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or Cochin-China, 89; the country seized
by some Tonquinese rebels, ib.; Cam-
bodia conquered by the same people, ib. ;
great strength of the royal city of Hue,
90; the canal from Saigon to the Cam-
bodia river, ib.; character of the Ona-
mese, 91; description of their persons,
ib.; their total want of cleanliness, ib. ;
the city of Saigon, population, &c.
92; Christian population, 92, 3; their
manufactures, &c. 93; religion, ib.;
population of the whole empire, ib.
description of the country, its pro-
ductions, commerce, &c. 94; its im-
proving condition under Bishop A-
dran, ambassador from Louis XVI.,
ib.; the various works undertaken under
his auspices, ib.
Cochrane's, Captain, narrative of a pe-
destrian journey through Russia and
Siberian Tartary, &c. 227, el seq.
Coleridge, portrait of, 157, 8.
Conversations, imaginary, of literary
men, &c. by W. S. Landor, 211, et seq.
Cowper, Lord Chancellor, his admirable
conduct towards Richard Cromwell, 168.
Cox's Horæ Romanæ, 71, et seq.; diffi-
culties of St. Paul's epistles, from his
peculiar style of writing, 71, 2; de-
sign of the author, 72; specimen of the
translation and notes, 73; comment on
part of the thirteenth chapter, 74, 5.

Dante, his early life, &c. 391.
Dante, M. Sismondi's remarks on his writ-
ings, 203, 4; probable origin of his In-
ferno, ib.

D'Arlincourt's Etrangére, 412, et seq.;
consummate vanity of the author, 413, et
seq.; specimen of his fine style of writing,
416; love communicated by electricity, ib.
Dawson's nosological practice of physic,

&c. 458, et seq.; Mr. Lawrence's pro-
position that insanity always proceeds
from disease of the brain, considered and
exposed by the author, 459, 60; re-
marks on the subjects of hypochondrias,
461; they frequently attain a long life,
ib.; instances from the ancients and mo-
derns, ib.; distressing sensations occa-
sioned by dyspepsia, ib.; difference of
the feelings of the dyspeptic and the hypo-
chondriac, ib.

Devotion, Mary Holderness's manual of,
568, et seq.

Dissent, the progress of, by a Non-con-
formist, 371, et seq.; high tone of the
Quarterly Review in an article on this
subject, 371; its false statement, in
reference to Palmer's Protestant dis-

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senter's catechism, 371, 2; its illiberal
attack on the author of Protestant Non-
'conformily,' 372; plan of Palmer's
catechism objectionable, 373, 4; ob-
ject of the Quarterly Reviewer, in the
article on dissent, 374; unprovoked
attack on the dissenters, 374,5; his
mode of accounting for the diminished
influence of the clergy, and accession
to the dissenters, 375; the Noncon-
'formist's questions in reply, 376, 7;
dissent proved to be necessary to the church,
ib.; testimony of Dr. Chalmers that
the dissenters are great moral bene-
factors of their country, 377; re-
marks on the reviewer's complaint
that pecuniary speculation has min-
gled itself with the religious zeal of
the dissenter, 378, 9; the poverty of
the benefices alleged by the reviewer
to be one cause of the progress of
dissent, 380; the superior liberality
of opinion in word and practice, of
the clergy, another cause of it, 381;
his statement of the grievous sins' of
the Methodists, 381, 2.
Dunallan, a story, 462, et seq.

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Dutch, illiberality of their policy in
their colonial territories, 87.
Dyspepsia, distressing sensations occasioned
by it, 461; difference between the dys-
peptic and the hypochondriac, ib.
Education, national, pamphlets on, 97,
el seq.; remarks on the éducation of
the poor, 98; education cannot be a
positive evil, 99; classification of the
modern opinions respecting education,
99, 100; remarks on the New Lanark
system, 101; Dale Owen on teaching
children the doctrine of the depravity of
the human heart, 102, 3; Jeremy Ben-
tham's opinions on education, 104;
his attempt to shew that the second
commandment forbids the graphic
art, ib.; explodes the ten command-
ments, 105; questions intended to shew
the absurdity of teaching children to be-
lieve in and fear God, &c. 105, 6; many
of the Roman Catholic clergy infidels
at heart, 107; absurd reasoning of
the popish priests of Carlow, ib.;
extract from one of the Protestant clergy-
mens' speech at Carrick, 109; Father
M'Sweney's remarks on the indiscri-
minate reading of the bible consider-
ed, 109, 10; human teaching not des
preciated by the friends of bible edu-
cation, 110; Hooker on the suffici-
ency of Scripture as a rule, &c. 111;
the deterioration of our peasantry a.

