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episcopal labours, 344-death, ib.-tri-
Hallam (Robert, Bishop of Salisbury), de- butes to his memory, 345—bis munificent
puted to the councils of Pisa and of Con-

patronage of Hooker, 345, 346.
stance, 332-singular dispute whether Journal Hepdomadaire des Arts et Métiers,
the English were entitled to rank as a 45—plan and character of the work, 55.
nation, and to vote accordingly, ib.-

K.
conduct of the bishop on this occasion, Kelly, (Michael) Reminiscences, 197 —
and arguments adduced on both sides, character of the work, 203, 204—242-
333, 334—his death, and the honours Mozart's advice to him, 243—Mr.
paid to his memory, 337.

Kelly's musical proficiency, ib.—is in-
Harrington's Translation of Ariosto, charac- sulted on the stage, 208-comic dialogue
ter of, 5, 6.

between him and the commissioners of the
Havannah, state of the slave-trade at, 592. income tax, 244-anecdotes of Sheridan
Henry.of Huntingdon's History, character and Kelly, 245, 246.
of, 282, 283.

Kemble (John Philip), birth and early
Henry VIII., the play of, how got up un- years of, 205—his first performance on
der Mr. Kemble's direction, 228.

the stage, ib. is engaged at York, 207
History, sources of, 251—first, individual -liberality of the Duke of Northumber-
biography, ib._secondly, chronicles, ib. land to him, ib.--is insulted on the stage,
252, 253—difficulty of extracting truth 208—his manly conduct on the occasion,
from the scanty memorials of remote ib.—and on a subsequent occasion in
ages, ib. 254. See Anglo-Saxons.

London, 209—visits Dublin, 210—his
Hlothære, notice of the laws of, 259. first appearance at Drury Lane in the
Horticultural Society, notice of, 162. character of Hamlet, ib.-description of
Hume (Mr.), want of critical investigation his person at this time, 212–comparison

of ancient authorities in the earlier part between his style of performance and
of his History, 249, 250.

that of Mr. Garrick, 212, 213. 215-re-
Humphreys (James), Observations on the marks on Mr. Kemble’s pronunciation of

Laws of Real Property, 540-important the word aches, 217_his attention to
distinction, established by him, between restore true readings, ib.-remarks on
political and civil institutions, as regarded his performance of the characters of Ri-
with a view to correction, 541, 542- chard III., 218—Sir Giles Overreach,
sketch of the existing law of real pro- ib.—Macbeth, ib. 219-Hotspur, 219,
perty and the evils arising out of it, 545 220--Henry V., 220—Cato, Brutus, and
-558—remedies suggested for its de. Coriolanus, ib.222, 223-anecdote of
fective state, 559—574—concluding re- Mr. Kemble's coolness, 221, 222-re-
marks, 575-579. See Real Property. view of his conduct as a manager of
I.

Drury Lane theatre, 224—difficulties
Ichthyosaurus, a fossil oviparous quadru- which he had to encounter, ib. 225-his
ped, notice of, 521.

attention to dramatic costume, 225, 226
Ingulphus (Abbot of Croyland), sources of -and scenery, 226—remarks on the
his Chronicle critically investigated, 289 mode in which Macbeth was got up

-293-detection of its anachronisms, under his direction, 227, 228—also
294—account of the several manuscripts Henry VIII., 228-Mr. Kemble's con-
of it which are extant, 294-296.

duct in the business of the green-room,
Ireland's forgery of the Shakspeare MSS., 229_his final retirement from Drury
notice of, 233.

Lane theatre, 231–becomes manager
Iron Mask, various conjectures respecting and part proprietor of Covent Garden

the prisoner so called, 20, 21— the real theatre, ib.-dispute between him and
person confidential agent of a Duke of Mr. Colman, 232-destruction of that
Mantua, who had disappointed Louis theatre by fire, 235—observations on
XIV. in a political intrigue, 22-abstract the increased extent of the interior of
of the circumstances which led to his theatres, ib.--237 —the 0. P. riots, 238,
detention, 23—25—and of his arrest, 26 239—Mr. Kemble withdraws from the
—29—account of his imprisonment in stage, 240mtriumplant reception on his
the Isle of St. Marguerite, 30, 31-and return, ib. — his final retirement and
in the Bastille, 32-his death, ib. 33— death, ib.-instances of Mr. Kemble's
remarks on the conduct of Louis XIV. high sense of honour, 241.
towards him, 34.

