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decrees of Providence, that England is to be degraded from her
place among the nations, there will, at least, be some consolation
in the reflection, that we have not been the voluntary and fore-
warned instruments of our own destruction.

One word more.-A report is in very general circulation, so
general that it must have, ere now, reached the ears of his Ma-
jesty's ministers, and which, if false, it was their bounden duty to
contradict immediately in the most decisive manner. It is said,
that before the judges left town on their late melancholy circuit
among the disturbed districts, they received a most distinct and
solemn pledge on a most important and painful subject; that
upon the faith of that pledge they acted; that it was neglected
and broken by the government in certain most essential respects;
that the judges complained and remonstrated, respectfully, but
strongly; that his Majesty's Secretary of State admitted at once
they had just ground of complaint, but said, in substance, What
could we do, my Lords, in the face of the newspapers?'
We
have no pleasure in giving extended circulation to this story. We
hope it may still be contradicted on authority. But if this story
does remain uncontradicted, we feel it our duty to put it distinctly
to the common sense and mere manhood of those members of
parliament who are about to determine on the most important
question ever submitted to the British legislature-whether the
principles of the existing government are worthy to be adopted and
acted upon by them also;-whether, in plain words, this vast, this
fearful question is to be decided, not according to the conscience
of its lawful judges, but the dictation of a democratic press.

INDEX

TO THE

FORTY-FOURTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

ABSENTEEISM, Mr. M'Culloch's ab-

surd doctrine of, 38.

Adultery, fine for, should be imposed by
a criminal court, 88.
Eschylus, 405.

Alcock (Mr.), on the Poor Laws, extract
from, 512.
Anatomy Bill, 314 n.

Aristophanes, destruction of his writings
by the earlier Christians, 397.
Aristophanis Ranæ, ex recensione Gu-
lielmi Dindorfii, 389.-See Greek Dra-
matic Poets.

Athenians, their comic performances,
402.

'Auchindrane, or the Ayrshire Tra-
gedy,' by Sir Walter Scott, 455.
Authors, proposed joint stock company
to redress the wrongs of, 441.

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of Woodstock, 78.

Bentley (Dr.), his memorable assertion
respecting Homer, 129.
Bentham (Jeremy), 277.

Bermond de Vachères, his Military
Events of the late French Revolution,'
226.-See French Revolution.
Bibliomaniacs, the little world of, 442,
443.

Bishops, their conduct on the Catholic
Relief Bill, 288.

'Blind Jamie' of Stirling, his extraor-

dinary memory, 144.
Bloomfield (Robert), 80.

Bocaccio, Editio Princeps of, 446.
Bolingbroke (Lord), 263.
Book collectors, 444, 448.

Booksellers, 103, 438, 439.

Bordeaux, Duke of, 293, 294.
Bottiger (Professor), his

Sabina, or
Scenes from the Toilette of a Roman
Dame,' characterized, 331 n.
Braybrooke (Lord), his Letter on Cot-
tage Allotments,' 551, n.

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80.

Brydges (Sir Egerton), his Gnomica
quoted, 265.
Buccleugh (Duke of), his edition of the
Chartulary of Melrose, 451.
Burke's pun upon bookcases, 447.
Burns (Robert), 54, 81, 219, 224.
Byron (Lord), Life of, including his Cor-
respondence with his Friends, and
Journals of his own Life and Opinions;
by Thomas Moore, 168-the subject
treated by Mr. Moore with modesty,
candour, and manliness, ibid.-the ex-
tracts from Lord Byron's correspond-
ence and journals place him in the
first rank of our prose literature, 169
-his passion for producing an effect,
ibid.-the anecdotes concerning his
infancy and boyhood prove that his
young heart overflowed with kindness
and generosity, ibid. - melancholy
opening of the scene, 170-discredit-
able obscurity into which the name of
Byron had sunk, ibid.—a vein of here-
ditary madness imputed to the blood
of this race, ibid.-the great uncle of
the poet, ibid.-his father, ibid.-his
mother, 171-his bodily deformity,
ibid.-his domestic education, 172-
succeeds in his eleventh year to the
honours and estates of his father's
family, ibid.-consequences of this ab-
rupt transition, ibid.-removed to
Harrow, 173-his disrelish for the
proper studies of the place, ibid.-the
biographer's diatribe against the Eng-
lish system of education, 174-friend-
ships formed by Lord Byron at Har-
row, 175-mode of spending his va-
cations, ibid.-distressing domestic
scenes of this period, ibid.-his shock-
ing confidences to his mother, ibid.—
becomes known to the family of Cha-
worth of Annesley, 176—and ena-
moured of the heiress of Annesley,
ibid.-his own picture of this youthful
love, ibid.-a disposition to form strong
attachments and a yearning desire
after affection in return, the dream
and torment of his existence, 177—

