in; manifesto of the Emperor of Russia, [333]; the Russian armies enter Hungary in great force, [334]; desperate actions between the Austrians and Hungarians, [335]; Gen. Haynau assumes the command of the Austrians; opera- tions of the Ban, [336]; defeat of Bem in Transylvania, [336]; dreadful combats at Hermanstadt; Gen. Hay- nau attacks Georgey at Raab and Acs, [337]; Georgey retreats; Dem- binski defeated; Hungarians de- feated at Temesvar, [338]; advance of the Russians; Georgey and Dem- binski defeated, [339]; Georgey re- treats, and is hemmed in; Kossuth resigns the dictatorship to Georgey, and flies with Bem and others into Turkey, [339]; Georgey surrenders with his army; Klapka refuses to surrender Comorn, but finally capi- tulates to Gen. Haynau, [340]; the war concluded; the Emperor pro- claims an amnesty; Russia and Aus- tria demand of the Porte the sur- render of the fugitives, [341]; the Sultan refuses; Bem and others ac- cept Islamism; the demand with- drawn, [343]
INDIA-Resumption of the narrative of the war; siege of Moultan; opera- tions continued and the town is taken by storm; tremendous bombardment of the citadel; Moolraj surrenders, [375], 12; the troops are instantly marched forward to join Lord Gough's army, [376]; the campaign against the Sikhs; the army crosses the Chenab, and the enemy fall back in disorder, [376]; the Sikhs take Attock, and Chuttur Sing joins Shere Sing and the combined armies take their stand at Russool on the Jhelum, [377]; the British attack the enemy; battle of Chilianwallah; after a murderous conflict the British remain masters of the field, [377], 26; great dissatis- faction in England; Sir Charles Na- pier appointed to take the command, [380]; in the mean time, the Sikhs retreat to Goojerat, and attempt to cross the Chenab; they are antici- pated at the fords by the arrival of the force from Mooltan, [381], 37; the combined forces of the enemy are attacked at Goojerat and totally de- feated, [381], 42; Gen. Gilbert pur- sues the enemy across the Jhelum,
and Shere Sing and all his force lay down their arms, [383], 52; the Punjab annexed to the British pos- sessions in India, [384], 59; trial of Moolraj, the Dewan of Mooltan, on charge of murdering Messrs. Vans Agnew and Anderson; he is found guilty and sentenced to death; but this sentence is commuted, [385]; destruction of Mooltan by the rise of the river Chenab, 139; seizure of the Sikh chiefs, 159-See PARLIAMENT IRELAND-Affray at Dolly's Brae, 73; visit of the Queen and Prince Albert, 83; arrival at Cork, 84; at Dublin, 85; at Belfast, 86; Glasgow and Balmoral, ib.; return to Osborne House, 87; state of the country, 124, 173; forty-one persons drowned at Kilrush, 174-See PARLIAMENT ITALY-Tuscany :-opening of the Le- gislative Chambers; flight of the Grand Duke, and formation of a Pro- visional Government, [290]; counter- revolution and restoration of the Grand Duke, [291]-See TUSCANY, SARDINIA, VENICE, ROME
Kossuth Ludwig, portrait of, 102
LAW AND POLICE-Trial of Mr. P. Drouet, of Tooting, for manslaughter, 2; privileges of the peerage, ib.; Hoghton v. Wigney (Crim. Con.), 5; sale of a cadetship, 20; attempted fraud on a railway company, 22; fatal mistake of administering poison, 29; desperate burglary at Chelms- ford, 30; attempted robbery of a banker's parcel, 32; forging the Goldsmiths' Hall mark, 35; poison- ing at Aberdeen, 45; robbery at St. Pancras workhouse, 47; outrage on Her Majesty, 57; the law of marriage, Wood v. Dey, 63; the Agapemone, Nottidge v. Ripley, 65; murder at Enfield, 68; the Buckingham estate, ib.; the Foreign Enlistment Act; the Sicilian insurrection, 70; murder at Bombay, 74; poisonings in Wiltshire, 75; burglary at Brackinfield, 78; at Maidstone, 79; murder at Shrews- bury; jury discharged, 81; the Guestling poisonings, 88; murder at Bath, 90; attempted murder of two children by their mother, 100; sin- gular attempt at extortion on the banking firm of Messrs. Herries and Co., 106; attempted murder at Dul- wich, 110; robbery of railway parcels,
Law and Police-continued.
