What is it moves with gentle heave the ground;
Like softest swell of ocean in a calm-
Now rests-then comes again with tremblings soft,
As from the rumbling of a loaded wain-
Felt, tho' not heard?-All know the earthquake's tread,
And would, but cannot, flee.-
Oh! when will morning come?-the tapers all
That measure out the hours are long since spent
But yet there is no day.-Is the great sun
Consumed too,-or darken'd?-this the time,
So oft foretold, when nature shall expire,-
The heavens be blotted out-and earth in flames
Shall pass away?
Such thoughts o'er many came
As, slowly yielding now, the pall of night
Changed to a dingy red-like a vast arch
Of iron look'd the heavens when first the heat,
Deep penetrating, to a lurid tinge
Begins to turn its blackness:-redder now.
And redder still the awful concave glows-
Till in its bloody, but uncertain glare,
The bolder may walk forth..-Man meets with man,
And starts as at a fiend:-for from the hot
And fiery sky all things have caught their hue :-
No sweet varieties of colour here
As in the blessed sunshine :-no soft tints
Like those of sweet May-morn,-when day's bright god Looks smiling from behind delicious mists;
Throwing his slant rays on the glistening grass,
Where, 'gainst the rich deep green, the cowslip hangs
His elegant bells of purest gold :—the pale,
Sweet perfumed primrose lifts its face to heaven
Like the full, artless gaze of infancy :-
The little ray-crown'd daisy peeps beneath
When the tall neighbour grass, heavy with dew,
Bows down its head beneath the fresh'ning breeze ;—
Where oft in long dark lines the waving trees
Throw their soft shadows on the sunny fields :-
Where in the music-breathing hedge, the thorn
And pearly white May blossom full of sweets,
Hang out the virgin flag of spring, entwined.
With dripping honeysuckles whose sweet breath
Sinks to the heart-recalling with a sigh
Dim recollected feelings of the days
Of youth and early love.-Oh! none of these,
Nature's too oft unprized treasures, bless'd
That scene of woe. The pure white marble shaft
That bears aloft the princely portico
Of the proud palace :-the black dungeon gate:-
The pallid statue o'er some honour'd tomb
That ever drooping hangs ;-and the bronze Mars
That bares his blood-stain'd sword :-the solemn tree
That o'er the sepulchre his dark green boughs
Hangs melancholy;-and the vivid flower
That in its course still looks upon the sun :-
The deep brown earth, and the fresh garden tints
Of emerald, with flowers of every stain
The rainbow's dye can give;-the beggar's rags,
And the cerulean blue of beauty's robe ;-
All in one undistinguishable hue
Are clad, of lurid redness. In the streets
Thousands of fire-tinged figures roam amazed
And fearful. "Is this morn?" they ask,
"Oh! what a night we've passed!-but is this morn?
"And what is that, high in the gory clouds,
"That orb of brighter crimson?" On it gaze
Unnumber'd wide and wistful eyes. By heavens !
It is the sun in his meridian fields !
Where hath his morning splendor slept unseen?
-In that dense sea above of vapour, fire,
Darkness, and storms-his morning splendor slept,
And soon again he'll sink. Devoted race!
Your last bright sun has set:-gaze while ye may
Even on that dark red orb:-fast close around
Th' impenetrable clouds :-sulphureous fogs
Roll on-light feathery ashes mix, and fill
Th' unwholesome air: the firmament grows dark,
The sun's red disk seems melting in the clouds.
Look-miserable mortals!-look your last:
A faint dim outline only can ye trace:
What see ye now?-rests he behind a cloud?—
No! no;-ye gaze in vain !-his beam is quench'd!—
To you for ever quench'd! High in the heavens
He rides sublime in his immortal course,
And shall for ever roll; but to your eyes
His beams return no more. Far different lights
Must gild your few remaining hours:-the flash
Of the death-dealing lightning-the red glare
Of populous streets in flames-the sparkles dread
Of moony meteors-and an atmosphere
With burning cinders fill'd-and rocks of fire.
[N. B. The figures within crotchets refer to the pages of the History; the other
to those of the Chronicle, Appendix to ditto, and Extracts.]
ABDICATION of the king of Sardinia,
[238], [243], 597.
