25th March, 1831, '33. 187; ex- pended on the poor, in the year ending Easter 1832, '34. 173; amount collected, and expenditure of same, for year ending 25th March, 1833, 35. 189; in the year ending 25th March, 1831. 36. 174; the same in the years ending 25th March, 1834, 1836, and 1837, 38. 188; decrease of same in 1837, compared with 1834, id. 190; proportion of pau- pers relieved to the population, in 1839 and 1840, 42. 168; SAV- INGS BANKS, friendly and chari- table societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), '32. 102; savings banks, deposits and de- positors, increase of, between 1833 and 1834, 36. 104; sav- ings banks, average amounts deposited in, and proportion of depositors to population of (1835), '37. 72; state of, on 20th Novem- ber, 1837, '39. 134; savings banks, friendly societies, and cha- ritable institutions, number of, and of depositors, and amount of deposits in, in 1836, 38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, 40. 189; on 20th November, 1839, '41. 194; on 20th November, 1840, 42. 166; SCHOOLS: en- dowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; un- endowed day-schools in, in 1818 and 1828, id. 93; number of Church of Englaud schools in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; 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, '32. 106, 107; TURNPIKE TRUSTS, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; trusts in, and income and expenditure of same, in 1834, 37. 177; the same, and length of the roads, in 1839, 42. 122; tolls collected on, in 1831 and 1839, id. 118. Washborough, steam-engine, '29. 63.
Washerwomen, their proneness to
rates in certain boroughs, Act for more equally assessing and levying (2 and 3 Vict. c. 28), '40. 148, 149.
and Clockmakers' Benevo- lent Institution, '30. 148. Watches, the night anciently divided into four, '31. 6; the Hindoo day and night divided into, id. 10.
British, value of exports of, from 1825 to 1832, '34. 165; foreign, not to be imported unless with maker's name on face, id. 131, 132; foreign, value of im ports and of re-exports of, from 1825 to 1832, id. 165; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 161; the same, in 1835, 1836, and 1837, 39. 183; the same, 1838, '40. 180; the same, in 1839, 41. 187; the same, in 1840, '42. 162.
Watching and Lighting, general Act for England and Wales (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 90), '34. 142. Water, effects of, on the form of leaves, 30. 39, 40; injurious effects of, when bad, '36. 24, 25.
Water, supply of, by Artesian wells, Bill for, rejected, '36. 194; daily consumption of, in London and Westminster (1829), '29. 104; quality and salubrity of, supplied to the metropolis (1829), id. 106, 107; supply of, in the metropolis, id. 102-109; supply of, to the metropolis (1834), '35. 128; in the metropolis, commission for in- quiring into the supply of, '29. 102.
in the London Docks, error concerning, '29. 107, 108.
clocks, 29. 60; their pro- bable formation, '31.5.
Cologne, duty on (1829),
crow-foot, 30. 39, 40.
companies in the metropolis, their sources of supply, number of tenants, and quantity of supply (1829), 29. 103-105.
gates at Lowestoft New Har- bour, described, 32. 233, 234. mills, '29. 60, 61; Roman,
id. ib. "Water Witch," steam - vessel, wrecked, '35, 252. Water-works and drainage in pro- gress or completed, in 1829, 30. 253,254.
Acts, see PRIVATE
BILLS. Waterford, population of (1821),
29. 83; population of, in 1821 aud 1831, 34. 91; difference of time between, and London, 31. 23; electors, number of, in, in 1834, '37. 182; postage collected at, in 1832 and 1833, 35. 192; amount collected at, in 1832, 1833, and 1834, 36. 179; same, in 1835, 37. 179; same, in 1836, '38. 196; power-looms, number of, in (1836), '37. 183; riots near, 33. 232; Land Valuation Act, '38. 211.
port of, customs duties received at, in 1833, '35. 173; customs duty collected at, in 1831, 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, '12. 164. Waterford, Bishop of, his revenue, in 1831, '34. 179.
Clonmell, and Tippe-
rary, population of (1821), '29. 83. and Limerick Railway,
particulars of, '41.68. Waterhouse, Rev. Mr., murdered, *28.69.
Waterland, D., '32. 61. Waterloo annuity, amount of (1831), and period of its expiration, '32. 176.
battle of, 28. 64.
bridge, time occupied in its completion, 32. 228; toll ou, reduced, '42. 236; committee of the House of Commons as to opening the same toll free, ap- pointed, id. 181; death of Scott, the diver, upon, id. 235; street from, to Broad-street, to be made,
Watermen's Company, power of, to appoint ferries on the Thames, '28. 158. Watermen of the Thames, Act for the regulation of, 28. 157-160. Waterspouts, their nature considered, '39. 23, 24.
