Becard, Jos., prize awarded to, for his virtuous conduct, 112
Beckett, archbishop, painting discover- ed representing his murder, 118 Begu and Lafforçade, trial of, for murder, 98
Belzoni, G., death of, 211
Bettera, count de, committed to prison for violence towards prince Ester- hazy, 27
Bills in the House of Commons, form of engrossing, 66*
of mortality, table of, 250 Bingley, rev. W., death of, 192 Birmingham, nest of coiners discover- ed at, 90
Bloomfield, the poet, death of, 202 Blucher, count, wounds an actor, 146 Bolivar, pension to, [247]; placed at the head of affairs, in Peru, [250]; letter to Aguera, [251]; note Bond, rt. hon. Nath. death of, 209 Bordwine, Mr., instrument for finding the latitude, 308*
Bourdeaux, case of the vicar of St. Eloi, and M. Barthes, 115 Boursier, Madame, trial of, for the murder of her husband, [166] 19* Bowring, Mr., motion in parliament, respecting his imprisonment, [139] Brazil: separation from Portugal, [217]; commercial regulations indi- cative of a hostile spirit, [ib.]; politi- cal dissensions, [218]; meeting of the congress, [ib.]; emperor's speech, [219]; change of ministry, [220]; emperor's proclamation, [ib.] note ; violent proceedings of the congress, [222]; congress dissolved by mili tary force, [223]; another change of ministry, [224]; emperor's procla-
mation, respecting a new constitu- tion, [ib.]; murder of the Portuguese at Para, [226]; horrible destruction of some of the rioters, [227]; note. military operations at Bahia, [228]; San Salvador evacuated by the Portuguese, [229]; lord Cochrane's operations by sea, [ib.]; Monte Video surrenders to the Brazilians, [230]; Portuguese commissioners not al- lowed to treat, [ib.]; Finances, [ib.]; emperor's manifesto, after dissolving congress, 169*; project of the con- stitution, 172*; the legislative power, 173; the executive ditto, 176*; of the succession, &c. 177* ; of the ministry, 178*; of the mili- tary force, 179*; of the judicial power, ib.; administration of the provinces, 180*; civil and political rights of the people, ib.
Brewster, Dr., fluid discovered by, in minerals, 297*; experiments for forming artificial haloes round the sun, &c. ib.
Bridgewater, earl of, death of, 209 Brougham, Mr., speech on the affairs of Spain, [8]; unsuccessful reply to Mr. Canning's vindication of the po. licy of Great Britain towards Spain, [45]; motion relative to the admi- nistration of justice in Ireland, [65];- invective against Mr. Canning, [76] Brownlow, Mr., motions by, respecting the riot at the Dublin theatre, [52], [53]
Budget, [113]; French, [157] Buckinghamshire, Van Dieman's Land, 77*
Buenos Ayres, prosperity under Riva- divia, [253]; preliminary conven- tion with Spain, [ib.], 196*; misun- derstanding between the govern- ment and capt. Willis, ib. Burdett, sir F., speech on the Spanish affairs, [34]; motion for inquiry into the conduct of the sheriff of Dublin, [56]
Byron, lord, letter from, to the Greek committee, 63
Cadiz, operations before, [204]; sur- renders to the French, [208] Cahuac and Beeman, trial of, for steal- ing books, 125
Canada, fire on board the De Salaberry steam-boat, 71; steam navigation, 72; three boys upset in a canoe near the Chêne Rapids, 74. Canning, Mr., takes his seat in par-
