England and Wales, amount of notes of, in circulation, in each quarter, from December 1833 to September 1837, '38. 172; same, in 1834, to September 1838, 39. 181, 182; the same, in each quarter, to September 30th, 1839, '40. 175; the same, to September 30th, 1840, and for the quarter ending September in each of the six preceding years, '41. 181. Private Bills, mode of passing through Parliament, '29. 183.

of the session of Parliament 1827, 28. 161; of session 1828, '29. 179; of session 1829, '30. 229, 230; of session 1830, '31. 209, 210; of session of 1830-31 and 1831, '32. 213, 214; of session of 1831-32, '33. 208; of session 1833, '34. 201-207; of session 1834, 35. 216-224; of session 1835, '36. 204-211; of session 1836, '37. 216-225; of session 1837, 38. 206-214; of session of 1837-38, '39. 208215; of session 1839, 40. 210— 219; of session 1840, '41. 213223; of session of 1841, '42. 189, 190; abstract of, in Parliament, in the session of 1828, '29. 179, 180; in session of 1829, '30. 230; in session of 1830, '31. 209, 210; in session of 1830-31 and 1831, '32. 213, 214; in session of 183132, '33. 208; in session of 1833, '34. 202; in session of 1834, '35. 216, 217; in session of 1835, '36. 205; in session of 1836, '37. 216, 217; in session of 1837, '38. 207, 208; in session of 1837-38, '39. 208, 209; in session of 1839, 40. 210, 211; in session of 1840, 41. 213, 214; in session 4 and 5 Vict., 1841, '42. 189, 190; numerical abstract of, for the sessions of 1825, 1826, and 1827, '28. 161; for the session of 1828, '29. 179; for session of 1829, '30. 230; for session of 1830, '31. 209; for session of 1830-31 and 1831, '32. 213; for session of 1831-32, '33. 208; for 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; for session of 1841, 42. 189; comparative classification of, for 1825, 1826, and 1827, '28. 161; for four years, from 1825 to 1828, '29. 179; for five years, from 1825 to 1829, '30. 230; for six years, from 1825 to 1830, 31. 209; for seven years, from 1825 to 1831, '32. 213; for eight years, from 1825 to 1832, '33. 208; for nine years, from 1825 to 1833, '34. 201; for ten years, from 1825 to 1834, '35. 216; for ten years, from 1826 to 1835, 36. 205; for ten years, from 1827 to 1836, 37. 216; for ten years, from 1828 to 1837, 38. 207; for ten years, from 1829 to 1837-38, '39. 208; for ten years, from 1830 to 1839, '40. 210; for ten years, from 1831 to 1840, '41. 213; for ten years, from 1832 to 1841, 42. 119. Private Bills Committees, resolutions relating to, moved and withdrawn, by Mr. Ewart, 42. 187. madhouses, how regulated (9 G. IV. c. 41), '29. 156-160. undertakers, or adventurers,

'40. 63. Privilege question (Hansard), first mentioned, 38. 198, 199; Stockdale v. Hansard, resolutions regarding Lord Denman's declaration on, id. 204; further debates and resolution on, '40. 205; further debates relating to Stockdale v. Hansard, 41. 200—203, 206, 207.

printed papers protection, debates on, '41. 203; Act protecting publisher of parliamentary papers (3 Vict. c. 9), id. 139, 140.

Privet, Chinese, '29. 65. Privy Council, salaries to members of, motion concerning, '31. 204. Act for better administration of justice in the (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 41), '34. 124; judicial committee of, appointed, id. ib.

Privy seal, Earl of Carlisle, '35. 258; Lord Durham, '31. 240; Lord Ellenborough, '29. 234; Lord Goderich, '34. 243; Earl of Rosslyn, '30. 262.

and Signet Clerks Regulation Act (2 W. IV. c. 49), '33. 146.

Prize Money (army) payment of, Regulation Act (2 W. IV. c. 53), '33. 146, 147.

Probate duties, amount of, in 1827, 29. 188; amount of, in Great Britain and Ireland, 1829, '30. 206; in the United Kingdom, in 1833, 35. 194; stamps on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; the same, in 1838, '40. 173.

