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dress for the removal of Sir Ro-
bert Peel from the Privy Council;
rejected, and motion, &c., ex-
punged, '34. 193; dies, '36. 108,
245; his "Parliamentary His-
tory" quoted, '38. 68; his "Re-
gister," motion in the Commons
concerning, '32. 189.

Cobbinshaw Reservoir Act, '42. 197.
Cobœa scandens, '31. 38.
Cobra di Capello, venom of, and
remedies against, '28. 123.
Cobweb-leaved slipperwort, '31.

37.

Cocculus Indicus, used in adulterating beer, '36. 23; poisonous properties of, and remedies against, $28. 121.

Cochin, surrender of, '32. 40. Cochin-China, &c., extent, population, and military force of, in 1828, '28.72.

Cochineal, duty on (1829), '30. 198; quantity of, imported from 1824 to 1828, '29. 191; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, 31. 173; in 1830, '32. 177; in 1830, '33. 175; in 1831, '34. 154; imports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 163; imports and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, 39. 184; the same in 1838, '40. 176; the same in 1839, 41. 183; the same in 1840, '42. 156; quantity exported in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 162.

Cochrane, Lord, tried, '28. 64; es

capes from the King's Bench Prison, id. ib.; arrives at Messina, id. 68.

Cockades not to be given by candidates at elections, 28. 160. Cockburn, Henry, Solicitor-General for Scotland, '31. 240. Cocker, his Arithmetic, when published, '37. 32; extreme scarcity of, id. 34*; his "Decimal Arithmetic" referred to, '41. 21. Cockerell, Mr. C. R., architect of the British Fire Office, '32. 220, 221; architect to the Bank, '36. 224; of the Taylor and Randolph Institute at Oxford, '42. 102; of

the intended office of the Sun Assurance Company, id. 103, 104. Cockerell and Tite, Messrs., archi

tects of the London and Westminster Bank, '39. 236. Cockermouth, population and representation of, '33. 60; difference of time between, and London, '31. 15. "Cocket," contents of, what, '32.

101.

Cocking, Mr., killed, '38. 246. Cock-fighting, pits for, penalty for keeping, in or near London, 40. 154; penalty for keeping, '36. 127. Cockshott, Mr., his evidence relative to Brazil sugar, '41. 129. Cocoa, quantity consumed in the navy in 1835, '37. 169; duty on, amount of, received in 1831, '33. 184; quantity of, imported and entered for home consumption in 1831, 33. 184; import of, and duty on, in 1832, '34. 170; quantity of, imported and exported, and net revenue from same, in 1833, 35. 182; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1835, '37. 169; in 1836, 38, 178; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 184; the same in 1838, '40. 176; the same in 1839, '41. 182; the same in 1840, '42. 156. Cocoa-nuts, duty on, 1829, '30. 204; (1832), 33. 191; husks, &c., ditto, id. ib.; quantity of, imported and retained for home consumption, and amount of duty thereon, from 1821 to 1830, 32. 181; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 173; in 1830, '32. 177; '33. 185; in 1831, '34. 154; value of exports of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156. See also Cocoa. COCOA-NUT HUSKS or SHELLS. See COCOA-NUTS. COCOA-NUT OIL. See OILS. COCOA-PASTE. See COCOA. Cocoa-tree Club, '30. 160. Cocus-wood, duty on (1829), '30. 201.

Codinus, George, '31. 68; '32. 51.

Codrington, Sir Edward, his convention with the viceroy of Egypt, '29. 242; vote of thanks to, proposed and withdrawn in the Commons, 29. 203; declines a challenge, '34. 250.

Coelho, Alb. '31. 73; '32. 71. Coercion Bill read a first time, '34.

