vor-parlament meets at Frankfort, March
30, [364]; law on the creation of a
Provisional Central Government for
Germany, [365]; the Archduke John
of Austria elected Reichsverweser, or
Regent of the Empire, [366]; Report
on the Constitution for United Ger-
many, [367]; question of the armistice
of Malino and great excitement, [368];
assemblage of revolutionists at Frank-
fort who attempt to overawe the Pariia-
ment, sanguinary contest in the streets,
[369]; murder of Prince Lichnowski
and Major Auerswald, the insurrection
is put down, [370]; the Austrian ques-
tion, [371]. See AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA
Hurricane in the West Indies, at Antigua,
St. Kitts, &c., and great loss of life,
110
INDIA-The Sikhs in the Punjab, [427];
Mooltan placed under the government
of Moolraj, proposed change of go-
vernment, and Mr. Vans Agnew and
Lieut. Anderson sent to take charge,
they are barbarously murdered, [428];
Lieut. Edwardes gathers a native force
with which he defeats the insurgents,
joins Colonel Cortlandt, and defeats
the enemy again, and in a third and
fourth action defeats Moolraj in person,
and drives him into Mooltan, [429],
114; General Whish besieges Mooltan
with a large force, partly Sikhs, [430];
the insurrection spreads, Gen. Whish
attacks Mooltan, during the engage-
ment Shere Singh draws off his force,
and takes the lead of the insurrection,
[432]; a large army collected under
Lord Gough, fatal skirmish at Ram-
nuggur, [432]; the Sikh army retires,
[434]. Mooltan-Gen. Whish, having
received large reinforcements, resumes
the siege with great success, [434]; an
account of the storming of the citadel
by an eye-witness, 124; an account of
Lieut. Edwardes, 131
Indian Archipelago, unsuccessful attacks
of the Dutch on the pirates, 114
IRELAND (See PARLIAMENT), state of,
44, 59; curious affray at Limerick, 59;
conviction of one of the murderers of
Major Mahon, 90; precautionary mea-
sures to suppress an outbreak, 93; dis-
tricts proclaimed, 93; reward offered
for the arrest of O'Brien and others,
94; false alarm, 95; the attack on
Widow Cormack's house, 95; arrest of
Mr. O'Brien, 95; proceedings under a
Special Commission at Limerick, 331;
Ennis, 343; and Clonmel, 354; State
Trials; trials of O'Brien and Meagher
for sedition, 364; trials of Mitchell and
Martin for felony, 373; trial of Smith
O'Brien for high treason, 389; of
M-Manus for high treason, 445; of
Thomas Francis Meagher for high
treason, 451
ITALY-See SARDINIA, LOMBARDY, Pa-
PAL STATES, NAPLES, and SICILY
LAW AND POLICE-Robbery of 2000
sovereigns from the Great Western
Railway, 9; extensive frauds at Bir-
mingham, 15; Joseph Ady, the letter-
writer, checked, 21; action by one of
the sufferers by the explosion of the
Cricket, 22; will forgeries, Lieut.
Bowen, 23; at Pert, 24; the slave-
trade, great case of Buron v. Denman,
24; case of Bunn v. Lind, 28; ex-
tensive embezzlement at the Christ-
church Bank, 30; fraudulent mar-
riage, Samuel Brown convicted of
contempt of Chancery, 33; robbery of
gold dust, value 70007, 35; Chartist
disturbances in London, 35; and the
provinces, 36; robbery of Mr. and Dr.
