Skins and furs of the United States, their value, in 1828, 32, 121. Skipton, population of, 33. 78; church at, account of, '39. 221. Skircoat, population of, '33. 78. Skrzynecki, General, defeats the Rus- siaus at Wawz, 32. 237; admit- ted to the Belgian army, '40. 256; his dismissal demanded, id. 257.
Skye district of roads, their extent
and annual expense, '29. 84. Slammannan Railway Company
further Act, '40. 217; Railway, account of, 41. 91; particulars of, id. 72.
Slates, duty on (1829), 30. 203;
bricks and tiles, amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 31. 164. Slaughtermen of horses, regulations relating to, '36. 127, 128. Slave trade, beginning of, '28. 58; abolished, id. 63; treaty for the abolition of, '31. 60; treaty for abolition of, between England and Brazil, 28. 68; Act for the suppression of, detention, and seizure of vessels, &c. &c. (2 and 3 Vict. c. 73), 40. 161, 162; Hans Towns Convention Act (1 and 2 Vict. c. 39), '39. 151; Netherlands Treaty Act (1 and 2 Vict. c. 41). id. ib.; Sardinian and Denmark Treaty Act (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 60 and 61), '36. 128; treaty with Spain (6 W. IV. c. 6), '37. 112; Sweden, Treaty Act (1 and 2 Vict. c. 40), '39.151; speech of Lord Brougham on, id. 201; his resolutions for suppression of, and relating to negro apprentices, id. 202; brings the matter of the deportation of East Indians to Guiana before parliament, id. ib.; Bull against the trade by the Pope, '41. 253; Society for the Extinction of, &c., hold their first great meeting, id. '251; the "Black Joke" cap- tures the "Almorante," 30. 259; project of law in France for abo- lition of, '28. 69; abolished by France, Spain, and Holland, id. 65.
Slavery, Mr. Brougham's motion concerning, in the colonies, 31. 208; Mr. F. Buxton's motion for the extinction of, '33. 203; Abo- lition Bill, debates on, 34. 193- 199; Act for the abolition of, throughout the British colonies, &c., and compensation (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 73), id. 136-138; further Act relating to compen- sation (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 45), 36. 123, 124; further Act re- lating to same (6 W. IV. c. 5), '37. 111; further Act relating to same (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 82), id. 138; further Act relating to same (1 Vict. c. 3), '39. 143; Act amending same, in respect to hours of labour, &c. &c. (1 Vict. c. 19), id. 145-147; abolition of, celebrated, '35. 260; abolition of, in Jamaica, Act continuing Act of the Governor, &c., for effecting same (6 W. IV. c. 16), '37. 115; abolished in the East Indies, 40. 251.
Slaves, Assiento contract for the supply of, '31. 52.
number of, in each of the British colonies, for 1825, 1826, and 1827, 29. 199; registered number of, in the several West India colonies at the two regis- trations preceding 1833, '34. 180; number and appraised value of, in each colony of England, ave- rage of sales of, from 1822 to 1830, and amount and average rates of compensation, '39. 195.
Compensation, Act for (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 73), '34. 136; further Act (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 45), '36. 123, 124; further Act relating to same, and for facili- tating the distribution and pay- ment of (6 W. IV. c. 5), '37. Î11; further Act relating to same (6 and 7 W. c. 82), id. 138; further Act relating to same (1 Vict. c. 3), '39. 143.
-dealing in, or taking persons for, punishment for, '37. 112.
expenses of the commissioners for preventing the traffic in, in 1836, 38. 187.
Slaves, "head money" for captured, from 1827 to 1832, '34. 179.
found on board the "Ar- mistad," declared free, 42. 237.
purchase of, conviction of J. C. Hawkins for, '32. 236. --at Algiers, liberated, '28. 65.
in the United States and territories, number of, in 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, '33. 90.
