Fire-damp, explosions from, 22, 32
Fires at Sheerness, 2; at Newcastle,
16; Rendlesham House, destroyed,
20; Argyll Rooms, 21; English
Opera House, 24; a baker's in Fet-
ter-lane, 59; very extensive fire in
Bartholomew Close, 134

Fishing, Davis' Straits', loss of vessels
employed in, 152

Floods, in Enniskillen, 141

Forgery, bill for altering the laws rela-
tive to, and limiting capital punish-
ments, 116

Fortune-teller, one committed to prison,
4

Franchises, proposed transfer of, from
boroughs to larger towns, [91]
France: the revolution at Paris, [144];
opposition to the ministry, [166];
violence of the Globe, and other po-
pular journals, [167]; the king's
speech at the opening of the Cham-
bers, [168]; energy of the opposi-
tion, [170]; despotic measures, and a
change of the electoral system recom-
mended, ib.; address for a change of
ministers, [171]; the Chamber pro-
rogued, [173]; expedition against
Algiers, [174]; dissolution of the
Chamber of Deputies, and prepara-
tions for elections, [175]; royal pro-
clamation relative to the elections,
[177]; their results decidedly unfa-
vourable to ministers, [179]; me-
morial of the ministers against the
press, [180]; the constitution super-
seded by three ordinances, [182]; no
preparations to put down an insur-
rection, [184]; resistance of the jour-
nals to the ordinances, [185]; com-
mencement of the revolution at Paris,
[186] (see Paris); effort on the part
of the deputies to put a stop to the
contest at Paris, [197]; they name a
provisional government, after the
cessation of hostilities, [204]; the
king recalls the ordinances, and dis-
misses the ministers, [205]; the duke
of Orleans made lieutenant-general of
the kingdom, ib.; Charles abdicates
in favour of the duke of Bordeaux,
[208]; quits the kingdom, [209]; the
session opened by the duke of Orleans,
ib.; dissatisfaction at the limited
amendments of the charter, [210];
alterations in ditto, [212]; the duke

of Orleans sworn in as king, [216];
the new ministry, ib.; effect of the
revolution on the funds, [218]; weak-
ness of the government, and dissen-
sions in the cabinet, [219]; and
changes, [220]; Polignac, Peyronnet,
&c., apprehended, [221]; accused of
high treason, [222]; their trials, [224],
435; articles of the penal code, on
which the impeachment is founded,
[226] note; violence of the mob, who
demand their deaths, [228]; they are
removed to Vincennes, [231]; part
taken by the students in political
affairs, ib.; changes in the cabinet,
[233]; Lafayette's resignation, ib.;
expedition against Algiers, [234]; its
disembarkation, [235]; commence.
ment of the siege, [236]; the Dey
capitulates, [237]; revolt of the bey
of Titery, who is subdued by general
Clausel, [238]; diminution of the
produce of the taxes, 155; trial of the
president, &c. of the Society of the
Friends of the People, 156; their
sentence communicated to the ex-
ministers, 213; report of the minis-
ters, 361; the ordinances of July 25th,
366

French army, 522

522

colonies, statistical account of,

electors, classes of, 522
Friends of the People, Society of, at
Paris, 156

Funerals: sir Thomas Lawrence's, 11;
George IV's, 110; Mr. Huskisson's,
147

Gavaston on Dartmoor, poem, 526
Genlis, madame de, death of, 286
George IV: his last illness, [131];
death, [132]; character, ib.; his
reign, [133]; post mortem examina-
tion of his body, 97; its lying in state,
109; the funeral, 110

Germany. See Brunswick, Baden, Ba
varia, Hamburgh, Saxony

Giraffe, death of the one at Windsor, 57
Goderich, lord, opposes lord Stanhope's
motion for a committee, &c. on the
state of the country, [23]; recom-
mends a different banking system,
[24]; and a reduction of taxes, ib.
Graham, sir James, his motion for a
reduction of salaries of public officers,
[32]; for abolishing the salary of the
Treasurer of the Navy, [55]
Graves, lord, death of, 251
Gray's Inn, trial deciding it to be extra-
parochial, 201

