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Deaths continued.

Pennant, David, 211; Pennant, G.
H. D. 175; Philipps, Thos. 229;
Phipps, T. H. H. 214; Pierard, F.
208; Pigot, Sir G. 210; Polwarth,
Lord, 240; Pringle, Lieut.-General
Sir W. H. 177

Raitt, Captain C. B. 174; Reuss
Kæstritz, Dowager-Princess, 178;
Reynolds, Frederick, 197; Richard-
son, Sir John, 191; Rickman, J.
166; Rickman, Thos. 184; Riving-
ton, John, 230; Roberts, Emma, 172;
Rohan-Rochefort, Princess, 200;
Romberg, Bernard, 214; Rose, Com-
mander J. 175; Rothes, Earl of,
190

Sandford, Folliott, 200; Savart,
Félis, 165; Scarpellini, Abbé, 178;
Schiller, E. von, 203; Schinkel, K.
F. 225; Scott, Admiral Sir G. 240;
Scott, R. B. 228; Scriven, E. 215;
Senhouse, Captain Sir H. le F. 209;
Senior, Mrs. Rebecca, 193; Sharp,
Thos. 214; Shelburne, Countess of,
189; Shepherd, Rt. Hon. Sir S. 174;
Sirr, Major, 178; Skipworth, P. 211;
Slyfield, Lieut.-Col. 219; Smart,
Mrs. 191; Smyth, Lady, 177;
Smythe, E. J. 214; Snodgrass, Lieut.-
Col. 205; Somers, Earl, 178; Somer-
set, Lady F. 203; Southcott, Com-
mander, 205; Standish, Frank Hall,
177; Stanley, Sir Thos. S. M. 215;
Stopford, Mrs. L. 189; Storey, Lieut.-
Col. 223; Stourton, Lady, 196;
Strange, Sir Thos. 213; Stratton,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. 173; Stuart, Hon.
Lady, 185; Stuart, Admiral Lord G.
187; Swiney, Commander W. 214;
Sydenham, Lord, 222; Sykes,

205

Tate, Christ. 192; Thomas, Rev.
Sir J. G. 201; Thompson, John, 200;
Tomlins, Sir T. E. 212; Treslove,
T. C. 200; Throckmorton, Sir C.
174; Tucker, W. 219; Tuite, Sir G.
211; Tytler, Miss Isabella, 201

Valentia, Viscount, 191; Vavasour,
Lieutenant H. F. 172; Von Littrow,
175; Vyvyan, Lady, 184

Walker, Lieut -Col. 175; Walker,
Rt. Rev. James (Bishop in Edin-
burgh) 190; Welland, Rev. R. 211;
Wells, Admiral Sir J. 230; West,
J. B. 240; Westmeath, Dowager-
Countess, 191; Westmoreland, Earl
of, 238; Wharton, General, 221;
White, Rev. Blanco, 203; Whitting-
ham, Lieut-Gen. Sir S. F. 182;
Wickham, Rt. Hon. W. 172; Wigram,

Deaths-continued.

Lady, 182; Wilkie, Sir David,
205; Wilkinson, Rev. Watts, 175;
Wilks, Jos. 208; Williams, Admiral
Sir Thos. 226; Winchester, Mar-
chioness, 192; Wyndham, William,
222; Wood, Lady, 181; Worcester,
Bishop of, 199; Worsley, Maj.-Gen.
Sir H. 184; Wrottesley, Lord, 191
DESPATCHES

Despatches relating to
the war with China; destruction of
the Bogue forts, 468; capture of the
forts on Canton river, 472; capture
of Canton, 493

Dick, Mr. Forbes, benevolent bequest
by, 40

Dover, encroachments of the sea at, 95
Douglas, Captain, knighted for his con-
duct in China, 39
Driver, war-steamer, 12

Dundee, fire at, the churches de-
stroyed, 3

Education-motion for appointment of
Minister of, [83-85]

East Surrey election, 25

Election-Abstract and analysis of the
result of the general, [147], 65; of
Scotch peers, 71; list of members,
unsuccessful candidates and state of
polls, 132

Elliot, Captain, chief commissioner in
China: his extraordinary convention
at Canton: he is superseded, [283]
Emigration from Great Britain, 152
English language, a Welsh jury ignorant
of, 51

Equity Dispatch Bill-for creating two
additional Vice-Chancellors; curious
contest between Government and Op-
position for the appointment; Go-
vernment defeated [138, 139]; Bill
carried by Sir Robert Peel's Govern-
ment, [224]

