ing sails, ib. Note. Grant of parliament for saving the seed of, ib. Benefits of importing, from the West Indies, 701. Evils of the cultivation of, in Ireland, 702. Bounties paid on the importation of the seed of, ib. Imported, from 1771 to 1811, ii. 40. Exported, from 1771 to 1811, 48. Flax-Land, difference of the tithe on, ii. 488. Flax-Seed imported from 1772 to 1811, ii. 39. Flax-Water, use of, as manure, i. 498. Will pu- trefy bog earth, 499.
Fleetwood, Bishop, on the price of coals in 1536, i. 611. On the word quarter, in weights and measures, ii. 195.
Fletcher, of Saltoun, on education, ii. 403. Flints, scarce in Ireland, i. 79.
Flitches, exported, from 1771 to 1811, ii. 46. Floating Bogs, account of, i. 100.
Floating Island, of Rodholm, i. 101, Note. In Egypt, ib. In Boeotia, ib. In lake Contiliagno, ib. In Lydia, ib. In the Gerdan lake, ib. Near St. Omer, ib.
Floating Islands, known to the ancients, i. 101, Note. Instances of, in modern times, ib. In Norway, ib. Near Rovigo, ib. In the lakes of Cumber- land, ib.
Flocks of sheep, the greatest supply of wool produ- ced from breeding, i. 710.
Florence Court, account of, i. 23. Timber at, 564.
Florida, climate in West, i. 143.
Flotsam, description of the law term for wreck, ii.
Flour, mode of buying, in Dublin, i. 746. On the supply of, to Dublin, 747. Weekly consumption of, in Dublin, ib. Quantity exported, from 1777 to 1811, ii. 37. Quantity sold in Dublin, from
Flour-Factors, their mode of transacting business in Dublin, i. 746.
Flour-Mills, account of the, in Ireland, i. 747. In- crease of, 748..
Fluxes, occasioned by potatoes, ii. 716. Fly Shuttle, advantages of the, i. 698. Fogs, on the, of Ireland, i. 217. Different sorts of, ib. Food, of the inhabitants of Cavan, i. 365. Of Clo- gher, 367. Scarcity of, in Ireland, in 1757, ii. 8.
Means adopted for remedying the want of, Table of articles imported for, from 1777 to 1811, 35. Improvement in the Irish, 65. Increase of,
ought to be a secondary object with states- men, 683. Always consumed in proportion to the nature of the labour of the consumers, 714. No nation confined to the use of one kind of, 715. Of the Irish in general, 788.
Fook's Mill, rout of the rebels at, ii. 369. Foot, weight of a cubic, ii. 195.
Fordyce, Mr., his proposition respecting barley, i.
Forfeitures of land in Ireland, i. 240. Value of the, 241. Crown revenue from, ii. 258.
Forests, account of the Hercynian, i. 522. Account of the Caledonian, ib. Ireland in former times abounded with, ib. Bogs owe their origin to fal- len, 98. Tend to render a climate cold and un- healthy, 165. Decayed, contributed to the form- ation of the bogs in Ireland, 523. Difficulty of destroying, ib. Means used to destroy the, of Ireland, 524. No royal, in Ireland, 531. In the northern countries of Europe, 543. Causes of the devastation of, in Norway, 544. Causes of the devastation of, in Sweden, 545. State of the, of Russia, 546. The last resource of the Russian to pay the Obrok, 548. Mr. Herman's history of the Russian, ib. In the Appenines, 550. On the management of, ib. Regulations of Peter the Great respecting, ib. The state of Russian, is connected with the prosperity of Great Britain, 552. Description of the, at Glenmore, i. 555. The northern, on the decline, 563.
Forth, barony of, i. 50. Population, ii. 711. Fortifications, at Athlone, and other places, ii. 815. 818.
Fortland, account of the tillage of, i. 366. Fossil shells, description of, i. 497. Value of, as manure, i. 498, 500.
Fossil timber found in bogs, i. 92. Foster, Mr. prospect from the domain of, i. 45.
His mode of paying for labour, 514. His account of nurseries, 542. His knowledge of trees, 562. His opinion of the Catholic aristocracy, ii. 543. His estate in Louth, 632. His general know- ledge, 803.
