"Death of Abel," '32. 65. Deaths, number of per cent. from each of twelve classes of diseases in England and Wales, '40. 47— 49; from twelve principal causes of mortality (1838), '41. 28; increase of, per cent. in England and Wales from 1821 to 1831, 41. 28; ages of persons in England and Wales, id. 53, 54; proportionate number of, amongst men and women in England and Wales, in 1838, 1839, and 1840, '42. 50.

proportion of, from the use of spirituous liquors, 29, 123.

&c., Act for registering, in England (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 86), '37. 141, 142; Act to explain and amend same (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 22), '38. 130–132.

number of registered in the year ending 30th June, 1838, '40. 53; in years ending 30th June, 1838 and 1839, '41. 50-57; abstract of, &c., id. 52-54; in 1837-8, 1838-9, and 1839-40, and in each quarter of the same, '42. 46.

in France, from 1817 to 1825, '28. 89; in Paris in 1826, id. ib. See further, MEDICAL and VITAL STATISTICS. Death's-head hawk, '29. 41. Denina, '32. 57.

Dent, Mr., his determination of the difference of longitude between two places by chronometer, '41.

44.

De Beauvoir, Sir John, tried for perjury, '36. 245.

Debdale Hill and South Muskham
Road Act, '40. 216.

De Brosses, '31. 77; '32. 69.
De Brune, '31. 73.

Debt, number of persons confined

for in 1828, in the several prisons of London, '30. 214; number of committals for, to the various prisons of the metropolis in 1829, 31. 194; number of warrants for, and writs of execution, and bailable processes in Middlesex and Surrey in 1831, '34. 171, 172.

imprisonment for, length of

confinement of several persons in 1839, '40. 188; Act abolishing on mesne process (1 and 2 Vict. c. 110), 39. 124.

Debt, interest upon the, &c., allowed by a jury (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 42), '34. 124.

civil, of small amount, Act for abolishing in Scotland imprisonment for (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 70), '36. 131.

Debtors, number of, in the London prisons in 1832, 34. 172; number of, in England and Wales in 1832, '34. 171; Ireland, do, id. ib.; number confined on 1st July, 1839, in the United Kingdom,

'40. 188.

Decades, French, '30. 20. Decadi, a French revolutionary day, '30. 20.

Decagramme (French), its weight, 30. 113.

Decalitre (French), its value, '30.113. Decamètre (French), its value, id. ib. "Decamerone," '32. 54.

Deccan abandoned to the English, id. 45. December, month of, description of the natural appearances of, in Eng. land, '28. 41; observations of a Naturalist on the, '29. 44, 45; '30. 47.

moth, '29. 44. Decemvirs at Rome, '28. 51. Décigramme (French), its weight,

'30. 113.

Décilitre (French), its value, id. ib. Decimal Arithmetic invented, '28. 60.

coinage, observations on the practibility of, by A. de Morgan, 41. 17-21.

fractions, Lord Napier, '29.

56. Décime (France), value of, &c. (1829), '30. 104.

Décimètre (French), its value, id 113.

Décistère (French), its value, id. ib. Decius, persecution of the Christians under, '28. 55.

Decker, Jer., '31. 73; '32. 73. Declaration or affirmation of Quakers or Moravians received in civil

and criminal cases (9 G. IV. c. 32), 29. 154, 155; to be taken under the Corporation and Test Act Repeal Act, id. 146; Act enabling persons, &c., &c., to substitute, in lieu of oaths (5 and W. IV. c. 62), '36. 128, 129. See further, MORAVIANS, OATHS, QUAKERS, SEPARATISTS. Declination of the celestial bodies, what, '38. 92.

Circles, what they are,

'42. 21. Decline and Fall of the Roman Em

pire, '32. 62. Decomposition of earths and alkalis, Davy, '29. 60.

Decree, the Berlin, '31. 56; the Milan, id. ib.

Decussate Melaleuca, '31. 41. "De Die Natali," '32, 53.

