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[N. B. The figures within crotchets refer to the pages of the History; the others to
those of the Chronicle, Appendix to ditto, and extracts.]

ABDUCTION, of Miss Glenn, 449.
Abeona, the transport, loss of, 507.
Abisbal, count, [221] proclaims the con-
stitution [225].

Accidents: 60, from furious driving,
120; at Birmingham theatre, 151; at
Fenton-park colliery, 178; Thorn-
cliffe iron works, 289; Klinhurst pot-
tery, 384; Brandenburgh-House, 452.
Acts for the support of his Majesty's
household, 751; list of public general
acts, 781.

Adams, evidence of, against Thistlewood,
&c., 925.

Address, of the vicar-general of Naples,

328; to the Cortes, 361; to the king
of Spain, 362; to queen Caroline, 373;
ditto from the seamen, 414; list of the
various addresses to her Majesty, 423;
of the Portuguese minister to the Ham-
burgh Senate, 435; of the city of Lon-
don to the King, 515, 519; Edinburgh
and Dublin ditto, 535; of the Irish
Catholics to ditto, 780; of the king of
Spain to the Cortes, 795; of the em-
peror Alexander to the Polish Diet,
883.

Admiralty, court of, 276.

Agricultural distresses, [5] Mr. Sumner's
motion, and debate upon it [65] Re-
port of the House of Commons res-
pecting, 761.

Agriculture, improvements and discoveries
in, 1347; premiums in, 1378.
Albania, attempt of Ali Pasha on Pashow
Bey, 157.

Alexander, emperor, his decree for the
expulsion of the Jesuits, 850; address
to the Polish Diet, 833. See, Russia.
Algoa Bay, the settlement of, 359.
Ali Pasha, [247] supposed to attempt the
life of Pashow Bey, 157: his revolt,
159; his operations at Janina, 239.
Alien bill, debate on, [115]; sir J. Mack-
intosh's speech, [116]; Mr. Ward's
[117]; sir J. Mackintosh's motion res-
pecting committee on, [119.]
Alkalies, new vegetable, 1353.
Amarante, Conde de, opposed by Sepul-
veda [233] frustrates the designs of
the conspirators in Portugal, 400.

Amelia, princess, circumstances of her gift

of a ring to the late king, 708.
America, North, scarcity of money in,
391. See also United States.

--, South, 159; 143; 172; pro.
posed new monarchy. [113]; 255,
documents respecting ditto, 845.
Amethyst, large block of, 336.
Angostura British soldiers assassinated in
the hospital at, 172.

Animal matter. conversion of, into new
substances, 1356.

Antarctic continent, discovered, 355.
Ants, their architecture, 1316; offspring

1317; amours, 1319; government,
1320; Termites, 1320; antennal lan-
guage, 1321.

Arakatscha, the plant, 1348.

Arches court, G. Norton, v. Sarah his
wife, 17.

Ariel, loss of the, 431.

Ariston, the Hellenist, death of, 397.
Army, British, 622; French, 629; Rus-
sian, 629; Spanish, [231].

Arts and manufactures, improvements in,

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bitt, murder, 316; the King v. G.
A. Hire, esq. assaulting and wound-
ing, 323.

Lancashire, 127; Lancaster, Patrick
and Postlethwaite, gambling, 93;
Knowles, manufacturing pike-heads,
93; Beattie v. Pearson, breach of
promise of marriage, 398.
Leicester, sir F. Burdett, seditious
libel, 899.

Limerick, S. Sullivan, murder, 302.
Lincoln, R. Mitchell, rape, 290.
Northumberland, T. Holland, bigamy,

354; W. Lumley, forgery, 361.
Oxford, Stevens, v. Stavely, 283.
Roscommon, the ribband-men, 73;
Carbill, 269.

Salop, Sir W. W. Wynn v. Tyrwhitt,
&c. trespass, 351.
Shrewsbury, Rogers, burglary, &c.

128.

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Warwick, Ann Heytrey murder of Mrs.
Dormer, 107; the King . J. H.
Brandis, seditious libel, 338; major
Cartwright, Wooler, &c. sedition,
958.

