counteract the depreciation of mo-
ney by paper-issues, 246; fluctua-
tion of Bank issues of paper, 248-
251; agricultural depression, 247;
country banks stop payment, ib.;
drain of gold on the Bank, and re-
issue of one-pound notes, 251; joint-
stock banks established, 252; notes
under five pounds suppressed, ib.;
proposed publication of the assets
and liabilities of banks, 254; perils
of the banking trade, 255; threat-
ened dissolution of commercial sy-
stem, 259; illustration of the opera-
tion of banking, 268; remarks on
the published accounts of Bank
assets and liabilities, 270; circulation
and bullion of the Bank, 278; state
of credit and commerce in conse-
quence of the course pursued by the
Bank, 280; plea of assisting com-
mercial distress, 285.
Bank-restriction Act, causes which led
to, in 1797, 244.
Bank-charter, Act for its prolongation

of 1798, 245; expiration in 1833,
and renewal, 246.

Bank-directors, necessity for their
keeping a large reserve of bullion,
263; how far they have acted up to
their professed maxims, 266, 280;
actuated by the motive of high pro-
fits, 286; their efforts to bring the
Foreign Exchanges in favour of En-
gland, 257; remarks on the asser-
tion that the "Bank deposits per-
form the functions of money," 266;
causes of loss of bullion sustained
from 1833 to April 1835, 274; lia-
bilities and assets of the Bank in Oc-
tober 1833, 272; remarks on the
constitution of the Bank of England,
279; the union of incompatible func-
tions in the Bank the cause of our
recent monetary derangements, 283;
suggestions for the division of the
business of the Bank, 289; removal
of the Bank monopoly, 290; neces-
sity of an inquiry into the policy and
constitution of the Bank, 295.
Banks of the United States, incorpora-
tion of, and liabilities of the share-
holders, 292; system of banking in
the United States, 539.
Barthélémi's Anacharsis, observations

on, 52.

Beaumont's (M. de) observations on

the system of punishing the convicts
of New South Wales, 120.
Beggars, number of in the time of Eli-

zabeth, 376; fifteen hundred seized
by Secretary Cecil, 377.
Belgium, its separation from Holland
caused by the Catholic party, 348;
the clergy admitted into the cham-
ber of representatives, ib. (note). '
Bible (the), remarks on extracts for
the use of the National Schools of
Ireland, 222; equivocations on the
subject of 'Selections' from, 224;
Mr. Babington's remarks on the
use of Selections for the young,

226.

Society, objections urged against
it when first established, 219.
Bicheno's (Mr.) remarks on the Irish
peasantry, 398.

Blind Harry, authority of his legends,

150.

Board of Trade, Report of, drawn up
by Locke, 1697, 382.

Bonder, or small proprietary in Nor
way, condition of, 15.

British Museum, additional MSS. re-
specting Wallace preserved in the,

163.

Budek (a canon of Cracow), his sermon

and its effects, 407.

Bullion, recent exportation of, 275;

statement of the bullion and circu-
lation of the Bank in 1836-37, 278.

C..

Cabala (the), its science developed in
the Zohar, 419; superstitions of,

420.

Cahals, a Jewish municipal body, op-
pressions of, 421.
Cambridge University,-Mr. Walsh's

"Historical Account," &c. 168; re-
marks on the discipline, 182; course
of studies, 184; preponderance given
to mathematics, 185; system of fel-
lowships, 186; institution of addi-
tional triposes, ib.; the higher aims
of classical studies neglected, 188;
moral discipline in a university, 189 ;
German universities, 191; system
of lecturing, 192; restrictions upon
the students, ib.; evil effects of com-
pulsory attendance at chapel, 194;
cause of existing evils, 196; substi-

tution of colleges for the University,
ib; ancient custom of the Univer-
sity, ib.; fellowships, 197; oath taken
on becoming master of arts, ib.; Mr.
Walsh's account of the nomination of
auditor, 198; University officers ori-
ginally elected from the body at large,
ib.; fatal consequences of the esta-
blishment of the caput, 200; exclu-
sion from degrees, 204; reforms re-
commended, 207.

Canada, diffusion of property in, 15;
polite manners of the peasantry, 18;
comparative rate of living there and
at New South Wales, 110.
Caraites, or scriptural Jews, origin of,
1.431; where settled, their pursuits
and language, ib.

Catholic clergy of the United States,
observations on the, 346.

