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Encke, Professor; his opinion on the mean distance and mean motion of a comet, '33. 14. Encke's comet, '29. 24; when and by whom discovered, '33. 5t; predicted appearance of (1832), id. 5; elements of the orbit of, '33. 15; its motion, id. ib.; observed at the Cape of Good Hope by. Mr. Henderson, '33. 5+: Enclosure Bills; standing order as to space to be set apart for recreation of the people, 40.

201.

"Encyclopædia Americana" referred to, '32. 109. "Encyclopædia Britannica" referred to, '30. 51; supplement referred to, '30. 68+. "Encyclopædia

Metropolitana,"

modern Persian Almanac described from, '29. 7, 8.****** Endeavour Lying-in Charity, '30. 142; Society, 30. 152. Endemic diseases, causes of, '36. 28, 29; prevention of, id. 26, 27. Endowed and unendowed dayschools in the several counties of England in 1828, 29. 93; endowed schools in Wales, number of, in 1818, '29. 94+. Eneas Sylvius, '31. 70. Enfield, population of (1821), 29. 81; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 67; rental of the parish of (1829), 29. 85; road improvement in, '31. 225; district chapelry, '35. 230. Engelberts, '31. 79; '32. 74. Enghien, Duke d', shot, '28. 63. Engravings, copyright law of, extended to Ireland (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 59), '37. 127. Engrossing, laws relating to, '39. 65, 66,

England, extent and population of,

and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 78; table of the size of the several counties of, the petty sessions, number of magistrates, of parishes, and amount of population returns, '28. 78; monarchy of, its extent, population, sovereign, re

ligions, revenue, debt, army and navy, in 1828, 29. 72. 73; population of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, 33. 57-88; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; population of the several counties and chief towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in same, and number of members of parliament for each, '33. 57, 78; population of each county of, in 1841, males and females, number of houses, inhabited, uninhabited, and building in the same year, 42. 107; comparative statement of the latter in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, id. 111. England, Scilly, and Man, extent and population of (1831), '33.

54.

mountains of, and their se veral heights, '33. 46, 47; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49.53.

chronological table of monarchs of, from Egbert, in the year 800, to 1828, 29. 47-54. quantity of cultivated, waste, and unprofitable land in (1829), id. 90.

average number of patents granted in, from 1821 to 1826, $30. 130.

education in, a general table showing the state of, in 1818, '29. 91; progress of, from 1818 to 1828, id. 93.

Histories of, names of, *32. 57-62, 68.

and Scotland united under one crown and same parliament, "28. 60, 61.

and Wales, extent and population of, in 1828, id. 71.

and France, state of crime in, '36. 59-62.

and India, chronological account of the connexion between, '32.25-45.

English coinage, weights of, '28. 165.

Africa, its extent, popula tion, capital, and religious, in 1828, '29. 74, 75.

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Engravers' Benevolent Fund, '30. 147.

Engraving Bank-note plates, &c., without lawful authority, punishable (1 W. IV. c. 66), '31. 160; foreign bill plates, how punishable (1 W. IV. c. 160), id. 160. Enkianthus quinqueflora, '31. 38. Enlargement of the heart, deaths from, within the bills of mortality, in 1827, 29.110. Enlistment of seamen, Act for the encouragement of the voluntary, &c. (5 & 6 W.IV. c. 24), '36.116,

117.

Ennis, Clare, population of (1821), '29. 83; in 1821 and 1831, '34. 90; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182. Enniscorthy, population of, in 1821 and 1831, 34. 90. Enniskillen, population of, in 1821

and 1831, 34. 92; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182. Ennius, 28. 53; 31. 65; '32. 52. Ennodius, '31.65; '32.54. Ensor, Mr., his estimate of the proportion of unemployed Irish, 31.

106.

Enstathius, '32. 51.

Entailed Estates (Scotland) Act (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 42), '37. 122; Act for sale of same (4 Vict. c. 24), '42. 128. Entelæa arborescens, '31. 39. "Enterprise" steam-ship, passage to

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Epicycloidal teeth of wheels, Ro mer, '29.62. Epidaurus, national assembly at, '28.67.

Epidemic diseases, prevention of, 36. 26, 27; the index of salubrity, '40. 41.

distemper in northern coasts of Europe, '28. 68. Epigæa repens, '29. 65.

Epilepsy, causes of, '35. 33, 34; deaths from, within the bills of mortality, in 1827, '29. 110. Epimenides, '31. 64; '32. 48. Epiphany, or Twelfth-day, '28. 8. Epiphi, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Episcopacy abolished in Scotland, '28. 61.

