ACCIDENTS: at Friary chapel, Callan,
1; in a mine at Whitehaven, ib.; on
the ice, St. James's-park, 3; two
wherrymen drowned at London
Bridge, 7; a leopard gets loose at
Mold, 9; bursting of a cannon,
Gravesend, 23; accident at an ex-
hibition of wild beasts, 27; explo-
sion of fire-damp, ib.; horses in a
hackney coach drowned, 28; Dorking
coach overturned, 52; six pilots
drowned, 55; bursting of the Pad-
dington canal, 68; R. Gower and his
wife drowned, 69; scaffold breaks
down at Mr. Green's ascent, City-
road, 70; Mary Belcher and children
killed by an explosion of gunpowder,
77; explosion in the Townley col-
lieries, 92; deaths by lightning, 96,
104; explosion at Cowes, 107; fall
of the town-hall tower, Limberg,
111; fall of a warehouse, Liverpool,

120;
fall of the cornice of Bow steeple,
125; explosion of gas, Coburg the-
atre, 135; child drowned, Sheerness,
138; explosion of a powder maga-
zine, Ostend, 141; explosion of a dis-
tillery, Shoreditch, 147; fall of stables,
&c., Bartholomew Close, 152; ser-
vant girl falls into a well, 159; ex-
plosion in the Graham steam-packet,
170; fall of the Guards' club-house,
171; mate of a tender drowned, 196
Acts of Parliament, 306
Adams, ex-president, United States,
death of, 263

Africa, see Ashantees; new colony at
Natal, 16

.

action for libel, Root v. Editors of
the New York American, 105
America, South; relaxation of the navi-
gation laws, in favour of the new
states, [67]; war between Brazil and
Buenos Ayres, 384. See Bolivia,
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Colom-
bia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Rio
de la Plata.

Antigua; petition from the House of
Assembly to Parliament, [157]
Antiquities: excavation in Dalmatia,
13; fresco discovered at Pompeii, 16;
temples, &c. at Brescia, 124; shield
and sword found in the Witham, 127;
arch of Augustus, and mausoleum of
Julius Cæsar, at St. Remy, 130; piles
discovered in the Thames, 147
Arctic expedition, 95, 170, 171*
Arigna mining company, discussion on
in parliament, [184]

Arson, trial of C. T. White for, 43*
Ashantees; their territory attacked by
the native chiefs and the British,
under colonel Purdon, [223]; total
defeat of the Ashantees, [224]
Assizes: Chester. Joseph Whitelegg,
sedition, 124 To

Gloucester; A. Briton and others,
assault and robbery, 118
Kingston; T. Jones, uttering a forged
note, 190

Lancaster; James Evans, murder of
Mr. Price, 33; J Stott, and T.
Barnes, assaulting and robbing a
Chinese, 122; Alex. and Michael
M'Keand, murder, 29; James
Chambers, &c. rioting, 32*

Alexander, emperor, funeral of, 35

Alien Act, expiry of, [166]; new
regulations, [167]

America, North; see United States
Canada naturalization act, [165];
pay of members of congress, 22

Leary, murder of Benjamin Rus-
sell, 26*

Maidstone; Joseph Finn, threatening
letter, 120LE

Staffordshire; W. Barnes and R.
Wood, poaching, 10

Taunton; S. Gilbert, robbery and
assault, 52

Warwick; Michael Ford, murder,
50

York; J. Holdsworth and W. Bolton,
rioting, 31

Astorga library, 11
Astronomy, see Comet.

Atlantic and Pacific oceans, navigable
communication between, 145

Austria proceedings of the Hungarian
diet, [267]; decree against the slave-
trade, [269]

Baggesen, J. E. Danish poet, death of,
279

Balloon: Mr. Green's ascents, 48, 61;
novel aerial excursions, 62; Mr.
Green's third ascent, and accident,
70; his ascent at Boston, 92; at
Vauxhall, 112