Foster, Colonel, account of, ii. 387. His account of the Catholics at Collon, 616. Foster, Dr. J. R. his opinion on the fish diet, ii.
Foster, Mr. J. Leslie, author's obligations to, re- specting climate, i. 192. Account of, ii. 287. The Foster interest look up to, 389. His speech respecting Trinity College, Dublin, 450. Foster, Right Hon. J. his influence in Louth, ii. 304. Character of, 386. Politics of, ib. Rela- tions of, ib.
Foster, Rev. Sir T. master of
one of the schools of royal foundation, ii. 407. Account of, 409. Foster, Right Hon. Thomas, account of, ii. 387. Foster family, account of the, ii. 386. Head of the, ib. Parliamentary interest of the, ib. Con- nexion of the, 387. Politics of the, ib.
Foreign Influence, now unknown among the catho- Foster-mothers, their affection for their foster-chil-
Foundling Hospital, observations on the, ii. 423. An institution of the highest national importance, ib. Examination of the principle of the, 424. .Evils resulting from the, 424. Folly of such es- tablishments as the, ib. Constitution and object of the, ib. Report on the abuses of the, 425. Mortality in the, 427. Basket placed on the outside of the, for infants, ib. Nurses in the, ib. Author's visit to the, ib. Table of the admissions of children and deaths in the, from 1785 to 1797, 425. Children admitted and died in the, from 1797 to 1798, 426. Ditto, from 1799 to 1808, ib. Children covered with the itch in the, 427. Number infected with the venereal virus in the, 428. Admissions into the, from all the counties in Ireland, ib. Mismanagement in the nursery of the, 429. Description of the nurses in the, ib. On the wet nurses employed by the, 430. Appearance of the children in the, 431. Author's visit to the, ib. Visited by the Commissioners of the Board of Education, 432. Report of the Board of Education on, ib. Au- thor's report on, ib. Admission and casualties of grown children in the, 433. Account of the, at Petersburg, ib. Proposed extension of the, 434. Dreadful waste of life in the, ib. The cause of a dreadful mortality, 434. Observations on the children of the, ib. Education at the, 435. Profligacy encouraged by the, ib. Investigation on the, ib. Religious discord interferes in the, 435. Consequences of the enlargement of the, ib. Employed for conversion, ib. Ought to be employed for better purposes, ib. Expenses of the, 435. Funds and income of the, from 1797 to 1807, 436. Permanent funds of the, ib. Parliamentary grants to the, ib. Table of the taxes collected for the, from 1797 to 1807, 438. Acts respecting the, ib. Arrears of taxes payable to the, 439. Accounts of the, ib. State of the funds and debts of the, in 1808, ib. State of the funds and debts of the, in 1809, 440. In Cork, account of the, 602. Foundlings, sum allowed to the nurses for the sub- sistence of, ii. 430.
Fox, Mr. Catholic petition presented by, ii. 525. His tergiversation when in power, 527. Con- sequences of the death of, ib. Agreed with Mr. Pitt in three great measures, 528. His know- ledge of botany, i. 562. Foxford, iron-works at, i. 136. Foyle, Lough, account of, i. 28. the river, 637. France, nature of the peat in, i. 90. Want of tim- ber in, 549. Mr. Young's remarks on the produce of, 606. Difference between the corn products of, and England, 607. State of the produce of, appli- cable to Ireland, ib. Mode of electing bishops in, ii. 480. Tithes originated in, 481. Increasing power of, 818.
Frankfort, Baron, family name and descent of, ii. 296.
Franklin, Dr. on fisheries, ii. 71. His illustration of the effects of luxury, i. 761, Note. On the importance of fuel to the poor, 609.
Franks, Mr. his account of the quantity of gold in Ireland, ii. 176. Of the amount of specie exported, 185.
Fraternity of St. George, account of the, ii. 241. Frauds on the Revenue, practised by the Distillers, i. 733.
Frazer, Mr. his account of the Nymph Bank, ii. 93. On the want of harbours, 95. On the woollen manufacture in Wicklow, i. 709.
Frederick the Great, his conduct respecting money transactions, ii. 162. His means of preserving a state, 503.
