of Lionel Woodville, the next bishop, 338-character of Thomas Langton, ib. persecution of protestants by him, 338, 339-reception of the bishop, Cardinal Campeggio, 341, 342-characters of Bishops Shaxton, 342-John Capon, ib. of Bishop Jewell, 343-magnitude of his episcopal labours, 344-his death, ib. -tributes to his memory, 345-his munificent patronage of Hooker, ib. 346 -character of Jewell's successors, Cold- well and Cotton, 346-curious anecdote of a bishop of Salisbury and a presby- terian, ib.-notice of Bishops Duppa and Ward, 347-subsequent bishops, ib. 348-observations on the more recent alterations of Salisbury Cathedral, 348. Sandoval; or the Freemason, 488-stric- tures on the author's pamphlet, vindi- cating Don Esteban, ib. 489, 490-and on his character of the Spanish clergy, 491, 492-anatomical blunder of the author's, 493-malice of the author against Ferdinand, King of Spain, 494 -the character of Ferdinand considered, 494-497-vindication of him from an atrocious accusation, 498-insubordina- tion of the Spanish army under Mina, 499, 500-account of the Lodges of the Comuneros, 500-502- and of an apostle of profligacy and atheism, sent forth by the secret societies, 503, 504 -remarks on the present state of parties in Spain, 505, 506.
Saxon sculpture, character of, 121-account of the Saxon Chronicle, 277-279.-See Anglo-Saxons.
Scientific institutions of Great Britain, ac- count of, the Royal Society, 154-British Museum, 155-158-Linnean Society, 159-Royal Institution, ib.-College of Surgeons, ib. 160-Library and Museum of the India Company, 161-Horticul- tural Society, 162-London Institution, ib.-Geological Society of London, ib.- Astronomical Society of London, 163— Observatory at Oxford, 164-Dublin, ib. -Armagh,ib.-private observatories,165 -observatories at the Cape of Good Hope and Madras, ib.-Ashmolean Museum of Natural History at Oxford, 166-Lite- rary and Philosophical Society of Man- chester, 167-Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 168-Liverpool Royal In- stitution and Botanic Garden, ib.- Philosophical Society of Cambridge, 169 -Bristol Institution, for the advance- ment of science, literature, and the arts, 169-Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 170, 171-other provincial institutions, 171-importance of scientific institutions
for promoting science and the fine arts, 173-179.
Scott (Sir Walter), Lives of the Novelists, 329-origin of the publication, ib.- Sir Walter's opinion on the tendency of novels, 365-strictures thereon, 366, 367-his remarks on the novels of Bage, and on the morality of modern sophis- try, 367-370-comparison between Smollett and Fielding, 372-376—in- fluence of the novels by the author of Waverley, on the novel-literature of the age, 377, 378. See Novels. Sculpture, origin of, 118—character of the sculpture of the Egyptians, ib.—of the Greeks, 119-of the Romans, 120--of the Saxons, 121-of the Normans, ib.- of the productions of modern English sculptors, 123-particularly Cibber, ib. -Rysbrach and Sheemaker, ib. 124- Roubiliac, 124, 125-Wilton, 125– Bacon, ib. 126-Bankes, 126-Nolle- kens, 127-Flaxman, 128-Westmacott, 129-131 Chantrey, 131 — 133 · Bailey, 133-causes of the indifferent success of British sculpture, 134, 135— observations on the sculpture of Canova,
Shelley (P. B.), posthumous poems, 136— specimens of his translations from Goethe's Faust, 149-151-character of them, 148-specimen of his version of the Cyclops, 151, 152. Shells (fossil), notice of, 526. Sheridan, anecdotes of, 245-in what man- ner his Pizarro was composed, 246. Siddons (Mrs.), anecdote of, 216. Silk manufacture, antiquity of, 64-intro- duction of silk worms in Europe, ib.— origin and progress of this manufacture in France, ib. 65-value of the silk manufactured there, in 1818, compared with the value of the woollen goods made in England in the same year, 66— establishment
establishment of the silk manufacture in England, 67.
