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A.

ABERCROMBIE, General, taken prisoner
by the French, I. 288. Recaptured,
289. Takes the Mauritius, 292
Abstinence, extraordinary, II. 209
Adam, Mr, speech on Lord Chatham's
conduct, I. 52. On Sir F. Burdett's
letter to his constituents, 86, 88. On
the delay in his commitment, 104.
Against the restrictions, 539, 543
Adkins, a Bow-street officer, attempt to
murder him, II. 61

Agaye, attack on a French flotilla there,
II. 303

Agricultural reports, II. 20, 63, 77, 104,
159, 184

Aguirre, Lope de, history of him, II. i.
His character, xiv. Nominates himself
general, xxi. Takes the city of Mar-
guerita, xxvi. Lands at Barburata,
Xxxvii. Enters New Valencia, xl. Let-
ter to Paredes, xlvi. Killed, I
Alexander, Aaron, tried for setting fire
to his house, II. 58
Alburquerque, Duke of, the junta jealous
of his influence, I. 367. His retreat,
385, 386. Appointed governor of Ca-
diz, 399

Almeida, besieged by Massena, I. 452.
Taken, 458. Gazettes, II. 307, 317
Alvarez, Martino, governor of Gerona,
his death, I. 404

Amboyna, captured by the English, I.
282. Gazette, II. 310
Amelia, Princess, her death, I. 523. II.

217

America, Mr Whitbread's eulogy on that
country, I. 225. State of the dispute
with England, 246. Some of the states

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Atkinson, and others, executed at Lin- Beavers, a colony established in Ireland,

coln, II. 150

Atmosphere, history of, II. 465
Audit office, abuses there, I. 216
Augereau, Marshal, defeats O'Donnell,
I 406

Augustenburg, Prince of, declared Crown
Prince of Sweden, I. 343. Killed by a
fall from his horse, 344
Austria, observation on the conduct of
the emperor in marrying his daughter
to Buonaparte, I. 303
Decrees re-
specting commerce, 335. And respect-
ing church property, 338
Azores, earthquake there, II. 197

B.

Bailey, Dr, tried for an assault, II. 151
Banks, Mr, speech on the Ordnance es-
timates, I. 136. Motion against rever-
sions, 207; and sinecures, 208, 210
Baraquicimeto, plundered by Aguirre, II.
xlv

Barba del Puerco, affair between the Bri-
tish and French there, I. 439. Ga-
zette account, II. 284

Barbier de Seville, French lugger, taken,
II. 304

Barham, Lord, Lord Cochrane's charge
against him, I. 145
Barham, Mr, speech on the Middlesex
petition for the release of Sir F. Bur-
dett, I. 114

Barlow, Sir G. his measures for reform
in the Madras army, I. 260 His mis-
takes, 266

Barnard, Lord, moves the address in the
Commons, I. 13

Barracks, observations on, I. 218
Barrowclough, tried for manslaughter, II.

61

Bastard, Colonel, speech against sine.
cures, I. 209

Basque Roads, naval exploit there, II.
319
Bathurst, Mr, speech on the Walcheren
expedition, I 69. His statement re-
specting Jefferies the seaman, 147.
Speech in favour of sinecures, 211
Bathurst, Hon. Mr, reward offered by the
Prussian government for him, II. 90
Bearnais, French brig, taken, II. 269

II. 2

Beaumont, J., executed for rape and mur-
der, II. 150.

Beckwith, General, takes Guadaloupe, L

257

Beddoes, Dr, his life, II. 516
Belfast, a cotton mill blown up there, II.
15. Subscriptions for the house of in-
dustry there, 42

Bell, Colonel, tried for mutiny in India,
I. 279

Benfield, Paul, his death, II. 65
Beresford, Marshal, reforms the Portu-
gueze army, I. 419, 434

Beresford, Mr, tried for destroying a pic-
ture, II. 244

Berkley, Admiral, appointed commander-
in-chief of the Portugueze navy, I. 459
Bernadotte, proposed as Crown Prince of
Sweden, I. 347. Elected, 348. His
conduct to Buonaparte, 349. Act of
his election, xiii

Berthier, Marshal, sent ambassador to
Vienna to bring the Princess Maria
Louisa to Paris, I. 303
Berthollet, M, invents the manometer,
II. 445. Experiments on heat produ
ced by compression, ib. His helio-

stata, 455

Birmingham, riot there, II. 92
Births, list of, II. 348
Blanco, Don J. M., his speech on the
danger of Andalusia, I. 382. His me-
moir on the cortes, 483

Blaney, Lord, his expedition to Malaga
miscarries, I. 507

Blood, composition of, II. 423, 424
Blow, Daniel, his death, II. 44
Bocker, Dr, tried for abstracting a dia-
mond broach, II. 33

Bohemia, a gang of robbers extirpated
there, II. 172

Boles, Major, his conduct in India, I. 266,

267

Bombastes Furioso, a new tragic opera,
II. 405

Boston, storm there, II. 228
Botany, discoveries in, II. 437
Botany-bay, decree against convicts be-

coming counsellors and advocates, IL
100 State of the colony, 128
Bourbon, Isle of. attacked by the English,
I. 284. Gazette account, II. 271, 329

