outset; their remedial measures can have no fair play; and the representatives which the country, under the combined influence of Fenian and agrarian terrorism, will return-will be of a character seriously to embarrass both Government and legislation, and to bring the representative system (as applied to Ireland at least) into contempt. The principles on which Ireland ought to be ruled are written in sunbeams in the whole history of the past -though, alas! the sunbeam has more often taken the form of a warning beacon than a guiding light. On the one side, a tender and vigilant consideration for the rights and wants of the people, whether labourers or peasant farmers; on the other, the sternest and promptest repression, by whatever measures as may be found necessary, of all breaches of the law, whether they take the shape of turbulence or distinct crime; and, to crown the whole, a quick eye and an iron grasp—not spasmodic, but permanent and pertinacious to curb and crush every provocative influence, every agency which tends or seeks to foster agitation or encourage resistance, or rouse malignant feelings between class and class, or sect and sect, or the people and their rulers: in a word, to control and repress, and if need be to punish, with an equal and impartial hand, all brutal and oppressive landlords, all denouncing priests, all incendiary orators, all seditious newspapersso as to give the unhappy country, for at least half a generation, a respite from that chronic excitement which is fostered by perpetual and systematic stimulants to violence and crime on the one hand, and on the other by a conviction, based upon experience, that violence and crime may be ventured with impunity. Twenty years of combined equity and firmness, undisturbed by the ignoble exigencies of party conflict either at the hustings or in Parliament-if that Utopia of patriotism may be dreamed of— would give Ireland such prosperity and peace as have never blessed it yet. All righteous claims generously granted-all unrighteous ones recognised as ungrantable; every real grievance redressed with promptitude-every artificial one exposed and silenced; enthusiasts who live in idle dreams, declaimers who live by disseminating falsehood, agitators who trade on the malignant passions they excite, alike reduced to impotence or inaction -would leave only that inherent residuum of misconception between the two portions of the kingdom which it is foolish not to recognise, but which need not then be dreaded.
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE
ABOUKIR, destruction of the French fleet at, 364.
Acquitania, ethnographically distin- guished from the rest of France, 451. Adam's infallibility, 171.
Elfric's Biblical translations, 304. Alexander the Great, Grote's character of, 374.
Animals, tenderness for, in the Roman poets, 64. .
Arch in architecture, Hindoo avoid- ance of it, 437.
Architecture, its relation to ethno- graphy, 441.
Aristocracy (an), necessary to the suc- cess of constitutional government, 132-its social force in England, 133. Aryans, Sanscrit-speaking, 437. Asceticism, motives of, 73. Austen (Jane), Memoir of, 196-her pure and idiomatic English, 199- Pride and Prejudice and other novels, 200-profits of them, 201— her person, mind, and habits, 203. Australian colonies, their advantage to England, 158 suggestion for a
Colonial Board, 160. Avebury, excavations at, 464.
309-the English Reformation the result of a vernacular Bible, 310- Tyndale's translation of Matthew and Mark from the Greek the first part of the Bible printed in English, 312- the first New Testament in English printed at Worms, 313- copies collected and burned in pre- sence of Wolsey, ib.-character of Tyndale's version, 315-the basis of our English Bible, 316-a complete English version of the Bible distri buted in 1537 by the King's licence, 317-Matthew's Bible, 318-Cover- dale's Bible the first authorised ver- sion, 319-the Great Bible, 321- great demand for editions of the Bible at the period of its publication, 322-Whittingham's revision, 325- the Genevan English Bible, 326- the Bishops' Bible, 327-Roman Ca- tholic translation of the Scriptures, ib. the Rhemish version grossly erroneous, 328-the Douay Bible, 329-fifty-four scholars nominated to prepare the authorised version, ib. -their code of instructions, 330- the translators divided into six classes, 331-the authorised version published, 332-its materials and mode of preparation, ib.-the Eng- lish Bible the result of a century of toil and study, 335-Roman Catholic eulogiums on the authorised version, 336-its errors and blemishes, 339- difficulty of its revision, 340. Bolingbroke's reproaches against Sir R. Walpole, 116-a great master of prose style, 121-its happy com- bination of ease, strength, and flexi- bility, ib.-the representative literary man of the George II. era, ib.-three conspicuous points in his writings, ib.
Bonaparte (Jerome), a low profligate, 377-Napoleon on his incognito, ib. (Joseph) transferred from 2 Q
Naples to Spain, 375.
Bonaparte (Louis), King of Holland,
(Lucien) coup d'état of, 369. Bowles (the poet), anecdote of, 213. Burney's (Miss) Evelina,' 200. Butler and Paley on Christianity, com- pared, 125-characteristics of their theology, ib.
