the e press, in the case of libel, 589-592 --and on the manner in which news- papers are conducted, 593, 594. Priests, licentiousness of, in South America, 329, 330-exactions made by them and their concubines upon the natives, 342- mockery of the religious services per- formed by them for the natives, 343. Profligacy of the Romish clergy in South America, 121, 329, 330.
Publication of a libel, what constitutes, 572, 573-sketch of the law, relative to publi- cation, 573, 574-mode of proceeding, 575-580.
Publications (new), lists of, 316, 614. Pultowa, monument at, 371.
Quakers (Russian), notice of, 380. Quentin Durward, points of resemblance between, and Schiller's Wallenstein, 530 -547.
Repartimientos or forced allotments, exacted by the Spaniards of the Aborigines of South America, 339, 340.. Revenue of India, observations on the mode of collecting, 51, 52.
Reynolds (Frederick), life and times of, 148--remarks on his work, 149–151. Riho Riho, king of Owhyhee, anecdotes of, 429-arrival of, with his queen, in Eng- land, 430, 431-their illness and death, 431, 432-their remains sent to Owhy- hee, 432, 433-funeral of, 434, 435. Roads, structure of, in Russia, 368. Robinson (Rt. Hon. F. J.), speech on the financial situation of the country, 283.
Rock Life Assurance Society, remarks on the proportion of profits returned by, to the parties assured, 10, 11. Russian government, toleration of, 401-its real character, 402, 403. Russians, avidity of, for the Scriptures, 365 -notice of the Staroværtsi, a sect of Russian dissenters, 356-and of the Betzpopocchini, another sect, ib.—piety of a Russian priest, 369-character of the Malo-Russians, 370-of the Russian quakers, 380-baptism of the Russians in 989, 371-notice of an extraordinary sect among them, 385-number of clergy and military, 403.
422 he destroys the system of pro- hibition termed the taboo, 422, 423— baptism of two chiefs, 424-account of Owhyhee, ib. 425-abolition of idolatry, and of the worship of the goddess of fire, 425, 427-intrepidity of a female chris- tiau chief, 427, 428-anecdotes of Riho Ribo, 428, 429-character of his queen, 429-account of their embarkation for England, 430-their reception here, 431 -illness and death of the queen,
and of the king, 432-return of his suite, with the royal remains, to Owhyhee, 432, 433-funeral of the king and queen, 434, 435-excellent hints given to the national council by Lord Byron, 437- departure of his lordship and the crew of the Blonde, from Owhyhee, 437-re- marks on the conduct of the American missionaries, and the effects produced by it, 438-441.
Sarepta, notice of the Moravian colony at, 382. Sayers, (Dr.) Collective Works of, with a Biographical Memoir, 175-account of his early years and education, ib. 176— 179-noble offer made to him by Bishop Thurlow, 180-studies medicine, 181- graduates at Harderwyk, 183-settles at Norwich, and devotes himself to literary pursuits, 183, 184-Dr. Sayers's mode of composing, 205-remarks on his dramatic sketches, 205-207, 211-specimens of them, 208-211-translated into German, 214-remarks of German critics on them, 215-extract of his mock-heroic on Jack the Giant-killer, 217, 218-fragment of his Guy of Warwick, 218-employment of his latter years, 220-death, ib. Schiller's Wallenstein, points of resemblance between, and Quentin Durward, 530- 547.
Scythian tumuli, notice of, 380, 381. Sedgwick's (H. D.) vindication of himself,
221-extract from his pamphlet, 236. Servian Minstrelsy, translations from, 66— account of the battle of Kossova, between the Servians and Turks, 67, 68-Servian version of it, 69-specimen of Servian metrical romances and historical ballads, 71-80-of lyrical ballads, 80-and songs, 81, 82.
Shakspeare's Henry VIII. and Mr. Mil- man's Anne Boleyn, parallel between, with remarks, 352-360.
Snodgrass (Major), Narrative of the Bur- mese War, 481-necessity of the Bur- mese war, ib. 482-preparations of the Burmese, 482-attack of a British post, 483-account of Major-generalCampbell's
armament, 484-hostilities commenced, 483-internal appearance of Rangoon,486 -difficulties of the British troops, 487-
dical writings, 99, 100-advantage of a philosophical view of the whole Talmud, 113.
Burmese mode of warfare, ib.-defeat of Tartary (Little), appearance of, 370-se- them in the first attack, 488-Kemmen- pulchral monuments there, ib.
dine captured by the British army, 490-Tartars, devotion of, during divine worship, defeat of the Burmese, 491, 492-ac-
Taxes repealed since the battle of Waterloo, 291.
