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A.

ABERCROMBY'S, Mr, speech on parlia-
mentary reform, I. 143.
Abeona transport, the loss of, II. 87.
Achilles, whale ship, runs against the
powder magazine, Dundee, II. 185.
Address to the King at the opening of
Parliament, I. 7. On the subject of
economy voted by the House of Com-
mons, I. 78. Various addresses to, II.
90, 91, 97.

Advocate, the Lord; his speech, in re-
ply to Lord Archibald Hamilton, I.

36.

Agricultural distress, I. 156. Report, II.
280.

Althorpe's, Lord, speech relative to the

timber trade, I. 161.

America. State of affairs in Mexico, I.
278. Iturbide joins the insurrectionary
bands, 279. Independent forces range
themselves under Iturbide, ib. Arrival
of O'Donaju, ib. Cortes called, 280.
Death of O'Donaju, 281. Peru, ib.
Flattering condition of, ib. Viceroy's
troops defeated, ib. San Martin enters
Lima, 282. Establishes the constitu-
tion, ib. Battle of Calabosa, 283. Com-
plete triumph of the independents, ib.
General congress, ib. State of affairs
in Buenos Ayres, ib. Brazil, ib. Revo-
lution at Bahia, 284. At Rio Janeiro,
ib. King returns to Europe, 285. St
Domingo, ib. United States, 286.
Army estimates, I. 48.

Association, the Constitutional, proceed-
ings relative to, II. 25.

Attorney-General's speech, in opposition
to Lord A. Hamilton, I. 19. Speech
on the Constitutional Association, Ï. 173.
Awful destruction at Whitehaven, II,
106.

B.

Baker, Sir Robert, resigns his office of
head magistrate of the Bow-Street po-
lice, II. 166.

Banks, Sir Joseph, biographical account
of, I. 301. Scientific eminence of, ib.
His various enterprizes in the prosecu-
tion of knowledge, 302. Chosen pre-
sident of the Royal Society, 303.
Knighted, ib. Elected a member of
the Privy Council, ib. Named a mem-
ber of the French Institute, 304. Agri-
cultural pursuits, ib. Death of, ib.
Description of his form and expression,
ib. His will, ib.

Bankes', Mr G., animated speech on mo-
ving the address in the House of Com-
mons, I. 7.

Bankes', Mr, motion for an address to
the crown, on the subject of retrench-
ment and economy, I. 78. Opposes the
catholic claims, 122.
Barcelona, sickness and mortality at, II.

182.

Baring's, Mr, complaint respecting the

manner in which the public accounts
were made up, I. 43. Speech respect-
ing the currency, 153. Reply to Mr
Ricardo, 155. Speech respecting the
timber trade, 162.

Bathurst, Mr C. B. supports Lord Castle-
reagh, and condemns the Queen, I. 28.
Speech relative to the Constitutional
Association, 172.

Bathurst's, Earl, speech relative to Gram-
pound, I. 140

Beacon newspaper, particulars respecting,
II. 175.

Belmore, the Earl of, moves the address
to his Majesty in the House of Lords,

I. 7.

Bennet's, Mr, motion for reduction of
the Quarter-Master-General's office in
Scotland, I. 57. Speech on the army
estimates, 59. Speech on the state of
agriculture, 159. Speech relative to the
timber trade, 161. Respecting the Io-
nian islands, 176. Motion relative to
a libel in the John Bull newspaper,
182. Speech on the close of the evi-
dence against the conductors of the
John Bull, 183.

Bentinck's, Lord W., motion relative to
Sicily, I, 107.

Bernal's, Mr, remark on the navy esti-
mates, I. 46.

Biography, political, I. 289. Mr Grat-

tan, ib. Earl of Sheffield, 294. Sir
Home Popham, 295. Earl of Malms-
bury, 297. Kellermann, 298. Lefeb-
vre, 299.

literary, 301. Sir Joseph
Banks, ib. President West, 305. Mr
Arthur Young, 309. Mr Hayley, 319.
Volney, 320.

Birnie, Richard, Esq. appointed head
magistrate of the Bow-Street police, in
the room of Sir R. Baker, and knight-
ed, II. 167.

Birth-day, the celebration of his Majes-
ty's, II. 105. Disturbances on the oc-
casion at Edinburgh and Glasgow, ib.
Births, list of, II. 338.

Bourdeaux, the Duke of, the baptism of,
II. 107.

