Abbott, Justice, i. 63; at Hone's trial, 165

Abd-el-Kader, iii. 410; iv. 356, sq. Abduction Case of the Wakefields, ii. 319

Abercromby, Mr., i. 274; iii. 101; speaker, 181; retires, 475 Aberdeen, Lord, ii. 181, 240; iii. 81, 175, 184, 356; Foreign Secretary 1841, iv. 90, 256; his bill respecting Scotch Church patronage, 258, 345, sq.; 354, 367

Abernethy, John, death of, in 1831, iii. 155

Abinger, Lord, iii. 371 (see Scarlett, Sir James)

Accession of Queen Victoria, iii. 382

Acland, Sir Thomas, i. 275; iii. 215

Acre, siege of by allied squadrons in 1840, iv. 342 Adam, Mr., i. 269

Addington Cabinet of 1801, i. 128 Adelaide, Queen of William IV., i. 241; iii. 387 Advocates' Library, purchases by, ii. 93

Edinburgh,

Ady, Joseph, the notorious swindler, ii. 320

Afghan Princes, iv. 121 Afghanistan or Cabool, its importance, &c., iv. 119

African Discoveries of Captain Clapperton, ii. 95 VOL IV.

Agriculture, i. 40–51; iv. 241, 388, 404 Agricultural Distress in 1820-21, i. 354; in 1835, iii. 358 Agricultural and Commercial interest, identity of, iv. 152 Agricultural Protection Society, iv.

392

Agricultural Improvements in Ireland, iv. 241

Agricultural Chemistry, Science of,

iv. 448

Agricultural Societies, institution of, iv. 41, 447 Ahmed Shah, iv. 126

Aix-la-Chapelle, congress of, i. 256 Akber Khan, son of Dost Mohammed, iv. 135

Alarms,

The Popgun Plot,' 141, 318; iv. 166 Albemarle, Lord, ii. 431

Albert, Prince, iii. 476; iv. 35, 44, 444, 450

Aleppo, great earthquake at, in 1822, ii. 96

Alexander, Czar, manifesto respecting Holy Alliance,' i. 2, sqq., 257, 390; death and character, 415

the Great, route of to India, iv. 119

—, Prince, of Wurtemberg, marriage of, to Princess Marie of Orleans, iii. 413

Algeria, French colony of, troubles with, iii. 411

2 H

Algeria, Colonel Pelissier's barbarity
at, iv. 357

Algiers, bombardment of, i. 93; last
hostilities with, in 1824, 418;
capture of, by the French, ii.
261

Alibaud fires at Louis Philippe, iii.
407

Alien Act, i. 244, 426; iv. 332
Aliwal, battle of, iv. 369
Allen, Mr. William, ii. 345; death
in 1843, iv. 430

Alliance, the Holy, i. 289, 337, 389,
sq., 416

Allsop, Mr., i. 151

Althorp, Lord, i. 237, 243; ii. 159,
300, 380, 406, 409, 421, 433,
442, 461, 469, 507, sq.; iii. 10,
40, sq., 66, 78, sq., 98; becomes
Earl Spencer, and retires, 103,
108, 141, 147, 360, 362; iv. 42,
86; convert to League, 299, 448
Ameers of Sinde, the, iv. 126, 143,
144

America, United States of, and the
boundary question, iv. 89, 363

relations of England with,
iv. 358, sq.

Spanish, i. 125, 407
abolition of slavery in, iii,

Commons, iii. 496; offer refused,
498; procession of the, iv. 170
Anti-Corn-Law-League, proceedings
of, respecting a letter from one of
Lord Ashley's informants, iv. 207

—, origin of, iii. 495; iv. 30, 41,
149, 166, 207, 219, 293-303, 392,
sq.; dissolved, 409, 450
Anti-Rent Movement in Ireland, iv.
227

Antwerp, bombardment of, iii. 122
Apostles, government in Ireland by,
iii. 307

Appeals in the House of Lords,
measure for expediting, ii. 69
Appropriation Question, speeches
and debates on, iii. 195-197,
199-217

Arbitration Courts, scheme for
establishing Irish, iv. 225-6
Argout, M. d', ii. 271

Armagh, Catholic Bishop of, iv. 227
Army, orangeism in the, iii. 278
Arnold, Dr., ii. 338, 458, 485; iii.

