Ireland-continued.

of the Ministers in respect to Ireland
discussed on Lord Stanley's Motion
on the conflict at Dolly's Brae, [110];
that policy defended by the Earl of
Clarendon in person, [112]

Ireland Murders in, of Ardell, Ma-
grath, Egan, 3; frightful catastrophe
in an union workhouse at Limerick,
16; trial of C. Moore and B. Thomp-
son for murder of Patrick Moore at
Turrow, 35; murder of Mr. Maule-
verer, 70; murder of Mr. Pike, 95;
murder of Dr. Creighton by a mad-
man, 113; murder of Mr. North, 121

Jamaica, dreadful ravages of the cholera
in, 158

LAW AND POLICE-Trial of Louis Joel,
for fraud in bill-discounting, 4; out-
rage in Millbank Prison, a warden
nearly murdered, 9; robberies by the
use of chloroform, 13; daring rob-
bery in Guildford-street, 14; woman
charged with attempting to drown
her three children in the Regent's
Canal, 24; trial of J. Hogg and G.
Nichol for the murder of Davison,
at Bewcastle, 25; trial under Lord
Campbell's Act, for loss of sight by
an explosion of gun-cotton, 29; trial
of Anne Merritt for poisoning her hus-
band, 30; trial of Catherine Moore
and Bridget Thompson for the mur-
der of Patrick Moore, in Ireland, 35;
the Bridgenorth murder case, third
trial of Mercy Catherine Newton, 39;
trial of the Birds for the murder of
Mary Anne Parsons, at Taunton, 42;
trial of Elias Lucas and Mary Reeder
for the murder of Susan Lucas, at
Cambridge, 46; trial of Thomas
Denny for the murder of his child,
at Kingston, 53; adroit letter-bag
robbery, 56; mysterious murder and
robbery in the Wandsworth-road, 62;
robbery at Charlcote Hall, 64; trial
of Walter Watts for stealing a cheque,
65; the "Agapemone," judgment in
Thomas v. Roberts, 68; desperate
burglar, escapes of George Hacket,
77; trial of William Ross for poison-
ing his wife, at York, 90; trial of
Murphy and Sullivan for the murder
of Jane Lewes, at Newport, 96; trial
of Hannah Curtis for poisoning her
husband, at Gloucester, 99; execu-
tion of Patrick Forbes for murdering
his wife, at Newcastle, 104; trial of
the captain and mates of the Orion,

Law and Police continued.

107; committal of Sarah Chesham
for a series of poisonings, 109; rob-
bery of and attempt to murder Mr.
Cureton, 119; the Frimley murder,
examination of the prisoners, 122;
prevalence of burglaries in different
parts at this time, 126, 157; burglary
at Holford House, examination of the
prisoners, 131; great robbery in the
Strand, examination of the prisoners,
133; burglary at Epsom, 137; extra-
ordinary cruelty to a servant, case of
the Sloanes, the examinations, 144;
robbery and strangulation on M.
Adolphe Dubois, 155

LAW CASES-ECCLESIASTICAL--The Gor-
ham case, 303; Law of Divorce-the
Church of Rome--Connelly v. Con-
nelly, 318; law of marriage, trial
of the Rev. Moorhouse James for re-
fusing to marry H. Fisher and A.
Hardman, 320; charge of false regis-
tration, Regina a Dunboyne, 322.
CIVIL-Doe dem. Bainbrigge v. Bain-
brigge, 323. CRIMINAL-Trial of
Robert Pate for an assault on Her
Majesty, 331; poisoning case: trial
of William Chadwick for the murder
of Samuel Tunnicliffe, 339; Boston,
U. S., trial and execution of Professor
Webster for the murder of Dr. Park-
man, 341. For trials recorded in the
Chronicle, see LAW AND POLICE.
Louis Philippe-death of the ex-King
of the French, 104

Manchester, the Act for the division of
the parish of, 159
MARRIAGES, 175

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS, Table
of, for the year, 417
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 417

