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 November, 1837, 39.134; savings banks, friendly societies, and charitable institutions, number of, and of depositors and amount of deposits in, in November, 1836, 38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, '40. 189; on 20th November, 1839, '41. 194; on 20th of November, 1840, '42. 166. SCHOOLS: endowed, unendowed, and Sunday-schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day-schools in, in 1818, and 1828, id. 93; number of Church of England schools in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; proprietary school, account of, '38. 229. 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, id. 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 of, in 1839, '42. 122; tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, id. 118. Leigh and Bolton Railway Amend

ment Act, '37. 223; railway, account of, id. 104; particulars of,

'41.64.

and Kenyon Junction Railway, particulars of, '41..68. Leighlin Bridge, population of, in 1821 and 1831, '31. 89.

and Ferns, Bishop of (E)rington), dies, '36. 246. Leighton, Archbishop, 32 60. Leighton Buzzard, population of, '33. 57.

Leinster and Munster Railway further Act, '42.197; see also, GREAT LEINSTER AND MUNSTER RAILWAY.

Leipsig, alliance of, '31. 47; battle of, '28. 64.

-and DresdenRailroad opened, '40. 257.

Leiria, capture of, '35. 255. Leith, North and South, population and representation of, 33. 83.

port of, customs' duties rẻceived at, in 1833, 35. 173; collected at, in 1834, '36. 157; the same, in the years ending 5th January, 1835 and 1836, '37. 164; received at, in 1838, '40. 187; the same during 1839, '41. 188; the same in 1840, '42. 164; 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; the same British and foreign, in 1839 and 1840, '42. 160; quantities and descriptions of teas imported into, in 1833-34, and 1934-35, '36. 172.

Eastern Pier at, completion of,

Lemons, import and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 174.

and oranges, import and home consumption of, in 1830, '32. 178; 33. 176; in 1831, '34. 155; and duty on, in 1837, 39. 185; the same in 1838, 40. 177; the same in 1839, 41. 183; the same in 1840, '42. 157; see further, FRUITS.

Length, measure of, 29. 111, 112. Lennard, Mr., his motion for repeal of licences for dramatic entertainments, '31. 205; his motion for the abolition of military flogging except in time of war, '37. 196.

Lenoir, Alexander, dies, '40. 141. Le Normand, parachute, 29. 55. Lent, when and by whom appointed to be held as a fast, '28. 10.

theatrical entertainments in, motion relating to, '40. 198, 199. lectures in, motion relating to, '41. 205.

Lenton, population of, '33. 70.
Leo, '31.70; '32. 47.

III., '28 56.

VI., '31. 66; '32. 50. XII., dies, '30. 260. Pilatus, '31. 68; 32. 51. Leoben, peace of, '31. 54. Leominster, population and representation of, '33. 63; Improvement Amendment Act, '39. 210. Leon, Luis de, 31. 71; '32. 70.

General, his insurrection and execution, '42. 243. Léonard of Pisa, '31. 68; '32. 55; algebra, 29. 55; arithmetic, id. 56. "Leonidas," '32. 62.

"Leontius," '31. 66; '32. 50. Leontodon taraxacum, '29. 35. Leopold I., King of Belgium, inaugurated, '32. 239.

Leovigild, overthrows the Suevi, '28.

56.

Lepanto, victory near, '28. 59; captured, '30. 262. Lepante, Madame, her calculations referred to, 35. 11. Lepidus, '28. 53.

Lepontine Alps, and their several heights, '33. 35, 36; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49–53.

Leprosy, former prevalence of, in London, 35. 30.

Lepton, population of, '33. 77.. Leptospermum flavescens, '31. 41; grandifolium, id. ib.; lanigerum, id. ib., scoparium, id. ib. Lermont, Thomas, the rhymer, '31. 68; '32. 58.

Le Roy, dies, '40. 141.

his invention of the compensation balance and detached escapement for chronometers, '42. 42.

Lerwick, population of, '33. 86.
Le Sage, 31.75; '32.68.

Leslie, his articles "Climate" and Meteorology," in the Supplement to the Encyclopædia, and on "Heat and Moisture," referred to, '30.68+.

Lesmahagow, population of, '33. 86. Lesser, Baron Creuzé de, dies, '41. 137.

Lessing, '28. 61; '31. 76.
G. E., '32. 65.

L' etablissement du port, what it is, '30. 49.

Lethbridge, Sir Thomas, his proposal of a permanent duty on corn, '39. 80, 81.

