Farringdon street and market commenced, '30. 240, 241; street opened, 31.216; continuation of, to Clerkenwell-green, Act for, '41. 216.

Farthings coined in 1834, '36. 153;

value of, coined in 1834 and 1835, 37. 155; in 1836 and 1837, '39. 181; number of, coined from 1816 to 1840, '42. 155. Fast, general, motion for appointment of, '33. 196; is kept in England, id. 229; kept in the General Assembly on account of the state of the Church of Scotland, '42. 210.

Fasts and festivals, Jewish calendar

of, 29. 16.

"Fasti Capitolini,” ’32. 52. Father liable for support of pauper child, 35. 155.

"Father of the country" in Rome, '28.53.

Fathom, origin of the measure, '30.

111.

Fauvel, dies, '39. 141.
Favart, 31. 77; '32. 69.
Faversham, population of, '33. 64;
Oyster Fishery Company Act, '41.
216.

Fayal, vice-consul at, his salary (1828), 31. 181.

WINE; see WINES, FOREIGN. Fea, Albate Carlo, dies, '37. 110. Feathered phylica, '31. 42. Feathers, duty on (1836), '37. 128; ostrich, duty on (1829), '30.204; for beds, duty on (1889), id.

199.

February added to the year, '30. 7; month of, description of the natural appearances of, in England, '28. 32; observations of a naturalist on, 29. 30~32; '30. 37, 38.

Federation of Venezuela, the, '31.

57.

Fees in courts of common law regu

lated (1 W. IV. c. 58), '31. 153. Felatahs, empire of the; its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religions, and army, in 1828, 29. 74, 75. Feleki, '32. 78.

Felon may be tried in a place other

than that in which he steals, '28. 142.

Felonies, what offences are, '30. 134. Felony and misdemeanour, distinction between, 28. 1314.

punishment for compounding, 28. 139; bail allowed for (5 & 6 W. IV. c. 33), '36. 121; constables suspecting persons have or are about to commit, may apprehend them, '40. 155; persons tried for may be defended by counsel, '37. 147; on trials for, if offences would include an assault, jury may find guilty of assault,

'38. 160.

Prisoners, British Society for the Reformation of, '30. 150. Females, number of, christened within the bills of mortality in 1827, 29. 110.

number of, buried within the bills of mortality in 1827, id. ib.

settlers, free, arrive in Sydney, '35. 252. Femunes, ancient Arabic for Thursday, '30. 21.

Fences, damaging, punishment for,

28. 145; stealing, punishment for, '28. 136; rails, &c., fixed to buildings, punishment for stealing, 28. 137.

Fen, Drayton, Enclosure Act, '39. 209.

Fenelon, 31. 75; '32. 68.

Fennel-leaved petrophila, '31. 42. Fenton and Hen Heath Road Act, '41. 219.

Fenny Stratford, improvements at (1831), '32. 234.

Feodore, Princess, marries Prince Hohenlohe Langenbourg, '29.

234.

Ferdinand I. conquers Granada, '28.

59.

VII. restored, '28. 64; '31.58; resumes despotism, '28. 66. "Ferdinand and Isabella," biography of, '32. 70.

Ferduci or Ferdusi, 31. 67; '32. 78.

Fère Champenoise, battle of, '28.64. Ferguson, R., 31. 76; 32. 62. Fergusson, Mr. R. Cutlar, dies, '40. 254.

Ferishta, '32. 79.

Fermanagh, population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34. 92; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182; high sheriff of, removed, '42. 242; his conduct condemned, id. ib. Fermat. Diophantine problems, '29.

56.

Fermoy, Cork, population of (1821), '29. 83; in 1821 and 1831, '34. 91; encounter with the military at, '29. 241, 242. Forn-bush, sweet, '29. 64. Ferns, Bishop of, his revenue in 1831, '34. 179.

and Ossory, bishoprics united, '36. 246.

Feroe Island discovered, '30. 93; extent and population of, in 1828, '28. 70.