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opinion, 266, 7; Dr. Barker's opinion
of the origin of the Irish epidemic an-
supported by evidence, 268; opinion
of the medical officers of the Arist
fever hospitals that continued fever,
however originating, is capable of dif-
fusing itself by a contagious influence
under circumstances favourable for
its spreading, ib.; instance in proof of
this position, ib.; error of medical
writers, in multiplying the species of
fever, 537; important service per,
formed by Cullen, in arranging the
numerous species of fever, ib.; typhus
considered by him and other medical
writers, as a distinct genus possessed
of a contagious character, ib.; the
phenomena observed during the late
epidemic not correspondent to his ar
rangement, 538; the diversified cha,
racter of fever is to be referred to
certain contingent circumstances, ib.;
diversity of opinion respecting the
contagious nature of fever assuming
the continued form, ib,; the plague a
disease sui generis, ib.; extract from the
evidence in proof of the dissemination of
the late fever, by the agency of contagion,
539; the medical men, clerical visiters,
nurses, &c, almost generally attacked by
the fever, 539, 40; the evidence ad-
duced in proof of the contagious na-
ture of continued or typhus fever,
conclusive, 541; the diffusion of fe-
ver, as an epidemic, occasioned by a
morbid poison, ib.; importance of
the philosophic investigations of Dr.
Haygarth, 542; beneficial effect of
free ventilation, ib.; value of the
present works, 543; great advan-
tages derived from the formation of
fever hospitals, ib.

rises not from the diffusion, but from
the want of education, 112; evil con-
sequence of the discontinuance of pa-
rental instruction, and of the cateche-
tical mode of public teaching, &c.
113; proof that education does not
tend to insubordination, 114; the re-
ligious instruction of the young inise-
rably neglected in Scotland, 115.
Election, Hamilton on the doctrine of,
169, et seq.

England, the history of the kings of,
translated by the Rev. J. Sharpe, 54,
et seq.

Essay, practical, on the manner of study.
ing and teaching in Scotland, 98, et
seg.

Evening-star, song to the, by Campbell,

121.

Expositor, pocket, selections from Dr.
Doddridge, &c, 382.

Ferocity of character which distinguishes
society in the West Indies, cause of it,
$75.

Fever, epidemic, in Ireland, account of
the rise, progress, and decline of, &c.
254, el seq.; epidemics formerly con-
sidered as direct manifestations of Di-
vine displeasure, 255; Sydenham's
opinion of them, ib.; prerequisites
to the knowledge of the origin of epi-
demic fever, ib.; its late prevalence
in Ireland to a severe degree, 256;
probable causes of it, 257; severe
winters frequently followed by epi-
demic fever, ib.; injurious effect of
severe cold on wheat, &c. 258; calami-
ties that resulted from the late war,
and consequent upon its termination,
259, 60; wretched state of the Irish poor
in 1816-17, 260; fever always preva-
lent among them, ib.; became uni-
versally epidemical in 1817, 261; es-
timate of the proportion of the popu-
lation that suffered by the fever, 262,
3; average of its mortality, 263; its
diminished virulence in proportion as
it extended, 263, 4; was more fatal
to males than females, 264; less fatal
to young than to old persons, ib. ; and
also to the poor than to the opulent,
ib.; objections to the opinion that a
peculiar condition of the atmosphere
is required for the prevalence of epi-
demic fever, 265; its causes to be
sought for rather in the moral and
physical circumstances of society,
266; two remarkable facts stated by Dr.
"Harty, in proof of the correctness of this

Filacaia, his sonnets, addressed to Italy
and to Fortune, 326.
Forster's perennial calendar, and com-

panion to the almanack, 78, et seq.
France, journal of a tour in, during the
years 1816 and 1817, by Frances
Jane Carey, 332.

