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Grain, product of, in Canada, 5.
Grand Trunk railway of Canada, the, 7.
Gray's Elegy, Latin version of, 569.
Great Bank of Newfoundland, the, 14.
Great Britain, advantages of her North
American colonies to, 10-traces of
pre-historic races in, 166-her present
position and dangers, 230 review of
her conduct toward Greece, 405.
Great Western railway in Canada, the, 7.
Greece, modern, position of, with regard
to Russia, 114-the present state of,
133 the ethnology of, 174 - present
position, prospects, &c. of, 403 et seq.-
the national career of, 461- -means of
improving its social state, &c., 495-
influence of gold on ancient, 576.
Greek art, the ideal types of, 174.
Greek church in Palestine, the, 247.
Greek language, the, 120.

Greek literature, value, &c. of, 562.
GREEK REVOLUTION, TRICOUPI AND ALI-
SON ON THE, 119.

Greeks, conduct of the, in the war of
Independence, 127-their present state,
obstacles to their improvement, &c.,
403 et seq.

Gregory, the patriarch, murder of, 123.
Grenville, lord, the Latin verses of, 572.
Grey, Sir George, position of, 236.
Guanches, disappearance of the, 165.
Guarras, extinction of the, 165.
Gypseys, origin, &c. of the, 178.
H. G. K., Clive's Dream before the battle
of Plassey by, 88-The Lesson, 91-
God in nature, 94-The Opening of
the Ganges canal, 475-Uses of Beauty,
476.
HACKLANDER'S SECRET AGENT, 525.
Halifax, N. S., town of, 13.
Hamilton, Sir William, on the duties, &c.

of the University Regents, 141 - on
the importance of classical studies, 565.
Hangings, applications of colour with re-
gard to, 554.

Hardwicke marriage bill, the, 511.
Hasbeyia, the Protestant church at, 248.
Hastings, Warren, a Mahommedan on,

184.

Heideck, general, 405.

Hellenes, race of the, 174.

Henrietta Maria, sketch of, 44.

Iberian race, the, 168.

Impugnment of Theses, the, 145.
Incas of Peru, wealth, &c. of the, 674.
India, peculiarities of the national life of,
460.

Indo-Germanic races, the, 168.
Infante, general, 152.

Innes, Cosmo, works on Scottish univer-
sities edited by, 135.

INSURRECTION IN SPAIN, THE, 151.
Ireland, the emigration from, 273.
Irish, the, as settlers in New Brunswick,
12.

Irrigation, system of, in Mesopotamia,
463.

Isabella of Spain, character, &c. of, 477.
Italian states, dangers of the, from Rus-
sia, 113.

Italy, danger of Austria from, 107—the
ethnology of, 173-position, &c. of
Austria in, 183-the early mercantile
communities of, 578.

J. S. B., the words of Schamyl the pro-

phet by, 95-Bellerophon, a classical
ballad by, 256.

Jacob, Mr, his estimates as to the amount
of gold, &c., 673.

Jacob's well, a sketch at, 246.

James VI. and Edinburgh university, 149.
James II., sketches of, 49.

Jeffrey, views of, on colour, 540 note.
Jeremiah, patriarch of Constantinople,
409.

JEW, THE, a tale from the Russian, 691.
Jew, present position and character of
the, 252.

Jews, ethnographic characteristics of the,
177-the absorption of the precious
metals during the middle ages by
them, 578-the persecutions of them,
580.

John of Austria, victory of, at Lepanto, 79.
JONES' APOLOGY FOR THE COLOURING OF
THE GREEK COURT, review of, 317.
Jones, W. B., Latin verses, &c. by, 573.
Judea, general attraction of, 244.
Jupiter, the planet, Whewell on, 380.
Justice, necessity for reform in the ad-
ministration of, in Turkey, 502.

Juvenal on white marble, 327.

Kabyles of Africa, the, 168.

Kalley, Dr, in Palestine, 249.

Highlands, students at universities from Kanaris, Greek minister of marine, 421.

the, 144.

History, modern Greek misrepresentations

of, 408-sources of its interest, 458.
HOLY LAND, THE, 243.

Horace on white marble, 327.
Hore, brigadier, 152.

Humanities, origin of the term in the
Scottish universities, 433.
Hungary, danger of Austria from, 107.
Huns, origin, &c. of the, 178.
Hutchinson's Memoirs, remarks on, 37.
Hydriotes, the naval exploits of the, 128.