Bowring, 38; Chartist meeting on
Kennington Common, 39; trial of
Ann Fisher for murder at Exeter, 40;
Regina v. Latimer, trial at Exeter for
libel on the Bishop, 41; trial of Mary
Howells and James Price for murder,
at Monmouth, 42; the Queen v. Gut-
teridge, the Bishop of Manchester,
47; of Benjamin and James Hazell
for murder, at Taunton, 47; trial of the
Chartist rioters, 48; examination of
William Tomkins, charged with mur-
der, in Westminster, 55; extraordinary
charges of murder against Lord Leigh,
62; trials of the Chartists Fussell,
Ernest Jones, and others, 85; stolen
notes, singular case, 86; trials for
passing forged cheques, singular
scheme, 88; trial of Weybury, the
porter, for causing the acccident at the
Shrivenham Station, Great Western
Railway, 89; the Tracy Peerage,
singular detection of a forgery, 99;
singular case of identity, Scarpellini
v. Seyranke, 101; trial of Blanchard
for poisoning 198 sheep, 106; trials
for sedition, 113; poisonings in
Essex, 117; trial of the Chartists,
Cuffey and others, 121; trial of Bram-
mell for bigamy, shocking depravity,
135; trial of Mullins, a Chartist, 137;
Law and Police-continued.
trial of Emma Beaumont and others
for arson, 139; trial of Mrs. Lindfield
and another for procuring abortion,
139; strange accusation of the Ba-
roness St. Mart, 146; trial of the
Scotch Chartists, 150; Lord Camp-
bell's Act, Avis v. Nugee, 162; Dear-
den v. London and North-Western
Railway Company, 163; supposed rob-
bery of jewels of the ex-King of the
French, 165
LAW CASES, see TRIALS, and STATE
TRIALS
LOMBARDY-Disaffection of the Lom-
bards to the Austrians-quarrels be-
tween the military and the populace,
[318]; preparations for an insurrection,
which breaks out at Milan, [319]; the
Austrians are driven out of Milan, and
retire to Mantua and Verona, pro-
clamations of both sides, [320]; Ve-
nice joins in the insurrection, and the
King of Sardinia marches his forces to
their assistance, [321]; his forces, and
opening of the campaign, obstinate
engagement at Verona, [322]; siege
of Peschiera, [323]; the Austrians are
driven back, but Radetzky suddenly
collects his forces, and entirely defeats
the Piedmontese at Volta, [324]; the
latter retreat in great disorder to Milan,
closely pursued by the Austrians, and
the King abandons Milan without a
struggle, [325]; the Austrians enter
Milan by a convention, and an armis-
tice is concluded, [326]
MARRIAGES, 185
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS,
Table of, for the Years 1838 to 1848,
326
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 326
MINISTRY, the, as it stood at the opening
of Parliament, 172
MISCELLANEOUS-The National De-
fences, Duke of Wellington's letter,
5; extensive frauds at Birmingham,
15; the Caffre war, five officers mas-
sacred, 17; Abd-el- Kader, his sur-
render, 18; protectionist demonstration
on the river Thames, 22; funeral of
the Archbishop of Canterbury, 26;
disturbances in London, 35; and in
the provinces, 36; birth of a princess,
39; Chartist Meeting on Kennington
Common, 39; piracy and massacre on
the General Wood, 50; great Chartist
demonstration on the 10th April, 50;
form of prayer for peace, 57; another
Chartist demonstration, 59; arming of
Miscellaneous-continued.
