[N.B. The figures with crotchets refer to the History.]
ABERDEEN, earl of, his correspondence with the marquis of Barbacena, rela- tive to the interference of Great Bri- tain on Miguel's declaring himself king, 435
Accidents: fire in a mine at Wanlock
Head, 67; fall of a room at the Norfolk Arms, Hyde, thirty persons killed, ib.; six persons killed at the Methodist chapel, Hermandwike, 77; five houses crushed by fall of a rock, at Nottingham, ib.; explosion of the "Fulton, American steam frigate, 102; explosion of a powder-mill, Hounslow-heath, 104: woman and child suffocated in a privy, 129; the 'Patrick' steam-vessel injured by a hurricane, 138; the Dolphin,' convict-ship, sunk, and many convicts drowned, 178; fall of one of the bells at St. Sepulchre's, 182; a boat cut in halves by a whale, 185; four per- sons drowned in fording the Clyde in a cart, 186; [See also Fires.] Acts of parliament, list of, 274 Adelaide, the, case of, for slave-trading, 39
Adrianople, treaty of, between Turkey and Russia, [219]
Aerostation, Mr. Green's ascent at Bristol, 103
Algiers, its quarrel with France, [172]; French expedition against, [173] Amphitheatre, at Arles, 33 Anticoste, number of dead bodies disco- vered at, 115
Antiquities: discovery of a grand man- sion at Herculaneum, 21; amphi- theatre at Arles, 33; two episcopal stone-coffins, Chichester cathedral,
Arles, amphitheatre at, 33
ing Geo. Green, his fellow-appren- tice, 136; T. Churchyard, man- slaughter, 306
Cork: Leary and others, conspiracy to murder Mr. Low, &c. 359
Exeter: Kezia Wescombe and Richard Quaintance, poisoning Samuel Wes- combe, 142
Lancaster: J. Latimer, murder of G. Howorth, 54; Thomas Buxton, &c. for conspiring to effect a marriage with Miss Hickson, 297
Leeds: Hannah Atherton, child-steal- ing, 92
Lewes: the King v. Philp, cruelty to a servant, 86
Leicester: Trimmer v. lord Hunting- tower, 324
Middlesex: H. Milbourne, falsely act- ing as an attorney, 36 Newcastle: Jane Jameson, parricide,
Nottingham: J. Moore, stealing two rabbits, 84
Norwich John Stratford, poisoning John Burgess, 140
Old Bailey: Clements, &c. piracy, 68; Esther Hibner, &c. murder, 71; M. Jacobs, arson, 74; A. Finlayson, stealing sir W. Beechey's plate, 105; E. M. Van Butchell, manslaughter, 112
Oxford: S. Berry, stealing a pig, 44 Tyrone: T. Read, &c. murder of J. O'Neill, 150
Winchester: J. Stacey, murder, 320 York: Miles v. Cattle, &c. to recover
loss of a travelling bag, 65; J. Mar- tin, setting fire to York Minster, 301 Atheist, a person declaring himself one, not admitted as evidence on trial, 15
Army, French, return of the number of Baird, sir David, death of, 242 officers, 191
Arndt, Von, death of, 210 Arson, trial of Moses Jacobs for, 74 Assizes and Sessions:-
Aylesbury: W. Dowsett, burglary in
the house of the Rev. T. Jones, 46 Bury St. Edmund's: W. Vialls, wound-
Bankes, Mr. G., speech against the Ca- tholic Relief Bill, [41]
Barrup, Benj. trial for attempt to mur- der Mary Mortlock, 13
Beechey, sir W., his plate stolen, and afterwards restored, by a servant,
Beet-root sugar, increasing manufac-
ture of, in France, 404 Belsham, rev. Thos., death, 253 Benning, Mr., editor of the Kentucky Gazette, shot by Mr. Wickliffe, 116 Bethnal Green, riots at, 101 Bicephalous girl, at Paris, 183 Binckes, J. B., imprisoned for fraudu lently negotiating the sale of an office in the department of the Lord Privy Seal, 30
Blind man, forgery by, 11
Blomfield, Dr. bishop of London, cere- mony of his enthronement, 12 Body-snatchers, two committed for ob- taining a corpse under false pre- tences, 4
Bonin, islands of, visited by Russian navigators, 543
Book-trade, meeting of the booksellers to regulate the prices of new books,
Brazil: the emperor recalls his daugh- ter, the queen of Portugal, from Eng- land, [192]; explanation published by the Brazilian minister, ib.; extra- ordinary meeting of the Legislative Assembly, [235]; regulation of the bank, ib.; reductions in expenditure, [237]; finances, ib.; revolt in Per- nambuco, attempt to impeach the mi- nisters of war and justice for arrests, and trials in consequence, [238] Bridges, suspension, in France, 186 Brunswick, duke of, his quarrel with the king of Hanover, [201]; called upon by the Diet to apologise, which he neglects to do, [202]; report of the commission appointed to investigate the dispute, 127
Buchan, earl of, death, 224 Budget, the [119]; increase of revenue in 1828, ib.
