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the duties on the raw material, [119];
riots among the workmen at Spital-
fields, &c. [131]; at Macclesfield,
Coventry, &c. [132]

Slavery abolished in Mexico, by a de-
cree of Guerrero, [254] note
Snoek, Dutch actor, death of, 210
Spain: Ferdinand marries a Neapolitan
princess, [193]; executions at Barce-
Jona, ib.; Cadiz made a free port,
[194]; fraudulent loan contracted by
the Spanish government, [197]; earth-
quake in Murcia, 63; finanical opera-
tions, 472.

Steam-carriage, Mr. Gurney's, 159
Steam, anticipated advantages of, in
naval warfare, [153]

Suicides: Mr. A. Knight, Worcester,
17; Miss Norton starves herself to
death, 26

Tables: Public income, 256

expenditure, 258

Ways and means, 265
Public funded debt, 266
unfunded debt, 269

Foreign trade, 270

Trade of the United Kingdom,
271

Navigation and vessels, 272
Stocks, 284

Prices of corn, 285

Hay, &c. ib.

Butcher's meat, ib.

Bills of mortality, 286

Meteorological Table, ib.

Taylor, rev. Isaac, death of, 254
Temple, Inner, regulations relative to
admitting members, 120
Terceira, unsuccessful expedition against,
from Portugal, [184]
Terry, comedian, death of, 237
Theatrical engagements, action (Kemble
v. Farren) relative to, 107
Thunder-storms: mill destroyed at Toot-
hill, near Ougar, 114; violent storms
in France, 121

Thurlow, lord, death of, 236
Trials: Thos. Munton, perjury, 5; John
Hunter (blind man), forgery, 11;
Benj. Barrup, killing Mary Mort-
lock, 13; W. Johnstone, colouring
false money, 16; J. M. Binckes,
fraudulently disposing of a govern.
ment situation, 30; Jane Jameson,
killing her mother, 44; Sam. Berry,
stealing a pig, ib.; Wm. Dowsett,
burglary, 46; J. Williams, attorney,
forgery, 49; W. Kennedy, Dragoon
guards, attempt to murder rev. H.
Willoughby, 51; J. Latimer, murder

of G. Howarth, 54; J. Moore, steal-
ing two rabbits, 64; J. Clements, &c.
piracy, 68; Esther Hibner, &c. mur-
der of an apprentice, 71; Moses
Jacobs, arson, 74; Charlotte Philp,
cruelty to a servant, 86; Hannah
Atherton, child-stealing, 92; A. Fin-
layson, stealing sir W. Beechey's
plate, 105; F. M. Van Butchell, sur-
geon, manslaughter, 112; Riem-
bauer, a Bavarian priest, 130; W.
Vialls, wounding his fellow-appren-
tice, 136; John Stratford, poisoning,
140; Kezia Wescombe, and Richard
Quaintance, poisoning the former's
husband, 142; T. Read, and others,
murdering J. O'Neill, 144; Jones,
Maynard, and West, forgery, 162;
Carter and wife, stealing bank-notes,
164; Thos. Buxton, &c. illegal mar-
riage, 297; J. Martin, setting fire to
York Minster, 301; T. Churchyard,
slaying a fellow-servant, 306; Thos.
Birmingham, a soldier, murder of
Sarah Waite, 311; Jas. Butler, setting
fire to a floor-cloth manufactory,
Chelsea, 314; John and Catherine
Stewart, poisoning for the purpose
of robbing, 316; J. Stacey, murder
of Mr. Langtry and his housekeeper,
326; Leary, Roche, Magrath, &c. for
conspiracy to murder Mr. Low, Mr.
Creagh, and adm. Evans, 359.
Turkey, progress of the war with Russia,
[205], [see Russia]; treaty of peace
signed at Adrianople, [219]; its con-
ditions apparently very moderate,
[220]; but by the two subsidiary
conventions the Russians remain in
Turkey for ten years, [221]

Vaughan, rev. E. T., death of, 246
Ulster, synod of, separation between

the Calvinists and Unitarians, 161
United States: no attempt made to re-

peal the Tariff bill, [233]; general
Jackson installed as President, ib.;
his inaugural speech, [234], 483; set-
tlement of boundaries by the treaty of
Ghent, 484; relations with France,
Spain, Russia, &c. 485; state of
South America, 486; commercial in-
tercourse with Peru, 487; Mexico's
refusal to ratify its treaty, ib.; pro-
posed improvement in the election of
presidents and vice-presidents, 488;
effect of the tariff on commerce and
manufactures, 490; finances, 491; the
treasury department, 494; pension
law, 495; Indian tribes, ib.; recom-
mended that they should settle west

of the Mississippi, 497; naval de-
partment, 498; frauds on the trea-
sury, ib.; army, 499; improvements
recommended in the judiciary de-
partment, 501; policy of forming a
national bank on the expiring of the
bank charter, 504

Vesicular calculus in a horse, 547
Universities, regulations at Cambridge
relative to the practice of degrading,
36; examinations and prizes, Oxford,
287; do. Cambridge, 288

University, London, report at the annual
meeting, 41

Voyage of Discovery, Russian 542

Wadd, W. death of, 244

Wellington, duke of, declares himself
against bringing forward the Catholic
Question [3]; his speech, pointing
out the necessity for concession, [66];
his reply at close of the debate on the
second reading of the Catholic Relief
bill [94]; his letter to the lord lieu-
tenant of Ireland, [96]; duel with lord
Winchilsea, 58; correspondence with
the marquis Barbacena and Palmella,

relative to the Portuguese refugees in
England, 448

Westminster Abbey, fire in, 80
Wetherell, sir Charles, refuses to draw
the bill for removing Catholic Disabi
lities, [53]; speaks against it in the
House [54]; dismissed from his office
as Attorney-general, [62]
Wickliffe, Mr,, trial of, or shooting Mr.
Benning, editor of the Kentucky
Gazette, 116

Will, Mr. Leader's, of Putney Hill,;
singular one of sir Gilbert East, 34
Willoughby, rev. H. P. fired at and
wounded by a soldier, 51

Winchilsea, lord, duel with the duke of
Wellington, 58

Wine trade, depressed state of, in
France, [150]

Wollaston, Dr., memoir of, 521
Wood, Sir Mark, death of, 214

York Minster, the choir destroyed by
fire, by Martin, the incendiary, 23;
meeting for restoring the building,
43, trial of Martin, 301
Young, Dr. Thomas, death of, 229

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