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Shipwrecks continued.

the Orville St. John, 52; of the Cushla
Machree, 60; collision on Lake Erie,
thirty-eight persons drowned, 65; of
the Orion steamer, 100 lives lost, 79;
wrecks in the ice, 84: collision in the
Irish Channel, the Minerva and Wil-
liam Rushton, eleven persons drowned,
102; Indiamen wrecked, 108; of the
Superb steamer, seventeen persons
drowned, 121; storm and wrecks, the
Providence (twenty-one persons
drowned), and others, 128; in India,
the Manchester, Ariadne, and Ne-
reid, 128; blowing-up of a line-of-
battle ship and her crew at Constan-
tinople, 131; explosion in a French
line-of-battle ship, 139; wreck of the
Emperor of Russia's steam yacht,
134; of the Edmond emigrant ship,
ninety-six persons drowned, 140;
fatal boat accident at Worthing, 142;
blowing-up of a Portuguese frigate
and her crew at Macao, 160
SPAIN Accouchement of the Queen,

death of the infant, [277], 90; the
Comte de Montemolin married to a
Princess of Naples, [277]; renewal of
diplomatic relations between England
and Spain, [277]; a new Cortes sum-
moned, circular of the Minister of
the Interior, result of the elections,
[278]; Speech of the Queen, [279]
STATE PAPERS-Treaty with the Repub-
lic of Liberia, 375; Treaty with the
Republic 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, 399; the Austra
lian Colonies Government Act, 391;
the Pope's Bull establishing an hie-
rarchy in Great Britain, 405; Dr.
Wiseman's Pastoral from the Flami-
nian Gate, 411

STATUTES, TABLE OF, 13 & 14 VICT.—

Public General Acts, 363; Local and
Personal Acts declared public, 367;
Private Acts printed, 372; Private
Acts not printed, 374
STOCKS-Table of the prices of, in each
month, highest and lowest, 415
Suicides-of Mr. Novelli and murder
at Manchester, 10; suicide and mur-
der at Clayton, 35; from the Duke
of York's Column, 67; on the South-

Suicides continued.

Western Railway, 75; in Newgate, of
W. Watts and D. B. Donovan, 89;
murder and suicide by a madman
near Cavan, 113; suicide of Mr. Pen-
nington, 140; of George Spence, esq.,
Q.C., 153

TRIALS, LAW CASES, &c.-Ecclesiastical
Causes The Gorham case, 303; law
of Divorce-the Church of Rome,
Connelly . Connelly, 318; law of
marriage, trial of the Rev. Moor-
house James for refusing to marry H.
Fisher and A. Hardman, 320; charge
of false registration, Regina v. Dun-
boyne, 322: Ciril Causes-Doe dem.
Bainbrigger. Bainbrigge, 323: Cri-
minal Causes-Trial of Robert Pate
for an assault upon Her Majesty, 331;
poisoning case-trial of William Chad-
wick for the murder of Samuel Tun-
nicliffe, 339; Boston, U. S., trial and
execution of Professor Webster for
the murder of Dr. Parkman, 341;
For trials, &c., recorded in the "Chro-
nicle," see LAW AND POLICE.

UNIVERSITY HONOURS - Oxford, 418;
Cambridge, 420

UNITED STATES-Report of the Secretary
of the Treasury in favour of protec
tive duties, [333]; piratical descent
on Cuba by General Lopez and Ame-
ricans, [337]; his failure, arrest, and
trial, and acquittal by negligence of
the Government, [338]; sudden death
of the President, General Taylor,
[338], 88; succeeded by the Vice-
President, Mr Fillmore, new Minis-
try, [338]; Bills passed by Congress,
the Mexican Boundary Bill; the
Utah Government Bill; Bill admit-
ting California a state, Fugitive Slave
Bill; great importance of the latter,
[338]; the President's message to
Congress, [339]; its topics, general
policy, [339]; foreign relations, [341];
finances, [342]; land laws, [344]; navy,
[344]; post office, [345]; creditors of
Government, [346]; measures of the
Session, [346]

West Indies-Resolution of Sir E. N.
Buxton, that it is unjust and impo-
litic to expose colonial free-grown
sugar to competition with slave-grown
sugar, [51]; debate thereon, motion
negatived, [56]. See PARLIAMENT.

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