its nest, id. ib. Field spiders, the producers of gossamer, '29. 32, 42. Fienus, Thomas, his "Disputatio an cœlum moveatur et terra quiescat" fully quoted, '36. 5—15. Fieschi, his attempt on the life of Louis Philippe, '36. 246; he is tried and executed, '37. 252, 253. Fifeshire, population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831; value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 84; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 89; the same in 1841, '42. 108; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 110; electors, number of in, in 1836, '37. 182; houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, 42. 108; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 98; turnpike-gates in, rents of, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 178. Fig-tree, '29. 65. Figs, duty on (1829), '30. 204; import and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 173; in 1829, '32. 177; in 1830, 33. 176; in 1831, '34. 154; the same, and duty on, in 1837, '39. 184; the same in 1838, '40. 176; the same in 1839, '41. 183; the same in 1840, '42. 156. Fighting, deaths from, within the bills of mortality, in 1827, '29. 110. Figoeireda, '31. 77; 32. 71. Filacaia, '31. 72. Filacer in the Exchequer abolished, '34. 144. '32.57. Filiform Passerina, '31. 42. Filtering of water for supply to the metropolis, '29. 106. Filters used at the Shaws' water scheme, 30. 254. Finance, the subject of, better under stood than formerly, '32. 80; account of the total amount of unredeemed funded debt, and the charge thereof, 1827 and 1828, 29. 186; sums paid for interest on Exchequer bills, 1827, id. 186; unredeemed capital of the public funded debt, the amount of outstanding Exchequer Bills, and the amount of terminable annuities on 5th Jan. 1828, and 5th Jan. 1831, '32. 176; account of the terminable annuities, and the periods at which they will expire, 32. 176; account of the state of the public funded debt of the United Kingdom on 5th Jan. 1832, 33. 173; Exchequer bills outstanding on the 5th Jan. 1832, amount of, id. ib. ; account of the state of the public funded debt of the United Kingdom on 5th Jan. 1833. 34. 150; documents relating to the finances for year ending 5th Jan. 1828, '28. 162164. account of the net public expenditure of the United Kingdom for year ending Jan. 5, 1828, '29. 185; account of the ordinary revenues and extraordinary resources of Great Britain and Ireland for year ending Jan. 5, 1828, '29.184; account of the net public expenditure of the United Kingdom (Jan. 5, 1829), '30. 197; account of the ordinary revenues and extraordinary resources of the United Kingdom for the year ending 5th Jan. 1829, '30. 196, 197; abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1828, and 10th Oct. 1829, 30. 196; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the year ending 5th Jan. 1830, '31. 169; abstract of the net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1829, and 10th Oct. 1830, id. ib.; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ending 5th Jan. 1831, '32. 175; net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1831, and 10th Oct. 1832, '33. 172; net public income and expenditure of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended 5th Jan. 1832, id. ib.; net public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the year ended 5th Jan. 1833, '34. 148; same for the year ended 5th Jan. 1834, '35. 166; net produce of the revenue of Great Britain in the years ended 10th Oct. 1832, and 10th Oct. 1833, 34. 148; the same in the year ended 10th Oct. 1834, '35. 166; public income and expenditure for the year ended 5th Jan. 1835, 36. 148, 149; account of the public income and expenditure of the United Kingdom in the years ended 5th Jan. 1834, 1835, and 1836, '37. 150-152; the same in the years ended 5th Jan. 1836 and 1837, 38. 167169; the same in the year ended 5th Jan. 1838, '39. 173, 174; the same for the year ending 5th Jan. 1839, 40. 167-169; the same for the years 1838 and 1839, '41. 175-177; the same for the year ended 5th Jan. 1841, '42. 149151; see further, FUNDS, FUNDED DEBT. Finance committee (Peel's) appointed, '29. 203. Finances, statement of the deficiency in, in the House of Lords, '41. 200. Finchley, rental of the parish of (1829), '29.85; population of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 67; road to, from St. John's-wood, near completion of, '31. 226, Findhorn bridge destroyed, and ford at same place formed, 31. 228,229. Fine arts, conimittee appointed to consider the cultivation of, in reference to the new houses of Parliament, '42. 181. Fine-leaved selago, '31. 43. Fines and forfeitures, amount produced by, in.1827, '29. 187. -on copyholds, Act for the commutation of, '42. 130-133. Finland ceded to Russia, '28. 