"Slavi, Chronicle of," '32. 63. Sleidan, '31. 70; '32. 64. Slender fuchsia, 31. 39; magnolia,
id. 41; branched heath, id. 39; leaved stylidium, id. 43. Sleswick, its extent and population, in 1828, '28 .70; duchy of, consti- tution granted to, '32. 238. Sliding scale, the, under statute 9 G. IV. c. 60 (1828), '39. 85; account of same, '42. 72; its evils pointed out, id. 81. Sligo, population of (1821), '29. 83; population of, in 1821 and 1831, 34. 92; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182.
port of, customs duty collected at, in 1834, '36. 157; the same, in the years ending 5th January, 1835 and 1836, '37. 164; the same, for the 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.
Marquis of, his account of the transition from slavery to freedom, in Jamaica, ‘36. 66. Slipperwort, cobweb-leaved, '31. 37; corymbose, id. ib.
Sloane, Hans, '31. 74; '32. 61.
street, church in, completed, '31. 214. Slops, exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 182; the same, and quantities thereof, in 1838, 40. 180; the same, in 1839, '41. 187.
Sludge of ponds, indications of co- lumnar rocks in, '29. 39.
amend the laws for the recovery
of, by civil bill (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 43), '38. 146.
(Scotland), Act (10 G. IV. c. 55), '30. 189; Act re- pealing same, and establishing them anew (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 41), '38. 146. Small-pox, account of the disease in England before inoculation, and after vaccination, 40. 60, 61; importance of regulations con- - cerning persons infected with, '36. 27, 28; conviction of an apothe- cary for propagating, id. 28; penalty for producing the disease,
41. 148; number of deaths annu- ally by, before the introduction of vaccination, 28. 172; diminu- tion of, by vaccination, '32. 21; average deaths annually from, before the introduction of vac- cination, '34. 32; '37. 49; '38. 47; after vaccination, average cases of, and mortality of same, '34. 32; '38. 47; deaths from, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1827, 29. 110; number of per- sons who have died of, within the Bills of Mortality, in 1829, '30. 101; prevalence of, in November 1837, 39. 61; '40. 60; preva- lence of, in 1840, 42. 54; deaths from, in England and Wales, in 1838, '41. 29, 30; rate per cent., id. 31; mortality from, in two years and a half, ending Decem- ber 31, 1839, '41. 57.
casual, hospital for, and for vaccination, '30. 140.
hospital, number of cases in, in 1837 and 1838, '39. 61.
Small tenements, how recoverable,
'39. 157, 158. Small wares, hosiery, &c., exports of, value of, in 1838, 40. 180; in
1839, 41. 187. Small-flowered leucopogon, '31. 41; platylobium, id. 42.
Small-leaved Edwardsia, 31. 39. Smalts, duty on (1829), '30. 200; (1832), 33. 193; import and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 175; in 1830, 32. 179; '33. 177; in 1831, '34. 156. Smelling, importance of the sense of, as a means of preserving health, 28. 110.
Smells, air, the medium of all, '30.
Smirke, Mr., architect of the new Post-office, '30. 235; of the im- provements in the Inner Temple, 31. 219; of the building (Mitre Court), Inner Temple, 32. 221; of King's College, Somerset House, id. 218, 219; of the re- storation of York Minster, 33. 213; his estimate for the repair of York Minster, 30. 260.
Sir Robert, architect of the Carlton Club, '35. 245; and Mr. Sydney Smirke, architects of the Oxford and Cambridge Univer- sities' Club, 38. 235.
Mr. Sydney, architect of the alterations of the Pantheon, Oxford-street, 35. 241; of the additions to Bethlem Hospital,
and Sir Ro- bert, architects of the Oxford and Cambridge Universities' Club, '38. 235.
Smith, Adam, '31. 76; '32. 62; dies, '28. 62.
Mr. Baron, committee of inquiry into his judicial conduct, '35. 198; the motion rescinded, id. 199.
Mr. Beaumont, charged with the issue of forged Exchequer Bills, 42. 214.
Mr. Egerton, principal in the founding of the Permanent Night Asylum for the houseless poor, at Liverpool, '31. 220.
Smith, F. W., dies, '36. 108. James. dies, '41. 138. Sir James Edward, dies,
Robert Vernon, Lord of the Treasury, '31. 240.
Dr. Southwood, bequest to, of the body of Jeremy Bentham, '33. 230; his "Report on the Prevalence of Fever in the Me- tropolis," referred to, '40. 43.
Sir Thomas, his remark on the responsibility of parishes for the escape of thieves, '40. 121.
