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Dallas, Eneas S. _d._ 1879,
author 805, 1161.

Dampier, Thomas _d._ 1812 bp. of Ely, his library 869.

Dancers, Barrymore 184,
Blasis 310,
Byrne 506,
D’Albert 801,
Duncombe 932,
Flexmore 1070,
Louise 1518,
Mercandotti 147.

Dancing, clog dancing invented 1398,
jig dancing 1398,
quadrilles and waltzes introduced 1250.

Dandies, Ball-Hughes 147,
Chesterfield 605,
Dorsay 899,
Gronow 1250,
Petersham 1344.

Danson, George _d._ 1881, painter 612,
large pictures by 770.

Dante Alighieri _d._ 1321 poet, lectures on Divina Comedia founded 168.

Danube, suspension bridge Pesth to Buda 630.

Darling, Grace _d._ 1843, her boat 816.

Darlington, nuns at, libel on 1130.

Darien, isthmus of, canal across 421.

Dartmoor, hereditary deputy ranger of 1346.

Dartmouth ch., Brockedon’s painting in 406.

Darwin, Charles Robert _d._ 1882 naturalist, pupil of Henslow 1434.

Davids, Louisa _d._ 1853, writer on Sunday schools 822.

Davy, Sir Humphry _d._ 1829 chemist, his amanuensis 1020.

Day, William, lithographer 1274.

Dead body stolen, Crawford 754.

Deafness, deaf and dumb heraldic artist 135,
surgeon specialist 925–6.

Death, condemned to, Hoare 1486.

Deaths, premature announcement of, Brougham 426.

Deaths under peculiar circumstances, at railway stations 1228, 1455,
1460,
by explosion of gunpowder half a mile away 1606,
drinking prussic acid 372, 373,
drowned in Liffey salmon leap 864,
entering hotel in Paris 1141,
fall down stairs 1342,
fall down stairs at railway station 1430,
fall from a balloon 1192,
fall from a bicycle 112,
fall from an elephant 942,
fall from scaffold of a ch. 1409,
fall on the Matterhorn 1273, 1566,
fall over a precipice 1330,
found dead in a water tank 1398,
fractured skull in fox hunting 1335,
grief at refusal of sculpture at Royal Academy 951,
in a cab 1112,
in an earthquake 1225,
in an omnibus 1182, 1205,
in a pulpit 213,
in a railway accident 149,
in same room as birth 1224,
inhaling poisonous gas 985,
jumping down area 24,
jumping overboard 944, 1488,
missed during passage from Newhaven to Dieppe 1134,
murdered by Greek brigands 1439,
on birthday 1238,
on board a yacht 1142,
police magistrate in a workhouse 1252,
rupture of liver falling on stairs 1609,
shot by bushrangers 1585,
shot himself at a supper 1440,
sitting in chairs 306, 1101,
stabbed in street at Malta 1213,
sting of wasp in carotid artery 754,
taking cyanide of potassium 173,
taking laudanum for a black draught 1609,
taking morphia 1044, 1211,
taking strychnine 711,
walking through plate glass window 140,
while ascending the Flégère 1050,
while grouse shooting 1183,
while salmon fishing 1444,
while walking on sea shore 1155.

Debt, national, check department 1048.

Delafield, Edward, lessee of Covent Garden 1268.

Decimal coinage 470.

Defences, our national 675.

Denmark, Copenhagen, first tramway there 1208.

Denison, George Anthony _b._ 1805, archdeacon of Taunton, prosecuted
882.

Denominations, _See_ Religious denominations.

Denbighshire, lord lieutenant 273.

Dentists, Cartwright 565,
Groves 1252.

Dentistry, Pompeian plates 1557.

Derby, Bass’ gifts to 190.

Derby race, a visitor to for 64 years 1112.

Derby, Edward Smith _d._ 1851, earl of 863, his museum 949.

Derbyshire, lord lieutenant 869.

Dermatology 1096.

Derry, bishop of 1463.

Derwentwater estates 865.

Desicating Co. 834.

Detonating powder, Boyle’s 369.

Devil, Pedigree of the 1284.

Devonport, name given to Plymouth dock 22,
wrestling at 536.

Devonshire, Bibliotheca Devoniensis 823,
lace manufacture 1021,
landslip in 697,
lord lieutenant 1088.

Devonshire, Georgiana _d._ 1806 duchess of, portrait stolen 987.

Diamonds, a diamond collector 1532,
a diamond merchant 434,
diamond cement invented 835.

Diarists, Greville C. C. F. 1239,
Greville H. 1240.

Dickens, Charles _d._ 1870,
novelist 872,
bibliography of his writings 699,
C. Dickens and Rochester 1580,
Chimes dramatised 4,
friends 367, 1182,
Hard Times in French 1578,
illustrations of his works 443,
Little Emly a drama 973,
lives of 1085,
Oliver Twist, statue of 1576,
Pickwick a drama 547,
Pickwick, examination papers on 518,
Sam Weller a drama 1285,
sec. in his American tour 1407,
sketches by Boz 1129.

Dickson, John, surgeon to Lord Nelson 875.

Dictionaries, Murray’s New English 674.

