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INDE X.

[N. B. The figures with crotchets refer to the History; those with a to the
Appendix to Chronicle, &c.; and the others to the Chronicle.]

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ACCIDENTS: at Friary chapel, Callan,
1; in a mine at Whitehaven, ib.
the ice, St. James's-park, 3; two
wherrymen drowned at London
Bridge, 7; a leopard gets loose at
Mold, 9; bursting of a cannon,
Gravesend, 23; accident at an ex-
hibition of wild beasts, 27; explo-
sion of fire-damp, ib.; horses in a
hackney coach drowned, 28; Dorking
coach overturned, 52; six pilots
drowned, 55; bursting of the Pad-
dington canal, 68; R. Gower and his
wife drowned, 69; scaffold breaks
down at Mr. Green's ascent, City-
road, 70; Mary Belcher and children
killed by an explosion of gunpowder,
77; explosion in the Townley col-
lieries, 92; deaths by lightning, 96,

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action for libel, Root v. Editors of
the New York American, 105
America, South; relaxation of the navi-
gation laws, in favour of the new
states, [67]; war between Brazil and
Buenos Ayres, 384. See Bolivia,
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Colom-
bia, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Rio
de la Plata.
Antigua; petition from the House of
Assembly to Parliament, [157]
Antiquities: excavation in Dalmatia,
13; fresco discovered at Pompeii, 16;
temples, &c. at Brescia, 124; shield
and sword found in the Witham, 127;
arch of Augustus, and mausoleum of
Julius Cæsar, at St. Remy, 130; piles
discovered in the Thames, 147
Arctic expedition, 95, 170*, 171°

104; explosion at Cowes, 107; fall ́Arigna mining company, discussion on

of the town-hall tower, Limberg,
111; fall of a warehouse, Liverpool,
120; fall of the cornice of Bow steeple,
125; explosion of gas, Coburg the-
atre, 135; child drowned, Sheerness,
138; explosion of a powder maga
zine, Ostend, 141; explosion of a dis-
tillery, Shoreditch, 147; fall of stables,
&c., Bartholomew Close, 152; ser-
vant girl falls into a well, 159; ex-
plosion in the Graham steam-packet,
170; fall of the Guards' club-house,
171; mate of a tender drowned, 196
Acts of Parliament, 306
Adams, ex-president, United States,
death of, 263

in parliament, [184]

Arson, trial of C. T. White for, 43*
Ashantees; their territory attacked by
the native chiefs and the British,
under colonel Purdon, [223]; total
defeat of the Ashantees, [224]
Assizes: Chester. Joseph Whitelegg,
sedition, 124 DA

Gloucester; A. Briton and others,
assault and robbery, 118
Kingston; T. Jones, uttering a forged
note, 190

Lancaster; James Evans, murder of
at ! Mr. Price, 33; J Stott, and T.
Barnes, assaulting and robbing a
Chinese, 122; Alex. and Michael
M'Keand, murder, 29; James
Chambers, &c. rioting, 32*

Africa, see Ashantees; new colony atos
Natal, 16

Albufera, duke of (Suchet), death of, 219 91 Lewes; Hannah Russell and D.

Alexander, emperor, funeral of, 351
Alien Act, expiry of, [166]; new

regulations, [167]

America, North; see
ee United States';
Canada naturalization act, [165];
* pay of members of congress, 22

Leary, murder of Benjamin Rus-
sell, 26*

Maidstone; Joseph Finn, threatening
letter, 120

Staffordshire; W. Barnes and R.
Wood, poaching, 10

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Slave-trade, debates on, [140]; trials
of slaves in Jamaica, [141]; resolu-
tions in parliament, [148]; lord
Suffield's motion, [152]; Mr. Smith's
motion, [154]; conduct of the colonial
legislatures, [157]; vigilance of the
French government against, [242];
evasion of the laws against, ib.;
decree against, by Austria, [269];
number of slaves imported into the
Brazils, 160; Portuguese slave-ship
captured by the Hope, 186, T.
Young tried for selling four females,
37*

Smith, Dr. A. anecdotes of, 166*
Smugglers, affray with, at Rye harbour,
69€

Snail, rare species of, 80
Southwark election, 89
Spain: French minister and Swiss guards
recalled, [257]; political state of the
country, [290]; new council, [291];
prosecutions of the constitutionalists,
[293]; Capape banished, ib.; plots
in favour of don Carlos, [295]; re-
volt of Bazan, [296]; disturbances of
the royalist volunteers, ib.; conduct
of the clergy, [297]; finances, [299];
policy towards Portugal, [301]; re-
fusal to acknowledge the regency of
Portugal, [302]; the Portuguese
rebels supported, [303]; desertions
of the Spanish troops, [304]; inva-
sion of Portugal, [305]; defeated re-
bels received [306]; conduct of Spain
on the arrival of British troops,
[308]; M. Salmon's note to Mr.
Lamb, [343]; return of the Portu-
guese envoy, ib.
Spix, Dr., death of, 250

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Steam-navigation in India, 1441853 10 T
Stockport, seditious meeting at, 124
Stott, Mr. Ely, litigation respecting his

will, 6*; his eccentric character, 7* I
Storm in the Highlands, 182, 183
Suffield, lord, his motion respecting
West-India slave-proprietors, [152]
Suicides: W. Pollock, in Edinburgh
gaol, 29; J. Dunkins, 57; J. Pol-
lard, 58; rev. F. Lee, 80 W.
Spencer, 88; M. Soliere, 98; J.
Dickinson, 102; W. Hyde, 104;
Mr. T. R. Smart, 113; Mrs. Hurst,
122; singular suicide of a young man
and woman, at Stutgard, 138; at
Ostend, 142; W. Jackson, 180; Mr.
E. Clarke, 187

Superstition, instances of, 112, 117, 146,
147

Swindler, a female, calling herself coun-
tess of Jersey, 164-
Switzerland, furious conduct of Piffe-
retti, a prisoner at Lugano, 97.001

Tables: Public income, 292

expenditure, 291+192
Disposition of grants, 2924H
Payments for other services,
297

Ways and Means, /ib.losdoil/
Public funded debt, 298bor

→ unfunded debt, 3018
Foreign trade of Great Bri-
tain, 302

Trade of the United Kingdom,
303.