King, (Mr.) manager of Drury Lane
Jewell, (John) diligent studies of, 5434 theatre, 224.
appointed Bishop of Salisbury, ib.-his

Language,
L

strata inclosing them are covered, 513
Language, atrocious perversion of, by the 520.

French slave-dealers, 594, 595. Manchester Literary and Philosophical
Laws, observations on the registration of, Society, notice of, 167.
574, 575.

Marchiali, or Matthioli, the man with the
Laws of Æthylbyrbt, notice of, 259_of Iron Mask, 21-account of the circum-

Hlothære, Eadric, Wihtræd, 260_of stances which led to his arrest, 22-27 —
some succeeding kings, 260——the Anglo- and of his imprisonment, 28—particu-
Saxon laws confirmed by William the Jarly at Exiles, 29—in the island of Sta.
Norman, 260-extract from one of his Marguerita, 30, 31-and in the Bastille,
laws in Norman French, 261-compari- 32_his death, ib. 33.
son of it with the style of the Anglo- Marriages, how conducted in France,
Saxon laws, 262, 263 the latter where under the old regime, 441,442—paucity
enacted, 265.

of, between 1800 and 1814, 450.
Library of the British Museum, 157—Matthew of Westminster, account of the

number of books there, ib.--and in the chronicle usually ascribed to, 281, 282.
Bodleian library, ib.—in the Vatican and Megalosaurus, a fossil oviparous quadruped,
some other libraries, ib.

notice of, 523.
Linen manufactures of Ireland and Scot- Memes (St.), Memoirs of Antonio Canova,
land, 70, 71.

110. See Canova.
Linnean Society, notice of the labours of, Metals, superior manufacture of in Eng-
159.

land, 72, 73.
Liverpool Royal Institution and Botanic

N.
Garden, notice of, 168.

National Gallery, bints and suggestions for,
London Institution, notice of, 162.

189, 190.
London, publications on the Architectural Nennius's History, character of, 284, 285.

Improvements of, 179, 180-analysis of Neot (St.), legendary tale of, 279, 280.
them, with remarks, 184—189—sketch Nollekens' sculpture, character of, 127.
of ancient London, 180, 183—particu- Norman sculpture, character of, 121.
larly of old London Bridge, 181–St. Novels, why abundant among the moderns,
Paul's Cathedral, ib.-Sir Christopher while the ancients had none, 350-353
Wren's plan for rebuilding the city after -comparison of the novel with the
the eat Fire, 183_notice of drama, 354357-few novelists have
Gwynne's plans for the improvement of succeeded as dramatists, 358-362—and
the metropolis, 183—his suggestions for why, 362–364—Sir Walter Scott's
improving the communications of the opinion of the moral tendency of novels,
metropolis, 190—192—and also for in. 365—examination of it, 366, 367—his
creasing its architectural splendour, 192 opinion, that novel reading indisposes
—196.

for useful literature and real history, not
Long (Sir Charles), Short Remarks and supported by facts, 371, 372—the novels

Suggestions upon the Improvements now of Fielding and Smollett compared, 372
carried on, 180-analysis of them, 187 -376-influence of the novels of the
-189.

author of Waverley on the novel litera-
Longspee, (William, Earl of Salisbury) ture of the age, 377, 378.
biographical account of, 327, 328.

0.
Louis XIV., negociations of, with Ferdinand Observatory at Oxford, notice of, 164-at

Charles Duke of Mantua, for the fortress Dublin, 165—and at Armagh, 164, 165
of Casal, 22-24-is foiled, 25-causes -private observatories, 165-observa-
Matthioli, the duke's agent, to be arrested, tories at the Cape of Good Hope and
26, 27-observations on his treatment of Madras, ib.
the latter, 32.

0. P. riots at Covent Garden Theatre, 238,
M.

239.
Macbeth, character of, how performed by Oviparous fossil quadrupeds, account of,

Mr. Kemble, 218, 219—the play of, 521-523.
how got up under his direction, 227,

P.
228.

Paris, number of children born in, 454
Malays of Sumatra, character and habits remarks thereon, between 1815 and
of, 106.

