38. 192; charity property, in- come of, in (1834), 35. 191; rental of charities, and income of schools in, '36. 175; edu- cation, proportion per cent. of persons married in the year ended June 1840, who could write, '42. 171; electors, county, num- ber 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 occupied, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, 34. 86, 87; houses, number of, in, in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, id. 84, 85; number of, inhabited, un- inhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; lunatics, &c., pauper, proportion of, to population, in 1837, 38. 193; marriages, build- ings registered for solemnization of (1840), '41. 199; proportion of persons married under the age of twenty-one years, in the year ended June 1840, 42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 85, 86; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), '39. 90; 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 expendi- ture, 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, '32. 184; for the year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter 1832, 34. 173; amount levied and expenditure of same for year ending 25th March, 1833, '35. 189; in 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, com- pared with 1834, id. 190; propor- tion of paupers relieved to the po- pulation of, in 1839 and 1840, 42.
168; SAVINGS BANKS, friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), '32. 102; savings banks, average amounts deposited in, and propor- tion of depositors to population of (1835), '37. 172; state of, on 20th November, 1837, '39. 134; savings banks, friendly societies, and cha- ritable institutions, number of, and of depositors, and amount of deposits in, in 1836, '38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, '40. 189; on 20th November, 1839, '41. 194; on 20th November, 1840, 42. 166; SCHOOLS: en- dowed, unendowed, and Sun- day schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day schools in, in 1818 and 1828, id. 93; number of Church of England schools in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; TAXES: amount of land and assessed taxes of, in 1829, '31. 172; house tax, inha- bited 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 expen- diture 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. 118. Staffordshire Potteries, quantity of iron made, and of furnaces in, in 1827, 29. 196; Stipendiary Jus tice Act (2 Vict. c. 15), '40. 145; Justice of the Peace Act, id. 214; Police, &c., Act, id. ib.; Small Debts Act, '42. 194. Stage carriages, mileage and com- position duties for, in 1836, 1837, and 1838, '40. 192; mileage and composition duties on, in 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, '41. 197; in 1838, 1839, and 1840, and other facts relating to the number of travellers by, at various times, '42. 116, 117; stamp duty on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; the same, in 1838, '40. 173; see STAGE COACHES.
coach, number of horses used
for one, from London to York, '42. 121.
Stage coach, proprietors of, not liable for loss of parcels above a certain value, and not paid for extra (1 W. IV. c. 68), '31. 162, 163.
coachmen not to sell game, '32. 154; number of, assessed to the duty in 1832, 1833, and 1839, '42. 118.
coaches, Act for further regu- lating (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 48), '34. 128; number of, in 1820, 1831, 1834, and 1839, '42. 118; duty, produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; duties on (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 120), 33. 166-168; duty on, amount of, in 1836, 38. 183; duties on, Act (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 120) repealed, and new duties imposed (2 and 3 Vict. c. 66), '40. 159; mileage duty on, in 1838, 1839, and 1810, and other facts relating to the number of travellers by, at various times, '42. 116, 117.
Stages, in France, 28. 58. Stagnant water, &c., injurious to health, 28. 113. Stahl, '31. 74; '32. 65.
Stained paper, quantity of, charged with duty, in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33. 181. Staines, Sir Thomas, his attack on Carabusa, '29. 234.
-rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85; iron bridge at, progress of. 31. 223; same opened, '33. 229; Bridge Rebuilding Act, '30. 232; Amendment Act, '35. 220; institution, progress of, 36. 224. Stainland, population of, '33. 78. Stalybridge, see STAYLEY BRidge. Stamford, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, 33. 67; Improvement Act, '42. 193; Water Act, 38. 210.
street, chapel in, observa- tion on, '39. 222. Stamp Act, American, '31. 53. Stamps, revenue of, viz. for year ending 5th January, 1828, '29. 184, 188; gross receipt of, in Great Britain and Ireland, in year ended 5th January, 1838,
'39. 178; the same, in year ended 5th January, 1839, '40. 173; gross receipt and net produce of, in the year 1839, 41. 180; gross income of, in the year ended 5th January, 1841, 42. 149; pro- duce of, 1830 and 1831, 32. 175; produce of, in 1831 and 1832, 33. 172; produce of, in Great Britain, in the years ended 10th October, 1832 and 1833, '34. 148; the same for the year ended 10th October, 1834, '35. 166; net produce of, in 1834 and 1835, 36. 151; net produce of, in year ended 10th October, 1835 and 1836, 37. 153; the same, in 1836 and 1837, 38. 170; the same, in 1837 and 1838, 39. 175; the same, in years 1838 and 1839, 40. 170; the same, in 1839 and 1840, '41. 178; the same, in the years ended 10th October, 1840 and 1841, '42. 152. Stamp duties on advertisements, &c.,
Duty Reduction Act (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 23), '34. 116. Stamps for bills of exchange, num-
ber of, issued in the year ending 5th January, 1831, and at what prices, '32. 176; issue of, in 1831, *33. 174.
