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he condemns, 499; tractarians com-
mended unjustly as defenders of the
Church, daily service impossible with
present numbers in the Church, 500;
attacks the developement system, re-
marks on education, 502.

D.

Dickens, Mr., censure on his recent
works, 53.

Divorce, incongruities of present law,
218.

Dost Muhammed, his delivery and his
sons, 246.

Die Ruckkehr, Von Verfasser der Briefe
eines Vestorbenen. The Return.
Prince Pückler Muskau, 257.
Daguerreotype, remarks on this inven-
tion, 402.

E.

Eight Stones, rocks supposed to be near
Teneriffe, non existent, 1.
Euclid's Elements of Geometry, by R.
Potts, A.M., excellent work on the
Theory and History of Mathematics,
235.

Essington Port, its high character, 7;

anecdote of a native, 15.
Eaton, Charles, a vessel lost in Torres
Straits, her crew murdered by the
savages, bad conduct of Captain Carr
of the Mangles with respect to two
Europeans of this crew, 8.

Emilia Wyndham, a novel, elegantly
written, extracts, 55-57.
Electro-gilding, remarks on it, 392.
Elfin legend, 437.

Edinburgh Review, has adopted Mr.
Baines' misrepresentations on cotton
manufacture, 464.

Exeter, Bishop of, the course adopted
by this prelate likely to plunge his
diocese into schism, 499.
Ernest Jones's Chartist Lyrics, extracts
from this work, 524.

F.

Fitzroy, Capt., river named after him,4.
Fitzmaurice, Mr., discovers the Adelaide

River, his adventures, together with
Mr. Key's, among the savages, 7;
river named after him, 11.
Flinders, the Navigator, 14.
Franklin, Sir John, his kindness to the
officers of the Beagle, 16.

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Grey, Lieut., proceeds to Australia, on a
voyage of discovery, 1; quits the Bea-
gle for inland expedition, 2; rejoins
the Beagle, 6; his account of his dis-
coveries, 6; appointed Governor of
South Australia, 16.

Gore, Mrs., tendencies of her works
censured, 52.

Geographical Journal, a fine concentra-
tion of geographical intelligence, 197.
Gladstone, Mr., over-refines on sub-
jects, 212.

Grammont, Count, his Memoirs, cha-
racter of them, 236.

Græco-Italian Vases, excavations of
them, 298; principal Archeologists
who have written on them, 298; ex-
tent of the Fictile Region, 299; style,
300; classification, 301; subjects on
them, 302; inscriptions, 308; mode
of fabrication, 310; nomenclature,
writers on them, 314; myths, 316;
modern art, highly indebted to them,
330.

Garden Flowers, account of them, 396,
397.

Gilroy, Mr., his plagiarisms, 473, 474.
Guru Govind, the last of the Gurus, or
Spiritual Guides of the Sikhs, con-
fers on his followers the title of Singh,
or Lion; makes war on Aurungzebe,
509.

H.

Harris, Capt., account of his adven-
tures, 2.
Hollingworth, Rev. A. G. H., his pam-
phlet, entitled, "The Folly of going
to Rome for a Religion," 236; ex-
tracts from it, 236-238; his promo-
tion in the church, far more desirable
than recent instances, 238.

Houtman's Abrolhos, a group of Coral
Islands visited by the Beagle, 13.
Henty, his settlement at Portland, high
character of it, 16.

Happar, a tribe of savages in the Mar-
quesas, 24.

Hybridity, phenomena of, 125.

Horne, Rev. H., his introduction to the
Critical Study and Knowledge of the
Holy Scriptures, useful character of
the work, 230; its immense circu-
lation, 231.

Horace, the Odes, illustrated by parallel
passages from Greek, Roman, and
British poets, 182.

Howell, his Illustrations of Horace, 188;
his parallels of Horace with other
writings, 190, 191, 192; his remarks
on the custom of throwing mould on
the grave at Christian funerals, com-
parison of this custom with one de-
tailed in Horace, 193.

Herodotus, life of, by Professor Dahl-
man, 255.

Haydon, remarks on his melancholy
death, 361.

Hosiery Trade, present position of it,
401.

Hinchliff, Mr. J., his excellent engrav-

ing of Watt, the great engineer, 402.
History of the Punjaub, 507; extract
from this work, remarks on its vari-
ous dynasties, 508; cessions of terri-
tory in it to Great Britain, 511.

I.

Isidoro, San, description of this con-
vent, 71.

Ireland, its distressed state, 149; dimi-

nution of O'Connell's rent, opinions
of Sir Robert Peel and Sir James
Graham on distress, 152; ejectments
from the land, 153; proposed grant
of £400,000, to alleviate distress, 155;
destitution in its various provinces,
161; further accounts of same, 164;
failure of potato crop, 166; various
opinions of statesmen on Ireland, 166.
Illustrations of the Tragedies of Eschy-
lus and Sophocles, 182-196.
Inks, sympathetic description of them,
394.