Byron (Lord and Lady), Miss Mitford on their separation, 211. 'Byron (Lady) Vindicated,' Mrs. Stowe produces no confirmatory evidence whatever in, 218-her extraordinary hallucination about the Dream,' 219-the Vindication,' a rank speci- men of book-making, 220-saying of Fletcher misquoted, ib.-Byron's marriage a miscalculation as well as a mistake, 221-his statement to Medwin, ib.-Lady Byron's passion- ate terms of gratitude and confidence to Mrs. Leigh, 222-why her daughter was christened Augusta Ada, ib.— letters from Lady Byron, 223-letter to Lady Melbourne, 225-Lady By- ron to Lord Byron declaring her determination on separation, 226- the relations between the sisters-in- law unaltered by the separation, 228- from Byron's leaving England to his death Mrs. Leigh the medium of his communication with Lady Byron, ib. -destruction of the Memoirs con- fided to Moore, 230-Mr. Wilmot Horton's disclaimer of the calumny as Lady Byron's representative, ib. -its repetition without qualification or reserve, 233-letter from Shelley considering the calumny at an end from Lady Byron's living with Mrs. Leigh, 230-circulation of the ca- lumnious report in 1816, 231-letter from Lady Byron in answer to Mrs. Villiers, 232-proved to have been meant by Lady Byron as an unequi- vocal denial of the report, ib.-the double-faced theory in the interpre- tation of that letter, 233-quarrel of Mrs. Leigh with Lady Byron in 1830 and obduracy of Mrs. Leigh, ib. -letter from Lady Byron to Lady Melbourne, 234 divine spirit of charity attributed to Lady Byron by Mrs. Stowe, 235-Lady Byron's com- munications to Medora Leigh, 236 -Medora's death, 237 Transat- lantic parallel of Mrs. Stowe with Judas Iscariot, ib.-critical ability of the journals of the United States on the controversy, 239-Mrs. Stowe's scene between brother, sister, and
docile wife, 240-arguments from Cain,' 241 -the tragedy imperfectly quoted by Mrs. Stowe, 242-no trace of reformation and pardon in the voluminous correspondence between the sisters in-law, 243-Lady Byron's entreaties to Mrs. Leigh to remain with Lord Byron, ib.-inconsisten- cies in the charge outraging religion, morality, and common decency, ib. -wild blows of the discomfited libeller, b.-prolonged course of dis- simulation and hypocrisy on the hypothesis that Lady Byron believed the charge, 244-illustration from 'Caleb Williams,' 245-pruriency of Mrs. Stowe's imagination, ib.-trans- figuration by romance-writing ladies, 246-Dr. Lushington's silence, ib.- absurdity of the alleged conspiracy against Lady Byron, ib.-the Fare thee well' verses, 247-Lady Byron's statement irreconcileable with her own words and deeds, ib. - Mrs. Stowe's fearless' question retorted, 248-Mrs. Stowe the blind instru- ment of fulfilling Byron's prophecy that justice would be done to him, 250-she has canonised the sinner intending to deify the saint, ib.
Cadmon, the father of English poetry,
Caird (J.) on the Irish Land Question,
Calvin's profound Biblical scholarship,
Campbell (G.) on the Irish Land Ques- tion, 279.
Charlemagne, Age of, 54.
Christian Church, three services ren-
dered to the world by it, 71-four evil tendencies promoted by the dominant Church in the dark ages, ib.-alleged injurious influence of Christianity on the civic virtues, 74. Church of England (Reformed) not a new Church, 538.
in Wales, 387. See Wales. Collins, descriptive poetry of, 125. Comedy of the eighteenth century, its characteristics, 123.
Councils (Ecumenical), the first general council summoned by Constantine, 172-the Apostles and elders of the model Council (Acts xv.), ib.— Bishops alone a defective represen tation of the Church, 173- oath binding the Bishops to the Pope,
Eastlake's (Sir C. L.) contributions to the Literature of the Fine Arts, 410 -his education, 421-the most culti- vated man among the successors of Reynolds in the presidential chair, 423-his portraits of Napoleon after Waterloo, 424-pictures of Isadas and Pilgrims arriving in sight of Rome, 426-the characteristic of his paintings, distinction, 431. Ecclesia docens and discens, 172. Edgeworth (Mr.), Miss Mitford's sketch of, 209.
Education of the People, the average working man illiterate and ignorant, 475-low sense of parental obliga- tion, 477-the Educational League and the National Educational Union, 479-definition of unsectarian given by the League, ib.-requisites for the education at school of all the children in England, 480-statistics of Church schools, 482-certificated teachers and normal schools, 483- payment according to results, 484- uninspected schools, ib.-statistics of children at school, ib.-English and
Prussian education compared, 486- a mother's influence on the religion of her children, 487-discussion of Mr. Forster's Bill, 488-permissory compulsion to attend schools, 491- Mr. Mundella's time-table, 493- suggestion for meeting the religious scruples of Dissenters, 494-popu- larity of compulsory education among working men, 497-suggestions for adoption during the revision of the Revised Code, 498-the case between Mr. Forster's Bill and the League, 500-teaching religion to a child necessarily dogmatic, 503.
