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Subsidies raised upon the subjects of England for the last time, by James i., 1624 Sugar first cultivated in Jamaica, in 1673. The average annual produce of the island at the present period is 130,000 hogsheads; but a twentieth part of the canes are annually destroyed by rats-the estimated value of which is 200,000l.-(Currency) Sunday schools first instituted in England, 1784; an institution which has shed the light of moral and religious knowledge on the darkest abodes of ignorance Supremacy of the Pope above the Emperor introduced, 607

-the first prince that shook off the yoke of

Rome, and settled the supremacy on himself, was Henry VIII., 1533 Surnames introduced into England by the Normans, and adopted by the nobility, 1200 Survey of England made, at first by order of Alfred, 900

by William the Conqueror, 1080
by Charles II., 1668

Swearing, the vice of, introduced, 1072 Swedes resigned their prerogatives to the crown, 1772

- Gustavus IV. of, arrived in England, Nov. 12, 1810

Swiss, or Helvetic confederacy, which had been dissolved by French influence in 1798, restored, 1815

Swiss liberty, (origin of) on January 1, 1308, William Tell, joined his heroic companions to oppose their tyrannical oppressors, the Austrians, and effect the freedom of their native country; which, after a struggle of more than three centuries, was declared free and independent by the treaty of Westphalia, 1648

Sword of state carried at an English king's coronation by a king of Scotland, 1194

TALMUD made, 117 before Christ Tamehainlea and Tamehamalu, king and queen of the Sandwich Islands, visited England, in 1824. In the July of the same year, both died of the small-pox, at the Caledonian Hotel, Robert-street, Adelphi, where they lay in state for some days; they were then removed to St. Martin'schurch, and deposited in a vault, till a frigate was got ready, when they were conveyed with the remainder of their suite to the Sandwich Islands

Tar-water, first recommended by Bishop Berkeley, 1744

Tea destroyed at Boston by the inhabitants,

1773, in abhorrence of English taxes, for which they were severely punished by the English parliament, in April 1774 Temperance Societies, (institution of). To the patriots and Christians of the United States of America, belong the glory and honour of inculcating the necessity of total abstinence from ardent spirits for the preservation of health, national morals, and true religion; and among those Christians

and patriots, none is so distinguished as the late Rev. Dr. Becher: by the exertions and influence of that illustrious man, the American Temperance Society was formed at Boston, in 1826, and since its formation more than 5,000 similar societies have been formed throughout the Union, by means of which, great and salutary influence has been produced on the American population. The subject has attracted the attention of several of the States of Europe. In England, Ireland, and Scotland, similar societies have been formed, but from the narrow views and selfish motives of the stupid sectarian sticklers for the scheme, but little good has as yet been effected in the United Kingdom

Testament, (New) the first printed in the English language, 1526. This translation was made by William Tyndale, and was published abroad, after which it was circulated at Oxford and London. Tonstall, Bishop of London, and Sir Thomas More, bought up almost the whole impression, and burnt it at St. Paul's Cross Thames (River) covered with booths, formed in streets; all sorts of trades, and shops furnished and full of commodities, even to a printing-press, 1684

- a similar fair was held on the same part of the same river, in 1814

Thames Tunnel, (excavation of) See Thames Tunnel, Remarkable Buildings Thanksgiving, (general) first observed, May 29, 1661

observed throughout the kingdom for the successes of the confederates against the Emperor Napoleon, Jan. 13, 1814 Theatre, that of Bacchus, at Athens, the first ever erected, built by Philos, 420 before Christ. The ruins still exist

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the first royal licence for one in England was in 1574, to James Burbage and four others, servants to the Earl of Leicester, to act plays at the Globe, Bankside, or in any part of England; but long before their time miracles were represented in the open fields, where the devil appeared in person on the stage, shearing the bristles of hogs; hence the old proverb, "Great cry and little wool" plays were opposed by the Puritans, 1633, and suspended till 1660, when Charles II. licensed two companies, Killigrew's and Davenant's; the first at the Bull, Vere-street, Clare-market, which in a year or two was removed to Drurylane; the other was in Dorset-gardens. Till this time boys performed women's parts. Sir William Davenant introduced operas, and both companies united, 1684, and continued together till 1694; when, from the reduced salaries given to the performers, the principal of them, under Betterton, obtained a licence, and withdrew to Portugal-street, Lincoln'sinn-fields, in 1695

