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INDEX

TO THE

THIRTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

ABRAHAM, promise to, never yet fulfilled,
143.

Absenteeism, injurious, 153, 154, 157.

Animals, evidence of design in the structure
of, 312.

Appeal to England against the New Indian
Stamp Act, 489, 493, 497.

Arabs, little faith to be placed in their re-
ports, 107-country possessed by them,
143.

note.

Abstract principles, observations on, 555.
Acbar (emperor), motto on his signet, 597.
Adrian (Pope), celebrated bull of, 585.
Afghans, perhaps the descendants of the
tribe of Israel, 144-high character. of, Arians, used to perambulate Constantino-
for valour, ibid.
ple, singing doctrinal hymns, 38.
Africa, Ledyard engaged to explore, 98-Aristarchus, astronomical opinions of, 4.
plan of his journey, ibid.-his death, 100 Ashtown, (Lord) bog reclaimed by, 422.
other subsequent expeditions have Asia, conduct of Cicero's brother in, 41,
proved fatal, ib.—Major Gordon Laing's
attempt to trace the course of the Niger,
ib.-range of the thermometer in the de-
sert, 101-Desert of Tenezarof, 102-
report of the Major's death, 106, 107—
reports of Moors and Arabs not to be
trusted, ibid-expedition of Clapperton,
Pearse, Morrison, and Dickson, 109-of
a son of Mungo Park, 112-contains little
worthy of being known, ibid.-voyage
from the Nile up the Bahr el Abiad, 113—
Jews in, 129, 130.
Alembert, D', 8.

Alexander, (Emp.) ukase respecting the
Jews, 118-his plaus for meliorating their
condition, 119-abolished the govern-
ment of the rabbis, 123.

Alexandria, school of science at, 3-de-
struction of the library, 5.
Allen, (Card.) character of, 400.

Astronomy, importance of, 1—a boundless
field of imagination, ib.—advantageous
to morality, 2-history of, ibid.—its first
period, 3-second period, 6-third pe-
riod, 7-distances of some of the fixed
stars, 9-observations on nebulæ, ibid.—
the solar system moveable, 10-all double
stars have not a common centre of gra-
vity, ibid.-periodical times of some of
them, 11, 13-repeated observations re-
commended, 14-interesting subject for
inquiry, ibid.-neglect of provision for its
study by the British government, 15.
Augustine (St.) on Psalmody, 22, note.
Austria, title of empire assumed by, 176—
compensated in Italy for its losses in
Poland, 177-districts in Germany also
allotted to it, ibid.-the first bulwark
against Russia, 178-desirous of extend-

Almamon, Almansor, Al Raschid, cultivating its acquisitions in Italy, 179.

ors and patrons of astronomy, 5.

Australia, advantages of, 240.

Alphonso X. of Spain, his astronomical Authors, characters of, not always deduci-
tables, 5.
ble from their writings, 443.

of Psalms, 23-caution against change,
285 on the law of uses, 294-on the
lying spirit of Catholics, 588.
Bahr el Abiad visited, 113.

Ambrose, (St.) hymns composed by, 37, 38.
America, discovery of, 193-barbarous su- Bacon, (F. Lord Verulam) his versification
perstitions in, 195-first oranges raised
in, 199-whether more harm or good has
arisen from its discovery, 204-difference
in the states of, 240-progress of cultiva-
tion in, 416. See also United States. Balboa (Vasco Nunez de) the first Spaniard
Ancestry, remarks on, 400.
who set eyes on the South Sea, 209.
Angling, observations on, 504, 506-natu- Banana introduced into Portugal, 201.
ral qualifications requisite, 507--cautions Baptism, poem on, 48, note.

to anglers, 509-anecdotes of anglers, Barbadoes, flourishing state of, in the 17th
510, 511, 518, 521, note-superiority of century, 226-230, 236.

salmon fishing, 519-illustrious devotees Barclay, (Alex.) born in England, 298,
of, 521-effect of draining land on, 530.. 299.

