death, 100*; ditto to the emperor Ni- cholas, 101*; the emperor's order to the army, 102*; convention with Eng- land respecting commerce, fisheries, &c. 64*; devastations committed by wolves, 286*
St. Alban's, duke of, death of, 267 St. Domingo, see Hayti. St. John, lady, death, 267
St. Nicholas, miracles by, in Spain, 94 St. Petersburgh, horse-races at, 125
St. Rombaut, festival in honour of, at Ma- lines, 115
Saline water from a spring in Windsor
park, analysis of, 261*
Salmon fisheries report on, 248* Santa Maura, earthquake at, 8 Sardinia, attack on Tripoli, 142 Scotland, law proceedings in, alterations of, [90]; report on the Salmon fish- eries, 248*
Sculptors, Venetian, 199*
Seythe, the Flemish, advantages of, 264* Sherbro, king of, &c. convention with the governor of Sierra Leone, 87* Sheridan, anecdotes of his early life, from Moore's "Life" of him, 166*; Dr. Parr's account of him, 167*; play of Jupiter" written in conjunction with Halbed, 171*; letters from his wife to him, 177*; his letter to the prince of Wales on the king's illness, 181*; letter from captain Payne relative to the same event, 182*; wagers and bets made by Sheridan, 187* Sheriffs, list of, 189
Ships; loss of the Kent Indiaman, by fire,
22; loss of the Mechanic, Steam-boat, 61; trial of the crew of the Criterion, for revolt, 128; launch of the princess Charlotte 129; recovery of the Chris- tiana brig, off Margate, 137; loss of the city of Glasgow Steam packet, 141; loss of the Comel Steam packet, 142; wreck of the Baron of Renfrew, ib.; loss of the Fury 148; of the Ogle Castle East Indiaman 155; number of vessels arriving at Hamburgh 185 Siamese, physical character of, 231*; manners and customs, 215*; funerals ceremonies, and treatment of the dead, ib.; laws, 219*; adultery, theft and debt, ib.
Sidi Mahmoud, envoy from Tunis, his reception at Paris, 60
Sivori, Chevalier, his attack on Tripoli,
Sierra Leone, convention between the go- vernor and the Sherbro Bulloms, 87*; population, &c. 281*
Silk, St. Helena, 263*
Slave trade; negociations respecting he- tween the United States and Great Britain broken off, 62*; treaty with Brazil for abolition of, 72*; articles respecting 84*, 86*; abolished in Colombia, 133*
Slave testimony competency of, 15* Society for the propagation of the gospel in Foreign parts, summary statement of, 45*
Song of the Greeks, 288* Spain: Zea Bermudez appointed minister, [166]; dismissal of Ugarte ib.; em- barrassment of the finances, [167]; dis- turbance at Seville, [168]; decree is- sued by Ferdinand ib.; Zea Bermudez offers his resignation, [170]; nume- rous arrests, ib.; plan for placing Don Carlos on the throne, ib., Bessieres' insurrection and death, [171]; other revolts, ib.; consultative Junta formed, [172]; Zea and his cabinet dismissed, [173]; succeeded by the duke del Infantado, ib.; surrender of two ships to Mexico, [208]; ditto castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, ib.; capitulation of the army in Peru, 148*
Spanish patriots, stanzas to the memory of, 287*
Speech of the king of the Netherlands,
89*; of the emperor of Austria to the Hungarian diet, 92*; of the emperor of Russia to the chambers of Poland, 95*, 95*
Stanhope, hon. J. H., suicide of, at Caen Wood, 3
Steam-carriage, Copenhagen, 53
-vessel on a new principle, 139 navigation to India, 171
Stemberg, Made. Ungern, case of her substitution in infancy, 29 Stepney, sir T., death of, 230 Stock Exchange, fund at, 121 Stonyhurst, Jesuits' college at, 279* Storm, dreadful one at Collereto, 105; violent one in the metropolis, 114 Substitution of one child for another, case of, 29
Suicide hon. J. II. Stanhope, 3; fanali- cal instance of at Berne, 111 Suicides, list of, in Westminster, 185 Sumner, Dr., epitaph on, by Dr. Parr, 161*; character, 167* Sunderland, disturbances at, 117 Superstition in England, 89 Sweden, public affairs of, [153]; prose- cution against the editor of the Argus, [154] Switzerland, opening of the Diet, [155]; murders in, 53
Tables Public income, 294
Expenditure, 296
Disposition of grants, 297 Payments for other services, 304
Price of stocks, 333
Bankrupts, ib.
Prices of Sugar and Hay, 334 Corn, ib.
Butcher's meat, 335
Meteorological table, ib. Bills of mortality, 336
Taganrog, death of the emperor Alexan- der at, [157]; account of, ib.; note Taunton, sir W. E, death of, 270 Temple of Vesta, prize poem, 291* Thanet, lord, death of, 221 Tilloch, Dr., death and memoir of, 222 Titanium, metallic, in iron furnaces, 261 Tomlinson (engraver) death of, 67 Topazes, Brazilian, sold for diamonds, 103
Trade, with Portugal, 13; See Commerce. Tread-wheel, report on, 15; not prejudicial to health, ib.
