Miscellaneous-continued.

gular destruction of a Peruvian fri-
gate, 165; M. Blondin's performances
at Niagara, 166; storms and ship-
wrecks in October, 168; hurricane at
St. Kilda, 168; great robbery and
prompt capture at Sheffield, 172;
private visit of the Empress of the
French to England and Scotland, 174;
statue to the Marquess of Anglesey,
; 175; state of Ireland, dreadful as-
sassinations, 177; storms and wrecks
in December, 179; extraordinary
murder of M. Poinsot, in a railway
carriage in France, 181; abolition of
passports for France, 190; Proclama-
tion of the Queen, issuing the new
copper coinage, 191; the Westminster
play, 193; sale of the Saville library
and manuscripts, 193; the weather-
the "cold Christmas," 198; the peace
with China, 200; extraordinary oc-
currence at Dublin, 200; launch of
the iron-cased line-of-battle ship
Warrior, 201; Armstrong and Whit-
worth guns, 204; the weather of the
Autumn quarter, 207.

MOROCCO.-See SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
MORTALITY, TABLES OF, in England and
Wales, and in the Metropolis, in the
year 1860; and in ten years 1851-60,
338.
Murders. Shocking murders on board
American ships: the Anna, the
Devonshire, the Wizard King, 15;
murder and suicide at Coventry, 17;
murder at Luton, trial of Castle, 31;
murder of Mrs. Pulley at Stamford,
35; dreadful murders on board a
sloop in New York harbour, 39; the
Ashcombe murder, 43; murder and
suicide in Shoreditch, 69; double
murder by an insane sister at Pen-
dlebury, 48; murder of a wife and
six children at Sandown Fort, 70;
murder and suicide in Hyde-park and
Oxford-st. 91; the extraordinary case
of the Road child-murder, 93; singular
attempted child-murder at Nettlebed,
119; murder of Ann Skein at Gos-
port, 122; the Walkeringham mur-
der, 124; the Embleton murder, 132;
murder of Sarah Platt at Birming-
ham, 133; wife-murder at Liverpool,
138; murder in the Queen's Park,
Edinburgh, 146; murder of an
officer by a marine in China, 157;
double child-murder and suicide at
Bradford, 166; the Hackney child-
murder, 176; extraordinary murder
of M. Poinsot in a railway carriage

Murders-continued.

in France, 181; the Winlaton mur-
der, 184; the Urpeth murder, 185;
the Wyberton murder, 187; double
murder at Aldershott, 188; wife-
murder at Wolverhampton, 192;
extraordinary attempt at murder at
Dublin, 200; dreadful assassinations
and outrages in Ireland, 106; murder
of Alderman Sheehy, and Mr. Murray,
177; the Walworth murders-a mo-
ther, two children, and a young
woman murdered, 532; the murder
of Mrs. Emsley at Stepney, 541.
See also TRIALS AND LAW CASES.
NAPLES AND SICILY-See ITALY.
PAPAL STATES-See ITALY.
PARLIAMENT :-The Parliament opened
by the Queen in person; Her Ma-
jesty's Speech, [3]; address in the
House of Lords, speech and amend-
ment of Earl Grey respecting the
Chinese war, [5]; answer of Duke of
Newcastle, [6]; speech of Earl of
Derby, [7]; Earl Granville, [8];
amendment negatived, address agreed
to, [9]; address in the House of
Commons; speech of Mr. Disraeli;
discusses the commercial treaty with
France and the Italian policy of Go-
vernment, [9]; Lord Palmerston jus-
tifies the French treaty, and defends
a policy of non-interference in Italy,
[10]; address agreed to; desultory
debate on report, [11].

Members returned and sworn at
the Table during the Session, 515.
Foreign Affairs.—Lively interest taken
in the affairs of Italy, and the annex-
ation of Savoy and Nice; military
preparations of France, [12]; motion
of Marquis of Normanby respecting
Savoy and Nice, [12]; Earl Gran-
ville's reply; the conduct of the Em-
peror strongly condemned by Earl
Grey, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and
Earl of Derby, [13]; Marquis of Nor-
manby's motion respecting Sardinia
and Central Italy, [15]; reply of
Earl Granville; debate, [16]; in the
Commons, Mr. Kinglake calls atten-
tion to the rumours respecting Savoy
and Nice, [17]; explanations of Mi-
nisters, [19]; Sir R. Peel calls atten-
tion to variation in the text of the
Emperor's speech; Mr. Bright's
speech, [19]; Lord J. Russell's ex-
planation, [20]; Mr. Roebuck's strong
remarks on the conduct of the Em-
peror, [20]; Lord John Russell's for-
mal explanation of the policy of Mi-

