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Deaths-continued.

Sutherland, duke of, 494; Sutherland,
dr. A. 494; Swatman, col. 494;
Swettenham, mr. T. J. W. 494; Swin-
burne, major-gen. 494; Sykes, lady,
495; Symons, mrs. F. A. 495; Synge,
mrs. F. 495.

Taaffe, capt. 495; Talbot, miss,
495; Talbot de Malahide, lady, 501;
Tasker, mr. J. 501; Taylor, mr. T. J.
501; Teleki, count, 501; Thomas,
mrs. M. 501; Thomas, sir G. J. 501;
Thompson, dr. Seth, 501; Thompson,
mrs. A. 501; Thomson, mr. E. 501;
Thornton, mr. J. 501; Tindall, mr.
W. 496; Tod, gen. 496; Tollemache,
lady E. 496; Touchet, hon. J. 496;
Traquair, earl of, 496; Trench, mr. R.
496; Trevilian, major, 496; Turber-
ville, col. 496; Tytler, mr. A. F. 496.
Udny, col. 496; Urquhart, mr. B.
C. 496.

Vachell, mr. H. 496; Vandenhoff,
mr. J. 496; Velluti, m. 497; Ventura,
Father, 497; Vernon, gen. 498; Ver-
non, mr. G. E. Harcourt, 498; Villiers,
dr. bp. of Durham, 498.

Wade, mr. G. T. 499; Wade, col.
sir C. M. 499; Walker, mrs. 499;
Walker, lady Jane, 499; Waller,
lady, 499; Walpole, mr. F. 499;
Ward, rev. J. 499; Warde, It.-
col. 499; Warneford, lady Wethe-
rell, 499; Warren, capt. 499; Wa-
then, lady E. 499; Watts, mr. W.
C. 499; Weare, mrs. A. 499; Webb,
miss, 499; Webster, rev. dr. 499;
Wellesley, mr. R. 499; Welling-
ton, hon. mrs. 499; Wells, capt.
499; Welsh, gen. 499; Welsh, capt.
499; Wemyss, miss S. 499; West,
capt. 499; Westall, mrs. A. 500;
Warneford, lady, 499; Whalley, rev.
J. 500; Wheetton, mr. J. 500:
Whish, mr. J., 500; Whish, lady, 500;
White, lady, 500; Whitshed, lieut.
500; Wilbraham, mr. R. 500; Wild-
man, mrs. E. 500; Williams, lady,
500; Williams, sir J. H. 500; Wil-
liamson, sir H. 501; Williams, mr.
J. N. V. 501; Wilmot, mr. R. E. E.
501; Wilmot-Chetwode, lady Janet,
501 Wilson, mr. F. 501; Winn, miss
L. 501; Wix, rev. S. 501; Wode-
house, miss E. 501; Wood, mr. A.
501; Woodgate, col. 501; Worsley,
mr. A. 502; Wroth, mr. H. T. 502;
Wrottesley, hon. col. 502; Wynyard,
mr. G. 502.

Yarborough, earl of, 502; Yeatman,
rev. H. F. 502.

CENTENARIANS.

Annesley, hon. mrs. 502.
Ball, mr. W. 502.
Hill, mr. J. 502.
Jones, mr. J. 502.
Mackintosh, mr. C. 502.
Cumming, mr. J. 502.
Smith, mr. E. 502.
A Woman, aged 105.

DEATHS, BIRTHS, and MARRIAGES, in
England and Wales, during the year
and during 10 years; and in Scotland
during the year, 357.

Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 65.
FINANCE ACCOUNTS for the year 1861 :-

Class i. Public Income, 338; ii. Pub-
lic Expenditure, 338; iii. Consolidated
Fund, 350; iv. Public Funded Debt,
342; v. Unfunded Debt, 344; vi.
Disposition of Grants, 345; vii. Trade
and Navigation, 352.

