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THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
ABOU TALEB, Travels of, 96.
Adams, (Amer. Pres.) 224, 225, 227. Adrian, (St.) miracle at the tomb of, 100. Affection, natural, strength of, in the winged tribe, 420-exertions made by them in feeding their young, 421. Afoura, granite formation at, 148. Africa. See Clapperton, and Lander. Air, discovery of the gravity of, 336. Alfred, (King) question of his having taken a general survey of England, 54. Allen, (Dr.) youthful anecdote by, of Dr. J. Parr, 259.
America, effect on Europe of the discovery of, 478.
Anastasius of Mr. T. Hope, 77.
Anselm, (Archbishop) remonstrance of, against severe discipline in schools, 101. Antiquary, character of, lauded, 360. Ant-hills, African, their immense height, 161. Archimedes, his discoveries in mechanical philosophy, 432.
Assoula and Assulah, walled towns of Africa, 149.
Australian colonies. See Swan River New Settlement.
Authors, character of those of the present day, 498.
Beaumont, (Lewis, Bp.) character of, 370
Beke, (Antony, Bp.) account and character of, 368.
Belgium, newly erected kingdom of, 489. Bell, (Rev. Andrew) Elements of Tuition, 99. Benin, 178.
Bello, (Sultan) 163, 165, 166, 169-trans- lation of two excellent letters from, to Capt. Clapperton, 521.
Bennet, (Dr., Bp. of Cloyne) 256-school- fellow and friend of Dr. S. Parr, 259- deemed Parr no politician, 300. Bentley, (Richard) spirited sketch of, 284. Bernoulli, (John) 442.
Birds, pleasures derivable from, 418. Birmingham, dinner at, in commemoration of the taking of the Bastile, 280-second dinner prevented by the forcible appeal of Dr. Parr, in a printed address to the dissenters of that town, ibid.
Blake versus Leigh, 189. Black-book, or Vetus Codex, 61. Bonon, university of, 7, 9.
Botany, how it ought to be studied, 409. Boussa, where Mungo Park died, how situ ate, 157.
Boy of Bilson, imposture of, detected, 383. Brabant, (John) tradition respecting, 389.
Badcock, (Mr.) writer of the Bampton lec- Brussels, number of books printed at, 5- tures, 271.
Badagry, African town, 145. Bamborough Castle, the most useful and munificent of all our eleemosynary insti- tutions, 399.
Banton lectures of Dr. White, account of the 271.
Bank of England, delusion respecting the powers and functions of the directors, 469 -if the notes of, were all withdrawn, it would probably have no permanent effect on the price of commodities, 470. Banks, (Sir Jos.) 175.
Barnes, (Rich., Bp.) account of, 377. Barrington, (Bishop) 405.
Barrow, (Dr. Isaac) study of, recommended to young theologists, 289. Bathurst, (Lord) 166.
Bauza, African town, supposed unhealthy, 145.
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number of English, and cheapness of living there, 6.
Buck, (Sir Will.) 128, note. Burke, (Edm.) 300, 485, 507. Bury, (Rich., Bp.) account of, 371. Butler, (Bishop) Dr. Parr an imitator of, 292-his character and talents, 402-that he died in the communion of the church of Rome proved to be slanderous, 405. Butler, (Dr.) preaches Dr. Parr's funeral sermon, 298.
Butler versus Freeman, 189.
