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Remarks on Universal Education of the Lower Classes, and on the Principles of Mr. Brougham's Plan, as affecting the Established Church; in a Sermon preached at St. Lawrence's Church, Reading, Berkshire. By the Rev. E. A. Howman, AM. Prebendary of Salisbury. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Lay Elder's (W. Mitford, Esq.) Observations on the History and Doctrines of Christianity. Vol. 1. Containing Observations on the Old Testa ment and the Gospel of St. Matthew, and on the Profane History connected with them. Foolscap 8vo. 5s.

Vindicia Analogica. A Letter to the Rev. E. Coplestone, DD. on his Inquiry into the Doctrines of Necessity and Predestination. By the Rev. E, W. Grinfield, MA. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Lectures on Parables selected from the New Testament. By the Author of Geraldine. 8vo. 8s.

The Church Catechism illustrated in a Series of Scriptural Examinations on its various Doctrines. By Joshua Dixon. 4s.

Contemplations on the Last Discourses of our Blessed Saviour with his Disciples. By the Rev. John Brewster, AM. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Religious Declension, considered in its Nature, Causes, and Effects; with the Scriptural Means of Recovery and Prevention. By Thomas Wood, Ss. 6d.

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Promenade from Dieppe to the Mountains of Scotland. By Charles Nodier, Translated from the French. In a Pocket Volume. 5s. 6d.

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A Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Account of the Borough of Preston, in the County of Lancaster. By Marmaduke Tulket, OSB. 6 Engravings. 12mo. 10s. 6d.

The Ionian Islands; comprising an Account of their Manners, Customs, and Antiquities with an Account of Parga, &c. By F. T. C. Kendrick, Esq. 12s.

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A Statistical Account of Upper Canada, compiled with a View to a grand System of Emigration in connexion with a Reform of the Poor Laws. By Robert Gourlay. 3 vols. 8vo. with Maps and Plates. 21. 2s.

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Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland, with Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments. By Colonel David Stuart. 2 vols. 8vo. with a Map of the Highlands. 1. 8s. Travels along the Mediterranean and Parts Adjacent, in company with the Earl of Belmore, during 1816, 1817, 1818, extending as far as the Second Cataract of the Nile, Jerusalem, Damascus, Balbec, &c. &c. By Robert Richardson, MD. 2 vols. 8vo. Plans and other Engravings. 17. 4s.

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INDEX

TO THE

NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE BRITISH REVIEW.

Abyssinia, account of the church of, 488.
Acre, account of, 172-population and
force, 173.

Address to the Members of the House of
Commons upon the necessity of re-
forming our Financial System, 212-
character of the work, 212-pro-
poses what would be an act of injus-
tice towards the public creditor, 235.
Agriculturists, state of in France, 219

landlords and farmers, 221-their
distress not arising from diminution
of commerce, 225-temporary, but
not remediable by Parliament, 226-
future situation of landlord and far-
mer,228--farmer not taxed higher than
the manufacturer,230-his embarrass-
ments not caused by taxation, 231.
Alexandria, the catacombs at, 453.
America; meeting of Congress at Phi-
ladelphia, 57-character of the rebel
army, 59-arrival of British army,
60-and their treatment of their pri-
soners, 61-justice not observed in
military promotions, 65-rooted hos-
tility towards Great Britain, 69-71

hopes expressed for a pacific spirit
in, 72.
Anecdotes: Djezzar Pacha, 173-Dove,
54-Sir Wm. Draper, 55-Ogle, 56—
Judge Stedman, 57-Duke of New-
castle, 285-George I, 291-D'Alem-
bert, 328,

Apology for the 'Freedom of the Press,

by the Rev. R. Hall, 369.
Aquinas, Thomas, account of, 23.
Associations, to support the laws, lauda-
ble, 377.

Athens, its government, common topic of
encomium, 363-its vices exposed by
Burke, 364-base spirit of its orators,
367.
Athos, canal cut through, erroneously

treated as fabulous by Juvenal, 351.
Austria, her right of interfering with
Naples questioned, 8.

Basque language, its affinities to the an-
cient British dialects, 427.
Bateman, Dr. his recommendation of
Scott's Essays, 41.

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Bolingbroke, Lord, 271-comparison
between him and Sir R. Walpole, 272.
Bretagne, language of, 442 and 446-
occupied by a colony from Britain,
443.

Bristol, in Pennsylvania, rapid improve-
ment of, 53.

