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INDEX.

[N. B. The figures within crotchets refer to the History; those with a to the
Appendix to Chronicle, &c.; and the others to the Chronicle.]

ABBERVILLERS, ghost at, 104
Accident at the theatre, Newcastle, 20
Acetate of Morphine, 17*
A'Court, sir W., his correspondence
with Mr. Canning, relative to the
affairs of France and Spain, 116,*
&c.

Acts, public general, list of, 235
Admiralty sessions, 53
Advertisement, singular Chinese one,
154

African institution, 17th report of, 80;
circulation of works by, on the con-
tinent, 93:--see also Slave trade
Agricultural distress: discussion on, in
parliament, [95]; meeting at Nor-
wich respecting, 5; at Hereford, 8;
Somersetshire, ib.

Agriculture, report on the state of, in
New South Wales, 71*

Ale and porter, quantity of, brewed
in London, 86

Alert (packet), loss of the, 39
Ambassador, action to try whether the
property of persons attached to one,
be subject to legal process, 53
America, appointment of British con-
suls in South America, [144]; capt.
Franklin's journey to the Polar Sea,
251; affairs of South America ;---
see Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Co-
lumbia, Mexico, Peru; of North
America, see Canada, and United
States

American duelling, 68
Angerstein, Mr., death of, 189
Angoulême's, duke of, proclamation to
the Spaniards, [189], 158*-see also
Spurn

Antiquities, discovery of, at Rome,
18; tesselated pavement discovered
at Weybill, 67; painting of the
murder of archbishop Beckett, dis-
covered at Wootton Basset, 118;
the ancient town of Orea discovered,
in Fifeshire, 155
Appellate jurisdiction, [93]; report
on, 63*

Appeals, writs of error, &c., report of
the House of Lords on, 63*

Arctic Seas, animalcules in, 290* ; re-
fraction of light, 293*

Arracacha, new esculent plant, de-
scription of, 304*

Arts and manufactures, 308*
Auricular organs, 289*
Aurora Borealis, 294*

Assassination of Mr. Horrocks, at-
tempted, 101

Assizes and Sessions; Aylesbury, T.
Randall and J. Croker, for murder
of Mr. and Mrs. Needle, 36*
Chelmsford; Felix Reynolds, rape,

31

Croydon, P. Stoffel and C. Keppel,
murder of Mrs. Richards, 44*
Ely; J. Rolfe, murder, 21
Enniskillen; J. Keys, murder of
his father, 36

Lincoln; W. Arden, B. Chandeler,
and J. Doughty, unnatural crime,
30
Maidstone; W. Donallan, murder of
his wife, 103

Manchester; Shore, &c. robbery;

outrage committed by them in
court, 140

Middlesex; Jas, Wilson, assault on
his own daughter, 128
Staffordshire; Sir G. Jerningham,
v. Beech, action of trover, to re-
cover the value of trees cut down,
31; Jas. Roxborough and wife,
fraud and robbery, 139

Taunton; E. Bryant, &c. maiming,

45

Waterford; H. Delap, murder, 93
Austria: causes the press to be re-
stricted in Bavaria, [176]; and in
Switzerland, [177]; and refugees
to be expelled from the latter coun-
try, [178]; interview between the
emperors of Austria and Russia,
[179]
Azzolari, M., case of seduction by, 89

Y 2

Badeley, Dr., his narrative of a mira-
culous cure by prince Hohenlohe,

28

Bahia,-see Brazil

Baillie, capt., defended by Mr. Erskine,

for a libel on lord Sandwich, 213*
Balfour, Dr., his ice life preserver,309*
Ballet, Hippolyte, murder of, by C.
Castaing, 1* [165]

Bank stock, reduction of, from 5 to 4
per cent, 36
Bankrupts, 247

Barbadoes, outrage against Missionary
Shrewsbury, [133]

Barlow, sir G., his administration in
India, 232*

Bear, one found at Sanderton, Bucks,
127

Beer Bill, [104]

Becard, Jos., prize awarded to, for his
virtuous conduct, 112
Beckett, archbishop, painting discover-
ed representing his murder, 118
Begu and Lafforçade, trial of, for
murder, 98

Belzoni, G., death of, 211
Bettera, count de, committed to prison
for violence towards prince Ester-
hazy, 27

Bills in the House of Commons, form
of engrossing, 66'

of mortality, table of, 250
Bingley, rev. W., death of, 192
Birmingham, nest of coiners discover-
ed at, 90

Bloomfield, the poet, death of, 202
Blucher, count, wounds an actor, 146
Bolivar, pension to, [247]; placed at
the head of affairs, in Peru, [250];
letter to Aguera, [251]; note
Bond, rt. hon. Nath. death of, 209
Bordwine, Mr., instrument for finding
the latitude, 308*

