way, extent of, and when opened, '43. 67; full account of, and of its cost and high rate of charges, &c., id. 73-76; restriction on its dividends, id. 80. Manchester and Sheffield Railway, extent of, and length opened, '43. 68; some account of, id. 76. Manufactures of Great Britain, ex- port duty on (1842), '43. 119; of cotton, duty on (1842), id. 102; hair, id. ib.; leather, id. 101; linen, id. 102; metals, id. 89; silk, id. 107; wool, id. 102. Mark's Repository, Langham-place, account of, '43. 249. Market-gardeners, traders, '43. 165. Marriage, offences against the law of,
not triable at sessions, '43. 151. Marshalsea, consolidated with the Queen's Bench, '43. 134; com- mittals to, abolished, id. 135. Mathematical sciences, references for the history of, by A. De Mor- gan, '43. 40-65.
Maturin, Rev. H., dies, '43. 127. Mauritius, computed duration of
voyage to, '43. 161; value of ex- ports to (1841), id. 187. "May-Day in the reign of Queen Elizabeth," plate of, copied by electrotype process, '43. 18. Meal, duty on (1842), '43. 132. Melasses, duty on (1842), '43. 119. Memorandum of titles of public
Acts of the session of 1842 not abstracted, 43. 171–176. Menozzi, Domenico, dies, '43. 127. Merchandize, &c., British, export duties op (1842), '43. 119. Merchant Vessels, Passengers in, Regulation Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 107), '43. 160-162.
Metals, duty on (1842), '43. 89. Mexico, value of exports to (1841),
Miller, Mr., principal engineer of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- way, '43. 72.
Millers, traders, '43. 165. Minerals, duty on (1842), '43. 89. Mines and Collieries Regulation Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 99), '43. 158, 159.
Morocco, &c., value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Morse, electrical telegraph, '43. 7. Mortality, average of, dependent as well on drainage, &c., as on other circumstances, '43. 29; diminish- ed by drainage, in Ely, id. 34; wages not a fair test of average, of, id. 30; average of, in prisons, diminished by cleanliness, id. 34. Moxhay's Building, account of, '43. 247.
Mudie, R., dies, '43. 127.
Munster, Earl of, death of, '43. 127. Murder, not triable at sessions, '43.
150; attempts, average convic- tions for, in 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. 123. Musical compositions, copyright in,
National Vaccine Institution, an- nual report of (1841), '43. 39. Naval stores, duty on (1842), '43.
Navy, expenses of (1841-2), '43. 178. Necrological table of literary men, artists, and public characters, from April 1841 to November 1842, 43. 127, 128.
Nelson Column, progress of, '43. 230.
Nemours, Duke of, appointed Re- gent of France, '43. 259.
New Orleans, duration of voyage to, '43. 197.
South Wales Government Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 76), '43. 155,
156; sale of Crown waste lands (5 and 6 Vict. c. 36), '43. 149, 150.
New York, duration of voyage to, '43. 197.
Zealand, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187; computed du- ration of voyage to, id. 161; sale of Crown waste lands (5 and 6 Vict. c. 36), id. 149, 150. Newspapers, number of stamps is- sued for, and used during years ending March 1840, 1841, and 1842, '43. 199. Northern and Eastern Railway, ex- tent of, and when opened, '43. 67.
Union Railway, its in- tended line, '43. 66; several par- ticulars relating to, id. 77-79. Northumberland, Duke of, installed Chancellor of Cambridge, '43. 259.
Norway, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Norwich and Yarmouth Railway,
its intended line, '43. 66; some particulars relating to, id. 78, 79; projected line from, to Cambridge, id. 80.
Nott, General, leaves Candahar, '43. 259.
Notting-hill, proposed buildings at,
Numerical abstract of petitions and private bills for the session 1842, 43. 220-227.
Oaths, unlawful taking, &c., not triable at sessions, '43. 151. Oatmeal, duty on (1842), '43. 132. Oats, duty on (1842), '43. 132; price of, from 1828 to 1841, id. 198. Obituary of literary men, artists, and public characters, from April 1841 to November 1842, 43. 127, 128.
O'Connor, Feargus, arrested, '43. 260.
Occurrences, chronicle of, from August 1841 to November 1842, '43. 257-260.
Oersted's discovery concerning the effect of the electric current, '43. 9. Offences against the person, increase of, in 1841, '43. 122.
against property, committed with violence, decrease of, in 1841, '43. 122; the same, without vio- lence, increase of, id. ib. Offices, tax on, '43. 136. Oils, duty on (1842), '43. 92. Oldham Branch Railway, extent of, and when opened, '43. 67; ac- count of its cost, traffic, &c., id. '72, 73. Ordnance, expenses of (1841-2),
Ores, duty on (1842), '43. 89. Orleans, Duke of, killed, '43. 259. Orphans, number of, chargeable to the poor rate, in 1839-40, 43. 32.
Qxford, Divinity Chair, Dr. Hamp- den, motion for restoration to, '43.258; Professorship of Poetry, id. 257.