Espartero elected Regent of Spain; his
activity and firmness in suppressing
the insurrection in the Basque pro-
vinces, [261]

Financial measures-see PARLIAMENT
FINANCE ACCOUNTS for 1841, 374
FIRES Ship Veritas destroyed, 2;
churches at Dundee destroyed, 3;
Steam Navigation Company's at
Deptford, 8; in Tothill-street, 17;
at Letterkenny, 19; Camberwell old
church, 22; Winyard, 28; at Coln-
brook, 31; at the Victualling Yard,
Deptford, 31; South-Western Rail-
way Station, Vauxhall, 37; at Great
Western Railway Station at Bristol,

Fires-continued.

45; at Whitechapel, two lives lost,
46; at Dunstable, twenty-one houses
burnt, 52; at Exeter, three lives lost,
52; Astley's theatre destroyed, 53;
at St. John's, New Brunswick, 76;
Derby town-hall burnt, 96; destru-
tion of Kinmell Hall, 97; the Tower
of London burnt, 99; in Blackfriars-
road, two policemen killed, 107; of
a firework manufactory, 108; at Man-
chester, seven men killed, 117
FRANCE Situation of parties in France
at commencement of year, [230, 231];
settlement of affairs of Turkey, the
isolation of France, and expense of
the paix armée, render France less
warlike, [231]; addresses to the
King on the jour de l'an in better
tone, [232]; financial statement of
M. Humann; enormous deficiency,
[233-236]; condition of the Bank
of France, [236]; Condemnation of
the Abbé de Lammenais for seditious
libel, [236]; projects of the war
party, [237]; French relations with
Spain, [238]; project of fortifying
Paris; report of Committee; discus-
sion in Chamber of Deputies; en-
ceinte continuée and detached forts re-
solved on, [238-247]; M. Humann
asks for credits; his exposé of his
views, [247]; several journals prose-
cuted for publishing forged letters of
Louis Philippe, [248]; execution of
Darmés, [249]; a census ordered,
which is supposed to be for additional
taxation; the officers opposed; for-
midable émeute at Thoulouse, and re-
sistance at other places, [248-250];
attempt to assassinate the Duc d'Au-
male; arrest of the assassin Quenisset,
[250-253]; prosecution of the press,
253; France joins in the treaty for
suppression of the Slave-trade, [254];
account of the foreign trade of France,
254; list of the navy of, 55; attempt
to assassinate the Duke of Orleans,
82; speech of King of, on opening
Chambers, 466

Glass coffin, 127

HAITI, treaty with, for abolishing Slave- .
trade, 452

HANOVER, proclamation of King of, 463
Harrison, death of General, President

of the United States, [305]
Hastings, abeyance of the ancient
barony determined, 50

Hill, "Tom," sale of his library, 37

Hunters' lodges, an illegal association
on the American frontier of Canada;
proclamation of the President, [317]

Ice, artificial, for skating, 123
INDIA-Final defeat of Dost Mahommed
at Purwan, [272]; he surrenders him-
self to Sir W. M'Naghten, [273]; pen-
sioned and sent to Loodianah, [274];
capture of the fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzie
by Major Lynch, and insurrection in
consequence; rout of the Ghilzies,
[274]; Scinde-Khelat reoccupied by
Nusseer Khan, chief of the Brahoes,
but abandoned on approach of a Bri-
tish force, [275]; Brahoes defeated
at Dadur, and again at Peer Chutta,
[275]; Lieutenant Loveday murdered;
surrender of Nusseer Khan, [275]; the
Punjab; death of Runjeet Singh, and
consequent confusion, [276]; the
Overland Mail from; February, 26;
April, 41; June, 51; July, 62; Octo-
ber, 85; December, 112; effects of
reduced postage to, 42

Inundations in the country, 12; at
Brentford, 12

Iron church, 79

IRELAND - Lord Stanley revives his
measure for Registration of Voters in,
[38]; rival bill introduced by Go-
vernment, [41]; four nights' debate
on second reading of latter; carried
by 5, [52]; Lord John Russell post-
pones committal to 23rd of April,
Lord Stanley his to 28th April, [54] ;
debate in committee on Government
bill; Government twice defeated on
clause 1, [59-61]; Government
throw up the bill, [62]; Sir R. Peel
states that his Government will not
press their measure, [216]

JAMAICA-New iron lighthouse on Mo-
rant Point, 81; speech of the Gover-
nor-general of, 427