liament, [16]; explains the conduct pursued by ministers respecting Spain, [18]; justifies the neutrality of England, in the war between France and Spain, [25]; his speech vindicating the conduct of the ministry respecting the affairs of Spain, [37]; his defence on being charged with defection from the cause of Catholic Emancipation, [75]; gives a denial to the imputa- tions cast against him by Mr. Brougham, [76]; refuses to ac- knowledge the regency of Madrid, [145]; his popularity; and his speech at Plymouth, [146]; his let- ter of resignation to his constituents at Liverpool, 9; takes his seat in parliament, 16; visit to Plymouth, 151; correspondence with the duke of Wellington, relative to the affairs of France and Spain, 97*; letter to, from visc. Chateaubriand, 110*; letter to sir C. Stuart, 113*; to sir W. A'Court, 115* ; from ditto 116*; to ditto 118*; from ditto 119*; to ditto ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 129*; to ditto, ib.; to sir W. A'Court, 132* ; from lord Fitzroy Somerset, ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 134*; from sir W. A'Court, 135*; ditto ditto, 136*; from sir C. Stuart, 137*; from sir W. A'Court, ib.; ditto ditto ib.; from sir C. Stuart, 138*; from sir W. A'Court, ib., ditto ditto 139*; to sir C. Stuart 140*
Cape of Good Hope, condition of the new settlements at, [138] Carascosa, gen. his duel with gen. Pepe, 25
Cardinals, new creation of, at Rome, 30
Cardon, M., editor of the Journal du
Commerce, indicted, 34; sentenced to imprisonment and fine, 38 Castaing, trial of, for the murder of Hippolyte Ballet, [165]; 1* Caterpillars on fruit trees, destruction
of, 302*; ditto, by sparrows, 303* Catholic Question, the, [73]; bills for conferring the elective franchise on English Catholics, [80]; lord Col. chester's motion, [81]
Chancery, meeting of solicitors, re- specting the business of, 19; in- creased business in the court of, 63* Chancery records, 319*
Chateaubriand, M., letter to Mr. Can- ning, on the relations between Spain and France, 110* Chemistry, 297*
Cherbourg, selected by Dumouriez as a naval port, 239* Chili: discontent at O'Higgins' ad- ministration, [252]; he and Rodri guez resign, [ib.]; Freyre appointed director, [253]; earthquake, 295* Chickens, hatched by steam, 310* China, intelligence from, 44; singular advertisement, 154; affray between the crew of the Topaze and the natives, 146
Christian, E., death of, 194 Chronometers, effect of magnetism on, 299*
Churches, new, 323*
Circuit, correspondence relative to a barrister's right of changing his cir- cuit, 49
Cobbett, address moved by, at Nor- wich, [2]
Cochrane, lord, takes several of the Portuguese fleet, [229]
Coiners, fraudulent, discovered at Birmingham, 90
Coke, Mr., and lady Anne, Mr. Hum. phrey's pamphlet, against, 129 Cologne, murder at, 131 Columbia: Santa Martha, taken by the Spaniards, [244]; defeated from the Spanish fleet, [ib.]; capture of Maracaybo, and Porto Cabello by the Columbians, [245]; insurrection at Pasto, [ib.];Session of congress,and decree relative to the loan, [246]; pension to Bolivar, [247]; schools, [ib.]; alliance with Chili and Peru, [ib.];message of the executive power, at opening the first constitutional congress, 198*; Spain refuses to ac- knowledge its independence, ib.; ac- knowledged by the United States, 199*; mission to Lisbon and Rome, 200*; hopes of prosperity, and spread of information, 201*; treaty with Peru, 204*
Congress at Verona, [19]; see l'erona Connolly, Mr., taken into custody for shooting J. Grainge, 165 Constant, B., fined, 18 Convicts, report on, 43
Cooke, lieut., correspondence between commodore Porter, and the com- mandant of Porto Rico, relative to his death, 53 Copper-mine River, 256* Copper mountains, 261
Corn, motion for a reduction of its import price, [97]
Coroner's inquest, on T. H. Griffiths, and his son, Abel Griffiths, 77 Correspondence, diplomatic, relative
to the affairs of France and Spain,
Cotton, sir R. account of, 320* Cottonian manuscripts, ib. Covent Garden Theatre; Julian, a tragedy, 34; Spanish subscription fancy Ball, 85
Courier François, Legraiveux, the editor, imprisoned and fined, 39 Courts: Admiralty; case of the Dun- dee, 32.