Prices of Stock in each Month of
1861, 355; Bank rate of Discount, 355.
FIRES:-Fire at Blenheim Palace-Ti-
tian's "Loves of the Gods" destroyed,
17; Savernake House and Capesthorne
House burnt, 19; destruction of
Cooke's Circus at Portsmouth, 8 horses
burnt, 34; at Woolwich, 12 horses
burnt, 203; 15 horses burnt at a fire
in Westminster, 34; disastrous fire at
Dublin, 11 persons burnt to death, 57;
fires in the provinces, at Manchester,
Oldham, Newalley, Preston, Bristol,
and other places, 59; conflagration of
Glaris, Switzerland, 71; destruction
of the Surrey Music Hall, 77; tre-
mendous conflagration in Southwark,
near 2,000,000l. of property destroyed,
82; great wharf fire in Tooley Street,
136; fire in a coal-pit at Summerlee,
12 lives lost, 144; wharf fire at
Rotherhithe, 150; fatal fires, in South-
wark, in Shoreditch, near Liverpool,
167; at a sugar-refinery near the Lon-
don Docks, 168; fires in Fetter Lane
and Hoxton, 170; great fire in Pater-
noster Row, 171; fire at Edinburgh,
201; fires in Ireland, 224; fire at the
Chester Railway Hotel, 228; great
fire at Holland and Sons, Pimlico,
230; fires from the explosion of
"paraffin," 234; great fire at Ant-
werp, 235; destruction of the Château
de la Marche, 253; partial destruction
of Wynyard Hall, 250
FRANCE-Opening of the French Cham-
bers Speech of the Emperor, [166];
Address of the Senate, the paragraph

France-continued.

on Italy, [169]; remarkable speech of
Prince Napoleon on the policy of the
Empire, 170]; unsatisfactory state of
the French finances; M. Fould ap-
pointed Minister of Finance; his wide
and uncompromising report, [176]; ad-
vises the Emperor to abolish the system
of transfers," and to relinquish the
prerogative of proposing "supplemen-
tary credits," appropriation of "the
resources of special establishment,"
[179]; advises the Emperor to restore
to the Senate its control over the
finances, [180]; letter of the Emperor
for accepting M. Fould's views, and
announcing his relinquishment of the
supplementary and extraordinary cre-
dit, [181]; M. Fould's statement to
the Senate of the public debt of
France and of French finances, [181]
France Remains of Napoleon removed
from the chapel to the tomb under the
dome of the Invalides, 45.
GREAT BRITAIN :-Generally prosperous
and contented state of the country at
the commencement of the year; food
supply; Parliamentary reform, the
affairs of Italy; the civil war in Ame-
rica, [2]. See PARLIAMENT.
HAY, STRAW, and CLOVER, Prices of,
during the Year, 356.
HONOURS:-The Peerage, 504; Orders of
Knighthood, 504; Knights Bachelors,
506; Privy Councillor, Knights Bache-
lors, 506; the Victoria Cross, 506.
INDIA.

See PARLIAMENT.
India-Great famine in the North-
Western Provinces; large subscrip-
tions in England for the relief of the
sufferers, 45; execution of Natives
convicted of murders during the mu-
tiny, 100; Indian loan of 3,000,000l.,
20; of 4,000,000Z., 127.

Institution of the Most Exalted
Order of the Star of India, 286; in-
vestiture of the first Knights by the
Queen, 219.
IRELAND:-Triple murder in Sligo, mur-
der of Mr. and Mrs. Callaghan and
servant, 8; extraordinary omnibus ac-
cident at Dublin, six passengers
drowned, 49; state of Ireland, murder
of two brothers, James and Robert
Shaw, and other murders, 101;

The Queen's visit to Ireland, 153.
ITALY:--NAPLES:--Continued resistance
of the King at Gaeta; consequences of
the presence of the French fleet, [185];
the French fleet is withdrawn, the for-
tress blockaded, and capitulation, Feb.

Italy-continued.