Episcopal authority suspended in England, '37. 63.

Floating Church Society,

30. 154; 31. 138.

Epko, '31. 68.

of Repgow, '32. 63. Epping Forest, new road across, 31. 225.

Epsom, population of, '33. 73... and Tooting Road Act, '40.

216.

Epsom salts, their resemblance to oxalic acid, '28. 117; difference of taste, id. ib.

Equality, definition and sign of, '28. 104.

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Equalization of weights and measures, tables of, '28. 103, 104. Equations,Harriot, on, '29.56; theory of, 30. 54-56; works on the theory of, cited, '39, 50. pinan Equator, the, '28. 91; what it is, $42. 20. Equestin, Matthew de l', first foreign post-master, '40, 63. Equinoctial line, what it is, '42.. 20. Equitable Life Assurance Society, its division of profits, '31. 88; its great additions to its policies, '31.

920*

3.

Equity, courts of, commitments by, regulated (11 Geo. IV. c. 36), '31. 151.

-Exchequer Courts abolished, '42. 142 Era of Abraham, '30. 18; Abyssinian, id. 13; of Alexandria, id. 12; of Antioch, id. ib.; of the Armenians, id. 19; Caliyug, id. 25; of the Caesars, id. 18; Csarean of Antioch, id. ib.; the Christian, id. 10-12; of Constantinople, id. 12; of Dioclesian, id. 16; the Egyptian, id. 15, 16; the Grecian, id. 17; of the French Republic, id. 20; of the Hegira, id. 20-23; the Jewish, id. 13-15; of Martyrs, id. 16; Mahometan, id. 20-23; of Nabonassar, id. 15; of Parasurama, id. 26; of Salivahana, id. 25; Persian, id. 18; of the Seleucides, id. 17; Spanish, id. 18; of Tyre, id. 17; of Vicramaditya, id. 25;; of Yezdegird III., id. 18, 19. Eras, the principal, '28. 49.

of aucient and modern times, and of various countries, explained, '30.630.

mode of reducing the several, to the Christian era, id. ib.

correspondence between the ancient and vulgar, 28.5; '29. 16; correspondence of, with the year 1830, '30. 30; with the year 1831, 31. 25; with the year 1832,

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in Lent, '28. 10.

Ercilla, A. de, '31. 71; '32. 70. Erfurt, meeting at, '28. 64; circle of Prussian Commercial League,'42. 112-114,

Erghorn, John, '37. 22.

Eric expels the Romans from Spain, '28.55.

Eric Olai, '31. 71; '32. 74. Erica ardens, 31.39; campanulata, id. ib.; cerinthoides, id. ib.; ele gans, id. ib.; empetroides, id. ibi; ewerana, id. ib.; filamentosa, ide. ib.; formosa, id. ib.; fragrans, id. ib.; grandiflora, id. ib.; halicacaba, id. ib.; mammosa, id. ib. j. margaritacea, id. ib.; mucosa, id ib.; odorata, id. ib.; persoluta. id. ib.; Plukenetiana, id. ib. ; pubescens, id. ib.; pyramidalis, id. ib.; ramantacea, id. ib.; resinosa, id. ib.; sebana, id. ib.; taxifolia, id. ib.; ventricosa, id. ib.;. vestita, id, ib.

Erie and Ontario, Lakes, canal

opened between, '31..233 Erigena, '31. 66; J. Scot, 32. 57,... Eriogaster populi, '29. 44

Eriostemon salicifolium, '31. 39. Erivan ceded to Russia, '29. 235; '31. 61.

ERMINE, see FURS.

Ermine moth, unusual quantity of '30.40.

Erodium incarnatum, '31. 39.
"Erotic Letters," '32. 50,
Erpenius, '31. 73; 32. 72.
Errington and Locke, Messrs., en-

gineers of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway, '42. 62. Errol, population of, '33. 86.

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Escaliri (Dutch), its value, &c. (1829), '30. 105. Escape of prisoners, law of (1829), '30. 135, 136. Escheat, Act to amend the law relating to escheat and forfeiture of real and personal property holden in trust (4 W. IV. c. 23), '35. 132; Act removing doubts on (1 & 2 Vict. c. 67), '39. 157. Eschuid, or Eschuyde, his works, '37. 25.

Eshenden, his works, '37. 25. Eshwid, or Eshwood, his works, '37.

25.