64. Finlayson, Mr., his tables for calculating the payments to benefit societies, '33. 115-119; his tables relating to the value, &c., of savings banks annuities under Act 3 W. IV. c. 14, '34. 75-78. Finsbury division, parishes comprised within, 32. 108; population of, and of the several parishes, &c., of same, and its representation, '33. 67, 68; house-tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, and farm-houses exempt from, for year ending 5th April, 1830, '32. 108. 143. charity-schools, '30. 158. Dispensary, '30. 143. Midwifery Institution, '30. Fir, balm of Gilead, '29. 66; silver, id. ib. Fire the readiest mode of changing the air, 28. 113. increased supply of water in cases of (1829), '29. 101. 105; deficiency in supply of water in case of, in southern districts of London, accounted for. (1829), '29. 105. Society for the prevention of loss of life by, '30. 151. in theatres, security from, '28. 182, 183. Fire insurance, observations on, '28. 127, 128; stamps on, Act regulating 9 Geo. IV. c. 13, '29. 143; amount of duties on policies in the United Kingdom for the years 1811, 1816, 1821, and 1826, '28. 169 ;amount of duty on, paid by the London fire-offices in 1827, '29. 199; in the year 1828, '30. 217; the same, and by the country offices in 1829, 31. 196; in England in 1829, 31. 196; in England and Ireland, amount of stamp-duty on, on average of three years, 1815 and 1830, 31. 178; sums paid for duty on, and sums insured by each insurance office on farming stock exempt from dnty in 1834 in England, '36. 179, 180; stamps on, amount of, in 1837, 39. 178; the same, in 1838, '40. 173. Fire, owners of vessels liable for losses by (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 61), '37. 129. Fire-arms, when used, '28. 58; not to be discharged near dwellinghouse, '40. 154. balls emitted by thunderclouds, instances of, '39. 22. damp, explosion of, near Lyons, 30. 259. at Astley's Theatre, '42. 239; Camberwell church destroyed by, 242. 236; Dundee churches destroyed, id. 234; the "Hibernian" emigrant ship destroyed by, '34. 241; the Houses of Lords and Commons destroyed by, '35. 261, 262; ground plan, showing the extent of the damage, id. 250, 251; Kinmel Hall destroyed by, '42. 243; "Lake Erie" steamer destroyed by, id. 241; of London, '28. 60; predictions of same, '40. 26; at Smyrna, '42. 240; Spitalfields church damaged by, id. 234; the steamer "Ben Lomond" destroyed by, '34. 245; Streatham church destroyed by, '42. 234; at the Tower of London, id. 244; Wynyard House destroyed by, id. 236. See FIRES. Fires, proportion of, as to number of houses, '28. 127; prevalent in Normany and Brittany, '31. 236; incendiary, in Kent, '31. 238; by incendiaries in various parts, '35. 252, 254. For law relating to, see ARSON. not to be made near highways unless screened, '36. 126. Fires in various places, viz. Astley's Theatre, '42. 239; in Austria, '35. 255; at Bridport, id. 253; at Canton, '37. 251; at Constantinople, '30. 263; '31. 234. 239; '34. 247; the Palace burnt, '40. 256; at Pera and Galata, id. 260; at Dublin Custom House stores, '34. 247; at Dundee (churches) 42. 234; the English Opera House destroyed by, '31. 234; in Fetter-lane, and loss of life, '31. 235; near Golden-square, 36. 241; at Gotha, '39. 249; at Harrow School, id. 252; at Hatfield House, '36. 250; at Hoff, '35. 261; at Liverpool, '34. 240; in Long-acre, '33. 233; at Lympstone, '31. 245; at Manilla, id. 242; at the Milbank Penitentiary, '36. 219; at Moscow, '35. 259; at New York '37. 251; at North Tawton, '35. 259; at Paris, the "Vaudeville" Theatre burnt, '39. 248; at Pera (Constantinople), '30. 263; '32. 239; at Pera and Galata (Constantinople), '40. 960; at Plymouth Dockyard, '41. 255; at Quebec, '35. 253; the Royal Exchange burnt, '39. 248; at St. Petersburgh, id. 248; in the Island of St. Thomas, '33. 228; at Sheerness Dockyard, '41. 255, 256; at Singapore, 31. 234; at Smyrna, '42.240; at Streatham, id. 234; at Spitalfields, id. ib.; in the Temple, '39. 219; at the Tower of London, '42. 244; at Tula, '35. 259; at Vienna, and loss of life, '31. 236; at Wynyard House, '42. 236; at York Minster, account of, '41. 234, 254. Firlots, Linlithgow, or Scots, abolished, 28. 100. First flood, bell at Gravesend rung at, '28. 158. First fruits, resolution against, '39. 201; Tenths, and Queen Anne's Bounty, Act for Consolidation of the Offices of (1 Vict. c. 20), '39. 147; resolution relating to, '41. 203. "First meridian," what it is, '31. 78. First meridians of longitude, '31. ་་་ 78, 79. First offence, power to justices to discharge for, "28. 141. Firuzabadi, 31. 69; '32. 79. Fisacre, Richard, '37. 22. Fischart, John, '31. 70; '32. 64. Fischer, Dr., his observations on lightning rods, '28. 186. Fish, when unfit for food; their poisonous effects, '36. 