Barrow,

INDEX.

Barrow, (J. H.) Mirror of Parliament, 241. Callenberg Institution for the conversion of
Barrow, (Isaac) character of, 305.
Bartolozzi, remarks on, 393.

Beaufoy, (Col. H.) plan for exploring Africa,

98.

Bee, habits of the, 366.

the Jews, 133.

Callimachus, hymns of, 18.

Canary Islands contributed to the discovery
of the West Indies, 197.

Caraites, 119, note, 126, 140-account of
Beer, (Peter) History, Doctrines, and Opi- them, 126-hymn in their liturgy, 145.
Carleton, (Sir Dudley), 597.
nions of the Jews, 114.

Beggars, suppression of, 67, 83-prevalence Casas, (Barth. de Las) 204.

and lives of, in Herefordshire two centu-Casimir III. of Poland, great mass of the
Polish Jews descended from, 115.
ries ago, 68-in London in the last cen-

tury, 71-profits of the trade, ibid.-their Cassini, 6.
abundance and burdensomeness in fo- Catholic association in Ireland, 540, 548.
reign countries, 72-in Scotland, 74-Catholics, meagre diet of, 237-difference
in Ireland, 77—in Dublin, 83-expense
of maintaining, 77, 84.

Belief no proof of a shallow mind, 525.
Bentham, (Jeremy) on the subject of per-
jury, 287, note-his religion, according
to the commentary of a daily paper,
568.

Berlanga, (Bish. T. de) the first who took
the plantain to St. Domingo, 198.
Berlin, Society for converting the Jews,

133.

Bingham, opinion of, as to the introduction
of singers into churches, 23-and hymns,

37.

Birch, (T.) remarks on, 389.
Blackstone, (Sir W.) 262.
Blair, (Dr.) character of, 307.

Bogs, instances of the successful cultiva-
tion of, 420-23.
Boleyn, (Ann) character of, 396.
Bolingbroke, (H. Visc.) 248.

Boulter, (Abp. Hugh) on the state of Ire-
land, 55.

Brady, (Rev. Dr. Nich.) his version of the
Psalms, 31.

Brinkley, (Bish.) sidereal astronomy in-
debted to him, 9.
Britain, Great, portraits of illustrious per-
sonages of, 378.

between promising a thing and swearing
to it, 298-toleration of, 548, 552-po-
litical expediency of granting emancipa-
tion to, 556-admission and subsequent
retraction of the veto by, 559-not to be
bound by declarations or oaths, 560-in-
stances of dispensation, as to oaths, 561-
casuistry of, on this subject, 562-are the
saine now as heretofore, 566-dangers to
be apprehended from concessions to, 570,
571 enticing nature of the religion of,
572-character of their priests, 573-
Papists and Romanists compared, 576-
hierarchy, 578-oath taken by the bi-
shops, of fealty and allegiance to the
pope, 580-sentiments of the Archbishop
of Dublin respecting this oath, 581-
persecuting clause in it surrendered, but
still practised, 582, 583, 589-Catholic
absurdities abroad and at home, 593.
Cecil, (W. Lord Burleigh) character of,

406.

Chalmers, (Dr.) 70, 75.
Charles V., emperor, 196.
Chasidim, a sect of Jews, 128.
Chateaubriand, (M.) his singular proof of
the divine institution of baptism, 48,

note.

Chocolate prepared with eggs and Madeira
not to be eaten on meagre days, 237.
249-Christ, hymn on his crucifixion, 43-di-
vinity of, 328.

Brougham, (H.) speech on the present state
of the law, 241, characterized,
subjects treated in it, 250.
Browne, (Sir Ant.) lands of, on his heirs
male becoming extinct, 274.
Buccaneers, 220, 234, 235.
Bull, (Bish. G.) character of, 305.
Bullen (Ann). See Boleyn.
Buonaparte, his failure with respect to the
Jews, 129, note,-his overthrow, 174.
Burke, (Edmund) his remark on war, 175,
on abstract principles, 555.
Burleigh, (Lord). See Cecil.
Burns, (Rob.) remarks on, 374, note.
Butler, (Bish.) character of, 307, 327.
Butler, (Sam.) his character of a traveller,

166.