Bourdeaux, case of the vicar of St.
Eloi, and M. Barthes, 115
Boursier, Madame, trial of, for the
murder of her husband, [166] 19"
Bowring, Mr., motion in parliament,
respecting his imprisonment, [139]
Brazil: separation from Portugal,
[217]; commercial regulations indi-
cative of a hostile spirit, [ib.]; politi-
cal dissensions, [218]; meeting of
the congress, [ib.]; emperor's speech,
[219]; change of ministry, [220];
emperor's proclamation, [ib.] note;
violent proceedings of the congress,
[222]; congress dissolved by mili
tary force, [223]; another change of
ministry, [224]; emperor's procla-

mation, respecting a new constitu-
tion, [ib.]; murder of the Portuguese
at Para, [226]; horrible destruction
of some of the rioters, [227]; note.
military operations at Bahia, [228];
San Salvador evacuated by the
Portuguese, [229]; lord Cochrane's
operations by sea, [ib.]; Monte Video
surrenders to the Brazilians, [230];
Portuguese commissioners not al-
lowed to treat, [ib.]; Finances, [ib.];
emperor's manifesto, after dissolving
congress, 169*; project of the con-
stitution, 172*; the legislative
power, 173; the executive ditto,
176*; of the succession, &c. 177* ;
of the ministry, 178*; of the mili
tary force, 179*; of the judicial
power, ib.; administration of the
provinces, 180; civil and political
rights of the people, ib.
Brewster, Dr., fluid discovered by, in
minerals, 297*; experiments for
forming artificial haloes round the
sun, &c. ib.

Bridgewater, earl of, death of, 209
Brougham, Mr., speech on the affairs
of Spain, [8]; unsuccessful reply to
Mr. Canning's vindication of the po-
licy of Great Britain towards Spain,
[45]; motion relative to the admi-
nistration of justice in Ireland, [65]:
invective against Mr. Canning, [76]
Brownlow, Mr., motions by, respecting
the riot at the Dublin theatre, [52),
[53]

Budget, [113]; French, [157]
Buckinghamshire, Van Dieman's

Land, 77*

Buenos Ayres, prosperity under Riva-
divia, [253]; preliminary conven-
tion with Spain, [ib.], 196*; misun-
derstanding between the govern-
ment and capt. Willis, ib.
Burdett, sir F., speech on the Spanish
affairs, [34]; motion for inquiry
into the conduct of the sheriff of
Dublin, [56].

Byron, lord, letter from, to the Greek
committee, 63

Cadiz, operations before, [204]; sur-
renders to the French, [208]
Cahuac and Beeman, trial of, for steal-
ing books, 125

Canada, fire on board the De Salaberry
steam-boat, 71; steam navigation,
72; three boys upset in a canoe
near the Chêne Rapids, 74.
Canning, Mr., takes his seat in par-

liament, [16]; explains the conduct
pursued by ministers respecting
Spain, [18]; justifies the neutrality
of England, in the war between
France and Spain, [25]; his speech
vindicating the conduct of the
ministry respecting the affairs of
Spain, [37]; his defence on being
charged with defection from the
cause of Catholic Emancipation,
[75]; gives a denial to the imputa-
tions cast against him by Mr.
Brougham, [76]; refuses to ac-
knowledge the regency of Madrid,
[145]; his popularity; and his
speech at Plymouth, [146]; his let-
ter of resignation to his constituents
at Liverpool, 9; takes his seat in
parliament, 16; visit to Plymouth,
151; correspondence with the duke
of Wellington, relative to the affairs
of France and Spain, 97*; letter to,
from visc. Chateaubriand, 110*;
letter to sir C. Stuart, 113; to sir
W. A'Court, 115*; from ditto 116* ;
to ditto 118*; from ditto 119* ; to
ditto ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 129"; to
ditto, ib.; to sir W. A'Court, 132*;
from lord Fitzroy Somerset, ib.; from
sir C. Stuart, 134*; from sir W.
A'Court, 135*; ditto ditto, 136*;
from sir C. Stuart, 137; from sir W.
A'Court, ib.; ditto ditto ib.; from sir
C. Stuart, 138; from sir W.
A'Court, ib., ditto ditto 139"; to sir
C. Stuart 140*

Cape of Good Hope, condition of the
new settlements at, [138]
Carascosa, gen. his duel with gen.
Pepe, 25

Cardinals, new creation of, at Rome,
30

Cardon, M., editor of the Journal du

Commerce, indicted, 34; sentenced
to imprisonment and fine, 38
Castaing, trial of, for the murder of
Hippolyte Ballet, [165]; 1*
Caterpillars on fruit trees, destruction

of, 302*; ditto, by sparrows, 303*
Catholic Question, the, [73]; bills for
conferring the elective franchise on
English Catholics, [80]; lord Col-
chester's motion, [81]
Chancery, meeting of solicitors, re-
specting the business of, 19; in-
creased business in the court of, 63
Chancery records, 319*

Chateaubriand, M., letter to Mr. Can-
ning, on the relations between Spain
and France, 110*
Chemistry, 297*

Cherbourg, selected by Dumouriez as
a naval port, 239*
Chili: discontent at O'Higgins' ad-
ministration, [252]; he and Rodri-
guez resign, [ib.]; Freyre appointed
director, [253]; earthquake, 295*
Chickens, hatched by steam, 310*
China, intelligence from, 44; singular
advertisement, 154; affray between
the crew of the Topaze and the
natives, 146

