stroyed, and several persons killed, I 78, 82. Farther particulars, II. xx. Statue of his Majesty erected in Guild- hall, xxxvii. Christenings and burials in, during the year, cclxvii Longevity of a goose, II. v
Louis XVIII, his piety ridiculed by the Parisians, I. 94. He visits the garrison of Paris on Buonaparte's landing, but is received with coldness, 154. Leaves Paris, and establishes his court at Ghent, 155-from whence he issues conciliatory proclamations to the French people, 203. Enters Cambrai, 278. Arrives at Paris, dismisses his old fa- vourite Blacas, and forms a new minis- try, 302. Publishes a decree of pro- scription against some of the principal offenders, 304. His speech on opening the Chamber of Deputies, 329. His grateful reception of the Duke of Wel- lington at the Thuilleries, II. xlvi Lyons, decrees issued by Buonaparte there, I. 150
Macdonald, Marshal, his speech on the liberty of the press, I. 115. His plan for indemnifying the emigrants, and paying the pensions of veteran soldiers, 121-He disbands the army of the Loire, 309
Macara, Colonel, killed at Quatre Bras, I. 229
Macintosh, Sir Jas. his eloquent speech
on the subject of Buonaparte's escape, I. 169
Manchester, distressing accident there, II. xxxiii
Marjoribanks, Sir John, moves thanks to the Duke of York, as commander in chief, I. 252
Melun, army encamped there against Buonaparte, receive him with shouts of Vive Empereur, I. 156. Farther par- ticulars, II. xxiv
Melville, Lord, defends the Admiralty against charges of inefficiency, I. 4 Milan, riot in the theatre there, 187 Monsieur endeavours in vain to persuade the troops to fight for Louis, I. 149 Moscow, speedily rising from its ruins, II. lxxx
Murat, King of Naples, France refuses to acknowledge him, I. 134. His dubious policy on Buonaparte's return from El-
ba, 188. He occupies Rome, and at- tacks an Austrian army, 189. Is sig- nally defeated at Tolentino, 191-and flies alone to Naples, 192-and after- wards to France, 193. Escapes to Cor- sica, 195. Offered a retreat in Austria, but refuses it, 196. Lands near Pizzo, is seized, tried by a Neapolitan court- martial, and shot, 198. Reflections on his death, 199. Farther particulars, II. Ixix
Murder, of Mr Baker, a magistrate, in Ireland, I. 341. Of a person unknown, II. iii. Of James Murdoch. a shop- keeper at Langrig, ix. Of Mrs Mary Hall, Buckinghamshire, xiii. Of Harriet Gasket, at Lisbon, xxvii. Unnatural
one at Portsmouth, lii. Of Antonio Pique, an African, lix. Of William Harty, at Clonmel, Ixv.
in France, burnt alive on suspicion of sorcery, lxxiv
Murray, Sir John, tried for misconduct at the siege of Tarragona, I. 76. Farther particulars, II. xvii
Namur, the broken French army pursued through it, I. 277
Naples, Queen of, surrenders to a British squadron there, I. 194. Note from the plenipotentiaries of the King, to Lord Castlereagh, II. clviii
National monument to commemorate the battle of Waterloo, I. 252
Nepaul war, 1. 342. Advice of Ameer Sing to the Rajah, 346. Successful ter- mination of the war, 348
Netherlands, new constitution of, I. 368. Remonstrance of the Clergy against some parts of it, 370. Speech of the King to the States General, II. clxxxviää Newberry Bank, robbery of, II. lxxx New Orleans, successfully defended by the Americans, I. 355
Ney, Marshall, appointed to oppose Buo- naparte, I. 152-but deserts and joins him, 159. Attacks the British and Bel- gians at Quatre Bras, 229. He is ar- rested, tried, and shot, 320, 322. Far- ther particulars, II. lxxviii, lxxix Nismes, massacre of the Protestants there, I. 310
Northumberland, account of Buonaparte's reception on board of her, II. lii`
Orange, Prince of, attacked at Quatre Bras by Marshal Ney, I. 229. He is married to a Russian Princess, 370. Masked ball given by him at Brussels, II. xvi Osborne, Captain, his account of the loss of the Clifton, and melancholy fate of her crew, II. xxxiv
Ostend, loss of the Sir William Curtis packet there, II, lxviii
Oxford, Lord, arrested in France, I. 134
Pakenham, Sir Edward, killed at New Or- leans, I. 356
Paris, riot there, at the funeral of an act- ress, who is refused christian burial, I. 95. Confusion on the news of Buona- parte's landing from Elba, 147. Camp formed at Melun to protect it, ib. Buonaparte enters it, and resumes the government, 157. Versatility of the men of letters there, 202. Arrival of Buona- parte's brothers, 213. Capitulates to the allies, 293. Disturbances there, and entrance of the allied armies, 298, 299. Murder of an Irish gentleman on the Boulevards, II. lxii
Parliament assembled, Nov. 8, 1814, I. 3. Regent's speech, ib. Grant of 200,000l. to the Duke of Wellington, 249. Pro- rogued, II. cxlvii
Patents, list of those granted from Nov. 1814 to Sept. 1815, II. ccxlvii Pennycuick, melancholy occurrence in that parish, II: xxxi
Picton, Sir Thomas, falls gloriously at Wa- terloo, I. 239. Monument voted to his memory, 253
Pillory, bill for abolishing that punishment passed in the Lower House, but reject- ed by the Peers, I. 29, 30. Remarks on the subject, ib.
