Sutherland, duke of, 494; Sutherland, dr. A. 494; Swatman, col. 494; Swettenham, mr. T. J. W. 494; Swin- burne, major-gen. 494; Sykes, lady, 495; Symons, mrs. F. A. 495; Synge, mrs. F. 495.
Taaffe, capt. 495; Talbot, miss, 495; Talbot de Malahide, lady, 501; Tasker, mr. J. 501; Taylor, mr. T. J. 501; Teleki, count, 501; Thomas, mrs. M. 501; Thomas, sir G. J. 501; Thompson, dr. Seth, 501; Thompson, mrs. A. 501; Thomson, mr. E. 501; Thornton, mr. J. 501; Tindall, mr. W. 496; Tod, gen. 496; Tollemache, lady E. 496; Touchet, hon. J. 496; Traquair, earl of, 496; Trench, mr. R. 496; Trevilian, major, 496; Turber- ville, col. 496; Tytler, mr. A. F. 496. Udny, col. 496; Urquhart, mr. B. C. 496.
Vachell, mr. H. 496; Vandenhoff, mr. J. 496; Velluti, m. 497; Ventura, Father, 497; Vernon, gen. 498; Ver- non, mr. G. E. Harcourt, 498; Villiers, dr. bp. of Durham, 498.
Wade, mr. G. T. 499; Wade, col. sir C. M. 499; Walker, mrs. 499; Walker, lady Jane, 499; Waller, lady, 499; Walpole, mr. F. 499; Ward, rev. J. 499; Warde, It.- col. 499; Warneford, lady Wethe- rell, 499; Warren, capt. 499; Wa- then, lady E. 499; Watts, mr. W. C. 499; Weare, mrs. A. 499; Webb, miss, 499; Webster, rev. dr. 499; Wellesley, mr. R. 499; Welling- ton, hon. mrs. 499; Wells, capt. 499; Welsh, gen. 499; Welsh, capt. 499; Wemyss, miss S. 499; West, capt. 499; Westall, mrs. A. 500; Warneford, lady, 499; Whalley, rev. J. 500; Wheetton, mr. J. 500: Whish, mr. J., 500; Whish, lady, 500; White, lady, 500; Whitshed, lieut. 500; Wilbraham, mr. R. 500; Wild- man, mrs. E. 500; Williams, lady, 500; Williams, sir J. H. 500; Wil- liamson, sir H. 501; Williams, mr. J. N. V. 501; Wilmot, mr. R. E. E. 501; Wilmot-Chetwode, lady Janet, 501 Wilson, mr. F. 501; Winn, miss L. 501; Wix, rev. S. 501; Wode- house, miss E. 501; Wood, mr. A. 501; Woodgate, col. 501; Worsley, mr. A. 502; Wroth, mr. H. T. 502; Wrottesley, hon. col. 502; Wynyard, mr. G. 502.
Yarborough, earl of, 502; Yeatman, rev. H. F. 502.
Annesley, hon. mrs. 502. Ball, mr. W. 502. Hill, mr. J. 502. Jones, mr. J. 502. Mackintosh, mr. C. 502. Cumming, mr. J. 502. Smith, mr. E. 502. A Woman, aged 105.
DEATHS, BIRTHS, and MARRIAGES, in England and Wales, during the year and during 10 years; and in Scotland during the year, 357.
Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 65. FINANCE ACCOUNTS for the year 1861 :-
Class i. Public Income, 338; ii. Pub- lic Expenditure, 338; iii. Consolidated Fund, 350; iv. Public Funded Debt, 342; v. Unfunded Debt, 344; vi. Disposition of Grants, 345; vii. Trade and Navigation, 352.
