-privations and sufferings of the party, on their return to the Copper-mine river, 394, 395–400-arrival at Fort Enterprize, 400-extreme state of desti- tution of the survivors of the party, 401, 402-remarks on the geology and miner- alogy of the Copper mountains, 403-on the Aurora Borealis, 404-its effects on the magnetic needle, 405-climate of that region, ib.-circumstances which render it probable that there is a communica- tion by water between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, 406---409.
Frozen animals, extraordinary resuscitation of, 382, 383.
Gallopers, tenets of the sect of, 17. Gibbon's writings, remarks on the tendency of, 520.
Greeks, neutrality of Great Britain towards, vindicated, 474, 475-inquiry into the line of policy which ought to be pursued towards them, 475-first, what has been already done towards the furtherance of Greek emancipation,476-478-secondly, what course it may hereafter be expedient to pursue, 481-the moral, religious, and intellectual amelioration of Greece, the only probable means of benefiting that country, 481, 482-thirdly, what pros- pect of happiness and prosperity opens to the Greeks, in the event of their being restored to freedom, 482-probable con- sequences that would result to Russia from the possession of Greece, 483, 484 -physical and commercial advantages of this country, 485-487-outline of the constitution which appears most adapted to the state of liberated Greece, 489, 490 -concluding address to the Greeks,492,
Gregoire, (M.) Histoire des Sectes Religi- euses, 1-character of the work, ib.- notice of some curious mistakes, 2-par- ticularly concerning the Quakers, 3- notices of some Danish Pietists, 11-of the Hattemistes and Verschoristes, in Holland, ib.-of the Rhinsburghers, ib.
singular practices of the inhabitants of Brock, in Holland, 12-Mennonites of Alsace, 13, 14-sects in Germany, 14— the Ellerians, 15-Rohlerians, 15-Hans Rosenfeld, ib. 16-the Abrahamites, of Bohemia, 17-the Gallopers, of Wur- temberg, 17-Knights of Napoleon, 18 -ignorance of M. Gregoire, respecting the Church of England, 19-remarks on the pretended miracles of St. Patrick, 19-22-and of St. Antonio, 22-24- why the Church of England has changed Jess than the pretended immutable Church of Rome, 25-blasphemous devotions to the heart of Jesus, sanctioned by that church, 25-27-superstitious rites of the Society of Victims, 28-30-notice of the Convulsionnaires, 30-pretended miracles of the Deacon Paris, 31-33- and of La Sainte Epine, of Port Royal, 30-35-account of the theosophy of St. Martin, 36, 37--and of the revolutionary sect of Avignon, 38-41-the present state of Protestantism considered, 42— 44-remarks on the re-union of the Pro- testant and Roman Catholic churches, 44, 45.
Gregoire (M.) Histoire de la Théophilan- tropie, 493-introduction of infidelity into. France, 493, 494-remark of M. Gregoire on the failure of David Wil- liams's deistical religion, 495 extrava- gant and impious tenets of the republican infidels of France, 496, 497-origin of the Theophilanthropists, 497-account of their form of worship at Paris, 498, 499, 500 their creed, 500-their nup- tial ceremonies, 501-nomination of in- fants, ib.-funeral service and holidays, ib.-festival in honour of toleration, 501, 502-schism among the Theophilanthro- pists, 502, 503-conduct of the republi- can government towards them, 504, 505 -their behaviour in the departments, 506, 507 decline of Theophilanthro- pism, 508-horrible consequences of in- fidelity in France, 509, 510. Guicciardini, character of, as an historian, 369.
Hogendorp, General, anecdotes of, 335, 336.
Holland, remarks of Sir Walter Raleigh on the commerce of, 435, 436. Holy Alliance. See Spain.
Hood, Lieut., assassination of, 400-eulo- gium on his character, 400, 401.
