Parliament-continued.

prorogued by Commission on the 7th
August, Speech of the Lords Commis-
sioners, [152].

PARLIAMENT.-New members returned to
Parliament during the year, 420.
Peabody, Mr. George. His munificent
gift of 150,000l. to the metropolis, 40.
PORTUGAL--Dom Luis I. proclaimed King
of Portugal; his speech to the Cham-
bers, [203].

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.-Civil
Service, 425; Ecclesiastical Prefer-
ments, 434; Collegiate and Scholastic
Appointments, 437.
PRUSSIA. Opening of the Session of the
Prussian Chambers, Royal speech,
[205]; question of the Constitution of
Hesse Cassel, [207]; dissolution of the
Chambers, change of Ministry, [207];
the military Budget, [208]; meeting
of the new Chambers, speech of the
President of the Council of Ministers,
[209]; reply of the King to an address
from the Chamber of Deputies, [210];
change in the Cabinet, adverse vote of
the Chambers on the military Budget,
[211]; collisions between the two
Houses, dissolution of the Chambers,
Royal message, [213].

PRINCE CONSORT, THE, A MEMOIR OF, 482.
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS :-Treaties. Treaty

between Her Majesty and the United
States of America for the Suppression
of the African Slave Trade, 207;
Convention between Her Majesty and
the Emperor of the French relative to
Joint-Stock Companies, 214; Conven-
tion between Her Majesty and the King
of Denmark for the Mutual Surrender
of Criminals, 215; Treaty of Com-
merce between Her Majesty and the
King of the Belgians 217.

State Papers.-Correspondence re-
specting the Civil War in North America
relative to the closing of Charleston
Harbour, 223; relative to the Declara-
tion of Paris as to privateering, 235;
despatch relative to the Proclamation
of Emancipation, 233; correspondence
relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr.
Mason respecting the recognition of the
Confederate States, 237.

Table of Statutes, 25 and 26 Vict. ;
243; Finance Account for the year 1862
259; prices of Stock, 277; average
prices of British Corn, Hay, Straw,
Clover, and Butchers' Meat 278; sum-
mary of Births, Deaths, and Marriages,
in England and Wales and in the Me-

Public Documents -continued.

tropolis, and table of Meteorology, 279;
revised returns of Census of 1861,
280; Colonial Census, 1860-1, 283;
University Honours-Oxford, 285;
Cambridge, 288.

QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY.-The Prince
of Wales' tour in the East, 105; mar-
riage of H. R.H. the Princess Alice and
Prince Louis of Hesse, 134; removal
of the remains of H.R.H. the Prince
Consort to the mausoleum of Frogmore,
201; A MEMOIR of H. R. H. the PRINCE
CONSORT, 482.

Racing Meetings.-Epsom, 102; Ascot,

113.

Railway Accidents.-Various accidents-
on the Portadown, Dungannon, and
Armagh Line; on the North-West-
ern, near Wolverton; on the Scot-
tish, North-Eastern, Brechin branch; on
the Maryport and Whitehaven ; on the
South-Eastern, near Gravesend, 59;
near the Lydney Station of the South-
Wales Railway, 67; at the Maxton
Station of the North British Railway,
82; on the London, Chatham, and
Dover Line, near Ospringe, and in the
Chatham-bill Tunnel, 92; dreadful ac-
cident on the Midland Railway at
Market Harborough, 169; on the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow Railway, near
Winchburg (15 persons killed), 177;
numerous railway accidents during the
summer and autumn, 179; fall of a
railway viaduct at Hammersmith (six
men killed), 185; fatal explosion of a
locomotive of the Great Western Rail-
way, 185.

Shakspeare.-Sale of documents, with
his signature, 45.
SHERIFFS of England and Wales, and
Ireland, for the year, 1862, 292.
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea.-

"Wreck Return" of the Board of Trade
for 1861, 3; loss of H.M.'s ship Con-
queror, 101 guns, 17; storms and
wrecks, in January; the Angelo Kan-
garoo s., Crisis, Columbus, 18; sin-
gular recovery of a derelict ship, the
Sulina, 22; storms and wrecks in
February, 32; in March, 61; wreck
of the Ocean Monarch, of upwards of
60 merchantmen, laden with grain, of
the Spartan s., the Sultan, George Mar-
shall, and numerous others in the Black
Sea, 61; of the Waterford steamer
Mars (50 lives lost), 68; of the James
Gibb, Valleyfield, Johanna Wagner,
James Pilkington, Lima s., Cleopatra