Wilts. Champneys r. Messiter, assault
and false imprisonment, 300.
Worcester, W. Burraston, fraudulent
bankrupt, 296.

York, 127; Yorkshire, Comstive &c.
high treason, 281, 407, 411; W.
Oldfield murder of his wife, 286; H.
Hunt, &c. conspiracy against govern-
ment, 849.

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Balana Mysticetus, or Greenland whale,
description of, 1334.

Bamford, S. trial of with Hunt, &c. 849;
his defence, 865.

Bank, stoppage of at Limerick, 191.
Bank-notes, 2; weekly amount of, in cir-
culation 138; forged at Hamburgh,
252.

Bank forgeries, 172; final report of the
commissioners appointed to inquire
into, 760

Bankrupt Laws, [60]

Bankrupts, new hall for the commissioners
of, 192

Banks, sir Jos. memoir of, 1153
Baptiste, French actor, curious anecdote
of, 402

Barnes, Eliz. her strange attempt to set
fire to her master's house, 13
Barometer, improved, 1375
Barrett, E. S. death of, 572
Barton, B. poems by: the Ivy, 1394; the
Moon, 1395

Batavia, Dutch troops, draughted from, to
Palembang, 158

Bavarians, defeated by the Tyrolese,

1263.

Bayeux, history of, 1250; description of
the Bayeux tapestry, 1254; antiqua-
rian discussions relative to do., 1255.
Bayley, Mr. Justice, his charge to the jury
on Hunt's trial, 891.

Beattie, Dr., his account of his interview
with their late Majesties, 704.
Beer, adulteration of, 191.
Bees, M. Eulert attacked by, 284; queen-

bee, extraordinary circumstance res
pecting, 1318; her fecundation, 1318.
Beggar-boys, Italian, 69.
Bell, H. N., extracts from his " Hunting-
don Peerage," 1225; his adventure
with an old woman, 1237; and in a
country church, 1244.

Beresford, rev. Mr., his correspondence
with Mr. Waithman, 543.

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Lord, arrives at Lisbon from
Rio Janeiro, but not permitted to land,
[235]; 463; arrives at Falmouth, 476.
Bergami, B. 198; account of. 262; ex-
pected in the gardens of the Thuilleries,
50%; enters her majesty's service, 976.

Lewis, 983.

Berlin, feast given to the queen's regiment
at, 447.
Berri, duc de, assassinated, [197], 42;
anecdote of, 239; memoir of, 720.

duchesse de, Gravier's plot against,
[208]; delivered of a prince, 443;
doc d'Orleans protest against its legiti-
macy, 484.

Bhnjah Sing, the East Indian rebel, 397.
Bible Society, British and Foreign, 131.
Bigamy, singular case of, 295; charge of,
against Mr. Carroll, 425.

Bill of Pains and Penalties, second read-
ing of, [185]; the divorce clause op.
posed, but carried. [187]; third read-
ing carried by a majority of nine, [189];
proceedings in the House of Commons,
[191]; abandoned, [193], 482; illa-
minations on that event, 486; report
of the judicial proceedings, 961; at-
torney-general's opening of the case,
972; examination of the witnesses (see
Witnesses), 986-1036; summing-up
of the evidence, 1036; the queen's de-
fence, 1041; Mr. Broughhan's speech,
1041; Mr. Williams's, 1052; exami-
nation of witnesses, 1058; discussion
respecting Restelli's removal, 1097;
three questions proposed to the judges,
1108; summing-up of the evidence for
the queen by Mr. Denman, 1125; dis-
cassion of the peers respecting a second
reading of the bill, 1139.

Bills: for the regulation of the election of
Scotch peers, [48]; Mr. Brongham's,
for the education of the poor, [49]; sir
J. Mackintosh's six bills for the reform
of the criminal code, [57]; bill to
amend the marriage act, [60]; lord
Holland's, for repeal of the royal mar-
riage act, [62]; lord Milton's, for re-
peal of tax on importation of wool,
[88]; alien-bill, [115].