Prices of Stock in each Month of 1861, 355; Bank rate of Discount, 355. FIRES:-Fire at Blenheim Palace-Ti- tian's "Loves of the Gods" destroyed, 17; Savernake House and Capesthorne House burnt, 19; destruction of Cooke's Circus at Portsmouth, 8 horses burnt, 34; at Woolwich, 12 horses burnt, 203; 15 horses burnt at a fire in Westminster, 34; disastrous fire at Dublin, 11 persons burnt to death, 57; fires in the provinces, at Manchester, Oldham, Newalley, Preston, Bristol, and other places, 59; conflagration of Glaris, Switzerland, 71; destruction of the Surrey Music Hall, 77; tre- mendous conflagration in Southwark, near 2,000,000l. of property destroyed, 82; great wharf fire in Tooley Street, 136; fire in a coal-pit at Summerlee, 12 lives lost, 144; wharf fire at Rotherhithe, 150; fatal fires, in South- wark, in Shoreditch, near Liverpool, 167; at a sugar-refinery near the Lon- don Docks, 168; fires in Fetter Lane and Hoxton, 170; great fire in Pater- noster Row, 171; fire at Edinburgh, 201; fires in Ireland, 224; fire at the Chester Railway Hotel, 228; great fire at Holland and Sons, Pimlico, 230; fires from the explosion of "paraffin," 234; great fire at Ant- werp, 235; destruction of the Château de la Marche, 253; partial destruction of Wynyard Hall, 250 FRANCE-Opening of the French Cham- bers Speech of the Emperor, [166]; Address of the Senate, the paragraph
on Italy, [169]; remarkable speech of Prince Napoleon on the policy of the Empire, 170]; unsatisfactory state of the French finances; M. Fould ap- pointed Minister of Finance; his wide and uncompromising report, [176]; ad- vises the Emperor to abolish the system of transfers," and to relinquish the prerogative of proposing "supplemen- tary credits," appropriation of "the resources of special establishment," [179]; advises the Emperor to restore to the Senate its control over the finances, [180]; letter of the Emperor for accepting M. Fould's views, and announcing his relinquishment of the supplementary and extraordinary cre- dit, [181]; M. Fould's statement to the Senate of the public debt of France and of French finances, [181] France Remains of Napoleon removed from the chapel to the tomb under the dome of the Invalides, 45. GREAT BRITAIN :-Generally prosperous and contented state of the country at the commencement of the year; food supply; Parliamentary reform, the affairs of Italy; the civil war in Ame- rica, [2]. See PARLIAMENT. HAY, STRAW, and CLOVER, Prices of, during the Year, 356. HONOURS:-The Peerage, 504; Orders of Knighthood, 504; Knights Bachelors, 506; Privy Councillor, Knights Bache- lors, 506; the Victoria Cross, 506. INDIA.
See PARLIAMENT. India-Great famine in the North- Western Provinces; large subscrip- tions in England for the relief of the sufferers, 45; execution of Natives convicted of murders during the mu- tiny, 100; Indian loan of 3,000,000l., 20; of 4,000,000Z., 127.
Institution of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, 286; in- vestiture of the first Knights by the Queen, 219. IRELAND:-Triple murder in Sligo, mur- der of Mr. and Mrs. Callaghan and servant, 8; extraordinary omnibus ac- cident at Dublin, six passengers drowned, 49; state of Ireland, murder of two brothers, James and Robert Shaw, and other murders, 101;
The Queen's visit to Ireland, 153. ITALY:--NAPLES:--Continued resistance of the King at Gaeta; consequences of the presence of the French fleet, [185]; the French fleet is withdrawn, the for- tress blockaded, and capitulation, Feb.
13, [186]; the British Government refuses to recognize the Ambassador of the Ex-King of Naples, [186]; meeting of the first Parliament of Italy; speech of King Victor Emmanuel, [186]; he is declared "King of Italy," and is recognized by the British Government, protest of Cardinal Antonelli on behalf of the Pope, [188]; death of Count Cavour, [188]; Baron Ricasoli, the new Prime Minister, states the policy of the King's Government to the Chambers, [189]; questions of Venice and Rome, [190]; unsettled state of the Neapolitan territory, [191].
Great Eruption of Vesuvius ; de- struction of the town of Torre del Greco, 240.
LAW AND POLICE:-Burglary and frightful violence at Islington; trial and convic- tion of Strugnell, 57; extraordinary assault and attempt to murder; case of the Baron de Vidal, 94; frightful encounter in Northumberland Street, Strand, 119; capital conviction of Henry Sterry for arson, 131; atrocious attempt to murder; trial and execution of Michael Doyle, 149; matricide and suicide at Fen Ditton, 151; painful case of forgery, conviction of the Rev. James Roe, 158; "the Rugby ro- mance, case of Richard Guinness Hill, 175; infamous outrage on a lady at Dublin, 186; singular case of swind- ling-trial of Vincent Collucci for a fraud on Miss Johnstone, 207; serious case of arson and fraud, trial of the Clifts, 211; burglary and atrocious violence at Fulham-place, Paddington, 212; fatal poaching affray, 235; forgery on the Bank of England by H. W. Young, a solicitor, 254.
