Haydon, Mr.-Criticism of his pictures, "The Banishment of Aristides," and "Nero at the Burning of Rome," 59; his melancholy suicide, 91; meeting on behalf of his family, 96
Ibrahim Pasha, visit of his Highness to
this country, his progress, 84 INDIA-The Sikhs retreat upon the Sut- lej after the battle of Ferozeshah, [355]; proclamation of the Governor-General to the protected States, [356]; opera- tions of Sir Harry Smith, opens com- munication with Loodiana after a severe skirmish, attacks and totally defeats the Sikhs at the brilliant battle of Aliwal, [357]; the Sikh forces concentrated in the entrenched camp at Sobraon are there attacked by the united British forces, and totally defeated, with im- mense slaughter, [360]; the British forces cross the Sutlej, proclamation of the Governor-General, [363]; the Sikh Government seeks peace, the rajah surrenders, terms of the peace, [365]; Lahore occupied, [366]; the definitive treaty, [368]; arrangements with Gholab Singh, [371]; rajah Lall Singh deposed, [371]
India-The overland mail of January,
16; of February, victories of Moodkee and Ferozeshah, 24; of March, 41; of March, battle of Aliwal, 52; of March, battle of Sobraon, 57; prayer of thanksgiving for these victories, 61; the British army enter Lahore, surrender of the Maharajah, 65
Ireland Addresses to the Queen respect- ing the failure of the potato crop, from London and Dublin, 2; murder of Mr. Carrick at Ennis, 50; fatal affray at Bird Hill, Tipperary, 76; state of, 119; poisoning in Kildare, 124; failure of the potato crop, 132; great disturb- ances in, 147; conflict between the police and whiteboys, 169; disturb. ed state of, 170; sale of fire-arms, 196
ITALY-See PAPAL STATES
Law and Police-Trial of two waiters for robbery at the Trafalgar Hotel, 5; trial of Thomas Smith and Anne Jones for a robbery at Camberwell, 9; fees to barristers' clerks, judgment of Lord Langdale, 15; of Bryan Seery at Mul- lingar, 19; theatrical engagements, Grant v. Maddox, 23; trial of Captain Johnstone of the Tory, 26; trial of Mr. Pym, the Gosport duel, 42; of Mar- garet Stoker for infanticide, 43; of
Law and Police-continued.
Elizabeth Butcher for infanticide, 45; of Mary Goodall for procuring abor- tion, at Nottingham, 48; Pemberton v. Collins, slander, 56; extraordinary trial for bigamy at Dublin, Regina v. Mary Anne Scott, 63; homicide in Drury-lane, 66; illegal marriages of a Roman Catholic and a Protestant by a Roman Catholic clergyman, 70; out- rage in Pear-street, Westminster, 74; poisonings at Runcorn, 75; trial of Lieutenant Hawkey, the Gosport duel, 109; law of Life Assurance, 116; trial of Henri, the regicide, 122; poisoning in Kildare, 124; selling poisonous berries, death of two persons, 126; extraordinary forgery, examination of Captain Richardson, 128; suicide of Colonel Thornton, charged with for- gery, 131; forgery of railway scrip, 140; forged notes, 153; manslaughter in Spitalfields, 158; robbery by two men in women's clothes, 172; a boy thrown from the gallery of the Totten- ham-street Theatre, 192
LAW CASES-Trial of Lecomte for an attempt to assassinate the King of the French, 334; marriage with a deceased wife's sister, trial of John Chadwick for bigamy, 341; Mary Elizabeth Smith v. Earl Ferrers, breach of promise of marriage, 349; trial of Samuel Yar- ham for murder at Yarmouth, 363; the Berwick Bank robbery, trial of Mrs. Thomson, 371
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 423 MEXICO-Revolutionary movement, Ge- neral Herrera resigns, and General Paredes succeeds to the Presidency, [347]; the American Minister quits Mexico, and war declared, [347]; Santa Anna exiled at Havanna, the Americans invade Mexico, take Mata- moras, and defeat the Mexicans at Pala Alto, [348]; take Monterey after a desperate resistance, [349]; Santa Anna recalled, and resumes the Presi- dency, his manifesto, [349]; progress of the American arms, [350] Mexico, The war in-battle of Palo Alto, 87 MINISTRY, list of the, as it stood at Sir R. Peel's resignation, 205; as formed by Lord John Russell, 206 MISCELLANEOUS-Floods in Wales, 2; addresses to her Majesty from the Cor- porations of London and Dublin, 2; military rewards-the new regulations
