ABERNETHY, (Mr.) character of by Law-
rence, 281.

Absenteeism (Irish), 199-etymology and
origin of, ibid.-subsequent confisca-
tions, 200-repression of absenteeism
attempted, 202-new doctrine in favour
of absenteeism, 205-notice of an article
in the Edinburgh Review, 206-circu-
lating medium, ibid.-consumption of
goods, 207, 209, 211-absentee remit-
tances not different from foreign tribute,
209-residence of Irish absentees ad-
mitted to be beneficial to England, 211
-reasons why absenteeism is more in-
jurious to Ireland than England, 212—
returns of absentees from 1691 to 1804,
213-present amount of absentee drain,
215.

America, recent opinions upon, 354--
America a great subject of European
attention, ibid.-particularly English,
355-writers in light literature, 356-
Mr. Power favourably contrasted with
Mrs. Trollope, ibid.-Capt. Hall, Mr.
Vigne, and M. de Tocqueville, 357-
Mr. Grund, 364.

Anglican Church, present state and pros-

pects of the, 493-treacherous con-
spiracy against the Catholics, ibid.-
founded on what motives, 494-new
infusion of principles proclaimed neces-
sary, ibid.-tracts for the Times and
Quarterly Review thereon, 495-and on
Anglican robberies, 498-her disor-
ganization confessed, ibid.-similar state
of the Irish-Anglican Church, 504-
Pusey, Sydney Smith, and Philpott's

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attempt to account for the present state
of Anglicanism, 505-real reason, 506
-the first remedy proposed: recon-
struction of the system, ibid.-second
remedy: assertion of Catholic authority,
507-third remedy: time for conquest
or conversion, and repeal of emancipa-
tion, ibid.-fruitlessness of these mea-
sures, 508.

Anster's and Elliott's poems, 547-Dr.
Anster's promotion by Lord Mulgrave,
ibid.-his translation of a drama from
La Motte Fouqué, ibid.-character of
his original poetry, The Everlasting
Rose, 551-prize poem on the death of
Princess Charlotte, 552-Poem on Soli-
tude, ibid. triumph of music, 554-
character of Mr. Elliot's works, 555—
sameness of thought, 557-graphic
powers, 558-loathsome imagery, 560
-Corn Law Hymns, 561-village pa-
triarch, 562-attempts at pleasantry,
ibid.-cause of his popularity, 563.

Catholic versions of Scripture, 475-
neglect of biblical pursuits in England,
ibid.-propriety of a revision of the
Douay version, ibid.-much injured by
Dr. Challoner, 476-instability of the
text, 477-necessity of a constant re-
course to the Hebrew and Greek texts,
479-disquisition on the word nuga,
481-and on calumniari, 483-incau-
tious insertion of the pronoun it, 487–
St. Jerome's commentary, 492-a new
version of the four gospels, ibid.

a

-

Catholic bishops, declaration of the Irish,
584-on Catholicism in its civil cha-
racter, ibid.-on the Holy Scriptures,
ibid.-on miracles, on the saints, on
images, on the decalogue, on heresy, on
the eucharist, on absolution, and on
auricular confession, 585-on faith
with heretics and sinful obedience, on
allegiance, and on the settlement of
property, 586-on ignorant misrepre-
sentations, 587.

Chateaubriand, his egotism, 187-com-
pares himself to Byron, 189-mistakes
an expression of Sulpicius for his own,
190 is complacent upon his universal
fame, 192-Tacitus, Ossian and Gal-
gacus, ibid.-absurd mistakes of the
literature of the Tudor age, 193-
Shakespeare depreciated, 194-Bacon
omitted, 195-Milton and the Vis-
count's speech on Greece, ibid.—com-
pares himself to Lovelace, 196-other
mistakes as to our modern writers, 198
-Miserrimus, ibid.

Cheselden, (Mr.) character of, 278.
Chorley, (Mr.) his Memorials of Mrs.
Hemans,245-depreciates Mrs. Hemans
to serve his vanity, 249, 272-misde-
scribes her as beautiful, 250, 252-
common places of his biographical |
style, 251.

Colombine, (Mr.) vide Drama (Modern
English).

