Holbeck, meeting at, in favour of reform, '42. 235. Holberg, 31. 75; '32. 75.

Samuel, dies, '40. 141. Holborn division, parishes comprised within, '32. 108+; house tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th April, 1830, '32. 108.

suspension viaduct proposed, '42. 205. Holcoth, Robert, '37. 22; his works, id. 25.

Holdsworth, Mr. A. H., his evidence

on patents referred to, '30. 126. Holidays, all but Sunday, the Nativity, and three following days, and Easter Monday and Tuesday, abolished in common law courts (3 & 4 W. IV. c. 42), '34. 125.

Holiwood, John, '32. 58.

Holkar's territories in the Deccan taken, '32. 42; renouuces his territories to the English, id. 43. Holland, extent, population, and military and naval force of, and extent and population of same, with its colonies (1831), 32.54 -56; States-General of, offer a reward for the discovery of the longitude, '41. 42; pauper colonies in, '29. 131, 135; establishments in, for the relief of mendicity, id. ib.; and the Netherlands, gold and silver coins of, their names, value, weight, alloy, and value in English money (1829), 30. 105; independent, 31. 48; under the Prince of Orange, '28. 64; and the Low Countries vested in the House of Orange, '31. 59; invaded by France, '28. 62; Louis Bonaparte, king of, 31. 56; union of, with France, 28. 64; incorporated with France, '31. 58; History of," '32. 74.

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trade with bones, imports from, in 1837, 39. 193; cotton, quantity imported from, in 1832, '36. 168; tin, quantity of, imported from and exported to, in 1833, '35. 180; wheat, quantity of, imported from, in 1835, 1838, 1839, and 1840, 42. 80; wool, import of, from, and value of exports of British woollens to, in 1833, 35. 176, 177; exports to, brass and copper manufactures, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; coals, quantity of, in 1833, '35. 186; in 1840, '42. 163; cotton goods, value of, in 1832, 35. 178; British, quantity and value of, in 1833 and 1834, 36. 169; in 1835, 37. 167; in 1838, '40. 182; hardwares and cutlery, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; iron and steel, value of, in 1838, id. ib.; linen yarn, quantity and value of, in 1838, id. ib.; machinery, value of, in 1838, id. ib. ; silk manufactures, value of, in 1835, '37. 168; same, in 1838, '40. 183; tin and pewter wares, value of, in 1838, id.

183; woollens and woollen yarn, value of, in 1838, '40. ib.; woollen manufactures to, in 1840, '42. 161; general exports to, value of, and particulars of, in 1838, '40. 183; of British and Irish produce, &c., to, in 1927, 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. Holland, vessels of, employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, in 1840, '42. 160.

king of, abdicates, '41. 255; marries the Countess of Oultre monte, '42, 236.

Lord, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, '31. 240; dies, '41. 138 256.

Heij van, '31. 69; '32. 72. and Belgium separated by the five powers, 32. 240; treaty ratified, '33. 229; matters relating to, '34. 241; treaty relating to affairs of, '34. 245; adjustment of affairs between, '40. 256; further matters relating to, id. 257; treaty of separation between, signed, id. 258; ratified, id. ib.

Hollingshed, Ralph, '31.70; '32.59. Holloway, infant school at, account and view of, observations on, '37. 236, 237.

Holly, African, '31. 40; Carolina, '29.65.

Hollyhock, '28. 37.

Holly-leaved chorizema, '31. 38. Holme, &c. Reservoirs Act, '38. 210.

Holmefieldlane End Road Act, '39. 213.

Holmes, Major, his use of the pendulum watch, invented by Huggins,

'42. 28.

Holmfirth Gas Light Act, '40. 214. Holoander, '31. 70; '32. 64. Holstein, duchy of, constitution granted to the, '32. 238.

and Lunenburgh, extent and population of, in 1828, 28.

70.

Oldenburgh, grand duchy of, its extent, population, duke, capital, religion, revenue, debt,

and army, in 1828, '29. 70, 71; Prussian League, '42. 113. Holt, population of, '33. 79; Fleetbridge opened, '29. 233. Holy Alliance, '28. 64; '31. 60. Cross, land of the, '30. 94. Ghost, descent of, 28. 12. League, '31. 45.

Thursday, or Ascension Day, '28. 12.

- War, "History of the," '32.

55. Holyhead, population of, 33. 78; difference of time between, and London, '31. 21; harbour, progress of the south pier at, 32. 234; road, report of the committee on the, 31. 226; road, progress of, '33. 227; road commissioners, their proceedings (1831), '32. 234, 235; Hockliffe district trust, tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, '42. 119; Roads Amendment Act (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 22), '36. Ì15; and London road, report on, referred to, '30. 243; and Shrewsbury roads, Act relating to (3 and 4 Vict. c. 104), '41. 168. Holywell, Flintshire, population of (1821), 29. 82; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 80.

Homage, presentment by, not neces-
sary in certain cases, '42. 137.
Homburg, bailiwick of, Prussian
League, '42. 114.
Home, J., '32. 62.

