Death, abolition of punishment of, causes increase of convictions, '43. 123.
average sentences of, in 1834, 1837, and 1841, '43. 123; num- ber of, in 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. 121.
Deaths and births, proportion of, in year ended June 1840, and be- tween 1831 and 1841, '43. 30.
number of, in England and Wales, by epidemic, endemic, and contagious diseases, '43. 32. Deficiency in the revenue, amount of (1841-2), '43. 177. Denmark, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Deputy registrars of bankruptcy to be appointed, their salaries, '43. 269, 270.
Derby and Birmingham Railway,
extent of, and when opened, 43. 67; several particulars of its cost, &c., id. 69; average weekly re- turns, id. 79. Designs Copyright Consolidation Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 100), '43. 159, 160.
Dibdin, Thomas, dies, '43. 127. Diplomatic salaries (1841-2), '43. 177.
Distress, in Lancashire, '43. 258; in Leeds, id. ib.; in the Potteries, id. 259.
Dover, South-Eastern Railway, ex- tent of, and length opened, '43. 68; some account of, id. 76. Drainage, Mr. Walker's observations on, '43. 25, 26; suggested im- provements in, id. 37; insuffi- ciency of, in several parts of the kingdom, id. 22, et seq; remarks on defective state of, in France, id. 23; its effect in decreasing mortality in Ely, id. 34; Acts passed in session 1842, titles of, il. 221.
Drugs, duty on (1842). '43. 94. Du Sommerard, dies, '43. 128. Dudley, strike at, '43. 258. Dumont d'Urville, Admiral, dies, '43. 128.
Duncan, Dr., remarks on bad drain- age in Liverpool, '43. 23. Dundee, fever at, occasioned by want
of cleanliness, various statements relating to, and money expended at, by Rev. G. Lewis, '43. 33, 34; fever bill of, from 1833 to 1839, id. 33.
Dunstan House, '43. 231. D'Urville, Admiral, dies, '43. 128. Duties, exports on British goods, &c. (1842), 43. 119; miscellaneous (1842), id. 113.
Dyes, duty on (1842), '43. 94.
Earthenware, duty on (1842), '43. 105.
Earthquake at St. Domingo, '43. 258. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, extent of, and when opened, '43. 67; full account of, and of its traffic, cost, &c., id. 69-72; its parliamentary deposit, id. 79, 80; electro-magnetic locomotive car- riage on, id. 6, 7. Education, proportion of, amongst criminals, in seven years, '43. 125. Egerton, D., murdered, '43. 127. Egypt, value of exports to (1841), 43. 187.
Election Compromise Committee; see CHRONICLE OF THE SESSION. Electric moving power, '43. 5-7. Electrical telegraph, Morse, '43.7; Steinheil, id. ib.; on the Black- wall Railway, described, id. 8, 9; in use on other railways, id. 9. Electricity, present acceptation of the term, 43. 1; recent applica- tion of, to the arts, id. 1-20; ap- plied as a moving power, id. 5,6; applied to submarine operations, id. 3-5; current of, its velocity, id. 2. Electro-gilding described, '43. 16.
plating described, '43. 16. locomotive power, '43. 6, 7. magnetic engines, '43. 5-7. magnetic telegraph applied to printing messages, '43. 13; Professor Wheatstone, id. 9.
metallurgy, '43. 14—18. tint, process of, described, '43. 19, 20.
type process described, '43.
16+, 18; its value in copying en- graved plates, id. 18. "Electrotype Manipulations," by Walker, referred to, '43. 17. Elgin, Earl of, dies, '43. 127. Elphinstone, General, hostage to Akhbar Khan, '43. 257. Elwin, Rev. Whitwell, his observa- tions on the habits of the poor, '43. 26, 27.
Ely, mortality decreased in, by drainage, '43. 34. Emigration from the United King- dom, in half-year ended 5th July, 1841, ditto 1842; number of per- sons who emigrated, and to what places, during the year ended 5th January, 1842, '43. 197. Encyclopedias, copyright in, '43. 152.