112; singular robbery, 113; a father shot by his son, 115; murder at Clap- ham, 127; attempt at murder by a sentinel while on duty, 133; murder of Sir J. Graham's gamekeeper, 144; murder in the Milbank Penitentiary, 145; title, curious question of, Duke of Beaufort v. Smith, 157; attempted murder, 167; a pauper marriage, 168; infanticide in Harley-street, 171; murder at Manchester, 175; robbery of a box of gold; Badcock v. Great Western Railway Company, 176; Lord Campbell's Act, Dakin v. Brown and another, 177; attempt to murder a policeman, 179; trial of James Blomfield Rush for murder, 378— See STATE TRIALS
LONDON, Sanitary condition of, 142; an account of the cholera in London and Great Britain, 448
Lord's Journal, the missing, 77 Louis Napoleon, Prince, present to the new Army and Navy Club, 154
MACREADY, Mr., driven off the stage of the Astor House Theatre, New York, 55 Mansion House, visit of the ex-royal family of France, 99 MARRIAGES, 197, 346. Martyrs, a relic of the, 114 METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 346 Military insubordination at Notting- ham, 124
MINISTRY, LIST OF THE, 184 MISCELLANEOUs-Derelict ship, 34; fall of black rain in Ireland, 39; electric telegraph and the snow, 42; muscle gatherers drowned at Leith, 47; shameful scene in a church near Cam- bridge, 53; strange discovery after a fire in Blenheim-street, 60; a man killed by an elephant, 63; balloon accident, 77; death by lightning, ib.; fall of a Roman Catholic Chapel in Drury-lane, 80; fall from the rocks at Clifton, 91; death from chloro- form, 99; combat with a whale, 101; a relic of the martyrs, 114; a father shot by his son, 115; loss of lives in a sewer, 121; death at the execution of the Mannings, 149; explosion of detonating materials at Louth, 152; an under-graduate drowned at Cam- bridge, 153; mysterious death, 155; death of a man from falling into a copper of boiling vitriol, 163 Moolraj, the ex-Dewan of Mooltan, tried and condemned on charge of
Moolraj-continued.
murdering Messrs. Vans Agnew and Anderson, [385).
MORTALITY, TABLES OF, 346
Mortality, Bills of, 100; the mortality in London and Great Britain from the Cholera, 448 Moultan, siege of, surrender of the Dewan Moolraj, 12; destruction of the fortress by the rise of the river Chenab, 139; trial of the ex-Dewan on charge of murdering Messrs. Vans Agnew and Anderson; he is found guilty and sentenced to death, but this sentence is commuted [385] MURDERS-on board the Amelia on her voyage from California, 11; of Mr. G. S. Griffith, near Brighton, 16; at Llanewog, Cardiganshire, 49; near Banbury, 54, 74; at Enfield, 68; at Li- verpool of two children, by their father, 92; of a child by its mother, 95; at Clapham, 126; of SirJ. Graham's game- keeper, 144; in the Milbank Peniten- tiary, 145; infanticide in Harley- street, 171; at Manchester, 175; mur- der at Bristol by a boy, 178; of Dr. Parkman at Boston, U. S. 180 Mutiny and murder on board the Amelia, on her voyage from Cali- fornia, 11, 94