Consolations in Travel, 437, 464.

Davy, Life and Writings of Sir Humphry,
437-chemical excellence of Davy, 439
-objections to the biographies of, ibid.
-Dr. Paris and Dr. Davy, 440-
Davy's birth and education, 441-me-
dical studies, 442--commences his che-
mical career, 443-laughing gas, 444—
existence of silicious earth in plants,
445-early buoyancy of his spirits, 446
-his London lectures, 447-forsakes
some of his early friends, ibid.-his
lectures on agricultural chemistry, 448
-peat mosses, ibid.-manures, 449-
his discoveries in electro-chemistry, 450
-voltaic electricity, and Bakerian lec-
tures, 451-decomposition of fixed
alkalies, 452-potassium, 453-volcanic
formations, 454-disinterestedness of
his exertions, 455-poetical powers of
description, 456—his marriage, knight-
hood, and baronetcy, 457-elements of
chemical philosophy, 458-definite pro-
portionals, ibid.-safety lamp, 459-

politics on Ireland, 460-Herculanean
papyri, 461-prevention of copper
sheathing from corrosion, 462-firm
religious feeling of Davy, 463-selects
his favourite dramatis persone from the
Catholic Church, 464-Consolations in
Travel, ibid.-vision of Philalethes,
465-erroneous views of Davy on the
patriarchal revelation, and on the cast-
ing out of devils, 467-and on the in-
carnation, 468-the Unknown, 469-
his geological theory, 470-his rosary,
471-religious doctrines of Davy, 473
-studies the Catholic doctrines with
the help of Monsignor Spada, ibid.—
said to have been admitted into the
Catholic Church before his death, 474.
Davy, Memoirs of the Life of Sir H.
Bart. by John Davy, M.D. 437.

Drama, classical school in France, 367—
departure from gradual and natural,
368-character of Spanish drama nearly
the same as in its best days, ibid.-
modern rise of German drama, ibid.—
peculiar character of the drama of the
ancients, 370-curiosities of modern
French drama, 380-tableaux, 382-
remarks on the right of a dramatist to
mis-state history, 398.

Drama, modern English, 367—remark-
able irregularities of English drama,
369-Shakspeare, 370-difference be-
tween English drama and that of the
ancients, ibid.-destiny, ibid.-and
human motives, 371-likelihood indis-
pensable to our drama, 372-introduc-
tion of stage effect, 373-decline of
English comedy, 374-popular misap-
prehension of the neglect of our old
comedies, ibid.-character of the School
for Scandal, ibid.-school of sentimen-
tal comedy, 375-Morton and Reynolds'
school, 376-importation of Kotzebue's
plays, 377-Joanna Baillie, 379-mili-
tary and naval pieces, 380-adaptations
from the French, ibid.-stage effect be-
comes the only object of our dramatic
writers, 383-Mr. Sheridan Knowles,
the first to attempt the union of nature
with stage effect, ibid.-character of his
works, 384-defects, ibid.-his Daugh-
ter, 367--character and defects of, 386,
396-Mr. Horne's Cosmo de' Medici,
367-character and defects of, 400, 404
-Mr. Colombine's Marcus Manlius,
367, 404-character and faults of, 405.
Dublin Society (The), 226-its origin,
229-purposes of the society, 230-

money grants and expenditure before
the Union, ibid.-parliamentary grants
since, ibid.-amount of its funds and
state of accounts, 231-large sums laid
out in building, ibid. 241—popular feel-
ing at first in its favour, but now strong
against it, 232-diminution of parlia-
mentary grants, and parliamentary en-
quiries, ibid.-indolence and neglect
proved by the evidence of its own offi-
cers, 233-agricultural premiums in-
sufficient to effect the revival of agri-
culture, ibid.-horticulture miserably
attended to, 234-ridiculous character
of the attempts to foster manufactures,
235-test of the value of the lectures on
science, ibid.- bad state of the museum
department, 236-library and news-
room, importance of the latter, ibid.—
fine arts, 237-pretences assigned by
the officers for the state of their society,
ibid.-recommendations of the Com-
mons' committee, 238-objections to,
239-the parliamentary grant should be
at once withdrawn, 240-failure of all
similarly exclusive societies in Ireland,
241-flagrant misrepresentations of the
officers before the committee, ibid.—
the society from the first a mere job,
242-has abused its trust, 243-com-
parison of it to voluntary scientific
societies elsewhere, 244.