Bindley, Mr., sale of his books, and
prices, 384.

Births, list of, 552.

Bishop of Bristol (Mansel) death of, 577.
Winchester (North), death of,

578.

Bisson, general, surrenders to the Tyro-
lese, 1267.
Bleaching powder manufactory, case of
one being indicted as a nuisance, 149.
Bolivar, general. advances to the city
of Caraccas, 139; retires, 143; com-
pels the merchants, &c. to follow him
to Cas amare, 181.

Bonnymuir, battle at, 103.

Booth, S., execution of, for murder, 79.
Boulage, M. death of, 588.

Bribery at elections, 141.

Bridge, chain, across the Tweed, 275
improvements in iron bridges, 1370.
Bristol, money found at, 170.
British Museum, 161.

Brougham, Mr., his plan for the educa
tion of the poor, [49]; speech on the
agricultural distresses, [69]; motion
respecting the droits of the admiralty,
[94]; his conduct as professional ad-
viser of the queen, [123]; his myste-
rious behaviour, [137]; one of the
negociators on the part of the queen,
in the conferences with the duke of
Wellington and lord Castlereagh, [153];
his speech on Mr. Wilberforce's mo
tion, [167]; meets the queen at St.
Omer, 198

Brown, Dr. death of, 573.
Browne, col., wounded by assassins at
Milan, 526.

Bruard, A. J., death of, 588.

Brunt, J. T., trial of, for high treason, 921;
943.

Buchan, capt., failure of his expedition in
Newfoundland, 255.

Budget, the, [101]; Neapolitan, 549.
Buenos Ayres, proposed Bourbon dynasty
at [113]; disturbed state of, 245
Bunbury, sir H., his letter to the free-
holders of Suffolk, 362.
Buonaparte, 532.

Burdett, sir F., his speech on Mr. Wil

C

herforce's motion respecting the queen,
[170]; trial for a sed tiens libel, 899 :
address to the Westminster electors,
900.

Sieur, mysterious affair of, 342
Cadiz, attacked by the insurgent army,
[222]; the oath of the constitution
taken by general Freyre, and distur-
bances, [227]; yellow fever at, 176
Calcutta, dandies and velocipedes at, 158
Cambridge, observatory to be erected at,
146

Cameos, &c., imitations of, 1364.
Canal, Regent's, opening of the new
branch of, 341.

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Canning, Mr., his speech on the inquiry
into the queen's conduct, [149]; letter
from, to one of his constituents, 536

Bowditch, J., his abduction of Miss Canterbury, archbishop of, present of

Glenn, 450.

Bow-street, see Police.

Boyer, president, St. Domingo united
into a republic under, [244]

Bremen, town of, its dispute with the

duke of Oldenburgh, 340.

ture of the diamond, 1378.

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Brewster, Dr., his account of the struc- Carbonari, [238]; $91, 739; circum

stances favouring their designs, 746)

Carlow, assizes al, 276
Carlile, Mrs., prosecuted for blasphemous
publications, 473; do. 488, 499; ar-
rested for selling the life of Paine, 536
Carlile, his principles disavowed by Mr.
Hunt, 870

Caroline, queen, see Queen.

Castlereagh, lord, sir C. Wolseley's letter
to, 460

Castro Giovanni in Sicily, description of,

1303

Caterpillars, method of destroying, 1348
Catholics, papal brief respecting the edu-
cation of, 449; the pope's circolar to
the Irish prelates, 779; address to the
king, 780, penal laws against, in Ire.
land, 1177

Calo-street conspiracy, 51, see Conspiracy
Celebes, hunting in the island of, 1280
Cement, imperishable, 1351
Chain-pump, newly-invented, 1373
Chancery, see Court.

