to the
[N, B. The figures with crotchets refer to the History; those with a
Appendix to Chronicle, &c.; and the others to the Chronicle.]
ABOLITION of Slavery, treaty with Brazil
for, 72*
Accidents: explosion of Mr. Brock's
firework manufactory, Whitechapel, 123
-breaking of a bridge at the launch of
the princess Charlotte, Portsmouth, 129;
fall of a rock at Carvalinho, Portugal,
135; fall of a bridge at Nienburg, 169
Adams, Mr., chosen president of the
United States, [195]; his inaugural
address, 109*
Adultery: case of an offender being shot
by the husband, 28; laws against, in
Siam, 220*
Africa, see Sierra Leone, Sherbro, Tri-
poli 226; Clapperton and Denham's
account of the interior, 25-4*
Agriculture and Botany, 262*
Alexander, Emperor; proclamation to the
Polish diet, [156]; his illness, [157];
death, [158]; character, ib.
America, North; dreadful fire at Mirami-
chi, New Brunswick, 135, 173; Rules
of the Equity courts, United States,
136; church establishment and mis-
sionaries, 47; Sce Canada, United
States.
America, South; Recognition of the inde-
pendence of Buenos Ayres Colombia,
and Mexico, [14]; confederation of tho
United Provinces of Rio de la Plata,
[212]; national army, [213]; insur-
rections at Cordova, San Juan, ib.
congress of Panama [214]; letter from
Mr. Canning to the Chevalier de los
Rios, relative to the conduct of Great
Britain toward the Spanish colonies,
51*; mines, 285; See Brazil, Colombia,
Peru, Rio de la Plata.
Amiens, a parricide executed at, 64
Anatomical invention 245*
Andrews, Dr., dean of Canterbury, death
of, 254
Animal ingrafting, experiments of, 246*
Antique coins, forgery of, 104
Antiquities: excavations at Pompeii, 122;
Roman hoat discovered at Glasgow, 279
Army; regulation for the sale and pur-
chase of commissions, 57
Army of the United States, 1
Arracan, taken by Gen. Morrison, [136]
Assassination at Chartres, 28
Assassins executed at Naples, 55
Assizes and Sessions: Antrim.-Jones v.
O'Hara, 22*
Bridgewater; Hannah Taunton, kil-
ling her husband, 117
Bucks; Charles Lynn, murder of Abra-
ham Hogg, 3
Cork; A. Keefe and Thomas Bourke,
murder of the Franks family, 31°
Derby; G. Batty, rape, 37
Kilkenny; Farley v. J. T. Haydon,
libel, 20
Lancaster; W. Cherry, rape, 39
Leicester; Hannah Read, murder of
her husband, 112
Limerick; Patrick Cusack, Eleanor
Ryan, &c., murder, 23
Lincoln; R. Maydwell, murder, 37
Maidstone; Poolly v. Pybus, for a mali-
cious commission of bankruptcy, 46-
Old Bailey; C. Wood, rape, 5; John
Palin, stealing four £1000 bank
notes, 151
Sussex; G. and E. Daw, murder, 41; C.
