Guerriere, Gazette account of her loss, I, lvii Gunn, Robert, and Alexander M'Donald, alias White, trial of, II, 52
Hattons, George, and Moses Clark, ap- prehension of, II, 8
Hector, Alexander, his death, II, 108 Hero, his majesty's ship, loss of, 7 Holbeach Marsh, an affray there, II, 172 Holland, Lord, he brings in a bill to re- gulate the proceedings in cases of ex officio informations, I, 36. He moves for copies of the correspondence be- tween the British government and its pretended American agent Henry, 269. His letter to Marquis Wellesley, II,
Huddersfield, Luddism again appears, II,
Hull, General, surrenders himself and
army, I, 281. His capture, II, 163 Huskisson, Mr, he accounts for the dis- advantageous terms on which the late loan was effected, I, 94
Hyne, Mr, he murders his wife and chil- dren, II, 109
Hydrophobia, an instance of, II, 177
Java, capture of, Gazette account, I, iii Johnson, Lieutenant, his murderers dis- covered, II, 190
Keith, Captain, an account of his mur- der, II, 184. Kensington and Co. stop payment, II,
Kirwan, Mr, sentence of, II, 20 Korff, Count, repulses Ney near Smo- lensko, I, 361
Kutusoff, Prince, appointed commander-
in-chief of the Russian armies, I, 362. His address to the Russian army be- fore the battle of Borodino, 364. His
letter to the Emperor Alexander, 366. His address to the Russian people, 368. His answers to Buonaparte's proposals to negociate, 374, 375. He addresses his army on the retreat of the French, 379. He compliments the Cossacks for their bravery, 387
Law intelligence, II, 27 Leeds, outrage at, II, 65. Extraordina- ry phenomenon there, 124, 125 Leeds mail, robbery of it, II, 171 Leeward Island duties, parliamentary discussions relating to, I, 23
Liverpool, Earl of, his speech on the ad- dress to the Prince Regent, I, 3. He corresponds with Marquis Wellesley and Mr Canning, on the formation of a new administration after Mr Perce- val's death, 153, 154. He intimates his appointment as first commissioner of the treasury, 174. He speaks on the catholic question, 224. He vindi- cates government in their transactions with Henry, 270. His speeches on moving the thanks of the Lords to Lord Wellington, 293, 307. His cor- respondence with Mr Canning, &c. II, 231, 235, 241
Lightning, accident by it, II, 103, 104 Linzee, Captain, is stabbed, II, 108 Loan, terms proposed to the contractors, II, 101
Lomas, J., his trial for murder, II, 131.
His confession, 140. His conversa- tion with Morney, 142 Londonderry, extraordinary storm at, II, 98
M'Mahon, Colonel, he is appointed pay- master of widow's pensions, I, 77. Discussions in consequence of his ap- pointment, 77, 78. His appointment recalled, ib. He is appointed private secretary to the Prince Regent, ib. Mr Wynn brings forward a motion on this appointment, ib. Mr Wynn's ar- guments answered, 82
M'Donald, Esq., Simon, death of, II, 64 M'Donald, Moses, execution of, II, 90 Macedonian, Gazette account of her loss, I, lxiii
Madrid, British entry into, Gazette ac- count, I, xiv
Malone, Mr, death of, II, 88
Marrs and Williamsons, murders of, II, 4 Marshal, Mr, commits suicide, II, 26 Marsham, Dr Joshua, his letter giving. an account of the fire at Serampore, II, 149
Maycock, Benjamin, trial of, II, 50 Melville, Lord, his letters to Mr Can- ning, II, 241, 245
Militia, Local, numbers enrolled for Scotland, II, 107
Miloradovitch, General, he defeats the French near Wiasma, i, 385, and at Dorobouche, 389. He defeats Da- voust, 891
Mitchell, Robert, commits suicide, II,
Moira, Lord, he attempts to form a new administration, I, 171. His corre- spondence in attempting to form a new administration, II, 241, 242, 251, 255, 256, 257 Morney, Edith, her trial for the murder of her husband, II, 131. Her conver- sation with Lomas, 142 Monroe, Mr, his correspondence with Sir J. B. Warren, II, 310 Munro, Captain Charles, murder of, II,
National debt, account of its reduction since 1789, II, 339
National society, meeting of, II, 23 Napier, George, and John Grotto, trial of, II, 52
Newcastle races, accident there, II, 104.
Accident there, 164
Newton, Lord, some account of, II, 14 Niven, Mr, death of his son, II, 4
Orders in council, discussions regarding them, I, 258-261. Their nature ex- plained, 264. Declaration of the Bri- tish government respecting them, 267. Farther discussions on them, 268. Re- vocation of the Milan and Berlin de- crees, 271. Farther discussions re- specting them, 272. Lord Castle- reagh's speech on them, 277. Decla- ration on them, II, 221. Revocation of them, 258.
