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Belgrade, peace of, '31. 31.
Belio, Baron, dies, '40. 256.
Bell, Dr., thes, 33. 228.

he bequests for educational purposes, td. ib. Bell-flowered heath, '31. 39. Bell-metal, duty on (1829), 50. 201.

Belladonna, poisonous properties of, and remedies against, 28. 121,

122. Bellamy, 31. 77; '32. 73. Bellarmino, 31. 72; '32. 56. Bellay, Guill. dù, ‘31. 71; '32. 67. Bellay, J. du, '31. 71; '32. 67. Bellerman, 31. 77; 32. 75. Bellini dies, '36. 108. Bellovesus, '28.51.

Bells invented, "28. 33.

at Billingsgate and at Gravėsend, ringing of, at high water and Blood, 28. 158. Beloochees, defeat of, '42. 234. Beloutchis, confederation of the, its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue and army in 1828, 29. 72, 73. Belper, population of. (1821), 29.

81; in 1811, 1821 and 1831, '33. 60; Small Debts Act; '40. 215. Belturbet, population of, in 1821 and 1831, 34. 91.

Beludschistan, extent, population, and military force of, in 1828, '28.71.

Bembo, '31. 70; '32. 55.
Benares given up to the East India
Company, 32. 33; the family of
the Rajah'ill treated by the Eng-
lish, id. 35.

Ben Asher, '31. 68.
Bencoolen fortified, '32. 26.
Ben, David Abr, '31. 68.
Beneficence, Society of, at the
Hague, 29. 131.

Benefices, number of, in England and Wales, and particulars of same (1831), 34. 178; number of, in each diocese in England (1834), '35. 125; and value of, in each diocese of England and Wales (1835), '36. 84-88; in the Irish church (1831), '34. 179.

Benefit of clergy generally abolished,

28. 129; taken from Feers of Parliament, '42. 127. Benefit societies, their nature and

objects, '33. 115; tables relating to, id. ib. 119; tables showing the proper amounts of contribution to, in order to secure certain benefits to the contributor, or his children, in sickness and other events, 33. 115, 119; general and particular, in and near London, 30. 145, 146; building societies, Act for the regulation of (6 and 7 Wm. IV. c. 32), '37. 119, 120.

Benese, Richard de, 37. 23; his works, id. 29.

Benevolent institutions, miscellaneous, in and near London, 30. 151, 152.

Benevolent Institution for delivering Poor Married Women, '30. 142; Society of Blues, '30. 147; Society of St. Patrick, 30. 158; fifty-second anniversary celebrated, '36. 241.

Bengal discovered, '30. 91; coast subject to Madras, '32. 26'; famine in, '32. 31; great alterations in the juridical affairs of, '32. 39; particulars of same, id. ib.; revenues, charges and interest on debt of, for the years 1828-9, 1829-30, and 1830-31, '34. 149. Bengalee months, '30. 26; year, id. 24, 25.

Bengazi, British Vice Consul at, his salary (1828), '42. 183.

Ben Gerson, '31. 68.

Beng. Sen., explanation of, '20. 30. Ben Idris, '31. 69; '32. 78. Benin, kingdom of, its extent, population, capital, religion and army, in 1828, 29.74, 75. Benjamin tree, '29. 65.

Benjamin, or Benzoni, duty on (1832), '33. 190.

Ben Jonson, '31. 72; '32. 60.
Ben Joseph, Is., '31. 68.

"Ben-Lomond "steam-vessel burnt, '34. 245.

Ben Massuyah, '31.67.
Ben Meir, J., id. 68.

"? S., id. 68.

Ben Musa, id. 67; '32.78.

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Benoit, acquittal of, '36. 242.
Ben Shebat, '31. 68.

