SEVENTY-SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
ACTS of Parliament, steps preliminary to obtaining them, 215. Adams, Mr. Quincey. See Oregon. Arago. See Watt.
Architecture, Spanish, 496-character of various works on this subject, 497, 498 -divisions of Spanish Architecture, 503 -effect of the coming of the Phoni- cians into Spain, 504-of the Romans, 505-of the Goths, 506-of the Moors, 507-domestic Moorish edifices, 508 -their religious architecture, 509- the Mos-Arabic style, 510- coeval progress of architecture and of the monarchy, 511-the pointed style, 511-the Obras de los Godos,' or Spanish Romanesque, (512-improve- ments of the style, 513 rise of churches on the ruins of mosques, 514 -castle architecture of the 15th cen- tury, 514-regal dwellings; Moorish bridges, 515-progress of Gothic archi- tecture, ib.-15th century, 517-se- pulchral architecture, 518-16th cen- tury; Cinque Cento arabesque, 519, 521-522-the Churriguera' style, 523 -architectural censorship, 524-best period of Spanish architecture, 525. Art, 323. See German. Astoria, 590. See Oregon.
Barnard, Lady Anne, extracts from her
MSS., 481, 484, 485-her brothers and sisters, 487.
Belcarres, the house of, 465. See Lindsay. Black, Dr., his claims with reference to
the discovery of the composition of water, 109-the discoverer of latent
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and specific heat, 112-as a lecturer, 113.
Bothwell, 142. See Labanoff.
British Museum, Syrian MSS. lately de- posited in, 58. See Lee. Brougham, Lord, Lives of Men of Science of the Time of George III.,' 105 mis-statements as to the dis- covery of the composition of water, 106-Cavendish's experiments, 116- and the claims of Watt, 138-Speech on the Privilege Question, 209.
Cean-Bermudez, Noticias de Arquitectos y Arquitectura de España, 496. Calotype drawings, 338. Campbell, Lord, Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England, from the earliest times till the reign of George IV., 1-early position and rank of the Chancellor, 2--the first recorded, ib.-St. Swithin, 3-Geoffrey Plantagenet, Walter de Grey, 4-a Lady Keeper-William de Grenefield, his rapid journey to and from Rome, 6-Richard de Bury, 7— manner in which he formed his library, 8-the first lay chancellors, Bourchier, Parnynge, and Thorpe, 9 O clerical chancellors - Simon Langham, 11 — John Searle, 12-Lord Campbell's flattery of Lord John Russell, 13 -Wolsey's character as a judge, 15- More, 17-accused of provoking the king to set forth the Books of the Seven Sacraments, 18-his 'Utopia,' 20- Audley, 22-23 · Wriothesley-Wm. Paulet, Marquis of Winchester, 24— Rich, 25-Goodrick, ih.-Gardyner; Heath, 26-Ellesmere, 28-Bacon, 32
Chancery delays in the days of Charles II., 35-Jeffries, 36, 612. Carbonic acid, 109, 110. Cavendish, Mr., discovers the cause of causticity in alkalies, 109-his varied and extensive knowledge, 114-disco- veries with respect to gases, 115-ex- tent of his chemical labours, 117-dis- covers the composition of water, 123— the claim of Watt to the discovery, as set up by M. Arago, 126-real chrono- logy of the documents in this dispute, 134-decisions of contemporary che- mists and philosophers, 137. Cayley, E. J., M.P., letter from, to Lord
John Russell on the Corn Laws, 298. Chancellors of England, 1. See Camp- bell
Chatham, Lord, comments of Walpole upon, 291.
Christian Development, 404. See New-
Comets, 168. See Humboldt.
