Distillery from grain, motion for its pro- hibition, I. 147
Dogherty, Mr, trial in the court of king's bench, II. 102
Donegall, Marquis of, speech to the in- habitants of Belfast, II. 33 Doondea Khan, military transactions against him, I. 189
Dover, fire in the town of, II. 91. Curi- ous phenomenon with the tide there, 153. Alarm of privateers on the coast,
Douglas, Marquis of, negociations with Russia on the assistance of England, I. 60, 61
Dow, Robert, convicted of stealing, II. 4 Dowton, Mr, his character as an actor, II. 260
Drummond, Mr, his picture of a naval action, II. 827
Drury-lane theatre, history of, for the year, II. 256. List of the company,
Dublin, resolutions there against the union, II. 95
Duckworth, Admiral, Colonel Wood's observations on his conduct, I. 58. Pursues the Rochefort squadron in vain, 194
Duel in balloons, II. 131
Duel between two chairmen at Edin- burgh, II. 224
Duhesme, General, surprises Barcelona, I. 235. Besieges Gerona, 399. Shut up in Barcelona, 400
Duigenan, Dr, motion concerning his being appointed a privy counsellor, I.
Dumfries, circuit court there, II. 208 Duncan, Miss, her character as an act- ress, II. 261
Dundas, R., moves for enquiry into the state of the East India company, I.
Dupont, General, enters Andalusia, I. 299. Defeated at Baylen, 301. Sur- renders, 302. Imprisoned, 304
Eagle, a remarkable one shot, II. 7 East Indies, debates concerning the af-
fairs of the company, I. 133. Petition of the company, 143. List of directors chosen, II. 81. Report on the state of the company, 116
Edinburgh, division of the Court of Ses- sion, II. 194. Meeting of the county on the Distillery Bill, 86
Egypt, injudicious attempt to take pos- session of that country, I. 3. Unpopu- larity of the English there, 225 Eldon, Lord, his Bill for improving the judicature of Scotland, II. 370 Electricity, account of the present state of, II. 410
Ellenborough, Lord, opposes Lord Moi- ra's Debtor and Creditor Bill, I. 150. Account of his Act, II. 138
Elliott, Sir Gilbert, ballad, II. xxix Elliston, Mr, his character as an actor, II. 262.
Emerald frigate, engagement with a French schooner, II. 50. account, 52
Emery, Mr, character as a comedian, II. 290
Engracia, account of her, I. 314 Erfurt, meeting of the French and Rus- sian emperors there, I. 412 Escoiquez, Juan de, tutor to Ferdinand VII., I. 242
Etoile de Buonaparte, a French xebec, taken, II. 106
Etruria, kingdom of,abolished and united to France, I. 214
Euclid, account of his System of Mathe- matics, II. 392
Euler, Leonard, account of his Discove-
ries in Mathematics, II. 403 Exile, a new Drama, by Mr Reynolds, II. 310
Eyre, Mrs, her appearance at Drury- lane, II. 265
Falcon sloop burns some Danish vessels, II. 122
Farley, Mr, character as an actor, II.
Fawcett, Mr, character as a comedian, II. 289
Fentiere, Comte de, inquest on his body, II. 37
Ferdinand VII. King of Spain, accused by his father of conspiring against him, I. 228. Treaties for marrying him to one of Buonaparte's family, 230. Ne- gociations with Buonaparte, 234. His father abdicates the crown in his fa- vour, 236, xlix. First acts of his reign, 239. Declares his resolution to meet the emperor, 247. Reception at Bay- onne, 250. Required to abdicate his throne, 250. Demands to return to his kingdom, 253. Letters to his fa- ther, 255, 258. Compelled to abdi- cate the crown in favour of his father, 261, lii. And renounce all right to it, 264. His instructions to the castle of Castile, 272
Ferguson, General, resists the French at Vimiera, I. 363
Finland invaded by the Russians, I. 198. Their cruelty, 207. Yielded up by an armistice, 209 Fishmongers' Company's dinner to the Spanish deputies, II. 159 Fitzgerald, Maurice, observations on the
Irish bank, I. 75. Motion on the com- mutation of tythes in Ireland, 104 Flora, loss of his Majesty's ship, II. 19 Flower, Ben., opinion concerning the Danish expedition, I. 52
Folkstone, Lord, makes a motion con- cerning the Danish fleet, I. 52. Sup- ports Sir F. Burdett's motion on cor- poral punishment, 92. Motion on the conduct of the Marquis of Welles- ley in India, 133. Resolution moved,
Forest of Hermanstadt, a new Drama, II. 309
Fortune-Teller, a new Farce, damned, II.