"Problem of the three bodies," what it is, '29. 22.

Probus defeats the Germans in Gaul, '28.55.

"Pro Confesso," law relating to, amended (11 G. IV. c. 36), '31. 151.

"Procés Monstre," '36. 243. Procession week, '28. 12. Processions, power to regulate carriages during, '40. 154. Proclamation of the reigning sovereign, a festival, '28. 9.

against meetings in

Ireland, 29. 244. Proclus, '31. 65; '32. 50; the Platonist, id. ib.

Procopius, 31.66; '32. 50. Proctors, duty paid on admission of, in 1836, '38. 187.

Prodromus, C. Theo., '31. 68; '32. 51.

Professional and other associations in and near London, for relief of distressed members, 30. 146— 148.

literary, and scientific institutions in London, with a list of their dates of charter or establishment, where situate, days and hours of meeting, anniversaries, and the names of their presidents and secretaries, in 1829, 30. 161–164. "Prognostication everlasting," by Leonard Digges, account of, '37.

40.

Prognostics of the Anglo-Saxons, '29. 8. "Prognostycacyon of Maister John Thybault" referred to, and quoted, '40. 26. Prohibited goods, running of, punishment for, 1837 (7 W. IV., and 1 Vict. c. 91), '38. 164, 165. Prohibition, Act to improve pro ceedings in, and writs of mandamus (1 W. IV. c. 21), '32. 140. Projectile, Bernouilli, '29. 60; Galileo, id. ib.

Proliferous Elichrysum, '31. 39. Prome, battle of, '28. 67. Promises and engagements, must be made in writing (9 G. IV. c. 14), '29. 143. Promissory notes, amount of, payable on demand in circulation, and amount of bullion in the Bank of England, from June 1839 to March 1840, '41. 181; (Ireland), (9 G. IV. c. 81), `29. 175.

Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Society for the, '30. 154. Propertius, 28. 54; '31. 65; 32.

52.

Property, malicious injuries to, laws amended, 28. 142-146; offences against, increase of (1826), '29, 98; offences against, in England and Wales (1826), id. 90; offences against, in France (1826), id. ib.

wilful damage to, how punishable, '28. 145.

tax, produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; graduated, motion for, rejected, '34. 189; resolution in favour of, rejected, '37. 194. Prophesies, early inserted in almanacs, '29.7; forbidden in France, id. ib.

Prosecutions for frauds on soap duties, see Soap.

increase of, since the abolition of death for many offences, '41. 113; expenses of, in England and Wales, in 1792 and 1832, '37. 176. Prosecutor's expenses, payment of, its effect, '29.99.

Prostitution in Paris, state of, '35. 48. Prostitutes, number of, in London, '40. 111; arrest of (1829), '30. 137.

Protea cynaroides, '31. 43; speciosa, id. ib.

Protection for printing papers, debates on, '41. 203. Protective duties, when and how impolitic, '35. 104-108; impolicy of, '41. 120.

"Protector," East Indiaman, wreck of, '40. 254.

Protestant charter schools in Ireland, grants for, from 1801 to 1829, '41. 198. "Protestant clergy," meaning of the words declared by the judges, '41. 206.

Dissenters and General Life and Fire Insurance Company Act, '41. 215; school, '30. 156; charity school, id. ib.

dissenting ministers, society for the relief of aged and infirm, '30. 147; society for the relief of the necessitous widows and children of, id. 146.

meeting at Dublin in favour of the church, 35. 260. succession of England

secured, '31. 50.

union in Germany, '28.

60. Protestants, war in favour of, '31.

47; in France, aided by Queen Elizabeth, id. 46. Prothonotary of the Court of Chancery, office abolished, '34. 175. Protracted pregnancy, considered, 36. 31; cases of, frequently fatal in general hospitals, '39. 29. Prout, his discoveries in the treatment of stone and gravel, '35. 35, 36.

Providence, taken by the English, '28. 60.

Provident Institution, establishment one, at Doncaster, and its tables, '33. 115-119.

of

Provident Life Assurance Office, its division of profits, '31. 87.