Education, in England, 1-ignorance on
the subject, ibid.—a slight improvement
in our larger towns, 4-three kinds of
antagonists, 5-anti-educationists, ibid.
-diminution of crime in the ratio of
public instruction, 6-tables of, in
France, Belgium, and America, 7, 8-
Prussia and Denmark, 8—Austrian
states, 9-increase of crime in England
compared with France, Belgium, and
Ireland, ibid.-progress of crime inde-
pendent of education, 10-greater effi-
ciency in administration of law in Eng-
land than in Ireland, 11-Glasgow
Bridewell return, ibid.-misapplication
of the term education, 12-mischievous
system of public schools, Manchester
statistical society, 13-dame schools, 14
-charter-school and Kildare Place,
ibid.-real education, 15-Pestalozzi,
and Père Girard, ibid.-Mr. Wood and
the Edinburgh Sessional School, ibid.
-Hackney-Wick, Capt. Brenton, and
Victoria Asylum, 16 to 23-iniquity of
our prison discipline, 19-public educa-
tion is generally too short and slight,

24-its inapplicability, ibid.-whether
for middle or lower-classes, 26-not
carried out, 27-Dr. Bell once an anti-
educationist, 28-conservatism, by re-
sistance to reform, becomes anarchy,
29-neutralisers of education, who, 30
-indifferents, 31-false friends in
power, 32-Herder and Schwartz on
national education, 34.
England, present intellectual inferiority
of, 293-its causes, 295.
Exeter Hall, M'Ghee's shameless appear-
ance on the 14th July there, after the
detection of the forged bull, 48-attacks
archbishops and popes, 49.

Fishes (A History of British), 216-cha-
racter of the book, 223-illustrations
and tail-pieces, 225.
Fishes and Fishing, 216-beneficial influ-
ence of nature, 217-the sea, ibid.-
fresh water fishing as an amusement,
218-salmon fishing, 219-trout, 220—
sea fishing, a trade, ibid.-immeuse va-
rieties and numbers of salt water fish,
221-checks to their increase provided
by nature, ibid.-habits of fishes, mi-
gration, spawning, 222-great impor-
tance of an acquaintance with nature to
the fisherman, ibid.-sea-fishing on
the Cornish coast described, 224-an-
ecdote of Thames salmon-fishing, 226.

Hemans, (Mrs.) Life and Writings of, 245
-birth, parentage, and childhood, 250
-produces a volume of poems at the
age of 11 years, 252-unhappy marriage
with Captain Hemans and separation,
ibid.-her Properzia Rossi supposed to
be meant for herself, 253-resides at
St. Asaph, her literary acquaintance
there, 255-rapid developement of her
mind, ibid.-the greatest and ablest
part of her poems produced there, 256
-high character of her poetry, ibid.
274-defects, 257-the revellers, 258
-Voice of Spring, 260-is indebted to
Wordsworth for improvement, 261-
reproductiveness of ideas, 262—lyries,

The Stranger in Louisiana, 263-The
Bird's Release, 264-The Trumpet and
Invocation, 265-ballads, Ivan the
Czar, 267-her genius undramatic, 268
-Vespers of Palermo and Siege of
Valencia, 269-Forest Sanctuary, 270
-her controversial unfitness, ibid.-her
residence at Wavertree, 272-weak-
nesses of character displayed there, ibid.
-final departure from England for
Dublin, 273-subsequent improvement
in her character, ibid.-Scenes and
Hymns of Life and other Sacred Poems,
274-Death of Mrs. Hemans, ibid.
Hemans, (Mrs.) Memorials of, by Chorley,
245-character and defects of the work,
249, 272, 250, 252.

Home, (Sir Everard) character of, by Sir
B. Brodie, 282.

