Institution, Lancasterian, ac- count of, 13.
Ireland, state of, at the end of the reign of George II. 110. By what means it regained part of its rights, 111. K
Kent, Duke of, introduces Mr Lancaster's system of education into the army, 20.
Lancaster, Mr, his early exer- tions in the promotion of his plan of education, 3. His affairs be- come embarrassed in consequence, 4. Is relieved by the generosity of some private individuals, 6. Extent of his journies, lectures, &c. 7. Instances of the facility with which his system may be spread, 9.
Lapland. See Linnæus. Lava, cavernous, peculiar to Iceland, 434.
Linnæus's Lachesis Lapponica. When the name of Lapland first occurs, 317. Accounts of that country published by several tra- vellers, 318. Linnæus projects an excursion thither, 320. Descrip- tion of his travelling equipment, 321, and difficulties he encoun- tered, ib. Credulity of the tra- veller, 324. Conformity between the Icelanders and Jews discover- ed by some travellers, 325. mate of the country, 326. Ve- getable productions, 328. Mode of hunting the bear, 331. Ac- count of the glutton, 332. Per- sons of the natives, 334. Dis- eases, 335. Manners, 337. Lower, Dr, effects on the blood, on exposure to air, observed by,
Macculloch's, Dr, geological description of Guernsey and the adjoining islands, 210,
Mackenzie's, Sir George, Travels in Iceland, 416. Singular spec- tacle exhibited in that country, of learning flourishing amid the greatest physical disadvantages, 416. Visited by different travel- lers, 417. General description of that part of it visited by the author, ib. Character of his work, 418. Mode of travelling, 419. Icelandic landscape, 420. Manner of life of the better sort, 422. Husbandry, &c. ib. Edu- cation and literature, 423. Ac- count of the sulphur mountains, and hot springs of Geyser, 426. Journey to the Snæfell Jokul, 429. Of Mount Hecla, 431. Miner- alogy of Iceland, 432.
Madeira, remarks on the geo- logy of, 227.
Malvern hills, account of the mineralogy of, 225.
Marsh, Professor, opposes the Lancasterian system of educa- tion, 25. Extract from his ser- mon on the subject, 27.
Mexico, account of the insurrec- tion in, 174.
Miranda, General, proposes to introduce the Lancasterian sys- tem of education into South A- merica, 20.
Monopoly East Indian, 229. Dangerous indifference displayed in England respecting the affairs of India, 230. Spice trade, the great source of the grandeur and power of the Dutch formerly, ib. Rea- sons why Britain has derived no advantage from it since it came into their possession, 231. Ab- surdity of the Company retaining the trade, while they have not capital to profit from it, 233. Circumstances by which the cause of monopoly is supported against the almost universal opinion of the nation, 235. Arguments em-
ployed for that purpose, 236. Co- lonization dreaded by some as the result of a free trade, 237. O- pinion of Lord Cornwallis and Lord Wellesley on that point, 239. Proof of the incapacity of the Company to carry on the trade, presented to them by Lord Wellesley, 240.
Montesquieu, character of, 102. Monte Video, revolutionary dis- turbances at, 174.
Notice respecting the Lancas- terian system of education, 258. Nugent's description of the pitch lake in Trinidad, 213. Hypothe- sis on its origin, 214.
an alteration of our judicial sys- tem, 390. Criminal law greatly relaxed during the last half cen- tury, 391. Argument of those who contend against any altera- tion, 392-shown to be errone- ous, from leaving too much to the discretion of the magistrate, 393, and from the uncertainty it introduces into the administration of justice, 394. Cases stated in illustration of, 395. Influence of the discretionary power of magi- strates upon the mode of trial, 398.
What the objects of those improvements the author has la- boured to effect, 403. Evil ef fects of the present system on jurors, 405. Argument of Dr
Pitch Lake of Trinidad, ac- Paley, that it is better ten guilty count of, 213.
Poetical extracts from Miss Baillie's Plays on the Passions, 275-from Wilson's Isle of Palms, &c. 377- from Lord Byron's Childe Harold, 468.
Porson's Hecuba, 64. Priestley, Dr, experiments on the effects of air on the blood, by, 51.
Protestant Dissenters, sketch of the penal laws to which they are subjected, 149. Their expedien- cy examined, 154. Could not be carried into execution from their extensive operation, and the en- ormity, of the punishments enact- ed, 161.
Pumice, origin of, volcanic, 433.
Rock-salt district in Cheshire, account of, by Dr Holland, 211. Romilly, Sir Samuel, on Eng- lish Criminal Law, 389. Tend- ency of man to reverence unduly established practices, exemplified in the great question of reform, ib. Manners of the age require
persons should escape than one innocent man suffer, refuted, 407. Statement of the efforts of the au- thor in the cause of reform, 409. S
Scotch, disabilities they lye un- der from the test-act, 162. Scotland, remarks on the parish schools in, 30.
Shropshire, mineralogical de- scription of, 223.
Slavery, West Indian, 129. At- tempt to vindicate it by Mr White, 130. His picture of the happi- ness of the African slaves, 132. Horrid cruelties practised by Mr Hodge on his slaves, 140. Was allowed to remain unmolested, till he became the object of some political animosities, 143. Situ- ation and habits of the whites in the West Indies, render them in- competent judges of the rights of the lower orders in the colonial society, 145. Condition of the latter can only be ameliorated by the interference of the British Legislature, 147.
Snæfell Jokul, account of, 420. Somerset,
Somerset, Duke of, Lancastrian institution under the patronage of, 4.
Sommerville, Lord, an early pa- tron of Mr Lancaster, 3. Ap- pointed a president of the Lan- casterian Institution, 13.
Speeches of Lord Erskine, me- ris f. universally acknowledged, 339. Contents of the volume, 340. Extract from the speech for Hadfield, with remarks on the case, 341. Speech for the Ma dras Council, 345. Case of Mr Cuthill, 346. Extract from the speech for, 351. Case of Morton v. Ferm, 354. Speeches in cases of adultery, 356.
Spice-trade, flourishing state of, while in the hands of the Dutch, 231.
Sulphur mountains in Iceland, description of, 426.
Surturbrand, a curious species of fossil wood in Iceland, 433. Τ
cians, 370. Instance of the cool- ness and activity of his mind, 371, Tisdall, Philip, character of, 126.
Tragedy, old Greek, character of, 263. French or Continental school founded upon, ib. Con- trasted with that of Shakespeare, 264. Character of both blended by Miss Baillie, 265.
Transactions of the Geological Society, 207. Extensive field of investigation in Geology, ib. Re- marks on Guernsey and the neigh- bouring islands, 210. On the salt mines of Cheshire, 211. Pitch lake of Trinidad, 213. Physical structure of Devon and Cornwall, 215.
Trembley, M., fresh-water po lypus described by, 63. W
White, Mr, strictures upon his publication in defence of the West Indians, 129.
Wilberforce, Mr, vindicated from the abuse of the advocates of sla- very, 136.
Wilson's Poems, character of, 373. Story of his Isle of Palms, 376. Extracts from, 377. The Angler's Tent, 383. Lines ad- dressed to a sleeping child, 386. On the spring, 387. On the death of Mr Grahame, author of the Sabbath, 388.
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