Taylor (W.), British Synonymes diccri minated, 403-specimen of it, with re- marks, 410-414.
Teflis, notice of German millenarians in the vicinity of, 384.
count of the corps of Invulnerables, 493, Taste, effect of the rebellion on the perver 494-their defeat by the British forces, sion of, 186, 187, 494, 495-advance of the British army, 496-Burmese mode of entrenching, 497 -they are defeated in an assault of the British army, 498-and defeat a detach- ment of Sepoys under Colonel Smith, 499-the Burmese defeated again before Rangoon, 501, 502-failure of attack on Donabew, by the British, 502, 503-who Toleration of the Russian government, 401. subsequently carried it, 504—advance of Tor-Hill, plan of the novel of, 559–563— remarks thereon, 563-566. the British army to Prome, 505-advance and defeat of the Burmese, 506, 507-Trusler's (Dr.), Work on British Syno- horrors of the war, 508-further advance of the British forces, 509-negociations of the Burmese for peace, 510-a treaty concluded, 511-strictures on Major Snodgrass's omission of the valuable ser- vices rendered by the navy, 512-517. Societies for Assurance, table of, 7. For
an account of the principles on which they are conducted, see Assurance. Solicitors, evil of allowing commissions to, for insurances, 30, 31.
Spaniards, hatred of, by the Creoles, 334— 337-their rapacity towards the Abori- gines of South America, 338-341- mal-administration of the Spanish colonies in South America. See America (South.) St. Martin (General), cruelty of, to the Spaniards in Peru, 135, 136. Stanhope (Lieut.-col.), conduct of, in Greece, 224-226.
Staroværtsi, a sect of Russian dissenters, notice of, 366.
Stewart's (Lieut.-col. M.), considerations on the government of India, 32-character of his work, 66. See India. Swift's character of Diaper's Poems, 190, 191.
Synonymy, proper objects of, 404-charac-
ter of Dr. Trusler's work on Synonymes, 408-of Mrs. Piozzi's British Synonymy, 408, 409-of Mrs. Taylor's English Syno- onymes discriminated, 410-414-of Mr. Crabbe's, 415-418.
T. Taboo, in Owhyhee, nature of, 422-its destruction, 433.
Talmuds (Jewish), account of, 89-91-
remarks on Mr. Hurwitz's apology for the Talmud, 97-99-value of the Talmu-
nymes, character of, 408.
Truth, how far admissible as a conclusive defence to a prosecution for libel, 581- 583-examination of the wisdom or in judiciousness of the law which forbids the truth of the statement to be given in evidence on an indictment for libel, 584 -588-refutation of objections to the law's declaring truth to be a libel, 594- 598-examination of the question whether the truth of the libellous statement ought to be received in evidence, in mitigation of defendant's guilt, when brought up for judgment, 601-607.
Tumuli (sepulchral) in Little Tartary, 370 -Scythian tumuli, 380, 381. Tupac-Amaru, revolt of, against the Span iards of South America, 340, Tver (Town of), notice of, 366. U.
Ulloa (Antonio de), Noticias Secretas de America, 321-qualifications of Ulloa and his associate for observation, 322, 323-character and plan of his report, 324, 325-flagrant abuses in Peru, 325 -power of the viceroys, 326-venality of justice in the audiencias or chief court of justice, ib. 327, 328-custom-house management, 328-profligacy of the Romish clergy, 329, 330-particularly towards an Indian cacique, 331-the number of the ecclesiastics, how kept up, 332-power of the Jesuits and bene- fits conferred by them on the South Ame- ricans, 333-bitter hatred between the Spaniards and the Creoles, 334-336- remarks on its causes, 337-rapacious conduct of the Spaniards towards the Aborigines, 338-account of the Repar- timientos
timientos in forced allotments, exacted | Viceroys of South America, power of, 326. of them, 339-their absurdity, 340-Volcanoes of Owhyhee, account of, 424– account of the mita or compulsory service 428. of the Indians, 341-exactions of the priests and their concubines, 342-mock- ery of religious services performed among the Indians, 343.
Venality of justice in South America, 326 -328.
Waverley, observations on the novel of, 529.
Whitmore's (W.W. Esq.)Letter to the Elec- tors of Bridgnorth upon the Corn-Laws, 269. See Corn-Laws. Workmen. See Labourer.
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