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Asia, States of,, their surface in square miles, number of inhabitauts, and military force, '28. 71, 7.2.

extent and population of, in 1828, 29. 72, 73; number of Jews in (1829), '30 100; British coffee, quantity of, exported to, in 1833, 35. 179; hardwares and cutlery, exports to, value of, in 1835, 37. 168... Asiatic Society, '30. 163; days and times of its meetings,.from December 1831, to June 1832, and its anniversary, '32. 20; from December 1832, to June 1833, '33. 19; from December 1833 to July 1834, 34. 27;, museum of, when open, id. ib. Asin, an Hindustani month, 30.25. Askham, Anthony, '37. 23; his works, id. 29; Asmaï, 31. 67.

Asphaltum, duty on (1829), '30. 201; (1832), 33. 190. Aspre (Turkey), value of, &c. (1829), 30. 110.

Assakiri mahomédije, 28. 67; dschedidei-manssuroje, id. ib. Assam, extent and population of, in 1828, '28. 72.

"Assassinat," meaning of the term, '36. 59.†

Assassination, attempted, of the King of Hungary, '33. 231; of the King of the French, see Louis PHILIPPE,

Assault, with intent to rob, punishment for (1837), (7Wm. IV. and 1 Vic. cap. 87), '38. 160, 161..

Assaults, punishment for, under 9 Geo. IV. cap. 31, 29. 152, 153.

on the police, in the execution of their duty, increased number. of, 29. 97; penalty for, '40. 153; further increase of the offence, 1840, 42, 101; recent parties charged with, may be apprehended without warrant, '40. 155; verdict of, may be found, if felony would include, '38. 160.

Assaur, a Bengalee month, 30. 26. Asser, '31. 66; '32. 57.

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Act, Composition Continuance Act, '30. 175; to reduce certain duties ou dwelling houses, and to repeal other duties of (3 and 4 Wm. IV. cap. 39), '34, 123, 124; to grant relief from the duties of in certain cases (4 and 5 Wm. IV. cap. 73), '35. 151; Reduction Act (6 and 7 Wm. IV. cap. 65), '37, 129; directing name of owner of carriage to be painted one inch instead of two, and regulating proceedings against defaulters (7 Wm. IV. and 1 Vic. cap. 61), 38. 150; Composition, Continuance, and Amendment Act (4 and 5 Wm. IV. cap. 54), '35. 150; Act continuing same (2 and 3 Vic. cap. 35), 40. 149; increase Act (3 Vic. cap. 17), '41. 145, 146; produce of, under 3 and 4 Vic. cap: 17 and 19, from 15th May, 1840, to 5th April, 1841, '42. 153.

Assessors, their duty under the Municipal Corporation Act, '36. 100; see also Abstract of the Act, id. 132-144.

Assiento Contract, the, '31. 52. Assint, population of, '83. 88. Assize of bread abolished, '37. 120. Assizes, number of persons.tried at, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 174.

in Ireland, Act,for appointment of convenient places for holding (5 and 6 Wm. IV. cap. 26), '36. 117, 118.

Associate Fund for the relief of poor Dissenting ministers, '30. 146.

Associated Catholic charities, '30.

158.

Association for the relief of the poor of London, and parts adjacent, $30. 149. Associations, dangerous, in Ireland, Act for Suppression of, 10 G. IV. c. 1, '30. 165...

Assurance and saving, comparative advantages of, pointed out, '42. 16, 17.

Assurance, life, dissertation on, '31. 86-99.

offices of London, lists of the, in 1831, with the dates of their establishment and division of profits, '31. 86, 87. Assurances, commercial, observations on, '28. 126-128.

fire, life, marine, mutual, &c., observations on, id. ib. Assye, battle of, '32. 42. Assyria, or Nineveh, '28. 50. Assyrian empire founded, '28. 50. Aster, the, 28. 38; argophyllus, '31.37.

Asthma, what it is, '35. 32; deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1837, '29. 110; consumption, and other diseases of the lungs, infirmary for, '80, 141.

Astley's Theatre burnt down, '42. 239.

Astolphus defeats Jovinus, '28. 55. Astragalus Tragacantha, '29. 64. Astrolabe, Treatise on by Chaucer, referred to, '37.26. Astrology, its absurdities not yet exploded, '28.23; general belief in, and few writers against, '37. 25.f Astroloma humifusum, '31. 37. Astronomy introduced into Europe,

'28. 57; observations and discoveries in, 29. 57-59; science of, revised, id. 58; resumed by the Arabs, id. 59; of the Chinese, '30.28.

mechanics applied to,

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and mathematical writers, English, notices of, between the Norman Conquest and the year 1600, '37. 21-44; works in which information concerning them may be found, id. 43, 44. "Astronomische. Nachrichten," Encke's dissertation in, referred to, '33. 14.

Asturian mountains, and their several heights, '33. 29; alphabetical index to same, &c. '49. 53. Asturias, Princess of, oath of allegiance to, taken by the Cortes, '31.246.

