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Coronation of Charles X., 70
Corri, Domenico, composer, death of, 251
Corsica, extracts from Benson's Sketches
of, 224*

Cotton, general, altack on Donabew,
[126], &c.

Cotton manufactories, disturbances in, at
Houlme in France, 114
Cottons, duties on, [106]

Covent Garden: Orestes in Argos, 54
Courier, M. Paul Louis, assassination and
memoir of, 51; trial of his assassin,
126

Court-martial, on captains Parry and
Hoppner, 148

Courts: Admiralty; case of the Zodiac,
9; trial of the master and pilot of the
Comet steam-packet, 174
Chancery; Townshend, v. Agnew,

100

Common Pleas; Brooke v. Carpenter,
95; J. Hunter, es, contempt of
court, 159

High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh;
W. Allen, robbery and murder, 182;
case of the Comet, 184

House of Lords; Maule, v. Maule, 77
King's Bench; Montague v. Espi-
nasse, 12; The King . Taylor,
gaming houses, 16; Harborough v.
Pinner, assault, 49; Down v. Halling,
&c., 68; Poole v. Elliston, assault,
76; Robinson, v. Ward, for recovery
of a sum of money paid by the de-
fendant into his own banker's in his
own name, 150; Joseph v. Perrer,
1; Byrne v. Parkins, 7*; Blore v.
Stockdale, libel 13*
Craven, earl of, death of, 268
Crimes, 337

Currents of the Ocean, 257*

Custom House, fall of the floor of the
long room, 11

seizures, 16

Customs, produce of, [115], [117]
Cuxhaven, hurricane and inundation, 14

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Fanaticism and Imposture, 66, 79
Ferdinand IV. of Naples, death of, 218
Fife cause, final decision of, 169
Finances, statement of, by the chancellor
of the Exchequer, [115]; Mexico, [200]
Finlayson's Mission to Siam, &c., extracts
from, 213*

Fires: Kent, Indiaman, 22; in St. Mary

Axe, 65; extensive fire in Mortimer-
street, &c., 22; at Gravendeel, 100; at
Mr. Jones's, Cavendish-street, 109; at
Obigt, 134; destructive fire at Mira-
michi, New Brunswick, 173
Fish, quantity of, imported, at London,

138

Fisher, Dr. (bishop of Salisbury), death
of, 247

Foreign Enlistment Act, proclamation en-
forcing, [122]

Fossil Remains, in Sussex, 48
Fouché, memoirs of, suppressed, 2
Foy, general, death and memoir of, 287
France: opening of the session of the
Chambers, [134]; king's speech, ib.;
civil list, [136]; indemnification to
emigrants, ib.; sinking fund, &c., [137];
conversion of the Rentes, &c., [138];
budget, [139]; state of sinking fund,
ib.; law against sacrilege, [140]; state
of the clergy, ib.; prosecutions against
liberal journals, the Constitutionnel and
Courier Français, ib.; decision of the
Cour Royale respecting ditto, [141];
petition for sending consuls to the new
states of America, [142]; M. de Vil-
lele's defence of the policy of France
towards the American states, ib.; ne-
gociations with Hayti, relative to the
independence of the latter, [143]; see
Hayti; regulations for horse-races, 36;
assassination of M. Courier, 51; in-
creased salaries of judges, 53; new
peers, 56; arrival of the duke of North-
umberland as ambassador extraordi-
nary, 59; of Sidi Mahmoud, envoy
from Tunis, 60; article in the Aris-
tarque respecting a loan to Rothschild,
61; Coronation of Charles X., 70;
disturbances in the cotton manufactories
in Houlme, 114; trade with the inde-
pendent States of South America, 116;
Societé Commandataire de l'Industrie,

119;

miracle, 131; murder at Castres,
138; public libraries, 286*
Franklin, Mrs. (Miss Porden), death of,

227

Franks family, Keefe and Bourke tried
for murder of, 31*

Frederick, sir J., death of, 220
Funds, fluctuations in, from 1786, 187
Funeral ceremonies of the Siamese, 215*
Fury court-martial to inquire into the
loss of, 148; shipwreck of, 251*
Fuseli, H. artist, death and memoir of, 241

Gaming-house: J. Taylor fined for keep-
ing, 16

Geary, sir W., death of, 271

Genoa: a young woman killed by her

lover, who afterwards kills several other
persons, and destroys himself, 166
Geography, &c, 251

George III., illness of in 1788, 182* 183*;
political intrigues connected with that
event, 184*

Germany regulations respecting bank-
rupts, 17; See Austria; Wurtemburg.

