ing of Parliament for they had got quarrelsome in their helplessness-as teething childhood, or toothless age.
I wish your friend Brougham, James, would publish his epistolary correspondence with the King during his Lordship's late visit to Scotland.
But wou'd na that be exposing family-that is, Cabinet secrets? And Hairy wou'd never do that, after the dressin' he is thocht to hae gi'en Durham on that pint. Besides, it wou'd be awfu' to publish the King's letters to him without his Majesty's consent!
I think I can promise him his Majesty's permission to publish all the letters the Lord Chancellor ever received in Scotland from his most Gracious Master.
Umph. The vol. would sell-title," Letters from the Mountains."
Na-that wou'd be stealin' the tittle o' a delichtfu' wark o' my auld freen' Mrs Grant's.
I think I can promise him Mrs Grant's permission to publish under the title of what you justly call, James, her very delightful work, all the letters the Lord Chancellor ever wrote to his Most Gracious Majesty from Inverness, Elgin, Dundee, Edinburgh, or Hawick.
A' impediments in the way o' publication being thus removed, I shall write this verra nicht-sae that my letter may leave the post-office by tomorrow's post-to Lord Brumm to send down the MSS. and they maun be a' holographs in the parties' ain haun-writing-to Messrs A. and R. Blackwood-and I shall stay a month in Embro, that I may correct the press mysell-in which case I houp there may be a black frost, that at leisure hours we may hae some curlin'.
The Grey Ministry, in its best days, was never, somehow or other, inordinately admired by the universal British nation.
That was odd. For the nation, I have heard it said, was for Reform to
All but some dozen millions or thereabouts-but people are never so prone to discontent as when they have had every thing their own wayespecially when, as it happened in this case, not one in a thousand knows either what he had been wanting, or what he has got, or what else he would wish to have, if at his bidding or beck the sky were willing that moment to rain it down among his feet.
They surely were the most foolish financiers that ever tried taxation.
Of not one of them could it be sung,
"That even the story ran that he could gauge."
They were soon seen to be equally ignorant and incapable on almost all other subjects; nor-except with Brougham-was there a gleam of genius -nor a trait of talent beyond mediocrity to make occasional amends for their deplorable deficiences as men of no-business habits, and of non-acquaintance equally with principles and with details.
Hollo! we are forgetting Stanley and Graham.
So we are, I declare-but I hope they will forgive us since they too often, or rather too long, forgot themselves-and I should be happy to see them-whether Ins or Outs at a Noctes. Their secession left the
Reform Ministry in a state of destitution more pitiable than that of an y pauper-family under the operation of the new Poor Law.
Strange how it contrived to stand for the last six months-yet all of us must have many a time seen a tree, Kit, lopped, barked, grubbed-remaining pretty perpendicular during a season of calm weather-by means of some ligature so slight as to be invisible-till a brisk breeze smites the skeleton, and down he goes-whether with or against his own inclination you can hardly say so resignedly among the brushwood doth he lay his shorn
Haw-Haw-Haw! But it's no lauchin' maitter. I'm glad, after a', sir, that at this creesis you're no Prime Minister. The Duke 'll bae aneuch to do to get a' richt-and to keep a' richt-and I only wuss Sir Robert were hame again frae Tureen.
So do I. A Conservative Ministry can now be formed, stronger in talent, knowledge, eloquence, integrity, power, and patriotism, than any Ministry the country has had within the memory of man.
The Ex-Chancellor has assured us that the Press has lost all its power -so the elections will not be disturbed by that engine. The Whigs disdain to use bribery and corruption-and the Rads, for sufficient reasons, seldom commit such sins. No Reformer would condescend to receive a consideration from a Tory. A fair field, therefore, lies open to all parties -and, though not of a sanguine but melancholious temperament, I will bet a barrel of oysters with any man that the new House of Commons will back the Duke.
He will carry, by large majorities, all his measures of Conservative Reform in Church and State. He did so before the Bill was the law of the land and he will do so now that it is the law of the land-but, to speak plainly, gentlemen, I am getting confounded sleepy; and I feel as if I were speaking in a night-cap.
And I as if there were saun in ma een-sae gie's your airm, sir, and I sall be the chawmermaid that lichts you till your bed. Its wice in you to lodge in the Road sic a nicht.-Do ye hear him-" tirlin' the kirks ?" Be a good boy, and never forget to say your prayers.