Buenos Ayres: the government over- turned by Lavalle, [238]; he defeats col. Dorrego (the governor) and Rosas, [239]; and orders the former to be shot, ib.; the federalists under Rosas approach the capital, [240]; which is besieged ib. treaty concluded between Lavalle and Rosas, [241] general Paz takes Cordova and defeats the federalists, ib.; new convention between Rosas and Lavalle, and change in the government [242] Buonaparte, Napoleon, processes insti- tuted by various individuals to re- cover legacies bequeathed to them by him, 120 Burke, the murderer, executed at Edin- burgh, 19
Calculus, vesicular, in a horse, 547 Cambridge, regulations relative to de- Canning, Mr. his correspondence in grading at the University, 36 1826, regarding the Portuguese con- stitution, 405
Carey, Dr. death of, 253
Catholic Association, its suppression urged in the king's speech [7]; bill for that purpose brought in by Mr. Peel, ib. the government bullied into submission by the association [11]; the association not to be,put down by the common law [19]
Catholic peers, take their seats in par- liament, 82
Catholic question: both the duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel formerly against concession to the Catholics [2]; sudden change of measures on the part of the ministers [3]; Mr. Peel's bill for removing Catholic disabilities [12]; its plan, &c. [22]; arguments against concession to the Catholics [28]; petitions against do. [36]; de- bate on the second reading of the bill Chabert, Xavier, fire-eater, discharged [38]; copy of the bill, 367 by the Insolvent Debtors' court, 79; accepts Mr. Smith's challenge to Chichester cathedral, stone coffins dis- swallow 20 grains of phosphorus, 167 covered in 111
Clare, J., stanzas by, on Boston Church, 554
Clinton, sir Henry memoir of, 533 Coach proprietors, action against for Codrington, sir Edward, his charges loss of a travelling bag, 65 against captain Dickinson [135]; 328 Coin counterfeit, colouring of, 16 Colchester, lord, death of, 227 Columbia: the Peruvians blockade and take possession of Guayaquil, [243] ; advantage obtained over general Plaza, [244]; preliminary articles of peace signed but frustrated by Prieto's re- fusal to give up Guayaquil, ib.~ armistice and surrender of Guayaquil, [245]; a constituent Congress called by Bolivar, ib. mode of electing de- puties, [246]; the sentence of death against Santander commuted for banishment, ib. Bolivar's decree against secret meetings [247]; insur- rection in Popayan, ib. another in Antioquia headed by Cordova, il. Combination of Workmen, case relative to 24 Commercial commission, the French royal, report of 400
Convicts, several drowned by sinking of the Dolphin 178-escape of some con- victs from the Albion coach on their way from Chester to London, 180 Cordova, general, heads the insurrection
against Bolivar, in Antioquia, [247]; his proclamation against him, [248]; Court Martial, on captain Dickinson, for his conduct in the battle of Nava- rino, [135], 328 Courts: Admiralty, case of the ship Adelaide, exportation of slaves, 39; case relative to Fanny Ford, a slave, 125 Common Pleas; Lane, secretary imperial
distillery company u. Wickley, &c. shareholders, 18; George v. Jackson, recovery for money for maintaining defendant's son, 20; Fish v. Travers, shooting a dog, 35-Kemble v. Far- ren, theatrical engagement, 107 Guildhall; Basham v. sir W. Lumley, false imprisonment, 1
Insolvent Debtors'; Ralph Fellowes, tea-dealer, 17; prince Giardinelli, 25, Xavier Chabert, the fire king, 79; --R. Best, 97
