Economy - Continued.

admirable system of, in France, under
Necker, ii. 273.

difficulty of attempting a plan of pub-
lic economy, ii. 268.

rules for a proper plan of, ii. 286.
things prescribed by the principles of
radical economy, ii. 310.
distinction between economy and par-
simony, v. 195.

political economy, had its origin in
England, v. 192.

Education, effect of it on the colonists in
America, ii. 124.

description of a good one, iv. 24;
xii. 280.

Edward the Confessor, his character and
conduct, vii. 278.

Election, popular, of magistrates, impor-
tance of it to a state, i. 472.
right of, what, i. 505.

mischief of frequent elections, i. 517;
vii. 75.

the expense of them an important
consideration, vii. 78.

Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI., murdered
by the French regicides, vi. 41.
Emphyteusis of the Romans, nature of it,
vi. 354.

Empires do not fall by their own weight,
vi. 27.

England, nature of its monarchy, ii. 288.
eulogy on its constitution, v. 210.
natural representation of its people,
what it is, v. 284.

its constant policy with regard to
France, iv. 397.

always necessarily the soul and head

of any confederacy against France,
iv. 397; v. 245.

English History, An Abridgment of the,
vii. 157.

Enmity, when avowed, is always felt, vi.
57.

Enthusiasm, excited by other causes be-
sides religion, v. 361.

Eostre, the name of a Saxon goddess,

whence the term Easter, vii. 237.
Epicureans, the, why tolerated in their

atheism by the supporters of the
ancient heathen religions, vii. 31.
their physics the most rational of the
ancient systems, vii. 251.
why discredited, vii. 251.

Equity, criminal, a monster in jurispru-
dence, i. 500.

Established Church, the, should be power-
ful, but comprehensive and toler-
ant, vii. 36.

Established religion of a state, has often
torn to pieces the civil establish-
ment, vi. 357.

Establishment, legal, ground of a legis-
lative alteration of it, vii. 10.
ground of the constitutional provision
for the exclusive application of
tithes to its support, vii. 12.
Etiquette, its signification and uses, v.
434.

Europe, general division of, before the
universal prevalence of the Roman
power, vii. 159.

the original inhabitants of Greece and
Italy of the same race with the
people of Northern Europe, vii.
161.

view of the state of Europe at the
time of the Norman invasion, vii.
327.

Evidence, circumstantial, remarks on it,
xi. 93.

Example, of men of principle, never with-
out use, i. 426.

the only argument of effect in civil
life, i. 499.

what the only security against a cor-
rupt one, ii. 238.

the school of mankind, v. 331.
Executions of criminals, observations on
them, vi. 245.

Exercise necessary to the finer organs, i.
216.

Expression, difference between a clear
and a strong one, i. 260.
Eye, the, in what its beauty consists, i.
198.

Eyre, Sir Robert, (Solicitor-General,) ex-
tracts from his speech at the trial
of Dr. Sacheverell, iv. 138.

Factions, formed upon and generate opin-
ions, vii. 44.

Fame, a passion for it, the instinct of all
great souls, ii. 65.

the separation of it from virtue, a
harsh divorce, ii. 243.

Fanaticism, epidemical, formidable na-
ture of it, iii. 435.

may be caused by a theory concern-
ing government as much as by a
dogma in religion, iv. 192.
Farmer, dangerous to try experiments on
him, v. 147.

amount of his usual profits, what, v.

148.

difficulties of his business, v. 152.
Favoritism, a system of, in the executory
government of England, at variance
with the plan of the legislature, i.
469.

Fear, cause of it, i. 210.

early and provident fear the mother
of safety, vii. 50.

Feeling, the beautiful in, i. 201.
Female sex, the moral sensibility more
acute in them than in men, xii.
164.

Finances, three standards to judge of the
condition of a nation with regard
to them, i. 330.

importance of them to a state, iii.
534.

admirable management of the French
finances under Necker, ii. 273.
Financier, duty of a judicious one in re-
spect to his calculations, i. 348.
his objects, what, iii. 536, 558.

Fire, a chief object of worship to the
Druids, why, vii. 182.

Firmness, a virtue only when it accom-
panies the most perfect wisdom, i.
440.