MINISTRY, list of, as it stood at the
opening of the Parliament on the
31st January, 1850, 161
MISCELLANEOUs-Shocking occurrence
at the Central Criminal Court, death
of Mr. Tawney, 1; riot at a Protec-
tionist meeting at Stafford, 2; change
of surname lawful, 6; sale of rare
books, library of Mr. Poynder, of Dr.
Libri, 8; destruction of a great pi-
ratical fleet in China, 10; destruction
of another piratical fleet, 56; rob-
beries by means of chloroform, 13;
high tide in the Thames, 15; the
weather, dreadful effects of the cold
abroad, 16; order of Sir C. Napier
respecting the discipline of the In-
dian army, 18; floating railway over

Miscellaneous-continued.

the Forth, 20; fearful storm and ship-
wrecks, 21; arrival of Lord Gough
and Major Edwardes from India, their
reception, 24; dinner by the East
India Company to Lord Gough, 45;
disastrous fight with pirates on the
Gambia river, 26; the Britannia tu-
bular bridge, the first train through,
28; fearful explosions of powder mills
at Hounslow, 32; Exhibition of the
Industry of All Nations, banquet by
the Lord Mayor of London, 40; re-
turn banquet by the Lord Mayor of
York, 135; adroit letter-bag robbery,
56; fall of a bridge at Angers, 221;
{ soldiers drowned, 57; awful storm at
Dublin, 58; American freedom and
English freemen, case of Isaac Bowers,
a negro, 60; election for Lymington,
62; accouchement of Her Majesty of
a prince, 63; explosion of a powder
fleet at Benares, 63; Exhibition of
the Royal Academy, 64; collision
and loss of life on Lake Erie, 65;
'. suicide from the Duke of York's Co-
lumn, 67; departure of the French
Ambassador, 67; attempted assassi-
nation of the King of Prussia, 67;
the "

Agapemone," Thomas v. Ro-
berts, 68; death of the Emperor of
China, 70; arrival of the Nepaulese
Ambassador, 71; the hippopotamus,
72; experiments with rockets, 73;
attack upon Her Majesty by Pate, 73;
Epsom races, 74; suicide on the Great
Western Railway, 75; Shakspere's
"Tempest" produced as an opera, 75;
Ascot races, 76; Christening of Prince
Alfred, 79; testimonial to Lord Pal-
merston, 80; Sunday delivery at the
Post Office, 83; antiquities at Lymne,
the Portus Lemanis, 85; antiquarian
discoveries in California, 86; attempt
to assassinate Louis Napoleon, 86;
death of His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, 87; suicides in New-
gate, of W. Watts and D. B. Donovan,
89; storm at Brighton, 90; accouche-
ment of the Queen of Spain, 90;
parliamentary elections, Devonport,
Southampton, and Mayo, 90; steam-
boat explosion at Liverpool, 92; sale
of the Earl of Ashburnham's pictures,
92; election for Chester, 93; fall of
a mill at Stockport, 93; explosion of
fire-damp at Airdrie, 93; Goodwood
races, 94; the great diamond the
"Koh-i-noor," 94; election for Lam-
beth, 96; tragical death of a tourist,
Mr. J. W. Dutton, 96; sale of the

Miscellaneous-continued.