Edwards's (E.) Life of Ralegh,' 542. Elizabeth's eternal matrimonial specu- lations, 522- Froude's hatred of the Church and extreme depreciation of Elizabeth, 523- both sides of her character, 525-outline of her policy, ib.-divided into three lines, 527- her detention of Mary of Scotland discussed, 528-charge against Eliza- beth and Walsingham, 531 — her conduct towards the foreign Pro- testants, 532-interposition in the Netherlands, 535-the vocabulary of her oaths, 539.
Esterno (M. d') on old and new privi- leged classes in France, 87.
Fortescue's (Mr. C.) measure for deal- ing with Irish crime, 563. Frost's career as a convict in Tasmania, 140.
Froude's History of England,' 506- his mastery of a brilliant style, 507- ill-will towards the English Church, 537-absence of legal, literary, con- stitutional, or ecclesiastical history in his narrative, 544. See Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots.
Gaskell's (Mrs.) Cranford,' and 'Wives and Daughters,' 204. George II., era of, 110-an age without enthusiasm, 111-disappearance of enthusiasm from society, literature, and religion, 113-political character of his reign, 114-speculations on the consequences of a restoration of the Stuarts, 120-literary history of his reign, ib.-social position of the Church of England, 126-the typical country gentleman of that period, 127-yeomanry and smaller farmers, 128-condition of the peasantry, 129
Indian architecture, 439. Infallibility (dogma of), a preparation for declaring the Pope's temporal princedom a matter of faith, 167- infallibility active and passive, 171- objects over which the infallibility of the ecclesia docens extends, 177- classification of the truths over which infallibility extends, 178-misinter- pretation of τὴν ἀλήθειαν πᾶσαν (John xvi. 13) in determining the object-matter of infallibility, 179- Christ's virtual prohibition of the Church's action on some subjects, 179-infallibility in relation to the Roman Index, 182-two questions pending between the defenders and opposers of infallibility, ib.-suicidal assumption that the popes have been infallible on the subject of morals, 184-proofs to the contrary, ib.-the Philosophumena,' 185-inconsistent decisions of popes, 186-distinction between the Pope ex cathedra and as 'private doctor,' 188-Maimbourg on infallibility, 190-dogma for chloro- forming Christians from all doubts henceforth, 191 sinlessness and sovereignty claimed for the Pope not conferred on St. Peter, 192-what is really sought by the passing of the dogma, 195.
Irish annals, ancient, 462.
Cauldron (the), two organised agitations convulsing the country, 251-abolition of landlordism,' 252 -demands of labourers, 253-assas- sination the law of the land, ib.-
thirty unpunished agrarian murders within two years, ib.-description of the prevailing terrorism, 254 — Ribbon lodges, ib. - inefficacy of the sacrifice of the Protestant esta- blishment, 256-seditious speeches of priests, ib.-advice of John Mitchell to shoot evicting landlords, 258- incentives to rebellion and assassina- tion by priests, 259-Kickham libe- rated to resume treasonable opera- tions, 261-article on 'Self-reliance' in the People,' 262-habitual and secure assassination, 264 agrarian outrages doubled and quadrupled, ib. -list of agrarian murders, 265- proposed remedies, 267-detectives useless, ib.-only two remedies which would meet the case, 268-Father Doyle threatened with the lex talionis for his incitements to landlord assas- sination, ib.-arguments for the sus- pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, 270-improved condition of farmers and labourers, 271-capricious evic- tions, 273 - six or seven millions expended by Irish landlords in im- provements during the last twenty- five years, 275-improving' rents, 276-practice of letting the land below its value, ib.-proportion of evictions to holdings, 277-cases of absentee landlords who cannot become resident, 279-evictions generally by new proprietors, 280-middlemen created afresh, ib.-no compensation to the landlord for tenant's dilapida- tions, 281-Ulster tenant right ex- plained, 283-its disadvantages, 284 -objections against its extension to new districts, 286-the popular de- mand of a perpetuity of tenure at a fair rent examined, 287-its injustice to two-thirds of the people, 288- the labourers' question, 289-hold- ings under five acres, 290-estimates of the proper minimum size of farms, ib.-sub-letting and squatting a con- sequence of fixity of tenure, 293— difficulties from coquetting with the 'abolition of landlordism,' 295 compulsory leases for long terms, ib. -'a reserve rent,' 296-fatal objec- tions to Mr. Butt's and Mr. Buxton's schemes, ib.-Mr. Mill's plan, 297- Mr. Bright's, 298 necessity for energetic measures of repression, 200. Irish crime, impunity of, 563-in- crease of agrarian crimes, 565- details of Mr. C. Fortescue's measure for the repression of outrages, 566—
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