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THE
EDINBURGH REVIEW,
OR
CRITICAL JOURNAL:
FOR
FEB. 1823..... MAY 1823.
TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.
JUDEX DAMNATUR CUM NOCENS ABSOLVITUR.
PUBLIUS SYRUS.
VOL. XXXVIII.
EDINBURGH:
Printed by the Heirs of David Willison,
FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH:
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME AND BROWN,
LONDON.
CONTENTS OF No. LXXVI.
ART. I. Reports of Cases argued and decided in the High
Court of Chancery. By F. Vesey, junior. Vol.
VII.-Dr Wolcot's Case, 1802. Mr Southey's
Case, 1817. Lord Byron's Cain, Feb. 1822.-
Mr Lawrence's Lectures on Physiology, March
1822.
II. Narrative of a Journey in the Morea. By Sir William
Gell, M. A., &c.
III. 1. Report from the Select Committee on Captain
Manby's Apparatus for saving the Lives of Ship-
wrecked Seamen. Ordered by the House of
Commons to be printed, 16th of May, 1823.
2. Papers relating to Captain Manby's Plan for af-
fording Relief in Cases of Shipwreck. Ordered
by the House of Commons to be printed, 30th of
May, 1816.
3. Papers relating to Captain Manby's Plan for saving
the Lives of Shipwrecked Mariners. Ordered by
the House of Commons to be printed, 7th of
December, 1813.
4. Report of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons on Captain Manby's Petition. Ordered to
be printed, 26th of March, 1810.
IV. The St James's Chronicle-The Morning Chronicle-
The Times-The New Times-The Courier, &c.—
Cobbett's Weekly Journal-The Examiner-The
Observer-The Gentleman's Magazine-The New
Monthly Magazine-The London, &c. &c.
V. 1. Annual Reports of the Trustees of the British Mu-
seum. 1822.
2. Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum.
1820.
3. Description of the Marbles, &c. deposited in the
British Museum. 1821.
VI. Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land. By William
Rae Wilson, Esq.
VII. 1. Essai Géologique sur l'Ecosse. Par A. Boué,
Docteur en Médecine, &c.
2. Voyage en Ecosse et aux Iles Hebrides. Par L.
A. Necker de Saussure
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ART. VIII. Observations relative to Infant Schools, designed to
point out their Usefulness to the Children of the
Poor, to their Parents, and to Society at large.
Calculated to assist those who may benevolently
incline to establish such Schools. By Thomas
Pole, M. D. &c.
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IX. Highways and By-ways, or Tales of the Roadside,
picked up in the French Provinces. By a Walk-
ing Gentleman
X. 1. De la Défense des Places Fortes, Ouvrage com-
posé par Ordre de sa Majesté Imperiale et
Royale, pour l'Instruction des Elèves du Corps
du Génie. Par M. Carnôt.
2. Observations on the Motives, Errors, and Ten-
dency of M. Carnôt's Principles of Defence;
showing the Defects of his New System of For-
tification, and of the Alterations he has propos-
ed with a View to improve the Defences of ex-
isting Places. By Colonel Sir Howard Douglas,
K. S. C. &c.
3. Memoire sur l'Effet des Feux Verticaux proposés
par M. Carnôt dans la Défense des Places
Fortes; suivi des deux Notes, l'une sur la Tra-
jectoire des Balles, l'autre sur le Tire à Rico-
chet. Par M. Angoyat
XI. 1. Observations on the Warehousing System and Na-
vigation Laws; with a detailed Account of many
of the Burdens to which Shipping and Trade
are subjected. By John Hall, Esq.
2. An Act for the Encouragement of Navigation
and Commerce, by regulating the Importation of
Goods and Merchandise, so far as relates to the
Countries or Places from whence, and the Ships
in which, such Importation shall be made. 3
Geo. IV. Cap. 43
XII. 1. Memorandum of Two Conversations between the
Emperor Napoleon and Viscount Ebrington at
Porto-Ferraio.
2. Memorial de Sainte Hélène. Journal of the Pri-
vate Life and Conversations of the Emperor
Napoleon at St Helena. By the Count de Las
Cases
Quarterly List of New Publications
Index
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CONTENTS OF No. LXXV.
ART. I. Reflections on the State of Ireland in the Nineteenth
Century; the progressive Operation of the Causes
which have produced it; and the Measures best
calculated to Remove some, and Mitigate others
of them
II. 1. Loves of the Angels. A Poem. By Thomas
Moore.
2. Heaven and Earth. A Mystery. By Lord
Byron
III. The Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry
Grattan, in the Irish and in the Imperial Parlia-
ment
IV. 1. Letter to Earl Bathurst, by the Honourable H.
Grey Bennet, M. P.
2. Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the
State of the Colony of New South Wales. Or-
dered by the House of Commons to be print-
ed, 19th June, 1822
V. Cottage Economy. By William Cobbett
VI. An Inquiry into the Principles of Beauty in Grecian
Architecture; with an Historical View of the
Rise and Progress of the Art in Greece. By
George, Earl of Aberdeen, K. T. &c.
VII. 1. Remarks on the Consumption of Public Wealth
by the Clergy of every Christian Nation, and par-
ticularly by the Established Church in England
and Wales, and in Ireland, with a Plan for alter-
ing its Revenues, &c. &c.
2. The Rights of the English Clergy Asserted,
and the Probable Amount of their Incomes Es-
timated, in a Letter to the Author of Remarks
on the Consumption of Public Wealth,' &c. By
Augustus Campbell, A. M. Rector of Wallasey,
in the County of Chester
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