Jews Civil Disabilities Removal Bill:
carried in the Commons, (65-68];
thrown out by the Lords, [68]
Jones, the intruder at Buckingham
Palace, 36

Kemble, the debût of Miss Adelaide,
at Covent Garden, 102
Khelat, reoccupied by the natives, and
again abandoned, [275]
Khelat-i-Ghilzie, capture of the fort of,
and consequent insurrection, 274

Laffarge, Madame, condemned for steal-
ing Madame Leotaud's jewels, 70

LAW CASES-Trial of the Earl of Car-
digan, 242; of Captain Douglas,
278; of Alexander M'Leod, 280;
Wood v. Goodlake, Helps, and others;
Decision of the Privy Council, 292;
Reeve v. Kent, 302; Court of Chan-
cery; rules and orders of the Court,
304; distringas on stock, 311;
Attorney-General v. Fishmongers'
Company, 313; Waldo v. Waldo, 314;
Robinson v. Grant, 315; Hale v.
Hale, 316; Attorney-General v. Dul-
wich College, 319; Attorney-General
v. Prettyman and others, 321; trial
of M. S. Wallace and P. M. S. Wal-
lace; loss of the Dryad, 322; their
confessions, 334; of Robert Blakes-
ley, for murder of James Burdon,
337; of Josiah Misters, for attempt
to murder, 342; Bogle v. Lawson,
352; Rouse v. Fivaz, 363; Martin v.
Estcott, 364

Leon, don Diego, shot for participating

in the insurrection in favour of the
ex-Regent Christina, [267], 93
Liturgy, insertion of Prince Albert's
name in the, 21

Loveday, murder of Lieutenant, in
Scinde, [275]

Magicienne, French frigate lost, 42
MARRIAGES, 146

M'Leod, case of, Alexander: his seizure
by officers of the United States; cor-
respondence between Mr. Fox and
Mr. Forsyth, [310]; discussion in
the House of Representatives; great
public excitement; report presented
to Congress, [312]; his trial and
acquittal, [317]

Maynooth college, of, further grant to,
opposed, [78-82]

Mehemet Ali, conditions offered to by
Admiral Stopford, and accepted by
him, [285]; surrenders the Turk-
ish fleet, [286]; firmans issued ap-
pointing him hereditary Pasha of
Egypt, [286]

Ministry, list of the, on August 19, 128;

Sir Robert Peel's, 130
Misters, execution of, for attempted
murder of Mackreth, 40

Money left in Railway carriages, 118
Munagorri, Spanish partizan, shot, 94
Murat, his watch in possession of a
Russian soldier, 20

Murders the Bishop of Ermeland and
his housekeeper, 4; in Eastcheap,
of Mr. Burdon, 83; of a seaman at
Sheerness, 87; at Ampthill, of Miss
Mary Ann Crouch, 89; at Burnley,
VOL. LXXXIII.

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Paris-project of fortifying, discussed;
report of committee; its enormous
expense, and adopted, [238]; project
of supplying with water, 124
PARLIAMENT State of public opinion at
the meeting of, [1]; opening of by
her Majesty; speech from the throne,
[3]; address in answer, moved in the
Lords by Earl Ducie, seconded by
Lord Lurgan, [4]; debate; address
agreed to, [9]; address of the Com-
mons moved by Lord Brabazon,
seconded by Mr. Grantley Berkeley,
[10]; debate thereon, [10]; Lord John
Russell defends the Eastern policy of
his Government, [12]; his declara-
tions as to domestic policy, [14] ;
Mr. Hume moves an amendment,
[16]; Sir Robert Peel's speech; re-
views our foreign relations, especially
with France in reference to Turkey,
[16]; Lord Palmerston's speech in de-
fence, [18]; amendment withdrawn,
address agreed to, [19]; review of the
debate, [19]; thanks of the House
voted to Sir R. Stopford, &c., [22];
the Poor-law Amendment Act; power
of Commissioners nearly expired,
[23]; state of public opinion upon
the subject, [23]; Lord John Russell
proposes to continue powers of Com-
missioners for ten years; vehement
opposition; leave given, [25]; second
reading, important debate, [25]; se-
cond reading carried, [31]; committal
of bill opposed but carried; Sir Ro-
bert Peel's remarks on language of
Commissioners, [31]; five years' con-
tinuance substituted for ten by Go-
vernment, and clause allowed to pass,
[32]; further progress of the bill,
[34]; election of Mr. Walter for
Nottingham illustrative of the bill,
[35]; Report of New Poor Law Com-
missioners for Ireland, [35]; enquiry
in the Lords, Clonmell Union, [35];
2 P

Parliament-continued.