Incumbent, description of qualities of a
valuable metropolitan incumbent, 491.

K.

Key, Professor, his paper on the Lap
and Finn Tongues, 111.

Kerry Examiner, quotation from this
paper, 163.

Keppel, Captain, his Account of the Ex-
pedition to Borneo, 196; extract from
this work, which is compiled from
Mr. Brooke's Journal, 198; quotations
from this work, 199, 200, 201, &c.;
his observations on the defective cha-
racter of the Admiralty charts, his
attack on the Pirates of Murrundum,
203; takes a Prahu; proceeds to Sa-
rawak with Mr. Brooke, 204; joins
with Mr. Brooke in an attack on
pirates, 205; destroys the pirate settle-
ment, 206.

L.

Latham, Dr. R. G., his Theory on the
Origin of the Cimbri, &c., 109.
Lawrence, his Lectures show that the
mingling of nations renders each more
productive, 127.

Llewelyn's Heir, a novel, 134; extract
from it, 135; plot, 136; extract, 137 ;
curious Welsh custom, 138; super-
stitions in North Wales, 140; love-
spinning in Wales, 142; description
of samphire gathering, 142; of the
well of St. Winifred, 144; of the pe-
nitents at the well, 144; legend of
St. Winifred, 146; final extract from
this work, 147.

Luxembourg, Great, Railway, Report
presented to the shareholders, 167;
comparison of constructing this with
Great Western, 171; towns through
which this railway passes,-Brussels,
Boitsfort, Wavre, Gembloux, Namur,
Ciney, Rochfort, Lecogne, Neufcha-
teau, Arlon, Marche, Deulin, Bas-
togne, Longlier, Steinfurt, Habbaye,
Luxembourg, 173; extension from
Luxembourg to Metz, by Frisange,
Thionville, Ukange, 173; branch to
Trêves, 176; great advantages real-
izable by traffic on this railroad, 176;
map, showing its connexion with the
overland route, via Constantinople,
Trieste, Venice, Milan, 177; lines
now making in connexion with it,
178; by it Trieste may be reached in
a day, 178.
London, Bishop of, his singular con-
duct with regard to the living of St.
James; appointment of Mr. Jack-
son to it; unsatisfactory measure to
the clergy of London, 215; his want
of consideration of the services of the
clergy, 216; appointment of his son-

in-law by the Archbishop to Lambeth,
also unsatisfactory to the clergy, 216.
Lorenzo de Medici, his Life by Roscoe,
234.

Landor, W. S., his Works, extracts

from them, 250, 254.

Lyndsay, Sir Coutts, remarks on his
poetry, 361.

Lowell, Mr., his poems, extracts from
them, 363-365.

Lewis, G. H., ignorance of this writer,
374; his mistakes on Kant, 378; on
Hegel, 381; his various blunders,
382, 383.

Lace, earliest application of machinery
to, 396.

M.

Makaheva, principal island of the Mar-
quesas, 19.
Melville, embarks on board the Dolly,
deserts his ship with a companion
named Toby, when arrived at the
Marquesas, his adventures with the
savages, 23; with Marhego, Kory
Kory, and others, 25; his descrip-
tion of a Marquesan beauty, Faza-
waz, 25; escapes from the Marquesas
in the Julia, 34.
Marquesas, lovely climate of these is-
lands, 28.

Marnoo, a Marquesan, description of
him, 29; conversation of Mr. Mel-
ville with him, 34.
Marryatt, Captain, his Peter Simple, 53.
March, Earl of, his opinions on grant
to Ireland, 155.

Maunsell, Mr., his lawless conduct in
resisting expulsion from the land, 157.
Mail, Dublin Evening, its erroneous
statement, 158.

Mac Gregor, his commercial statistics,
167; his statement of money in joint
stock bank companies, 168.
Morris, Captain, his Songs, 188.
Marriages in Scotland, their shameful
character, 218.

Mehemet Ali, anecdotes of him, 261.
Muskau, Prince Pückler, his easy style,
anecdote of him, 259; his censure of
Mr. Wilkinson, 263; thinks he has
discovered the site of the labyrinth,
264; his account of Professor Lep-
sius, 265; his predilection for Egyp-
tian architecture, 266; his account of
Mr. Lowe, 267; of the climate of
Berber, 268; of the breeding of ani-
mals, 268; his dialogue with Me-
hemet Ali, 271.

Mackay, Mr., extracts from his writ-
ings, 368.

Magnetic Rings, totally useless, 393.

N.

Novel, modern, criticism on it, 51.
Nations, complexion of, 116; similari-
ties of language, 120; heads of people
altered by civilization, 121; sameness
of diseases among them, 127; diver-
sities of form among them, 129; doc-
trine of independent pairs of men of
different origin refuted, 132.

