revenue, and army, in 1828, 29. 72, 73. Boulogne-sur-Mer,

ceremony of "blessing the ocean" at, '29. 41; restored to France, '31.46; British consul at, his salary (1828), 31. 181; number of English residing at, in 1829, 30. 217. Boundary Act (England and Wales), (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 63), '33. 148, 149; (Ireland), (2 and 3 W. IV. c. 89), '33. 163.

Bounties, amount of, in 1834-3536, '37. 152.

Bouquet Mart, 31. 77; '32. 69. Bourbon, Isle of, occupied, '30. 96; taken, '32. 43; value of exports to, in 1828, '31. 177; value of, of British produce, &c. to, in 1830, '33. 180; of British cotton goods, and quantity, in 1834, '36. 169; general exports to, in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834, and 1835, '37. 160; in 1836 and 1837, '39. 190; hurricane at the Isle of, '30. 260.

Family compact, '28. 62. Duke of, his will disputed, '33. 228. Bourbons, Kings of France, '28. 59; restored, 28. 64; conspiracy for the restoration of, '33. 229. Bourchier, Captain, destroys Amoy forts, '42. 233. Bourdaloue, '31. 73; '32. 68. Bourdeaux, number of English residing at, in 1829, '30. 217; wages at, '34. 60; British consul at, his salary (1828), '31. 181.

Duke of, Charles X., abdicates in favour of the, '31. 237; attains his majority, and allegiance done to him as Henry V., '34. 248; his estate of Chambord restored, '35. 256.

Bourmont, Marshal, resigns the command of the Miguelites, '34. 248.

Bourn North Fen and Dyke Fen
Drainage Act, '42. 192.
Bourne, Log., '29. 62.

Mr. Sturges, appointed Home
Secretary, '28. 69.
Bournemouth, extensive improve-
ments at, '38. 239, 240.
Bourrienne, M., dies, '35. 254.
Boutard, dies, '37. 110.

Bowels, operations of the, obstructed by tight stays, '29. 122. Bowmore, population of, '33. 82. Bowring, Dr. his evidence on the Custom duties, '41. 117. 126; his average of the consumption of sugar, '41. 126.

and Villers, Messrs., their first report on the trade between England and France, '35. 111. Box, Minorca, 29. 64; Thorn, id. 65. Box-leaved Grevillea, '31. 40; Phylica, id. 42.

Box-thorn, like Vestia, '31. 43. Box-wood, duty on (1829), '30. 198; (1836), '37. 128.

Box Tunnel, the, on the Great Western Railway, account of, '42. 63.

Boyd, Mr., shot at Malaga, '33. 227. Boyer, President of Hayti, his pro

clamation against the Spaniards,

'31. 234.

Boyle, R. '31. 74; 32. 60; capillary attraction, '29. 61; airpump, '29. 63.

population of in 1821 and 1831, '34, 92.

Boyne, Battle of the, '28. 61. Boys, number of in the Navy in 1839, '41. 198.

Bracciolini, F. 31. 72; '32. 56. Brachysema latifolium, 31. 37. undulatum, id. ib. Bracton, H. de, '32. 58. Bradfield, population of '33. 77. Bradford, population of (1821), '29. 81; population and representation of, '33.77; Paving &c., Act, '40. 213; Road Act, '42. 196.

Bradford, Great, population of, '33.

75. Bradley, James, '31. 74; '32. 61.

Dr., his astronomical investigations, 29. 59; his observations used to improve the Nautical Almanac, '29. 15.

Bradwardyn, Thomas de, '37. 22; his works, id. 25. Brady, R, '32.60.

Bregadinus, his works, '37, 25. Braganza, House of, in Portugal, '28. 60.

Duke of, declared King of Portugal, '31. 48. Brahe, Tycho, '32. 74. Brahilow, capitulation of, '29. 240. Braintree, population of, '33. 62. Braithwaite, Colonel, defeated by Tippoo, '32. 35.

Bramah's hydrostatical press, '29.61. Bramham House destroyed by fire,

'29. 242.

Brampton, population of, '33. 60; Road Act, '42. 196.

Bierlow Road Act, '39.