1824, ib. 455--number of births and
Mammiferous animals, fossil organic re- deaths during the same period, 455–

mains of, 510_512-observations on observations thereon, ib. 456.
the marine deposits with which the Parry (Captain), Journal of his Third

Voyage,

Voyage, 378-causes of the failure of of England respecting, 545-m-nature of
this voyage, 379_manner in which the tenures, ib. 546-of uses, 546, 547 of
winter was passed, ib. 380-advantages trusts, 547---549—divisions of real pro-
of Silvester's warming apparatus, 380, perty, 549-operation of the law of
381-occupations of the seamen, 381– entails, 550-552-different modes of
successful re-establishment of the schools, acquiring real property, 552—of alie-
ib.--the Fury driven on shore, and ob- nation by the act of the party, ib.-by
liged to be abandoned, 382--nautical deed, 553—and by will, 554, 555_of
observations made by Captain Parry, powers, 555—of involuntary alienation,
383, 384 notice of Mr. Crowe's settle- or the rights of creditors, 553, 556-and
ment on Greenland, 386-accuracy of by adverse possession, 556, 557-law of
the narratives of our early navigators to copyholds, 557, 558 sources of the
the Polar Seas, 386—Captain Parry's laws of real property, 558-on the
views on the subject of a North-West remedy proposed for the defective state
Passage, unaltered, 387 — his recommen- of the laws of real property, 539—the
dations for a further voyage, 389–pre-

three great causes, to which the redun-
parations making for it, ib. 390.

dancy of the laws of real property are
Parseval, (F. A.) Philippe-Auguste, Poëme attributed, 560, 561--outline of the

Heroïque, 399—pompous announcement remedy proposed to obviate them, 562,
of the work by the author, ib. 400-plan 563—first, by descent, 564-observa.
of the poem, with extracts and remarks, tions on the law of primogeniture, 565
400-406.

-567-proposal for enabling a testator
Perobotero, import of the word, 489 and to devise prospectively whatever pro-
note.

perty he may be possessed of, at the
Perpetuities, observations on, 570, 571. time of his decease, 565–570—of per-
Petrarch, sonnet of, translated, 7.

petuities, 570, 571-charges on land,
Philip II. anecdote of, 307.

571, 572-rights of creditors, 573—of
Plants, fossil, notice of, 527, 528.

assets, ib.

and of registration, 574,
Plesiosaurus, a fossil oviparous quadruped,

575.
notice of, 521, 522.

Relics, number of, said to have been pre-
Pope's translation of the Iliad, defects of, served at Salisbury Cathedral, 331.
3, 4.

Reptiles (fossil), notice of, 523.
Population of Sumatra, why reduced, 104. Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, account of,
Portugueze, associated with the French in 320-322.

the slave-trade, 592—and next to the Roman sculpture, character of, 120.
French traders, in point of uumbers, Rome, verses on the ruins of, 316 and
and equal to them in atrocity, 595—-in-

note.
stances of Portugueze cruelty, 396. Roubiliac's sculpture, character of, 124.
Posts, origin and progress of, 79-priority Royal Institution, notice of, 159.

of their establishment in England over Royal Society, valuable labours of, 154.
France, ib.—progressive increase in the Runes, or alphabetical characters of the
post office revenues, 80.

Anglo-Saxons, account of, 254–256.
Pottery, superior manufacture of, in Eng- Rysbrach's sculpture, character of, 123.
land, 74.

S.
Primogeniture, observations on the law of, Salisbury or Sarum, old or first cathedral
565–567.

at, commenced by Bishop Herman and
Prior (James), Menoir of the Right Hon. finished by Bishop Osman, 319—account

Edmund Burke, 457-character of his of his successor, Roger, 320-322—state
work, 459, 600. See Burke.

of the cathedral at his death, 322—re-
Protestants, persecutions of, at Salisbury, moval of it, to its present șite, 323-ac-
328–341.

count of the foundation of the new
Pterodactyls, or fossil flying lizards, notice cathedral, and the ceremonies with
of, 524.

which it was attended, 324–327num-
Publications (New,) Lists of, 299–304. ber of relics said to be preserved there,
609.

331—-progress of the cathedral under
Q.

Robert de Wyville, 331, 332-settle-
Quadrupeds, oviparous fossil, account of, ment and declination of the tower, 333

521 - 523 – herbivorous quadrupeds, --remarks on the architecture of the
526.

spire, ib. 334 — account of Bishop
R.

