"Translation of," '32. 59, 70. Virgilius, '31. 65; 32. 52. Virgin Islands, number of slaves in, in 1825, 29. 199; registered num- ber of, in 1818 and 1828, '34. 180; number of, in, appraised value of, sales of, from 1822 to 1830, and amount and rate of compensation for, '39. 195. Virginia (U. S.), abstract of the constitution, government, legisla- tive and executive, judiciary ap- pointments, and elective franchise of (1831), '32. 117; extent, po- pulation, and number of repre- sentatives, id. 120; population of, and number of slaves in, in 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830, '33. 90.
Virginian creeper, 29. 67; rasp- berry, id. ib.
Virgin's bower, or clematis, the, '28.
Viriatus, death of, '28 53.
Vorschigain, a Malabar month, '30. 25.
Virtue, festival of, '30. 20.
Vischer, or Visscher, M., '31. 73; '32.73.
Visscher, R., '31. 71; '32. 72. Visigoths, in Dacia, 28. 55; em- pire of, in Gaul, id. ib.; pass the Wolga, id. ib. Visin, 31. 77.
Visiting, district and other societies, in and near London, '30. 144, 145. Vistula, inundation of the, '30. 261. Vital, David, '31. 70; '32. 47. Vitalis, Order. '32. 58. Vitellio, '31. 69; '32. 75. Vitex, Agnus Castres, '29. 67. Vitis, hederacea, 29. 67; vulpina, id. ib.
Vitri, Phillipe de, '31. 69; '32. 67. Vitringa, 31. 75; '32. 73. Vitriol, white, poisonous properties of, and remedy against, 28. 118.
oil of, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, '28. 117. Vitruvius, '31.65; 32. 52.
Vittoria, president of Mexico, 28. 66. battle of, '28. 64.
Vives, '31. 71; J. Luis, '32. 70. Vivian, Sir Hussey, created Baron Vivian, '42. 241.
Viviani, 31. 72; '32. 56; atmo-
spheric pressure, '29. 61. Voeikov, A. P., dies, '40. 141. Voetius, 31. 73; '32. 73. Vogels-gebirge mountains, and their several heights, '33. 44; alpha- betical index to same, &c., id. 49 -53.
Voie de Paris, '30. 116. Volatile alkali, poisonous properties of, 28. 116; remedies against, id. ib. Volcanic islands, discovered near Valparaiso, '40. 257.
Volhinia, ceded to Russia, '28. 62. Volhynia, insurrection at, 32. 237. Volkenroda, bailiwick of, Prussian
Commercial League, '42. 113. Volney, 31. 77: 32. 69. Volta, '31. 76; '32. 57; his notion of the formation of hail, '30. 88, 89.
Voltaic pile, '29. 60. Voltaire, 28. 61; '31. 75; '32. 69; "Life of," 42. 121; 66 Transla- tion of" (Greek), '32. 51. Voluntary oaths and affidavits, abo- lished, '36. 128.
(Scotland) Act re-
moving doubts as to (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 43), 37. 122.
Von Hammer, '31. 76.
Vondel, '31. 73; Just van, '32. 73. Voogd, dies. '41. 137.
Vopiscus, '31. 65; '32. 53. Voragine, De, '31. 68; 32. 54. Vos, Jan. 31. 73; '32.73.
Vosges chain of the Alpine moun- tains, and their several heights, '33. 30, 31; alphabetical index to same, &c., id. 49-53. Voss, '31. 76; 32.65. Vossem, peace of, '31. 49. Voters, number of, for the counties of England, according to the re- gistries of 1834 and 1835, 37. 181; number of, in Ireland, in 1831, id. 182; number of, in Scotland, in 1836, id. ib. 183;
number of, registered, in the United Kingdom, in the years 1831-5 and 1835-6, '39. 195. Voters, lists of, Act removing doubts concerning (6 and 7 W. IV. c. 101), 37. 145.
Registration (Scotland) Act (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 88), '35. 159. Voyage round the world, first, 28. 59.