22, 23; dangerous effects of, when bad, id. 26, 27. condemned, quantity of, at the port of London, in three years · ending 1833, '35. 195. conveyance of (4 W. IV. c. -20), '35. 181. directions for preserving for collections, '38.-23. taking or destroying, penalties for, '28. 135. ́. pond, destroying, or putting poison into, punishment for, '28. 144. exports of herrings. Quantity and declared value of exports of, in 1828, 31. 176; quantity and value of, exported 1831, '34. 157; salted, quantity and value of exports of, from Western Australia (1834), 36. 182; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183; the same, and quantities thereof in 1838, '40. 180; the same in 1839, '41. 187; the same in 1840, '42. 162. Fishes in January, '29. 30; in May, id. 36; in September, id. 41. 123. poison, remedies against, '28. amount of product of (1828), '32. 124. Fisherrow Harbour Improvement Act, '41. 222. Fishguard, population of, '33. 81; Market Act, 35. 219; Harbour Improvement Act, 38. 214; repeal Act, '39. 215. Fishmongers' Hall, progress of, '33. 216; account of, 34. 217, 218; description and view of, '36. 229 -231... Fishwick Water Works Act, '33. 210.*** Fistula, deaths from, within the bills of mortality, in 1827, '29. 110. prevalence of, amongst tailors, *35. 34. FITCH, see FURS. Anthony, '32, 59. - Mrs., dies, '38. 244. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, designs for, '36. 223; account and view of, 38. 224-227; further account and section of, '39. 225-227. Fiume, consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181. Five-cleft calothamnus, '31. 37. Five-flowered enkianthus, '31. 39. Fixed stars, centres of systems, '29. 57. and planets, occultations of, by the moon, in 1831, '31. 26, 27. occultations of, by the moon, visible at Greenwich in 1833, '33. 22, 23; in 1834, '34. 31; in 1835, '35. 37, 88; in 1836, '36. 33, 34; in 1837, 37. 45, 46; in 1838, '38. 43, 44; in 1839, '39. 58, 59. Flake white, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, '28. 117. Flame-flowered Hermannia, '31.40. Flamstead or Flamsteed, '31. 74; 32. 60; his tide-table referred to, '30. 50; his "History of the Heavens, and Catalogue of the Stars," "29. 59. Flanders, retreat of the British army in, 28. 62. Flax and tow, duty on (1829), '30. 199. (Riga, P.T.R.), price of, from 1813 to 1831, '34. 182. price of, in London, in 1834, '36. 178. value of, imported in the year 1827, 28. 167; quantity imported from 1824 to 1828, '29.191; and tow and codilla of hemp, &c.; import and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 173; in 1829, '32. 177; in 1830+, '33. 176; in 1831, '34. 154; flax and tow, quantity of, imported, exported, and entered for home consumption, from 1820 to 1833, 35. 178; flax and hemp, home consumption of, and duty on, in 1836, '38. 179; flax and tow, or codilla of hemp and flax, import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, 39. 184; the same in 1838, '40. 176; the same in 1839, 41. 183; the same in 1840, 42. 156; flax and tow, exports of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, '39, 189. Bounties' Repeal Act (4 W. IV. c. 14), '35. 130. and COTTON MANUFACTURERS, allowances to, see Soap. factories, number of, in the United Kingdom, and number and ages of persons employed therein, '36. 181, 182. FLAX SEED, see SEEDS. Flax-leaved broom, '31.40; diosma, id. 38; Pimelæa, id. 42. Flaxman dies, '28. 69. Fleet, English and French, sail against Holland, '33. 232. Fleet-market Removal Act, '31.211; removal of, 216; new (or Farringdon) market commenced, '30 240, 241. Fleet marriages, Act to suppress, '37. 66, 67; marriage registers, where deposited, '37. 68, 69; their value as evidence, id. 69. Fleet prison, number of debtors in, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 172. street, widening of, '31. 216. Fleming, Paul, '31. 72; '32. 65. Flesh-coloured erodium, '31. 39; sprengelia, id. 43. Fleshy-leaved hoya, '31. 40. Flimwell and Hastings Road Act, '37.222. Flint, Mr. W., architect of the Leicester News Room, '38. 228. population and representation of, '33. 80. Flintshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, 28. 79; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 80; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 89; the same in 1841, '42. 107; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent. id. 109; difference of time between the principal towns of, and London, 31. 22; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 89; Excise licences issued, and publichouses in, number of (1831) '32. 185; houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 93; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), '39.90. 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 poorrate 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. 175; amount levied |