ought not to abandon its authority (and in such a case to hesitate is to give way)-once admit that some coercive measure is required, and the objections to the measure proposed-such as the danger of enforcing it, which is nothing; the fear that it may be permanently enforced, which could only be effected by a fresh Act of Parliament; the difficulty of determining whether to call it a penal measure, or a measure of general policy (seeing that it is in fact a measure of general policy, brought on by the misconduct of the parties whose privileges it happens to interfere with) these and the like objections may be safely left to themselves. The advantages, direct and collateral, which would have flowed from such a measure to Jamaica first, and through her to all our West Indian possessions, would be a more fruitful topic. But it is idle to dwell upon them now, since the occasion for securing them has been so miserably thrown away. The mischief is already done, and will hardly be retrieved. The Bill now before Parliament, if it be allowed to pass, will save something from the wreck. Three important measures will be gained; but the rest is to be left to chance. The management of this most critical time, in which five-sixths of the people of Jamaica are passing from slaves into citizens-in which the full light of liberty is suddenly let in upon the scarcely unsealed eyes;'*-—this most difficult and delicate task of securing to the negroes the enjoyment of real freedom, and at the same time making it their real interest, and making them feel and understand that it is their real interest, to remain in the condition of a labouring peasantry in the service of their former masters-a task requiring, if ever any did, both strength, and skill, and zeal is to be trusted to the present House of Assembly;-a body how qualified at any time for such a task we know too well, and now worse disposed than ever ;-irritated by opposition, insolent from a victory over the Government, and emboldened by a belief that Parliament no longer cares, or no longer dares, to interfere. Meantime, this very body is standing on the brink of a vast, a sudden, and (cheerfully as our Conservatives regard it), we must add, a very perilous change. For one or two years more, it will continue to represent the existing constituency of 2000 whites, who were slave-drivers a few months ago; the year after, that constituency may be augmented by an overwhelming and rapidly increasing majority of blacks, who a few months ago were slaves. Who can tell how such a change
under such a Government no white man could have remained in Jamaica! The Duke's authority is fairly against us, we admit. But no authority can give weight to such an opinion.
will work hereafter, or how the temper of the Assembly may be affected by such a prospect now? Thanks to the Conservative party, we have lost the means of watching and guiding the present, and of preparing to meet the future. A competent Legislature on the spot, desiring the real welfare of the whole community, and able not only to make laws but to superintend their operation, and remodify them as occasion may suggestable to feel their way as they proceed-they will not let us have. For what to them is the good of a distant colony, though linked with the prosperity of a mighty cause, when weighed against the inconvenience of a majority for Ministers! This is our loss. Something, however, we have gained, which may turn to advantage hereafter;-a distinction between the characters of the two political parties which divide the nation, more deep and vital than any which their recent disputes have turned upon. Much as the present Ministry have been taunted with tenacity of office, with over-readiness to sacrifice party measures rather than fall in defending them, and with the slenderness of the differences which separate them from their rivals-we now know that there is at least this difference between the parties-that when the interests of a great colony are at stake, the sacrifice of which will involve no general unpopularity, no loss of party favour, nothing more and nothing less than the abandonment of a great public duty, the Whigs will not sacrifice them for the sake of office, and the Tories will.
Number CXLI. will be Published in October.
ABBOT, Mr, see Lord Tenterden.
Adventure, H.M.S., voyage of. See America, South.