Aswin, a sign of the Hindoo Zodiac, '30. 25,

Asyden, his works, '37. 25.
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,

30. 143; for Female Orphans, id. 156; for recovery of health, id. 140.

Life Assurance Office, its ingenious calculations, '31. 95.† Athanasius, 31. 65; '32. 49. Athenagoras, '31. 65; '32. 49. Athenæum Club, '30. 160; its house nearly completed, '30. 238. at Manchester, account of the intended, '37. 238, 239.

&c., Derby, ac

count of, '39. 240-243. Athenæus, '31. 65; '32. 49. Athenian ascendancy, '28. 51; democracy suppressed and restored, id. 52; ambassadors at Rome, id. 53. Athenians defeated in Sicily, id. 5!. Athens founded, id. 50 ; taken, id. 51;

taken by Reschid Pacha, id. 68.

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Athyr, a Coptic month, '30. 16. Atlas Assurance Company, its division of profits, '31. 87; its office, Cheapside, account of, '36. 233,

234.

Atmometer, its use, '30. 76, 77. Atmosphere, variations of the weight of the, 28. 16, 17; concise view of the properties and constitution of the, '30. 68-89; some of the more particular phenomena of the, of the earth, '30. 71; electricity of the, dissertation on, '39. 8-24. Atmospheric air, quantity of, '28. 109; pressure on fluids, '29. 61; refraction, Dr. Bradley, '29. 59. Atragene sibirica, '29. 64. Attachment against Members of Parliament for not entering appearance, '28. 156. Atterborne, '31. 79. Atticus, 31. 65.

Attila conquered by Œtius, 28. 55 ; in Upper Italy, id. ib. Attius, 28. 53.

Attleborough, church at, in progress, '42. 206.

Attorney-General, Sir John Campbell, '35. 255; Sir Thomas Denman, '31. 240; Sir James Scarlett, '30. 262.

Attornies unlawfully converting money to their own use, punishment for, '28. 137.

certificates of, number of taken out in England and Wales, from 1819 to 1832, 34. 172; duty paid on annual certificates of, in 1836, '38. 187; duty paid on admission of, in 1836, '38.187.

of Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas allowed to practice in the Exchequer (IW.IV., c. 70), '31. 164.

of Chester and Wales may be admitted at Westminster (1 W. IV., c. 70), '31. 164.

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Attwood, Mr. Thomas, his discussion with Mr. Cobbett, '33. 231. Mr., his motion for repeal of the Currency Acts, '31. 206.

Mr. M., debate on his motion for Select Committee on Distress, and on the Monetary System, '34. 191..

A. U. C., explanation of, '30. G. Auchterarder, population of,'33.86. Auchtergaven, population of, '33.86. Auchtermuchty, population of, '33. 84.

Auckland, Lord, President of the

Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint, '31. 240; First Lord of the Admiralty, '35. 25S; dinner to, by the India Company, '36. 248; his interview with Runjeet Singh, '40. 255; vote of thanks to, '41. 201.

Auction duties for 1827, amount of, '29. 187.

Auctions, amount charged with duty in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, 33. 180; amount of duties on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 34. 164; in 1833, '35. 183; number charged with duty on, and amount of same in 1834, '36. 158; number and amount of duties on, in 1836, '38. 181; duty on, amount collected in 1837, 39. 177; same, and number charged in 1838, 40. 171; produce of additional duties on (1840 and 1841), '42. 153.

Aucuba Japonica, '29. 64. Audit department, reductions in, '37. 183.

Auditors under the Municipal Cor

poration Act, their duties, &c.,

'36. 100; see also Abstract of the Act, id. 132-144. Audinett, Philippe, dies, '39. 141. Audubon, M., his observation on the passage of the pigeon, 29. 40. Audy, a Malabar month, '30. 25. Audynus, a Macedonian month, '30. 17.

Augsbourg, Confession of, '28. 59; league of, '31. 49.

August, month of, description of the natural appearances of, in England, 28. 37; origin of the name, '30.7; month of, observations of a Naturalist on the, '29. 39; '30. 42, 43. Augusta, population of, on 31st December, 1834, '36. 182.

Princess, dies, '41. 255.

Augustin, 28. 55; 31. 65, 79; '32; 53.

Augustine settles in England, '28.

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double its value, &c.,

(1829), id. ib.
Aulax pinifolia, 31. 37.
Aulus Gellius, '32. 53.
Aumale, Duke of, shot at, '42. 243.
Aungervile, N., '31. 68; 32. 58.
Auny, a Malabar month, '30. 25.
Aurelian conquers Palmira, '28..55.
Aurelius, Ant., 31. 65; Marcus,
28. 54; Victor, '32. 53.
Auricula often destroyed by cold,
'30. 37.
Aurington, population of, 33. 65.
Aurora borealis, '28. 70.
Auschurtz, Duchy of, extent and
population of (1831), '33. 53.
Ausonius, D. M., '32. 53.
Ausonus, '31. 65.

Aussin, a Bengalee month, '30. 26.
Austerland and Manchester Road,
Act,. '38. 211.
Austin, Miss, '32. 62.