Dilston castle, Northumberland, disputed ownership 865.

Diner out, Davies 828.

Dipsomania, its treatment 46.

Diseases, Addison’s disease, discovery of 23,
Bright’s disease 400,
consumption, cure of by vapour of tar 760,
granular degeneration of kidneys 617,
Hodgkin’s disease 1492,
phthisis, treatment of 324.

Disappearance, Congreve 691.

Disinfecting fluids, Burnett’s 487,
carbolic acid 520.

Disintegrator, the 557.

Disraeli, Benjamin _d._ 1881 earl of Beaconsfield 203,
Clay travels with him in Holy Land 640,
Eldred much like him in appearance 973,
friend 1346,
Henrietta Temple, dedication of 900,
life of 1485,
private secretaries 455, 951,
servant 1016.

Disraeli, Isaac _d._ 1848 author, his controversy with Bolton Corney
721.

Dissenters, the first in the Cabinet, Baines 133.

Dissolving views invented 609.

Diving, air pump and dress 1417,
apparatus, Bethell’s patent 263.

Doctor advertising, Culverwell 781.

Dogs, dog stealers’ act 291,
dog trainer 499,
performing dogs 697,
sporting dogs 685.

Dominican community 1292–3.

Doncaster, mayor the first 705.

Donne, William Bodham _d._ 1882,
examiner of plays 896,
his friend 1058.

Donovan’s solution invented 897.

Doors, In and Out first marked on 1560.

Dorking, St. Barnabas at Ranmore built 779.

Double bass players, Dragonetti 1557,
Howell 1556.

Douranee order 2.

Dover, castle, constable of 803,
Shakespeare cliff 1491.

Dowb _i.e._ M. H. Dowbiggin “Take care of Dowb” 906.

Down and Connor, bishop of 899.

Drainage, arterial 578.

Dramas, at 50s. an act 1403,
performed in a boat 1306.

Dramatic coll. at Woking, Cooke’s bequest to 73.

Dramatists, A’Beckett 4,
Addison 22,
Bernard 256,
Brooks 420,
Brough R. B. and W. 425,
Byron 507,
Carpenter 554,
Coyne 744,
Dance 810,
De Walden 869,
Du Terreaux 943,
Dutnall 944,
Ebsworth J. 955,
Ebsworth M. E. 955,
Farnie 1022,
Fawcett 1027,
Fitzball 1056,
Glengall 1157,
Godwin 1164,
Green 1223,
Greenwood 1231,
Halliday 1294,
Heraud 1437.
_See also_ Actors.

Drapery, fancy trade in originated 250.

Draughts, champion player in Scotland 60.

Drawing without instruments 823.

Dredgers, bucket steam dredger 1091, 1598,
excavators 1091.

Druids, head of the 826.

Drunkenness, the bottle 8 plates 777,
drunkard’s children 8 plates 777,
drunkard’s children a drama 777,
worship of Bacchus a picture 777,
_See also_ Temperance.

Drummond, Edward _assassinated_ 25 Jany. 1843, sec. to Sir R. Peel 877.

Drummond light discovered 1261.

Dublin, archbishops of 27, 251, 781,
battle axe guards at the Castle 1469,
Berwick art club established 260,
chancery court, registrar of affidavits in 622,
convent of sisters of charity 29,
dean of St. Patrick’s, disputed election 808,
exchequer records indexed 1035,
freedom of city conferred 702,
great exhibition 245, 842,
high sheriff sent to prison 1215,
lord mayor 942,
lord lieut. 1562,
Lucan spa house 679,
natural history soc. founded 69,
Park st. sch. of medicine 796,
Phœnix park murders 575,
police, chief commissioner 443,
Richmond sch. of medicine, foundation of 17,
R. coll. of surgeons, presidents 17, 796,
R. Irish academy 1036,
St. Patrick’s cath. restored 1256,
telegraph to Galway 212,
theatre royal burnt 969.

Ducrow, Andrew _d._ 1842,
equestrian performer 54,
his Grecian statues 517,
his rival 702.

Duelling, essay on 522,
sin of 584.

Duels.
Aston and Allen 100.
Barthelémy and Cournet 185.
Beaumont and Moore 213.
Berkeley and Boldero 253, 328.
Berkeley and Maginn 254.
Black and Roebuck 293.
Bland and a Purser 309.
Bland and Randall 309.
Boswell and Stuart 345.
Braddyll and Bowlby 372.
Braddyll and Williamson 372.
Cardigan and Tuckett 542.
Christie and Scott 615.
Dillon and De Gramont-Caderousse 880.
Donaldson and Mitchell 894.
Falkland killed in a duel 1018.
Fawcett and Munroe 782, 1257.
Forbes and Thomson 1075.
Hayes and Bric 1399.
Horsman and Bradshaw 1543.
Smith, Thomas B. C. challenges Fitzgerald 1061.

Duffy, Charles Gavan _b._ 1816, politician, established the Nation 499.

Dulwich, God’s Gift coll. dissolved 50.

