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Improvements and establishments, II.
462. Regent's canal opened for busi-
ness, ib. Description of, ib. New
improvements east of Carlton-House,
463. Foundation-stone of a literary
institution laid at Bristol, ib. Com-
munication connecting the Gloucester
and Berkley canal with the Thames,
and Severn and Stroudwater canals
opened, ib. Fitzwilliam Museum at
Cambridge, ib. New observatory at
Cambridge proposed, ib. First stone
of a free national school laid at Pan-
cras, ib. Iron bridge opened over the
river Chalmer, ib. Isle of Wight in-
stitution completed, 463. Proposed
institution at Lancaster for the reform
of discharged criminals, ib. New
market to be erected at Liverpool,
464. Cumberland and Westmoreland
joined by a new cast-iron bridge, ib.
Two new churches about to be erected
at Wakefield, ib. Foundation-stone
of the jail of Jedburgh, and bridewell
for the county of Roxburgh laid, ib.
Increasing splendour of the Edinburgh
College Museum, ib.

Ings, James, Brunt, Thomas, Tidd, Ro-

bert, and Davidson, William, trial of,
for high treason. Sentenced to die,
131. Sentence executed, ib.
Ireland, two curious anecdotes concern-
ing the distressed state of, II. 341
Italy. State of Naples, I, 293. Discon-

tent organized among the secret socie-
ties, 294. Account of the Carbonari,
ib. Insurrection at Naples, 296. Ra-
pidly spreads, ib. King forced to ac-
cept the Spanish Constitution, 297.
Troubles in Sicily, 298. General Pepe's
expedition, ib. Convention at Palermo,
ib. Neapolitans tyrannize over the Si-
cilians, 299. Meeting of Parliament,
300. King's speech, 301. Finances,
ib. Measures with regard to Sicily, ib.
Views and measures of Austria, 302.
Of Russia, ib. Congress at Troppau,
304. Invitation of the Holy Alliance
to the King of Naples, 305. Prepara-
tions for war, ib. King sets out for
Laybach, 307

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Lansdowne's, the Marquis of, speech on
the proposed dissolution of Parliament,
I. 25. On the opening of the new Par-
liament, 40. On the existing commer-
cial restrictions, 41. Motion relative
to commerce, 86. Opposes the motion
for a secret committee on the papers re-
lative to the Queen, 121. Speech in
favour of granting the Queen a list of
witnesses, 179

Lauderdale, Earl of, speech condemning
the House of Commons in their mode
of passing the votes of money, on the
accession of George IV. for transacting
public business, I. 31. Motion on pre-
cedents, 177. Propositions respecting
the Queen's defence, 202. Objects to
the clause for divorcing the Queen, 231.
Imputation on Earl Grey, 233
Leopold, Prince, visits the Queen, II.

360

Lewis, Mr, his speech on the state of
agriculture, I. 83

List of addresses to the Queen, II. 356,
and 360

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Intelligence, II. 451. Plan of
the Royal Society of Literature, ib.
Institutions in Wales for the promo-
tion of ancient literature, poetry, and
music, 452. Prose essays in English,
453. Number of the members of the
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge,
453. Number of Schools on the Sys-
tem of Bell and Lancaster, 453. A col-
lection of single poems and ballads, pub-
lished at about a half-penny or one
penny each, sold at the immense price
of eight hundred and thirty-seven
pounds sterling, 453. Plan for deter-
mining the weights and measure of all
trading countries, 453. Schools in
France, 454. Theatres in France, ib.
Les Annales des Lagides, recommended
as one of the most important works that
have appeared on ancient history, 455.
Notice respecting the work entitled,
Jus Criminale Hungaricum, ib. No-
tices of the Universities of Leipsic and
Jena, ib. Publication at Vienna of a
work entitled Calliope, ib. Geographi-
cal Society at Vienna, ib. Manuscript
of Homer's Iliad, ib. Discovery of the
lost books, De Republica of Cicero, 456.
Publication of the Chronicle of Euse-
bius, ib. Discoveries of manuscripts or
fragments of Cicero's works, ib. School
on the plan of mutual instruction at
Palermo, 457. Formidable number of
journals published in Spain since the
revolution, ib. Flourishing state of
the universities in Sweden, 458. Num-
ber of works in the Royal Library of
Copenhagen, ib. Literature of Greece,
ib. Dictionary of the Greek language
publishing at Constantinople, 460. Li-
terature in Russia, ib. Improvements
in letters and arts in Egypt, 461. In-
scription on Pompey's Pillar complete-
ly deciphered, ib. Mr Morrison's suc-
cess in the printing of his Chinese Dic-
tionary, ib. Literary and thriving state
of New South Wales, ib.
Liverpool, Lord, speech respecting the
dissolution of Parliament, I. 24. Re-