Parliament-continued.

nisters in regard to Savoy and Nice,
[21]; speeches of Mr. Whiteside, Mr.
Horsman, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Dis-
raeli, [22].
Finance.-Great expectations respect-
ing the approaching Budget; finan-
cial statement postponed owing to
Mr. Gladstone's illness, [26]; the
commercial treaty with France laid
before Parliament; the financial state-
ment; Mr. Gladstone's elaborate and
comprehensive speech, [26]; exten-
sive changes of taxation, the wine
duties, paper duty, Customs duties,
Income-tax, &c., [25]; Mr. Du Cane's
notice of motion postponed for Mr.
Disraeli's motion to postpone the con-
sideration of the Budget until the
French treaty shall have been consi-
dered, [31]; Mr. Disraeli's speech,[31];
Mr. Gladstone's reply, [32]; debate;
the Opposition insist that the House
shall consider the engagements of
the treaty before they consider the
resolutions that are to carry out the
engagements; the Ministerialists,
that to submit each article of the
treaty to the control of Parliament
was unconstitutional; on division
amendment negatived, [35]; im-
portant discussion in the House of
Lords on the treaty, [35]; Mr. Du
Cane's motion against reducing the
ordinary revenue and increasing the
Income-tax, [37]; three nights' de-
bate; speeches of Sir S. Northcote,
[38]; Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Baines, Mr.
Byng, [39]; Sir F. Baring, Mr.
Bright, [40]; Mr. Whiteside, Mr.
Cardwell, Mr. Newdegate, [41]; Mr.
Osborne, Mr. T. Baring, [42]; Mr.
M. Gibson, Mr. Walpole, [43]; the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
Disraeli, [44]; on division, majority
of 116 for Ministers, [45]; Ministers
raise the distinct question of approval
of the treaty by moving an address,
[45]; speech of Mr. Byng, [45];
Sir H. Cairns, on behalf of the Con-
servatives, accepts the treaty, but
objects that it is one-sided, imper-
feet, and halting, [47]; Mr. Horsman
moves amendment respecting Article
2. (coals), [48]; important state-
ment of Mr. Vivian; speech of Mr.
Disraeli, [49]; answer of Chancellor
of Exchequer, [50]; amendment
negatived; original motion carried
by majority of 226, [51]; similar
address moved in the House of

Parliament-continued.

Lords by Lord Taunton, [51]; Earl
Grey's strictures on the treaty: op-
poses the motion, [51]; speeches of
Lord Wodehouse, Earl of Malmes-
bury, [52]; Lord Overstone opposes
the motion; speeches of the Duke
of Argyll, [53]; Earl of Derby,
[54]; of the Lord Chancellor and
Lord Chelmsford, [55]; address
carried by majority of 30, [56]; dis-
cussion on the various portions of
the Budget; the wine duties,
Mr. Gladstone's exposition, [59];
after debate, resolution agreed to;
refreshment-houses-Mr. Gladstone's
interesting explanation of his propo-
sition, as a complement of the intro-
duction of French wines, [61]; after
several debates the propositions are
carried, [66]; the Customs' tariff,-
alterations not generally opposed by
the Conservatives; questions regard-
ing corks and silks, [66]; the Income-
tax-motion for a 10d. tax, [67];
several amendments are proposed and
negatived, and motion carried, [67];
unpopularity of the proposal for the
repeal of the paper duty; considered
as a question of an additional 1d. to
the Income-tax; Sir W. Miles' amend-
ment; interesting debates, [69];
speeches of Mr. B. Stanhope, Mr.
Black, Mr. Maguire, Lord R. Cecil,
Mr. M. Gibson, [70]; invective of
Mr. Horsman, answer of Mr. Glad-
stone, [71]; Sir J. Pakington; amend-
ment negatived, [72]; renewed attack
on third reading; amendment of Sir S.
Northcote, [72]; Mr. M. Gibson's
answer, [73]; speech of Mr. Glad-
stone, [74]; Mr. Disraeli, [75]; divi-
sion; Ayes, 219, Noes, 210; majority
for Ministers, 9, [75]; Earl of Derby
gives notice of his intention to op-
pose the repeal of the paper duty;
Earl Granville moves the second read-
ing, and denies that the proposed re-
mission is inexpedient, and that the
Lords have power to deal with the
question, [76]; Lord Lyndhurst ar-
gues the constitutional question in fa-
vour of the Lords, [77]; Lord Mont-
eagle, examining the question of ex-
pediency, moves the rejection of the
bill, [78]; Duke of Argyll vindicates
the financial policy of the Govern-
ment, [79]; powerful speech of the
Earl of Derby, [80]; on division,
majority of 89 against the bill.
Opinion of the country on this pro-

