--on British competition, &c., Appendix, 69.
Lochfine, effects of free trade on cattle rearing in district
of, 237.
Lombardy, re-establishment of Austrian domination in, 3.
LONDON, THE GREAT PROTECTION MEETING IN, 738
--importation of grain into, 127
--present rate of its increase, 514.
Londos, M., Greek minister, 530.
Louis XIV., marriage of, to Madame Maintenon, &c., 186 _et seq._
Louis Philippe, pusillanimity of, 4
--his overthrow, 619.
Louvois, anecdote of, 180 note.
Low's Appeal, remarks on, 232.
Lyceum Theatre, the, 690.
Lyons, sir E., in Greece, 526.
M'Combe, William, letter from, on farming statistics, 112.
M'Culloch, on the cotton manufacture, &c., 595.
M'Culloch's system of farming, on, 105.
Mackay, Mr, on the cost of wheat in the United States, 232.
M'Millan, J., on the cattle trade in Appin, 240.
M'Nair & Co., the trade circulars of, 598.
MADAME SONTAG AND THE OPERA, 688.
Magyars, the, 8.
Maintenon, madame de, career of, 181.
Malibran, anecdotes of, 694.
Manchester, state of the cotton manufactures in, 361
--its depressed state, 383.
Manchester Courier, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.,"
Appendix, 26.
Manners, lord John, at the protection meeting, 768.
Manufactures, protection still enjoyed by, 130
--list of articles still protected, 225
--state of, 361
--depression under which labouring, 383
--experienced effects of free trade on, 612, 613.
Manufacturers, contrast between, and the Agriculturists, 132.
Manufacturing districts, depressed state of the, 590.
Mark Lane Express, the, on the probable price of wheat, 351
--on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 39.
Maryport, state of the shipping interest at, 357.
Maurice, Mr, on the condition of the Agricultural labourers, 366.
Mercantile class in Greece, the, 533.
Methuen, lord, speech of, on the Address, 348.
Mexico, sketches in, 37.
Michael Angelo, Wilkie on, 201.
Military, general loyalty of the, in 1848, 5.
Ministerial measures, the, 377
--the Irish Reform bill, 378
--new colonial measures, 379
--general discontent in the colonies, 380
--extinction of voters in Ireland, _ib._
--continued depression of Agriculture, 382
--alleged increase of exports, 383
--danger to the moneyed interest, 384
--influence of Agricultural distress on commerce, 385
--Sir William Napier on free trade, 386.
Ministry, subjection of the, to mob domination, 513.
MODERN ARGONAUTS, the, 539.
Moldavia, wheat-growing capabilities of, 231.
Moneyed interest, present danger to the, 384
--its influence, 522.
Monmouth Beacon, the, on "British Agriculture," &c., Appendix, 57.
Monro, Mr, his answer to Caird's High Farming, 104.
MONTH AT CONSTANTINOPLE, a, 679.
Montreal, loyalty of, during the Rebellion, 251
--contrast in 1848, 252.
Moore, W., letter from, on the state of the shipping interest, 358.
Morland the painter, notices of, 194, 195.
Morning Chronicle, reply to the, 225
--on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 10
--Letter from W. to it, and reply, Appendix, 13.
Morning Herald, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 3
--reply to the Times on it, Appendix, 14.
Mortgages, lord Drumlanrig on, 244.
Moscow, the burning of, 575.
Municipal government, system of, in Greece, 535
--institutions, necessity for, there, 531.
Münster, prophecy regarding, 567.
MY PENINSULAR MEDAL, Part III. chap. vii. 15
--chap. viii. 22
--chap. ix. 26
--Part IV. chap. x. 313
--chap. xi. 318
--Part V. chap. xii. 393
--chap. xiii. 401
--chap. xiv. 405
--Part VI. chap. xv. 542
--chap. xvi. 547
--Part VII. chap. xvii. 661
--chap. xviii. 673.
Myers, T. M., Liverpool Prices current from, 591.
Napier, admiral sir Charles, on free trade &c., 387.