Parnell, Mr, brings forward a motion to enquire into the state of the Irish tithe laws, I, 196
Parliament, the Prince Regent's speech on opening it, I, I Opening of it, II, 196. Acts passed in it during the sixth session of the fourth parliament, Il, 275
Parole, violation of, by General Lefebre, II, 109
Patents, list of, in 1812, II, 341 St Patrick, anniversary of, II, 39 Perceval, Mr, his speech on the address to the Prince Regent, I, 6. His plan for the arrangement of his majesty's household, 9. He repels Mr Whit- bread's attack on the conduct of go- vernment, 69, 71. Is assassinated, 144. His character delineated, 149. His speech on the Prince Regent's message recommending an annuity to Lord Wellington, 296. Assassination of, II, 67. Funeral, 81
La Persanne, official account of her cap- ture, I, xviii
Persia, definitive treaty with England, II, 139
Perth, discovery of old coins at, II, 93. Accident there, 159. Curious elope- ment, 164.
Nightly watch at Westminster, bill for, Phelan, a seaman, interesting account of
Norwich coach robbed, II, 179
Nottingham, riots at, II, 6, 10, 25. Riot- ers, trials of, 42. The theatre shut by the magistrates, 104
Pitt, Mr, anniversary of his birth-day, II, 84. Pitt Club, celebration of its anni- versary, 99. Marble statue of him erected at Cambridge, 110
Platoff, Count, his exploits on the retreat
of the French, II, 385, 387. Plymouth, dreadful fire at, II, 91. Foun dation of the Breakwater laid, 121 Pomone, French frigate, official account of her capture, I, xvii Ponsonby, Mr, he opposes Mr Perceval's plan for the arrangement of his ma- jesty's household, I, 10
Post office, General, investigation of the robberies committed in it, II, 206 Princesses, a suitable provision for them recommended in a message by the Prince Regent to the Commons, I, 24. Provision opposed by Messrs Creevy, Whitbread, Tierney, and Ponsonby,
Revenues of Great Britain, II, 323 Richmond, Virginia, fire at, II, 17 Rivoli, a French 74, official account of her capture, I, xxvi
Rogers, Commodore, his harangue to his sailors, II, 153. Said to be a Scotch- man, 162 Roman Catholics, their petition to the Prince Regent, II, 224 Royal Bank of Scotland, election of the directors of, II, 35, 51 Rostopschin, Count, his conduct justi- fied, I, 377
Roxburgh, Duke of, sale of his library, II, 94
Ryder, Mr, secretary, moves for a com-
mittee to enquire into the state of the nightly watch of the metropolis, I, 98. His motion objected to by Sir Samuel Romilly, 99. Sir Francis Burdett, &c. 100. And supported by Mr Per- ceval, 100. He introduces a bill for the punishment of the frame-breakers, 105. Opposition to the bill, 107, 109. He opposes Mr S. Wortley's motion,
Russia, its affairs, I, 332. Grounds of war with Russia on the part of France, 339. Buonaparte's declaration of war, and invasion of Poland, 341 Russian plan of defence, 342. Macdonald de- feated by Count Wittgenstein, 351: Peace with England and Turkey, 353. Military operations before Riga, 355. Proclamation of peace with England, 356. French defeated at Polotsk, 357. Smolensko captured by the French,
Ney defeated near Smolensko, 361. Prince Kutusoff appointed com- mander-in-chief, 362. Battle of Bo- rodino, 363. Destruction of Moscow, 368. Its destruction described, 370. Kremlin destroyed by Buonaparte, 376. French driven from Moscow, 377. St Cyr defeated near Drissa, 381. The French armies retreat, 382. Murat and Beauharnois defeated, 383. They are harassed by the Cossacks, 385. Sufferings of the French descri- bed, 386, 397. Battle of Krasnoy, 391. Wilna entered by the Russians, 399. Proceedings of the French at Moscow from the Paris papers, II, 168. Treaty of peace with Britain, 178, 260
Salamanca, battle of, gazette account, I, Xxxviii. Some particulars about it, II, 127, 129
Sawyer, Admiral, his proclamation, II, 113. His dispatches, 15 Scott, Sir William, his bill for the reform of certain ecclesiastical courts, is sanc tioned by the legislature, I, 31 Scots peers, election of, II, 186 Seville, capture of, gazette account, I, xviii. Account of the allies entering it, II, 154
Sligo, Marquis of, his trial, II, 201 Shaftesbury, Earl of, moved the address in the House of Lords to the Prince Regent's speech, I, 2 Sheffield, riots there, II, 132 Sicily, convention for the exchange of prisoners at, II, 66. Constitution of, 143. Hereditary prince of, appointed vicar-general, 290. Articles presented for the King of Sicily's sanction, 304 Siddons, Mrs, she retires from the stage, II, 104
