Parliament-continued.

for assimilating franchises of England
and Scotland, [207]; Mr. H. Berkeley's
annual motion for the ballot, [208];
Mr. Roebuck's motion for abolishing
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, [210];
organization of the Military Depart-
ments; Captain Vivian's motion car-
ried, [212]; pestilential condition of
the Thames during the great heats;
its nauseous vapours force the subject
on the attention of Parliament, [215];
various plans for purifying the stream,
[216]; government scheme for the
general drainage of the metropolis,
[217].

Parliament prorogued by Commis-
sion; Speech of the Lords Commission-
ers, [218.]
PATENTS, 513.
POETRY, 529.

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PORTUGAL.-Investiture of the King as
Knight of the Garter, 88.
PROMOTIONS. Civil Service Appoint-
ments, Promotions, &c., 470; Army
Promotions and Appointments, 477;
Naval Promotions and Appointments,
494; the Victoria Cross, 498; Eccle-
siastical Preferments, 509; Collegiate
and Scholastic Appointments, 510.
PRUSSIA. Speech of the Prime Minister
to the Prussian Chambers, [230]; dan-
gerous condition of the King's health,
[230]; the Crown Prince assumes the
Regency; his address to the Chambers,
[231]; fall of the Manteuffell Minis-
try: new Ministry formed by Prince
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, [231]; Mar-
riage of the Princess Royal with Prince
Frederick William of Prussia, [230];
account of the ceremony at the Chapel
Royal, 355; visit of Her Majesty to
the Princess in Germany, 144.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.-Correspondence re-
specting foreign refugees, 202; the
conspiracy to murder bill, 209.

Papers relating to the Indian Mutiny;
the Secret Committee to the Governor-
General, 210; letter of the Secretary
to the Government of India covering in-
tended Proclamation, 212; despatch of
the Secret Committee to the Governor-
General thereon, 215; letter of the
Court of Directors, 217; Resolutions
of the Court of Directors, 220; Secre-
tary to the Chief Commissioner of Oude,
to Secretary to the Government of
India, relative to Proclamation, 220;
letter in answer, 221, 222; despatch
of the Secret Committee, 225; Act for
the better government of India, 226.

Public Documents-continued.

The Oaths Act, 238; the Jews Act,
241.

Despatches: China-Capture of Can-
ton, 242; forcing of the Peiho River,
248. India-Storm and Capture of
Lucknow, 251; Table of Statutes 21 &
22 Vict. 259; Finance Accounts for
the year 1858, 270; Prices of Stock
in each month, 287; average Prices of
Corn, Hay, &c., and Butcher's Meat,
288; tables of Mortality, Meteorology,
and Bankrupts, 289; University ho-
nours: Oxford, 290; Cambridge, 293.

QUEEN, THE. Aston Hall and Park
opened by Her Majesty, 97; Her Majesty
visits the Emperor of the French, at
the inauguration of Cherbourg, 133;
Her Majesty's visit to the Princess
Frederick William of Prussia, in Ger-
many, 144; Her Majesty opens the
town-hall at Leeds, 158; autumnal re-
sidence of the Court at Balmoral, 166.

RACING MEETINGS.-Epsom, 85; Ascot,

94; Goodwood, 130; Doncaster, 163.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.-On the Caledonian
railway, 5 labourers killed, 3; sin-
gular suicide at Clay Cross Tunnel,
51; on the North-Western railway,
near Nuneaton, 81; near Huddersfield,
82; on the South-Western line, near
Bishopstoke, 102; terrible accident
in Belgium, 21 persons killed, 103;
on the Huddersfield line, near Long-
wood; on the Great Northern, near
Carlton, 105; on the South-Eastern,
near Chilham, 107; train struck by
lightning, 120; collision on the North-
Western line, 129; accident to an ex-
cursion train, near Wolverhampton,
14 person killed, 149; singular acci-
dent near Inverness, 159; collision on
the North London railway, 185.
Railway accidents compensations,

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129.

Return of the number and nature of
railway accidents in 1858, 201.

SHERIFFS for the year 1858, 342.
SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA.-
Wreck of the Catherine Adamson,
20 lives lost, of the emigrant ship
Windsor, 3; collision in the Channel,
the Leander and North American, 10
lives lost, 13; wreck of the Indian
mail steamer Ara, 47; terrible ship-
wrecks in St. George's Channel, the
George, the Brigand, the William
Campbell, the Mary Stoddart, 79;

Shipwrecks, &c.-continued.

wreck of the American ship Mayflower,
151; the steam-ship Austria burnt at
sea, 500 lives lost, 160; wreck of the
Olivier van Noord, and the Rodney;
the Abby Langdon and May Queen,
162; storms in the Pentland Frith,
numerous fishermen drowned, 163;
wrecks of the Queen and Kingston, with
loss of life, 171; collision of Kangaroo
with Wingrave, 13 lives lost, 171; de-
struction of the Eastern City, by fire,
at sea, 175.

STATE PAPERS.-Correspondence respect-
ing Foreign Refugees, 202; the Con-
spiracy to Murder Bill, 209.