Dee, John, '37. 23; his works, id. 38-40.

Road Act, '38. 212. Deed stamps, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; amount of duty on, in 1837, '39. 178; the same in 1838, '40. 173.

defacing, punishment for (1828), 28. 133; for stealing same, id. ib.

"Deeds of the Franks," '32. 68. "Deeds of Philip," id. 67. Deer-stealing, punishment for, 28. 133; snaring, id. 134.

Dees, New, population of, '33. 81; Old, id. ib.

Defacing documents or records, punishment for, '28. 133; for stealing same, id. ib.

"Defence of Christianity," '32. 53. Definitive peace of Vienna, '31. 51.

treaty of peace between

Great Britain and America, id. 53. Defoe, Daniel, id. 74; '32. 61; his "Complete English Tradesman," extract from, '29. 142. Deformities, exposure of, law relating to (1829), '30. 137.

often produced by tight

stays, '29. 121. Degree, measurement of, '28. 90. Degrees, hours, how reduced to, '32. 7.*

De Guignes, J., '31. 77; '32. 69..

Dei, a Persian month, '30. 19.
Deig, battle of, '32. 42.
"De Imperio Romano," '32. 64.
Deipnosophistæ, id. 49.

De Jonge, '31. 79; '32. 74. Delambre, his corrections used for the Nautical Almanac, '29. 15; his measurement of the arc between Dunkirk and Rhodes, '30. 112.

Delaware, population of, and number of slaves in, in 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, '33. 90; abstract of the constitution, government, legislative and executive, judiciary appointments and elective franchise of (1831), '32. 116; extent, population, and number of representatives, id. 120. Delegates, court of, Bill for abolition of, '33. 205.

"De l'Esprit," '32. 69. Delhi, massacre at, id. 27. Delille, '31. 77; '32. 69.

De l'Isle, '31. 69; his graduation of the thermometer still used by the Russians, '30.90. Della Torre, 31. 70. Valle, id. 72.

Deluge, the, '28. 49. De Lunatico Inquirendo, expenses of commissions diminished (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 36), '34. 118. Demarara, number of slaves in, in 1826, '29. 199; registered number of, in 1817 and 1822, '34. 180; quantity of rum imported from, in 1829, 31. 186; in 1831, '33. 183; sugar, quantity imported from in 1804, '36. 170; fire in, '30.259.

and Essequibo, date of capitulation of, how governed, population, imports and exports and tonnage inwards and outwards (1831), '32. 104, 105; education, state of, and amount of population in, '34. 181; number of Jews in (1829), '30. 100; value of imports and exports into and from in 1833, '37. 164.

Demetrius, 31. 73, 78; '32. 52.
Gr., id. ib.
Phalareus, '28. ib.
of Rostoff, 32. 76.

Demise of the crown, Act appointing Lords Justices in case of the death of Queen Victoria (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 72), '38. 153, 154. Democracy suppressed and restored at Athens, '28. 52. Democritus, 31. 64; '32. 48; astronomy, '29. 58.

De Morgan, Mr. A., on the calculation of single life contingencies, '40. 5-24; the same subject contined, '42. 1-19; on the use of small tables of Logarithms in commercial calculations, and on the practicability of a decimal coinage, '41. 5-21. Demosthenes, 28.51; '31. 64; '32.48. Denbighshire, extent and population

of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 79; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831; value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 79, 80; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 89; the same in 1841, '42. 108; population of 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 110; population and representation of, '33. 79; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 89; excise licences issued, and public-houses in, number of (1831), 32. 185; houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 92; of

fenders in, and proportion of to population (1837), '39. 90; RATES, amount of poor and county rates levied in, in 1826, '29. 197; the same for 1827, and account of its expenditure, id. 198; amount of poor rate levied in, from March, 1827, to March, 1828, and expenditure of same, '30.216; from March, 1828, to March, 1829, '31. 195; for year ending 25th March, 1830, '32. 184; for the year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter, 1832, 34. 175; amount levied and expenditure for year ending 25th