187; debates on, passed, id. 187 -190; abandoned, '35. 211; another introduced, debated, and carried, id. 211-213; charges against Irish members relating to, '35. 197; abstract of, 3 W. IV. c. 4, '34. 103-106; Continuance Act (4 W. IV. c. 38), '35. 142. Coffee, importance of encouraging the consumption of, '41. 135; consumption of, and amount received for duty, increased by the reduction of rate of duty, '41. 97, 98; produce of additional duties on, in 1840 and 1841, '42. 153; consumption of, rate of duty on, &c., in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1838, 41. 133; injurious effect of the duties on, id. 133, 134; adulteration of, in London, id. 134; Jamaica, price of, from 1813 to 1831, '34. 182; price of, in London, in 1834, '36. 178; quantity produced in various countries which export, '41. 133.

duty on (1829), '30. 204; net produce of, in 1831, '33. 184; amount of, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 34. 164; quantity of, for which duty on home consumption was paid, from 1822 to 1830, 31. 187.

import, export, and duty: quantity of, imported into, and exported from, Great Britain and Ireland, and net produce of duty, in 1829, id. 188; for year ending 5th January, 1831, 32. 181; quantity imported and exported in 1831, 33. 184; same and amount of duty on, and whence imported, in 1832, '34. 169; same and net revenue from same, in 1833, 35. 181, 182; imported and exported in 1834, 36. 170; imported from 1824 to 1828, 29. 191; value of, imported in 1827,

28. 167; quantity of imported into Great Britain, from the British colonies and plantations, British India, and foreign countries, and amount of duty thereon, for 1828, '30. 213; value of imports of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 163; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, 39. 184; the same in 1838, '40. 176; the same in 1839, '41. 182; the same in 1840, '42. 156; quantity of, exported in 1827, '29. 194; value of export of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156; in 1834 and 1835, '37. 162; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 173; 1830, '32. 177; 1830, '33. 175; 1831,'34. 154; in 1835, '37. 168; in 1836, '38. 178; Ireland, quantity of, retained for home consumption in, and duty thereon, in 1790 and 1831, '34. 162. Coffee-shops, law relating to (1829), '30. 137; increase of, in London, and the salutary effect of, '41. 135.

Coffee and sugar, circumstances affecting the supply of, in the United Kingdom, '41. 126–136. Cofferdams, advantage of, in founding bridges, .32. 223; modes of constructing, id. ib., 224; remarks on the construction of, by iron piles, '34. 226–228.

Coffin, Sir Isaac, dies, '40. 260. Coggeshall, population of, '33. 62. Cohiac, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Coimbra ceases to be the seat of government, '28. 58; execution of the students at, 29. 240. Coin, laws against offences relating to, consolidated and amended (2 W. IV. c. 34), '33. 130, 131. Coinage of England, weights of, '28. 165.

silver, new, ordered, '37. 253. decimal, Mr. De Morgan's observations on the practicability of a, '41. 17-21.

changes of, how regulated, '33. 175.

amount of gold and silver, coined from 1790 to 1809, and from 1810 to 1829, '34. 153; from

1816 to 1828, '29. 189; amount of, half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, from 14th June, 1828, to 31st December, 1829, 31. 172 Coinage of sovereigns, coined from

31st December, 1829, to 15th February, 1831, '32. 176; same, and expense of same, from 6th August, 1831 to 9th February, 1832, 33. 175; value of gold coined at the Mint in each of the years 1830, 1831, and 1832, '34. 154; during 1833, 35. 171; gold coined at the Mint in 1833 and 1834, '36. 153; silver, quantity coined in 1834, id. ib.; copper, quantity coined in 1834, id. ib.; value of moneys coined at the Mint in 1834 and 1835, 37. 155; during 1836 and 1837, '39. 181; value of gold, silver, and copper coined at the same place, from 1816 to 1840, '42. 155.

of the United States, amount of, from 1792 to 1829, 32. 121. Coining-press invented, '29. 60; press introduced into England, id. ib.; machinery, Bolton and Watt, Soho, id. ib. Coining, punishment of death for, abolished (2 W. IV. c. 34), '33. 130, 131; number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, '38. 185; decrease of the crime of, in 1839, '41. 141; effect of the abolition of the punishment of death for, on charges of, '42. 103. Coins, gift of, by George IV., to the British Museum, '34. 183; Greek ditto, by R. P. Knight, Esq., id. ib.

Roman, discovered in digging for the foundations of the Royal Exchange, '42. 218.

English, weights of, '29. 189; gold and silver, in 1540, their names and values, '37. 33.

foreign, silver and gold, an account of, and of their intrinsic and relative value (1829), '30. 102-111.

