Prisons in France, present state of, 392. Prose, by a poet, 284; el seg.; subjects of the work, 285; the moon and stars, 285, 6.
Protestantism, continental, an English cler gyman's description of it, 473. Pyrites, why so called, 49; pyritical wood, appearance of, ib.
Quakers begin to bury in gardens, orchards, xc. 128. Quiu's translation of the memoirs of Ferdinand VII. of Spain, 355, et seq.
visit to Spain in the years 1822 and 1823, 70, et seq.; author's re- marks on the Spanish constitution, 72.&c. clergy and grandees hostile to it, ib. ; character of the ex-ministers, ib.
Rajah of Tanjore, the present, educated by Swartz, 248; his munificence to the mission there, ib.
Relics exhibited at Courtray and Brussels, Sc. by the popish priests, 486, &c. Romans, ancient, had no school of painting, 453; ignorant of landscape painting, 455.
Roughley's Jamaica planter's guide, &c. 97, et seq.
Rousseau, singular circumstance in his early life, 317.
Scenes and impressions in Egypt and Italy, 548, et seq.; wretched state of the Turkish government, 548; true character of the Turks, ih.; remarks on the death of Lord Byron, 549; his later writings, 549, 50; sketch of a Greek schooner and of the captain, 550; author's character of the Greek, 551; of ine Turk, ib.; the Turkish soldiery, 551, 2; rocks of pale red coral visible below the surface of the sea, 552; description of the desert, ib. ; the importance of the camel among the Arabs, 552,3; descrip- tion of Thebes, 553, et seq.; Siout, the ancient Lycopolis, 555; emir of the Druses of Mount Lebanon soliciting pardon at Cairo, 555, 6; interview with the Pasha, 556; the Pasha's real motives for protecting European travellers, ib. ; influence of our consul-general with him, 556, 7; author leaves Egypt, 557; visits St. Peter's, ib. ;
Schooner, Greek, sketch of, 550. Sea, Dead, bitterness and buoyaney of its waters, 23.
Sermon of a converted Budhu priest, ex- tract from it, 443, et seq.
Sheppard's thoughts preparative to pri-
vate devotion, 224, et seq.; subjects of the essays, 225; omnipresence of the Deity, 225, 6; encouragement to prayer, from the intercession of Christ, 226, 1.
Simond's Switzerland, journal of a resi- dence there, in the years 1817, 18, 19, 306, et seq. the history of Swit- zerland barren of events, 308, 9; its liberty never of a popular nature, ib.; extract, ib.; Berne the purest model of the Swiss aristocracies, 309; state of its government at different periods, 309, 10; no middle class of people in Switzerland, 311; causes that hastened the downfal of the Bernese aristocra- cy, 313; noble but unsuccessful defence of the Swiss at Nilwahlen, against the French under general Schauenburg, 313, 14; Pestalozzi collects and provides for the orphans, after the battle, ib.; de- scription of the city and inhabitants of Berne, 314, 15; state of the women, 315; amount of the capital condemnations in the Canton of Berne for the last seven- teen years, ib. note; Bernese morals, 315, 16; corrupt state of Genevese mo- rals at the era of the reformation, 324; author's estimate of the character of Cal- vin, 324, 5; Calvin's last illness, &c. 325; author's representation of the Eng- lish absentees at Geneva, 325, el seq. Singhalese adults, their excessive stu- pidity, 438.
Siout, the ancient Lycopolis, 556. Skeletons, fossil, two human ones found at Guadaloupe, 49.
Small's interesting Roman antiquities recently discovered in Fife, &c. 527, et seq.; general design of the work, 527; difference of natural taste in different persons, ib.; high importance attached by the author to the dis- covery of the site of the battle he- tween Galgacus and Agricola, 528; diversity of opinion respecting the spot, ib.; Tacitus's notice of the Grampian hills, ib.; author's reasons for deciding that it took place in Fife- shire, ib. ; accuses Tacitus of wilful misrepresentation, 529; Agricola's march from east Blair to Strathearn, ib. ; site of the field of battle, 529, 30. Societés des Dimanches, 319, 20. Stanzas to a butterfly resting on a skull, 88. Stewart's view of the island of Jamaica, 97, et seq.