NAPLES AND SICILY-Interference of the British Government to prevent bloodshed in Sicily, [309]; the King offers a Statute or Constitution to the Sicilians, [310]; the British and French admirals press this on the Sicilian Government, who reject it, [311]; and issue a proclamation to the people of Sicily, [312]; General Filangieri takes Catania, Syracuse, and Palermo, and the insurrection is subdued, [312]
National Gallery, bequests to, 155 Nelson Column, Trafalgar-square, in- sertion of bas-relief, 170 Newgate, escape from, 43
New Orleans, inundation at, 60 New York, riot at the Astor House Theatre, 55
O'Connell, Mr., sale of his library, 61 Opera-Her Majesty's Theatre-re-ap- pearance of Mad. Sontag, 72; the Royal Italian Opera-Mr. Delafield's embarrassments, 103
Palace Court, closing of the, 183 PARLIAMENT Opened by the Queen in person; Her Majesty's Speech, [2];
debate thereon, [179]; Bill thrown out by majority of 25, [180]
Marriage with a deceased Wife's Sister.-Bill to legalize brought in by Mr. Wortley, [181]; the second read- ing of the Bill is warmly discussed, [181]; Mr. Cockburn, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Roundell Palmer, [182]; Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Napier, [183]; the Lord Advocate, [184]; Mr. Gladstone, [185]; second reading agreed to, but Bill withdrawn, [186]; Lord Brougham's motion for reform of the Bankrupt Law, [186]
Mr. Disraeli's motion for a Com- mittee to consider the State of the Na tion, his exposition of his views, [186]; opposed by the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, [188]; debate, views of Sir R. Peel, [190]; Lord J. Russell, [192]; motion negatived by a large majority, [193]
Parliament prorogued by Commission on Aug. 1, Speech of the Lords Com- missioners, [193]; General Remarks, [194]
Peerage, privileges of the, 2 Pensions on the Civil List, 91 POETRY, 465
Picture Sales, 62
Poisonings at Aberdeen, 45; at Has- tings, 48, 88; in Wiltshire, 75 Portland Harbour of Refuge, laying the first stone, 80
PORTUGAL Opening of the Cortes, the Royal Speech, [274]; formation of a new Cabinet, under the Presidency of the Count of Thomar, [276] Prison Outbreak, 43, 69 PROMOTIONS, 302
PRUSSIA. Berlin still in a state of siege,
the King issues a proclamation thank- ing the army for their fidelity, [344]; opening of the new Chambers, the King's Speech, [345]; the Frankfort Parliament offer the Crown of Ger- many to the King, who refuses, [347]; the King's Ministry refuse the Ger- man Federal Constitution, which the second Chamber accept, [349]; the Brandenburgh Ministry dissolve the Chamber, collision with the military, [350]; Note of the Prussian Govern- ment on the "German Question," new electoral law published, [351]; declaration against secret voting, [352]; meeting of the Second Cham- ber, the King's Speech, [353] PUBLIC DOCUMENTS-Finance Accounts,
Public Documents continued.
