shortly, which will prove a work of
great strategic importance.

Our firm belief is, that these signs
of trouble and apprehension will not
pass away without producing con-
vulsion. They are not the mists of
morning quickly vanishing before the
summer's sun, but the gathering of
storm-clouds, indicating a disturb
ance of the electric elements, which
can only regain equilibrium by ex-
plosion. What, then, is the inference
to be drawn from the various pheno-
mena of the internal and external
condition of the country which we
have passed in review? Simply, as
it appears to us, this, that foreign
policy is naturally attracting so much
of the national regard that it will
soon become the chief shaping power
of our parliamentary parties; and
that those who aspire to the leader-
ship of the nation cannot too soon or
too earnestly address themselves to
the consideration of the many grave,
and withal complex and difficult
problems which that department of
statesmanship presents. Not that
domestic legislation will stand still-
far from it, we trust; but, having
cleared off all long-standing arrears,
it becomes us to see that our future
legislation is not hurried,-and to
bear in mind that it is the first
principle of Conservatism, as of
true wisdom, that it is better to
do little, and do it well, than to en-
cumber the statute-book with crude
legislation.

We know that many thoughtful minds throughout the country are specially arrested by the threatening aspect of foreign affairs; and that the masses, by an instinct-that mysterious presentiment that so of ten inspires nations on the eve of coming troubles-have come to the same conclusion, must be obvious to all. It rests with Parliament and its leaders to shape into wise acts the sentiments thus brooding vaguely in the public mind. The public can but supply the force; Parliament must be the head to direct that force into correct channels, and give expression to it by particular acts of policy. And the chart of foreign politics, with its shifting currents and sunken reefs, is at present no plain sailing.

the less said about it the better;" and even the Ministry must have been perfectly aware that it was

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a conclusion which concluded nothing." In defence of the harsh manner in which the disbandment of the militia was carried out, we con ceive nothing can be said: it was not only injudicious, but disgraceful; and the effect cannot fail to be most detrimental to this peculiarly na tional branch of the service, by deter ring both officers and privates from volunteering into its ranks.

As to the external relations of the country, the main ends of our foreign policy having been reasoned out in former articles, may be briefly stated here. The first is, so to shape our policy, and maintain the magnitude and efficiency of our fleet, as to provide against that greatest peril of the future -a naval confederacy against the maritime power, and consequently the independence and commercial wealth, of Great Britain. The next is, ever to cultivate a good understanding with America; and to support and draw closer our alliances with the Scandinavian Powers, as a guard against Russia becoming supreme in the Baltic, adding its sea-faring popu lation to her own, and advancing her fleet and arsenals to an impregnable position behind the Sound, from whence they could issue at any time to attack the British shores. Finally, we must seek to extend our influence in Syria, as a bulwark for the overland route to India. We leave details to the wisdom of our rulers. But we have no hesitation to reiterate as the three grand ends of our Old World policy, To maintain a firstrate fleet, to keep a sharp eye upon Syria, - and, if necessary, to fight to the death for Scandinavia.

INDEX TO VOL. LXXX.

BADEN-BADEN. TABLE AND OTHER TALK
THERE, 604.

Baidar, village of, 441.

Baikie, the African traveller, 489.
Baillie, Lady Grizzell, sketches of, 460
et seq.

Adan Bin Kauchan, an African chief, Bakchi-Sarai, town of, 430.

Burma, the war with, and Lord Dal-
housie's conduct of it, 249.
Burmese war, the first, cost of, 639.
Burt, captain, and his account of the
Highlands, 369.

BURTON'S FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRI-
CA, review of, 489.

BUTTLE'S REVIEW, MR, 443.

Byzantine art, character, &c. of, 351.
"Cable and shroud! the blast howls
loud," 428.

Calcutta, Lord Dalhousie's farewell ad-
dress at, 234.

Calvinism, Macaulay's representation of,
373.

Cameronians, Macaulay's representation
of the, 374.

Campbell, Sir Colin, and Jamesone the
painter, 551.

Canals, recent, executed in India, 652
et seq.