the Chartists in the north, 59; the
Cobden testimonial, 60; the Exhi-
bition of the Royal Academy, 61;
arrival of a Chinese junk for exhibition,
63; sale of the Buckingham estates,
65; massacre at the New Caledonian
Islands, 66; sale of the Redleaf Col-
lection of Pictures, 66; christening of
the Princess Louisa, 68; the Shak-
speare Fund amateur performances,
68; Epsom Races, 69; the new steam
basin at Portsmouth, 69; sale of illu-
minated manuscripts, &c., 70; death
of H.R.H. the Princess Sophia, 71;
her funeral, 76; Chartist disturbances
in London, 73; death of J. J. Astor,
his immense wealth, 74; sale of Sir
Thomas Baring's pictures, 74; a dinner
party poisoned, 76; disgraceful riot
at Drury Lane Theatre against a
French Company, 79; Chartist dis-
turbances at Bonner's Fields, 80; ar-
rest of Chartist leaders, 148; trials of
the Bonner's Fields Chartists, 80;
Ascot Races, 80; St. Augustine's Col-
lege, Canterbury, 81; assassination of
General Bréa, some particulars, 82;
elections for North Cheshire, Horsham,
and Cheltenham, 83; pedestrianism,
84; consecration of the Roman Ca-
tholic cathedral, St. George's in the
Fields, 84; the Spitalfields ball, 87;
suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, 89;
the Pension List, 90; Goodwood
Races, 90; fearful conflagrations of
cities and towns, 90; sale of the fa-
mous Pembroke collection of coins,
96; the Tracy Peerage, singular de-
tection, 99; explosion in Albany
Street, 100; rapid and simultaneous
arrests of Chartist leaders, 104; Co-
logne, the cathedral, festival at, 104;
hurricane in the West Indies, 110;
burning of the Ocean Monarch, and
loss of 178 lives, 110; prorogation of
Parliament, 118; great capture of
whales, 119; the colonnade of the
Regent's Quadrant removed, 120;
sudden death of Lord George Ben-
tinck, 122; elections at Leicester,
Derby, Cheltenham, and Bolton, 124;
the sale at Stowe, 125; the cholera,
its expected appearance, and precau-
tionary measures, 129; insurrection at
Vienna, murder of Count Latour, 130;
anedotes of Jellachich, Ban of Croatia,
131; account of Lieutenant Edwardes,
131; sale of the pictures at Neville
Holt, 137; reform at Cambridge, great
alteration in the studies, 141; visit of
the French National Guard to London,
143; visit of Capt. Lynch, U.S.
Navy, to the Dead Sea and Sea of
Tiberias, 143; piracy in the Mediter-
ranean, plunder of the Three Sisters,
148; trial of the Scotch Chartists, 150;
typhoon in the Chinese Seas, many
wrecks, 152; the exiled Royal Family
of France, 153; dreadful catastrophe
on the steam-boat Londonderry, seventy-
two persons smothered, 161; explosion
of gunpowder on the Eastern Counties
Railway, 166; election for the East
Riding of York, 167; her Majesty's
private theatre, 169; fatal accident at
the Victoria Theatre on "boxing
night," 169; gold finding in Cali-
fornia, 169
Mooltan-The rajah of Mooltan defeated,
114; siege of the city, narrative by an
eye-witness, 124; see INDIA.
MORTALITY, TABLES OF-Summary of
the, 326
MURDERS-At Nailsea, 1; double mur-
der in Golden Lane, 2; the Mirfield
murders, execution of Patrick Reid,
8; at Leeds, 13; of a soldier in St.
James's Park, 19; by highwaymen at
Macclesfield, 22; attempted murder in
St. Giles, 26; at Kirton Linsey, 38;
trial of Ann Fisher for poisoning her
husband, at Exeter, 40; of Mary
Howells and James Price, at Mon-
mouth, 42; the Dundry murder, trial
of Benjamin and James Hazell, 47;
in Westminster, 55; of the boy
Lazarus in Spitalfields, 62; extraor-
dinary charges of murder against Lord
Leigh, 62; double murder in Hunt-
ingdonshire, 71; supposed murder or
suicide at Battersea, 77; murders and
suicide at Bristol, 78; in the House of
Correction, Coldbath Fields, 78; con-
viction of one of the murderers of
Major Mahon, 90; at Penrith, 92;
murder and suicide at Liverpool, 123;
treble murder in Ireland, 131; Ser-
jeant Grant murdered, and his pay
cash box carried off, at Parsonstown,
145; murder and robbery at St. Leo-
nard's, 149; horrible assassinations at
Stanfield Hall, near Wymondham,
murder of Mr. Jermy and his son, Mrs.