Dundee, Baxter park 196,
Baxter college 198,
burgh records 824,
Christian mission ch. 358,
Dundee and London, steamers between 929,
flax mills stopped 440,
Henderson schools 1425,
nine incorporated trades 583,
postage stamps invented at 583,
St. Paul’s cath. 1075.

Dunmow flitch of bacon 598.

Durham, Halmote court 833,
Palatinate chancery court abolished 833,
Ushaw coll. 1151.

Duval, Lewis _d._ 1844 conveyancer, his pupil 1283.

Dyeing, Crum’s process 778,
improvements in 580.

Dynamometer, invention of a 57.

Dwarf, Calvert 520.

E

Ear, aural surgeon, so called 793,
cephaloscope 794,
R. Dispensary for diseases of ear 793,
tympanum, instrument for puncture of 92.

Earl Marshal, deputy earl marshal 1551.

Earth, rotundity of the, bet as to its flatness 1311.

Easthope, Sir John _d._ 1865,
bart. 953,
purchased Morning Post 644.

East India Co., bugles, fifes and drums for 676,
chairman the last 791,
directors 533, 573, 729, 954,
monopoly, abolition of 105,
printers to 742,
volunteer band 1343,
_See also_ India.

Ebonite invented 1315.

Eccentric characters, Acland 10,
Ady 25,
Cochrane 660,
Cotton 729.

Ecclesiastical commission 315, 608.

Ecclesiastical metal workers 1329.

Edinburgh, art union originated 1469,
bank of Scotland built 455,
bible soc. originated 60,
bishop of 727,
botanical soc. founded 381,
castle chapel restored 277,
castle regalia discovered 1035,
circus first established 704,
city’s last appointment to a professorship 754,
eye infirmary founded 226,
Fettes coll. built 455,
Free high ch. 89,
Gaelic sch. soc. originated 60,
John Knox memorial ch. 527,
merchant co. 1143,
new coll. 536,
royal infirmary built 455,
royal medical society president 23,
St. Margaret’s convent founded 1150,
soc. of arts founded 394,
veterinary coll. founded 872.

Edinburgh university, Carlyle bursaries at 549,
chancellor 426,
Dunlip scholarships 937,
English substituted for Latin in examinations in univ. 601,
principal 394.

Edinburgh, Alfred, duke of _b._ 1844, shot by O’Farrell 99,
Hokilika theatre named after him 1611.

Education, act of 1870 _col._ 423,
aid soc. formed 423.

Eglinton tournament, accounts of 30, 912,
knights at 102, 752, 970, 1533,
lord Eglinton 971,
page at 893,
pictures of 1034.

Egremont, George, Third Earl _d._ 1837, Carew’s claim on his estate
544.

Egypt, explorers in Belzoni 237,
Bonomi 334 and Hay 1394,
obelisk in New York 1186,
student of its antiquities 781.

Elections, agents for 1096,
large sum spent in 255.

Electricians, Cooke 705,
Cumming 784,
Harris 1351,
Hearder 1409,
Henley 1429,
Wheatstone 705.

Electricity, applied to machinery 578,
applied to medical purposes 1409,
apparatus for registering progress of ships 130,
automatic method of transmitting signals 130,
clocks invented 130,
discoveries in 1020,
earth batteries constructed 130,
electro-chemical telegraph 131,
electro-dynamics 784,
electric telegraph co. 835,
experiments in 835,
experiments on the Serpentine 130,
induction coil 1409,
playing keyed instruments at a distance 131,
stratification of discharge discovered 1130,
used for organs 1131.

Electro biology 378.

Electro crystallization 772.

Electro platers and electro gilders 974.

Elephants, Chunee shot 770,
hunting of 1377,
in harness 1571.

Elgin marbles, account of 492,
removed from Athens 1307.

Elginshire, lord lieutenant of 924.

Eliot, George _i.e._ Mary Ann Cross 771,
her books 300.

Ellenborough, Edward Law _d._ 1871,
first earl of 878.

Ellipses, machine for drawing 1020.

Elliptograph, an invention 952.

Ellis, Edward Shipley _d._ 1879,
railway chairman 932, 983.

Elliotson, John _d._ 1868,
mesmerist 979,
a founder of Spiritual Athenæum 1519.

Elocution, professor of, Hows 1561.

Elphin, bishops of 443, 560.

Elphinstone, George W. Keith _d._ 1842 general, his entire army
destroyed 456.

Embalming bodies 1298.

Embroideress, Dolby 890.

Emmett, Robert _executed_ 1803 in Ireland, brother in law 1516,
friend of 868,
his rebellion 51.

Enamellers, Bone 332,
Bott 346.

Enamelling of womens faces, the 770.

Encyclopædia Britannica 292, 742.

Encyclopædia Metropolitana published 794, 1243, 1244.