"Provincial Medical and Surgical Association," Transactions of, referred to, '36. 31; their report on vaccination, and re-vaccination, '41. 59.

Provins rose, '29. 67. Provision-merchants and corn-dealers, their value, 34. 45. Provisions, adulteration of, remarks on, '36. 21-25; prices of, regulated, '39. 64, 65; prices of, at various periods, from 1725, '34. 37, 38; prices of, in the London markets, from 1813 to 1831, id. 184; prices of, in Manchester from 1826 to 1832, id. 51; prices of, in London markets, in 1834, '36. 178; exports of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, '39. 189.

clothing, and household stores, prices by contract of, at Greenwich Hospital, in 1834, '36. 177.

Proxy, voting by, in the House of Lords, resolution against, rejected, '38. 203.

Prudence in marriage, '29. 136, 137, 142.

Prudentius, '31. 65; Clemens A., '32. 53.

Prunelloes, see FRUITS. Prunes, duty on (1829), '30. 205; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 174; import and home consumption of, in 1830, 32. 178; '33. 177; in 1831, '34. 155; see further, FRUITS.

Prunus Armeniaca, '29. 66; Laurocerasus, id. ib.; Lusitanica, id. ib.; serotina, id. ib. Prussia, extent, population, and military force of, in 1828, '28. 71; monarchy of, its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army, and navy in 1828, '29. 70, 71; extent, population, and military force of (1831), 33. 55; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; increase of inhabitants in, '29. 77; number of Jews in (1829), '30. 100; population, enumeration of, how made, '40. 105;

proportion of revenue, debt, and army to population (1829), 30. 100; population and territories of, comprised in the Commercial League, 42. 112; taxation in, less than the poor rates in England and Wales in 1831, '35. 191; wages in, '34. 60; gold and silver coins of, their names, value, weight, alloy, and value in English money (1829), '30. 107; a dukedom, '28. 59; independent of Sweden, '31. 48; its independence acknowledged, '28. 60; made a kingdom, id. 61; and Russia, league between, id. 64. Prussia, king of, dies, '41. 254.

homage done to the new king of, 41. 255; representation established, id. ib.; his reform of the law, &c., '42. 237; British consuls and vice-consuls to, where employed, and amount of their salaries (1828), '31. 180; TRADE with coals, quantity of, exported to, in 1833, 35, 186; in 1840, 42. 163, 164;

cotton

goods, value of, exported to, in 1832, 35. 178; British, quantity and value of exports to, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1838, '40. 182; machinery, exports to, value of, in 1838, id. 183; quantity of rum exported to, in 1829, '31:186; in 1831, '33. 183; and Germany, export of rum to, in 1832, 34. 169; wool and woollens, British, value of, exported to, in 1832, id. 167; value of exports to, in 1828, '31. 177; of British produce, &c. to, in 1830, '33. 179; of exports to (1831), 34. 158; value and particulars of, in 1838, '40. 183; in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 159; in 1836, '38.173; in 1836 and 1837, '39. 189; in 1838, 40. 181; in 1839, '41. 188; in 1840, '42. 163; Imports: bones, imports from, in 1837, '39. 193; wheat, &c., quantity of, imported from, in 1833, '35. 180; in 1835, 1838, 1839, and 1840, '42. 80; wool, import of, from, and value of exports of British woollens to, in 1833, 35. 176,

177; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial merchandize to, in 1831, '34. 160. Prussia, vessels of, employed in the

foreign trade of the United Kingdom, in 1840, '42. 160. Prussian Commercial League, commencement of, '39. 190+; table of the population and territories belonging to, '42. 112–115. Prussic acid, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 121. Prynne, '31. 72; '32. 60. Przipcov, 31. 73; '32. 76. Psalidas, '31. 78; '32. 52. Psammeticus, '28. 50. Psellus, Michael, '31. 66; 32. 51. Psoas abscess, derivation of the term, '35. 32+.

Psoralia pedunculata, '31. 43; pinnata, id. ib.

Ptelea trifoliata, '29. 66. Ptolemais, conquered by the Crusaders, '28. 57.