Jermy and maid servant wounded, by
J. B. Rush, 155; of a policeman at
Bradford by a Chartist mob, 165
NAPLES AND SICILY.-Discontent of
the Sicilians-an insurrection breaks
out at Palermo, [332]; the Neapolitan
Naples and Sicily-continued.
troops withdrawn, [334]; insurrection
at Messina, [334]; sanguinary con-
test in the streets of Naples, in which
the King is victorious, [335]; the
Sicilians declare the Bourbon dynasty
deposed, and offer their Crown to the
Duke of Genoa, [336]; the King of
Naples protests, and the Duke of Genoa
declines, [337]; the King sends an ex-
pedition against Messina, which sur-
renders after a bombardment of four
days, [337]
NETHERLANDS, THE-Their extreme
tranquillity, the constitution revised,
[352]
PAPAL STATES-Organization of the
Executive, [328]; the Pope promises
new constitution to his subjects,
[329]; his unwillingness to engage in
hostilities against Austria, [329]; tu-
mults in Rome, a new Ministry ap-
pointed, [330]; Count Rossi assas-
sinated, [330]; insurrection at Rome,
revolutionary Ministry formed,
[331]; the Pope flies from Rome, and
takes refuge in the Neapolitan territory,
[332]
PARLIAMENT - Re-assembles after the
Christmas holidays; condition of the
West Indian Colonies the prominent
subject; Lord George Bentinck moves
for a Select Committee, in his speech
reviews his own position in respect to
the Colonial interest, [2]; the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer in reply, [5];
Mr. J. Wilson, [6]; Mr. Thos. Baring,
[8]; Mr. Bernal, [9]; motion agreed
Loan to the Colonies proposed;
their distressed condition, [10]; reme-
dial measures proposed by Government,
the Sugar Duties Bill, [11]; received
with great disapprobation, amendment
of Sir J. Pakington, [13]; debate
thereon, [14]; warm personal discus-
sion, Lord G. Bentinck charges the
Colonial Office with suppressing docu-
ments, [16]; debate resumed and con-
tinued at great length, [17]; Sir Ro-
bert Peel's speech, [19]; amendment
rejected, [21]; discussion in Commit-
tee, Mr. Bright's amendment, [21];
other amendments, Mr. Barkly's, [23];
Mr. Bouverie's, [26]; the Sugar Du-
ties Bill passed through the Commons,
[26]; discussion in the Lords, Earl
Grey defends the Colonial Office from
Lord G. Bentinck's imputation, [26];
Lord Stanley, Lord Brougham, [27];
second reading of the Sugar Duties
Bill moved by Earl Grey, [30];
speeches of Lord Redesdale and Lord
Denman, 31; Bill passed, [32]
Financial Affairs-General dissatis-
faction; difference of views as to the
national defences; Lord J. Russell's
financial statement, [34]; estimate of
expenditure and revenue, [35]; re-
views our relations with foreign states,
and our state of preparation, [36];
proposes to increase the Income Tax
to ls., and to continue it for three
years additional, [38]; unfavourable
reception of the plan, debate thereon,
[39]; the Chancellor of the Exchequer
proposes to refer the Army and Navy
estimates to a Select Committee, [40];
Government abandon the augmenta-
tion, Chancellor of the Exchequer's
speech, and debate, [43]; Mr. Hors-
man's plan, [47]; Mr. Hume proposes
that it be extended one year, [48];
Sir R. Peel defends his measure and
policy, Lord G. Bentinck attacks Sir
R. Peel's measures, [50]; ably defended
by Mr. J. Wilson, [51]; three nights'
debate, speeches of Mr. Disraeli, Mr.
Cobden, Lord J. Russell, amendment
rejected, [55]; Sir B. Hall proposes to
extend the Income Tax to Ireland, re-
jected, [55]; unsatisfactory condition
of the finances, and statement of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, [56];
proposes to borrow 2,000,000l., pro-
posal very unpopular, discussion, [60];
Government measure passed, [63]
The Navigation Laws-Their al-
teration required by the Free-trade
party, Government pledged to some
step in regard to them, [64]; Mr. La-
bouchere proposes the plan of Govern-
ment for their modification, his very
able speech, [65]; the alterations pro-
posed, [68]; plan strongly opposed by
Lord G. Bentinck and party, and de-
bate, [69]; resolution moved by Mr.
Herries for maintaining the principles
of the Navigation Laws, [71]; Mr.