ply to Lord Lauderdale, 31. Opposes
the bill against the convicted boroughs,
35. Reply to the Marquis of Lans-
downe on the existing commercial re-
strictions, 42. Speech on the subject
of British commerce, 90. Speech sta-
ting his reasons for recommending the
consideration of the papers in the
Green Bag to a committee, 122. Mo-
tion for the nomination of, 136. Re-
ply to Earl Grey, 160. Defends the
conduct of ministers, 168. Opposition
to the Queen's petition, 161. Intro-
duces the Bill of Pains and Penalties,
169. Reply to Earl Grey, 172. Mo-
tion for fixing the time for the second
reading of the bill against the Queen,
176. Refuses to grant a list of witnesses,
ib.

Reply to Lord Holland, 177.
Speech in opposition to the motion for
granting to the Queen a list of wit-
nesses, 180. Denies the propriety of
granting the Queen's demand, 182.
Speech relative to the Queen's defence,
204. Speech in favour of the Bill of
Pains and Penalties, 227. On the sub-
ject of divorce, 232. Moves the throw-
ing out the bill, 235

London, the Bishop of, defends the di-
vorce clause in the Bill of Pains and
Penalties, I. 231

London, outrages in, respecting not illu-
minating for the Queen's arrival, II.
341. Address from the city of, to the
Queen, 343. Livery of ditto, 344. Il-
lumination in celebration of the aban-
donment of the Bill of Pains and Pe-
nalties against the Queen, 361
Lushington, Dr, speech on libel against
the Queen, I. 185. Speech in closing
the case for the defence of the Queen,
216

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Marriages, list of, II. 504
Milton, Lord, on inquiry into the agri-
cultural distress, I. 83. Approves of
the petition from the merchants of Lon-
don on the subject of Commerce, I.
95. Motion for repeal of the tax on fo-
reign wool, I. 96

Miscellaneous 'concerns, the prices of
shares in, I. 438

Montrose, the Duke of, declares his con-
viction of the Queen's guilt, I. 236
Morley's gambling-house, circumstances
concerning, II. 340

N.

Navy estimates, I. 59

Netherlands, state of the finances, I. 313.
Budget, ib. Close of the Session, ib.
Reassemble at Brussels, ib. Discus-
sions on the Budget, ib. Stagnation of
Flemish manufactures, 314. Exhibi-
tion of the products of national indus-
try, ib.

Nesbett, trial of, for the murder of Mr
Parker and his housekeeper, II. 254.
Guilty, 259. Sentenced to death, ib.
Execution of, 349. Declaration pre-
vious to his trial, 351

New publications, list of, II. 465
Nottingham election, contest at, II. 322

0.

October the 30th, the Queen declines re-
ceiving any more addresses after, II.

360

Opening of the new Parliament, I. 37
Ordnance estimates, I. 64

P.

Paisley, threatened insurrection at, I. 20.
Continued agitation at, II. 288. Ra-
dical address circulated at, 326. Radi-
cal meetings and disturbances, ib. Mi-
litary practising, ib. Tranquillity ap-
parently restored, 333

Palmer, Lord, opposes Lord Castlereagh's
motion for adjournment of the House of
Commons, I. 164

Palmerston's, Lord, reply to Colonel Da-
vies, on the military expenditure, I. 61.
Moves the army estimates, 62

Parker, Mr, and Brown, Sarah, the hor
rible murder of, II. 319
Parliament, meeting of, at the death of
Geo. IV., I. 23. King's message, ib.
Votes of money proposed in the House
of Commons, 27. Debates on, ib.
Passed, 30. Serious discussion in the
House of Lords on, ib. Lord Lauder-
dale's motion, 31. Motion against
Grampound, &c. 32. Debates, on, ib.
Passed, 34. Bill against Grampound,
&c., opposed in the House of Lords, ib.
Disposed of by adjournment, 35. Dis-
solution of Parliament by commission,
ib. Meeting of the new. Re-election
of a Speaker in the House of Commons,
37. Formal opening, 38. King's
Speech, ib. Address voted in the House
of Lords, 40. In the House of Com-
mons, 41. Civil list, 43. Mr Hume's
motion, ib. Negatived, 44. Motion re-
specting the revenues of Gibraltar, ib.
Voted, ib. Motion on the Admiralty
droits, 45. Discussion ou, ib. Nega-
tived, 52. Question of the civil list
brought fully under the consideration
of the House, 52. Debate on, ib.
Agreed to, 57. Navy estimates, 59.
Motion for inquiry into the military
expenditure, ib. Committee of supply,
62. Army estimates, ib. Ordnance
estimates, 64. Budget, with ways and
means, 65. Debates on, 69. Motion
respecting the Court of Exchequer,
Scotland, 70. Debates on, 73. Nega-
tived by only a majority of 12, 77. Mo-
tion relative to agricultural distress, 79.
Debates on, ib. Carried, 85. Motion

