The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9)

by Various

L.

• Ladislaus I.,
  • crowned king of Poland, [461]
  • Ladislaus IV., [466].
• Leib, James R., A. M.,
  • Lectures on Scientific education by, notice of, [283].
• Leiber, Dr.,
  • his part in the Convention for forming a University, [290].
• Leibnitz, Professor,
  • a victim to ennui, [ 49].
• Lepe, Diego de,
  • his voyage of discovery, [169].
• Lewis, king of Hungary,
  • made king of Poland, [462].
• Livingston, Mr.,
  • his part in the cession of Louisiana to the United States, [214].
• Louallier, Mr.,
  • his arrest by General Jackson, [225].
• Louisiana, History of, by François-Xavier Martin,
  • reviewed, [186], &c.
  • Barbé Marbois's history, [187]
  • character of Judge Martin, [188]
  • odd combinations in his work, [189]
  • account of an earthquake in Canada, [190]
  • Penn's purchase from the Indians, [191]
  • government paper money, [191], [192]
  • Marbois on this subject, [192]
  • Louisiana in 1713, [193]
  • introduction of negroes from Africa, [194]
  • a female adventurer, [195]
  • progress of New-Orleans, [195], [196]
  • aggression on the Indians and their revenge, [197]
  • introduction of the sugar cane, and its progress, [197], &c.
  • Mr. Johnson's letter on, [199-201]
  • paternal affection in an Indian, [202]
  • removal of the Arcadians, [203]
  • shipping off obnoxious characters, [204]
  • cession to Spain of a portion of Louisiana, [ib.]
  • Don Ulloa arrives to take possession, but refrains from formally doing so, [204]
  • followed by Don Alexander O'Reilly, who commits many atrocities, [205-208]
  • interest felt in Louisiana in our struggle for independence, [208]
  • instance of American gallantry and enterprise, [ib.]
  • the foundation of commercial intercourse laid with the United States by General Wilkinson, [209]
  • Don Martin Navarro's sagacious communication to the king, [210]
  • Baron de Carondelet's miscalculations respecting the western people, [211]
  • retrocession of the territory to France, [212], [213]
  • cession to the United States, [214], [215]
  • Burr's plot, and General Wilkinson's proceedings, [216-218]
  • General Jackson's preparations for the defence of New-Orleans, [218], [219]
  • efforts to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, [220]
  • battle of Orleans and subsequent proceedings of Jackson, [221-232]
  • banishing the French from New-Orleans, [224]
  • arrest of Louallier, [225]
  • of Judge Hall, [226], [227]
  • of Hollander, [228]
  • Jackson summoned before Judge Hall, [230]
  • his sentence, [231].

M.

• Mackenzie, Wm. Lyon,
  • his catechism of education, notice of, [283].
• M'Mahon, John V. L.,
  • his Historical View of Maryland, &c. reviewed, [483], &c. See Maryland.
• Madison, James,
  • his opinion upon the tariff and nullification, [453].
• Maizeaux, M. de,
  • his translation of Latin verses in praise of tobacco, [143].
• Marbois, Barbé,
  • his History of Louisiana, notice of, [186], &c. See Louisiana.
• Martin, François-Xavier,
  • his History of Louisiana, reviewed, [186], &c. See Louisiana.
• Maryland, Historical View of the Government of, by John V. L. M'Mahon,
  • reviewed, [483], &c.
  • occasional remarks, [483-485]
  • boundaries of Lord Baltimore's grant, [486]
  • his contest with William Clayborne, [ib.]
  • with William Penn, [ib.]
  • settlement of boundaries to the north, [488]
  • controversies in regard to the west, [489], [490]
  • first settlement under Calvert, [490]
  • Clayborne and Ingle's rebellion, [491]
  • contest with the Parliament, [ib.]
  • governor Stone defeated, [492]
  • troubles from Josiah Fendall, [492], [493]
  • condition of the colonies in 1687, [494], [495]
  • formation of Protestant Association, which transmits to the king charges against the provincial government, who dispossesses the proprietary and appoints Sir Lionel Copley royal governor, [496]
  • seat of government changed, [497]
  • Annapolis, [498]
  • Governor Nicholson, [499]
  • view of the colonies from 1689 to 1710, [500]
  • persecution of Catholics, [501]
  • internal dissensions, [501], [502]
  • resources of Maryland at the commencement of the revolution, [503]
  • resistance of colonies to aggressions, [504]
  • case of Zachariah Hood, the distributer of stamps in Annapolis, [507], [508]
  • proceedings of Assembly, [508]
  • stamp paper retained on board the vessel, [509]
  • proceeding in relation to the tea, [511].
• Matthews, Rev. Dr.,
  • notice of his address to the convention at New-York, [285].
• Memorial of the workers in iron of Philadelphia,
  • notice of, [352], &c.
• Monroe, James,
  • his part in the cession of Louisiana to the United States, [214].
• Morgan, Lady,
  • her France in 1829-30, reviewed, [1 ], &c.
  • preparations for a tour, [2 ]
  • Lady Morgan's parentage, [3 ]
  • marriage, [4 ]
  • book-making propensity, [4 ], [5 ]
  • pernicious tendency of her works, [5 ]
  • reasons for severity in regard to her, [6 ]
  • her egotism, [7 ]
  • arrival at Calais, [8 ]
  • the Diligence, and difference between English and French stages, [9 -11]
  • arrival at Paris, [ 12]
  • her horror at the prevalence of Anglomania in France, [ 13-15]
  • travelling in France, [ 16]
  • want of magnificent country seats, [ ib.]
  • number of mendicants, [ 17]
  • facility of making acquaintance with fellow-travellers, [ ib.]
  • Lady Morgan's deductions as sapient as those of the Hon. Frederick de Roos, [ 18]
  • her want of decorum, [ 19]
  • vanity, [ 20]
  • becomes the subject of the Parisians propensity to ridicule, [ 22]
  • notice of her works in the Edinburgh and Quarterly Review, [ 24]
  • romanticism and classicism in Paris, [ 26]
  • interview with a romanticist, [ 27], [ 28]
  • with a classicist, [ 29]
  • Othello at the Theâtre Français, [ ib.]
  • Lady Morgan's plagiarism, [ 30], [ 31].
• Murray, Dr.,
  • his opinion of the use of tobacco, [154].