Spain and Portugal, state of their affairs, I, 287. Almeida reduced by the Bri- tish, 291. Suchet defeats Blake, and captures Lerida, Tortosa, and Tarra- gona, ib. Blake and army surrender as prisoners of war, 292. Ciudad Rodrigo taken, ib. Prince Regent's message respecting Portugal, 299. Military operations, 305. The British take Badajoz, 306. Battle of Sala- manca, 317. Madrid evacuated by Joseph Buonaparte, 320. General Ballasteros exiled by the cortes, 826. Address of the regency to the nation, II, 291. Decree convoking the cortes, II, 297. Treaty with Russia, 304 Spanish celebration of Lord Wellington's victories, II, 134
Suicide, instances of, II, 26, 96, 123, 133, 153, 168, 189, 192, 198 Stevens, a young man named, death of, II, 4
Stephen, Mr, he defends ministry, I, 74 Stewart, Lieutenant William, wounds Lieutenant Bagnell in a duel, II, 165 Stewart, Angus, his death, II, 120 Stocks, price of, in 1812, II, 340 Sweden, treaty of peace with England, II, 261
Tarleton, General, his speech when the thanks of the Commons were voted to Lord Wellington, I, 295
Tariffa, defence of, Gazette account, I, xi
Tchichagoff, Admiral, his attack on Ro- brine, I, 354. He pursues Renier and Schwartzenberg, 382
Tellership of the Exchequer, nature of the office explained, I, 84. Mr Creevy
moves that the tellers salaries shall be confined to a fixed sum, 85. His arguments answered, 86
Thais, arrival of at Portsmouth, II, 17 Thanksgiving, form of prayer to be used for Lord Wellington's victories over the French, II, 136 Thorley, Mrs, is robbed, II, 180 Thrower, Edmund, alias Edward, trial of, II, 43
Tierney, Mr, he opposes Mr Perceval's plan for the arrangement of his ma jesty's household, I, 11. Charges Jef- frey, bookseller, for an assault, II, 98 Tole, T., an Irish pedlar, found guilty of murder, II, 123
Tooke, John Horne, death of, II, 40
Upholland, lamentable accident at, II,
Uxbridge, the Earl of, his death, II, 30
Vansittart, Mr, brings forward his budget, I, 90. His speech at the Pitt Club, II, 101
Wadsworth, General, Gazette account of his surrender, I, ix. Account of his defeat, II, 193
Walker, and wife, found dead in bed at mill of Elrick, II, 205. Walpole, Lord, appointed ambassador at St Petersburg, II, 119
Ward, Honourable Mr, his reply to Mr Freemantle's speech on the Prince Regent's message respecting Portugal, I, 304
Walsh, Mr Benjamin, trial of, II, 12 Walshe, J. M. trial of, II, 83 Warren, Sir J. B. his correspondence with Mr Munroe, II, 309 Warring, J. his pedestrian feats, II, 147 Wasp, Gazette account of her capture, I, ix
Watson, apprehended issuing base coin, II, 198
ceval's defence of government, 70, 72, 73. His speech on the bill brought forward by Lord Castlereagh for the preservation of the public peace in the disturbed counties, 114. His speech on moving for copies of the correspondence betwixt the British and American go- vernments, 254
Whiting, Michael, extraordinary trial of, II, 3
Whitehaven, steam-engine boiler burst there, II, 102
Wilberforce, Mr. his speech on the bill brought forward by Lord Castlereagh for the preservation of the public peace in the disturbed counties, I, 112. Williams, the murderer, interment of, II, 4
Wellesley, Mr, marriage of, II, 37 Wellesley, Marquis, his correspondence with Lord Liverpool on the formation of a new ministry, I, 154. Statement of the causes of his resignation, 168. His communications with Lords Grey and Grenville, 169. Discussions on his conduct, 174. His speech on the Ca- tholic claims, 217. Minutes of con- versation between him and Lord Li- verpool, II, 231; and his correspond- ence with him, 232, 235, 242. Letter to Earl Grey, 244; to Moira, 252; to Grey, 253, 254. Wellington, Lord, his character as a ge- neral, I, 289. He reduces Almeida, 291, and Ciudad Rodrigo, 292. ceives the thanks of parliament, 293. The Prince Regent recommends the grant of an annuity to him, 296. He takes Badajoz, 306. Receives the thanks of parliament, 307. Defeats Marmont at Salamanca, 317. His re- ception at Madrid, 320. Retires from before Burgos, 327. Made a Marquis Witty, Robert, struck by lightning, II, and Knight of the Bath, 128 Wexford, accident there, II, 170 Wharton, Mr, he proposes that a grant be made to meet the expenses of the barrack department for the current year, I, 69
Whitbread, Mr, his speech on the ad- dress to the Prince Regent, I, 6. He opposes Mr Perceval's plan for the ar- rangement of his majesty's household, He attacks the conduct of go- vernment, 69. His reply to Mr Per-
Willis, Mr, he was attempted to be mur- dered, II, 122 Wittgenstein, General, defeats Oudinot and St Cyr at Polotsk, I, 357, and near Drissa, 381, Defeats Victor, 392, 394
Woolwich, fire at, II, 128
Wortley, Mr Stuart, his motion for an address to the Prince Regent to form a strong and efficient administration, I, 155, 177
Yarmouth, Lord, his explanation with respect to the royal household, I, 178
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