Brougham's, Mr, reply to Lord Castle-
reagh, I. 24. Speech respecting the
Queen's acquittal and the motion for
provision, 30. Speech respecting the
Queen's law expenses, 32. Reprobates
the conduct of ministers respecting the
Queen's case, ib. Supports Sir James
Mackintosh's motion, 100. Reply to
Mr Lambton, 144. Motion relative to
the Constitutional Association, 169.

Speech relative to the John Bull news◄
paper, 184.

Browne, Colonel, attempt to assassinate,
at Milan, II. 88.

Browne, Mr James, seconds the address '
in the House of Commons, I. 8. Re-
marks respecting Ireland, ib. Opposes
the grant to the Queen, 28.
Bruce, the Robert, steam packet, destroy-
ed by fire, II. 166.

Bucharest, earthquake and other misfor-
tunes at, and in the neighbourhood of,
II. 143.

Buckingham, the Marquis of, his speech
in support of the catholic question, I.

130.

Budget, I. 68.

Bull, John, the proprietors of, summon-
ed to the bar of the House of Commons
for breach of privilege, I. 182. Trial
of for libel on Lady Caroline Wrottes-
ley, II. 55. Fined and imprisoned, 60.
Buonaparte, Napoleon, death of, II. 113.
Dissection of his body, 114. Funeral,

115.

Burdett's, Sir Francis, motion relative to
the proceedings at Manchester, 178.
Remarks relative to the editor of the
John Bull, 184. Judgment of the
Court of King's Bench on, II. 14.
Correspondence between and Mr Can-
ning, 110.

C.

Calcraft's, Mr, speech in reply to Mr Cree-
vey, I. 48. On reducing the army, 54.
Calthorpe's, Lord, observations on the
affairs of Naples, I. 90.

Cambridge, improvements at, II. 286.
Campbell, George, G. C. B., particulars
with regard to the death of, II. 90.
Canning's, Mr, speech on the affairs of

Naples, I. 104. Correspondence be-
tween and Sir Francis Burdett, II. 110.
Cantre, Louis, projects himself into the
crater of Vesuvius, II. 99.
Carlisle, Mary Ann, trial of, for blasphe-
mous libel, II. 42. Guilty, 44. Fined
and imprisoned, 47.-For seditious li-
bel, ib. Disagreement among the jury,

4.9.

Cartwright and others, judgment on, II.

16.

Carnarvon, Earl of, moves the Grampound
disfranchisement bill in the House of
Lords, I. 139.
Castlereagh's, Lord, speech at the open-
ing of Parliament I. 10. Speech re-
specting provision for the Queen, I.
13. The erasure of the Queen's name
from the Liturgy, 22. Motion for pro-
vision for, 24. Reply to Mr Western,
25-To Mr Hume, ib. Motion for
reading the report of the committee re-
lative to the Queen's provision, 32.
Speech respecting the address from the
presbytery of Langholme, 33. Speech
disapproving of Lord A. Hamilton's
motion relative to the order in council
directed to the Church of Scotland, 39.
Speech relative to Mr Hume's resolu-
tion on the army estimates, 49. Sup-
ports the army estimates, 54. State-
ment relative to, 56. Reply to Mr
Hume respecting sinecure garrisons, 58.
Speech in opposition to Mr Hume, 63.
Opposes the repeal of the duty on malt,
67. Speech on the subject of economy
and retrenchment, 79. Reply to Sir
James Mackintosh on the affairs of
Naples, 90. Speech respecting the state
of Europe, 106. Communication re-
specting the Russian army, ib. Reply
to Mr Stuart Wortley, ib. Speech on
the Catholic question, 120. Defends
the House of Lords in altering the
transference of the Grampound elective
franchise, 141. Manoeuvre for getting
rid of the bill for mitigating punishment
in cases of forgery, 150. Speech re-
specting breach of privilege in the John
Bull newspaper, 182. Action for win-
dows broken at the acquittal of the
Queen, II. 76.

Catastrophe, an awful one at Carville
colliery, near Newcastle, II. 183.
Catholic question, I. 111. Petition from
the English Roman Catholics presented
to Parliament, 112.

Cavendish, Lord George, supports Mr
Western's motion for repealing the
malt tax, I. 66.

