Troker, unlawfully converting money to his own use, punishment for, '28. 137.

Bromley, John, dies, '40. 141.

population of (1821), '29. 81; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 65; small debts Act, '42.

195.

-- population of, '33. 64; St. Leonard, rental of the parish of (1829), 29. 85; Small Debts Act Amendment, '37. 221; '39. 212; Cemetery Act, '42. 193. Brompton and Chelsea Dispensary, '30. 144. Bromsgrove, population of (1821), '29.81; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 76.

Bronikowski, '31. 77; '32. 76.
Bronte, destroyed by irruption of
Mount Etna, '33. 232.
Brook Villa, near Liverpool, account
of, '40. 248.

Brooke, H., 31. 76; '32. 61.
Brookes's Club, '30. 160.
Broom, the, '28. 35; butcher's, '29.
67; flax-leaved, '31. 40; Spanish,
'29.67.

Broom-like Jacksonia, '31. 40. Brosses, L. des, '32. 70. Brotherton, Mr., midnight legislation, '42. 173. Brougham, Mr., public dinner to, at Liverpool, '28. 69; his letters to the clergy for returns of schools, &c., referred to, '29. 92; his use of the expression, "The schoolmaster is abroad," "29. 202; his motion on the state of the law, '29. 202; his motion for the establishment of local courts, '31. 203; presents petition from bankers, &c., for abolishing death for forgery, '31. 205; his local courts (Kent, Durham, and Northumberland) Bill, 31. 207; his motion concerning slavery in the colonies, '31. 208; his notice of motion for reform, '32. 186; takes his seat as Lord Chancellor, '32. 188; his remarks on the general bribery at elections, '42. 188. See further the Chronicles of the various Sessions of Parliament, passim.

Brougham and Vaux, Lord, Lord Chancellor, 31. 240; introduces a Local Courts Bill, '32. 188; introduces the Bankruptcy Court Bill, 32. 191; introduces his Chancery Regulation Bills, '32. 191; moves the abolition of chancery sinecures, '33. 207; offices of the Court of Chancery abolished under his act (Chancery Offices Regulation Act), and incomes of same, '34. 175; introduces three Law Reform Bills, '34. 197; moves the Indemnity Bill relating to persons acting under Lord Durham's ordinances, '39. 207; his resolutions upon the principles of executive government in Ireland, '40. 208; report of his death unfounded, '40. 260; his opinion on Frost's case, '41. 201. See further the Chronicles of the several sessions of Parliament, passim. Brounker, Lord, continued fractions, '29.57.

Broussonetia papyrifera, '29. 64. Brown, Captain Samuel, largely engaged in suspension bridges, '28. 175; designer of the Montrose Suspension Bridge, '34. 234. Brown, Hannah, murder of, 38.

244.

Rev. James, his opinion on ignorance as productive of crime

'29. 100.

Sir Thomas, '31. 72; '32. 60. Brown-stalked magnolia, '31. 41. Browsing of animals does not take place when plants are in flower or seed, '29. 39. Broxtowe Compensation Act, '34. 205.

Bruce, James, '31. 76; '32.62.
Robert, '28. 58.

the traveller, 28. 62. "Bruce, The," '32. 58. Brucher, Antonie, coining press, '29. 60.

Brudenell, Lord, dismissed from the command of the 15th Hussars, 35. 254; his appointment to the 11th Light Dragoons discussed in the House of Commons, '37. 195; his appointment again mentioned,

'37. 200; see further, CARDIGAN, EARL OF.

Brulliot, Francis, dies, '38. 128.

Brumaire, month of, '30. 20; revolution of, '28. 63. Brune, Jan de, '32. 73. Brunel, Mr., his design for making the Thames Tunnel, '28. 176; his suggestions for the improvement of railways noticed, '37. 81; his contrivance at the Kilsby Tunnel, to impede the motion of locomotive carriages, '42. 63, 64.

Mr. J. K., engineer of the Taff Vale Railway, '42. 61; of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, '42. 72.

Sir J., passes through the Thames Tunnel, '42. 211. Brunetto Latini, '32. 54. Bruni Leonardo, '31. 68; '32. 55. Brunswick, Duchy of, its extent, population, date, capital, religion, revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, 29, 70, 71; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; Prussian Commercial League, '42. 113; riots at, '31. 238; Duke Charles of, flies to England, '31. 238; and the Duke of Cambridge, suit between in the French Courts, '36. 240; Duke William assumes the sovereignty of, '32. 237.

and Wolfenbuttel Rail

way opened, '40. 255.

'29. 243.

clubs formed in Ireland,

club meeting held in Dublin, 29. 245.

maritime establishment, '31. 138; described, '31. 219.

Theatre built, '28. 174; fall of, id. ib.; '29.235. Brunswicke, Frederic Van, '37. 23; his works, id. 29.