Banditti, gang of, apprehended at
Wickwar, 116

Banking in Scotland, [25], [33], 64*
Bank-notes; prohibition against stamp-
ing small notes, [6]; bill for pro-
hibiting circulation of do., [9]
Banks; Mr. Hume's motion for return
of bankrupt country banks, [8]; bill
prohibiting circulation of small notes,
[9]; banking system in Scotland,
[25]; bank of Ireland, [34]
Bank of England, motion in parliament
Isd for its issuing small notes, [19]; ar-
rangements with government, [31];
allowed
to establish branch banks,
agrees to advance upon the
19b-security of goods, [38]; two sorts of
Exchequer bills held by, [74]; cor-
279/respondence between the directors
To and the lords of the Treasury, rela-
yd_itive to its privileges, 57*

Bar merriment, 24

Barbier, A. A., death of, 218
Batavia, steam-boat built at, 22
Bavaria, Character of the new king

Louis, [266]; his financial reforms,
&c. [267]

Beechey, captain, his mission to captain
Franklin, 21

Bells at York minster and Bow church,

1339

Berbiguer du Thym, M. singular pub-
lication by, 188"

Berlin, Blucher's monument at, 95
Bethnal Green, riots and outrages at,
140

Bhuren by assault, [222]
by lord Comber-
by, 96

mere,

Biela, corredi
Blackburn,

at, 63

Blucher, monument to, Berlin, 95
Board of Trade, &c. Downing-street,
new buildings, 145

Boat-guns, new mode of working, 145.
Bode, astronomer, death of, 286
Boethius, translation of by queen Eliza-
beth, discovered, 75

Bolivar returns from Peru to Colombia,
[401]; his views with regard to Peru
suspected, [413]; conspiracy against
him, [414]; elected president of
Peru for life, ib.; gives a constitution
to Bolivia, [415]; his address to the
constituent congress of Bolivia, 114*
Bolivia, plan of a constitution for, [415],

115*; senate, 116*; censors, ib.;
functions of the president, 117*; of
the vice-president, 118*; slavery
prohibited, 121*

Bradford, riots at, 72; inquest on Jonas
Barstow, killed in the riot, 73
Brazil, treaty concluded
by France
with, [253]; Don Pedro resigns his
claims to Portugal, [314]; war with
Buenos Ayres, [384]; naval engage-
ment, [386]; plan for a constitution,
[387]; national assembly, [391]
Bric, Mr., killed in a duel, 195
Bridge, Menai suspension, 14
Brighton; murder of a woman by her
husband, 128

British Museum, new building at, 145
Brougham, Mr., motion respecting the

West-India colonies, [158]; amend-
ment to the king's speech, [176]
Brussels, hurricane at, 120; operations
on deaf and dumb persons, 185
Buckingham, Mr. petition to parlia-
ment against the India government,
[164]

Campbell, T. Field-Flowers, 179"
Canning, Mr., speech on the affairs of
Portugal, [192], [200]

Carlisle, riot, 94; murder of Mary
Brown, 136

Cavern, subterraneous, discovered near
Leeds, 114

Chamois, present of, to, the king, 13
Chancery, parliamentary proceedings
respecting, [121]

Child, singular instance of the desertion
of one, 155; one offered by its mother
for dissection, 158

Chili; Chiloe taken from the royalists,
[416]; insurrection in favour of
O'Higgins, ib. ; cabals, [417]; Enca-
lada chosen supreme director, ib.;
he resigns, [418]; provision for pay-
ing the interest of the loan, ib.;
Freire's message at opening the Na-
tional Congress, 119; agriculture,
121*; police, ib.; taxation and reve-
nue, 122; navy, ib.; division into
provinces, 123; foreign relations, ib.
Chinese college removed from Malacca
to Singapore, 18

Cloyne, bishop of, death, 271
Coal-pits, explosions in, 1, 27, 92
Cobbett, Mr., offers himself as a candi-
date for Preston, [170]; his address
to the mob, ib.

