Des Brosses, 31. 71. Des Cartes, '28. 60; '31. 73; 32. 68; curves, indeterminate quantities, algebra, 29. 56; positive and integral indices, id. 56. Deshoulières, '31. 75; '32. 68. -Design, school of, average attendance at, from July, 1837, to April, 1839; fees received at, to January, 1839, and to April, 1830, &c., '40. 195; distribution of prizes at by Prince Albert, '42. 242. Designs for printed goods Copyright Protection Act (2 Vict. c. 15), '40. 145; for articles of manufacture, copyright of, Act securing the same for a limited time (2 Vict. c. 17), id. 145, 146. number of, registered under 2 Vict. c. 17, from 1st July, 1839, to January 31st, 1840, and fees on same, '41. 198. Desolation, Island of, discovered, $30. 96. Despard's conspiracy, '28. 63. Despoto Dagh Mountains, several heights of, '33. 41; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49–53. Dessalines, Emperor of Hayti, '28. 63. Dessiou, Mr., his classification of the tables of high water at London, '30. 57; his determinations of the tides at various places, stated, '37. 8; his discussion of Mr. Hutchinson's observations on the tides, '35. 22. De Staël, '31. 77. Destiny, superstitions concerning, *28. 23. Destitute Sailors' Asylum, '31. 138. Destouches, P. N., '31. 75; '32. 68. "Destruction of Troy," '32. 50. Detached escapement for chronometers, invented by Le Roy, '42. 42. De Thou, '31. 73. Dettingen, battle of, '28. 61. Devicottah territory obtained by the Devizes, population and representation of, 33. 75; difference of time between, and London, '31. 21. Devonport, population and representation of, 33. 60; market at, '36. 207; corporation, charters of, established, '42. 236. Devonshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, 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, 61; 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. 108; extent of, in acres, '34. 84; difference of time between the principal towns in, and London, '31. 15; bastards, number of born in, in 1830, '34. 88; number of, in 1835 and 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 per cent. of persons married in the year ended June, 1840, who could write, '42. 171; excise licences issued, and public-houses in, number of (1831), '32. 185; 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; number of inhabited, uninhabited, and building in, in 1841, 42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; lunatics, &c., paupers, proportion of, to po pulation, in 1837, 38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemnization of (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 (1837), 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 poor rates 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 year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter, 1832, 34. 174; amount levied, and expenditure of same, 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 ropulation of, in 1839 and 1840, 42. 168. SCHOOLS: endowed, unendowed, and Sunday-schools in, in 1818, 29. 91; unendowed dayschools in, in 1818 and 1828, '29. 93; number of Sunday and other Church of England schools in, and of scholars in same (1832), 33. 120; SAVINGS BANKS, friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), '32. 102; Savings Bank, full particulars relating to, from 1827 to 1833, 35. 117-119; deposits and depositors, increase of, between 1833 and 1834, 36. 103; average amounts deposited in, and proportion of depositors to 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 20th November, 1840, 42. 166. SCHOOLS: endowed, unendowed, and Sunday-schools in, in 1818, 29. 91; unendowed day-schools in, in 1818 and 1828, id. 93; number of Sunday and other Church of England schools in, and 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 roads in, in 1839, 42. 122; tolls received in, in 1834 and 1839, id. 118; coals, cinders, and culm entered coastwise, and duty thereon, in 1829, '31. 190. Devoran railway, particulars of, 41. 64. Dew, cause of, '28. 