Byron (Lord) his aversion to angling, 504.

Christchurch, Hampshire, enclosure of

wastes of, 432.
Christian psalmist, 16.
Christian year, 48, note.
Christianity, societies for converting the
Jews, 133, 134-corruptions of, 305-
virtues inculcated by, 311-its propaga-
tion in ancient and modern times, 318.
Church of England, its psalmody requires
amendinent and regulation, 16-society
for promoting Christian knowledge, its
great organ, 17-psalms with the rest of
the liturgy to be said or sung,' 25-his-
tory of its versions of the psalms, 27-
excellence of its liturgy, 47.

Church

Church of Scotland, employed in revising Diaz, (Bernal) attached to planting trees,
its psalmody, 17.
Cicero, 41, 248, 249.

198.

Dibdin, (Dr. T. F.) remarks on, 386.
Dickson, (Mr.) his expedition to the coast
of Africa, 109, 110-supposed to
dead, 111.

be

Clairaut, Euler, D'Alembert, Lagrange, and
Laplace, instrumental in completing the
theory of the system of the world, 8.
Clapperton, (Capt.) his expedition to Africa, Digby, (G. Earl of Bristol) remarks of, on
109-writes from Kalunga, 110-sets out the test act, 552.

for the Borgho country, ibid.-his death, Dillon, (Lord) bog reclaimed by, 421.
111-his journals saved, ibid.
Distance, mode of measuring, 237.

Clarke, (Rev. Dr.) his opinion of the Ca-Dodd, (C. E.) letter to Mr. Peel on some
raite Jews, 127.
of the legal reforms proposed by Mr.
Brougham, 241, 253, 272.

Clenard, (Nich.) his account of slaves in
Evora and Lisbon in the 15th century, Dogs, account of one employed against the

205.

Clocks, application of the pendulum to, 6,
Cochrane, (Lord) extraordinary naval ex-
pluit of, 467.

West Indians, 208.

Dolland, achromatic telescope invented by,

8.

Donatists, a religious sect, 22, note.
Colonies, difference between planters and Douglas, (John) necessity of a legal pro-
settlers, 229-240-pride of colour a
curse of, 231-new now rising, 240.
Columbus, (Christ.) discovery of America,
194.

Commination, poem on, 49, note.

Commissioners of woods and forests, hints
to, 441.

Common Pleas, (Court of) number of
causes despatched by, 253-its system
requires emendation, 254.

Cooper, (S.) remarks on, 390.

vision for the Irish poor, 53, 83,
Doyle (Dr.), contradictory opinions of, as
to Catholic Emancipation, 566, 567-
vehemence of his Catholic hallucinations,
587--his wilful misrepresentation on the
subject of tithes, 588-falsely accuses the
Protestant church of persecution of po-
pery, 589, 590.
Doxologies, 36.

Drake, (Sir Francis) the first in obloquy
abroad and renown at home, 212,

Coot, eaten by the Catholics on fast days, Dresden, society for converting the Jews,
237.

134.

Drummond, (H.) on poor-rates and the
rent of cottages, 67, note.
Dschoufait Kale, singular fortress of the
Caraite Jews, 126.

Dublin, abundance of beggars in, during
the prevalence of a fever, 83-arrange-
ments to suppress them, ibid.-ingenious
contrivance to compel subscriptions, ibid.
Dudley (Rob. Earl of Leicester) character
of, 403-his domestic life, ibid.
Dupin, English seats too ́glowingly por-
trayed by, 156.

Duppa, (Bish.) letter by, to Richard Ligon,
author of an early history of Barbadoes,
225.

Dutch.-See Netherlands.