"Voyage dans les Alpes," referred to, '30. 42.
"Vulgar Errors," '32. 60.
Vulliamy, Mr. Lewis, architect of the Law Institution, '31. 218; of Gordon-square Church, '32. 217; of Highgate Church, id. ib. ; of the front of the Royal Institution, '39. 232.
Vyasee, a Malabar month, '30. 25.
Wace, 31. 69; Robert, '32. 66. Wad, punishment for stealing, 28. 135; see also, MINES. Wadebridge Road Act, '39. 213.
and Bodmin Railway Acts, '33. 211; '36. 210; Rail- way, particulars of, '41. 70. Wadsley and Moorfields Road Act, '39. 213.
Wadsworth, population of, '33. 78. Wagenseil, C. J., dies, 40. 141. Wager of law abolished, (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 42), '34. 124. Wages, early statute regulating, '39. 63; deficiency of, made up out of poor rates, commencement of the practice, '34. 45; payment of, in goods, or otherwise than current coin of the realm, illegal in certain trades (1 and 2 W. IV. c. 37), '32. 157-159; rate of, per week, at different periods, from 1806 to 1833, in cotton factories, &c., '34. 53, 54; rates of, at Manchester, in 1832, id. 51, 52; rate of, in Ireland (1830), 31. 106; at se- veral places abroad, 34. 59, 60.
and prices, dissertation on, and historical inquiry into, '34. 33-61; table of, by the Chamber
of Commerce at Manchester, from 1810 to 1814, id. 48; observa- tion on, 41. 125, 126.
Waggons, weights on, Act relating to (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 81), '35.
Wagtail, its winter food, '30. 36. Waheb, '31. 67.
Waithman, Mr. Alderman, his reso- lutions against free trade, '32. 190, '33. 205; he dies, '31. 241; obelisk to his memory, id. 216; account of, '35. 246.
Wakefield, Mr., his evidence on the extreme youth of some offenders, '36.47+.
Mr. Gibbon, conviction of, '28. 69; dinner to, by the New Zealand Company, '42. 238. Captain, commands the expedition to New Zealand, '42. 238.
population of (1821), 29. 82; population and repre- sentation of, '33. 78; Water Act, '38. 210; Water-works Com- pany's further Act, '42. 191. and Halifax Road Act,
and Sheffield Road Act,
'37.222. Wakefields, the two, convicted for abduction, '28. 69.
Walafrid, '31. 66; Strabo, '32. 63. Walch, '31. 76; '32. 65. Walcheren expedition, '28. 64. Waldeck, principality of, its extent, population, prince, capital, reli- gion, revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, 29. 70, 71; population and sovereign of (1836), '36. 107; Prussian Commercial League, '42. 113.
Waldegrave, Lord, Lord Denman's explanation concerning, in the House of Lords, '42. 179. Wales, Britons driven into, '28. 56; table of the size of the several counties of, the petty sessions, number of magistrates, of pa- rishes, and amount of population returns, id. 79; population of the cities, boroughs, and towns of, exceeding five thousand inhabit- ants in each, '29. 82; population
of the several counties and chief towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in same, and number of members of parliament for each, '33. 78-81; extent and population of (1831), id. 54; population of each county of, males and females, and number of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; comparative statement of the po- pulation of each county, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1811, and increase and decrease of same, id. 110; mountains of, and their se- veral heights, '33. 46, 47; alpha- betical index to same, &c., id. 49-53; quantity of cultivated, waste, and unprofitable land in (1829), '29. 90; bastards, num- ber of, born in each county of, in 1830, 34. 89; houses, compara- tive statement of the number of inhabited, uninhabited, and build- ing in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, 42. 111; marriages, number of buildings in, regis- tered for the solemnization of, pursuant to 6 and 7 W. IV. c. 85, up to 1840, '41. 199; .of- fenders in, in each county of, in 1837, and proportion of, to the population of 1831, '39. 90; summary of savings banks, and charitable and friendly societies in, in 1831, 32. 103; summary of savings banks in (1831), 33. 114; number of depositors, and amount of deposits in, on 20th No- vember, 1810, 42. 167; schools: number of endowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, 29. 94; amount of land and as- sessed taxes of, in 1829, 31. 172.