Letter sending, or delivering, for the purpose of extorting money, punishment for, '28. 131; and see Act 1 Vict. c. 87, '38. 161.

stealing, punishment of death for, abolished (5 & 6 W. IV. c. 81), 36. 144; see further, the POST OFFICE ACTS.

number of cases of, from 1833 to 1836, '38. 185; increase of, in 1840, '42. 101. (Scotland), Bail Act

(6 W. IV. c. 21), '37. 116. Letterkenny, population of, in 1821 and 1831, 34. 91. Letters, number of twopenny post missing at the Post Office, from April 1834 to April 1837, and number and amount recovered, '38. 118; number and particulars of, which passed through the general and local posts in the United Kingdom, in the week beginning 5th March, 1838, '40. 191; number of, posted, and

average rate of postage for the week ending 4th February, 1938, and whether general, or twopenny, or privileged, in the United Kingdom, '40. 190; number and particulars of, which passed through the post offices of the United Kingdom in each of three weeks during the first quarter of 1838, and amount of postage collected in the second of those weeks, id. 192 number of which passed through the post office, and other facts relating thereto, before and after the penny postage, 41. 97— 106; number of, despatched from the Inland Post Office for three days, in 1828, '30. 236; average number of, sent through the Inland Post Office, 1829, id. ib., 237; number of, delivered in one week of each month, from November 1839 to May 1841, '42. 93; number of, in each of four weeks, during the same years, id. 94; number of, registered at a fee of 18., in England, Wales, and Scotland, from January to May 1841, id. 170.

Letters Patent for Inventions, Act to amend the law touching (5 & 6 W. IV. c. 83), '36. 145; Act amending same as to extension of time of patents (2 & 3 Vict. c. 67), '40. 159; Act enabling the Crown to grant to Joint-stock Companies (7 W. IV. & 1 Vict. c. 73), '42. 145-148; see also, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. LETTERS, CONVEYANCE OF, see POST OFFICE.

of marque prohibited in Colombia, '29. 244. Lettuce, strong-scented, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 121.

Leucadendron argenteum, '31. 41. Leuchtenberg, Duke of, arrives, '36. 239; dies, id. 241, 242.

Princess Amelia of, married to the Emperor of Brazil, '30. 263.

Leucopogon lanceolatus, '31. 41. Leucospermum conocarpum, '31. 41; hypophyllum, id. ib.

Lenctra, battle of; "28. 52. Leusden, J., 31. 73; '32. 73. Leuwenhoeck, A., '31. 73; '32. 73. Levant Company, make land expedition to India, '32. 25. Leven, chapel at, '35. 230; built and endowed by the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Howard, 37. 229; Bridge Act, '40. 213; Drainage Act, '36. 206.

Lever, Archimedes, 29. 61. Leverington, &c., Inclosure Act, '42. 191.

Levi, Elias, '31. 70; '32.47.
Jacob, '31. 68; '32. 47.
Levita, Jeshua, ‘32. 47.
Lewes, population of (1821), '29.

82; population and representation
of, 33. 74; Waterworks Act,
'34. 205.

Lewisham, population of, '33. 64;
church burnt, '32. 235.
"Lexicon Heptaglotton," '32. 60.
Lexington, hostilities at, '31. 53.
Leybach, congress at, '28. 65.
Leybold, J. F., dies, '40. 140.
Leyden University, '28. 59.
Leyland, population of, '33. 65.
"L'Homme des Champs," 32. 69.
Liard (France), its value, &c., '30.
105.

Libanius, '31. 65; `32. 49.
Libau, or Liebau, consul at, his sa-

lary (1828), '31. 180; see LIEBAU. Libberton, population of, '33. 84. Libel, Mr. O'Connell's Bill for amending the law of, rejected, '38. 202. Libellulina, '30. 41. Libels, recognizances for payment of fines, in newspapers increased (1 W. IV. c. 73), '31. 167. Library of Geo. III. given to the British Museum, '34. 183.

of Useful Knowledge referred to, '30. 51; Mr. Jones's tables on life contingencies in, referred to, '42. 1.

Licensed victuallers, number of, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and London, and quantity of malt used by them, in 1832, '34. 177, 178; number of, in the United Kingdom, in 1834, 35. 184; number of, in the United

Kingdom, in 1834, 36. 167 number of, in England an Wales in each year, from 1831 to 1837, '39. 137; number of, in each county of England and in Wales, and quantity of malt consumed by, in 1832 and 1837, '39. 138; number of, in London,, in 1832 and 1837, id. ib. ; iusolvents in 1831, 1835, 1836, and 1837, id. 137. Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, '30. 148; 31. 138.

and General Fire and Life Assurance Company Act, '38. 209.

School, '30.

157; '31. 138. Licenses, amount produced by duties on, in 1837, 29. 187; number of, charged with duty in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33. 181; amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 34. 164; quantity of, charged with duty, and amount of duty ou, in 1833, '35. 183; number of, charged with duty, and amount of same, in 1834, distinguishing the several sorts of licences, '36. 158, 159; number of, and amount of duty on, in 1836, 38. 181; duty on, amount of, in 1837, '39. 177; same, and number charged in 1838, distinguishing their several sorts, '40. 171, 172; produce of the additional duties on (1840 and 1841), '42. 153.

and certificates, stamps on, amount of, in 1837, 39. 178; the same, in 1838, '40. 173.

sale of beer, number issued in 1833 and 1834, '36. 166.

retail spirit, number issued under Act 4 & 5 W. IV. c. 75, '36. 165.

for private lunatic asylums, further regulated, '30. 174. Lichfield, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, '33. 72.