Ireland, 304 dvot I
Navigation, 305 (les) yenu I
Price of stocks, 318

Sugar and Hay, 319

Corn, ib. 32524230, 2
→→→ Butcher's meat, 320
Meteorological table, ib,
Bills of mortality, 321
Commitments and convictions,
Newgate, 322

Executions, 324
Bankrupts, &eibens
Prices of wheat, 326

Talma, funeral of, 159; death of, 282
Taylor, Mr., deist, petition to parlia-
ment, [190]
Thames tunnel, 28

3

Stanhope, lady Hester, anecdotes, &c. Thavie's Inn, cause to try whether

of, 150*

extra-parochial, 35*

Theatres, new method of lighting, in-
vented by Locatelli, 131
Thunderstorms: at Ashton-under-line,
96; Exeter, ib.; London, 101, 117;
two young ladies killed by lightning,
near Malvern-hills, 104
Tildesley, riots at, 149
Transparency of the sea, 169
Tone, Theodore Wolfe, memoir of,
159*

Torrens, sir H., new military evolu-
tions introduced by, 29
Tralee, election riots at, 105; in-
stance of superstition, 112
Trials: M. Nadell, captain of banditti,

at Mayence, 27; James Evans, mur-
der of Mr. Price, 33; Thomas and
Johanna Lovett, murder of T. Creane,
40; Michael Ford, murder of R.
Perry, 50; S. Gilbert, robbery, 52;
Redhead and others, for a disturb-
ance at Cambridge, 108; Ann Roche,
murder of a child, 112; Julie Taris-
son, for imposture, 117; A. Briton
and others, assault and robbery, 118;
James Finn, threatening letter, 120;
J. Whitelegg, sedition, 124; P. A.
Jehoulet and sons, for cruelty and
assault, 146; J. Evans, poisoning,
160; F. J. Latham, and C. Single-
ton, 161; a female swindler, 164;
G. Hill and M. Gathercole, con-
spiracy, 166; G. Ancliffe and J.
Hill, 184; T. Jones, uttering a forged
note, 190; Hannah Russell and D.
Leany, murder, 26*; Alexander and
Michael M'Keand, ditto, 29*; J.
Holdsworth, and W. Bolton, rioting,
31 Jas. Chambers, &c. ditto, 32*;
Jas. Riding, &c. ditto, 33* ; T.
Young, for selling females as slaves,
36 lieut. J. Kenny, manslaughter,
40; C. T. White, arson, 43*
Trowbridge, riot at, 76

Turkey, [284]; hostilities with Persia,
[286]; defeat of the Persians, [288];
demands of Russia, [346]; the Porte
accedes to Russia's ultimatum re-
specting Wallachia and Moldavia,
[347]; conferences at Ackerman,
[348]; terms acceded to by Turkey,
[349]; attempt to re-organize the.
Janissaries, [351]; they revolt, [354];
the revolt is quelled, [355]; the
Janissaries suppressed, [356]; fire at
Constantinople, [358]; measures for
reforming the administration, [359];
engagement between the Turkish
and Greek fleets, [361]; Ibrahim's
army re-inforced, ib. See Greece.

Vatican manuscripts, 12
Venezuela; see Colombia.
Venice; new method o lighting the-
atres, 131

United States: death of Jefferson and
Adams, [377]; finances, tb.; repre-
sentatives sent to the congress of
Panama, [379]; negotiations with
Great Britain respecting colonial
trade, [380]; colonial ports closed to
American vessels, [382]; report of
the committee on the memorial of
the merchants, &c. of Baltimore,
127; trade between Great Britain
and the United States, 128*; presi-
dent's message to congress, 131*;
relations with Russia, 132*; with
France, ib.; with the Netherlands,
133*; Great Britain, 135*; congress
of Panama, 137"; finances, 138*;
armed force, 140*; surveys of roads
and canals, 141*; navy, 142* post-
office, 144*; penitentiary, ib.
Universities: examinations and prizes,
Oxford, 326; ditto Cambridge, 327
Voss, J. H., death of, 239

Waithman, alderman, censure of Mr.

Brogden, [182]; motion relative to
joint-stock speculations, [183]
Weber, death of, 89; funeral, 99;
memoir, 255

Weddell, capt. his voyage in the Ant-
arctic Seas, 169*

Wellington, duke of, letter to, from
the emperor Nicholas, 51
Westminster Abbey, report of the dean
and chapter to the House of Com-
mons, 46

Wheat, average prices of, from 1670 to

1770, 325; ditto from 1771, ib.
Whitehaven; combination of seamen,

19

Whitmore, Mr., motion for a committee
on the corn-laws, [45]

Will, Mr. Stott's, 6*; question respect-
ing the validity of a former uncan-
celled will, 12*

Witchcraft, Catholic priest tried for
pretending to cure persons suffering
from, 120

Wood, method discovered by Dr. Fuchs
of rendering it incombustible, 137
Wrestling match, Warren and Cann,
143; at Devonport, Cann and Polking-
horne, 157

York-house, St. James's Park, 192
York Minster, weight of bells at, 133
Yorkshire, conflagrations in the moors,
106

THE END.

T. C. Hansard,

Printer, Pater-noster-row Press,

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