Labouchere's defence of the Govern-
ment plan, and debate, [73]; speeches
of Lord G. Bentinck, Mr. Cobden,
[77]; Mr. Disraeli, Sir Robert Peel,
[78]; Mr. Herries' resolution defeated
by a majority of 117, [80]; Ministerial
measure postponed to next year, [81]
Jewish Disabilities Removal Bill-
Causes of its introduction, [81]; en-
counters great opposition in Parliament
and in the country, amendment moved
by Mr. A. Stafford, [81]; debate, Mr.
W. P. Wood, Mr. M. Milnes, [82];
Parliament-continued.
Lord Mahon, Sir W. Molesworth, [83];
Mr. Walpole, [84]; Mr. Sheil, [85];
after adjourned debate second reading
carried by majority of 73, [87]; Mr.
Goring's amendment on considering
Report, [87]; discussion on the third
reading, [88]; Bill passed, [89]; Bill
unfavourably received in the House of
Lords, [89]; Earl of Ellenborough
moves its rejection, [90]; it is sup-
ported by the Duke of Argyle, Bishop
of St. David's, Lord Brougham, and
Earl of Ellesmere, and opposed by the
Duke of Cambridge, Lord Stanley,
Earl of Winchelsea, and Bishop of Ox-
ford; second reading refused by ma-
jority of 35, [93]
Ireland-Disaffected and critical
state of the country, [95]; a rebellion
breaks out headed by Mr. Smith
O'Brien, its ignominious defeat, [95];
determination to strengthen the hands
of the Executive, Lord J. Russell
moves the Suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act, (96); debate in the Lords
on the Earl of Glengall's motion, [96];
decisive declaration of the Marquis of
Lansdowne, [97-99]; Bill for the Sus-
pension of the Habeas Corpus Act in-
troduced by Lord J. Russell, [100];
Sir R. Peel supports the measure,
[102]; the measure generally support-
ed, Mr. S. Crawford's amendment ob-
taining 8 votes, [107]; the Bill is
passed through all its stages the same
day; the day but one following (Mon-
day) it is introduced into the House of
Lords, and is again passed in one day
nem. con., [109]; general debate on
the prospects of Ireland on Mr. S.
Crawford's resolution, [109]; debate
thereon, declaration of Sir G. Grey
and Lord J. Russell respecting the
Irish Church, [113]; resolution re-
jected, [114]; Bill for facilitating Sales
of Encumbered Estates, its utility
shown by the Lord Chancellor, [114];
it is generally supported and passed by
the Lords, meets opposition in the
Commons, and is much altered, [117];
Sir L. O'Brien moves its extension to
England and Scotland, [117]; defended
by the Solicitor-General, Mr. Monsell,
Sir James Graham, [118-120]; amend-
ments to the Bill agreed to by the
Lords and it is passed, [121]
Domestic Affairs-Great tranquil-
lity of this country amid the convul-
sions abroad; designs of the Chartists,
[124]; their contemptible disturbances;
the great demonstration on Kenning-
ton Common on the 10th April a total
failure, [125]; their petition is pre-
sented to the House by Mr. F. O'Con-
nor, and leads to a ridiculous exposure,
[125]; the Crown and Government
Security Bill introduced and explained
by Sir G. Grey, [128]; first reading
carried, [130]; debate on second read-
ing, speech of Mr. Smith O'Brien,
[130]; vigorous reply of Sir G. Grey,
[181]; debate on the Bill, Lord J.
Russell's statement, [134]; second read-
ing carried, [134]; pertinacious oppo-
sition to the Bill in Committee, [134];
Mr. S. Martin objects to clause relating
to "open and advised speaking," [135];
motion for the third reading, Mr.