4; the railway mania, its height, 10; its fall, 53; list of subscribers to rail- ways under 2,0002, 11; rating of Prince Albert's farm, 12; extraordinary mor- tality in a family, 13; fees to barristers' clerks, judgment of Lord Langdale, 15; antiquities under Covent-garden market, 16; siege operations at Chat- ham, 17; fatal affray with poachers at Saltram, 18; fluctuations of the funds, 22; the electrical girl, 23; railway deposits, 30; Westminster election, 35; South Notts' election, 35; Prince Wal- demar of Prussia at Ferozeshah, 38; action by Belany, at Newcastle, 39; Nottingham election, 41; Bridport election, 45; our wooden walls, the Bellerophon and the Calcutta, 47; General Tom Thumb, 30; Sir Harry Smith, sketch of the services of, 52; fanaticism," the unknown tongues," 54; marriage in Hanover, 55; Oxford and Cambridge boat race, 58; inge- nious smuggling, 59; Mr. Haydon's pictures, 59; prayer of thanksgiving for the victories in India, 61; eruptions of Mount Hecla, 69; Falkirk election, 69; clandestine marriage of Lady Anna Grenville, 71; shocking tragedy at Battersea Bridge, 72; Royal Aca- demy exhibition, 73; sale of the Duval collection of pictures, 76; escape of Prince Louis Napoleon from Ham, 79; Epsom races, 80; the Saltmarshe gal- lery of pictures, 83; visit of Ibrahim Pasha, 84; Ascot races, 86; sale of the Upcott manuscripts, 90; thunder storms, 97; resignation of Sir Robert Peel, 98; the Öregon settlement, 98; grand review in Hyde Park, 99; the re-elections, 103; extraordinary flight of butterflies, 105; flogging in the army, 105; troop ship in a hurricane, 113; christening of the infant princess, 113; attempt of Henri to assassinate the King of the French, 113; Good- wood races, 113; Prince Albert's visit to Liverpool, 114; great hail storm in London, immense damage, 114; de- structive flood at Bristol, 117; decay of Westminster Bridge, 118; earth- quakes at Leghorn, 119; inauguration of the Scott monument, 119; union of the Rhine and the Danube by the Ludwig's Canal, 128; progress of com- mercial reform among foreign states, 132; address to Sir R. Peel from Elbing, 133; fatal poaching affray near Newton Abbott, 135; Doncaster races, 138; election of Lord Mayor, 144;
Miscellaneous-continued.
the Wellington statue placed on the arch at Hyde Park Corner, 144; form of prayer in this time of scarcity, 145; Borneo, attack on the pirates, 146; hurricane at the Havannah, 154; ex- traordinary occurrence in a railway carriage, 155; the Caucasus, defeat of the Russians, 160; disastrous storms, 160; gallant rescue of the crew of a French ship, 161; model dwelling for the working classes, 165; violent gales, several wrecks, 177; railway compen- sation, 5001. for a broken leg, 179; a runaway locomotive, 179; extraordi- nary affair at Nottingham, a dead child sent in a basket, 181; experiments with Captain Warner's long range, 182; the proctors of Cambridge, 184; the financial crisis of 1839, the Bank of England and the Bank of France, 186; hurricane at Genoa, 189; the sub- marine telegraph at Portsmouth, 191; the weather, several persons frozen to death, 193; law of copyright, the Ency lopædia Britannica, 196; use of æther in surgery, 199; court-mar- tial, loss of H. M. S. Osprey, 200; the weather, 202; discovery of gun cotton, 203
Monte Videc-Gallant action between the English and the French squadron, and Rosas' batteries, 21; continuance of the blockade by the Buenos Ayreans, intervention of the English and French Governments, [352]; mediation fails, gallant action between the batteries of Rosas and the combined squadron at Puente Obligado, [353]; account of the action with the batteries, 21 Mortality, table of, 423 Murders-Of Helen Stark, and suicide of the murderer, 31; of James Bostock, in Drury Lane, 32; of his children, by M. Horeau, and suicide, 34; of Mr. Carrick, at Ennis, 50; in Drury Lane, 66; shocking tragedy at Battersea Bridge, 72; poisonings at Runcorn, 75; wholesale poisonings in Norfolk, 77; murder and suicide in Widegate Street, Whitechapel, 83; of a police- man, at Dagenham, 101; at the Guild- hall Coffee House, 120; at Chester- field, 136; at Little Benton, 151; of his wife and servant, by Mr. O'Grady, in Limerick, 167; shocking murder and suicide in the Thames, 195
