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not least, to the insignificant pecuniary interest involved in trials carried on, as we have seen, almost literally without expense. If a disputed return cost either party a twentieth part of the treasure ordinarily expended about a contested seat in Saint Stephen's, the present system would be soon amended by the frugal French public.

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INDEX

TO THE

SIXTH VOLUME OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW;

OR,

EUROPEAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL.

A.

ABELARD and Eloise, 15.

Alps and Pyrenees, a comparison be-
tween the scenery of the, 62.
Andorre, the little republic of, a poli-
tical phænomenon, 69.
Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, character
of, 37.

Artisans, on the education of, 76.
Artists and writers on art (British),

610; Sir Joshua Reynolds, 613;
Hazlitt, 615; Barry and Opie, 622;
Benjamin West, 627; Burnet, 631;
Charles Lamb, 633; Hogarth, 635;
Flaxman, 636; Milman, 640; Sir
R. Westmacott, 641; Sir Thomas
Lawrence, ib.; Sir M. A. Shee,
643; Fuseli, 647; Northcote, 649;
writers and works on art, 650.
Arts and manufactures, Report of the
Select Committee of the House of
Commons on, 76; the state of art,
77; importance of cultivating a
taste for art, 78; on the education
of artisans, 79; the people virtually
excluded from Westminster Abbey
and St. Paul's, 85; importance of
cheap works of art, 84, 86; on co-
pyright and fiscal duties, 87; expe-
diency of academies for the promo-
tion of the arts, 88; the Royal
Academy, ib.; the new National
Gallery, 90; the cultivation of the
arts should be promoted as a na-
tional pursuit, 92.

VOL. VI.

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Australia: Correspondence between
the Colonial Secretary and the Go-
vernors of the Australian Colonies
respecting Emigration, 472;
Act to empower His Majesty to
erect South Australia a British Pro-
vince, ib.; Colonization of, by R.
Torrens, ib.; First Report of the
South Australian and Colonization
Commissioners to the Colonial Se-
cretary, ib.; South Australian set-
tlement, the first scheme of coloni-
zation to which sound principles of
political economy and deductions
from past experience have been at-
tempted to be applied, 494.
Austria: Mrs. Trollope's Vienna and
the Austrians, 657.

B.

BACON (Lord Chancellor), 575, 581,
582, 585.

Barry, remarks on the lectures of, 622.
Bench and the bar: origin, constitu-
tion, and peculiar powers of the su-
perior courts, 214; sketches of cha-
racter, Erskine, 219; Gibbs, ib.;
Lord Ellenborough, 220; Baron
Graham, 221; Lord Eldon, ib.;
Lord Brougham, 223; Lord Lynd-
hurst, 225; Chief Justice Tindal,
226; Mr. Justice Park, 227; Mr.
Justice Williams, 228; Sir Robert
Rolfe, Sir W. Follet and Mr. Fitz-

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roy Kelly, 229; Mr. Thessiger, Mr.
Wightman, and Mr. V. Richards,
230; Sir John Campbell, 231.
Bentham (Jeremy), 565.
Brougham (Lord), sketch of his judi-
cial character, 223.

Buonaparte's letter to Tippoo Sultaun,

194.

Burnet, remarks on his writings on
painting, 631.

C.

CALVIN (Jean), character of, 144.
Campbell (Sir John), 231.
Catholicism, its present position, 420;
Catholicism and Protestantism, to
be viewed as essentially different
principles, 421; Exeter Hall meet-
ings, 422; remarkable approxima-

tion between the doctrines of certain
orthodox divines and those of the
Church of Rome, 423; Mr. Gor-
don's pamphlet, 424; elasticity of
the Church of Rome accounted for,
425; remarks on the province_of
right reason in religion, 426; Dr.
Wiseman's lectures, 428; a theolo-
gical novel, 432.

Chesney's (Col.) steam expedition on
the Euphrates, 235.
Clive (Lord), character of, 169.
Coal-mines: the adoption of the
pneumatic engine recommended,
686.