Chancellor, salary and functions of, in the
early periods of our history, 48, 49. Chancery, court of, what originally, 48- hand-writing and arrangement of the old rolls of, 51-jurisdiction of, depriving a father of the custody of his children, 183 -instances of the first exercise of this jurisdiction in the early part of the last century, 188-instances of its exercise by lord Hardwicke, 189-by lord Thurlow, 190-acted upon by the lords commis- sioners of the great seal, judges Ayre, Ashhurst, and Wilson, 191-by lord Ers- kine, 193-by lord Eldon, ibid. 194- by the House of Lords, 197-reasonings showing the jurisdiction to be now esta- blished, ibid. 198, 199-question of the propriety and policy of admitting such a jurisdiction argued, 200-jurisprudence of the Romans favourable to the prin- ciple, 202-sentiments of Archdeacon Paley, 203 of Locke, ibid.-objection, that it invades the sacred relations of pri- vate life, answered, 205-argument, from the unfituess of judges to superintend the education of infants, shown to be invalid, 207-211-weakness of the plea, that the jurisdiction may be made the instru ment of private revenge, 212-limited nature of the jurisdiction no sufficient ob- jection against it, 213-the extension of it desirable, but not practicable, ibid.— benefits accruing from it to society, 214. Charlemagne, (Emp.) skull exhibited as bis, 6.
Châtelet, Madame de, 435.
Chatham, (first Lord) his Letters to Lord Camelford, 482.
Chesterfield, (Lord) manners of the age exemplified in his own person, 482. Chiadoo, its population, 148. Chichester, (Sir J.) 172. Christianus, letter on the University of London, 100.
150-question of ceremonials, 151-en- tertainments, ibid.-Katunga described, 152 is not allowed to visit the Quorra or supposed Niger, 153-arrives at Kiama, ibid.-conduct of Yarro, the sultan, ibid. 154-Houssa caravans, ibid.- arrives at Wawa, ibid.--account given him of the death of Mungo Park, 155-is beset by a widow, who wanted to marry him, ibid. 156-lax morals of the inhabitants, 157 -further statements respecting Mungo Park, ibid. 159-again annoyed by the widow, and his baggage detained on her account, 160-Kolfu described, 161-at Zaria meets his old friend Hadji Hat Sala, 162-and at Jaza his old friend the Ga- dado, ibid.-is robbed of his journal and remark book, which occasions an hiatus in his narrative, ibid.-describes the lakes near Zurmie, ibid.-how received by the Sultan Bello, who is encamped before Coonia, 163-curious assault of this city, ibid. 164-arrival and stay at Soc- catoo, 165-his spirits broken by the manner in which he was treated there, 166-attacked with dysentery, ibid.—his last instructions to his servant Lander, 167-his death, 168-particulars of his family and history, ibid. note-his burial, 169-African geography greatly indebted to him, 177-Additional Note, letters of Sultan Bello to, 521.
Clerks, use of in the early periods of our history, 46.
Colchester, (Lord) devised the record commission, 66.
Collings, (Col.) journal of, 340.
Colet, (John) his scheme of tuition, 113. Combe, (Dr.) his controversy with Parr, 283.
Comparative view of the social life of Eng- land and France, 475.
Constantine, brother of the Emperor Nicho- las, reform supposed to be effected in his character, 14.
on, 163. Cooper, (Dr.) 245.
Co-ordinates, 441-axes of, ibid.—differen- tials of, ibid. Copleston, (Dr.) 256.
Clapperton, (Capt.) Journal of a second expedition into the interior of Africa, Cuckoo, singular proceeding of, in dropping 143-origin of the expedition, and names its eggs into the nests of other birds, 427. of the persons associated in it, 144-ar-Coonia, capital of Goober, curious assault rives off Whidah, where one of the party lands, and after proceeding to Youri is no more heard of, 145-the captain com- mences his journey from Badagry, ibid. -arrives at Bauza, ibid.-is seized with fever and ague from sleeping in the open air, ibid.-death of Captain Pearce and one of the servants at Janna, 146-seve- ral towns visited by Clapperton described, 148-quits Duffoo, ibid-beautiful moun tain between Erawa and Chaki, 149 other towns visited by the traveller, ibid. -quits Tshou, and arrives at Katunga,
Coralline basis of rocks, errors respecting corrected, 411. Cosin, (John, Bp.) detailed account of, 390 -395.
Country. See State and Prospects of the. Crambo, game of, introduced into a gram. mar school, 122.