Freedom, different in value in different places, ii. 577. Effects of the, of Britain, i. 257. Freeholder, qualification of a, ii. 300. Freeholds, acts requiring the registry of, ii. 320. Freeman, privileges of a Roman, ii. 573. Freeman, Mr. account of his colliery, i. 618. Freeman's Hill formed of siderocalcite, 127. Free-schools of royal foundation, account of, ii. 409. Funds of, 413.
Freestone, quarry of, at Seraba, i. 121. Of Kil- warlin, ib. Near Kilmaganny, &c. ib. French, Lord, his bank, ii. 169. Family name and descent of, 296.
French, Mr. hospitality of, i. 37. Account of his mountain improvement, 475. His influence in Roscommon, ii. 308. His conduct as a magis- trate, 339.
French, account of their invasion of Ireland in 1799, ii. 378. March of the, to Castlebar, 379. De- feat Lord Lake and Lord Hutchinson, ib. Con- sequence of the capture of the ships of the, 379. Surrender of the, at Ballynamuck, ib. Observa- tions on the invasion of the, ib.
French church, account of the, at Lisburn, ii.
French government, designs of the, on Ireland, ii. 653.
French Park, grazing and pasture at, i. 317. Til- lage at, i. 383.
Friaries, number of, in Ireland in 1731, ii. 584, 585. In Mayo, ib. In Galway, 585. In Dublin, 608. Friary, in the city of Waterford, ii. 624. At Ross, 628. At Clominis, ib. At Wexford, ib. Frigate, French, consequence of the capture of the, ii. 379.
Frosts, severe, unknown in the south of Ireland, i. 221.
Fruit of Ireland, i. 540.
Fucer, account of coals in the island of, i. 610.
Fuel, on turf as a, i. 102. Advantages of an easy supply of, i. 608. Tends to promote health in a cold damp atmosphere, ib. Importance of, to man, ib. Influence of, on agriculture, ib. Scar- city of, in the Hebrides, ib. Note. Effects of a good supply of, in the parish of Shotts, ib. Want of, in the northern part of China, ib. Benefit of, to manufactures, 609. And manufactures ac- company each other, ib. Principal kinds of, used for domestic purposes or manufacture, 610. Coals the most important, ib. Turf used as, in several countries, ib. Of Ireland, ib. Turf the chief, of
Ireland, ib. Coal the secondary, ib. English coal the general, for gentlemen's houses, 621. Furze used for, in Cork, Waterford and Wexford, 622. Turf the chief, of Ireland, ib. Advantages of Ireland being supplied with, from England, 624. Land which supplies might be made to produce food, ib. Dry dung used as, ib. In Cavan, ib. In Louth, ib. In Meath, ib. In Westmeath, ib. In Fermanagh, 625. In Done- gal, ib. In Limerick, ib. Iron manufacture lost to Ireland through want of, 723. Want of pot- teries through want of, ib. Injury to the copper works through want of, 724. Must be imported for the manufactories, 759. Fuller's earth, substance resembling, found in Ire- land, i. 113.
Funded debt of Ireland, table of the, with the an- nual charge thereof, from 1780 to 1811, ii. 278. Funded property, ignorance of the Irish respecting, ii. 538.
Funds of the Foundling Hospital from 1767 to 1807, ii. 436. Table of the permanent, ditto, ib. Funds and debts of the Foundling Hospital in 1808, ii. 439. In 1809, 440.
Funds, appropriated to the royal free-schools, ii. 414. Of the charter schools, ib. For education, ample in Ireland, 442. Misapplication of the, ib. Of the Cavan regimental school, 443. Of the Catholic hierarchy, 550.
Funerals, retribution of the priests for, ii. 564. Very expensive in Ireland, 806,
Commerce of, ii. 29. Price of fish at, 92, Note. Money of, 167. Table of weights and measures in, 202. Table of prices in 1811 in, 214. Representation of the county of, 305. Of the borough of, ib. Catholic warden of, 550. Friaries in, 585. Population of, in 1766, 587. Religious sects and parties in, 609. Proportion of Catholics to Protestants in, ib. Militia of, ib. Instance of superstition in, 610. Catholic landed VOL. II.
proprietors in, ib. Resident proprietors of, 754. Statesmen and Patchmen of, 756. Some account of, 759.