Chancery; Gill v. Gill, de lunatico inquirendo, 101
Common Pleas; Thurtell, v. Beau- mont, recovery of value of pro- perty insured, 82
Common Pleas, Dublin; Cuthbert, v. Browne, deception in marriage, 35*
Crabb, rev. G., Hope and Memory, poem by, 331
Delegates; Miller v. Bloomfield, &c. liability of stock in trade to church-rates, 76; Seager v. Bonde; right of erecting a monument in a church without the consent of the ordinary, 77
House of Lords; Reid v. Reid, Scotch marriage, 29*
King's Bench; intimation to the bar, Mr. Selwyn, 14; the King, v. Wright, blasphemous libel, 18; O'Meara, libels on sir H. Lowe, 19; Novello, v. Towgood, 53; Macpherson, v. Lovie, breach of promise of marriage, 72; the King, v. Bigley, Edmonton fair, 86; Savoy. Price, infringement of patent Seidlitz powders, 156 Guildhall; Shaw v. Williams, se- duction, 40*
Dublin; Forbes, &c. for outrage on the lord lieutenant, 21* Palace Court; Oates v. Burgoyne, trespass, 143
Of Session, Scotland; Macgregor v. MNeil, or Jolly, declarator of marriage, 10; case of law of mar- riage, 149
Court-Martial; lieut. Hamilton of the Topaze, firing on some Chinese, Crawford, Mr., his mission to Siam, 100
Crees, an Indian tribe, 253* Criminal code,- see Mackintosh. Cuba, piracies at, [20]; repressed by the United States, 188* Curwood, Mr., correspondence with Mr. Jervis, relative to his changing his circuit, 49
Currency, motion on, [100]
Davison, secretary, account of the transactions connected with the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, 244*
D'Enghien, Duc, account of his death, 242*
Dead bodies, how long recognizable,
Death, sudden, extraordinary case of, 132
Deccan prize case, 16
Demerara, insurrection of the slaves at, [134]; general Murray, the go- vernor, fired at, [135] Denmark: privateers not allowed to enter the Danish ports, [171]; the nobles complain of being deprived of their political privileges, [172] Digestion, experiments on, 285* Diorama, 309*
Disturbances: a police-officer and proctor killed, at Castlehaven, Ire- land, 85; Musselburgh races, 97; by the prisoners in the court at Manchester sessions, 140
Dixon, captain, robbed by banditti at Faenza, 48
Dobereiner, experiments on vegeta- tion by, 301*
Downe, Sarah, murdered by John Radford, 95
Dublin: parliamentary inquiry into the conduct of the sheriff relative to the trial of Forbes, &c. [56]; con- spiracy against the lord lieutenant, 3; remonstrance of the grand jury on the attorney-general animad- verting on the bills being ignored by them, 6; claims of the Catholics to pray over their dead in Protestant church-yards, 116; trial of Forbes, &c. for an outrage on the lord-lieut.
Eldon, lord, his character as a lawyer, 218** Elephant, narrow escape from, by captain Gambier and Mr. Hay, at Ceylon, 136 Elizabeth, queen, secretary Davison's interview with, for her signing the warrant for the execution of Mary queen of Scots, 244* Ellenborough, lord, motion respect- ing the conduct of ministers, [27] Engrossing of bills in the House of Commons, form of, 66*; engrossing hand the best for the purpose, 67* Erskine, lord, memoir of, 212*; his defence of captain Baillie, 213*; of lord G. Gordon, 215*; character as a parliamentary orator, 217*; cre- ated lord chancellor, 218* Esquimaux, 261*, 272*; their snow- houses, 273*; superstitions, 274* Excise revenue, improvement in, [115]
Executions: Robert Hartley for stab- bing captain Owen, 2; Giles East, rape, 8; John Radford, murder, 95; Pallet, for murder of Mr. Mumford, 155
Fanaticism, horrible instance of, in Switzerland, 41.
Female convict, disguised as a man, 132; preacher, 69.
