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effect upon her of the crisis in the
political state of France, 287 - the
siege of Orleans, ib.-Joan's difficulties
in accomplishing her two-fold object,
289-journey from Vaucouleurs to
Château Chinon, 292- character of
Charles VII., 293-Joan's first inter-
view with the King, 296-Her equip-
ment and advance towards Orleans,
299-effects of her presence, 300-
entry into Orleans, 301-successful at-
tacks upon the English, 303-their
retreat, 307-Joan's second interview
with Charles, 308-the battle of Jar-
gnac, 309-Charles's progress towards
Rheims, 311-coronation, 312-privi-
leges accorded to Joan's birthplace, 313
-to her family, 315-appearance at
Court of a rival to Joan, 316-capture
by the Burgundians, 317-purchased
by the English, 318-trial, 319-con-
duct of her captors, 320-convicted
of sorcery and heresy, 322-cause of
her resuming male attire, 324-execu-
tion, 325-part taken by Charles to
avert her doom, ib. - the interest ex-
cited at the time of her death and at
the present day, 326-character, 327-
her fate in literature, 328-statue at
Versailles by the Princess Mary,
daughter of Louis Philippe, ib.

K.

Kendal Mercury' newspaper, the, letter
to the Editor in answer to the Speech
of the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay
upon the Copyright Question, 224.
Kohl, J. G., Petersburg in Bildern and
Skizzen, 380-character of the work,
408-breaking up of the ice on the
Neva, 409-its bridges, 410-consump-
tion of ice for household purposes in
Russia, 411 dangerous position of
Petersburg, ib. the inundation of
November, 1824, 412-perpetual suc-
cession of inhabitants in Russian cities,
414-the Istvostchicks, ib.-ready wit
of the lower orders, 416-laws for the
protection of pedestrians, 417- the
İstvostchick's horse, ib.-longevity of
the people, 418-dexterity, ib.

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carbon of plants-humus, ib.-sources
of carbon, 331-manner in which the
oxygen and carbonic acid of the atmo-
sphere preserve a fixed relation to each
other, 332-connexion of the life of
plants with that of animals, ib.—sources
of oxygen, 333-reasons why the doc-
trine that the carbonic acid of the atmo-
sphere serves for the nutriment of
plants has not been universally ré-
ceived, 334-sources of the nitrogen in
plants and animals, 335-manures-
value of liquid as compared with
solid, ib. manner in which they act,
336 the inorganic constituents of
plants, 337-conclusions derived from
a consideration of them, 338-causes of
exhaustion of land, ib. rotation of
crops and manures, 340-principle of
the action of bone-manure, 341-im-
portance of chemistry to agriculture,
342-value of common sewers, 343-
extensive circulation of Dr. Liebig's
work, 345.

Loch, James, Esq., an account of the im-
provements on the estates of the Mar-
quis of Stafford, in the counties of
Stafford and Salop, and on the estate of
Sutherland, 419-description of Suther-
landshire in 1630, 420-property of the
Sutherland family in the county, 421—
consequence of the connexion of this
property with the command of English
capital, ib.-difficulties in the task of
improvement, 422-progress made to-
wards accomplishing that object, 423
-results in 1840, 424-contrast be-
tween the conditions of the holders of
large and small lots of land, 427-
modern and old habitations of the small
tenants of the Reay country, 428.

M.

Macaulay, the Right Hon. T. B., speech
on Mr. Talfourd's bill, 186-character
of the speech, 208-critique of the
Examiner' newspaper upon it, 209-
its facts, 213-Mr. Macaulay's destruc-
tion of his own argument, 215.
Mackenzie, Sir F. A., Bart.,'Practical In-
structions for Breeding Salmon and
other Fish artificially,' 437. See Salmon.
Manures, 335. See Liebig.

N.

Nicaragua, Lake of, 71.
Nicholas I., 399. See Jesse.
Neva, breaking up of the ice, 409.

0.

Orleans, siege of, 300- Maid of, 282.
See Joan of Arc.

P.

Palestine, 150. See Robinson.
Panama, Isthmus of, projected canal
across, 70.

Papencordt, Dr. F., Cola di Rienzo und
Seine Zeit, bezonders nach ungedruck-
ten Quellen dargestellt,' 346-original
documents produced in the work, 349,
374-extract, 376-its merits, 379.
Petersburg, 411. See Kohl.
Petitot, M., Collection complète des
Mémoires relatives à l'Histoire de
France,' 281.

Petrarch's description of Rienzi's arrival
at Avignon, 375.

Pike perch, its character and qualities,

439.

Popery. See Church of England.
Pugin, A. W., the true principles of
pointed or Christian architecture, 111
-Mr. Pugin's mistake in nomen-
clature, and true character of St. Peter's
and the Jesuits' churches at Rome, 140.
Punishment by death, 39. See Words-
worth.

R.

Renouard, A. C., Traité des Droits
d'Auteurs,' 186-contents of the work,
188 opinion of M. Bossange's propo-
sition for a copyright law in France,
220.

Rickman, Thomas, an attempt to discri-
minate the styles of architecture in
England, from the Conquest to the Re-
formation, 111.

Rienzi, Nicholas, state of Rome at his
appearance in public life, 346-feel-
ings of the people towards the Pope and
clergy, 347-Rienzi's parentage, 350
-profession and studies, 353-
- first
public function, ib.-return to Rome,
355-means adopted by him for the
attainment of his political purposes, 356
-character of his rise to power, 357-
effect of his sudden advancement, 358—
his feelings towards religion, 359-fall
of the tribune, 360-pusillanimity in
power, 362--causes of his downfall, 364
-his retreat in the mountains, 366-
interview with the Emperor Charles
IV., 367-correspondence with the em-

peror and the Archbishop of Prague,
370-imprisonment, 373-delivered to
the Pope, 374-release, 376-his re-
appearance in Rome, 377-death, 378
-character, 379.