Bentham, Jeremy, dies, '33. 230;
his body bequeathed for anato-
mical purposes, id. ib.
Bentinck, Lord William, arrives at
Calcutta, 29. 241; Governor-
General of India, '32. 45; returns
from, '36. 246; dies, '40. 258.
Bentivoglio, G., '31. 72; '32. 56.
Bentley, R., '31. 74; '32. 61.
Benzoin, or Benjamin, duty on
(1832), '33. 190.
Bepton inclosure, '34. 203.
Berbice, date of capitulation of, how
governed, population, imports and
exports, and tonnage inwards and
outwards (1831), 32. 104, 105;
education, state of, and amount of
population in, '34. 181; slaves,
number of, in, in 1825, '29. 199;
registered number of, in 1817 and
1831, '34. 180; rum, quantity of,
imported from, in 1829, '31. 186;
in 1831, 33. 183; value of im-
ports and exports into, and from,
in 1833, '37. 164.

Berceo, Gonzalo, '31. 69; '32. 70. Berden, &c., Inclosure Act, '39. 209.

Berengarius, '32. 66.

Berens, Mr. H., and Sir H. Parnell, their Report on Excise Inquiry, '38. 89-93.

Beresford, Rev. W. (tithe affray), '37.252.

"Bereshith Rabba," the, '32. 46. Bergamot, essence of, duty on (1829), '30. 204.

Bergeron, acquittal of, '34. 242.
Berkeley, G., '31. 74; '32. 61.

--, Mr. Grantley, his motion for the admission of ladies to the House of Commons' debates, '37. 200.

and Gloucester Canal Act,

'33. 211.

- Inclosure Act, '40. 212. difference of time between, and London, '31. 16.

Berkshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 78; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821 and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 57, 58; summary of same, in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id. 88; 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; difference of time between the principal towns in, and London, 31. 14; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, '34. 88; number of, in 1835 and 1837, '38. 192; charities, rental of, and income of schools in, '36. 175; EDUCATION, proportion per cent. of persons married in the year 1839, who could write, '42. 71; county electors, number of, in, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 181; excise, and public-house licences issued, and houses, number of, in (1831), '32. 185; families, number of, in, and how occupied, in 1811, 1821 and 1831, 34. 86, 87; houses, number of, in, in 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831, '34. 84, 85; number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 107; jurors in, in 1835, '37. 175; lunatics, &c., pauper, proportion of its population in 1837, 38. 193; marriages, buildings registered for solemnization of (1840), '41. 199; proportion of persons married, under 21 years of age, in the year ended June 1840, 42. 171; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 73; offenders in, and proportion of, to population (1837), $39. 90; RATES: amount of poor and county rates levied in, in 1826, '29. 197; the same, for 1827, and account of its expenditure, id. 198; 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 year ending 25th March, 1830, 32. 184; for the

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year ending 25th March, 1831, '33. 187; in year ending Easter, 1832, 34: 174; for year ending 25th March, 1833, 35. 189; for year ending 25th March, 1834, 36. 174; the same for the years ending 25th March, 1834, 1836, and 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, and friendly and charitable societies, amount of deposits and accounts in (1831), '32. 102; savings banks, deposits and depositors, increase of, between 1832 and 1834, '36. 102; average amount deposited in, and proportion of deposits to population of (1835), 37. 72; state of, on 20th November, 1837, '39. 134; and friendly societies, and charitable institutions in, number of, and of depositors, and amount of deposits in, in November 1836, '38. 193; on 20th November, 1838, '40. 189; on 20th November, 1889, '41. 194; on 20th November, 1840, '42. 166; SCHOOLS, number of, endowed, unendowed, and Sunday schools in, in 1818, '29. 91; unendowed day-schools -in, in 1818 and 1828, 29. 93; Sunday and other Church of England, in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 120; 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. 192; and income and expenditure of same in 1834, '37. 177; the same, and length of roads in 1839, '42. 139; tolls on, amount of, received in all the trusts in, in the years 1834 and 1839, id. 118, 119. Berkshire and Wiltshire Canal Navigation Extension, &c. Act, '36. 210.

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'32. 216.

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Bermondsey, population &c. of, '28. 86, 87; New Church Act, '32. 215; Improvement, &c. Act, '35. 219.

Bermuda taken and occupied by the English, '28, 60; date of settlement of, how governed, population, imports and exports, and tonnage inwards and outwards (1831), '32. 104, 105; education, state of, and amount of population in, '34. 18); slaves, number of, in, in 1827, '29. 199; registered number of, in 1820 and 1830, '34. 180; number of, in, appraised value of, sales of, from 1822 to 1830, and amount and rate of compensation for, '39. 195; declared free in, '35. 257; quantity of rum imported from, in 1831, '33. 183.

value of imports and exports into and from, in 1833, '37. 165.

