tween, '37. 253. Mendoza, '31. 73. Cardinal, '28. 58. Diego de, '32. 70. L. de, '31. 71; '32. 70. Meneses, A. de, '31. 75; 32. 71. Mensuration of a degree, 29. 62. Mercator, Gerard, '31. 70; 32. 64; quotients, '29. 56; chart, id. 62. Mercantile Mariners' Home and Asylum, intended erection of, '41. 226. Mercer's Company, their property in Long Acre, '34. 212; their proposed improvements in Long Acre, '31. 217. Hall, decoration of, '38. 233. Merchandize not otherwise charged duty on (1832), '33. 193. prices of, in London markets, in 1834, '36. 178. foreign and colonial, exports of, from Great Britain to foreign parts, in the years ending 5th January, 1835-36, 37. 162. Merchant Seaman's Auxiliary Bible Society, '30. 153; Orphan Asylum, id. 156; Society, id. 147. seamen, Act to amend Act 20 Geo. II. for the relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the merchant service (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 52), '35. 148-150; Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to, and for forming and maintaining a register of all the men engaged in that service (5 Meridians, what they are, '42. 21. of longitude, first, '31. 78, 79. Meridional instrument, Copernicus, *29.62. Merino defeated, and his adherents shot, '35, 253. Merionethshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 79; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 80; 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; difference of time between the principal towns of, and London, 31. 22; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 89; rental of charities, and income of schools in, '36. 175; excise licences issued, and public houses in, number of (1831), '32. 185; houses, number of inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, 42. 108; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 93; 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,'33. 184; for year ending 25th March, 1831, id. 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter 1832, 34. 175; amount levied, and expenditure of same, for year ending 25th March, 1833, 35. 189; in the year ending 25th March, 1834, '36. 174; proportion of paupers relieved to the population, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 168; schools, number of Church of England, in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; house-tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th April, 1830, 32. 106, 107; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), 35, 193; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same, in 1834, '37. 177; the same, and length of the roads, in 1839, '42. 122; Roads Act, '35. 222. Merlin, Ambrose, prophecies of, fulfilled, '40. 25, 26. "Merlinus Liberatus," the, '29. 10. Merriman, Dr., his observations on difficult parturition referred to, '39. 29. Mersey Reservoirs Act, '38. 210. Merstham, Croydon, and Godstone Railway, account of, '37. 86; '41. 62. Merthyr-Tidvil, population and representation of, 33. 80; Market Act, '36. 207; Small Debts Repeal Act, 35. 221; riots at, and several killed, '32. 238. Merton College, Oxford, early noted for science, '37. 23. Meshri, an Arabic month, '30. 16. Mesir, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Mesne process, number of warrants in London, Middlesex, and Surrey, in 1828, '30. 214; of warrants on, in London, in 1829, '31. 194; in Middlesex, id. ib.; in Surrey, id. ib.; number of prisoners committed on, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 172. Mesne process, abolition of arrest upon, under 20., 28. 155–157. (Ireland) arrest upon, under 201. abolished, '30. 180. imprisonment for debt on, abolished, '39. 167, 168. Mesori, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Mespilus japonica, 29. 66; pyracantha, id. ib. Message from the Crown announcing the King's (George IV.) illness, '31. 205; to Parliament on Portuguese affairs, '28. 68. Messidon, month of, '30. 20. Messier, his discovery of numerous comets, '35. 12†. and Mechain, their description of the comet of 1786, '29. 24. Messina, earthquake in, 28. 68; consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181. Metageitmon, an Attic month, '30. 8. Metal leaves, duty on (1829), '30. 202. ores, punishment for stealing, '28. 135. Metals, quantity of, imported into and exported from the United Kingdom, in 1832, '34. 168, 169; value of exports of, in years end. ing 5th January, 1833 and 1834, '35. 