King's Bench; Child y. Affleck, defa- matory character of a servant, 37; the King v. D. Evans, refusing to bring back a sailor from a foreign port, 79 Prerogative;
Langford v. Maberly, Mr. Leader's will, 8; Colvin v. Fraser, Mr. Farquhar's will, 290 Crowe, Rev. W. death of, 215 Cuba: Spanish expedition from, against Mexico, [253]
Curtis, Sir W. death, 212
Dantzic, dreadful inundations at, 78 Davy, sir Humphry, memoir of, 504 Dawe, G., artist, death of, 248 Dawson, Mr., announces his change of opinion with regard to the Catholic question [2]
Dickinson, capt., tried by court martial
for his conduct at the battle of Naya- rino, [135]; report of the trial, 328 Diebitsch, count, succeeds Wittgenstein. in the command against the Turks, [205]. See Russia
Discovery, Russian voyage of, 542 Discovery of a new metal, 546; opti cal, ib.
Dog, action for shooting one, 35 Drama; the Robber's Bride, English Opera House; 124; the Recruit, do. 159; Mr. Lister's tragedy of Epi- charis, 176
Drinking, boy killed by, 45
Drury Lane, Mr. Lister's new tragedy of Epicharis, 176
Duel, duke of Wellington and lord Win- chilsea, 58
East, sir Gilbert, singular bequests in his will, 34
Earthquake, in the province of Murcia,
Eldon, lord, his speech on the Catholic Question, [87]
Epsom, first stone laid of the grand stand, 17; singular lunar phenomenon seen at, 159
Equitable Assurance Company, state of their funds, 181
Executions; Burke 19; Redgard, Kelly, Birmingham, and Goodlad, 64; Esther Hibner, 73
Eyesight, case of recovery of, after 16 years blindness, 185
False imprisonment, action for, Basham v. Sir W. Lumley, 1
Farquhar, Mr., law case relating to his will, 290
Farren, Mr., action brought against by Mr. C. Kemble, for refusing to per- form at Covent Garden, 107 Ferns, bishop of, his correspondence with lord Mountcashel on the meeting at Cork, 165
Ferronay, count de, French minister for Foreign Affairs retires from office, [138]
Finances, see Budget: French, [152]; Spanish, 472
Field-land gang, execution of three of, 84 Fires Glasgow theatre destroyed, 5;
York Minster set on fire by Martin, 23; at Camberwell, with loss of lives, 66; Mr. Skipper's stationery ware- house, St. Dunstan's Hill, 67; in a mine at Wanlock Head, ib.; in West- minster Abbey, 80; Bell Yard and Shire-lane, 94; Mrs. Usher's, Fen- church Street, two lives lost, 95; Mr. Pick's London Road, and six lives lost, 97; the Bazaar, Oxford Street, 98; Warehouses at Manchester, 176; Ramsgate theatre, 186 Fire-escape, 160
Fischer, C. A. death of, 223 Fitzgerald, W. T. death of, 238
Fleet Market, the new one opened, 184 Forgery, trial of J. Hunter, a blind man, for, 11; do. J. Williams, an attorney, 48; do. R. H. Jones &c, forging on the Custom House, 162
Foxton, J. executioner, Newgate, death of, 33
France: embarrassing position of the new ministry [137]; retirement of Count de Ferronay, and difficulty of finding a successor, [138]; pro- posal for appointing prince Polignac rejected, ib. King's speech at open- ing of the chambers [139]; nomination of presidents [142]; preponderance of the liberals, ib.; regulation of the municipal councils, [143]; the de- partmental bill, [146]; both that and the communal bill withdrawn by ministers, [147]; the impeach- ment against Villèle withdrawn, [148]; proceedings against M. Pey- ronnet [149]; bill for regulation of the Customs, ib. petitions of the vine- growers, and depression of the wine trade, [150]; reduction of the excise duty on