Bishop of (Butler), dies,

41. 138.

Lichfield and Coventry, diocess of, revenues of bishop, of cathedral, and of benefices, sums paid to curates, in whom patronage of benefices vested, and other particulars relating to same (1835), '36. 82-89.

Lichtenstein, population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; principality of, its extent, population, prince, capital, religion, revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, '29. 70, 71.

Lickey Hill Gradient, on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, '42. 67. Lidbrook and Lydney Railway, particulars of, 41. 62.

Liebau, treaty of, '31. 48; quantity of corn which could be imported from, if a fixed duty were imposed, '42. 82; other facts relating to the supply of corn from, id. ib. 83, 84, 86; see also, LIBAU. Liechtenstein, see LICHSTENSTEIN. Lieue commune (French), its length,

'30. 115; de poste, ditto, ditto, id. ib.; marine, ditto, ditto, id. ib.; moyenne, ditto, ditto, id. ib. Lieutenants of counties (Ireland), to be appointed by Lord Lieutenant (1 & 2 W. IV. c. 17), 32. 145. Lieutenancy and militia, expenses of. in England and Wales, in 1792 and 1832, 37. 176. Life, average term of, in Great Britain, 28. 126; duration of, average in city compared with rural population, '41.32; its variation, $31.95.

"of Apollonius," '32. 49; "of Pythagoras," id. ib. annuity, table of value of, 28.

96-99; comparative table of rates demanded at the various periods of life by the different life assurance offices of London, 1831, 31. 100-105; reference to works on the subject of life assurances, '40. 5, 24. Life contingencies, single, dissertation on the calculation of, by A. De Morgan, '40. 5-24; the same subject continued, '42. 1-19; Mr. Jones's tables on, referred to, id. 1.

guards, number of, and whether English, Scotch, or Irish, in the British army, in 1830 and 1840, '42. 171.

Liff and Benoie, population of, '33. 84.

Light, effect of, on the colour of leaves, '30. 44, 45.

enjoyment of, when rendered indefeasible, '33. 157.

motion and velocity of, Roemer, Cassini, 29. 63.

on the sea, on the coast of Sussex, accounted for, '30. 47.

aberration of, explained, '36. 18, 19.

polarization of, Huygens, '29.

63. "Light of the Lord," '32. 47. Lightfoot, Peter, his astronomical clock at Glastonbury, '39. 55, 56. Lighthouses, Northern, receipts of, and expenditure upon, for the year ending June 1834, '35. 195.

Lighting and Watching, General Acts, for England and Wales (11 G. IV. c. 27), '31. 143– 147; (3 & 4 W. IV. c. 90), '34.

142.

Lightning and electricity, identical, *29. 60. conductors for ships, by Mr. Snow Harris, mentioned in the Commons, '42. 175.

rods, observations on, by Dr. Fischer, '28. 186. Lignum vitæ, duty on (1829), '30. 198; in 1836, '37. 128. Ligurian Republic, 28. 63; acknowledged, id. 55.

Ligustricum lucidum, '29. 65.

Lilac, the, '28. 34. Liliegren, '31. 79; '32. 75.

Lilleshall, population of, '33. 71. à Lilly, '31. 70.

William, the astrologer, '29. 8. Lily, the, '28. 37; gigantic, '31. 38; of the valley, '28. 35. Lima, revolution in, '40. 251; occupied by Chilian troops, id. 252; earthquake at, '28. 61; British consul-general and vice-consul at, their salaries (1828), '31. 183. Limburg, annexed to Holland, '40. 256.

Lime, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, '28. 117.

citrate of, duty on (1832),

'33. 191.

tree, '28. 40; period of its being in leaf, '30. 39; American, '29. 67.

Limehouse, population, &c. of, '28. 86, 87.

Limerick, population of (1821), 29. 83; in 1821 and 1831, '34. 91; postage collected at, in 1832 and 1833, '35. 192; postage, amount collected at, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, '36. 179; same, in 1835, '37. 179; same, in 1836, '38. 196; same, in 1837, '39. 196; riots at, '31. 236; Water Works Amendment Act, '35. 220; treaty of, debate on the, '29. 205.

and Waterford Railway, particulars of, '41. 68.

port of, customs duties received at, in 1833, '35. 173; collected at, in 1834, '36. 157; the same, in the years ending 5th January, 1835 and 1836, 37. 164; the same, for year ending 5th January, 1837, '38. 175; the same, in the years ended 5th Jan., 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.

Bishop of, his revenue in 1831, '34. 179. Limitation of actions and suits relating to real property Act (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 27), '34. 117. Limpennoe Inclosure Act, '41. 215.