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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.

INDEX

TO THE

HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

A.

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

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Colonial Board, 160.
Avebury, excavations at, 464.

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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.

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Bonaparte (Jerome), a low profligate,
377-Napoleon on his incognito, ib.
(Joseph) transferred from
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Naples to Spain, 375.

Bonaparte (Louis), King of Holland,

375.

(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
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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.

C.

Cadmon, the father of English poetry,

302.

Caird (J.) on the Irish Land Question,

276.

Calvin's profound Biblical scholarship,

323.

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,

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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.

F.

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.

G.

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

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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.

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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.-

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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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