Chancellor's, the Lord, reply to Lord
Darnley, I. 40. Opposes the Catholic
bill, 132. Speech against the disfran-
chisement of Grampound, 140.
Charitable benefactors, II. 102.
Chester, Bishop of, his speech against
Catholic emancipation, I. 130

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Clarence, the Duke of, grant to, I. 177.
Cockburn, Sir George, speech in reply to
Mr Bernal, I. 46.

Commercial economy, remarks relative
to, I. 160. Notices, II. 183. Woollen
cloth milled, II. 283. Chamber of
Commerce at Manchester, ib. Mecha-
nism, great perfection it hath reached
at, ib. Rapid rise of Sincapore, ib. Re-
marks respecting Canada, 284.
Constitutional Association, motion re-
specting, in Parliament, I. 169.
'Coronation of George IV., notice of, I.
189. Full particulars of, II. 117–
140.

Coroner's inquest on the body of Mr John
Scott, II. 100. Verdict, wilful murder
against Mr Christie, 101.-On the
body of Robert Dalrymple, Esq. ib.-
On George Francis, shot in the riot at
the Queen's funeral, 165. On Richard
Honey, shot on the same occasion,
166.

County Clare, a process-server beaten and
robbed in, II. 182.

Courier, observations on the King's visit
to Drury Lane, II. 96.
Creevey, Mr, his speech on the motion
for a committee of ways and means,
I. 43. Speech relative to the navy es-
timates, 47. Motion relative to the
army, 48. Motion relative to the ex-
pense of the office of Secretary of War,
57. Motion for reduction of soldiers,
58. Objects to the repairs at Barba-
does, 65.

Croker's, Mr, speech in support of the Ad-
miralty Board, I. 47.

Cuddie, Mr, particulars respecting his
death, II. 109.

Curwen's, Mr, speech on the state of na-
tional industry, I. 152. Speech relative
to the agricultural interests, 158.

D.

Darnley's, Lord, speech respecting the
Queen, I. 39. Motion for an address

to the Crown, 80. Supports the Catho-
lic bill, 132.
Davies', Colonel, speech, complaining of
lateness in laying the estimates before
Parliament, I. 44. Motion relative to
the army estimates, 53. Motion re-
specting officers on the half-pay list,
59. Speech on the barrack department,

60.

Dawson, Mr, proposes reducing the army,
I. 57.

Deaths, list of, II. 350.

Dexterity, whale ship of Leith, the loss
of, II. 185.

Disturbances at the funeral procession of
the Queen's remains, II. 163.-In
Douglas, Isle of Man, 186.-At Edin-
burgh, 105.-At Glasgow, ib.
Dolby, trial of, for libel, at the instance
of the Constitutional Association, II.
52.

Domestic events, I. 188. Popularity of
the King, ib. Coronation, 189. Death
of the Queen, 190. King's visit to
Ireland, 192.-To Hanover, ib. Dis-
turbed state of Ireland, ib.

Donations from the King to the charita-
ble institutions, Dublin, II. 159.
Donoughmore's, the Earl of, speech in
favour of the Catholics, I. 126.
Donegal, prosecution respecting the, of
the marriage between the Marquis and
Marchioness of, II. 67.

Dublin, tumultuary proceedings at the
meeting of the county of, I. 5.
Duels, fought between Mr John Scott
and Mr Christie, II. 99.-Between Mr
Brittlebank and Mr Cuddie, at Win-
sten, 189.-Between two ladies, 186.
Dufour, Dr, the death of, II. 186.
Dugdale, Mr, presents a petition from
Birmingham relative to the difference
of industry, I. 151.

Drury-lane, the King's visit to, II. 93.

E.

Eadon, Major-General, horrid and blood-
thirsty attempt upon the life of, II.

112.

Earl Moira packet, loss of, with an im-
mense number of passengers, II. 145.
Earl of Falconbury whale ship, of Grims-
by, cut through by the ice, II. 185.
Earthquake at Bucharest, II. 143.

Edinburgh, disturbance at, on the cele-
bration of his Majesty's birth-day, II.
105. Improvements at, 287.
Elizabeth, her Highness the Princess, the
death of, II. 101.

Ellenborough, Lord, his speech relative
to the Queen, I. 40. Approves of the
measures of Government in reference
to Naples, 90. Speech concerning the
policy of Austria, 101. Speech rela-
tive to the timber trade, 164.
Elliston, Mr, prosecution of, for repre-
sentation of Marino Faliero, II. 77.
Ellis, Mr, his speech in justification of
Mr Canning respecting the Queen, I.