:

Papers relating to the Indian mu-
tiny the Secret Committee to the
Governor-General, 210; letter of the
Secretary to the Government of India
covering intended Proclamation, 212;
letter of the Secret Committee to the
Governor-General thereon, 215; de-
spatch of the Court of Directors, 217;
Resolutions of the Court of Directors,
220; Secretary to the Chief Commis-
sioner of Oude to Secretary to the Go-
vernment of India, relative to Procla-
mation, 220; letter in answer, 221,
222; despatch of the Secret Committee,
225; Act for the better government of
India, 226. See also PUBLIC DOCU-

MENTS.

STATUTES, Table of, 21 & 22 Vict.-

i. Public General Acts, 258; ii. Local
and Personal Acts, 262; iii. Private
Acts, printed, 269; iv. Private Act,
not printed, 269.

STOCK, Prices of, in each month, highest
and lowest, 287.

TELEGRAMS FROM INDIA. See INDIA AND
CHINA.

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TRIALS AND LAW CASES. Criminal
causes: Trial and execution of Christian
Sattler for murder of Thain, the detective
officer, 10; conviction of Thomas Monk
for forging a will, 15; trial of Thomas
and Catherine Kershaw for murder of
Robert Kershaw, 17; of Giovanni Lani
for the murder of Heloise Thaubin, the
Haymarket murder, 21; of Manuela
Zelphanta and Hanagadei Italius for
murder at Swansea, 28; of Jeremiah
Carpenter for murder of John Starkins,
the Stevenage murder, 31; conviction
of several robbers, for burglaries with
atrocious violence, 35; conviction of
Joseph Shepherd for murder of Bethel
Parkinson, the Wadsworth Moor mur-
der, 45; of John Barwick for murder
VOL. C.

Trials and Law Cases-continued.
of Maria Blackmoor, the Lynton mur-
der, 48; conviction of William Davies
for murder of Ann Evans, at Much
Wenlock, witchcraft, 51; of Emma
Groom for child-murder, at Bury St.
Edmunds, 54; of John Anderson
Christie for dreadful cruelties at sea,
55; trial of Rev. Mr. Smith and wife
for assault with intent to murder, 65;
of Mr. Auchmuty Glover for false de-
claration of qualification for Member of
Parliament, 69; of Charles Bennet,
alias Townsend, for burglary, 71;
conviction of the Rev. G. Radcliffe for
forgery, 76; of William Lakey for
casting away a merchant vessel, 82;
trial of Whetstone, Puzey, and others
for great plate robbery at Lord Foley's,
100; trial of James Seal for murder of
Sarah Ann Guppy, the Stoke Abbot
murder, 125; conviction of Ebenezer
Cherrington for murder of Susan Studd,
at Ipswich, 130; conviction of J. B.
Bucknell for murder of his grandfather
and grandmother, at Creech St. Mi-
chael, 139; trial of Elizabeth Williams
for double infanticide, at Clevedon,
145; trial of Elizabeth Card for child-
murder, at Nailsea, 146; trial of Wil-
liam Reid for murder of Margaret
Taylor, in Stirlingshire, 178; trial of
Lemon Oliver, a stockbroker, for ex-
tensive frauds, 179; of Isaac Harmond
for murder of his wife, 182; trial of
a deserter to the Russians during the
Crimean war, 182; the Ionian de-
spatches, trial of William Hudson
Guernsey for taking a despatch from
the Colonial Office, 186; of James
Atkinson for murder of Mary Jane
Scaife, the Darley murder, 189; of J.
T. Whitworth for murder of Sally
Hare, at Threapham St. John's, 190;
the Exmoor murder, conviction of Wil-
liam Burgess for murder of his child,
190; of Mary Newell for child-murder
at Reading, 193.

Trial of Simon Barnard for murder,
the attempted assassination of the Em-
peror of the French, 310; trial of the
Directors of the Royal British Bank for
conspiracy, 330.

See also LAW AND POLICE; MURDERS
AND SUICIDES.

Civil causes.
Law of Marriage:
Marriage with a deceased wife's sister,
Brook v. Brook, 74; singular question
of survivorship, will of General Carpen-
ter, 122; important will case, Swin-
fen v. Swinfen, 123; the Berkeley

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Trials and Law Cases-continued.
Peerage, claim to the Barony of Berke-
ley ratione tenuri, 127; liability of
bank directors, Scott v. Dixon, 152.

The Shrewsbury case: Resolution of
the Committee of Privileges on the claim
of Earl Talbot to the earldom of Shrews-
bury, 296.

UNITED STATES. - Annual Message of
the President; the Chinese treaty
[281]; Japanese treaty [282]; rela-
tions with Great Britain [282]; rela-
tions with Spain, [284].

UNIVERSITY HONOURS. - Oxford, 290;
Cambridge, 293.

VESUVIUS, grand eruption of, 92.
WEATHER.-The winter of 1857-8; pre-
valence of the new throat-disease, diph
theria, 1; great snow-storm in March,
31; violent thunder-storm in June,
94; pestilential condition of the
Thames during the hot weather, 110;
unprecedented heat of the weather in
June, 111; fatal thunder-storm at
Bedford, 148; severe gale in the me
tropolis, fatal accidents, 180.