Pitt Club, meeting of, at Edinburgh, II. xiii
Plymouth, fatal accident near there, II. xviii
Poetry, The vision of Belshazzar, H. ccli. The voice of the People, cciv. Dirge on a Highland Chief, executed after the Rebellion, celvi. The search after Hap- piness, celviii
the battle of Waterloo, I. 240. Monu- ment voted to his memory, 253 Porlier, General, unsuccessful insurrection, Porpoises, numbers of them killed in the and execution of, I. s06, 307 Forth, II. lxiii
President frigate strikes to the Endymion and others, I. 356. Farther particulars, II. xviii
Prince Regent, his speeches to Parlia- ment, I. 3.; II. cxlv, cxlvii. Confers new honours on the army and navy, I. 75. His message to Parliament on the sub- ject of Buonaparte's return to France, 164. Celebration of his birth-day at Carlton-house, IF. lvii-and in Edin- Proclamation of General Brownrigg, on burgh, lviii the conquest of Candy, II. cxxiii. Of Sir James Leith, on the reduction of Guadaloupe, cxxxi. Of the Prince Re- gent, on the disturbances at Shields, cxlix. Of Buonaparte to the French, on his return from Elba, clix. Of Louis to the French armies, on his return to París, clxii. Of Murat to the Italians, on commencing hostilities, clxv. Of the King of Prussia, on Buonaparte's inva- sion of France, clxx. Of the Emperor of Austria, clxxi. Of the Prince of Orange to the Belgians, clxxi. Of the King of Prussia to the inhabitants of Saxony, clxxviii. Of the Duke of Wel- lington, on entering France, clxxxiii. Of Louis, on re entering France, clxxxiv. Of the King of the Netherlands, on the union of Belgium, clxxxvi
Protest of the Spanish Ambassador against the proceedings of the Congress of Vi- Prussia, receives important cessions of ter- enna, II. clxxx ritory, I. 372. Decree respecting the Publications, list of, for 1815, II. *i representation of the people, II. clxxix Pugilism, account of a match in Scotland, II. xxii
Quatre Bras, sanguinary battle of, I. 229. Loss on each side, 230
Ponsonby, Sir William, falls gloriously in Rage, fatal effects of, II. li
Ramel, General, murdered at Toulouse, i. 308
Riots in London, on account of the Corn- bill, I. 79, 82. Riot in the theatre of Milan, 187. At Ballincollig, Ireland, II. iv. At Glasgow, xix Robbery, of Mr Brabazon, near Drogheda, II. v. Of the Cork post-office, xii. Of the Chester mail-coach, xli. Of the Newberry bank, lxxx. At Bankside, lxxxi
Robinson, Mr, the mover of a bill for re- stricting the importation of corn, I. 34. His house destroyed by a mob, 80 Rodney, Lord, monument erected to, in St Paul's cathedral, II. Iviii Romilly, Sir Samuel, the mover of a bill for making freehold estates liable for simple contract debts, I. xxvii
Rye harbour, loss of a boat and crew there, II. xxxii
Southwark Bridge, first stone of it laid, II.