Horn, (Mr.) vide Drama, modern English.
Hunter, (John) Life and Genius of, 277-
birth and parentage, ibid.-medical
studies, 278-habits and anecdotes of,
279-Hunterian orations, 280-his per-
severance, 283-and services, 284-
effects of his education, 285-reliance
on experiment, 287-Museum, 288-
compared to Haller, 289-and to Pott
and Desault, 290-to Cuvier, 291-and
to Bichat, 292.

Hunter, (John) the Life of, by D. Ottley,
Esq. 277-noticed 282, and seq.
Hunterian Orations, by Mr. Lawrence
and Sir B. Brodie, 277-their merits,
283, and seq.

Ireland, her present condition accounted
for, 226-social change in 1688, 227—
Swift thereon, 228-primate Boulter's
act, 229-hatred of Ireland somewhat
excusable in strangers, 489-her worst
calumniators her own sons, ibid. —their
calumnies originated by an alarm for
the insecurity of their usurpation, 411
-alleged unfitness for municipal insti-
tutions, 412-Protestant meeting, 414
-Glasgow dinner and Emerson Ten-
nent, 415-state of the country, 416,
435-judge's charges, 418-Baron
Foster, ibid.-Chief Baron Joy, 420-
contradicted by Mr. Justice Torrens,
ibid.-practice of sending sessions' cases
to the assizes, 421-alleged increase of
crime under Lord Mulgrave, 422-
accounted for by his impartial proceed-
ings, 423-and by the improved police
system, 424-return of Irish offences for
1835, contrasted with those of English
and Welsh, ibid.-speeches of Serjeant

Jackson, 426-answered by the Familiar
Epistle to Serjeant Jackson, ibid.-pre-
rogative of packing juries, 427-Mr.
Tickell's exposure of the Serjeant's in-
accuracies on the trials of Mr. Carter's
murderers, 428-Emerson Tennant's
uncertainty about dates, ibid.-alleged
abuse of the Viceroy's prerogative of
mercy, 480-partizan appointments to
the magistracy falsely stated by Jackson
to have been made, 431-and also ex-
clusive Catholic appointments, 432-
inconsistency of Tory comments on
Mr. O'Loghlin's promotion, 432-Mr.
Shea Lalor's speech upon the subject
of Catholic appointm6nts, 434..expo-
sure of Jackson's calumnies on the state
of the country, 435.. Record newspaper
upon Jackson's speeches, 436.
Ireland and her Calumniators, 409.
Ireland, (A Poor Law for) its imperative
necessity, 51..more important than any
other measure of improvement, 52..
clear from party politics, 53..third re-
port of Irish Poor Law Commissioners,
ibid...state of England before she had
poor laws and afterwards, 54-55. Mr.
Revans thereon, ibid... expense of work-
houses mistaken by the commissioners,
56. the Irish would soon become recon-
ciled to the workhouse system, ibid..
restraint expedient, 57.parochial em-
ployment, Cholesbury, 58..emigration
on a large scale impracticable, 60..
Irish love of home, 61..cost of emigra-
tion depôts, 62. return of cost of emi-
gration from Lord Lansdowne's Irish
estates, 63. emigration good as a sub-
sidiary measure, 63 agricultural im-
provement the first essential, 65..
extent of manual labour on Irish farms
contrasted with England, 66..fallacious
test of the commissioners, 67. pro-
posed Board of Improvement, 69....agri-
cultural model school, ibid...objections
to the project, 70..limits of the com-
pulsory relief recommended by the com-
missioners, 72. insufficiency of volun-
tary relief, 73..present causes of alms-
giving, 74. sentimental jargon, 75..
exclusive character of Irish charities,
76. perishing state of such charities as
are not exclusive, ibid. Limerick Fever
Hospital,77..Scottish parochial system,
and Mr. Revans' remarks thereon, 78-
79..loan funds suggested, 80..Sunday
tippling-Mr. O'Loghlin's act, and the
bishop of Waterford's proposed rule of
discipline, ibid...annual amount of vo-

luntary benefactions, 82..a poor law
would enforce a more economical distri-
bution, ibid. reasons for the work-
house system, 83..number of work-
houses as suggested by Mr. Revans, 85
..building expenses, ibid.internal ar-
rangement and expenses, 86..local
rates, 87..how to be apportioned, 88..
settlement objectionable, 89.. Mr. Chad-
wick thereon, 90. suppression of va-
grancy, 91..railways, 92.. benignity of
his majesty's present ministers, 93.