Gigantic man, account of, 91
Glastonbury, lord, death of, 243
Gotha, duke of, death of, 226
Goulburn, Mr., motion and speech on the
Catholic Association, and unlawful so-
cieties in Ireland, [18]

Graham, sir James, death of, 236
Graham, lieut. P., indicted for challenging
lord Harborough, 51
Gravendeel, fire at, 100

Greece: insurrection headed by Coloco-
troni, [184]; his submission, ib.; he
and the other leaders of the rebellion
sent to Hydra, ib.; blockade of Patras,
[185]; siege of Navarino, [186]; sur-
render of Old Navarino, [188]; recal
of Colocotroni, [190]; military opera-
tions in the Morea, ib.; naval prepara-
tions of the Turks for the siege of Mis-
solonghi,[191]; naval operations, [193];
unsuccessful attempt to burn the Turk-
ish fleet at Alexandria, ib.; offer of the
Greeks to place themselves under the
protection of Great Britain, ib.; M.
Rodios' letter to Mr. Canning in name
of the provisional government, 56°
manifesto of the Greek nation, 106*;
protest of M. M. Roche and Washing-
ton, the deputies of France and Ame-
rica, to the provisional government, 108*
Guatemala : disturbances, [208]; election
of president, ib. ; expenditure, ib.

Halhed, Mr., intimacy and literary con-
nexion with Sheridan, 171*
Halo light, polarized state of, 261*
Hamburgh, commercial regulations at,

103; number of vessels arrived at, 185
Hanover, convention of reciprocity of
commerce with, 69*

Hanseatic cities, convention of commerce,
&c. with, 70°

Harborough, lord, action of assault against
a seaman, 49; challenged by Mr. Gra-
ham, of the Ramillies, 51

Havana, description of the city of, 225*
Hay, R. W., under secretary, Colonial
office, 116

Haymarket Theatre, “Quite Correct," 110
Hayti: negociations with France, [143];
French decree, [144]; confirmation of
ditto, [145]; proclamation of Presi-
dent Boyer, ib. note; intended insur-
rection, [147]; increased duty on Eng-
lish goods, ib.; trade at Port-au-Prince,
ib. note; proposed defensive alliance
with Colombia, 136*

Hearne, John, tried at Cork, for a rape,
and married to the prosecutrix, 120
Heathcote, sir F., death of, 228
Henniker, sir Fred, death of, 270.

Hertz, Rachel, case of, who swallowed
several hundred needles, 241*
Hippesley, sir J. Coxe, death and memoir
of, 246

Hohenlohe, prince, miracle by, 131
Holman, a tailor, case of his refusing to
support his daughter, 78

Horse-racing in France, 36; in Russia,
125

House of Lords, case of Bayley v. Maule,
59; list of undecided appeals and writs
of error, 186
Howison's "Foreign Scenes," extracts
from, 225; description of the city of
Havana, ib.