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removed to Cambridge, 177.-his line
of study, ibid.-distressing picture of
his college life, ibid.-his early infi-
delity, 178-his Address to the
Deity,' 179-his Hours of Idleness,'
ibid.-his English Bards and Scotch
Reviewers,' 180-takes his place in
the House of Lords, ibid.-his stanzas
on leaving England, 182—his travels
in Portugal, Spain, and the Levant,
183-his solitariness of heart and
mind, 184-anecdotes of him commu-
nicated by Lord Sligo, 185-returns
to England, ibid.-illness and death of
his mother, 186-his maiden speech
in Parliament, 187-unexampled suc-
cess of his Childe Harold,' ibid.-be-
comes involved in a series of ener-
vating intrigues, ibid.-his connexion
with Drury Lane Theatre, 188-pub-
lishes the Giaour,' the Bride of
Abydos,' the Corsair,' and Lara,'
ibid.-his affection for his sister, 189-
curious traits of his temper and dis-
position, ibid.-the Biographer's dis-
quisition on the unfitness of poets of
the highest order for the relations and
duties of domestic life, ibid.-project-
ed matrimonial alliance, 192-Lord
Byron's ill-fated union with Miss
Milbanke, 193-domestic history of
his last year in England, 197-the
deed of separation, 198-Lady Byron's
statement, ibid.-Lord Byron's letter
to the editor of Blackwood's Maga-
zine,' 199—his advances from Switzer-
land with a view to a reconciliation
rejected, 202-mournful and deso-
lately beautiful stanzas to his sister on
crossing the Alps, ibid.-miserable
consequences of his exile as to his
moral being and happiness, 204-the
publication of his letters relative to his
Italian amours condemned, ibid.-his
high rank as a letter-writer, 209-the
notion that avarice had become a part
of his character rejected, ibid.-his
connexion with the Countess Guic-
cioli, 210-Mr. West's description of
her personal appearance and manners,
211-her narrative, ibid.-effect of the
connexion on Lord Byron, 212-re-
markable note written by him in the
countess's copy of Corinne,' 213-
her interesting account of his afflic-
tion on learning the death of his na-
tural daughter, 214-becomes mixed
up in the Carbonaro politics, and con-
tributes large sums to the conspiring
patriots, ibid.-fixes himself at Ge-
noa, 215-his picture of the vulgar
school of poetry, ibid.-his departure
from Italy on his Greek expedition,

217-his conduct, after he had en-
gaged in the Greek cause, in the
highest degree honourable to his saga-
city, prudence, and resolution, ibid.—
his reasons for devoting himself to that
cause, ibid.-lassitude and weariness of
spirit under which he threw himself
into this new sea of troubles, 218-his
excessive indulgence in strong liquors,
219-is seized with a fit of epilepsy,
220-his last illness and death, ibid.—
his personal appearance and character,
221-his feelings and principles as to
religion, 223.

Canning (Right Hon. George), 272, 273,
276, 280, 282, 283, 284.

Capital, on the nature of, 7, 11, 12.
Carlile (Richard), 299-effect of his pub-
lications on Stratford the murderer,
300.

Casti, his Camicia dell' uomo felice'
quoted, 45.

Chalmers (Dr.), his opposition to the
introduction of poor-laws into Ireland,
516, 517-his adherence to the stand-
ard of Malthus, ibid.-his blind ad•
herence to theory in opposition to
facts, 518-his ignorance of the real
working of the English poor-laws, ibid.
-his admirable essay on ecclesiastical
and academical endowments, 526.
Charles the First, his reason why he
could not be a lawyer, 99.

Charles X. of France, 292, 295, 297.
Chartulary of Melrose, Duke of Buc-

cleugh's edition of, 451.

Church of England, never so well pro-
vided with servants, 288.
Church of England divines, 118.
Classical learning, no man made less a
Christian by, 104.

Cleaver (Bishop), 409.
Clergy, their conduct on the Catholic
Relief Bill, 289-one of the three
estates of the realm, 289.
Cobbett (William), his manifesto of
blood-thirsty ruffianism, 569.
Coleridge (T. S.), 389, 405.
Coleridge (Henry Nelson), his Introduc
tion to the study of the Greek Classic
poets; part I. General Introduction,
Homer, 121.-See Origin of the Ho-
meric Poems.

Comic performances of the Athenians,

402.

Coryate (Thomas), 64.
Cottage allotments, 551.
Criminal trials of Scotland, 438-See
Pitcairn.