213. Branch Banks, establishment of, '33. 111; their effects upon private Banks, id. 113; of the Bank of England, where established (1832) '33. 111; average annual amount of circulation of, from 1828 to 1837, '39. 181. Branches, feast of, 28. 14. Brande, Mr., his remarks on the adulteration of vinegar, '36, 24; his "Manual of Pharmacy" quoted, '36. 24; a commissioner for inquiring into and supply of water in the metropolis, 29. 103. Brand's Journal referred to, '30. 68. Brand's Popular Antiquities referred to, '40. 28.† Brandenburg, extent of population of (1831), '33. 55,

A. de, duke of Prussia, 28. 59; Frederick William, elector of, '28. 60. Brandling Junction Railway Company, further Act, '39. 214; Brandling Junction Railway, account of, '38. 62, 63; 41. 74; opening and particulars relating to, '40. 92, 93.

Brandlings Leasing Act, '36. 210;

powers, Act to enable persons to carry same into effect, '37. 223. Brandt, Ger., '31. 73; '32. 73. Brandy, quantity entered for home

consumption, amount and rates of duty on in 1827, '29. 191; rate and amount of duty on, from the year ending 5th January, 1829, 30. 213; duty on (1829), '30. 205; import and home consumption of, and gross duty on in 1840, 42. 158; quantity exported in 1833 and 34, '36. 156; exports of, value of, in 1834 and 1835, '37. 162; observations on the duty on, '35. 111; number of gallons which paid duty in the United Kingdom in 1840, '42. 169; see further SPIRITS. Brass and Copper Manufactures, value of exported in 1827, 28. 167; quantity and declared value of exports of, in 1828, '31. 176; in 1830, '33. 179; in 1831, '34. 157; value of in 1834 and 1835, 237. 161; the same in 1835, 36, and 37, '39. 182; the same and quantities thereof in 1838, '40. 180; the same in 1839, '41. 187. the same in 1840, '42. 162. Bratton Fleming Inclosure Act, '39. 209.

Braunton Road Act, '42. 195. Bravardinus, his works, '37. 25. Bray, population of in 1821 and 1831, '34. 90.

Brazil discovered, '28. 59; '30. 94; empire of, its extent, population, sovereign, capital, religion, revenue, debt, army and navy in 1828, '29. 74, 75; British consulgeneral, consuls and vice-consuls to, where employed and amount of their salaries (1828), '31.182; revolution in, '28. 65; 32. 237; independent, '28. 65; acknowledged by Portugal, id. 67; representative government in, id. 65; war with Buenos Ayres, id. 67; legislative assembly of, opened by Don Pedro, '29. 238; legislative assembly of opened, 31. 236; Emperior of, married to the Princess Amelia of Leuchtenberg, '30. 263; Empress of, arrives at Portsmouth, '30. 264;

Emperor Pedro II. declared of age, '41. 254; expedition to, to form a colony on Tourier's system, '42. 243; EXPORTS to: coals, quantity of, in 1833, 35. 186; cotton, quantity imported from, from 1831 to 1834, 36. 168; cotton goods, value of, exported to, in 1842, 35. 178; quantity and value of, in 1833 and 1834, '36. 169; in 1835, '37. 167; in 1838, '40. 182; hardwares and cutlery, value of in 1835, 37. 168; in 1838, 40. 183; land, quantity of, in 1833, '35. 180; linens, value of in 1838, '40. 183; machinery, value of in 1838, '40. 183; rum, quantity of in 1829, 31. 186; 1831, 33. 183; tin and pewter wares, value of in, 1838, 40. 183; wool and woollens, British, value of, in 1832, '34. 167; wool, imports of, from, and value of British woollens exported to, in 1833, 35. 176, 177; value of exports of woollen manufactures to, in 1840, '42. 161; value of general exports to, in 1828, '31. 178; in 1830 '33. 180; in 1831, 34. 158; value of imports from, and of exports of home produce, &c., and foreign and colonial merchandize to, in 1831, '34. 160; exports to, value and particulars of in 1838, '40. 183; in 1827, 1830, 1833, 1834 and 1835, '37. 160; in 1836, '38. 174; in 1836 and 1837, 39. 190; in 1838, '40. 181; in 1839, '41. 188; value of exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures to in 1840, '42. 163.

