Abercromby, Hon. James, his motion for inquiry into the conduct of the Lord Advocate, and the Crown Law Officers of Scotland, I. 224. Correspondence with Mr Menzies, II. 256.
Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's Ex- hibition, I. 439.
Advocate, the Lord, of Scotland, his mo tion relative to the mode of accounting for the common good and revenues of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, I. 220. Op- poses Mr Kennedy, 222. Defends him- self against the charges of Mr Aber- cromby, 232. Aeronaut, I. 432.
Affairs, the general aspect of, at the com-
mencement of the year, I. 3. African Institution, proceedings of, II. 154. Agriculturists, retrospect of the proceed- ings of Parliament respecting the peti- tions for relief to, I. 72. Conference relative to, at Fife House, II. 225. Agriculture, the distressed state of, brought before Parliament, I. 74. Parliamentary Reports on, II, 335–342. Agricultural Report, II. 162. State of the weather, ib. Price of corn, 163. Ab- stract of the new corn law, 165. Algiers, affair at, II. 264. Althorpe's, Lord, resolution on the plan proposed by Ministers for the relief of the country, I. 85. America.-See United States, &c. Amherst, Lord, appointed Governor-Ge- neral of India, I. 242.
Baden, the state of affairs in, I. 313. Bantry, Lord, his letter, containing par- ticulars of the outrages committed at Bantry, II. 222.
Bavaria, the state of affairs in, L. 313. Bell, George Joseph, elected Professor of the Law of Scotland, II. 228. Bennet's, Mr, speech respecting the cur- rency, I. 111. Eulogises the efforts of Mr Brougham, 195. Motion relative to the Queen's funeral, 214. Berton's conspiracy in France, I. 264. Arrest, 268. Trial, 271. Execution, 272. Further particulars, II. 298. Biography-Literary, I. 381. Dr Thomas Brown, ib. James Poswell, Esq. 390. Dr Edward Daniel Clarke, 391. Sir William Herschell, 393. Dr Alexander Marcet, 397. Chevalier Delambre, 398. J. A. Llorente, 402.
Biography-Political, I. 365. Lord Ki- nedder, ib. The Marquis of London- derry, 368. The Duke de Richelieu, 375. Prince Hardenberg, 378. Births, I. 445.
Blackwood, William, trial of, for libel a- gainst Professor John Leslie, II. 74. Damages L.100, 104.
Boswell, James, Esq. biographical account of, I. 390.
Boswell, Sir Alexander, Bart. of Auchin. leck, killed in a duel with James Stuart, Esq. of Dunearn, II. 235. Bowring's, Mr, detention and arrestment in France, II. 301.
British and American boundaries, II. 253. Brougham, Mr, his speech in reply to Lord Londonderry, I. 91. Reply to the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, 126. Motion relative to the influence of the Crown,
Brown, Dr Thomas, biographical account of, I. 381. Birth, ib. Character of his youth, 382. Sent to school at Chis-
wick, ib. Returns to Scotland, ib. En ters student at Edinburgh College, ib. Proficiency, ib. Becomes a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, ib. Publication of his answer to Darwin's Zoonomia, ib. Elected Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, 384. Character as a lec- turer, ib. His death, 385. General character and works, 386. Character as a poet, 388.
Buenos Ayres, the state of affairs in, I. 359.
Buonaparte's will, an extract from, II. 219. His property, 229. Cause of his death, 503.
Burchell's travels in Southern Africa, I.
Burckhardt's travels in Syria, I. 415. Burdett's, Sir Francis, speech at the open- ing of Parliament, I. 17. Motion re- Jative to his Majesty's speech, 20. Mo- tion relative to Henry Hunt, 214. Byron, Lord, particulars of an outrage on, at Pisa, II. 234.
Calcraft's, Mr, motion for repeal of the salt tax, I. 132.
Campbell's travels to the north of the Cape territory, I. 420. Canning's, Mr, speech relative to the Marriage Act, I. 150. Motion relative to the Roman Catholic Peers, 152. Speech on the subject of Parliamentary reform, 184. Speech respecting piracy in the West Indies, 210. Appointed Minister in the room of Lord London- derry, 242.
Carlisle's shop, a new method for avoid- ing the penalty of selling seditious and blasphemous libels, II. 215.