Treaties with Brazil, 72*; with Colombia, 80*; with Rio de la Plata, 84*; be- tween the emperor of Brazil and the king of Portugal, 203*; between Co- lombia and the United States, 140*
See Conventions. Trials: C. Wood, rape, 5; J. B. Desha (son of the governor of Kentucky), for murder, 18; Master G. A. Wood, and A. W. Leith, manslaughter, 28; Ed- ward M'Elroy, arson, 31; G. Balty and Ellis, rape, 37; R. Maydwell, murder, ib.; Hannah Read, murder of her husband, 112; Hannah Taunton, for killing her husband, 117; Louis Frimont, for the murder of M. Paul Louis Courier, 127; D. M⚫Innes and Peter M'Bride, master and pilot of the Comet steam-packet, 174; Wm. Allan, robbery and murder, 182; Chas. Lynn, murder, 3*; C. Holder and D. Gar- diner, threatening letter, 5* ; A. Keefe and T. Bourke, murder of the Franks family, 31*
Tripoli, attack on, by a Sardinian flotilla, under the chevalier Sivori, 142 Tuchan, Peter, a giant, death of, 270 Turkey: remonstrance to the British government, and measures adopted in consequence, [122]; relations with Russia, [184]; disturbances, and death of the sultan's son, ib.; preparations of Redschid pacha against the Greeks, [185]; Egyptian fleet sails against Navarino, [187]; siege of Navarino,
[188]; siege of Missolonghi, [191]; See Greece.
Turner, sir C., governor of Sierra Leone, convention with the king of Sherbro, &c., 87*
Vineyards, produce of, in France, 264* Union Hall, case of imposition by a bar- ber, 33
Unitarian marriage bill rejected, [89] United States: election of a president,
[195]; Mr. Adams chosen, and his inauguration, [196]; rejection of treaty with Colombia relative to slave-trade, ib.; differences with Georgia, [197]; message to congress, [198]; finances, ib.; army 1; diplomatic pondence with Great Britain, 60*; in- augural address of the president, 109*; president's message to congress, 114* commercial policy, 115*; treaty of commerce with Colombia, 117*; bank- rupt laws, militia, finances, 118*; mili- tary service, 120*; treaties with Indian tribes, 121*; surveys, roads, &c., 122*; La Fayette, 123*; naval force, &c., ib.; West India squadron, 124*; naval academy wanted, 125*; post, ib. ; edu- cation and science, 126*; population, &c., 128*; statistics, 285* University, meeting respecting a new one in the Metropolis, 81
Usury laws, bill for the repeal of, [89]; and discussion on, ib.
Wagers, curious, made by Sheridan, 187* Walrus, or sea-horse, found at Fierceness, 78
Water spring in Windsor-park, analysis of, 261*; Cheltenham water, ib.; Leamington ditto, ib. Water-colour exhibition, 54 Warwick, lion-fight at, 105 Weather, extraordinary heat of, 99 Wellesley, Mrs. W. P. L., death of, 280 Wewitzer, Ralph, comedian, death of, 217 Whitworth, lord, death and memoir of, 248
Wilson, Harriette, her letter to Mr. Ellice, 27; action for libel against the pub- lisher of her "Memoirs," 13* Windsor-park, analysis of saline water from a spring in, 261* Witchcraft, man swam for, 98 Wolf, ravages of a, at Tonnerre, in France,
Woollen goods, duties on, [106] Wurtemburg, renewal of intercourse with the Holy Alliance, [154]
York musical festivals, 1823 and 1825, receipts of, 131
York, duke of, speech on the Catholic relief bill, [58]
Young, John, artist, death of, 232
Zinc plates, for engraving, 266*
T. C. Hansard, Printer, Paternoster-row Press,
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
Customs, produce of, [115], [117] Cuxhaven, hurricane and inundation, 14
Dance, George, architect, death of, 219 Danish Loan, 27
David, French painter, death of, 292 Demetriades, Constantine, Greek mendi- cant, death of, 275
Denmark, convention of commerce with, 66*
Denon, baron, death and memoir of, 244
Disturbances at Sunderland, 117; num-
ber of persons wounded by the military, 118; in the Isle of Man, 157 Donabew, taken by sir A. Campbell, [130]
Donoughmore, earl of, death of, 275 Dorset, duchess dowager, death of, 269 Downman, lieut.-col., death of, 272 Drama: Orestes in Argos, 54; William Tell, 62; Faustus, 63; Broken Pro- mises, 96; Quite Correct, 110 Dream, the, by T. Campbell, 289* Drury-lane, "William Tell," 62; " Faus- tus," 63
Dublin: singular species of robbing com- mitted by tenants pulling down houses,
89 Duprat, Josephine, tried for the murder of her husband, 64
Duties, proposed diminution of, on cot- tons, [106]; woollen goods, ib.; books, glass, iron, &c., [107]; copper, [108]
Earthquake, at Santa Maura, 8 ; at Algiers,
East Indies: operations of sir A. Camp- bell, [124]
Edinburgh: remarkable incident respect- ing two brothers, 120
Egerton, sir J. Grey, death of, 252 Elephant at Exeter Change, keeper killed by, 153
Elliston, Mr., action against for assault, 76 Elmsley, rev. Dr., death of, 252 England fifty years ago, 284* English Opera House, "Broken Pro- mises," 96
Equitable Assurance Company, capital of,
Equity Courts in the United States, rules of, 136
Erskine, sir James, death of, 231 Espinasse, Mr., action against by a jewel- ler, for recovery of money, 12 Eton, fatal contest between two scholars,
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,
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