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Thief-takers condemned and pilloried in Smithfield, March, 1755

Thornhill, Mr., of Stilton, rode 215 miles in 12 hours and 17 minutes, April 29, 1745 Thornhill-Lees, Yorkshire, several persons apprehended at, for treasonable practices, by means of a spy of the name of Oliver, June 6, 1817

Tide (The) in the Thames was so high as to overflow its banks, and boats were floated into Westminster-hall, Feb. 2 and 3, 1791

Tilsit, treaty of, concluded, July 7, 1807 Tilts and tournaments instituted in Germany,

919

Time.-Reckoning from the Christian Era, was first introduced and used in Italy in the 6th century. In France in the 7th, but not fully established till the 8th. In Spain, though occasionally adopted in the 11th, it was not uniformly used till the 14th, nor in Portugal till the year 1415. In September 1793, the French nation resolved that the foundation of their new system of government should form their era; accordingly, their "Republic Calendar" was first used on November 26, 1793, but was discontinued December 31, 1805, when the "Calendar" used throughout the rest of Europe was resumed

Tipperary, county of, placed under military law, in consequence of popular distur bances, Sept. 1815

Tithes were first established in England, in 894

Titles, first creation to, by patents, 1344.

Titles Royal. The following is the suc cession in which the Royal titles swelled in England:-Henry IV. had the title of "Grace" conferred on him; Henry VI. that of" Excellent Grace;" Edward IV. that of Most High and Mighty Prince;" Henry VII. "Highness;" Henry VIII. "Majesty;" (and was the first and last that was styled "Dread Sovereign;") and James I. that of "Sacred," or "Most Excellent Majesty." That of "Majesty" was first given to Louis XI. of France; before, it was the title only of emperors; the kings of Arragon, Castile, and Portugal, had the title only of Highness;" those of England, "Your Grace;" those of France, "Your Despotism"

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Titles of honour abolished in France by the national assembly, 1790

Toll first demanded by the Danes of vessels passing the Sound, 1341

first paid by vessels passing Staden on the Elbe, 1190

on London-bridge ceased, Feb. 6, 1782 Tolls gathered in London, first for repairing the highways of Holborn, Gray's-inn-lane and St. Martin's-lane, 1346

Tomb of Necho discovered near the remains

of Egyptian Thebes, by Belzoni, Oct. 18, 1817

Tombs of the Kings of France, in the abbey of St. Dennis, were ordered to be broken into by authority, Oct. 14, 1793

Tontines first established at Paris, 1653 Torture abolished in Sweden by order of the king, 1786

- in Poland, 1776

-abolished in France by edict, Aug. 25, 1780 abolished in Spain, Aug. 1814

Touching for the king's evil introduced by Edward the Confessor, 1056. This royal virtue and healing benediction ceased with the life of Queen Anne, who performed her miracle on Dr. Samuel Johnson, in the Lent of 1712, when the great English moralist was but thirty months old

Tourlone, cardinal, high inquisitor of Rome, dragged out of his carriage by a mob, and hung on a gibbet, 50 feet high, 1786 Tournaments began in 170

instituted by Henry, Emperor of Germany, 919

Tragedy, the first acted at Athens, on a wag-
gon, by Thespis, 585 before Christ
Treaties with foreign nations begun, 1217
Trial and execution of Louis XVI. and his

queen Antoinette, 1793

of Hardy, Horne Tooke, and Thelwall, for high-treason, and their acquittal, 1794 of seven years' continuance of Warren Hastings, and acquittal, 1795

- and execution of Col. Despard and his associates, for high-treason, 1803

of Lord Melville, for malversation, 1806 and acquittal of Hone for blasphemy, Dec. 1817

- of Thistlewood, Watson &c. for hightreason, June 1817, and of Thistlewood and his associates for the Cato-street conspiracy, April 1820

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of Caroline, consort of George IV., 1821 of Corder, for the murder of Maria Marten, 1828

of St. John Long, for the death of Miss Cashin, Oct. 23, 1830

of the French ministers Polignac, Peyronnet, &c. 1831

- of Cobbett, for sedition, and his acquittal on account of want of unanimity in the jury, 1831

- of Fieschi and his associates for attempting to assassinate the "citizen king," Louis Phillippe, with "the infernal machine," Feb. 19, 1835

- of Alibaud, July 11, 1835 Troy, destruction of, June 11, 1184, before Christ

Trumpets first sounded before the kings of England, by order of Offa, king of Mercia, 790