Endemic diseases, number of deaths from, per year, in England and Wales, 43. 32
England, General, forces the pass at Candahar, '43. 257; marches to Quettah, id. 259. Ennis, riots at, '43. 258. Epidemic diseases, do not diminish population, '43. 30; number of deaths from, per year, in England and Wales, id. 32. Espronceda, J. de, dies, 43. 128. Events, chronicle of, from August 1841 to November 1812, '43. 257 -260.
Excise, revenue of (1841-2), '43.
177; net produce of, in each quar- ter ending October 1841 and 1842, id. 179; produce of, in each year from 1815 to 1842, id. 180; ac- count of several articles charged with duties in England, with gross amount of duty, in year ended 5th January, 1842, id. 191. Exeter and Bristol Railway, extent of, and length open, '43. 68, 76. Exmouth, Lord, proposed monument to, '43.219.
Exports, quantities and declared value of British and Irish pro- duce and manufactures exported, in 1841, '43. 186; duties on Bri- tish goods, &c. (1842), id. 119; tea, quantity imported in each year from 1832 to 1841, id. 188.
Exports and imports, account of, for the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, '43. 182.
Extracts, duty on (1842), '43. 92.
Falkland Islands, computed dura- tion of voyage to, '43. 161; value of exports to (1841), id. 187. Fearnley, T., dies, '43. 127. Fechner, his suggestions on magnetic telegraphs, 13. 9.
Felony, capital, not triable at ses- sious, '43. 150.
Females, comparative proportion of, in crime, '43. 123. Fetter-lane, suggested improvements in, '43. 230, 231.
Fever, expelled from the barracks at Glasgow, and how, '43. 35. "Fever bill of Dundee, from 1833 to 1839," '43. 33.
Finance, account of the public in- come and expenditure of the United Kingdom, in the year ended 5th January, 1842, '43. 177, 178; abstract of Indian revenue, finance accounts (1809-10, 1819- 20, 1829-30, 1839-40), id. 178. Fires, at Hamburgh, 43. 258; at Liverpool, id. 260.
Firing at the Queen, punishment for,
'43. 153, 154. Fleet Prison, consolidated with the Queen's Bench, '43. 134; com- mittals to, abolished, id. 135.
street, improvements in, '43. 231. Flogging in the army, motion against, '43. 209.
Flour, duty on (1842), '43. 132. Food, articles of, duty on (1842), '43. 81.
Forbes, Professor P., electro-loco- motive power, '43. 6. Foreign wines that paid duty for
home consumption, and quantities in bond, on 5th January, 1842, '43. 195.
Forgery, decrease of, in 1841, '43. 122; not triable at sessions, id. 151.
Game laws, offences against, increase of, in 1841, '43. 123. Gan, H. A., dies, '43. 128. Garbett, Mr., professor of poetry at Oxford, '43. 257.
Gas Acts, titles of, passed in session 1842, 43.223.
Gedney, vicar of, his case decided
in the House of Lords, '43. 259. Geefs, Aloys, dies, '43. 127. Geneva, see SPIRITS. Germany, value of exports to (1841), 43. 187.
Gessenius, Professor, dies, '43 128. Ghiznee, evacuated, '43. 257.
Gibraltar, value of exports to (1841), 43. 187.
Gilding by electricity, described, '43. 16.
Girls, &c., in collieries, &c., Act prohibiting employment of (5 and 6 Vict. c. 99), '43. 158, 159. Glasgow, fever expelled in the bar- racks at, and how, '43. 34, 35.
and Edinburgh Railway, extent of, and when opened, '43. 67; full account of, and of its traffic, its cost, &c., id. 69-72; its parliamentary deposit, id. 79, 80; electro-magnetic locomotive carriage on, id. 6, 7. Glyphography, invented by Mr. E. Palmer, described, '43. 20.
