A.

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 Phoeni-
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 ·
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.

B.

-se-

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

VOL. LXXVII. NO. CLIV.

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.

C.

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- · 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

2 s

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.

1

Chatham, Lord, comments of Walpole
1 upon, 291.

Christian Development, 404. See New-

man.

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.

See

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.

D.

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.

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,' 334-
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, ib.
-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.

H.

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,' 161
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 pedigree,
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.

Lindsay, the Hon. Robert, Anecdotes of
an Indian Life; a transaction in the
lime trade, 488 excursion to the
quarry, 489- Oriental sport, 490–
tiger catching, 493-rhinoceros killing,

494.

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,
388-External 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, 221-ecclesiastical character of
the Scotch Episcopal communion, 226
-system enforced under Charles II.,
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-
sions of the new Seceders with their
actual position, 245-doctrine of the
Scotch communion office, 247.
Russell, Lord John. See Corn-laws.
Russell, Rt. Rev. M.
Russia, geology of, 319.

S.

See Glasgow.
See Murchison.

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 Mona 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.