Greece its provinces taken from Tur-
key, and its boundaries fixed, [300];
the sovereignty offered, first to prince
John of Saxony, afterwards to prince
Leopold of Cobourg, ib.; confer-
ence to adjust the terms, [304];
Leopold ultimately declines the offer,
[305]; documents relative to it, 389;
observations of the senate
on the
protocol signed at London, 396
Grey, earl, his motion for a bill appoint-
ing a regency, [135]; his comments
on the royal speech at the opening of
the new parliament, [153]; made
premier, [163]; list of the new mi-
nistry, [164]

Grimaldi, artist, death of, 264

Guinea, New, Dutch settlement at, 511

Halhed, N. B. death of, 252
Hamburg, insurrection at, [279]
Harvey, admiral sir Eliab, death of, 252
Hazlitt, W., death of, 272
Heginbottom, Mr., attempt to murder
him, by a box filled with gunpowder,
88

Helsham, capt., trial of, for killing lieut.
Crowther, 162

Henley, lord, death of, 279
Hesse Cassel: insurrection, [278]; the
custom-house destroyed, [279]; the
elector frames a constitution, ib.
Holland, see Netherlands: Belgium
disunited from it, [260]; little con-
cern expressed by the public, [273];
successes of the Dutch in Java, and
capture of Diepo Negoro, ib.
House of Commons, list of members re-
turned for, 217

Hume, Mr., proposes a reduction of the
military and naval establishments,
[38]; moves for a specific reduction,
[42]

Hunter, sir C. S., his statement relative
to guarding the city, on the occasion
of their majesties' visit, 188
Huskisson, Mr., he supports the motion
for an amendment to the address, in
opposition to ministers, [14]; sup-
ports the motion for the transfer of
elective franchises, [91]; his last
speech, on parliamentary reform,
[103]; his death, at the opening of
the Manchester Rail-way, 144; ac-
count of his early life, 487
Hydrophobia, instances of: W. Charles,
77; Mikania Guaco, newly discovered
antidote for, 78; several cases of, in
London, 86; death of capt. Gillam,
95; girl at Kilnelag, 102; C. Norton,
ib.; Miss M'Clure, 150

Jews bill to repeal their civil dis-
abilities, [109]; their priests to re-
ceive salaries from the government,
in France, [212]

Inquests: Miss Charlotte Both, 2; right
hon. G. Tierney, 13; Mr. W. E.
Tooke, 14; Eliza Jones, starved to
death, 25; Elizabeth Francis, and
Susan Peters, 49; Francis Monk, 63;
W. Charles, hydrophobia, 77; on
some bones, dug up in Winchester-
row, 82; A. Mackay, killed in a prize-
fight, 87; Mrs. Knowles, 94; B.
Bailey, 96; C. Norton, hydrophobia,
102; Miss Guillott, suicide, 139; G.
Shooter, and his son, 142; lieut. E. J.
Jones, 161

Insurance on lives, important case rela-
tive to, 66

Insurrections: at Brunswick, [275];
Leipzig, [277]; Dresden, ib.; Hesse
Cassel, [278]; Hamburgh, [279];
Berne, [281]; Basle, [282]; Poland,

ib.

Ireland: address for removal of the
judge of the high court of admiralty,
[127]; disturbed state of, [147]; the
Anti-union association, [148]; con-
spiracy to murder G. B. Low, esq.,
&c., at Doneraile, 47; escape of nine
female convicts from Limerick gaol,
77; riot at Limerick, 91; floods in
Enniskillen, 141; the Anti-union
association, 174; the lord chancellor's
farewell to the bar, 207; the marquis
of Anglesey's arrival at Dublin, as
lord lieutenant, 208; his proclamation
against a procession of the Trades,
209; O'Connell's address to the
Trades, 211

Irving, rev. Mr., his withdrawal from

the Scotch Presbytery, London, 171
Italy death of Pius VIII, [299]; of
Francis I of Naples, ib.