Napier, Mr., his statement of Irish dis-
tress, 162.

Nanuk, founder of the Sikhs, 509.

0.

Overland route from India, quickest
passage by Great Luxembourg, 171;
points in favour of passage through
Belgium, 172; method in which it
can be effected to Ostend in twenty--
four hours, 527; reduction of Messrs.
Waghorn's two routes, by means of
the Great Luxembourg, 527, 528.
Outram, Lieut.-Colonel, his unjust at-
tacks on Sir Charles Napier, 283; de-
ceived by the Ameers, 285; his seven-
teen propositions do not materially
affect Sir C. Napier, 286; the annex-
ation of Scinde not impolitic, 287.
Ogilvy, Mrs., her book of highland min-
strelsy, extracts from it, 366; a work
of high imaginative beauty.
Odometer, remarks on this instrument,
391.

Omnibus, account of it, 393.

Ordeal, ancient methods of protection
from it, 441.

P.

Pedro, Don, King of Spain, Anecdote of
him, 68.
Pritchard, J. C., M. D., his Researches
into the Physical History of Mankind,
99; his Natural History of Man, 98;
his description of the African races
of men, 99; of Abyssinia, 102; of
Egypt, 103; affirms that the Egyp-
tians are an African race, 104; his in-
vestigation concerning the Hotten-
tots, 106; on European nations, 106;
on the Ligurians and Belgians, 107;
on the Cimbri, 108; Caledonians, 109;
on Wales, 110; on the old Italian
nations, on the Fins, 110; of the

Germans, 112; of the Lithuanian and
nations bordering on Greece, 113;
his opinion of the Pelasgi, 113; of the
Medo-Persian Empire, 114; of the
Samoiede nations, 115; of the His-
myarites and of the Jews, 115; extract
from his work, 124, 125, 128.
Pallas, his remarks on domestic ani-
mals, Colonel Hamilton Smith con-
firms his Theory, 126; thinks man-
kind descended from a single pair, 130.
Pardoe, Miss, her description of a cu-
rious German ceremony, 147.
Power, Rev. Mr., his statement of Irish
distress, 162.

Park, Mungo, quotation from him, 195.
Peel, Sir Robert, influences against him,
212; does nothing for his own party,
212; country in favour of his return
to office, 214; objections to a Peel
and Russell Cabinet, 220; remarks
on his system of taxation, 294; his
reply to the merchants of Elbing, 295.
Palmerston, Lord, difficulties that sur-

round him in various directions, 216.
Prebendaries, remarks on the rapacious
character of some of them, proposal
to restrict them to their Cathedral
duties, 219.

Purwan Durrah, battle of, 249.
Pasilogia, or Universal Language, 276;

writers on this subject, Bishop Wil-
kins, Des Cartes, Morhoff, Leibnitz,
Michaelis, Beck, Dalgarno, De Murr,
Vater, &c. 277-281; possibility of its
realization, 282.

Pelasgo-Tyrrhenians, the inhabitants of
Etruria, 328.

Patmore, Coventry, his poems, extracts
from them, 347.

Pens, reed, feather, and steel, account
of each, 394.

Pawnbrokers, their enormous profits, 399
Plumbago, or black-lead, manufactory
of it, 402.

Psylli, their influence over snakes, 442.
Promotion in the Church, abuses of
lay patronage, 488; length of ser-
vice no claim to promotion, nor high
talent, remarks on the appointment
of Mr. Nott, 490; irregularity of the
distribution of patronage, 491; course
of patronage irrespective of the man,
respective of his interest, 493; me-
thod proposed by the Dublin Univer-
sity Review, 494.

Parochial Clergy dissatisfied with the
conduct of the Episcopal body to them,
495; a general statement anticipated
from the Bishops with regard to the
law of patronage, 496.

Q.

Quicksilver, shower of it, 435.
R.

Reporter, Southern, its statement of Irish
distress, 164.

Railways, advance of them promotes
civilization, 171; probable religious
consequences from them, 180; their
benefit to England, 182.

Russell, Lord John, character of his Ca-
binet; symptoms of disunion; Ire-
land a difficulty to him, 213; his Ca-
binet composed of literary men, 215.
Runjeet Singh, his excesses, 510; takes
the Koh-i-nur, or Hill of Light, the
well-known diamond, from Shah Shu-
jah, his death, 511.

Revelations of Austria, by M. Koubra-
kiewicz, 516; exaggerations of this
work, 517.

S.

Swan River, anecdote of a native, 2.
Scrope, Poulet, Esq. M. P., his opinions

on Ireland, 166.

Sharpe, Samuel, his History of Egypt,

extracts from it, 233; his erroneous
statement of the character of the Sep-
tuagint, 234.