Chancellor's, Lord, speech relative to the Navy Five per Cents, I. 120. Motions re- lative to the Marriage Act, 148. Speech in opposition to the Catholic Peers' Bill, 161. Improvements of the Bankrupt laws, 173.
Chili, state of affairs in, I. 359. China, the trade with, II. 246. Chinese, the delivery of an American sea- man to the, II. 239. Cruelly put to death, II. 240.
Clarke, Dr Edward Daniel, biographical account of, I. 391. His travels, 392. Valuable collection of minerals, ib. Publishes "Le Reveur," ib. His mar- riage, ib. Instituted Rector of Harl- ton, ib. Commences Lecturer on Mi- neralogy, 393. Character, ib. His death, ib.
Clive, Mr Robert, moves the Address in the House of Commons, I. 9. Cockburn's, Sir G., speech relating to pi- racy in the West Indies, I. 210. Colchester, Lord, strenuously opposes the Catholic Peers' Bill, I. 160. Colombia, state of affairs in, I. 356. Mis- sion of M. Zea to Europe, 357. Bo- livar marches on Quito, ib. Victories, ib. Interview between Bolivar and San Martin, ib. Advantages gained by Mo- rales, ib. Capture of Maracaybo, 558. Blockade, ib. Public dinner to the Vice-President of, II. 258. Population of, 289.
Colonial trade acts, I. 169.
Colthurst, Sir N., his reply to Mr Charles Grant, I. 62.
Commercial Report, II. 167. Compara- tive view of imports and exports, 170. Value of produce and manufactures of the United Kingdom, ib. Monthly prices of bullion, ib.
Constant's, M. Benjamin, letter relative to the affair of Saumur, II. 291. Judg- ment of the Tribunal of Correctional Police, 310. Libel on, 315. Cork, the county of, placed under the ope-
ration of the Insurrection Act, II. 228. Couvier, M., trial of, for publishing a libel under the title of the Petition of the Villagers, &c., II. 313.
Creevey's, Mr, motion respecting the Board of Control, I. 134. Criminal laws, I. 170.
tion of the Scriptures in Russia, ib. In the East, 176. In America, ib, Works completed by the Bible Society in the course of the year, 177. Works in progress, ib. Proceedings of the Ge- neral Assembly of the Scottish Church,
Edinburgh, the proceedings of the Royal Society of, II. 139. Meeting in the Pantheon relative to the Police bill, 227. Public dinner to the Commissioners of Police, 253.
Currency, remarks on, I. 95. Motion re- Eistedvod, or Congress of Welch Bards
lative to, in Parliament, ib.
Dacre's, Lord, speech relative to the Bi- shop of Peterborough's examination questions, I. 215. Deaths, II. 454.
Delphi, a view of, I. 431.
Delambre, the Chevalier, biographical ac- count of, I. 398.
Denman, Mr, elected to the office of Com-
mon Sergeant, II. 238.
Disturbances in Norfolk, II. 230. In Ire- land, I. 53, and II. 218. In Lyons, 244. At Paris, 252.
Dispatches of the Allied Cabinets to their respective Ministers at the Court of Madrid, II. 417.
Donaty, Mrs, murder of, II. 231. Drummond's, Mr Home, motion relative to the Sheriffs-depute of Scotland, I.
Dreadful shipwreck, II. 309. Duels, a fatal one between Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart., and James Stuart, Esq., II. 235. One between the Duke of Buckingham and the Duke of Bedford, II. 241. Between M. Pinac and an Englishman, 262.
Duncombe, Mr William, seconds the ad-
dress in the House of Commons, I. 17. Dublin, riot in the Theatre of, II. 315.
Earthquakes in Syria, II. 315. Ecclesiastical Report, II. 174. Dissemina- tion of the Scriptures, ib. Activity of German Societies, 175. Emperor Alex- ander a steady patron of Bible Societies, ib. Progress of translation and circula-
and Minstrels, meeting of, II. 245. Ellenborough's, Lord, speech relative to
the Marriage Act, I. 147. Reply to the Lord Chancellor, 148. Replies again, ib. Elio, General, the execution of, at Valen- cia, II. 288. Emily, I. 425.
Erskine, Lord, his speech relative to the Catholic Peers' Bill, I. 161. Exchequer's, the Chancellor of the, mo- tion relative to the Navy Five per Cents, I. 118. Speech respecting the Superannuation Act, 121. Scheme for equalizing the naval and military pen- sions, 123. Reply to Messrs Hume and Brougham, 128. Modifies his motion, ib. Brings forward the budget, 137. Motion for printing our Ancient His- torians, 216. Exile, I. 438.