Crewe, (Nat. Lord, Bp.) account of, 395- anecdote
anecdote respecting the monument of his second wife, 398-Bamborough Castle, the produce of the forfeited estates of his brother, ibid.
the social life of England and France, by the editor of the letters of, 475. De Manneville versus De Manneville, 191. Demidoff, (Mons.) vast wealth acquired by, from the Russian gold mines, 25. Descartes, 435.
Diplomacy, court, reflections on, 89. Dog, character of the, 417. Dogsbane, a plant destructive to insects,
Criticism, Parr and Johnson, on the subject of, compared, 285. Cruise versus Orby Hunter, 191. Cumin, (William, Bp.) obtains the diocess of Durham by intrigue, 366. Crusades had little effect on the character and properties of society, 476. Currency, paper and metallic, pamphlets on the subject of, 451-argument of those who advocate a paper currency not con- vertible into cash, from the prosperity of the country during the late suspension of cash payments, examined, 452-effect of a depreciated currency, from its slow-Duffoo, African town, 148. ness, not comprehended by the superfi- cial observer, 454-from the diminished value of the pound note, the return to a metallic standard indispensable, 455- the occupying farmers the greatest suf- ferers by this return, 456-instance of a gentleman deducting a fourth portion of his rent, from a sense of justice in this case, 457-contrary conduct in a noble economist, 458-a still more striking in- stance of hard conduct in a landlord, 459 -persons whose fortunes are benefited by the measure, 462-alarm of the "Scotch banker" from the effects of the final suppression of the one-pound notes, 462-prophecy of Mr. W. Cobbett on the subject proved already to be false, 463-the extinction of the small paper money as beneficial to bankers as to other classes, ibid.-mistakes of Mr. Ri- cardo and the bullionists respecting the effect on the value of commodities by the return to the metallic standard, 464-mis- take of Sir James Graham as to issues of the bank and paper circulation regulating the price of wheat, 467-table of the issues of bank notes, and the prices of wheat from 1810 to 1819, 468-mis- take as to what constitutes the circu- lating medium of the country, 470-the real inconvenience of a one-pound note circulation is its tendency to increase the fluctuations consequent upon panics, 472 -an adequate supply of the precious metals indispensable to perform the func- tions of a circulating medium, 474.
Donaldson, (Mr.) paper on the cultivation of tobacco in Australian colonies, 334. Doomsday, record of, 53, 54, 56—Exon doomsday, 55, note-doomsday of Ed- ward I., 57-of North Wales, under Ed- ward III., 58. Dudley, (Lord) 240.
Dagmos, large African town, 145. D'Alembert, 442. Dance, African, 148.
Darling, (General) 318-chain of moun- tains called from his name, 319. Deffand, (Madame du) comparative view of
Durham, history and antiquities of the county palatine of, by Robert Surtees, Esq. 360-fitness of the author for his under taking, 361-ancient state of Durham, ibid.-humble origin of its diocess, 362- the diocess divided, and Lindisfarne erected into a separate see, ibid.-suffer- ing from the invasion of the Danes, the bishop and his monks bearing with them the body of the late Bishop St. Cuthbert, wander to Chester-le-street, and there lay the foundation of a new cathedral, ibid.-after a rest of 113 years, this wonder-working body renews its travels, and directs the course of his devotees to Dunholme to erect there a church that was to be permanent, 363-the miracle is performed, the church built, and a city grows around it, ibid.—the possessions of the see enlarged by presents from nor thern chiefs, and from King Canute, 364 state of Durham under its diocesan Egelwin, ibid.-union of the civil and ec- clesiastical power on the accession to the see of Walcher, 365-building of the present cathedral commenced, ibid.- (For an account of the subsequent bi- shops, see their respective names)-The in- habitants petition successfully Charles II. for the restoration of the liberties and privileges belonging to the county pala- tine, of which it had been deprived by the Cromwells, 390-court of wards in the diocess abolished, 401-the free- holders obtain the privilege of sending representatives to parliament for the county and city, 402-question, whether more good would have resulted from se- questering the possessions of this diocess, than is now dispensed by it, 405. Dyer, (Mr.) difference between schools and universities pointed out by, 127.
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