Crocker (Charles), the uneducated poet
of Chichester, 57.
Cunningham (Allan), 82.

Dindorf (Gulielmus), his correct text of
the Frogs of Aristophanes, 481.
Doddridge (Dr.), his recommendation of
a formal dedication to God, 344.
Duck (Stephen), 73.

Duelling, mode of putting an end to the
practice of, 88.

Dymond (Jonathan), his essays on the
principles of morality, and on the pri-
vate and political rights and obligations
of mankind. See Principles of Mo-
rality.

Echoes, various remarkable, 481.
Edinburgh Review on the fugitive
Royal family of France, 297-its im-
proved tone on religious topics, 419-
on the construction of the House of
Commons, 579.

Eldon (Lord), on the duty of counsel
and judge, 102.

Emigration, scheme of, for taking off
the redundant population, 49.
English Chronicles, meritorious under-
taking for the republication of, 442.
Eton College, practical excellence of that
great school, 122.
Euripides, his birth, 407.

Evènemens de Paris des 26, 27, 28, 29
Juillet, 1830, par plusieurs Témoins
Oculaires, 226.

Executions should not be made a specta-
cle for the multitude, 117.

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"Faust' of Goethe, the single rival in the
new world of the Frogs' of Aristo-
phanes, 399.

Fearon (Henry Bradshaw), his panegyric
on gin and gin-shops, 96.
Feudal tyrant, picture of a, 456.
Flaxman (Mr.), 392.

Free trade, its general principle unde-
niable, but liable to be disturbed by
combinations of circumstances, 38-
inapplicable to a country circum-
stanced like Ireland, 40-but strictly
applicable to America, 42-source of
the fallacy which has misled the
writers who have supported free trade,
ibid.

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French Revolution of 1830, Military
events of, by a Staff Officer of the
Royal Guard,' 226-could not have
been achieved but for the great blun-
ders and marvellous imbecility of the
ministers and generals, 227-the gar-
rison of Paris left weaker than it
usually was, ibid.-Marmont incom-
petent to the management of the forces
placed at his disposal, ibid.—the Mi-
litary Events, by a Staff Officer of the
Royal Guard,' a lucid, able, and in-
teresting narrative, ibid.-amount of

the armed force in Paris, 228-apathy
of the Ministers, 229-Marmont in-
vested with the command, 230-pub-
lication of the ordonnances, ibid.-sei-
zure of the journals, ibid.-protest of
the editors, ibid.-tumults which en-
sued, 231-M. de Polignac's ignorance
of the state of the public mind, ibid.—
the monied men and great manufac
turers discharge their workmen, who
form the main body of the public
force, ibid.-the guards assailed by
showers of stones and tiles, 232-the
insurgents of the lowest class of the
people, 234-Paris declared in a state
of siege, ibid.-the gun-makers give
up their arms to the mob, 235—the
royal arms taken down, ibid.—the tri-
coloured flag hoisted, ibid.-attack and
disarming of the guardhouses, capture
of the arsenal and powder-magazine,
ibid.-the mob take possession of the
Hôtel de Ville, ibid.-Marmont's letter
to the King, ibid.-clue to his subse-
quent conduct, ibid.-curious instance
of the inaccuracy and exaggeration of
the popular accounts, 237-unfavour-
able effect of Marmont's four pro-
menades, 238-gross exaggerations in
the popular accounts, 240-the stu-
dents of the schools of law and medi-
cine begin to show themselves, 250-
the troops unsupplied with provisions,
ibid.-Marmont's definitive arrange
ments, ibid.-the spirit which animated
the Guards, the line, and the people,
252-Marmont proposes a suspension
of arms, ibid.-accident which altered
in a moment the whole face of affairs,
ibid.-panic among the Swiss troops,
254-the Guards retreat towards St.
Cloud, 256-affair of the barrack of
Babylon, ibid.-the motives of Mar-
mont's conduct, 258-actual loss on
the part of the royal forces, and of the
people, 259-danger of the principle
of popular sovereignty, and the
supremacy of physical force, sup-
posed to be consecrated by these
enevts, 260.

French revolution of 1830, 292, 293.
Frere (Right Hon. J. H.), his transla

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tion of the Frogs' of Aristophanes,
400-his pre-eminent qualifications
for making Aristophanes our own,
ibid. the style of Beppo,' and ' Don
Juan' borrowed from, ibid.
Frogs of Aristophanes, 389.-See Greek
Dramatic Poets.

Fuller (Dr. Thomas), quoted, 264.

Gallois (Léonard), Dernière Semaine
de Juillet 1830, 226.