Jackson, (Familiar Epistle to Mr. Serjeant)
vide Ireland.

Jesse, (Mr.) his Angler's Rambles, 216.

Knowles, (Sheridan) vide Drama (Modern
English).

Laplace, (Marquis de) 338-vide Proba-
bilités)-his genius and aspects, 348,
353-suppresses the names of Lagrange
and others from whom he borrows, 349
-best adapted for the higher class of
students, 351.

Literature, modern progress of, 111-pro-

vincial press, 112-annuals, 113-Pen-
ny Magazine and Chambers' Journal,
122-reprints of standard works in
monthly volumes, 124- cyclopædias
and libraries, ibid.-literary taste of the
community, 129.

Literature, (English) 187.
Literature of the Aristocracy and Litera-

ture of Genius, 111-Keepsake, and
Book of Beauty, 114- Lady E. S.
Wortley, ibid.-compared with Barry
Cornwall, 115-Savage Landor, and
Sir Wm. Gell, 116-fashionable novels,
the Confessions of an Elderly Gentle-
man, 117-novels of low life, Bilberry
Thurland, 118-cheap sheets, Penny
Magazine and Chambers' Journal, 122
-cyclopædias and libraries, 124.
Literature, (Review of French Catholic)
588-periodical publications, ibid.-
theological, ibid.-Philosophical, 590—
biographical and historical, 592–Tra-
vels, 597-art, poetry, and fiction, 598
-Bibliothèque Ecclésiastique and Uni-
versité Catholique, 601.

Maynooth College, 129-scantily support-
ed by the state, 130, 132, 166-eccle-
siastical revenues of Protestantism con-
trasted with the expenditure on Catho-
licism, 131, 168 causes of college
mediocrity, 132-college system, 136—

-

falsely charged with introducing espion-
age, 138, 141-absurd complaints of
severity, 139-and of despotic govern-
ment, ibid, 140-forced disclosures rea-
sonable and necessary, 142-recognised
in the public acts of English and Scot-
tish Churches, 143-system of educa-
tion defended, 144-general view of the
classes, 145, 150, 162-lectures in na-
tural philosophy, 148 continental
works on mathematics preferred to Eu-
clid, 149-necessity of certain explana-
tions in the discharge of clerical duties,
151-experience proves the morality of
Maynooth, 152-proverbial chastity of
Irish females more remarkable among
devout Catholics, 153-Bicheno there-
on, ibid.-supposed intolerance of May-
nooth class-books, 154-contrasted with
Anglican and Scoto-Calvinistic articles,
155, 160-Dunboyne establishment,
162-causes and justification of the po-
litical character of Irish priests, 163—
Bicheno thereon, and Curry's evidence,
164-proficiency admirably secured by
the general system of instruction, 165—
injury resulting from the imperfect edu-
cation of Irish public schools, 167.
Maynooth College (the Case of) consider-
ed, character of the book, 129-college
system as stated by the author, 136-
general view of the classes, 145, 150,
162-garbled account of the president's
evidence, 147-and of that of the pro-
fessor of philosophy, 148- mistakes
knowledge of Euclid for knowledge of
mathematics, 149-misrepresents Dela-
hogue on Exclusive Salvation, 154-
Dunboyne establishment, 162—political
influence of Maynooth, 163.

Maynooth in 1834, character of the book,
129--credibility of the author, 134-
mutilation of documents, 140— false
charge of espionage, 141.

Medical statistics, commencement of mor-
tuary tables and parish registers, 95-
Capt. Graunt the first to treat the sub-
ject as a science, ibid.-Süssmilch and
Price, ibid.-state of public health, 96——
diminution in mortality, ibid.-improve-
ment in Great Britain, 97-compara-
tive tables for this and foreign coun-
tries, ibid.-ditto for cities, 98-Dr.
Hawkins and Dupin, ibid.-causes of
improvement, ib.-cultivation operating
against cold and moisture, ibid.-in-
crease of prosperity, its influence on the
mind, 99-West Indian slaves and free
Africans, ibid.-Annales d'Hygiène pub-