Gaming, a vice of cold climes, i. 151. Germans addicted to, 152. Passion of the Huns for, ib. Fondness of the Canadian savages of, ib. Causes of the love of, ib. Singular kind of, in Thrace, 152, Note.
Gaming-houses in Dublin, ii. 785. Gaols, not wanted in Scotland, ii. 396. Garfagnana, mountains in Italy so called, i. 213. Garlick Sunday, superstitious notions of the Catho- lics of, ii. 625.
Garnet, Dr. his table of the rain which fell at differ- ent places, i. 192.
Garrets Town, account of the seals near, ii. 126. Garum, account of the pickle called, ii. 73. Gates, description of things intended for, in Ireland,
Gaugers, collusion of, with the distillers, i. 733. Gaul, severity of the winter in, described by an- cient authors, i. 163. Force of the wind in, ib. Difference of, now, 164.
Gayson, Mr. on draining moor-lands, i. 473. His method of irrigation, 484. Prices of articles in Tipperary in 1811 returned by, ii. 225.
Geese, feathers of the, that frequented Holland es- teemed at Rome, i. 83. Manner of salting, in the North, 749, Note. Method of salting the Pomeranian, ib. Barbarous practice of plucking, twice a year, 753.
Geirhild, chosen by Abreck for his queen because of her proficiency in brewing, i. 744. General post-office, mismanagement in the, i. 672.
Circular from the, respecting newspapers, ib. Advertisement from the, i. 674.
Generals, many of the ablest, rise through merit, ii. 572.
Geneva, quantity imported from 1777 to 1811, ii.
Georgia, cause of the beauty of the inhabitants of, i. 148.
Germans, Tacitus on the drunkenness of the, i. 151. Addicted to gaming, 152.
Germany, ancient authors on the cold of, i. 163. Force of the winds in, ib. Toleration in, ii. 502.
Gerrard, Mr. account of his farm, i. 415. Gerrha, houses in the town of, built of salt, i. 757, Note.
Giant's Causeway, description of the, i. 116. List of writers on the, 119.
Giblet, Mr. his account of pithing an ox, ii. 26, Note.
Gillebert, bishop of Limerick, his epistle to the Irish prelates in 1090, ii. 453.
Glangarriff, road from Bantry to, i. 61. Beauty of, and the adjacent country, 62, Female ora- tors of, See Keening. State of the weather at, in October, i. 221. Rent of lands at, i. 252. Glanmore, slate quarry in the mountains of, i. 123. Glaslaugh, village of, i. 30.
Glasnevin, village of, i. 41.
151. Value of, in 1695, 154. Proclamation to lower the price of, in 1737, ii. 158. Conse- quences of reducing the price of, 159. Price of, in Dublin in 1779, 163. Quantity of, in circu- lation in Ireland, 175. Mr. Franks on the amount of, in Ireland, 176. Agents supply shopkeepers with, to supply tenants at an interest, 177. Quantity of, in the north of Ireland, ib. Dis- count for, at Belfast, ib. Note. At Kilmagran- nan, ib. At Lisburn, ib. At Curraghmore, ib. At Mogallan, ib. Premium of, 180. More va- luable in Ulster than in Dublin, 181. Time when the national banks may pay in, 185.
Gold and silver, known to the Irish at an early period, ii. 137. Used in barter according to weight or size, 138.
Golden Vale, account of, i. 74. Gondebald, his objection to oaths, ii. 355. Gooch, Rev. W. his answers to the queries respect- ing the linen manufacture, i. 685. Note. Gooch, Mr. prices of articles in Monaghan return- ed by, ii. 212.
Glass manufactories at Dublin, Waterford, and Bel- Good, Mr. his prices of corn from 1800 to 1811, fast, i. 755.
Gleaners, on the, of Cork, i. 441.
Gleaning, Judge Blackstone on the practice of, i. 441. Note.
Glebe, want of, for the clergymen in Ireland, ii. 463. On the power of giving, 464. Glebe houses, laws regulating, ii. 476. Funds for building, ib. Parliamentary grants for building, ib. Expenditure for, 477.
