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