Advocate, Lord, of Scotland, his remark
that Scotland had never evinced a spi-
rit of freedom, 662
Aird, Thomas, a churchyard eclogue by
him, 615
Aladdin, a dramatic poem, by Ochlen-
schlaeger, reviewed, 620
Althorpe, Lord, not indispensable to
House of Commons, 253
Austrian Government of Italy; review
of Count Ferdinand dal Pozzo's work,
530-Austria had established schools
for popular instruction before Prussia,
534
Autocratie de la Presse, reviewed, 373—
Extracts relative to the means of resist-
ing the evils of a democratic press, 385
Banking in Scotland, 665
Bankruptcy law in Scotland, 666
Barricades, results of the triumph of,
209-Extracts from M. Sarran's work,
213-Greater freedom of the press in
an aristocratic than a democratic so-
ciety, 215-Excessive division of land-
ed property in France, 217
Billings, Baron, his letter to M. Jules
Janin, 807
Blackwood, death of William, 571
Bonaparte, comparison betwixt him and
Washington, by M. Chateaubriand,
809
Boyton, Mr, his speech, 764-His de-
scription of the conduct of the Irish
agitators in 1831, 764
Bride of Lochleven, a poem, by Delta,
767
Brittany, Chateaubriand's description of
a spring in, 704
Brougham, Lord, allusion to him in
Noctes Ambrosianæ, 851
Brown, James Hamilton, his narrative
of a visit to the seat of war in Greece,
392
Bull, fragments from the history of John,
Chap. VIII. How Buckram bam-
boozled the Schoolmaster, and how the
devil got among the tailors, 289
Chap. IX. How Manley threw up
his place, &c. 292-Chap. X. How
Allsop and Buckram decoyed Gray out
of the house, &c. 296
Burke, Edmund, Part XII., 228-His
Letters on a Regicide Peace, 230-Con-
clusion, 322-Passages quoted descrip-
tive of the principles of the French Re-
volution, 325-Occupation in his re-
tirement, 335-His death, 339.
Byron, notices by J. H. Browne of inci-
dents in Greece in which he was con-
cerned, 392
Byron, his opinion of Sir Walter Scott, 394
Cæsars, Chap. V. 67-Conclusion, 173
Campbell, Thomas, his Life of Mrs Sid-
dons reviewed, 149 and 355
Catholic Relief Bill, disappointment in
its effects, 747
Chateaubriand, Memoirs of M. de, 19—
Extracts from, relative to the changes
in progress from monarchy to demo-
cracy in Europe, and especially in
France, 20, 21-Reflections at sea, &c.,
25 et seq.-Memoirs, No. III., 240
-Chateaubriand a representative of
the ancient French nobility, ib.—Ex-
tracts descriptive of school scenes, 241
-Comparison betwixt him and Tal-
leyrand, 245-Memoirs, 802-Uni-
versal admiration of him in France, ib.
-His letter to M. Ed. Merrechet,
803-His description of a spring in
Brittany, 804-Account of his ances-
tors, 805-His sacred drama of Moses,
810.
Churchyard Eclogue, by Thomas Aird,
615
Coercion, Irish Bill, diminishes crime,
757-Renewed without clauses against
agitation, 762
Coleridge's Poetical Works, reviewed,
542-Christabel, 563-Ancient Mari-
ner, 566
Colonsay, Christopher on, Fytte Second, 1
Combourg, Chateau de, described by
Chateaubriand, 805
Cousin Nicholas, Chap. IX. 97-XI. and
XII. 341-XIII. and XIV. 493-
XV., XVI., and XVII. 776
Criminal law, as settled by old Scottish
Parliament, 664
Croly, Rev. Mr, his pamphlet, 758-
Late improvement of the incomes and
style of living of the Catholic priest-
hood, 759-Dues of marriage, baptism,
extreme unction, payable to them, ib.