Eveylyn's Memoirs, some account of, 292.
Fife House, conference at, proposing aid to the Agriculturists, II. 225. Financial measures proposed by Ministers for the relief of the existing distresses, I. 80.
Finances, I. 116. Reduction of the Navy Five per Cents, ib. Superannuation A- mendment Act Bill, 121. Equalization of the Naval and Military pensions, &c. 123. Repeal of the malt tax, 131. Mo- tion for the repeal of the salt tax lost by a majority of four, 132. Reduction of the two Junior Lords of the Admiralty, 133. Reduction of one of the Post- masters-General, 134. Navy estimates, 137. Army, ib. Ordinance, ib. Budget, ib.
Fine Arts, II. 199. Mr Martin's destruc-
tion of Pompeii, 202. Royal Academy's
Exhibition, 203. Illustration of the No- vels and Tales of the Author of Waver- ley, 207. Wellington Statue, 209. Fire at Amsterdam, II. 293. Folkestone, Lord, protests against Sir John Newport's conduct, I. 45. Inveighs a- gainst Mr Canning's speeches at Liver- pool, 184.
Foreign trade, Parliamentary Report on, II. 342.
France, the state of affairs in, I. 244. Re-
sult of the elections, ib. Meeting of the Chambers, 245. Resignation of the Duke de Richelieu and his colleagues, 246. New Ministry, ib. Laws respect- ing the liberty of the press, ib. Length- ened debates on, ib. Budget for 1822, 255. Articles of M. Villèle, 256. Pe- tition of Mr Douglas Loveday, 258. Close of the session, 259. Remarks on its spirit and character, ib. Result of the new elections, 260. Opening of the session 1822, ib. King's speech, ib. Laws respecting the customs, -261. Construction of new canals, 262. Bud- get for 1823, ib. Motion for censure on M. Mangin, 263. Close of the ses- sion, 264. Disturbances in the interior, ib. Berton's conspiracy, ib. Escape and subsequent arrest of, 268. Rochelle conspiracy, 269. Affairs of New Bri- sach and Colmar, 270. Trials of the persons engaged in the different con- spiracies, 271. Execution of Berton, &c. 272. Complaint against M. Man- gin, 273. Proceedings against M. Ben- jamin Constant, ib. State of the press, ib. Conduct of the French Govern- ment towards Spain, ib. Differences in the Cabinet, 275. Resignation of the Duke de Montmorency, ib. M. de Chateaubriand appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, ib. Proceedings of the Royal Institute, II. 132. Outrage on three Englishmen, 223. Missionaries, 229. Steam Engines in, 261. State of the press in, 290.
Freemasons, an ukase for the suppression of, by the Emperor of Russia, II. 295. Fualdes, the murder of, II. 218.
Geographical discoveries, I. 415. Nor thern expeditions, ib. Burckhardt's travels in Syria, ib. Waddington and Hanbury's in Ethiopia, 416. Camp- bell's to the north of the Cape Territory, 420. Burchell's in Southern Africa,
Germany, the state of affairs in, I. 311. Confederation of, ib. Labours of the Diet, ib.
Glasgow, Mr Jeffrey elected Rector of the University of, II. 215. Outrages at, 226. Sir James Mackintosh elected Rector of the University, 309. Goulburn's, Mr, motion respecting Ire- land, I. 46. Moves the second reading of the Constabulary Bill relative to Ire- land, 57. Motion respecting the re- newal of the Insurrection Act in Ire- land, 67.
Grant, Mr Charles, his speech relative to
Ireland, I. 44. Speech in opposition to the bill relative to the Irish police, 59. Reply to Sir N. Colthurst, 62. Greece, the state of affairs in, I. 322. Plan of a constitution, ib. Ali closely besieged, 323. Taken and put to death, 324. Partial evacuation of the princi palities, 325. Preparations of the Porte, The Greeks occupy Scio, ib. Landing of the Turks, ib. Dreadful devastations, 327. Exploits of the Greek fire-ships, 328. Naval cam- paign, ib. Invasion of the Morea, 529. Rapid success, 330. Disastrous retreat, 331. Surrender of Napoli di Roma- nia, ib. Prosperous state of the Greek cause, 332. Exploits of Odysseus, ib. WESTERN GREECE, ib. Defeat of the Greeks, 533. Surrender of Suli, ib. Siege of Missolunghi, ib. State of Can- dia, ib. Persian war, 334. Turkish finances, ib. Ministerial changes, 335. Grenvilles, remarks concerning the, I. 31. Grenville's, Lord, speech in reply to the Lord Chancellor, I. 164. Grosvenor's, Lord, motion respecting the Greek hostages, I. 199.