Fitness, not the cause of beauty, i. 181.
the real effects of it, i. 184.
Flattery, why so prevalent, i. 124.
Florence, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
Force, not impaired, either in effect or
opinion, by an unwillingness to ex-
ert itself, ii. 108.

objections to its employment against
the American colonies, ii. 118.
Forest lands, plan of economical reform
concerning them, ii. 300.
Foster, Justice, extracts from his Crown
Cases and Discourses on the Crown
Law, xi. 28, 123.

Fox, (C. J.) panegyrics on him, ii. 533; iii.

219.

reluctant dissent from his opinion

concerning the assumption of citi-
zenship by the French army, iii.
218.

animadversions on his commenda-
tion of the French Revolution, iv.
77; v. 7.

policy of a treaty with France main-
tained by him, v. 26.

his conduct contrasted with that of
Mr. Pitt, v. 60.

France, from its vicinity, always an object

of English vigilance with regard to
its power or example, iii. 216.
Remarks on the Policy of the Allies
with respect to, iv. 403.

the liberties of Europe dependent on
its being a great and preponderat-
ing power, iv. 455.

character of its government before
the Revolution, as shown by a re-
view of the condition of the king-
dom, iii 400.

its exterior splendor just before the
Revolution, v. 236.

state of things there during the Rev-
olution, iv. 70.

barbarous treatment of the king and

queen at the outbreak of the Rev-
olution, iii. 325.

eloquent description of the queen as
Dauphiness, and of the revolution
in her fortunes, iii. 331.
observations on her execution, vi.
40.

degraded office to which the king

was appointed by the Revolution-
ists, iii. 496; iv. 20.
with his own hand pulled down the
pillars of his throne, iv. 362.
character of the king's brothers, iv.
429.

character of the aristocracy before the
Revolution, iii. 412; vi. 39.

Franchise and office, difference between
them, iv. 252.

effect of separating property from
franchise, iv. 256.

Franklin, Dr., conjectures on his visit to
Paris, vi. 152.

Freedom, the great contests for it in Eng-
land chiefly on the question of tax-
ation, ii. 120.

but in the ancient commonwealths
chiefly on the right of election of
magistrates, or on the balance
among the several orders of the
state, ii. 120.

character of civil freedom, ii. 229.
our best securities for it obtained.
from princes who were either war-
like or prodigal, vi. 35.

French Affairs, Thoughts on, iv. 313.
French Directory, the character of its
members, v. 448.

their conduct towards the foreign
ministers, vi. 48.

French emigrants, capable of being ser-
viceable in restoring order to
France, iv. 427.

French literary cabal, their plan for the
destruction of Christianity, iii. 378.
French moneyed interest, at variance
with the landed interest, iii. 376.
French Revolution, characterized as one
of doctrine and theoretic dogma,
iv. 319.

its fundamental principle, iv. 322.
Frenchmen naturally more intense in
their application than Englishmen,
iv. 54.

mischievous consequences of this, iv.
55.

Friends of the Liberty of the Press, a
club formed under the auspices of
Mr. Fox, v. 20.

origin and character of it, v. 20.
Friends of the People, origin, composi-
tion, and proceedings of the club
so called, v. 12.

a libellous petition of theirs, v. 47.
Frugality, founded on the principle that
all riches have limits, ii. 308.

Gaming, a principle inherent in human
nature, ii. 293.

a general spirit of it encouraged by
the Revolutionists in France, iii.
488.

they who are under its influence
treat their fortunes lightly, iv.
204.

Garrick, David, anecdote of him, vi. 47.
Gauls, their early incursions into Greece
and Italy, vii. 161.

reduced at last by the Romans under
Cæsar, vii. 162.

policy of Cæsar with regard to them,

vii. 163.

Geneva, possible benefits to it from state
granaries, v. 155.

Genghis Khân, observations on his code,
xi. 212.

Genoa, republic of, its origin, vii. 331.
Gentoo law, the primeval law of India,
xi. 207.

Gentoos, the original inhabitants of Hin-
dostan, ix. 377.

distribution of the people into orders
or castes, ix. 380.

origin and character of their laws,
ix. 482.

extracts from Halhed's translation of

them, xi. 209.

George II., character of his reign, i. 456.
George III., advantages under which he
came to the throne, i. 450.