Borlum bridge_de- stroyed by, '31. 238; at Port Patrick, 42.241.
Watford, population of, '33. 61. Wathen, Captain, court-martial on, '35. 254.
Watkins, Mr., his instrument for electro-magnetism, 28. 185. Watney-street, church in, nearly completed, 41. 229; finished, '42. 206.
Watson, his mode of preventing the sinking of ships, '28. 182.
Mr. M. H., sculptor of the decorations of Mr. Moxhay's edi- fice in Threadneedle-street, '42. 221.
Mr. J. B., his premium for a design of the Surrey Pauper Lunatic Asylum, '42. 228.
Watt, steam-engine, 29. 63; his proposed use of steam-carriages, $37. 82.
and Bolton, coining machi- nery, '29. 60.
Watts, I., 31. 74; '32. 61. Wave-leaved Brachysema, '31. 37; Pittosporum, id. 42. Waveney Navigation Act, '32. 216. and Yare rivers, junction
of, '29. 225. Waves, oscillation of, Newton, '29. 61.
Wax, duty on (1829), '30. 201.
bees, import and home con- sumption of, in 1828, 31. 176; in 1830, 32. 180; African, duty on (1836), '37. 129; foreign, duty on importation of, in 1828, 1829, and 1830, 32. 183.
tree, '29. 65. Wauz, battle of, '32. 237. "Way of Life," the, '32. 47. We, a Chinese horary character, 30. 28; a Chinese division of the day, '31.9.
"Wealth of Nations," '32. 62. Wear Watch Act, '41. 219.
damage to shipping on, from ice, '42. 235. Weardale and Bishop Auckland Railway, particulars of, '41. 80. Wearmouth Bridge and Tyne Bridge Road Act, '40. 216.
Dock Company Further
Act, '37. 225. Weather, explanation of remarks on the, in the British Almanac, '28. 16; indications of approaching changes in the, from the form of clouds, '30. 84-87; absurd no- tions concerning prognostications of the, '29. 10; natural history of the, '30. 68-89; '31. 28-36; on the supposed influence of the moon on the, '39. 5-8.
almanacs, their inaccu-
Webb. Messrs., contractors for part of the works at the Royal Ex- change, 42. 218.
Weber, C. M. von, dies, '28. 67. Webster, Mr. Richard, his prosecu-
tion for bribery ordered, '42. 184. Wechabites, extent and population,
and military force of, in 1828, '28. 71.
Wecherlin, 31. 72.
Wedge-leaved Candollea, '31. 38; Templetonia, 31. 43.
Wedmore, population of, '33. 72. Wednesbury, population of (1821),
29. 82; population of, '33. 72. Week, a table to find the day of the, of any given date, from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 2700, '30. 32, 33. "Weekly Dispatch," verdict against for libel, on Dr. Morrison, '38. 244.
Weeping willow, '29. 67. Weever Churches Bill debated, '41. 209, 210; Trustees Church En- dowment Act, id. 217.
Navigation Improvement
Weighing machine, to be carried by carmen delivering coals, '32. 174. Weight, objections to, in sale of corn, '35. 61-64.
measure of, '29. 113. Weights in France, particulars of, '30. 113, 117, 118.
on waggons, Act relating to (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 81), '35. 157.
and measures, '28.98-104; 35. 112-116; popular explana- tion of the standards of, in use, from 1826, '29. 111-114; im- portance of a regular standard of,
30. 111; tables of equalization of, 28. 103, 104; Acts for as- certaining and establishing uni- formity of, particulars of (1824), id. 98, 99; Act for (5 G. IV. c. 74), '29. 113; Act of 1824, for the uniformity of, its failure, that of 4 and 5 W. IV. c. 49 ex- plained, '35. 113-116; Act to amend and render more effectual two Acts of 5 and 6 Geo. IV. re- lating to (4 and 5 W. IV. c. 49), id. 146, 147; repeal of same, and new regulations substituted (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 63), '36. 129.
uniformity of, in France (1793), not universally adopted, '35. 113. Weisse, C. F., 31. 76; '32, 65. Welch charity school, '30. 158.
circuits regulated (1 W. IV. c. 70), 31. 164. Weld, duty on (1829), '30. 202. Welford and Market Harborough Roads Trust, tolls collected on, in 1834 and 1839, '42. 119. Welland (Canada) Canal Bill, '29.
182; canal, opening of, '31. 233; River Tolls further Act,'38. 214. Wellesley, General Arthur (Wel- lington), marches to Poonah, '32. 41; his military operations in the Mahratta territory, 32. 42.