Commons, House of, 192. See Townsend. Corn, amount bonded in December, 1845, 299-effect of an unrestricted intro- duction of foreign corn, 304-conduct that will be pursued abroad in the event of scarcity in England, 305-Whig testimony against repeal, 306-foreign taxation that would be adopted, 307— case in the event of there being no fo- reign surplus, 308-the potato scarcity, 309-it will not be alleviated by re- peal, 311-universal ill effects of the importation, 312-free trade in corn must lead to the same in all other arti- cles, 313-difference in the effects of the fixed and sliding scales, 314-ope- ration of the existing scale, 315-ulti- mate effect of the agitation, 318. Crawford, the earldom of, 465. Lindsay. Cureton, Rev. Wm., the ancient Syriac version of the epistles of St. Ignatius to St. Polycarp, the Ephesians, and the Romans, 39, 458.
Curzon, Hon. R., jun., his visit to the Egyptian monasteries, 52.
Debts, small, an Act for the better se- curing the payment of, 215--deviation from the established rule in passing it, 216-effects of the alterations made in the House of Commons, 217. Deer-stalking, 69. See Scrope.
Dick, Sir Robert Keith, anecdote of, 495. Drake, Sir Francis. See Oregon,
Drummond, Rev. D. T. K., correspond- ence between, and the Right Rev. C. H. Terrot, 235-bis retirement from the Scottish Episcopal Church, 237-its consequences, 238.
Edinburgh, religious aspect of, 220. Egyptian MS., 39. See Lee.
Famines in Ireland, their frequent returns, 310.
Fox, the Scotch, described, 99. Free-trade measures, the, of the Peel Government, their inconsistency, 605— principle upon which Sir Robert Peel is now acting, 607-the repeal of the Corn Laws an old determination, 608- what should be done by the House of Lords, 609-on whom the responsibility rests, 611.
George III., character sketched by Wal- pole, 282-refutation, 283-adminis trations during the first ten years of his reign, 286.
German Painting, Modern, 323-reasons for the tendency towards the revival of the earliest art, 326-greatest stum- bling-blocks to originality, 327-con- version of artists to Romanism, ib.— visit of the Prince of Bavaria to Rome, ib.-Overbeck, 330, 331-Bendemann, 332-Sohn, his Two Leonoras,' 333 -Diana and her Nymphs,' 331- Hildebrandt, 335 Murder of the Young Princes in the Tower,' 336- Düsseldorf school, 337, 342-calotype drawings, 338-Kohler, ib.-Schirmer, Lessing, Achenbach, 339-Schadow, i -social habits of his scholars, 343- art unions in Germany, 344-church near Remagen, 345-Deger's Cruci- fixion, 346.
Glasgow, Bishop of, extract from the charge of, 249.
Gold, where found in Russia, 373. Greenhow, Robert, his works, 565-567. See also Oregon.
Greyhound, the large rough, 88. Grouse, 95. See Scrope.
Harcourt, the Rev. W.Vernon, address of, to the British Association, 122, 138. Heat, latent and specific, discovery of, by Dr. Black, 112-heat not ponder- able, 123.
Holt, Chief Justice, 193.
Humboldt, A. Von, Kosmos, a sketch of
a physical description of the world, 154 -Humboldt's birth and education, ib. -pursuits from 1797 to 1804, 153- journey to South America, 156-resi- dence in Paris, ib.-journey to Siberia, 158-value to science of his political position, 159-his treatment of the me- rits of Germans, 161-on causation, 162 -objections to the term Cosmos,' 164 -purpose of the work, 165-his doc- trine with respect to the nebular hypo- thesis, 166-comets, 168-meteors, 169, 173-siderial astronomy, 174-size, figure, and contents of the globe, 175 -increased temperature in the interior of the earth, 176-terrestrial magnet- ism, 177-178-magnetic storms, 180 -magnetic observations not continued on Sundays in English colonies, 181- Polar lights, 183- earthquakes, vol- canoes, rocks, 184-fossils, 185-rela- tive areas of land and sea, 186. organic life, 187 character of the work, 188. - injustice done to English geologists, 190.
Hume, David, vanity of, 485.
of the transactions on Carberry Hill, 246-letter of Mary to the Cardinal of Lorraine, 151-her last letter, 153.