Ireland; Registration of Voters;
Lord Stanley revives his bill of 1840
for Reform of, [38]; rival bill of
Government introduced by Lord Mor-
peth, [41]; four night's debate on
second reading of Lord Morpeth's
bill, which is carried by majority of
five, [52]; Lord John Russell post-
pones the committal to 23rd April,
severe remarks thereon, [52]; Lord
Stanley immediately postpones his
bill to 28th April, [54]; Debate in
Committee on the Government bill;
important alteration in Clause 1
Lord Howick's amendment carried by
21, [59]; Government again de-
feated by 11, [61]; Lord John Rus-
sell throws up the bill, [62]; Jews
Civil Disabilities Removal Bill; op-
posed in the Commons by Sir R.
Inglis and Mr. Gladstone; carried,
[65-67]; opposed in the Lords by
Bishop of London, and rejected, [68];
the Non-intrusion question discussed
in the Lords, [68-75]; Seminary of
St. Sulpice, in Lower Canada; Lord
Sydenham's ordinance discussed in
the Lords, [75-78]; College of
Maynooth; Mr. Colquhoun's bill;
dropped, [78-82]; Church-rates;
Mr. Easthope's resolution; nega-
tived, [82] his bill to abolish;
read first time; dropped, [82]; public
education; Mr. Ewart moves for ap-
pointment of a minister of, [83—85];
Punishment of Death; Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly and Lord John Russell intro-
duce bills; Mr. Kelly's mutilated and
abandoned; the Government bill
carried, [85-87]; Chancery Re-
form; bill for creating two new Vice-
Chancellors; read first time and
abandoned, [87-88]; Serjeant Tal-
fourd's Copyright Bill; rejected,
[89]; Finance: financial statement
of the Chancellor of Exchequer ;
proposed alteration in Sugar and
Timber Duties, [90-92]; remarks
of the opposition on the Budget, and
preparation of either party for the
contest, [93]; efforts of the Anti-
Corn-law party and West-Indian and
Canadian interests: public meetings,
[94]; Viscount Melbourne taunted
in the Lords, [96]; Debate on the
Sugar Question; resolution moved
by Viscount Sandon; after nine nights
Debate, Ministers defeated by 36,
[97-114]; Ministers, unmoved by
the defeat, move the usual annual

Parliament-continued.

Sugar Duties, and Sir R. Peel imme-
diately gives notice of motion of Want
of Confidence, [114]; Government
abandon Poor-law Bill, [115]; Corn-
laws discussed in Lords: public ex-
citement, [115]; Debate on Sir R.
Peel's motion of Want of Confidence:
summary of five night's debate: car-
ried by majority of 1, [116-134];
Ministers announce their intention of
dissolving Parliament without dis-
cussing Corn-laws, [135]; session vir-
tually at end; some bills abandoned,
others permitted to pass, [136-138];
curious debate on bill for creating
two additional Vice-Chancellors: Mi-
nisters again defeated, [138-139];
Prorogation of Parliament by the
Queen in [person; Speech from the
Throne, [139-141]; review of the
session, [141]; state of parties at dis-
solution; Opposition claim support
as Conservatives; the Ministerialists
as anti-monopolists, [143-145]; pro-
gress of the general election, [145];
abstract and analysis of the election
returns, [147]; Parliament opened
by commission; Speech from the
Throne, [146]; Address moved in
Lords; Earl of Ripon moves amend-
ment of Want of Confidence; debate:
amendment carried by majority of
72, [149-169]; meeting of the
House of Commons; Mr. Shaw Le-
fevre elected Speaker without oppo-
sition, [170-172]; Address moved
by Mr. Mark Philips, and Amendment
of Want of Confidence, by Mr. Stuart
Wortley; four nights' debate; sum-
mary of arguments; speeches of Sir
R. Peel and Lord John Russell;
Amendment carried by majority of
91, [172-195]; Amendment moved
by Mr. S. Crawford: split in Radical
party; is rejected, [195-196]; Queen's
answer to Address, [196]; resigna-
tion of Ministers announced by Vis-
count Melbourne in Lords, by Lord
J. Russell in Commons, [197-108];
Sir R. Peel forms his Government,
and House adjourns for re-elections;
list of new Ministry, [198-200]; on
House re-assembling Sir R. Peel
states his course: his intention to
postpone his financial measures; ve-
hemently attacked, [201-214]; Mr.
Fielden moves to stop the Supplies,
[214]; repeated discussion on state
of the country, [214-217]; Finan
cial plans of the Chancellor of the

Parliament-continued.