Shipwrecks-continued.

s., Flying Mist, Campbell, 132: de-
struction of valuable ships by fire, the
Indian Empire, Southern Cross, Lord
Royston, Hindoo; destruction by fire
of the steamship Golden Gate (upwards
of 200 lives lost), 154; sinking of the
iron ship Ganges in the Thames, 168;
during a storm in October, the Robert
and Margaret, Addison Potter, St.
Louis, Bencoolen, Hambourg, Hum-
boldt, 182; of the Colombo, East In-
dian mail steamer, 188; foundering of
the steamer Lifeguard during a storm
in December, 202.

STATE PAPERS.-Treaties. Treaty be-
tween her Majesty and the United
States of America for the suppression
of the African slave trade, 207; con-
vention between Her Majesty and the
Emperor of the French relative to joint-
stock companies, 214; convention be-
tween Her Majesty and the King of
Denmark for the mutual surrender of
criminals, 215; treaty of commerce
between Her Majesty and the King of
the Belgians, 217.

State Papers.-Correspondence re-
specting the civil war in NorthAmerica:
relative to the closing of Charleston
Harbour, 223; relative to the Declara-
tion of Paris as to privateering, 225;
despatch relative to the Proclamation
of Emancipation, 233; correspondence
relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr.
Mason respecting recognition of the
Confederate States, 237.

STATUTES, Table of, 25 & 26 Vict., 243.
STOCKS, PRICES OF, in each month in
1862, highest and lowest, 277.
TREATIES.-Treaty between Her Majesty
and the United States of America for
the suppression of the African slave
trade, 207; convention between Her
Majesty and the Emperor of the French
relative to joint-stock companies, 214;
convention between Her Majesty and
the King of Denmark for the mutual
surrender of criminals, 215; treaty
of commerce between Her Majesty and
the King of the Belgians, 217.
TRIALS AND LAW CASES. Criminal
trials. The City murder, trial of
Samuel Gardner for the murder of his
wife, 440; the Glasgow murder-trial
of Jessie McLachlan for the murder of
Jessie McPherson, 445; Catherine Wil-
son, the poisoner, the trial, conviction,
and execution, 453.

Civil cases.-The Roupell Forgeries
-Roupell and Others v. Waite; trial

Trials and Law Cases-continued.
and conviction of William Roupell,
462; the Windham case - Inquiry
into the sanity of Mr. William Frede-
rick Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, 472.

Trials and Law Cases-Criminal
cases.-Singular Bank-note forgery,
5; trial of Rebecca Law, for murder
of her husband and child, at Cla-
vering, 8; of William Charlton, for
the murder of Jane Emmerson, at
Durran-hill, 24; of the Robinsons and
Earl for the murder of a water-watcher
at Brocklewath, 27; the Threepwood
conspiracy, trial of John Dodd and
others for conspiracy against Mr. Be-
wicke, 29; of John Gould for the murder
of his child at Windsor, 31; shocking
cruelty to a child, 32; of John Hall, for
the murder of Stephen Moulder, a game-
keeper at Ditchley, 33; of Henry
Quail and others for the murder of
John Wincott, at Marylebone, 34; of
Patrick Devereux for stabbing a lodging-
house keeper in the Ratcliff Highway,
dreadful scene in court, 37; great
jewel robbery in Cornhill, 38; of
Ishmael Jones for the murder of his
wife at Llanfair, 42; the Bilston
Savings Bank frauds, trial of the Rev.
H. S. Fletcher, 43; trade outrages at
Sheffield, 45; the Anglesea murder,
trial of Richard Rowland for the
murder of Richard Williams, 50; of
Richard Thorley for the murder of
Elizabeth Morrow at Derby, 51; nu-
merous trials for murder of sweet-
hearts at Launceston, Brighton, King-
ston, and Hendon, 52, 58; the Chi-
chester murder-trial of Cleary, a sol-
dier, for the murder of Houghton,
54; the Everley murder, trial of John
Stocker for the murder of Ann Hill,
56; execution of Mary Reid for the
murder of Ann Hannah at Dumfries.
75; the Manchester tragedy, trial of
W. R. Taylor and his wife for the
murder of Mr. Mellon, death of their
three children, 98; the Ludgate-hill
tragedy, trial of Mrs. Vyse for the
murder of her two children, 96; trial
of Charles Tallbrook, for assaulting and
cutting his grandmother, superstition
in the nineteenth century, 113; of G.
J. Gilbert for the murder of Miss Hall
at Fordingbridge, 147; of John Flood
for the murder of John O'Dea, another
soldier at Brighton, 159; of John
Doidge for the murder of Roger Drew,
at Launceston, 161; of George Gardner
for the murder of Sarah Kirby at

Trials and Law Cases-continued.