King of Holland's pictures, 98; ex-
plosion of the ammunition manufac-
tory at Rendsburg, 99; prorogation of
the Parliament, 101; inundations in
Belgium, 101; collision at sea, the
Minerva and the William Rushton,
102; the Queen's visit to the King of
the Belgians, 108; the " peace con-
gress" at Brussels, 103; fall of the
Bricklayers' Arms Railway Station,
103; death of King Louis Philippe,
104; the Queen's visit to Scotland,
105; the electric telegraph between
Dover and Calais, 106; plague at
Rio Janeiro, 108; Jenny Lind in
America, 109; return of poisoning
cases, 110; naval review at Cher-
bourg, 111; attack upon General
Haynau, 110; ballooning, death of
Lieut. Gale, 112; accident to a dili-
gence in Spain, 114; Doncaster races,
115; explosion of a cliff at Seaford,
118; the Welsh Eisteddvod, 120;
munificent gift by Miss Haword of
45,000l., 122; election of a recorder
of the City of London, 122; Parlia-
mentary election, Cambridge, 128;
storm and wrecks, 128; blowing up
of a line-of battle ship at Constanti-
nople, 131; the Nineveh marbles,
136; explosion in a French ship of
the line, 139; fatal boat accident at
Worthing, 142; riot at Birkenhead,
142; massacre of Christians at Aleppo,
143; extraordinary cruelty to a ser-
vant, case of the Sloanes, 144; en-
thronization of Cardinal Wiseman,
149; the Papal aggression, the City
and Universities' addresses to Her
Majesty, 151; demonstrations on Guy
Fawkes' day, 138; Parliamentary
elections, Limerick, St. Alban's, Ayles-
bury, 158; the cholera in Jamaica,
158; the parish of Manchester, 159;
blowing-up of a Portuguese frigate at
Macao, 160

MORTALITY, summary of the weekly ta
bles of, 417

MURDERS, in Ireland, of W. Ardell,
Magrath, Egan, 3; murder and sui-
cide at Manchester, Mr. and Mrs.
Novelli, 10; two children drowned
at Exeter by their mother, 19; at-
tempt to murder the Prince de Mu-
signano at Rome, 24; attempt to
drown three children in the Regent's
Canal, 24; at Bewcastle, trial of Hogg
and Nichol, 25; murder in France of
the Redaud family, 27; and suicide
at Clayton, Yorkshire, 34; of Patrick

7

Murders-continued.

Moore, in Queen's County, 35; of Dr.
and Mrs. Wilson, near Edinburgh, by
a maniac, 37; the Bridgenorth mur-
der, 39; of Mary Ann Parsons, by
the Birds, 42; of Susan Lucas, at
Cambridge, 46; of Susan Moir by
her husband, 48; of a child, at Ewell,
53; at Otley, 59; in the Wandsworth-
road, 62; of Mr. Mauleverer, in Ire-
land, 70; of Mary Ross, at York, by
poison, 90; of Mr. Pike, in Ireland,
95; of Jane Lewis, at Newport, 96;
of Thomas Harris, by poison, 99; of

- Forbes, at Newcastle, 104; poison-
ings in Essex, by Sarah Chesham,
109; of Dr. Creighton, by a madman,
in Ireland, 113; of Mr. Roger North,
in Ireland, 121; of the Rev. Mr. Hol-
lest, at Frimley, 122; of Jael Denny,
at Doddinghurst, 129; of a police-
man, near Brentwood, 141

PARLIAMENT The Parliament opened
by Commission, the Lord Commis-
sioners' Speech, [3]; Address in
answer moved in the Lords by the
Earl of Essex; amendment of the
Earl of Stradbroke, representing the
distress of the agricultural class, [5];
debate thereon, speeches of the Duke
of Richmond, Earl of Winchilsea,
Lord Stanley, in favour of; of the
Earl of Carlisle, Earl Granville, Lord
Brougham, against amendment, [5];
amendment negatived; [7]; Address
moved in the Commons by Mr.C. Vil-
liers, [7]; amendment moved by Sir
J. Trollope, representing distress of
the agricultural class, owing to recent
commercial legislation, and undue
local taxation, [7]; Chancellor of Ex-
chequer defends the commercial po-
licy, shows great reduction of pauper-
ism, great increase of trade, and of
revenue, [8]; two nights' debate,
speeches of Sir J. Walsh, Mr. G.
Berkeley, Marquess of Granby, [9];
Mr. J. E. Denison, Mr. Christopher,
Mr. R. Palmer, [10]; Mr. Muntz, Mr.
Herries, Mr. Labouchere, [11]; Mr.
Disraeli, Lord J. Russell, [12]; amend-
ment negatived, [13]; Mr. Disraeli's
motion for a Committee to consider
the Local Burdens on Land,-his
speech [13]; answer of Sir G. Grey,
[15]; debate, speeches of Sir J. Gra-
ham, [16]; Mr. Gladstone, [17]; Sir
R. Peel, Lord J. Russell, [19]; mo-
tion negatived, [20]; Mr. Hume's
motion for extension of the franchise,

Parliament-continued.

