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Beetroot 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,
190

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

1

Calculus, vesicular, in a horse, 547
Cambridge, regulations relative to de-
grading at the University, 36
Canning, Mr. his correspondence in
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
[38]; copy of the bill, 367
Chabert, Xavier, fire-eater, discharged
by the Insolvent Debtors' court, 79;
accepts Mr. Smith's challenge to
swallow 20 grains of phosphorus, 167
Chichester cathedral, stone coffins dis-
covered in 111

Clare, J., stanzas by, on Boston Church,
554

Clinton, sir Henry memoir of, 533
Coach proprietors, action against for
loss of a travelling bag, 65
Codrington, sir Edward, his charges
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, ib.
Combination of Workmen, case relative
to 24

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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 en 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 v. Wickley, &c.
shareholders, 18; George v. Jackson,
recovery for noney 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 v. 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 Nava-
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,

63

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

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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

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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 Koenig-
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,[251]; 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

Miguel, Don, his frantic conduct and
attack on the life of his sister, Donna
Maria, [177]; documents relative to
his assumption of the regency, 415;
ditto, to his declaring himself king, 435
Murcia, earthquake at, 63
Murders: Geo. Howarth, Manchester,

54; murders perpetrated by Riem-
bauer, a Bavarian priest, 130; J.
Burgess, poisoned, 140; Sam. Wes-
combe, ditto, by his wife, 142; mys-
terious murder near Ripley, 172;
Mrs. Franks and her daughter, 179; a
little girl murdered by a boy, at
Douay, 186; a whole family murdered
by a youth at Vilsebourg, 187; Sarah
Waite, 319; Samuel Langtry and his
housekeeper, 320

Nares, archdeacon, death of, 220
Navarino, battle of, court martial rela-
tive to the conduct of the Genoa in
the action, 328

Netherlands: dissensions between the
ministry and the states general. [200];
progress of the war in Batavia, and
success of the Dutch against the in-
surgents, [201]
Niagara, falls of, project for blowing
up part of the rocks, 173; a schooner
let down the falls, 174; S. Patch leaps
into the cataract, ib.

Oath to be taken by Catholics, on their
taking seats in parliament, 367
Obituary: Von Arndt, 210; Snoek,
Dutch actor, ib.; F. Schlegel, 211;
Jos. Cartwright, painter, 212; sir W.
Curtis, ib.; Wm. Shield, composer,
213; sir M. Wood, 214; rev. W. Crowe,
215; Leo XII., ib.; Dr. John Scott,
216; Gossec, composer, 217; R. Wil-
braham, 218; Dr. J. Young, ib.; Wes-
tenrieder, ib.; Edmund Turner, 219;
Archdeacon Nares, 220; Thos. Har-
rison, architect, 221; Fras. Plowden,
222; Manasseh Dawes, 223; Kniazh-
nin, ib.; C. A. Fischer, ib.; earl of
Buchan, 224; W. Stevenson, 225;
countess of Derby (Miss Farren), ib.;
Füessli, 227; lord Colchester, ib.;
Dr. Thos. Young, 229; Dr. Curtis,
230; J. Impey, 231; Dr. Lloyd, bp.
of Oxford, ib.; W. V. Barré, 232;
Kollmann, composer, 233; lord Har-
ris, 234; lord, Thurlow, 236; Terry,
actor, 237; Nyerup, ib.; W. T. Fitz-
gerald, 238; A. Highmore, 239; J.
Reeves, 240; sir David Baird, 242; W.
Wadd, 244; rev. E. T. Vaughan, 246;
rev. W. Hurn, 247; G. Dawe, R. A.,
248; J. Mawe, mineralogist, 249; T.

Hurlston, 250; princess dowager of
Brazil, ib.; Eugenius Roche, 251.;
gen. Garth, ib.; Barry St. Leger,
252; Dr. J. Watson, ib.; Cean-Ber-
mudez, 253; rev. Thos. Belsham, ib.;
Dr. Carey, ib.; rev. Isaac Taylor,
254; count Lamarck, naturalist, 255
O'Connell, Mr., claims his seat in parlia-
ment as member for Clare, [104]; is
heard at the bar of the House of Com-
mons, [107]; refuses to take the oath,
and a writ issued for a new election,
[114]; his address to the electors of
Clare, [123]; his violent speeches,
[124]; is re-elected without a contest,
[126]; promises to obtain a repeal of
the union, [127]; elected member for
the county of Clare, 119; recommends
the formation of liberal clubs in Ire-
land, ib.; his fracas with Mr. Mahony,
188

Old Bailey: T. Munton, perjury, 5; J.
Hunter, forgery, 11; B. Barrup, killing
Mary Mortlock, 13; W. Johnstone,
colouring false money, 16

Ooalen, island of, visited by Russian
navigators, 542

Optical Discovery, 546

Oural Mountains, new metal discovered
in, 546

Paintings, ancient, discovered at Hercu-
laneum, 22

Patents, new list of, 547
Parliament: King's speech, [4]; ad

dress, [6]; Bill brought in by Mr.
Peel for suppressing the Catholic As-
sociation, [7]; passes both houses,
[9]; plan proposed by ministers for
the removal of Catholic disabilities, as
stated by Mr. Peel, [22]; debate on
the motion for a committee, [27]; ar-
guments against concession, [28]; the
measure opposed by the marquis of
Blandford, [31]; and viscount Corry,
[32]; arguments in favour of the
motion, and against a dissolution of
parliament, [33]; majority in favour
of the motion, [35]; number of the
petitions against Catholic concession,
[36]; bill for removing Catholie dis-
abilities introduced, ib.; debate on
its second reading, [38]; the bill op-
posed by sir E. Knatchbull, ib.; Mr.
G. Bankes, [41]; lord Tullamore,
[43]; and Mr. Sadler, ib.; Mr. R.
Grant's speech in favour of the bill,
[50]; sir C. Wetherell's against it,
[53]; Mr. Peel's reply, [57]; major-
ity for its second reading, [58];
amendments during its progress

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