Fox, C. J. principles of his party on com- ing into power, I. 2 France, expose of the state of the empire by the minister of the interior, I. 417 Freeman, Captain, escapes from Den- mark, II. 150
Freire, Bernardino de, Portuguese gene- ral, his conduct, I. 360. Protests against the convention of Cintra, 369. II. 204
French prisoners, communications to
Gerona, siege of, I. 399
Gesner, Conrad, founder of the Science of Botany, II. 377
Gibraltar, Buonaparte's intention to at- tack it, I. 201
Giffard, John, motion concerning his ap- pointment, I. 99
Gilchrist, J. convicted of the murder of his wife, II. 123. Executed, 153 Gillman, J. commits suicide on himself, II. 96
Glasgow, meeting for an address to the king, II. 6. Cases before the circuit court there, 205. Glasgow mail coach, accident to, 218
Glastonbury, dreadful thunder storm there, II. 151 Gloucester, duke of, opposes the system of enlisting for life, I. 80. Replies to Lord Melville, 81
Godoy, Don Manuel, Prince de la Paz, account of him, I. 229. Plans the par- tition of Portugal, 231. The popu- lace attacks his house, 238, II. 68. Released by Murat, I. 254, 255 Gothland, isle of, taken and lost by the Russians, I 206 Grasshopper sloop, takes two Spanish vessels, II. 97
Grattan, Mr, motion for emancipating the Catholics, I. 108. Speech there- on, 110. Observations on the mo-
Great Britain, state of affairs at the be- ginning of 1808, I. 1. Declarations of the king in answer to that of Rus- sia, xii. xiv. Discontent of the ma- nufacturing counties against the Or- ders in Council, 23. General popula- rity of the war, 25. Negociations re- specting the overtures for peace, xciv. Answers to the Russian and French offers of peace, 413, 415. Declaration on breaking off the negociations, 415. Number of the navy, II. 2, 58, 207. Of the army, 56, 240. Number of ships in the service, taken from the enemy, 175
Greenwich Hospital, bill for reforming the administration of it, II. 170 Grenville, Lord, speech condemning the policy of the Copenhagen expedition, and the conduct respecting Brazil and America, I. 32, 33. Opposes the Orders in Council, 65, 66 Speech in favour of Catholic emancipation, 119. His bill to amend the administration of justice in Scotland, II, 345 Grey, Earl, defends his conduct in nego- ciating with Denmark, I. 46. Motion on the rejection of the mediation of Austria, 58. Speech on abolishing re- versions, 161
Gibbs, Mrs, character as an actress, II.
Guelderland, Dutch frigate taken, II. 110. Anecdote during the capture,
Hales, dreadful fire in his house, II. 23
Hauy, observations on his System of Mi- neralogy, II. 389
Hawkesbury, Lord, reply to Lord Gren- ville on the policy of the Expedition to Copenhagen, I. 34. Condemns the conduct of the late ministers towards Russia, 60. Defends the Orders in Council, 65. Speech against Catholic emancipation, 125
Haymarket theatre, list of performers, II. 314
Hazard, a butcher, boxing match with Tracy, II. 11
Heard, Joshua, tried for maiming Alice Barlow, II. 193
Heber, Mr Reginald, account of his poems, II. 439 Hemel Hamstead,
there, II. 205 Herschel, Dr, account of his discoveries, II. 409
Highlands, distress of the, II. 87, 102 Highland Society in London, meeting, II. 69
Hodges, Ann, convicted of stealing, II.
Hogg James, account of his poetry, II.