Hume, Mr., his motion against the Irish
church establishment, [80]
Hungary meeting of the diet, [155];
speech of the emperor of Austria to the
diet, 92*

Huskisson, Mr., motion respecting our
colonial commerce,[89]; ditto abolition
of fees in colonial ports, [104]; ditto on
the Combination laws, [91]; ditto re-
specting the diminution of duties, [106]

Jealousy, singular and dreadful instance
of, in a soldier at Genoa, who, after kill-
ing and wounding several persons, de-
stroys himself, 166

Jerningham, dowager lady, death of, 231
Jeweller, action brought by, to recover
balance of a bill, nonsuited, 12
Jesuits' college at Stonyhurst, 279*
Imports, colonial, at Liverpool, compared

with the rest of Great Britain, 185
Improvements: project for forming a
street between Lincoln's-inn-fields and
Strand, to be called Lincoln's-Inn Place,
151

India, navigation to, by steam, 171
Inquests: hon. J. H. Stanhope, 3; Red-
mond Barry, 85; J. Tietjen, killed by
an elephant at Exeter Change, 153
Ionian Islands: tranquil state of, [183];
acts relative to ecclesiastical establish-
ment, ib.; change in state of landed
property, ib.

Joint-stock companies, table of, and list
of advertisements of, [2]; proposed bill
relative to, [88]

Josephs, Mr. E, expelled the Stock
Exchange, 121

Ireland: Catholic Association, [1]; see
Parliament; new Catholic Association
formed, [48]; bill for regulating elect-
ive franchise in, [67]; proposed provi-
sion for the Catholic clergy, [69];
committee of the Lords for inquiry into
the state of Ireland, [71]; poverty of
the peasantry, [72]; their dependence

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Lens, J., death of, 271

Levant company, surrender of charter of,
[113]

Libel, action for, against the editor of the
Dublin Star, 20*

Lilford, lord, death of, 266

Lime, oxalate of, its electric powers, 260*
Lincoln's-Jun Place, project of a new street
to be so named, 151

Linquiti, Chevalier, death of, 281
Lion fights at Warwick, Nero, 105;
Wallace, 108

Lisbon, regulations relative to goat-own-
ers, 133

Lists, Sheriffs, 189

Births, 190

Marriages, 195

Promotions, &c., 209

Deaths, 215

General Acts, 315

Local Acts, 321

Liverpool, colonial imports, 185
Liverpool, lord, speech on the Catholic
relief bill, [64]; his conduct with re-
gard to the Catholics animadverted
upon by sir F. Burdett, [79]
Living Skeleton, 239*
Loan, Danish, 27

London, consumption of provisions in, 187
Lucerne, M. Keller, a magistrate, murder-
ed at, 156

McElroy, Edw., tried for setting fire to
Mr. Wood's car-house, at Carduffkelly,

31

Maddock, rev. T., death of, 226

Malines, jubilee in honour of St. Rom-
baut, 115

Manifesto of the emperor Nicholas of
Russia, 96*; of the Greek nation, 106*
Marriage, singular one, of a prisoner tried
for rape, and the prosecutrix, 120
Mars, Mademoiselle, anecdote of, 8
Martyn, rev. Thomas, death of, 255
Mechanical arts, 266*

Mechanics' Institution, London, 77
Meeting at the Mansion House, 169
Meteor in Guelderland, 258*
Mexico: recognition of its independence,
[14]; meeting of congress, and presi-
dent's speech, [199]; treaty of com-
merce with Great Britain proposed to
congress, but not ratified, [205]; close
of the session, and president's speech,
ib.; military defence, navy, judicial
administration, [206]; voluntary sur-
render of two Spanish ships, [208];

surrender of the castle of St. Juan de
Ulloa, ib.; inland navigation, 34
Meyer, Dr. J., death of, 268
Mezzofanti, prof. (celebrated linguist),
account of, 280*

Middleton, explosion of a mine at, 4
Miloradovitsch, prince, shot in an insur-
rection at St. Petersburgh, [162]
Mine, explosion of, at Middleton, 4
Mines in Spanish America, 285*
Mining shares, &c., estimate of payments
on, 48*

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Miramichi, New Brunswick, dreadful fire
and hurricane at, 135, 174
Missionaries: East Indies, 46*; North
America, ib.

