14-Edward IV. deposed for the Fortitude, anatomized, 287
Egypt, account of, 165 Election, expences of, 201 Electors, duly and qualifications of, 304 Elizabeth, Queen, questions the law-
fulness of the slave-trade, 105-of the state of parliament during her reign, 124 England, King of, on his right to rule, 17-of the constitution of, 145 Englishman's right, a dialogue, 347 Enlisting for life, reprobated, 314 Ephraim Robin Jolin, an African gran dee, and his people, barbarously and treacherously dealt with by the Eng- lish, 107
Equality, on, 34-all men are in a state of, by nature, 151-what, 220 Estrada, Alvaro Florez, his work on the Constitution for Spain, 30-his form of a constitution, 35-on the freedom of the press, 38-his intro- duction to the history of the revolu- tion in Spain, 249
Evans, Mr. Johu, his General Baptist's annual sermon, 398 Ex-Officio Informations, on, 176.263-
now made a regular part of law, 177 -evils attending, ib. Expenditure, public, in 1691, Sir Charles Sidley's speech on, 238 F.
Falsehood, under the old law of libel, was accounted the essence of a libel, 177.178
Fast-days, inquiry respecting the lega- lity of, 51
Fatherhood, and original absolute power,
according to Sir R. Filmer, said to be synonymous, 4.5.149 Ferdinand VII. remarks on his meeting
with Bonaparte at Bayonne, 256 Filmer, Sir Robert, his principles of go- vernment overthrown, by Mr. Locke, 1-contends that all government is absolute monarchy, 2-infers that no man is born free, 3 Finances, Austrian, 205 Finnerty, Mr. Peter, trial of, 60.133— sentence on, 135-review of his case, 417
Flogging, military, 136.144.314.315 Flower Benjamin, letters to and from the publisher of the Evangelical Ma- gazine, 395-897
Folkestone, Lord, extract from his speech respecting ex-officio informa- tions, 177
Fox, the right hon. C. J. his memory to be respected, 41-bis exertions a gainst the slave trade, 191-summary of his character, 196
Fox, General, his conduct as a com- mander commended, 319 France, her present greatness the ef fect of our endeavours to crush her, 113-threatens the destruction of our colonies, 127-on the revolution in, 250-the submission of to Bonaparte accounted for, 252-internal state of, and the nature of the governments with which she had to contend, 253—- reflections on the penal code of, 392
on the law of libel in, 394 Freedom, the enemies of, are natural enemies to every free man, 154-no man can lawfully sell or give away his own, 156-true origin and nature of explained, 221.227
Freeholder's Political Catechism, by Lord Bolingbroke, 69
French, on their cruelties in Portugal, 261-their conduct misrepresented, 262-are not cowards, 263* Friends, the king's, 284 Funds, public, on the, 343
Galileo, the famous astronomer, pu- nished by the monks for his learning,
Genoese, their authority in Corsica,
Germans, mode of military punishment among, 320
Gibbs, Sir Vicary, his law respecting ex-officio informations, 176 GOD, the author of power, 12-the creator of the world, 240-on the name of, 241-love to him, 243— something in the nature of mau a-kin to him, 242.243-on the worship of, 243-bas instituted no form of go- vernment among men, 290 Godoy, Prince of Peace, his bad con- duct, 257
Gold, light against heavy, 203
Good and evil, on the mixture of, 398 Government, Mr. Locke on, 1.75.149. 219.292.366-held to be in all cases, absolute monarchy, by Sir R. Filmer,
great act of, 161-origin of, 293. 294 whether men can live without, 294-Lord Somers on, 351-true end of, 360
Gower, Brigadier General Levison, re-
Jephtha, and the Ammonites, on the war between, 155
Jerome, St. whipped by the devil for - reading Cicero, 24
Jesuits and the friars of St. Dominick, dispute between, 169
Jews, in what sense they sold them- selves to labour, 156—proceedings of a great council of 163.166-places where they were not allowed a syna- gogue, 167-their present state an argument for christianity, ib.-their great indignation at the doctrines of the papists, 170
Jubilee, (Anno Sancto) of the papists at Rome, 165
Judgment of whole kingdoms and na- tions concerning the rights, &c. of kings, and the properties of the peo- ple, 350
Jure divino of monarchy, examined, 3.27 Juries, are the real judges, 48—grand, where and when they first charged themselves to and their countrymen with war taxes, 15-their duties, 18. 852-on the powers and duties of, 258.352-origin of, 259-on the strik- ing and summoning of, 259.352-spe- cial, in general an injury to justice, 260 duties of, 354
Jury, true office of a, 180-ignorance of at Warwick, 264-on the impor- tance of the trial by, 347-instances in which trial by, has been invaded,
