25th March, 1831, '33. 187; ex-
pended on the poor, in the year
ending Easter 1832, 34. 173;
amount collected, 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, compared with
1834, id. 190; proportion of pau-
pers relieved to the population, in
1839 and 1840, 42. 168; SAV-
INGS BANKS, friendly and chari-
table societies, amount of deposits
and accounts in (1831), '32. 102;
savings banks, deposits and de-
positors, increase of, between
1833 and 1834, 36. 104; sav-
ings banks, average amounts
deposited in, and proportion of
depositors to population of (1835),
37. 72; state of, on 20th Novem-
ber, 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 Sunday
schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; un-
endowed 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, inhabited
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 expenditure 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.
Washborough, steam-engine, '29.
63.
Washerwomen, their proneness to
ulcers in the leg, '39. 31; why
their hands, are hardened, see
SOAP, effect of, on the skin.
Washing, of infants, '29. 118.
in sea water, composition
for, '28. 183.
Washington, consul-general at, his
salary (1828), 31. 182; earth-
quake at, '34. 246.
Wasp, the, '29. 37; sting of, remedy
against, 28. 123.
Wasp's paper, '29. 37; nests of, id.
Waste lands, quantity of, capable of
improvement in England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, 29. 180;
power of granting, in certain cases,
without consent of the homage,
'42. 137.
(Ireland) Company,
Wastes, inclosure of, for employment
of industrious poor, '32. 159;
grant of, in certain cases, without
consent of the homage, '42. 137.
Watch-cases, gold, alloy in, '29.
114.
rates in certain boroughs,
Act for more equally assessing
and levying (2 and 3 Vict. c. 28),
'40. 148, 149.
and Clockmakers' Benevo-
lent Institution, '30. 148.
Watches, the night anciently divided
into four, '31. 6; the Hindoo day
and night divided into, id. 10.
British, value of exports
of, from 1825 to 1832, '34. 165;
foreign, not to be imported unless
with maker's name on face, id.
131, 132; foreign, value of im-
ports and of re-exports of, from
1825 to 1832, id. 165; 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,
'41. 187; the same, in 1840, '42.
162.
Watching and Lighting, general
Act for England and Wales (3
and 4 W. IV. c. 90), '34. 142.
Water, effects of, on the form of
leaves, 30. 39, 40; injurious
effects of, when bad, '36. 24, 25.
Water, supply of, by Artesian wells,
Bill for, rejected, '36. 194; daily
consumption of, in London and
Westminster (1829), '29. 104;
quality and salubrity of, supplied
to the metropolis (1829), id. 106,
107; supply of, in the metropolis,
id. 102-109; supply of, to the
metropolis (1834), 35. 128; in
the metropolis, commission for in-
quiring into the supply of, 29.
102.
in the London Docks, error
concerning, '29. 107, 108.
clocks, 29. 60; their pro-
bable formation, '31. 5.
Cologne, duty on (1829),
crow-foot, '30. 39, 40.
companies in the metropolis,
their sources of supply, number
of tenants, and quantity of supply
(1829), '29. 103-105.
gates at Lowestoft New Har-
bour, described, '32. 233, 234.
mills, '29. 60, 61; Roman,
id. ib.
"Water Witch," steam - vessel,
wrecked, '35. 252.
Water-works and drainage in pro-
gress or completed, in 1829, 30.
253,254.
Acts, see PRIVATE
BILLS.
Waterford, population of (1821),
'29. 83; population of, in 1821
and 1831, 34. 91; difference of
time between, and London, 31.
23; electors, number of, iu, in
1834, '37. 182; postage collected
at, in 1832 and 1833, 35. 192;
amount collected at, in 1832,
1833, and 1834, 36. 179; same,
in 1835, 37. 179; same, in 1836,
'38. 196; power-looms, number
of, in (1836), '37. 183; riots near,
33. 232; Land Valuation Act,
'38. 211.
port of, customs duties
received at, in 1833, 35. 173;
customs duty collected at, in
1834, 36. 157; the same, in the
years ending 5th January, 1835
and 1836, 37. 164; the same,
for the year ending 5th January,
1837, 38. 175; the same, in the
years ended 5th January, 1837
and 1838, '39. 191; the same, in
the year 1838, '40. 187; the
same, during 1839, 41. 188; the
same, in 1840, '42. 164.
