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