Strutt's Sylva Britannica, 175, et seq.; subjects of the numbers already published, 175, 6; plan and execution of the
work, 176; history and description of the Shelton ouk, 176, 7; tradition re- lative to the Chipstead elm, 179. Suffolk words and phrases, 89, et seq. Suicide, prevalence of, at Geneva, 321; its canse, 321, 2.
Sumner's evidence of Christianity, de- rived from its nature and reception, 507, et seq.; natureof the real contro- versy with the infidel, ib. ; fine thought of Pascal, 508; the author's candid state- ment of the sceptical question, 508, et seq.; authenticity of the historic records of the New Testament, 510; cause of the success of Mahommeds im- posture, 511, 12; success of Chris- tianity and its fundamental doctrines not to be explained upon the same principles, 512, 13; the doctrines and phra seology of the apostles not in confor- mity to Jewish opinions, 514, 15; extract from bishop Reynolds, 515; men cannot remain unbelievers through defect of evidence, 516; cause of the pre- vailing error, that the conduct of men is a matter of indifference to their Creator, 517, 18; the humble condition in which our Lord appeared not inconsistent with the high character he assumed, 518: the Christian doctrine of redemption through a Mediator intelligible, as well as origi nal, 519.
Swartz, grave-stone to the memory of, at Tanjore, 249.
Syrians, their great desire to be under
the protection of a European Chris- tian power, 260.
System, lunar, discovery of, on a ceiling in the temple of Isis, at Tentyra, 12.
Tabboo at New Zealand, great efficacy of, as experienced by the captain of the Prince Regent schooner, 161.
Thebes, description of, 553, et seq. Thieves of Serringapattah, their astonishing dexterity, 249, 50.
Thoughts, morning, in prose and verse, 380, 81; extract, ib. Thought, a, on the sea-shore, 568.
Time's telescope, for 1824, 87, el seq.; stanzas to a butterfly resting on a skull, 88.-
Tinevelley, state of the schools in the country of, 250, 51.
Titian, remarks on his manner, &c. 461. Toller's sermons, with memoirs of the au- thor, by Robert Hall, 134, et seq.; Mr. Hall's remarks on the Daventry academy, 135; influence of the Daventry system of instruction on the author, ib.; natu-
ral tendency of the system injurious to the divinity student, 135, 6, see note; advantageous result of his sellie- ment at Kettering, 138; noble disin- terestedness of the author, 140; on the distinction between the church and the congregation, 141, 2; remarks of Mr. Hall, on the same subject, ih.; the author's sudden illness and death, 142; Mr. Hall's contrast of Mr. Fulier and Mr. Toller, 143; remarks on Chris- tian candour, ib.; conversion of an aged couple by means of a sermon on a recent marriage, ib.; extracts from the sermon, 144, 5.
Toulouse, murderous battle of, 156, 7. Tract Magazine or Christian Miscellany, 476; objection to its style, 478; ex- tract, ib.
Tracts, penny, 476, et seq. ; objections to a late measure of the tract society, 477. Travancore, prosperous state of the cen- tral Tamul School at Nagracoil in that country, 252.
Trial by jury, how conducted in France,
· Turk, character of the, 551.
Verdict of the jury in France, mode by which it is determined, 404.
Walker's supplementary aunotations on Livy, &c. 230, et seq.; author's con- scientious rejection of ecclsiastical immunities and honours, 230; de- cline of classical learning in this country, ib.; his opinion of the causes of it, 231, 2; and that the two universities should be open to dissenters, 233; insufficiency of his proposed remedies, ib.; reasons shewing that a dissenting university in this country is an impracticable measure, 234, 5; the highest education not required for dissenting ministers, 235; advantages of a university residence at Oxford or Cambridge not to be equalled by any new institution for dissenters, 236, 7; the author's edition of Livy little known in England, 237; cause of it, ib.; bis qualifications as an aunotator, 238; specimen of the author's anno- tations, with critical remarks, &c. 259, et seq. Warreniana, 475.
Watts's, Alaric, poetical sketches, 85,
Wihárees, or Budhu temples, 441. Wood tin, occurring in Mexico, 49.
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