Katcha, the position of the, 632.

Kaye, Mr, on British India, 186 et seq.
passim.

Keefer, Mr, on Canada, 2.

Kennedy, Dr, the Latin verses of, 575.
KING OTHO AND HIS CLASSIC KINGDOM, 403.
King's College, Aberdeen, the architec-
ture of, 431.

Kourjunjik, the researches and discov-
eries at, 465.

Labour, demand for, in Australia, 274.
Land-tax, the, in Turkey, 498.

Lardner, Dr, on the plurality of worlds, Maurer, M., 405.

388, 392.

LATIN VERSIFICATION, 560.

Laud, bishop, and the colleges of Aber-
deen, 434.

Laureation, origin of, 433.
Law, the chevalier, 185.

Lawley, the Hon. F., the appointment
of, 284.

Lawson, Mr, Latin poems by, 575.
Lawyers, census returns of, 517.
Layard, the researches of, 462, 465.
Learned professions, numbers engaged in
the, 517.

Legal profession, the, in Greece, 419.
Leopold, the crown of Greece offered to,
404.

LEPANTO, THE BATTLE OF, 69.
Leslie, Dr William, 146.
LESSON, THE, 90.

Letamendi, captain, 161.
Life, average duration of, 516.
Liverpool, Mrs Stowe at, 302-average
duration of life in, 516.

Lombard merchants, bankers, &c., the,
582.

London, Mrs Stowe in, 314.
Londos, Anastasios, 421.
Longevity, examples of, 513.
Loredano, doge of Venice, 73.

Lower Canada, growth, &c. of, 1 et seq.
Lucian on colouring statues, 328.
Macintosh, Lachlan, 144.

Mackenzie, Mrs, on India, 185, 197.
M'Lean of Coll, 144.

M'Pherson, Sir John, 144.

Madrid, sketches at, 151-the insurrec-
tion in, 357.

Madrid Heraldo newspaper, the, 163.
Magyars, origin, &c. of the, 178.
Mahommedanism, state of, in Palestine,
249.

Maina, civil war in, 406.

Malaxos' History of the patriarchs of
Constantinople, 408.

Malthusian doctrine of population, the,
523.

Man, the constitution, powers, &c. of,
297-supposed position, &c. of, in the
universe, 372, 373-argument against
a plurality of worlds from his recent
appearance on earth, 377 et seq.
Manchester, average age in, 517.
Manchester party, present position of
the, 233.

Manufactures, the first, of medieval Eu-
rope, 581.

Marble statuary, on the colouring of, 318.
Markets, want of, in Turkey, 502.
Marriage, influence of, on population, 510.
Marriage law of Scotland, the, 512.
Marshman, Mr, on India, 185 et seq.
passim.

MARTIN, T., HIS TRANSLATION OF OEHLEN-
SCHLAGER'S CORREGGIO, 698.

Mavrocordatos, Alexander, 420.

Medes, the revolt of the, from Nineveh,
468.

Medical men, numbers of, 519.
Melbourne, progress of, 276.

Melbourne Argus, Australian statistics
from the, 270, 272.

Melbourne ministry, Sir Robert Peel on
the, 231, 232.

Mesopotamia, former fertility of, irriga-
tion, &c., 463-its population, 464.
Messina, general, 156.

Mexico, imports of gold, &c. from, 673 et
seq.

Miaou-tse race in China, the, 165.
Miaulis, the exploits of, 128.
Microscope, discoveries of the, 289.
Middle class, rise of the, in Europe, 583.
Milman, Dean, on Latin versification, 567.
Milton, Mrs Stowe on, 316.

Ministry, review of the conduct of the,
on the war, 599 et seq.

Mir Gholan Hussein, work on India by,
184.

Missolonghi, the sieges of, 128.

Mocenigo, Luigi, doge of Venice, 73.
Moderados, party of the, in Spain, 155.
Moldo - Wallachia, possible transference
of, to Austria, 104.

Monastic system, absorption of the pre-
cious metals through the, 578.
Moon, the, Whewell on, 380, 388.
Moscow retreat, a reminiscence of the,
452.

Municipal institutions, existence of, in
Greece, under the Turks, 404.
Municipalities of Great Britain, recent
conduct of the, 303.

