Here oft, when evening sheds her twilight ray, And gilds with fainter beam departing day, With breathless gaze, and cheek with terror pale, The lingering shepherd startles at the tale, How at deep midnight, by the moon's chill glance, Unearthly forms prolong the viewless dance; While on each whisp'ring breeze that murmurs by, His busied fancy hears the hollow sigh.
Rise from thy haunt, dread genius of the clime, Rise, magic spirit of forgotten time! 'Tis thine to burst the mantling clouds of age, And fling new radiance on Tradition's page: See! at thy call, from Fable's varied store, In shadowy train the mingled visions pour: Here the wild Briton, 'mid his wilder reign, Spurns the proud yoke, and scorns th' oppressor's chain; Here wizard Merlin, where the mighty fell,* Waves the dark wand, and chants the thrilling spell. Hark! 'tis the bardic lyre, whose harrowing strain Wakes the rude echoes of the slumbering plain; Lo! 'tis the Druid pomp, whose lengthening line In lowliest homage bend before the shrine. He comes-the priest-amid the sullen blaze His snow-white robe in spectral lustre plays; Dim gleam the torches thro' the circling night, Dark curl the vapours round the altar's light; O'er the black scene of death, each conscious star. In lurid glory, rolls its silent car.
'Tis gone! e'en now the mystic horrors fade From Sarum's loneliness, and Mona's glade; Hush'd is each note of Taliesin'st lyre, Sheath'd the fell blade, and quench'd the fatal fire. On wings of light Hope's angel form appears, Smiles on the past, and points to happier years: Points, with uplifted hand, and raptur'd eye, To yon pure dawn that floods the opening sky; And views, at length, the sun of Judah pour One cloudless noon o'er Albion's rescued shore.
On this spot it is said that the British nobles were slaughtered by Hengist. + Taliesin, president of the bards, flourished in the sixth century.
[N. B. The figures within crotchets refer to the History; those with a⚫ to the Appendix to Chronicle, &c.; and the others to the Chronicle.]
ABBERVILLERS, ghost at, 104 Accident at the theatre, Newcastle, 20 Acetate of Morphine, 17* A'Court, sir W., his correspondence with Mr. Canning, relative to the affairs of France and Spain, 116,* &c.
Acts, public general, list of, 235 Admiralty sessions, 53 Advertisement, singular Chinese one, 134
African institution, 17th report of, 80, circulation of works by, on the con- tinent, 93* :--see also Slave trade Agricultural distress: discussion on, in parliament, [95]; meeting at Nor- wich respecting, 5; at Hereford, 8; Somersetshire, ib.
Agriculture, report on the state of, in New South Wales, 71*
Ale and porter, quantity of, brewed in London, 86
Alert (packet), loss of the, 39 Ambassador, action to try whether the property of persons attached to one, be subject to legal process, 53 America, appointment of British con- suls in South America, [144]; capt. Franklin's journey to the Polar Sea, 251*; affairs of South America ;--- see Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Co- lumbia, Mexico, Peru; of North America, see Canada, and United States
American duelling, 68 Angerstein, Mr., death of, 189 Angoulême's, duke of, proclamation to the Spaniards, [189], 158*-see also Sparn
Antiquities, discovery of, at Rome, 48; tesselated pavement discovered at Weyhill, 67; painting of the murder of archbishop Beckett, dis- covered at Wootton Basset, 118; the ancient town of Orea discovered, in Fifeshire, 155
