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Oxford-Tutors and Professors, 162-
peculiar position of Oxford at present,
163-its amendment within the last
forty years, 164-universities and col-
leges, 165-professorial and tutorial sys-
tems of education, 166-relation be-
tween the senior and junior members of
colleges, 168-education of youth not
the primary object of colleges, 176-
deans, ib.-tutors, 177-they should be
clergymen, 178-their other requisite
qualifications, 181-professors, 182-
the two systems must go hand-in-hand
to be fully developed, 184-additional
examinations should be instituted, 185
-inadequacy of the present payments
to professors, 186-remedies suggested,
187.

P.

Pantheism an avowed creed in England,
France, and Germany, 115.
Parliamentary Reform, the first germ of, in
1776-Mr. Pitt's speech, 245-no con-
nexion with the reform of 1832, 215.
Parry, Sir Edward, 445.

Passavant-Rafael von Urbino und Sein

Vater Giovanni Santi,' 1-Divisions of
the work; Federigo Feltrio, duke of
Urbino, 3-Giovanni Santi's MS. poem
in praise of Federigo, 4-history of the
the painters of Urbino, 6-Raphael's
early life, 15-pupil of Pietro Peru-
gino, 16-his earliest works, 17-the
immediate development of his talents,
18-first visit to Florence, 19-imita-
tions from other masters, 20-commis-
sion for an altar-piece from the nuns
of Monte Luce, 21-visit to Bologna,
22-pictures painted by him for Henry
VII. of England, 23-pretensions of
Urbino to rank as a school of taste, ib.
-his paintings in 1507, 26-rivalry
with Michael Angelo, ib.-invited to
Rome in 1508, 27-his labours until
1513, during the pontificate of Julius
II., 28-frescoes, 31 circumstances

that affected the style of his art, 32-
His oil-paintings after the death of
Julius, 35-literary pursuits, 37-the
Cartoons, 38-Passavant's history of the
latter period of Raphael's life defective,
39-Raphael an architect and sculptor,
40-the Raphael Ware,' ib.-ordinary
life and habits, 42-letter to his uncle
Francia, 43-death of Maria Bibiena,
his betrothed, 45-La Fornarina, ib.—
genius and character, 46-place of his
burial and opening of his tomb in 1833,
47-his supposed skull in possession of
the Academy of St. Luke, 48.
Perugino, Pietro, the master of Raphael,
13- Michael Angelo's contemptuous
treatment of, 15.

'Phantasmion' described, 411-extracts,
412.

Pisano, Nicolo, 343.

Pitt, William, first Earl of Chatham, 190.
See Taylor.

Pitt, William, the younger, 251, 562.
Platonism, 67. See Creuzer.

Poetesses, Modern English, 374-they are
numerous, and many of them are very
accomplished scholars, 376-the Quar-
terly wreath of, 416.

Professorial system of Oxford, 162.
Ptolemy Soter, 85. See Creuzer.
Public Health and Mortality, 115. See
Statistical Reports on Sickness of Troops,
116.

R.

Rafael von Urbino, 1. See Passavant.
Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and
Marriages, First Report of, 115-great
value of Mr. Lister's labours-his divi
sion of England, 118- mortality in
London, 119-as compared with the
country, 120-the dwellings of the poor
in large provincial towns, 121-fevers
in London, 122-causes of destitution
and death, 124-remedies suggested,

127.

Report of the Committee of Physicians,
1840-approved by the Royal Society,
271-drawn up by Professor Lloyd,
300.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, Memoirs of the Life
of, edited by his Sons, 564-impolicy
of its publication, 565- materials
of the work, 566-Sir Samuel's an
cestry,567-education,568-disposition
to melancholy, 569-bound to a chan-
cery sworn clerk, 570-religious feel-
ings, 571-the Rev. M. Roget, 572-
his admiration of Rousseau, 573-en-
ters Gray's Inn as a student, 577-deep
study affects his health, ib.-visits Ge-

-

neva and Paris, 579-Romilly, the
Paris watchmaker, 581--early employed
upon the reform of Criminal Law, 583-
intimacy with Baynes, 586-called to
the bar, 588-introduced to Franklin, ib.
-unjust opinion of his legal brethren, ib.
-his servant Bickers, 590-introduc-
tion to Mirabeau, ib.-its influence on
his future life, 592 introduction to
Lord Lansdowne, 595-success on cir-
cuit and rapid rise in his profession,
ib.death of Baynes, 596- Dumont
succeeds to his friendship, ib.—visit to
Paris and the Bicêtre, 597-labours on
his return to England, 599-strong
disapproval of the French Revolution,
601-opinion of the National Assembly,
602-meets his future wife at Bowood,
604-visit to Paris in 1802, extracts
from his journal, 605-he becomes ac-
quainted with the Prince of Wales, 609

offered a seat in parliament by his
Royal Highness, 611-made Solicitor-
General and M.P., ib.-parliamentary
conduct, 613-attack upon Lord Mel-
ville, ib.-election contests, 616-beat-
en at Bristol election, 617- parlia-
mentary history from 1815, 620-pre-
sent from Parr, 621-election for West-
minster in 1818, 622-death, 623.
Rumohr's notices of Raphael, 2.

S.

Sabine, Major, Seventh Report of the
British Association on Terrestrial Mag-
netism, 282-editor of Wrangell's Ex-
peditions, 418.