13, [186]; the British Government
refuses to recognize the Ambassador of
the Ex-King of Naples, [186]; meeting
of the first Parliament of Italy; speech
of King Victor Emmanuel, [186]; he
is declared "King of Italy," and is
recognized by the British Government,
protest of Cardinal Antonelli on behalf
of the Pope, [188]; death of Count
Cavour, [188]; Baron Ricasoli, the
new Prime Minister, states the policy
of the King's Government to the
Chambers, [189]; questions of Venice
and Rome, [190]; unsettled state of
the Neapolitan territory, [191].

Great Eruption of Vesuvius ; de-
struction of the town of Torre del
Greco, 240.

LAW AND POLICE:-Burglary and frightful
violence at Islington; trial and convic-
tion of Strugnell, 57; extraordinary
assault and attempt to murder; case
of the Baron de Vidal, 94; frightful
encounter in Northumberland Street,
Strand, 119; capital conviction of
Henry Sterry for arson, 131; atrocious
attempt to murder; trial and execution
of Michael Doyle, 149; matricide and
suicide at Fen Ditton, 151; painful
case of forgery, conviction of the Rev.
James Roe, 158; "the Rugby ro-
mance, case of Richard Guinness Hill,
175; infamous outrage on a lady at
Dublin, 186; singular case of swind-
ling-trial of Vincent Collucci for a
fraud on Miss Johnstone, 207; serious
case of arson and fraud, trial of the
Clifts, 211; burglary and atrocious
violence at Fulham-place, Paddington,
212; fatal poaching affray, 235;
forgery on the Bank of England by H.
W. Young, a solicitor, 254.

See TRIALS AND LAW CASES.
MARRIAGES, 1861, 379.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, and DEATHS in the
year, 357; in ten years, 1852-1861,
357.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 357.

MEXICO: Continued misgovernment of
this country, disregard of the private
rights of British subjects and of public
obligations; withdrawal of the British
legation, [214]; seizure of treasure at
the British Consulate, robbery of a
convoy; Sir C. Wyke sent on a special
mission, [214]; despatch of Sir C.
Wyke, giving a lively picture of the
disorganized state of the country,
[215]; the French and Spanish Go-
vernment have the same causes of

Mexico-continued.

complaint; convention of the three
Powers for a joint expedition to Mexico,
[216]; the Spanish expeditionary force
sails from the Havanna, prematurely
arrives at Vera Cruz and seizes the
town, [218]; rumour of a design in
favour of an Austrian Archduke;
opinion of the British Government on
the internal affairs of Mexico, [219].
MINISTRY, The :-As it stood at the meet-
ing of Parliament, 364.
MISCELLANEOUS :-The weather, at the
commencement of the year; intense
cold, great sufferings of the poor, 1;
the hot weather in June, 106; the
spring quarter, 109; the summer
quarter, 194; the autumn quarter,
268; storms, in January, 2; in Feb.,
21, 31; destructive gale on the 21st,
25; great gale and loss of life in Nov.,
220, 233; wreck returns for 1860,
267; bank-rate of discount, in Jan.,
7; in February, 23; a man killed by
a lion at Astley's, 9; fatal occurrence
in a City sewer, 20; extensive frauds
on the Commercial Bank, 23; destruc-
tion of north wing of Crystal Palace in
storm of Feb. 21, 27; fall of spire of
Chichester Cathedral during same storm,
28; English officer killed by a bear at
Berne, 34; serious irruption of the
Bridgewater canal, 35; fearful earth-
quake in South America, destruction
of Mendoza and .15,000 people, 38;
earthquake in Italy, 40; Oxford and
Cambridge boat-race, 42; transfer of
the corpse of Napoleon to the tomb in
the Invalides, 45; great famine in
India, the Relief Fund, 45; Volun-
teer Reviews, field-days on Brighton
Downs and at Wimbledon, 47; the
Census, 50; the French Census, 55;
Census of the United States, 55; sale
of Mr. Uzielli's collections of gems, &c.,
58; inundations in Canada, 59; sale
of the Scarisbrick collection of pictures
and articles of vertù, 60; Epsom
races, 64; Ascot, 77; Goodwood, 136;
Doncaster, 174; missionary disaster in
Central Africa, 67; a romance stranger
than fiction, strange discovery of a
female corpse on the Rheineck, 70;
sale of pictures by the Old Masters,

71;
Blondin in England, his extraor-
dinary performances, 72; the building
strike, 75; fraud by an insurance
agent, 79; curious burial fraud, 79;
sale of the East India House, 80;
triple publication of The Times news-
paper, 81; sums amounting to 300,000l.