Candeish, subjugation, &c. of the Bheels
in, 647.

Capstone parade, the, Ilfracombe, 194,

195.

Caracci, the works of the, 513.
Cardigan, lord, defence of, before the
Chelsea board, 23.

Carlyle on Sir William Lockhart, 95.
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark, the
case of, 266.

Carstairs, Principal, Macaulay's account
of, 377.

Catacombs of Rome, the discoveries in
the, 350.

Cathcart, lord, the bombardment of Cop-
enhagen under, 276.

Catherine, the empress, the revolution in
favour of, 269.
Cattegat, the, 283.

CAUSE WORTH TRYING, A, 576.

Cautley, Major, the engineer of the Gan-
ges canal, 652.

CAVILLING, THE ART OF, 613.

Central American question, the, 123.
Charles II., character of the reign of, 135.
Chatir-dagh mountain, the, 435, 436.
Chelsea Board of Inquiry, the, and its
Report, 18, 21 et seq.
Chillianwallah, battle of, 238.

Christian of Denmark, the wife of Caro-
line Matilda, 267.

CHRISTIAN ART, THE POETRY OF, 350.
Christianity, the modern cavillers at, 624.
Christianborg palace, the, 279.
Church of England, position and dangers
of the, 594.

CIRCASSIA, TRAVELS IN, Part II., 45.
Circassian women, sketches of, 46.
Circulation, system of, in the Annelids,
&c., 321.

Civil administration, expense of the, in
India, 639.

Civil service of India, the, how supplied,
conducted, &c., 644.

Clothing of the army, report on the, 16.
Coalfields of India, the, 658.
Cochut, P. A., history of Law and the
Mississippi scheme by, 97.
Cockburn, Mrs, the authoress of the
"Flowers of the Forest," 465.
Colet, Madame, poems by, 452.
Collectors, the Indian, 644, 645.
Collier, Mr, his Ecclesiastical courts' bill,
722.

Commissariat, Report of the Crimean
Commissioners on the, 8 et seq.
Communication, works for improvement
of, in India, 653.

Congress, the proposed new, 750, 751.
Conservatives, present position of the,
744.

Continent, present position of the, 755.
Copenhagen, sketches of, 276 et seq.
Cortona, the works of, 513.
Costumes, Swedish, and laws regarding
them, 283.

Cotton, measures for encouraging culture
of, in India, 657.
Covenanted class in the Indian service,
the, 644.

Crampton, Mr, the dismissal of, &c., 117

et seq.

Credit Mobilier of France, the, 753.
CRIMEA, OUR TOUR IN THE INTERIOR OF
THE, 430.

Crimean Commissioners, the report &c.,
of the, 4 et seq.

CRIMEAN REPORT AND CHELSEA INQUIRY,
THE, 1.

Cromwell, anecdote of, 261.
Cumming, Gordon, as an African travel-
ler, 489.

Cunningham, Allan, on Jamesone the
painter, 557.

Curates, advertisements for, &c., 595.
Customs and stamps, revenue from, in
India, 639.

Dacoitee, prevalence of, in the Punjab,
and its suppression, 241, 646.
DALHOUSIE, LORD, INDIA UNDER, 233-
public works in India under, 652.
Dalrymple, lady, 464.

Danubian fortresses, conduct of Russia
regarding the, 748.
Darien Scheme, the, 96.

Da Vinci, Leonardo, the works of, 358

et seq.
Day of Delight," 423.

Death's Jest-Book, notice of, 447.
Demerdji mountain, 436.

Denmark, the court of, in 1771, 266--
the naval war with, 276.
Dennistoun, James, his Memoirs of Sir
Robert Strange, 559.
Desert, passage of a, 497.

Devonshire lanes, the Sketcher on, 148.
De Witt, the Portraits at Holyrood by,

552.

Diakos, a Greek chief, heroism of, 84.

Greek insurrection, the, 79.
Greek language, the ancient and modern,
78, 79.

Grey mountains, the, 335, 336.
Gudabirsi, the, an African tribe, 494.
Gwyniad water, the, 336.

