FIFTY-FIFTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,
Baillie, Joanna, Dramas,' by, 487-her 'Plays on the Passions,' ib.-state of the Drama at the time of their appearance, 488-her manner of drawing the female character, 492-cause of the failure of 'De Montfort' as an acting Drama, 492 -fitness of Basil' for scenic exhibi- tion, 493 Romiero,' 494-' Hen- riquez,' 495-the Separation,' 503- 'The Phantom,' 513- The Homicide, ib.
Baily, Francis, FR.S., his Account of
the Rev. John Flamsteed, the first As- tronomer Royal, 96-See Flamsteed. Banks, Sir Joseph, his anticipation of the decline of the Royal Society, 108. Barbary States, system of Non-intervention with, stated, 162.
Bavaria, Poor Law System of, 41. Belgium, Poor-Law System of, 44. Bengal, origin of the connexion of the East India Company with, 176. Bonnellier, Hippolyte, his Memorial de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1830.' See 'French Revolution of July 1830.' Boucher, Rev. Jonathan, his Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, 367.
Brazil in 1828 and 1829, by the Rev. R. Walsh, 250. See Slave Trade. British Association for the Advancement of Science, 444.
Brockett, John Trotter, F.S.A., his Glos- sary of North Country Words, 367. Brougham, Henry Lord, his Discourse of Natural Theology,' 387-the two great objects of this discourse, ib.- common classification of the objects of human knowledge, ib.-comparison of the physical branch of Natural Theology with physics, 391-evidences of an intelligent cause, 392-the psycholo- gical branch of Natural Theology com- pared with psychology, 394-censure of the author on modern theologists for neglecting the phenomena of mind as an evidence of Deity, 395-Ray, Der- ham, Paley, Nieuwentyt, and Crombie, defended from the charge, ib.-the facul- ties of the human mind evidences of an intelligent cause, 396-the author on the immateriality of the human mind, 397 -the arguments adduced by theologians in favour of Deity considered, 399-the author's view of Dr. Clarke's argument erroneous, 400-impropriety of ranking physical truths among those which be- long to theological science, 401-the author's dogma on creation rejected, ib. -probable designs of the Deity in re- spect to the future destiny of man, 402 -dogma of the author that the mind is not affected by the decay of our cor- poreal frame refuted, ib.-phenomena of dreaming, 403-extraordinary defects in the execution of the work, 407-meta- physical fallacies, 410-unsuccessful en- deavour to explain the doctrine of causa- tion, 412-the author's astronomy, 413 -and logic, 414-estimate of his philo- sophical acquirements, and talent for abstract discussion, 416 Buonaparté, Napoleon, Niebuhr's remarks on, 240.
Bürger, Godfrey Augustus, character of his Writings, 26.
Calcutta, description of, 177.
Carnot, his character by Niebuhr, 239. Catholicism in France, state of, 5. Charlemagne, inspection of the tomb of by Otho III., 3.
Charnock, Job, founder and first Governor of Calcutta, romantic incident in the life of, 193.
Chaucer's Reeve's Tale,' extract from, 381.
Clubs, see Original.
Oolonization, see South Africa,
Comets, 195-slow progress of prac tical astronomy, ib.-theory of the mo- tion of comets, 196-Halley's comet, 197-substance of comets, 198-theory of the formation of the luminous coatings which surround them, 201―of the tails of various comets, 202-cause of the ac- celerated motion of Encke's and Biela's comets, 204-phenomenon of the expan. sion of the nebulous part of comets, 206- changes in their external appearance, 209 of the paths of comets, 210- periodical returns of Halley's comet, 213-influence of the ethereal medium on its motions, 219-phenomenon of light diverging from its nucleus, 221- its probable appearance at sundry remote periods, 222- Encke's comet, 224- Biela's, 225-extreme distance of comets from the sun, 227-influence of the sun's attraction, ib.-effect comets have had upon the earth, 230-chance of colli- sion, 231-consequences of a violent concussion, 232.
Cotgrave's French Dictionary, its peculiar merit, 354.
Craven, Dialect of, with a Glossary, 366.
Higden's Polychronicon,' ib.-origin and early history of the West Saxon, Mercian, and Anglian dialects, 356- Layamon and the semi-Saxon gospels, ib.-distinctive peculiarities of our pro- vincial dialects, 357-Jenning's' Dia- lects of the West of England,' ib.—— Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia,' ib. -Halifax dialect, ib.-language of Ro- bert of Gloucester, ib.-Pier's' Plough- man's Vision,' ib.-Manning's' Version of Langtoft's Chronicle,' ib.-Collier's 'Dialogue between Tummus and Meary,' ib.-The Northumbrian the most im- portant of our provincial dialects, ib.— its resemblance to the Scotch, 358- opinions as to the origin of this dialect examined, ib.-Scottish and English par- ticles, 362-Grose's Classical Diction- ary of the Vulgar Tongue,' 366-Wilbra- ham's Attempt at a Glossary of some Words used at Cheshire,' 366-Forby's 'Vocabulary of East Anglia,' ib.—' the Dialect of Craven,' with a copious Glos- sary, ib.-the Cleveland dialect given with fidelity in the farce of the Register Office,' ib.-Brockett's Glossary of North Country Words,' 367 — Dr. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language,' ib.-Boucher's
Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words,' ib. Kemble's Illustration of the Anglo-Saxon system of Accentuation, 372-extract from Chaucer's Reeve's Tale,' 380-specimen of the Northum- brian dialect in the fifteenth century, 383-extract from Havelok the Dane,' ib.-specimen of the present vulgar dialect of Cleveland, 355-specimen of the Lancashire dialect, 386-apologue of the Tailor and the Hedgehog, ib.- Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle, ib. Erminier, M. his 'Au-delà du Rhin' cha- racterized, 34.
