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Clement XIV., alleged remorse of, for having consented to the de-
struction of the Jesuits, 427.

Coal, where found in America, 383.

Commodities, difference between the natural and market price of, 60.
Courage, French, peculiar quality of, in all ages, 402-contrasted
with that of the British, 403.

Crawford, Mr Quintin, the editor of Mélanges d'Histoire, &c. 352.
Crusades projected by Pope Gregory VII. 323.

Danes, account of their settlements on Greenland, 38.
Dante accused of being an imitator, 317-what the supposed model
of his poem, ib.-end he aimed at in it, 321-state of Europe
at the time he wrote, ib.-extraordinary fit of devotion throughout
Italy, 325-account of the varions monastic orders, 326-pilgrim-
age to Rome, 329-Dante vindicated from harshness of soul, 333.
Davis, John, voyages of, to discover a north-west passage, 45.
Devonshire, Dutchess of, a munificent patroness of the arts, 529.
Devotion, singular fit of, in Italy, 325.

Disco bay, enormous icebergs at, 17.

Discoveries, geographical, all those of greatest importance in modern
times, have originated in attempts to find out a short route to In-
dia, 40.

Dominicans, attempt to substitute the visions of the Abbé Joachim
for the New Testament, 329.

Dominick, Saint, founds the Inquisition, 326.

Egede, Hans, settles a colony in Greenland, 3.

Elba manuscript, authenticity of, examined, 444-sketch of its con-
tents, 446.

Elgin marbles, models of, in miniature, 530.

Emigration, instinctive attachment to home, a sufficiently powerful
check to, 135.

Equinoxial gales, origin of, 10.

Eric Raude settles a colony on Greenland, 35.

Europe, opinion that the climate of has altered for the worse, errone-
ous, 22-list of years remarkable for the severity of the winter, 23
-and of those extremely hot, 28.

Europe, progress of the kingdoms of, from feudal aristocracies to
limited monarchies, 281-state of, in the middle ages, 321.
Fayette, M. de la, character of, 295.

Females, exclusion of, from inheritance, not common among the
Teutonic nations, 151.

Feudal System, view of its effects upon the welfare of mankind, 145—
consequences of its decay in France, 147.

Florence, free constitution of, subverted by the Medici, 154.

Fotherbye, Robert, voyages of, to Greenland, 53.

Franciscans, foundation of the order of, 326.

Frobisher, Martin, voyages of, to discover a north-west passage, 41.
Fry, Mrs, reform introduced among the female prisoners in New-
gate by the exertions of, 480.

Genoese, discontented with their present government, 527.
Georgel, Abbé, sketch of his life, 425-consequences of the destruc-
tion of the Jesuits, 426-alleged remorse of Clement XIV. for
having consented to it, ib.—anecdotes of the Duke de Choiseul,
427-account of the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain, 429-
of the origin of Madame du Barry, 430-opinions of the court of
Louis XV. on civil government, 432-character of the Prince de
Kaunitz, 433, and of the Emperor Joseph II. 434—singular ac-
cident the Abbé met with at Vienna, 435-intrigues of Madame
la Motte, 437-appointment of the Count de Segur to the mini-
stry by mistake, 441.

Gold found in North Carolina, 385.

Grafton, Duke of, recommends a revisal of the liturgy, 225-letter
from Bishop Watson to, 229.

Granby, Marquis of, letter from, to Dr Watson, 214-remarks on
his political consistency, ib.

Greenland, form and extent of, 31-discovered and colonized by the
Icelanders, 35-their colonies extinct about the commencement
of the 16th century, 37-supposed existence of a colony on the
east side, ib.-state of the Danish settlements at present, 38.
Gregory VII., Pope, assumes the supremacy over the sovereigns of
his time, and prohibits marriage to the priesthood, 322-projects
the Crusades, 323-great improvement which took place in Italy
immediatety after his death, ib.

Guelfi and Ghibelini, factions of, 324.

Hallam, Mr, object and character of his work on the State of Eu-
rope during the middle ages, 140-remarks on the history of
France, from its conquest by Clovis to the invasion of Naples, 142
-rise, &c. of the feudal system, 145-consequences of its decay,
147-introduction of hired soldiers, 151-some doubtful positions
in the work examined, ib.-of the struggle between Frederic Bar-
barossa and the Lombard cities, 153-dissensions of the Italian
republics, 154-mistakes in the account of Castile, 155—of the
constitution of Arragon, 162-usurpations of the ecclesiastical
power, 163-of the constitution of England, 165.