Engineers, Brunel 453,
Davies 825,
De Bergue 845,
Downing 909,
Doyne 913,
Errington 995,
Evans 1002,
Exall 1009,
Fairbairn 1014,
Fairlie 1016,
Falshaw 1018,
Farey 1020,
Field 1042,
Fitz-Gibbon 1060,
Forster F. 1084,
Forster T. E. 1085,
Fouracres 1091,
Fowler 1092,
Fox 1094,
Fraser 1102,
Fuller 1111,
Fulton 1112,
Gisborne 1154,
Glynn 1161,
Godwin 1164,
Gooch 1171,
Gordon 1182,
Grant 1204,
Grantham 1208,
Gravatt 1210,
Greaves 1221,
Green 1224,
Griffiths 1245,
Griffiths 1247,
Guppy 1259,
Hall 1290,
Harding 1327,
Harrison 1356,
Havilland 1383,
Heinke 1417,
Hemans 1419,
Heppel 1436,
Highton 1465,
Hodges 1491,
Howe 1556,
Humber 1582,
Hunter 1598,
Husband 1602.

Engineering, dumpy the 1211,
level staff 1211,
nadir a 1211,
slide rule 1392.

Engines _see_ Steam engines.

England, Regent of, Albert 38.

English channel, designed iron tunnel across 583.

Engravers, Archer 81,
Artlett 92,
Bell 231,
Brandard 381,
Bentley 249,
Garter 561,
Cooke G. 706,
Cooke W. B. 705,
Cooke W. J. 706,
Cousen 734,
Cousins 734,
Davenport 822,
Doo 897,
Dudley 923,
Edwards 967,
Fairholt 1015,
Finden E. F. 1046,
Finden W. 1046,
Forrest 1082,
Freeman 1104,
Garner 1124,
Golding 1166,
Goodall 1171,
Grainger 1200,
Graves 1212,
Hall 1285,
Harvey 1368,
Hawkins 1389,
Hinchliff 1479,
Holl 1507,
Hooper 1527,
Horsburgh 1541,
Humphreys 1587,
Lines 1124,
Mitan 1046.

Engravings, publishers of 1497,
Rembrandt’s portrait of Tholinx 1247,
steel improvements in 706.

Engravings, collectors of, Burke 482,
Cousins 734,
Edwards 967,
Griffiths 1247,
Hope 1530.

Entertainers, Carpenter 554,
Carter 561,
Cowell 735,
Cumming-Gordon 785,
Distin quintet 882,
Douglas troupe 903,
Du Val 944,
Fisher 1052,
Fitzwilliam 1065,
Hudson 1567,
Parry 425,
Reed 425,
Ward, Artemus 443.

Entozoa 659.

Envelopes, first used in stationery office 645,
folding machine for 1470.

Epigrams, analytically arranged 544.

Epsom races, a visitor to for sixty four years 1112,
perpetual steward of 1412.

Equestrian performers,
Cooke 702,
Delevanti 853,
Ducrow 328,
_See also_ Circus proprietors _col._ 1631.

Essex, Dunmow flitch of bacon 33,
nonconformists in 822,
silk throwing introduced 733.

Ethnological collection, Christy 618.

Eton montem suppressed 1392.

Europe, Alison’s History of 47.

Evangelical alliance founded 488.

Evans, W, C. _d._ 1855,
music hall proprietor 1224.

Evaporation in vacuo invented 182.

Everest, Mount, on Himalayan range 1007.

Everett, James _d._ 1872, expelled Wesleyan minister 939, 1007.

Exchequer, baron of the, office declined 1540.

Exchequer, chancellors of, Bexley 268,
Goulburn 1191,
Herries 1446,
Hunt 1590,
Wood 1281.

Exchequer court, clerk of the errors 959.

Excise, stamps and taxes amalgamated with 191.

Executioner, Calcraft 513.

Executions, last public execution Barrett 178.

Exeter, Boyd’s bequests to the diocese of 365,
commissioner of bankruptcy, the last 68.

Exeter Change a brochure 424.

Exhibition of 1851,
The Great, Cole sir H. 671,
construction of 779,
erected 1094,
glass used for 1361,
official publications of 655,
organisers of 39,
original idea of the 36,
promoters of 1111,
specimens of imports 81,
_See also_ Crystal palace _col._ 1635.

Exhibition of 1862,
The, Cole sir C. 671,
designer of the building 1092,
dome decorated 476,
iron work for 180.

Exmouth, Edward _d._ 1833 viscount, expedition to Algiers 875.

Eye, London ophthalmic hospital founded 1025, ophthalmology, congress
on 762,
ophthalmology, modern 785.
Oculists,
Barnes 850,
Bickerton 270,
Cooper 713,
Critchett 762,
Delagarde 850 and Estlin 999.

F

Facial measurement, a system of 1535.

Fairs, Richardson’s theatre 564.

Faith healing 472.

Families, large, nineteen children 704,
twenty 290,
twenty two 41,
twenty four 903, 918,
thirty nine 225.

Farmers, Angas 69,
Arkwright 83,
Grey 1242,
Hall 1284,
Hobbs 1488,
Hope 1530.

Fashion, leaders of, _See_ Dandies _col._ 1635.

Fasting man, Moore 1421.

Fat man, Campbell 535.

Fenianism, Burke J. F. murdered 481, 545,
Cavendish Lord F. murdered 545,
Invincibles 481,
Kilclooney wood, fight in 776,
Knockadoon coast guard station, attack on 776.

Fenians, Barrett 178,
Carey 545,
Crowley 776,
Duffy 925,
Harris 1350,
O’Donnel 545.