Tuckey, Captain, expedition under, for exploring Africa, sailed March 20, 1816 Turkey trade began, 1550

ships navigated by Greek sailors, the first arrived in London, April 5, 1797 Turkish New Testament, the first printed in London, 1666

Turnpikes, first legally erected in England,
1663

Tweed Chain-bridge opened, July 26, 1800
Twenty-shilling notes first issued by the
Bank, March 6, 1797

UKRAINE, (The) colonized with Russians, 1752
Unions of the crowns of England and Scot-
land, 1603

of the two kingdoms, attempted, 1604, but failed

again, 1670

-carried into effect, May 1, 1707, and thence the island is called Great Britain -union of Great Britain and Ireland took place, Jan. 1, 1801

Union of Norway and Sweden, 1814

VENEREAL disease brought into Europe in the
first voyage of Columbus, and broke out in
the French army in Naples, 1494; whence
the French term, mal de Naples; in the
Netherlands and England it obtained the
appellation of mal de France, though in
the latter country it was known so early as
the 12th century; about the same period,
too, at Florence, one of the Medici family
died of it

Venus, her transit over the sun, June 2, 1600
Vestal Virgin, one who broke the vow, buried

alive at Rome, 337 before Christ, agreeable to the institutes of Numa Pompilius Vienna, Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia, made their solemn entry into, Sept. 25, 1814

other sovereigns arrived at, to form a congress, Sept. 26, 1814

discussions by their ministers commenced, Nov. 1, 1814

Voluntary contributions for the support of government against French measures, amounted to two millions and a half, 1798, and 200,000l. were transmitted to England from India, in 1799

annum having been on her by parliament cepted only of 35,000 returned to England t as Queen of England, -Princess Charlotte of, Warwick-house dism Regent in person, Jul -married to the Prince May 12, 1816, the ann for their lives havin settled upon them by died 1817

Wall, Joseph, governor of
executed 1812, for the r
Armstrong, who died,
the punishment of 800 1
1782

Wallis, Captain, embar
voyage, July 26, 1766
Walsh, stock-broker and
ment, absconded with 15
of the solicitor-general,
for trial, Dec. 12, 1811
- expelled the House of
5, 1812
War.-Loans of the sev
American war, and the

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of the seven years' wa of the American war of the French revolutionary wars, from 1793 to 1816.. Ward, John, of Hack House of Commons pilloried, May 16, 1726 Wars with Spain, betwe cost Queen Elizabeth 1 the double subsidy of 28 parliament. In the I spent 3,400,0002. in ten -the expenses of the war land 9,000,000Z.

Votes of the House of Commons first Warsaw constituted a du printed, 1681

Voyage round the world, (See Circumnavi-
gators)

Voyages of Discovery.-See North West
Passage, and Arctic Expedition

WAGER, won by a young lady at Newmar-
ket, who had undertaken to ride a thou-
sand miles in a thousand successive hours;
but she performed the task in two-thirds of
the given time, 1758

Wales, Prince of, committed to prison, for
assaulting a judge on the bench, 1412
Wales, Princess of, her conduct investigated
by a committee of privy-counsellors, 1806
-investigated by another committee of
privy-counsellors, Feb. 1813
congratulatory address presented to her
by the livery of London, "on her happy
escape from the conspiracy formed
against her honour and her life," April
13, 1813
-left England, in the Jason frigate, from
Worthing, Aug. 9, 1814; 50,000l. per

to the house of Saxony, Washington, captured by its superb national stru sumed by fire, in retaliat destruction of some defe Canada by the America Waste-lands, 2,837,000 acı England between the ye in Great Britain, by ex were found to be 22,35] if cultivated and encl annual increase of 9s. nual rent would amou and on a supposition t duce would be 17. 7s. rents, it would be wor annum to the commun Watch and ward bill enfor

and the neighbouring vil Water-street mills, Birmi cupied a space of grou Haymarket, were entir fire, May 15, 1817. The estimated at 200,000.