Germanic Custumary, the source of the
polity of every country in Europe,
v. 319.

Germans, of Scythian original, vii. 322.
brief account of their manners and
institutions, vii. 291.

in certain of their institutions the
outlines of the constitution of Eng-
land delineated, vii. 293.
Germany, how likely to be affected by the
Revolution in France, iv. 328.
Gibraltar, the object of England in retain-
ing it, iv. 383.

Glastonbury Abbey, its extraordinary
wealth and splendor, vii. 245.
Go-betweens, the world governed by, iv.

189.

their mode of influence, iv. 190.
Good fame of every man, ought to be
protected by the laws, vii. 112.
Gothic Custumary, the source of the pol-
ity of every country in Europe, v.
319.

Government, the forms of a free one not
altogether incompatible with the
ends of an arbitrary one, i. 444.
project of government devised in the
court of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
i. 447.

considered, i. 450.

nature and design of it, i. 460.
name of it, i. 466.

important ends of a mixed govern-
ment, i. 469.

folly of hazarding plans of govern-
ment except from a seat of author
ity, ii. 104.

government a practical thing, ii. 227 ;
iii. 310.

character of a free one, ii. 227.

an eminent criterion of a wise one,
what, ii. 278.

reform in it should be early and
temperate, ii. 280.

without means of some change, is
without the means of its conserva-
tion, iii. 259.

difficulty of forming a free one, iii.
560.

the particular form of it to be de-
termined by the circumstances
and habits of a country, iv. 109.
a theory concerning it may be as
much a cause of fanaticism as a
dogma in religion, iv. 192
the establishment of one a difficult
undertaking for foreign powers to
act in as principals, iv. 410.

Government - Continued.

not subject to laws analogous to those
of physical life, v. 124, 234.
restraint the great purpose of, v. 133,
189.

policy of, in times of scarcity, v. 156.
important problem concerning, v. 166.
perishes only through its own weak-
ness, v. 169.

impossible where property does not
rule, v. 377.

the great objects of, v. 466; vii. 72.
its duty and right to attend much
to opinions, vii. 44.

stands on opinion, vii. 91.

Grace, acts of, impolicy of them, ii. 386.
Gracefulness, an idea belonging to pos-
ture and motion, i. 200.

Granaries, public, danger in erecting
them, v. 153.

fit only for a state too small for agri-
culture, v. 155.

Grand Seignior, the, not an arbitrary
monarch, ix. 464.

Great personages, wisely provided that
we should interest ourselves in
their fate, xi. 308.

everywhere made the objects of trag-
edy, xi. 308.

Greece, its original inhabitants of the
same race as the people of North-
ern Europe, vii. 161.

situation of it from a remote period,
vii. 161.

Greek Church, character of its secular
clergy, iv. 230.

Green Cloth, Court of, its origin and com-
position, ii. 304.

Grenville, Mr., character of him, ii. 37.
Grenville, Lord, eulogy of him, v. 174.
Grief, cause of, i. 108.

Guienne, William, Duke of, engages in
the Crusade, vii. 374.

Guilt, gigantic, overpowers our ideas of
justice, iv. 466.

expedients for concealing it, fre-
quently the cause of its detection,
x. 49.

is never wise, x. 49; xi. 261.

Habeas Corpus, remarks upon the sus-
pension of it in respect to Ameri-
cans, ii. 190.
Habit and use, not causes of pleasure,
i. 180.

Hale, Sir Matthew, Cromwell's declara-
tion to him when he appointed him
judge, iv. 13.

defect in his History of the Common
Law, vii. 476.

causes of it, vii. 476.

Halhed's translation of the Gentoo code,
remarks on it, xi. 207.
Hallmote, or Court Baron, what, vii.
301.

Hannay, Colonel, his character and con
duct, xi. 418.

Happiness, civil, what, v. 135.

Hardwicke, Lord, his declaration as to the

general rule of evidence, xi. 77.
Harrington, his opinion as to a common-
wealth not governed by its prop-
erty, v. 377.

Hastings, Mr., articles of charge against
him presented to the House of
Commons, 1786, viii. 305 ix. 318.
appendix to the eighth and sixteenth
charges, ix. 319.

speeches of Mr. Burke in his im-
peachment, ix. 327-x. 451; xi.
155 - xii. 398.