Hallam, Mr, remarks of, on the character of Dante, 333.
Harmonists, a singular religious society in America, 139.

Hausset, Madame de, remarks on the journal of, 359-account of
Quesnay, the founder of the sect of the Economists, 361.

Heat, principles which regulate the distribution of, over the globe,
explained, 6.

Henning, Mr, miniature models of the Elgin marbles executed by,

530.

History, to be pleasing and instructive, must be written at a distance
from the time to which it relates, 277.

Hudson, Henry, sent to attempt the discovery of a North-west pas
sage, 50—is turned adrift by his crew, and perishes, 52.
IIudson's Bay Company erected, 57.

Ice, different kinds by which the navigation of the Arctic seas is ob-
structed, 14-influence of, cannot extend to our shores, 20-
mountains or islands of, drifted into the Atlantic, supposed by
some to affect our climate, 21.

Icebergs formed by the congelation of fresh water, 15-enormous di-
mensions of, in Davis's Strait, 17.

Ice-blink described, 17.

Iceland discovered, 35-sends colonies to Greenland, ib.

Jesuits, account of the order of, 327-expulsion of, from the Spanish
dominions, 429.

Illinois territory, account of the new settlement in, 133.

Joseph II., character of, 434.

Iron, native, mass of, found in America, 387-ore abundant in many
places there, 384.

Iron crown, a relic highly valued in Hungary, 434.

Iron mask, man in, conjectures concerning the, 357.

Kater, Captain on the length of the pendulum, 407-great improve-
ment in instruments from the substitution of the entire circle
for the quadrant, &c. ib.-first idea of this contrivance owing to
Mayer, 408-new system of weights and measures adopted by the
French, 409-similar plan in England hitherto unsuccessful, 411
-account of experiments to determine the length of the pendulum,
412-description of the author's convertible pendulum, 414-his
ingenious method of determining the number of vibrations made by
it in twenty-four hours, 415-what the precise object of his expe-
riments, 420-French Academy of Sciences join in the experimental
researches of the Royal Society, 422.

Kaunitz, Prince, character of, 432.

Knight, John, murdered by the natives on the coast of America, 50.
Laplace, remarkable property of the pendulum discovered by, 420.
Louis XVI. unfit for the throne in the times wherein he lived, 286—
carried prisoner by the mob from Versailles to Paris, 296-re.
solves to retire to Compiegne, 299-his demeanour at the anniver-
sary of the 14th July, 300-and execution, 301.

Lombard cities, remarks on the struggle between Frederick Barba
rossa and the, 153.

Lowe, Sir Hudson, remarks on his treatment of Mr O'Meara, 459.
Lyons, discontents in that city, 172-speedily allayed by Marshal
Marmont, 173-similarity of to some late disturbances in our own
country, 174.

Maclure, Mr, sketch of the contents of his work on American geo-
logy, 375.

Marble, quarries of, in Vermont, 385.

Marmont, Marshal, disturbances at Lyons, composed by, 175.
Marriage of the clergy prohibited by Pope Gregory VII., 322.
Maturin's, Mr, Women, or Pour et Contre, 234-the author's opi-
nion of his own former works, 235—sketch of the present work,
with extracts, 236—remarkable alteration introduced in the tra
gedy of Bertram, 254.

Mayer, Tobias, invents the circular instrument for measuring angles,

408.

Medusa French frigate, account of the wreck of, 389-shocking con-
duct of the crew, 391.

Mélanges d'Histoire et de Litterature, 351-story of Abelard and
Eloisa, 352-of the man in the iron mask, 357-on the fortunes
amassed by ministers of state in France, 358-journal of Madame
du Hausset, 359.

Metals, precious, cause of the difference in the comparative values
of, 62.

Mirabeau, character of, 294.

Montrose, reform in the burgh of, 503.

Motte, Madame la, trick put upon the Cardinal de Rohan by, 437-
share she had in the affair of the diamond necklace, 439.
Necker, M., measures proposed by, 292.

Negro slavery condition of, in Virginia, 125-contrasted with that
of the English peasant, 126.