Glass, duty on (1842), '43. 105;
charged with duty (1841), id. 195. Godwin, Mr., engineer of the Ulster Railway, '43. 76.
Gold, proclamation concerning light, '43. 258.
Goldicutt, J., dies, '43. 128. Gosport Branch Railway, extent of, and when opened, '43. 67; ac- count of, and of its shares, &c., id. 68, 69.
Great Britain, railways of, account of, in progress in 1842, '43. 66- 80.
sanitary condition of the labouring population of, '43. 21-39.
Greek Isles, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Greenwich Hospital, prices of provi- sions for, from 1835 to 1841, '43. 196.
Railway, additional rails of, opened, '43. 77; additional, of stations for other railways, id. 80; stations, account of, id. 248. Guatemala, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Guenèssin, dies, '43. 127. Guernsey, &c., value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Hair, manufactures of, duty on (1842), '43. 102.
Hamburgh, fire at, '43. 258. Hampden, Dr., motion for his re- storation, '43. 258.
Hardwick, Mr., architect of Lin- coln's Inn New Hall, '43. 231. Harper, J., dies, '43. 128. Harris, Mr. Snow, his plan for
lightning conductors in ships, '43. 2; Admiralty report on, id. 3. Haugwitz, Count Otto, dies, '43. 127.
Hawkins, J. S., dies, '43. 128. Hayti, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Heeren, Professor A. H. L., dies, '43. 127.
Herbert, Hon. S., builds Wilton church, '43. 235.
Hering, Mr., architect of Dunstan house and shop in the Quadrant, '43.231.
Hewley's Charity, case decided by the House of Lords, '43. 259. Hides, duty on (1842), '43. 101. History, mathematical sciences, '43. 43-54.
Holland, value of exports to (1841), '42. 187.
Holyhead, railway to, projected, '43. 79.
Hone, William, dies, '43. 128. Hops, number of acres under culti- vation with, in 1841, and old and new duty on same, '43. 195. Houses, improvement in, a cause of lessening disease in, among the working classes, '43. 35, 36. Howard, Dr., remarks on bad drain- age at Manchester, '43. 23, 24. Humphrey, Alderman, elected lord mayor, '43. 260.
Ideler, Dr. J. L., dies, '43. 128. Imports: of sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, and cocoa, from West In- dies and British Guiana, for years 1831 to 1841, '43. 189; tea, quantity imported in each year, from 1832 to 1841, id. 188.
and exports: account of, for the years 1839, 1840, and 1841, '43. 182; annual average of (Scotland), for five years, end- ing 1827, ditto 1841, id. 189.
and home consumption : quantities of principal articles of foreign and colonial merchandise, in year 1841, and net produce of duty, '43. 183.
Impress monies, revenue of (1841-2), 43. 177.
Imprisonment, average sentences of, in 1834-37, and 1841, '43. 123; number of, in 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. 124. Improvement Acts passed in session 1842, titles of, '43. 222. Improvements, public, progress of, in 1842, '43. 201-219. Inclosure Acts passed in session 1842, titles of, 43. 221.
Income and expenditure of the United Kingdom, in the year ended 5th January, 1842, '43. 177, 178.
Tax Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 35), '43. 136-149; debates, see CHRONICLE OF THE SESSION. Independent College, Manchester, account of, '43. 244.
India: abstract of Indian revenue and finance accounts (1809-10, 1819-20, 1829-30, 1839-40), '43. 178; value of exports to (1841), id. 187. Inquests in Queen's Prison, by whom to be holden, '43. 136. Insolvent Debtors' Relief Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 116), '43. 164. Insolvent laws, offences against, not triable at sessions, '43. 151. Intemperance, suggested means of diminishing, '43. 35.