Abyssinia, affairs of, [257].
Accidents at Dr. Uwins', 1; two of
the crew of the Badger cutter drown-
ed, 12; two women burnt to death
at St. Just, 13; at Sheriff Hill col-
liery, 15; explosion of a weather-
chest at Bombay, 16; ditto of a dis-
tillery, 31; Miss Radford, 31, 56; a
powder manufactory, 43; Miss Fell,
43; rev. Mr. Crawford drowned, 45;
Mr. Angerstein ditto, 53; master
Rowley, 58; soldiers, &c. drowned
at Woolwich, 61; fall of St. Giles'
church at Munster, 77; Mr. Harmer
shot by his wife, 86; Shrewsbury
theatre, 90; Mr. Hadland killed by
a steam-engine, 96; Corville colliery,
157; Mr. Wontner, 170.
Acids, mineral, their action on chlo-
rurets of gold, 699.
Admiralty, High Court of, see Court.
Address of the Presbytery of Langholme,
[7]; voted a breach of privilege, [8].
Advertising, French mode of, 194.
Aerostation: Mr. Green's ascent, 147;
improvements in, 709.
Ethiopia, 677.
African Institution, report on, 556.
Agricultural distress, [66]; report of
the committee on, 506.
Agriculture and botany, 702.
board of, 85.
Aleutian Islands, regulation for trade
of, 605.
Ali Pacha, [246]; Chourchid's operations
against, [255].
Allied sovereigns, [107]; their views,
[108]; circular dispatch from, to their
ministers, 599.
America: encroachments of Russia on,
[246]; law case respecting mulat-
toes, 163, &c.; trial of J. Thompson,
for murder of Miss Hamilton, 174;
appeal for the removal of the duty on
foreign books, 182; prices of provi-
sions, 186; divorces, 194; president's
message to Congress, 614; commer-
cial relations, 615; gelatinous meteor
at Amherst, 687; Greek MSS. 724;
a North American antiquity, 725, see
also Brazils, Buenos Ayres, Columbia,
Mexico, Peru, United States.
Andre, major, disinterment of, 133.
Animal warmth, 702.
Antiquities, Roman, 74, 720; North
American, 725.
Antwerp, extraordinary fraud at, 52.
Apple and pear trees: method of pro-
moting their early puberty, 704;
golden pippin, 704.
Arabia, military operations in, [288].
Arcos, Conde dos, charges against, [214].
Arctic voyage; rewards offered to ves-
sels, 36; departure of the discovery
ships, 74, 80.
Armenian journal, 728.
Army estimates [85], [93]; abuses in
commissions, [94]; accounts, [95].
Arts and manufactures, 705.
Aston, Mr. H. H., death of, and reports
connected with, 44.
Astronomical watch, 709.
Assizes: Chelmsford, R. Gouldstone,
wounding a boar, 39; C. Lingord,
&c., burglary, 40.
Cornwall; M. Lampshire, highway
robbery, 54.
Horsham; G. England, murder of J.
Swain, 50.
Limerick; M'Namara and Nolan,
murder of Mrs. Torrence, 189.
Maidstone; Cowen v. Baker, tresp. 44.
Middlesex Sessions; J. Sharpe, steal-
ing some bread and meat, 183;
Harmer v. Frowde, malicious prose-
cution, 184.
Stafford J. Wright, murder, 16.
Wilts; Gracious and Cox, murder, 57.
Atherstone's "Last Days of Hercula-
neum," extract from, 737.
Attorney General: reply to Mr. We-
therell, as to the legality of the omis-
sion of the Queen's name from the
Liturgy [12]; reply to sir F. Bur-
dett [17].
Austria: its conduct towards Naples,
[106]; Naples occupied by, [107];
vigilance against the Carbonari, [168];
order of Redemptorists, [168]; the
Austrian envoy quits Lisbon, [216];
relations with Naples, [225]; Aus-
trians advance towards Naples, [228];
attacked by Pepe, [229]; their suc-
cesses, [230]; treaty with the Neapo-
litans, [232]; advance on Turin,
[242].
Bahia, revolution at, [217].
Bakers, informations against, 540.
Bamberg: miracles of Prince Hohenlohe,
[167]; meteor, 197.