Napier, sir William, on free trade, 386
--letter from, 640.
NAPLES, A FAREWELL TO, 279
--reaction in, 3.
Napoleon in Russia, sketches of, 574.
National debt, recent additions, &c. to the, 513
--amount of, paid off by the sinking-fund, 516 _et seq._
National Gallery, on the, 205.
Navigation laws, effects of the repeal of, 355.
Negro emancipation, Carlyle on, 654.
Newcastle Courant, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 43.
Newcastle Journal, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 54.
Ney, sketches of, during the Moscow retreat, 576 _et seq._
Ninon de l'Enclos, sketches of, 184.
Nisbet, Mr, letter from, on farming statistics, 111.
NOAILLES, THE DUC DE, his Memoirs of Madame de Maintenon reviewed,
174.
North British Agriculturist, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.,"
Appendix, 39.
North of Scotland Gazette, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.,"
Appendix, 76.
Nottingham Guardian, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.,"
Appendix, 47.
Oats, fiars price of, 382.
Opera, the, 688.
Orleans dynasty, pusillanimity of the, 4.
Orleans, the duchess d', heroism of, 4.
Osnabruck, prophecy regarding, 567.
Othello, the character and tragedy of, its time, &c., 483, 626.
Otho, King of Greece, sketch of government, &c., of, 526.
OVID'S SPRING-TIME translated, 621.
PALACE THEATRICALS, 722.
Palmerston, lord, policy of, toward Greece, 526, 529 _et seq._
Paris, distress in, after the Revolution, 13 note.
Parkman's California, review of, 34.
Pauperism, Carlyle on, 643.
Peasantry, the Greek, state, &c. of, 532.
Peel, sir R., remunerative price for wheat fixed by, 94
--his letter to his tenantry, on, 233
--his conduct with regard to free trade, 617.
Peers, house of, speeches in, on the address, 348.
PENITENT FREE-TRADER, the, 585.
Penny postage, sacrifice of revenue by the, 523.
Periodical essays, on the republication of, 605.
Perth Courier, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 31, 83.
Phanariotes, character, &c. of the, 532.
Phillips, J., letter from, on the state of the operatives, 366.
Piscatory, Mr, French minister in Greece, 526.
Pius IX., weakness of, 4.
Plague, Howard's exertions regarding the, 67.
Plymouth, state of the shipping interest at, 357.
Poetry, The Dark Waggon, 71
--A Farewell to Naples, 279--To Burns' Highland Mary, 309
--Canadian Loyalty, 345
--Britain's Prosperity, 389
--The Dwarf and the Oak tree, 411
--The Clearing of the Glens, 475
--The Modern Argonauts, 539
--The Penitent Free-trader, 585
--Ovid's Spring-time, 621
--the Hungarian Joseph, 658
--the Quaker's Lament, 733.
Poland, prices of wheat in, 101.
Political Essays, republication of, 605.
Political Novels, modern French, 431.
Poor-rates, alleged diminution of, 383.
Pork, American, importation, &c. of, 129.
Portrait painting, the English school of, 203.
Post-office, statistics of, under the penny postage system, 523.
Pottgiesser, prophecy of, 564.
Poussin, Gaspar, 202.
Price, Dr, connection of, with Howard, 56.
Primates, the Greek, 532.
Prinny, a dog, anecdote of, 206.
Prisons, Howard's exertions in connection with, 63 _et seq._
Property, necessity of security of, 1
--destruction of, through recent legislation, 522.
PROPHECIES, GERMAN POPULAR, 560.
Proprietors, character, state, &c., of, in Greece, 532.
PROTECTION MEETING, THE GREAT, IN LONDON, 733.
Protective system, past benefits of the, to Canada, 255.
Provision trade, influence of free trade on, 129.
Provisions, importations of, 1845 and 1849, 370.
Prussia, reaction in, 3
--want of moral courage in the government of, 4
--fidelity of the troops in, 6
--prophecies regarding, 561 _et seq._
QUAKER'S LAMENT, THE, 733.
