Abbot, Lord, C. J., observations of, on the use of spring guns, with
remarks, 126.
Allies, apprehensions respecting the, realized, 81-detestable views
of, unfolded in their famous circular, 82-their tone of absolute
authority, to be outdone only by the falsehood of the statements,
83-leagued upon what principles, 84-Parliament declared their
indignation at the principles, and disapprobation of the proceed-
ings of, 86-confirmed by two additional circumstances, 88-the
conduct of, the object of detestation in England, 89—the signal
discomfiture of, fervently prayed for, 92.
Almanach des Gourmands, description by the author of, of a gourmand,
53-specimen of the style of, 54-the different months, 56-no-
tice of Béchamel, 57.
Anastasius, an Oriental Gil Blas, 92-part of the story of, 93-feel-
ings of, on first seeing an encampment, ib.-in the service of Mav-
royeni receives an admirable lecture from an old brother domes
tic, 94-describes his first combat, under arms, against the Ar-
noots, 95-turned out of doors, at length becomes quack-doc-
tor, 96-description of a Turkish jail strongly recommended, ib.
-stabs Anagnosti; his remorse finely described, 97-good de-
scription of the Opium coffee-house, 98-story of, continued-
shoots Assad, his enemy, 99-rest of the story of, ib.
Anecdote for all unfledged sophists and embryo politicians, 317-mo-
rality of eminent ecclesiastics in the age of Pepin, 501.
Apicius Redivivus, well dedicated, 60-Dr Kitchener the author of,
quarrelled with, ib.
Art of War, wretched state of the, till the middle of last century,
378-treatises upon, ib.-all reposes on one great governing prin-
ciple, 380-the subject divided into three branches, 381-first, the
territorial line of operation, 382-Frederic the Great knew little
of this branch, 383-profound sagacity of many generals of anti-
quity, Hannibal, the Scipios, Cæsar, 384-second branch, Strate-
gy, 386-the manoeuvring lines divided into ten heads, 387-the
simple interior, the best, ib.-concentric lines, excellent, 390—
Napoleon, 391-Duke of Wellington and Sir John Moore, 392—
Asdrubal, 398-Scipio Africanus the Elder, 399-the Gladiator
Spartacus, ib.-tactics, not the least important branch, 400-plans
of battles classed, 401-battle of Salamanca, 403-the value of
good discipline, 405.
Banditti of robbers, detachment of, at Palestrina and Poli, 146—
have two modes of proceeding, 147-the numbers of, ib.-civic
guard of Poli called out against, 148-these, increased by a 'party
of his Holiness's soldiers,' renew the campaign-the result, 149—
third campaign-close of the narrative, ib.-near 140 of, near Ti-
voli, 150-treatment by, and murder finally of the archpriest of
Vico-Varo, with his friend and nephew, ib.-murder a land agent,
and detain a surgeon till ransomed, 151-are very religious, 153.
Battles, all plans of, divided into three heads, 401-advantage of the
oblique order, 402.
Benefit of Clergy, barbarous nicety of our old laws shown by a cu-
rious instance relative to the, 339.
Bentham, Mr Jeremy, plan of a civil code suggested by, 194-the
result of it could not be beneficial, 195.
Best, Mr Justice, feelings and reasonings of, blamed, 130-occasion-
ed by an incorrect report, 414-Beccaria's little book recommend-
ed to his attention, 133-observations of, from the Morning Chro-
nicle, 410-from the New Times, 411-others from the Report of
Messrs Barnewall and Alderson, 412-remarks, 414-able speech
of a learned brother Judge, who is decidedly of an opposite opi-
nion, 417.
Black Act, a man might be hanged by the, for coming disguised from
a masquerade, 338.
Booth, Mr, useful observation of, 364-his general want of informa-
tion leads him into gross errors, 365.
Boroughs and cities, misrepresented by Brady, and were, many of
them, places of strength and importance, 31-modes of summon-
ing the citizens to Parliament, 33—the number, 34.
Britain, Great, raised to the summit, not of fame merely, but of
worth, 183-happy, if we never shrink from the high post of duty
her preeminence imposes upon us, 190-sketch of the mass of
British intellect since 1789, 183.