Ferns, collections of 1211.

Ferrar, Nicholas _d._ 1637, of Little Gidding 1535.

Field marshals, Albert 38,
Anglesey 71,
Blakeney 304,
Burgoyne 480,
Clyde 657,
Combermere 689,
Fitzgerald 1059.

Field names 54.

Fines and recoveries abolished 409.

Fire arms, improvements in 1385.

Fires, Braidwood 379,
Cotton’s wharf 379,
Covent Garden 1268,
Cubitt’s factory 779,
engines and apparatus for extinguishing 379,
fire brick makers 736,
fire damp indicator 72,
fire proof constructions 1095,
firemen, training of 379,
Hadley’s flour mills 1268,
London establishment transferred to Metropolitan board of works 447,
London fire engine establishment 379,
portable cistern for fire brigade 121,
steam fire engine invented 379.

Fireworks, maker of 726,
at Surrey gardens 770,
at Vauxhall 726.

Fish, Fisheries and Fishing, Buckland 462,
Couch 731,
Ffennell’s act 1040,
fish, collection of 1530,
fish hatching apparatus 462,
fisheries exhibition 462,
fossil fish 871, 970,
national fish culture association 1097,
oyster culture 1097,
Thames right defence association 1097.

Fishermen, Blakey 306,
Breadalbane 388,
Ffennell 1034,
Fitzgibbon 1061.

Fives players, Clarke 636,
Felix 1032.

Flaxman, John _d._ 1826, his sculptures completed 1479.

Flax spinner, Brown 440.

Fleetwood, Lancashire, town and port built 1067, 1452.

Floor cloth manufacturer 1334.

Floors, inlaid 1138.

Flora, collection of 871.

Florence, Lord Burghersh’s operas at 640.

Florin, design for the 946.

Florist, Baptist 155.

Flour mills, Catt’s mills 571,
Hadley’s mills burnt 1268,
on the disintegrator principle 557,
steam mills 1284.

Flower, Sarah _d._ 1848, writer of poems and hymns 19.

Flying machine, Howell 1557.

Foley estate, Worcestershire, sold for £900,000 _col._ 923.

Folk lore, books on 857.

Foreign affairs, secretaries of state for, Aberdeen 6,
Clarendon 623.

Forfarshire, lord lieutenant 803.

Forster, John _d._ 1876, author 1084,
his friend 1591.

Fort Augusta, Gordon-Cumming’s exhibition at 785.

Foscolo, Ugo _d._ 1827, his Essays on Petrarch 798.

Fossils, bones 860,
palæozoic in Cornwall 1165.

Fountains, optical chromatic 811.

France, Cobden’s commercial treaty 659, 737,
domicile of Englishmen in 672,
Franco-German war, Chesney’s report on 603,
methodism 700,
national guard in London 1528,
prohibition of trade with 105,
Sunday schools 700.

France, Paris, Ambulance Anglaise 720,
Hope’s residence in 1532,
hospital for indigent English 1117,
Paris, first news of surrender 1350,
salon, Mrs. Hollond’s 1511.

France. The Rhone, improved engines for steam boats on 496.

France. Tours, death and funeral of sir J. F. Fitzgerald at 1059.

France. Vezere, remains in the caves of 618.

Frankincense tree 812.

Frankland, Edward _b._ 1825, professor of chemistry 941.

Franklin, Sir John _d._ 1847 arctic explorer, expeditions in search of
434, 1099,
_See also_ Arctic explorers 1622.

Free chant, a system of recitative 774.

Freemasons, freemasons’ hall, London 664,
Hugenot lodge founded 1153,
India, Western, grand master 485,
Orange lodges 709,
Scotland, grand masters 1082, 1298,
Scottish lodge in India, grand master 485.

French, teachers of, De Beauvoisin 844,
De Porquet 862,
Fauvet 1027.

Frias, Duke of 143, civil governor of the province of Madrid, _d._
Spain May 1888.

Friction wheel, invention of a 382.

Frith, William Powell _b_ 1819 painter, his Railway Station 1506.

Froude, Rev. Richard Hurrell _d._ 1836, resigned fellowship 1388.

Fruit dealer, Hanson 1322.

Fuel, Grant’s patent 1206.

Fungi, collection of 790.

Furniture, collection of 255.

Fust, Sir Herbert Jenner _d._ 1852, judge of court of arches 1185.

G

Gaelic, dictionary 86,
lexicographer 86.

Galvanism used to explode gunpowder in blowing down Round Downcliff
779.

Galway, bishop of 443.

Gambler, Ball-Hughes 147.

Games and gaming, law on 383.

Gardeners, Dale Jas. 801,
Dale Joseph 802,
Forbes 1077,
Fortune 1088,
Gordon 1179,
Harrison 1354.

Garibaldi, Giuseppe _d._ 1882 patriot, British volunteer officers with
944.

Garston near Liverpool, coal drops at 800.

Garter, knights of the, Aberdeen 7,
Ailesbury 31,
Albert 38,
Anglesey 70,
Camden 521,
Canning 537,
Cleveland 647,
Derby 863,
Derby 863,
Devonshire 869,
Exeter 1010,
Fitzwilliam 1064,
Fortescue 1088,
Hanover, king of 1321,
Hertford 1449.