20; its valuable effect on vegetation, id. ib. 21; its importance to vegetable life, '31. 36; most frequent in spring and autumn, and why, id. 31; erroneous notions of its properties, id. 29; substances on which it most frequently forms, and those which resist it, id. 34; usual periods of its formation, '30. 32, 35; formation of, id. 28; dew-drop, id. ib.; quantity of, produced during one night, may be measured by the rain-gauge, id. 35; annual average quantity of in Great Britain, id. 35; dew-point, id. 19; explained, id. 30; its variation, id. 19; dew-bow, id. 29; dew and hoar frost, observations on, id. 28-86; dew, Essay on, by Dr. Wells, referred to, id. 29, 30. Dewsbury, population of (1821), '29. 81; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 77; Gas Light Act, '41. 218; Road Act, '42. 196. Dhanuh, a Malabar month, '30. 25. D'Herbelot, '31. 73; '32. 68. Dianella cærulea, '31. 38. Dianthus barbatus, '30. 43; arboreus, '31. 38. Diarrhoea, its appearances similar to poisoning, '28. 124; its effect, '35. 33; deaths from, within the Bills of mortality, in 1827, '29. 110. Diaz discovers the Cape of Good Hope, '28. 59. Dibdin, Mr. Charles, dies, 34. 241. Dice, produce of duty on, in 1827, 29. 188; stamps on, amount of, in 1837, 39. 178; the same in 1838, '40. 173. L and cards, stamp duties on, and exportation of, regulated, 9 G. IV. c. 18, 29. 147. Dickens, Mr. C., bis petition in favour of extended copyright presented, '40. 199; dinner to, in Edinburgh, 42. 240. Dickinson, Captain, court martial on, 30. 264. Mr., his suggestion to prevent the forgery of Post-office stamps, '38. 120. Dictator, in Rome, 28. 53; perpetual, id. ib. "Dictionary of Learned Men," "32. 71. "Dict. Class d'Hist. Naturelle," re ferred to, '30. 68. Didelta spinosum, '31. 38. "Dies Genitales," '32. 55. Difference of time between London and that of the principal towns in the United Kingdom, '31. 13, 23. Digit, its extent, '32. 8. Digitalis, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, '28. 122; Canariensis, 31. 38; sceptrum, id. ib. Dilhorne Free Grammar School, account of, and school-house at, '38. 231. Diligences in France, '28. 58. Dillon, Captain, ascertains the fate of La Perouse, '29. 237. Dillwynia ericifolia, 31. 38; floribunda, id. ib. Dimensions of the dry measures, '28. 102; approximate do., id. ib. Dinarchus, '32. 48. Dinaric Alps and their several heights, '33. 40, 41. Dingle, population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34. 91. Dingwall, population of, '33. 87; improvements, progress of, '34. 238. Dinorben, Lord, his mansion at Kinmell destroyed by fire, '42.. 243. Dinter, Edmund, '31. 69; '32. 72. Diocesan, returns for 1831, '3f. 178. Dioceses, English list of, and their respective extent, 28. 88; of England, their extent, population, &c. &c., '35. 125–128. Dioclesian, 28. 55; era of, '30. 16; tenth persecution of the Christians under, '28. 55; date of the proclamation of, '30. 16.* Diodorus Siculus, '28. 53; '31. 65; '32. 49. Diogenes, '28. 53. Diophantine problems, Fermat, 29. 56. Diophantus, 28. 55; '31. 65; '32. 49; algebra, '29. 55. Dioscorides, '28. 54; '31. 65; '32. 49. Diosma fragrans, '31. 38; linifolia, id. ib.; serratifolia, id. ib.; speciosa, id. ib. Diospyros Lotus, '29. 65; Virginiana, id. ib. .Dior, Abraham bar, '32. 47. Dip, what it is, '28. 92; of the horizon, '41. 47. Diphilus, '32. 48. Diplomas, number of, granted by the Royal College of Surgeons, London, from 1823 to 1832, 34. 183. Diplomatic salaries and allowances, annual amount of fixed, and pensions to same limited (2 & 3 W. 1V. c. 116), 33. 165; expenses in 1834, 1835, and 1836, '37. 152. Direct taxes, net produce of, 1829, '30. 206. Direction, the number of, '28. 7. posts, penalty for injur ing, '36. 126. Directions and remarks, useful, '28. 107. Discontents in manufacturing districts, 28. 65. Discount at the Bank, amount of, in 1825, '33. 109. "Discourse on Government, 32. Disease, causes and diagnosis of, remarks on, '39. 31, 32; treatment of, observations on, 39. 