Bancroft, Dr. death of, 242.
Bankers, 86.
Bank-notes, 12; robbery of, by rats, 61;
official statement of, 69, 101, 152.
Bankruptcy, Howard and Gibbs', 53.
Barcelona, fever at, [145], [206], 161.
Baring, Mr., his proposal respecting the
currency, [70].
Barometer, improved, 710.
Barrack department, expenses, [95].
Barrett, Dr., death of, 245; authentic
anecdotes of, 656.
Bartsch, A., death of, 227.
Battles, list of Buonaparte's, 651.
Bayadere, and the God, from Goëthe,
734.
Bennett, hon. G. H. G., libel on, in the
John Bull, [50].
Besborough, countess of, her death, 245.
Best, Judge, inquiry against, for his
conduct on Davison's trial, [64].
Bills: Sir J. Mackintosh's for mitigat-
ing the punishment of forgery, [52];
for taking away capital punishment
from stealing in dwelling-houses, &c.
[56]; Mr. Martin's, for allowing
counsel to those accused of felony,
[56]; Mr. Kennedy's, for improving
the constitution of Scotch juries, [58];
Cash-payments' Bill, [70].
Biot, M., electrical experiments by, 699.
Birmingham, reduction of poor-rates
at, 193.
Bishop of Peterborough, see Peterbo-
rough.
Blacow, rev. R., fined for libel on the
Queen, 176.
Blane, capt. G. R., death of, 237.
Blasphemy, singular case of, 23.
Blindness, the whole crew of a vessel
afflicted with, 557.
Bog, moving one in Ireland, 103, 683.
Bolivar, gen. renews hostilities, [281];
created president of Columbia, [284].
Bonn, extraordinary affair at, 176.
Bonnycastle, J., death of, 237.
Bowes, T., his claim to the Strathmore
pecrage made out, 103.
Bow-street, see Police.
Brass-work, lacker for, 711.
Brazils: revolutions at Para, Bahia, and
Pernambuco, [217]; at Rio Janeiro,
[218]; the constitution proclaimed by
the prince royal, [218]; departure of
the king for Europe, [219]; disturb-
ances at Bahia and Pernambuco,
[220]; Monte Video, [221]; king's
instructions relative to the govern-
ment, 588.
Bread, report on the making and sale
of, 539.
Bridel, Louis, death of, 227.
Bridge-street society,
Broderson, C. F., trial of, for fraud, 3.
Brougham, Mr., reply to lord Castle-
reagh in the debate respecting the
Queen, [22]; attacks the Constitu-
tional Association, [61].
Broughton, capt., death of, 233.
Browne, colonel, attempted assassina-
tion of, at Milan, 17.
Bryant, Michael, death of, 233.
Brygger, Nils, a Swede, his confessions
of treason, 27.
Bubna, Austrian commander, his pro-
clamation, [242]; enters Alessandria,
[243].
Bucharia, Russian embassy to, [245].
Budget, [91].
Buenos Ayres: death of Ramirez, &c.
[285]; Revadavia's administration,
[285].
Buonaparte, his death, [142]; cha-
racter, [144]; official intelligence of his
death, 104: appearance of the body
on dissection, 105; petition to the
Chamber of Deputies for the removal
of his remains, 111; public mourn
ing for him at Parma, 113; his will,
393; memoir of him, 650; his treat-
ment of the Prussians, 655.
Burdett, sir F., his speech on the con-
duct of ministers to the queen, [16]
motion for a committee on the Man-
chester business, [64]; fined, 25;
correspondence with Mr. Canning, 92.
Burney, admiral, death of, 246.
Butterly and Ennis, their murder of
Miss Thompson, 54; execution, 77.
Byron, lord, lines to, by Moore, 780.
Cadiz, insurrections at, [196], [198].
Caermarthen, attempt of prisoners to
escape from the gaol at, 8.
Caillaud, M., pyramids discovered by,
677.
Calcott, Dr., musician, death of, 239.
Campbell, Sir G., suicide of, 19.
Canada, [288].
Canning, Mr., assents to the queen's
name being expunged from the Li-
turgy, [9]; speech on the Catholic
Bill, [37]; opposes Mr. Owen's plan,
[82]; speech on the affairs of Naples,
[105]; correspondence with sir F.