Austin, Mr., -absconds from Greenwich Hospital, 29. 242..

Australia, its extent, population,

capital, and religious, in 1828, '29. 74, 75; emigrants to, from the United Kingdom, from 1620 to 1830, '34. 179; debate on grant to, '42. 178; exports to, hardwares and cutlery, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; linens, value of, in 1838, id. ib.; silk manufactures, value of, in 1838, id. ib.; value of exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures to, in 1840, 42. 163; import, wool, quantity imported from, in 1840, 62. 163.

Western, population of, the several settlements of, on the 31st December, 1834; the produce and stock, revenue and exports of same, '36. 182; Government Continuance Act (5 and 6 Wm. IV. cap. 14.), 36. 110; Further Continuance Act (6 and 7 Wm. IV, cap. 68), '37. 130. Australian Colonization Company, chartered, '32. 215.†

settlements, emigrants, number of, from the United Kingdom to, in 1832, 1833 and 1834, 36. 182; EXPORTS to,, value and particulars of, in 1838, '40. 183; value of, of British and Irish produce to, in 1838, 40. 181.; in 1839, 41. 188; value of woollen manufactures exported to, in 1840, '42. 161.

43.

pine, 31. 37; sida, id.

Australasia, number of square miles, and of inhabitants of the dependencies of Europe in, '28. 76; its extent and population in 1828, 29. 74, 75.

Austria, empire of, '28. 63; when established, 29.53;t its extent, population, and military force, in 1828, 28. 70; its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army and navy, in 1828, '29. 70, 71; extent, popülation, and military and naval force of (1831), 33. 53, 54; population and sovereign of (1886), 36. 107; increase of inhabitants in, '29. 77, 78; number of Jews

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in (1829), '30. 100; proportion of revenue, debt, army and navy, to population (1829), '30. 100; taxation in, only half the poor rates in England and Wales, in 1831, 35. 190, 191; number of patents granted in, from 1821 to 1826, 30. 130; gold and silver coins of, their names, value, weight, alloy, and value in English money (1829), '30. 102; emperors of, from 1806 to 1828, 29. 53, 54; Emperor Francis, dies, '36. 241; Emperor. Ferdinand crowned, and amnesty by, '39. 251; amnesty in, '41. 254; manifesto against France, 28. 64; combination against the House of, 31. 47; peace with Morocco, '31. 234; fire in, '35. 255. Austrian succession, war of, '28.61. Austrians enter Naples, 28. 65. Authors, chronological list of, with the name of the most important work of each, '32. 46—72.

, Arabian, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1700, '32. 78, 79; British, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 500 to A. D. 1800, id. 57-62; Danish, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 1100 to A.D. 1800, id. 74, 75.; Dutch, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 1200 to A. D. 1800, id. 7274; French, list of, and of their works, from: A.D. 500 to A. D. 1800, id. 66-69; German, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1800, id. 63-66; Greek, list of, and of their principal works, from B. c. 900 to A. D. 1800, id. 47-52; Hebrew, list of, and of their principal works, from B. C.. 1500 to A. D. 1.700, id. 46, 47; Icelandic, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 900 to A. D. 1800, id. 74, 75; Italian, list of, and of their principal works, from A.D. 1200 to A.D. 1800, id. 54-57 ; Latin and Italian, list of, and of their principal works, from. B. C. 200 to A.D. 1800, id. 52-57;

Persian, list of, and of their prin. cipal works, from A. D. 1000 to A. D. 1700, id. 78, 79; Polish, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D.. 1200 to A. D. 1800, id. 75, 76;. Portuguese, list of, and of their principal works, from A.D. 500 to A. D. 1800, id. 69-72; Russian, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 1000 to A.D. 1700, id. 76;: Spanish, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 500 to A. D. 1800, id. 69-72; Swedish, list of, and of their principal works, from A.D. 1400 to A. D. 1800, id. 75, 75; Turkish, list of, and of their principal works, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1700, id. 78, 79. Authors of the New Testament,. '32. 47.

Autumn, '26. 38, 39.
Autumnal equinox, 28. 38.

colouring of leaves, remarks upon, '30. 44, 45 Auyany, a Malabar month, '30.25. Avendale, population of, '33. 85. Aventin, John, '31. 70; '32. 64. Average term of life in Great Britain, '28. 126..

Average of the price of wheat, early statute for ascertaining, '39.63; further statute, settling averages, id. 67.

Averroes, '31: 69; '32. 78. Avicena, or Avicenna, '31. 67; '32. 78.

Avienus, '31. 65.

Avoirdupois, or common pound, '28. 98; weight, 28. 101; 29. 113; directed to be used in all but certain cases (4 and 5 Wm. IV. c. 49), '35. 115.

Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Bill, 29. 182; '32. 216; particulars of, '41. 68. Awned clematis, '31. 38. Axel, '31. 69; '32. 74. Axmouth Harbour Act, '81. 212. Ayar, a Syrian month, '30. 17. Aylesbury, population and representation of, 33, 58: difference of time between, and London, '31. 14; railway, account of, '40. 93; particulars of, '41. 74.

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