Cruise of the Midge, Chap. V, 29-
Chap. VI. 190-Chap. VII. 300
-Chap. VIII. 471-Chap. IX. 642
-Chap. X. Where is the Ballahoo,
812
Delta, his Bride of Lochleven, 767
Deux Ans de Regne de Louis Philippe,
review, 209
Dryden, 442
Durham, Earl, allusion to him in Noctes
Ambrosianæ, 851
Emancipation of West Indian Negroes,
254
English Boy, by Mrs Hemans, 65
Exchequer, English and Irish-Compa-
rative state of Irish income and ex-
penditure, when these consolidated,
and afterwards, 751
Fairy Queen, by Spenser, review, Part
II. 408-Part III. Legend of the Red-
Cross Knight, 681-Part IV. 715
Foreign affairs, 507-Three foundations
of all government, 507-Russian power
increased by overthrow of Napoleon,
509-Foreign relations of this country
altered by the triumph of the Barri-
cades, 511
France, character of the alliance of this
country with, 512
Grey, fall of Earl, 246-Owing to "pres-
sure from without," 248-But more
immediately to Littleton's communica-
tions with O'Connell, ib.-Divisions
in the Cabinet, owing to divisions of
opinion in the public, 249-Degrada-
tion of Parliament from Reform, 251
-Lord Althorp not indispensable to
House of Commons, 253-A survey of
Lord Grey's policy, domestic and fo-
reigu, 254-Grey dinner described in
Noctes Ambrosianæ, 846
Greece, narrative of a visit to the seat of
war in, 392
Hemans, Mrs, English Boy, 65—Her
sonnets, devotional and memorial, 799.
-No. 1. A Prayer, ib.-2. Prayer,
continued, ib.-3. Memorial of a con-
versation, 800-4. The return to poe-
try, ib.-5. To Silvio Pellico, ib.-
6. To the same released, 801.-7. On
reading Coleridge's epitaph written by
himself, ib.-8. Hope of future com-
munion with Nature, ib.-9. Dreams
of the dead, 802
Hayward's Faust, 268-Remarks on the
doctrine of a Ruling Passion, 274—On
the supposed necessity of Lord Al-
thorpe's continuance in office, &c., 280
Ildephonso, Conde de, a tale of the Spa-
nish Revolution, 48
Imprisonment, laws of the Old Scottish
Parliament relative to, 664.
India, opening of trade to, 254
Instruction of the poor, laws of the Old
Scottish Parliament relative to, 664
Janin, M. Jules, Baron Billings' letter to
him, 807
Insolvent debtors, laws as to those of the
old Scottish Parliament, 666
Ireland, 747-Disappointment in the ef-
fects of the Catholic Relief Bill, 747—
Ireland always most turbulent when
most kindly ruled, ib.-Prospers un-
der a rigorous Government, 748-Ta-
ble showing Exports and Imports into
Ireland from 1786 to 1831, ib.-Table
showing shipping of Ireland from 1801
to 1831, ib.-Exports of sheep, oxen,
&c. from 1801 to 1825, 749-Table of
spirits, tobacco, &c. consumed in Ire-
land from 1790 to 1832, ib.-Leniency
of Government to Ireland in not exact-
ing direct taxes during first half of the
period since the Union, 750 - Irish
disaffection rendered the income tax
necessary, ib.-Comparison betwixt the
cultivated and uncultivated land of
Scotland and Ireland, note, ib.-
Grants for charities in Ireland, 751—
Irish poor supported by England and
Scotland, 752-Great attention to Irish
affairs in Parliament, 753-Irish popu
lar party have never suggested any
thing for improvement of the country,
754-Decline of Irish imports, in-
crease of crime, &c. since passing of
Reform Bill, 755-Crime diminished
by Coercion Bill, 757-Late improve-
ment in the incomes and style of living
of Irish priests, 759-Crimes owing
much to the countenance given to agi-
tation by the priests, 760
Italy, Austrian government of, Count
Pozzo's work reviewed, 530-Ele-
mentary schools established in Italy by
Austria, 535
Law, criminal law, as settled by the Old
Scottish Parliament, 664
Levant, Whig diplomacy there, 516
Littleton, Mr, allusions to his communi-
cations with O'Connell, 248
Lochleven, Bride of, a poem, by Delta,
767
Melbourne, Lord, dissolution of his mi-
nistry alluded to in Noctes Ambrosi-
anæ, 854
Memoirs of M. de Chateaubriand, 802—
Vide Chateaubriand.
Mennechet, M. Ed., Chateaubriand's
letter to him, 803.
Mess, Nights at, Chap. VI. 523-Chap.