Ferrandus, Fulgentius, '32. 69. Ferrari, Carlo, his murderers executed, '33. 228.

Louis, Biquadratics, '29. 55. M., his improvement in the manufacture of varnishes, 28. 181.

Ferreira, Ant., '32. 70.
Ferreras, '31. 75; '32. 71.
Ferreti, '31. 68; '32. 54.
Ferrey, Mr. B., architect of the

Bournemouth improvements, '38. 240; of St. Peter's Church, Compton Vallance, '40. 228; of the Dorset County Hospital, '41. 250; of St. Mary's Church, Southwark, '42. 209. Ferri, '31. 74.

Ferries on the Thames, how to be regulated, '28. 158.

Ferwardin, a Persian month, '30. 19. Festiniog and Port Madock Railway

Act, '33. 211; further Act, '39. 214; railway, particulars of, '41.

70.

Festival days, weather of, absurdly supposed to have influence on the weather at distant days, 29. 10. Festivals, fixed, of the Church of England, for which officers are appointed, '30. 34; not observed by the Church of England, distinguishing those important to be known, as regulating terms of law and payment of rent, or forming anniversaries of national observance, id. ib. 35.

Festus Avienus, '32. 53.
P., 31. 65.

Fethard, population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34. 91.

Fetid hellebore, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 119. Fetter-lane, fire in, and loss of life, '31. 235.

Fetteresso, population of, '33. 85. Feudal system in France, 28. 56. Fever, treatment of, remarks on,

'39. 33; deaths from, within the bills of mortality in 1827, '29. 110; prevalence of, in the metropolis, '40. 43.

Fevers frequently produced by the suppression of insensible perspiration, 29. 119.

malignant, their appearances similar to poisoning, '28. 124. Fever hospital, Loudon, '30. 140. Fever hospitals in Ireland (1830),

'31. 113; admissions into, a test of amount of distress, id. ib.; (Ireland), Act for establishing (2 W. IV. c. 9), '33. 124; Amendment Act (4 & 5 W. IV. c. 46), '35. 146.

Few, Mr. Charles, his evidence on patents referred to, '30. 129. Feyjoo, '32. 71.

Fez and Morocco, number of Jews in (1829), '30. 100. Fiats in bankruptcy established (1 & 2 W. IV. c. 56), '32. 162. Fichte, 31. 76; '32. 66. Ficino, '31. 70. Fichtelgebirge mountains, heights of, '33. 43; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49-53.

Field spiders, the producers of gossamer, '29. 32, 42. Fienus, Thomas, his " Disputatio

an cœlum moveatur et terra quiescat" fully quoted, '36. 5—15. Fieschi, his attempt on the life of

Louis Philippe, '36. 246; he is tried and executed, '37. 252, 253.

Fifeshire, population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831; value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 84; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 89; the same in 1841, 42. 108; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 110; electors, number of in, in 1836, '37. 182; houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 98; turnpike-gates in, rents of, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 178. Fig-tree, '29. 65.

Figs, duty on (1829), '30. 204; import and home consumption of, in 1828, 31. 173; in 1829, '32. 177; in 1830, '33. 176; in 1831, '34. 154; the same, 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.

Fighting, deaths from, within the bills of mortality, in 1827, 29.

110. Figoeireda, 31. 77; 32. 71. Filacaia, '31. 72.

Filacer in the Exchequer abolished,

'34. 144.

Filangieri, G., '31. 76; '32. 57.
Filbert, '29. 33.
Filelfo, 31. 70.
Filicaja, V., '32. 56.

Filiform Passerina, '31. 42.
Fill-dyke, an ancient name for
February, '28. 32.

Filtering of water for supply to the metropolis, '29. 106.

Filters used at the Shaws' water scheme, 30. 254.