See TRIALS AND LAW CASES. MARRIAGES, 1861, 379. MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, and DEATHS in the year, 357; in ten years, 1852-1861, 357.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 357.
MEXICO: Continued misgovernment of this country, disregard of the private rights of British subjects and of public obligations; withdrawal of the British legation, [214]; seizure of treasure at the British Consulate, robbery of a convoy; Sir C. Wyke sent on a special mission, [214]; despatch of Sir C. Wyke, giving a lively picture of the disorganized state of the country, [215]; the French and Spanish Go- vernment have the same causes of
complaint; convention of the three Powers for a joint expedition to Mexico, [216]; the Spanish expeditionary force sails from the Havanna, prematurely arrives at Vera Cruz and seizes the town, [218]; rumour of a design in favour of an Austrian Archduke; opinion of the British Government on the internal affairs of Mexico, [219]. MINISTRY, The :-As it stood at the meet- ing of Parliament, 364. MISCELLANEOUS :-The weather, at the commencement of the year; intense cold, great sufferings of the poor, 1; the hot weather in June, 106; the spring quarter, 109; the summer quarter, 194; the autumn quarter, 268; storms, in January, 2; in Feb., 21, 31; destructive gale on the 21st, 25; great gale and loss of life in Nov., 220, 233; wreck returns for 1860, 267; bank-rate of discount, in Jan., 7; in February, 23; a man killed by a lion at Astley's, 9; fatal occurrence in a City sewer, 20; extensive frauds on the Commercial Bank, 23; destruc- tion of north wing of Crystal Palace in storm of Feb. 21, 27; fall of spire of Chichester Cathedral during same storm, 28; English officer killed by a bear at Berne, 34; serious irruption of the Bridgewater canal, 35; fearful earth- quake in South America, destruction of Mendoza and .15,000 people, 38; earthquake in Italy, 40; Oxford and Cambridge boat-race, 42; transfer of the corpse of Napoleon to the tomb in the Invalides, 45; great famine in India, the Relief Fund, 45; Volun- teer Reviews, field-days on Brighton Downs and at Wimbledon, 47; the Census, 50; the French Census, 55; Census of the United States, 55; sale of Mr. Uzielli's collections of gems, &c., 58; inundations in Canada, 59; sale of the Scarisbrick collection of pictures and articles of vertù, 60; Epsom races, 64; Ascot, 77; Goodwood, 136; Doncaster, 174; missionary disaster in Central Africa, 67; a romance stranger than fiction, strange discovery of a female corpse on the Rheineck, 70; sale of pictures by the Old Masters,
71; Blondin in England, his extraor- dinary performances, 72; the building strike, 75; fraud by an insurance agent, 79; curious burial fraud, 79; sale of the East India House, 80; triple publication of The Times news- paper, 81; sums amounting to 300,000l.
Miscellaneous-continued.
awarded as compensations in railway accidents, 81; disaster to the Great Eastern in a passenger voyage, 92; extraordinary assault or attempt to murder-case of the Baron de Vidil, 94; appearance of a fine comet, 99; the Indian murderers, 100; descent of the steamer Maid of the Mist down the Niagara Rapids, 103; sale of pictures by English Masters, 104; modern French pictures, 104; sales of works of art and vertù, 105; opening of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Kensington, 107; opening of the new library of Harrow School, 113; the National Rifle Association prize meeting at Wimbledon, 114; the Volunteer Review at Wimbledon, 117; frightful encounter in Northumberland street, Strand, 119; Indian Loan of 3,000,000l., 20; Indian Loan of 4,000,000l., 127; attempted assassi- nation of the King of Prussia, 127; mysterious tragedy at Clapham, 128; two children convicted of wilful murder, 145; the Queen's Visit to Ireland, 153; autumnal residence of the Court in Scotland, 170; extensive embezzle- ments by a mercantile clerk, 164; Birmingham Musical Festival, 167; Hereford Musical Festival, 172; ro- mance in real life-case of Richard Guinness Hill, 175; frightful accident at the Philadelphia Theatre, six ballet- girls burnt to death, 184; infamous outrage on a lady at Dublin, 186; four persons suffocated by a lime-kiln, 200; suicide in a lighthouse, 200; suicide of Viscount Forth, 