British Islands, original population of,
421-original stocks of European
nations, 422-Gauls, 422-Welch not
descended from Celts, 425-Thrace,
425-mythological illustrations, 426

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-the Basque tongue, 428-Iberians,
429-Ligurians, 430-Celts gene-
rally regarded as the origin of almost
all European nations, 431-Schoep-
flin's hypothesis respecting do., 432—
the early inhabitants of Britain, Ibe-
rians, 435-M. Penhouet's work, 441
-language of Brittany, 442-ori-
ginal inhabitants of Britain, 444—、
merits of Mr. Hughes's work, 447—
interest of the subject, 448-Caledo-
nians and Picts, 450.
Brown, Dr., his Lectures on the Philoso-
phy of the Human Mind,326-account
of him, 329-his errors, 330-objects
to the established classification of the
intellectual faculties, 332-has not
substituted a better, 334-view of
his system, 335-his definition of con-
sciousness, 337-has introduced much
confusion into the study, 341-his ab-
surd account of memory and imagina-
tion, 342-asserts that Dr. Reid did
not confute the ideal system, 343-
not sceptical, 346-errors of his sys-
tem, 347.

Buckingham, J. S., his Travels in Pales-
tine, 166-account of him, 167-
qualifications for the undertaking,
169-sets out from Alexandria, 169
-his excursion to Bashan and Gilead
the most interesting part of the work,
179 his censures on the impositions
practised on pilgrims, &c. 185-see
Palestine.

Buonaparte, his murder of his prisoners
at Joppa, 175.

Butler, Bp. Walpole's character of, 260.
Burke, Mr., extract from his Vindica-
tion of Natural Societies, displaying
the vices of the Athenian Constitu-
tion, 364.

Byng, Admiral, Walpole's account of,
288-his execution, 290.
Byron, Lord, his tragedies, 72-Sarda-
napalus, puerile and feeble, 73-
character of the hero neither histo-
rical nor congruous, 73-morality of
this tragedy comparatively pure, 74
-deficient in interest, 76-want of
plot, 77-unities of time and place
erred against, 77—the language dull
prose, 78-metrical faults, 81-the
Two Foscari, 82-detail of the plot,
83-the subject neither adapted to
unity of action nor dramatic, 85-
the author incapable of delineating
transient passions, 86-the pictu-
resque of poetry his forte, 86-de-
fects of the piece, 89-author's
quarrel with Southey, 90-his sore-

ness,

92-his soi-disant usefulness
very questionable, 93-forebodes re-
volution, 93-his Cain, 94—singular
opinion regarding Satan, 91-asserts
that the books of Moses contain no
allusion to a future state, 95-passage
of merit in Cain, 96-the reasonings
derived from Bayle and Voltaire, 97
-the poem not likely to be popular,
98-author advised to study the Bible
aright, 100-little danger from the
cheap editions of Cain, 101.

Cain, a Mystery, by Lord Byron, 94—
character of Lucifer calculated to be-
speak interest, 96.

Cairo, account of, 455-two Latin Con-
vents at, 479.

Calvin, quotation from, concerning jus-
tification and reward, 40.
Calvinism, Scott's Reply to the Bishop
of Lincoln's Refutation of, 42.
Capital, obstacles to accumulation of,
157-how aided, 159—the first ca-
pital the result of pure labour, 160
-rate of profit, 163-this subject
not satisfactorily treated by Mr.
Mill, 164-abundant accumulation
diminishes the rate of profit, 219.
Capitalists, effect on an income tax, 229.
Carbonari, affected mystery attached to
them, 10-rapidity of acquiring pro-
selytes, 11.

Caroline, Princess, death of, 292.
Catullus, Lamb's translation of, 299—
remarks on his alleged grossness of
language, 303-his excellence, 304
-his heroic subjects, 305-his poeti-
cal character generally misconceived,

306-exquisite beauty of his Atys,
306--affection towards his friends,307.
Celts, impossibility of the Welch being
descended from them, 425—their lan-
guage, 427-Schoepflin's hypothesis
respecting, 432-our British ances-
tors not Celts, 435.
Characters, historical, difficulty of draw-
ing, and Walpole's failure in, 252.
Chatham, Lord, no entire speech of his
extant, 276-his eloquence, 277—his
commencement in political life, 278
-his speech against employing Hes-
sian mercenaries, 281-ditto for in-
creased forces, 283-his return to ad-
ministration, 286.

China, Protestant Mission to, 397-first
propagation of Christianity in, 399
-national character, 401-Morri
son's mission, 402-necessity for re-
ligious ordinances to Europeans in,
403-Chinese printing, 405-its dis-
advantages, 408-lithography re-
commended for it, 409-diffusion of
literature impeded by their inconve
nient mode of printing, 403.
Christian Character, Hoare's Sermons
on, 411.

Christian Researches in the Mediterranean
from 1815 to 1820, by the Rev. W.
Jowett, 452.

Christianity, sketch of, 413—progress of
in China and Tartary, 399.
Claudian, 301.