Judges: cases justifying their removal,
[129]; the jurisdiction of the Welsh
judges united to that of the English,
[130]; the number of the latter in-
creased, ib.

v. Edgar, tailor's bill, 27; Hulford v.
Rymer, &c., life insurances, 66;
Burghart v. Slark, responsibility of
coach offices, 84; Langdon v. Hunt-
ingtower, libel, 128; Kelsall v. Mack-
worth, bill of exchange, 182; Selby
v. Bardons, &c., exemption of Gray's
Inn from parochial rates, 201
Lawrence, sir Thomas, his funeral, 11;
memoir of, 479

Leather, tax on, abolished, [78]
Leipzig, insurrection at, [277]
Leopold, prince, the sovereignty of
Greece offered to, [300]; letter of
lord Aberdeen to, on the subject, and
his reply, ib. note; writes to Capo
d'Istrias, to announce his acceptance
of the crown of Greece, but afterwards
declines it, [306]: letters to him from
Capo d'Istrias, 389

Libel, law of, bill for amending and
mitigating, [126]

Libels: proceedings against the Morn-
ing Journal, for sundry libels on the
king, &c., [3]; judgment on Alex-
ander, the editor, &c., for, 21; Ward
and Soames v. Smith, 59; Clements
v. Flanagan, libel on a schoolmaster,
68; list of prosecutions for libe! dur-
ing the two last reigns, 93; Manning
v. Clement, libel in Bell's Life in
London,' 194

Life-insurances, decision relative to, 66;
case relative to, tried in the House
of Lords, 107

Light-house, new one, on the island of
Wangeroog, 184

Limerick, escape of nine female convicts
from the gaol of, 77; riot at, 91
Lists: Ministers, &c., 215

House of Commons, 217
Sheriffs, 221

Births, 222

Machinery, not the cause of the distress
among the manufacturing classes,
[22]
Mackintosh, Sir J., introduces a clause
into the forgery bill, [117]
Majendie, rev. Dr., death of, 267
Manchester: violent thunderstorm at,
55; riot at, 122; opening of the
railway at, and death of Mr. Huskis-
son, 144; average number of pas-
sengers per day, 148; accident on the
railway, 205

Manning's stomachie bitters, composi-
tion of, 195

Marmont, his irresolution and unskil-

fulness in opposing the populace at
Paris, [198]; his feelings not in uni-
son with the cause, [200] note
Matrimonial agency business at Paris,
69

Maryborough, lord, his house robbed of
a quantity of jewellery, 85
Manufacturing population, report on,
351
Medical students, improved regulations
relative to, 151

Mer de Glace, Switzerland, description
of, 498

Meteorology, a mock sun, 22
Mexico: revolution in, [318]; Guerrero,
the president, resigns, ib.; Basta-
mente's revolt, [319]; provisional
government formed, [320]; a federal
constitution opposed by the province
of Yucatan, ib.

Miguel, Don. See Portugal
Military establishment, proposed re-

duction of, [38]; colonial ditto, [42]
Military events of the late French Re-
volution, character of, [195] note
Milwood, J., his numerous bequests to
public charities, 273

Mina, general, chosen leader of the
Spanish refugees who invade Spain,
[291]; his dangers and narrow escapes
after the retreat of the refugees into
France, [294]; his proclamation, 378
Ministers, French, their trials, [224],
435; their report to the king, 361
Ministry: state of parties at the be-
ginning of the year, and connection
between the ministry and the whigs,
[1]; lists of the two ministries, 215
Moir, capt., trial of, for murder of W.
Malcolm, 344

Montrose, accident on the suspension
bridge at, 39

Morland, sir Scrope B., death of, 260
Morning Journal, ex officio informations
against, for libels on the king, duke
of Wellington, &c., [3]

Moscow, description of, 490
Murders: discovery relative to the cir-
cumstances of the murder of the rev.
Mr. Parker, of Oddingley, 16; death
of W. Rance, occasioned by violent
arrest, 28; Mary Frankland killed by
her husband, 30; Catherine Bemin,
shot by her lover, 31; Ann Cook,
thrown down a pit by M. Toll, 33;
John Connell, murdered by his wife
and her paramour, 39; Nathaniel
Smith, ditto ditto 40; Grace Cudmore,
poisoned by her husband, 43; Rachel
Crossley, by W. Shaw, 50; attempt
to murder G. Wheildon, esq., a ma-
gistrate, 75; a soldier accuses himself
of committing a murder at Walworth,
99; W. Winney, a convict at Ports-
mouth, 117; Jeremiah Brennan, 129;
Jane Whillett, 134; Long, a police-
man, 148; Catharine Franks and her
daughter, 316; rev. Mr. Parker and
his murderer, R. Hemming, 325;
Joan Turner, 334; W. Malcolm, by
captain Moir, 344.

