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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.

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INDEX.

[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,

31

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,

30

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,

45

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*

Y 2

89

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Beer Bill, [104]

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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