Garter, a knight of, allowed to retain the Thistle 7.

Gas, coal gas manufacture 643,
engineers 1002,
gas light and coke co. 1002,
lime purifiers 643,
oxide of iron used for purification 1002,
polytechnic gas fire 119,
portable gas 1176,
system of compressing 1176,
water meter 643.

Gasses, absorption of by charcoal 1596,
law of diffusion of discovered 1198,
transpirability of 1198.

Gentlemen at arms, a dignity to be had by purchase 473,
corps of gentlemen at arms 1585.

Geographers, Findlay 1047,
Laurie 1047,
Purdy 1047,
Van Kenlen 1047.

Geologists, Ansted 73,
Boase 322,
Buckland 462,
Clarke 636,
Daintree 800,
Davidson 824,
De La Beche 849,
Evans 1001,
Gray 1219,
Greenough 1229,
Hawkins 1390,
Henland 1428,
Henwood 1435,
Hunt 1592,
Turner 1428.

Geology, geological museum 849,
geological soc. Bigsby’s gold medal 275,
geological survey 849,
mineral veins, electrical phenomena in 1592.

George III. _d._ 1820,
compared to a German hog butcher 1498,
dau. Mary duchess of Gloucester 1158,
his boot maker 1490,
master of chapel royal to 114,
pistol boy to 829.

George IV. _d._ 1830,
Carlton house alterations at 1536,
coronation at 948,
coronation, cupbearer at 8,
coronation, pugilists engaged to act as pages 224,
Croly’s life of 766,
his bonds not paid 1308,
his friends 1515,
his jockey Chifney 608, 609,
libels on 1364, 1591,
visit to Ireland 463.

Germany, Francis II. at Catau Cambresis 1207,
Kissingen, fashion set of drinking its waters 1208.

Ghosts, micrometer 494,
origin and nature of 459.

Giants, Bethune 264,
Cross 762,
Hales 1279.

Gilbert, William Schwenck _b._ 1836 dramatist, as an illustrator 1146.

Gillray, James _d._ 1815,
his caricatures 777, 1005.

Gipsies, advocate 745,
Borrow’s books about 342,
friend 745,
kings of 320 _bis._,
school for at Yetholm 134.

Giraffes exhibited 770.

Girtin, Thomas _d._ 1802 panorama painter, drawings by 1283.

Gladstone, William Ewart _b._ 1809, action for libel against 963,
election committee at Oxford 1271,
election committees 1238,
his friend Hope-Scott 1532.

Glasgow, Anderson’s univ. 778, 1000, 1009,
Anderston incorporated with 1548,
Chalmers and the Tron ch. 681,
churches, scheme for building twenty 534, 681,
Dollar institution 755,
Dunlop st. theatre 43,
Fir park 1009,
John st. ch. built 66,
manufactory of pure bread at 369,
provident bank the first 1009,
royal exchange 1009,
sabbath sch. 681,
statue of lord Clyde 657,
temple of magic 63.

Glasgow University, Buchanan bursaries 459,
Buchanan prizes instituted 459,
Clark scholarships 626,
lord rectors 426, 803, 863, 971, 973, 1027.

Glass, crown glass made with sulphate of soda 1361,
cylindrical, machine for cutting 638,
French glass 638,
German sheet glass 1361,
glass blower, a 392,
Hartley’s rolled plate 1361,
thimble used instead of iron bar in blowing 1361.

Glass, designers and painters on, Baillie 128,
Clarke 632,
Cottingham 727,
Heaton 1414.

Glass manufacturers, Glazebrook 1156,
Hardman 1329,
Hartley 1361.

Gloucester, British ragged schools founded 361,
eye institution founded 1611,
Sunday sch. the first 24,
tea total soc. founded 361.

Gloucester, William Frederick _d._ 1834, duke of 1158.

Gloucestershire lord lieutenant 1062.

Glovers, Allcroft 49,
Dent 861.

Glue, method of drying 557.

God save the king, the anthem of 627.

Goddard, Arabella _b._ 1836, pianist 833.

Godwin, William _d._ 1836, his wife 621.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von _d._ 1832, poem by 1554.

Goffres sold in the streets 1130.

Gold, automatic weighing machine for 730,
bullion robbery 1396,
cause of high price of 701,
chemically pure made 1042,
dust robbery 1396,
gold thread manufacture 377,
gold medal specially struck 550.

Golfers and golfing, Glennie 1157,
Hay 1395,
score of 88 _col._ 1157.

Gorham, Rev. G. C. _d._ 1857, his case 121, 1185.

Gothic architecture, revival of 886, 953.

Governesses, An appeal on behalf of, a poem 3.

Grace, For these and all thy mercies 1487.

Grahamstown, bishop of 727.

Grant, Mrs. Anne _d._ 1838, of Laggan 1140.

Granton harbour constructed 457.

Graphitic acid discovered 409.

Gravesend town pier 630.

Gray, Sir John _d._ 1875, M.P. 1216,
his trial 1061.