Waterford, Bishop of, his revenue,
in 1831, '34. 179.
Clonmell, and Tippe-
rary,population of (1821), '29. 83.
and Limerick Railway,
particulars of, '41. 68.
Waterhouse, Rev. Mr., murdered,
*28. 69.
Waterland, D., '32. 61.
Waterloo annuity, amount of (1831),
and period of its expiration, '32.
176.
battle of, '28. 64.
bridge, time occupied in
its completion, 32. 228; toll on,
reduced, '42. 236; committee of
the House of Commons as to
opening the same toll free, ap-
pointed, id. 181; death of Scott,
the diver, upon, id. 235; street
from, to Broad-street, to be made,
'40. 162.
Watermen's Company, power of, to
appoint ferries on the Thames, '28.
158.
Watermen of the Thames, Act for
the regulation of, '28. 157-160.
Waterspouts, their nature considered,
'39. 23, 24.
Borlum bridge de-
stroyed by, '34. 238; at Port
Patrick, 42. 241.
Watford, population of, '33. 64.
Wathen, Captain, court-martial on,
Watkins, Mr., his instrument for
electro-magnetism, 28. 185.
Watney-street, church in, nearly
completed, 41. 229; finished,
Watson, his mode of preventing the
sinking of ships, '28. 182.
Mr. M. H., sculptor of the
decorations of Mr. Moxhay's edi-
fice in Threadneedle-street, '42.
221.
Mr. J. B., his premium for
a design of the Surrey Pauper
Lunatic Asylum, '42. 228.
Wauz, battle of, '32. 237.
"Way of Life," the, '32. 47.
We, a Chinese horary character,
'30. 28; a Chinese division of
the day, '31.9.
"Wealth of Nations," '32. 62.
Wear Watch Act, '41. 219.
damage to shipping on, from
ice, '42. 235.
Weardale and Bishop Auckland
Railway, particulars of, '41. 80.
Wearmouth Bridge and Tyne Bridge
Road Act, '40. 216.
- Dock Company Further
Act, '37.225.
Weather, explanation of remarks on
the, in the British Almanac, '28.
16; indications of approaching
changes in the, from the form of
clouds, 30. 84-87; absurd no-
tions concerning prognostications
of the, '29. 10; natural history of
the, '30. 68-89; '31. 28-36;
on the supposed influence of the
moon on the, '39. 5-8.
almanacs, their inaccu-
racy, '39. 57.
Webb, Messrs., contractors for part
of the works at the Royal Ex-
change, 42. 218.
Weber, C. M. von, dies, '28. 67.
Webster, Mr. Richard, his prosecu.
tion for bribery ordered, '42. 184.
Wechabites, extent and population,
and military force of, in 1828,
'28. 71.
Wecherlin, '31. 72.
Wedge-leaved Candollea, '31. 38;
Templetonia, 31. 43.
Wedmore, population of, '33. 72.
Wednesbury, population of (1821),
29. 82; population of, '33. 72.
Week, a table to find the day of
the, of any given date, from 5000
B.C. to A.D. 2700, '30. 32, 33.
"Weekly Dispatch," verdict against
for libel, on Dr. Morrison, 38.
244.
Weeping willow, '29. 67.
Weever Churches Bill debated, '41.
209, 210; Trustees Church Eu-
dowment Act, id. 217.
Navigation Improvement
Weighing machine, to be carried by
carmen delivering coals, '32. 174.
Weight, objections to, in sale of
corn, '35. 61-64.
measure of, 29. 113.
Weights in France, particulars of,
'30. 113, 117, 118.
on waggons, Act relating
to (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 81), '35.
157.