for deeds for England or Ire- land may be used for either (1 and 2 Vict. c. 85), '39. 161; the punishment of death for using old deed stamps abolished, '42. 138.
on insurances from fire, Act regulating (9 G. IV. c. 13), '29. 143; duties on sea insurances, &c., amended, id. 161; on marine insurances, sums received for, in 1831, '33. 182.
for letters come into use, '41. 254; the successful result of same, '42. 95, 97.
on newspapers, number is- sued for 1801 and 1826, '28. 172; for newspapers and almanacs is- sued from 1821 to 1830, '33. 188; newspaper, number of, is- sued before and after the reduc- tion of the duty, '38. 196; num- ber of, issued in the years ending 15th September, 1836 and 1837,
whether for London, provincial, Scotch, or Irish papers, '39. 196; the same, in years ending 15th September, 1838 and 1839, 41. 197; Act to reduce, and to amend the laws relating to duties on news- papers and advertisements (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 76), '37. 134-137. Stamps or receipts, allowances upon, to stationers, &c., regulated (9 G. IV. c. 27), '29. 148; amount and rate of, on receipts for sums below 50%., in 1832, 34. 177.
and Assessed Taxes, Act exempting several things from (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 64), '36. 129; Boards of, Act for consoli- dating, &c. (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 60), '35. 151; further Act relat- ing to (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 20), '36. 115; reductions in, '37. 183.
Standish, Frank Hall, dies, 42. 124.
Stanhope, population of, '33. 62.
Earl, his proposal of public granaries, and making farmers free from direct taxation, '39. 76,
Lady Hesther, dies, '40.
259. Stanislaus of Poland, opposed by Russia, '31. 51. Stanley, Hon. E. G. S., Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland, '31. 240; intro- duces the Irish Reform Bill (3rd), 33. 195; Colonial Secretary, '34. 243; his dispatches to Ca- nada, '35. 255; resigns, id. 206, 258.
Lord, obtains leave to bring in Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill, '41. 203; see further, IRISH REGISTRATION BILL; great meet- ing against the same, '42. 235; he lays the first stone of the Liver- pool Collegiate Institution, id.
Mr., debate on his conduct in the appointment of Mr. Butler, '42. 178; he resigns his office of Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Commission, id. 181. Stanmingley Road Act, '39. 213. Stanmore, Great, rental of the parish
of (1829), '29. 85; Little ditto ditto, id. ib.
Stanrig and Arbuckle Railway Act, '36. 209.
Stansfield, population of, '33. 78. Stansted Mountfitchet Inclosure Act, '39. 209.
Stanton, Mr., British chaplain at Macao, imprisoned, '42. 233. Stanwell, rental of the parish of (1829), 29. 85.
Stanwick Inclosure and Tithe Act, '35. 218.
Staphylea trifolia, '29. 67. Star-fish, method of preserving, '38.
Star pagoda (Madras), its value, &c. (1829), 30. 105.
Starch, amount produced by duty on, in 1827, 29. 187; duty on (1829), 30. 203; Duties Act (3 W. IV. c. 17), '34. 109; quan- tity of, charged with duty in England and Scotland, in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, 33. 181; quantity of, charged with duty, and amount of duty on same, in 1833, '35. 183; in 1834, '36. 160. Stark, Bernhard, dies, '41. 138. Starling, the, 28. 37.
Stars, catologue of, Bayer, '29. 59;
Flamsteed, id. ib.; grouping and nomenclature of, improvements in, reported on by the British As- sociation, '42. 22†.
superstitions concerning the, '28. 23.
consultation of the, id. ib. fixed, and planets, see PLANETS. of perpetual apparition, '41. Start Point lighthouse, commenced, '35. 247. Starvation, deaths from, former pre- valence of, 35. 30, 31; deaths from, within the Bills of Mor- tality, in 1827, 29. 110; number of persons said to have died from, and observation on the error in same statement, '41. 25, 27, 34. State Paper office, description of, '34. 214. "State physician," propriety of the appointment of one, '36. 21.
States General of France, convened, '31.53; closed, id. 236; opened, id. 238. States of the Church, extent, popu- lation, and naval and military force of (1831), '33. 54. Stationers, allowances to, upon the purchase of receipt stamps, re- gulated (9 G. IV. c. 27), '29. 148.
Stationers' Hall, number of works entered at, from 1820 to 1832, $34. 183. Stationery, declared value of ex- ports of, in 1828, 31. 177; in 1830, 33. 179; quantity and value of, exported, 1831, 34. 158; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, 39. 183; the same, in 1838, '40. 180; the same, in 1839, id. 187; the same, in 1840, id.
162. "Statistical Society," meeting for the formation of a, '35. 256.
tables, '28. 70-74. Statistics, eminence of the French in their study of, '29. 69.
of the world, '29.69-75. of the European States, and of their colonies, '33. 53- 56.
of the United States of America, '32. 109-132.
of crime in England and Wales, in 1839, '41. 110-116; in 1840, 42. 100- 106; in France, '35. 39-59.
medical and vital, and public health, dissertation on, and facts relating to, '40. 29-51; of disease and mortality in Eng- land and Wales, in 1839, '41. 21 -34.