Brussels, revolution at, '31. 237, 238; riot at, '35. 257. Brutus, death of, '28. 54.

Brydges, Sir Egerton, dies, '38. 128. Brymbo, church at, intended, '38. 218.

Bryte, Walter, '37. 22; his works, id. 26.

Bryum legislatum, '29. 31. Buchanan, Geo., 31. 70; '32. 59. Bucharest taken possession of by the Russians, '29. 238; peace of, '28. 64; British Consul at, his salary (1828), 31. 182.

Bucharia, extent, population, and military force of, in 1828, 28.

72.

Buckhurst, Lord, '31. 70. Buckingham, population and representation of, '33. 58.

Duke of, dies, 40. 256. Mr., Compensation Bill thrown out, '37. 190.

Palace erecting, '28. 173; alterations at, '29. 216; progress of, '30. 238; suspension of the proceedings at, 31. 215; (new), alterations at, and removal of cupola of, '33. 215; alterations of, '34. 213; colonnades and other works at, 35. 215; marble arch, account and view of, '38. 234, 235; alterations at, '39. 232; occupation of, by Queen Victoria, 38. 234; expense of, up to Feb. 1829, '30. 225; grant for improving and completing, '33. 194; expenses, committee on, '32. 190; further particulars relating to,

'38. 244. Buckinghamshire, 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. 58; 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; extent of, in acres, '31. 84; difference of time between the different towns in, and London, '31. 14; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, 34. 88; number of, in 1835 and 1837, 38. 192; rental of charities and income of schools in, 36. 175; education; pro

portion per cent. of persons married in the year ended June 1840, who could write, '42. 171; county electors, number of in, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 181; excise licences issued, and publichouses 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 1841, '42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; lunatics, &c., pauper, proportion of to population in 1837, '38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemnization of (1840), '41. 199; proportion of persons married under 21 years of age in the year ended June 1840, '42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), 35. 73; offenders 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 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 population of, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 168; 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; SAVINGS BANKS: friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), 32. 102; Savings Banks deposits and depositors; increase of between 1832 and 1834, '36. 102; average amount of deposits 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 in, number of, and of depositors, and amount of deposits in, in November 1836, '38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, 40. 189; on the 20th November, 1839, '41. 194; on the 20th November, 1841, 42. 166; SCHOOLS: endowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day-schools in, in 1818 and 1828, 29. 93; number of Sunday and other church of England in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 120; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 192; number of in, and income and expenditure of same in 1834, '37. 177; the same and length of the roads in 1839, 42. 122; tolls, amount of received at, in all the trusts in, in 1834 and 1839, '42. 118, 119.

Buckstone's Road Act, '29. 213. Buckthorn, Canadian Sea, '29.

65.

BUCKWHEAT, see CORN; GRAIN.
Buckwheat tree, 29.66.

Bud, each, considered a separate
plant, '29. 34.
Buddæus, '31.74.

Buddleia globosa, '29. 64; salvifolia, '31. 37.

Budæus, F, 31. 71; '32. 65.
William, '32. 67.

Bude Chapel, Cornwall, '35. 230. Buds of trees, mistake concerning their being destroyed by the birds, '29. 30.

Buenos Ayres, Spaniards established at, 28. 59; independent, 28. 64; civil war ended, '30. 263; acknowledged by England, '31.

61; treaty of, '31. ib.; gold and silver, value of, raised in, from 1790 to 1829, '34. 180; British consul-general at, his salary and that of the vice-consul at, '31. 183.

Buerens, General, defeats Don Carlos, '38. 247.

Buffon, '28. 61; '31. 77; '32. 69. Bugeaud, General, his duel with M. Dulong, '35. 254.

Bugeiah, taken by the French, '34.

248.

Buglawton Gas Act, '34. 205;

church at, finished, '42. 206. Bugles, duty on (1836), '37. 128. Building Act, amended to protect against fire in certain cases (1 & 2 Vict. c. 75), '39. 158. Building in the metropolis for the meetings of religious, charitable, and scientific institutions, Society for erecting and maintaining a, '30. 160.

Buildings connected with science and literature in progress and completed in 1829, 30. 238; in. progress 1830, '31. 217. Bul, a Jewish month, '30. 13. Bulgaria, evacuated by the Russians, '29.246.

Bulgarin, 31. 79; '32. 76. Bulgaris, '31. 76; '32. 52. Bull of the pope against the slave trade, '41. 253. Bull-baiting grounds, &c., penalty for keeping, '36. 127.

Bull inn, Great Dover street, view of, and account of, '37. 241, 242.

"Bulletin Universel" referred to, '29. 102.†

BULLION, see COIN; COINAGE; GOLD; SILVER.

Bullo Pill Railway, account of, '37. 87; '41. 62.