Brown, Dr, tract of, on the tendency of the Bill for the Education of
the Poor, 214-a few of his wanderings in it pointed out, 216 et
seqq. his knowledge and fairness equally laudable, 221-monstrous
assertion of, respecting the Digest, 247.
Bullion, average market price of, in every year since 1800, 478-
value and depreciation per cent. of the currency, same period, ib.
Capital, an individual obliged to transfer, will lose the profit of what
cannot be transferred of it, 116.
Capital Punishments, the distinction made between theory and prac-
tice, in speaking of, excepted against, 319, 320-render averse to
prosecute and convict, 326-for forgery, 327-the frequency of,
increases the number of offenders, 328-account of, for Middlesex
and other counties, during different periods, 329-description of,
and the effect upon the spectators, 345-substitutes for, suggest-
ed, 347.
Carbonari, origin of, and with what view established, 75-have been
greatly misrepresented, 76-the members of, daily increased by
persecution, ib.
Chatham, Lord, two letters of, to his son, 466.
Chenier, Marie-Joseph de, Tableau Historique de la literature, de-
puis 1789, par, 158-murdered his father and his brother at one
stroke the particulars, ib.—an account of his work, 160 et seqq.
Church Establishment in England, receipt for prolonging the exist-
ence of the, 62-munificent endowments of the final cause of
learning, 305-wisely and beneficially different in Scotland, ib.
Classical learning, stain which has adhered to, 302-attainments in,
of the Examinee at Oxford, 304-state of, and the encouragement
given to, in England and Scotland, 305-endowments in Scotch
Colleges would be extremely beneficial to, and rarely frustrated,
310.
Code, the civil, plan of, by Mr Bentham, 194-reform of the, under
Justinian, 198.
Napoleon, 196-the Penal, ib.
Committee of inquiry into matters touching the dignity of a peer, 1-
obligations to, acknowledged for their researches, 2-a quotation
as a favourable specimen of their sentiments, and partly of their
style, ib.-reasons of, for renouncing all inquiry into Saxon times,
not satisfactory, 4-an error in the Report of some importance,
respecting Courts de More, 16-which leads to another, an erro-
neous interpretation of the phrase Curia Regis, 6-consider no as-
sembly to have been the Common Council, unless it had imposed
burthens on the people in the nature of taxes, 15—are inclined to
think that an act emanated from King Edward's sole authority,
though the writ says expressly that it was made communi concilio,
et consilio, &c. 15-misled by the annals of Waverley, 16-found
no document of importance with respect to the constitution of le-
gislative assemblies in the time of Rufus, ib.—such assemblies, how-
ever, are amply proved to have been held even under his govern-
ment, 17-how such proof is chiefly valuable, ib.-say it does not
appear, even from history, that Henry I. ever convened legislative
assemblies, ib.-that he did, does appear from historians, 18-as-
sert, most unfortunately, that no mention is made of a legal con-
vention to accede to the agreement between Stephen and Henry,
touching the succession of the latter, ib.-extraordinary proceed-
ing, 19-and complaint, ib.-pass over the story of John's election
in Mathew Paris too slightly, 20-led, by a writ in the 6th of John,
into an unaccountable blunder, ib.-make judicious and pertinent
remarks, ib.-opinions of, who were originally knights of the shire,
27-two propositions of, with respect to our borough representa-
tion; the first doubtful, the other entirely erroneous, 30-have as-
certained, they inform us, that cities and boroughs called to the
Parliament at Shrewsbury in the 11th of Edward I. held of the
King, 36-instances showing that they are mistaken with respect
to that Parliament, ib.-some of the innumerable negligences and
errors of, 38, 42-these are sufficient, we trust, to induce the
Committee to revise their work, 42.
Committee, the Select, on the Criminal Laws, feel and act in a grati-
fying manner, 336-are accused of packing the evidence, 337.
Conciliation, the dictate of justice no less than of policy-how effect-
ed, 352.
Confinement, solitary, in jails, and want of work of great efficacy,
Contingent remainders, the nature of, shortly pointed out, 208-in
the proposed alterations regarding, we are not without support,
Conveyances in England, objections to the proposed improvements re-
specting, 191-the prejudices against the alteration of laws fre-
quently mixed with vanity or self-interest, 192-the objections of
the considerate and unprejudiced guarded against, 193-nature
and effect of, by matter of record, detailed, 200-mischievous
state of the law respecting, illustrated by a case, 203—the writ
must contain a technical description of the property, 204-remedy
proposed, ib.-how the laws as to the alterations ought to be made,
205-reference should first be made to the judges and law officers,
206-private conveyances, 207—the last example of necessary al-
terations, 208.