Parliament-continued.

ceeding of the House of Lords; grow-
ing alarm as to the sufficiency of the
Budget, [82]; Lord Palmerston moves
a Committee to search for precedents;
Mr. Duncombe's amendment, and
debate, [83]; Report of Committee;
moderate resolutions moved by Lord
Palmerston thereon, [84]; the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer supports the
resolution, but vindicates his finan
cial scheme, [85]; Mr. Whiteside's
reply, [86]; Mr. Disraeli vindicates
the Lords, but adopts the resolution;
view of Lord J. Russell, [87]; Mr.
Horsman's telling speech, Mr. Bright's
answer, [88]; the resolutions agreed
to, [89]; Lord Fermoy moves a reso-
lution condemning the conduct of
the Lords, [89]; the resolution gene-
rally condemned, and negatived, [91];
the Chancellor of the Exchequer re-
tains the Excise duty on paper, but
modifies the Customs duty to accord
with the French treaty; danger of
the Government, [91]; Mr. Puller
moves an amendment; important
debate; speeches of Mr. Childers,
Mr. Crossley, [93]; Mr. Maguire, Sir
H.Cairns, the Attorney-General, [94];
Mr. Henley, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Dis-
raeli, [95]; the resolutions carried by
a majority of 33, [96].

Parliamentary Reform.-Lord J.
Russell moves for leave to bring in a
Bill to amend the Representation;
proposes a £10 county, and a £6
borough, franchise, and takes one
seat from 25 boroughs; their redis-
tribution, [98]; indifference in the
country on the subject of reform;
bills for Ireland and Scotland intro-
duced, [101]; languid and protracted
debates on the second reading; Mr.
Disraeli proposes to read the bill the
second time and discuss the pro-
posals in Committee, but suggests
that the bill be withdrawn, [101];
speeches of Mr. Rolt and Mr. Bright,
[102]; Mr. Stansfeld, Sir J. Paking-
ton, Sir G. Grey, [103]; Mr. Adderley,
Mr. Massey, [104]; Mr. Whiteside,
Mr. James, [105]; Sir G. Lewis,
[106]; Lord R. Cecil, Mr. Milnes,
[107]; Sir E. B. Lytton, [108]; Mr.
Denman, Sir J. Walsh, Lord J. Rus-
sell, [109]; Lord J. Manners, Mr.
Du Cane, Mr. Macaulay, [111]; Mr.
Gregory, Sir J. Ramsden, Mr. Wal-
pole, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, [113]; bill read the second

Parliament-continued.

time without a division, [114]; these
debates occupy from the 19th March
to 3rd May. In the Lords, Earl Grey
moves for inquiry into increase of
voters by reduction of franchise; his
speech, 115; Duke of Argyll con
sents to Committee, [116]; speech of
Earl of Derby, [117]; motion agreed

to.

Lateness of the period for dis-
cussing many questions in commit-
tee; Lord John Russell proposes to
go into committee on the English
bill, and to withdraw the Irish and
Scotch bills, [119]; discussion; the
bill is very faintly supported by
members on the ministerial side;
Mr. Mackinnon moves to postpone
the question until after the census
of 1861; Government defeat the
motion; but feeling it impossible to
carry the bill through committee in
face of the indifference of their sup-
porters, withdraw it; little emotion
felt by the country at this result,
[124]; Mr. Berkeley's annual motion
for the ballot, [126].

Military and Naval Affairs.-Mr.
S. Herbert moves the Army and Lord
C. Paget the Navy Estimates, both
unprecedentedly large,[129]; they are
agreed to; the Civil Service Esti-
mates; much criticized, [131]; ques
tion of manning the navy discussed
on motion of Sir C. Napier, [133];
the same subject discussed in the
Lords, [134]; Lord Lyndhurst brings
forward the state of our naval defences,
[135]; answer of the Duke of Somer-
set, [137]; great impression made by
this debate. Further discussions in
the Commons on naval subjects
raised by Sir C. Napier and Mr.
Lindsay, [138]; question of promo-
tion in the army brought forward by
Sir De Lacy Evans, [140]; debate;
reply of Mr. S. Herbert, [142]; Lord
Panmure brings forward the subject
in the Lords; defends the purchase
system, [143]; flogging in the army
and navy; subject discussed on mo-
tion of Mr. Williams for returns;
Mr. S. Herbert's observations, [144];
subject of promotion and retirement
in the navy, [145]; fortification of
dockyards and arsenals; Lord Pal-
merston's resolutions, founded on
the report of the Defence Commis-
sion, [145]; his speech detailing the
plans adopted by the Government,
and asks for a vote of £9,000,000.