March, 1833, 35. 189; in the year ending 25th March, 1834, 36. 174; proportion of paupers relieved to the population of, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 168; SCHOOLS, number of Church of England in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; house tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th April, 1830, 32. 106, 107; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same in 1834, '37. 177; the same and length of roads in 1839, '42. 122; Roads Act, '35. 222. Denford Chapel built and endowed by G. H. Cherry, Esq., '35. 230. Denham, John, '31. 72; 32. 60. Colonel, death of, '29. 240.

Denina, 31. 76.

Denio with Pwllheli, population of, '33. 79.

Denman, Sir Thomas, Attorney-General, '31. 240; Lord Chief Justice of England, '33. 232.

- Lord, Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, '36. 204; Lord High Steward at the trial of Lord Cardigan, '42. 175; his observation on the publication of libels, 38. 244; his declaration in Stockdale v. Hansard, mentioned in the Commons, '38. 204; mentions the subject in the Lords, id. ib.; his explanation in the House of Lords of the charge against him relating to Lord Waldegrave, '42. 179; his remarks on prosecutions for objectionable sentiments, id. 240.

Denmark, extent, population, and naval and military force of, and extent and population of same with its colonies (1826), '33. 54, 55; its extent and population in 1828, 28. 70; (Proper), its extent and population in 1828, ’28. 70; and her colonies, extent and population of in 1828, id. 74; Monarchy of, its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army and navy, in 1828,'29. 72, 73; number of Jews in (1829),

'30. 100; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; increase of inhabitants in, '29. 77; new constitution granted to, '32. 238; gold and siver coins of, their names, value, weight, alloy, and value in English money (1829), '30. 103; king of, dies, '41. 253; British Consul to, where employed, and amount of his salary (1828), '31. 180; festival of the 1000 years' introduction of Christianity, '28. 67; ravages of cholera in, '35. 261; Imports, barley, &c., quantity of, imported from in 1833, '35. 180; bones, imports from in 1837, '39. 193; wool, value of imports from in 1833, '35. 176, 177; the same in 1840, '42. 163; Exports, coals, quantity of exported to, in 1833, 35. 186; in 1840, '42. 163; cotton goods, British, quantity and value of exports to, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1838, '40. 182; iron and steel, exports to, value of in 1838, '40. 183; quantity of rum exported to, in 1829, '31. 186; in 1831, 33. 183; wool and woollens, British, value of exported to, in 1832, 34. 167; wool, import of from, and value of exports of British woollens to, in 1833, '35. 176, 177; value of exports to, in 1828, '31. 177; of British produce, &c., to in 1830, '33. 179; 1831, '34. 158; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial merchandise to, in 1831, id. 160; exports to, value and particulars of, in 1838, '40. 183; exports to in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 159; in 1836, '38. 173; in 1836 and 1837, 39. 189; in 1838, '40. 181; in 1839, 41. 188; in 1840, '42. 163. Denmark, vessels of, employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom in 1840, '42. 160. "Denmark, History of," '32. 74, 75. and Sardinian Slave Treaties Act (5 & 6 W. IV. c. 60 & 61), '36. 128. Dennewitz, battle of, '28. 61.

Dennie, Brigadier, defeats Dost Mahomed Khan, and the Wali of Kholam, '42. 233. Denny, population of, '33. 87. Denominator, definition of, '28. 105. Denon, '31. 79; '32, 69. Dent, Mr., his improvements in the compensating pendulum, '42. 29; in the balance springs of chronometers, id. 44; his abstract of two lectures, &c., on chronometers, &c., referred to, id. 42†. "De Nuptiis," '32. 53. Denver Sluice, first stone laid, '34. 230.

Deposits in savings banks, investment and limitation of, and interest on, '29. 138. See, further, SAVINGS BANKS.