Characters: Sir F. B. Delaval, 1203;
Mr. Edgeworth, 1215

Charlemont, lord, character of, 1175
Charles-town, piracies and death of capt.
Sunby at, 218

Charlotte, princess, lines on the death of,
1391

Chastellar, marquis, leader of the Tyro-
lese, 1258; his letter to them, 1261
Chatham, affray at, between Turks and
soldiers, 284

Chemistry, discoveries in, 1353
Chess, 1277

Chili, state of affairs in, [246]
China, death of the emperor of, 508
Christmas waits, 538

Christophe, king of Hayti, kills himself,
[244]

Church, gen. attacked at Palermo by the
populace, 241

Cimitili, prince, the Neapolitan ambas-
sador, 529

Circular, of the courts of Austria, Russia,
and Prussia respecting the holy alli
ance, 735; to his majesty's missions at
foreign courts, 757

City addresses to the king, 44, 515;
election, 79; improvements, 192
Civil List, principle of, [95]

Civita Vecchia, insurrection of the galley-
slaves at, [242]

Clarence, duchess of, delivered of a prin-
cess, 522

Clegg, Mr., the engineer, sudden death
of, 207

Clerisseau, artist, death of 570
Coach, Mr. Elliot's safe, 1374

Coal, a living animal discovered in a, 390
Cochrane, lord, captures Valdivia, and

prepares to invade Peru, [246]; pre-
sent made to, by the government of
Chili, 269

Coetlegon, rev. C. E. death of, 582
Coffee, substitutes for, 218

Coins, discovered at Exeter, 169; En-
glish, discovered at Medoc, 484
Colquhoun, P. death of, 575
Comets, account of, 1353
Commerce, foreign, 669
Common Council, court of, 436; incen-
diary placards, 468, 478; motion for
presentation of freedom to Messrs.
Brougham, Denman, &c., 514
Comparison of England and France, 668
Confederation, Germanic, final act of,
[213]

Conferences, see Protocols
Congress, at Troppau, [240]; 743
Consistory Court, see Court.
Conspiracy, the Cato-streeet [29] and
49; particulars of, 51; manner of its
detection, 53; examination of the con-
spira'ors, 65; their commitment to the
Tower, 66; indictment against them
91; removed to Newgate, 105; trial of
Brunt, 118 (see also State Trials); de-
tails of the plot, 926,
Constantinople, attempt on the life of
Pashow Bey at, 157

Contagion, prevention of, 1369

Copernican system, not tolerated by the
censorship at Rome, 73

Cork, great failures at, 190

Corn, importation of, 184; returns, 189;
corn trade, 761; frauds in do., 766;
regulations respecting do., 768; table
of prices of corn, 632

Coronation proclaimed, 141; 146; 268.
Coroners inquests: Hatchet, 7; E. Lee,

10; W. Stringer, 11; W. Bowers, 16;
W. Bravers, 135; Master Mills, 137;
Eliz. Waterson, 139; George Monk-
well, 346; Miss Cooke, 358; C. Tay-
lor, 541; Mary Singleton, 545.
Correspondence, of lord Sidmouth and
alderman Wood, respecting Edwards
the Spy, 164; do. the address of the
Leicester militia to the queen, 388;
409; Mr. Whitbread, and the rev. J.
W. Cunningham, 416; Major Cart-
wright and the sheriffs, relative to a
public meeting, 489; sir W. A'Court
and the Neapolitan minister Pignatelli,
745; lord Beresford and the supreme
junta of Portugal, 826

Cortes: opening of, and transactions,
[227]; their remonstrance to the king,
[229]; his reply, [250]; their consti-
tution accepted by the king, 183;
decree of the committee of public in-

struction, 297; addresses to, from
general Riego, &c., 351; constitution
of, 725; interests of, 727; King's ad-
dress to, 795; do. speech to, 800.
Courts: Arches, Pownall v. ('horley, 492;
Evans v. Munston, 493; Reece v.
Reece, 501

Chancery, Atherley v. earl of Coventry,
and Gresley, 19; earl of Liverpool
and count Munster v. the queen, &c.,
153; Roscoe & Co. bankrupts, 272;
Hudson. Beauchamp, 279; lord
Byron v. Sherwin, 295; the Queens-
berry legacies, 308; Sergison v. Ser-
gison, 330; 500; 510
Commissary, Edinburgh, lord Erskine
v. lady Erskine, 544