Justice, the ends and objects of, 18- themost esteemed virtue among men, 242
Kent, Mr. W. convicted and fined for praying and singing, 279
King, dangerous tendency of his having a negative voice in parliament, 15- of England, some particulars relative to the exercise of his office, 48-his proclamation no law, 51-his illness, 197
Kings have their thrones endangered by the doctrine of the divine right," 3-concerning their paternal power, ib.-may be lawfully called to ac- count by the people for misgovern- ment, 16-origin of their power, 149 on the divine right of, 288.290.350- origin of, 291-a distinction should be made between them as men, and as public officers, 360
Labour, entitles a man to landed perty, 158.159.162.163-effects of, 160
Lacedæmonians, had an aversion to li- terature, 21
Lancaster, Joseph, meeting ofthe friends of his system of education, 281 Land, of the appropriation of, 159.160 Latimer, Bishop, his courage and inte- grity, 349
Law intelligence, 59.135.277 Laws, divine, superior to all others, 181.263-origin of, 230-origin and nature of the English, ib. Learning, not generally supported by the clergy, 171
Legislative power, of the extent of, 366 Leo X. an enemy to the slave-trade, 105 Letter, circular, from the committee of the friends of religious liberty to the dissenting ministers in England and Wales, 380
Lewis XIV. educated a tyrant, 359 Libel, law of, in France, 394 Libels, ou, 176.263-truth now held to be, 177 what was formerly ac- counted one, 177.178
Libelling, punishable at Athens, 20- punished by the Romans, 21 Liberty, on, the original compact be- tween the prince and the people, 26 -of speech and of the press, the prime of liberties, 217-effects of 304.305--veneration of the ancients of, 306
Licenser of books, his incompetency to his office, 172
Licensing books, a barbarous measure,
Livery of London, meeting of, for re- form, 272.334 Locke, Mr. on government, 1.75.149. 219.292.366-mentions a society ou true liberal principles, 101 London, the city's address to the Prince
Regent, 57-the prince's answer, 59 Officers, military, often abuse their Louis XIII. scruples the lawfulness of the slave trade, 106
Magna Charta, origin of, 14-hath been often impaired, 180 Marsden, Mr. Alexander, in conjunc- tion with Dr. Trevor, is cruel to- wards state prisoners, 117 Mason on prison abuses, in Ireland, 114
Pacificus, on the state of the nation, 340 Parents, on the power of, 219-whca their power ceases, 222 Parliament, the first acts of, in print, 14-what it is and has been, 121- 125-have some pensioners in, tô France, 232
Patriot, the requisites of a, 359
People, their consent the only lawful support of the crown, 1-under Ged the fountain of power, 12-their so- vereignty, what, 119-the, are the real fountain of law, 230 Perceval, Mr. his correspondence with the Prince Regent, 54-not deserv- ing the thanks voted to him by certain dissenters, 845
Phillip II. of Spain, an instance of mag- nanimous liberality, 100 Phillips, Sir R. on the powers and du- ties of juries, 278.352-on criminal law, 356
Pilgrimage to Rome for absolution, 166 Pinckney, Mr. his letter to Lord Wel- lesley, complaining of the conduct of the British government, 207 Pitt, William, his memory should be execrated, 41-his disinterestedness, 45-his hypocrisy respecting the abo- lition of the slave trade, 191.193-did not wish the house to be guided by public opinion, 192--death of, 194
view of his general conduct, ib. Poetry The fallen soldier, 244-the field of battle, 245-on a snowdrop seen by moonlight, 246
Pope, the, adulation of, by the Ro- mans, 165.166
Pope, Simeon, curious extract from, 340 Portugal, on the cruelties of the French
in, 261-cruelties of the English in,262 Power, on the origin of, 4-12-politi-
cal, defined, 151-paternal, 219- education, the first part of, 224 Prelates, remarkable for their opposi-
tiou to a free press, 174 Presbyterians, curious address of, to James the second, 369 Press, the, originally free, 23--how to regulate it, 219
Prince Regent, installation of the, 51– speech to parliament, 55-address to, from Westminster, 198 Privilege, parliamentary, enquiry re- specting, 339
"Protestant society," the plan of, 389 Protestant Dissenter's Catechism, Re- view of Notes on, 406-416 Providence, on the doctrine of, 241 Punishment, for the public offences, on the nature of, according to the law of nature, 152-origin and nature of, in a commonwealth, 227-corporal, not the method of improving a regiment, 317 has different effects, 319 Puritans, vindicated, 411
Quakers, zealous against the slave trade,