Finance, the subject of, better understood than formerly, '32. 80; account of the total amount of unredeemed funded debt, and the charge thereof, 1827 and 1828, 29. 186; sums paid for interest on Exchequer bills, 1827, id. 186; unredeemed capital of the public funded debt, the amount of outstanding Exchequer Bills, and the amount of terminable annuities on 5th Jan. 1828, and 5th Jan. 1831, 32. 176; account of the terminable annuities, and the periods at which they will expire, 32. 176; account of the state of the public funded debt of the United Kingdom on 5th Jan. 1832, 33. 173; Exchequer bills outstanding on the 5th Jan. 1832, amount of, id. ib. ; account of the state of the public funded debt of the United Kingdom on 5th Jan. 1833. 34. 150; documents relating to the finances for year ending 5th Jan. 1828, 28. 162— 164.

account of the net public expenditure of the United Kingdom for year ending Jan. 5, 1828, '29. 185; account of the ordinary revenues and extraordinary resources of Great Britain and Ireland for year ending Jan. 5, 1828, '29.184; account of the net public expenditure of the United Kingdom (Jan. 5, 1829), '30. 197; account of the ordinary revenues and extraordinary resources of the United Kingdom for the year ending 5th Jan. 1829, '30. 196, 197; abstract of the net produce

of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1828, and 10th Oct. 1829, '30. 196; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the year ending 5th Jan. 1830, '31. 169; abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1829, and 10th Oct. 1830, id. ib.; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ending 5th Jan. 1831, '32. 175; net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1831, and 10th Oct. 1832, '33. 172; net public income and expenditure of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended 5th Jan. 1832, id. ib.; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the year ended 5th Jan. 1833, '34. 148; same for the year ended 5th Jan. 1834, '35. 166; net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1832, and 10th Oct. 1833, 34. 148; the same in the year ended 10th Oct. 1834, '35. 166; public income and expenditure for the year ended 5th Jan. 1835, 36. 148, 149; account of the public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the years ended 5th Jan. 1834, 1835, and 1836, '37. 150—152; the same in the years ended 5th Jan. 1836 and 1837, 38. 167— 169; the same in the year ended 5th Jan. 1838, '39. 173, 174; the same for the year ending 5th Jan. 1839, 40. 167-169; the same for the years 1838 and 1839, '41. 175-177; the same for the year ended 5th Jan. 1841, 42. 149— 151; see further, FUNDS, FUNDED DEBT. Finance committee (Peel's) appointed, '29. 203. Finances, statement of the deficiency

in, in the House of Lords, '41. 200.

Finchley, rental of the parish of

(1829), '29. 85; population of, in

1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 67; road to, from St. John's-wood, near completion of, '31. 226. Findhorn bridge destroyed, and ford

at same place formed, 31. 228,229. Fine arts, committee appointed to consider the cultivation of, in reference to the new houses of Parliament, '42. 181. Fine-leaved selago, '31. 43. Fines and forfeitures, amount produced by, in 1827, '29. 187. -on copyholds, Act for the commutation of, '42. 130-133. Finland ceded to Russia, '28. 64. Finlayson, Mr., his tables for calculating the payments to benefit societies, '33. 115-119; his tables relating to the value, &c., of savings banks annuities under Act 3 W. IV. c. 14, '34. 75-78. Finsbury division, parishes comprised within, 32. 108; population of, and of the several parishes, &c., of same, and its representation, '33. 67, 68; house-tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, and farm-houses exempt from, for year ending 5th April, 1830, 32. 108.

143.

charity-schools, '30. 158. Dispensary, '30. 143. Midwifery Institution, '30.

Fir, balm of Gilead, '29. 66; silver, id. ib. Fire the readiest mode of changing the air, 28. 113.

increased supply of water in cases of (1829), 29. 104. 105; deficiency in supply of water in case of, in southern districts of London, accounted for (1829), '29. 105.