Exmouth, Admiral Viscount, his Life' by
Edward Osler, Esq., 129-the work published without the sanction of the Ad- miral's representatives, ib.-Exmouth's ancestors, 131-his education, ib.- enters the naval service, 132-is put on shore at Marseilles penniless, ib.—his spirited conduct attracts the notice of Captain Keppel and Lord Hugh Sey- mour, ib.-is received by Captain Pow- noll into the Blonde, 133-early in- stances of his skill, courage, and hu- manity, ib. his gallantry on Lake Champlain, 135-renders important services to Burgoyne's army, 136-is sent home with the dispatches, 137— rejoins Captain Pownoll of the Apollo,
and made first lieutenant, 138-is pro- moted to the command of the Hazard sloop-of-war, ib.-post-captain, ib.—mar- ries during the peace of 1783, ib.-com- missions the Winchelsea for the New- foundland station, ib.—anecdotes, 139- appointed to the Nymphe, 140-cap- tures the Cleopatra, ib.-is knighted, and placed in the Arethusa, 141-cap- tures La Pomone, ib.-command of a frigate squadron, ib.-the Indefatigable, 142-brilliant instance of his courage and humanity, 143—is created a baronet, 145-blockade of Brest, and other channel services, 149-152-captures La Vaillante, ib.-his conduct during the mutinies, 153-is attached to the ex- pedition against Ferrol, 155-is chosen in 1802, M.P. for Barnstaple, ib.-on the renewal of hostilities is employed in the blockade of Ferrol, ib.-returns to his parliamentary duties, 156-his ef- fective speech on the gun-boat system, ib.-made rear-admiral, and commander- in-chief in the East Indian seas, ib.— his numerous captures and services, 158 -returns to England, and appointed to the command of the North Sea squadron, 159-succeeds Cotton in the Medi- terranean command, 160-capture of Genoa, 161-created Baron Exmouth, ib.-again selected for the command in the Mediterranean, ib.-system of non- intervention with the Barbary states, 162 -Lord Exmouth is directed to proceed to the three regencies, 163-his nego- tiations at Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, ib. -expedition against Algiers, 165-his deportment during the battle, 166-re- sults of the achievement, 167-his own account of the action in a letter to his brother, 168-is created a Viscount, 169 -appointed commander-in-chief of the Plymouth station, 170-his political principles, ib.-death, 172.
Flamsteed, Rev. John, the first Royal As- tronomer, account of; compiled from his own manuscripts, and other authentic documents,' by Francis Baily, Esq., 96-zeal and ability of the editor, ib.- Flamsteed's autobiography, 99- his birth and education, ib.-he com- mences the study of astronomy and ma- thematics, 100-is sent over to Dublin to be touched by Valentine Greatrackes for weakness in his legs, 101-Irish mode of protecting one's hide from being galled when riding, ib.-he pursues his mathematical studies, and produces an
almanac for the year 1670, 102-the calumny of his having been convicted of a highway-robbery refuted, 103-his first visit to London, 105-is patronized by Sir Jonas Moore, ib.-is appointed Astronomical Observator by Charles II., the Royal Observatory at Greenwich re- paired and finished, 107-remuneraion since Flamsteed's time of the Astronomer Royal, 108-the Nautical Almanac of Maskelyne, 110-Flamsteed com- pelled by poverty to commence teacher, 111-the comet of 1680, ib. -corre- spondence with Newton, ib-character of Halley, 112-Newton's visit to Flamsteed, 113-and extraordinary letter to, 115-Flamsteed's character of New- ton, 118-extraordinary conduct of Newton towards Flamsteed, 119-125.— Death of Flamsteed, 126.
Forby, Rev. Robert, his Vocabulary of East Anglia,' 366.
Foreign Poor-Laws, see Poor-Laws, Foreign Slave Trade, 250.
Trade. Fossil Fish, 433- Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles,' par Louis Agassiz, ib. -rapid progress of fossil zoology, ib.- sketch of the life of Agassiz, 434-pub- lishes the first and second parts of his
Fishes of Brazil,' 436-visits Paris, 437-is cordially received by Cuvier, 437-commences his great work, ib.- matures a new classification, ib.-ab- stract of a paper read by him before the Geological Society of London, 439 -his reception in England, 442-his 'Rapport sur les Poissons Fossiles dé- couverts en Angleterre,' ib. France, Poor-Law System of, 44. France, state of Catholicism in, 5. Frederick the Great and Gellert, interview between, 15.
French Revolution, see Tenth of August. French Revolution of July, 1830, 416- 'Mémorial de l'Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 1830, par Hippolyte Bonnellier, Ancien Secrétaire de la Commission Munici pale, ib.--the July Revolution charac- terized, ib.-the two classes of men who made that revolution, 417-situation of Bonnellier before the revolution, 418- meeting held at the office of the 'National' on the eve of the 27th, 418-insur rection against the Ordonnances decided on, ib.-meeting of Deputies at Casi- mir Périer's, ib.-the insurrection orga- nized, 419-General Dubourg chosen leader, ib.-design for which the episode of Dubourg was got up, 421-equip- ment of the General' in second-hand 2P2
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