Gell (Sir William), on the Isle of Ithaca,
161.

Gospels, explanations of the agreements
and differences which they present,

419.

Greek chorus, the, 394, 398.
Gurney (John Joseph), his Evidences of
Christianity, 83-his account of Strat-
ford the murderer, 300.
Gifford (William, Esq.), 284.
Greek Dramatic Poets, Popular Speci-
mens of, 389-object of the publication,
392-the form in which Greek tra-
gedy, as conceived by its great father,
invested itself, 393-the chorus, 394
-the Frogs' of Aristophanes, 395-
difficulty with which real wit is created,
ibid.-sagacity and integrity of the
great comic poet, 396-object of the
"Frogs' of Aristophanes, 397-fable of
the piece, ibid.-earliest specimen of
a 'rehearsal,' 399-the Frogs' with-
out a parallel in the old world, ibid.-
and in the new has met with but a
single rival, the Faust' of Goethe, ibid.
-remained a sort of Ulysses' bow for
translators, 400-sundry versions of,
ibid.-M. Welcher's translation, ibid.
-Mr. Frere's translation, ibid.-
whence the title to this drama is taken,
401-version of a scene from, ibid.-
Eschylus, 405-Euripides, 407-s
versions of scenes from, 412.

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Hair, red, considered in Spain a great
beauty, 331.

Hauksbee (Mr.), his discoveries on
Sound, 477.

Herrick, the poet, a coarse-minded and
beastly writer, 73.

Herschell (W. J. F.), his Treatise on
Sound,' 475-great acquirements of the
author, ibid.-the Treatise marked
with all the characteristics of his
powerful mind, ibid.-but fitted only
for the mathematical philosopher, ibid.
-decline of mathematical science in
England, 476-object of Mr. Her-
schell's Treatise, 477.-See Sounds.
Hogg (James), the Ettrick Shepherd, 81.
Homeric Poems.-See Origin of the
Homeric Poems.

Hone (William), his Full Annals of the

French Revolution of 1830, 226, 228.
Horsley (Bishop), his writings charac-
terized, 416.

Howitt (William and Mary), 83.
Hug (Professor), his Introduction to
the writings of the New Testament,'
432.

Hume (Joseph), 290.
Hunt (Henry), 299.

Hunt (Leigh), 210.

Ireland, 290.-See Poor-Law for Ireland.

Jones (John, an old servant), his At-
tempts in Verse, with some account of
the writer, 52-submits his 'Attempts'
to the notice of Mr. Southey, ibid.—
his excellent character as a domestic,
ibid.-encouraged to publish his verses,
53 his account of the circumstances
under which they were produced, ibid.
the tranquil, affectionate, and con-
tented spirit that shines out of them,
54-his stanzas to a Robin Redbreast,
ibid.-his lines on the death of Miss
Sadlier Bruere, 56.
Joint-Stock Company to redress the
Wrongs of Authors, 441.

Knight (Richard Payne), his 'Prolego-
mena in Hom.' quoted, 125, 133.
Koliader (Constantin), Ulysse Homère,
par, 121, 161.

Köppen (J. H. J.), Ueber Homers Le-
ben und Gesänge, 121.
Kreuser (J.), Vorfrage über Homeros,
seine Zeit und Gesänge, 121, 126,
140.

Lawyer, Charles the First's reason why
he could not be a, 99.
Lange (G.), Versuch die Poetiche Ein-
heit der Iliade zu Bestimmen, 121,
150.

Literary Fund, the wise and generous

method in which that admirable

charity is conducted, 82.
Light, Dr. Young's discovery respecting
the interference of, 496.
Liverpool (Earl of), 273, 274.
Lives of Uneducated Poets, Southey's

Essay on, 53-motive for writing
it, 56-Taylor, the water-poet, 58—
his early life, 59-his stock of book-
knowledge, 60-attracts notice by his
rhymes, ibid.-mode in which he pub
lished his books, 61-King James be-
stows a place upon him, ibid.-speci-
mens of his productions, 62-his
wagering adventures, 65-his account
of his pennyless pilgrimage, ibid.—and
of his adventure from London to
Queenborough in a paper boat, 71-
opens an eating-house at Oxford, 72
-returns to Westminster and keeps
a public-house, ibid.-his death and
epitaph, ibid.-his portrait, and cha-
racter of his writings, 73-Stephen
Duck, originally a hard working
thrasher, 73-takes holy orders, 74
-his unhappy end, ibid.-specimen of
his poetry, ibid.-James Woodhouse,
the cobbler of Rowley, 76-his verses
on Spring, 77-John Bennet, the

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