Bermudas cedar, '29. 65.
Bermudez, Geron., '32. 70.
Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden,

'28. 64; King of Sweden, id. 65. Bernai, Alexandre of, '32. 66. Bernard, '31. 69.

of Clairvaux, '32. 66.

Dr., the English authors mentioned in his "Synopsis Veterum Mathematicorum" stated, '37. 26, 27.

Bernardinus, his works, '37. 25.
Bernatowwicz, '31. 79; '32. 76.
Berners, Lord, '31. 70; '32. 59.

street, shop front at the corner of, account of, '41. 249. Berni, '31. 70; '32. 55. Bernis, '31. 77; '32. 69. Bernouilli, J., '31. 74; '32. 65; his treatise on tides referred to, '30. 52; his corrections of the moon's

parallax, 35. 24; his theory of the tides explained, '37. 6. Bernouilli's harmonic curve, 29.55; hydrodynamics, id. 61; projectile, id. 60; resistance of fluids, id. 61.

Berri, Duchess of, arrives in England, 31: 237; is arrested, '33. 232; is liberated, '34. 245; declares her marriage with Count Palli, '34. 242.

Duke of, assassinated, '28.65; funeral mass to, riots in Paris, 32. 236.

Berries, duty on (1832), 33. 190..
Berriew, population of, '33. 80.
Berrola's watch alarum, account of,
28. 181.

BERRY, see BERRI,
Berthold, '31. 66.

Constantiensis, '32. 63.
Berthoud clocks, 29. 61.
Bertali, '31. 74.

Bervie, population of, '33. 85..
Berwick, north, population of, '33.

84.

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Berwick-on-Tweed, population of, '29.81; population and representation of, '33. 69; coals and cinders entered coastwise, and duty thereon, in 1829, '31. 190.

Light Dues Act, '31. 213. difference of time between, and London, '31. 18.

and Kelso Railway, account of, 37. 87, 88; '41. 62... Berwickshire, population of, and, of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, 33.82; summary of same, in 1821 and 1831, distinguishing the sexes, id 89; the same in 1841, 42. 108; population of, in 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, and 1841, and increase per cent, id. 110; occupations of persons in (1831), 35. 95, 96; electors, number of, in, in 1836, 37. 182; 'houses, number of, inhabited, uninhabited, and building, in 1841, '42. 108; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; gates in, rents of, in 1833, 1834, and 1835, 37. 178.

Berwick Street, new church. (St. Luke's), intended, '38. 219; account of same, and observations on, '39. 222; further observations, '39. 222; further observations on, aud objections to, 40, 2254 Berzelius, '31. 79; '32..75.bra Bessarion, 31. 68; 32.51.s Bessus, '28. 52.

Best, Chief Justice, created, Lord Wynford, '30. 262. Bethlehem Hospital, '30. 140;;additions to, account of, '40. 226, 227. Bethnal Green, St. Matthew,, rental of the parish of (1829), 29. 85. population, &c., of, 28. 86, 87; churches and chapels intended in, 41. 229; three chapels in progress, '42. 206; church at, in progress, '41. 229; same completed, 42. 206. Betula nigra, '29. 64.

Bevan, Mr., account of his new. Register Rain Gauge, '28. 185. Beverley, population of (1821), 29. 81; population and representation of, 33.76; Common Pastures Regulation Act, '37. 221. ⠀ Beverwyk, '31. 73; 32. 73. mater Bewdley, population and representation of, '33. 76.

Bexley, population of, '33. 64. Beyrout, British Consul at, his salary (1829), 31. 182; capture of, '41. 255.

Beza, Theod., 31.,70; 32. 64.. Bezier, Esteve de, '31. 69; : '32.67. B. C., explanation of, 28. 49... Bhadon, an Hindostaneee month, *30.25.

Bhadra, a Bengalee month, ib. 26. Bhurtpore, siege of, 28. 67; '32. 42; capture of, 32. 45. Biabotanquji, the Arabic name for the additional days of the Coptic year, '30. 16..