Holder and D. Gardiner, threatening
letter, 5*
Westminster Sessions, J. G. Muirhead,
misdemeanor, 139; Robert Charles,
assault and attempt to violate, 145
Astronomy, &c. 251°
Avalanche, fortunate escape from, 1; five
men killed by, near Morsine, 53
Aurora Borealis, 258*
Australia, new settlement in, 83
Austria: emperor's speech to the Hunga-
rian diet, 92*
Autographs, at sale of Boswell's Library, 81
Ayr Steam-boat, Comet run down by, 142;
trial of the master, &c. 174; liberation
of ditto, 184
Baden, speech of the Grand duke to the
states, [154]; suspension of the new
tariff, urged by Switzerland, [155]
Bailey, Mr. P., his tragedy of Orestes in
Argos, 54
Baker, Francis, murdered by I. B. Desha,
son of the governor of Kentucky, 18
Balcarras, earl, death of, 237
Banda Oriental, province of, rendered in-
dependent of Brazil, [178]
Bankrupt laws, consolidation of, [88]
Bankruptcy, case of maliciously suing a
commission of, 46
Bankrupts: number of, 333; severe re-
gulation against, in Germany, 17
Banks, failures of, and list of those which
failed, &c. [123]
Barber, singular imposition practised by
one, 33
Barne, Miles, death of, 280
-Snowden, ditto, 266
Baron of Renfrew, wreck of the, 142
Barry, Redmond, brother of the painter,
death of, 85
Dr., theory of the circulation of
the blood, 246
Bavaria, death of the king of, [154]
Bay of Biscay, the destruction of the Kent
Indiaman, by fire, 22
Beere, Mr., action against lord Donough-
more, 35
Berkeley, colonel, his assault on Mr.
Judge, editor of the Cheltenham Journal,
Bertie admiral sir Thomas, death of, 261
Bessieres; heads the insurgents in Spain,
[171]; arrested and shot, ib.
Bhurtpore, death of the Rajah, and insur-
rection, [133]
Bills of mortality, 335
-in parliament, private, [121] 16
Bland, rev. R., death of, 235
Blida (near Algiers) destroyed by earth-
quake, 26
Blood; Dr. Barry's theory of the circula-
tion of, 246*
Boat of sheet iron, 133;
Roman, discovered at Glasgow,
279*
Bolivar; his speech to the constituent con-
gress of Peru, [211]; note to, from the
Vice-president of Colombia, 142*
Books, decision in France, respecting
works printed for foreign publication,
Boon, Mary, a religious impostor, 66
Borghese, princess, death of, 258
Boswell's Library, sale of, 81
Bow-street; daring escape of a female
prisoner from, 124
Brazil: its independence recognized by
Portugal, [174];treaty with dillo, [175];
execution of insurgents, ib.; unconstitu-
tional administration of the emperor,
ib.; servile addresses to him, [176]; the
province of Chiquitos seeks protection
from Brazil, against Peru, [177]; revolt
of Fructuoso Rivera, [178]; he and La-
valleja liberate Banda Oriental from the
Brazilian yoke, ib.; Lavalleja's victory
over the Imperialists, [179]; treaties
for the abolition of Slavery, 72°; do. re-
specting commerce, 75* ; treaty between
the emperor and the king of Portugal,
103; communication from the minis
ter for foreign affairs, of Rio de la
Plata, 105
Brazilian topazes, sold by a French
jeweller for diamonds, 103
Bridge, the new London, 86
Bridge, suspension one, of cane, at Ally-
pore, 267*
Brougham, Mr., speech on the address at
Brookes, Mr., assault upon, 172
opening of the session, [8]; presents a
petition from the members of the Ca-
tholic Association, [40]; motion in be-
half of ditto, [41]; publie dinner given
Brussels, church struck by lightning, 99
to him at Edinburgh, 42; his intem-
perate speech on that occasion, 43
Buenos Ayres, recognition of indepen-
dence of, [14]; revolt of Lavalleja and
Rivera against Brazil, [178]; authority
Burdett, sir F., Catholic petition presented
commilled to Buenos Ayres by the
South American congress, [212]
by, [46]; resolutions moved by, in the
committee on the Catholic claims, [51];
Catholic Relief bill introduced by, [52];
motion respecting the court of Chan-
cery, [85]; reflections upon lord Liver-
pool's conduct with regard to the Ca-
tholic question, [79]; Roman Catholic
Relief bill 34°
Burmese war, [124]; the fort of Syriam
taken by the British, ib. ; proclamation
by sir A. Campbell, [125]; attack on
Donabew, [128]; capture of ditto,