Holland, Lord, argues against bestowing peerages on the commanders in the Copenhagen expedition, I. 39 Holland, J., trial for robbery, II. 238 Hompesch, Baron, tried for a libel, II. 43 Hood, Sir Samuel, battle with the Rus- sian fleet, I. 209, 210, II. 207. Dis- patches concerning the capture of four
Inquisition, their treachery to Ferdinand VII. I. 273
Inverness, circuit court held there, II 84 Johnston, George,governor of New South Wales, II. 175
Johnstone, Mr J. his character as an ac- tor, II. 260
Jones, Marshal of the King's Bench pri-
son, convicted to pay the damages in- curred by Captain Caulfield, II 235 Jordan, Mrs, her character as an actress, II. 261
Joseph Buonaparte, appointed King of Spain, I. 267, lvii, 276, 277. Arrives at Bayonne, 325. Address of the de- puties to him, 327. Abdicates the crown of Naples, 330. Conversation with the deputies, II. 128. Enters Ma- drid, I. 331. Proclamation, 332. Leaves Madrid, 333. Proclamation issued by him, lxxiii
Ireland, state of the country, and the Catholics in particular, I. 9. Supplies voted for the year, 74. Debates con- cerning Ireland, 99. Motion on the glebe houses, 103, and on the commu- tation of tythes, 104. Observations on this measure, 105. Amount of im- ports and exports, II. 223 Junot, proclamation to the Portugueze, I. 344. Confiscates British property, 345. Other measures, 348. Created Duke of Abrantes, 349. Property sto- len by him restored,372-375. Procla- mation against the English, 11. 87. Ac- count of him, 154
Junta of Government in Madrid, their treachery, I. 271. Their address to Buonaparte, 275
Juries, observations on their introduction in Scotland, II. 363
Izquierdo, Don Eugenio, negociates the partition of Portugal, I. 232 Izzard, Ann, assaulted on account of sup posed witchcraft, II. 89
Kais, or Love in the Deserts, a new ope- ra, by Mr Brandon, II. 266 Keats, Admiral, brings the Spanish army away from Denmark, I. 333
Kellermann, General, attacks the Eng- lish at Vimiera, I. 363. Concludes an armistice, 365
Kelly, Mr, his character as a singer, II.
Kemble, Mr John, character as an actor, II. 287. His address to the audience on the fire at Covent-Garden, 309 Kemble, Mr Charles, character as an ac- tor, II. 291
Kemble, Mrs C. her character as an ae- tress, II. 291
Kenney, Mr, his new comedy of the World, II. 269
Kent, Duke of, solicits to be allowed to return to Gibraltar, I. 228. Justifica- tion on not going to Gibraltar, II. 34 Kent, Martha, prosecutes her mistress for robbery, II. 233
Kepler, account of his discoveries, II. 408 Kingdom, A. trial for burglary, II. 197 King's Theatre, opened, II. 6, List of performers, 322
Klingspor, Count, his noble resistance to the Russians in Finland, I. 205
Laborde, General, defeated at Roleia, I,
Labrador, Don Pedro de, negociations at Bayonne, with Champagny, I, 252,
Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, legend of, I, 308
La Grange, account of his discoveries in Mathematics, II, 404
L'Aigle, gallant action off Coquernau, II,
Lake, Lord, motion on granting a pen-
sion to his successors, I, 141 L'Amiable, frigate, engagement with the batteries at Cuxhaven, II, 91 Lamarque, General, takes the isles of Capri, I, 213
Lasnes, Marshal, defeats Castanos at Tu- dela, I, 424
Lasolles, General, defeats Cuesta, I, 324 Lavoisier, account of his discoveries, II, 414
Lawrence, Mr, character of his paintings, II, 328
Lead Company in Durham, convicted of damages done to other mines, II, 174 Leda frigate, lost, II, 23
Lefevre, Marshal, besieges Zaragoza, I, 309. Defeats Blake, and enters Bil- bao, 421,422
Lefebvre, General, taken prisoner, I, 445 Leibnitz, account of his discoveries, II,
Lewis, M. G. account of his poetry, II, 439
Lewis, Mr, character as a comedian, II, 289
Leyden, John, account of his poems, II, 430. Verses written at the isle of Sa+ gur, xxxviii. Portuguese hymn to the Virgin Mary, xli. Ode to an Indian gold coin, xliii Lillo's Fatal Curiosity revived, II, 318 Limerick, disturbances in the neighbour. hood, II, 139
Liniers, General, his transactions at Bue- nos Ayres, I, 338
Linnæus, his System of Zoology, II, 385 Lisbon, state of the city, I. 346. Indig-
nation against the convention of Cin- tra, 376. State of the city while un- der the French, II, 27, 95
Liston, Mr, character as a comedian, II, 290
Liverpool, riots at the election, I, 6. Pe-
tition against the Orders in Council, 68. Meeting on the same, II, 42 Loan, meeting of bankers with Mr Per- cival, respecting it, II, 39, 40. The Loan subscribed, 42. Another loan negociated, 108
Local Militia Bill brought forward, I,
Loison, General, over-runs Alentejo, I,
London, city of, present a petition against Offices in Reversion, I, 164. Petitions against the Convention at Cintra, 378. Debates on an Address to his Majesty, II, 51. The address, 56. Petition against Reversions, 58. Meeting of the Common Council in favour of the Spaniards, 119, 156. Dinner in ho- nour of the Spaniards, 163. Meeting on the Cintra Convention, 209. Ad dress of the city, 211. His Majesty's answer, 212. Resolutions on the an-
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