- and measures, '28. 98-104;
'35. 112-116; popular explana-
tion of the standards of, in use,
from 1826, '29. 111-114; im-
portance of a regular standard of,
30. 111; tables of equalization
of, '28. 103, 104; Acts for as-
certaining and establishing uni-
formity of, particulars of (1824),
id. 98, 99; Act for (5 G. IV. c.
74), 29. 113; Act of 1824, for
the uniformity of, its failure, that
of 4 and 5 W. IV. c. 49 ex-
plained, '35. 113-116; Act to
amend and render more effectual
two Acts of 5 and 6 Geo. IV. re-
lating to (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 49),
id. 146, 147; repeal of same,
and new regulations substituted
(5 and 6 W. IV. c. 63), '36.
of the Académie des Sciences for
the establishment of an uniform
standard of, '30. 112; decree for
uniformity of, in France (1793),
not universally adopted, '35. 113.
Weisse, C. F., 31. 76; '32, 65.
Welch charity school, '30. 158.
circuits regulated (1 W. IV.
c. 70), 31. 164.
Weld, duty on (1829), '30. 202.
Welford and Market Harborough
Roads Trust, tolls collected on,
in 1834 and 1839, '42. 119.
Welland (Canada) Canal Bill, '29.
182; canal, opening of, '31. 233;
River Tolls further Act,'38. 214.
Wellesley, General Arthur (Wel-
lington), marches to Poonah, '32.
41; his military operations in the
Mahratta territory, 32. 42.
Marquis, Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, '34. 248; cause
of his resignation stated and ex-
plained, '36. 192, 193; statue to,
voted, '42. 237.
Hon. Mr. Long, deprived
of his children, '29. 241; com-
mitted for contempt of the Court
of Chancery, '32. 239.
Wellingborough, population of, '33.
Duke of, commander-
in-chief, '28. 69; resigns as com-
mander-in-chief, id. ib.; again
commander-in-chief, id. 70; re-
signs office of commander-in-
chief, 29. 234; first lord of the
Treasury, id. 233; duel between
and Earl of Winchelsea, '30. 261;
resigns the office of prime minister,
'31. 240; at the opening of the
Liverpool and Manchester Rail-
way, id. 230-238; his declara-
tion against all reform, id. 239;
'32. 186; administration, au-
nouncement of its resignation, id.
187; announces his inability to
form an administration, '33. 202;
attacked by a mob, id. 230; his
declaration as to the recognition
of Don Miguel, '34. 185; Chan-
cellor of Oxford, '35. 256; in-
stalled (Oxford), id. 259; advises
that Sir Robert Peel form an
administration, 36. 238, 239;
conducts the government, id. ib. ;
foreign secretary, id. 239; his
declaration in favour of the Poor
Law Amendment Act, '38. 201;
his declaration regarding "little
wars," '40. 196; his remarks on
the Birmingham riots,_ id. 207;
entertainment to, at Dover, id.
260; he is taken ill in the House
of Lords, '42. 236: meeting for
a testimonial to, '37. 257; testi-
monial to, at Glasgow, not yet
determined on, '42. 201; see also
WELLESLEY.
- ministry, resignation of,
'31. 240; '32. 187.
street, North, proposed
formation of, 31. 217; progress
of, '34. 212; '35. 236; '39. 232;
house in, account of, 40. 225,
226.
Wellington's Estate Act (2 Vict. c.
4), '40. 143.
Wells (Somersetshire), population of,
29. 82; population and repre-
sentation of, 33. 72; Road Act,
'42. 196; Markets Regulation
Act, id. 195.
next the Sea (Norfolk), popu-
lation of, '33. 69; Harbour Im-
provement Act, '36. 211.
Dr., his Essay on Dew, re-
ferred to, 31. 29, 30.
Welshpool, population of, '33. 81.
Wendover, Roger of, '31. 68; '32.
58.
Wenlock, population and represen-
tation of, 33. 71.
Wentbridge and Heck Railway, ac-
count of, '37. 94; '41. 66.