Water mixed with wine in the sacrament,

first introduced, 122

- sold in the West Indies for 1s. a pail-full, 1731

Watson, James, tried for assaulting a patrole with a sword on the night succeeding the Spa-fields' riots, and acquitted, Jan. 21, 1817

-tried for high-treason as concerned in

those riots, and acquitted, June 16, 1817 Weekly bills of mortality round London, began 1603

Weighing engine or beam, a public one set up in London, and all commodities ordered to be weighed by the city officer, called the weigh-master, who was to do justice between buyer and seller, stat. 3 Edward II. 1309

Wellington, Duke of, half a million voted to him by parliament, May 12, 1814

- an additional sum of 200,000%. voted to him, June 22, 1815

— appointed ambassador-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of France, July 1814

first Lord of the treasury, 1828 Westminster-abbey, musical festival at, at which 9,000%. net profit were produced for the benefit of the Musical Benevolent Institutions, June 24, 1834

Whale-fishery, the first by the Dutch, 1596

by the English at Spitsbergen, 1598 Whales (two spermaceti) caught on the coast of Essex, each measuring 65 feet in length, Dec. 19, 1763

- a spermaceti whale, whose length was 54 feet, and girth 38 feet, thrown on shore near Whitstable, Kent, Dec. 12, 1764 Whales killed at Newfoundland and Iceland for their oil only, 1578; the use of their bones and fins not then known, consequently no stays worn by ladies Wheat, sold for 20s. per quarter, equal to 6%. now, 1193, 1194, and 1195

beans for 12d. a quarter, and oats for 4d., 1216

wheat sold in some places for 12d. a quarter, and not many years after for 20s. a bushel, as much as 47. now, 1286

sold for 40s. a quarter, as much as 81. now, 1315

-sold for 37. a bushel, 1316

sold for 40s. a quarter, as much as 20s. a bushel now, 1335

sold in London for 4s. a quarter, 1493 in the reign of

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Whig and Tory factions took their rise about 1649, and were at their greatest height about 1704

Whitehall preachers first appointed by the two universities, April 5, 1724 White roses, several knocked down for wearing them, June 10, 1716

Wigs, full-bottom, were first worn by the judges in 1674

Williamson and family murdered at Ratcliff. highway, Dec. 20, 1811 Willingham boy lived, 1744 Wills to devise lands were first permitted under restrictions by Henry VIII. Universally all real property at the Restoration Wills of sovereigns, the first on record, Richard II., 1399

Witchcraft was pretty much believed in the 16th century; in the reign of Henry VII. a woman was executed for this supposed crime by the sheriff of Devon

600 were executed for it in France, 1609 Grandiere, a priest of London, burnt for bewitching a whole convent of nuns, 1634 -20 women were executed at Bretagne, 1654

-nine more were burnt in Poland, 1775 Witt, John de, the Dutch patriotic minister,

and his brother Cornelius, torn in pieces by a frantic mob at the Hague, 1672 Wolf, the last known in Scotland was destroyed at Lochaber, by Sir Evan Cameron, who died in 1719

Wolves. A commission to hunt wolves, in the counties bordering on Wales, was granted so late as 1281, and in Scotland two centuries later

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in Louis XIVth's time a large party of dragoons were attacked and slain by a multitude of wolves at the foot of the mountains of Jurat. A cross, with an inscription, is still to be seen there several precipitated themselves on, and destroyed the curate of Aha (in the department of the Basses Pyrenees) on the 10th of January, 1830, as he was returning home on horseback, after adminis tering the sacrament

-a calash, drawn by two enormous, was seen during the summer of 1824, in the streets of Munich. They were harnessed like carriage horses, and possessed great docility

Wood's halfpence sent to Ireland, 1722 Wool. One pound of wool has been spun to the length as follows:-A lee of woollen yarn measures in length 80 yards A hank of ditto, by the custom of Norwich, consists of seven lees. Twenty-four hanks in the pound is esteemed good spinning in the schools, 13,440 yards. Seventy hanks in the pound is esteemed superfine spinning

at Norwich, 39,200 yards, or 21 miles. One hundred and fifty hanks in the pound, were spun in 1754, by Mary Powyle, of East Dereton, in Norfolk; and this was thought so extraordinary, that an account of it is registered at the Royal Society, 85,000 yards or 48 miles

Woollen goods first exported from Ireland to a foreign market, Jan. 15, 1780 Wurtemberg, Frederick William the first king of, died, Oct. 30, 1816

YEAR.-Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582 ordered the commencement of the year to take place thenceforward on the 1st of January James VI., by proclamation, in 1600, altered the New Year's-day in Scotland,

from the 25th of March to the 1st of January

in George the Second's reign, in 1751, an Act was passed for equalising the style in Great Britain and Ireland, with that used in other countries of Europe Yellow fever made great ravages in the West India islands, 1794

Yeomen of the guards were the first military
establishment; a corps being formed by
Henry VIII. at his coronation, October 30,
1485

Yoke, the ceremony of making prisoners
pass under it, was used by the Samnites
towards the Romans, 321 B.C.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-park, es-
tablished 1826

ACCIDENTS, EARTHQUAKES, FAMINES, FIRES, FROSTS, INUNDATIONS, STORMS, TEMPESTS, &c.