Catholics of America, remarks on the,
346.

Chassidim, origin of the, 426; Loebel's
account of, 427; maxims of the,
428.

Chiaryni (L'Abbé), his “Théorie du
Judaism," 402; his death prevents
the translation of the Talmud, 417.
Circassia declaration of independence,
extract from, 313.

Classical fiction, character of works on,

52; as treated by Landor, 54.
Clay (Mr.), moves for a Committee re-
specting joint-stock banking, 242;
his suggestions, 254; his speech on
Danish claims, 582; presents the
claimants' petition, 586; his speech
on it, 587.

Constantinople, highly influential over
the destinies of Europe and Asia,
300; importance to Russia of the
possession of Constantinople, 305;
became from 1812 a rival mart
with Smyrna for the importation of
British manufactures, 474; num-
ber of merchants trading with En-
gland, 475; goods shipped thither
for Persia, 475; necessity and re-
sults of its fortification, 605, 607;
advantages of her military position,
608; various sieges of, ib.; plans
for defence against a Russian army,
611; fortification to secure the city,
613; danger from Russian intrigues,

614.

Convicts,-necessity of a reformatory
system of discipline for convicts after

transportation, 101; letter from a
convict, 115; punishment of con-
victs in New South Wales, 117;
flogging inflicted at the discretion
of the justices of the peace in the
colony, 120; remarks on female
convicts, 127; on juvenile conviets,

129.

Cosher-tax, on food eaten by the Jews,

424.

Cottier system, in Ireland, statute re-
specting the, 373; once prevalent in
England, 372.

Cracow, the first professor of Hebrew
at the University of, 410.
Crawford's (Mr.) observations on the
condition of criminals in the United
States, 124.
Credit-system, falsely supposed to be
supported by law of arrest, 81.
Crime amongst the younger classes,
129; Refuge of the Destitute and
Children's Friend Society, 131; the
Victoria Asylum, ib.; branch soci-
eties at the Cape of Good Hope and
in Canada, 132; prevalence in En-
gland, in the sixteenth century, 376.
Criminal law of Norway, its punish-
ment by deprivation of honour, 29.

D.

DALRYMPLE'S (Sir David) “ Annals of
Scotland," 134.

Danish claimants, consideration of the

case of, 581; division of their claims
into three classes, 586; speeches of
Solicitor-General and Chancellor of
the Exchequer, 587; relations sub-
sisting between Denmark and En-
gland, 591; plea furnished by the
Crown lawyers 594; leading fea-
tures of the case, 596.

Danube, navigation of the, 498; en-
croachment of Russia, ib.; effect of
climate on right bank of the Lower,
605; interest of Europe opposed to
Russia's establishment there, 606.
Debtor and creditor, law of, 64; in
Germany and Holland, 79, 80.
De Foe, object of his pamphlet, entitled
"Giving alms no charity," 382.
Democracy, progress of the principle
peculiarly illustrated in Norway, 4.
Denmark, secret expedition of the Bri-
tish Government against, 581; sci-

EDUCATION, Mr. Priaulx's work on,
178; remarks on the object of edu-
cation, 179; present system pursued
at the English Universities, 180;
evil effects of the clerical control of
university education, 197; objec-
tions raised against, 210; impracti-
cability of placing the clergy at the
head, 212; Lord Grey's plans of,
214; clerical abuse of, 216; charges
brought against the Board of Com-
missioners, 232; Irish National
Board of Education, 241; Locke's
plan of uniting industry with the
education of the poor, 382.

Edward I., his treaty against the Scots,
160; letter to Sir A. Abernethy,
160.

Egypt, our commerce with, 490.
Elijah, the Prophet, assertions of the
Jews respecting, 419.

Emigration system, added to the peni-
tentiary system, 127.
England, necessity of exerting her in-
fluence against the policy of Russia,
306; her experience of the effects
of a poor law, 369; state of En-
gland during the reign of Edward
III. applicable to Ireland at the pre-
sent day, 372; famine in the reign
of Elizabeth, 377; records of expen-
diture on the poor, 379; remarks on
the present commercial distress, 468;
our trade with Turkey of recent date,
473; imports from Turkey in the
year 1835, 488; her moral and poli-
tical influence never yet fully ex-
erted, 492; advantages of a new
stimulus to her manufactures, 620;
statement of exports, 421.
English travellers, remarks on,

1.