Cookery, the object of, 61-the French superior in, 44-taste and
smell, 45-derivation of, among the Greeks and Romans, 46-a-
mong the aboriginal Britons, 47-offices in, of considerable digni-
ty, ib.-amusements in, by C. Campiggio, when here, about the
divorce of Queen Catherine, 48-imitated possibly, at present, by
Signior Cochi, ib.-triumphs and trophies in, in 1664, 49-tastes
degenerated, and manners changed since, ib.-Montaigne quoted,
of the Italian cooks, 50-'The Practical Cook,' quotation from, 52
-another, a sublime and characteristic passage, ib.-fattening of
geese in France, and for the London market, 55-travestying of
dishes, 58- Cour Gastronomique,' 59-Apicius Redivivus, 60-
work on, by the Marquis of Buckingham's cook-gives 365 bills
of fare, preserved for future antiquaries, we hope, 61.
County and hundred courts, 10.
Court of Justice, first instituted probably in the council of Clarendon,
in 1164, 13.
Crimes proceed from passion-how they must be prevented, 342-
the law equally sentenced to death for stealing five shillings as for
murder, 324-immunity from, not purchased by hanging up tablets
written in blood, 322-several of a beastly nature, and deplorable
consequences, not punished with death, and why, 343.
Criminal laws, spirit in which inquiries relative to the, should be con-
ducted, 317, 348-pretended practical reasoners the most mis-
chievous, 320-efficacy of, frequently in the inverse ratio of their
severity, 321-what gives efficacy to, 322-state of, quoted from
a speech of Sir Samuel Romilly, 326-Report of the Select Com-
mittee on, 328-inefficient, from their over-severity, 340. See
Report.
Curia Regis, misinterpreted by the Lords' Committee, 6-of whom
composed, ib.-writ of summons to, by Prince John, 9.
Dalzel, late Professor, lectures by, on the Ancient Greeks, &c., re-
marks upon, 312-faults of, ascribed to diffuse prelection, 313-
instances of inaccurate scholarship and inconsistent judgment, ib.
Decalogue, copy of, at Poli, with changes in it to serve the views of
the hierarchy, 142.
Digest, and Tables, of the state of education, 250-their accuracy
may be relied on, 249.
Dissenters, in England, the charge that we have spoken lightly or
angrily of the, repelled, 213-their part in the discussion of the
new plan of education, ib. et seqq.
Doge of Venice, scene between and Angiolina, 274-addresses the
cemetery of his ancestors with great loftiness both of feeling and
diction, 276-is ushered into the presence of the conspirators,
277-noble and thrilling language of, to his nephew, 281-part of
his speech at the arraignment, 282-his last speech is a grand pro-
phetic rant, eloquent and terrible, 283.
Education Bill, 214-the reader shortly reminded of the history of
the, 221-the committee on, characterized, 223-objections by
Dissenters to pecuniary assistance from the Legislature, 225-the
exclusive principle adopted by the National Society said to be in-
jurious, 228-reason for Dissenters favouring the New Plan-
which, we shall be told, should secure to it the opposition of the
Church, 230-an attempt in some of the tracts to ground their op-
position on arguments in this Journal, 232-a refining or captious
objection, 233-much is said of the tendency of Churchmen to op-
press, 234-positive acts, 235-remarks upon them, 237-the
question, whether a master will maltreat the children of Dissenters,
considered, ib.-visitation, a great fallacy committed here, 239
-what resemblance is there between the proposed schools and old
o undations? 240-those who object to ecclesiastical visitation
must recommend a substitute, 241-elections of a committee in-
convenient, 242-one point of view in which the consequences of
superintendence by a committee deserves further to be regard-
ed, 243-the Dissenters object to the increase that would be given
to the power of the Church, 244-and to the stigma that would be
affixed upon Non-conformists, which requires more serious consi.
deration, 246-they also maintain that there is no occasion for the
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