Mure, colonel, on the Greek drama, 562.
Mustafa, invasion and conquest of Cyprus
by, 72 et seq.

Napier, Sir Charles, his conquest of
Scinde, 194-review of his work on
India, 198 et seq.

Napoleon, views of, regarding Russia, 99.
Nations, rise and decline of, 458.
Native country, sources of the love of, 243.
Navarino, the battle of, 404.
New Brunswick, progress of, 10.
Newcastle, the present Duke of, 236.
Newfoundland, recent progress of, 14.
New South Wales, the gold discoveries
in, 270.

Nicholas, the Emperor, character, &c. of,

99-his true objects, 116-his conduct
with regard to the Greek Revolution,

129.

Nicias, alleged painting of the statues of
Praxiteles by, 320.

Nicosia, the siege of, by the Turks, 73.
Nimroud, the remains at, 465.

NINEVEH AND BABYLON, RECORDS OF, 458.
Nineveh, sketch of the national career of,
462.

Ninus, the Assyrian monarch, 468.
Norman conquest, peculiarities of the, 170.
NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES, GROTWH AND
PROSPECTS OF THE, 1.

North American Indians, the, 165.
Northern pirates, the incursions of the, 98.
Nott, general, in the Affghan war, 193.
Nova Scotia, growth, &c. of, 12.
November, defence of, 714.
O'Donnell, general, sketches of, and the
Spanish insurrection, 152 et seq., 356.
OEHLENSCHLAGER'S CORREGGIO, review of,

698.

Officers, importance of the character of,

653.

Open questions, on, 231.
Ophir, the gold mines at, 270.
Opium war, on the, 592.

Osmanli Turks, origin, &c. of the, 179.
OTHO, KING, AND HIS CLASSIC KINGDOM,
403-his character, &c., 403 et seq.
Oxford anthology, the, 569.

PACIFIC COLONIES, THE COMING FORTUNES
OF OUR, 268.

Paine's argument from the plurality of
worlds, on, 289.

Palaviccino, Sforza, 71.

Poland, propriety of the separation of,
from Russia, 101.

Policemen, numbers of, 519.
Pollock, Sir George, 193.

Population, the Malthusian law of, 523–
its growth in Canada, 3-and in New
Brunswick, 10.

Population returns, strictures on the,
442 et seq., 510 et seq.

Portelette, remains found at, 167 mote
Postal communications with Australia,
the, 281.

Praxiteles, alleged painting of his statues
by, 320.

Precious metals, influence of their posses
sion on national interests, &c., 576.
Prejudices, on, 317, 318.

Prescott, town of, 9.

Press, liberty of the, in Greece, 406.
Prices, influence of gold on, 688.
Procurator, the, in the Universities, 137.
Progresista party in Spain, the, 155.
Property, increase of, in Canada, 5-ne-

glect of the rights of, in Turkey, 501.
Prussia, views and policy of, 101, 102-
dangers of, 103-her danger from Res
sia, 106.

Palestine, general attraction of, 244-its Psyllas, George, 420.

dormant fertility, 251.

Palikars of Greece, the, 417.
Palmer, Mr R., Latin verses by, 571.
Palmerston, lord, on the war, 233-his

position in the ministry, 236-his po-
licy toward Greece, 404, 405,
Panama route to Australia, the, 282.
Pausanias on the colouring of statues, 326.
PEACE AND WAR, A DIALOGUE, 589-dia-
logue second, 714.

Peace Society, the, 313—and their patron-
age of Mrs Stowe, 302.

Peel, Sir R., on open questions, 231.
Pelasgi, race of the, 174.

Pepys' Diary, review of, 35-sketch of the
author, 38.

Persia, the national career of, 461.

Perthes, M. de, on the primeval race of
France, 166.

Peru, imports of gold, &c. from, 673 et seq.
Peter the Great, the conquests of, 99.
Peznela, the marquis de, 482.
Phidias, alleged colouring of the statues
of, 329.

Physiognomical character, varieties of,

521.

Piali Pasha, 72.

Pictou, the collieries of, 13.

Pictures, the hanging, &c. of, 552 et seq.
Piedmont, danger to, from Russia, 113.
Pierce, president, conduct of, as regards
Cuba, 483.

Plato on the colouring of statues, 323.
Pliny on the painting of statues, 320.
PLURALITY OF WORLDS, review of the,

Part I., 288-Part II., 371.
Plutarch on the colouring of statues, 325.

