PUBLIC DOCUMENTS- Finance accounts
for the year 1845, 392; list of the pub-
lic and general Acts passed in session
1845, 411; local and personal Acts,
416; private Acts, printed, 424; not
printed, 427; prices of stock, 428;
average prices of corn, hay, straw,
clover, and butchers' meat, 429; tables
of mortality, 430; table of bankrupts,
430; meteorological table, 430; Uni-
versity honours, Oxford, 431, Cam-
bridge, 433; the tariff, schedule of
articles referred to in the financial plan
of Ministers, 435; Maynooth College
Acts Amendment Act, 442; Colleges
(Ireland) Act, 447; occupation of land
in Ireland, extracts from the report of
the commissioners, 454

Quebec-One-third of the city destroyed
by fire, [348], 55; another third de-
stroyed one month after, [348], 76
QUEEN, THE-Opens Parliament in per-
son; Her speech, [2], 24; visits the
Duke of Buckingham at Stowe, 7;
and the Duke of Wellington at Strath-
fieldsaye, 11; Her answer to a deputa-
tion from Dublin, 72; Her Majesty's
bal costumé, 78; inspects the fleet at
Spithead, 89; description of the pa-
villion at Buckingham Palace, 107;
the King of the Netherlands visits Her
Majesty, 108; Her Majesty's visit to
Germany, narrative of her tour, 133;
a battue at Saxe Gotha, 135

Railway Accidents-On the Great West-
ern, 85; frightful series: on the East-
ern Counties, 111, on the Dover, 111,
on the Birmingham (two), 112, on the
Midland, 112, on the Great Western,
(two), 112, on the Eastern Counties,
120; another series: on the Leeds,
123, on the Leeds and Manchester, on
the Northern and Eastern, 124, on the
Birmingham and Bristol, 181, on the
Midland, 140, on the Midland at Mas-
borough, 161

Railway Mania-Extraordinary scene at
the Board of Trade, 177

Rio de la Plata, operations in, capture
of Colonia, 132

Robberies-Daring burglary at Glaston
Lane, 4; at Messrs. Rogers and Co.,
16; at Buckingham Palace, 87, 127 ;

of plate, from St. Peter's College, Cam-
bridge, 156

Royal Exchange, the new, taken pos-
session of by the merchants, 1
Russia-Unsuccessful in the Caucasus,

151

SANDWICH ISLANDS, the- Introduction
of constitutional forms and principles,
[353]; His Majesty's speech from the
throne, [354]
SCINDE-Successful operations of Sir
C. Napier against the Desert tribes,
his despatch detailing his difficulties,
[342]

SHERIFFS for the year 1845, 240
Shipwrecks At Yarmouth, crew of a

yawl lost, 20; of the Phonix, 20;
of the Jan Hendrick, on St. Paul's
Island, and sufferings of the crew, 102;
of the Shamrock, Liverpool steamer,
145; of the Margaret, Hull steamer,
162; of the Mary, on Flinders' Island,
172; of the Parsee and Sir James
Carnac, in India, 176; the Frank-
land, the Woodman, the Tom Bow-
ling, 194

Smyrna, conflagration at, 97
SPAIN-Capture and execution of Zur-
bano, [260], 15; abdication of Don
Carlos in favour of his son; manifesto
of the Prince of the Asturias, [260];
farewell address of Don Carlos to the
Spanish nation, [263]; the Cortes
opened by the Queen; her speech,
[264]; proceedings of the Cortes,
[265]; rumoured marriage of the
Queen, [266]

STOCKS Table of the highest and lowest
prices for each month, 428
Suicides attempted, by Mr. Burney, at
Birmingham, 16; strange attempt on
a Gravesend steam-boat, 174; of Co.
lonel Gurwood, 196

Switzerland, civil war in; victory of the
people of Lucerne over a free corps,

46

SYDNEY-Speech of Governor Sir G.
Gipps on opening the Legislative Ses-
sion, [352]

Tahiti, the French in; relation of a
skirmish, 115

Tariff See PARLIAMENT, Finance and
Commercial Policy

UNITED STATES-Congress adopts a
Bill, or "Joint Resolution," for the
annexation of Texas, [273]; bill be-
comes law, [274]; close of Mr. Ty-
ler's presidency, and Mr. Polk's instal-

United States—continued.

lation, [274]; his inaugural address,
[275]; his Cabinet, [280]; the Ore-
gon boundary the great question of the
year, its difficulties, [280]; statement
of the conflicting claims; proposal of
the British Minister, [281]; Mr. Cal.
houn's answer, [282]; Mr. Pakenham's
counter-statement, [288]; further state-
ments of the opposite parties, [293];
Mr.Webster's admirable speech, [300];
first session of Congress, Mr. Polk's
Presidential message, [304]; the Ore-
gon question discussed in the Senate;
war-speech of General Cass, [320];
speeches of Mr. Allen, Mr. Webster,

and others, [324]; joint resolution of
Mr. Allen for giving notice to termi-
nate the Oregon convention; other
resolutions proposed for discussion,
[326]

United States -Resolutions of the native
Americans, 117; the navy of the
United States, 91

UNIVERSITY HONOURS-Oxford, 431;
Cambridge, 433

Ward, degradation of the Rev. W. G.,

30

Whirlwind at Rouen, great destruction,

125