[130]; articles of cessation of hostilities
[131]
Burying alive, horrible instance of, 153
Butcher's Meat, prices of, 355
Calcutta, Bishop's College, 46°; mission-
aries, 48°
Campbell, col., of Glenlyon, death of, and
singular anecdote respecting, 276
sir Archibald, operation in the
East Indies, [124]
T., Stanzas to the Memory of
the Spanish Patriots, &e., 287*: Song
of the Greeks, 288*; Dream, 289*
Canada, proposed measures relative to
importation of corn from, [105]
Canadian chiefs, introduced to the king,
48
Canning, Mr., reply to Mr. Brougham,
[12]; remarks on the Catholic Asso-
ciation; on the recognition of the South
American States, [13]; speech on the
Catholic Association, [32]; his course
of conduct with regard to the Catholic
question, [34]; note to the chevalier
de los Rios, relative to the conduct of
Great Britain with respect to the Spa-
nish American colonies, 51*; letter to,
from M. Rodios, in behalf of the Greek
government, 56*
Canova, anecdotes of his early life,
previous to his residence at Rome,
189; studies under Toretto, 193;
goes to Venice, 198; his first statue,
Eurydice, 202; Orpheus, 204'; Es-
culapius, 206; Dædalus and Icarus,
ib.; list of his works, 208*
Capper, col. James, death of, 279
Carbonic acid gas, natural sources of, 260*
Carlisle, earl of, death of, 277
Catholic Association, [1]; mischief of,
pointed out by Mr. Canning, [13];
discussion on, in parliament, [17];
Mr. Goulburn's speech on, [18]; Mr;
Plunkett's, [26]; Mr. Canning's, [32];
petition from, [40]; bill passed against,
[42]; plan of a new Association, [43]
Coins, antique, forgery of, 104
Colonial office, increase of business, and
additional under-secretary, 116
policy, alterations in, [99]; ad-
vantages granted to the United States,
[100]
Colombia, treaty of amity and commerce
with, 80; treaty of commerce with
the United States, 117; vice-presi-
dent's message to Congress, 131"; spe-
cial articles in the treaty with the
United States, 140° vice-president's
note to Bolivar, 142°; minister's note
to the chargé d'affaires at Buenos
Ayres 146*
Columbus (timber-ship) loss of the, 65
Combination Laws, debate on, [91];
dangerous tendency of, [92]
Comet, new one discovered, 105
steam-boat, loss of, 142; trial of
the master and pilot of the Ayre, 74
Comets, 258*
Commerce, prosperous state of, [2]; pro-
posed abolition of fees, at colonial ports,
[104], [111]; commercial regulations
at Hamburgh, 103; convention with
Russia, 64; Denmark, 66°; Hanover,
69; convention of, with the Hanseatic
cities, 70*; treaty with Brazil, 75°;
with Columbia, 80*
Commissions in the army, regulations for
sale and purchases of, 57
Committals, Convictions, Executions, &c.,
337
Relief bill, [52], 34; debates
on, in the Commons, [54]; in the
Lords, [64]
Rent, [23]; suppressed, and
"Free Gifts" adopted instead, [40];
purposes of the latter, ib.
Catholics, petition from, [40]; ditto
presented by sir F. Burdett, [46].
Chalmers, George, death of, 253
Chancery, court of, [83]; character and
utility, [84]; complaints and attacks
against, ib.; discussions on, in par-
liament, [85]; rules and practice of, 100
Charles X, his coronation, 70; manner
of living, 104
Check, loss of, action respecting, 68
Cheltenham: col. Berkeley's assault on
Mr. Judge, 36
Chemistry, 260*
Chile: plot and commotions, [216]; em-
barrassed finances, [217]
Companies, Joint-stock, list of, 97
Company, new Joint-stock, in France,
119; Lower Rhine steam navigation
company, 121
Congress of Panama, [214]
Conspiracy of Carbonari, at Rome, 160
Constantinople, murders at, 48
Consals, regulations respecting, [112]
Contrivance, singular one, for effecting
robberies, 132
Convention of commerce with Russia,
64; with Denmark, 66°; Hanover,
69; Hanseatic cities, 70*
Convictions, $37, 339
Cook, captain, of the Cambria, letter to
the agents at Lloyd's, relative to the
loss of the Kent Indiaman, 23; re-
warded by the East India company, 26
Cooper, the hon. A. F., killed by fighting,
at Eton school, 20
Copenhagen: new steam-carriage, 53
City of Glasgow, steam-packet, loss of, Corfu, directions for vessels navigating
Clergy of Austria, 1; of France ib.
