gustus, date of, '30. 18; subdued by the Vandals, '28. 55; the Ro- mans expelled from, id. ib.; con- quered by the Arabs, id. 56; united to Portugal, id. 59; be. queathed to Philip of Anjou, '31. 49; throne of, ceded to Bonaparte, '31. 57; Joseph Bonaparte, king of, '28. 64; evacuation of, id. ib.; revolution in, id. 65; French army invade, id. ib.; again in- vaded by France, '31. 60; king of, removed to Seville and Cadiz, '28. 65; government of, declares against interference in the affairs of Portugal, id. 68; king and queen of, return to Madrid, '29. 242; queen of, dies, '30. 262; Spain claims part of Hayti, '31. 234; Salic law in, abolished, id.
military commissions issued in, '32. 236; queen of, made re- gent, '33. 232; king of, revokes his decree of the renewal of the Salic law, '34. 240; he grants an am- nesty, id. ib.; he dies, id. 248; queen dowager of, made regent by the will of king Ferdinand, id. ib.; council of regency, '35. 253; change in the administration of affairs, id. ib.; decree for convo- cation of the Cortes, id. 257; meet- ing of the Cortes, id. 259; Cortes opened, Mendizabel, prime mi- nister, '36. 250; Isturitz, prime minister, '37. 254; constitution of 1812 proclaimed, id. 255; Calatrava appointed prime mi- nister, id. ib.; Cortes opened, id. 257; Cortes dissolved, '39. 248; Count Ofalia, minister, id. ib.; Cortes opened, id. ib.; Frias, Duke de, minister, '40. 252; families of, adherents of Don Carlos, exiled from Madrid, id. 253; queen regent of, abdicates, '41. 256; elections in, ended, '42. 236; Espartero declared re- gent, id. 238; guardianship of the queen declared vacant, id. 240; Arguelles made guardian, id. ib.; Queen Christina protests, id. ib.; reply to her protest, id. 241; insurrection in, id. 243, 244.
Spain, "Histories of," names of, '32. 70-72.
extent, population, and mili- tary force of, in 1828, '28. 71; monarchs of, its extent, popula- tion, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue, debt, ariny, and navy, in 1828, '29. 72, 73; extent, po- pulation, and military force of, and extent and population of, with its colonies (1831), '33. 55, 56; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; population of, probably increased, '29. 79; and her colonies, extent and popula- tion of, in 1828, '28. 74; moun- tains of, and their several heights, '33. 25-29; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49-53; gold and silver coins of, their names, value, weight, alloy, and value in English money (1829), '30. 109; state of crime in, 29. 101; chronological table of monarchs of, from the year 858 to 1828, id. 47-54; earthquake in, '30. 261.
British consul-general, con- suls, and vice-consuls to, where employed, and amount of their salaries (1828), '31. 181.
vessels of, employed in the foreign trade of the United King- dom, '42. 160.
trade with: coals, quantity of, exported to, in 1833, '35. 186; cotton goods, British, quantity and value of exports to, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1838, id. 182; and the Canaries, linens, exports to, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; quantity of rum exported to, in 1829, 31. 186; in 1831, '33. 183; wool and woollens, British, value of, exported to, in 1832, 34. 167; of woollen manu- factures, in 1840, '42. 161; value of exports to, in 1828, '31. 177; of British produce, &c., to, in 1830, '33. 180; exports to, in 1831, '34. 158; and the Canaries, exports to, value and particulars of, in 1838, '40. 183; in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 160; in 1836, '38. 173; in 1836
and 1837, 39. 189; in 1838, '40. 181; in 1839, '41. 188; in 1840, '42. 163; cotton, quan- tity imported from, in 1834, '36. 168; lead, quantity of, imported from, in 1833, '35. 180; wool, import of, from, and value of exports of British woollens to, in 1833, id. 176, 177; im- port of, in 1840, '42. 163; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial merchandize to, in 1831, '34. 160.