[20]; answer of Sir G. Grey, [21]; Mr.
Wood, Mr. Roebuck, [22]; Lord J. Rus-
sell, [23]; motion negatived, [24]

Colonial Affairs — Increasing in-
terest of the public in this subject;
Lord John Russell makes an able
statement of the general views of the
Government, [26]; discussion of the
statement by Sir W. Molesworth, Mr.
Roebuck, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Ad-
derley, [31]; the Australian Colonies
Government Bill, second reading, [33];
discussion of the principle of the Bill,
Mr. Scott, Mr. Roebuck, Lord J. Rus-
sell, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Hawes, and
others; Bill read 2a, [35]; in Com-
mittee numerous amendments are
moved respecting a single or two
Chambers; Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Wal-
pole, [35]; Sir W. Molesworth, [36];
Mr. Roebuck, [37]; Mr. C. Lushing-
ton, respecting public worship, [37];
Sir W. Molesworth expresses his views
of colonial government, [38]; Mr.
Gladstone, [39]; Mr. Gladstone's
amendment to give the Church of
England synodical action, [39]; in-
teresting debate, clause negatived,
[41]; Mr. Gladstone's amendment to
take the opinion of the Colonies on the
Bill, [41]; after debate motion nega-
tived, [43]; Bill passed by the Com-
mons, [44]; moved in the House of
Lords by Earl Grey, debate, [44];
Lord Brougham moves to hear par-
ties by counsel, motion negatived,
[45]; Bill ably opposed by the Bishop
of Oxford, his speech, [45]; reply of
Earl Grey, [47]; amendment nega-
tived; Lord Monteagle's amendment
for a double Chamber negatived, [49];
the confederation clauses abandoned
by Government, and Bill, as amended
by the Lords, is accepted by the Com-
mons, [50]; copy of the Act, 391;
Affairs of Ceylon, report of the Se-
lect Committee, [50]; conduct of the
governor, Lord Torrington, violently
attacked; he is recalled, [51]; the
West India Colonies, motion of Sir
E. N. Buxton, that it is unjust to ex-
pose Colonial free-grown sugar to com-
petition with slave-grown sugar, [51];
debates, Mr. Hume, Mr. G. Berkeley,
Mr. J. Wilson, [53]; Mr. E. H. Stan-
ley, Sir J. Pakington, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, [54]; Mr. Glad-
stone, Lord Palmerston, [55]; mo-
tion negatived, [56]

Foreign Policy; Affairs of Greece

Parliament-continued.

-Refusal of the Greek Government
to give compensation to certain Bri-
tish subjects, the Piræus blockaded,
great excitement caused by the ques-
tion, [58]; our relations with France
seriously compromised, questions
asked in Parliament, [58], [60]; pro-
posed intervention of France, [61]; in-
tervention broken off, the French Am-
bassador does not attend the Queen's
birthday, and leaves England, [62]; in
the Lords the Government represent
the matter lightly; in the French
Assembly the Minister of War admits
that the Ambassador was recalled,
[63]; discussion in the Commons,
[64]; Lord Palmerston explains the
circumstances of the withdrawal of
the French Ambassador, [65]; Lord
Stanley, in the Lords, brings the
subject forward in a general attack
on the Foreign policy of the Minis-
try, his able speech, [66]; answer of
the Marquess of Lansdowne, [68]; im-
portant debate, Earl of Aberdeen,
Lords Beaumont, Canning, Brougham,
Ministry defeated by a majority of 37,
[71]; Lord J. Russell's view of the
position of the Ministry in conse-
quence, [71]; Mr. Roebuck's friendly
motion, [73]; debate, Sir F. Thesiger,
[76]; Mr. W. P. Wood, Sir J. Gra-
ham, [77]; Lord Palmerston's defence
of himself and colleagues, [78]; Sir
J. Walsh, Mr. J. Herbert, Sir G. Grey,
[81]; Mr. Gladstone, [82]; Mr. Cock-
burn, [83]; Mr. Walpole, Mr. Cobden,
[84]; Sir Robert Peel's memorable
speech, [85]; Lord John Russell, [86];
Mr. Disraeli, [87]; majority of 46 in
favour of Ministers, [88]; Affairs of
Hungary; Lord Dudley Stuart's mo-
tion respecting the extradition of
Hungarian refugees by Turkey, Lord
Palmerston's reply, [88]; debate, mo-
tion withdrawn, [90]; interesting de-
bate on maintenance of the African
squadron, [90]; debate, Mr. La-
bouchere, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Cardwell,
[92]; Mr. Gladstone, Lord J. Russell,
[93]; motion negatived, [94]

