a naturalist on the, '29. 43, 44; '30.45, 46; alluded to by Charles Lamb, '29. 43. Novgorod, John of, '32. 76. Novidi, a French revolutionary day, '30. 20. Noyon, treaty of, '31. 45. Nuisances, public, law relating to (1829), '30. 138; in the streets of London, penalties for, '40. 154, 155. Numa Pompilius, his correction of the Roman calendar, 28. 4; his correction of the Roman year, '30.7. Numantia, destroyed, '28. 53. Number of Direction, the, 28. 7. Numerator, definition of, '28. 105. Numerical abstract of the petitions and private bills in the sessions 1825, 1826, and 1827, 28. 161; for session of 1828, '29. 179; for session of 1829, '30. 230; for session of 1830, 31. 209; for sessions 1830-31 and 1831, '32. 213; for session of 1831-32, 33. 208; for the session of 1833, '34. 201; for session of 1834, '35. 216; for session of 1835, 36. 204; for session of 1836, '37. 216; for session of 1837, 38. 206; for session of 1837-38, '39. 208; for session of 1839, '40. 210; for session of 1840, 41. 213. "Numismatology," '32. 65. Nundcomar, hanged for forgery, '32. 33. Nuneaton, population of (1821), '29. 82; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 75. Nunhead, cemetery at, account of, '41. 237. Nured, '32. 79. "Nuremburg, History of," 32. 64; treaty of, 31. 46. Nurses, their ignorant treatment of new-born infants, '29. 115. Nutmegs, duty on (1829), '30. 204; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, 31. 174; in 1830, '32. 178; '33. 177; in 1831, 34. 155; quantity of, en Oak, the, '28. 38, 40; '29. 41, 44; period of its being in leaf, '30. 39; chestnut-leaved, '29. 66; evergreen, id. ib.; poison, id. ib.; scarlet, id. ib.; Turkey, id. ib. Oak-leaved Hydrangea, '31. 40. Oakham and Uppingham Small Debts Act, '39. 212. Oakington Inclosure, &c., Bill, '34. 202. Oakley, Sir Charles, governor of Madras, '32. 39. Oakum, duty on (1829), '30. 202; (1832), '33. 192. Oaths, abolition of, in several departments of the state, and of voluntary and extra-judicial oaths and affidavits (5 W. IV. c. 8), '35. 110; the same repealed, and other provisions made in lieu (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 62), '36. 128, 129. administering, or causing to be administered, to commit murder or treason, punishment for, 1837 (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 91), '38. 164. of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, discontinued for Ca tholic members of either House of Parliament (10 G. IV, c. 7), '30, 167; of allegiance, Act relating to (1 Vict. c. 24), 39. 148. Oaths of sheriffs, Act removing doubts on 9 G. IV. c. 17, s. 2 (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 28), 36. 119. - voluntary, abolished, '36. 110, 128; (Scotland), Act removing doubts as to (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 43), '37. 122. to witnesses before the Grand Jury (Ireland), Act (1 and 2 Vict. c. 37), '39. 150. Acts substituting declaration for, of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists, elected to municipal offices, and of recorder, &c., of any corporation (1 Vict. c. 5 and 15), '39. 143. not required, see MORAVIANS, QUAKERS, SEPARATISTS. Oatmeal, import of, and amount of duty, in 1810, 42. 156; see further, CORN, GRAIN. Oats, time for sowing, '28. 33; early statute regulating the price of, '39. 63; average price of, in 1833, '35. 181; quantity exported in 1833 and 1834, 36. 156; quantity of, imported and entered for home consumption, from July 1828 to June 1841, '42. 92; import and home consumption of, and gross duty on, in 1840, 42.156; see further, GRAIN. Obadiah, '31. 64; '32. 46. Oban, population of, '33. 82. Obelisks, observations on their proportions, '35. 246. Obituary of literary men, artists, and public characters, from October 1834 to November 1835, '36. 108; from November 1835 to November 1836, '37. 110; from September 1836 to October 1837, 38. 128; from September 1837 to November 1838, 39. 141, 142; from September 1838 to October 1839, '40. 140, 141; from August 1839 to November 1840, '41. 137, 138; from July 1840 to October 1841, '42. 124. Oblique-leaved Eucalyptus, 31. 39. O'Brien, Mr. Smith, his motion for a declaration by members of Parliament against bribery, '42. 184. "Observations on Man," 32. 71. nomy, '29. 57. at Babylon, astro of a Naturalist, on the several months of the year, '30.36-47. Observatory, notices of the, '29. 62; at Alexandria, id. ib.; Babylon, id. ib.; Berlin, id. ib.; Cambridge, id. ib.; Cassel, id. ib. ; Copenhagen, id. ib.; Dublin, id. ib.; | French, id. ib.; Greenwich, id. ib.; Oxford, id. ib.; Petersburg, id. ib.; Uranibourg, id. ib. Obul Ola, '32. 