prorogued by Commission on the 7th August, Speech of the Lords Commis- sioners, [152].
PARLIAMENT.-New members returned to Parliament during the year, 420. Peabody, Mr. George. His munificent gift of 150,000l. to the metropolis, 40. PORTUGAL--Dom Luis I. proclaimed King of Portugal; his speech to the Cham- bers, [203].
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.-Civil Service, 425; Ecclesiastical Prefer- ments, 434; Collegiate and Scholastic Appointments, 437. PRUSSIA. Opening of the Session of the Prussian Chambers, Royal speech, [205]; question of the Constitution of Hesse Cassel, [207]; dissolution of the Chambers, change of Ministry, [207]; the military Budget, [208]; meeting of the new Chambers, speech of the President of the Council of Ministers, [209]; reply of the King to an address from the Chamber of Deputies, [210]; change in the Cabinet, adverse vote of the Chambers on the military Budget, [211]; collisions between the two Houses, dissolution of the Chambers, Royal message, [213].
PRINCE CONSORT, THE, A MEMOIR OF, 482. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS :-Treaties. Treaty
between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade, 207; Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to Joint-Stock Companies, 214; Conven- tion between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark for the Mutual Surrender of Criminals, 215; Treaty of Com- merce between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians 217.
State Papers.-Correspondence re- specting the Civil War in North America relative to the closing of Charleston Harbour, 223; relative to the Declara- tion of Paris as to privateering, 235; despatch relative to the Proclamation of Emancipation, 233; correspondence relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr. Mason respecting the recognition of the Confederate States, 237.
Table of Statutes, 25 and 26 Vict. ; 243; Finance Account for the year 1862 259; prices of Stock, 277; average prices of British Corn, Hay, Straw, Clover, and Butchers' Meat 278; sum- mary of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England and Wales and in the Me-
Public Documents -continued.
tropolis, and table of Meteorology, 279; revised returns of Census of 1861, 280; Colonial Census, 1860-1, 283; University Honours-Oxford, 285; Cambridge, 288.
QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY.-The Prince of Wales' tour in the East, 105; mar- riage of H. R.H. the Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse, 134; removal of the remains of H.R.H. the Prince Consort to the mausoleum of Frogmore, 201; A MEMOIR of H. R. H. the PRINCE CONSORT, 482.
Racing Meetings.-Epsom, 102; Ascot,
Railway Accidents.-Various accidents- on the Portadown, Dungannon, and Armagh Line; on the North-West- ern, near Wolverton; on the Scot- tish, North-Eastern, Brechin branch; on the Maryport and Whitehaven ; on the South-Eastern, near Gravesend, 59; near the Lydney Station of the South- Wales Railway, 67; at the Maxton Station of the North British Railway, 82; on the London, Chatham, and Dover Line, near Ospringe, and in the Chatham-bill Tunnel, 92; dreadful ac- cident on the Midland Railway at Market Harborough, 169; on the Edin- burgh and Glasgow Railway, near Winchburg (15 persons killed), 177; numerous railway accidents during the summer and autumn, 179; fall of a railway viaduct at Hammersmith (six men killed), 185; fatal explosion of a locomotive of the Great Western Rail- way, 185.
Shakspeare.-Sale of documents, with his signature, 45. SHERIFFS of England and Wales, and Ireland, for the year, 1862, 292. Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea.-
"Wreck Return" of the Board of Trade for 1861, 3; loss of H.M.'s ship Con- queror, 101 guns, 17; storms and wrecks, in January; the Angelo Kan- garoo s., Crisis, Columbus, 18; sin- gular recovery of a derelict ship, the Sulina, 22; storms and wrecks in February, 32; in March, 61; wreck of the Ocean Monarch, of upwards of 60 merchantmen, laden with grain, of the Spartan s., the Sultan, George Mar- shall, and numerous others in the Black Sea, 61; of the Waterford steamer Mars (50 lives lost), 68; of the James Gibb, Valleyfield, Johanna Wagner, James Pilkington, Lima s., Cleopatra
s., Flying Mist, Campbell, 132: de- struction of valuable ships by fire, the Indian Empire, Southern Cross, Lord Royston, Hindoo; destruction by fire of the steamship Golden Gate (upwards of 200 lives lost), 154; sinking of the iron ship Ganges in the Thames, 168; during a storm in October, the Robert and Margaret, Addison Potter, St. Louis, Bencoolen, Hambourg, Hum- boldt, 182; of the Colombo, East In- dian mail steamer, 188; foundering of the steamer Lifeguard during a storm in December, 202.