Report from the Committee appointed

to inspect the Lords' Journals, in
relation to their proceedings on his
trial, xi. 1.

his conduct in the treaty with the
Mahrattas, ii. 454.

brief account of his treatment of the
Nabob of Oude, ii. 467.

of the Begums of Oude, ii. 476.
of the Ranny of Benares, ii. 485.
his venal agreement for the extirpa-
tion of the Rohillas, viii. 308.
his fraudulent sale of the territories
of the Mogul, viii. 322.

his designs against the Rajah of Be-
nares, viii. 339.

orders the arrest of the Rajah, viii.
361.

instigates the plunder of his family
by the soldiery, viii. 368.
usurps the government of Benares,
viii. 380.

his oppressive impositions and exac-
tions, viii. 381.

enforces the confiscation of the land-
ed estates of the Begums of Oude,
viii. 403.

orders the seizure of their treasures,
viii. 409.

severities practised upon their minis-
ters in the execution of those orders,
viii. 414.

endeavors to stifle an inquiry into
his proceedings, viii. 448.
corruptly abandons the Nabob of
Furruckabad and his country to
the oppressions of the Nabob of
Oude, viii. 472.

causes the destruction of the Rajah
of Sahlone, viii. 486.

sets at defiance the orders of the Com-
pany with respect to contracts, ix. 4.
and with respect to salaries, ix. 11.
his illegal and extravagant allow-
ances to Sir Eyre Coote, ix. 12.
and to Brigadier-General Stibbert,
ix. 13.

and to Sir John Day, ix. 15.

and for the civil establishment of
Fort William, ix. 17.

his appointment of the Secretary of
the Council as agent for the sup-
pl, of rice, with enormous commis-
sions, ix. 19.

his corrupt receipt of presents in
numerous instances, ix. 23.

Hastings, Mr. — Continued.
tender and subsequent disavowal of
his resignation, and refusal to
vacate office, ix. 42.

his illegal contract with the Surgeon-
General, ix. 60.

his contracts for Poolbundy repairs,
ix. 60.

his opium contracts, ix. 63.

his appointment of R. J. Sulivan to
office, ix. 70.

his conduct with regard to the Ran-
na of Gohud, ix. 72.

his frequent, violent, and unauthor-

ized changes in the revenue and ju-
dicial systems of Bengal, ix. 79, 87.
permits his own banian to hold farms
to a large amount in different dis-
tricts, in violation of his own reg-
ulations, ix. 83.

refuses relief to the distresses of the
Nabob of Oude, ix. 98.

seeks to enforce unjust demanda
against the Nabob, ix. 98.
illegally assumes the delegation of
the whole functions of the Council,
for the purpose of making a treaty
with the Nabob, ix. 104.

in contravention of treaty stipula-
tions, burdens the Nabob with the
continued maintenance of British
troops, ix. 109, 112.

makes unjustifiable demands on, and
receives unlawful presents from the
Nabob, ix. 110, 114.

on his own simple allegation of in-
definite offences, urges the Nabob
to put to death Almas Ali Khân,
ix. 154.
establishes a system of disreputable
and ruinous interference in the
government of the Nabob, ix. 162
attempts to abandon the British arm
to the sole discretion of the Nabo
ix. 168.

arrests and continues in long im

prisonment Mahomed Reza Khân,
without any proofs of guilt, ix. 185.
appoints Munny Begum to be guar-
dian to the Nabob of Bengal, and
administratrix of the government,
ix. 187.

seeks the aggrandizement of the
Mahrattas, ix. 220, 228.

the Mogul delivered up to them
through his instrumentality, ix.
221.

he libels and asperses the Court of
Directors, ix. 228.

forces the Mahrattas into a war, by
repeatedly invading their country,
ix. 253.

concludes a dishonorable treaty of
peace and alliance with them, ix.
254.

withholds and conceals his official
correspon 'ence and proceedings
from the rectors and Council,
ix. 267.

Hastings, Mr.