Bourne, Mr Sturges, speech on reform,

I. 225

Braham, Mr, his reception at Edinburgh,
II. 404

Brand, Mr, his speech at the Cambridge

election against Mr Yorke, I. 54. On
Sir F. Burdett's letter to his constitu-
ents, 83. His motion for Parliamen-
tary reform, 220

Brand, Mr, discoveries on the composi-

tion of blood, II. 423
Breda, conspiracy against Buonaparte
there, I. 332

Brewster, Dr, his new burning-sphere, II.
449. Experiments on refractive power,

455

Bridal Ring, a new afterpiece, II. 396
Bristol, discontent of the French prison-
ers there, II. 207

Britton, J., tried for murdering his son.
II. 152

Brickley, Dr, discoveries in Astronomy,
II. 447

Brunswick regiment, Sir F. Burdett's de-
clamation against them, I. 22
Bryan, Pierce, Esq., his house robbed, II.
70, 88.

Buchanan, General, and others, tried for
an assault, II. 203
Buckinghamshire, Lord, speech on the
regency, I. 554

Budget for the year, I. 125. For Ireland,

163

Bunkle, tried for lottery insurance, II 94
Buonaparte, his marriage with Maria
Louisa, I. S03, 304. His acts of in-
dulgence, 305. Speech of the presi-
dent of the Senate, 306. Opinions of
the public on the marriage, 308. De-
crees respecting literature and state
prisons, 309. Answer to the Dutch
deputies, 329. Visits Amsterdam, 330.
Address to the Catholic clergy, 332:
Accident at the Austrian ambassador's
fete, 333. Effects of his anti-commer-
cial decrees, 334. Decree for burning
smuggled goods, 336. Respecting ser-
vants at Paris, 337. His declaration
against the Spaniards, 476. Treaty
with Louis Buonaparte, x. Decree for
annexing Holland to France, xii
Burdett, Sir Francis, speech on the ad-
dress, I. 20. On the grant to Lord

Wellington, 26. On the standing or-
der being enforced during the Walche-
ren expedition, 38. On the expedition,
67. Motion for the release of Gale
Jones, 74. His reply, 78. Letter to
his constituents, ib. Speech on Mr
Lethbridge's motion for his committal,
79. The motion passed, 92. Refuses
to surrender, 93. His letter to the
speaker, 94. Letter to the sheriff of
Middlesex, 97. Serves the speaker
with a warrant for an action, 108. His
character, 110. His suit against the
serjeant at arms and Earl Moira, 119.
Motion against Captain Lake, 149.
His release, 511. His explanation for
leaving the Tower privately, 512. Ob-
jects to the adjournment of parliament,
524, 526. On the regency, 535
Burgess, Sir J. B., his alteration of Mas-
singer's City Madam, II. 400.
Burr, General, tried for breach of promise,
II. 142

Busaco, battle of, I. 462. Gazette ac-
count, II. 321

C.

Cadiz, measures for the defence of that
city, I. 388. Besieged, 396. State of
the city, 506

Calcraft, Mr, opposes the grant to Lord
Wellington, I. 26. Speech on the ord-
nance estimates, 135
Calvo, his character, I. 393
Cambridge, Mr Yorke thrown out at the
election, I. 53

Canada, intrigues of the French there, I.

255

Canete, Marquis of, his expedition to El
Dorado, II. ii

Canning, Mr, speech on the address, I.
17. On the grant to Lord Wellington,
27. On Lord Chatham's memorial,
41. On his papers presented to the
king, 47. On his conduct, 52. On
the Walcheren expedition, 62. On
Catholic emancipation, 198.
On re-

form, 227. On the criminal law, 235.
On Mr Erskine's negociations with
America, 247. On the regency, 587,
558, 565

Cantharides, their composition, II. 425
Capper, Colonel, suspended by Sir G.
Barlow, I. 266

Carey, Patrick, account of his poems, II.
lxvii

Cartwright, Major, his petition to parlia
ment, I. 119

Castanos, General, appointed one of the
regency, I. 390, 392

Castle-blaney inn, burnt to the ground,
II. 102

Castlereagh, Lord, speech on the address,
I. 16. Speech in defence of the Wal-
cheren expedition, 57. On Catholic
emancipation, 186. On the regency,
541, 564

Catalonia, state of the war there, I. 404
Catholic emancipation, debates on, I. 175.
Resolutions of the English Catholics,
II. 16

Central junta, its establishment, 1. 357.
The errors committed by them, 365.
Defence of their measures against Ro-
mana, 373. Their address to the peo-
ple, 377. They retire to Cadiz, 383.
They appoint a regency, 389. Their
declaration, 390. Treatment of the
members, 393

Cervantes, his bones removed to San Isi-
dro, I. 483

Chace, extraordinary, II. 22
Chamberlain, tried for swindling, II. 25
Champagny, M., negociations with Gen.
Armstrong, I. 252. His conduct to
wards Holland, 312, 313. His report
on the union of that country with
France, 323