America, South-Narrative of the Voyages of H.M.S. Adventure and
Beagle, by Captains King and Fitzroy, and Charles Darwin-motives
which determined the Lords of the Admiralty to make an accurate
survey of the coast, 467, 468-headquarters of the expedition fixed at
Port Famine, ib.-account of Sarmiento's attempt to colonize this
quarter in 1579, 469 - an officer of the Beagle ascended De la
Cruz, and found on its summit a glass bottle, &c., 469-471-inter-
course kept up with the Patagonians, ib.-scurvy breaks out in the crew,
ib.-leave for Rio de Janeiro, 473-crew recover, and return, ib.-
discovery of two great inland lakes, named Otway and Skyring waters,
ib.-adventure with the natives-robbery by them of a boat, and
hostages retained for it, 474-hostages brought to England-edu-
cated, 475-and sent home, ib.-survey of the Beagle Channel,
477-resembles, on a great scale, Loch Ness in Scotland, 478-ex-
tract as to the natives educated in England, and probable results, 479
-nature of the country, and character of the inhabitants in the Straits
of Magalhaens and Tierra del Fuego, 480-482-good harbours, with
plenty of water and fuel, 482-enter Berkeley Sound in the Falkland
Islands-attempt made to colonize, 484-proposed penal settlement,
485-general geological features of South America, 486, 487-western
coast of South America affords indications that the continent has, within
a recent geological period, risen from the ocean, 489-beneficial im-
pulse given to the country by the energy of British residents and mer-
chants, 491-visit Tahiti-morality of the island undergone great im-
provement, 492-danger of missionaries intermeddling in politics, ib.—
visit the Keeling Islands, coral formation, theory, 492, 493.
Ancient Scottish Melodies, with Introduction, &c., by William Dauney,
192. See Scottish Melodies.
Angeville, (Comte A. d') Essai sur la Statistique de la France, &c. 49-74.
See France.
Anson, George Lord, Life of, by Sir John Barrow, 126. See Barrow.
Architecture, Mr Gally Knight on, 74-inaccuracies of Mr Hope's draw-
ings, 75-Mr Knight's conclusions as to the Architecture of the Nor-
mans, 77-78-most remarkable remains in Sicily described, 77-83—
enquiry into the Anglo-Norman style, 84-parallel between the
language and the architecture of Rome, ib.-Imperial Romanesque
style, 85-Romanesque barbarous style, 85, 86-effect of the institu-
tion of societies and colleges for the furtherance of the art, 86-88—
inferiority of the Norman art, cause of, 88-What is Norman taste
or art? 89, 90-enquiry into the progress of the Gothic style, 90-97
-where did the Gothic style originate? 97, 98-influence of the So-
ciety of Free-Masons on the progress of Architecture, 98-103.
Arrowsmith's J., map of South America, deserves the highest commen-
dation, 490.
Araucanians, character and appearance of, 488-490.
Barrow's, Sir John, Life of Lord Anson, 126-peculiar privileges he
possessed in procuring the necessary documents and information,
126-130-early life of Anson, 130, 131-abilities and education of
young seamen considered, 131, 132-Anson's Voyage, written by
Colonel Robins, 133-his ships badly crewed, 134-rank his officers
attained in the service, ib.-incidents in his voyage, 135-137-discus-
sion on scurvy-plans pursued by Cook, Anson, and others, for pre-
serving the health of the seamen, 138-141-errors which the defective
state of navigation and nautical science led them into regarding their
latitude and longitude, 141, 142-method of ascertaining the lati-
tude and longitude, 142, 143-naval college at Portsmouth, 143—
what the education of Naval officers ought to be, 144, 145-plan
pursued by some officers in examining their midshipmen, 145-
warlike services of Lord Anson, 145-147-state of the Navy at the
present time (1838), 147-149-Anson appointed first Lord of the
Admiralty, 149-state of the then dock-yards, 149-151-trial of Ad-
miral Byng, 151-153-comparison between Anson and Howe, 154
155-effect of fighting in line of battle, 155.
Beagle, H.M.S., voyage of. See America, South.
Beaumont, M. De, hypothesis as to the ages of the Plutonic rocks,
437, 438.
Belgium, railways in, compared with those of England, 179-184.
Biographical Treasury, 1-49.
Blair, Lord President, sketch of, 31, 32-Professor Playfair's brief cha-
racter of, 281, 283.
Boué, M., on the Geology of Scotland and Germany, 460-464.
Brongniart, M., on the Plutonic Theory, 459.
Byng, Admiral, questions connected with the fate of, 151-153.
Canada, opinion expressed by Earl St Vincent regarding, 41.