78. Occam, Nicholas, his works, '37. 25. W., 31. 69; '32.67. Occultations of planets and fixed stars by the moon, in 1831, '31. 26, 27; of fixed stars by the moon, visible at Greenwich in 1833, 33. 22, 23; in 1834, 34. 31; of planets and fixed stars in 1835, '35. 37, 38; of fixed stars in 1836, '36. 33, 34; of planets and fixed stars in 1837, '37. 45, 46; same in 1838, 38. 43, 44; same in 1839, '39. 58, 59. Occupations of the people, '35. 69103. Occupiers of land, number of, in each county of England, Wales, and Scotland (1831), '35. 73— 103. Occurrences, Chronicle of, see EVENTS. Ocean Assurance Company Act, '35. 218. "Ocean, blessing the," ceremony of, '29. 41. "Oceana," 32. 60. Ocellus lucanus, '31. 64; '32. 48. Ochna capensis, '31. 42. Ochre, duty on (1829), '30. 200; in 1832, 33. 192. Ockham, Nicholas, '37. 22; his works, id. 25. Ockley, S., 31. 74; '32. 60. O'Connell, Mr., elected M.P. for Clare, 29. 241; debate on his right to sit and vote as member for Clare, '30. 225, 226; reelected for Clare, id. 263; introduces a bill to render valid certain marriages by Catholic priests, '31. 203; also for placing bequests, &c., of Roman Catholics on same footing with those of Protestant dissenters, id. ib.; his motion for reform in Parliament, id. 206; his arrest, '32. 236; pleads guilty to an indictment, id. ib.; his disclosure of Mr. Littleton's communication regarding the Coercion Bill, '35. 210; charge against, of holding a voter up to popular vengeance, and denial of the charge, 36. 186; connexion with, of the Melbourne ministry, denied in the House of Lords, id. 203; his alleged traffic in the seat for Carlow, committee on, '37. 188; report of, resolutions relating to, id. 197; subscription for the expenses of his Dublin election petition, id. 254; his charge against election committees, '39. 202; he is reprimanded, id. ib.; is elected lord mayor of Dublin, '42. 244; dinner to, by the working classes, 34. 245; many public dinners given to, '36. 249; dinner to, at Belfast, '42. 235. O'Connell, Mr. Morgan, duel with Lord Alvanley, ’36. 243. O'Connor, Mr. F., treatment of, in York Castle commented on, '41. 208. Octave of Christmas, or circumcision, '28.8. Octavius, 28. 53; war with Antony, id. 54; is declared emperor, as Augustus, id. ib. October, month of, description of the natural appearances of, in England, '28. 39, 40; observations of a Naturalist on the, '29. 41-43; 30. 44, 45; its season alluded to by Keats, '29. 41. Octodi, a French revolutionary day, '30. 20. Odenwald mountains, and their several heights, '33. 43. alphabetical index to same, &c. '33. 49-53. Odessa, consul-general at, his salary (1828) 31. 180; highest and lowest price of wheat at, in 1831 and 1835, 42. 80; quantity of wheat which could be imported from, if a fixed duty were imposed, id. 82; other facts relating to the supply of corn from, id. 83, 85. Odiham, population of, 33. 62; Road Act, '40. 216. Odinton, of Evesham, 37. 22; his works, id. 24. Odonathes, reduces the Persians and repels the Goths, '28. 55. Odonestis potatoria, '29. 35. O'Donnell, General, his insurrec tion in Spain, '42. 213, 244. Odsale Road Act, '39. 213. Odyniec, 31. 79; '32. 76. "Odyssey," the, '32. 47. Oeder, '31. 77; '32. 75. Oehlenschlager, '31. 77; '32. 75. Oersted, Professor, of Copenhagen, electro-magnetism, '29. 60. Estrus bovis, 29. 40. O'Halloran, Major, executes murderers in South Australia, '42. 233. "Of the Nature of Things," '32. 57. Ofalia Ministry, formed in Spain, '39. 248. Offenders, proportion of, compared with the population of each county in England and Wales (1834), '36. 44. ages of, in England and Wales, in 1834, '36. 48. average annual number of, in prison, in England and Wales, '40. 110. number of, and proportion to population in each county in Scotland, in 1834, '36. 52. Ireland, number of, committed in each county, and proportion of, to population, from 1828 to 1834, '36.57; see further, CRIME, CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL LAW. societies for the prosecution of, 40. 122. the person, decrease of, 1826, '29, 98; cases of, in England and Wales (1826), id. 90; laws of, Consolidation and Amendment Act (9 G. IV. c. 31), 29. 149–154; Act amending 9 G. IV. c. 31, and 10 G. IV. c. 34, (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 85), 38. 159, 160; (Ire land), Consolidation Act (10 G. IV. c. 34), 30. 180. Offences against the person, number of, in France (1826), '29. 