201; H.M.S. Warrior, successful trial of speed, 203; massacre of English colonists in Queensland, 204; purchase of Shak- speare's Gardens for the nation, 205; explosion of a powder-mill at Ballin- colig, 212; opening of the new library of the Middle Temple by the Prince of Wales, His Royal Highness made a bencher, 214; volunteer reviews and field-days in the autumn, 217; in- vestiture of the Order of the Star of India, 219; failure of the Bank of Deposit, 222; the gorilla, specimens brought to England by M, du Chaillu, 224; fall of houses in the High-street of Edinburgh, 226; eruption of Vesuvius, destruction of Torre del Greco, 240; Death of H. R. H. the Prince Consort, 247, his funeral, 261; pedestrianism extraordinary; per- formances of the Seneca Indian, Deer-
foot, 265; return of railway accidents during the year 1861, 270. MURDERS :-triple murder in Sligo, 8; execution of P. Lunnay, for murder of James Cassidy at Dumbarton, 11; military murders, their prevalence; trial and execution of Hackett for murdering his sergeant at Plymouth, 35; trial and execution of Masterton for murder of his sergeant at Wool- wich, 159; murder of Colonel Crofton and Captain Hanham at the Fulwood execution barracks, trial and McCaffery, 183; trial and execution for the murder of Sergeant Dixon at Alder- shot, 246; murder of Corporal Don- nellan by Private Chadwick at Corfu, 265; the Dundry murder, trial and execution of the Wedmores for mur- der of Sarah Waterman, 40; the Tal- garth murder, trial and execution of W. Williams for murder of Ann Williams, 42; mysterious murder and suicide at Carlisle, 56; double infanticide and suicide near Gateshead, 61; the Holy- Edwards for well murder, trial of murder of her husband, 63; murders in Ireland; of James and Robert Shaw and others, 101; the Epworth tragedy, triple infanticide, 118; the Wisbeach murder, trial and execution of Augustus Hilton for murder of his 129; the guilty," wife, plea of Ilkeston parricide, trial and execution of George Smith for the murder of his father, 133; the Kingston murder, trial of Martha Bradish for murder of her sister, 137; the Kingswood mur- der, trial of Johann Carl Franz for murder of Martha Halliday, 138; trial of two children for wilful murder, 145; trial of Michael Doyle for at- tempted murder, conviction and exe- cution, 149; matricide and suicide at Fen Ditton, 151; trial and exe- cution of William Cogan for murder of his wife in Holborn, 185; the West- minster murder, trial of William Ma- lony for murder of his wife-extra- ordinary evidence, 190; murders and cruelties at sea; trial of William Wil- son, master of the Express, 195; the Newcastle murder, trial of Clark for murder of a tax-collector, 199; tragedy at Dublin, trial of Molloy for murder of his wife and two children, 225; murder in Drury-court, trial of Richard Reeve for murder of his sister, 228; the Deptford murder, trial of George Kitchen for murder of his sweetheart,
Murders-continued.
curious question of law, 230; murder and suicide at Sheffield, 237; singular trial for murder at Chester, 238; trial and execution of J. Waller for the murder of W. Smith, a gamekeeper at Bingley, 254; trial of Brandrick, Jones, and Maddox, for the murder of John Bagott, at Bilston; execution of Brandrick, 257; execution of Byard Greenland for the murder of his uncle at Frome, 260.
See also TRIALS AND LAW CASES and LAW AND POLICE.
PARLIAMENT, THE :-Opened by the Queen in Person, Her Majesty's Speech, [3]; in the Lords, address moved by the Earl of Sefton, seconded by Lord Lismore; speech of the Earl of Derby, [4]; of Earl Granville, [8]; ad- In the Commons, dress agreed to. address moved by Sir T. E. Colebrook, seconded by Mr. Paget, [9]; Mr. White moves to add a paragraph in reference to Parliamentary Reform, [9]; speech of Mr. Disraeli, [10]; Lord John Russell, [11]; Mr. Bright, [13]; amendment negatived, address agreed to; on report, Mr. S. Fitzgerald refers to the foreign policy of Ministers, Lord J. Russell's vindication, [13]; Committees appointed by both Houses in reference to despatch of public business; altera- tions adopted, [14]; votes of thanks to Army and Navy in China, [15].
Death of the Duchess of Kent; addresses of condolence to Her Majesty, [20].
Members returned and sworn at the Table during the Session, 503.
