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amount and rate of compensation for, '39. 195.

Honein, '31. 67.

Honey, quantity of, consumed in winter by bees, '30. 47.

duty on (1829), '30. 204. Honey-flower, great, '31. 41. Honey-bearing spurge, 31. 39. Honey-wort flowered heath, '31. 39. Honey-lane market, city of London,

school established on site of, '36. 249; Act for same, '35. 220; see further, CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.. Honeysuckle, the, '28. 34, 36; Afri

can fly, '31. 40; Chinese, id. 41; Japan, id. ib.; trumpet, '29. 65. Hong merchants of China, 121.

'31.

Hong-Kong ceded to the British, '42. 235.

Honiton, population and representa

tion of, 33. 60; Church Act, '36. 207; church at, account of, '39. 221.

and Buckland Road Repairing Act, 41. 219. Honley, population of, '33. 77. Honorius yields Britain, '28. 55; emperor of the West, id. ib.; "History of," '32. 50.

Hood, Thomas, '37. 23; his works

and invention, id. 42.

Hoofs of cattle, duty on (1832),

'33. 191.

Hooft, P. C., '31. 73; '32. 73.
Hoogeveen, '32. 73. ·

Hooghley, hurricane on the, '34.245.
Hoogly, English forced to abandon,
'32. 26; retaken, id. 28.
Hook, Theodore, dies, id. '42. 124,
242.

Hooke, Dr., duplex escapement, 29. 61; spirit level, id. 62. Hooke, Nathaniel, '31. 74; 32. 61. R,, '32. 61. Hooker, '31.70; '32. 59. Hool, Van, dies, '38. 128. Hooping cough, deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1827, '29. 110.

Hooton Roberts Road Act, '39. 61. 213.

Hopbinds, destroying, punishment for, 28. 144; the same, mitigated, '38. 163.

Hop fly, '30. 40; its fecundity, id. ib.

grounds, '28. 37.
hornbeam, '29. 66.

Hope, population of, '33. 80.
Hôpital Français, '30. 140.
Hopkins and Gray, Messrs., archi-
tects of the Eastern Institution,
'39. 228.

Hops, number of acres of land in Great Britain under cultivation for, in 1826, '28. 168; in 1830, 32. 182; in 1832, 34. 178; in 1833, and quantity of, and amount of duty on, exported in the same year, 35. 185; number of acres under cultivation for, in Great Britain, in 1834, 36. 166; from 1807 to 1834, id. ib.; in each year from 1833 to 1837, '39. 140; in 1837, '39. 193; in 1838, '40. 193; in 1839, '41. 196; in 1840, and amount of duty on hops in the same year, '42. 170.

duty on (1829), '30. 201, 205; in 1837, 39. 193; rate and amount of old and new, in 1839, '41. 196; duties on, when payable (1 and 2 W. IV. c. 53), '32. 160; amount produced by duty on, in 1827, 29. 187; account of (1828), id. 196; amount of duty on, in 1829, and number of acres in cultivation, and hundredweights imported and exported, '31. 193; amount of duty, in 1830, '32. 182; 1830, 1831, and 1832, '34. 164; in 1832, id. 178; in 1834, 36. 166; in 1833, 1834, and 1835, and expenses of same, id. ib.; amount of duty on, in 1836, '38. 181; amount of, in 1837, '39. 177; same, and quantity charged in 1838, '40. 171; quantity charged with duty in England in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33, 181; and amount of duty on, in 1833, 35. 183; in 1834, '36.158; amount of duty on, in 1840, '42. 170; amount of additional duties, in 1840 and 1841, 42. 153.

exports, &c., quantity of British and foreign, exported, and of foreign imported, in 1832, '34.

166; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183. Horace, '28. 54.

Horatius, '31. 65; '32.52. Horizon, the, '28. 90; attached to a globe, described, '42. 23; sensible and true, distinguished, id. ib.

Hornbeam, 29. 41, 44; period of its being in leaf, '30. 39. hop, 29. 66.

Hornblotton and Alford Rectories Consolidation Act, '37. 225. Horn blowing, law relating to (1829), '30. 138; see also NEW POLICE Аст.