Hallam, 334-337-murder of his suc-
Real Property, sketch of the existing laws cessor, William Aiscough, 337-death

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of Lionel Woodville, the next bishop, for promoting science and the fine arts,
338-character of Thomas Langton, ib. 1734-179.
persecution of protestants by him, 338, Scott (Sir Walter), Lives of the Novelists,
339-reception of the bishop, Cardinal 329-origin of the publication, ib.-
Campeggio, 341, 342—-characters of Sir Walter's opinion on the tendency of
Bishops Shaxton, 342—John Capon, ib. novels, 365-strictures thereon, 366,
of Bishop Jewell, 343–magnitude of 367 — his remarks on the novels of Bage,
his episcopal labours, 344—his death, ib. and on the morality of modern sophis-
-tributes to bis memory, 345—his try, 367 — 370)—comparison between
munificent patronage of Hooker, ib. 346 Smollett and Fielding, 372–376-in-
-character of Jewell's successors, Cold- fluence of the novels by the author of
well and Cotton, 346-curivus anecdote Waverley, on the novel-literature of
of a bishop of Salisbury and a presby- the age, 577, 378. See Novels.
terian, ibo-notice of Bishops Duppa Sculpture, origin of, 118—character of the
and Ward, 347—subsequent bishops, ib. sculpture of the Egyptians, ib.—of the
348-observations on the more recent Greeks, 119—of the Romans, 120.-of

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alterations of Salisbury Cathedral, 348. the Saxons, 121—of the Normans, ib.
Sandoval; or the Freemason, 488—stric. of the productions of modern English

tures on the author's pamphlet, vindi. sculptors, 123—particularly Cibber, ib.
caling Don Esteban, ib. 489, 490—and -Rysbrach and Sheemaker, ib. 124-
on his character of the Spanish clergy, Roubiliac, 124, 125–Wilton, 125–
491, 492-anatomical blunder of the Bacon, ib. 126—Bankes, 126— Nolle-
author's, 493_malice of the author kens, 127—Flaxman, 128-Westmacott,
against Ferdinand, King of Spain, 494 129 — 131 — Chantrey, 131 - 133 -
- the character of Ferdinand considered,

Bailey, 133 - causes of the indifferent
494–497—vindication of him from an success of British sculpture, 134, 135—
atrocious accusation, 498-insubordina- observations on the sculpture of Canova,
tion of the Spanish army under Mina, 113--117.
499, 500-account of the Lodges of the Seals, use of among the Anglo-Saxons, 268,
Comuneros, 500 — 50% — and of an 269, and notes.
apostle of profligacy and atheism, sent Shakspeare's Hamlet, analysis of the cha-
forth by the secret societies, 503, 504 racter of, 210, 211 - comparison of
--remarks on the present state of parties Messrs. Garrick's and Kemble's per-
in Spain, 505, 506.

formance of this character, 211–213–
Saxon sculpture, character of, 121-account remarks on Mr. Kemble's performance

of the Saxon Chronicle, 277—279.--See of his Richard III., 218—Macbeth, ib.
Anglo-Saxons.

219 — Hotspur, 219, 220--Henry V.,
Scientific institutions of Great Britain, ac- 220-Coriolanus, 222, 223—and on the

count of, the Royal Society, 154–British manner in which the plays of Macbeth
Museum, 155-158-Linnean Society, and Henry VIII. were represented,
159—Royal Institution, ib.—College of under Mr. Kemble's direction, 227, 228.
Surgeons, ib. 160-Library and Museum Shaxton, Bishop of Salisbury, notice of,
of the India Company, 161—Horticul- 342.
tural Society, 162–London Institution, Sheemaker's sculpture, character of, 125,
ib.-Geological Society of London, ib.- 124.
Astronomical Society of London, 163— Shelley (P. B.), posthumous poems, 136–
Observatory at Oxford, 164–Dublin, ib. specimens of his translations from Goethe's
-Armagh,ib.—private observatories,165 Faust, 149— 151 — character of them,
-observatories at the Cape of Good Hope 148 — specimen of his version of the
and Madras, ib.--Ashmolean Museum Cyclops, 151, 152.
of Natural History at Oxford, 166_Lite- Shells (fossil), notice of, 526.
rary and Philosophical Society of Man- Sheridan, anecdotes of, 245-in what man-
chester, 167—Royal Geological Society ner his Pizarro was composed, 246.
of Cornwall, 168 - Liverpool Royal In- Siddons (Mrs.), anecdote of, 216.
stitution and Botanic Garden, ib.- Silk manufacture, antiquity of, 64-intro-
Philosophical Society of Cambridge, 169 duction of silk worms in Europe, ib.
-Bristol Institution, for the advance- origin and progress of this manufacture
ment of science, literature, and the arts, in France, ib. 65-value of the silk
169—Yorkshire Philosophical Society, manufactured there, in 1818, compared
170, 171—other provincial institutions, with the value of the woollen goods
171-importance of scientific institutions | made in England in the same year, 66–

establishment

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establishment of the silk manufacture in Sierra Leone, 607 — beneficial effects,
England, 67.

which have already resulted therefrom,
Simon of Durham, account of the chronicle 608.
of, 282..