Hamilton's, Lord Archibald, motions re- Jative to Scotland, 219, and 220.
General's, the Solicitor, reply to Mr Tier- Hardwicke's, Lord, motion for amending
the Marriage Act, I. 144.
Hardenberg, Prince, biographical account of, I. 378. Birth, ib. Diplomatic ca- reer, 379. Retires from office, ib. Called from his retreat, 380. Placed at the head of administration, ib. Cha- racter as a diplomatist, ib. Thrice married, ib. Fortune he left to his children, ib.
Herschell, Sir William, biographical ac- count of, I. 393. Born at Hanover, ib. Joins the Hanoverian Guards, '394. Proceeds with a detachment of the re- giment to England, 394. Becomes Organist at Halifax, ib. Visits Italy, ib. Propensity to study, ib. Devotes himself to astronomy, ib. Remarkable success, ib. Discovers the Georgium Sidus, 395. Patronised by the King, ib. Knighted, 396. Death, ib. Hobhouse's, Mr, speech seconding Sir F. Burdett's motion at the opening of Par- liament, I. 20. Motion for repeal of the window tax, 141. Holland's, Lord, speech relative to Ire- land, I. 45.
Hope, Mr, called to the bar of the House of Commons for breach of privilege, I. 234. Appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland, 235. Further particulars of his call to London, II. 261. Hume, Mr, his speech relative to the dis- tresses of the nation, I. 23. Statement of the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom, 24. Statement of the actual revenue of ditto, 27. Interest paid on the public funded and unfunded debt of ditto, 28. Items of reduction, 29. Motion, 30. Motion relative to the Established Church in Ireland, 64. On the equalization of Naval and Military pensions, &c. 123. Renewed motion on, 138. Resolution relative to the National Debt and Sinking Fund, 143. Motion on the state of the Ionian Isl- ands, 197. Question relative to the Greeks, 198.
Hunt, the notorious, liberated from prison, II. 308.
Huskisson's, Mr, speech in reply to Mr Western, I. 100. Speech relative to the Navy Five per Cents, 120. Hutchinson's, Mr, speech criminating
the conduct of Government towards Ireland, I. 22. Speech respecting Ire- land, 44.
Ireland, state of, I. 33. Disturbances in, for the last sixty years, ib. Disorders in the southern counties, I. 37. De- bates and measures of Parliament re- specting, I. 40. Suspension of the Ha- beas Corpus Act, ib. Renewal of the Insurrection Act, ib. State of the coun- try under the new acts, 47. Convic- tions and executions under the special commission at the assizes, 48. Famine in Munster and Connaught, 51. Causes of, ib. Measures of Government for their relief, 33. General subscriptions throughout England and Scotland, 54. Constabulary Bill, 57.
Irish distress, II. 258.
Improvements, II. 210. On steam boats, ib. In the road from Edinburgh to London, 211. Caledonian Canal, 213. Ionian Islands, motion in Parliament rela- tive to the state of, I. 196. Italy, the state of affairs in, I. 314.
Jeffrey, Mr, inducted into the office of Lord Rector of the University of Glas- gow, II. 215. Judicial proceedings, publication of, at Paris, II. 232.
Kennedy's, Mr, motion relative to Scotch Juries, II. 222.
Killarney Mail Coach, attack on, II. 222. King's, the, speech at the opening of Par- liament, I. 8. At the prorogation of Parliament, 217. Visit to Scotland, 236. Full particulars of, II. 267. King's, Lord, motion relative to Ireland, I. 46. Ludicrous and sarcastic pream- ble moved by, I. 130, Note. Kinedder, Lord, biographical account of, I. 363. Birth and connections, ib. Educated at the University of Glasgow, 564. Called to the bar, ib. His suc- cess, 365. Marriage, ib. Death of his wife, ib. Appointed a senator of the College of Justice, 366. Death and character, ib.
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