Christian, E., death of, 194
Chronometers, effect of magnetism
on, 299*

Churches, new, 323*

Circuit, correspondence relative to a
barrister's right of changing his cir-
cuit, 49

Cobbett, address moved by, at Nor
wich, [2]

Cochrane, lord, takes several of the
Portuguese fleet, [229]

Coiners, fraudulent, discovered at
Birmingham, 90

Coke, Mr., and lady Anne, Mr. Hum-
phrey's pamphlet, against, 129
Cologne, murder at, 131

Columbia: Santa Martha, taken by
the Spaniards, [244]; defeated from
the Spanish fleet, [ib.]; capture of
Maracaybo, and Porto Cabello by
the Columbians, [245]; insurrection
at Pasto, [ib.];Session of congress,and
decree relative to the loan, [246];
pension to Bolivar, [247]; schools,
[ib.]; alliance with Chili and Peru,
[ib.];message of the executive power,
at opening the first constitutional
congress, 198; Spain refuses to ac.
knowledge its independence, ib.; ac.
knowledged by the United States,
199*; mission to Lisbon and Rome,
200* hopes of prosperity, and
spread of information, 201*; treaty
with Peru, 204*

Congress at Verona, [19]; see Verona
Connolly, Mr., taken into custody for
shooting J. Grainge, 163
Constant, B., fined, 18
Convicts, report on, 43
Cooke, lieut., correspondence between
commodore Porter, and the com-
mandant of Porto Rico, relative to
his death, 53
Copper-mine River, 256*
Copper mountains, 261

Corn, motion for a reduction of its
import price, [97]

Coroner's inquest, on T. H. Griffiths,
and his son, Abel Griffiths, 77
Correspondence, diplomatic, relative

to the affairs of France and Spain,

93

Cotton, sir R. account of, 320*
Cottonian manuscripts, ib.
Covent Garden Theatre; Julian, a
tragedy, 34; Spanish subscription
fancy Ball, 85

Courier François, Legraiveux, the
editor, imprisoned and fined, 39
Courts: Admiralty; case of the Dun-
dee, 32.

Chancery; Gill v. Gill, de lunatico
inquirendo, 101

Common Pleas; Thurtell, v. Beau-
mont, recovery of value of pro-
perty insured, 82

Common Pleas, Dublin; Cuthbert,
v. Browne, deception in marriage,
35*

Crabb, rev. G., Hope and Memory,
poem by, 331

Delegates; Miller v. Bloomfield, &c.
liability of stock in trade to
church-rates, 76; Seager v. Bonde;
right of erecting a monument in a
church without the consent of the
ordinary, 77

House of Lords; Reid v. Reid,
Scotch marriage, 29*
King's Bench; intimation to the
bar, Mr. Selwyn, 14; the King,
Wright, blasphemous libel, 18;
O'Meara, libels on sir H. Lowe,
19; Novello, v. Towgood, 53;
Macpherson, v. Lovie, breach of
promise of marriage, 72; the King,
2. Bigley, Edmonton fair, 86;
Savoy v. Price, infringement of
patent Seidlitz powders, 156
Guildhall; Shaw v. Williams, se-
duction, 40*

Dublin; Forbes, &c. for outrage on
the lord lieutenant, 21*
Palace Court; Oates v. Burgoyne,
trespass, 143

Of Session, Scotland; Macgregor v.
M'Neil, or Jolly, declarator of
marriage, 10; case of law of mar-
riage, 149

Court-Martial; lieut. Hamilton of the
Topaze, firing on some Chinese,
Crawford, Mr., his mission to Siam,

100

Crees, an Indian tribe, 253*
Criminal code,-see Mackintosh.
Cuba, piracies at, [20]; repressed by
the United States, 188*
Curwood, Mr., correspondence with
Mr. Jervis, relative to his changing
his circuit, 49

Currency, motion on, [100]

Davison, secretary, account of the
transactions connected with the
execution of Mary Queen of Scots,
244*

D'Enghien, Duc, account of his death,
242*

Dead bodies, how long recognizable,

67

Death, sudden, extraordinary case of,
132

Deccan prize case, 16

Demerara, insurrection of the slaves
at, [134]; general Murray, the go-
vernor, fired at, [135]
Denmark: privateers not allowed to
enter the Danish ports, [171]; the
nobles complain of being deprived
of their political privileges, [172]
Digestion, experiments on, 285*
Diorama, 309*

Disturbances: a police-officer and
proctor killed, at Castlehaven, Ire-
land, 85; Musselburgh races, 97;
by the prisoners in the court at
Manchester sessions, 140

Dixon, captain, robbed by banditti at
Faenza, 48

Dobereiner, experiments on vegeta-
tion by, 301*

Downe, Sarah, murdered by John
Radford, 95

Dublin: parliamentary inquiry into
the conduct of the sheriff relative
to the trial of Forbes, &c. [56]; con-
spiracy against the lord lieutenant,
3; remonstrance of the grand jury
on the attorney-general animad-
verting on the bills being ignored by
them, 6; claims of the Catholics to
pray over their dead in Protestant
church-yards, 116; trial of Forbes,
&c. for an outrage on the lord-lieut.

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