y, and Norfolk Islands, 462-463
the labour trade, 464
'Bully Hayes,' 465
commercial importance of the Australian Colonies, 467.

U.

Uniformity, Act of, 252.
_See_ Lords.

United States, National Banks of the, 150.
_See_ Banker.

V.

Venetian Republic, Archives of the, 356
their preservation and order, 357
Constitution and the Great Council, 358
the Senate or Pregadi, 360
the Zonta, _ib._
Collegio or Cabinet of Ministers, 361
the Savii, _ib._
Ducal Councillors, 362
the Doge, 363
election of, 363, 364
Council of Ten, 365
political training of the nobles, 367
the Ducal, Secret, and Inferior Chancelleries, 368, 370, 371
duties of the Grand Chancellor, 369
College of Secretaries, _ib._
Senatorial papers, 372
the Relazioni, 373
Paullizzi's despatches, 375
Sagredo's mission to Cromwell, 376
diplomatic connection with England, _ib._
of the Collegio and the Lettere Principi, 377
curious document of one Charles Dudley, 378
letters from James Stuart, _ib._
'Espozione Principi,' _ib._
reception of Lord Northampton, 479-482
Tom Killigrew's expedient, 482.

Verney, Lady, 'Cottier-owners and Peasant Proprietors,' 410, _note_.

Villemain, M., his comparison of the genius of Pindar and Bossuet, 178.

W.

Wales, the Church in, 18-21.

Water Companies of London, oppressive and insolent exactions, 524.

Wendover, Roger of, a monkish historiographer, 314
at St. Albans, 316, 317.

Westphal, R., his examination of the Choric Odes of AEschylus, 163.

Wotton, Sir H., goes to Scotland from Venice to warn James VI. of a design
on his life, 374.

Y.

Yeomen Farmers in Norway, 384
condition of peasant proprietors in 1834, 385
the _Odels ret_, or Allodial Right, _ib._
division of land, 386
life on the _Soeters_, 387
private distillation of spirits prohibited, 388,
pauperism, _ib._
illegitimacy, 390
the agrarian class permanently represented in the Storthing, 391, _ib._
attraction of the rural population to towns, 392
rate of wages, 393
railways, _ib._
dress and ornaments, 394
value of money, _ib._
classification of properties, 395
increasing subdivisions of land, 397, 398
creation of _Myrmaend_ in South Trondhjem, 397
influence of American competition in corn, _ib._
absence of good economy, 399
fare of the rural population, _ib._
heavy indebtedness of the farmers, 400
Banks and Savings Banks,