Statius, '31. 65; '32. 53.
Staunton, G. L., '31.76; 32. 62. Staves, see TIMBER.
Stavesacre, duty on (1832), '33.
Stayley Bridge, Improvement Bill, '29. 181; church intended at, 37. 229; first stone of, laid, '39.
221; the same completed, '42. 206.
Stays, the proper construction of, '29. 122; their malconstruction, and the dangers arising from them, id. 121.
Stead's Patent Wooden Paving Com- pany's Act, '42. 192. Stealing to the value of 57. in dwell- ing house, punishment for, 28. 132; not punishable with death (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 62), '33. 140; with menaces, punishment for, 1837 (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 86), '38. 160.
from the person, punish- ment for, 1837 (7 W. IV, and 1 Vict, c. 87), 38, 160, 161. Stealing materials during manufac- ture, punishment for, '28. 132; law altered, see Act 1 Vict. c. 99, '38. 162.
Steam on water bottles, '28. 18, 19. boat, '29. 63; the "Mon- ster," '30. 264.
accidents, number and particulars of, number of lives lost by, &c., in ten years, to 1838, '40. 193, 194.
for ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, number and tonnage of (1829), '31. 185; boats regulated in the river by the Lord Mayor, '30. 264; pas- sengers, proposed tax on, '32. 190; number of passengers by, in 1835 and 1836, between London and Gravesend, '38. 110.
boiler, explosion of, at Mold Green, '42. 241.
carriages, suggested by Dr. Robinson, 37. 81; by Watt, id. 82; progress of the invention of, id. 81-85.
communication with India, vote for, '41. 207.
engine, observations and dis- coveries in, '29. 63; Marquis of Worcester, id. ib.; high and low pressure, described, '39. 102. 103.
engines, power of, in Great Britain (1829), 29. 88; not to be erected near highways unless screened, '36. 126.
navigation, observations on,
'38. 109, 110; rapid progress of, exemplified in tables, id. 112— 114; observations on, and facts relating to, '39. 96-107; import- ance of, to civilization, id. 98; navigation between Great Britain and Ireland, effects of (1830), '31. 110, 111; navigation, fuel for, in England and America, '39. 103, 101; explosions, their frequency in America accounted for, id. 105.
Steam Navigation Company (fur- ther Act), '32. 214.
ships to cross the Atlantic, proposed (1838), '38. 111; their superiority over sailing vessels, '39.99; their speed as compared with sailing vessels, id. 100, 101.
travelling, interruption of, at Melksham, '30. 263.
-- vessels, number of, built and registered, from 1814 to 1827, '29. 193; number of, with amount of tonnage, and number of men belonging to the ports of the United Kingdom, from 1828, '30. 207; number and tonnage of, built and registered in the ports of the United Kingdom, in 1832, 34. 159; number and ton- nage of, built and registered in each year, from 1814 to 1836, dis- tinguishing British possessions in Europe from British plantations, '38. 112; belonging to the British empire in each year, from 1814 to 1836, distinguishing as above, id. 113; number and tonnage of, distinguishing the countries to which they belonged, which en- tered the ports of the United Kingdom in each year, from 1814 to 1836, id. 114; number and tonnage of, built and registered in British dominions, in 1837, '39. 106; number and tonnage of, be- longing to the British empire, in 1836, id. ib.; number and ton- nage of, which entered the ports of the United Kingdom, and cleared out, with cargoes, in 1837, id. 107; number, tonnage and power of, belonging to the mercantile steam marine of the
United Kingdom, and its depen- dencies, at the end of 1838, 40. 184.
Steam-vessels (Ireland) Act (9 G. IV. c. 11), '29. 143.
of the United States, tonnage of, in 1836, '40. 187. Steel, duty on (1832), '33. 193.
and iron, wrought and un- wrought, value of, exported, in 1827, '28. 167.
quantity exported, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 156.
and iron, exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 185; the same, and quanti- ties thereof, in 1838, '40. 180; the same, in 1839, '41. 187; the same, in 1840, '42. 162.
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. 157; see also, IRON and STEEL.
Steele, Mr., arrest of, '32. 236. R., 31. 74; 32. 61.
Steels in stays, injurious effects of, '29. 122.
Steinberg, commits five murders and suicide, '35. 261.
Stenanthera pinifolia, '31. 43. Stenocarpus salignus, 31. 43. Stenochilus glaber, '31. 43; macu- latus, id. ib. Stephanius, 31. 66. Stephanus, '32. 50. Stephens, Henry, '31. 71; '32. 67.
Mr. J. R., arrested, '40. 255; true bill found against, id. 257; convicted, id. 260.
Robert, '31. 71; '32. 67. Stephenson, Mr. George, engineer of, and his description of the Liver- pool and Manchester Railway,
29. 226-229; prize given to, for his railway carriage, '30. 264; engineer of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, his descrip- tion of the works at, up to 1829, id. 251-253; his locomotive en- gine, the Planet's, first passage with goods, '31. 231; his use of loco- motive engines on railways, '37.
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