Hume moves its rejection, [136]; Bill
opposed, Sir R. Peel avows his appro-
bation, [137]; third reading carried by
majority of 255, [138]; Bill generally
approved of by the Lords, speeches of
Lord Stanley, Lord Brougham, the
Duke of Wellington, [140]; Lord
Denman, and is passed, [140]; the
Aliens Removal Bill introduced into
the Lords and is passed, [140]; en-
counters opposition in the Commons,
speech of Sir W. Molesworth, [141],
and the Attorney-General; the Bill is
passed, [142]; Mr. Hume's motion for
the extension of the elective fran-
chise, his speech, [142]; Mr. Drum-
mond, [146]; Lord J. Russell opposes
the motion, [147]; debate, Mr. W. J.
Fox, Mr. Disraeli, [149]; adjourned
debate, Mr. B. Osborne, Serjeant Tal-
fourd, Mr. Cobden, [152]; Mr. M.
Milnes, Mr. S. Herbert, Mr. Muntz,
[153]; majority against the motion,
[154]
Foreign Affairs-Diplomatic rela-
tions with Rome, negotiations of Lord
Minto, Bill introduced into the Lords
by the Marquis of Lansdowne, [156];
opposed by the Earl of Winchelsea,
Bishop of Worcester, supported by
Bishop of St. David's, [157]; the
Duke of Wellington, Lord Stanley,
opposed by Bishop of Exeter, [158];
Earl Grey, Duke of Richmond, Earl
St. Germans for, Earl of Eldon against
the Bill; amendment withdrawn, [159];
amendment by Duke of Wellington as
to the designation of the Pope carried,
[160]; introduced into the Commons
by Lord Palmerston, [160]; opposed
by Mr. Anstey, Sir R. Inglis, [161];
debate, speeches of Mr. Moore, Lord
J. Russell, Mr. H. Drummond, Mr.
M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Gladstone, Lord
Parliament-continued.
Arundel in favour of, Mr. Law, Mr.
Napier, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Newde-
gate, Mr. Goulburn against the Bill;
second reading carried, [161-166];
strongly opposed in Committee, but is
carried, [166]; the Affairs of Naples
and Sicily, Lord Stanley's motion, at-
tacks the policy of Government, [166];
reply of Lord Minto, [168]; the policy
of Government towards Naples and
Austria in Italy engages attention,
[168]; attack of Mr. Disraeli, [169];
policy defended by Lord Palmerston,
[171]; Spain, abrupt dismissal of Mr.
Bulwer from Madrid gives rise to much
discussion, [175]; strange discrepancy
in the views of Ministers on this sub-
ject, pointed out by Lord Stanley, [175];
explanation of Marquis of Lansdowne,
remarks of Earl of Aberdeen, [177];
subject brought before the Commons
by Mr. Bankes, [178]; defence of Go-
vernment by Mr. Sheil, Lord Mahon,
Lord J. Russell, [180]; speeches of
Mr. Disraeli, Sir R. Inglis, Sir R.
Peel, [182]; Lord Palmerston, [183];
Mr. Hume, [184]; Sarcastic review of
the Session by Mr. Disraeli, [184];
Lord J. Russell's vindication of Go-
vernment, [188]; termination of the
Session, Parliament prorogued by the
QUEEN in person, Mr. Speaker's Ad-
dress to Her Majesty, [191]; the
QUEEN'S Speech, [192]
Parliament, prorogation of, by Her
Majesty 118.
PATENTS, 475
POETRY, 479
Pope, the, his flight from Rome, 160;
Papal rescript to the Roman Catholic
Clergy of Ireland, 20; see ITALY,
PAPAL STATES.
PORTUGAL Her tranquil
during the year, [315]; change of
Ministry, [316]
POSEN, GRAND DUCHY OF- Insurrec-
tion and fearful atrocities perpetrated
by the Poles on the Germans and Jews,
[394]; the Prussians invade the Duchy,
and, after sanguinary contests, subdue
the insurgents, [396]; resolution of the
Frankfort Assembly on the partition line
drawn in Posen, [396]; German view
of the Polish question, [398]
PROMOTIONS, 277
PRUSSIA Speech of the King on
closing the Prussian United Diet,
[375]; effects of the French Revolu-
tion on Prussia, [376]; remarkable
proclamation of the King, who puts
himself at the head of the movement,
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