Santi Giovanni, 1. See Passavant.
Sierra Leone described, 150-mortality of
troops at, 151.

Sosibius, the apologist, 96.
Southey, Mrs., Solitary Hours,' 374-The
Cowper of Modern Poetesses, 400-
The Pauper's Death-bed,' 401-' The
Birth-day, 403.
Statistical Reports on Sickness, Mortality,
and Invaliding among Troops in British
Colonies, 115-value of these reports, 116
-comparisons between the mortality of
soldiers and civilians, 131-suicides,
132-diseases of the lungs and invalid-
ing, 133-influence of the seasons, 134
-ratio of mortality of troops in the
colonies, 135-influence of age and
length of residence on mortality of
troops, 144-difference between officers
and soldiers, 115-effect of the climate
of the tropics on the constitution of
Englishmen, 146-ratio of mortality
among black troops, 148-mortality of
the West Indies and Ionian Islands

diminishing, 153-malaria, 154-de-
fective arrangements for preserving the
health of our troops in the colonies, and
measures already adopted to remedy
them, 155.

Stirling, John, Poems, 156-Mr. Sterling
possessed of a rich vein of classical
fancy, 160-extract from 'Joan of Arc,'
ib.

T.

Taylor, W. S., Esq., and Captain Pringle.
"The Correspondence of William Pitt,
Earl of Chatham,' 190-sketch of his
early life, 192-maiden speech, 193–
appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to
the Prince of Wales, 194-growing im-
portance of his talents, 196-Murray
and Pitt, 197-his attacks upon George
II., 198-left £1000 by the Duchess
of Marlborough, 200-aversion of the
King to Pitt, 201-his convenient at-
tacks of gout, 202-again in opposi-
tion, 204-resignation of the Newcastle
administration, owing to the King's re-
fusal to appoint Mr. Pitt, 206-their
return to office with Mr. Pitt as Vice
Treasurer of Ireland, ib.-further pro-
motion of Mr. Pitt, and reconciliation
with the King, 207-his place-hunting,
and change of sentiments, 213-Duke of
Newcastle becomes First Lord of Trea-
sury,

215-Mr. Pitt excluded from
high office, ib.-letter to Lord Hard-
wicke, 217-union between Pitt and
Fox, 219-combined attack upon the
leader of the House of Commons, 220
-the union dissolved, 221-Fox ad-
mitted to the Cabinet, 222-Pitt dis-
missed from his office of Paymaster,
224-receives a pension, which does not
soften his opposition, 225-resignation
of the Duke of Newcastle-Mr. Pitt
made Secretary of State in a new admi-
nistration, 226-formidable opposition
to it, 228-dismissal, ib.-a Newcastle
and Pitt ministry formed, 229-his al-
leged mode of doing the public busi-
ness, 230-threatened resignation, 232
-death of George II., and difficulties
of the administration, 233-resignation
of Mr. Pitt, a peerage to Mrs. Pitt, and
a pension, 231-the Bute ministry
formed and dissolved, 235-failure of
an attempt to admit Mr. Pitt to the
ministry of Mr. George Grenville upon
the death of Lord Egremont, 237--
Wilkes, 238-internal weakness of the
ministry, illness of the King, Regency
Bill, 240-negociations between the
King, Lord Temple, and Mr. Pitt, 242

-the Duke of Bedford's and the Rock-
ingham administration, 243 -unac-
countable conduct of Mr. Pitt, 244–
overtures, 246-dissolution of the Rock-
ingham administration, 247-Mr. Pitt
elevated to the House of Peers, forma-
tion of his ministry, 248-incompre-
hensible conduct, total neglect of his
duties, 251-disturbances in America,
254-re-appearance in the House of
Lords, 256-resignation and renewal of
his vigour, 257-in close confidence
with Mr. Calcraft, 261-the greatest
period of his life, 262-illustrations of
his character, 264-closing scene of his
life, 266-character, 268.
Temple, Lord, 242, 248.

Terrestrial Magnetism, 271. See Gauss.
Troy, on the site of, 355, 369.
Tutors of Oxford, 162.

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W.

Wales, Prince of, case of the daughter of
Lord Hugh Seymour, and Mrs. Fitz-
herbert, 560-cause of his hostility to
the Catholics when he became Regent,
561.

Walpole, Horace, reply to, by Mr. Pitt,
194-letters to Sir Horace Mann, 197,
207

Wilkes's character of Chatham, 191.
Wordsworth, obligations of Great Britain
to, 447-enthusiasm when an Oxford
honorary degree was conferred upon
him, 448.

Wortley, Lady Emmeline, poems, 371–
her alleged wretchedness, 397-extracts
from the poems, 398-counsel offered
to her ladyship, 400.
Wrangell, Baron von, Narrative of an
Expedition to the Polar Sea in 1820-21-
22-23,' 418-object of the expedition,
419-Wrangell's arrival at Kolyma,
420-mammoth elephants, 422-Cu-
vier theory, 423-Esquimaux dogs,
424-first journey from Kolyma, 426—
aurora borealis, 428-summer visits to
Siberia, the Tschutschi, 429-second
winter journey, 431-perilous positions,
432-third journey, 434-fourth jour-
ney, 426-difficulties and dangers, 437
-the Polar Sea a wide ocean, 441-
the north-west passage practicable, 112
-causes of previous failures, 413—ex-
pense should not prevent other expedi-
tions, 444-there is no risk of life, 445.

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