Affairs of Ireland-The Govern-
ment measure for relief of distressed
unions and repayment of advances,
it is adopted, [96]; Government Bill
for extending the elective franchise,
[98]; several amendments moved in
Committee, [99]; Bill passes the Com-
mons, it is received with great oppo-
sition in the Lords, [100]; Lord De-
sart's motion to substitute 15l. for 81.

Parliament-continued.

as the qualification is carried against
Ministers, [102]; who are again de-
feated on Lord Stanley's amendment,
respecting registration, [102]; the
Bill is passed by the Lords, and re-
turned to the Commons, when Lord
J. Russell proposes a 127. qualification
as a compromise, but insists on the
registration clauses, [102]; the Lords
agree to these alterations and the
Bill passes, [104]; Abolition of the
Lord-Lieutenancy; Bill for this pur-
pose brought in by Lord J. Russell,
[104]; it is vehemently opposed by
the Irish members, speech of Sir R.
Peel, [107]; Sir G. Grey, Mr. Sheil,
[109]; Mr. Disraeli, Bill carried, but
not further proceeded with, [110];
Lord Stanley attacks the general
Irish policy of the Ministry by a mo-
tion respecting the conflict at Dolly's
Brae, [110]; that policy defended by
Lord Clarendon in person, [112]

Finance-The financial statement
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
favourable condition of the revenue,
[117]; proposes to reduce the stamp
duties and abolish that on bricks,
[118]; discussion on the stamp-duties,
they are modified, [119]; Ministers
defeated on Sir H. Willoughby's'
amendment, [121]; the Chancellor of
the Exchequer withdraws his propo-
sals, and introduces a new measure,
which is adopted, [122]; motions for
retrenchment, Lord J. Russell's mo-
tion for a Committee on official sala-
ries, [123]; which is adopted after
debate, [127]; Mr. Cobden's motion
for reduction of 'the annual expen-
diture to the standard of 1835, [127];
Mr. Labouchere defends the present
system, discussion on the subject,
motion negatived by a large majority,
[130]; Mr. H. Drummond's motion
for retrenchment, [130]; Mr. Fox
Maule replies, [131]; motion sup-
ported by the agricultural interest,
after debate motion negatived, [133];
Lord Duncan's motion for a repeal of
the window-tax, [133]; reply of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Govern-
ment obtain a majority of 3, [135];
Mr. Cayley's motion for the repeal of
the malt-tax, [135]; reply of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and im-
portant debate, [136]; Mr. Disraeli,
Lord J. Russell, motion negatived,
[139].