;-General Parliamentary Reforms; indifference in the country to the sub- ject; the Government resolves to postpone the question, [24]; attempts of private members to introduce partial reforms; Mr. Locke King's bill to reduce the county franchise to £10; debate on motion for leave, [25]; debate on second reading, [26]; Mr. A. Smith moves the previous question; speeches of Mr. Du Cane, Lord Henly, Mr. Adderley, Sir G. Lewis, Mr. B. Osborne, Lord J. Russell, Mr. Disraeli; on division, second reading negatived by majority of 19. Bill of Mr. Baines for reducing the borough franchise to £6, [28]; Mr. Cave moves the previous question; speeches of Mr. Leatham, Sir J. Ramsden; previous question Mr. H. negatived, and bill dropped. Berkeley's annual motion on the Ballot
negatived, [30]. Government intro- duce bill to assign the four vacant seats to the West Riding of Yorkshire, South Lancashire, Chelsea and Kensing- ton, and Birkenhead, [30]; Lord Jermyn's motion to defer Committee for six months, negatived, [31]; in Committee, Colonel Dunne proposes to assign one member to Cork county; Mr. Bazley one to Salford; motions negatived; Mr. Knightley moves to omit the words which would constitute Chelsea and Kensington a borough ; amendment carried on division; Mr. T. Duncombe moves to substitute Barnsley; Mr. Knightley's motion to give another member to Middlesex, negatived, [33]; a member to Birken- head agreed to; Mr. T. Duncombe opposes the bill in toto, [33]. Mr. Stirling brings forward the claims of the Scotch Universities; Sir J. Graham names the London University. member is assigned to East Lancashire, and the West Riding is divided, each to return two members, [34]; bill passes the Lords after discussion. Novel proposition to facilitate elections for the Universities by permitting voting papers; long and interesting discussion, [35]; the bill passes both Commons and Lords after debate, [36].
Church Rates;- Bill of Sir J. Trelawny for total abolition of church rates, his speech, [37]; opposed by Sir W. Heathcote; speeches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [38], Mr. Bright, Mr. Disraeli, Lord J. Russell, [39]; second reading carried by majority of 15; suggestions of Mr. Newdegate and Mr. Cross; struggle on the third reading; Mr. S. Est- court opposes the third reading; on division the numbers (274) are equal; the Speaker gives his casting vote with the "Noes."
Finance ;-Annual financial state- ment of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer; he proposes to remit 1d. of the income-tax and the paper duty, [45]; protracted debates on motion for going into Committee; the Conserva- tives strongly object to the repeal of the paper duty; speeches of Mr. Baring, [48]; Mr. Baxter, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Bailie, Mr. W. Ewart, [49]; Mr. Norris, Mr. Bentinck, [50]; Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Mr. M. Gibson, [51]; Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Osborne, [52], Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Horsman, [53];
Parliament-continued.
Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [54]; Mr. Disraeli, [55]; House in Committee; the reduced In- come-tax agreed to; Mr. Hubbard's resolution to equalize income with ex- penditure; the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reply, [57]; debate on the tea and sugar duties, [57]; the other propositions are included in one Ways and Means Bill; discussion on the paper duty, [60]; on second reading, a discussion is raised on this mode of proceeding, particularly in re- ference to the paper duty; powerful speech of Sir James Graham, [60]; after long and important debate, second reading carried; opposition revived on motion for committee, [66]; Mr. Newdegate's motion condemning pro- ceeding by a single bill, [66]; debate on clause repealing the paper duty, which, after an animated discussion, is carried by a majority of 15, [69]; in the Lords the bill raises a debate on the financial measures of the Go- vernment; speech of Earl Granville, [70]; amendment moved by Duke of Rutland; the Earl of Derby, con- denining severely the course of the Government, states his intention not to oppose the bill, [71]; speeches of Duke of Argyll, Earl Grey, Lord Monteagle; the bill passed, [72]. Motion of Mr. Hubbard for an equi- table arrangement of the Income and Property-tax, [73]; Select Committee appointed and reports unfavourably; motion of Mr. Williams to assimilate the probate duties on real and personal estates; opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and negatived, [74]; motion of Mr. Dodson respecting the hop duties; opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and negatived, [75]; motions of Mr. H. B. Sheridan re- pecting fire insurances, negatived, [76]; Mr. A. Mills for a Select Committee on Colonial Expenditure, agreed to, [77].
Army and Navy ;-Improvements in military administration and the construction of ships of war; interest in the subject in Parliament and in public, [79]; Lord C. Paget proposes the Navy Estimates; statement of the naval strength of other Powers, [80]; iron-cased ships, the French Gloire and the English Warrior [81]; re- marks of Sir J. Pakington and Mr. Baxter. Further explanation with re-
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