Robinia pseudacacia, '29. 67. John, '37. 23; his works, id. 26. Robinson, Sir C., dies, '34. 243. Dr., his suggestion of the use of steam-carriages, '37. 82. F., created Lord Go derich, 28. 69. Mr. P. F., architect of the alterations at York Castle, '34. 219. "Robinson Crusoe," 32. 61. Roborough Small Debts Act, '38. 211. Rocester Bridge Act, '39. 211; bridge completed, account of, '41. 252, 253; Bridge Roads Act, id. 219. Rochdale, population of (1821), 29. 82; population and representation of, 33. 66; and other places, riots at, '30. 261; canal, and river Irwell, canal to connect, Act for, '37. 222; Rochdale Small Debts Act, '40. 215; Water Act, id. 213; and Burnley Road Act, '38. 211; and Ealand Road Act, '37. 221; and Manchester Road Act, '38. 211. Rochefoucault, '31. 73; '32. 68. Rochelle and Charente, consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181. Rochester, '31. 72; '32. 60. population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, 33. 65. diocese of, number of Sunday schools in the, in 1826, '29. 95; number of parishes, benefices, and churches and chapels in, and population of (1834), '35. 127; revenues of bishop, of cathedral, and of benefices, sums paid to curates, in whom patronage of benefices vested, and other particulars relating to same (1835), '36.82-89. port of, customs duty collected at, during the year 1839, '41. 188; the same, in 1840, 42. 164. Rock Life Assurance Office, its division of profits, to 1826, 31. 87. Rock rose, '29. 38; its irritability, id. ib. Roden, Lord, his charge against Mr., his opinion on the reduc tion of the duty on coals (1830), '31. 112. Roebuck, Mr., heard at the bar of the two houses against the Canada Bill, 39. 200, 201; his motion against the "Times" newspaper, 42. 186. Roella ciliata, '31. 43. Roemer, epicycloidal teeth of wheels, 29. 62; motion and velocity of light, id. 63. Rogation Sunday and days, '28. 11; week, id. 12. Roger Bacon, '28. 57; 32. 58. of Hereford, '37. 22; his works, id. 23. of Wendover, '32. 58. Rogers, Sir J. Leman, builds and endows Ivy Bridge Chapel, '37. 229. Mr. S., his reference, mistakenly, to the habits of the bee, '29. 31, 32; his petition in favour of extended copyright, presented, '40. 199. Roget, Dr., a commissioner for in quiring into the supply of water in the metropolis, '29. 102, 103. "Rogues' Guild," '32. 64. Rohault, capillary attraction, '29. Romagnesi, '31. 78; '36. 108. "Roman Annals," '32. 72. 50. Antiquities," '32. 49, 73. Roman empire, divided, '28. 55; empire of the West, overturned, id. ib. indiction, the, '28. 8. , remains, found near London Bridge, '31. 222; found on the site of the new Royal Exchange, '42. 218; tesselated pavement found in Threadneedle-street, id. 204. States, population, enumeration of, how made, '40. 108; see POPULATION, STATES OF THE CHURCH, PAPAL STATES. time by the moon, '30. 5; expelled from Spain, '28. 55. Romberg, J. H., dies, '41. 138. Rome, foundation of, '28. 49, 50; 30.6; burnt by the Galli, 28. 51; burnt for six days, id. 54; captured, id. 55. Römer, his graduation of the thermometer used by the Germans, '30.90. Romford, population of, '33. 62; Railway Act, '37. 225. Romieu and Gough, Messrs., architects of the St. Pancras School, '42. 228. Romsey, population of, '33. 63. Romulus, his introduction of the calendar, '28. 3; the first Roman year attributed to, '30. 6. war with people of the Alps Ronsard, '31. 71. and Danube, '28. 54. year, '30. 6-8. and Greek churches, sepa rate, '28. 56. Roman, dies, '36. 108. "Roman de la Rose," '32. 67; "continuation," id. ib. de Rou," '32. 66. Roman Catholic claims, debated, '29. 209; conference upon, id. ib.; emancipation debated, 30. 221224; Relief Bill passes, id. 261; Relief Act (10 G. IV. c. 7), id. 167-170. marriages (Scotland) Act (4. W. IV. c. 28), '35. 135, 136; marriages, Bill passed in the Commons, '37. 201; rejected in the Lords, id. 213. Catholics, incapable of holding certain offices, '30. 168; Mr. O'Connell introduces Bills for placing bequests, &c. by, on same footing as those of Protestant dissenters, '31. 203; also for making valid marriages by priests, in certain cases, id. ib. church, St. John's Wood, account and view of, '35. 231-234. Romanoff, house of, on the throne of Russia, 28. 60. Romarino, General, his attempt to revolutionize Savoy, '35. 254. Romans, the, originally computed Rook, the, 28. 33, 39. 39; young, the time of their ap- Root, definition and sign of, 28. 106. Rooting, Gardenia, '31. 39. Roots, damaging, punishment for, 28. 145; stealing of, punishment for (1828), id. 136. flower, duty on (1836), '37. 