Ferguson, lieut., killed in duel by captain Roche, 1773, 224* Finances Brazilian, [230]; Russian,
153; of the United States, [240], 186*; table of ditto, 195
Fires the new theatre at Munich, 8; church of S. Paolo fuor delle Mura, Rome, 89; at the settlement of the Moravian brethren at Sarepta, 107; at Liverpool, 136
Fish, very large one at Montreal, 123; sugar used in preserving, 302* Forbes, Graham, Brownlow, &c. mo- tions and proceedings in parliament connected with their trial, [52], [56]; trial of at Dublin, for an out- rage on the lord lieutenant, 21* Foreign stock exchange, 1 Forests, royal, 256
sador leaves Madrid, [151]; Talley. rand's speech in favour of peace, [ib.]; debate in the Chamber of Deputies on war with Spain, [154]; the ad- dress, [155]; Budget, [157]; provi sion for expenses, &c. for 1824, [158]; discussion on the policy of the Spa- nish war, [ib.]; Chateaubriand's de- fence of the ministerial policy, [159]; proceedings against Manuel, [160]; disturbances excited by his expul- sion from the chamber, [162]; tu- mults at Lyons, [163]; addresses against the war, [ib.]; war announced, [ib.]; triumphal return of the duke of Angoulême, [164]; communication with England respecting South America, [ib.]; dismissal of the duke of Belluno, [165]; remarka- ble trials, [ib.]; maintenance of the clergy, [167]; English artisans, [168]; the duke of Angoulême's proclamation to the Spanish nation, [189], 158*; commencement of the campaign in Spain, [189];-see Spain; contraband slave trade, 81*; France not sincere in her professed desire for the suppression of slavery, 86*; diplomatic correspondence re- lative to France and Spain, 93*; danger to France from a revolu- tion in Spain, 112; neutrality adopted by England respecting France and Spain, 141*; no hostile views towards Portugal, 147*; king's speech, Jan. 28th, 149*
Franklin, captain, journey to the Polar Sea, 251*; Crees, 253*; Chepey- wans, 254*; musquitoes, 255*; Copper-mine river, 256*; winter preparations, 257*; intense cold, 258*; snow-houses, ib.; winter oc- cupations, 259*; wolves, 261*; copper mountains, ib.; excessive privations, 264*, and horrible suf- ferings of the party, 266*; Dr. Richardson's narrative, 267*; Mr. Hood assassinated by an Iroquois, 268*
Franks family, murder of, in Ireland, 115 Freemasonry, against, [179]
French marriages, 1; loan, 88; news- papers, 90; manufactures, 119 Fruit, maturation of, 305* Fruit-trees, caterpillars destroyed on, 302*
France: Mr. Canning's statement of the policy pursued by Great Bri- tain towards France, [23]; pretend- ed violation of the neutrality of the French soil by Spanish troops, [148]; elevation of Villèle to the ministry, [149]; speech at the opening the Chambers, [ib.]; the French ambas- Gaming houses, 19
Gas, coal, expansive force of, 299* Gas-lighting, extent of, in London, 59 Georges, mademoiselle, French actress,
Germany: discussion on the military establishment of Baden, [172]; re- gulations respecting Jews, at Wei- mar, [173]; alarm of a conspiracy at Hesse Cassel, [ib.]; suppression of the German Observer,' at Wir- temberg, [175]; that state refuses to sanction the proceedings at Ve- rona, [176]; restrictions on the press, in Bavaria, [177] Ghost at Abbervillers, 104 Gilchrist, Octavius, death of, 199 Gill v. Gill, case of, de lunatico in- quirendo, 101
Glenbervie, lord, death of, 197 Gooch, Mary, extraordinary suicide of, 60
Gooseberries, different species of, 304* Granholm, capt. steals Swedenborg's scull, 43
Grant, Chas., memoir of, 224*; his zeal for the promotion of religious wor- ship in India, 225;* elected a direc- tor of the East India Company, 226*; disapproves of lord Welles- ley's administration, 228*; defends sir G. Barlow's administration, 232*; urges the policy of enlighten- ing and civilizing India, 234* Grants of land in New South Wales, and Van Dieman's Land, 78* Graves, col., tried in Virginia, for duelling, 68
Grecian (cutter) captures La Gata, a pirate vessel, 43
Greece: war with Turkey, [233]; naval operations, [235]; incursions on the coast of Asia Minor, [ib.]; massacre of the Greek population at Pergamo, [ib.]; want of artillery and stores, 64; favourable wishes of the United States, 192*
Greek committee, lord Byron's letter to, 63
Griffiths, Abel, shoots his father, and himself, 77
Guebhard, M., his letter to the editor of the Journal du Commerce, on his loan with the Spanish government, 147
Haloes, artificial, method of forming, 297*
Hamilton, lieut. court-martial on, 146 Harrison, J. C., executed in 1817 for the murder of Dr. Sanderson, since
Jamaica resolutions voted by the house of assembly, in consequence of the proceedings in the British parliament respecting the slave- trade, [132]
Jenner, Dr., death of, 188
Jew, extraordinary knavery of one, at Warsaw, 66
Jews, regulations respecting, at Wei- mar, [173]
Ice, life-preserver, 309*
Indians, Northern, superstition of, 254*
Indies, East, the late Mr. Grant's op- position to lord Wellesley's mea- sures, 228*; revenue and jurispru- dence, 230 institution of the col-
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