Clergy, Neapolitan, scandalous conduct
of, 6, (note).

Clergymen, politics dangerous to, 380.
Confidence, spiritual, danger of, 25.
Consciousness, defined by Dr. Brown,337.
Constitution, English, beauty of, and
danger of attempting to alter it, 186
-not the result of design, 189.
Convent della Terra Santa, at Jerusalem,
175-exultation of the Monks at the
news of the restoration of the Inqui-
sition, 175-presents to, 176.
Coptic Church, account of the, 487.
Correspondence of Charles Talbot, Duke
of Shrewsbury, &c., 186-see Shrews-
bury.

Coxe, W., his Shrewsbury Correspon-
dence, 186.

Crucifixion, the darkness at, why not
mentioned by Pliny, 113-mentioned
by Phlegon and Thallus, 114.
Cymry, the, 448.

Dalzel, Prof., substance of lectures by,
on the ancient Greeks, &c. 348-his
book inferior to Dr. Hill's, 348-su-
perficial and trite, 350-his incom-
petency as an historical critic, 351-
his unsatisfactory views of Grecian

History, and bad taste, 352—want of
disquisition relative to the heroic
ages, 353-erroneous period assigned
to Homer, 356-neglect of chronolo
gy, 356-common-place disquisition
respecting the Government of Athens,
362-his omissions, 367.

Damascus, description of, 476-coffee-
houses at, 476-smoking at ditto, 477
-gardens, 478.

Decapolis, scenery and inhabitants, 181.
Demosthenes, erroneous opinion gene-
rally entertained respecting, 366-his
character, 367.

Dendera, description of the temple 459.
Desert, of Arabia, described, 126-
dreadful sufferings from thirst, 129-
sufferings of Alexander's army in the
deserts of Sogdiana, 130.

Dissenters defined, 388-Mr. Hall's eu-
logium on, 389.

Distresses of the country, 212-compa-

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rative view of exports and imports,
217-wealth not in a course of dimi-
nution, 218-causes of the embarrass-
ments of capitalists, 219-of farmers,
220- of landlords, 222. · effects of
taxation, 223 – and two opposite
errors respecting, 224-alteration of
prices the source of the present dis-
tress, and inquiry into its causes,
224-viz. increased production, 225
-and diminished unproductive con-
sumption, 226-present agricultural
distress only temporary, 227—im-
provements in agriculture and manu-
factures favourable to the landlord,
227-schemes proposed for the reme-
dy of the present distress, 228-loans
to parishes, 229-substitution of an
income tax for an excise duty, 229-
a diminution of taxation anticipated,
232-difficulty of retrenchment, and
caution necessary in it, 233-any
breach of faith towards the public
creditor deprecated, 234.
Djezzar Pacha, anecdote of, 173.
Dove, a Pennsylvanian schoolmaster,
character of, 54.
Drama, remarks on the, 86.
Drunkenness, Michaelis' remarks on,
324.

Dutch family in America described, 63.

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rúsalem, 480-Greeks, 482-services
of the Greek church, 483-Coptic
ditto, 487-Abyssinian ditto, 488.
Egypt, interest attached to, 452-Alex-
andria, 453-Cairo, 454-its inha-
bitants, 455-Mohammed Ali, 456-
Osyout, 458 Dendera, 459
Ghereh, 460-diseases and art of
medicine, 462-Esneh, 464-Syene,
466-Elephantina, 467-Nubia, 468
-Nile,,469-statues of Memnon,
470-Egyptian females, 472.

Elements of Political Economy, 146-
see Political.

Elementary works, requisites of, and
importance of arrangement in, 153.
Elephantina, island of, 467.
Emotions and passions, their effect on
the intellectual faculties not under-
stood, 333.

Esneh, temple at, described, 464.
Evangelical ministers, prejudices a-
gainst, 49.

Evil, origin of, a desperate subject, 97.
Exchangeable value, 159.

Exports and imports in 1819 and 1821,
comparative view of, 215.

Farmer, situation of, and cause of his
embarrassments, 220.
Filangieri, 37.

Force of Truth, Scott's, character of 40.
Foscari, the Two, 82-see Byron.
Freedom of the Press, see Press.
Funeral, a Greek, at Smyrna, 483.
Future state, alluded to by Moses, 95. \

Gamala, autiquities at, 182.
Gauls, origin of, 422-Strabo's account
of, 424.

Genovesi, the Neapolitan philosopher,
35-his services to philosophy, 36.
George I, anecdote respecting him and
his first wife, 291-his mistresses,292.
George II, his character by Walpole,

256-immorality in the reign of, 258
-his credulity, 292.

George III, bigotry imputed to him by
Walpole, 296-excellence of, 297.
Geraza, account of, 182.