Bible, trauslated into Gothic, '28. 55; printing of in English, celebrated, '36. 249; statement as to the printing of in Scotland, .'40. 204.

Bible Society, British and Foreigu,

'30. 153; great meeting of the.. friends of, &c. '36.243...

Bible Societies Tri and near London,

30. 152 153

Bibles and Tracts; societies in and near London for tire distribution of, '30 152. "Bibliotheca," 32. 48, 50. Bibliotheca Hispanica," id. 71. Biblioteca Italiana," referred to, $29, 79, 80. Bice '31: 70.

Bicester, population of, 33. 70; Road Act, '39. 213. Bicheno, Mr., his opinion on the condition of the Irish peasantry in 1830, 31. 109;

Bickersteth, Mr., created Lord Langdale, and appointed Master of the Rolls, 37. 252.

Bielair, John de, '31. 67; '32. 69. Billassoa, passage of the, '28. 64. Biddulph Mr., murder of, mentioned in the House of Commons, 42. 180.

Bideford, population of, 33. 60. Bidegur capitulated, '32. 35. Didloo, G.; 31. 75; '32. 73. Biddulph and Congleton Road Act, '38211

Biela, his discovery of the comet of 1826 29. 25.

Biela's Comet, when discovered, '33, 5 predicted appearance of (1832), id. ib. elements of the orbit of, 38. 16; its motion, id. ib. Bielski, 31. 71; ~32.‍76. Biercy, Gottob Benedict, dies, '41. 188.

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Bigamy, punishment for (9 G. IV.
c. 31), 29. 152; increase of the
crime in 1840, 42. 101.
Bieg or BEAR. See GRAIN.
Biggleswade, population of, 33. 57.
Bignonia capensis, 31. 37; grandi-
flora, id. ib.; radicans, '29. 64.
Bilboa, British Consul at, his salary
(1828), 31. 181; surrender of,
$28. 243.

Bilderdyck, '31. 77; ^32, 74.
Bile, deaths from, within the Bills

of Mortality, in 1827, 29. 110; secretion of, imperfect in excessive drinkers of spirits, '29. 123: Bill circulation of Great Britain and Ireland, at various periods, from 1815 to 1839, '42. 154.

Billardiera longiflora, '31, 37; mu

tibilis,, id. ib.; scandens, id. ib. Billinghay Feni, &c., Drainage Att, '41. 215.

Billingsgate, bell at, rung at high water, 28. 158. Billingsley, Sir Henry, his translation of Euclid noticed, 37, 38. William, 37. 25; his supposed works, id. 29: · Billon (France), its value, &c. (1829), '30. 104.

Bills of Exchange first used, 28. 57; duty paid on, in the United Kingdom, in 1835 and 1836, '38. 172; and Promissory Notes falling due on Good Friday or Christmas Day, law relating to, 28. 149, 150 where they may bet protested in particular cases (2 & 3 W. IV. c. 98), '32, 184; Act removing doubts as to presentation to acceptors for honour, &c. (6 & 7 W. IV. c. 58), '37. 127; interest on, Usury Act relating. to (7 W. IV. & 1 Vic. c. 80), '38. 158; further Act extending the provisions of the same (2 & 3 Vic. c. 37), '40. 150; STAMPS on, produce of, in 1827, '29, 188; amount of, issued in the year ending January 5th, 1830, 31. 172; in the year ending 5th January, 1831, and their several prices, 32: 176; issue of for, in 1831, 33: 174; amount of in 1837, '39. 178; the same in 1838, '40. 173.

(Ireland),Consolidation Act (9 G. IV. c. 24), 29, 148.

discounted by the Bank of England, in the week ending 31st of March in each year, from 1832 to 1840, '41. 182.

circulation' of, of Great Britain and Ireland, at various times, from 1815 to 1839, '42. 154.

and notes, forgery of, punishable with death, 1830 (1 W. IV. c. 66), 31. 158; and see further Act abolishing punishment of death for forgery.

Bills of Mortality, 29. 109, 110; parishes within, id. ib.; general observations on, and on their

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