90. property, increase of, 1826, 29. 98; cases of, in Offertory school, '30. 158. Continuation Act (1 W. IV. c. 6), '32. 137. for life assurance, described, '31. 86. their nature Officers in discharge of duty, as- duty on, '36. 130; exempted from assessed taxes, '37. 129. Official assignees in bankruptcy (1 and 2 W. IV. c. 56), '32. 163. Official value of goods, what it is, 28. 166; explanation of the term, and remarks upon the secresy of computing, '32. 100, 101. Offreid, '32. 63. Ofterdingen, Heinrich von, '31. 68. Ogley Hay Inclosure Act, '39. 210. Ohio, an American state, 28. 63; population of, in 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, and number of slaves in, in 1790, '33. 90; abstract of the constitution, government, legislative and executive, judiciary appointments, and elective franchise of (1831), '32. 118. extent, population, and number of representatives, 32. 120. river, overflow of the, '33. 229. Ohlmüller, Daniel, dies, '40. 141. Oil, price of, in London, in 1834, '36. 178. duty on (1829), '30. 199, 202; (1832), 33. 192. castor, duty on (1836), '37. 128, of, and remedies against, 28. 117. Oils, import and home consumption Olaus Magnus, '32. 71; '32. 74. Olbers, W. H. M., dies, '41. 138. Old Stratford Bridge Removal Act, '35.220. and Dunchurch Roads Trust, tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, 42. 119. style, explained, '30. 11. - still used by the Greeks and Russians, '30. 11. 76. Swinford, population of, '33. Oldenburg, population and sove- Oldham-cum-Prestwich, population and Manchester Railway, particulars of, '41. 66. Ole worm, 32. 74. Olea capensis, 31. 42; excelsa, id. ib.; fragrans, id. ib.; undulata, id. ib. Oleander, red, '31. 42; sweet. Oleaster, 29. 65; Chinese, '31. 39. Olibanum, duty on (1832), '33. 192. Oliva, peace of, 31. 48. Oliva, Perez de, '32. 70. Olive, Cape, '31. 42; laurel-leaved, id. ib.; sweet-scented, id. ib; waveleaved, id. ib. Olive-leaved Hakea, '31. 40. Olive oil, quantity exported in 1833 and 1834, 36. 156; see further, OILS. Olive-wood, duty on (1829), '30. 201; (1836), '37. 128. Oliver, of Malmsbury, '37. 22. Olives, duty on (1829), '30. 204. Olivier, F. von, dies, '42. 124. O'Loghlen, Mr., appointed a Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, '37. 257. Oltmans, M., his tables in the "Annuaire," '31. 79. Olveston Inclosure Act, '42, 191. Olympiad, length of, '30. 8. Olympiads, the, '28. 49; 30. 810; they begin, '28. 50; mode of finding the year of our Lord by the, '30. 10. Olympic years, French, '30. 20. Olympiodorus, '31. 66; 32. 50. Olynthus, taken by Philip, '28. 52. Omagh, population of, in 1821 and 1831, 34. 92. Oman, extent and population of, in 1828, '28. 71. O'Meara, Barry, dies, '37. 110. Ommayades, end of the empire of, in Arabian Spain, '28. 56. Omme Schanze, pauper colony of, in Holland, '29. 135. "On the Resurrection," '32. 49. Onions, duty on (1829), '30. 204. Onkelos, '31. 65; '32. 46. Onomasticon," '32. 49. Ontario and Erie lakes, canal opened between, '31. 233. Ophthalmic Hospital, '30. 140; at Westminster, '32. 220. 141. Infirmary, London, '30. Opinion, festival of, '30. 20. Opitz, Martin, '31. 72; '32. 64. Opium, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 120; large doses of, sometimes given, '39. 32; monopoly of, in India, '33. 97. Opium, contraband trade in, to China, '33. 99; revenue from the monopoly, id. 98; revenue and charges in India, '33. 100; smuggling of, in China, '31. 122; trade in contraband, but carried on in China, id. 126; delivered to the Chinese government, '40. 257. duty on (1829), '30. 204; (1836), 37. 128. import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, 31. 174; 1830, 32. 178; '33. 177; 1831, '34. 155; quantity exported in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 185; the same, in 1838, '40. 177; the same, in 1839, '41. 184; the same, in 1840, '42. 15. Oporto, blockade of, debated, '29. 218; blockaded, id. 241; opposition to Don Miguel at, id. 238; insurrection at, 31. 57; taken by Don Pedro, '33. 230; attacked, '33. 232; attack on, by the Miguelites, 34. 242; British consul at, his salary (1828), 31. 181. Oppian, '31. 65; '32. 49. Opposite-leaved didelta, '31. 38. Optical and mathematical instruments, exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183. Optics, observations and discoveries in, '29. 62, 63. Oraa, General, defeats the Carlists, '38.246. Oracles in Greece, '28. 50. Oran, vice-consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 183. Orange, Prince of, assassinated, '28. |