Punjaub, annexation of the, 195.
Puritans, regulations of the, regarding
marriage, 511.

Quesada, the murder of, 162.

Races, extinction of, 166-effects of the
intermingling of, 170 et seq.

Raglan, lord, at the Alma, 627.
Railways, progress of, in Canada, 7.
RECORDS OF THE PAST-NINEVEH AND
BABYLON, 458.

Rector, the, in the Universities, 136.
Reform bill, conduct of the ministry on
the, 234.

Reformation, effects of the, on the Univer
sities, 138.

Regent, the, in the Universities, 141.
Register, office of, in India, 188.
Religion, statistics connected with, in
Canada, 9.

Rent-free tenures in India, the, 189.
Rianzares, the duke de, 157.

Riddell, Mr, Greek verses by, 574.
RIDDLES A LETTER TO EUSEBIUS, 18.
Rights of women question, the, 308.
Roads, want of, in Turkey, 502.
Robinson, Dr, on the Dead Sea, 253.
Robinson, Mr E. H., on British India,
184 et seq. passim.

Rollin, Ledru, his work on England, 110.
Rome, the national career of, 461.
Rome, the visit of Nicholas to, 117.
Romish church, former encouragement of
learning by the, 138.

Ros de Olano, general, 156.
ROSELL'S HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF LE-
PANTO, review of, 69.

ROYAL ARTILLERY, education of the, 653.

Royal artillery institution, the, 669.
Royal military academy, the, 660.
Royal ordnance school, the, 659.
Royal Society, origin of the, 43.
Rudhart, the chevalier, 407.
Rupert, prince, 44.

Ruskin, Mr, on colour, 541.

Russell, Lord John, on the war, 233.
RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCE, 98.
Russia, progress of, during last century,
98-terms on which alone peace is pos-
sible with her, 101-her conduct as
regards the Greek Revolution, 121-
effects of the war on her commerce,
608 et seq.-the commercial and finan-
cial system of, 683, et seq.
Russian gold mines, product of the, 682.
-RUSSIAN REMINISCENCE, A, 452.
Russo-Slavons, the, 176.

Sabæanism, the worship of the Assyrians,
468.

Sabrina Corolla, review of, 560.

St Arnaud, marshal, at the Alma, 627.
St John river, the, 12.

St John, town of, 9.

St John's, N. B., town of, 11.

St Lawrence, the navigation of the, 3.
St Lawrence canal, the, 7.
Salamanca, demonstrations against, at
Madrid, 358.

San Francisco, emigration to, 269.
Sartorius ministry, tyranny of the, in

Spain, 152-demonstrations against
them at Madrid, 358-their dismissal,
356.

Sauley, M. de, the alleged discoveries of,
253.

Scandinavia, traces of pre-historic races
in, 166.

SCHAMYL THE PROPHET, THE WORDS OF,
95.

Scinde, the conquest of, 194.
Scios, the massacre of, 123.

SCOTLAND, STUDENT LIFE IN, 135, 422.
Scotland, long-continued use of Latin in,
142-Mrs Stowe on, 305-the marriage
law of, 512.

Scott, Sir W., Mrs Stowe on, 305.
Scottish Universities, sketches of the, 135,
422.

Scroggy, Dr Alexander, 146.
Scutari, the Allies at, 620.

Seal-fisheries of Newfoundland, the, 14.
SECRET AGENT, THE, 525.

SECRET OF STOKE MANOR, THE, Part II.
chap. ii., 52-chap. iii., 61-Part III.
chap. iv., 206-chap. v., 220-Part IV.
chap. vi., 336-chap. vii. 343.
Selim II., conquest of Cyprus by, 70.
Sevillano, a leader of the Madrid insur-
rection, 361.

Shakespeare, Mrs Stowe on, 307.
Ship-building in Canada, 10-in New
Brunswick, 11.

Shipping, Australian, 277-Canadian, 6.

Shore, Mr, work on India by, 200.
Sibbald, Dr James, 146.

Siberian gold mines, yield of the, 682.
Siddim, the ancient vale of, 253.
Sikh war, causes, &c. of the, 195.
Silistria, the siege of, 620.

Slave emancipation, remarks on, 304.
Slavonians, origin, &c. of the, 176.
Smith, Mr C., on the Cornwallis system
in India, 186.