Right of search, 273. See America.
Robinson, Edward, D.D., Biblical Re-
searches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and
Arabia Petrea, 150-character of the
English travellers in Palestine, 151–
value of Dr. Robinson's work, 152-the
passage of the Red Sea, ib.-Sinai and
Horeb, 155-the plain for the encamp-
ment of the children of Israel, 156—
journey to Akabah, 160-Jerusalem,
162-position and dimensions of the
fortress of Antonia, 163-substructures
of the Temple Mount, 166-alleged
scene of the Lord's sepulchre, 170-
antiquity of the church of the Holy
Sepulchre, 172-the early Christian
history of Jerusalem, 173-the Dead
Sea, 177-its depression and extension
towards the south, 179-connexion of
the slime-pits with the general formation
of the district, 180-Petra, necessity of
its being visited by an authority in the
history of architecture, 182-state of
Petra at the first period of Christianity,
183.

Royal household, expenditure of, in the
Lord Steward's department, in 1840,

231.

Russia, 380. See Jesse and Kohl.

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S.

Salmon Fisheries, Scotland, Report from
the Select Committee upon, in 1836,
419-nature of their inquiry, 431-
their recommendations upon the close
season, ib. -the 'Saturday's slap,' or
'weekly close,' fixed engines, cruives,
432-mill-dams, 433-admission into
rivers frequented by salmon of dele-
terious matters from manufactories or
gas-works, 434-rod-fishing after the
ordinary season, 435-instruction of
the committee to their chairman, and
its result, 436-Sir F. H. Mackenzie's
Instructions for Breeding Salmon and
other Fish artificially, ib.

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Scotland, the New Statistical Account of,
419-population and herring-fishing of
Wick, 425 general excellence and
specimens of the work, 427- the
return and departure of the herring-
fishers of Latheron, 428-character
of the Scotch Highlander in the last
and present century, 429.

'Sing a Song of Sixpence' translated into
Aristophanic trochaics, 456.
Slave-trade, the, 274.

Smith, John, LL.D., extract from his pe-
tition to parliament upon the copyright
question, 218.

Smith, Robert, 'Cartesii Principia,' 469.
Stephens, John L., 'Incidents of Travel in
Central America, Chiapas, and Yuca-
tan,' 52-the author in his diplomatic
character at Balize, 53-Rio Dolce,
54-journey from Yzabal to Zacapa,
55-reception in the house of a great
man, 56-the diplomatist in danger,
57-the ruined city of Copan, 59-
negotiation for its purchase, 63-cha-
racter of the sculptures found in it, 64
-antiquity, 65. state of Guatimala,

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66 -visit to the volcano near the
city of Cartago, and combined view
of the Atlantic and Pacific, 68
earthquake, 69-projected ship canal
between the two oceans, 70-the two
proposed lines, 71-harbour of St. Juan,
73-calculated cost of the canal, ib.—
refutation of the opinion that a saving
of distance to India would be effected,
74 - advantages of the canal, 75—
other ruined cities, 76-the padre of
Quiche, 77-city said to be inha-
bited by Indians, ib.-journey to Pa-
lenque, 79-fire-fly illumination, 80-
the palace at Palenque, 83-deputation
of reverend antiquarians, 85-an Indian
coach, 87-Uxmal, ib.-antiquity of
these cities, 89.

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Sterling, A. C., 'Russia under Nicholas

the First,' 380-contents of the work,
382.

Stevenson, Mr., late American Minister to
Great Britain, 273. See America.
Sutherland, the late Duchess-Countess of,
421. See Loch.
Wellesley, Marquis-his Latin lines to
Lord Brougham, 465.

T.

Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant, Three Speeches
delivered in the House of Commons in
favour of a Measure for the Extension
of Copyright,' 186. See Copyright.
W.

Whewell, Rev. W., 'Notes on German
Architecture,' 111-effect of the intro-
duction of the arch into Grecian
architecture, 131-nature of the change
caused by the Christian form of wor-
ship, 133.

Wordsworth, William, the Sonnets of, 1
-contrast between the Sonnets and the
'Excursion,' ib.-his doctrinal poems
examined, 3-the necessity of obedi-
ence, 4-temperance in grief, 6—
Wordsworth's intimacy with Scott,
Southey, and Coleridge, 10-causes of
his pre-eminence as a philosophic poet,
12-neglect of his poems during the
first quarter of the present century, 14
-sonnets on the River Duddon, 15—
Mr. Wordsworth's diction, 16-sonnets
to Liberty, 19-liberty must rest on a
moral basis, 22-components of the
worth and gloriousness of liberty, 23—
consequences of political liberty, 24—
riches, 26-social equality, 27-'Itine-
rary' poems, 28-mastery of science
over the elements, 33-manners, 36—
ecclesiastical sonnets, 37-punishment
by death; present state of this question,
39-operation of the act of 1837, 40—
the act of 1841, 41-the part of the
question dealt with by Mr. Wordsworth,
ib.-his sixteen new sonnets, 42-con-
sideration of the subject in reference to
religious views, 44-punishments in
proportion to moral turpitude, 45—
secondary punishments, 46.

Willis, R., Remarks on the Architecture
of the Middle Ages,' 111.

END OF THE SIXTY-NINTH VOLUME.

London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street.

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