Captain, his observations on the luminous sea-weed, '30. 47. Missionary Society, '30. 155. Secretary, Sturges Bourne, '28. 69; Lord Duncannon, '35. 211; Marquis of Lansdowne, '28. 69; Viscount Melbourne, 31. 240; Mr. Peel, '29. 234. Homer, '28. 50; '31.64; '32. 47; "Commentaries on," id. 51; "Translation of," id. 72. Honduras, date of treaty for, 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; slaves, number of, in, appraised value of, sales of, from 1822 to 1830, and

amount and rate of compensation for, '39. 195.

Honein, '31. 67.

Houey, quantity of, consumed in winter by bees, '30. 47.

duty on (1829), '30. 204. Honey-flower, great, '31. 41. Honey-bearing spurge, 31. 39. Honey-wort flowered heath, '31. 39.. Honey-lane market, city of London,

school established on site of, '36. 249; Act for same, '35. 220; see further, CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL. Honeysuckle, the, '28. 34, 36; African fly, '31. 40; Chinese, id. 41; Japan, id. ib.; trumpet, '29. 65. Hong merchants of China, '31. 121.

Hong-Kong ceded to the British, '42. 235.

Honiton, population and representa

tion of, 33. 60; Church Act, '36. 207; church at, account of, '39. 221.

and Buckland Road Repairing Act, '41. 219. Honley, population of, '33. 77. Honorius yields Britain, '28. 55; emperor of the West, id. ib.; "History of," '32. 50.

Hood, Thomas, '37. 23; his works and invention, id. 42.

Hoofs of cattle, duty on (1832),

'33. 191.

Hooft, P. C., '31. 73; '32. 73.
Hoogeveen, '32. 73.

Hooghley, hurricane on the, '34.245.
Hoogly, English forced to abandon,
'32. 26; retaken, id. 28.
Hook, Theodore, dies, id. '42. 124,
242.

Hooke, Dr., duplex escapement, 29. 61; spirit level, id. 62. Hooke, Nathaniel, '31. 74; '32. 61. R,, '32. 61. Hooker, '31. 70; '32. 59. Hool, Van, dies, '38. 128. Hooping cough, deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1827, '29. 110.

Hooton Roberts Road Act, '39. 61. 213.

Hopbinds, destroying, punishment for, 28. 144; the same, mitigated,

'38. 163.

Hop fly, '30. 40; its fecundity, id. ib.

grounds, '28. 37.

hornbeam, 29. 66.

Hope, population of, '33. 80. Hôpital Français, '30. 140, Hopkins and Gray, Messrs., architects of the Eastern Institution, '39. 228.

Hops, number of acres of land in Great Britain under cultivation for, in 1826, '28. 168; in 1830, 32. 182; in 1832, '34. 178; in 1833, and quantity of, and amount of duty on, exported in the same year, 35. 185; number of acres under cultivation for, in Great Britain, in 1834, 36. 166; from 1807 to 1834, id. ib.; in each year from 1833 to 1837, '39. 140; in 1837, '39. 193; in 1838, '40. 193; in 1839, '41. 196; in 1840, and amount of duty on hops in the same year, '42. 170.

duty on (1829), '30. 204, 205 ; in 1837, 39. 193; rate and amount of old and new, in 1839, '41. 196; duties on, when payable (1 and 2 W. IV. c. 53), '32. 160; amount produced by duty on, in 1827, 29. 187; account of (1828), id. 196; amount of duty on, in 1829, and number of acres in cultivation, and hundredweights imported and exported, '31. 193; amount of duty, in 1830, '32. 182; 1830, 1831, and 1832, '34. 164; in 1832, id. 178; in 1834, 36. 166; in 1833, 1834, and 1835, and expenses of same, id. ib.; amount of duty on, in 1836, 38. 181; amount of, in 1837, '39. 177; same, and quantity charged in 1838, '40. 171; quantity charged with duty in England in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33, 181; and amount of duty on, in 1833, 35. 183; in 1834, '36. 158; amount of duty on, in 1840, '42. 170; amount of additional duties, in 1840 and 1841, 42. 153.

exports, &c., quantity of British and foreign, exported, and of foreign imported, in 1832, 34.

166; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, 39. 183. Horace, '28. 54.

Horatius, '31. 65; '32. 52. Horizon, the, '28. 90; attached to a globe, described, 42. 23; sensible and true, distinguished, id. ib.

Hornbeam, 29. 41, 44; period of its being in leaf, '30. 39. hop, '29. 66.

Hornblotton and Alford Rectories Consolidation Act, '37. 225. Horn blowing, law relating to (1829), '30. 138; see also NEW POLICE Аст.

Horncastle, population of, '33. 67. Horne, Sir William, Solicitor-General, '31. 240; appointed a judge, 35. 255.

Horne Tooke, J., '31. 76; '32. 62. Hornings, in Scotland, number and

expense of, in 1829, 31. 194; meaning of the term, id. ib.t Horns, duty on (1829), '30. 199.

and horn tips, duty on (1836),

37. 128.