English Poor, first Act of Parliament
in favour of, 369.

Essington (Port of), its advantages as
a commercial settlement, 106.
Europe, political state of, in the nine-
teenth century, 39.

Excise on spirits, encourages drunk-
enness, 20.

F.

FALKIRK, battle of, fatal to the inde-
pendence of Scotland, 156...
Farms, consolidation of, 373.
Feudal tenure, as opposed to Udal te-
nure, 11.

Fiction, works of, in Germany and
France, 442.

Flogging, inflicted on the convicts at
N.S. Wales, 120.

1

Florida, its discovery by Juan Ponce
de Leon, 324; influence of the un-
successful attempts of the French to
colonize it, 325.
France, diminution in her agricultural
produce, 624; her alliance with
Russia, 296; evils of the prohibitory
system in, 624.

Frank, (Jacob), founder of the Judeo-
Christian sect of the Frankists, his
history, 438.

Frankists, sect of, 433; their history,
ib.; their tenets, 440.

French Revolution, its influence on
literature, 444.

G.

GEMARA (the), few portions translated
into Latin, 416.

Germany, law of debtor and creditor in,
79, 80; universities of, 17-1; limited
knowledge of the professors in, 181;
advantages of the university stu-
dents in, 193; revolution in, 445;
state of its literature before the
French Revolution, 442; German
novel and drama, 448.
Glasgow, imitation of cachemeres in-
troduced by a Greek into, 474.
Goethe, his "Sorrows of Werther,"
443.

Gold-mines of Russia, 318.

HALE (Sir Matthew), his recommen-
dation of confining relief to work-
houses, 381; his "Discourse touch-
ing a Provision for the Poor," 381.
Hall's (Capt. Basil) anecdote of an
Irish settler in Canada, 13.
Hamburg, imprisonment for debt not
permitted at, 79.

Hampton Court, celebration held there,
351.

Harvard (John), his bequest in 1638
to the college of his name, 366.
Hazlitt's remarks on Charles Lamb,
535.

Henry VIII., his motive for facilita-
ting the alienation of landed pro-
perty, 326.

High Commission, Court of, its aboli-
tion by the Long Parliament, 350.
Holland, its separation from Belgium,
caused by the Catholics, 348.
Hungary, artful policy of Russia to-
ward, 298; letter of the empress
of Russia to a Hungarian regiment,

299.

I.

"IMAGINARY Conversations, &c.," by
W. S. Landor, 33.
Immorality and crime, caused by law
of arrest for debt, 74.
Inclosures, statute regarding, 373.
India, the countries bordering upon,

better known to the French and
Russians than to the English, 306.
Jusolvency Court, evils of the, 86.
Ireland, remarks on state of the pea-

santry, 12; character of the pea-
santry, 13, 368, 398; distinct reli-
gious parties, division of the popu-
lation into, 212; on the establish-
ment of schools in, 213; Lord Grey's
system for the Irish national schools,
214; Bible selections for the poor,
222; Ireland offered by Cromwell
to the Puritans of New England,
342; natural resources of the coun-
try, and destitution of the people,
368; her export trade to Liverpool,
ib.; relations between landlord and
tenant, 369; her present state si-
milar to that of England in the 13th
century, 372; arguments against a
poor law, and reply to them, 387;

a poor-rate more easily established
than in England; 393; bad system
of culture in Ireland, 396.
Irish Poor, Third Report of Commis-
sioners of Inquiry, 1837, 367.
Israel (of Miedzyboz), the founder of
the Jewish sect called Chassidim,
his character and doctrines, 427;
his posthumous works, 428.
Italy, a nation never addicted to re-
ligious persecution, 348.

J.

JAMAICA, offered by Cromwell to the
Puritans of New England, 342.
Jebb, (Dr.), extracts from his life and
correspondence, 227.

"Jewish Intelligencer", London, 1837,
402.