Miscellaneous-continued.

awarded as compensations in railway
accidents, 81; disaster to the Great
Eastern in a passenger voyage, 92;
extraordinary assault or attempt to
murder-case of the Baron de Vidil,
94; appearance of a fine comet, 99;
the Indian murderers, 100; descent of
the steamer Maid of the Mist down the
Niagara Rapids, 103; sale of pictures
by English Masters, 104; modern
French pictures, 104; sales of works
of art and vertù, 105; opening of the
Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens
at Kensington, 107; opening of the
new library of Harrow School, 113;
the National Rifle Association prize
meeting at Wimbledon, 114; the
Volunteer Review at Wimbledon, 117;
frightful encounter in Northumberland
street, Strand, 119; Indian Loan of
3,000,000l., 20; Indian Loan of
4,000,000l., 127; attempted assassi-
nation of the King of Prussia, 127;
mysterious tragedy at Clapham, 128;
two children convicted of wilful murder,
145; the Queen's Visit to Ireland,
153; autumnal residence of the Court
in Scotland, 170; extensive embezzle-
ments by a mercantile clerk, 164;
Birmingham Musical Festival, 167;
Hereford Musical Festival, 172; ro-
mance in real life-case of Richard
Guinness Hill, 175; frightful accident
at the Philadelphia Theatre, six ballet-
girls burnt to death, 184; infamous
outrage on a lady at Dublin, 186;
four persons suffocated by a lime-kiln,
200; suicide in a lighthouse, 200;
suicide of Viscount Forth, 201; H.M.S.
Warrior, successful trial of speed,
203; massacre of English colonists in
Queensland, 204; purchase of Shak-
speare's Gardens for the nation, 205;
explosion of a powder-mill at Ballin-
colig, 212; opening of the new library
of the Middle Temple by the Prince of
Wales, His Royal Highness made a
bencher, 214; volunteer reviews and
field-days in the autumn, 217; in-
vestiture of the Order of the Star of
India, 219; failure of the Bank of
Deposit, 222; the gorilla, specimens
brought to England by M, du Chaillu,
224; fall of houses in the High-street
of Edinburgh, 226; eruption of
Vesuvius, destruction of Torre del
Greco, 240; Death of H. R. H. the
Prince Consort, 247, his funeral, 261;
pedestrianism extraordinary; per-
formances of the Seneca Indian, Deer-

Miscellaneous-continued.