Cochrane, lord, undertakes the com-
smand of a naval force in Greece,
[371]

Coins found at Cambridge, 19

Cold, intensity of, 9

Collieries, disturbances at, near Dudley,
115

Colony, new one at Natal, 16

Columbia; discontent in Venezuela,
[394]; Paez impeached, [395]; su-
preme authority conferred on him,
[896]; Venezuela and Apure declared
s federal states, [400]; election of
deputies, ib.; return of Bolivar from
Peru, [401]; non-payment of divi-
dends on the loan, [402]; laws regu-
29 lating the public debt, [404]; ware-
housing act, [406]; vice-president's
message to congress, 104*; treaty
with the United States, &c., 105*;
finances, 106; treaty with Mexico,
110

Combe, Taylor, death of, 268

Combermere, lord, capture of Bhurtpore
by, [220], [222]; returns to Cal-
cutta, [223]

Comet seen at Marseilles, 40; at
Augsburg, 57; return of the comet
&of 1825, 70; Biela's comet, 96
Commerce, treaty of, with France, 82;
with Sweden, 86*

Commercial embarrassments, [4], [36],
[38], [41]
Conflagrations in the Highlands, 100;
in Sweden, 103; in Yorkshire, 106;
in Aberdeenshire, ib.

Congress: Panama, [419]; Columbia,
102; Mexico, 106*

Conspiracy in Russia, [274]) angiota ♬
Constantinople, fire at, 148

A

Convention of Commerce with France,
82"; with Sweden, 86***
Convict boys, 21

Convocation of the clergy, address of
the two houses of, 177

Corn laws, discussions on, in parliament,
[44]; in France, [233]

Coronation of the emperor of Russia,
133

Corsica, poisoning in, 2

Courts Admiralty; Salvage of the
Wilhelmine Auguste, 60; Prize-
money of the late sir R. Hall,
1; Slave-trading, 36; King v.
Kenny, manslaughter, 40*
Common Pleas Tooth v. Bagwell,
right of lands, 12; Marsh, v.
Horne, liability of carriers, 75;
Fisher v. Stockdale, libel, 77
Kempson v. Saunders, rail-road
shares, 47; Harris &c. v. Per-
ring, joint-stock-company, 48
Court of Exchequer, King v. Peto,
New Custom-House, 17,
Edinburgh Jury Court; Dr. J.
Hamilton, jun. v. Dr. Hope, libel,
44
King's-Bench, Guildhall; Bucking-
ham v. Bankes, libel, 49*
Old Bailey; Mary Cain, for murder
of Maurice Fitzgerald, 5; F. J.
Latham, robbing his employers,
161; G. Ancliff and J. Hill, for
causing the death of a child by
gin, 184; C. T. White, arson,
43*

23

Prerogative Court; Dew v. Clark
and Clark, validity of Mr. Stott's
will, 6*; Ustick v. Bauden, revival
of an uncancelled will, 12*
Requests; Brown v. Pearce, singular
defence by the defendant, 196
Sheriff's Court; Messrs. Bell v. St.
Katherine's Dock Company, 54
Cowes, explosion of powder at, 1078
Crimes, state of Newgate, 24; increase
of committals, 198

Criminal law, bills for amending, [113],
[115]

Currency, metallic, advantages of [9];
gold, [15]
Custom-house, case respecting the bu
the build-
ing of, 17 23

Davy, sir H., failure of his protectors
for ship's bottoms, 165..
Deaf-and-dumb boy, prosecutor in a
-trial for robbery, 20
Deaf-and-dumb, Dr. Newbourg's opera-
tions on, 1850 (530599.
Deccan prize money, 7

Delbene, Benedetto, death of, 218
Demerara, treatment of slaves at,
[153], [155]; letter of instructions to
the protector of slaves at, 81*
Dorset, duke of, elected knight of the
garter, 15

Drought, excessive, in Sweden and
Denmark, 103;in Scotland, 106;
in Warsaw, 112

Dublin, distress in, 75; singular im-
portation at the custom-house, ib.;
tumults in, 134; fire at sir A. B.
King's, 194; duel between Mr. Bric
and Mr. Hayes, 195

Duel, Mr. Beaumont and Mr. Lambton,
1102 marquis Livron and M. du
Trone, 174; Mr. Bric and Mr. Hayes,
a Dublin, 195

Durham, bishop of, death of, 237

Eclipse of the Sun, 179

Edinburgh, Mr. Abercromby's motion
for amending the representation of,
[99]; the Astorga library purchased
for the Advocates' library, 11; escape
of
prisoners from Bridewell, 195
Education, public, in Ireland, [132]
Elections, bill for preventing bribery
at, [921;
1; general, remarks on, [169];
the Catholic question employed as a
test to candidates, [170], violence of
party in Ireland, ib.; election for
Southwark, 89; city of London, 93;
Westminster, 94