Hornsey, rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85; population of, '33.68.

Horology, observations and discoveries in, 29. 60, 61; improvements in, '42. 28. Horrox, transit of Venus, '29. 59; particulars relating to, '37. 28; his selection of astronomical, &c. works, id. ib. Horse-chestnut, the, '28. 35; period

of its being in leaf, '30. 39; common, '29. 64, 68; scarlet, id. ib. Horse-dealers' tax, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; 1834 and 1835, '38. 171; amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; produce of additional tax on (1840 and 1841), '42.

153.

clerks, &c., duty on, repealed (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 39), '34. 124.

duties, collection transferred to the Excise (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 45), '37. 122.

racing, Act repealing restrictions on, imposed by stat. 13 G. II. (3 Vict. c. 9), '41. 139. slaughtering, regulations relating to, '36. 127.

stealing, its increase, cause of, '29. 100; number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, 38. 185; number of executions for, in England and Wales (1826), 29. 89; punishment for, '28. 133; not punishable with death (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 62), '33. 148; effect of the abolition of death for, on the number of charges of, '42. 103.

stinger, vulgar error respecting the fly so called, '30. 41; it has no sting, id. ib.

Horsemonger-lane gaol, number of debtors in, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 172.

Horseshoehead, entry in old Bills of Mortality, '35. 30.

Horses, export of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same in 1835, 1836, and 1837, 39. 183; number of, imported from Ireland in 1801 and 1825, '34. 162; exports of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, 39. 188; average annual number taken to Smithfield market, '34. 184.

duty on (1829), '30. 204; let to hire, duties on (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 120), '33. 166-168; for riding, &c., tax on, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; net produce of, 1829, '30. 206; tax on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; produce of additional tax on (1840 and 1841),¡42. 153; number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; 1834 and

1835, 38. 171; exemption from, to farmers, postmasters, &c., in what cases, 35. 152. Horsforth, population of, '33. 77. Horsham, population and representation of, '33. 74. Horsley, S., '32. 62.

Horsleydown, population, &c. of, '28. 86, 87.

Horticultural Society, '30. 162; days and times of its meetings, from November 1831, to June 1832, and its anniversary, '32. 20; from November 1832, to June 1833, '33. 19; from November 1833 to June 1834, '34. 27. Horwick, population of, '33. 65. Hossein, Moham. '31. 73. Hosea, 31. 64; '32. 46.

Hosiery and cottons, value of, exported, in 1827, 28. 167.

lace, &c., exports of, value of, in 1838, '40. 180; the same, in 1839, 41. 187; the same, and quantities, in 1840, '42. 162. Hosking, Mr., architect of Trinity Chapel, in the East India-road, Poplar, '41. 233; '42. 213.

Mr. W., architect of the buildings at Abney-park cemetery, '41. 237.

Mr. W., engineer of the railway works at Wormwood Scrubbs, '40. 249. Hospital, St. George's, building of, '28. 173.

Sussex, county, building of, at Brighton, '28. 173.

of Surgery, '30. 139.

and regimental staff of the army, society for the benefit of widows of officers of the, '30. 147. Hospitals, mortality in, observations on, and facts relating to, '39. 28 -30.

for particular complaints, '30. 140, 141.

general, in and near London (1829), '30. 139, 140. Hoste, ship-building, '29. 63. Hot-house, robbing from, punishment for (1827), '28. 136. Hôtel-Dieu, mortality in, '39. 29. Houbigant, 31.75; '32. 69.

Houghton, chapel at, built, '42. 207. Houghton-le-Spring, population of,

'33. 62; Railway Act, '38. 212. Hounds, packs of, tax on, number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; 1834 and 1835, 38. 171. Hounslow, population of, '33. 68†. Hours, how reduced to degrees, '32. 7; regularity of, amongst the ancients, 31. 5, 6; of the Italians, how regulated, id. 6, 7; unequal length of, amongst the Mahometans, id. 9.

House, stable, &c., burning of, punishment for, 28.142; see further, ARSON. Housebreaking, number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, '38. 185; effect of the abolition of the punishment of death for, and charges of, '42. 103. House-dove or pigeon stealing, wounding, or killing, penalty for,

*28. 135.

sparrow, nest of, '30. 37. tax, produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; account of the number of houses assessed to the inhabited, in each county of England and Wales, in the year ending April 5, 1830, and amount of rental, 32. 106-108; number assessed, and amount of, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; reduction of (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 39), '34. 123, 124; repeal of (4 W. IV. c. 19), '35. 131.

Household cleanliness and ventilation, observations on, '28. 109— 113.

suffrage proposed by Mr. Hume, '40. 200. Houseless poor, nightly shelter to, '30, 148.

House of Commons, list of the first reformed (1833), '33. 234—243; motion for a committee to inquire as to expediency of building new (1833), 34. 188; report in favour of, id. 193; motion for the rebuilding of (1833) rejected, '34. 196; temporary alterations in, account of, 37. 243.

of Correction, Westminster,