wine, [151]; decline of cloth manufactures [152]; of the finances ib. steam vessels and the advantages anticipated from them in the event of war, [153]; reductions in public ex- penditure, [154]; affairs of Greece, ib.; a Neapolitan given up to his go- vernment, in consequence of misre- presentation, [155]; close of the ses- sion, ib.; unpopularity and weakness of the ministry, [156]; Polignac re- turns and succeeds Portalis, [157]; other changes, ib.; unpopularity of the new ministers, [158]; particularly of Labourdonnaye and Bourmont, [159]; opposition of the journals to the cabi- net party, [162]; prosecution against the Journal des Debats, &c., [163]; Courvoisier's plan for making the pro- cureurs generaux spies on public opi- nion, [167]; petition for the dismissal of ministers, [168]; Labourdonnaye retires,[170]; the troops recalled from Greece, [171]; unsuccessful applica. tion from Greece for another subsidy, [172]; origin of the quarrel between France and Algiers, ib.; expedition against the latter, [173]; dreadful thunder storms, 121; suspension bridges lately erected, 186; return of the number of officers, 191; report of the royal commercial commission, 400
Gaol, escape of a prisoner from, at Here- ford, 27
Garth, gen. Thos. death of, 251. Giardinelli, prince, his petition for dis- charge from the King's Bench opposed by Mr. Stannard, 25
Glasgow theatre destroyed by fire, 5 Gossec, composer, death of, 217
Greece, negotiations relative to, between the ambassadors of the Porte and the Reis Effendi, [217]; article in the treaty of Adrianople relative to, [220]; success of the French expedition to the Morea, [223]; surrender of Vonizza to gen. Church, [224]; of the Turks at Carvassara, ib.; of Lepanto, &c. ib.; conference and declaration on the part of the allies, ib.; Capo d'Istrias ob- jects to the suspension of hostilities, [225]; revolt of the troops in some places, [227]; gen. Church resigns, ib.; the national assembly at Argos, [228]; Russia arrogates the power of settling the Greek question, [230] Guatemala; surrender of the capital to the San-Salvadorians, [258]; Barun- dia elected provisional president, ib.; inability to pay the interest of the loan from England, [259] Gurney's steam carriage, description of, 159
Hanover, decision of the diet against the duke of Brunswick, [202] Harris, lord, death of, 234 Harrison, Thos. architect, death of, 221 Hemans, Mrs., the 'Song of the Night,' 555
Herculaneum, a grand mansion and paintings discovered at, 21 Hereford, escape of J. Evans from the gaol at, 27
Hervey, Mr., dreadful death of, occa- sioned by hydrophobia, 152 Hounslow Heath, powder mill blown up, 104 Huntingtower, lord, action against, by the rev. H. Trimmer, for various nuisances, 324
Hurn, rev. W. death of, 247 Husband, a female, 10 Hyde, near Manchester, fall of a room at the Norfolk Arms, and thirty per- sons killed, 67 Hydrophobia, dreadful case of, (Mr. Hervey) 152
Jesuits, restrictions on their entering the United Kingdom, [62] Jew, objected to as a Juror, 117
Incendiary: number of houses set on fire, at different times, at Sommeville, by a boy named Lambert Courzot, 138 Indiaman, the Cambrian, loss of, 118 Infanticide: Mrs. Imeson kills one of her children in a fit of insanity, and afterwards attempts to destroy herself,
Jungfrau, ascent of, by seven hunters 540 Inquests: Jas. Allen, a female married to another woman, 10; on a child killed by its mother (Mrs. Imeson) 15; Jas. Steward, killed by drinking, 15 Interment, shocking case of premature, 182