Ptolemy, '28. 52, 54; 31. 65; '32. 49; astronomical tables, '29. 58; evection discovered by, '34. 22; treatise on optics, '29. 62; sexagesimal arithmetic, id. 56. Public buildings, miscellaneous, progress of, in 1830, '31. 217.

debt, amount and annual charge of the funded debt from 5th of January, 1815, to 5th January, 1834, and price of 3 per cent. stock during that period, 35. 168, 169; see FINANCE.

dispensary, '30. 143.

good, league of, '31. 44. health, dissertation on, and facts relating to, '40.29-51.

health, morals, and intelligence, documents relating to, '28. 172.

houses, number of, for the sale of ale, beer, and spirits, and also for the sale of beer and ale only, in each county of England and Wales (1831), '32. 185; regulations of, under the New Police Act, 40. 154.

improvements up to 1827, '28. 173-179; brief notice of the progress of (1828), '29.215—

229; in 1829, '30. 233–254; in 1831, '32. 217-235; in 1832, '33. 212--227; in 1833, 34. 207-239; in 1834, 35. 227— 249; in 1835, 36. 214-237; in 1836, '37. 229–251; in 1837, '38. 218-243; in 1838, '39. 219-247; in 1839, '40. 222251; in 1840, '41. 225-253; in 1841, '42. 201-233. Public money, an account of the balance of, remaining in the Exchequer, January 5, 1827, &c., '28. 164; see also, FINANCE.

payable to the Bank instead of the Exchequer, 35. 130.

offices, number of, in 1821 and 1832, and amount of salaries, '34. 177; abolition of, and saving by same, id. ib.; savings effected in, from 1815 to 1835, '37. 183.

peace in Ireland, Act for better prevention and more speedy punishment of offences endangering the (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 48), '36, 124, 125.

petitions, number of, presented, with their number of signatures, in the session of 1834, and their several objects, '35. 224 -226; of session 1835, '36. 212 -214; of session 1836, '37. 226 -228; of session 1837, '38, 215 -218; of session 1837-38, '39. 216-218; of session 1839, 40. 219-222; of session 1840, 41. 223-225; see PETITIONS.

records, Act for establishment of an office of, &c. (1 and 2 Vict. c. 94), '39. 161, 162; office for, in George-street, Westminster, '31. 215.

roads (Ireland), repairs, further Act (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 31), '36. 120.

schools, education in, extended, '41. 161, 162.

walks, motion for a committee on, by Mr. Slaney, '34. 187; bill for, introduced, 36.

197.

works, advances for, in the year 1833, '35. 167; expenses of,

Publicans, not to serve liquors to persons under the age of sixteen, 40. 154; rental of, in England and Wales, 1840, '41. 197; see also, LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Pudsey, population of, '33. 78. Puerto Cabello, consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 183.

Puffendorff, S. von, '31. 72; '32. 65.
Pugin, Mr. A. Welby, architect of
Ŏscott Catholic College Chapel,
'39. 222; of the Catholic Church,
Derby, '40. 233, 234; of St.
Chad's Church, Birmingham, '42.
213;
of the church in St. George's-
Fields, id. 216.

Pul, '28. 50.
Pulci, 31. 70; '32.55.
Pulgar, '31. 71.

Pulgas, Fern. del, '32. 70.
Pulham Inclosure Act, '39. 210.
Pulley, Archimedes, '29. 61.
Pulleyn, Robert, '31. 68; '32. 58.
Pultenæa daphnoides, '31. 43.
Pultowa, battle of, '28. 61.
Pumice stones, duty on (1829), '30.
202.

Pump, improvement in the, '28.

184.

Pungunee, a Malabar month, '30. 25.

Punic War, first, 28. 52; second,

id. ib.; ends, id. 53; third, id. ib. Punica Granatum, '29. 66. Punishment, uncertainty of, its pernicious effect, '36. 47; of death abolition, Act in certain cases (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 62), '33. 148; see further, DEATH, EXECUTIONS.

for offences committed on the seas, the same as if committed on land, '28. 130. Punishments in the army, particulars of, for five years, ending December 31st, 1835, '37. 184.