Smollett and Fielding, comparison of the
Slave-trade of Sumatra, 105..

novels of, 372–376..
Slave-trade, correspondence relative to, Society, moral state of, in France and Eng-

579 — resolution of the legislature of land, contrasted, 441. 453.
South Carolina against the abolitionists, Songs, historical of the Anglo-Saxons, a
ib.—remarks thereon, and ou the peti- source of their chronicles, 272-to what
rions presented to parliament for the abo- degree of credibility they are entitled,
lition, 579—581-the abolition of slavery 273, 274.

by England alone has operated as a Spain, remarks on the present state of par-
- premium to other nations to engage more ties in, 505,506_insubordination of the
actively in the trade, 582—particularly army under Mina, 499, 500-mischief
France,ib.--engagements of Louis XVIII. done by an apostle of profligacy and
to procure the abolition of the slave- atheism in, 503, 504.
trade, and that it should absolutely Spanish slave-traders, atrocious conduct of,
cease on the part of France, in five years, 593, 591.
583, 584-sincere desire of the govern- St. Sebastian's, storming of the fortress of,
ment of the United States, to terminate described, 411–413.
this traffic, 584—the slave trade probi- Staël-Holstein (M. de), Lettres sur l’Angle-
bited in the new states of Spanish-Ame- terre, 45

reason why the French
rica, 585-review of the conduct of the know but little of England, 46—the
French government, ib. protestations of author an honourable exception to the
Baron Damas, ib.- flagrant case of the rest of his countrymen, ib.--proofs that
ship : Deux Nantais,' 586—public opi- England is more advanced in civilization
nion in France beginning to declare than any country on the continent, 47,
against the slave-trade, 587-proof that 48-remarks on his account of the divi.
the officers of the French cruizers do sion of property in England, 49, 50-and
their duty reluctantly, 588—instances of on his defective account of family con-
the atrocity with which the slave-trade is nection, 50-effect of vanity on family
carried on, 589—-particularly in the case connection in France, 51--refutation of
of the ships, ' Orphie,' 590—the ! le his assertion that England bas not been
Louis,' 591-the Eclair,' ib.- the la the protector of the liberties of other
Louise,' ib. 592-reflections on the con- nations, 52, 53.
duct of the French government, 592— Stage. See Theatre.
conduct of the French slave-traders in Steam-engines, in England, power of, 91—
conjunction with the Portugueze on the application of them to the manufacture
opposite coast of Africa, ib.—the French of cotton, 92.
equally engaged with the Spaniards at Stere (Augustine), persecution of, for the
the Havannah, ib. 593—case of the charge of heresy, 338, 339 — cruel
• Zee Bloem,' and the frauds by which penance imposed on him, 339.
the slave-trade is carried on, 593, 594— Stonesfield and Cuckfield, analogy between
the Portugueze, next to the French slave. the fossils of, 531, 532.
traders, in point of numbers, and equal to Sumatra, extent of the north-eastern coast
them in point of atrocity, 595_instances of, 100, 101-gigantic size of some of
of Portugueze cruelty, 596—small num- its vegetable productions, 101-notice of
ber of slave-ships captured and con- its animals, 102—particularly the alliga-
demned, 597 — insolence of the French gators, ib. --anecdote of one, ib.annoy-
traders, 598—inefficiency of the French ances to travellers from leeches, &c.,
laws admitted by the Baron Damas, 599 103—climate, 104-causes of the thin-
-conduct of the Brazilian government, ness of the population, ib.-prevalence
601_description of a 'Brazilian slave- of the slave-trade there, 105-exports
ship, ib., observation on the system.of from the eastern coast of Sumatra, 106
free-labour, ib., 602 - suggestion for -character and habits of the Malays,
checking the slave-trade, by making the ib.—and of the Battas, 107—the exist.
island of Fernando Po the principal sta- ence of cannibalism among them esta-
tion on the coast of Africa, 602, 603— blished by facts, 107, 108, 109.
check to the slave-trade in the interior, Swimming, importance of the art of, in
by the late General Turner's treaty with ancient times, 37- Dr. Franklin's advice
the chiefs of the districts neighbouring to on, 36-importance of an erect position,

38-

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