Parliament-continued.

[147]; its reception by the House,
[147]; amendment of Mr. Lindsay,
disapproving expenditure for fortifi-
cations as compared with strengthen-
ing the navy; Mr. S. Herbert's an-
swer, [148]; speeches of Mr. Bright,
Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Osborne, Mr.
Horsman, and others; Lord Palmer-
ston's reply; original resolution
agreed to, [151]; Mr. E. James'
amendment to second reading of
bill, seconded by Sir C. Napier,
[152]; after debate second reading
agreed to, [153]; important debate
on the bill in the Lords; speech
of Lord Ellenborough, [153]; answer
of Earl de Grey; bill passed, [154].

China and India.-Mr. B. Coch-
rane calls attention to relations with
China in reference to the Peiho af-
fair; Sir M. Seymour defends the
operations, [156]; Lord J. Russell
defends Earl of Elgin, [157]; Earl of
Elgin arrives from China and makes
a statement in the House of Lords,
[157]; Sir de Lacy Evans brings for-
ward the subject of the war, [158];
defended by Lord J. Russell, [158];
debate on the policy and justice of
the war, [160]; Earl Grey, in the
Lords, severely condemns the Go-
vernment for having entered into the
war without consulting Parliament,
[160]; Duke of Somerset defends
the Government, [161]; the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer makes a special
provision for the Chinese war; pro-
poses a supplementary Budget, [162].

Finances of India.-Mr. Wilson
sent to Calcutta as Financial Member
of the Council; his financial scheme
to restore equilibrium between re-
venue and expenditure; singular op-
position and prompt recall of Sir
Charles Trevelyan, [163]; Earl of
Ellenborough criticizes the scheme;
answer of Duke of Argyll, [164]; Mr.
D. Seymour adverts to Sir C. Tre-
velyan's recall, and eulogizes his ser-
vices, [164]; Sir C. Wood and Lord
Palmerston justify the recall as es-
sential to the public good, [165].
The Indian Financial Statement.-
Secretary of State for India explains
to the House the state and prospects
of the Indian exchequer, [166];
statement criticized by Mr. D. Sey-
mour and others, [167]. Reorgan-
ization of the Indian Army-bill

Parliament-continued.

to amalgamate the Local with the
Queen's army [168] is strongly op-
posed; view of Lord Stanley, [169];
of General Peel and Colonel Sykes,
[170]; Sir de L. Evans, [171]; Mr.
A. Mills moves rejection of the bill;
seconded by Sir E. Colebrooke, [171];
bill opposed by Sir de L. Evans, Mr.
M. Milnes, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr.
D. Seymour, and others; supported
by Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Ayrton, Mr.
Vansittart, Sir W. Russell, Sir C.
Wood; bill carried by large majo-
rity, [177]; further opposition on
going into Committee; numerous
amendments proposed and negatived;
bill passed, [179]; bill moved in the
Lords by Duke of Argyll; opposed
by Earl of Ellenborough as most
dangerous; supported by Duke of
Cambridge, [179]; Earl of Derby
commits the matter to the responsi-
bility of Government; bill passed,
[180].

Religion, Education, &c.—Church
Rates Sir J. Trelawny again brings
in his bill for abolishing church
rates, [181]; Lord R. Montagu moves
the rejection of the bill; speeches
of Sir G. Lewis, Mr. K. Seymer,
[183]; Mr. Disraeli, Lord Fermoy, &c.;
bill carried by majority of 29, [184];
Mr. Newdegate proposes a fixed
charge on real property in substitu-
tion for church rates, [184]; after de-
bate, motion negatived, [185]; Mr.
Whiteside moves to postpone third
reading for six months, [186];
after animated debate amendment
negatived by majority of 9 only [187];
progress of the bill in the Lords;
Lord Lyveden moves the second
reading; Duke of Marlborough
moves rejection of bill, [188]; Earl
de Grey, Duke of Somerset, Duke of
Newcastle support the bill; Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, Earl Grey,
Duke of Rutland, and Earl of Derby
oppose it; bill thrown out by ma-
jority of 97, [190]; Endowed Schools
-Lord Cranworth brings in bill to
remove certain grievances of Dis-
senters, [190]; after debate, bill
goes to Committee, where it is much
altered, and becomes law, [192];
bill on the same subject introduced
by Mr. Dillwyn; interesting discus-
sion on second reading; is rejected
on motion of Mr. Selwyn, [193];

Parliament-continued.