Mutiny on board the Cyprus convict
ship, 168; the Inglis, East Indiaman,
179

Naples: death of Francis I., and acces-

sion of Ferdinand II, [299], 277
Nation, the state of, lord Stanhope's
motion for an inquiry into, [20]
Navy, treasurer of, motion for abolish-
ing the salary, [55]

Netherlands: discontent of the Bel-
gians and their jealousy of the Dutch,
[241]; concessions on the part of the
king, [242]; Belgic ministers dis-
missed, [243]; popular subscriptions
for them, ib.; prosecution against de
Potter, [244]; king's speech at the
close of the session, [246]; com-
mencement of the revolution at Brus-
sels, [247]; the mob repulsed by the
burgher guards, [248]; demands of
the citizens, [249]; approach of the
troops, .; arrival of the prince of
Orange and prince Frederick at Brus-
sels, [250]; demand for the dissolu-
tion between Holland and Belgium,
[252]; a provisional government form-
ed, [254]; revolt of Liege, ib.; meet-
ing of the states general, ib.; en-
counters between the troops and the
mob at Brussels, [258]; retreat of
the former, [259]; separation of Bel-
gium from Holland, [260]; the ad-
ministration of the southern provinces
intrusted to the prince of Orange,
[261]; the provisional government

refuses to treat with him, ib.; á na-
tional congress convoked; [262];
insurrections in various Belgian towns
and garrisons, [263]; the prince de-
clares the Belgians independent; ib.;
Antwerp taken by the insurgent army
[265]; interference of the allied court,
who obtain an armistice, [266]; na-
tional congress held at Brussels,
[268]; decides in favour of a mo-
narchy, [269]; the house of Orange-
Nassan excluded, [270]; the new
constitution, [272]; speech of the
king at the opening of the extraordi-
nary session of the states-general, 379
Newark, petition from the electors of,
[95]

Newcastle, destructive fire at, 16
Newcastle, duke of, petition of the elec-
tors at Newark, against, for interfering
in the election, [94]
Newspapers, comparative proportion of,
in England and America, 523
Nisbet, captain, death of, 275
Normandy, burnings in, 176

Obituary: major-gen. D. Stewart, 242;
J. H. Haycock, architect, 243;
queen dowager of Portugal, ib.; rev.
Stephen Weston, ib.; bishop Sand-
ford, 245; Arthur Clifford, ib.; bishop
of St. Asaph, (Luxmoore), 246; right
hon. George Tierney, ib.; W. Eyton
Tooke, 249; lord Graves, 251; N.
B. Halhed, 252; admiral sir Eliab
Harvey, ib; Benincani, sculptress,
254; Dr. Schulz, ib.; Lampi, painter,
ib.; Van Sömmering, 255; marquis
de Lally-Tolendal, ib.; Douglas Kin-
naird, 256; sir R. T. Farquhar, 257;
Dr. Anderson, ib. ; professor Rahbek,
ib.; major Rennell, 258; marshal
Gouvion St. Cyr, 259; card. della
Somaglia, ib. R. Chenevix, ib.; ma-
dame Bilderdijk, 260; sir S. B.
Morland, ib.; sir Rob. Peel, 261; Dr.
Lawrence Brown, 262, F. Winsor,
263; viscount Kilwarden, ib.; W.
Grimaldi, artist, 264; Dr. Hamilton,
ib.; sir Lucas Pepys, 265; rev. Dr.
Phelan, 266; W. Price, ib.; Barry-
more, actor, 267; rev. Dr. Majendie,
ib.; gen. Boigne, 268; rev. Revett
Sheppard, 269; duke of Anhalt Coe-
then, ib.; prince de Condé, 270; gen.
Sucre, 271; W. Hazlitt, 272; J. Mil-
ward, 273; duke of Atholl, ib; lord
Blantyre, 274; captain Nisbet, 275
earl of Ashburnham, 277; sir Rob
Wigram, ib.; king of Naples, ib.
archdeacon Parkinson, 278; J. Crow-

der, 279; lord Henley, ib.; madame
de Genlis, 289
O'Connell, his addresses to the Irish
people, 174; proposes in parliament
the vote by ballot, [94], together with
triennial parliaments and universal
suffrage, [105]