Coke, Edward, '31. 72; '32. 59.

quantity of, produced by Gas Companies in London (1829),

'29. 181.

Col in mountains, what the word signifies, '33. 33.*

Colborne, Sir John, his despatch from Lower Canada quoted, '40. 253. Colchester, population of (1821), 29.81; population and representation of, '33. 62.

Lord, his visit to the roads of the Highlands, '29. 84; dies, '30. 262.

Colchicum, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 122. Cold in London, '28. 63.

intense, treatment of persons suffering from, 29. 125; often produces scrofula, id. 120. Cold bath Fields, riot in, '34. 244, 245.

Coleorton Railway Act, 34. 206;

railway, particulars of, '41. 72. Coleraine, Derry, population of (1821), 29. 83; in 1821 and 1831, 34. 92; electors, number of, in, in 1834,'37. 182. Coleridge, S. T., his allusion to the nightingale, '29. 35; his reference to spring, '30. 39; dies, '35. 259. Mr. Sergeant, appointed judge of the Court of King's Bench,

'36. 240.

Colosseum in the Regent's Park

nearly completed, '28. 174. Collard, M. Roger de, president of the French Chamber of Deputies, 29. 235.

"Collections of Histories," '32. 68. Collegiate Churches in England and Wales, revenues of (1835), '36. 83.

Collins, Dennis, attacks Wm. IV. at Ascot, '33. 230; is convicted, and his sentence commuted, id. 231.

· W., '31. 76; '32. 61. William, his case mentioned in the Lords, '40. 207; his treatment again mentioned, '41. 206. Collis, Mr., architect of the "Kem

ble" tavern, Bow-street, 37. 242. Collision, laws of, Wallis, Huygens, Wren, '29. 62.

Colliton Row Improvement Act, '35.219.

Collyweston and West Hay Inclosure Act, '42. 191,

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COLOMBIA. See COLUMBIA. Colonial accounts to be audited by Commissioners for auditing the public accounts of Great Britain (2 W. IV. c. 26), '33. 128. Club, '30. 160.

Governors, patents of, not to determine by demise of the crown (1 W. IV. c. 4), '32. 137.

Passengers' Bill, committee on, '41. 208; Act repeals 9 G. IV. c. 21, and substitutes other regulations (5 and 6 W.IV. c.53),

'36. 126.

Secretary, Earl of Aberdeen, id. 239; Lord Goderich, 28. 69; '31. 240; Mr. Huskisson, '28.70; '29.234; Mr. Spring Rice, 35. 258; Mr. Stanley, 34. 243.

Secretary, vote of want of confidence in, moved and withdrawn, '39. 203. Colonies, bishops to, meeting in favour of, 42. 238.

and foreign possessions of the British crown, dates of their acquisition, mode of government, population, imports and exports into and from the United Kingdom, and tonnage inwards and outwards (1831), 32. 104, 105.

petitions relating to, presented in the session of 1835, their particular objects, and number of

signatures, '36. 212, 213; in session 1836, '37. 226, 227; in session 1837, 38. 215; in session 1837, 1838, 39. 216; in session 1839, '40. 219; in session 1840, '41. 223, 224; in session 1841,

'42. 199.

Colonies, slavery in, Act abolishing and giving compensation to slaveowners (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 73), '34. 136-138; further Act relating to compensation (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 45), 36. 123, 124; further Act relating to same (6 W. IV. c. 5), '37. 111; further Act relating to same (1 Vict. c. 3), '39. 143; Act amending same, as hours of labour, &c., &c. (1 Vict. c. 19), 39. 145-147.

trade of the, value of imports and exports into and from, in 1833, '37. 164.

European, in America,

'28. 73. Colonization of South Australia, Act for (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 95), '35. 163, 164.

Colonna, 31. 72; Fabio, '32. 56; Guido of, id. 54.

Coloquintida, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, '28. 118. Colour of leaves, principle of the, '30. 44, 45; change of, in autumn, 29. 40, 41; remarks upon, '30. 44, 45. Coltner, or Coltness, and Wishaw Railway, further Act, '35. 223; Railway, account of, '37. 105; '41. 68; further Act, '42. 197; Coltness, Morningside, and Wilsonstown Railway Act, id. ib. Colton, Rev. C. C., suicide of, '33.