33. and mortality, statistics of, in England and Wales in 1838, '41. 21-31. Diseases of London, extract from Dr. Willan's report on the, '29. 122, 123. within the Bills of Mortality in, and casualties, 1827, '29. 110. See, further, MEDICAL and VITAL STATISTICS. Dishonour, notices of, bills and notes falling due on Good Friday or Christmas day, '28. 149, 150. Disinfectants discovered by M. Laparraque, 28. 179. Dispensaries in and near London, '30. 143, 144. Dispensations and Faculties, clerk of, office abolished, '34. 175. Diss, population of, '33. 69. Dissection, Act regulating the, of dead bodies, '33. 157-159; of murderers discontinued, id. 159; of murderers re-enacted, 9 G. IV. c. 31, '29. 149; after execution abolished (4 W. IV. c. 26), '35. 135. Dissenters' Charity Schools in and near London, '30. 156, 157. register of births, &c., kept by, '37. 65. Scotch union of, 28. 66. Dissenting Ministers, Associate Fund for the Relief of Poor, '30. 146. Distillation, quantity of malt used in, in 1832, '34. 166. Distillers, quantity of grain used by, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 173. of turpentine, &c., penalty on, under the Building Act, '39. 158. Distress in the manufacturing dis tricts, '42. 242. Distresses, Act for Regulation of Cost of, '28. 150, 151; oppressive, power to deal summarily with, '40. 161. District Orphan School, 30. 156; Visiting Society, id. 145. District and other Visiting Societies in and near Loudon, '30. 144, 145. and County Constables Act (2 & 3 Vict. c. 93), '40. 164; further Act (3 & 4 Vict. c. 88), '41. 165. Disturbances and Dangerous Associations (Ireland), Act for Suppression of, 3 W. IV. c. 4, '34. 103-106. Suppression, Ireland, continuance Act (4. W. IV. c. 38), '35, 142. Ditches, uncovered, injurious effects of, '36. 29. Dithmax, '31. 66; '32. 63. 17. Dividends on several public funds, when payable, '32. 99; number of persons who received, October 10, 1829, and January 5, 1830, and their several amounts, '31. 196; number of persons to whom payable on 10th October, 1837, and 5th January, 1838, and their several amounts, '39. 182; of the East India Company directed to be fixed by ballot, '32. 31. Dividend Warrant Office, Bank of England, account, description, view of, '36. 224-227. "Divina Commedia," '32. 54. "Divine Philosopher," '32. 47. Divine service, carriages regulated during, 40. 154. Diving bell, Aristotle, 29. 60; used in Europe, id. ib.; used to find wreck of the Armada, id. ib. machine, Ramsden, '29. 60. Division, definition and sign of, '28. 105. of the day, 31. 5. Divisions of Counties Act, amended, 10 G. IV. c. 46, '30. 188. numbers on, in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1831, '34. 176. Divisional Meetings in Petty Sessions, the several, for the various counties of England, '28. 78. Divorce, Dr. Phillimore's motion for altering the law of, '31. 206. Dluglossus, '31.71; '32. 75. Dmitrieff, 31. 77. Dobbs, Henry, his building and endowment of Southall Green Chapel, and patronage of same vested in him, '42. 206. Doberiener, M., his process for obtaining finely divided platina, '28. 184, 185. "Doblado's Letters," '42. 124. Dobson, Mr. John, architect of the Newcastle market, '36. 237. DOCK ACTS, see PRIVATE BILLS. Dockets, number of, struck from 1816 to 1826, '28. 170. Docks, St. Katherine's, proceeding of, '28. 174. Docks, &c., in progress in 1830, 31. 222-225; in 1831, '32. 232, 233; in 1832, '33. 220. carts prohibited in and near London, '40. 154. fighting houses, &c., penalty for keeping, '36. 127; same in and near London, '40. 154. stealing, penalty for, '28 134. tax, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; net produce of, 1829, 30. 206; number of dogs assessed, and amount of duty in 1832 and 1833, 36. 152; in 1834 and 1835, '38. 171; in 1837, '39. 178; on shepherds' dogs repealed, '34. 124; produce of additional tax on dogs in (1840 and 1841), '42. 153. Dog-days or canicular days, '28. 12. Dog-rose, the, '28. 36. Dolgelly, Population of, ‘33. 89. |