Lawyers, restrictions as to their dress in the reign of Queen Mary, 27. Lee, Samuel, D.D., Eusebius on the Theophania, or divine manifestation of our Saviour, 39-importance of the East in affording materials for the early history, &c. of mankind, 40- Arabic translations from the classical
languages, ib. value of the Syriac or Aramaic, 41-circumstances that led to the discovery of a treatise by Eusebius, 42-history of the Egyptian convents, 44-Huntingdon's visit in 1678-9; MSS. obtained by him, 46— Elias Assemani in 1707 and 1715- Sicard's purchases for the Vatican, 49 -visits of Granger, Sinoni, and W. G. Browne, 50-of Lord Prudhoe, 51-of the Hon. Robert Curzon, jun., 52—of Mr. Tatham and Miss Platt, 56-their success in obtaining the MSS. of the Syrian monastery, 58, 59- confused state in which they were deposited at the British Museum, 60-their number and value, 61, 63.
Le Marchant, Sir Denis, editor of Wal- pole's 'Memoirs of the Reign of George III.,' 263, 297. See also Walpole. Lindsay, Lord, Lives of the Lindsays, or a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, 465-antiquity and early history of the family, 468-constitution of the earldom of Crawford, 470-the 'ups and downs' of a Scotch pedigrec, ib.-act of romantic generosity to the son of the wicked master of Crawford,' 471-the founder of the house of Bel- carres, 474-letter to his son, the first earl, 475 Argyle's connexion with the family, 476--history of Colin, Earl of Belcarres, and his four wives, 477 -the fifth earl, 481.
Ministerial resignations, 298. See Corn Laws.
More, Sir Thomas, 17. See Campbell. Morpeth, Lord. See Corn Laws. Murchison, Sir Roderick, the Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Moun- tains, 348-honours recently conferred upon him, ib.-treatment in Russia, 351 -sedimentary deposits; the rivers of Russia, 352-geological characteristics, 353-granite formations; azoic rocks, 354 - comparative antiquity of rocks of the granite class, 356-formation of the present continents, 357 - earliest relics of animal life, 358-the Ural Mountains, 359-azoic and meta- morphic rocks, 360-fossiliferous strata, 361-Ural chain on the East, 363 Timan Hills, 364 - palaeozoic and mezozoic strata, 365-coal in Russia, 365-Permyan system, 366 - oolitic series, 368-cretaceous system, 369— oceanic tertiary deposits, 369-Aralo- Caspian or Steppe limestone, 371- auriferous mammoth alluvia, 372- block deposits of Northern Russia, 375 -waves of translation, 376-the Black Earth, or Tchornozem, 379.
Newman, John Henry, an Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, 404-significancy of the Preface, 405 -character of the Introduction, 406— its singular point, 407-Mr. Newman's opinions of 1838 and 1845, upon the Nicene Creed, 408 - parallel in the case of Petavius, 409-his rejection of the authenticity of the New Testament, 410-Romish theory of development, 414-mediæval Christianity, 415 — hints of Scripture developed into doctrines of the Christian Church, 416 climax of development, 419
-the great idea of Christianity, ib. - development of doctrines, 420 of authority, 421-infallibility, 422 -relation of Christianity to civil government, 424-the author's hypo- thesis, 425-objectious to it, 426-con- trast between religious development and the decline into barbarism from the fifth to the twelth century, 427- the seven tests of development, 428, 442 Catholicism only developed Montanism, 443-worship of the Virgin Mary, 451-cause of the growth of the monastic and papal power, 458-the assumed solitary permanence of Rome,
Oxygen gas, discovery of, 120. Oregon question, 564-cause of its growth, 565-566-Mr. Dargan's pro- positions, ib.-map of the district, 568 -the first name of Oregon, ib.—dif- ference in the claim set up by Ame- rica in 1818 and at the present time, 570-cause of her refusing an arbitra- tion, 571-claims with which she has complicated and confused the case, ib. -first, the Spanish claim, 572-second, the French claim, 577—third, recent discovery and occupation by the United States, 578-first progress made through the Straits of Fuca; Vancouver's pro- ceedings there, 579-the ship 'Colum- bia's' entrance into the river of that name, 580-suspicious history of her log-book, 581-precedence of the dis- covery by the Jenny,' of Bristol, 582 -alleged analogy of the Oregon case to former precedents, 584 - refuta- tion as to public law, ib.-claim in respect of the journey by Lewis and Clarke, 585, 587-earlier explorations of our own countrymen, 589-case of Astoria, 590-concessions that Eng- land might make, 598-rights of the native Indians, 599 Mr. Quincey Adam's notion of the American title, 602-how war can be avoided, 603, 601.