290

+

Flaxman, sculptor, death of, 288
Foot, Jesse, death of, 284

France meeting of the Chambers, and
King's speech, [225]; strength of the
ministry, [226]; expenses of the
army of occupation in Spain, [227];
charges of peculation against Ouvrard,
[228]; budget, [229]; roads, [230];
army and navy, [231]; sinking fund,
[232]; corn-laws, [233]; commercial
regulations, [234]; law of prime-
geniture, [235]; slave trade, [241];
government accused of favouring the
Turks, [244]; independence of San
Domingo, [247]; motion against
reading speeches in the Chambers,
[249]; law of the press, [250]; trial
of de la Mennais, [252]; Montlosier's
denunciation against the Jesuits,
[253]; treaty with Brazil, [254];
policy towards Portugal, .;the
minister recalled from Madrid, [257];
murder near St. Etienne, 115; num-
ber of patents taken out, 129; publi-
cation of a portion of sthe Gospels
declared illegal, 142; convention of
commerce with England, 82*
Francia, Dr. dictator of Paraguay, [391];
his policy, ib. id exciting

Funerals the emperor Alexander, 35;
the empress Elizabeth, 100; Von
21-Weber, 99; lord Gifford, 137 ; Talma,
1 159 P

ferences with Holland respecting the
navigation of the Rhine, [260]
Gifford, lord, funeral of, 137; memoir
of, 146*

Gipsies, robberies by, at Priddy fair,
1261

Glasgow, rat-hunting in the theatre, 23
Grave opened by a grave-digger for
teeth, 158

Greathead, Bertie, death of, 222
Greece feeling towards, in France,
[245]; Miaulis' engagement with the
Turkish fleet, [361]; siege of Mis-
solonghi, ib.; Ibrahim's attack, [362];
the islands of Vassiladi and Anatolico
taken by him, ib.; capture of Mis-
solonghi, and massacre of the inha-
bitants, [365]; siege of Athens, [366];
attempt of the Greeks against Negro-
pont, ib.; proclamation of the national
assembly, [367]; measures of the
commission of government, ib.; policy
of the European governments, [368];
piracies under the Greek flag, [370];
finances, [371]; commission to the
United States to fit out frigates, [372];
contract for steam-boats, England,
ib.; failure of the intended armament,
and misapplication of the loan, [373];
conduct of Mr. Hume, &c., [376]
Greek loan and committee, [373]; state-
ment of first loan, [374]; second do.,
[375]

Jenner, Dr. Signs of Rain, verses by,
180*
Jesuits,

Montlosier's Denunciation
against, [253] R Ford
Jews, computed number of, in various
parts, 82

Incledon, C., death of, 225
India Mr. Wynn's jury bill, [163];

Mr. Buckingham's case, [164]; see
Burmese; steam-navigation, 69, 144
Inquests on a person frozen to death,
9; Mr. Price, Manchester, 18; J.
Purvis and E. Manning, at Graves-
end, 23; Mr. Lodge, killed by ex-
plosion of fire-damp, 27; James Hard-
ing, thrown from a cart, 30; W.
Cooper, stabbed by James Pollard,
58; Jonas Barstow, shot in the riot
at Bradford, 73; E. Fearnley, ditto,
75; rev. F. Lee, 80; Mr. James
Blackburn, 82; W. Spencer, 88;
Isabella Pattenson, and Mary Birrell,
shot in a riot at Carlisle, 95; M.
Soliere, 98; J. Dickinson, 102, S.
Luttal, deserter, 113; J. Harrison,
killed by an explosion of gas, at the
Coburg theatre, 135; Mary Brown,
murdered, 136; John Fitch, starved,

139

Johnson, captain, obtains 10,0007. for
making the first steam voyage to
India, 69

Joint-stock companies, liability of di-
rectors, 48*

Ireland: Catholic emancipation, [125];
Mr. O'Connell's speech, ib., note;
state of the Protestant church, Mun-
ster, [127]; first-fruits, [128] abuses
in the administration of church-rates,
[130]; salutary effect of the tithe
composition, [131]; education and