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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 electrie 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-
eide 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

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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;
Lard John Russell makes an able
statement of the general views of the
trovernment. (26); discussion of the
statement by Sir W. Molesworth, Mr.
Loebuck. Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Ad-
offer. $17: the Australian Colonies
Gomerament Bill, second reading, [33];

scussion of the principle of the Bill,
Ar Scout Mr. Roebuck, Lord J. Rus-
sel. Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Hawes, and
echers: Bill read 2a, [35]; in Com-
Imee numerous amendments are
mored respecting a single or two

bes: Mr. Mowatt, Mr. Wal-
2002. 3: Sir W. Molesworth, [36];
Mz. Loeback. 37: Mr. C. Lushing
ML respecting public worship, [37];
S.-W. Molesworth expresses his views
of enoti government, [38]; Mr.
tradstone (39); Mr. Gladstone's
amendment to give the Church of
Lncised synodical action, (39); in-
Beresting debate, clause negatived,

Mr Gadstone's amendment to
make the rečnion of the Colonies on the
3. after debate motion nega-
zred (43): BEZ passed by the Com-
44: moved in the House of
by Earl Grey, debate, [44];
Loed Reonghan moves to hear par
ais by counsel, motion negatived,
Bishly opposed by the Bishop
if Orfed, his speech. [45]; reply of
Fari teren. (47): amendment nega
zred - Lord Monteagle's amendment
fre a double Chamber negatived. (49);
the confederation clauses abandoned
by Goremmeat and Bill, as amended
Fy the Lords, is accepted by the Com-
50: cogy of the Act. $91;
Afines of Cras, report of the Se-
leet Committee. 30: conduct of the
governor. Lord Torrington, violently
attacked: he is recalled. (51); the
West Ischia Colomies, motion of Sir
E. N. Barton, 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, (58); Mr. E. H. Stan-
ley, Sir J. Pakington, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer. (54): Mr. Giad-
stone, Lord Palmerston, (55); mo-
tion negatived. [56]

Foreign Policy; Afairs 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.

Parliament-continued.

sell, Mr. P. Wood, amendment car-
ried, [187]; Baron Rothschild being
called to the table to be sworn on the
Old Testament, omits the words "on
the true faith of a Christian" from
the oath of abjuration; he is ordered
to withdraw; debate on motion that
a new writ be issued, Mr. P. Wood
speaks in favour of Baron Rothschild,
the Attorney-General against, [190];
resolutions moved by the Attorney-
General that Baron Rothschild is not
entitled to vote or sit in the House
until he has taken the usual oaths,
and that the House will take into
consideration the form of the oath
early next Session, his speech, [191];
Mr. Hume's amendment, debate, re-
solutions carried, [193]

Minor Measures of the Session-
Intramural interments, extension of
the County Courts, Mercantile Ma-
rine Bill, [193]; Parliament pro-
rogued by the Queen in person, the
Speaker's Address, [194]; the Queen's
Speech, [195]; the Queen's passage
to the House of Lords, 101
Parliamentary Elections--Lymington,

62; Devonport, Southampton, Mayo,
90; Lambeth, 96; Cambridge, 128;
Limerick, St. Alban's, Aylesbury,
158

PATENTS, 472

Peel, fatal accident to Sir Robert, 81, see
PARLIAMENT

PIEDMONT AND SARDINIA-Address of
the Senate in answer to the Speech
from the Throne, [295]; liability of
ecclesiastics to the secular tribunals,
the Siccardi laws, [296]; opposition
of Franzoni, Archbishop of Turin,
[296]; is summoned before the Court
of Appeal and condemned, [297];
refuses the sacraments to M. Santa
Rosa unless he repudiated the Siccardi
laws, [297]; he is arrested and sen-
tenced to banishment, the Servi
monks expelled, [298]; the Arch-
bishop of Cagliari ordered to depart,
[298]

POETRY, 477

PORTUGAL Speech of the Queen on
opening the Cortes, [280]
PRICES OF STOCK in each month, highest
and lowest, 415
PROMOTIONS, 291
PRUSSIA, see GERMANY

PUBLIC DOCUMENTS-FINANCE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR 1850, 344; TABLE OF
STATUTES, 13 & 14 Vict., 363; STATE
PAPERS Treaty with the Republic of

Public Documents-continued.

Liberia, 375; Treaty with the Re-
public of Costa Rica, 378; Treaty
with the Dominican Republic, 383;
Convention with the United States
relative to a Ship-Canal between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, 387;
Convention with Denmark for the
cession of the Danish Possessions
on the coast of Africa, 390; Austra-
lian Colonies Government Act, 391;
the Pope's Bull, establishing an
hierarchy in Great Britain, 405; Dr.
Wiseman's Pastoral from the Flami-
nian Gate, 411; Prices of Stock in
each month, highest and lowest, 415;
Average Prices of Corn, Hay, Straw,
Clover, and Butcher's Meat, 416;
summary of Tables of Mortality,
417; Marriages, Births, and Deaths,
1840 to 1850, 417; Table of Bank-
rupts, 417; Meteorological Table,
417; University Honours: Oxford,
418; Cambridge, 420

QUEEN, The-Attack upon Her Majesty
by Robert Pate, 73; accouchement
of Her Majesty, 63; christening of
Prince Arthur, 79; Parliament pro-
rogued by the Queen in person, 101;
Visit to the King of the Belgians,
103; Summer visit to Scotland, 105

Racing Meetings-Epsom, 74; Ascot,
76; Goodwood, 94; Doncaster, 115
Railway Accidents-Explosion of gun-
powder on the Glasgow and Dumfries
Railway, 81; at the Liverpool ter-
minus, 86; on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow line at Cowlairs, 94; fall of
the Bricklayers' Arms Station, 103;
on the Eastern Counties line at the
Brentwood Station, 116; on the Great
Western line at Wootton Bassett, 119;
double collision on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, near Hud-
dersfield, 139; collisions on the East-
ern Counties line, 155; on the Leeds
and Selby line, 156

Rio Janeiro, ravages of the yellow fever
at, 108

SHERIFFS for the year 1850, 162
Shipwrecks and disasters at sea; the
Hottinguer, the Charleston, the
Richard Dart, the Emily, 7; disaster
to a boat of the Ganges at Salamis,
16; fearful storm and shipwrecks in
February, 21; of the Royal Adelaide,
200 lives lost, 51; gales and ship-
wrecks, the Teresa Jane, the Howard,
52; steam-boat disaster in America,

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