Continued.

his conduct with regard to Fyzoola
Khân, ix. 268.

his arbitrary principles of govern-
ment, ix. 446; xi. 194.

his corrupt system of government,
x. 5.

general farming of the lands at auc-
tion, in derogation of the rights of
proprietors, x. 15.

sale of offices, x. 21.
conduct in reference to the accusa-

tions of Nundcomar, x. 24, 205.
in the case of Munny Begum and the
Nabob of Bengal, x. 26, 193, 278;
xii. 218, 245.

the receipt of bribes justified by an
intention to apply them to the
Company's service, x. 43, 324.
account given of some of these trans-

actions to the Directors, x. 44, 338.
delegation of the management of the
revenues to a nominal council, with
Gunga Govind Sing as agent, x.
53.

appointment of Debi Sing to the
charge of the province of Dinage-
pore, x. 65.

the enormities of this man, mock in-
quiries into them, and Mr. Hast-
ings's responsibility in the prem-
ises, x. 77, 92, 186.

Mr. Hastings's measures justified by
himself, as producing an increase
of revenue, x. 136.

remarks on the testimonials of the
natives in his favor, x. 154; xii.
366.

proofs of personal corruption, x.
161-295.

charged with peculation by General
Clavering, x. 244.

opinions of counsel concerning his
proposed prosecution by the Di-
rectors, x. 257.

his connivance in the general cor-
ruption of the service, x. 296; xii.
294.

recriminatory charges against the
House of Commons, xi. 166.
powers claimed by him, and the man-
ner and results of their exercise,
xi. 195, 236, 238.

in the case of Cheyt Sing and the
province of Benares, xi. 236.
of the Nabob of Oude, his kindred
and country, xi. 372; xii. 3.
of the province of Bengal, xii. 208.
his extravagant and corrupt con-
tracts, xii. 297.

his conduct in reference to various
presents, xii. 324, 338, 350.
observations on the Mahometan col-
lege founded by him, xii. 352.
Lord Cornwallis's testimony to the
disastrous effects of his revenue
system, xii. 359. ·

examination of the merits set up by
him, xii. 370.

Hawles, Sir John, extracts from his speech
at the trial of Dr. Sacheverell, iv.
126, 135.

Height, less grand than depth, i. 147.
Helvetii, remarkable emigration of them
related by Cæsar, vii. 172.

Henry I. of England, brief account of his
reign, vii. 375.

Henry II. of England, brief account of
his reign, vii. 394.

Henry IV. of England, severs the Duchy
and County Palatine of Lancaster
from the crown, ii. 296.
Henry IV. of France, brief character of
him, iii. 411.

Hii, or Columbkill, brief account of it,
vii. 249.

Hindoo institutions, characteristics of, ix.

382.

Hindoo polity, destroyed by Mr. Hast-
ings, ix. 394.

Hindostan, eras in its history, ix. 386.
History, moral lessons to be drawn from
it, iii. 418, 421.

caution with regard to the study of
it, iv. 468.

Hobbes, his view of war as the state of
Nature, i. 15.

Holland, Sir John, extracts from his
speech at the trial of Dr. Sachev-
erell, iv. 146.

Holy Land, view of its condition at the
commencement of the third Cru-

sade, vii. 426.

Homer, his similitudes seldom exact, i. 88.
a simile from the Iliad, i. 105.
his representation of Discord, obscure
and magnificent, i. 138.

no instance in the Iliad of the fall
of any man remarkable for stature
and strength that touches us with
pity, i. 243.

has given to the Trojans more of the
amiable and social virtues than to

the Greeks, i. 243.

would excite pity for the Trojans, ad-
miration for the Greeks, i. 243.

his masterly representation of the
grief of Priam over the body of
Hector, iv. 95.

observation on his representation of
the ghosts of heroes at the sacri-
fices of Ulysses, vii. 181.

his works introduced into England
by Theodorus, Archbishop of Can-
terbury, vii. 249.

Honest men, no safety for them but by
believing all possible evil of evil
men, iv. 7.

Horace, the truth of an observation in his
Art of Poetry, discussed, i. 134.
a passage from him of similar im-
port to one from David, i. 143.
Household, the royal, has strong traces
of feudality, ii. 303.

Howard, the philanthropist, his labors, ii.
387.

Hudibras, humorous lines from, applica-
ble to the modern Whigs, iv. 150.