Pairing-off, in Parliament, origin of, 35.
Peel, Sir Robert. See Corn-laws. Peerage, contribution of the law to the,
Priestley, Dr., his chemical researches, 120.
Privilege Question, the, 192. Prudhoe, Lord, his visit to the Egyptian monasteries, 51.
Racynski, Comte A. See German Art. Ranelagh, Lord, Observations on the Pre-
sent State of our National Defences, 526.
Reid, D. B., M.D., Illustrations of the Theory and Practice of Ventilation, 381-his cells, drains, and shafts, 384 -nature of the atmosphere, 385 remedies for its impurities, 386 prospects opened by Reid-Ventilation, 388External Ventilation,' 389- practical calculations, 390-scientific diagrams, 391-explanation of drowsi- ness at church, 392-experiments in Edinburgh, 393-convivial parties, 394 -power over airs, 396-success of his Parliamentary experiments, 397-his elastic hair-cloths, 399-trial of his system in the Niger Expedition, 400 -testimony in its favour, 402-ap- pointment as a Commissioner to In- quire into the State of Large Towns, 403.
Religion, present state of, in Scotland, 221-the Roman Catholic and Epis- copal communions, 221 the United Secession Church; the Free Church, 222-the National Establishment, 223 -remarkable resemblance of all these bodies, 224-ecclesiastical character of the Scotch Episcopal communion, 226 -system enforced under Charles 11., 227-results that would have ensued if Presbyterianism had been adopted, 230
conduct of William III., 233 of the Governments of the eighteenth century, 234-revival of the old Episcopacy, ib.- correspondence be- tween Bishop Terrot and Mr. Drum- mond, 235-importance of the com- munion between the English and Scotch Episcopal Churches, 242-opi- nions of the English bishops upon this point, 244-comparison of the profes- sious of the new Seceders with their actual position, 245-doctrine of the Scotch communion office, 247. Russell, Lord John. Russell, Rt. Rev. M. Russia, geology of, 318.
Scrope, Wm., Days and Nights of Salmon- fishing in the Tweed, 69-growing taste for Highland sports, 70-real sporting- ground of Scotland, 71-statistics of Scotch sport: Stirlingshire, Argyllshire, Perthshire, 72-Aberdeenshire, 74-a night at the forking of Awn, 75– Inverness-shire, 76-the Moua Liadh, 77-the red-deer districts, 78-hunt of the Muckle Stag of Benmore,' 80, 86 -Mr. Scrope's early experiences as an angler, 89-at the Kingswell Lees,' 91-the Findhorn, 93-the salmon's natural enemies, 94-grouse,, 95-the otter, 97-the fox, 98-the Highland fox-hunter, 100-eagles, 101-103. Simpson, Alexander. See Oregon. Soldiers, present establishment of, 532- theory of military service in England, 533-its practical defects, 535- pro- posed alteration in the ballot for the militia, ib.-recruiting system, 538- division of the British army: cha- racter and education of the scientific corps, 540-of the soldiers of the line, 541-regimental schools, 542- the Duke of York's School at Chelsea; de- ficiency of military as compared with parish schools, 545; different positions in after-life of educated and unedu- cated pensioners, 546-the Warrant of December, 1845, 547-suggestions for the education of soldiers, 518-advan- tages of a training-academy for masters, 550-absence of danger in educating the private soldier, 552-present ar- rangements for the housing of soldiers, 553 of the soldier's wife, 555-altera- tions called for, 556-canteens, 557- preliminary education of officers, 558 their duties when gazetted, 559-neces- sity of appointing military instructors, 560-manœuvring stations, 561. Stag. See Scrope.
Stahl, his phlogistic theory, 105.
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