Stokes, Captain, bay named after him,
Stokes' Bay, 5; wounded by the sa-
vages, 12; appointed to sole command
of the Beagle, 14.

Sturt, Captain, his expedition into Cen-
tral Australia, 16.

Seville, description of town, 70; cathe-
dral, singular ceremony in it, 69;
anecdote of a gentleman of this place,
72; inquisition first established here,
73.

Spain, description of a singular custom
in this country on the eve of St.
John, 71.

Standard Newspaper, quotation from it,
155.

Stoddart, Colonel, account of him, 246.
Schlegel, A. W., his lectures on drama-
tic art and literature, his high accom-
plishments in language, 256.
Stephens, G., remarks on his tragedies,
352; extracts from them, 354-360.
Steel, manufacture of it, 400.
Salverte, Eusebe, his life, 434; his ac-
count of figurative expressions strained,
436; his explanation of oracles, 438.
Surgical, mechanical, and medical treat-
ment of the teeth, by James Robin-
son, extracts from this work, 506.

T.

Teneriffe, peak of, description of, 2.
Torment Point, discovered by the Bea-
gle, 4.

Typee, a tribe in the Marquesas, 24.
Taboo, description of this ceremony, 32.
Thornton, his work on Over-population,
quotations from it, 174, 175.
The Theologian, character of this work,
238; extracts from it, 239, 240.
Turkistaun, a peep into, by Captain R.
Burslem, 240; description of the
Dundun Shikkun Kotul, or Tooth-
breaking Pass, 241; of the cavern of
Yeermalik, 241, 245.
The Conquest of Scinde, by Colonel
Outram, 283.

Trumbull, Colonel J., an American, his
autobiography, 413; description of a
Mohegan chief, 414; introduced to
Mr. Copley, the artist, 416; becomes
aide-de-camp to Washington, 418;
proceeds to Europe to study art, first
to Paris, then to England, 421; in-
troduced to Mr. West, 421; becomes
suspected as a spy, and is imprisoned,
Mr. West intercedes for him to the
king, 423; liberated, and returns to
America, 423; visits England a se-
cond time, 425; his account of Ma-
dame de Bonouil, 426; visits Paris,
his difficulties there, 431; David, the
painter, extricates him from them,
he returns to America, 433.
The Occult Sciences, by Eusebe Salverte,
434.
Thaumaturgists, their wonderful skill,
acquaintance with mechanic princi-
ples, 440; their influence over ani-
mals, 441; predictions on agriculture,
444; their skill as electricians, 445;
knowledge of chemical bodies added
to their power, 446; many modern
discoveries possibly known to them,
though mysteries to the vulgar, 446;
Christian miracles totally different
from any thing they ever attempted,

447.

The Horatii, a tragedy, extracts from it,
512-515.

The Life of a Beauty, by the author of
"The Jilt," extract from it, 519.
The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly
Reviews, their union, their semi-ex-
istence probably brief, 520.
The Knight of Gwynne, a tale of the
Union, by Lever; an accurate pic-
ture of life in Ireland, 522.
The Ransom, a tale of the Thirteenth
Century, by Miss Laura Jewry, 525.

The Poor Cousin, a novel, edited by the
author of "The Young Baronet,"
extract from it, 525.

U.

Ullman, Professor, his work on the
Worship of Genius and the Distinc-
tive Character of Christianity, 231;
extracts from it, 232.

Ure, Dr., extract from his work, 470.
V.

Victoria River, in Australia, 11.
Vindicator, Tipperary, quotation from
this paper, 168.

W.

Wakley, Mr., his recommendation of
food for the Irish, 156.

Wickham, Captain, commands the Bea-
gle, 1; invalids home, 14.
White Jack, native of Australia, accom-
panies the Beagle, 7.

Wells, M. A., his Picturesque Antiqui-

ties of Spain, 59; his description of
a ceremony in the chapel Del Condes-
table, 61; of the Chartreuse of Mira-
flores, 62; of the royal convent of
Las Huelgas, 63; of the bath of Flo-
rinda, 63; of the virgin of the Sagra-
rio, 63; of books and manuscripts at
the cathedral of Toledo, 65; of the
knight-nuns of Santa Fe, 65; of the
Palacios di Galiana, 66.

Waghorn, Mr., saving effected for his
Indian mail by the Great Luxem-
bourg, 179.

Waghorn and Co's., Messrs., Overland
Guide to India, by three routes to
Egypt, 526.

Whigs, their accession to office, uncer-
tain character of their party, offer to
take in a portion of conservative
party, 211; recommendations to them
as to church patronage, 216.
Wolff, Dr., government gives him 4007.
to re-pay Captain Grover, the sum
advanced for his liberation, 221.
Widows of clergymen, their state dis-
graceful to the church, 493.

Y.

Young, Dr., his Egyptian discoveries,
259.

Z.

Zohawk, castle of, 248.

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