Dr. William, dies, '40. 141. Mr. William, M.P., lays the first brick of the Thames Tumel shaft, '28. 177.
Sir William, dies, 37. 257. Mr., his estimate of the pro- portion of unemployed Irish, '31. 106. Smithfield, East, rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85.
- market, number of beasts and sheep sold in, from 1820 to 1831, and average number of calves, horses and pigs taken to, '34. 183, 181; meat, prices of, at, in 1834, 36. 178.
Penitentiary, to be dis- continued as a prison, 37. 123. Smith's Zieria, ‘31. 43.
Smolensko, conquered by the Rus- sians, 28. 60; taken by the Poles, id. ib.
Smollett, T., 31. 76; '32. 62. Smooth calytrix, '31. 37; Goodia, id. 40; leaved Fabricia, id. 39; stenochilius, id. 43.
Smugglers, Act for relieving parishes from support of families of, im- pressed (11 G. IV. c. 10), '31.
Smuggling, Act for the preven- tion of (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 53),
'31. 134; Act Amendment (4 W. IV. c. 13), '35. 129, 130. Smyrna, consul at, 31. 182; differ- ences at, '29. 233; fire at, '42. 240. Snails, '29. 43; their longevity in confined places, id. 44; construc- tion of their shells, '30. 45; re- markable shell of one, id. ib..
Suake, the, '28. 31; '29. 43. Snap-dragon, the, '28. 37.
flowered Maurandia,
'31. 41. Snares for deer, punishment for hav- ing, '28. 134; for setting, id. ib. ; and see alteration of the law, GAME LAWS.
Sneedorf, '31. 77; '32. 75. Snellius, law of refraction, '29. 63. Snenton, population of. 33. 70;
church at, intended, '38. 219; ac- count of, '40. 233. Suizort, population of, '33. 85. Snorro Sturleson I., '31. 69; '32. 74.
Snow, its formation, &c., described,
'30. 88; warmth of, '28. 31; effects of, on vegetation, '30. 37; clearing of, from footpath, law re- lating to (1829), id. 130; hail and rain, remarks upon, id. 87- 89; and ice, when prevalent, '28. 31.
Snow-drop, the, '28. 32; '29. 31; general time of its appearance, '30. 39.
Snow-drop tree, '29. 65. Snow water, not fit for cooking, '36.
Snowy pear, '29. 66.
Snuff, duty on (1829), '30. 205; in 1830, 1831, and 1832, '34. 164.
and tobacco, quantity of, im- ported, and amount of duty on same, in 1829, '31. 188; import, export, and home consumption of, 1830, 32. 179; '33. 178; in 1831, '34. 157; quantity entered for home consumption, and rate and amount of duty on same, in 1832, id. 170; in 1833, '35. 183; quantity imported and en- tered for home consumption, in 1834, '36. 173; in 1835, 37. 169 imports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, id. 163; import and home consumption of, and duty on, in 1837, 39. 186; the same, in 1838, '40. 179; the same, in 1839, '41. 186; the same, in 1840, '42. 159; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 162; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183.
Soambar, a Hindoo day, '30. 27. Soame Jenyns, 31. 76; '32. 61. Soane, Mr. G., his petition respect- ing Sir John Soane's Museum Bill, '34. 190.
Sir John, dies, '38. 128; his latest work, the State Paper Office, described, '34. 214; his Museum Bill read a first time, id. 186; passed, id. 190; Act, for same, id. 207.
Soap, its effect on the skin, '29. 120; improper for washing new-born infants, id. 115.
duty on (1829), '30. 200.
duty on (1829), '30. 203; amount of, in 1837, 39. 177; same, and quantity charged in 1838, '40. 173; produce of addi- tional duties on, in 1840 and 1841, '42. 153.
duties, prosecutions for, in 1834, '36. 171.
revenue from, from the reduc- tion of the duties, to 5th January, 1834, 35. 186; amount produced by duty on, in 1827, 29. 187.
hard and soft, quantity of, charged with duty in England and Scotland, in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33. 181; amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832. 34. 161; quan- tity of, charged with duty, and amount of duty on, in 1833, '35. 183; quantity of, charged with duty, and amount of same, in 1834, 36. 160.