Lacretelle (Ch.), Histoire de l'Assemblée Constituante de France, 271-favourable situation of the author for undertaking this work, ib.-character of his former productions, 271, 272, 273—plan of thẹ present work, 273, 274. See France. Lafayette (Marquis de), character of, 285,
Hume, David, anecdote of, 517-supposed 286. the heathen mythology to exist in some of the other planets, 526.
Indian Archipelago, remarks on the abori- ginal races of inhabitants, 111-116-on the languages spoken there, 117, 119, 120-remarks on the policy to be pur- sued in future intercourse with these islands, 127-129. Infidelity, real origin of in France, 510, 511--its effects in that country, 509, 510-impious tenets of the republican ́infidels, 496, 497-unsuccessful attempts of David Williams to establish an infidel liturgy and worship in London, 494, 495 -review of the circumstances which paved the way for introducing infidelity into England, 512, 513-its progress there during the reign of Charles II., 514 facilitated by the writings of Hume, Voltaire, and Rousseau, 515— progress of infidelity in England previous to the French Revolution, 520-its pre- sent state in that country, 522-remarks on the different classes of infidels there, 523, 524-secret misery of unbelievers, 524.
Inscription, sepulchral, at Rome, 328. ** Ionian Islands, great improvement in, 478,
Ireland, Rev. Dr., Nuptia Sacræ, 179-oc- casion of this tract, 183—abstract of its argument, 184-pilfered by Mr. Tebbs, 185 189.
Isle of France, manners of the Mulatto women in, 340.
Ismael Pasha, noble conduct of, 83, 84-- Expedition of to Sennaar, 93, 94. Jeffery (Mr.), the publisher of Sir C. H. Williams's works, disingenuous conduct of in that publication exposed, 46, 47. Jerkers, in America, notice of, 7. Johnsou (Dr.), admirable prayer of, 533. Jomard (M.), blunders of, exposed, 70, 79,
Jouy (E.), Sylla, Tragédie, 97-remarks on the author's preface, 97-101-plan of the tragedy, with specimens and re- marks, 101-111.
K. Knights of Napoleon, notice of, 18.
Lamballe (Princess de), assassinated by the republicans of Paris, 473. Lelorrain (M.), researches of, in Egypt, 75-his falsehoods exposed, 76, Libellous publications, the source of revo- lutionary principles among the people, 199, 200-are themselves caused by political parties, 201-203-particularly by the conduct of the opposition, 205——— 215.
Louis XIV. revokes the edict of Nantes, 511-remarks on the consequences of
that revocation, ib. 512.
Louis XVI. character of, 276-456, com- pelled to go to Paris from Versailles, 290, 291-efforts made to save him and the royal family from the revolutionists, 300-plan of their escape to Varennes, 301, 302--the duchess d'Angoulême's account of it, 465-its frustration, 303, 304-the royal family compelled to re- turn to Paris, 305, 306-Louis accepts the constitution proposed by the consti- tuent assembly, 307, 308-insulted by that body, 461-anecdote of his apathy, timidity, or reserve, 457.
Louis XVIII. Narrative of his Journey to Bruxelles and Coblentz, in 1791, 464- extracts from it, with remarks on his fri- volous conduct, 467-469.
Lowe (Sir Hudson), vindication of, from the charge of preventing Buonaparte from receiving newspapers, 228-230- of incapacity, 230-of tampering with Mr. O'Meara, to become a spy on Buo- naparte, 231–238-of cruelty towards him, 238-242-remarks on Buona- parte's observations on him, 247.
Machiavel, anecdotes of, S68, 369. Magnetic Needle, influence of Aurora Borealis on, 405.
Malayan Miscellanies, notice of, 136. Marie Antoinette, character of Louis XVI. by, 456-faction against her, 458-her disregard of etiquette, 459—its conse- quences, 460-her agony at the assassi- nation of the princess de Lamballe, 473 -and of Louis XVI., 474. Massacres at Paris in 1789, 280-and in the
the provinces, 281-287-particularly | Nabia, population of, 83-remarks on the at Nismes, 297-and at Avignon, 299. Mata Florida (Marquis), anecdotes of,
Mennonites of Alsace, notice of, 13, 14. Mills (Charles) The Travels of Theodore Ducas, 365-difficulty of composing voyages imaginaires, ib. 366-plan of the work, with extracts and remarks, 367-372.