Coke (Sir Edw.), the life of, 564.
Colonization, British, 472; coloniza-
tion, a natural remedy, 473; the
relative rights and duties between
the parent country and a colony,
475; how can men of capital and
intelligence best advance their pro-
sperity upon uncultivated lands, 478;
the best system adopted for dispos-
ing of waste lands that of the United
States, 479; the plans adopted in
British colonies, 480; Canada Com-
pany, 484; in 1831 an entirely new
era in the British colonies com-
menced, 485; the new regulations
for disposing of wild lands founded
upon the plan of the United States,
ib.; the colony of New South
Wales founded in 1788, 487; Van
Diemen's Land in 1803, 488; Sir
Thomas Brisbane's regulations for

the disposal of land, 488; the go-
vernment of Australia an absolute
despotism, 490; causes of the pro-
sperity of New South Wales and
Van Diemen's Land, 491; emigra-
tion, to be useful, must meet the
wants of the colonists, 493; ab-
surdity of the Dutch regulations for
the disposal of land, ib.; the new
colony in Southern Australia, 494;
brief outline of the South Australian
Act, 495; Mr. Wakefield's princi-
ples of colonization, 497; First Re-
port of the South Australian Com-
mission, 500.

Commercial relations between En-
gland and Poland, 505.
Cornwallis (Lord), his administration
in India, 169.
Cretan labyrinth, 543.
Crete, Pashley's Travels in, 540; the
Cretan labyrinth, and the tomb of
Zeus, 543; colonial policy of Ve-
nice, 544; the desolation occasioned
by the Greek revolution in 1821,
546; its population, 547; pecu-
liarities in manners, 548; descrip-
tion of the hut of a Greek Papás,
549; the dress of the Cretan moun-
taineers, 550; interesting observa-
tions on the Cretan dames, ib.; love
songs, 552; their love of country,
553; vengeance takes the place of
law, ib.; superstitions of the island

554.

D.

DANTE, his influence upon the lan-
guage and literature of Italy, 17.
Dublin (Archbishop of), 213.

E.

EDUCATION of artisans, 76.
Eldon (Lord), his judicial character,

221.

Elections, contested, French machine-
ry for trying them, 712.
Elizabeth (Queen), some remarks on
the leading men of the reign of,
577.

Ellenborough (Lord), 220.
England and Poland, their commercial
relations, 505.

Erasmus and Luther, a parallel drawn

between, 33.
Euphrates, Col. Chesney's steam ex-
pedition on the, 235; inquiry into
the inducements to prosecute the
steam navigation of, 251; the ge-
neral products of the countries,
256; the imports, 257; the policy
of Russia, 262; the East India
Company's packets between Suez
and Bombay, 265.
Exeter (Bishop of), 213.

F.

FLAXMAN'S Lectures on Sculpture,
636.

Follet (Sir William), 229.
Fuseli, remarks on the writings of, 647.
French election committees: exami-

nation of the machinery for trying
contested returns, 712.
French elections, on the recent, 371.

G.

GEBEL Acra (Pliny's wonder), its
height, 241.

Geneva, history of, 122; sketch of its
primitive constitution, 129; the code
of Adhemar, 133; romantic career
of Amé VIII., 136; loss of its fairs,
140; Besançon Hugues, 141; the
Reformation, 142; Calvin, 144; Ca-
tholic crusade against Protestantism,
149; constitution of Geneva, 151;
overtures of the Swiss Cantons to
join the League, 152; the struggle
between the aristocratic councils of
Geneva, supported by French Mi-
nisters against the citizens, 153;
character of Rousseau, 154; united
to the French Republic in 1798,
156; the restoration of the republic,
157.
Geraldine, a theological novel, 432.
Gibbs (Attorney-General), sketch of
the judicial character of, 219.
Gordon (H.). The present State of the
Controversy between the Protest-
ant and Roman Catholic Churches,

420.

Graham (Mr. Baron), 221.
Gray, Mitford's edition of the works
of, 397; some remarks on the

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Hallam's (H.) Introduction to the
Literature of Europe, 1.
Hanover: the two letters-patent of King
Ernest, 269; its constitution, 270;
the causes which produced the op-
position of the German Courts,
273; the motives which lurk under
the foolish action of King Ernest,
281; under Napoleon, Germany
consisted of three states, ib.; the
constitution of Germany before the
French Revolution, 282; the pre-
sent kingdom of Hanover made up
of a number of states, 283; George
IV. seized upon all lands which be-
fore 1804 had been the public pro-
perty of sovereign states, 284; the
nature of this injustice, ib.; the
edict of organization of 7th Dec.
1819, 289; the assembly of 1821,
ib.; the two sons of the Duke
of Brunswick, 291; George IV.
arrogated to himself the tutor-
ship, ib.; Mr. Prince, 292; M.
Schmidt Phiseldeck, ib.; system
of education devised for the two
princes, ib.; Prince Metternich,
and perfidy of the Austrian court,
295; the constitution awarded by
George IV. to Brunswick, 299; in-
surrection in Göttingen, 304; Count
Münster, 305; the letters-patent of
the 1st of November, 306, 318; the
Diet, 308; the proclamation of
Young Germany, 313; the letters-
patent of 1819, 324; the policy of
Prince Metternich, 327, 331; the
policy of Prussia, 329; the uni-
versity professors the most powerful
aristocracy of Germany, 333; the
protest of the professors, ib.; com-
position of the two chambers, 335.
Hastings (Warren), his character as
Governor-General of India, 169.
Hazlitt's Essay on certain incon-
sistencies in Sir Joshua Reynolds's
Discourses, remarks on, 615.

