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.
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.
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.
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.
Nicaragua, Lake of, 71. Nicholas I., 399. See Jesse. Neva, breaking up of the ice, 409.
Orleans, siege of, 300- Maid of, 282. See Joan of Arc.
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,
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.
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,
Russia, 380. See Jesse and Kohl.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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