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INDEX

INDEX

TO THE

THIRD VOLUME OF THE BRITISH REVIEW.

A.

Abu Bekr, character and death of, 161.

Acid, sulphureous, on the composition of, 310.
Aethiopis, the, of Arctinus, some account of, 399.
Etna, Mr. Galt's ridiculous remark on, 379, 380.
Affinity, chemical, 309.

Africa, Mr. Wilberforce's remarks on, 53-as affected by the slave
trade, 313.

African establishment, expence of, 332.

Africans, British subjects, more than others, employed in bettering
their condition, 314-statement of the obstacles which present
themselves against their civilization, 329-their inveterate habits,
-ib.

African Institution, extent of their labours and objects in the civiliza-
tion of Africa, 325.

Agreement, an Asiatic, with Tippoo Sultan, 315.
Agrigentum, ruins of, 360.

Ahmedy Corps, formation of them, 251.

Air, atmospheric, Ellis on the chemical changes in, 110-changes
produced in by animal respiration, 117-chemical action of on
the blood, 119-121.

Ali Pacha, palace of, 296.

Ally, character of and death, 161, 165-massacre of his family and
friends at Kerbela, 166-ceremony in memory of that event, 167.
Ambition, progress and consummation of, admirably delineated in
the tragedy of Ethwald, 181.

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America, evil consequences of the popular representation in, 33-con-
cise history of the United States of, 122-parties in the United
States of, 129-advice to, against engaging in a war with
England, 133.

Americans, origin of their bias towards France, 126, 127-many of
them still carry on extensive traffic in slaves, 315-methods
practised by them for this purpose, 318.

Anecdote of a mimic boy preacher, 483-of the Earl of Chesterfield
and Mr. Whitefield, 486.

Annamabac, salary of the governor of, 330.

Ascoli, (Duke of), the part he took in the Sicilian Revolution, 376.
Athens, present state of, 86.

Atmospheric air, Ellis on the chemical changes in, 109.

VOL. III. NO, VI.

M M

Atoms, on the weight of, 304-derivation of the word, 305.

. Attraction, the nature and design of, 304.

Augustine, doctrines brought forward by him in his controversy with
the Pelagians, 250.

Ayarshah, ambitious character of, 161, 162.

-B.

Baillie (Miss Joanna), series of plays on the passions by, 172-
merits as a dramatic writer, 173-objects of her works, 175—
tragedy of Basil, ib.-of De Montfort, 179-of Ethwald, 183.
Baptism, remarks on, 238, 239.

Barbarity, unparalleled instance of, 169.

Baronial house of Sicily, 367.

Barons, proclamation after the arrest of the, at Palermo, 375.
Barrington School, the, 416-419.

Basil, a tragedy by Miss Baillie, 175-extracts from, 176, 177.
Baxterians, statement of their opinions, 229.

Bazerjecter, 382.

Beattie (Dr.), short account of, (note) 282-his adaptation of the
verse of Spenser, 287.

Bedouin Arabs, depravity of the, 90.

Belkofsa, town of, 385.

Bell (Dr.), his system of education introduced into Africa, 328—
experiment in education at Madras, 416-420—his report of the
military male orphan asylum at Madras, 421-obstacles which
he met with on his arrival in England, 439..

Bissao, become the emporium of the slave trade in Africa, 321—
situation of, 323.

Blood, chemical action of the air on the, 119-121.

Bodies, on the constitution of, 304-on the union of, 306.
Bonaparte, projects a radical change of religion in France, 171.
Bossuet, Butler's life of, 404-character of his preaching, 405-his
character, ib.-account of his writings, 406-his habits, 406,
407-his controversy with Caffaro, 408-with Claude, 410.
Bramia, an African town, 327.

Brazil, annual exportation of slaves to, 321.

Britain (Great), her laws and constitution calculated for a country
in the career of prosperity, 251-interests of higher and lower
orders blended, ibid.

Bullion Report, the, the foundation of M. Montgaillard's reasonings
with regard to Great Britain, 208.

Busaco, battle of, poetically described, 338.

Butler's (Dr.) installation sermon, 97.

Belmonte, the prince, his patriotism, 368, 369-is arrested, 372—
is treated with great severity, 374-his manly fortitude, 375-is
liberated, 377..