313: i. Public Income, 314; ii. Public Expenditure, 316; iii. Disposition of Grants, 317; iv. Unfunded Debt, 327; v. Public Funded Debt, 328; vi. Trade and Navigation, 330; List of Acts: Public General Acts, 333; Lo- cal and Personal Acts declared public, 337; Private Acts printed, 341; Pri- vate Acts, not printed, 343; Prices of Stocks, 344; Average Prices of Corn, Hay, Straw, Clover, and Butcher's Meat, 345; Table of Mortality, 346; Marriages, Births, and Deaths, regis- tered in the year, 346; University Ho- nours: Oxford, 347; Cambridge, 349. Punjaub, Annexation of the, 59. See INDIA
QUEEN, The-Fired at in the Green
Park, 57; Visits Ireland, arrival at Cork, 84; at Dublin, 85; at Belfast, 86; at Glasgow and Balmoral, ib.; return to Osborne House, 87
Queen Dowager, death of the, 169; Fu- neral, 174; biography, 291
Racing Meetings-Epsom, 58; Ascot, 61; Goodwood, 83; Doncaster, 108 Railway Accidents-on the Caledonian, 19; in America, 89; fall of a viaduct on the Bolton and West Yorkshire Railway, 117; on the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, 123; Collision on the Blackwall Railway, 144; Fall of railway arches at Camden Town, 154 Rain, black, fall of, in Ireland, 39 Robberies of the mails on the Great
Western Railway, 3; of Railway Par- cels, 112; Higham, 157 Rochdale Savings Bank, defalcations at the, 169
Roman Remains at Cirencester, 112 ROME Proceedings of the Revolution- ary Government after the flight of the Pope, who protests against their acts, [291]; demonstration in favour of the Constituent Assembly, the Pope threatens to excommunicate the in- surgents, [292]; the Constituent As- sembly abolishes the temporal sove- reignty of the Pope, and establishes a Republic, [294]; the Pope issues a formal protest, [294]; movements of Spain and Austria in favour of the Pope, [296]; an Austrian army enters Ferrara, [297]; the Executive Power placed in the hands of a triumvirate, under Mazzini, Austria proposes an intervention, the republicans stand firm, [297]; landing of a French force
at Civita Vecchia, under General Oudinot, the Romans resolve on re- sistance, [298]; the French attempt to enter the city, and are driven back, the French negotiate without effect, [299]; all proposals being rejected, the French resolve on a vigorous siege, brave resistance of the citizens, [302]; description of the operations, [308]; the French carry a bastion by esca- lade, [304]; and afterwards carry the walls and enter the city, [306]; the Pope refuses to return, but sends Commissioners, who promise free in- stitutions and an amnesty, [307] Royal Academy, the exhibition of the, 50 Rush, James Blomfield, trial of, for murder, 378; execution of, 415
Sanitary condition of London, 142; the cholera in London, 449 SARDINIA-Opening of the Sardinian Parliament; the King's Speech, [278]; symptoms of another campaign; pro- test of the Ministry against an al- leged violation of the armistice by the Austrians, [279]; wise proposal of count Gioberti, the Sardinian Prime Minister, to march a force into Tus- cany; rejected, and he resigns, [280]; war policy of the new Government, [281]; war resolved on, and general Chrzanowsky nominated commander- in-chief, [281]; proclamation of Mar- shall Radetsky, [282]; forces on either side, and operation of the two armies, [282]; battle of Novara, and entire defeat of the Sardinians; abdication of King Charles Albert and armistice, [283]; new Piedmontese Ministry, [284]; the Assembly reject the arm- istice; revolt of Genoa, [285]; Genoa declared in a state of siege, [286]; operations of General della Marmora against the city; bombardment of Brescia by the Austrians, and its ca- pitulation, [287]; the Chamber resists peace, and is dissolved, [288]; the King resolves to adhere to his engagements, [289]; execution of Gen. Ramorino, 58 Savings Bank at Rochdale, defalcations at, 169
SAXONY-On rejection of the Frankfort
Constitution, a revolution breaks out in Dresden, which is subdued after a severe conflict, [370]
Schleswig Holstein, war in; destruction of a Danish line-of-battle ship, 38; successful sortie of the Danes, from Fredericia, 72
SHERIFFS-list of, Jan. 1849, 185 Shipwrecks and disasters at sea: wreck of the West India mail packet, Forth, on the Alacrane, 9; collision of two Neapolitan steamers, 10; wreck of the Floridian emigrant ship, 24; Derelict ship, 34; wreck of the Maria and Hannah emigrant ships, 40; collision; the Charles Bartlett, 66; wreck of the Sarah Crisp, and destruction by gun- powder of the Minerva, 87; wreck of the St. John emigrant ship, 119; of the South Stockton, 147; burning of the Caleb Grimshaw, 164; shipwrecks during the month of December, 182 Sontag, Madame, re-appearance of, 72 Sporting in Africa, 16
Stanfield Hall-murders, trial of Rush, 378; execution, 415
STATE TRIALS-John Martin in Error v. the Queen; judgment, 351; William Smith O'Brien and others against the Queen, 352; appeal, House of Lords, 372; trial of Kevin Izod O'Doherty, 375
STATUTES, TABLE OF, 12 and 13 Vict.