Espartero created Comte de Luchana,

$38. 243; demands the dismissal of the ministry, &c., '41. 255; nominates a ministry in Spain, '41. 255; his public entry into Madrid, id. it; expels the Papal nuncio from Madrid, '42. 234; is appointed Regent of Spain, id. 238. Espercieux, J. J., dies, '41. 138. Espinel, Vic., '32. 71. "Esprit des Loix," '32. 69. Esquires, income, &c., of, in 1688,

'35. 72.

"Essai Statistique sur le Royaume

de Portugal et d'Algarve," by Balbi, referred to, '29. 79. Essay on Dew, by Dr. Wells, referred to, 31. 29, 30. Essequibo and Demerara, educa

tion, state of, and amount of population in, '34. 181; value of imports and exports into and from, in 1833, '37. 164; number of Jews in (1829), *30. 100.

Essex, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, 28. 78; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 62; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; same in 1841, '42. 107; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 109; extent of, in acres, '34. 84; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 88; number of, in 1835 and 1837, 38. 192; county electors, number of, in, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 181; education, proportion per cent. of persons married in the year ended June 1840, who could write, '42. 171; excise licences issued, and publichouses in, number of (1831), '32. 185; families, number of, in, and how employed, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '34. 6, 87; houses, number of, in, in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, '34. 84, 85; inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; luuatics, &c., pauper, proportion of, to population, in 1837, 38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemnization of (1840), 41. 199; proportion of persons married under twenty-one years of age in the year ended June 1840, 42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), 35. 76; 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 expenditure, 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 25thMarch, 1830, '32. 184; for year ending 25th March, 1831, 33. 187; expended on the poor in year ending Easter 1832, '34. 174;

amount levied, and expenditure of same, for year ending 25th March, 1833, '35. 189; for the year ending 25th March, 1834, 36. 174; the same for the years ending 25th March, 1831, 1836, 1837, 38. 188; decrease of same in 1837 compared with 1834, id, 190; proportion of paupers relieved to the population 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 proportion of depositors to population of (1835), '37. 72; state of, on 20th Nov. 1837, '39. 134; savings banks, friendly societies, and charitable institutions, number of, and of depositors and amount of deposits in, in Nov. 1836, 38. 193; on 20th Nov. 1838, '40. 189; on 20th Nov. 1839, '41. 194; on 20th Nov. 1840, '42. 166; endowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day-schools in, in 1818 and 1828, '29. 93; number of Church of England schools in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 120; 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. 192; 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; coals and cinders entered coastwise, and duty thereon, in 1829, 31. 190; Turnpike Roads Act, '35. 222. Essex, chaffinches of, more valued

than others, and why, '29. 32. Established Church Bill passes the Commons, '37. 211; passes the Lords with amendments, id. 213; amendments rejected by the Commons and Bill abandoned, id. 214; in England and Wales; Act for

carrying into effect the reports of the commissioners to consider the state of the, &c. (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 77), '37. 137, 138; Act continued (7 W. IV, and 1 Vic. c. 71), '38. 153; payments from public monies to, England, Ireland, and Scotland, from 1801 to 1840, '41. 198. Establishments in Holland for the relief of mendicity, '29. 131135. Estemdeene, his works, '37. 25. Esther, fast of, '28. 14. Esthonia conquered by Peter the Great, '28. 61; given to Sweden, '31. 48.

Estreats, Clerk of the, in the Ex-
chequer, abolished, '34. 144.
Estwood, John, '37. 22.
Estwyde, his works, '37. 25.
Ethelwerd, '31. 66; '32. 57.
Etherow, Reservoirs Act, '38. 210.
Ethiopia, History of, '32. 71.
Etna, eruptions of, '31. 236; '33.
232; '34. 240.

Eton, population of, '33. 58.
Etruria, prince of Parma made
king of, '31. 55.

"Ettrick Shepherd" dies, '36. 108; gift to his widow, '37. 252. Etwar, an Indian day, '30. 21. Eubank drainages described, '30. 253.

Eucalyptus obliqua, '31. 39; piperita, id. ib.

Euchilus obcordatus, '31. 39. Euclid, 31, 64; 32. 48; arith

metic, 29. 56; optics, id. 62; elements compiled, id. 60. Eudoxus, lunar month, '29. 58. Eugene, viceroy of Italy, '28. 63. Eugenia elliptica, '31. 39; myrtifolia, id. ib.

Eugenius, '31. 77.

Euler, Leon, '31. 76; '32. 65; calculus, 29. 60; arithmetic of sines, id. 57; his discoveries in the moon's orbit, '34. 9; his treatise on tides referred to, '30. 52; his theorems used in the tables at the commencement of the Nautical Almanac, 29.15; Euler, D'Alembert, and Clairhault, their solution of "the problem of the three

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