for limitation on, ib. Carried, 86. Mo-
tion in the House of Lords for a com-
mittee of inquiry into the commerce of
Great Britain, 86. Agreed to, 93. Dis-
cussion on, in the House of Commons,
ib. Motion for repealing the tax on fo-
reign wool, 96. Negatived, ib. Mo-
tion for the disfranchisement of Gram-
pound, ib. Debates, ib. Delayed, 102.
Alien Bill, ib. Debates on, 103. Car-
ried, 105. Leave given to bring in a
bill respecting the national education
of the poor, ib. Motion relative to the
Welsh judicature, 110. Lord Castle-
reagh's amendment, 112. Amendment
carried, ib. King's message respecting
the Queen, 119. Green Bag laid on the

tables of both Houses, 120. Motion
for a secret committee made in both
Houses, 121. Debates on, in the House
of Lords, ib. Carried, 123. Queen's
communication to the House of Com-
mons, 124. Motion for a nominated
committee, 125. Animated debate on,
128. Delayed, 136. Committee no-
minated in the House of Lords, 136.
Mr Wilberforce's motion for averting
Parliamentary inquiry into the charges
against the Queen, 141. Debates on,
145. Motion carried, 154. Resolution
of the House presented to the Queen,
and rejected by her, ib. Queen's peti-
tion for open investigation, 156. Mo-
tion respecting, 158. Debate on, 160.
Negatived, 162. Motion for adjourn-
ment in the House of Commons, 163.
Carried, 166. Report of the secret com-
mittee of the Lords, 167. Petition of
the Queen, 168. Motion on, 169. Ne-
gatived, ib. Bill of Pains and Penal-
ties, ib. Queen protests against the
whole proceedings, 172. She demands
a list of witnesses, 77. Debates on the
propriety of granting, ib. Committee
appointed for examining precedents, ib.
Report brought up, ib. Lord Erskine's
motion negatived, 181. Queen's peti-
tion for a specification of the places
where the criminal acts are charged to
have been committed, ib. Motion re-
specting, ib. Negatived, 183. Motion
in the House of Commons respecting a
libel against the Queen, 183. Debates
on, ib. Motion withdrawn, 186. Crowd-
ed meeting of the Peerage, 189. Duke
of Leinster's motion, ib. Negatived, ib.
Debates on the Bill of Pains and Penal-
ties, 190. Queen's counsel heard against
the principle of the bill, 192. Lord
King's motion against the bill, 199.
Negatived, ib. Proceedings against the
Queen opened, ib. Case for the prose-
cution closed, 201. Motions respecting
the course of proceeding, with the de-
fence of the Queen, 203. Case for the
defence opened, 205. Closed, 212. De-
bates on the second reading of the bill,
221. Queen's protest, 231. Commit-
tee on the bill, ib. Debates on the se-
veral clauses of, ib. Bill thrown out,
236

Parliamentary papers, II. 381. Revenue

dom for the year ending 5th January,
1820, ib. Great Britain distinguished
from Ireland, 382. Heads of Expendi-
ture, ib. Report on agricultural dis-
tresses, 384. Report on the foreign
trade of the country, 392. Second re-
port on the education of the poor, 404.
Report on the criminal laws, 497. Ab-
stract of the report on the state of men-
dicity in the metropolis, 415. Report
on the constitution of the royal burghs
of Scotland, 425

Parnel, Sir H., motion on the civil list, I.

42

Perth, letter of the operative weavers be-
longing to, addressed to his Grace the
Duke of Athol, II. 239

Plate, meeting for regulating the sub-
scriptions for presenting to the Queen
a service of, 353

Poor, the national education of, Mr
Brougham's plan for, I. 105
Portobello, five persons drowned by the
upsetting of a boat off, II. 356
Portsmouth, election of a member of Par-
liament for, II. 323

Portugal, state of feeling in, 289. Revo-
lutionary junta formed at Oporto, ib.
The march of the army to Coimbra,
290. Attempts of the regency at con-
ciliation, ib. Revolution at Lisbon, ib.
Union of the Juntas, 291. Marshal Be-
resford arrives, ib. Is not allowed to
land, ib. Sails for England, ib. Dis-
cussions, ib. Arrangement, 292. Elec-
tions, ib.