Brazil, sugar of, impolicy of present

duties on, '41. 129, 130. Brazil wood, duty on (1829), '30. 198; (1832), '33. 190. Braziletto wood, dnty on (1829), '30. 198.

"Brazil, wars in," '32. 71. Bread, new, unwholesome, '29. 128. price of in 1801, '34. 44; adulteration of, '36. 23.

and flour, economy in the

use of, 29. 126–130.

and biscuit, exports of, value

of, in 1834 and 1835, 37. 161; the same in 1835, 1836, and 1837, '39. 182.

Bread, Act abolishing assize of, and making regulations for sale of, and to prevent adulteration of, beyond ten miles of the Royal Exchange (6 & 7. W. IV. c. 37), '37. 120, 121; allowed composition of, must be sold by weight, penalty for adulterating, '37. 120, 121; sale of (Ireland), Act for, similar to English Act (1 & 2 Vic. c. 28), '39. 149, 150. Breage, population of, '33. 59. Brecknock Markets Act, '39. 211. Brecknockshire, extent and population of, and number of sessions, magistrates, and parishes in, '28. 79; population and representation of, 33. 78; population of, and of the principal towns of, in 1811, 1821, and 1831, value of real property in, and its representation, '33. 78; 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; difference of time between the principal towns of, and London, 31. 22; bastards, number of, born in, in 1830, 34. 89; excise licenses issued, and public-houses in, number of (1831), '32. 185; houses, number of inhabited, uninhabited, and building in (1841), '42. 108; jurors in, in 1835, 37. 175; occupations of persons in (1831), '35. 91, 92; 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; 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. 135; year ending 25th March, 1830, 32. 184; for the year ending 25th March, 1831, 33. 187; in year ending Easter 1832, 34. 175; for year ending 25th March,

1833, '35. 184; in the year ending 25th March, 1834, '36. 174; proportion of paupers relieved to the population of, in 1839 and 1840, 42. 168; House tax, inhabited houses assessed to, and rental of same, for year ending 5th of April, 1830, '32. 106, 107; schools, number of Church of England, in, and of scholars in same (1832), '33. 121; turnpike trusts, their extent and income in (1834), '35. 193; and income and expenditure of same in 1834, '37. 177; the same and length of road in, 1839, '42. 122. BRECON. See BRECKNOCKSHIRE. Breaking out constitutes burglary, '28. 131, 132.

Breaking prison by juvenile offenders, punishment for, '39. 161. Breath, affection of, produced by excessive spirit-drinking, '29. 123. Breathing, quantity of air expended in, '28. 109.

Brechin, Forfar, population of (1821), '29. 83; in 1811, 1821, and 1831, '33. 84. Brecontree division, &c., parishes and wards comprised within, '32. 108.

Breda, peace of, '31. 48.

Brederode, G., '31.73; '32. 72. Bredon, Simon, '37. 22; his works, id. 25.

Bree, Chevalier Van, dies, '41. 138.

"Breeks v. Woolfrey," suit of, décided by Sir Herbert Jenner, '40. 255.

Bremen, Republic of, its extent, population, burgomaster, capital, religion. revenue, debt, and army, in 1828, 29.70, 71; population of (1836), '36. 107; British Viceconsul at, his salary (1828), '31. 180.

Adam of, '32. 63. Bremer, Commodore, succeeds Admiral Elliot, in the command in China, '42. 233.

Brent Bridge Road Act, '42. 195.

River, overflow of, '42. 255. Brentford (Ealing), '33. 67.

New, rental of the parish of (1829), '29. 85.

Breton, Guil., or William de, '31. 69; '32. 67.

Brewers, number of, in England and Scotland, in 1829, '31. 193; in England, Scotland and Ireland, and London, and quantity of malt consumed by them, in 1832, '34. 177, 178; in the United Kingdom, in 1834, 35. 184; in 1834, '36. 167; in London, and England and Wales, in each year from 1831 to 1837, '39. 137; number of in England and Wales, in 1840, '42. 169; brewers and retail brewers, malt, quantity used by, in year ending 10th October, 1839, 41. 196.

retail, Act Amendment (9 G. IV. c. 68), '29. 173.

licenses of, and other matters relating to, regulated (1 W. IV. c. 51), '31. 152. See further BEER, for the law as altered.