NEW ZEALAND-General dissatisfaction caused by the government of Captain Fitzroy, [386]; he is displaced and
succeeded by Captain Grey, his speech to the Legislative Council, [387]; operations against the native rebel chiefs, singular capture of Heki's pah, [389]; the natives submit, [390] New Zealand, the war in; capture of Heki's pah, 87
NOVA SCOTIA-Speech of Lord Falk- land on opening the Legislative Ses- sion, [381]; and at its close, [382]
PAPAL STATES, THE-Death of Pope Gregory XVI., election of Cardinal Mastei Ferretti (Pius IX.), [298]; the new Pope proclaims an amnesty for political offenders, [299]; great popu- larity of the new Pontiff, [299] PARLIAMENT - Sudden break up of Sir
R. Peel's Government; its causes, the failure of the potato crop, and conse- quent removal of the Corn Laws, [2]; Lord John Russell receives Her Ma- jesty's command to form a Ministry, but fails, and Sir R. Peel resumes of- fice as an opponent of the Corn Laws, [3]; examination of his motives, [3]; Parliament opened by Her Majesty ; Her speech from the Throne, [4]; in the Lords, address moved by Lord Howe, and seconded by Lord De Ros, and adopted, [6]; the Duke of Rich- mond originates a discussion on the conduct of Government; he is fol- lowed by the Duke of Wellington, Lord Stanley, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham, and others, [6]; in the Commons, Lord F. Egerton
moves, and Mr. B. Denison seconds, the address, [8]; Sir R. Peel enters into a long explanation of his views and motives, and of the transactions attending his resignation, [9]; Lord John Russell makes a similar state- ment, [15]; Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Miles make a severe attack on Sir R. Peel's conduct, [22]; address carried without a division, [23]; Ministerial explanation in the House of Lords by the Duke of Wellington, [23]; the Marquis of Lansdowne announces his abandonment of a fixed duty, [26]
The Corn Bill-Sir R. Peel unfolds his scheme of commercial and financial policy, [29]; its reception by the House, [36]; on motion for commit- tee, Mr. P. Miles moves that the House go into committee that day six months, [37]; a debate of twelve nights fol- lows, forty-eight members speaking against, and fifty-five in favour of, the VOL. LXXXVIII.
Parliament-continued.
amendment; digest of the principal speeches; amendment rejected by 337 against 240, [68]; House in commit- tee, Mr. Villiers moves the total abo- lition of the corn duties, [69]; rejected by a large majority, [72]; further dis- cussions, [72]; the second reading oc- casions a four nights' debate, [72]; Sir R. Peel's reply to attacks made on him, [73]; carried by 302 to 214, [74]; further discussions, House in committee, Lord G. Bentinck's amendment, [74]; on the bringing up of the report, [75]; the third reading carried by 327 to 229, [76]; debate upon the Corn Bill in the House of Lords; the Earl of Ripon moves the second reading, [77]; the Duke of Richmond moves that it be read a second time that day six months, [78]; debate; second reading carried by 211 to 164, [94]; House in com- mittee; amendment of the Duke of Buckingham, [94]; of the Earl of Wicklow, [95]; the Report, amend- ment of Lord Ashburton, [96]; the third reading carried without a division, [97]
The Customs' Duties Bill-Discus- sions on various articles of the new Tariff, [100]; hops, silks, [100]; fo- reign spirits, [105]; live animals, [105]; timber, [107]; the third read- ing; amendment of Lord George Bentinck, [111]; amendment with- drawn, and Bill passed, [114]; debate on the second reading in the House of Lords, [114]; the Duke of Richmond moves that the silk-weavers be heard by counsel at the bar, [116]; in com- mittee, Lord Stanley attacks the Bill generally, various clauses carried, [118]; Duke of Richmond moves the omission of the silk duties clause, [118]; Bill read a third time, [119]
The Budget-The Chancellor of the Exchequer makes his financial state- ment, [119]; remarked upon by va- rious Members, [122]