Appeals, writs of error, &c., report of the House of Lords on, 63*
Arctic Seas, animalcules in, 290* ; fe- fraction of light, 293*
Arracacha, new esculent plant, de- scription of, 304*
Arts and manufactures, 308* Auricular organs, 289* Aurora Borealis, 294*
Assassination of Mr. Horrocks, át- tempted, 101
Assizes and Sessions: Aylesbury, T. Randall and J. Croker, for murder of Mr. and Mrs. Needle, 36* Chelmsford; Felix Reynolds, rape,
Croydon; P. Stoffel and C. Keppel, murder of Mrs. Richards, 44* Ely; J. Rolfe, murder, 21 Enniskillen J. Keys, murder of his father, 36
Lincoln; W. Arden, B. Chandeler, and J. Doughty, unnatural crime,
Maidstone; W. Donallan, murder of his wife, 103
Manchester; Shore, &c. robbery ; outrage committed by them in court, 140
Middlesex; Jas. Wilson, assault on his own daughter, 128 Staffordshire; Sir G. Jerningham, v. Beech, action of trover, to re- cover the value of trees cut down, 31; Jas. Roxborough and wife, fraud and robbery, 139 Taunton; E. Bryant, &c. maiming,
Waterford; H. Delap, murder, 93 Austria: causes the press to be re- stricted in Bavaria, [176]; and in Switzerland, [177]; and refugees to be expelled from the latter coun- try, [178]; interview between the emperors of Austria and Russia, [179]
Appellate jurisdiction, [93]; report Azzolari, M., case of seduction by, on, 63*
Becard, Jos., prize awarded to, for his virtuous conduct, 112 Beckett, archbishop, painting discover ed representing his murder, 118 Begu and Lafforçade, trial of, for murder, 98
Belzoni, G., death of, 211 Bettera, count de, committed to prison for violence towards prince Ester- hazy, 27
Bills in the House of Commons, form of engrossing, 66*
of mortality, table of, 250 Bingley, rev. W., death of, 192 Birmingham, nest of coiners discover- ed at, 90
Bloomfield, the poet, death of, 202 Blucher, count, wounds an actor, 146 Bolivar, pension to, [247]; placed at the head of affairs, in Peru, [250]; letter to Aguera, [251]; note Bond, rt. hon. Nath. death of, 209 Bordwine, Mr., instrument for finding the latitude, 308*
Bourdeaux, case of the vicar of St. Eloi, and M. Barthes, 115 Boursier, Madame, trial of, for the
murder of her husband, [166] 19* Bowring, Mr., motion in parliament, respecting his imprisonment, [139] Brazil: separation from Portugal, [217]; commercial regulations indi- cative of a hostile spirit, [ib.]; politi- cal dissensions, [218]; meeting of the congress, [ib.]; emperor's speech, [219]; change of ministry, [220]; emperor's proclamation, [ib.] note; violent proceedings of the congress, [222]; congress dissolved by mili tary force, [223]; another change of ministry, [224]; emperor's procla-
mation, respecting a new constitu- tion, [ib.]; murder of the Portuguese at Para, [226]; horrible destruction of some of the rioters, [227]; note. military operations at Bahia, [228]; San Salvador evacuated by the Portuguese, [229]; lord Cochrane's operations by sea, [ib.]; Monte Video surrenders to the Brazilians, [230]; Portuguese commissioners not al. lowed to treat, [ib.]; Finances, [ib.]; emperor's manifesto, after dissolving congress, 169*; project of the con stitution, 172*; the legislative power, 173; the executive ditto, 176*; of the succession, &c. 177* ; of the ministry, 178*; of the mili- tary force, 179*; of the judicial power, ib.; administration of the provinces, 180; civil and political rights of the people, ib.
Brewster, Dr., fluid discovered by, in minerals, 297; experiments for forming artificial haloes round the sun, &c. ib.
