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.
FORTY-FOURTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
ABSENTEEISM, Mr. M'Culloch's ab-
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.
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.
VOL. XLIV. NO. LXXXVIII.
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—
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,
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.
"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.
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
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,
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.
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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