Ireland-Murders and outrages in that country, [123]; the Earl of St. Germans introduces the Protection for Life Bill, which passes, with amend- ments, [123-127]; received in the Commons with determined opposition, [127]; motion for leave carried, [129]; Sir James Graham moves the first reading, [130]; a fierce discussion of several nights ensues; Bill carried by majority of 149, [135]; the second 2 K
reading moved; protracted discussion digest of speeches, [135 to 152]; on the division, the Government de- feated by a majority of 73, [152]; re- markable coincidence, that the Corn Bill passes the Lords, the news of the Oregon Treaty, and the destruc- tion of the Ministry occur on the same day, [152]; Sir R. Peel and his colleagues resign, [152]; Sir R. Peel's speech on announcing his resig- nation, [153]
Formation of Lord John Russell's Ministry, [161]; their intended policy, and discussion thereon, [162 to 167]; the Sugar Duties, Lord J. Russell pro- poses a plan for a permanent settle- ment, [167]; amendment of Lord George Bentinck, and debate, [173]; resolutions carried by a large majority, [185]; debate on the first reading in the Lords, [185]; Lord Stanley moves an amendment, [187]; first reading car- ried, [191]; second reading opposed by the bishops of Oxford and London, but carried, [191]
The Arms Bill (Ireland) adopted by Lord J. Russell, [193]; great dissatis- faction, and long discussion, [194]; second reading carried, but Lord John Russell announces the abandonment of the Bill, [197]; discussions arising from the failure of the potato crop in Ireland; Lord J. Russell proposes the Public Works Bill, [198]; discussion in the Lords, [200]; further legisla- lative measures, [202]; flogging in the army. Capt. Layard moves an ad- dress on the subject, [203]; a limiting order issued by the Commander-in- Chief, [205]; Dr. Bowring's motion for total abolition of the practice, and debate, [207]; motion rejected, [209]; statement of the Duke of Wellington in, the House of Lords, [209]; occu- pation of Cracow; Lord Beaumont moves for papers; speeches of the mar- quis of Lansdowne, and others, [210]; Mr. Hume makes a similar motion in the Commons, debate, [212]; Sees of St. Asaph and Bangor; Earl Powis brings in a Bill, [213]; debate on the second reading, which is carried, [216]; Bill withdrawn, [216]; the Poor Laws, the Law of Settlement, [217]; Local Courts Bill, [217]; Parliament pro- rogued by commission; the Lord Com- missioners' speech, [217] PATENTS, List of, 472 POETRY, 477
POLAND - Insurrection in Silesia, and massacres in the Circle of Tarnow, [304]; organized in Cracow, where a provisional government is formed, and the city is consequently occupied by the Austrians, [304]; and by the Russians and Prussians, [305]; edict of the Em- peror of Austria annexing Cracow to the Imperial dominions, [305]; city taken possession of by Count Castig- lione, his manifesto announcing the determination of the three Powers - extinction of the last remnant of Polish nationality, [307]
Pope, death of his Holiness Pope Gre- gory XVI., 86; election of Cardinal Mastei (Pius IX.), 90
PORTUGAL The Cortes opened by a royal speech, [294]; insurrection in the Upper Minho, [295]; the Cabral Ministry dissolved; extraordinary con- vocation of the Grand Cortes; suspen- sion of cash payments by the Bank of Lisbon, [296]; ministry of the Duke of Palmella, [296]; ministry of the Marquis of Saldanha, [297]; exten- sion of the civil war, and rebels defeated at Viana; Sà da Bandiera near Chaves, [297]; the Duke de Palmella takes re- fuge on board an English man-of-war, [298]
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS-Finance Accounts for the year 1846, 376; list of public and general Acts passed during Session 1846, 395; local and personal Acts, 399; private Acts printed, 417; prices of stock, 421; average prices of corn, hay, straw, clover, and butchers' meat, 422; tables of mortality, bankrupts, and meteorology, 423; University honours, Oxford, 424; Cambridge, 426; tables of the Corn and Customs' Duties, 428; the broad and narrow gauge; extracts from the Report of the Commissioners, 435
