Parliament-continued.

Exchequer, and comments of Oppo-
sition, [217-221]; Viscount Mel-
bourne attacks the Financial plan in
the Lords, and debate, [221-224];
Equity Judges Bill passed, [224];
Poor-law Continuance Bill moved for
six months; violent discussions;
passed, [224-228]; Parliament pro-
rogued by Commission; speech from
the Throne, [228]; opening of, 16,
75; strike of the masons at the new
Houses, 81; method of dissolving in
Elizabeth's reign, 96
POETRY, 563

PERSIA, Commercial treaty with, 461
Political Economy, 11

Poor-law Amendment Continuance Act
-power of Commissioners being
nearly expired, Ministers propose to
continue for ten years, [23]; vehe-
ment opposition; second reading car-
ried, [31]; committal opposed and
carried, [31]; clause one, substi-
tution of five years for ten, [32];
further progress of bill; dropped at
the dissolution, [34]; bill for six
months continuance introduced by
Sir R. Peel's Government and passed,
[224-228]

report of Commissioners for
Ireland, [35]; inquiry in Lords:
Clonmell Union, [35]
PORTUGAL-Dispute with Spain respect-
ing the navigation of the Douro;
convention of 1835; preparations for
war; dispute amicably settled by the
interference of England, [258-270];
change of ministry, [270]
Postage, working of the new plan in
Ireland, 32; returns, 423
President, loss of the steam-ship, 41
Prince's Theatre, sold, 78

Princess Royal, christening of the, 22
PROMOTIONS, 155

PRUSSIA, treaty with German Customs'
Union, 459

Punishment of death-Mr. F. Kelly
and Lord J. Russell introduce bills
for abolishing: the former abandoned,
the latter carried, [85-87]

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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS AND STATE PAPERS-
DOMESTIC Finance Accounts, 374;
Trade and Navigation, 390; list of
Acts (public and private) Session
1841, 393; prices of stock, 404; aver.
age prices of corn, hay, clover, straw,
and butchers' meat, 405; bills of
mortality, bankrupts and insolvents,
and meteorogical table, 406; Bank of
England; university honours, 404;

Public Documents, &c.-continued.
the census, 412; postage returns,
423; act appointing the new Judges,
427. COLONIAL: speech of the Go-
vernor-General of Jamaica, 427; of
the Governor of Newfoundland, 429;
affairs of Canada 431. INTERNA-
TIONAL: Convention with Haiti for
suppressing Slave-trade, 452; with
the Argentine Republic for the same,
454; convention of commerce with
the German Customs Union, 459;
treaty of commerce with the Shah of
Persia, 461. FOREIGN: Proclamation
of the King of Hanover, 463; speech
of the King of the French, 466
Punjab, transactions in the; death of
Runjeet Sing, and consequent con-
fusion, [276]

Purwan, defeat of Dost Mahommed by
Sir R. Sale at, [272]

Queen Dowager, dangerous illness of, 106

Rachel, Mdlle. debût of, the French
actress, 46

Rowing match, between Oxford and
Cambridge Universities, 43

Royal Academy, exhibition of pictures,

45

Royal elopement, 47

Royal George, Colonel Pasley's ope-
rations on the wreck of, 61
Runjeet Sing, death of, [276]

Saldanha Bay, important discovery of
water at, 72

Sandwich election, 46

Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton, presenta-
tion of plate to, 57; list of, for the
year 1841, 141
Scinde-Khelat abandoned, Nusseer
Khan defeated at Dadur and Peer
Chutta, and surrenders, [275]
Shaksperiana, sale of "Tom Hill's"
collection, 37; Shakspeare's signa-
ture sold, 49;

Shipwreck of the William Brown, hor-
rible fate of the passengers, 48; of
the Minstrel, one hundred and forty-
eight lives lost, 49; of the St.
George, 73