128. Roque, M. de la, fact related by him of the cedars of Lebanon, '29. 29. Rosa, Martinez de la, prime minister of Spain, '35. 253. Salvator, '31. 72; '32. 56. Damascena, '29.67; Indica, id. ib.; muscosa, id. ib.; pendulina, id. ib.; provincialis, id. ib. Rosas, General, re-elected President of the Argentine Republic, '41. 253. Rosaspina, F., dies, '42. 124. Henry, dies, '37. 110. population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34. 92; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182. Roscrea, Tipperary, population of (1821), 29. 83; population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34.91. Rose, the, 28. 36; China, 29. 67; damask, id. ib.; moss, id. ib.; wood, duty on (1829), '30. 199; (1836), '37. 128. coloured goat's rue, '31. 39. Rosemary, '29.67. lane to East Smithfield, Act for making a street from (4 Vict. c. 12), '42. 126. leaved Grevillea, '31. 40. Rosen, Dr. F., dies, '39. 141. Rosenberger, his calculations of Hal'ley's comet, '35. 13, 263. Rosenplut, '31. 70; Hans von, '32. 61. Roses, wars of the, '28. 58; united, id. ib. Rosin, duty on (1829), '30. 202. Rosina (Tuscany), its value, &c. (1829), '30. 110; half ditto ditto, id. ib. Rosmarinus officinalis, '29. 67. Ross, Captain, sails again for the discovery of the North-west passage, '30. 262; arrival of, at Hull, '31. 249; explores the South pole, '42. 238. Ross, population of, '33. 63; Lighting, &c., Act, 31. 211; Road Act, 34. 206. Ross and Cromarty counties, population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 87; summary of, 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; electors, number of, in, in 1836, '37. 183; houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, 242. 108; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 102; turnpike gates in, rents of, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, 37. 178. Rosse, Alexander, his "The New Planet no Planet, or the Earth no wandering Star, except in the wandering Heads of Galileans," referred to and quoted, '36. 615. Ross-shire district of roads, their extent, and annual expense, '29. 84. Rossi, Charles, dies, '40. 141. Rosslyn, Lord, Lord Privy Seal, '30. 262. Rossow, Prussian League, '42. 112. Rostoff, Demetrius of, '32. 76. Rotation, axis of, '28. 90; of the earth, id. ib. Rotch, Mr., his evidence on patents referred to, '30. 124, 125. Rothe, M., his paper on the agricultural peasantry in Prussia, 34. 60. Rother and Appledore Drainage,'34. 203. Rotherfield, population of, '33. 74. Rotherham, population of, '33. 78; fatal accident at, '42. 240; Small Debts Act, '40. 214; and Sheffield Railway Act, '37. 223; Railway, account of, '38. 65; '41. 78; further account of, '39. 119, 120; particulars of, '41. 78. Rotherhithe, population, &c. of, 28. 86, 87; St. Mary Buryingground and Glebe Leases Act Amendment, '41. 217. Rothesay, population of, '33. 83. Rothsay Castle" steamer, wreck of the, '32. 240; number of persons lost in the wreck of, '40. 194. Rothschild, N. M., dies, '37. 255. Rottenbourg, bishop and chapter of, installed in the Netherlands, 66 '29. 238. Rotterdam, consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181; hops, quantity of, exported to, and amount of duty on, in 1833, '35. 185; facts relating to the power of a supply of corn from, '42. 87; highest and lowest price of wheat at, in 1831 and 1835, id. 80. Roubbié (Turkey), its value, &c. (1829), 30. 110. Rouble (Turkey), its value, &c. (1829), '30. 110; and see, RUBLE. Rougemont, M. M. Balisson de, dies, '41. 138. Rough metrosideros, '31. 41. Rough-leaved Michauxia, '31. 41. Rousseau, J. B., '31. 75; '32. 68. '32. 69. Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, dies, '36. 238. Rowe, Nicholas, '31. 74; '32. 61. Captain Jacob, his "Essay on the Discovery of the Longitude," '42. 30. Rowley Regis, population of, '33. 72. Roxburgh Roads Act, 38. 212; '42. 196. Roxburghshire, population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 87; 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; electors, number of, in, in 1836, '37. 183; houses, number of inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; occupations of persons in (1831), 35. 102; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), id. 193; gates in, rents of, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, 37. 178. Royal, value of (1540), '37. 33. Academy of Arts, '30. 163; '28. 62; gift of casts from, to the British Museum, '34. 183; order for papers relating to, rescinded, '40. 208. of Music, '30. 163; its pupils first perform in public, '29. 