STOCKS, Table of the Prices of, in each
month, highest and lowest, 344 Stowe Library, sale of the, 6; of the engravings, 27
Suicides at Llanewog, Cardiganshire, 49; of an under-graduate at Cam- bridge, 56; of a mother, after drown- ing her infant, 95; of Louis Chiveot, in Hyde Park, 109; of a gentleman, in Kensington Gardens, 117; of Mr. T. Morton, 140; on the South-Western Railway, 154
Thanksgiving, general, proclamation for, 142; form of prayer, 149 Thunder storm in the Metropolis, 80 TRIALS-LAW CASES, &c. Mr. P. Drouet, of Tooting, for manslaughter, 2; Privi- leges of the peerage, ib.; Hoghton v. Wigner (crim. con.) 5; sale of cadet- ship, 20; attempted fraud on a rail- way company, 22; fatal mistake of administering poison, 29; desperate burglary at Chelmsford, 30; attempted robbery of a banker's parcel, 32; forg- ing the Goldsmith's Hall mark, 35; poisonings at Aberdeen, 45; robbery at St. Pancras Workhouse, 47; outrage on Her Majesty, 57; the Law of Mar- riage-Ward v. Dey, 63; the Agape- mone-Nottidge v. Ripley, 65; murder at Enfield, 68; the Buckingham Es- tates, ib.; the Foreign Enlistment Act-the Sicilian insurrection, 70;
murder at Barnet, 74; poisonings in Wiltshire, 75; burglary at Bracken- field, 78; at Maidstone, 79; murder at Shrewsbury, jury discharged, 81; the Guestling poisonings, 88; mur- der at Bath, 90; attempted murder of two children by their mother, 100; attempted extortion on the banking firm of Messrs. Herries and Co., 106; attempted murder at Dulwich, 110; robbery of railway parcels, 112; sin- gular robbery, 113; a father shot by his son, 115; murder at Clapham, 127; attempt at murder by a sentinel while on duty, 132; murder of sir J. Graham's gamekeeper, 144; murder in the Milbank Penitentiary, 145; title, curious question of-Duke of Beaufort v. Smith, 157; attempted murder, 167; a pauper marriage, 168; infanticide in Harley Street, 171; murder at Manchester, 175; robbery of a box of gold, Badcock v. Great Western Railway Company, 176; Lord Campbell's Act-Dakin v. Brown and another, 177; attempt to murder a policeman, 179; trial of James Bloom- field Rush for murder, 378; trial of Sarah Thomas for murder, 416; trial of John Gleeson Wilson for murder, 424; of George Frederick Manning, and Maria Manning, for murder, 429
TUSCANY-Opening of the Legislative
Assembly, flight of the Grand Duke, and formation of a Provisional Go- vernment, [290]; counter-revolution, and restoration of the Grand Duke, [291]
UNITED STATES-Inaugural Address of Gen. Taylor, the newly-elected Presi- dent, [392]; formation of his Cabinet: the President's message to Congress, [394]; relations with Foreign States, [395]; sympathy with Hungary,[396]; extension of the States to the Pacific, [396]; the slave trade, [397]; connec- tion of the Atlantic and Pacific, ib.; condition of the Treasury, [399]; Cali- fornia, [400]; the American navy, [401]; the Presidential veto, [401]; constitutional rights and responsibi- lities, [402]
UNIVERSITY HONOURS, OXFORD, 347 ; CAMBRIDGE, 349
VENICE, siege and surrender of the city
after an heroic resistance, [291] Vessels employed in foreign trade,
Westmoreland, shrievalty of-death of the earl of Thanet, 73 Whale, combat with a, 101
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