Hall, captain, proceedings of, in Mair-
wara, 647.

Halmstad, harbour of, 284.
Hamburg, sketches at, 274,

Hamilton, Gavin, the paintings of, 553.
Hamilton, James, the African traveller,
489.

Hanger wood, the, at Selborne, 176.

Harar, the city of, account of, 490, 496.
Harari language, the, 498.
Hawkley, land-slip at, 177.

Heine, songs from, 413, 424.
Heresy, on, 593.

Hermit crab, habits of the, 314.
Herne, Lieutenant, 491, 499, 500.

High art, Ruskin's views on, examined,
503.

High and low art, what, 144.
Highlands and Highlanders, Macaulay's
picture of, 369.

Hindostanees, character of the, 237.
Historian, qualifications of the, 127.
Hogarth, the works and character of,
557.

Holyrood, the portraits at, 551.

Home politics, present lull in, 742.
Horses, value of, in Circassia, 48.
Hotel d'Odessa, the, at Simpheropol,

Hunter's Song, a, 426.

"I scarcely hoped to see again," 426.
Idealism, Ruskin on, 507.

Ilfracombe, sketches at, 185-scenery,
&c. of, 324.

"In blue waving mists and in the deep
snow," 426.

INDIA UNDER Lord Dalhousie, 233.
India, extent, population, &c. of, 236-
peculiar social state of, ib.-the various
races, 237-the finances of, 638.
Indian budget, reading of the, in Parlia-

ment, 637.

INDIAN EMPIRE, OUR, 636.

Indian treasury, pensions, &c. with which
burdened, 638.

Indus, works for improving the naviga
tion of the, 654.

Infanticide, suppression of, in India,
650.

Inns, Swedish, peculiarities of, 284.

Ionian republic, state, &c. of the, 86.
Ireland, Macaulay's picture of, 141.
IRENEUS, LETTER TO, TOUCHING TEMPO-

RALITIES, 592.

Ironstone, beds of, in India, 658.
Irrigation, importance of, in India, 245-
works for, in the Punjab, 246-canals
and works in India, 653.
Isabel," 445.

Italian art, early characteristics of, 511-
cause of the decadence of, 513.
Italy, obligations of civilisation to, 77,
86-her present state and prospects,
86.

"I've cast my care on nothing now,” 413.
Izak Bey, a Circassian chief, 56.
James II., character of the reign of, 135
-Macaulay's character of, 139.
Jamesone, George, the Scottish painter,
549.

Jats of India, the, 237.
Jews, the, in the Crimea, 431.
Jhansie, the annexation of, 252.
Johnston, Miss Sophy, 465.
Judges, the Indian, 644.

June, the month of, in England, 334.
Kansas question, the, in the United
States, 115.

Karaite Jews, traditional history of the,
431.

Kars, conduct of Russia regarding, 748.
Kaye, Mr, work by, on India, 645.
Keith, Mrs Anne, 470-Mrs Murray,

270-Robert, ambassador to Russia,
269-Colonel Robert, firmness of, in
the case of Caroline Matilda, 267-
sketch of his career, 269.
Keith papers, notices of the, 270.
Kellerinnen of the Tyrol, the, 343.
Kelly, Sir Fitzroy, his Ecclesiastical courts
bill, 722.

Khonds, habits, &c. of the, and their re-
clamation, 649.

Kiel, town, &c. of, 275.

Krapf and Erhardt, the African travel-
lers, 489.

Kullen point, view of, 284.

Land settlement, the three modes of, in
India, 641 et seq.

Land-tax, revenue derived from the, in
India, 638, 640-modes of collection,
&c., 641.

Landscape, modern appreciation of, 145.
Landscape painting, difficulties, &c. of,

142.

Landscape paintings, modern, in Exhi
bitions, 144.

Landscrona, sketches at, 282.
Lantern hill, Ilfracombe, 195.
Law, John, sketch of the career of, 96
et seq.

Laws, obligations of, to Greece and Italy,
77.
Lawrence, Sir Henry, administration of
the Punjab by, 238 et seq.