Preston, election contest at, II. 322
Prices of shares in canals, docks, bridges,

roads, water-works, insurances, gas-
lights, literary institutions, &c. II. 436
Procession to Brandenburgh House to ad-
dress the Queen, 357
Prosecutions and miscellaneous cases, II.

265

Prussia. Financial embarrassments, I.
313. New taxes, ib. Rigorous mea-
sures for repressing the movements of
the popular party, ib. Free-mason
lodges shut, ib. Suppression of secret
societies, ib. German dress prohibited,
ib. Professor Juhn still in confine-
ment, ib.

Q.

and Expenditure of the United King- Queen, discussions respecting the, in the

cerning her arrival at Geneva, previous
to her landing in England, 339. An-
swer to the address of the corporation
of York, 346; to the address from the
householders, Westminster, 347. Lists
of addresses to, 356 and 360. Visited
by Prince Leopold, 360. Signifies her
intention of attending divine service at
St Pauls, 364. Gratifies the wards and
parishes, in consenting to receive their
addresses in large bodies, 364

R.

Mr Radical address circulated at Paisley, II.
326

House of Commons, I. 28. Delicate si-
tuation of, 114., Milan commission,
ib. Resolution of ministers, ib. Ex-
clusion of her name from the Litúrgy,
ib. Consequences of, ib. She sets out
for England, 115. Rapid journey
through France, ib. Arrival at St
Omers, ib. Ministers taken by sur-
prise, ib. Lord Hutchinson's mission
to avert landing, ib. Accompanied by
Mr Brougham, 116. Their arrival at
St Omers, ib. Lord Hutchinson's in-
terview with the Queen, ib. Her de-
mand, ib. Lord Hutchinson's letter,
containing the proposal of ministers,
ib. Indignantly rejected, 117.
Brougham's counter proposition, ib.
She precipitately proceeds to Calais, ib.
Lord Hutchinson's second letter, ib.
Her purpose unchanged, ib. Sails from
Calais, and lands at Dover, 118. Tri-
umphal journey from Dover to London,
ib. Popular enthusiasm in her favour,
119. King's message to Parliament, ib.
Green bag, containing charges against
her, 120. Correspondence between her
and Lord Liverpool, 136. Negociations
for settling matters, 138. Unsuccess-
ful, 140. Resolution of the House of
Commons presented to her, 154. Re-
jects it, ib. Her petition to the House
of Lords for an open trial, 156. Re-
port of the secret committee of the
Lords, 167. Bill of Pains and Penal-
ties against, 169. She protests against
the whole proceedings, 172. Demands
a list of witnesses, 177. Is denied, 181.
Requests a specification of the places in
which the criminal acts are charged to
have been committed, 181. Not grant-
ed, 183. Uninterrupted transmission
of addresses to, 186. Character of her
answers, ib. Inflammatory letter to
the King, 187. Proceeds to the House
of Lords, 189. Trial opened, 199.
Emotion at the appearance of Theo-
dore Majocci, 199. Evidence against
closed, 201. Defence opened, 205.
Closed, 212. Second reading of the
Bill of Pains and Penalties, 230. Her
protest against the bill, and declaration
of her innocence, 231. Bill thrown out,
236. Unbounded rejoicing of the people,
ib. Detail of the evidence for the support
of the bill, II. 3-56. Evidence for
the defence, 56-104. Particulars con-

Reading, election at, II. 322
Rebellion in various parts of Scotland, I.

20

Religious intelligence, II. 439. Amount
of the principal religious charities for
the year, ib. Union of the two branches
of the Scottish Secession Church, ib.
Proceedings of the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland, 440. The
ecclesiastical organization of the differ-
ent religious denominations in Russia,
450. Persecution of the Christians in
China, 451

Reports and notices, II. 431
Revolutionary address affixed to the walls
and public places, Glasgow, II. 824
Rhine, commission for removing the ob-
structions to the free navigation of, II.
309

Riccardo's, Mr, speech on the state of the
corn trade, 1. 83. On commerce, 95
Road, prices of shares in, II. 437
Robinson, Mr, his speech on the corn
laws, I. 81. Reply to Mr Baring on
commerce, I. 93

Russell, Lord John, his speech relative to
the civil list, I. 53. Motion for dis-
franchising the borough of Grampound,
96. Speech expounding the malversa-
tions of, 97

Russia. Mutiny among a regiment of the
Guards, I. 314. Circumstances of, ib.
Jesuits expelled from the empire, ib.
Enfranchisement of the Livonian serfs,
315. Opening of the Polish Diet by
Alexander, ib. His address, ib. Dis-
cussions in the Diet, ib. Project of
the criminal code rejected, ib. Alex-
ander's displeasure, 316

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