Spain, lamentable state of, I. 363. Perse- cution of the Liberales, ib. Insurrection of Porlier, 365. His arrest and execu tion, 365 Alarm of Ferdinand, ib. Statue of his majesty erected in Guildhall, London, II. xxxviii
Subscription, munificent national one on behalf of the wounded, and relatives of those who fell at Waterloo, I. 254 Suicide of Sarah Sylvester, a cook, II. vių. Of Captain Serres de St Claire, xxxiii. Of Ann Power, xxxvi. Of Mr Whit- bread, xliii. Of Francis Colvill, at Portsmouth, Ivi
Superstition, African, singular example of, II. v
Switzerland, note delivered to the Diet by the ministers of the allies, with the an- swer of the Diet, II. clxxv
Saxony, note from the king to the allied powers, II. clx. Treaty with Prussia, clxxvii
Selkirk, Lord, dispersion of his American colony, II. lxvi
Shaw, a Lifeguardsman, distinguished in the field of Waterloo, I. 240 Shields. ludicrous political duel there, II. lii. Disturbances among the seamen, I. 340. Proclamation of the Prince Re- gent on the latter subject, II. cxlix Sidmouth, Lord, his circular on the subject of the riots in London, II. 20 Slave-trade, abolished in France by Buo- naparte, I. 201. Declaration of the al- lied powers relative to it, II. clvi Sorcery, a woman burnt alive, on suspicion of, in France, II. lxxiv
Smith, Sir Sidney, memorial of, on the piracies of the Barbary States, II. ccxiv Soult, Marshal, suspected of adherence to Buonaparte, resigns the office of mini- ster of war, I. 148. He is included in a list of proscriptions, 304
Southcote, Joanna, account of, I. 72-Fa-
naticism of her disciples, 73-Her death and interment, 74-Her will, II. xxxii Southgate, accident near that village, II. xlix
South-Sea Company, bill for putting an end to its exclusive privileges, 1. 26
Talleyrand, his admirable exposé on the state of France, I. 107. His intrigues at the Congress of Vienna, 133. En- deavours to excite the allies against Bernadotte and Murat, ib. Appointed secretary of state to Louis, 30s. Re- signs that office, and publishes reasons of his conduct, 318
Thornton, Colonel, killed at New Or leans, I. S55
Tierney, Mr, his speech on the revenue and expenditure, I. 11.
Treaty between Britain and America. II. cli. Between Britain and Austria, Rus- sia, and Prussia, clxiii. Between Saxony and Prussia, clxxvii. Between Britain and Russia, respecting the Ionian islands, cxciii. Between France and the allied powers, followed by papers con- nected therewith, excv, ceiv
Trial of William Sawyer, for the murder of his sweetheart, II. xxvii. Of Mr J. Blackburn, who is executed for forgery, xxx. Of Elizabeth Fenning, for poison- ing a family, xxxi. Of T. Young, a chimney-sweeper, for cruelty to his ap- prentice, ib. Of Captain Jones, for cri- minal conversation with Mrs Warner, xxxiv. Of five beggars in London, for a riot, xl
Uxbridge, melancholy accident there, II. lx
Vansittart, Mr, his exposition of the state of the revenue, I. 10. His reply to Mr Tierney on the subject, 18. Statement of the military and foreign expenditure, 15-And budget for the year, 18. Pa- negyrizes the Duke of Wellington, on moving a grant of money to him, for his conduct at Waterloo, 249 Venice, arrival of the Horses of Corinth there, II. lxxx
Warsaw, duchy of, united to Russia, I.
Waterloo, great battle of, I. 236. Attack on Hougoumont, 237. Unsuccessful at- tack on the British right, 238. Cavalry engagement, 240. Reiterated attacks of the French, 241. Personal conduct of the Duke of Wellington, 242. Doubtful state of the battle, 243. Des- perate attack of the Imperial Guards de- feated, 244. The British attack in line, ib. Arrival of the Prussians in force, ib. Total route of the French, and flight of Buonaparte, 245. Meeting of Welling-
ton and Blucher after the battle, 246. Loss of the armies engaged, 248. Na- tional monument to commemorate the victory, 252. Honours conferred on the British soldiers who shared in it, 253. Munificent subscription in Britain for the wounded, and relatives of those who fell in the battle, 254
Wellington, Duke of, amount of his army in Flanders, I. 221. Advances with it from Brussels, 226. Comes up with the French at Quatre Bras, and forces them to retreat, 229. He afterwards retreats to Waterloo, 232. Disposition of his army there, 234. Attacked by Buona- parte, 236-whom, after a dreadful day's fighting, he discomfits, and puts to the route, 246. His meeting with Blucher after the victory, ib. Parliament vote 200,000l. to him, and thanks to him and his army, 249, 250. He refuses a pass- port to Buonaparte to go to America, 268. Refuses an armistice requested by the provisional government of France, 279. His defence of the dispersion of the Museum of the Louvre, 326. He is received with distinction at Vienna, II. xiii. List of his victories, xlix Whitbread, Mr, opposes the address to the Regent, I. 8. Inveighs against the des- potic measures of Ferdinand of Spain, 9. His motion against war with France, and debate thereon, 172. Panegyrizes the Duke of Wellington, 242. His me- lancholy suicide, II. liii
Wirtemberg, dispute between the king and States-general of, I. 371
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