Cochrane, lord, his arrival at Portsmouth,
93
Coinage, the new, 83
Corn Laws: Mr. Whitmore's motion re-
specting, [98]; proposed measures re-
specting importation of corn from Ca-
nada, [105]
Coronation of Charles X., 70
Corri, Domenico, composer, death of, 251
Corsica, extracts from Benson's Sketches
of, 224*
Cotton, general, attack on Donabew,
[126], &c.
Cotton manufactories, disturbances in, at
Houlme in France, 114
Cottons, duties on, [106]
Covent Garden: Orestes in Argos, 54
Courier, M. Paul Louis, assassination and
memoir of, 51; trial of his assassin,
Court-martial, on captains Parry and
Hoppner, 148
Courts: Admiralty; case of the Zodiac,
9; trial of the master and pilot of the
Comet steam-packet, 174
Chancery; Townshend, v. Agnew,
" 100
Common Pleas; Brooke v. Carpenter,
95; J. Hunter, esq, contempt of
court, 159
High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh;
W. Allen, robbery and murder, 182;
case of the Comet, 184
House of Lords; Maule, v. Maule, 77
King's Bench; Montague v. Espi-
nasse, 12; The King v Taylor,
gaming houses, 16; Harborough v.
Pinner, assault, 49; Down v. Halling,
&c., 68; Poole v. Elliston, assault,
76; Robinson, v. Ward, for recovery
of a sum of money paid by the de-
fendant into his own banker's in his
own name, 150; Joseph v. Perrer,
1*; Byrne v. Parkins, 7; Blore v.
Stockdale, libel 13*
Craven, earl of, death of, 268
Crimes, 337
Currents of the Ocean, 257*
Custom House, fall of the floor of the
long room, 11
Fanaticism and Imposture, 66, 79
Ferdinand IV. of Naples, death of, 218
Fife cause, final decision of, 169
Finances, statement of, by the chancellor
of the Exchequer, [115]; Mexico, [200]
Finlayson's Mission to Siam, &c., extracts
from, 213
Fires: Kent, Indiaman, 22; in St. Mary
Axe, 65; extensive fire in Mortimer-
street, &c., 22; at Gravendeel, 100; at
Mr. Jones's, Cavendish-street, 109; at
Obigt, 134; destructive fire at Mira-
michi, New Brunswick, 173
Fish, quantity of, imported, at London,
Fisher, Dr. (bishop of Salisbury), death
of, 247
Foreign Enlistment Act, proclamation en-
forcing, [122]
Fossil Remains, in Sussex, 48
Fouché, memoirs of, suppressed, 2
Foy, general, death and memoir of, 287
France opening of the session of the
Chambers, [134]; king's speech, ib.;
civil list, [136]; indemnification to
emigrants, ib.; sinking fund, &c., [137];
conversion of the Rentes, &c., [138];
budget, [139]; state of sinking fund,
ib.; law against sacrilege, [140]; state
of the clergy, ib. ; prosecutions against
liberal journals, the Constitutionnel and
Courier Français, ib. ;, decision of the
Cour Royale respecting ditto, [141];
petition for sending consuls to the new
states of America, [142]; M. de Vil-
lele's defence of the policy of France
towards the American states, ib.; ne-
gociations with Hayti, relative to the
independence of the latter, [143]; see
Hayti; regulations for horse-races, 36;
assassination of M. Courier, 51; in-
creased salaries of judges, 53; new
peers, 56; arrival of the duke of North-
umberland as ambassador extraordi-
nary, 59; of Sidi Mahmoud, envoy
from Tunis, 60; article in the Aris-
tarque respecting a loan to Rothschild,
61; Coronation of Charles X., 70;
disturbances in the cotton manufactories
in Houlme, 114; trade with the inde.