Inverness, floods in, 150
Inundations, extensive, at Dantzic, 78 ; in Scotland, 148, 150 Ireland: disturbed state of the country for a number of years, [18]; bill for dis- franchisement of forty-shilling free- holders, [99]; new registration of freeholders, [128]; Mr. O'Connell's address to the Clare electors [124]; he is re-elected without opposition, [126]; distracted state of the country, and contests between Orangemen and Catholics, [129]; meeting of the ma- gistrates in Tipperary to restore the Insurrection Act, [130]; Mr. O'Con- nell elected for Clare, 118; meeting of the order of liberators held at Dub- lin, 119; disturbances at Fermanagh, 122; judge Jebb's remarks, at Armagh assizes, on processions and meetings of unlawful tendency, 134; meeting of magistrates to consider the state of the county of Tipperary, 156; separation of the Calvinists and Unitarians of the Synod of Ulster, 161; meeting at Cork to consider the circumstances of the Protestant church, 165; Protes- tant colonization meeting, 184 Iron, increase of manufactories of, in France, 403; mines of, discovered in Gard and Avignon, ib.
Italy death of Leo XII., [198]; suc- ceeded by Castiglione, Pius VIII., [199]
Kemble, Miss F., her debut at Covent Garden, 173
Kollmann composer, death of, 233 Labourdonnaye, count, succeeds Marla- tignac, as minister of the interior, [157]; his excessive unpopularity, [159]
Lafayette, M. Calemard, assassinated at Paris, 85
Laing, major Alexander Gordon, memoir of, 526
Lamarck, count, naturalist, death of, 255
Lethbridge, sir Thos., his sudden change in favour of Catholic concession, [36] Life boats, new, 125
Lincoln's Inn, composition of the benchers with the. parish of St. An- drew, &c. for poor-rates, 33 Lists: Ministers and Cabinet, 192 Sheriffs, 193 Births, 194 Marriages, 197
Promotions and Preferments, 205 Deaths, 210
Lloyd, Dr., bishop of Oxford, death of, 231
Lunar phenomenon, singular one ob served at Epsom, 159
Lyndhurst, lord, supports the Catholic Relief bill, [75]; variance between his present and former opinions, [76] note, [77] ditto
Malaria, silk a protection against, 547. Manchester: falling in of the ground in
Cateaton Street, into a sewer, 161; several warehouses destroyed by fire, 176 Manufactures, state of, 'and prices paid to workmen, at Stockport and other parts of Lancaster, 171 Marriage, fraudulent, trial of a conspi- racy for, 297
Martin, Jonathan, trial of, for setting fire to York Cathedral, 301 Mawe, J. death of, 249
Metal, a new one discovered in the Oural Mountains, 546
Metternich, prince, a cabinet of rare medals stolen from his seat at Kœnig- swart, 120
Mexico: civil war between the Parti- zans of Pedrazza and Guerrero, [250]; the latter takes possession of the government, after his rival's flight, ib.; Specie plundered at Puebla by soldiers who guard it,[25]]; restoration of order, and meeting of Congress, ib.; law of expulsion, against the old Spani- ards, [252]; Guerrero's address to the Congress, ib.; exhausted state of the finances, ib.; unsuccessful at- tempt to raise an income tax, [253]; expected Spanish invasion, ib.; extra- ordinary session of Congress, ib.; a forced loan and other expedients for raising supplies, [254]; slavery abo- lished by Guerrero, ib.; Spanish ex- pedition from Cuba, and invasion under gen. Barradas, [255]; agree- ment between Santana and the Spanish general Barradas, [257]; capitulation of the Spaniards, [258] 20
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