Miscellaneous Measures-A Bill
for a Court to try Ecclesiastical Ap-

Parliament-continued.

peals in lieu of the Judicial Com-
mittee of the Privy Council, intro-
duced by the Bishop of London [141];
his speech answered by the Marquess
of Lansdowne [143]; measure op-
posed by Lord Brougham, Bishop of
St. David's, Earl of Carlisle, Lord
Campbell, supported by Lord Redes-
dale, Bishop of Oxford, Lord Lyttel-
ton, Bill lost, [147]; motion of Mr.
Heywood for inquiry into the state of
the Universities, [147]; strongly op-
posed by Sir R. H. Inglis, [148]; de-
bate, Lord John Russell intimates the
intention of Government to issue a
Royal Commission, [149]; this pro-
posal indignantly protested against
by Mr. Goulburn and others, [151];
the subject discussed in the Lords,
Earl of Carlisle gives assurances with
regard to the selection of the Com-
mission, [152]; discussion on Mr.
Heywood's motion resumed, Mr.
Roundell Palmer's speech, [154]; Mr.
H. Drummond, Mr. Gladstone, Lord
J. Russell, motion for the Government
Commission carried, [157]; Law of
Marriage, Bill to legalize marriage
with a deceased wife's sister again in-
troduced, [157]; debate on the second
reading, speeches of Mr. Hope, Mr.
S. Herbert, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. R. Pal-
mer, [158]; Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Sheil,
[159]; Mr. Cobden, Mr. Goulburn,
second reading carried, Bill passed
notwithstanding great opposition,
[160]; in the Lords the Bill is tem-
porarily withdrawn, [161]; Lord Ash-
ley's motion respecting Sunday La-
bour at the Post Office, [161]; it is
opposed by the Government, but car-
ried, the Government resolve to carry
the motion out strictly, great sur-
prise and dissatisfaction throughout
the country, but Government profess
obedience to the commands of the
House, [163]; measures taken ac-
cordingly, great inconvenience and
enormous increase of Sunday labour
occasioned, Mr. Locke King moves a
resolution in effect rescinding vote,
[164]; the regulations of the Post
Office restored to their former foot-
ing, [166]; Amendment of the Factory
Act, evasions of the statute, Lord
Ashley draws attention to the relay
system, and moves a declaratory Bill,
[166]; Sir G. Grey, on the part of the
Government, assents, discussion, op-
position by the mill-owners, Sir J.
Graham declares his view, intro-

Parliament-continued.

ducing the original measure, [168];
Sir G. Grey proposes an arrangement
by way of compromise between the
mill-owners and operatives, [169];
various amendments moved by Lord
Ashley, Mr. Edwards, Lord John
Manners, for further limitation; Bill
as proposed by Government, carried,
[170]; measure severely scrutinized
in the Lords, amendments moved by
the Earl of Harrowby and Duke of
Richmond for further limitation of
labour, Bill carried in original form,
[171]

Death of Sir Robert Peel-Deep
feeling exhibited by the House of
Commons, Mr. Hume's motion that
the House do adjourn without pro-
ceeding to any other business, [174];
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Napier, and Sir
R. Inglis express the feelings of the
House, and the motion is agreed to,
[175]; in the House of Lords similar
feelings expressed by the Marquess of
Lansdowne, Lord Stanley, and Lord
Brougham, [177]; the Duke of Wel-
lington's testimony to the moral cha-
racter of the deceased, [178]; Lord
J. Russell proposes a public funeral,
which is declined by Mr. Goulburn
on behalf of the family, [178]; Lord
J. Russell states that Her Majesty
had proposed to confer a peerage on
the family, but that Lady Peel de-
sired to bear no other name than that
of her deceased husband, and that
Sir Robert had expressed his wish
that none of his family should accept
any public reward for services ren-
dered by him, [179]; Lord J. Russell
therefore proposes that a public mo-
nument be erected in Westminster

Abbey, and it is unanimously
agreed to, [180]; Death of the Duke
of Cambridge; message from the
Queen respecting a provision for the
family, [181]; after discussion vote
agreed to, [182]

Admission of the Jews to sit in
Parliament-Baron Rothschild pre-
sents himself at the table and proposes
to be sworn on the Old Testament,
protested against by Sir R. Inglis,
[183]; adjourned debate, Baron Roths-
child is called in and asked why he
demanded to be sworn in that form,
his reply, [185]; Sir R. Inglis moves
to adhere to the usual form, Mr.
Hume proposes amendment that he
be sworn on the Old Testament, [185];
debate, Sir F. Thesiger, Lord J. Rus.