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of

foot, 265; return of railway accidents
during the year 1861, 270.
MURDERS :-triple murder in Sligo, 8;
execution of P. Lunnay, for murder of
James Cassidy at Dumbarton, 11;
military murders, their prevalence;
trial and execution of Hackett for
murdering his sergeant at Plymouth,
35; trial and execution of Masterton
for murder of his sergeant at Wool-
wich, 159; murder of Colonel Crofton
and Captain Hanham at the Fulwood
execution
barracks, trial and
McCaffery, 183; trial and execution for
the murder of Sergeant Dixon at Alder-
shot, 246; murder of Corporal Don-
nellan by Private Chadwick at Corfu,
265;
the Dundry murder, trial and
execution of the Wedmores for mur-
der of Sarah Waterman, 40; the Tal-
garth murder, trial and execution of W.
Williams for murder of Ann Williams,
42; mysterious murder and suicide at
Carlisle, 56; double infanticide and
suicide near Gateshead, 61; the Holy-
Edwards for
well murder, trial of
murder of her husband, 63; murders
in Ireland; of James and Robert
Shaw and others, 101; the Epworth
tragedy, triple infanticide, 118; the
Wisbeach murder, trial and execution
of Augustus Hilton for murder of his
129; the
guilty,"
wife, plea of
Ilkeston parricide, trial and execution
of George Smith for the murder of his
father, 133; the Kingston murder,
trial of Martha Bradish for murder of
her sister, 137; the Kingswood mur-
der, trial of Johann Carl Franz for
murder of Martha Halliday, 138;
trial of two children for wilful murder,
145; trial of Michael Doyle for at-
tempted murder, conviction and exe-
cution, 149; matricide and suicide
at Fen Ditton, 151; trial and exe-
cution of William Cogan for murder of
his wife in Holborn, 185; the West-
minster murder, trial of William Ma-
lony for murder of his wife-extra-
ordinary evidence, 190; murders and
cruelties at sea; trial of William Wil-
son, master of the Express, 195; the
Newcastle murder, trial of Clark for
murder of a tax-collector, 199; tragedy
at Dublin, trial of Molloy for murder
of his wife and two children, 225;
murder in Drury-court, trial of Richard
Reeve for murder of his sister, 228;
the Deptford murder, trial of George
Kitchen for murder of his sweetheart,

66

Murders-continued.

curious question of law, 230; murder
and suicide at Sheffield, 237; singular
trial for murder at Chester, 238; trial
and execution of J. Waller for the
murder of W. Smith, a gamekeeper at
Bingley, 254; trial of Brandrick,
Jones, and Maddox, for the murder of
John Bagott, at Bilston; execution of
Brandrick, 257; execution of Byard
Greenland for the murder of his uncle
at Frome, 260.

See also TRIALS AND LAW CASES and
LAW AND POLICE.

PARLIAMENT, THE :-Opened by the Queen
in Person, Her Majesty's Speech, [3];
in the Lords, address moved by the
Earl of Sefton, seconded by Lord
Lismore; speech of the Earl of Derby,
[4]; of Earl Granville, [8]; ad-
In the Commons,
dress agreed to.
address moved by Sir T. E. Colebrook,
seconded by Mr. Paget, [9]; Mr.
White moves to add a paragraph in
reference to Parliamentary Reform, [9];
speech of Mr. Disraeli, [10]; Lord
John Russell, [11]; Mr. Bright, [13];
amendment negatived, address agreed
to; on report, Mr. S. Fitzgerald refers
to the foreign policy of Ministers, Lord J.
Russell's vindication, [13]; Committees
appointed by both Houses in reference
to despatch of public business; altera-
tions adopted, [14]; votes of thanks to
Army and Navy in China, [15].

Death of the Duchess of Kent;
addresses of condolence to Her Majesty,
[20].

Members returned and sworn at the
Table during the Session, 503.

;-General
Parliamentary Reforms;
indifference in the country to the sub-
ject; the Government resolves to
postpone the question, [24]; attempts
of private members to introduce partial
reforms; Mr. Locke King's bill to
reduce the county franchise to £10;
debate on motion for leave, [25];
debate on second reading, [26]; Mr.
A. Smith moves the previous question;
speeches of Mr. Du Cane, Lord Henly,
Mr. Adderley, Sir G. Lewis, Mr. B.
Osborne, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Disraeli;
on division, second reading negatived
by majority of 19. Bill of Mr. Baines
for reducing the borough franchise to
£6, [28]; Mr. Cave moves the previous
question; speeches of Mr. Leatham,
Sir J. Ramsden; previous question
Mr. H.
negatived, and bill dropped.
Berkeley's annual motion on the Ballot

Parliament-continued.