229.

Coltsfoot, sweet, '28. 32.

Columbia, extent and population of, in 1828, id. 73; republic of, its extent, population, president, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army, and navy, in 1828, '29. 74, 75; treaty with America, '28. 66; Grand National Convention opened, 29.236; insurrection at, id. 237; convention of, dissolved, id. 240; acknowledged by England, '31. 61; Bolivar again president of, id. 234;

resigns the presidency of, '31. 235; Mosquera elected president of, id. 236; conspiracy in, '34. 246. Columbia, new tariff, '30. 262.

Consul-General and Consuls to, where employed, and amount of their salaries (1828), '31. 183.

coals, quantity of, exported to, in 1833, '35. 186; copper, quantity of, imported from, in 1833, '35. 179; cotton, quantity imported from, from 1831 to 1834, '36. 168; cotton goods, British, quantity and value of exports to, in 1833 and 1834, id. 169; in 1838, '40. 182; quantity of rum exported to, in 1829, '31. 186; general exports to, value of, in 1828, id. 178; in 1830, '33. 180; in 1831, '34. 158; in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 160; in 1836, 38. 174; in 1836 and 1837, '39. 190; in 1838, '40. 181; in 1839, '41. 188; in 1840, '42. 163; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial merchandize to, in 1831, '34. 160.

Combinations, committee on, '39.
201.

Combmartin and Bratton Down
Road Act, '39. 213.
Combermere, Lord, besieges Bhurt-
pore, '28. 67.

Comets, dissertations on, 29. 18-
27; '33. 5-15; derivation of the
word, '29. 18; former significa-
tion and present application of
the word, '33. 5; appearance of,
formerly created alarm, '28. 24;
anathematized by Pope Calixtus
III., '33. 7; superstition concern-
ing their portent, 29. 9; super-
stitious fears concerning, id. 18;
ancient superstition concerning,
'33. 6,7; needless alarms con-
cerning, id. 10, 11; absurd su-
perstition of their creating hot
weather, id. 11; why more seen
in hot weather, id. 11; our igno-
rance what they are, or for what
purposes they serve, '29. 20; and
of their size and quantities of
matter, id. 26; their transparency,
'33. 10; their diminished and di-
minishing brilliancy, id. 14; tails
of, observations on, id. 15; their
appearance through the telescope,
'29. 26; are one of the three
classes of stars, '29. 19; fear of
collision in crossing the orbit of
the earth considered, id. 27;
comets of 1577, id. 20; of various
years, id. 20-24; remarkable
difference between, and planets,
id. 25; Scripture interpretations of
the appearance of, observed on,
'33. 11; elements of the orbits of
Halley's, Encke's, and Biela's,
'33. 15; ephemeris of the, for
1832, 32. 19; Dr. Halley the
first who ascertained that they
were regular bodies, obeying the
regular laws of matter, 29. 20;
Kepler's conjectures concerning,
id. 21; Newton, his conclusions
on their orbits, id. 20; Tycho
Brahé, the first astronomer who
entertained a decidedly rational
opinion on, id. 20; alluded to by
Shakspere, id. 19; and by Milton,
id. ib. 20.
laws, when repealed, Comfits, duty on (1832), '33. 191.

district of (U.S.), its extent, population in 1800, 1810, and 1820, '32. 120; population of, in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, and number of slaves in, in 1810, 1820, and 1830, '33. 90. Columbian bonds charged on tobacco duties, '29. 241. Columbine, the, '28. 35.

Columbo root, duty on (1832), '33. 191.

Columbus discovers America, '28.

59; variation of compass, '29.62. Columella, '31. 65; '32. 52. Columnar rocks, Wernerian principle of, alluded to, '29. 39; Colonel Imrie's observations on, id. ib. Colutea arborescens, '29. 64. Coluthus, '31.65; '32. 50. Cometographia referred to, '35. 7*, 8. Comberton Inclosure Act, '40. 211. Combination to raise wages, injurious effects of, to workmen, '34. 58. of workmen in Paris,

'34. 249.

'34. 57.

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