Chandos-street, trial for disorderly houses
there, II. 185
Charles, Archduke, acts as proxy for
Buonaparte at his marriage, I. 304.
Accepts the grand cross of the Legion
of Honour, 307

Charles XIII. King of Sweden, proposes
Bernadotte as Crown-Prince of Swe-
den, 1. 347

Chatham, Lord, his memorial of the
Walcheren expedition, I. 40. Exami-
ned before the House Commons, 43,
49. Resigns, 53
Chemistry, discoveries during the year,

II. 407

Cherry, J., tried for murder, II. 166

Child stealing, case of, II. 65

Ciudad Rodrigo, besieged by the French,
I. 410. Taken, 445

Close, Colonel, his conduct at Hydera
bad, I. 277

Coa, action on the, I. 451. Gazette ac-
count, II. 304

Cobbet, William, his trial, II. 106
Cochrane, Sir Alexander, his conduct re-

specting Captain Lake blamed, I. 152.
Dispatches from him, II. 267
Cochrane, Lord, speech on Sir F. Bur-
dett's committal, I. 107. Presents the
Westminster petition, 110. Speech
on the navy estimates, 137. Mloves
for papers respecting the abuses in the
Admiralty Court, 142. Reply, 145.
Defends Sir A. Cochrane, 152
Coining, trials for, II. 93, 226
Collingwood, Lord, his death, II. 52
Collins, T., murdered, and his house set
on fire, II. 101

Collins, Lieut.-Gov. of New South Wales,
his death, II. 185
Colman, Mr, attempts to take Sir F. Bur
dett into custody, I. 93. Effects it,

102

Commissaries, regulations respecting, II.

280

Common Council, their address on the
Walcheren expedition, I. 2. Petition
against the grant to Lord Wellington,

27

Congannen, Bishop of New York, his
death, II. 199

Conners, Margaret and Richard, tried
for theft and delusion, II. 9
Constable, Mr, of Holderness, trial re-
specting a cask of wine, II. 12
Constantinople, sublimate-eater there, IL

255

Cooke, Mr, his eccentricities, II. sss.
Goes to America, 397

Cooper, J., tried for swindling, II. 13.
Cork, explosion of houses there, II. 216
Cork mail, robbed, II, 239
Corn, price of, II. 20, 32, 48, 64, 77,

103, 132, 158, 184, 212, 241, 266
Cornish, Mrs, her heroism, II. 87
Corsica, tea cultivated there, II. 85
Cortes, Hernan, his bones removed to San
Isidro, I. 483

Cortes of Spain, their assembly recom

mended, I. 360. Convoked, 376. As-
sembled, 482. Oaths of the members,
489. Their decree against the cession
of the crown to Napoleon, 490. De-
cree to prevent the members to receive
any reward or honour, 497. Debates
on the liberty of the press, 498. Vote
of a monument to George III. and the
British nation, 505

Coulter, R. Hon. W., provost of Edin-
burgh, his funeral, II. 55
Council of Castille, are against convoking
the cortes, I. 488

Covent Garden, reconciliation dinner at
the Crown and Anchor, II. 382. Riots
respecting the private boxes, 388
Coward, silversmith, robbed, II. 5
Cox, Miss, her action against the Rev.
Mr Goodday, II. 254
Craufurd, General, supports the grant to
Lord Wellington, I. 26. Defends Lord
Chatham. 51; and the Walcheren ex-
pedition, 61. His action on the Coa,

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Daniels, Miss, validity of her marriage
tried, II. 28

Dantry, Mary, trial respecting her impri-
sonment in a mad-house, II. 187
Dartford, a powder-mill blown up there,
II. 182

Davidson, William, his Journal on board
a Russian privateer, II. li
Davy, Mr, his controversy with Mr Mur-
ray, II. 410. His discoveries, 411
Davis, Colonel, arrested by the mutineers
at Seringapatam, I. 273
Deaths, list of, II. 356

Death from fright, an instance, I. 2
Debtors, released at Coleraine, II. 28
De Caen, General, French governor of
the Mauritius, I. 291. Surrenders, 292
De Chemant, his action against Morton,
II. 23

Degen, his method of flying, II. 452
D'Eon, Chevalier, his death, II. 71
Des Brusles, governor of Bourbon, sur
renders the island, I. 285

Dimond, Mr, his new play, The Doubt-
ful Son, II. 402

Done, T., convicted of murder, II. 68
Donoughmore, Lord, presents the Catho-
tholic petition, I. 202
Dorchester wool fair, II. 124
Dover, fire there, II. 8. Accident, 256
Doveton, Colonel, tried for mutiny, I.

279

Downpatrick, trial respecting the election
there, II. 178

Driscoll, Mrs, tried for perjury, II. 163
Drummond, Hon. Captain, drowned, II.

232

Dublin, resolutions respecting Nelson's
monument, II. 203

Duigenan, Dr, his speech on the Irish
tithes, I. 174

Dunthorne, tried for improper conduct
to his scholars, II. 123

E.

Eden, Hon. Mr, drowned in the Thames,
II. 21, 41
Edinburgh, natural profile of Nelson un-
der his monument, II. 162. Discove]
ry of the king's statue, 193
Eglintoun, Earl of, letter to his son, II.
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