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
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
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,
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
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 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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