Railways, depreciation of, 383
--causes of their depressed state, 613
--German prophecies regarding, 563, 565.
REACTION, THE YEAR OF, 1.
Reeves, Sims, the singer, 699.
Reform Bill, extinction of the Sinking fund by the, 517
--Alison's essay on the, 607.
Rembrandt, Wilkie on, 202.
Rent, rates of, in England and Scotland, 226.
Rents, alleged rise of, and its causes, 122.
Representation, proposed colonial system of, 379.
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the, 187.
Revolution, philanthropic pretexts under which begun, 2
--causes of the success of, 4
--causes of the reaction against the, 5 _et seq._
--the first French, influence of the remembrance of it, 5
--that of 1848, Alison on, 619.
Reybaud, Louis, the political novels of, 431.
Richmond, the duke of, speeches of, at the protection meeting,
748, 769.
Rigden, Mr W., at the protection meeting, 766.
Roberton, James, statistics of farming produce, &c., by, 114.
Rolink, prophecies of, 569.
Rome, reaction at, 3.
Rossi, the countess, career of, 690.
Rossini, anecdotes of, 688 note.
Roubiliac the sculptor, anecdote of, 143.
Roxburgh, returns of farming produce, &c., in, 108.
Roy, J. L., letter from, on farming statistics, 111.
Royal Academy, on the, 206.
Royal speech, the, 347.
Runcorn, state of the shipping interest at, 358.
Russell, lord John, on the Agricultural question, 352, 353
--presentation of the protectionist memorial to, 770 _et seq._
Russia, effects of the intervention of, in Hungary, 9.
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, history of a regiment during the, 573.
Rusticus, letter from, to the Courant, Appendix, 66.
Ruxton, William, letter from, on farming statistics, 112.
Sacramento, battle of, 39.
SACS ET PARCHEMINS, 439.
Sadler, Thomas, letter from, on farming statistics, 111
--statement of these by him, 116.
Sandars, Mr, on the price of wheat abroad, 102
--his pamphlet on the Agricultural question, 374.
SANDEAU'S SACS ET PARCHEMINS, 431.
Sapienza, the island of, the case regarding, 538.
Scarron, marriage of madame de Maintenon to, 182.
Scotland, statistics of farming in, 107 _et seq._
--rates of rent in, 226
--effects of free trade on the cattle trade of, 237
--state of the agricultural interest in, 367
--present prices of grain in, 382
--increase of poor rates in, 384.
Scotsman, the, on the "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 57
--letter of Mr Gibson to, Appendix, 65.
Scott, sir Walter, anecdote of, 207
--errors of, in describing nature, 624.
Sebastian del Piombo, Collins on, 203.
Segur's account of the Moscow campaign, on, 573.
Shakspeare's Othello, see Othello.
Sheep, effects of free trade on the rearing of, 238.
Sherborne Journal, the, on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 38.
Shipping Gazette, the, on the state of the shipping interest, 355.
Shipping interest, state of the, 355 _et seq._
Shrewsbury Journal, the, on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 34.
Sidi Ibrahim, combat of, 292.
SIEGE OF DUNBEG, THE, 153.
Simpson, Robert, letter from, on farming statistics, 112.
Sinking fund, table showing the operation of the, 516 _et seq._
Slave market at Constantinople, the, 685.
Smith, Adam, on colonial policy, 263.
Smith, Sidney, anecdote of, 196.
SMITH'S MONTH AT CONSTANTINOPLE, review of, 679.
Smolensko, the French at, during the Moscow retreat, 577.
Smyrna, sketches of, 682.
Socialism, interests assailed by, in France, 11.
SONTAG, MADAME, AND THE OPERA, 688.
Spackman, estimate by, of the value of Agriculture and Manufactures,
368.
Spain, Urquhart's sketches in, 282.
Spectator, the, on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 20.
Spielbahn, prophecies of, 564.
Staffordshire Agriculturist, letter of a, 235.
Stamps, proposed reduction of duties on, 513.
Standard, the, on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 67.
Standard of Freedom, the, on "British Agriculture, &c."