Spain, debates, &c., relating to: Fo- reign Enlistment Act, debate on the suspension of, '36. 196; mo- tion for a new renewal of the Order in Council suspending the Foreign Enlistment Act, rejected, '38. 201; British subjects in, motion for an address relating to, '39. 203; motion against the policy of ministers in, in the Lords, '39. 206; war in, statement of, in the Lords, '40. 207; civil war in, mentioned in the House of Lords, '41. 203.
Slave Trade Abolition Treaty (6 W. IV. c. 6), '37. 112, 113. Spalding, population of (1821), '29. 82; population of, '33. 67; High Bridge Road Amendment Act, '39. 210.
Spallanzani, L., '31. 76; '32, 57. Spanheim, '31. 72; '32. 65. Spaniards, expelled from Mexico,
revolution, '28. 65, 66. succession, disputed, '31.
49; regulated, id. ib.
wine, see WINES, FOREIGN. and Italian refugees, con- cert for, '29. 234; meeting for, id. 246. Sparrmannia Africana, '31. 43. Sparrow, the, '28. 31, 32; rate of its flying, '29. 40; house-sparrow, nest of, 30. 37. Sparrows Herne Roads Trust, tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, '42. 119.
Sparta, built, '28. 50; taken by An- tigonus, id. 52.
Spartacus, war against, '28. 53. Spartianus, '31. 65; 32. 53. Spartium junceum, '29. 67. Spasms, deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1827, '29. 110.
Speaker of the House of Commons,
Mr. Abercromby, '36. 183, 241; Mr. Shaw Lefevre, '40. 203; Mr. Manners Sutton, '31. 239; '32. 192.
Speaking trumpet, '29. 55. Spear-leaved Persoonia, '31. 42. Special commission at Bristol, '33. 228; at Nottingham, id. ib. constables, elector not bound to serve as, at election, '28. 160; magistrates' powers to appoint, enlarged (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 43), '36. 123; Act further enlarging same (2 and 3 Vict. c. 93), '40. 164.
- licences, origin of, '37. 67. Specialties, actions of debt on, limited (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 42),
Specialty debts, freehold and copy- hold estates assets for payment of (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 104), '34. 146.
Specifications for patents, their ex- pense, '30. 123. "Specimens of Abbreviated Num- bers," by Mr. Weston, referred to, '41. 21.
Speckled wood, foreign, duty on (1836), '37. 128. Spectacles invented, '28. 57; Salvi- nus Armatus, '29. 62; Roger Bacon, id. ib. "Spectator," '32. 61.
Speckter, Herman, dies, '37. 110. Speculum Stultorum," '32. 58. Speed, J., '31. 72; '32.60. Speedy execution, certificates for (1 W. IV. c. 7), '32. 137. Spelman, H., '31. 72; '32. 60. Spelter, duty on (1829), '30. 200; in cakes, duty on 1832), '33. 193; import, export, and home con- sumption of, in 1828, '31. 175; in 1830, '32. 179; '33. 177; in 1831, '34. 156; quantity exported, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 162; imports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, id. 163; import and home consump- tion 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. 157. Spelthorne hundred, rental of the parishes in the, '29. 85. Spencer, Earl, dies, 35. 262; '36.
-Sir Robert, Surveyor-Gene- ral of the Ordnance, '31. 240.
Hon. W. R., dies, '36. 108. Spenser, Edmund, '31. 70; 32. 59; his allusion to the gossamer, '29. 42; his allusion to June, id. 37; to September, id. 40. Spermaceti, see OILS. Speroni, Sperone, '31.70; '32. 56. Spensippus, '28. 52.
Spey Bridge Act, '33. 210. "Sphere and Cylinder," "32. 48. Spheres, music of the, Pythagoras, '29. 57. Spice islands, disputes concerning, between Dutch and English com- panies, 32. 25. Spices, duty on (1836), '37. 128;
quantity exported, in 1833 and 1834, 36. 156; home consump- tion of, in 1836, 38. 179; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 186; the same, in 1838, 40. 178; the
same, in 1839, '41. 185; the same, in 1840, 42. 158.