Horncastle, population of, '33. 67. Horne, Sir William, Solicitor-General, 31. 240; appointed a judge, '35. 255.

Home Tooke, J., 31. 76; '32. 62. Hornings, in Scotland, number and

expense of, in 1829, 31. 194; meaning of the term, id. ib.t Horns, duty on (1829), '30. 199. and horn tips, duty on (1836),

'37. 128.

Hornsey, rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85; population of, '33.68.

Horology, observations and discoveries in, '29. 60, 61; improvements in, '42. 28. Horrox, transit of Venus, '29. 59; particulars relating to, '37. 28; his selection of astronomical, &c. works, id. ib.

Horse-chestnut, the, '28. 35; period

of its being in leaf, '30. 39; common, '29. 64, 68: scarlet, id. ib. Horse-dealers' tax, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; 1834 and 1835, '38. 171; amount of, in 1837, 39. 178; produce of additional tax on (1840 and 1841), '42. 153.

clerks, &c., duty on, repealed (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 39), '34. 124.

duties, collection transferred to the Excise (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 45), 37. 122.

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racing, Act repealing restrictions on, imposed by stat. 13 G. II. (3 Vict. c. 9), '41. 139. slaughtering, regulations relating to, '36. 127.

stealing, its increase, cause of, '29. 100; number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, '38. 185; number of executions for, in England and Wales (1826), 29. 89; punishment for, 28. 133; not punishable with death (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 62), '33. 148; effect of the abolition of death for, on the number of charges of, '42. 103.

stinger, vulgar error respecting the fly so called, '30. 41; it has no sting, id. ib. Horsemonger-lane gaol, number of debtors in, in 1831 and 1832, '34. 172.

Horseshoehead, entry in old Bills of Mortality, '35. 30.

Horses, export of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183; number of, imported from Ireland in 1801 and 1825, '34. 162; exports of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, 39. 188; average annual number taken to Smithfield market, '34. 184.

duty on (1829), '30. 204; let to hire, duties on (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 120), '33. 166-168; for riding, &c., tax on, produce of, in 1827, 29. 188; net produce of, 1829, '30. 206; tax on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 178; produce of additional tax on (1840 and 1841), 42. 153; number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; 1834 and

1835, 38. 171; exemption from, to farmers, postmasters, &c., in what cases, 35. 152. Horsforth, population of, '33. 77. Horsham, population and representation of, '33. 74. Horsley, S., '32. 62.

Horsleydown, population, &c. of, *28. 86, 87.

Horticultural Society, '30. 162; days and times of its meetings, from November 1831, to June 1832, and its anniversary, '32. 20; from November 1832, to June 1833, 33. 19; from November 1833 to June 1834, 34. 27. Horwick, population of, '33. 65. Hossein, Moham. '31. 73. Hosea, 31. 64; '32. 46. Hosiery and cottons, value of, exported, in 1827, 28. 167.

lace, &c., exports of, value of, in 1838, '40. 180; the same, in 1839, 41. 187; the same, and quantities, in 1840, '42. 162. Hosking, Mr., architect of Trinity Chapel, in the East India-road, Poplar, '41. 233; '42. 213.

Mr. W., architect of the buildings at Abney-park ceme tery, '41. 237.

Mr. W., engineer of the railway works at Wormwood Scrubbs, '40. 249. Hospital, St. George's, building of, '28. 173.

Sussex, county, building of, at Brighton, '28. 173.

of Surgery, '30. 139.

and regimental staff of the army, society for the benefit of widows of officers of the, '30. 147.

Hospitals, mortality in, observations on, and facts relating to, '39. 28 -30.

for particular complaints, '30. 140, 141.

general, in aud near London (1829), '30. 139, 140. Hoste, ship-building, '29. 63. Hot-house, robbing from, punishment for (1827), '28. 136. Hôtel-Dieu, mortality in, '39. 29. Houbigant, '31.75; '32. 69.