55; pamphlet on Church Reform,
63; iv. 204, 265; death and
character, 271, sq.
Artisans' Emigration Laws repealed,
i. 473

Arrowsmith, the geographer, death
of, in 1823, ii. 104
Arthur, Sir George, iii. 448
Arts, improvement of the, by
immigration of foreigners, iv.

451

Ashantee War, i. 418
Ashburton, Lord (Mr. Baring),
31, 43, 52, 461; ii. 16, 293,
469; iii. 2, 175; chancellor of
exchequer, 475; iv. 297; special
ambassador to America, 364
Ashley, Lord, ii. 163, 513; iii. 486;
iv. 205, sq., 393

Aspull, George, death of, in 1832,
iii. 159

Assessed Taxes Movement of 1834,
iii. 84

Astley's Amphitheatre burnt down,
iv. 46

Astorga Library, purchased by Edin-
burgh Faculty of Advocates, ii. 93

Asturias, Prince of, iv. 353
Athenæum Club House, erection of,
ii. 327

Attainders, reversal of, in 1824
and 1826, ii. 97

Attwood, Mr., ii. 301; iii. 490

Thomas, musician, death of,
in 1838, iv. 66
Auchmuty, Sir H., expedition to

Monte Video, i. 129
Auchterarder Case, the, iv. 254
Auckland, Lord, ii. 410; iii. 40,

207; governor-general of India,
iv. 106, 117; declares war against
Afghanistan, 126; recalled, 133
Auction Duty, abolition of, iv. 383
Augusta Wilhelmina, Princess

(Duchess of Cambridge), i. 241;
death of, in 1840, iv. 57
Augustus, Prince, of Saxe-Coburg,
iv. 348

Austin, Mr. Charles, iii, 284

Austria and England, commercial
treaty between, iii. 423

Russian conference at, in

1844, iv. 335

Babbage's Economy of Machinery
and Manufactures quoted, iii. 139
Baber, founder of Mogul Dynasty,
iv. 119

Bacon, Thomas, i. 156

Bagot, Sir Charles, iy. 375
Baines, Mr. Leeds, 150
Baily, Mr. Francis, astronomer,
death of, in 1844, iv. 422
Baillie, Joanna, iv. 435
Baird, Sir David, death of, ii. 349
Baldwin, Mr., aud the Canadian
Assembly, iv. 376

Ballads, Irish, in praise of Queen
Victoria, iii. 307

Ballantyne, James, death of, in
1828, iii. 166

Balloon Voyage of 480 miles in 17
hours, iv. 47

Ballot, objections against the, iii.

91

Bamford, Samuel, quoted, i. 77, 146,
156, 262, 289, 294, sq.

Banditti, the Gloucestershire gang
captured, ii. 82
Bangor, Bishop of, iv. 277
Bangor Ferry, compensation paid
for, ii. 91-

Bangor and St. Asaph, uniting of
sees of, iii. 190, 240; iv. 277
Banim, John, the Irish novelist,
death of, in 1842, iv. 424
Bank Restriction Act, i. 237

of England, branches esta-
blished in 1826, ii. 18; takes
merchants' goods as security for
advances, 19; renewal of Charter
in 1833, iii. 1; Charter of 1844,
iv. 315, sq.