Spicular form of hoar-frost, `31. 36.
Spider, its power of counterfeiting death, '29. 42.
Spieghel, Hendrick, '31. 71; '32.
Spindle tree, evergreen, '29. 65.7 Spinosa, 31. 73; '32. 73; death of, '28. 60.
Spinous Jacksonia, '31. 40. Spinsters, number of, and their se- veral ages, in a certain number of marriages in England and Wales, in 1838-39, '42.49. Spirea hypericifolia, 29. 67. Spirit-level, Dr. Hooke, '29. 62. Spirit of salt, poisonous properties
of, and remedies against, '28. 117. Spirits, dangerous to new-born in- fants, '29. 116; amount for which publicans can recover debts for, '37. 208; debts for, Bill to enable the recovery of, rejected, id. ib.
distillation of, and duties on, viz.: quantity of, manufactured in the United Kingdom, and amount of duty on, for three years pre- ceding January 5th, 1828, 29. 194; quantity of, distilled in the United Kingdom, and rate and amount of duty on same, &c., '34. 170; quantity of, distilled in the United Kingdom, and amount of duty on, in year ending 5th Ja- nuary, 1834, 35. 184; in year ended 5th January, 1835, 36, 165; quantity distilled in 1835, '37.170; quantity of, and amount of duty on, in 1836, '38. 181; number of gallons distilled in England, Scotland, and Ireland, in 1840, 42. 169.
consumption and duty on: number of gallons for home con- sumption in 1830, and duty on same, '32. 183; quantity charged with duty, and amount of duty on same, in 1833, '35. 183; in 1834, 36. 160; quantity of all sorts that paid duty, and net amount of duty, in 1835, '37. 170; duty on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 177; same, and quan-
tity charged, in 1838, 40. 173; British and foreign, quantity that paid duty in 1839, 41. 191; number of gallons which paid duty in the United Kingdom in 1840, '42. 169.
Spirits, imports, exports, and duty, viz.: value of, imported in 1827, '28. 167; foreign, quantity of, imported for home consumption in the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, id. 168; quantity imported from Scotland and Ireland, from Ja- nuary to July 1826, id. ib.; import, export, and home con- sumption of, in 1828, '28. 175; in 1830, '32. 179; '33. 178; in 1831, '34. 156.
duties on, viz.: British, duty on (1829), '30. 205; British, ad- ditional duty on (1840), '41. 145; produce of same, 1840 and 1841; $42. 153; British, amount pro- duced by duties on, in 1827, '29. 187; British, rates of duty on, for home consumption, in 1821 and 1826, 31. 187; quantity of, charged with duty on home con- sumption from 1820 to 1829, and amount of duty, id. ib.; Bri- tish, quantity of, charged with duty, in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33. 181; British, amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 34. 164; British, quantity on which duty was paid, and rate and amount of duty, for home consumption, in 1836, 38. 180; British, ex- ports of, value of, in 1831 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183; British, Malt Drawback Act (2 W.IV. c. 29), '33. 128, 129; fo- reign, additional duty on (1840), '41. 145; produce of such duty (1840 and 1841), '42. 153; fo- reign, amount and rates of duty, and quantity of, in 1827, 29. 191; foreign, rate and amount of duty on, for the year ending Ja- nuary 5th, 1829, '30. 213; fo- reign, quantity of, charged with duty, for home consumption, and amount of duty thereon, for the
five years ending January 5th, 1830, 31. 186; foreign, quanti- ties of, retained for home con- sumption, exported, and ware- housed in bond, in 1832, 34. 170; foreign, quantity of, retained for home consumption, in 1833, 35. 182; in bond, on 5th of Ja- nuary, 1834, id. ib.; exported, in 1833, id. ib.; foreign and colo- nial, quantity imported and re- tained for home consumption, and amount of duty on same, in year ended 5th January, 1835, '36.165; foreign and colonial, exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 162; foreign and colonial, imports, exports, and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1836, '38. 180; foreign and colonial, imports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 163; import and home consump- tion of, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 186; the same, in 1838, '40. 178; the same, in 1839, '41. 185; the same, in 1840, 42. 158; quantity in bond on 5th January, 1836, 1837, and 1838, '39. 192; in 1839, 41. 191. Spirits, Ireland, exports of, from, in 1825 and 1835, 39. 189; distil- ling of, regulated (1 and 2 W. IV. c. 55), '32. 160; quantity of, re- tained for home consumption in Ireland, and duty thereon, in 1790 and 1831, '34. 162. Spirit licenses, retail, number of, issued under 4 and 5 W. IV. c. 75, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, '36. 165; (Ireland), Act for (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 75), '35.