N.

• Navarro, Don Martin,
  • his communication to the King of Spain in regard to the American colonies, [210].
• Nicholson, Governor Francis,
  • his part in the colonial government of Maryland, [499], [500].
• Nicot, John,
  • tobacco introduced into France by, [144].
• Nicuesa, Diego de,
  • his grant of territory and adventures in South America, [170], &c.
• Niño, Pedro Alonzo,
  • his adventure to America, [168].
• Nyssens, Abbot,
  • his belief that the devil first introduced tobacco into Europe, [142].

O.

• Ochotsk,
  • town of, [ 72], [ 73].
• Ojeda, Alonzo de,
  • his Voyages of Discovery, [165-175].
• Olekma, town of,
  • [ 78].
• O'Reilly, Don Alexander,
  • his arrival at New-Orleans to take possession for Spain, and his atrocities, [205-208].
• Owen, Joseph,
  • his translation of Von Schmidt-Phiseldek's Europe and America, reviewed. See Europe and America.

P.

• Paper currency,
  • government, [191], [192].
• Peale, Rembrandt,
  • his Notes on Italy, reviewed, [486], &c. See Italy.
• Penn, William,
  • his difficulties in settling the boundary line with Maryland, [486], [487].
• Physical Geography, [ 82]
  • density of the earth, [ 83]
  • polar and equatorial diameters, [ ib.]
  • sources of heat, [ 84], [ 85]
  • equilibrium of the particles of the earth, [ 85], [ 86]
  • heat at the centre, [ 86]
  • consolidation of the surface of the earth, [ 87]
  • present appearance of its surface, [ 88]
  • chain of mountains, [ 89]
  • Malte Brun's arrangement of mountains into connected systems, [ 90]
  • basins, rivers, and streams, [ 91]
  • traces of aqueous action, [ 92]
  • diluvial deposits, [ 93]
  • stratified rocks, [ 94]
  • third, fourth, and fifth orders of rocks, [ 95]
  • organic remains, [ 96-102]
  • different level of the same rocks, [103]
  • volcanoes, [104-109]
  • trap rocks, [105]
  • earthquakes, [107-109]
  • M. E. De Beaumont's researches into the age of mountains, [109-112].
• Physiology of the Passions, by J. L. Alibert,
  • notice of, [ 33].
• Pinzon, Vincente Yañez,
  • his voyages of discovery, [168].
• Pitt, Prime Minister,
  • his followers and opponents, [322-325].
• Pizarro, Francisco,
  • his early adventures in America, [171], &c.
• Poland,
  • impending fate of, [457], [458]
  • constitution granted it by Alexander, [458]
  • its former importance, [459]
  • early history, [460]
  • Ladislaus crowned king, [461]
  • events in the reign of Casimir the Great, [ib.]
  • Lewis, king of Hungary; his daughter Hedwiga, weds Jagellon, whose family filled the throne through seven reigns, [462]
  • increasing power of the nobles, [463]
  • with Sigismund Augustus the reign of the Jagellons ceased, and the succession became elective, [464]
  • Henry of Anjou elected king; succeeded by Stephen Bathory, duke of Transylvania, [465]
  • Sigismund III. declared king, in whose reign the dismemberment and woes of Poland began, [466]
  • succeeded by Ladislaus IV., [ib.]
  • followed by John Casimir, who, after predicting the fate of the empire, resigned the crown, [467]
  • Michael Wisniowiecki chosen king; on his death, John Sobieski succeeded, [468]
  • reigns of Augustus II. and III., [469]
  • Stanislaus Poniatowski, the last Polish king; events in his reign that led to the dismemberment of Poland, [470-472]
  • assembling of the revolutionary diet at Warsaw, [473]
  • alliance with Prussia; second diet; constitution promulgated, [474]
  • Catharine invades Poland, and shares with Prussia a portion of its territory, [476]
  • final effort of the patriots under Koskiusko, [477]
  • battle of Praga, and third division of Poland; abdication of Stanislaus, [478]
  • summary of events in Polish history, [479-482].
• Prussia,
  • alliance of with Poland, [474]
  • share in its partition, [476].
• Pyrrhus,
  • an ennuyé, [ 47].