Simpson, munificent bequest of Dr., of
Worcester, 18

Slave-trade, treaty of, suppressing,
[254]; capture of the Josephine
slaver, 64

SPAIN-Quarrel with Portugal respect-
ing the navigation of the Douro;
convention of 1835; preparations for
war; interference of England claimed

Spain-continued.

by Portugal, and the question referred
and settled amicably, [258]; Papal
Nuncio expelled by Espartero, [261];
sitting of the Cortes; Espartero
elected sole Regent, [261]; forms a
new ministry, [262]; Arguelles ap-
pointed guardian to the young Queen,
[262]; manifesto of the Queen-
mother and reply of the Regent,
[263]; insurrection in the Basque
provinces in favour of the ex-Regent :
its early success, [265]; attempt to
carry off the Queen and Infantas from
Madrid fails, [266]; Diego Leon
shot, [267]; energy of the Regent
and suppression of the insurrection,
[267]; correspondence between the
ex-Regent and M. Olozaga, [268]; the
attempt to carry off the young Queen,
88; romantic escape of a Spanish
officer, 112

Spitalfields Church struck by light-
ning, 1

STATE PAPERS, see PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Stockdale v. Hansard; presentation of
plate to Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton,
57

Stopford-Thanks of the House voted
to, for operations in Syria, [22]
Storm at Liverpool, two churches de-
stroyed, 75; in London, 95, 110
Streatham Church struck by light-
ning, 1

St. Bartholomew's Church sold by auc-
tion, 6

St. Sulpice-Lord Sydenham's ordi-
nance respecting seminary at, at-
tacked in the Lords; opposition
withdrawn, [75—78]

Sugar Duties-proposed alteration in,
[90]; public excitement, [93, 94, 96];
nine nights' debate-Ministers de-
feated by 36, [97—114]; usual an-
nual Sugar Duties moved, and imme-
diate notice of motion of want of
confidence given by Sir R. Peel,
[114]
Suicide of a sentinel i Chatham
Dockyard, 17; of Mrs.
ary Russell
at Croydon, 54; of a uth, at Croy-
don, 66

Sunderland Lighthouse, removed entire,
85

Sykes, Nelson's coxswain, death of, 49

SYRIA-Thanks of the House voted to
Sir R. Stopford and forces for opera-
tions in, [22]; disasters of Ibrahim
Pasha's retreat, 39

Thames Tunnel, first thoroughfare com-
pleted, 123

Timber Duties, proposed alteration in,
[90, et seq.]

TURKEY-Conditions offered to Mehe-
met Ali by Admiral Stopford: ac-
cepted by him, [285]; Mehemet Ali
surrenders the Turkish fleet, [286];
Firmans appointing Mehemet Ali
hereditary Pasha of Et: general
settlement of the dispute, [286];
melancholy state of Syria, [287];
curious firmans, 63

UNITED STATES-Message of the Pre-
sident (Van Buren); discussion upon
relations with England, [290]; Gene-
ral Harrison inducted into the Pre-
sidency, [294]; his inaugural address,
[294]; his sudden death, [305]; the
Vice-President, Mr. Tyler, becomes
President, [306]; his address, [306];
case of Mr. M'Leod; correspondence
between Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth,
[310]; discussion in the House of
Representatives, [311]; great public
excitement on the subject, [312];
report presented to Congress, [312];
trial of Mr. M'Leod-his acquittal,
[317]; establishment of a national
bank, [317]; the new Cabinet, [317];
Hunters' Lodges'; proclamation of the
President, [317]; dispute as to the
"Right of Search," [319]; circular
on death of President of, 44
University Honours, 404

Vauxhall Gardens, sale of, 77
Voyage of the Whim, 118

Wales, birth of the Prince of, 104;
copy of patent of creation, 114
Walsall election, 19

Warner, Mr. trial of his plan for de-
stroying forts and vessels, 27
Windsor Castle, robbery of plate, &c.
at, 38

Wood, of Gloucester, summary of his
estate, 74

Woolwich convicts, mortality among, 52

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