Studley, 162; trial of Walter Moore
for the murder of his wife at Colne,
his strange suicide after conviction,
163; of Burke and others for the
murder of a policeman at Ashton-
under-Lyne, 168; of Robert Cooper
for the murder of Anne Jane Barham
at Isleworth, 184; of a party of poach-
ers for the murder of a gamekeeper at
Roydon Hall, 194; of Ferdinando
Petrina for terrible murders at sea,
198; of Thomas Edwards for the mur-
der of Isabella Tonge at Liverpool,
200; of Robert Morgan for the murder
of Christopher Wickham at Bristol,
202.

Civil cases-The Smethurst Case,
probate of will of Miss Bankes, 73;
the Delapré Abbey Estate, the Bouverie
family, 149.

The "Garotte" Terrorism."-Numerous
savage assaults and robberies in the
metropolis during the summer and au-
tumn, trial and severe sentences on
some of the ruffians, 190.

UNITED STATES.-Continuance of the
civil war; difficulty of obtaining in-
formation from the Confederate States;
position of the armies at the com-
mencement or the year, [219]; Federal
successes in the West. [220]; capture
of New Orleans by the Federals; bat-
tle of Pittsburgh Landing, [220]; skil-
ful retreat of General Beauregard from
Corinth, [221]; exploits of the Con-
federate iron-clad Virginia in Hamp-
ton Roads, [221]; the army of the
Potomac; description of the theatre of
war; the campaign in Virginia; ad-
dress of General McClellan to his
army; transfers his force to York Pe-
ninsula, [223]; successes of the Con-
federates at White Oaks and on the
Chickahominy; the Federals retire to
Harrison's Landing, [223]; irruption
of "Stonewall' Jackson from the
Shenandoah Valley; McDowell recalled
to the defence of Washington, [224];
disastrous condition of General McClel-
lan's army, which is withdrawn by
sea, [224]; advance of General Pope;
he is driven to a disastrous retreat;
invasion of Maryland by the Confede-
rates; after desperate fighting they
are compelled to recross the Potomac,

United States-continued.

[225]; dreadful defeat of the Federals at
Fredericksburgh, [225]; Mr. Jefferson
Davies elected President of the Confede-
rate States; his inaugural address,
[226]; Tax Bill passed by the Federal
Congress; issue of paper money. [228];
General Hunter's Order, abolishing
slavery declared null, [229]; call for
60,000 fresh troops; ferocity with
which the war was carried on, [230];
compensation to States that should
abolish slavery; views of President
Lincoln as to the objects of the struggle,
231; his plan for emigration of the
blacks, [233]; message of President
Davies to the Confederate Congress,
[233]; proposal by France for media-
tion; despatches of M. Drouyn de
Lbuys and Earl Russell on the subject,
[235]; address of the State Governors
to President Lincoln, [238]; symptoms
of a change of feeling in the North,
[238]; President Lincoln's message to
Congress, [239]

Treaty between Her Majesty and the
United States of America for the Sup-
pression of the African Slave Trade,
207.

State Papers.-Correspondence re-
specting the civil war in North Ame-
rica:relative to the closing of Charles-
ton Harbour, 223; relative to the
Declaration of Paris as to Privateering,
225; despatch relative to the Pro-
clamation of Emancipation, 233; cor-
respondence relative to Mediation, 234;
with Mr. Mason respecting recognition
of the Confederate States, 237.

Telegram announcing the release of
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, 6; the
affair of the Nashville and the Tusca-
rora, at Southampton, 6.
UNIVERSITY HONOURS.-Oxford, 285;
Cambridge, 288.

Weather, the. Of the winter quarter,
62; of the spring quarter, 129; of
the summer quarter, 173; of the
autumn quarter, 204; storms and
wrecks in January, 18; in February,
32; in March, 61; violent thunder-
storms in May, 91; destructive storm
in Wiltshire, in September, 170; great
storms by land and sea in October,
182; great storm in December-wreck
of the steamer Lifeguard, 202.