Bernard's (Sir Thomas), Barrington school, 416-419.

Bernouli (John), his problem relative to curves, 36, 37.

Bethlehem, description of church over our Lord's nativity at, 85,

80.

Bible, on the propriety or otherwise, of admitting it only into
schools, 441.
Bible Society, Professor Marsh on the conduct of the, 135-its
origin and progress, 139-futility of Professor Marsh's objection
to, 140-aualogy between the principles of, and Mr. Lancaster's
system of education, 146-object of the, 445-discussion relative
to the, 469-accused, but the accusation repelled, of having in
view secular motives, 470.

Bibles, the demand for not satisfied, 138.

Butler (Dr.), his invectives against evangelical preachers, 102, 103.
Butler's (Mr.), life of Bossuet, 404.

Butscher (Mr.), on the state of the African school-house, 326.
Byron's (Lord) Childe Harold, 275-peculiar character of his
muse, a critique on" English bards and Scotch reviewers," 277
-seems doubtful of the soul's immortality, 283.

C.

Caffaro (Father). See Bossuet and Drama.

Calculus, process of the ordinary, 35.

Calvin, statement of the system of, 104, 105-227.

Calvinism, Dr. Tomline's refutation of, 225—the present debatable
corner in religion, 225.

Calvinists, different classes of, 228, 229-how far they may be
true members of the established church, 235.

Cambridge University, listless inactivity of their press, 190-late
exertions of the, 191.

Carbonic acid, the decomposition of not essential to vegetation, 114.
Cartwright (Major), Lord Selkirk's letter to, relative to a popular
system of representation, 33.

Catholic claims, 299.

Catholic church, the true, according to Bossuet, 412.

Cerigo, account of, 380.

Chapels, number of annually erected by the Wesleyan methodists,

481.

Chateaubriand's (M. de), Itinerary through Greece and Palestine,
78-cavalcade, 80-inaccuracies of his work, 82-description of
Jerusalem, 91.

Chemical philosophy, new system of, 303.

Chesterfield (the Earl of), attends the preaching of Mr. Whitefield,
486.

"Childe," true meaning of the word, 279.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 275-objections to the terms as here
applied, and to the hero of the poem, 280, 281-285-how de-
fective, 287.

MM 2

Christ, estimate of his character and teaching, 100, 101-497→
contrasted with Mr. Whitfield, ib.

Church, when she may be said to be in danger, 495—address to the
members of the, 501.

Clarke (Dr. Adam), eulogizes the Prayer Book and Homily So-
ciety, 476-496.

Claude (Mon.), his conference with Bossuet, 410.

Climate of Africa, a difficulty in promoting the civilization of the
inhabitants, 330.

Clytemnestra, discovery of her tomb, 84.

Collins (Mr.), advantages of the humane treatment of slaves, illus-
trated by, 65.

Comedy, observations on, 189.

Commerce, variable in its nature, 210.

Concord, temple of, at Girgenti, 363, 364.

Constitution of Sicily, 366.

Courteousness and good breeding, prohibited by Tippoo Sultan, 357.
Crimes, how punished in Africa, 329.

Crown, remarks on the patronage of, 31.
Cuba, annual exportation of slaves to, 321.

Curves, Bernoulli's problem relative to, 36.

Cypria, the, one of earliest productions relative to the Trojan War,

388.

D.

Dalton's (Mr. Jolm), new system of chemical philosophy, Part II.

303.

Davy (Professor), his modesty relative to the nature of chemical
combination, 312.

Dead Sea, whether fish live in it doubtful, 90.

Dealtry (Mr.), his speech relative to the diffusion of the Bible,

145.

De Montfort, a tragedy by Miss Baillie, 179-extracts from, 180,

181.

Deputati del Regno, body in Sicily, 367.

Directors of the African Institution, resolved to prosecute slave
dealers, 321.

Dissenters, how to prevent churchmen from becoming, 143-ac-
cording to Dr. Marsh, derive power from the Bible Society, 471.
Drama, end and purpose of the, 172-origin of the, 407-contro-
versy between Bossuet and Father Caffaro relative to the lawful-
ness of stage entertainments, 408, 409.

E.

Education, new system of, 416-419-controversy respecting its in-

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