Pacioli, Lucas, his edition of Euclid, its existence ascertained, '43. 40f. Paddington improvements, '43. 232. Palestine, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187. Palmer, Col., evacuates Ghuznee, '43. 257.
Mr. E., his electrotint in- vention described, '43. 19, 20; his glyphography described, id. 20. Mr. Vaughan, his electro- type plate from engraving, '43. 18.
Parliament opened, '43. 201; chron- icle of the session of, 5 and 6 Vict. (1842), id. 201-219; length of the session of 1842, number of its hours of sitting, &c. &c., id. 219+; offences against, not triable at sessions, id. 151. Parliamentary documents, see AB-
Pasley, Colonel, his operations to raise the "Royal George," de- scribed, '43. 4, 5.
Passengers in Merchant Vessels, Regulation Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 107), 43. 160-162. Parish Constables Appointment and Payment Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 109), '43. 163, 164. Peas, duty on (1842), '43. 132.. Peel, Sir R., announces his financial
plans-proposed income tax, '43. 205; notice of motion for com- mittee on corn laws, id. 201; introduces his measure, id. 202. Pensions, amount of (1841-2), '43. 177.
Perfumery, duty on (1842), '43. 92. Periodical works, copyright in, '43. 152.
Perjury, &c., not triable at sessions,
Peru, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Peterborough and Blisworth, intend- ed railway, '43. 80. Petersburgh, duration of voyage to, '43. 197.
Petitioning creditors' debt, '43. 165. Petitions, public, of the session 5 and 6 Vict. (1842), '43. 228, 229. Philadelphia, duration of voyage to, '43. 197.
Philippine Isles, value of exports to (1841), '43, 187.
Pirating books, penalties for, '43.
Pixis, F. W., dies, '43. 128. Plating by electricity, described, '43. 16.
Pollock, General, forces the Khyber Pass, '43. 257.
Poor Law Amendment Continuance Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 57), 43. 154, 155.
Commissioners, their en- quiry into the sanitory condition of the labouring population, '43. 21.
rates, value of real property assessed to, in year ended 25th March, 1841, in each county in England and Wales; amount levied, &c. &c. (1841), '43. 192, 193.
Pope, the, orders prayers for the
Church in Spain, '43. 257. Population of Great Britain, ratio of
increase of (1840), '43. 188†; pro- portion of, in each county of Eng- land and Wales, to number of acres assessed to poors' rate, id. 192; pressure of, not diminished by epidemic diseases, id. 30. Population, labouring, of Great Bri- tain, sanitary condition of, '43. 21-39.
Porcelain, duty on (1842), '43. 105. Pork, salt, contract prices of, from 1835 to 1841, '43. 196.
Port Natal, insurrection at, '43. 257; suppressed, id. 258.
Porter, Sir R. K., dies, '43. 127. Portugal, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Post-office, revenue of (1841-2), '43. 177; net produce of, in each quarter ending October 1841 and 1842, id. 179; revenue of, for month ending 5th January, 1840, and ditto, 1842, id. 200; sums paid by, for conveyance of mails by railway, in 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. ib.; money orders, number of, issued and paid in England and Wales, in several quarters of 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842, id. ib.
Pottinger, Major, massacred,'43, 257. Poynter, Mr. A., architect of Christ
Church, Westminster, '43. 239. Pozzo, Professor, dies, '43. 127.
di Borgo, Count, dies, '43.
127. Præmunire, not triable at sessions, '43. 151.
Prison, Queen's. Act (5 Vict. c. 22), '43. 134-136.
Prisons, three, consolidated and call- ed the Queen's Prison, '43. 134. Prisoners, classes of, in the Queen's
Prison, '43. 135; fees of, abolished in several London prisons, id. ib. Private Bills of the Session (5 and 6 Vict.), 1842, '43. 220-227; comparative classification of, for ten years, from 1833 to 1842, id. 220.
Professions, tax on, '43. 136. Property Tax Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 35), '43. 136-149; net revenue of tax, for quarter ended 10th October, 1842, '43. 179.
Prussia, meeting of deputies in, '43. 260; value of exports to (1841), id. 187.
King of, present at the open- ing of Parliament, '43. 201; spon- sor to the Prince of Wales, id. 257; leaves Woolwich, id. ib. Public characters, obituary of, from April 1841, to November 1842, '43. 127, 128.
improvements, progress of,
in 1842, '43. 230-256.
Quarter Sessions, jurisdiction of Justices of, Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 38), '43. 150, 151; courts may be divided, id. 151. Queen Victoria, fired at by Francis,
'43. 258; attempt to fire at, by Bean, id. ib.; masked ball at the palace, id. ib.; embarks for Scot- land, id. 260; Act for the pro- tection of her person (5 and 6 Vict. c. 51), id. 153, 154. Queen's Bench Prison consolidated with Fleet, &c., '43. 134.