Marquis, Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland, '34. 248; cause of his resignation stated and ex- plained, '36. 192, 193; statue to, voted, '42. 237.
Hon. Mr. Long, deprived of his children, '29. 241; com- mitted for contempt of the Court of Chancery, '32. 239. Wellingborough, population of, '33.
Wellington (Shropshire), population
of (1821), 29. 82; population of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 71; church at, intended, '38. 219.
(Somerset), population
colliery, explosion at,
Duke of, commander- in-chief, '28. 69; resigns as com- mander-in-chief, id. ib.; again commander-in-chief, id. 70; re- signs office of commander-in- chief, 29. 234; first lord of the Treasury, id. 233; duel between and Earl of Winchelsea, '30. 261; resigns the office of prime minister, '31. 240 at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- way, id. 230-238; his declara- tion against all reform, id. 239; '32. 186; administration, an- nouncement of its resignation, id. 187; announces his inability to form an administration, '33. 202; attacked by a mob, id. 230; his
declaration as to the recognition of Don Miguel, '34. 185; Chan- cellor of Oxford, '35. 256; in- stalled (Oxford), id. 259; advises that Sir Robert Peel form an administration, 36. 238, 239; conducts the government, id. ib.; foreign secretary, id. 239; his declaration in favour of the Poor Law Amendment Act, '38. 201; his declaration regarding "little wars," '40. 196; his remarks on the Birmingham riots, id. 207; entertainment to, at Dover, id. 260; he is taken ill in the House of Lords, '42. 236: meeting for a testimonial to, '37. 257; testi- monial to, at Glasgow, not yet determined on, '42. 201; see also WELLESLEY.
ministry, resignation of, '31. 240; '32. 187.
street, North, proposed formation of, 31. 217; progress of, '34. 212; '35. 236; '39. 232; house in, account of, 40. 225, 226. Wellington's Estate Act (2 Vict. c. 4), '40. 143. Wells (Somersetshire), population of, '29. 82; population and repre- sentation of, 33. 72; Road Act, '42. 196; Markets Regulation Act, id. 195.
next the Sea (Norfolk), popu- lation of, '33. 69; Harbour Im- provement Act, '36. 211.
Dr., his Essay on Dew, re- ferred to, '31. 29, 30. Welshpool, population of, '33. 81. Wendover, Roger of, '31. 68; '32.
Wenlock, population and represen- tation of, 33. 71.
Wentbridge and Heck Railway, ac- count of, '37. 94; '41. 66. Werner, '32. 65.
Wernerian principle of columnar rocks alluded to, '29. 39. Wernith, population of, '33. 59. Wesenbeck, 31. 70; '32. 64. Wesley, J., '32. 61.
Samuel, dies, '38. 128. Wesleyan Methodist Missionary So- ciety, '30, 155.
(6 W. IV. c. 17), '37. 115, 116; prisons, Act relating to (1 and 2 Vict. c. 67), '39. 157; educa- tion, state of, in the, in 1833, '34. 180, 181; vote of money, to re- lieve the sufferers from the hur- ricane in, '33. 199; grant of a million, for relief of sufferers by hurricane in, il. 204, 205; crown colonies, relief to, id. 207; money advanced to relieve the sufferers from hurricanes and insurrection in, '35. 167.
West Indies, slaves, &c.: registered number of, at the two registra- tions preceding 1833, 34. 180; Slavery Abolition Bill, how re- ceived in, '35. 252; account of the state of, after the abolition, id. 260; results of the abolition of negro slavery (1831), '36.65— 79; slavery in, Act for abolition of, and compensation to slave owners (3 and 4 W. IV. c. 73), '34. 136-138; further Act, re- lating to compensation (5 and 6 W. IV. c. 45), 36. 123, 124; further Act relating 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. (1 Vict. c. 19), id. 145—147.
sugar trade, monopoly of, its injurious effects, '41. 129, 130.
trade with: beer, quan- tity of, exported to, in 1833, '35. 184; brass and copper manufac- tures, exports to, value of, in 1838, '40. 183; coals, quantity of, ex- ported to, in 1833, 35. 186; in 1840, 42. 164; cotton goods, va- lue of, exported to, in 1832, '35. 178; cotton goods, British, quan- tity and value of exports to, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1835, 37. 167; in 1838, '40. 182; hardwares and cutlery, ex- ports to, value of, in 1835, '37. 168; value of, in 1838, '40. 183; iron and steel, exports to, value of, in 1838, id. ib.; linens, ex-
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