Smith, Mr G., Latin version of Gray's
elegy by, 569.

Society, present state of, in Australia,
273.

Sodom, the alleged discovery of, 253.
Soliman, progress of Turkey under, 69.
Somme river, remains found at the, 166,
167.

Soulé, M., conduct of, in Spain, 480.
SPAIN, THE INSURRECTION IN, 151.
Spain, former danger of, from Turkey, 69
-conduct of the United States to, 414
-state of, after the accession of Es-
partero, 477-imports of the precious
metals from America into, 677.
Spanish beggars, 367.

SPANISH POLITICS AND CUBAN PERILS, 477.
SPANISH REVOLUTION, THE, 356.
SPECULATORS AMONG THE STARS, Part I.,
288-Part II., 371.

Statuary, the proposed colouring of, 318.
Steam-ships, advantages of, to America,

15.

Steuart, Sir James, on the law of popula-
tion, 524.

Stonor, Mr, the case of, 284.

Story of the Campaign, see Campaign.
STOWE'S SUNNY MEMORIES, review of, 301.
Stowe, Mrs, on Flowers, 540.
Stratford-on-Avon, Mrs Stowe at, 307.
STUDENT LIFE IN SCOTLAND, 135, 422.
Sudder courts of India, the, 188.

SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, re-
view of, 301.

Surrey, average age in, 516.

Sutherland, the duchess of, 314, 315.
Sweden, position of, with regard to
Russia, 115.

Switzerland, position of, with regard to
Russia, 114.

Sydney, progress of, 276.

Talookedars of India, the, 191.
Taxation, necessity for improved system
of, in Turkey, 501.

Taxes, mode of levying, in Turkey, 498.
Telescope, the discoveries of the, 289.
Tenures, rent-free, in India, 189.
Teutons, origin, &c. of the, 170.
Thomson's Redbreast, Latin version of,

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TRICOUPI AND ALISON ON THE GREEK RE- War, defence of, 589, 714.

VOLUTION, 119.

Turgot, the marquis of, 481.
TURKEY AND ITS POPULATION, 493.
Turkey, former danger to Europe from,
69 the revolt of Greece from, 404
the attack of the Greeks on, 413-pre-
sent social excitement throughout, 493
-necessity for reform in the adminis-
tration of justice in, 502.

Turks, conduct of the, in the Greek Re-
volution, 122-their origin, &c., 179—
their rule in Palestine, 251.
TWENTIETH OF SEPTEMBER, THE, 696.
Tyler, Mrs, and her defence of slavery, 314.
Uluch Aali, a Turkish admiral, 77.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, remarks on, 302.
United States, position, &c. of the, with
regard to Canada, 16-the seizure of
California by them, 268-effects of the
gold discoveries on them, 269-emigra-
tion to Australia from the, 270-com-
munication between the, and Califor-
nia, 278-their conduct with regard to
Cuba, 414.

Universities, the ancient, their independ-
ence, &c., 422.

Universities of Scotland, sketches of the,
135, 422.

University, origin of the name, 136.
Upper Canada, growth, &c. of, 1 et seq.
USES OF BEAUTY, THE, 476.

VAN DE VELDE'S JOURNEY THROUGH SY
RIA AND PALESTINE, 243.
Varna, the Allies at, 620.

Varnishes, ancient, for statuary, 321.
Venice, the wars of, with Turkey, 69

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War, the members of the ministry on the,
233.

Water-mills of New Brunswick, the, 12
Watts, Mrs Stowe on, 316.
Welland canal, the, 7.

Wellesley, the marquis, Latin poems, &c.
by, 573.

Wellington, the recognition of Greece by,
404.

West Indies, former trade of Canada
with the, 3.

Wheat, production of, in Canada, 4.
WHEWELL'S PLURALITY OF WORLDS,
review of, Part I., 288-Part II., 371.
Whigs, present position of the, 233–

their position after the Reform bill, 235.
Widows and widowers, relative numbers
of, 514.

William III., sketch of, 49.

WILSON, PROFESSOR, PERSONAL RECOL
LECTIONS OF, 731.

Winckelman on the supposed painting of
statues, 320.

Woman, influence of, on civilisation, 510.
Women, difficulties, &c. of, in America,
310.

Wood, Sir C., language of, toward Napo
leon, 238.

Wool, imports of, from Australia, 275.
Woollen manufactures, rise of, in Europe,

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