Simon of Durham, account of the chronicle of, 282..
Sierra Leone, 607-beneficial effects, which have already resulted therefrom, 608.
Smollett and Fielding, comparison of the novels of, 372-376..
Society, moral state of, in France and Eng- land, contrasted, 441. 453.
Songs, historical of the Anglo-Saxons, a source of their chronicles, 272-to what degree of credibility they are entitled, -273, 274..
Spain, remarks on the present state of par- ties in, 505, 506—insubordination of the army under Mina, 499, 500-mischief done by an apostle of profligacy and atheism in, 503, 504.
Spanish slave-traders, atrocious conduct of,
St. Sebastian's, storming of the fortress of, described, 411-413.
Slave-trade of Sumatra, 105.. Slave-trade, correspondence relative to, 579-resolution of the legislature of South Carolina against the abolitionists, ib.-remarks thereon, and on the peti- rions presented to parliament for the abo- lition, 579-581-the abolition of slavery by England alone has operated as a premium to other nations to engage more actively in the trade, 582-particularly France,ib.-engagements of Louis XVIII. to procure. the abolition of the slave- trade, and that it should absolutely cease on the part of France, in five years, 593, 594. 583, 584—sincere desire of the govern- ment of the United States, to terminate this traffic, 584-the slave-trade prohi- bited in the new states of Spanish-Ame- rica, 585-review of the conduct of the French government, ib.-protestations of Baron Damas, ib.-flagrant case of the shipDeux Nantais,' 586-public opi- nion in France beginning to declare against the slave-trade, 587-proof that the officers of the French cruizers do their duty reluctantly, 588-instances of the atrocity with which the slave-trade is carried on, 589—particularly in the case of the ships, Orphie,' 590-the le Louis,' 591-the Eclair,' ib.-the la Louise,' ib. 592-reflections on the con- duct of the French government, 592-Stage. See Theatre.
Staël-Holstein (M. de), Lettres sur l'Angle- terre, 45 -reason why the Freuch know but little of England, 46-the author an honourable exception to the rest of his countrymen, ib.-proofs that England is more advanced in civilization than any country on the continent, 47, 48-remarks on his account of the divi- sion of property in England, 49, 50—and on his defective account of family con- nection, 50-effect of vanity on family connection in France, 51-refutation of his assertion that England has not been the protector of the liberties of other nations, 52, 53.
conduct of the French slave-traders in Steam-engines, in England, power of, 91- conjunction with the Portugueze on the opposite coast of Africa, ib.-the French equally engaged with the Spaniards at the Havannah, ib. 593-case of the 'Zee Bloem,' and the frauds by which the slave-trade is carried on, 593, 594- the Portugueze, next to the French slave- traders, in point of numbers, and equal to them in point of atrocity, 595-instances of Portugueze cruelty, 596-small num- ber of slave-ships captured and con- demned, 597-insolence of the French traders, 598-inefficiency of the French laws admitted by the Baron Damas, 599 -conduct of the Brazilian government, 601-description of a Brazilian slave- ship, ib.- observation on the system of free-labour, ib. 602 suggestion for checking the slave-trade, by making the island of Fernando Po the principal sta- tion on the coast of Africa, 602, 603— check to the slave-trade in the interior, by the late General Turner's treaty with the chiefs of the districts neighbouring to
application of them to the manufacture of cotton, 92.
Stere (Augustine), persecution of, for the charge of heresy, 338, 339 — cruel penance imposed on him, 339. Stonesfield and Cuckfield, analogy between the fossils of, 531, 532.
