'write himself out,' 385; his Lytton (Robert, Lord, b. 1831), characters by, cxxviii. 109; his 123 Lytton (Robert, Lord), merits of his his History of England,' of the Partition Treaty, 312; his his high opinion of Pitt's his lines on the Muse of his remarks on the Irish his early conversational his refutation of James Mill's Lord Cockburn's sketch of, 525 Maccabees, the, historical importance 259; his proposed route to Rich- McGregor (Rob Roy), his fraudu- lent bankruptcy, exii. 350; his his threefold division of of Jacobite ballads, cxiii. 87; his (Mr. A.), his report on cot- Mackenzie (Sir Alexander), his ex- plorations in British North Ame- Mackintosh (Sir James, 1766-1832), his estimate of Lord Brougham, cxl. 268 speeches of, in Parliament, Maclagan (Mr. Peter), his pamphlet his fresco on the 'Meeting of Macpherson (Major), his services in suppressing human sacrifice among the Khônds, cxix. 400; valuable character of his reports, 412 McPherson (Federal General), his able conduct in the War of Secession, exxi. 254, 263; commands the army of Tennessee, 265 his military promise and death, cxxix, 254 and note Madagascar, its strange immunity from foreign conquest. cxxvi. 376; the Malagasy tribes reduced by Radama, 377; their government an absolute monarchy, 378; their character and physique, 379; laws proclaimed at the kabarys, 380; success of the London Missionary Society in, ib. 381; rapid strides of Christianity, 382; death and character of Radama, 383, 384; his widow Ranavalo succeeds, ib. ; she starves her husband's relatives, ib.; Europeans ordered to quit, 385; she interdicts Christian worship, ib.; martyrdoms, 386; indignities heaped on Christian victims, 389; charges against converts, 390; causes of the persecution, 391; French and English attack in 1845 repulsed, 392; growth of Christianity, ib.; indemnity for the attack subscribed at Mauritius, 395; the capital Antananarivo, 396; description of the prince royal, 397; his popularity, 398; persecutions renewed in 1857, 401; death of the queen, 403; accession of Radama II., ib. ; his tolerant policy, ib.; ordeal by Tangena abolished, 404; the royal body-guard, 406; Jesuit missionaries, 408; French treaty signed, 409, 410; trial by battle proclaimed by the king, ib.; revolution and massacre of the bodyguard, 411; the king stifled, 412; his character, 413; his queen Rabodo succeeds, ib.; revolutionary changes, ib. 414; protection of Christians, ib.; hopeful prospects of Christianity, 415 Madan (Mr.), his treatise Thelyphthora,' cxv. 207 Madden (Sir F.), his charge of forgery against Mr. Payne Collier, cxi. 466; his verdict against the 'Players' Petition,' 482; his bias against Mr. Collier, 484 Madeira, early discoveries of, cxxviii. 214; prosperity of, in the fifteenth century, 215-220 Madras, surrendered to the French, (1746), cxxvii. 547 Madrid, Scottish College of Jesuits at, cxix. 194 Maffei (Francesco Scipio, Marquis, 1675-1755), projected collection of Christian inscriptions, cxx. 223 Magellan (Ferdinand de, d. 1521), his famous voyage of 1519, cxxxviii. 234 Maggots, produced in meat by flies, CXXV. 390 Magic, historical belief in, cxxi. 432 Magnetism, Faraday's discoveries in, cxxxii. 193, 207 Terrestrial, works relating to, CXXXVI. 407; former indifference of the Government, ib.; expeditions of 1818, 408; state of knowledge early in the present century, ib.; expedition of La Perouse, 409; declination of the needle, ib.; the Magnetic Pole discovered, 410; the 'rock' theory exploded, ib.; Halley's theory revived by Hansteen, 411; Humboldt's magnetic storms, 412; the 'Berlin Association,' ib.; the question revived in England, 413; General Sabine's Report to the British Association, ib. ; formation of Government observatories, 414; Antarctic expeditions, ib.; diurnal variation of declination, 415; question of a line, ib.; semiannual variation, 416; cosmical origin of disturbances, 417; their periodical character; 418, 419; Humboldt's nocturnal episode,' 420; the aurora borealis, ib. note; observations at Point Barrow, ib.; relations with solar physics, 421; empirical state of present knowledge, 422; lunar variations, ib.; researches of Mr. Chambers and Dr. Neumayer, 423; Dr. Bache's American observations, ib.; semiannual inequality of lunar variations, ib.; question of secular change, 424; merit of Halley's discoveries, ib.; object of magnetic surveys, 426; English survey in 1838, ib.; survey of Canada, 427; position of Hansteen's 'Siberian Pole,' ib.; survey of the Eastern Archipelago, ib.; researches in France, ib.; importance of the British South Polar Survey, 428; comparison of both hemispheres, ib. Maguire (Mr.), his 'Irish in America,' cxxvii. 502 Mahávansá, the, English translation of, cxv., 387 Mahmoud II. (Sultan of Turkey, 1808-1839), his coup-de-main in 1822, cxxi. 491 Mahomet (570-632), object of his social reforms, cxvi. 353; his first disciples, 354 his contempt for a settled life, cxxiv. 4 note; institutions of his ancestors, 8, 10; ancient rites and ceremonies, ib,; previous advance in Arabian monotheism, 11; Jewish influences, 12; national aversion to Christianity, 13; his early life, 17; nervous constitution and sensibility, 19; his supposed hysteria, ib.; his cataleptic fits, ib. 21; his meeting with Zeid, ib.; his first vision at Mount Hira, ib.; his revelations, 23; first converts, 24; ridicule of his claims, b.; attacks the Caaba worship, 25; protected by his uncle, 26; his simple method of imposture, 27; persecution of him and his sect, 28; supported by Omar, 29; meeting with the six pilgrims, 30; midnight meeting at Akaba, 32; his flight to Medina, 33; his new policy of ambition, ib.; his welcome at Medina, 35; plunders the caravans, 36; his coldblooded murders, 37; his destruction of the Jews, 38-41; captures Chaibhar, ib.; causes of the rapid spread of Islamism, 42; his conquest of Mecca, 43; terms of negotiation, 44, 45; his cowardly spirit of revenge, ib.; ignorant ferocity of his followers, 47; his last procession to Mecca and death, 48; his character, ib. ; personal appearance, 49; failure of his creed in Arabia, 50 Mahometanism, causes of its first spread, cxxiv. 42 Mahometans in India, sweeping charges of fanaticism against, cxxiv. 305; their passive conduct during the Mutiny, ib. Mahomet II. (Sultan, 1430-1481), his massacre at Constantinople, cxxi. 487; thanksgiving at St. Sophia, 488; his investiture of Patriarchs, 489 Mahrattas, the, social aspects of, cxviii. 544; rise of their power, ib. contests of, with the Rajpoots in the last century, cxxxiv. 361, 365; with the Rajah of Jypore, 366; services of European adventurers, ib.; their treacherous character, 378; their conquests checked by the British, 383 first British war with, cxxxvii. 233; the second war, ib. Mai (Cardinal Angelo, 1782-1854), his editions of the Vatican Codex, cxii. 256; their critical defects, 264 'Maiden,' the, instrument of torture in Scotland, cxl. 341 Mailly (Madame de, d. 1751), the Maimonides or Ben Maimon (Moses, his abridgment of the Talmud, his Ancient Law,' cxiv. 456; its his historical treatment of his anti-landlord views of her letters, instigating the by the House of Commons, cxx. 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