Houghton, chapel at, built, '42. 207. Houghton-le-Spring, population of,

'33. 62; Railway Act, '38, 212. Hounds, packs of, tax on, number assessed, and amount of duty, in 1832 and 1833, 36. 152; 1834 and 1835, 38. 171. Hounslow, population of, '33. 68+. Hours, how reduced to degrees, '32. 7; regularity of, amongst the ancients, 31. 5, 6; of the Italians, how regulated, id. 6, 7; unequal length of, amongst the Mahometans, id. 9.

House, stable, &c., burning of, punishment for, 28. 142; see further, ARSON. Housebreaking, number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, 38. 185; effect of the abolition of the punishment of death for, and charges of, '42. 103. House-dove stealing, or pigeon wounding, or killing, penalty for,

*28. 135.

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sparrow, nest of, '30. 37.

tax, produce of, in 1827, '29. 188; account of the number of houses assessed to the inhabited, in each county of England and Wales, in the year ending April 5, 1830, and amount of rental, 52. 106-108; number assessed, and amount of, in 1832 and 1833, '36. 152; reduction of (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 39), 34. 123, 124; repeal of (4 W. IV. c. 19), '35. 131. Household cleanliness and ventilation, observations on, 28. 109113.

suffrage proposed by Mr. Hume, 40. 200. Houseless poor, nightly shelter to, *30, 148.

House of Commons, list of the first reformed (1833), '33. 234-243; motion for a committee to inquire as to expediency of building new (1833), 34. 188; report in favour of, id. 193; motion for the rebuilding of (1833) rejected, '34. 196; temporary alterations in, account of, '37. 243.

of Correction, Westminster,

description of, '33. 216—218; further particulars of, '34. 219. House of Representatives of the United States, its powers, &c., described, '32. 109-113. Houses, number of, inhabited and uninhabited, and building in each county in England, in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, '34. 81, 85; comparative statement of the same in Great Britain in the same years, and in 1841, 42. 111; number of same in England, Wales, and Scotland, in 1841, id. 107, 108; number of houses in Great Britain, '28. 81; number of, in the islands of the British seas, id. 81; number of, in London, id. 86, 87.

fall of, in York-street, Westminster, '33. 232.

of Parliament, destroyed by fire, '35. 261, 262; ground plan of, shewing the damages, id. 251; temporary, and observations on the new houses to be erected, '36. 227, 228; proposed removal of, to St. James's-park, '37. 187; Mr. Barry's plan for, approved and recommended, id. 193; new, commencement of the works of, '38. 233, 234; site-purchase Act (1 Vict. c. 7), '39. 144; account of the progress of the building, and of the intended plan of, '42. 216, 217; strike of the masons at, id. 242, 243; committee appointed to consider the cultivation of the fine arts in reference to the decoration of, id. 181.

Hovea Celsi, '31. 40; lanceolata, id. ib. ; linearis, id. ib.; longifolia, id. ib.

Hoveden, Roger, '31. 68; 32. 58. Howard, Colonel and Mrs., build and endow Leven Chapel, '37.

229.

Luke, his "Nomenclature and Observations on Clouds" referred to, '30. 68+.

Mr., his classification of the frozen forms of dew, '31. 36; his observations on the amount of deposition of dew, id. 35†.

Howard, Mr. Thomas Burton, committed by the House of Commons, '41. 200; reprimanded and discharged, id. ib.

Thomas, committed by the House of Commons, '41. 202; discharged, id. 206.

Howarth's case of stabbing decided, '29.241.

Howe, Lord, his victory, '28. 62. Howick, Lord, his bill for transport of the unemployed poor to the colonies, '32. 191.

Howth Harbour, deepening of the entrance to, '31. 225; progress and process of, '32. 234. Hoya carnosa, '31. 40. Hroswitha, '31. 66; '32. 63. Hubertsberg, peace of, '31. 53. Huddersfield, population of (1821), '29. 81; population and representation of, '33. 77; Road Act, '39. 213.

"Hudibras," '32. 60.

Hudson, the navigator, killed, '30. 95, 96.