Depositions of witnesses may be read in common law courts if witnesses out of jurisdiction (1 W. IV. c. 22), '32. 141. Depredation, particulars relating to, '40. 109-119. "De Prodigiis," '32. 53. Deptford, population of (1821), '29. 81; Pier Act, '36. 211; amendment Act, '40. 218; Pier Junction Railway Act, '37. 223; amendment Act, '40. 216; Railway, particulars of, '41. 74. Derby, population of, in 1821, '29. 81; population and representation of, '33. 60; musical festival, 29. 243; riots at, '32. 240; strike of shoemakers at, '35. 259; Arboretum, buildings, &c., account of, '41. 251, 252; Athenæum Hotel, &c., at, account of, and views of, '39. 240-243; Catholic Church at, account of, '40. 233, 234; railway station, account of, '41. 244, 245; Gas Act, '42. 194; Railways: Derby and Birming ham Junction Railway alteration Act, '41. 220; railway, completion and opening of, and particulars relating to, '40. 88, 89; account of, '38. 64, 65; '41. 74; Junction Railway opened, '40. 260; Derby and Leeds Railway, account of, '38. 65. Derbyshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magis

trates, and parishes in, '28. 78; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831; value of real property in, and its representation, 33. 60; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; the same in 1841, 42. 107; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 109; populalation and representation of, 33. 60; extent of, in acres, '34. 84; difference of time between the principal towns of, and London, 31. 22; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, 34. 88; number of, in 1835 and in 1837, 38. 192; charity property, income of, in 1834, '35. 191; rental of charities and income of schools in, '36. 175; county electors, number of in, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 181; Education: proportion of persons married in the year ended June, 1840, who could write, '42. 171 ; families, number of in, and how employed in, 1811, 1821, and 1831, 34. 86, 87; houses, number of in, in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, '34. 84, 85; inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, 42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; excise licences issued, and public-houses in, number of, in 1831, '32. 185; quantity of iron made, and of furnaces in, in 1827, 29. 196; lunatics and paupers, proportion of to population, in 1837, '38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemnisation of, in 1840, '41. 199; proportion of persons married under twenty-one years of age in the year ended June, 1840, '42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 75; offenders in, and proportion of to population, '39. 90; power-looms, number of in (1836), $37. 183. RATES: amount of poor and county rates levied in, in 1826, 29. 197; the same for 1827, and account of its expenditure, id. 198; amount of poorrate levied in, from March, 1827,

ex

to March, 1828, and expenditure of same, '30. 216; from March, 1828, to March, 1829, 31. 195; for year ending 25th March, 1830, '32. 184; for year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; pended on the poor, from 1831 to Easter, 1832, 34. 173; amount levied, and expenditure of, for year ending 25th March, 1833, 35. 189; for the year ending 25th March, 1834, '36. 174; the same for the years ending 25th March, 1834, 1836, and 1837, 38. 188; decrease of same in 1837, compared with 1834, id. 190; proportion of paupers relieved to the population of, in 1839 and 1840, 42. 168. SAVINGS BANKS, friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits, and accounts in (1831) '32. 102; savings banks, average amounts deposited in, and proportion of depositors to the population of (1835), '37. 72; state of on 20th November, 1837, '39. 134; savings banks, friendly societies, and charitable institutions, number of, and of depositors and amount of deposits in, in November, 1836, '38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, '40. 189; on 20th November, 1839, '41. 194; on the 20th November, 1840, 42. 166. SCHOOLS: endowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; number of Sunday, and other Church of England, in, and number of scholars in same (1832), '33. 120. TAXES: amount of land and assessed taxes of, in 1829, 31. 172; house tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th April, 1830, 32. 106, 107; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 192; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same, in 1834, '37. 177; the same, and length of the roads, in 1839, 42. 122; tolls received in, in 1834 and 1839, id. 118; wages and prices in, in 1796, '34. 40. Dercyllidas, peace of, 28. 51. Dereham, East, population of, '33.69.