Challenger, British Frigate, wrecked on the Araucanian coast, 488—
generosity of the inhabitants, 489.
Charles I. and the Scottish Commissioners, 106-correspondence with
Montrevil-falsehood of Clarendon, 106-111-Scotch Commissioners
fulfil their promise to the King, 111-118-character and conduct of
the two Murrays, 118, 119-bad faith of the Commissioners towards
the English Parliament, 119-121-religious opinions of Charles I.-the
Scotch and English Presbyterians the great drawback towards ending
the civil wars, 121-125.
Channing, Dr, false taste of his compositions, 214-224-his critique on
the writings of Milton criticised, 226-230.
Chiloe-inhabitants a mixed progeny of Spanish and Indian blood-all
Christians, 488.
Chronometrical Observations-value and importance of-and general
accuracy, 493.
Church Missionary Society, send a missionary to Tierra del Fuego, 477
-his reception there, 478-leaves the island, ib.
Church and State, considered in their relations, by W. E. Gladstone, 231
-ends of government, 235-237-doctrine that the duties of govern-
ment are paternal, and as such should hold one religion, considered,
237-241-unity of action in large bodies without unity of religious
vie ws, 242-245—would a government, proposing to itself the propa
gation of religious truths as one of its principal ends, lead the people
right or wrong? 245-247-argues that conformity to the religion of
the state ought to be an indispensable qualification for office, 248—
persecutions would thus be justifiable, 248-251-Mr Gladstone up-
sets his principles by the reasons he gives against persecutions, 251-256
-allows to the Hindoos a privilege he denies to others-reasons for,
256-248-considers the contract with the Scotch Kirk as unjustifi-
able, 259-what religion ought a government to prefer? 260-right of
private judgment, 260-263-apostolic succession, what does it prove?
264-268-unity of doctrine considered, 268-272-censures the In-
dian government for distributing a small sum among the Catholic
priests, 272, 273-reviewer's views respecting the alliance between
church and state-end of government, 273-275-religious instruction
of the people, 275, 276-persecution against property or person for
religion is indefensible, 276-civil disabilities indefensible, 276-no
religious instruction ought to be pressed on a people when likely to
lead to public disorder, 276, 277-religion of the majority ought to be
the established religion, 277, 278-grounds on which the present esta-
blishments might be upheld, 278, 279-principles on which a statesman
may come to the conclusion that they ought not to have been esta-
blished, 279, 280.
Clarendon, Life of, by T. H. Lister, 104, 125.
Composition-critique on the false taste displayed in the writings of
Channing and others, 214-230.
Corsica, character of its people, 73.
Cuvier's Eloges of De Saussure, Werner, and Desmarest, &c., 457, 458.
Darwin, Charles, naturalist of the Beagle-see America, South-account
of the plains of South America, 485-description of the Araucanians,
488-opinion as to the upraising of the land—and other geological fea-
tures, 489-491.
Dauney's, William, Ancient Scotish Melodies, 192. See Scotish Melo-
dies.
Deerbrook, a novel of Miss Martineau. See Martineau.
D'Hallory, M. D'Omalius's Essay on the origin of Valleys, 419.420.
Education necessary for a Naval Officer, 143–145,
Elizabeth, Queen of England, conduct and character of, 373-treat-
ment of Queen Mary, 374-liberties she allowed the Earl of Leicester
to take, 379.
Ellenborough, Lord, sketch of, 23-28.
Erskine, Henry, sketch of, 29-31.
Fénelon, de la Mothe, diplomatic correspondence-commencement of a
series of documents relating to French missions to England and Scot-
land during the sixteenth century, 365-family of Fénélon-state of
parties upon his mission to England in 1568, 369-conduct and
character of Elizabeth, 373, 374-her treatment of Mary of Scotland,
374-conversation between Fénélon and Elizabeth as to an alliance
with the French king, 375-Leicester's influence over Elizabeth, and
character, 378-reported conversation between Norfolk and Leicester
as to the latter's attentions to Elizabeth, 379-Norfolk's conduct, 380
-Cecil, 381-rebellion of 1569, 383.
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