Mr., his observations on the variation of the barometer, '35. 25. Hudson's Bay discovered, '28. 60; '30. 95; ceded to England, id. 61. "Hue and Cry" exempt from stamp duty on newspapers, '37. 137. Huerta, V. Garcia de la, '32. 71. Huet, '31.73; '32. 68. Hufeland, Dr., dies, 37. 110. Hughes, Admiral, takes Trinco

malee, 32. 35; leaves the coast of Madras, id. 36. Hulks, pernicious effects of confinement in the, to juvenile offenders, '36. 49; confinement in, condemned in the House of Lords, '42. 179.

Hull, population of (1821), 29. 81; difference of time between, and London, 31. 21; survey made at, by order of the Trinity House, '30. 242+; Branch Bank of England at, '33. 111; postage collected at, in 1832 and 1833, '35. 192; amount collected at, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, '36. 179; same in 1835, '37. 178; same in

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1836, '38. 196; same in 1837, '39. 196; high steward of, Marquis of Normanby, '41.955; Wilberforce testimonial at, first stone laid, '35. 260; improvements, progress of, 31. 220; steam-boat explosion at, '38. 245; Flax and Cotton Mill Company's Act, '42. 192. Hull, port of, description of, '31. 223-225; customs duties received at, in 1833, '35. 173; in 1834, '36. 157; the same in the years ending 5th January, 1835 and 1836, 37. 161; the same in 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; vessels and their aggregate tonnage which entered the, in 1820, 1826, and 1831, 31. 163; number of ships and amount of their tonnage which entered the, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, '36. 163; same in year 1835, 37. 166; same in 1836, 38. 176; same in 1837, 39. 188; same in 1838, 40. 186; same in 1839 and 1840, 42. 160; Junction Dock at, completed, '30. 241.

and Selby Railway, account of, '38. 63; 41. 76; further account of, id. 90.

Hulls, Jonathan, the first proposer of steam boats, '29. 63; 38. 109. Human life, its duration, '35. 32. Humane Society, 30. 152; their instructions for the treatment of cases of apparent death, 29. 124, 125.

Humboldt, Baron Wilhelm, dies, '36. 108.

Hume, David, '31. 76; '32. 62; dies, '28. 62.

Mr., moves the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 31. 204; his motion to strike out the preamble of the Cholera Bill, '33.198; defeated

in the Middlesex election, 38. 246. Hume and Byng, Messrs., public dinner to, '38. 243.

Hummel, J. N., dies, '38. 128. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, '37. 22; his works, id. 26.

Mr., elected alderman,

'36. 249; sworn in, '37. 251. Humphreys, Mr., his evidence relating to coffee-shops in London, '41. 135.

Hundred, remedies against the, laws amended, '28. 146-149.

weight, instances of the variance of, '35. 116.

years old, number of persons, in Russia, between 1806 and 1826, 29. 76, 77; in England, &c., see BILLS OF MORTALITY. Hungary, its extent and population in 1828, '28. 70; extent and population of (1831), '33. 54; increase of inhabitants in, 29. 77.

Andrew, king of, '28. 57. king of, attempted assassination, '33. 231.

Queen of, war for her succession as Empress, '31. 51. "History of," '32. 55. Hungarian constitution, '28. 57. "Hunger setteth his first foot into the horse-manger," origin of the phrase, 39. 66.

Hungerford Market Act, '31. 211; market, commencement of, and description of, id. 221, 222; market and approaches, progress of, 31. 210; market opened, '34. 246; Hungerford Market Company, further Act, 37. 219.

and Lambeth suspension bridge, 37. 219.

"Huns, History of the," '32. 69. Hunslet Suspension Bridge, near Leeds, description and diagram of, 33. 222, 223.

Hunt, Mr. A. H., premium to, for a design of the Surrey Pauper Lunatic Asylumn, 42. 228.

Mr. Henry, his motion concerning the Manchester meeting of 1819, '33. 200; he dies, '36. 241.

Hunt, Wm. Esq., leaves £200,000
Guy's Hospital, 30. 264.
Hunter, John, 31. 76; '32. 62.
Hunterian Society, '30. 164.

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