VII. 652
Midge, Cruise of the, Chap. V. 29-
Chap. VI. 190-Chap. VII. 300-
Chap. VIII. 471-Chap. IX. 642—
Chap. X. Where is the Ballahoo, 812
Moses, a sacred drama, by Chateau-
briand-noticed, 810
Mirabeau, Memoirs of, 458
My Good Old Aunt-a Sketch, by John Ramsay, John, My Good Old Aunt, a
Ramsay, 829
Napoleon, his opinion of Parliamentary Real property, law of, in Scotland, 667
Nicholas, Cousin, Chap. IX. 97-Chap.
X. 107-Chap. XI. 341-Chap. XII.
346-Chap. XIII. 493-Chap. XIV.
498 Chap. XV. 776-Chap. XVI.
783-Chap. XVII, 789
Nights at Mess, Chap. VI. 523-Chap.
VII. 652-Chap. VIII. 740
Noctes Ambrosianæ, No. LXVI. 120—
No. LXVII. 258-No. LXVIII. 573
No. LXIX. 831-Grey dinner, 846
Noctes of Athenæus, 431
Ochlenschlaeger, his Aladdin reviewed,
620
Old Scottish Parliament, 661
O'Sullivan, his speech, 764-Extract,
showing the consequences of concession
to the revolutionary party, 765—Pre-
sent measures of Government charac-
terised by him, 766
Padua, its University, 535
Poetry, Bride of Lochleven, by Delta,
767-English Boy, by Mrs Hemans,
65-A Churchyard Eclogue, by Thos.
Aird, 615-Sonnets, devotional and
memorial, by Mrs Hemans, 799-My
Good Old Aunt, a Sketch, 829
Poland, what has been done for it by the
Whigs and revolutionists, 520
Poor Laws in Scotland, as settled by old
Scottish Parliament, 663
Poor Roll in Scotland, 665
Portugal, recent conduct of this country
towards it, 513
Press, influence of the, 373-Corruption
of the press, ib.-Means of bettering
its influence on public affairs and opi-
nion, 376-Idea of a press maintained
by government, 380-Press, democra-
tic, only from self-interest, 381
Priests, Irish, their influence in exacting
money from the people, 758
Public prosecutor in Scotland, 668
Pyrenees, the Water Drinker in the, 599
Radical Rump, 82-Second stage of Re-
volution, ib.-Reflections on the re-
signation of Mr Stanley, Sir James
Graham, 84-Admonitions to the con-
servative party at this crisis, 86-Re-
marks on the commission on the Irish
Church, 90-Commendation of the
conduct of House of Peers since Re-
form Bill passed, 95
Reform Parliament, character of, 673—
Diminished ability of its debates, 674
-Politics require long study, 675--
Uses of the close burghs, 677—In-
crease of the duties of committees, ib.
Vacillations of the sections of a Re-
formed Parliament, 679
Registration of deeds, as established by
old Scottish Parliament, 667
Russia, additions made to its power, by
the conduct of our present rulers, 318
Sarrans le Jeune, his counter-revolution
of 1830 reviewed, 209
Schools, elementary, established in Italy
by Austria, 535
Scottish, Old, Parliament, Tithes well
adjusted by it, 663-poor laws, ib.-
Laws relative to imprisonment, 664—
Instruction of the poor, ib.-Criminal
law, ib.-Prisoners for felony entitled
to plead by counsel, 665-Poors' Roll,
ib.-Banking, ib.-Insolvent debtors,
666-Bankruptcy, ib.-Protection to
tenants against landlords, ib.-Regis-
tration of deeds, 667-Law of real
property, ib.-Sheriff courts, 668-
Public prosecutor, ib.-Legal attach-
ment of property, 669-Extraordinary
wisdom of its ancient legislation, 672
Sheriff Courts in Scotland, 668
Siddons, Mrs, Campbell's life of, reviewed,
Part I. 149-Part II. 355-Compa-
rison betwixt her and Mrs Jameson's
character of Macbeth, 364
Sonnets, devotional and memorial, by
Mrs Hemans, 799
Spain, recent conduct of this country to-
wards it, 514
Spanish Revolution, tale of the, Part II.
Spenser, Part II. The Fairy Queen re-
viewed, 408-Part III. Legend of the
Red Cross Knight-Part IV. 715
St James's Chronicle and Standard news-
papers, their character, 388
St Peter's Island, Newfoundland, 27
Tithes in Scotland, well adjusted by the
ancient Parliament, 663
Tytler, his History of Scotland, 673
Water Drinker in the Pyrenees, 598
Washington, comparison betwixt him and
Bonaparte, by Chateaubriand, 809
Warton, Thomas, 412
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