Newgate, wonderful reform introduced among the female prisoners in,
480.

Norwegians colonize Iceland and Greenland, 35.

O'Meara, Mr, testimonies of the respectability of his character, 457
-manner of his appointment to St Helena, 458-dispute between,
and Sir Hudson Lowe, 459.

Opinion, the basis of all political power, 283.

O'Reilly, Bernard, character of his work on Greenland, &c. 4.
Paley, anecdote of, 211.

Paraclete, account of the monastery of the, 354.

Parc aux Cerfs, an infamous establishment of Louis XV. at Ver-
sailles, 432.

Parties, political, circumstances that render the present moment pe-
culiarly adapted to an impartial survey of the state of, 181-causes
of the odium that has lately fallen upon party, 182-ground upon
which alone such associations are to be defended, 184-remarks
on the subject by Mr Burke, 191-benefit derived to the cause of
sound principles, by the enlistment of aristocratical influence in
the ranks of party, 192-too much, and in too short a time, expect-
ed from new and popular ministers, 195-present opposition for-
midable from its numbers and talents, 197-how ministry have
been able to stand out against them, 198.

Peter of Cluni, letter of, to Eloisa, 355.

Phipps, Captain, despatched to explore the Polar scas, 3.
Pilgrimage to Rome, in consequence of an indulgence proclaimed by
Pope Boniface, 329.

Pitt, Mr, remarks on the ministry of, 301.

Poetical Extracts, from Childe Harold, 100-from Dante, 384.

Pole, Mr Scoresby's plan for approaching the, 39.

Pompadour, Madame, influence of, in state affairs, 370.

Poole, Jonas, voyages of, to the Arctic seas, 53.

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Prison Discipline, two classes of subjects, which engage the atten-
tion of public men, 463-popular favour gained rather by the
splendid than the useful, 465-institutions for the repression of
guilt, or the relief of misery, frequently become the sources of
both, 467-what the means of correcting these evils, 468-stric-
tures on the present management of our prisons, 469—description
of several of the English prisons, 473-reform effected in New-
gate by Mrs Fry, 480.

Quarterly List of New Publications, 257, 536.

Quesnay, the founder of the sect of the Economists, account of, 360
-specimen of his mode of conveying instruction in the form of
fables, 362-remarks on the principles of his sect, 365.
Rent, inquiry into the nature and causes of, 72.

Ricardo, Mr, Principles of Political Economy, &c. The author ad-
vantageously known from his former writings, 59-mistake in con-
founding the natural and market price of commodities, 60-cost
of production the permanent regulator of the exchangeable va-
lue of every commodity, 61-this the cause of the comparative
difference of the value of gold and silver, 62-author's opinion
that the accumulation of capital, &c. has no effect in increasing
the real price of commodities, illustrated, 64-inquiry into the na-
ture and causes of rent, 72-and into the laws in general by which
the profit of stock is regulated, 79-remarks on the author's theory
of taxation, 83.

Rimini, Francesca da, remarks on the episode of, in Dante, 310.
Rohan, Cardinal de, duped by Madame la Motte, 437.
Rousseau, points of resemblance between, and Lord Byron, 88—
what the cause of the deep interest excited by his works, 89.
Salt-water ice, varieties of, distinguished by the whale fishers, 16-
that which covers the Arctic seas annually formed and destroyed,
19.

Sall springs in America, 386.

Sass, Mr, on Art and Italy, preliminary remarks on, 524-his de-
scription of the requisites of a painter, 525-discontent of the
Genoese, 527-barbarous spoliation of the remains of antiquity
at Rome, 529-condition of the paintings in the Vatican, 531-
author's strictures on the Venetian school of painting, 533-an
adventure with banditti, 533.

Schlegel, Mr, remarks of, upon Dante, 333.

Scoresby, Mr, author of a paper on the Greenland or Polar ice, 3—
plan for approaching the Pole suggested by, 39.

Segur, Count de, appointed to the ministry of France, by a curious
mistake, 441.

Shipwreck of the French frigate Medusa, 389-of his Majesty's ship
Alceste, 395-behaviour of the crews of the two vessels contrast-
ed, 399.

Sieyes, Abbé, sketch of, 295.

Smith, Dr, his opinion how the exchange of commodities would b☛
regulated, in an early and rude state of society, examined, 63.

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