173; manufactured, value of exports of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 157; imported and exported, in 1836, 38. 177; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 185; the same, in 1838, '40. 177; the same, in 1839, '41. 184; in 1840, '42 157. Metastasio, '31. 74; '32. 57. Metaurus, Asdrubal, slain at the, '28. 53. Metcalf, Sir Charles, opens the House of Assembly in Jamaica, '42. 233. "Meteor" schooner, blown up, '35. 255. "Meteorological Essays and Observations," by J. F. Daniell, referred to, '30. 68+. "Méthode Numérique," advocated by M. Louis, opposition to it, '39. 25-27. Methuen treaty, '31. 50; injurious effects of, 35. 110. Metochita, Theoc., '31. 68; '32. 51. Meton, invents the cycle of nineteen years, '30. 9. Metonic cycle, '29. 58. Mètre (French), its value, '30. 113. "Metres," on, '32. 49. Metropolis, limits of, what, '32. 150; state of crime in, in 1833, 35. 188; state of supply of water in the, '29. 102-109; supply of water to the (1834), '35. 128. Cemetery Act, '33. 210. Improvements Act (2 and 3 Vict. c. 80), '40. 162; further Act (3 and 4 Vict. c. 87), 41. 165; further Bill debated, '42. 181; further Act (4 Vict. c. 12), id. 126. Police Act (1829), (10 G. IV. c. 44), '30. 182-187; Police Act (New), (2 and 3 Vict. c. 47), '40. 153-155; Police Courts, Act for regulating the (2 and 3 Vict. c. 71), id. 159— 161; Act better defining the powers of justices (3 and 4 Vict. c. 84), '41. 164. Roads Amendment Act (10 G. IV. c. 59), 30. 193195; roads, debt of, in 1821 and 1833, '34. 237; turnpike roads, third report of the commissioners of the, referred to, '30, 243; another report on the diminution of income, '42. 119, 120; tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, id. 118. Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, completed, and description of, 31. 220. police, abstract of the regulations of, 30. 131-138; police district, its extent, &c. (1829), id. 183. street improvements, in 1829, 30. 238; 31. 215-217; '33. 213, 214; '34. 208-213; '35.234-237. Suspension Bridge Act, '37. 219; Amendment Act, 39. 211. Metrosideros hispida, '31. 41; speciosa, id. ib. Meun, Jean de, '31.69; '32. 67. Meunier, attempts to assassinate Louis Philippe, tried and condemned to death, '38. 243; sentence commuted, id. 245. "Meurtre," meaning of the term. '36. 59+. Mexborough Road Act, '39. 213. Mexican cycle, '30. 29, 30; year, id. ib. sage, 31. 43. Mexicans, their accuracy in the computation of time, '30. 29. Mexico, extent and population of, in 1828, '28. 73; United States of, their extent, population, president, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army, and navy, in 1828, 29.74, 75; gold and silver, value of, raised in, from 1790 to 1829, 34. 180; the country discovered. 30. 94; Gulf of, explored, id. ib., the country conquered, '28. 59: suppression of titles in, id. 67; erected into an empire, id. 65; constitution of, id. 66; expulsion of Spaniards from, '30. 261; Spanish expedition against, id 263; revolution in, 31. 233; its independence acknowledged by England, id. 61; British consulgeneral, consul, and vice-consuls to, where employed, and amount of their salaries (1828), id. 182; Santa Anna installed president of, '34. 243; see SANTA ANNA; cholera, ravages of, at, id. 217; order restored in, 35. 252; progress of the war between France and, '40. 254, 255; matters relating to, id. 252. Mexico, History of the Conquest of," '32. 71. trade with, cotton goods, British, quantity and value of exports of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1838, '40. 182; hard. wares and cutlery, exports to, value of, in 1835, 37. 168; linens, exports to, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; quantity of rum exported to, in 1829, '31. 186; exported, in 1831, '33. 183; wool and woollens, British, value of, exported to, in 1832, 34. 167; British woollens, value of exports of, to, in 1833, '35. 177; of, in 1838, '40. 183; general exports, value of, in 1828, 31. 178; of British produce, &c. to, in 1830, 33. 180; of general exports, in 1831, 34. 158; of British manufactures to, amount, value, and particulars of, in 1838, 40. 183; of woollens, in 1840, 42. 161; general exports, value of, in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, 37. 160; in 1836, '38. 174; in 1836 and 1837, '39. 190; in 1838, '40. 181; in 1839, '41. 