Notes, suppression of small, in
1826, ii. 17

Banks, joint stock, increase of,
1825-1836, iii. 363

, Sir Joseph, death of, ii. 101;
iv. 54
Banking, principles and practice of,
committee of inquiry into, iii.
365

Bankes, Mr., i. 232, 270; ii. 169,
439; iv. 293

Bankruptcies in 1818-19, i. 262,
265

Bannister, Jack, death of, iv. 68
Barbadoes, slave-owners' rising in,
i. 463

Barbauld, Mrs., death of, in 1825,
ii. 108

Barcelona Fever, its effects on
France, i. 392

Baring, Mr. (see Ashburton, Lord)
Barricades, French, ii. 252, 267
Barrington, Sir Jonah, removal of
from Irish Admiralty, ii. 294
Barrot, M, Odillon, iv. 346
Barry, Mr., architect of new
Houses of Parliament, iii. 372,
sq.; iv. 434
Bathurst, Earl, colonial secretary,
i. 18, 462; ii. 133; death of, iii.
150

Bayly, Thomas Haynes, death of,
iv. 76

Beaumont, Lord, iv. 243
Mr., ii. 8

Beaumont, Mr. Barber, originator
of savings banks, death of, iv. 62
—, Sir G. Howland, death of, ii.
358

Beaver, Captain, i, 131
Beckett, Sir J., ii. 134
Beckford, William, death of, in
1844, iv. 424
Becroft, Mr., iv. 45

'Bedchamber Question,' the, iii.
470

Bedford, Duke of, ii. 423; death of
iv. 59

Duke of, and the Game Laws,
iv. 306

Beechey, Sir W., death of, iv. 67
Beer Duties, expiration of, iii. 81
Beirout, bombardment of, iv. 342
Beggars in Ireland, their reception
of the Poor Law, iii. 343
Belgium and Holland, separation
of, &c., iii. 122, 431
Bell, Henry, death of, iii. 155

Sir Charles, death of, in 1842,
iv. 421

Dr. Andrew, death of, in 1831,
iii. 169; iv. 66
Belleyme, M., ii. 265

Belzoni, the traveller, death of, in
1823, ii. 103

Benbow, William Blanketeer,' i.
146, 262

Benevolence, private during indus.
trial depression, i. 67
Bennett, Lieutenant, iii. 239

Mr. Gray, i. 150, 456
Bentham, Jeremy, i. 264

Bentinck, Lord William, governor-
general of India, death of, iv. 61
Lord G., iv. 250

Bergami, Bartolomeo, i. 337
Berkeley, Mr. Grantley, ni. 376
Bernadotte (see Charles XIV. of
Sweden), death of, iv. 340
Berri, Duc de, i. 390; iii. 111, 114

Duchesse de, ii. 269; iii. 119
Bertin, M., editor of Journal des
Débats, prosecuted, ii. 256
Bexley, Lord (see Vansittart, Mr.),
i. 21, 135, 238, 277, 285, 375,
430, 440; ii. 133

association for Parliamentary
Reform in, ii. 300

Births and Deaths at Sea, registered
by captains, iii. 370
Bishops, the, irresolute conduct in
Tractarian Movement, iii. 57
-, assembly of, at Lambeth, to
protest against measure for deal-
ing with church rates, iii. 213

the, oppose second Reform
Bill, ii. 443; help to carry the
third, 462

proposed exclusion of, from
the House of Lords, iii. 258
Blackburn, machine breaking, in
1826, ii, 25

Blanchard, Laman, death of, in
1845, iv. 426.

actor, death of, iv. 68
Blandford, Marquis of, ii. 234, 236 ;
his plan of parliamentary reform,
297, sq., 421

Blanketeers, march of the, i. 145,
158

Blasphemy, prosecutions for, ii. 86
Blind, reading for the, ii. 333
Blois, Bishop of, petition to Rolls
Court, ii. 339

Bloomfield, Robert, death of, in
1823, ii. 110

Boaden, dramatist, death of, iv. 68
Board of Trade, the, and the Rail-
way mania, iv. 325, sq.
Body-snatching, ii. 85, 316
Bolan Pass, disasters of the British
at, iv. 128

Bolivar, Captain-general of Vene-
zuela and New Granada, i. 137
Bonaparte, Napoleon, the Great, i.
6-24, 129; death, 367, sq.; iv.
356

Joseph, i. 131

Bonded Corn, grinding of, iii. 484
Bonnymuir, battle of, i. 321