STATE PAPERS.-Treaties. Treaty be- tween her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade, 207; con- vention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to joint- stock companies, 214; convention be- tween Her Majesty and the King of Denmark for the mutual surrender of criminals, 215; treaty of commerce between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, 217.
State Papers.-Correspondence re- specting the civil war in NorthAmerica: relative to the closing of Charleston Harbour, 223; relative to the Declara- tion of Paris as to privateering, 225; despatch relative to the Proclamation of Emancipation, 233; correspondence relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr. Mason respecting recognition of the Confederate States, 237.
STATUTES, Table of, 25 & 26 Vict., 243. STOCKS, PRICES OF, in each month in 1862, highest and lowest, 277. TREATIES.-Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade, 207; convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French relative to joint-stock companies, 214; convention between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark for the mutual surrender of criminals, 215; treaty of commerce between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, 217. TRIALS AND LAW CASES. Criminal trials. The City murder, trial of Samuel Gardner for the murder of his wife, 440; the Glasgow murder-trial of Jessie McLachlan for the murder of Jessie McPherson, 445; Catherine Wil- son, the poisoner, the trial, conviction, and execution, 453.
Civil cases.-The Roupell Forgeries -Roupell and Others v. Waite; trial
Trials and Law Cases-continued. and conviction of William Roupell, 462; the Windham case - Inquiry into the sanity of Mr. William Frede- rick Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, 472.
Trials and Law Cases-Criminal cases.-Singular Bank-note forgery, 5; trial of Rebecca Law, for murder of her husband and child, at Cla- vering, 8; of William Charlton, for the murder of Jane Emmerson, at Durran-hill, 24; of the Robinsons and Earl for the murder of a water-watcher at Brocklewath, 27; the Threepwood conspiracy, trial of John Dodd and others for conspiracy against Mr. Be- wicke, 29; of John Gould for the murder of his child at Windsor, 31; shocking cruelty to a child, 32; of John Hall, for the murder of Stephen Moulder, a game- keeper at Ditchley, 33; of Henry Quail and others for the murder of John Wincott, at Marylebone, 34; of Patrick Devereux for stabbing a lodging- house keeper in the Ratcliff Highway, dreadful scene in court, 37; great jewel robbery in Cornhill, 38; of Ishmael Jones for the murder of his wife at Llanfair, 42; the Bilston Savings Bank frauds, trial of the Rev. H. S. Fletcher, 43; trade outrages at Sheffield, 45; the Anglesea murder, trial of Richard Rowland for the murder of Richard Williams, 50; of Richard Thorley for the murder of Elizabeth Morrow at Derby, 51; nu- merous trials for murder of sweet- hearts at Launceston, Brighton, King- ston, and Hendon, 52, 58; the Chi- chester murder-trial of Cleary, a sol- dier, for the murder of Houghton, 54; the Everley murder, trial of John Stocker for the murder of Ann Hill, 56; execution of Mary Reid for the murder of Ann Hannah at Dumfries. 75; the Manchester tragedy, trial of W. R. Taylor and his wife for the murder of Mr. Mellon, death of their three children, 98; the Ludgate-hill tragedy, trial of Mrs. Vyse for the murder of her two children, 96; trial of Charles Tallbrook, for assaulting and cutting his grandmother, superstition in the nineteenth century, 113; of G. J. Gilbert for the murder of Miss Hall at Fordingbridge, 147; of John Flood for the murder of John O'Dea, another soldier at Brighton, 159; of John Doidge for the murder of Roger Drew, at Launceston, 161; of George Gardner for the murder of Sarah Kirby at
Trials and Law Cases-continued.