Burdett, 92.
Cape of Good Hope, 117; how far Eng-
lish subjects there, are affected by
the Dutch laws, 400.
Capital, national, increased during the
last war, 529.
Carbonari, [234], [244].
Carignano, prince, appointed regent of
Piedmont, [238]; his flight to Novara,
[242].
Carlile, Mrs., trial of, 170.
Carrot, new species of, 703.
Carmine, improved, 711.
Caroline, queen, see Queen.
Cassel, death and character of the elec
tor, [161], 232; his treatment of the
purchasers of national domains, [162].
Castlereagh, lord, his defence of the
proceedings against the queen, [20];
on Mr. Owen's plan, [81]; on Mr.
Western's malt bill, [88]; the affairs
of Naples, [102]; on those of Sicily,
[111].
Catholics, see Roman Catholics, and
Ireland.
Catholic chapel, Moorfields, disturbance
at, 135.
Censorship of the press, in France, [137.]
Cephalonia, a colossal statue, erected to
sir T. Maitland, [117].
Cervantes, new Life of, 726.
Champneys, sir T., death of, 239.
Chancery, see Court.
Chatham, lord, letters from, to his son,
629.
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Chelmsford, trials at, 39, 40.
Chemistry, 692.
Chester, mayor of, fined and imprisoned,
176.
Child, singular circumstance of one
being changed, 56.
Chili, affairs in, [285].
Chirayita, the plant, 681.
Chourchid Pacha, [255].
Churches, new, 42.
Cicero, fragments of, discovered, 724.
Civil list, [97].
Classic authors, recovery of lost, 724.
Clover, new species of, 702.
Cochrane, lord, his operations in Peru,
[285].
Coinage, 43.
Colours, mineral, application of them to
stuffs, 712.
Columbia renewal of hostilities, [281];
surrender of La Guayra and Cartha-
gena, [283]; assembly of congress,
[283].
Comet, seen at Paris, 19, 42.
Commercial code, proposed revision of,
[76]; anomalies and absurdities in,
[79].
Compass, capt. Kater on, 689.
Congreve rockets, success of in whale
fishing, 103, 708.
Consistory Court, see Court.
Constantinople, tumults at, [249]
Constitutional Association, its origin and
object, [60]; Mr. Brougham's attack
on, [61]; Dr. Lushington's ditto,
[62]; prosecutions by, for libels, 77;
ex - - sheriff Parkins's application
against, 88.
Consumption of the country, [72].
Convicts from Newgate, attempted res-
cue of, 23; number of convicts, 77.
Cooper, Mr., editor of the John Bull,
imprisoned for libel, [51].
Cope, Dr., death of, 243.
Copenhagen, tumult among the students,
34.
Copyright, singular case of, Rundell v.
Murray, 108.
Corfu, proclamation at, 78.
Cork-tree, 703.
Corn, system of the average prices of,
[68]; laws respecting, 506; causes of
its depressed prices, 510; demand
for, little increased by abundance,
512; inconvenience of the corn-laws,
516; extraordinary fluctuation of
prices, 519; corn-trade, 521; the pre-
sent period unfavourable for a change in
the system, 522; proposed change in
the corn laws, 523; increased imports
since 1773, 524; advantage of ware-
housing foreign corn, 533.
Coronation proclamation of, 93; cere-
mony of ditto, 97; conncil for the ar-
rangement of the ceremonies, 99;
number of dishes, 111; coronation
medals, 114; description of the cere-
monial, 324; queen's claim to be
crowned, 325; preparations for the
festival, 328; Westminster-hall gal-
leries, 328 boxes, sideboards, &c.,
329; dining-tables, vestibule and royal
platform, 330; throne, 331; illumi-
nations, &c., champion's stable, 332;
kitchens, &c., 333; Westminster
Abbey, 333; western aisle, choir,
and theatrum, 334; throne and sacra-
rium, 335; royal box, Litany chair,
and St. Edward's ditto, 336; recog-
nition chair, traverse, music gallery,
&c., barriers and routes, 337; mili-
tary arrangements, 339; tickets, 342;
exterior galleries, 343; rehearsal,
344; morning of the coronation,
345; corporations of London, &c.
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