Common Pleas, Dublin, Coila v. M'Na-
mara, breach of promise of Marriage,
516

Consistory, Mrs. Mortimer, 18; Briggs
v. Morgan, suit of divorce, 497;
Rochester, Best v. Best, alimony,
373. York, legality of metrical ver-
sions of the Psalms, 314
Exchequer, Henning on, adulteration of
beer, 191; the King v. Hill and
Powell, barts., 510; Wyatt, adultera-
tion of beer, 573

Exchequer Chamber, Home v. lord F.
Bentinck, 234
King's Bench, Watlin, libel, 49; Castle-
reagh v. Burdett and Place, 54; Wed-
derburn, blasphemy, 56; earl of Darn-
ley v Bligh, 122; Howell v. Williams,
124; Thompson v. Devereux, recovery
of brokerage, 148; Lydiard's bleach-
ing-powder manufactory,149; Clayton
v. Pope, 170; Laney, v. Laney, &c.,
false imprisonment, 174; Nixon v.
sir G. P. Turner, 178; the King v.
Waithman, &c., 213; do. v. R.
Carlile, 221; criminal information
against sir N. Conant &c., 222;
Carwood v. Kelly, 228; the King v.
H. Campbell, libel, 242; viscount
Glerawley v. H. J. Burn, erim. con.,
248; Sergison v. Sergison, 264;
De Bosset v. sir T. Maitland, 270;
Campbell v. Delmont, crim con.,
332; the King v. Whitby, abduction
of Miss Glenn, 448; do. v. Miss
Glenn, perjury, 443; Crook v. sir
W. Hoste, 454; Cohen &c., frau-
dulent conspiracy, 458; Davidson,
blasphemy, 472; 488; 499; 500;
Jane Carlile, do., 473; 488; 499;
the King v. Glossop, 481; Wright

Cobbet, libel, 523. Dublin, Stewart
v. Sheriff Parkins, 151; sir J. Doyle
», G. P. Brown, crim. con., 161.

Westminster, Gelden and Wife v. J.
and G. Gape, 154; Bell v. late
Sheriffs of Middlssex, 156
Prerogative, Salmon &c. v. Cromwell,
testamentary case, 190

Rolls, Marquis of Cholmondeley, v.
lord Clinton, 355

Sheriffs, Red Lion-square, Miller v.
Hawker, crim con. 236; Capt. Pel-
lew v. Tennant, do. 241

Vice Chancellor's, Attorney General v.
duke of Marlborough, 536.
Court martial, Clerk of the Sappho, 162;
lieut. Col. French, 426; 460
Country, state of the, at the commence-

ment of the year [1]; laudable mea-
sures of government to preserve tran-
quillity, [2]; abatement of commercial
distresses [3]; increase of agricultural,
do. [5]

Crawfurd's History of the Indian Archi-
pelago, extracts from, 1268
Crim. Con. Miller v. Hawker, 236; capt.
Pellew v. Tennant, 241; viscount Gle-
rawley v. H. J. Burn, 248; Campbell v.
Delmont, 332; singular case of 354.
Criminal Code, amendment of, [57]
Croly's, Rev. G. Poems, Hymn from,

1400

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Dampe, a fanatic in Denmark, account
of, [210]

Dartmoor forest, projected cultivation
of, 4
Davidson, prosecution of, for blasphe-
mous publications, 472; 488; 499;
500
W trial of, for high treason,

944
Davis, Lieut., his escape from prison, 99
Davy, sir H., elected president of the
Royal Society, 506

Day, Mr., origin of his Sandford and
Merton, 1216; his horror of female
authorship, 1219

Deaths, list of, 569
Debates, see Parliament
Debure, G., death of, 589
Decaze, M., influence and character of,
[194]; his law relative to the censor.
ship of the press, [199]; do. arbitrary
arrests, [199]; resigns, [200]; draft
of the election law proposed by, [198],

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