Missolonghi, siege of, [191]; surrender
of the fort of Anatolico, [192]
Money-market, panic in, [123]
Moute Video, success of the Independents
against the Imperialists, [179]
Moore's Life of Sheridan, extracts from,
166*

Moretti's fulminating acid, 261*

Morris, Miss, and two other females burnt
to death, 109

Mostyn, lady, killed by her horses running
away, 10

Mountain, Dr., bishop of Quebec, death
of, 203

Muirhead, J. G., tried for misdemeanor,

139

Murder: Francis Baker, esq., by Mr.
Desha, son of the governor of Kentucky,
18; John Ryan, by his wife and Patrick
Cusack, 28; at Oporto, 33; Frances
Smaller, 37; Mary Ann Hallenborough,
38; at Constantinople, 48; in Switzer-
land, 53; of a sealing party, in New
South Wales, 63; Josephine Duprat
murders her husband, 64; Behier mur-
ders his wife, and a girl, 90; horrible
murder at Paris, 91; Chevalier, 112;
James Read, by his wife, ib.; murder
in the forest of Facq, 154; murder of
M. Keller, 156; singular murder of a
child, by cutting off its head, ib. ; at
Frouquet, 164; in La Bresse, 168; at
Genoa, 166; A. Hogg, 3*

Murray, lieutenant-governor of Demerara,
Mr. Serjeant Rough's petition against,

9*

Musical festivals at York, comparison of
receipts, 1823 and 1825, 131

Naples: death of the king, [181], 218;
reduction of the Austrian troops in the
Two Sicilies, [182]; pretended miracles,
ib.; assassins executed, 55; quarantine
regulations, 80

Natural Philosophy, 228*

Needles, case of a Jewess, at Copenhagen,
who swallowed upwards of 300, 230*
Netherlands: distress occasioned by in-
undations, [148]; speech at the close
of the session of the states-general, ib. ;
decrees for the regulation of education
and the universities, [149]; letter from
the court of Rome to the archbishop of
Mechlin, [150] note; opposition of the
Catholic clergy to the decrees, and
liberality of those of Luxemburg, [150];
new duties imposed by France on the
manufactures of the Netherlands, ib.;
new session of the states-general, [151];
insurrection in Java, [152]; engage-
ment near Samarang, [153]; king's
speech, 89; financial embarrassments
in India, ib.

New Brunswick; fire and hurricane at
Miramichi, 135

Newcomen, lord, death of, 220

New Orleans, gigantic organic remains
discovered near, 247*

Newgate, annual state of, 339
Newspapers, transmission of to the colo
nies, 110

Nicholas, emperor, see Russia.
Northumberland, duke of, goes to France
as ambassador extraordinary, 59
North West Expedition, court-martial re-

lative to the loss of the Fury, 148; ac-
count of the expedition, 149, 251*

Obituary: Madame Krudener, 215; We-
witzer, 217; Ferdinand IV. of Naples,
218; Thomas Green, ib.; Dr. Dixon,
ib.; sir Leonard T. W. Holmes, 219;
George Dance, architect, ib.; lord
Newcomen, 220; sir J. Frederick, ib.;
J. Cox, ib.; lord Thanet, 221; Dr.
Tilloch, 222; duke of Gotha, 226;
rev. T. Maddock, ib.; J. H. Parry,
227; Mrs. Franklin (Miss Porden) ib. ;
sir T. F. Heathcote, 228; adm. Purvis,
ib.; lord Braybrooke, 230; dowager
lady Jerningham, 231; sir James Ers-
kine, ib.; John Young artist, 232;
rev. Dr. Elmsley, ib.; Mrs. Barbauld,
234; W. Owen, R. A., 235; rev. R.
Bland, ib.; sir James Graham, 236;
earl of Balcarras, 237; rev. J. Pridden,
238; G. Saverio Poli, 240; H. Fuseli,
R. A., 241; lord Glastonbury, 243;
baron Denon, 244; sir J. C. Hippis-
ley, 246: Dr. Fisher (bishop of Salis-
bury), 247; carl Whitworth, 248;
Domenico Corri (composer) 251; lord
Kilmaine, 252; sir J. G. Egerton, ib. ;
George Chalmers, 253; Dr. Andrewes
(dean of Canterbury), 254; sir W W.
Pepys, 255; professor Martyn, ib.;
princess Borghese, 258; Dr. Rees, ib.;
sir Thos. Bertie, 261; Dr. Mountain
(bishop of Quebec), 263; Peter Tachan
(giant), 264; rev. H. Kett, ib.; Snow-
don Barne, 266; lord Lilford, ib.;
lady St. Jolin, 267 ; duke of St. Alban's,
ib.; Dr. J. Meyer, 268; earl of Craven,
ib.; duchess dowager of Dorset, 269;
sir W. E. Taunton, 270; sir Frederick
Henniker, ib.; sir W. Geary, 271;
John Lens, ib.; lieut.-col. Downman,
272; lord Radstock, 273; earl of
Donoughmore, 275; Constantine De-
metriades, ib.; col. Campbell of Glen-
Jyon, 276; earl of Carlisle, 277; col.
James Capper, 279; Miles Barne, 280;
Mrs. W. P. L. Wellesley, ib.; sir T.
Stepney, ib.; chevalier Linquiti, 281;
rev. P. R. Dobree, 282; Lacepède,
French naturalist, 283; Walter Fawkes,
285; sir J. Stewart, ib.; George Cal-
vert, 286; hon. A. Waldegrave, 287;
general Foy, ib.; duchess of Rutland,
288; Dr. J. Nott, 289; dowager mar-
chioness of Bath, 291; David, French
painter, 292