Greece, coins of discovered 341,
committee for in London 427,
Englishmen who fought in 1049,
swimming across Hellespont 1611.

Greenock, Comet steamboat boiler exploded 432.

Greenwich hospital, Bellot’s monument 235,
estates 1242,
governors 13, 799, 1180,
sixpenny revenue 1048.

Gretna green post boy 1198.

Griffith, Rev. William _d._ 1883, expelled Wesleyan ministry 939, 1245.

Groves, Anthony Norris _d._ 1853, missionary 1252,
preacher in Dublin 691,
tutor in his family 749.

Guano islands, monopoly of 1138.

Guernsey, bailiff of 546.

Gunpowder manufactories 610, 793.

Guns, breech loading 914,
castings for 1051,
cores 1051,
discharged by percussion powder 875,
Fraser gun 1102,
gun of 100 tons 1051,
gun to carry a 50lb ball 2 miles 422,
Monstre 22 tons 641,
percussion caps adapted to flint guns 1284,
Woolwich gun 1102.

Gun cotton, Crum’s formula 778.

Gunpowder, monster charges 779.

Gunter, a ten foot 382.

Gymnastics, gymnasia 611,
polymachinon 611.

Gymnastics, professors of, Chiosso 611,
Clias 647,
Hanlon 1317.

H

Hainault forest, Essex drained 1093.

Hair, electric brush to prevent greyness 1247.

Hales place near Canterbury, nunnery 1279.

Halifax, Crossley almshouses 773,
Crossley orphan house and school 773,
foundation of carpet manufacture 3,
people’s park 773.

Halkett, Samuel _d._ 1871, librarian 1282, 1352.

Hallé, Sir Charles _b._ 1819 composer, his chorus master 1416.

Hamel, Joseph Von _d._ 1862 M.D., ascent of Mont Blanc 899.

Hamilton palace, mausoleum at 1298.

Hammersmith suspension bridge 630.

Hampden, John _d._ 1643 patriot, collections for life of 1310.

Hampden, Renn Dickson _d._ 1868, bp. of Hereford 1311,
opposed in Bow ch. and in queen’s bench 1600.

Hampshire, Andover union, iniquitous practices 4,
New forest, Girlingites in the 1153.

Hampton court, tennis court at 252.

Handel, George Frederic _d._ 1759 composer, festivals in London 725 and
originator of 360.

Handloom enquiry commission 1070.

Handsworth, convent of Our Lady of Mercy at 1329.

Hanging, drawing and quartering, the last sentence of 1110.

Hanover incorporated with Prussia 1321.

Hanover, Ernest Augustus _d._ 1851, king of 1320.

Hanover, George, F. A. C. E. A. _d._ 1878, king of 1321,
created one baron only 1362.

Hanwell asylum in Middlesex 694.

Handwriting, expert in, Chabot 579.

Harlequins, Byrne 506,
Howell 1557,
harlequin’s dress 506,
Sam Spangle, history of a harlequin 745.

Harpists, Bochsa 322, 871,
Chatterton 600,
Chipp 611.

Harris, A. V. D. lieutenant, ill-treated by Hort 1543.

Harvest homes, originated at Brooke 205.

Haslam, Rev. William, his converts 857.

Hastings, Warren _d._ 1818 statesman, his Persian secretary 835.

Hats, cocked hat, last wearer of a 254,
hints on hats 900,
straw made in London 851,
the Petersham 1344.

Hawking, Berners 257.

Hawks and owls, collection of 860.

Haydon, Benjamin R. _d._ 1846 painter, his assassination of Dentatus
1368,
his widow 1396,
his sons 1396.

Hayne, Joseph called Pea-Green Hayne, Maria Foote’s action for breach
of promise 1344.

Hazard player, Cotton 729.

Head, turning round on without holding 1571.

Hear the church. A sermon 1526.

Heat, polarisation of 1078.

Hebrew scholars, Boys 370,
Duncan 929,
Harrison 1352, 1369.

Heligoland, lieut. governor of 1482.

Helminthology 659.

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea _d._ 1835, poet 1419.

Herbarium in univ. of Aberdeen 930.

Heralds’ college, portcullis pursuivant 676,
report on 233,
rouge croix pursuivant 733,
Somerset herald 733.

Hereford, Ledbury hospital 1599.

Hertford, Richard S. C. _d._ 1870 marquis of, his factotum Croker 764.

Hertfordshire, flora of 673.

Hesse-Darmstadt, Alice _d._ 1878, grand duchess of 46.

Hesse-Homburg, Princess Elizabeth _d._ 1840 landgravine of, her
physician 909.

Hewley, Lady Sarah, her charities 1272.

Hexham, bishops of 581, 1501.

High Cross, Herts., St. Giles’ ch. founded 1148.

High treason, persons accused of, Bamford 149,
Binns 281.

Hindustani scholars, Dowton 910,
Elliot 979,
Forbes 1076,
Goldsmid 1167.

Historical eminence, gold medals for 1293.

Historical MSS. commission founders 1347.

Hobart, Augustus C. _d._ 1886, admiral 1486,
took Harvey to Crete to advise on international law 1367.