Glebes, general settlement of, recommended, ii. 658. On the want of, in Ireland, 662. Glen, description of a, near Kilfaine, i. 42. Of one near Woodstock, 43. The one through which King William marched to cross the Boyne, i. 45. Of Eden Vale, 49. The Dargle near Powerscourt, 50. Of the Downs, 52. Devil's, 55.
Glenaa, beauty of the wooded mountain of, i. 67. Glenarm, scenery near, i. 13. Religious sects and parties at, ii. 596.
Glenary, population of the parish of, ii. 696. Glenberbie, Baron, family name and descent, ii.
Glendallogh, vale of, i. 56. Lead mines at, 134. Destruction of the wood on the see lands of, 536. Glennery, religious sects and parties at, ii. 596. Glengary Scotch Fencibles, Catholic chaplain for the, paid by government, ii. 558. Glenmore, frigate called the, built of Scotch fir, i. 555. Description of the forest of, ib. Note. Gloster, tillage at, i. 399.
Gloves, manufacture of, i. 721.
Glue, mode of making at Cork and Limerick, i. 752. Goad, examination of the aphorisms of, i. 185. Goats, account of the, in Ireland, i. 352. On the milk of, ib.
Going, Mr. his method of feeding cattle, i. 321. Gold, found in a stream flowing from Cronebane, i. 130. Amount of the, found, 131. Exportation of, in 1634, ii. 150. Price of, raised in 1660,
the farm-houses round, 409. Gormonstown, Viscount, family name and descent of, ii. 290.
Gosford, Earl, family name and descent of, ii. 290. His influence in Carlow, 302.
Gosford, Lord, his speech on the persecution of the Catholics, ii. 591.
Gosford Castle, price of oak bark at, i. 564. Gosson's Hotel, list of coaches from, i. 670. Gottenburgh, herring trade at, ii. 121. Gough, Mr. Quakers' school at Lisburn opened by, ii. 595.
Gould, Mr. G. services rendered to Ireland by, ii. 648.
Gouray, Mr. his Cow System controverted, ii. 812. Note.
Government, on the interference of, in improving bogs, i. 110. The proper administration of proof of good, ii. 342. Shrievalty connected with, 346. The grand jury as connected with, 347. By police, 351. Benefits of an established, 367. Ex- cellent system of, by Marquis Cornwallis, 372. Hatred of the Irish to the, at the Castle, 393. Pledges of the, to the people disregarded, 488. What the legitimate end of, 500. Sentiments of the people respecting the, 554. Attachment shewn by the catholic clergy to the, 565. Has all the power to prevent rebellion, 376. Government of Ireland, should be incorporated with that of England, ii. 325. Colonial nature of the, 326. Changes in the, 328. General ignorance of the, 330. Established by Henry II. 322. Up- held and supported by the catholics, 648. In- efficacy of the, 331. Facts and opinions prove
the imbecility and ignorance of, ib. Necessity of an efficient and permanent, 332. Governments, first instituted to civilize man, ii. 376. Uses of the errors and follies of, 377.
Governors, ministers not successful in the choice of, ii. 323. Note.
Gowan, tillage at, i. 419.
Gowl Mountains, views from the, i. 62.
Grace, Mr. his estates in the Queen's County, ii. 620. Grady, Rev. Mr. account of a large bog tree in the possession of, i. 527. His plantations, 567, 569. Graham, Mr. prices of articles in Wicklow, return- ed by, ii. 223. Discovery of an attempt to rob the house of, 353.
Grain, effects of the scarcity of, on trade, ii. 8. Tables of the prices of, from 1800 to 1805, 231. Grainge, population of, ii. 698.
Grainger, Mr. his flour mill, i. 747. His statement of the sale of guineas from 1805 to 1812, ii. 206. Prices of articles in Meath returned by, 220. His observations on Meath, 221.
Granard, population of the barony of, ii. 615. Granard, Earl, family name and descent of, ii. 287. Granard Kill, farm of, i. 81.
Grand jury, address by the, of Derry to the bishop, ii. 348. Mode of summoning the, 347. Number and powers of a, ib. Corruption of a, ib. Du- ties of a, 348. Selection of, should not be left to the sheriff, 350. Parliamentary duties ought to be a disqualification for, ib. Not always immaculate, 351. Table of the amount of presentment by the, from 1803 to 1807 in each county, i. 660. Grand canal, direction and use of the, i. 637. Title of the company of the, 642. Description of the, ib.