Jews, on the rites and traditions of,
by Hyman Isaacs, 402; unchanged
condition of in Poland, 403; their
state an evidence of the truth of the
Scriptures, 404; their population,
405; first arrival in Poland, ib.;
privileges granted them in Poland,
406; charges against them at the
Synod of Lowich in 1556, 408; their
assertions respecting the marvellous
river Sabbathion, 409; their state
described by Gratiani, ib.; regula-
tions in Austria, Prussia, and Russia,
ib.; learning of the Polish Jews in
17th century, 410; their calamities
in the wars of the Cosacs, ib.; their
exemption from military service
abolished by Nicholas, ib.; their new
organization in Poland under Alex-
ander, 411; their opposition to the
translation of the Talmud, 416; an
inn in Poland tenanted by Jews de-
scribed, 418; contrast between their
physical condition and intellectual
state, ib.; formerly governed by
their own authorities, 421; curious
custom called Chazak, 422; learn-
ing, the aristocracy of the Jews,
ib.; early initiation of, into the
mysteries of the Talmud, ib.; their
general occupation, 423; extensive
practice of bribery, ib. ; trade of a
butcher considered sacred by the
Jews, 424; laborious trades seldom
pursued by them, ib.; their moral
character, 425; condition of the

Jewish women, ib.; the Jews of Po-
land divided into three classes, 426;
doctrines of the Chassidim sect, 428;
morality of the Caraites, 431; emi-
gration of the Polish Jews to Pales-
tine, 432; Spanish Jews mentioned
by Wolff, ib.; superstitions of the
Jews respecting the year 1666, 433.
Jochanan (Rabbi), opinion of Jewish
writers respecting him, 413.
Joint-stock banks, report of the Com-
mittee on, 1837, 242; establishment
of, 252; propriety of publishing as-
sets and liabilities of, 253; Com-
mittee of the House of Commons
on, 254; advantages of forming
joint-stock banks, 281; principle of
joint-stock banking yet untried, 295.
Judges, their legal responsibility in
Norway, 28.

Jurisprudence of Norway, remarkable
feature of, 28.

K.

KING'S (Gregory) tables of the
amount levied for the poor in 1684,
379.

"Transportation and Colonization";

92.

Law-courts of Norway, description of,
27.

Law of Debtor and Creditor, 64; in
Germany, 79; in Scotland, 81.
Law of nations, remarks on, 589.
Legate (Bartholomew), his execution
for heresy, 344.

Leighton (Dr. A.), tortured by order
of the Star Chamber, 357.
Lewis's (G. Cornewall) "Remarks on
Third Report of Irish Poor Commis-
sioners", 391.

Lillo's tragedy of "The Fatal Curi-
osity", 446.

Literature, state of in France and Ger-
many previous to the French Revo-
lution, 442.

Locke's plan of uniting education with
industry, 382; importance of this
to Ireland, ib.

London Company, colonizes Virginia,

330.

Loyd (S. J.), his reply to Mr. J. H.
Palmer's pamphlet on the money-
market, 242.

M.

L.

LAING'S "Journal of a Residence in
Norway," 1.
Lamb (Charles), his personal appear.
ance described, 509; his residence
in the Temple, and education, 510;
"Sonnet written at Cambridge,'
ib.; peculiarities of character mani-
fested in the early periods of his life,
514; his friendship for Coleridge,
512; affection for his sister, 513;
his letters to Mr. Manning, 514-
516; his comic genius, 517; critical
taste, 518; ideas on historical wri-
tings, 519; his straitened circum-
stances, 520; personal friends, 522;
"the drudgery of the desk", 523;
peculiar constitution of his mind,
528; his general style, 534; his
death, 536.

Landed property, the tenure of in Nor-
way, 10.

Landor's (W. S) " Imaginary Con-
versations", and "Pericles and As-
pasia", 33; character of his writings,
34, 46.

Lang (Dr.), remarks on his work on

MAHOMETANS in Poland, account of,
431.

Mahometano-Jewish sect, still in ex-
istence, 438.

Malta, a depôt of our trade to the Me-
diterranean, 474.
Manufactures, British, amount export-
ed to Turkey, 471; Constantinople
a rival mart with Smyrna for the
importation of, 474; exports to Rus
sia and Turkey in 1827, 1834, and
1835, 478; amount in value of ex-
ports to Syria, 483; sale of British
manufactures in Turkey, 485.
Manzoni's "Sulla Morale Cattolica",
extract from, 348.

Marmont, (Marshal), in Russia, 601.
Marriage ceremonies in the Lutheran
church, 9.

Maryland, colonization of, 337; its in-
dependence of the throne of England,
338; its constitution based on liberal
principles, ib.; history of the state,
340-345.

Menteith (Sir J.), his capture of Wal-
lace at Glasgow, 164.

Mishna, German version of the, 416. ́ ́