Mirabeau, Count de, character of, 283, 284.
Miracles, pretended, of St. Patrick, re-
marks on, 19-21-of St. Antonio, 22- 24-of the Holy Thorn, at Port Royal, 30-35-of the Deacon Paris, at Paris, 31-33.
Moore (Abraham), Odes of Pindar trans-
lated, 410-character of the translation, 419 Specimens of it, with remarks, 420-430.
Moore (Thomas), Irish Melodies, 138- remarks on the beauties and defects of, 139, 140-extracts from them, with ob- servations, 140–144.
Mosquitoes, ravages of, 381.
Mosquito Shore, land-bubble of, exposed, 157-161.
Naples, remarks on the revolution in, 55. Navigation Laws, abstracts, &c. of, 430-
sketch of the earlier laws, previously to the navigation act of Charles II., 431- operation of that act on the commerce of Holland, 435-437-and of the new laws recently passed, 432-remarks on the extension of licence given by them to British ships, and also to foreign ships, 433, 434-the new laws calcu- lated to favour the shorter navigation, 434-but not to augment British navi- gation, 437, 438-probable influence of the new laws on the British colonies, 438-441-remarks on the warehousing bill, 443, 444-estimate of the benefits actually obtained by altering the navi- gation laws, 445–449.
Necker, (M), restored to the office of mi-
nister of finances, in France, 280-his financial embarrassments, 283.
Nismes, horrid massacres at, 297. Nolan (Michael, Esq.) Speech on the Poor Laws, 349-his sound observations on the increase of population, 358-and on the law of settlement, ib.-principles of the bill proposed by him for altering and amending the poor laws, 359-outlines of his bill, 360-remarks thereon, 361— 364.
people inhabiting this country, 96, 97.
O'Meara (Barry E.), Napoleon in Exile, 219-remarks on the efforts of Buona- parte's agents to give publicity to him, 220-notice of Mr. O'Meara's promo- tions in the navy, 221-his appointment to be Buonaparte's surgeon, ib.-false- hood of his statements exposed from his own admissions, first, respecting the causes of his dismission from St. Helena, 223-228; secondly, of his assertions respecting Sir Hudson Lowe's preventing Buonaparte from receiving newspapers, 228-230; thirdly, of his charges of in- capacity against Sir H. Lowe, 230, 231; fourthly, of his assertion that Sir H. Lowe endeavoured to induce him to act as a spy on Buonaparte, 231–238; fifthly, of his charges of cruelty on the part of Sir Hudson Lowe towards Madame Bertrand, 238-242-remarks on O'Meara's character of Count Mon- tholon, 242-245-and on his reports of Buonaparte's conversation with him, 246-respecting Sir Hudson Lowe, 247
-Sir George Cockburn, 248, 249-on the Duke of Wellington, 250-Lord Londonderry, 250-252-exposure of Buonaparte's frauds relative to his birth and family, 253, 254-duplicity of Buo- naparte to Lord Whitworth, 255-vin- dication of Madame Campan from the falsehoods of O'Meara, 256-258-fable of Buonaparte being forced to sell his plate, to prevent his being starved, 259, 260-exaggerated accounts of his indis- position, 261-real account of his death contrasted with O'Meara's statement, 262, 263. Opposition, character of, 206, 207—influ- ence of the opposition on the radical press, 204, 205, 207-215.
Orleans, Duke of, foments disturbances at Paris, 278-joins the national assembly, ib.-excites insurrection, 280, 281-his cabals in October, 1789, 285-base cha- racter, 285-the author of the massacre at Versailles, 288, 289. Owhyee, huts of, described, 346.
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