Prison Act (5 Vict. c. 22), '43. 134-136; salary of the keeper of, and of clerk of the pa- pers, surgeon, and chaplain, id. 136.
speech, '43. 201-219; title, &c., offences against, not triable at sessions, id. 151.
strictions on, '43. 79; fallacy of competing lines to the public, id. 76; of Great Britain, account of those in progress in 1842, id. 66 -80.
Rapallo, not indicted, '43. 257. Real property, returns showing an- nual value of, in each county of England and Wales assessed to the poors' rates, for year ended 25th March, 1841; amount of rates, proportion of population, and annual value of real property in 1815, '43. 192, 193. Records, stealing, &c., not triable at sessions, '43. 151.
Redgrave, Mr., his criminal tables for 1841, referred to, '43. 120. Reflectors for telescopes, attempt to produce, by galvanism, '43. 17. Religion, offences against, not triable at sessions, '43. 151. Reprints of copyright books not to be imported, '43. 152. Resins, duty on (1842), '43. 94. Revenue, abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain, in years and quarters ended 10th October, 1841, and 10th October, 1842, with increase and decrease thereof, '43. 179; gross receipt of, derived from customs, excise, and stamps and assessed taxes; esti- mated amount of repealed, &c.; taxes, and actual increase and de- crease of revenue in each year, from 5th January, 1815, to 5th January, 1842, id. 180.
of India, and finance ac- counts (1809-10,1819-20,1829-30, and 1839-40), '43. 178. Review, Court of, regulated, '43. 169.
Reviews, copyright in, '43. 152. Ricouti, T. J., dies, '43. 128. Rio de la Plata, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Riots, increase of, in 1841, '43. 123;
at Cork, at Ennis, id. 258; in { manufacturing districts, id. 259. River Acts, titles of, passed in ses- sion 1842, '43. 224.
Road Acts, titles of, passed in ses sion 1842, '43. 224.
Robbery, average convictions for, in
1835, 1836, 1837, 1839, 1840, and 1841, '43. 123. Roberts, Mr. H., architect of the Greenwich Railway Stations, '43. 249.
Roebuck, Mr., his committee on
elections, '43. 211, et seq. Rosse, Earl of, telescope reflectors, '43. 17, 18.
Royal Exchange, first stone laid by Prince Albert, '43. 257; further account of building, and first stone laid, id. 245.
"Royal George," operation to raise it, described, '43. 4. Ruhl, J. E., dies, '43. 128. Rules, liberty of the, abolished in
several instances, '43. 135. Rum, quantity imported from West Indies and British Guiana, from 1831 to 1841, '43. 189; see SPIRITS.
Russell, Lord J., his amendment on the corn law question negatived,
'43. 202. Russia, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Emperor of, his ukase, '43.
257. Rutlandshire, mean chances of life in, in the lowest class, '43. 30, 31. Rye, duty on (1842), '43. 132.
price of, from 1828 to 1842, '43. 198.
Sacrilege, average convictions for, in 1835, 1836, 1837, 1839, 1840, and 1841, '43. 123. St. Domingo, earthquake at, '43.
St. George, Hanover-square, and Whitechapel, proportionate aver- age mortality in, '43. 29.
St. Helena, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
St. Petersburgh, duration of voyage to, '43. 197.
Salaries, public, amount of (1841-2), '43. 177.
Sale, Lady, hostage to Akhbar Khan,
Sir R., defeats the Affghans, '43. 257.
Sanitary condition of the labouring population of Great Britain, '43. 21-39.
Sardinia, King of, grants an am- nesty, '43. 257.
Saumarez, Lord, proposed monu- ment to, '43. 219.
Savage, Mr. James, architect of some of the Temple Church alterations, '43. 234.
Savings Banks, number of annuities granted through, up to March 1842, '43. 191.
Schaller, J., dies, '43. 127. Schelling, Baron, his suggestions on magnetic telegraphs, '43. 9. Schorn, Dr., dies, '43. 127. Schreiber, Aloys, dies, '43. 127. Scotland, annual average imports
and exports of, for five years end- ing 1827, ditto 1841, '43. 189. Seditious libels, printing, &c., not triable at sessions, '43. 151. Seeds, duty on (1842), '43. 85. Sentences, proportion of, in 1834,
1837, and 1841, '43. 123; num- ber of, in 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. 124.
Session of Parliament of 5 and
Vict. (1812), chronicle of the, '43. 201-219. Sessions, Jurisdiction of Justices in, Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 38), '43. 150, 151. Sheffield and Manchester Railway, extent of, and length opened, '43. 68; some account of, id. 76. Ship-owners, traders, '43. 165. Ships, registered in England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, entered coast- wise, entered and cleared to and from the colonies, and whether steam or sailing vessels, '43. 190; tonnage and men which arrived from China, from 1836 to 1841, id. ib.; see further, TONNAGE, VESSELS.
Shiskov, Admiral, dies, '43. 127. Silk, and manufactures of, duty on (1842), '43. 107.
Sismondi, J. C. L. S. de, dies, '43. 128.
Skins, duty on (1842), '43. 98. Sliding scale, under Act 5 Vict c. 14, '43. 132.
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