Bridgewater, earl of, death of, 209 Brougham, Mr., speech on the affairs of Spain, [8]; unsuccessful reply to Mr. Canning's vindication of the po- licy of Great Britain towards Spain, [45]; motion relative to the admi- nistration of justice in Ireland, [65]; invective against Mr. Canning, [76] Brownlow, Mr., motions by, respecting the riot at the Dublin theatre, [52], [53]
Budget, [113]; French, [157] Buckinghamshire, Van Dieman's Land, 77 Buenos Ayres, prosperity under Riva. divia, [253]; preliminary conven. tion with Spain, [ib.], 196*; misun- derstanding between the govern. ment and capt. Willis, ib. Burdett, sir F., speech on the Spanish affairs, [34]; motion for inquiry into the conduct of the sheriff of Dublin, [56]
Byron, lord, letter from, to the Greek committee, 63
Cadiz, operations before, [204]; sur- renders to the French, [208] Cahuac and Beeman, trial of, for steal- ing books, 125
Canada, fire on board the De Salaberry steam-boat, 71; steam navigation, 72; three boys upset in a canoe near the Chêne Rapids, 74. Canning, Mr., takes his seat in par-
liament, [16]; explains the conduct pursued by ministers respecting Spain, [18] justifies the neutrality of England, in the war between France and Spain, [25]; his speech vindicating the conduct of the ministry respecting the affairs of Spain, [37]; his defence on being charged with defection from the cause of Catholic Emancipation, [75]); gives a denial to the imputa- tions cast against him by Mr. Brougham, [76]; refuses to ac- knowledge the regency of Madrid, [145]; his popularity; and his speech at Plymouth, [146]; his let- ter of resignation to his constituents at Liverpool, 9; takes his seat in parliament, 16; visit to Plymouth, 151; correspondence with the duke of Wellington, relative to the affairs of France and Spain, 97*; letter to, from visc. Chateaubriand, 110%; letter to sir C. Stuart, 113*; to sir W. A'Court, 115*; from ditto 116*; to ditto 118; from ditto 119*; to ditto ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 129; to ditto, ib.; to sir W. A'Court, 132*; from lord Fitzroy Somerset, ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 134*; from sir W. A'Court, 135*; ditto ditto, 136* ; from sir C. Stuart, 137*; from sir W. A'Court, ib., ditto ditto ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 138; from sir W. A'Court, ib., ditto ditto 139*; to sir C. Stuart 140*
Cape of Good Hope, condition of the new settlements at, [138] Carascosa, gen. his duel with gen. Pepe, 25
Cardinals, new creation of, at Rome, 30
Cardon, M., editor of the Journal du
Commerce, indicted, 34; sentenced to imprisonment and fine, 38 Castaing, trial of, for the murder of Hippolyte Ballet, [165]; 1* Caterpillars on fruit trees, destruction
of, 302*; ditto, by sparrows, 303* Catholic Question, the, [73]; bills for conferring the elective franchise on English Catholics, [80]; lord Col- chester's motion, [81]
Chancery, meeting of solicitors, re- specting the business of, 19; in- creased business in the court of, 63 Chancery records, 319*
Chateaubriand, M., letter to Mr. Can- ning, on the relations between Spain and France, 110* Chemistry, 297*
Cherbourg, selected by Dumouriez as a naval port, 239* Chili: discontent at O'Higgins' ad. ministration, [252]; he and Rodri guez resign, [ib.]; Freyre appointed director, 1253]; earthquake, 295* Chickens, hatched by steam, 310* China, intelligence from, 44; singular advertisement, 154; affray between the crew of the Topaze and the natives, 146
Christian, E., death of, 194 Chronometers, effect of magnetism on, 299*
Churches, new, 323*
Circuit, correspondence relative to a barrister's right of changing his cir- cuit, 49
Cobbett, address moved by, at Nor- wich, [2]
Cochrane, lord, takes several of the Portuguese fleet, [229]
Coiners, fraudulent, discovered at Birmingham, 90
Coke, Mr., and lady Anne, Mr. Hum. phrey's pamphlet, against, 129 Cologne, murder at, 131
Columbia: Santa Martha, taken by the Spaniards, [244]; defeated from the Spanish fleet, [ib.]; capture of Maracaybo, and Porto Cabello by the Columbians, [245]; insurrection at Pasto, [ib.];Session of congress,and decree relative to the loan, [246]; pension to Bolivar, [247]; schools, [ib.]; alliance with Chili and Peru, [ib.];message of the executive power, at opening the first constitutional congress, 198*; Spain refuses to ac- knowledge its independence, ib. ; ac knowledged by the United States, 199*; mission to Lisbon and Rome, 200*; hopes of prosperity, and spread of information, 201; treaty with Peru, 204*
Congress at Verona, [19]; see Verona Connolly, Mr., taken into custody for shooting J. Grainge, 165 Constant, B., fined, 18 Convicts, report on, 43
Cooke, lieut., correspondence between commodore Porter, and the com- mandant of Porto Rico, relative to his death, 53
Copper-mine River, 256* Copper mountains, 261
Corn, motion for a reduction of its import price, [97]
Coroner's inquest, on T. H. Griffiths, and his son, Abel Griffiths, 77 Correspondence, diplomatic, relative
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