Mosaic painting, on, 445. Moscow, massacre at, 669 --capture of, by the Poles, 670. Moses, alleged identity of, with Hermes, 178. Mountain chains of the earth, the, 407. Mountaineer, character of the, 409. Mountford the actor, murder of, 478. Mudo, El, the Spanish painter, 69. Müller, Ottfried, on the Iliad, 761. Muntz, Mr, on the state of trade, 378. Murides, the, a class of Circassian fanatics, 131, 139. Murillo, the painter, 73 --his paintings of angels, 184. Mythology, Grecian, connexion of, with Judaism, 177. Najera, the battle of, 355. Naples, the revolutionary movement in, 2 --interference in the affairs of, by the ministry, 366. Narses, patriarch of Armenia, 587. National Assembly of France, the, 278. National debt, rise of the, under William III., 401. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND, 567. National policy, characteristics of the English, 10. Navarete, Juan Fernandez, (El Mudo,) 69. Navigation, contributions of science to, 255. Navy, Whig policy regarding the, 15 --proposed reductions in the, 360. Nelson, Dr Wolfred, 736 --his career in Canada, &c., 738. New Guinea, island of, 415. New Zealand, island of, 415 --character, &c., of its aborigines, 527. Nicholas, the emperor, 579, 581 --example of summary justice by, 144 --his interference in Hungary, 707, _et seq._ NILE, WERNE'S EXPEDITION TOWARDS THE SOURCES OF, reviewed, 47. Noah, traditions regarding, in Armenia, 577, 578. Nobility, origin of, 713 --proposed volunteer force from the, 718, _et seq._ --territorial depression of, 723 --proposed changes in the system of creating, &c., 724. Nobility, the Russian, servility of, 673, 674. Novogorod, massacre at, 665. Nubia, sketches in, 51. Oat, varieties of the, 269 --meal, 271. Ocean, the, its physical conformation, &c., 410. Oil-painting, early history of, 449. OPENING OF THE SESSION, the, 357. Orloff, Alexis, 676. Otrepief, the Russian impostor, career of, 666 --his death, 669. Oxford, proposed reforms at, 235, 243. Pacific character of the age, Cobden on the, 5. Paduan MS. on painting, the, 442. Paget, Mr, on the state of Hungary, 702. Painting, ancient practice of, 436. Palace of art, Tennyson's poem of the, 459. Pantheon, the, in the Escurial, 70. Papacy, formal organisation of the, by the council of Trent, 533. Paradise Lost, characteristics of, 758, _et seq._ Paris, state of, during the revolution of 1848, 6, _et seq._ --the affair of the 29th January at, 275. Parker, admiral sir William, at Messina, 367. Parliament, meeting and proceedings of, 357. Parochial school system of Scotland, review of the, 567. Party contests, nature of the, in England, 9. Passport system, the, 204. Patron saints, on, 177. Pauperism, emigration as a security against, 509. Pelenja, African town of, 60. Pembroke, the earl of, 479.