O'Grady, Mr., killed in a duel, by cap.
Smith, 137

Opera House, English, burnt down, 24
Ordinances, of the king of France, 367
Ordnance, lieut.-gen. of, motion for
abolishing the salary of, [60]
Orleans, duke of, named lieut.-gen. of
France, by the deputies, [205]; opens
the session of the chambers, [208];
declared king, [214]; his first speech,
[216]; his speech as lieut.-general,
375

Otmoor, disturbances at, 141

Paris breaking out of the revolution,
[185]; inefficiency of the military
force, [187]; supineness of the govern-
ment, [188]; operations of the popu-
lace on the 28th, [189]; the city de-
clared in a state of siege, [190]; en-
counter between the soldiery and the
people, [191]; events of the second
day, [193]; of the third, [198]; Mar-
mont and the soldiery retire from the
city, [202]; number of killed and
wounded, ib.

Parker, of Oddingley, rev. Mr. the ske-
leton of his murderer discovered, 16
Parkinson, archdeacon, death, 278
Parliament: the king's speech at the
opening of the session, [5]; address
moved in the Lords by the duke of
Buccleugh, [7]; amendment by lord
Stanhope, ib.; duke of Richmond,
earl of Carnarvon, &c. in favour of it,
[8]; the duke of Wellington on the
state of the country, and the adequacy
of the present currency, [10]; the
amendment rejected, [11]; the ad-
dress moved in the Commons by
lord Darlington, ib.; the amendment
by Sir E. Knatchbull, [12]; Mr.
Huskisson's division against the mi-
nistry, [14]; Mr. Peel's representa-
tion of the state of the country, [16];
amendment moved by the marquis
of Blandford, and thrown out, [18];
lord Stanhope's motion for an inquiry
into the state of the nation, [20];
agricultural distress, ib.; state of
the manufacturing classes, [21]; lord
Goderich objects to the motion, [23];
proposes a reduction of taxes, [24];
the motion supported by lords Rose-

bery and Eldon, [26]; the duke of
Wellington objects to a committee as
useless, [27]; similar motion and
debate in the Commons, [31]; sir Jas.
Graham moves for a reduction of
salaries of public officers, [32]; which
is opposed by Mr. Dawson, [35]; Mr.
Hume proposes a reduction of the mi-
litary and naval establishments, [38];
the chancellor of the Exchequer's
statement as to reductions both in the
army and navy, [40]; Mr. Hume af-
terwards moves for a specific reduc-
tion, [42]; Mr. Poulett Thomson's
motion for a committee to revise the
whole system of taxation, [46]; objec-
tions started by the chancellor of the
Exchequer, [49]; Mr. Huskisson sup-
ports the motion, [52]; question re-
lative to superannuation allowances to
the hon. R. Dundas, and Mr. W. L.
Bathurst, [53]; salary of the trea-
surer of the Navy proposed to be
abolished, [55]; office of lieut.-gen.
of the Ordnance, ditto, [60]; sir Jas.
Graham's motion for an inquiry into
the salaries, &c. of members of the
privy council, ib.; committee on the
East-India Company's charter, [64];
Mr. Attwood's motion relative to the
currency and small notes, [69]; effects
of former alterations, &c., [71]; the
resolutions opposed by Mr. Herries,
[73]; the budget, [75]; reduction of
various duties, [77]; the revenue,
[79]; consolidation of the laws rela-
tive to the stamp duties, [80]; op-
position made to the beer bill, [84];
marquis of Blandford's plan of par-
liamentary reform, [87]; not very
favourably received by the reformers
themselves, [88]; proposal to disfran-
chise East Retford, and transfer its
franchise to Birmingham, ib.; vote
by ballot, [94]; petition against the
duke of Newcastle, for interfering in
elections, ib.; opposed by Mr. Peel,
[98]; lord J. Russell's bill for giving
members to Leeds, Manchester, and
Birmingham, [100]; Mr. O'Connell's,
for reform by universal suffrage, and
vote by ballot, [105]; Mr. Brougham's
speech on the ballot, [106]; lord J.
Russell's resolutions, [108]; bill
brought in by Mr. R. Grant, to repeal
the civil disabilities of Jews, [109];
opposed by sir R. Inglis, [110]; the
bill lost, [115]; Mr. Peel's bill for
altering the forgery laws, [116]; sir
J. Mackintosh's clause repealing the
punishment of death, except in forgery