QUEEN, THE-Addresses to, from the Corporations of London and Dublin, 2; birth of a princess, 78; christening of the Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, 113; visits the Channel Islands, and Cornwall, 121; visits the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield, 162; visits the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel, 181
Railways The railway mania, its rise, 10; its fall, 53; railway subscribers under 2000., list of, 11; railway deposits, 30; 500 damages awarded to Mr. Shillibeer for a broken leg, 179
Scotland, destitution in, 198
SHERIFFS for the year 1846, 207 Shipwrecks-Of the Cataraqui, four hun- dred lives lost, 25; of the Bencoolen, 31; of the Great Liverpool, 36; collision, the Waterwitch, 58; of the Mary, 60; collision in the Mersey, awful loss of life; the Sea Nymph and the Rambler, 81; stranding of the Great Britain, 139; three steamers on shore together, 167; of the Cape Packet and massacre of the crew, 168; collisions of the Albion and the City of London, steamer, and the Duke of Clarence and an American bark, 174; the Sceptre, Jessie, Tor- rance, Ajax, steamer, Newcastle, steam- er, Sea Lark, and many other vessels damaged during violent gales, 177; collision of the Sultana and Maria, steamers, on the Mississippi, many lives lost, 177; the Atlantic, steamer, of New York, forty lives lost, 178; the barque Hope, and dreadful sufferings of the crew, 190; loss of H. M. S. Osprey, and court-martial on the offi- cers and crew, 200
Smith, Sir Harry, sketch of the services of, 52
SPAIN Question of the Queen's mar- riage, [270]; debates in the Senate on the address; dissensions with the Papal See, [271]; speech of Signor Calde- ron, [273]; contests for the Queen's hand; manifesto of Don Enrique, he is obliged to quit Spain, [275]; resigna- tion of General Narvaez; unsuccessful attempts to form a ministry by M. de Viluma, and De Miraflores, [277]; the latter overthrown, and General Nar- vaez resumes office; his arbitrary pro- ceedings, [279]; decree suspending the liberty of the press, [279]; break up of the Narvaez ministry, [282]; revo- lutionary movements in Galicia sup- pressed, [283]; the question of the
Queen's marriage discussed by the Ca- binets of France and England, [283]; notes of the different parties-the Bri- tish Government plead the Treaty of Utrecht, [285]; arrangement that the Queen shall marry Don Francisco d'Assis, and the Infanta Louisa the Duc de Montpensier, [286]; manifesto of the Count de Montemolin, son of Don Carlos, [287]; solemnization of the marriages at the same time, [289]; the Duc and Duchess de Montpensier depart for Paris, [290]; the Isturitz Ministry broken up, [291]; opening of the new Cortes, and Speech from the Throne, [291]
STATE PAPER-Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of
America, for the settlement of the Oregon Boundary, 453 STOCKS-Table of the lowest and highest prices for each month, 421
TURKEY- Massacre of the Nestorians; the plague in Asia, 180
UNITED STATES-Discussions in the Se- nate on the Oregon Question; speeches of Messrs. Hannegan, Colquitt, Dix and Benton, [309]; effect of the Queen's Speech on the debates in Congress; speeches of Messrs. Dayton, Allan, and Cass, [312]; "joint resolutions" pro- posed by Mr. Colquitt; speeches of Mr. Webster and Crittenden, [313]; resolutions for giving notice to put an end to the joint occupation of the ter- ritory, passed by the House of Repre- sentatives, [314]; substituted resolu- tion adopted by the Senate, [315]; special message of the President recom- mending increased military prepara- tions, [315]; debate in the Senate on the Oregon question; speeches of Messrs. Heywood, Hannegan, and Cal- houn, [316]; resolution moved by Mr. Clayton; speeches of Messrs. Webster, Cass, Benton, and Hanne- gan, [320]; resolution carried in the Senate authorizing the President to give notice of the termination of the joint occupancy if he think proper, [324 to 326]; a Bill passed for the occupation of the Oregon Territory, [326]; amicable compromise of the question offered by Lord Aberdeen, and accepted by the Senate and Pre- sident, [327]; war declared against Mexico, [326]; New Tariff Bill,
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