Appendix, 73.
Stanley, lord, presentation of protectionist memorial to, 777
_et seq._
State of the nation, pamphlet on the, 246.
Stephens, Mr, on Caird on high farming, 104.
Stewart, J. F., on the cotton crop of 1849, 601.
Strathmore, statistics of farming produce in, 107.
Sudolf, prophecies of, 569.
Suffrage, extended, the great remedy of the Liberals, 378.
Sugar, &c., diminished consumption of, 386.
Sunderland, state of shipbuilding, &c., at, 358.
Tangiers, sketches by Dumas in, 285.
Taxation, increased burden of, under free trade, 241.
Taxes, amount of, repealed, &c., since the peace, 517.
Taylor's life of Howard, on, 53.
Tea, comparative consumption of, 1845 and 1849, 371
--diminished consumption of, 386.
TENOR OF THE TRADE CIRCULARS, THE, 589.
Thomson, John, letter from, on farming statistics, 111.
Thouvenel, M., French minister in Greece, 530.
Time, Shakspeare's treatment of, 481 _et seq._, 622 _et seq._
Times, the, on the prospects of the Agricultural interest, 121
--reply and letter from Mr Watson to, 222
--tactics of the, on the Agricultural question, 242
--on "British Agriculture, &c." Appendix, 6
--John Bull in answer to it, Appendix, 9
--Morning Herald, Appendix, 14
--and Britannia, Appendix, 17.
Tintoretto's Crucifixion, on, 202.
Titian, Collins on, 200.
Tooke, Mr, on the expected importation of grain, 99.
Towns, present state of the, 612
--state of the, in Greece, 532.
TRADE CIRCULARS, TENOR OF THE, 589.
Traveller, Goldsmith's, 301.
Turkey, the attack by Russia and Austria on, 10.
Turkish bath, the, 294.
United States, cost of raising wheat in the, 232
--present internal policy of the, 250
--comparison between, and Canada, 253 _et seq._
--state of the cotton crop, &c., in, 601.
Universal suffrage, evils of, in Greece, 535.
Urquhart's Pillars of Hercules, review of, 281.
Vandervelde the painter, 202.
Vasari's Life of Angelico, on, 192.
Vicar of Wakefield, the, 297, 307.
Villiers, Mr, speech of, on the Address, 349, 353
--on the shipping interest, 355.
Voters, diminution in number of, in Ireland, 380.
W., letter from, to the Morning Chronicle, and answer, Appendix, 13.
W. E. A., translation of Ovid's Springtime by, 621.
Wakefield Journal, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 49.
Wallachia, wheat-growing capabilities of, 231.
Walmsley, sir Joshua, 347, 658.
Warren, S., review of his letter on the case of Captain Douglas,
269.
Watson, Mr, statement of farming produce by, 107
--reply of, to the Times, 222
--and to the Economist, Appendix, 103
--at the protection meeting, 765.
West of England Conservative, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.,"
Appendix, 53.
Westphalia, prophecies regarding, 563.
Wheat, culture of, in Canada, 261
--Peel on the lowest remunerative price of, 352
--fiars, prices of, 382
--freights of, from various quarters, 604.
Wilkie, sir David, correspondence of, with Collins, 199.
William, Mr J. A., at the protection meeting, 757.
Wilson, James, on the lowest remunerative price of wheat, 352, 353,
364 _et seq._, 366. See also Economist.
Wilson, sir Robert, Dumas' account of, 286.
Wilts Standard, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 35.
Wise's Los Gringos, review of, 34.
Wood, sir Charles, speech of, on the Address, 350
--on the state of the shipping interest, 355
--speech of, on the finances, 514.
Worcester Journal, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 78.
Wyse, Mr, British minister in Greece, 530.
YEAR OF REACTION, THE, 1.
York Gazette, the, on "British Agriculture, &c.," Appendix, 71.
Young, G. F., on the shipping interest, 360
--at the presentation of the protectionist memorial, 770 _et seq._
Youth of Elsen, prophecies of the, 566.
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