16.

Emigrants to Quebec, sailing of, II. 107.
Erskine, Lord, against Lady Erskine, II.

72.

Evans, Thomas, inhumanly murdered,
II. 190.

Exchequer's, the Chancellor of the, reply
to Mr Creevey, I. 44. Reply to Mr
Bennet, 59. Reply to Mr Western re-
specting the malt-tax, 66. Speech in
reply to Mr Curwen, 68. Opens the
budget, ib.

Exeter, improvements at, II. 287.

F.

Ferguson, Sir Ronald, his speech relative
to the libel in the John Bull newspaper,

I. 185.

Fife, the Earl of, dismissed from his place
near the King's person, on account of
his vote for repeal of the malt tax, I. 67.
Speech respecting his dismissal, ib.
Finances, I. 42. Mr Maberley's motion
relative to the sinking fund, ib. Com-
mittee of ways and means, 43. Navy
estimates, 44. Army estimates, 48.
Ordnance estimates, 60. Budget, 68.
Address to the king on the subject of
economy and retrenchment, 78.
Fine Arts, II. 304.

Fire, the destruction of the Caxton print-
ing-office, Liverpool, by, II. 91. An
alarming one at Sunbury distillery, near
Edinburgh, 99.

Fire-damp, fatal accident by an explosion
of, II. 108.

Flindel, Thomas, trial of, for libel against
the Queen, II. 30. Guilty, 33. Im-
prisoned, 34.

Folkestone, Lord, speech respecting pro-
vision for the Queen, I. 28. Speech
relative to the malt-tax, 66.
France, state of, I. 194. Opening of the
Chambers, ib. King's speech, ib. Re-
sult of the elections, 195. Provisional
six-twelfths, ib. Stormy debates, ib.
Explosion in the palace, 197. Message
from the King to the Chambers, ib. De-
bate on, 198. Neapolitan affairs, ib.
Seditious movement at Grenoble, 200.
Motion for keeping order in the Cham-
ber, ib. Debate on, ib. State of the
corn trade, 202. Motion relative to the
church establishment, 203. Debate, ib.
Loi des Donotaires, 205. Debates on,
ib. Trial of the conspirators, 206. Bud-
get, 207. Financial debates, ib. Motion
for continuing the censorship on the
journals, 209. Close of the Session, ib.
Death of Napoleon Buonaparte, 210.

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Gouldstein, Manasseh, trial of, for forging
Prussian dollar notes, II. 65. Guilty,

67.

Grampound, disfranchisement of, I. 137.
Grattan, Henry, biographical account of,
289. Descent, ib. Enters a fellow com-
moner at the University of Dublin, ib.
Repairs to England, ib. Spends the re-
quisite time as a student of the Middle
Temple, ib. Becomes a Member of the
Irish House of Commons, 290. Elo-
quence and popularity of, ib. £50,000
voted to purchase an estate and house
for him and his heirs, ib. Rivalry of
Flood, ib. Elected to serve in the Bri-
tish Parliament, 291. Death of, ib.
Character, 292.

Greek revolution. (See Turkey.)
Grenfell's, Mr, speech relative to Gram-
pound, I. 137.

Grenville's, Lord, speech in support of
the Catholic bill, I. 134.
Grey's, Earl, speech at the opening of
Parliament, I. 9. Speech on the Ca-
tholic question, 126.

H.

Haggart, David, the execution of, II.

142.

Hamilton's, Lord Archibald, motion of

censure on Ministers, for erasure of
the Queen's name from the Liturgy,
I. 14. Motion relative to the Order in
Council sent to the Church of Scotland,
35. Speech relative to the malt tax, 66.
Censures Lord Fife's dismissal, 67.
Hanover, the King's visit to, I. 192. Par-
ticulars of, II. 167.

Harris, James, Earl of Malmsbury, bio-
graphical account of, I. 297. Birth, ib.
Makes an early choice of the diploma-
tic line, ib. Decorated with honours
by the King of Prussia and the Prince
of Orange, 298. Rewarded with a Bri-
tish Peerage, ib. Marriage, ib. His
death, ib.

Harrowby, Lord, remonstrates against
the language used by Lord Holland,
in characterizing the Emperor of Rus-
sia, I. 89. Speech on the Catholic
question, I. 131.

Hayes, Mr James, extensive donations
left by, II. 102.

Hayley, Mr, biographical account of, I.
319. His death, 320.

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