Frauds, detected, Grinfield's origin of,
150, et seq.; the capricious code of
worldly honour, contrasted with the re-
vealed law of God. 150, 51.
Fuller's, the Rev. Andrew, works, with
memoir by the late Dr. Ryland, 505,
et seq. subjects of the first volume,
506; of the second, ib.; observations
on Mr. Belsham's acknowledgement,
that persons most indifferent to the
practice of religion, are the most

likely to embrace a rational system
3o of faith,' 507; remarks on the let-
ters addressed to Mr. Vidler, 508;
subjects of the third volume, ib.;
high merit of the letters on Sande-
manianism, ib. ; subjects of the fourth
volume, 509; of the fifth and sixth
volumes, 510; his statement of the
method he pursued in treating of the
Apocalypse, ib. ; the seventh, eighth,
and ninth volumes, 511; character
of the author as exhibited by his
diary, correspondence, &c. his re-
marks on the effects of his labours in the
missionary cause, 512; concluding ob-
servations of his late venerable biographer,
ib.

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165; Chantrey's beautiful statue of lady
Lucy Russel, ib.; observations on Bos-
well and Johnson, 165, 6; the author's
opinion of her father's life of Johnson,
166; its severity, ib.; weak conduct
of Lord Mansfield during the riots,
167; anecdote of Sir William Jones,
167, 8; instance of the excellent feeling
of Lord Chancellor Cowper, 168.
History, English, Ellis's original letters,
illustrative of it, 123, et seq.; Jiterary
industry of the Anthor, 124; his de-
sign in the present work, 125; correct
historical information not to be attained
from works of merely general history, ib. s
great value of original letters of eminent
persons, ib.; specimens of familiar let-
ter writing not to be found earlier than
the 15th century, 126; letter of Henry
VII. respecting Perkin Warbeck, 127,
8; the character of Henry VIII. falsely
estimated, 128; Sir Thomas More to
Cardinal Wolsey, 128, 9; Henry VIII.
to Cardinal Wolsey, 129; Henry VIII.
married to Ann Boleyn before his di-
vorce was pronunced, 130; the burn-
ing of friar Forest and of a wooden
image, 130, 31; letter of the princess
Elizabeth to Edward VI. with her por-
trail, 131, 2; firmness of the princess
Mary, 132; letter of queen Elizabeth to
king James, denying her intention to sa-
crifice queen Mary, 153; royal recipes
for the gout, 134; letter of James 1. to
his son Henry, on coming to assume
the English crown, 134, 5; of Charles
1. to prince Rupert, 135; letter of Oli-
ver Cromwell to Col. Walton, announcing
the death of his son, ib. ; letter of James
11, respecting the duke of Monmouth,
137; from the chevalier St. George to
his princess Clementina, ib.; history
and disappearance of the Stuart pa-
pers, 138; Ellis's original papers, il-
lustrative of English history, &c.

*

Hamilton on the doctrine of election,
169, et seq.; mistake of the author
and others in regard to the doctrine
of election, 169; the author's view of the
nature of his subject, ib.; objections to
his remarks, 171; the concluding ob-
servations to his second chapter, 172;
the practical uses of the doctrine not
* distinctly noticed, 172, 3; causes of
the objections to the preaching and
reception of the doctrine stated, 173;
-use of the doctrine by the Antinomiau,
174; difference between the Arminian
and the Antinomian, 175; extract
from Calvin, ib. ; doctrine of St. Paul
on the efficient cause of our salvation,
176; design of the scriptural doctrine,
ib.

Hamilton's tracts upon some leading
errors of the church of Rome, 286,
5. et seq.; the leaders of the opposition
wealthy absentees from Ireland, 287;
evils arising out of the present state of
ecclesiastical patronage, ib.; exposition
of the chief impediments to the improve-
ments of Ireland, 287.

Harty's historic sketch of the causes,
&c. of the contagious fever epidemic
in Ireland, during the years 1817,
18, and 19, 254, et seq.
Havana, its importance as a port, 563.
Hawkins's, Letitia Matilda, memoirs,

anerdotes, &c. 164, el srq.; remarks
on Roubiliac as an artist, 164; striking
bistance of his ingenuousness, ib.;
anecdotes of West, Bacon, Nollekins,

123.