Wales, coals, quantity of, imported into London from, in 1833, '35. 186; quantity of, sent from,-to London, and number of ships em- ployed in same, in 1836, 1837, and 1838, '40. 193; quantity of iron made, and of furnaces in, in 1827, 29. 196.
Prince of, expected creation of, '12. 244.
Wales, Princess of, creation of, *28. 57.
separate jurisdiction of courts in abolished (1 W. IV. c. 70),
"" Itinerary of," '32. 58. Walfred, of Ripon, '37. 22. Walingford, see WALLINGFORD. Walkenaer, M., his geographical di- visions of the world, '29. 69. Valkenried, bailiwick of, Prussian Commercial League, '42. 113. Walker, Mr. James, the engineer of the improvements of the Com- mercial-road stoneway, '31. 228; of the works at the port of Hull, id. 221; of the Start Point Light- house, 35. 247.
James and Alfred Burgess, Messrs., engineer-architects of the new Bow bridge, '40. 249.
Mr., the magistrate, his ob- servation on the estimate of a la- bourer's living, '34. 38. Wall, Governor, executed, '28. 63. Wall-flower, the, '28. 33; speed- well, '29. 31, 33.
"Wallace, Sir William," '32. 59.
Mr., architect of the Derby improvements, '39. 240.
the two brothers, tried for the destruction of the "Dryad," '42. 237.
Wallachia, subdued by the Otto- mans, 28. 59. "Wallachia, History of," '32. 52. Wallachian insurrection, '28. 65. Wallasey and Great Meols Embank. ment Act, '30. 232. Wallenstein, death of, '28. 60. Waller, Edmund, '31; 72. 32. 60.
Wallerius, '31.77; '32. 75. Wallingford, population and repre- sentation of, '33. 57.
Richard, 37. 22; his works, id. 25; Richard de, his clock, notice of, '39. 55. Wallington Small Debts Amend- ment Act, '37. 221.
Wallis, laws of collision, '29. 62; his observation on gravitation quoted, '30. 50; negative and fractional indices, '29. 56; his remarks on tides, '30. 50.
Walls, the green incrustation on, described, '29. 36. Wallsend, population of, '33. 70. Wallstown, affray at, and four people shot, '33. 231.
Walmersley, population of, '33. 66. Walnut, black, 29. 65.
Walnuts, duty on (1829), 30. 201; see FRUITS.
Walpole, Captain, opposes the Ter- ceira expedition, '30. 259. Walpole, H., 31. 76; '32. 62.
Sir Robert, his plan of a sinking fund, '32. 85. Walsall, population of (1821), '29. 82; population and representation of, 33. 72.
Walsingham, 31. 68; '32. 59. Walter, John, 37. 22; his works, id. 26.
Waltham Abbey, population of, '33.
upon-Thames, new villa of the Earl of Tankerville at, ac- count of, '40. 247, 248.
upon-Trent Bridge Act, '34.
205. Walworth, William of, statue of, at Fishmongers' Hall, '36. 229. Wandewash taken, '32. 29. Wandsworth, population of, '33. 74. Surrey, Pauper Lunatic
Asylum at, account of, '42. 228, 229. Waneclouds, '30. 82, 83; signs of rain or snow, id. 85; diverging, observations on, id. 42. Wangford Poor Amendment Act, '34. 205.
Waningore Inclosure Act, '42. 191. Wanstead, Infant Orphan Asylum at, '42. 240.
Wantage, population of, '33. 58.
Wapping, population, &c. of, 28. 86, 87; St. John, rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85. "War of Antioch," '32. 58. War, viz.: between Austria and France, 28. 64; between England and America, id. ib. ; with France, id. 63; between France and Prus- sia, id. ib; between Peru and Co- lombia, '30. 262; between France and Russia, 28. 64; between Russia and Turkey, '29. 237; of seven chiefs against Thebes, 28. 50.