Bulrushes, duty on (1829), '30.

201.

Bulwer, Mr. E. L., his motion on

the drama, '33. 203. Bunbury, Rev. Mr. (tithe affray at Newton), '37. 252. "Bundle of Myrrh," '32. 47. Bungay, population of, '33. 73. Bunning, Mr., architect of the (in

tended) City of London School, '36. 218. Bunnings, Mr. J. B., architect of the chapels, &c., at the South London Cemetery, '41. 237. Bunyan, John, '31. 72; 32. 60. Buonaccorsi, F., '32. 55. Buonamici, B., '32. 57. BUONAPARTE, see BONAPARTE. Buonaroti, Michael Angelo, 31. 68; 31.70; 32. 55.

Bur, the common, '28. 39. Buramat, an Arabic month, 30. 16. Burckhardt, his tables used for the Nautical Almanac, '29. 15. Burchellia capensis, '31. 37. Burchiello, D., 31. 70; 32. 55. Burdett, Sir F., in the Tower, 28. 64; his motion on the Catholic claims, 28. 69; accepts the Chiltern hundreds, and is reelected for Westminster, 38. 245; declines contesting Westminster, id. 246.

Burdock, Mary Ann, tried for poisoning and executed, '36. 242, 243.

Burg, his improved tables adopted into the Nautical Almanac, '29. 15; his Lunar Tables, '34. 6. Burge, Mr., is heard at the bar of the Commons against the Jamaica Bill, '40. 201.

Bürger, G. A., '31. 76; '32. 65. Burgess, Alfred, and James Walker, architect-engineers of the new Bow bridge, '40. 249.

Burghs police (Scotland) Act (3 & 4 W. IV. c. 46), '34. 125-128. Burgo, Luco di, '32. 55.

Burgundy, &c., ceded to Charles V., '31. 45; great canal opened in, '35. 259.

Burglary, punishment for (1828), 28. 131; what shall be, id. 131, 132; number of executions for, in England and Wales (1826), '29. 89; number of cases of in 1835, 1836, and 1837, compared with 1839 and 1840, '42. 102, 103; with violence, punishable with death, 1837 (7 W. IV. & 1 Vict. c. 86), '38. 160; without violence, transportation or impri

sonment, '38. 160; increase of the offence in 1840, 42, 101. Burial places, additional to various parishes. See each volume, Public Improvements. Burials, number of, within the Bills of Mortality, from 1826 to 1827, 29. 110; in 1828, '30. 119; in London, from 1801 to 1820, '28. 85; in 1829, '31. 135; in 1830, '32. 21; in 1831, 33.. 24; in London and the Bills of Mortality in 1832, 34. 31; in 1834, '86. 37; in 1835, '37. 49; in 1836, 38. 47; in 1837, '39. 60; in 1838, 40. 59; proportion of, to population of England and Wales, in each year from 1801 to 1830, '34. 82, 83. Burke, Edmund, '31. 76; 32. 62; his "Thoughts and Details on Scarcity" referred to, '39. 62. Burleigh, Walter, '31. 68; '32. 58; '37. 22.

Burleigh-street, church in, deter

mined on, '31. 214; progress of, '34. 207; the same, 35. 227. Burman, F., '31. 73; '32. 73. Burmen, '31. 76.

Burmese war, 28. 66; begins, '32. 45; defeat of the, near Promé, '28. 67; they pay tribute, id. ib. Burn, J. S., work on "Parish Registers and Fleet Marriages" quoted, '37. 63.

Burnet, Gilbert, '31. 74; 32. 61. bishop, his statement of the day of the landing of William III., '28. 13.

Burney, Charles, '31. 76; '32. 62. (Madame d'Arblay), dies,

upon Trent, population of '33. 72. Burrel Fly, attacks sickly horses, '29. 40.

Burry Port Harbour Act, '36. 211. Burwell Drainage Act, 42. 192. Bury (Lancashire), population of (1821), '29. 81; population and representation of, '33. 65; powerlooms, number of in (1836), '37. 183; Catholic chapel at, account and view of, '41. 234-236; small debts Act, '40. 215; market, &c. Act, '40. 214; water Act, '39. 211; and Blackburn road Act, 40. 215; Bolton and Manchester railway Act, 33. 211. Sussex, inclosure Act, '42.

191.

St. Edmunds, population of (1821), 29. 81; population and representation of, '33. 73. Busaco, battle of, '28. 64. Busby, Dr., dies, '39. 249. Busching, A. F., 31. 76; 32. 65. Bush, Mr., the engineer of the Llanelly railway and docks, '35. 249; of the Taff railway, '42. 61. "Bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom," meaning of the phrase, 29. 33.

Bushel, imperial, 28. 100.

Winchester, abolished, id. ib.; and see WEIGHTS and MEASURES ACT.