Grand Canal Company, finances of the, i. 655. Graney Lough, peculiar sand found on the shore of, i. 115.
Grange, price of land at, i. 268. Cultivation of potatoes at, 449. 567. Fuel, 625.
Granite, in Wicklow, i. 120.
Tillage at, 390. Plantations of,
In Kilkenny, ib. Quarry at Mount Loftus, ib. In Down, ib. In Dublin, 121. Hardens by exposure to the air, ib. Uses of, ib. Found beneath the basalt mountain of Sliebh-Gallan, ib.
Grant, Sir Archibald, planted fifty millions of trees in Aberdeen, i. 554.
Grants, parliamentary, to the Foundling Hospital, ii. 436.
Grape, description of the agricultural implement so called, i. 504.
Grapes, not raised in the open air, except in Wick- low, i. 222.
Grass, account of the, in Ulster, i. 315. Amazing tendency of the soil of Ireland to produce, 220. Grasses, list of the, in Ireland, i. 462, 572. Indi- genous, near Durragh, King's County, i. 400. Gratitude, a feeling natural to the human heart, ii. 449.
Grattan, Mr. his motion not to grant any more new taxes, ii. 252. Account of, 387. Politics of, ib. His resolutions in parliament respecting tithes,
493. His bill for explaining ratages, 494. His unanswerable speech on tithes, ib. Catholic pe- tition in 1808, presented by, 535. His speech in favour of the petitions, 536. Conference with, respecting the veto, ib. His first speech in the Imperial Parliament, 526. His speech on the catholic claims in 1810, 541. Presented the ca- tholic petition in 1810, ib.
Graunt, Capt. J. on the proportion of deaths in England, ii. 670, Note. The first writer on Eng- lish population, 675.
Gravel, the greater part of Ireland abounds in cal- careous, i. 79.
Graves, Baron, family name and descent of, ii. 295. Graves, practice of throwing stones over them in Connaught, ii. 761.
Gravesande, his calculations respecting the popu- lation of London, ii. 677.
Graziers, mode adopted by, in Connaught, i. 310. Want of system among, 311. Adhere to the old practice against reason, 312. Plan of the, in Meath, ib. Reputation for proof beasts useful to, 313. Contractors' mode of treating, 319. Dif- ficulties of, to sell, 320. Experience of, in sell- ing, 321. Pastures of the wealthy, should con- tribute more to tithe, ii. 496. Of Connaught, 754. Comparison of English and Irish, 755. Graziers, Catholic, account of the, ii. 545. Forming a powerful aristocracy, ib. The old catholic fa- milies seldom associate with the, ib. Education does not keep pace with the property of the, 545. Conduct of the, ib. Treated with great con- tempt, ib. Ignorance of the, 546. Wealth of Dublin, Limerick, Cork, and Waterford, prin- cipally acquired by, ib. Their mode of life, ib. In Clare, 600.
Grazing less impedes fishing than agriculture, ii. 131. Seldom mixed with tillage, i. 308. On
bullock and sheep, 311. System to be adopted in, ib. State of, in Meath, 312. In Ulster, 314. In Londonderry, 315. In Donegal, 316. In Down, ib. In Fermanagh, ib. In Connaught, ib. In Roscommon, 317. On the capital em- ployed in, 427. Counties, the chief, in Ireland, 311. Lands, on the extent of, 579. Land, no want of capital in, 591. Minute tenures not yet introduced into, 595.
Gregory, pope, his opinion on the election of Con- stantius, ii. 479.
Greece, causes of the change in the climate of ii. 166.
Green, the colour chosen by the United Irishmen, ii. 363.
Green, Mr. on the culture of clover, i. 467. His origination, 487.
Green, Mr. J. prices of articles in Kildare returned by, ii. 216.
Greenore Point, a harbour would be of service near, ii. 96.
Grenada, destructive influence of climate in, i. 155. Grenvile, Lord, his conduct towards the catholics, ii. 524. Papers to the catholics by, ib. Petition of the catholics in 1805 presented by, 525. His
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