Hogarth, George _d._ 1870, musical critic 1501,
dau. _m._ C. Dickens 873.

Hogarth, William _d._ 1764 painter, his house 1461,
Sarah Malcolm 58,
Sigismunda 58,
sketches by 1283.

Hogg, James _d._ 1835,
Ettrick shepherd, his widow 1502.

Holden should be Holder, Henry 1505.

Holland, Haarlem lake drained 1602.

Holloway college and sanatorium 1512.

Home department, sec. of state for, Estcourt 999,
Goulburn 1191,
Graham 1197,
Grey 1241,
Herbert 1438.

Homœopathic doctors, Epps 994,
Hall 1290.

Homœopathists, persecution of 1426.

Hone, William _d._ 1842 publisher, Every day book 482,
his pamphlets illustrated by Cruikshank 777.

Hooper, Robert, M.D., his pathological museum 28.

Hope, Rev. Frederick W. _d._ 1862,
F.R.S. 1530,
collection of early newspapers 482.

Hops, excise duty taken off 120,
hop merchants Gibbons 1137 and Wood 1376.

Horse breaker, Greenwood 1229.

Horse breeders, Blenkiron 312,
Garrett 1126.

Horse corn, dealer in 1476.

Horse tamer, Hengler 1428.

Horse trainers, _See also_ Jockeys, Day J. 840,
Day J. B. 841.

Horses, Anderson’s steppers 63,
Anderson’s horses sold 63,
bearing reins 1071,
bits 625,
bots 625,
driving thirty two in hand 1571,
feet of 625,
gag bits 1071,
horse shot and ear buried in master’s grave 829,
race horse worked in a cab 1248,
riding schools 1145,
shoes, machine for making 476,
trotting horses of America 1089,
weight of a horse utilised on a moving platform 382.

Horses sold for large sums, Blink Bonny 312,
Blair Athol 312,
Gladiateur 312.

Horsman, Charles actor 1543, _d._ 5 Aug. 1886. _cf._ _E. L. Blanchard’s
Life ii_ 594, 708 (1891).

Hose frames, circular invented 83,
_See also_ Stocking frames.

Hot blast, invention of 134.

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes _d._ 1885, first baron 1547,
befriends D. Gray poet 1214–5.

Houlton, Sir George _d._ 1862, knighted 1835 or 1836 but objecting to
pay the fees for registration he was never registered. There was an
erroneous impression in existence that members of H.M. household
were exempt from paying fees.

Hounds, masters of, Arkwright 83,
Barnett 173,
Beaufort 212,
Bedford 218,
Bentinck 248,
Berkeley 254,
Bessborough 261,
Chaplin 591,
Cope 714,
Drake 915,
Ducie 922,
Farquharson 1023,
Fenwick-Bisset 1034,
Fitzhardinge, Earl of 1062,
Fitzhardinge, Baron 1062,
Fitzwilliam 1066,
Foljambe 1073,
Forester 1081,
Galway 1118,
Grant 1204,
Greaves 1221,
Guilford 1255,
Hall 1286,
Harris 1346,
Harvey 1366,
Hastings, marquis of 1372,
Hastings, baron 1372,
Hawke 1384,
Heathcote 1412,
Hicks 1461,
Hobson 1489,
Hodgson 1498,
Holyoake-Goodricke 1519,
Honywood 1523,
Hood 1525,
Howe 1556,
Huntingdon 1598,
Lambton 1588,
Ridley 1589,
Suffield 1589.

House decorators, Garrett 1125,
Hay 1393.

Huddersfield, Convalescent home founded 414.

Hudson bay co., secretary 1102.

Hull, adventures of James Acland at 10,
convent of our Lord of Mercy 679,
grammar school founded 1612.

Hulsean lecturer, the first, Benson 245.

Hume, Joseph _d._ 1855, M.P. 1586,
his private secretary 679,
speech wilfully misreported 677.

Humming birds, Gould’s collection of 1191.

Hungate family estates 1588.

Hunter, John _d._ 1793 surgeon, his coffin 462.

Hunting, D’ ye ken John Peel, a song 1212,
on foot 1373, 1523.

Hunting parsons, Anderson 65,
Honywood 1523.

Huntsmen, Ayris 114,
Bartlett 186,
Carter 561,
Christian 615,
Davis 829,
Goodall 1172,
Head 1405,
Hills J. 1477,
Hills T. 1478,
Hunnum 1588.

Huskisson, William _killed_ 1830 statesman, person present at his death
1516.

Hussars, The Eleventh, crack regiment 542.

Hydraulic engineer, Beardmore 209.

Hydropathy, practiser of 1257.

Hydrostatic beds invented 90.

Hygrometer, a self registering 1183.

Hymns, ancient and modern, originator of 136,
ancient and modern, writers in 948,
hymns as a substitute for Dr. Watts 684,
invalids hymn book 981,
Just as I am without one plea 981,
Much in sorrow, oft in woe 685,
My God and Father while I stray 981.

Hymn tunes, Burnham 628,
Joyful 276,
Kilmarnock 901,
Pembroke 628,
Queenborough 628.

Hymn writer, Havergal 1380–81.

Hypnotism 378, 1260.

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