Society for the prevention of loss of life by, '30. 151.

in theatres, security from, '28. 182, 183. Fire insurance, observations on, '28. 127, 128; stamps on, Act regulating 9 Geo. IV. c. 13, 29. 143; amount of duties on policies in the United Kingdom for the years 1811, 1816, 1821, and 1826, '28. 169; amount of duty on, paid by

the London fire-offices in 1827, 29. 199; in the year 1828, 30. 217; the same, and by the country offices in 1829, '31. 196; in England in 1829, 31. 196; in England and Ireland, amount of stamp-duty on, on average of three years, 1815 and 1830, '31. 178; sums paid for duty on, and sums insured by each insurance office on farming stock exempt from duty in 1834 in England, '36. 179, 180; stamps on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; the same, in 1838, 40. 173.

Fire, owners of vessels liable for losses by (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 61), '37. 129.

Fire-arms, when used, '28. 58; not to be discharged near dwellinghouse, '40. 154.

balls emitted by thunderclouds, instances of, '39. 22.

damp, explosion of, near Lyons, 30. 259. .

at Astley's Theatre, '42. 239; Camberwell church destroyed by, '42. 236; Dundee churches destroyed, id. 234; the "Hibernian" emigrant ship destroyed by, '34. 241; the Houses of Lords and Commons destroyed by, '35. 261, 262; ground plan, showing the extent of the damage, id. 250, 251; Kinmel Hall destroyed by, '42. 243; "Lake Erie" steamer destroyed by, id. 241; of London, 28. 60; predictions of same, '40. 26; at Smyrna, '42. 240; Spitalfields church damaged by, id. 234; the steamer "Ben Lomond" destroyed by, 34. 215; Streatham church destroyed by, '42. 234; at the Tower of London, id. 244; Wynyard House destroyed by, id. 236. See FIRES. Fires, proportion of, as to number of

houses, '28. 127; prevalent in Normany and Brittany, '31. 236; incendiary, in Kent, '31. 238; by incendiaries in various parts, '35. 252, 254. For law relating to, see ARSON. --not to be made near highways unless screened, '36. 126.

Fires in various places, viz. Astley's Theatre, '42. 239; in Austria, '35. 255; at Bridport, id. 253; at Canton, 37. 251; at Constantinople, '30. 263; '31. 234. 239; '34. 247; the Palace burnt, '40. 256; at Pera and Galata, id. 260; at Dublin Custom House stores, '34. 247; at Dundee (churches) '42. 234; the English Opera House destroyed by, '31. 234; in Fetter-lane, and loss of life, '31. 235; near Golden-square, 36. 241; at Gotha, '39. 249; at Harrow School, id. 252; at Hatfield House, 36. 250; at Hoff, '35. 261;

at Liverpool, '34. 240; in Long-acre, 33. 233; at Lympstone, 31. 245; at Manilla, id. 242; at the Milbank Penitentiary, '36. 219; at Moscow, '35. 259; at New York '37. 251; at North Tawton, '35. 259; at Paris, the "Vaudeville" Theatre burnt, '39. 248; at Pera (Constantinople), '30. 263; '32. 239; at Pera and Galata (Constantinople), '40. 960; at Plymouth Dockyard, '41. 255; at Quebec, '35. 253; the Royal Exchange burnt, '39. 248; at St. Petersburgh, id. 248; in the Island of St. Thomas, '33. 228; at Sheerness Dockyard, '41. 255, 256; at Singapore, '31. 234; at Smyrna, '42.240; at Streatham, id. 234; at Spitalfields, id. ib.; in the Temple, '39. 249; at the Tower of London, '42. 244; at Tula, '35. 259; at Vienna, and loss of life, '31. 236; at Wynyard House, '42. 236; at York Minster, account of, '41. 234, 254. Firlots, Linlithgow, or Scots, abolished, '28. 100.

First flood, bell at Gravesend rung at, '28. 158.

First fruits, resolution against, '39. 204; Tenths, and Queen Anne's Bounty, Act for Consolidation of the Offices of (1 Vict. c. 20), '39. 147; resolution relating to, '41. 203.

"First meridian," what it is, '31. 78.