188; in 1840, '42. 163. imports, &c., cotton, quantity imported from, in 1832, '36. 168; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial mer-. chandize to, in 1831, 34. 160. and France, hostilities between, '40. 251; same terminate, id. 257. Meyer, F. G., '31. 74; '32. 65. Michiewiez, '31. 79; '32. 76. Michigan, its extent, population, in 1810 and 1820, and representation, in 1823, '32. 120; population of, in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, and number of slaves in, in 1810 and 1830, '33. 90. Microscope invented, Drebbel, '29. 63; Jansen, id. 62: constructed, Galileo, id. 63. Middle latitude sailing, '29. 62. Middle Temple Hall, repairs of, and buildings in the Inn described, '32. 221. Middleham, ecclesiastical revenues of (1835), 36. 83. Middlemen in Ireland, origin of, 31. 108. Middlesborough Paving, &c. Act, '42. 193. Middleton, '31. 68, 74; 32. 61. Sir Hugh, brings the New population of (1821), '29. 82; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 66. in Teesdale Inclosure Act, *35. 217. by Worksworth Inclosure, &c. Bill, '34. 202. Middlesex, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 78; population of, and of the cities, districts, chief towns, and parishes of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in each, and amount of its representation, '33. 67, 68; summary of population of, 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, '34. 84; difference of time between several towns of, and London, '31. 17; 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, proportion per cent. of persons married in the year ended June 1840, who could write, '42. 171; electors, county, number of, in, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 182; excise licences issued, and public-houses 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, id. 84, 85; number of, inhabited, unin habited, 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 twentyone years of age, in the year ended June 1840, '42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), $35. 80, 81; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), 39. 90; paper, proportionate quantity of, made in, '35. 185; power-looms, number of, in (1836), 37. 183; 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 the year ending 25th March, 1830, '32. 184; for year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; expended on the poor in the year ending Easter, 1832, '34. 173; 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 in the years ending 25th March, 1834, 1836, and 1837, '38. 188; decrease of same in 1837 compared with 1834, i 190; proportion of paupers relieved to the population of, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 168; rental of the parishes in the county of (1829), 29. 85; SAVINGS BANKS, friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), '32. 102; savings banks, deposits, and depositors, increase of, between 1833 and 1834, '36. 103; savings banks, friendly societies, and charitable institutions, number of, and of depositors, and amount of deposits in, in November 1836, 38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, '40. 189; on 20th November, 1839, 41. 194; on 20th November, 1840, '42. 166; SCHOOLS, endowed, unendowed, and Sunday-schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day-schools in, in 1818 and 1828, id. 93; number of Church of England schools and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; amount of land and assessed taxes of, in 1829, 31. 172; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same, in 1834, '37. 177; the same, and length of the roads, in 1839, 42. 122; tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, id. 119. Middlesex Turnpike Roads Act, '35. 222. wages and prices in, in 1796, '34. 40. number of warrants, processes, and executions for debt in, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 175,176. County Rates Collec tion Amendment Act, '32. 215. - Hospital, '30. 139; wings to, built, '35. 245; Incorporation Act, '37. 221. Infirmary and Dispen sary, '30. 143. Pauper Lunatic Asylum voted, '30. 262. Midhurst, population and representation of, '33. 74. Midland Counties Railway Act, '37. 222; Amendment Act, '39. 214; further Act, '41. 221; railway, account of, '38. 64; further account and partial opening of, '40. 88; opening and particulars of, '41. 76, 86, 87. Midlent, or Mothering Sunday, 28. 10. |