ABBEVILLE, in France, nearly destroyed by
an explosion of gunpowder, when 150 of
the inhabitants perished, and 100 houses
were destroyed; the loss sustained was
estimated at 472,917 livres, Nov. 1773
Abbotsbury had 22 houses destroyed by fire,
Oct. 1784

Aislesbury had 30 houses burnt, May 6, 1773
Alban cutter wrecked on the coast of Hol-
land, and all the crew, except one man,
lost, Dec. 18, 1812
Albion-mills, Blackfriars, destroyed by fire,
March 2, 1751, the damage estimated at
25,000Z.

Aldbourn, in Wilts, had 200 houses burnt,
Aug. 23, 1777

Alexandria library destroyed by fire 47 years
before Christ, which contained 400,000
manuscripts. The second library of Alex-
andria, consisting of 700,000 volumes, was
totally destroyed by the Saracens, who
heated the water for their baths for six
months, by burning books instead of wood,
at the command of the caliph Omar, 640
Algerine xebec, of 22 guns, was lost in
Mount's-bay, Cornwall, in Sept. 1760
Alresford, in Hampshire, totally burnt, 1160
Amersbury, in Wiltshire, had 10,000. da-
mage done by a fire, that destroyed 32
houses, June 3, 1751

Amphion frigate was blown up at Plymouth,
Sept. 22, 1796, when all the crew perished
Amphitrite (ship) conveying 103 female con-
victs and 12 children, to New South
Wales, lost on Boulogne sands, and all
persons on board, Aug. 31, 1833
Amphitheatre at Fidonia fell in, and killed
50,000 people, A.D. 26; the ruins of it
now remain at Castel Ginbelio
Amsterdam opera-house burnt, 150 persons
lost their lives, 1772
-the Admiralty-house, and its valuable

stores, were destroyed by fire,July 6, 1791 Andover, Lord, killed, while delivering his fowling-piece to the servant, Jan. 8, 1801 Angouleme, Isle of, 16 persons killed by an explosion of gunpowder at, April 16, 1816

Anson frigate wrecked on the coast of Cornwall, Jan. 1808

Antoinette (Marie). At the celebration of the marriage of this unfortunate lady with the Dauphin (Louis XVI.) nearly 1,000 persons were trampled to death, and 2,000 wounded, from the confusion and terror oc casioned by the falling of sheets of fire from the exhibition of the fire-works, May 31, 1770

Apollo's temple at Antioch burnt, 362 before Christ

Apollo frigate lost, and 40 of her convoy of

West India ships off Portugal, three leagues north of Cape Mondego, April 2,1804 Archangel, in Russia, damaged by a dreadful fire, 1763; had 200 houses destroyed by a fire, Oct. 16, 1777; its cathedral and other public edifices burnt, June 29, 1793, making together 3,000 dwellings Archindschan, in Turkey, destroyed by an earthquake, when 12,000 inhabitants were buried in the ruins, 1784

Arniston tranports, wrecked near Cape La-
gullas, and six only saved out of 350 per-
sons, May 30, 1815

Arsenal, (The) at Corunna in Spain, destroy-
ed by fire, when 60 persons were killed,
and 50 wounded, March 11, 1794
Asch, in Zedwitz in Germany, nearly de-
stroyed by fire, Dec. 12, 1814

Astley's theatre and 19 houses destroyed by
fire, Aug. 17, 1794

again, Sept. 2, 1803, when 40 houses were burnt

Attaquia, in Syria, was destroyed by an earthquake, with 3,000 inhabitants, May 5, 1796

Aubern, in Wiltshire, had 72 dwellings, of 20,000. value, destroyed by a fire, Sept. 12, 1760

Aurora frigate lost, never heard of after, 1771 Avelino, a city of Naples, destroyed by an earthquake, Nov. 29, 1732

Azores, an island, about a mile in circumference, and 300 feet high, formed off the coast of, by volcanic eruption, 1811

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