Ranks, on the evils arising from the in Rechabites, a Jewish sect of Syria, 171 equality of, 34 Recruiting, remarks on the British me thods of, 314
Red sea, why so named, 165 Reflections, on the penal code of France, 392 concluding, of the editor of the Miscellany, 434
Reform, society for, 270.335 Religion, of, 23-on the present state of, 247
Revenue, French remarks on the Eng- lish, 133
Review of books, 30.104.186.244.398 Richard II. deposed by the people for misgovernment, 14
Rioting and intolerance defeated, 277 Roach, Mr. trial of for a libel, 59.67 Robespierre, state of juries under, 259 Romans, were a long time extremely il- literate, 21
Roscoe, Mr. his observations on Earl Grey's proposed address, 109
Saducees, modern, 169
Sapores, King of Persia, crowned in his
mother's, womb 289
Saville, Sir George, his remarkable de- claration respecting parliamentary representation, 198
Saxon government among the English,
Schism, meaning of the term, 400 Scripture, arguments from, that truth is no libel, 178-vindicated, 187 Selden, the learned John, a general reader, 25
Shires, origin of, 371
Sidmouth, Lord, letter to, by Mr. Bel- sham, Review of, 400-his character as a statesman, 401 Slave trade, bad effects of it on the heart, 107-progress of its abolition in the British parliament, 109—abo- Slaves, their first importation into Eng- lished, 192.197 land, 105
Slavery, no Englishman or gentleman ought to plead for it, 2
Society, of political or civil, 226.228- conjugal, 2b.
Societies, political, of the beginning of, 292-of end of, 300
Socrates, a friend to free speech, 100 Soldier, the, and other poems, Review of, 244
Soldiers, too often treated as mere ma- chines, 316
Somers, Lord, extract from his tracts, on the character of the wisest men, 89-on the rights of kings and the properties of the people, 350 Spain, has always been remarkable for its attachment to popery, 164-on the revolution in, 250.253 Spain and Portugal, French remarks on the war in, 130.131 Speaker of the house of Commons, ac- tion against by Sir F. Burdett, 279 Speech, the freedom of, maintained by
Stamford News, remarks on a passage in the, relative to the cruelties of the French in Portugal, 261
St. Peter, and his associates, their cou- rage recommended, 98
St. Edward's laws, restored at Runny- meed, 14
Syria, account of a Jewish sect in, 171
Thief, on what principle it is lawful to kill one, 155 Thorpe, Serjeant, his excellent charge in 1648, 11
Tiberius, a professed friend to the free- dom of writing and of speech, 100 Tinker Timothy, on light and heavy gold, 203
Tithings, origin of, 370.
Titles, origin and abuse of, 287 Toleration, the right of every human being, 249-public meetings of the friends of, 274.321.329
Trevor, Dr. summary of his treatment of prisoners in Ireland, 115 Trial of rioters at Wickham-market, 67 -for a riot at Wye, 277 Trials, new, evil of granting, 260 Triennial act, an additional security to our liberties, 146-a fundamental part of the constitution, 233.237 Trueman Timothy, on the kingly office, 46-on Lord Grenville's doctrine of the three estates, 119-on libels and ex-officio informations, 176.263 Truth, how treated after Christ's ascen- sion, 175—veneration of the heathens
of, ib.-strong, next to God, 218- not a libel, 264-venerated by our ancestors, 266
Trusts, nature and use of, 302 Tyranny can never annihilate virtue, 103
Usurpers, made lawful kings on Sir R. Filmer's principles, 149
Verdict of a jury, what, 265.356 Virtues, effects of various, 289
Waithman, Mr. his declaration on re- form, 272
Wakefield, Mr. Gilbert, extract from his address to the court of King's Bench, 97-died a martyr to truth, peace and philanthropy, (note), 103 War, of the state of, 154-difference between this state and that of nature, 155-the subject of, not often dis- cussed on true principles, 186-its effects, 188-origin and support of, 188.189-advice against, 190 Warburton, Bishop, his energetic con- demnation of the slave trade, 106 Watts, Dr. calumny against him re- futed, 415
Westminster, statement of expences of elections at, 201
White, Mr. Luke, his cruelty, 117 William, King, acts passed by him for
securing free parliaments, 146-re- duced the number of standing forces, ib.
Wilson, Sir Robert, his remarks on the methods of recruiting and on the sys- tem of flogging, 314
Witnesses, on the practice of examining them,354-shonld be kept apart from each other, 355
World, on the creation of the, 240 Worship, divine, essence of, 243 Wright, Chief Justice, his definition of a libel, 269
Wye, church riot at, 277
Ximenes, Cardinal, the first friend to the Africans, after the commence- ment of the slave trade, 104
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