Exchequer, and comments of Oppo-
sition, [217-221]; Viscount Mel-
bourne attacks the Financial plan in
the Lords, and debate, [221-224];
Equity Judges Bill passed, [224];
Poor-law Continuance Bill moved for
six months; violent discussions ;
passed, [224-228]; Parliament pro-
rogued by Commission; speech from
the Throne, [228]; opening of, 16,
75; strike of the masons at the new
Houses, 81; method of dissolving in
Elizabeth's reign, 96
POETRY, 563

PERSIA, Commercial treaty with, 461
Political Economy, 11

Poor-law Amendment Continuance Act
-power of Commissioners being
nearly expired, Ministers propose to
continue for ten years, [23]; vehe-
ment opposition; second reading car-
ried, [31]; committal opposed and
carried, [31]; clause one, substi-
tution of five years for ten, [32];
further progress of bill; dropped at
the dissolution, [34]; bill for six
months continuance introduced by
Sir R. Peel's Government and passed,
[224-228]

report of Commissioners for
Ireland, [35]; inquiry in Lords:
Clonmell Union, [35]
PORTUGAL-Dispute with Spain respect-
ing the navigation of the Douro;
convention of 1835; preparations for
war; dispute amicably settled by the
interference of England, [258-270];
change of ministry, [270]
Postage, working of the new plan in
Ireland, 32; returns, 423
President, loss of the steam-ship, 41
Prince's Theatre, sold, 78

Princess Royal, christening of the, 22
PROMOTIONS, 155

PRUSSIA, treaty with German Customs'
Union, 459

Punishment of death-Mr. F. Kelly
and Lord J. Russell introduce bills
for abolishing: the former abandoned,
the latter carried, [85-87]
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AND STATE PAPERS-
DOMESTIC- Finance Accounts, 374;
Trade and Navigation, 390; list of
Acts (public and private) Session
1841, 393; prices of stock, 404; aver
age prices of corn, hay, clover, straw,
and butchers' meat, 405; bills of
mortality, bankrupts and insolvents,
and meteorogical table, 406; Bank of
England; university honours, 404;

Public Documents, &c.-continued.
the census, 412; postage returns,
423; act appointing the new Judges,
427. COLONIAL: speech of the Go-
vernor-General of Jamaica, 427; of
the Governor of Newfoundland, 429;
affairs of Canada 431. INTERNA-
TIONAL Convention with Haiti for
suppressing Slave-trade, 452; with
the Argentine Republic for the same,
454; convention of commerce with
the German Customs Union, 459;
treaty of commerce with the Shah of
Persia, 461. FOREIGN: Proclamation
of the King of Hanover, 463; speech
of the King of the French, 466
Punjab, transactions in the; death of
Runjeet Sing, and consequent con-
fusion, [276]

Purwan, defeat of Dost Mahommed by
Sir R. Sale at, [272]

Queen Dowager, dangerous illness of, 106

Rachel, Mdlle. debût of, the French
actress, 46

Rowing match, between Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, 43

Royal Academy, exhibition of pictures,
45

Royal elopement, 47

Royal George, Colonel Pasley's ope-
rations on the wreck of, 61
Runjeet Sing, death of, [276]

Saldanha Bay, important discovery of
water at, 72

Sandwich election, 46

Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton, presenta-
tion of plate to, 57; list of, for the
year 1841, 141

Scinde - Khelat abandoned, Nusseer
Khan defeated at Dadur and Peer
Chutta, and surrenders, [275]
Shaksperiana, sale of "Tom Hill's"
collection, 37; Shakspeare's signa-
ture sold, 49;

Shipwreck of the William Brown, hor-
rible fate of the passengers, 48; of
the Minstrel, one hundred and forty-
eight lives lost, 49; of the St.
George, 73

Simpson, munificent bequest of Dr., of
Worcester, 18

Slave-trade, treaty of, suppressing,
[254]; capture of the Josephine
slaver, 64
SPAIN-Quarrel with Portugal respect-
ing the navigation of the Douro;
convention of 1835; preparations for
war; interference of England claimed

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