Maynooth-Mr. Spooner's annual
motion on the Maynooth grant;
rejected after short debate, [194];
Religious Services in Theatres-Lord
Dungannon's motion condemnatory
of this practice; interesting speech
of Earl of Shaftesbury, [194]; views
of the Bishops of Llandaff and Lon-
don; motion withdrawn, [196]; Re-
vision of the Prayer-Book-Lord
Ebury moves for appointment of
Committee, [196]; motion generally
opposed; the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Bishops of London and
Oxford, and Earl Stanhope, 197; mo-
tion negatived, [198]; Union of City
Benefices-the Bishop of London in-
troduces a bill to provide for the
spiritual destitution of the metro-
polis by a union of city benefices
and transfer of surplus funds; Bill
passed, [198]; Census for 1861-the
bill proposes returns as to religious
profession; clause considered a griev-
ance by Dissenters, is opposed, and
withdrawn, [199]; National Educa-
tion (Ireland)-motion of Mr. Butt
for an address; Mr. Whiteside,
[200]; answer of Mr. Cardwell;
motion negatived, [201]; Tenure
and Improvement of Land (Ireland)
-bill introduced by Mr. Cardwell
and passed, [202]; The postponed
measures of the Session-the London
Corporation Reform Bill and Bank..
ruptcy and Insolvency Bill, [202];
Massacre of the Christians in Syria
-subject brought before the Lords
by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe; his
important speech, [203]; answer of
Lord Wodehouse, [204]; this long
and laborious session terminated on
the 28th August by Commission;
speech of the Lords Commissioners,
[205]; review of the operations of
the session, [207].

PATENTS, 565.
POETRY, 582.
PROMOTIONS, 522.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS :—

Treaties.-Treaty of commerce with
France-the correspondence, 210;
the treaty, 223; additional article,
229; second additional article, 230;
treaty with Nicaragua, 231; treaty
of annexation of Savoy and Nice to
: France, 240; convention for the
Pacification of Syria, 242.

State Papers.-Extracts from cor-

Public Documents-continued.

respondence relating to the cession of
Savoy and Nice, 243; Extracts from
correspondence relating to the affairs
of Italy, 273.

Table of statutes, 23 and 24 Vict.,
301; finance accounts for the year
1860, 318; prices of stock, 336;
average prices of corn, hay, straw,
clover, and butcher's meat, 337.

Summary of deaths, births, and
marriages, in England and Wales,
and in the metropolis, in 1860; the
same in the years 1851-60, 338;
meteorological table for 1860, 338;
total number of bankrupts, 338
university honours, Oxford, 339;
Cambridge, 342.

QUEEN, THE.-The Session of Parlia-
ment opened by the Queen in person;
Her Majesty's Speech, 3; Her Ma-
jesty receives the officers of volun-
teer rifle corps at a special levée, 27;
reviews the rifle volunteers in Hyde-
park, 87, and at Edinburgh, 134;
opens the prize meeting of the Na-
tional Rifle Association at Wimbledon,
115; the Princess Royal (Princess
Frederick William of Prussia) de-
livered of a daughter, 126; autumnal
residence of the Court in Scotland,
134; visits the family of the Prince
Consort at Cobourg, journey through
Belgium, Prussia, &c., 159.
RACING MEETINGS.-Epsom, 73; Ascot,
81; Goodwood, 125; Doncaster, 157.
Railway Accidents:-In January, 14;
at the Tottenham station of the
Eastern Counties Railway, six persons
killed, many wounded, 21; at the
Hatfield station of the Great North-
ern, two persons killed, 61; singular
accident at the terminus of the Great
Northern, 77; near Granton, 118;
fatal accident on the Shrewsbury and
Hereford line, 148; dreadful acci-
dent to an excursion train at Helm-
shore, 152; fatal explosion of a loco-
motive at King's Cross, 170; dread-
ful accident at Atherstone, ten lives
lost, 172.

Return of the number of persons
killed by accident in the year 1860,

209.

SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1860, 346.
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea.-Re-
turn of wrecks, &c., in 1859, 1;
storms and shipwrecks in January, 3;
wreek of the steamer Northerner, 6;
of the Mondejo, Portuguese man-of-