History, modern, Miller's lectures on
the philosophy of, 139, et seq.; the
philosophy of human society arose among
the Greeks, 140; the expediency of a
balance of powers first asserted by
Archytas, b.; source of Plato's opi-
nions of the laws of legislation, ib. ;
he describes the world as having been con-
structed by a beneficent Creator, 141;
Aristotle's judgement in regard to political
society, ib.; Machiavel, the first great
modern writer on political philosophy,
ib.; his Prince' styled the manual
of republicans, by Rousseau, 142;

character of More's Utopia, ib.;
double effect produced by the Refor-
mation on European governments,
ib.; Sir J. Mackintosh's eulogy on
Grotius's law of nations, ib.; Bucha-
nan the first systematic assertor of
popular right and representation, &c.
ib.; occasion and effects of Hooker's ec-
clesiastical polity, 142, 3; Hobbes as-
serts the natural equality of man,
his reason for it, 143; Locke and
Paley on the social compact,' ib.;
remarks of the author on their reasoning,
143, 4; strictures on his observa-
tions, 144, 5; Sir James Mackintosh
on the esprit des loix, 146; extract
from the Theodiceé of Leibnitz, on the
manner in which the existence of evil is
reconciled with the doctrine of optimism,
147, 8; objections to the theory of
optimism, 148; observations on them,
ib.

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Holderness's, Mary, manual of devotion,
,368, el seq.

Hoppus on the importance of an early

and decided attachment to the con-
cerns of a future world, 269, et seq.
Horæ Romanæ, by Robert Cox, 71, et
seq.

Howell's characters of Theophrastus,

from the Greek, &c. 449, et seq. ; cha-
racter of the adulator, 450; defective
state of the text of Theophrastus, and
difficult task of the translator, 451;
imitators, &c. of Theophrastus, ib. ;
merit of the notes, ib.; strictures on
⚫ phraseology, 452, 3,

Howison's foreign scenes and travelling

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recreations, 563, et seq.; importance
of Havana as a port, ib.; remarks of
Mr. Robinson, on the supposition of
the occupation of Cuba by the British,
564, 5; it would eventually fall under
the control of the United States, 564;
necessity for East and West Florida be-
ing occupied by the United States, ib.; pre-
sent dependence of Havana on the United
States, 565; observations of Mr. Poin-
selt on the same subject, 565,6; system
of piracy practised at Havana, and coun-
tenanced by the public authorities, 566, 7;
situation, commerce, &c, of Havana,
567; character, &c. of the priests, 568;
depraved state of society at Havana,
ib.; frequency of assassinations there,
ib.; prevalence of yellow fever, 569, 70;
ils proximate causes not correctly aster-
tained, 570; the present political situa-
tion of Cuba remarkable, 571; descrip-
tion of sun-set al sen b. the appear.
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Improvvisatori, history and character of,
482, et seq.

Ingram's translation of the Saxon chro-
nicle, 54, et seq.

Ireland, Bible society in, 61, et seq.;
ecclesiastical emancipation the real
object of the Irish Roman catholics,
61; the priests the chief exciters of
the clamour for emancipation, 62:
popery set up again in almost every
country of Europe by the British go-
vernment, 63; the true cause of the
danger arising from popery, ib.; the
policy of perpetuating the restrictions
and disqualifications of the Roman
catholics, the real question before
the nation, ib.; original design and
failure of the test act, ib. ; the church
of Rome in Ireland not to be trusted
with political or ecclesiastical power,
64; is incapable of alliance with a pro-
testant government, ib.; the Orange
faction the most formidable enemy of
the protestant religion in Ireland, 65;
reasons for wishing the abrogation of
the remaining penal laws of Ireland,
66; ecclesiastical power an engine
of mischief, ib. ; not acknowledged by
the English constitution, ib.; the Ro-
man catholic not always necessarily
an abettor of his own church, 67;
inconsistency of British policy \to-
-wards Ireland, ib.; approaching eri-
sis in the affairs of Ireland, 68;
ferocious conduct of the papists at the
Carlow bible society, ib. et org. ; two
ways of proceeding in regard to Ire-
land, 70; popery must be destroyed by
the bible, 71.

Iturbide, late emperor of Mexico, his
military transactions and abdication,
290; his return to Mexico, capture,
and execution, 293; character of, &c,
294; see Mexico,

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James's Christian father's present to his

children, 446, et seq.; reflections on
the occasional meetings of a dispersed
family, 447; evils of the stage, 448;
caution to Christian parents, ib.
Jews, three celebrated literary ones, account
of, 513.