Studley, 162; trial of Walter Moore for the murder of his wife at Colne, his strange suicide after conviction, 163; of Burke and others for the murder of a policeman at Ashton- under-Lyne, 168; of Robert Cooper for the murder of Anne Jane Barham at Isleworth, 184; of a party of poach- ers for the murder of a gamekeeper at Roydon Hall, 194; of Ferdinando Petrina for terrible murders at sea, 198; of Thomas Edwards for the mur- der of Isabella Tonge at Liverpool, 200; of Robert Morgan for the murder of Christopher Wickham at Bristol, 202.
Civil cases-The Smethurst Case, probate of will of Miss Bankes, 73; the Delapré Abbey Estate, the Bouverie family, 149.
The "Garotte" Terrorism."-Numerous savage assaults and robberies in the metropolis during the summer and au- tumn, trial and severe sentences on some of the ruffians, 190.
UNITED STATES.-Continuance of the civil war; difficulty of obtaining in- formation from the Confederate States; position of the armies at the com- mencement or the year, [219]; Federal successes in the West. [220]; capture of New Orleans by the Federals; bat- tle of Pittsburgh Landing, [220]; skil- ful retreat of General Beauregard from Corinth, [221]; exploits of the Con- federate iron-clad Virginia in Hamp- ton Roads, [221]; the army of the Potomac; description of the theatre of war; the campaign in Virginia; ad- dress of General McClellan to his army; transfers his force to York Pe- ninsula, [223]; successes of the Con- federates at White Oaks and on the Chickahominy; the Federals retire to Harrison's Landing, [223]; irruption of "Stonewall' Jackson from the Shenandoah Valley; McDowell recalled to the defence of Washington, [224]; disastrous condition of General McClel- lan's army, which is withdrawn by sea, [224]; advance of General Pope; he is driven to a disastrous retreat; invasion of Maryland by the Confede- rates; after desperate fighting they are compelled to recross the Potomac,
United States-continued.
[225]; dreadful defeat of the Federals at Fredericksburgh, [225]; Mr. Jefferson Davies elected President of the Confede- rate States; his inaugural address, [226]; Tax Bill passed by the Federal Congress; issue of paper money. [228]; General Hunter's Order, abolishing slavery declared null, [229]; call for 60,000 fresh troops; ferocity with which the war was carried on, [230]; compensation to States that should abolish slavery; views of President Lincoln as to the objects of the struggle, 231; his plan for emigration of the blacks, [233]; message of President Davies to the Confederate Congress, [233]; proposal by France for media- tion; despatches of M. Drouyn de Lbuys and Earl Russell on the subject, [235]; address of the State Governors to President Lincoln, [238]; symptoms of a change of feeling in the North, [238]; President Lincoln's message to Congress, [239]
Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Sup- pression of the African Slave Trade, 207.
State Papers.-Correspondence re- specting the civil war in North Ame- rica:relative to the closing of Charles- ton Harbour, 223; relative to the Declaration of Paris as to Privateering, 225; despatch relative to the Pro- clamation of Emancipation, 233; cor- respondence relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr. Mason respecting recognition of the Confederate States, 237.
Telegram announcing the release of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, 6; the affair of the Nashville and the Tusca- rora, at Southampton, 6. UNIVERSITY HONOURS.-Oxford, 285; Cambridge, 288.
Weather, the. Of the winter quarter, 62; of the spring quarter, 129; of the summer quarter, 173; of the autumn quarter, 204; storms and wrecks in January, 18; in February, 32; in March, 61; violent thunder- storms in May, 91; destructive storm in Wiltshire, in September, 170; great storms by land and sea in October, 182; great storm in December-wreck of the steamer Lifeguard, 202.
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