Duty Act Allowances Act, continued (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 15), '36. 110; Duties Act (3 W. IV. c. 16), '34. 109; Act continuing allowances in same, except for soap used in whitening new linen for sale (2 and 3 Vict. c. 32), '40. 149; Duties Consolidation Act (3 and 4 Vict. c. 49), '41. 154.
quantity of, made, duty on, quantity exported, and drawbacks, in the years 1827, 1828, and 1829, '31. 178; 1830 and 1831, '33. 181; in 1831 and 1832, and al- lowances, &c., 34. 161; manu- factured in Great Britain, in 1833,
35. 186; in 1834, 36. 171; in 1835, 37. 170; same, and amount of duty on, in 1836, '38. 181; quantity manufactured in Great Britain, in 1837, '39. 193; in 1840, 42. 165. Soap, quantity exported, in 1831, '36. 171; exports of, and allow- ances on, in 1835, '37. 170; ex- ports of, in 1837, '39. 193.
and candles, value of, exported, in 1827, 28. 167; quantity, and declared value of exports of, in 1828, 31.177; in 1830, '33. 179; in 1831, 31. 158; in 1836, '38. 178; in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 183; the same, and quantities thereof, in 1838, '40. 190; the same, in 1839, '41. 187; the same, in 1840, '42. 162; export of, from Ireland, in 1825 and 1835, 39. 189.
arsenical, for preserving zoolo- gical specimens, composition of, '38. 26.
lees, carrying of, through the streets, law relating to (1829),
manufacturers, allowances to, in 1840, '42. 165.
suds, valuable for manure, '29. 134.
Social war of Greece, 28. 52; or Marsic war, id. 53. "Socialism, discussion on, and motion for address to the throne upon, 41. 201; again discussed, id. 202.
Societies in and near London, af- fording pecuniary relief, '30. 144 -149.
Society for religious objects in ge- neral, in and near London, '30. 153, 154.
of Arts, meetings of, from No- vember 1832 to June 1833, '33. 19; from November 1833 to June 1834, 34. 27.
of Beneficence, at the Hague, '29. 131. "Society of Friends of Ireland," &c., suppressed, '31. 235. Socrates, '28. 51; '31. 64, 65; '32. 48, 50.
Soda, muriate of, and sulphuric
acid, used for purifying sick rooms, '28. 112, 113. Sodor and Man, diocese of, revenues of bishop, and of benefices, sums paid to curates, in whom pa- tronage of benefices vested, and other particulars relating to same (1835), '36. 82-89.
Soft soap, a remedy against the build- ing of swallows, '29. 38. Soham, population of, '33. 58. Soho, coining machinery, '29. 60. Soil, its effect on the structure of trees, '30. 40.
Soissons, congress at, '31. 51. Sol, value of, 28. 165. Solanum-leaved lasiopetalum, '31. 41.
Solar system, table of the principal elements of the, 28. 30; motion of, Dr. Herschel, '29. 59.
year explained, and its dura- tion, '30. 5, 6.
Soldiers, civil punishments of, in the British army, prevail, '35. 261; their good or bad conduct to be notified to churchwardens, and notices of same to be posted (1 W. IV. c. 15), '32. 138; im- prisonment of, for offences (1 W. IV. c. 15), id. 138; letters, postage of, '40. 73; wilfully maim- ing themselves, how punishable (1 W. IV. c. 15), '32. 138; se- ducing of, or inciting to mutiny, punishment for, 1837 (7 W. IV. and 1 Vict. c. 91), 38. 164, 165; prison for, '40. 158.
Soleure, insurrection in, '42. 235. Solicitor-General,Sir William Horne, '31. 240; Mr. Pepys, '35. 255; Sir Edward Sugden, '30. 262. for Scotland, Henry Cockburn, 31. 240.
Solid, or cubic measure, 28. 101. Solid measures, in France, '30. 113, 116.
Solidity and capacity, measures of, '29. 112.
Solinus, '31. 65; '32. 53. Solis, Ant. de, '32. 71.
Solitary confinement, when inflicted (1828), '28. 129, 131, 146; but limited to certain periods by sta-
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