Warburton, W., 31. 76; '32. 61. Mr., introduces the Ana-
tomy Bill, '33. 195.
Ward, William James, dies, '41. 138.
Wardle's charges, '28. 61. Ware, population of, '33.64; church at, first monumental date, 29. 56.
Wareham, population of, '33. 61. Warehouse, stealing in, punishment for, 28. 132; and see alteration of law, 38. 162, 163. Warehousing of goods, Act for (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 57), '34. 136. Wares, not otherwise charged, duty on (1832), '33. 193.
Wargentin, some of his tables used for the Nautical Almanac, 29. 15. Warkworth Harbour Act, '38. 213. Warley, population of, '33. 78. Warminster, population of (1821), '29. 82; Roads Act, '41. 219. and Bath Road Act,
'39.213. Warnefrid, Paul, '31. 66; '32. 54. Warner, Mr., his discovery of a new destructive power for war, noticed in Parliament, '42. 184; experi- ments made of same, id. 236. Warrata'h Plant, 31. 43.
Warren, penalty for entering, '28. 131; see further, GAME LAWS.
Dr., his mention of a case of poisoning from adulterated wine, '36. 24.
Sir Samuel, dies, '40. 260. Hastings, acquitted, '28. 63. Warrington, Captain, court-martial and sentence on, '33. 229.
population of (1821), 29. 82; population and repre- sentation of, '33. 66; Small Debts Act, '40. 215.
and Newton Railway Improvement Act, '30. 232; Rail- way Act, 31. 212; Railway in- corporation with Grand Junction Railway, Act for, '36. 209; Rail- way, account of, '37. 105; '41. 68.
Wars, notices of the, and of the more important treaties between civi- lized nations, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to 1830, '31. 44-61.
"Wars in Brazil," '32. 71. "Wars of Ferdinand I.," '32. 55. Warsaw, alliance of, '31. 49; capi- tulation of, '32. 240; National Bank of, '29, 238; treaty of, 31. 53.
quantity of corn which could be imported from, if a fixed duty were imposed, 42. 82; other facts relating to a supply of corn from, id. 83, 85, 86.
Warton, Thomas, '31. 76; '32, 62. Warwick, population of (1821), '29.
82; population and representation of, '33. 75; gaol, treatment of po- litical offenders in, noticed, '40. 207; treatment of political of- fenders in, again mentioned, '41. 206.
Earl of, motion for his prosecution, 34. 200.
and Coventry Roads Act, '42. 196.
and Liverpool Witnesses Indemnity Act (4 W. IV. cc. 17 and 18), '35. 131. Warwickshire, extent and population
of, and number of sessions, ma- gistrates, and parishes in, '28. 78; population of, and of the princi-
pal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 74, 75; summary of same in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; the same in 1841, '42. 107; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent., id. 109; extent of, in acres, '34. 84; dif- ference of time between the prin- cipal towns of, and Loudon, '31. 20; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, 31. 88; number of, in 1835 and 1837, 38. 192; rental of charities and income of schools in, '36. 175; education, proportion per cent. of persons married in the year ended June 1840, who could write, '42. 171; electors, county, number of, in, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 182; excise licences issued, and public-houses in, number of (1831), '32. 185; families, number of, in, and how occupied, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, 34. 86, 87; houses, num- ber of, in, in 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831, id. 84, 85; number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and build- ing, in 1841, 42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; lunatics, &c., pauper, proportion of, to popula- tion, in 1837, 38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemniza- tion of (1840), '41. 199; propor tion of persons married under twenty-one years of age, in the year ended June 1840, 42. 171; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), '39. 90; oc- cupations of persons in (1831), '35. 87, 88; power-looms, num- ber of, in (1836), '37. 183; 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 poor rate levied in, from March 1827 to March 1828, and expenditure of same, '30. 216; from March 1828 to March 1829, '31. 195; for the year ending 25th March, 1830, 32. 184; for the year ending
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