Joanna of Sicily, queen of Naples, &c.

historical life of, 385, et seq.; her
early marriage with her cousin An-
drew, king of Hungary, 386; its
fatal consequences, ib.; is styled the
Pandora of her country, ib.; accused
of having caused her husband to be
strangled, ib.; flees to Provence with
her second husband, ib. ; is acquitted
of the murder by Clement VI. ib.; re-
covers her throne and reigns thirty
years, ib.; is dethroned and smothered
by order of her presumptive beir, ib.;
remarks on the defence set up infavour
of Joanna and of Mary Stuart, 387;
introductory topics of the present
work, ib.; account of Provençal litera-
ture, 388; similarity between the
Knight and the Troubadour, ib.; vanity
of the Troubadour Pierre de Corbian,
389; qualifications and musical powers of
the Jongleurs, the attendants of the Trou-
badours, 390; character, &c. of Pierre
Vidal, ib.; account of Brunetto Latini,
preceptor of Dante, 391; education of
Dante, ib.; his disappointment and un-
happy marriage, 392; his personal ap-
pearance, ib.; birth of the Princess
Joanua, 392, 3; desciption of the deco-
rations, &c. of the rooms appropriated to
the princess and her infant, 395, 4; cere-
mony, &c. of the baptism, 394, 5; death
of the duke and of the dutchess of Ca-
labria, 395; early nuptials of Joanna
and Andrew, ib.; Petrarch's character
of friar Robert, tutor of Joanna, ib.;
the former obtains the laurel crown from
the Roman senate, by the influence of
Robert, 396; anecdotes of Petrarch,
396, 7; magnificence of the palaces of
the Neapolitan nobles, 399; their cos-
tume, ib. ; personal character and appear.
ance of Joanna, 400, 1; detail of the
violent death of her husband, 402, 3;
opinion of the author, on the cause of
the murder, 403, 4; testimony of Pe-
trarch and Boccaccio in favour of the
innocence of Joanna, 404; adverse
testimony of Muratori, ib.; her mar-
riage with Louis of Tarento, ib.; re-
gret of her subjects, on her quitting
Naples, 404, 5; death of the treache-
rous Durazzo, 406; the queen justifies

herself before Pope Clement VI., and
is declared above suspicion, ib.; she
recovers her throne, and is crowned
queen of Naples, 407; death of the
king, ib.; is advised by her council
to marry a third time, ib.; receives a
· present of two vanquished knights, ib.;
her generosity to them, 408; character
of Charles of Durazzo, 409; the queen
marries her fourth husband, 410; op-
poses the elevation of Pope Urban
VI., ib.; he declares the deposition
of the queen, and transfers her crown
to Durazzo, ib. ; capture and imprison-
ment of the queen, 411; her conduct
during her captivity, ib.; is strangled
by order of Durazzo, ib.

Jones's Greek and English lexicon, 532,
et seq.; the author's reasons for attempt-
ing to explain the Scriptures, 533; ex-
tract from a laudatory letter from Dr.
Parr, ib.

Jones, Sir William, anecdote of him on his
first appearance in the court of King's
Bench, 167.

Jongleurs, the allendants of the Trouba-
dours, account of them, 389, 90.
Juarros's statistical history of the king-
dom of Guatemala, 289, et seq.

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Kinghorn's considerations addressed to
the Eclectic reviewer, in defence of
those who maintain that baptism
should precede communion, 431, et
seq.; conduct pursued by the Eclectic
review, on the subject, &c. of baptism,
prior to the publication of Mr. Hall's

Terms of Communion,' 431, line of
conduct adopted by the E. R. upon
the appearance of that work, justified
by Mr. Hall's own statements, 432;
fundamental principle of Mr. H. in
regard to terms of communion, ib.;
argument of Mr. Kinghorn in reply,
433, 4; statement of Mr. Jerram that
Mr. Hall makes an exception in favour
of the established church considered,
ib.; Mr. Hall's own words on this point,
434, 5; Mr. Howe's defence of occa
sional communion with the church of
England, 436; his reasons for the dis,
senter's not constantly communing
with it, 436,7; the reasoning and the
practice of churchmen, in regard to
communicating, &c. inconsistent,
437; the Eclectic Reviewer's reasons
for not going to the establishment, in
reply to Mr. Kinghorn's question, 437,
8; the Puritans and the ejected mi-
nisters held the lawfulness of commu-

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