Brewood, population of, '33.72. Brewster, Sir D., his petition in favour of extended copyright presented, '40. 199.

Breydenbach, '31. 70; '32. 64. Bribery, trials for, at the Cambridge election, '36. 241.

at Elections Bill, debates on, '37. 204. Bricks and tiles, excise duty on, amount of in 1827, '29. 187.

duty on (1829), '30. 201; (1829), '30. 203; quantity charged with duty in England and Scotland, in the years ending 5th April, 1831 and 1832, '33. 180; and tiles and slates, amount of duty on, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, 34. 164; bricks, number of made in Great Britain, and amount of duty on same, in 1832,

'34. 164; and tiles, number of charged with duty, and amount of duty on, in 1833, 35. 183; bricks, quantity charged with duty, and amount of same, in 1834, 36. 158; in 1836, '38. 181; amount of duty on, in 1837, '39. 177; the same, and number charged in 1838, '40. 171; Brick Duties Consolidation Act (2 & 3 Vic. c. 24), '40. 147; produce of the additional duties on (1840 and 1841), '42. 153. Bride, chapel at, built and endowed by Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., '37. 229.

Bridewell Hospital, '30. 149.

house of occupations, its plan described, '31. 220; origin of the term as applied to prisons, '34. 219. Bridge, Hammersmith suspension, description of, '28. 175; London, several arches completed, id. 174; over the Serpentine erected, id. 173; of the Thames Junction Railway and Paddington Canal works, '40, 249; pulling down or damaging, punishment for, '28. 144. See further BRIDGES. BRIDGE ACTS. See PRIVATE BILLS. Bridgend Markets Act, '37. 219;

Railway Bill, '29. 182; account of, '37. 104; '41. 68. Bridgenorth, population and representation of, '33. 71. Bridges, &c., in progress in 1830, '31. 222-225; in 1831, '32. 222 -232; in 1832, '33. 222-226.

of London, the respective periods occupied in their completion, '32. 228; committee, on opening them toll-free, appointed,

'42. 181.

expenses of, in England and Wales, in 1792 and 1832, '37. 176. Bridgewater, population of (1821),

29. 81; population and representation of, 33. 71; church at, completed, '38. 219: Gas Light Act, '35. 220; and Taunton Canal Navigation further Act, '38. 212.

Bridlington, population of, '33. 76;

Harbour Improvement Act, 38. 213, 214.

Bridlington Quay, church at, finished, '42. 206.

Bridport, population and representation of, 33.61; fire at, '35. 253. Lady, christens the ship Trafalgar, 42. 239.

Brie, Gabriel, '32. 64. Briggs' Logarithms, '29. 61. Brief notice of the progress of public edifices, '28. 173-179; 29. 215-229; see further IMPROVE

MENTS.

Brienne, battle of, '28. 64. Brighthelmstone. See Brighton. Brighton, population of (1821), '29. 81; population and representation of, 33. 74; Brunswick Square lighting Act, '31. 210; Cemetery Act, 40.213; chain pier damaged,

34. 249; church in Montpelier road intended, '42. 219; Gas Light Act, '40. 214; Small Debts Act, 41. 218; Water-works Act, '35. 220; Brighton and London Railway Act, '38. 213; particulars of, 41. 80; partial opening of, id. 95; same opened, '42. 243; account of its whole length of main line, extent opened since November 1840, a full account of expenses, &c., '42. 56, 67-70; terminus of, account of, id. 229, 230.

and Shoreham Road Act Amendment Act, '42. 197. Brihuspotee, gale of, '30. 26. Brihuspoteebar, a Hindoo day, id. 27.

Brimington Inclosure Act, '42. 191. Brimstone, duty on (1839), '30. 198; imports of, value of in 1834 and 1835, '37. 163; import and home consumption of, in 1828, '31. 173; in 1830, '32. 177; '33. 175; in 1831, '34, 154.

butterfly, '29. 33. Brindley, Mr., the original projector of the Birmingham canal, 30. 245.

Brinkley, Dr., Bishop of Cloyne, dies, '36. 108, 248.

Brisbane, Sir Thomas, his observatory at New South Wales, '29.24.