Ogle Castle, East Indiaman, shipwreck of,
155

O'Gorman, Mr., secretary to the new
Catholic Association, his intemperate
speech, [45]

O'Hara case for the recovery of an es
tate, 22*

Olaneta, royalist general in Peru, defeat
and death, [211]

Opera-house, foundation stone discovered,

29

Oporto, murder at, 33

Organic remains, discovered near New
Orleans, 247*

Ouroux, M., artificial anatomy contrived
by, 245

Owen, Mr. (of Lanark) lectures at Wash-
ington, 17

Owen, William, R.A., death of, 235

Palin, John, trial of, for stealing four
bank notes, of 1,0007. each, 151
Paraguay, [212]; British subjects obtain
leave to quit the country, 56
Parkins, ex-sheriff, Byrne versus, 7*
Parliament: opening of, by commission,
-[3]; King's speech, [4]; lord Dudley
and Ward's, [5]; Mr. Brougham's,
[8]; Mr. Canning's reply to, [12];
debates on the Roman Catholic Asso-
ciation, [17]; Mr. Goulburn's speech,
[18]; sir H. Parnell's and Mr. Peel's,
[23]; Mr. Plunkett's, [26]; Mr.
Canning's, [32]; petition presented by
Mr. Brougham from the members of the
Catholic Association, [40]; bill passed
against the Association, [42]; petition
of the Catholics presented by sir F.
Burdett, [46]; Mr. Plunkett's speech,
[47]; Mr. Peel's, [49]; motion car-
ried, and committee formed, [51];
Catholic relief bill, [52]; Mr. Peel's
speech, [54]; duke of York's speech,
[58]; Mr. Brougham's comments on,
[61]; bill passes the Commons, intro-
duced into the Lords, [64]; bill rela-
tive to Elective Franchise in Ireland,
[67]; committee of inquiry into the
state of Ireland, [71]; Mr. S. Rice's
motion respecting religious animosities
in Ireland, [79]; Mr. Hume's motion
against the Irish church establishment,
[80]; abuses in the charter schools of
Ireland, ib.; abuses in chancery, [85];
judges' salaries, [86]; laws relating to
juries, and bankrupt laws, [88]; joint-
stock companies, ib.; Unitarian mar-
riage bill, [89]; usury laws, ib.; Scotch
law proceedings, [90]: combination
laws, [91]; report of the committee on
ditto, [96]; hill passed on, [97]; corn
laws, [98]; alterations in our colonial
policy, [99]; diminution of duties
proposed by Mr. Huskisson, [106];
financial situation of the country, [115];
reduction of duties, [118]; assessed

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