pendent States of South America, 116;
Societé Commandataire de l'Industrie,
119; miracle, 131; murder at Castres,
138; public libraries, 286*
Franklin, Mrs. (Miss Porden), death of,
227
Franks family, Keefe and Bourke tried
for murder of, 31°
Frederick, sir J., death of, 220
Funds, fluctuations in, from 1786, 187
Funeral ceremonies of the Siamese, 215*
Fury: court-martial to inquire into the
loss of, 148; shipwreck of, 251*
Fuseli, H. artist, death and memoir of, 241
Gaming-house : J. Taylor fined for keep-
ing, 16
Geary, sir W., death of, 271
Genoa : a young woman killed by her
lover, who afterwards kills several other
persons, and destroys himself, 166
Geography, &c., 251*
George III., illness of in 1788, 182 183;
political intrigues connected with that
event, 184
Germany regulations respecting bank-
rupts, 17; Sec Austria; Wurtemburg.
Gigantic man, account of, 91
Glastonbury, lord, death of, 243
Gotha, duke of, death of, 226
Goulburn, Mr., motion and speech on the
Catholic Association, and unlawful so-
cieties in Ireland, [18]
Graham, sir James, death of, 236
Graham, lieut. P., indicted for challenging
lord Harborough, 51
Gravendeel, fire at, 100
Greece: insurrection headed by Coloco-
troni, [184]; his submission, ib.; he
and the other leaders of the rebellion
sent to Hydra, ib.; blockade of Patras,
[185]; siege of Navarino, [186]; sur-
render of Old Navarino, [188]; recal
of Colocotroni, [190]; military opera-
tions in the Morea, ib.; naval prepara-
tions of the Turks for the siege of Mis-
solonghi,[191];naval operations, [193] ;
unsuccessful attempt to burn the Turk-
ish fleet at Alexandria, ib.; offer of the
Greeks to place themselves under the
protection of Great Britain, ib.; M.
Rodios' letter to Mr. Canning in name
of the provisional government, 56°;
manifesto of the Greek nation, 106*;
protest of M. M. Roche and Washing-
ton, the deputies of France and Ame-
rica, to the provisional government, 108*
Guatemala : disturbances, [208]; election
of president, ib. ; expenditure, ib.
Halhed, Mr., intimacy and literary con-
nexion with Sheridan, 171*
Halo light, polarized state of, 261*
Hamburgh, commercial regulations at,
103; number of vessels arrived at, 185
Hanover, convention of reciprocity of
commerce with, 69*
Hanseatic cities, convention of commerce,
&c. with, 70*
Harborough, Ford, action of assault against
a seaman, 49; challenged by Mr. Gra-
ham, of the Ranillies, 51
Havana, description of the city of, 225*
Hay, R. W., under secretary, Colonial
office, 116
Haymarket Theatre, "Quite Correct," 110
Hayti : negociations with France, [143] ;
French decree, [144]; confirmation of
ditto, [145]; proclamation of Presi-
dent Boyer, ib. note; intended insur-
rection, [147]; increased duty on Eng-
lish goods, ib.; trade at Port-au-Prince,
ib. note; proposed defensive alliance
with Colombia, 136*
Hearne, John, tried at Cork, for a rape,
and married to the prosecutrix, 120
Heathcote, sir F., death of, 228
Henniker, sir Fred. death of, 270
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