246. assent, Acts of Parliament operate from time of, '35. 164. Exchange burnt, '39. 218. to examine designs for, '40. 223+; premiums for the designs for, id. ib.; selection of design for, 41. 228; preparations for commencing, id. 228; account of, and the alterations of the plan of, '42. 219, 220; the works of," commenced, id. 235; progress of the same for its foundations, id. 217, 218; Roman remains found on the site of, id. 218. Royal Family, allowances to the junior branches of the, in 1834, 1835, and 1836, '37. 152. George, launched, '28. 70. -Institution, '30. 161; founded, 28. 63; Albemarle-street, new fronting of, '38. 224; account of same, '39. 232; days and times of its meetings, from January to June 1832, '32. 20; from January to June 1833, 33. 19; from January to June 1834, '34. 27. Naval Club, 30. 160. Naval School Act, '41. 222. Society, '30. 161; established, '28. 60; its error in neglecting the printing of the method of Mr. Barrett for calculating life contingencies, '40. 5; Duke of Sussex resigns the presidency of, '39. 251; meetings of, days and times of, from November 1831 to June 1832, and its anniversary, '32. 20; from November 1832 to June 1833, '33. 19; same, from November 1833 to June 1834, 34.' 27. Society of Literature, '30. 161; days and times of its meetings, from November 1831 to June 1832, and its anniversary, '32. 20; from November 1832 to June 1833, 33. 19. Union Pensions, '30. 146. Royal William" steam-ship, passage of, between New York and London, '39. 97. "Royal and Noble Authors," "32. 62. Rufinus, 31. 65; '32. 53. Rugby and Stafford Railway Bill, defeated, '42. 179. and Warwick Road Act, '40. 216. Rugeley, population of, '33. 72. Ruhuken, D., '31. 77; `32. 73. Ruislip, rental of the parish of, (1829), '29. 85. Ruiz, '31. 77; 32. 72. Rulingia pannosa, '31. 43. Rum, duty on (1829), '30. 205; rate and amount of duty on, for the year ending 5th January, 1829, id. 213; duty on, Act to reduce same on, and on shrub from the East Indies (4 Vict. c. 8), '42. 125, 126; quantity entered for home consumption, and amount and rates of duty on, in 1827, '29. 191; quantity imported into Great Britain, and from whence, from January 5, 1829, to January 5, 1830, '31. 186; quantity of, cleared for home consumption, in the year ending 5th January, 1832, 33. 183; amount of duty on same, id. 184; quantity of, imported, and from whence, and exported, and to what countries, for the year ending 5th January, 1832, id. 183; quantity of, exported from Great Britain to various countries, from January 5, 1829, to January 5, 1830, '31. 186; quantity exported, in 1833 and 1834, 36. 156; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 162; import, export, and home consumption of, in 1832, 34. 169; export of, to Germany and Prussia, and France, in 1832, id. ib.; quantity of, imported into Ireland, in 1829, '31. 186; quantity of, exported from Ireland, in 1829, id. ib. ; quantity of, received in British America from the West Indies, in 1829, '31. 186; number of proof gallons which paid duty in the United Kingdom, in 1840, '42. 169; import and home consumption of, and gross duty on, in 1810, id. 158; see further, SPIRITS. Rumford, Count, his directions for boiling potatoes, '29. 129. Rumker, Mr., his discovery of the comet of 1822, 29. 24. Rumney Railway, '37. 91, 92; particulars of, '41. 66. Runcorn, population of, '33. 59; Gas Light Act, '38. 210. Gap, and St. Helens Railway Amendment Act, '35. 223; railway, particulars of, '41. 70. Runge, Otto S., dies, '40. 141. Runjeet Singh, his interview with Lord Auckland, '40. 255; he dies, id. 259. Running prohibited goods, punishment for, 1837 (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 91), '38. 164, 165. Rupee(Arcott), its value, &c. (1829), 30. 105; (Bombay), ditto ditto, id. ib.; (Broach), ditto ditto, id. ib.; (Sicca), ditto ditto, id. ib.; (Bombay), value of, 28. 165; (gold), id. ib.; (Bengal), id. ib.; gold (Madras), its value, &c. (1829), 30. 105; (Bombay), ditto ditto, id. ib.; (Persia), ditto ditto, (1829), id. 106; half ditto, id. ib.; double ditto, id. ib. Ruperti, Dr. G. A., dies, '40. 141. Rupture Society, '30. 141. or hernia, deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1827, 29. 110. Rural police, commission of enquiry relating to, appointed, 37. 257; Police Act (2 and 3 Vict. c. 93), '40. 164; further Act (3 and 4 Vict. c. 88), 41. 165. Ruscombe and Reading Road Act, '39. 213. Ruscus hypoglossum, '29. 67; racemosus, id ib. Rush, population of, in 1821 and 1831, '34. 89. Rush-leaved Sowerbæa, '31. 43. Rusholme, &c. Park Act, '38, 209. |