Ionian Islands, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Irish Malt Spirits Act (5 Vict. c. 15), '43. 134.
packet stations, loss of govern- ment per annum by, '43. 79. Irwin, Mr., architect of the Inde- pendent College, Manchester, '43. 244.
Italy, value of exports to (1841),
Jacobi, Professor, his paper on na- vigation by electro-magnetism, '43.7; his application of the electrotype process, id. 15. Java, &c., value of exports to (1841),
Jersey, &c., value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Jurisdiction of Justices Act (5 and 6 Vict. c. 38), '43. 151. Justice, courts of, expenses of, in 1841-2, '43. 177.
Katchenousky, M. T., dies, '43. 128. Keeper of the Queen's Prison, his salary, '43. 136.
Kelly, Dr. P., dies, '43. 127. Kendall, Mr. H. E., architect of the Bury St. Edmund's schools, '43. 215.
Kingston, a railway inn at, '43. 232.
La Borde, Count A. L. J., dies, '43. 128.
Labouring population of Great Bri- tain, sanitory condition of, '43. 21-39.
Lampadius, W. A., dies, '43. 127. Langham-place, Mark's Repository, account of, '43. 249.
Larrey, Baron, dies, '43. 128. Las Cases, dies, '43. 128. Leamington, Warwick, and Union Railway, its intended line, '43. 66; some particulars relating to, id. 78.
Leather, manufactures of, duty on (1842), '43. 101.
Lebrun, Carl, dies, '43. 128.
Madame, dies, 43. 127. Leeds, distress in, '43. 258; defect- ive drainage in, id. 24, 25. Letters, number delivered in one week of each month, from June 1841 to April 1842, and for one week in 1839, '43. 200.
Lewis, Rev. Mr. G., his statements
relating to fever at Dundee, and many losses there, by reason of uncleanliness, 43. 33, 34.
Libels, blasphemous, &c., printing, &c., not triable at sessions, '43. 151.
Lighting of towns, suggested im- provements in, '43. 37. Lightning conductors. Mr. Harris's plan for, in ships, '43. 2. Lime-burners, traders, '43. 165. Lincoln's Inn, new hall proposed, 43.231.
Linen, manufactures of, duty on (1842), '43. 102. Lippold, G. H. C., dies, '43. 127. Lister, T. H., dies, '43. 128. Literary men, obituary of, from April 1841 to November 1842, '43. 127, 128. Liverpool, Brunswick Buildings,
'43. 254; id. 23; fire at, id. 260; special commission at, id. ib. Livery-stable keepers, traders, '43. 165.
Refective drainage in,
Lunatic prisoners, removal of, to Bethlem, directed, '43. 135. Lunacy Bill, debated, '43. 217-
Lunde, L., dies, '43. 128.
M'Connell, Dr, his machine moved by electricity, '43. 6. Macuaughten, Sir W., assassinated,
Madeira, value of exports to (1841), '43. 187.
Magazines, copyright in, '43. 152. Maginn, William, dies, '43. 128. Magistrates, motion concerning the appointment of, ‘43. 211. Magnetic needle telegraph of Pro- fessor Wheatstone, described, '43. 9, 10.
Mails by railway, expenses of, in
1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, '43. 200.
Maize, duty on (1842), '43. 132. Malicious injuries to property, de-
crease of, in 1841, '43. 122. Malkin, Dr. B. H., dies, '43. 128. Malt, number of quarters made in 1841; amount of duty on; quan- tity consumed by brewers, &c. &c., 43. 195; quantity con- sumed by ale and beer sellers, in England and Wales, in 1839, 1840, and 1841, id. 194.
spirits, Irish, Act imposing further duties on (5 Vict. c. 15),
Malta, value of exports to (1841),
Man, Isle of, value of exports to (1841), 43. 187.
Manchester, defective drainage in, '43. 23, 24; defective mode of building small houses in, id. 27; mean chances of life in, in the lowest class, id. 31; riots at, id. 259.
and Birmingham Rail-
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