and wine licenses, Act re- lating to (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 39), '36. 122, 123. Spiritual services of parishes, Act allowing the appointment of (2 and 3 Vict. c. 30), '40. 149. Spirituous liquors, dissertation on the intemperate use of, 29. 122,
Spitalfields, population, &c. of, '28. 86, 87; concert for the weavers of, at Guildhall, '30. 261; dis- turbances in, id. ib.
Spittlegate Church, Grantham, ac- count of, '41. 231, 232. Spitzbergen, observed, '30. 95. Splendid Beaufortia, 31. 37; Dry- andra, id. 38; another sort, id. ib.; Melaleuca, id. 41; Protea, id. 43. "Splendid shilling," '32. 60. Spondanus, Henry, '31. 73; '32. 68.
Sponge, observations on, '30. 46, 47; experiment on, id. ib.; its eggs, id. ib.; duty on (1832), '33. 193.
Sporting season, period of, '32. 153. Spotland Church, Rochdale, build- ing, '35. 227; completed, id. 229. Spotted-flowered stenochilus, '31. 43.
Sprengelia incarnata, '31. 43. Sprengelia-like Andersonia, '31.37. Spring, '28. 33-35; indications
of, 30. 39; advantage of its being late, '28. 32; referred to by Byron, 29. 34; Coleridge's re- ference to, 30. 39; the trees of, described by Cowper, '28. 34.
Assizes, Act to prevent the interference of the, with the April Quarter Sessions (4 and 5 W.İV. c. 47), '35. 146.
guns, Act prohibiting the setting of, '28. 151; except in dwelling-houses, from sunset to sunrise, id. ib.
tides, what they are, '30. 49. wheat, time of sowing, '28.
Springwell coal mine, explosion at, '34. 244.
Sprot, Isaac, '31. 68; '32. 47.
Spruce, hemlock, 29. 66; Norway, id. ib. Spurge, description and poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 119; honey-bearing, '31. 39. Spurzheim, Dr., dies, '34. 240. Square or superficial measure, '28. 101.
Square miles, relative size of Eng- lish and German, '28. 70+; their relative proportions, '33. 53. Squills, duty on (1832), '33. 193. Squirrel, the, 28. 31. Squirrel skins, see FURS. Sravona, a Bengalee month, '30.26. Stack-burning, punishment for, '28. 144; law relating to same altered, '38. 162.
Stackencloud, '30. 81. Stadtholder appointed, '31. 46; visits England, '28. 62.
Stadtholdership suppressed, '28. 62. Stadweg, John, '31. 70; 32. 63. Staël, Mdme, de, ‘32. 69. Stafford, Marquess of (Duke of Sutherland), extent of his roads in Sutherlandshire, '29. 84.
town of, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, '33. 72; Paving &c. Act, '31. 211; Disfranchise- ment Bill rejected, '37. 212.
and Rugby Railway Bill, defeated, '42. 179.
Stone, and Penkridge Roads Trust, tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, '42. 119. Staffordshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magis- trates, and parishes in, 28. 78; po- pulation of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 72, 73; sum- mary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; the same in 1841, '42. 107; popu- lation of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 109; extent of, in acres, '34. 84; difference of time be- tween the principal towns of, and London, 31. 19; bastards, num- ber of, born in, in 1830, '34. 88; number of, in 1835 and 1837,
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