Giannone, the Neapolitan historian, 34.
Gribbon, his remark on a passage of Ta-

citus, 100-his disingenuousness, 113,
Gravina, a Neapolitan writer, 30.
Greece, Dr. Hill's and Professor Dal-
zel's works on, [see Dalzel] 348-
superiority of the former, 348-its
historians unjustly accused of men-
dacity, 351-interest of the heroic
ages, 353-earliest period of its his
tory, 354-Trojan war, 355-age of
Homer, 356-legislation of Lycurgus,
358-cruelty of the Spartans, 360-

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Athenian constitution, 363-its vices,
364-Demosthenes,365-Drama,368.

Greek, literature, 348-obscurity of
early Greek history, 354-funeral at
Smyrna, 483-college at Scio, 485.

Halifax, Montague, Earl of, 209.
Hall, Rev. R., his Apology for the
Freedom of the Press, 369-excuse
for its imperfections, 370-vitupera-
tion of Bishop Horseley, 371-and
Mr. Pitt, 373-opinion respecting
the freedom of the press, 374-would
have no responsibility attached to it,
376 his plan for reform in parlia-
ment, 376-views of the constitution,
379 sophistry respecting natural
rights, 382-political prophecies and
contradictions, 384 Reviewer's
charges against him, 388-his dis-
ingenuous praise of Dissenters and
calumny against the Establishment,
390-declamation on the state of the
nation, 391-falseness of his pre-
dictions, 396.

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Herculaneum, destruction of, 2.
Hill, Dr., Essays on the Institutions,
&c. of Greece, 348 superior to
Dalzel, 348-has not duly noticed
chronology, 356.

Historians, ancient, reasons why so few
scriptural facts are found in them,
110 many events of their own
nation not noticed by them, 111.
Historical works, unskilful arrange-
ment of, 13.

Hoare, Rev. C. J., Sermons on the
Christian Character, 411-occasion
of his publication, 413.
Holland, Lord, 278.

Holy Land, geography of, 127-desert
of Arabia, 128.

Homer nearly contemporary with the
Trojan war, 356-proofs of it, 357—
has not mentioned the return of the
Heraclidæ, 358.

Hora Britannica, Studies in ancient

British history, by J. Hughes, 421.
Horne, Rev. T. H., his Introduction to
the Critical Study and Knowledge of
Scripture, 102-his great industry
and research, 130—has incautiously
commended Michaelis' Commentaries
on the Laws of Moses, 314.
Horseley, Bishop, his caution to those
who inveigh against Calvinism, 51.
Hughes, J., Hora Britannicæ, 421-

elucidates early British history, 447.

Hume, Mr., passage from, shewing the
state of mind produced by sceptical
philosophy, 345.

Hydra, island and town of, 386.

Infidelity, great zeal manifested in re-
pelling its assaults, 103-its demo-
ralizing spirit, 103-its most formi-
dable attack, that against the canon-
ical scriptures, 105-extensive cir-
culation of infidel publications, 119.
Infidels, truth not their object, 103—

little novelty in their arguments, 103.
Ireland and Scotland, comparative si-
tuation of, 281.

Italy, literature of the south of, 15-
see Naples.

Jaffa, account of, 174.
Jefferson, President, 69.
Jerusalem, convent of the Holy Land at,
175-population and trade, 177-
festivals, government, 178-force,
179-description of by Dr. Richard-
son, 474-Armenians at, 474—Jews,
475-ceremonies of the Holy Week,

480.

Jews at Cairo, 455-manners of, at Je-
rusalem, 474.

Jowett, Rev. W., Christian Researches
in the Mediterranean, 452-causes
assigned by him for the continued
prevalence of Mohammedanism, 490.
Josephus, genuineness of his testimony
concerning our Saviour, 123—answer
to objections made against it, 124-
explains the affinities of European
nations, 421.

Juvenal, his error respecting the false-
hood of the Greek historians, 351.

Lamb, Hon. Geo., his Translation of
Catullus, 299-merits and defects of
his version, 308 - specimens from,
309-lines to Hortalus, 311-Peleus
and Thetis, 312-notes, &c. 313.**
Landed proprietors, situation of, 222.
Language, poetical, remarks on, 300-
in Virgil, Claudian, Pindar, Aris-
tophanes, 301-ancient, extenuation
of its grossness, 302—delicacy of, not
necessarily connected with pure mo-
rals, 303-the Basque language, 427
-Spanish, 429-Celtic, 437-Gothic
and Welsh, 438 Breton, 442–
Welsh and Cornish, 448.
Lectures, Dr. Brown's, on the Philoso-
phy of the Human Mind, 371-see
philosophy-Dalzel's on the ancient
Greeks see Dalzel.

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