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Hogarth's works, remarks on, 635.
House of Commons, Random Recol-
lections of, 209; sketches of Mr.
Croker, 210; Sir R. Peel, 211; Mr.
Goulbourn, Lord Stanley, Lord John
Russell, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. H.
Grattan, Mr. Ruthven, 212; the
Irish Liberals, ib.; Mr. E. L. Bul-
wer, ib.; Dr. Bowring, 213.
House of Lords, Random Recollec-
tions of, 213; Archbishop of Dublin,
Bishop of Exeter, and Lord Brough-
am, 213.

Hugo's (Victor) poems,-Les Voix
Intérieures, 439.

I.

INDIA: progress of British power, 160;
Mr. Mill's history, 161; progress of
Europeans, 163; French and En-
glish power nearly balanced, 164;
Labourdonnais and Dupleix, ib.;
Lord Clive, ib.; difficulties of govern-
ing India, 165; testimony in favour
of the East India Company's govern-
ment, 166; character of the sove-
reign authority, 167; survey of the
administration of Clive, 168; of
Warren Hastings, 169; of Lord
Cornwallis, ib.; on the Indian te-
nures of land, 170; failure of Lord
Cornwallis's law reforms, 172; ad-
ministration of the Marquess Wel-
lesley, 176, 206; remarks on his
style of writing, 176; his letter to
Sir J. H. Craig, 178; his letter to
the Hon. F. North, 180; policy of
the wars in which he engaged, 183,
195; the war with Tippoo Sultaun,
184; Buonaparte's letter to Tippoo,
191; the Mahratta war, 195; treaty
of Bassein, ib.; Hon. Arthur Wel-
lesley, (now the Duke of Welling-
ton,) the first display of his military
genius, 203; the noble simplicity of
his description of the battle of Ar-
gaum, 204; his letter relative to his
promotion to the rank of major-ge-
neral, 207; steam navigation of the
Euphrates, 235.

Ireland, a poor-law for, 338; the law

of settlement, 341; out-door relief,
313; examination of the arguments
of the opponents of the Bill, 344;
the proposition, that the poor have :

no natural right to any support at
the public charge, 344; the condi-
tion of the peasantry deteriorated
since 1779, 349; effects of absentee-
ism, ib.; objections to poor-laws,
353; the Act of Elizabeth, 355; er-
ror of considering its population very
far beyond that of England, 359;
extent of destitution, 361; poor-
laws on the workhouse principle,
364; plan of affording relief by way
of loans, 367.

Italy, the last of the countries where
Latin had been spoken to possess a
language and literature of its own,
17; its national character mainly in-
debted to Dante, Petrarch and Boc-
caccio, ib.

J.

JAMES I., some remarks on the charac-
ter of, 579.

Johnson's (C. W.) Life of Sir Edward
Coke, 564.

Jonson (Ben), 410.

Judicial character, sketches of, 219.

K.

KELLY (Fitzroy), 229.

L.

LAMB'S (Charles) writings on art, ob-
servations on, 633.
Lawrence (Sir Thomas), 641.
Lawyer, an attempt to analyse the
mind of a, and thence to deduce
some conclusions respecting his re-
lation to government and legislation,
and his consequent influence upon
the condition of the community to
which he belongs, 564.

Literature of the Middle Ages, 1; li-
terary history belongs to modern
times, 2; modern literature, not a
simple term, 5; indifference to ear-
ly German and Anglo-Saxon poetry,
6; the Teutonic mythology the
cause, 6; the germ of literature pre-
served in the church, 8; the seventh
century the nadir of the human
mind, 8; state of literature in the

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