Werner, '32. 65.
Wernerian principle of columnar
rocks alluded to, '29. 39.
Wernith, population of, '33. 59.
Wesenbeck, 31. 70; '32. 64.
Wesley, J., '32. 61.
Samuel, dies, '38. 128.
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary So-
ciety, '30, 155.
Wesleyan Centenary Hall, London,
account and view of, '41. 246,
247.
Chapel, Great Queen-
street, account of the new front
of, '42. 213.
Wessel, J. H., '31. 77; '32. 75.
Wessenden Reservoir further Act,
'37.220.
West Beckham and Alby Inclosure
Act, '40. 212.
Bromwich, population of, '33.
Cork Mining Company Act,
'35. 218; Amendment Act, '38.
209.
Croft (Nottingham) Canal
Act, '40. 218.
and Burton Lees Inclo-
sure Act, '40. 212.
Drayton, rental of the parish
of (1829), '29. 85.
Derby, population of, '33. 66.
Durham Railway Act, '40.
216; further Act, '42. 197; rail-
way, particulars of, '41. 80; open-
ing and account of, '42. 70.
of England Fire and Life As-
surance Company Act, '35. 219.
Harding-street, church in, see
TRINITY CHURCH.
Houghton, population of, '33.
India Company established at
Amsterdam, '29. 237.
Dock Act, 30. 231;
Dock Company Consolidation
Act, '32. 214, 215; Dock Com-
pany, and East India Dock Com-
pany Consolidation Act, '39. 214.
produce, importation
and exportation of, in 1832, '34.
169.
Indies, extent and population
of, in 1828, '28. 73; History of
the, '32. 70; (British) dates of
the capture, cession or settlement,
how governed, population, imports
and exports, and tonnage inwards
and outwards (1831), id. 104,
105; vessels, number and ton-
nage of, belonging to, in 1838,
'40. 185; silver coined for, in
1836 and 1837, '39. 181; admi-
nistration of justice in, Act for
(6 W. IV. c. 17), '37. 115, 116;
prisons, Act relating to (1 and 2
Vict. c. 67), '39. 157; educa-
tion, state of, in the, in 1833, '34.
180, 181; vote of money, to re-
lieve the sufferers from the hur-
ricane in, '33. 199; grant of a
million, for relief of sufferers by
hurricane in, id. 204, 205; crown
colonies, relief to, id. 207; money
advanced to relieve the sufferers
from hurricanes and insurrection
in, '35. 167.
West Indies, slaves, &c.: registered
number of, at the two registra-
tions preceding 1833, '34. 180;
Slavery Abolition Bill, how re-
ceived in, '35. 252; account of
the state of, after the abolition,
id. 260; results of the abolition
of negro slavery (1834), '36.65—
79; slavery in, Act for abolition
of, and compensation to slave
owners (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 73),
'34. 136-138; further Act, re-
lating to compensation (5 and 6
W. IV. c. 45), '36. 123, 124;
further Act relating to same (6
W. IV. c. 5), '37. 111; further
Act relating to same (6 and 7
W. IV. c. 82), id. 138; further
Act relating to same (1 Vict. c. 3),
'39. 143; Act amending same in
respect to hours of labour, &c.
(1 Vict. c. 19), id. 145–147.
sugar trade, monopoly
of, its injurious effects, 41. 129,
trade with: beer, quan-
tity of, exported to, in 1833, '35.
184; brass and copper manufac-
tures, exports to, value of, in 1838,
'40. 183; coals, quantity of, ex-
ported to, in 1833, 35. 186; in
1840, 42. 164; cotton goods, va-
lue of, exported to, in 1832, '35.
178; cotton goods, British, quan-
tity and value of exports to, in
1833 and 1834, 36. 169; in
1835, 37. 167; in 1838, '40.
182; hardwares and cutlery, ex-
ports to, value of, in 1835, 37.
168; value of, in 1838, '40. 183;
iron and steel, exports to, value
of, in 1838, id. ib.; linens, ex-
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