Sumatra, extent of the north-eastern coast of, 100, 101-gigantic size of some of its vegetable productions, 101-notice of its animals, 102-particularly the alliga- gators, ib. anecdote of one, ib.-annoy- ances to travellers from leeches, &c., 103-climate, 104-causes of the thin- ness of the population, ib.—prevalence of the slave-trade there, 105-exports from the eastern coast of Sumatra, 106 -character and habits of the Malays, ib.-and of the Battas, 107-the exist- ence of cannibalism among them esta- blished by facts, 107, 108, 109. Swimming, importance of the art of, in ancient times, 37-Dr. Franklin's advice on, 36-importance of an erect position,
38-and of a conviction of the fact that Weddell (Captain), Voyage towards the
the body naturally floats, ib. 39-advan- tages of an upright position in swimming, 40-outline of Bernardi's plan of swim- ming, 41-44-its successful practice, 44 results of an investigation of his method of swimming, 45.
Tasso's Gerusalemme, translated by Fair- fax, character of, 6-specimens of Mr. Wiffen's translation, with remarks, 9- 14-important requisites in a translator of this poet, 15-19.
Tenures, observations on the nature of, 546. Testator, plan proposed for enabling one to devise, prospectively, whatever property he may be possessed of at the time of his decease, 565–570.
Theatre, pleasure of, fairly estimated, 197 -199-its important influence on the morals and manners of the country, 200 -202-observations on the increased extent of Drury Lane and Covent Gar- den Theatres, 235-237-O. P. riots at the latter theatre, 238, 239. Tithes, curious anecdote respecting, 346. Townsend (Charles), anecdote of, 202. Translation by equivalent expressions, dif- ficulty of, 1-Dryden's theory of trans- lation, 2-defects of Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad, 3, 4-and of Cesa- rotti's version, 4, 5-character of Har- rington's translation of Ariosto, and of Fairfax's Tasso, 6-translation of a son- net of Petrarch's, 7-extract from Mr. Carey's Dante, with remarks, 7, 8-Mr. Rose's translation of Berni, 9-obser- vations on Mr. Wiffen's translation of Tasso's Gerusalemme, 9-14-requisites in a translator, 15-19.
Trench (Colonel), Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, &c. 180-its plan, 185.
Trusts, observations on, 547-549. Turner (the late General), the slave-trade checked by the vigorous conduct of, 607 -beneficial results therefrom, ib. 608.
U. Uses, in law, remarks on, 546, 547.
South Pole, 378-outline of his voyage, 392-394-remarks on its results, 395- $97-the non-existence of the islands called the Auroras, ascertained by him, 598, $99.
Wellington (Lord), campaign of in 1813, 408, 409-defeat of the French at the battle of Vittoria, 410-storms the fortress of St. Sebastian's, 411-413- amusements while the British army were in cantonments, 415.
Westmacott's sculpture, character of, 129 -131.
Wiffen (J. H.) Jerusalem Delivered, trans- lated from the Italian of Tasso, 1-ge- neral character of his work, 12, 13— specimens of it, 11, 12-remarks on his alliterations, 13, 14-important requi- sites in a translator, 15-19. Wihtræd, notice of the laws of, 259. William of Malmesbury's History, character of, 284.
William the Norman, confirmed the laws of the Anglo-Saxons, 260-extract from one of his laws, in Norman French, 261 -remarks on it, ib.-comparison of it with the style of the Anglo-Saxon laws, 262, 263.
Willis, (Browne) anecdotes of, 309—notice of his Survey of Cathedrals, ib. Wilton's sculpture, character of, 129. Windsor, notice of the improvements carry- ing on at the castle, 187, 188. Witenagemot of the Anglo-Saxons, notice of, 265.
Women, condition of, in France, under the old regime, 441-443-contrast of Eng- lish women and English society with those of France, 446-454. Woollen manufactures in England, account of, 59-61-contrasted with those of France, 62, 63-their superiority to the latter accounted for, 65-amount of the English woollen manufactures in 1818, compared with the value of the French,
Wyvile, (Robert de, Bishop of Salisbury) character of, 331, 332.
Yorkshire Philosophical Society, notiuf, 170, 171.
Young Rifleman's Adventures, notice of,
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