negatived, [30]. Government intro-
duce bill to assign the four vacant seats
to the West Riding of Yorkshire,
South Lancashire, Chelsea and Kensing-
ton, and Birkenhead, [30]; Lord
Jermyn's motion to defer Committee
for six months, negatived, [31]; in
Committee, Colonel Dunne proposes to
assign one member to Cork county;
Mr. Bazley one to Salford; motions
negatived; Mr. Knightley moves to
omit the words which would constitute
Chelsea and Kensington a borough ;
amendment carried on division; Mr.
T. Duncombe moves to substitute
Barnsley; Mr. Knightley's motion to
give another member to Middlesex,
negatived, [33]; a member to Birken-
head agreed to; Mr. T. Duncombe
opposes the bill in toto, [33]. Mr.
Stirling brings forward the claims of
the Scotch Universities; Sir J. Graham
names the London University.
member is assigned to East Lancashire,
and the West Riding is divided, each
to return two members, [34]; bill
passes the Lords after discussion.
Novel proposition to facilitate elections
for the Universities by permitting
voting papers; long and interesting
discussion, [35]; the bill passes both
Commons and Lords after debate, [36].

Оце

Church Rates;- Bill of Sir J.
Trelawny for total abolition of church
rates, his speech, [37]; opposed by
Sir W. Heathcote; speeches of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, [38],
Mr. Bright, Mr. Disraeli, Lord J.
Russell, [39]; second reading carried
by majority of 15; suggestions of Mr.
Newdegate and Mr. Cross; struggle on
the third reading; Mr. S. Est-
court opposes the third reading; on
division the numbers (274) are
equal; the Speaker gives his casting
vote with the "Noes."

Finance ;-Annual financial state-
ment of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer; he proposes to remit 1d. of
the income-tax and the paper duty,
[45]; protracted debates on motion for
going into Committee; the Conserva-
tives strongly object to the repeal of
the paper duty; speeches of Mr.
Baring, [48]; Mr. Baxter, Mr. Dodson,
Mr. Bailie, Mr. W. Ewart, [49]; Mr.
Norris, Mr. Bentinck, [50]; Mr. S.
Fitzgerald, Mr. M. Gibson, [51]; Mr.
Moffatt, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Osborne,
[52], Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Horsman, [53];

Parliament-continued.

Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, [54]; Mr. Disraeli, [55];
House in Committee; the reduced In-
come-tax agreed to; Mr. Hubbard's
resolution to equalize income with ex-
penditure; the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's reply, [57]; debate on
the tea and sugar duties, [57]; the
other propositions are included in one
Ways and Means Bill; discussion on
the paper duty, [60]; on second
reading, a discussion is raised on this
mode of proceeding, particularly in re-
ference to the paper duty; powerful
speech of Sir James Graham, [60];
after long and important debate, second
reading carried; opposition revived
on motion for committee, [66]; Mr.
Newdegate's motion condemning pro-
ceeding by a single bill, [66]; debate
on clause repealing the paper duty,
which, after an animated discussion,
is carried by a majority of 15, [69];
in the Lords the bill raises a debate
on the financial measures of the Go-
vernment; speech of Earl Granville,
[70]; amendment moved by Duke of
Rutland; the Earl of Derby, con-
denining severely the course of the
Government, states his intention not
to oppose the bill, [71]; speeches of
Duke of Argyll, Earl Grey, Lord
Monteagle; the bill passed, [72].
Motion of Mr. Hubbard for an equi-
table arrangement of the Income and
Property-tax, [73]; Select Committee
appointed and reports unfavourably;
motion of Mr. Williams to assimilate
the probate duties on real and personal
estates; opposed by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and negatived, [74];
motion of Mr. Dodson respecting the
hop duties; opposed by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and negatived, [75];
motions of Mr. H. B. Sheridan re-
pecting fire insurances, negatived, [76];
Mr. A. Mills for a Select Committee
on Colonial Expenditure, agreed to,
[77].

Army and Navy ;-Improvements
in military administration and the
construction of ships of war; interest
in the subject in Parliament and in
public, [79]; Lord C. Paget proposes
the Navy Estimates; statement of the
naval strength of other Powers, [80];
iron-cased ships, the French Gloire
and the English Warrior [81]; re-
marks of Sir J. Pakington and Mr.
Baxter. Further explanation with re-

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