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Clackmannan, lord lieutenant of 6.

Claimants, Allen Charles 49,

Allen C. M. 50,

Allen J. C. H. 52,

Goode 1172,

Tichbourne 662.

Clairvoyant, Heller 1418.

Clapham park, Surrey, houses built on 779.

Claremont, Surrey, residence of Orleans princes 856, 1106.

Claviole or finger keyed viol 1389.

Clevedon, Somerset, Christ Church built and endowed 372.

Clewer near Oxford, female penitentiary opened 84.

Clifton, bishops of, Burgess 479 and Hendren 1426,

Hensman memorial ch. 1434.

Clocks, astronomical 703,

double check clock escapement 382,

electrical 130.

Clonfert, bishop of 865.

Cloth dresser, Hirst 1484.

Clothier, Harrison 1352.

Clouds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus and nimbus 1554,

observations on 1554.

Clowns See also Actors col. 1617,

Auriol 1070,

Barnes 173,

Barry 183,

Boleno 328,

Delevanti 853,

Diavolo 870,

Flexmore 1070,

Grimaldi 1021,

Huline 1580.

Clubs.

Amateur athletic founded 586.

Arthur’s built 1536.

Athenæum designed 494,

relievi on the exterior 1431.

Athletic club of univ. of Edin. founded 121.

Bailey club, Sheffield, commenced 127.

Badminton originated 1601.

Bannatyne founded 747.

British and foreign institute founded 461.

Brooks’s, the master of 195.

Concentores Sodales founded and ceased 1542.

Coventry house lessee 1097.

Friday knights founded 1109.

Garrick founded 943,

manager 1297.

Geographical founded 411.

Grillion’s founded 11.

Junior Athenæum in Piccadilly 1531.

Literary dining founded 701.

London chess, president 578.

London clay 357.

Lowtonian, secretary of 635.

Manchester literary founded 1330.

Metropolitan red lions founded 1077.

Pitt, president of 972.

Political economy founded 578.

Quekett microscopical, founder 1331,

president 1090.

Raleigh founded 410.

Red house at Battersea 73.

Reform, chairmen 207, 977,

chef 1097,

erected 181,

founded 654, 977,

member expelled 363,

secretaries 717, 1280.

Savage founded 1294.

Star, memorials of 1083.

Travellers’ erected 181.

Tyneside Naturalists’ Field founded 39, 1314.

Urban founded 1109.

Victoria yacht founded 10.

Coach drivers, Cotton 729,

Herring 1446.

Coach proprietors, Barber 156,

Chaplin 591,

Hadley 1272,

Halcomb 1276.

Coaches, coachmakers 68,

revival of coaching 70.

Coal, Bidder’s safety lamp for mines 272,

coal exchange opened 927,

coal factor 927,

combustion of 1524,

machine for weighing invented 888,

quantity still remaining in England 1592,

Small coal man, a political song 1573.

Coates, Robert d. 1848 known as Romeo Coates, his widow 367.

Coats, Chesterfield the 605,

Petersham the 1344.

Cock fighting 112.

Cocking, Robert killed 1837, aeronaut 1223.

Coins, collectors of, Bergne 253,

Borrell 341,

Christmas 617,

Coats 657,

Cuff 780,

Fox 1094,

Guthrie 1264,

Harvey 1368,

Hawkins E. 1387,

Hawkins W. 1390,

Henfrey 1427.

Colenso, William John d. 1883 bishop of Natal, deposed by bishop Gray 1219.

Coleoptera, Brackenridge’s collection 372,

Brightwell’s collection 400.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor d. 1834 poet, Cottle’s recollections of 728,

literary cookery with reference to matters attributed to 377.

Colleges.

Agricultural at Cirencester established 1288.

College of arms, report on 233.

College of doctors of law 1571.

Crook hall removed to Ushaw 228.

Didsbury near Manchester founded 358.

Exeter diocesan founded 1337.

London coll. of divinity at Kilburn 348.

Manchester new coll. removed to London 361.

Marlborough founded 357, 1235.

St. Columba, Beresford’s gift to 251.

St. John’s hall, Highbury, principal 348.

Training at Highbury founded 1235.

Collier, a poetical 1005.

Collieries, Clay cross 1556,

self acting fence for winding shafts 1556.

Colonies, Secretaries of state for colonies, Aberdeen 6,

Cardwell 543,

Glenelg 1157,

Grey 1241,

Herbert 1437,

Hobart 1487,

Pakington 1312,

Stanley 863.

Colston, Edward d. 1721 merchant, life of 1125.

Columbine, Boleno 328.

Coming K., The authors of 221.

Commons, House of, best dressed man in 932,

call of the house, the last 1364,

clerk 1022,

chiltern hundreds refused to a member 510,

member expelled 934,

person committed to custody of serjeant at arms 677,

seat from which member hears thanks given him, remains his while member 1003,

speakers 935, 1008,

speakership, contests for 1191, 1376,

thanks given to celebrated men 1003, 1039.

Compasses, Caithness gravitation compass 512,

method of compensating errors invented 168.

Compensation refused by government to Douglas 904.

Concerts, of ancient music 290,

promenade 770, 1308.

Confectioner, Gunter 1259.

Confessional unmasked, The 455.

Conjurors, Anderson 63, 1482,

Blitz 314,

Eagle 950,

Heller 1418.

Conservatory at Surrey zoological gardens 7.

Control, board of, See Board of Control col. 1626.

Conveyancer, Hodgkin 1492.

Convicts, Buckley the convict 465,

how convicts are made 555.

Cooke, Sir W. F. d. 1879, electrician 705,

partner with Wheatstone 1383.

Cooks and cookery, Francatelli 1097,

Kettner’s manual 805.

Cooper, Sir Astley Preston d. 1841, his anatomical preparations 1225,

life 708.

Cooper, Thompson, F.S.A. author 708.

Copper, Cwmavon copper works, Glamorgan 1259,

Kapunda mine, South Australia 944,

smelting copper in Swansea district 1098.

Coppin, George b. 1819, actor & theatrical manager 416.

Copybooks, Darnell’s 817,

largest maker of in the world 1458.

Coral, Jane d. 1858, painter 1601.

Cork, bishop of 851,

great exhibition at 842,

lord lieutenant 1038,

St. Finbarre cath. 1233,

water works 246.

Cork, Cloyne and Ross, bishops of 1060, 1233.

Corn, corn merchant 1378,

drilling machines 1126,

grinding corn, improvements in 353.

Corn. Anti-corn law league, A B C of the 98,

founders of 98, 1272,

final meeting 98,

lecturers, members of and speakers 11, 361, 659, 1096, 1141,

meeting in Covent Garden 397,

secretary 1589.

Cornwall, assay master 1435,

Cornish dolls 346,

duchy, enquiry into revenues of 700,

fauna 731,

folk lore 731,

glossary of words 731,

Pendeen church built 36,

Sunday sch. teacher the first 205,

typhus fever 550.

Coromandel, the seven pagodas 557.

Corona Borealis, discovery of a new star in 288.

Coroners’ inquests 615.

Corsets, corset à la Vénus 477.

Costumes peculiar worn by F. Boott 340.

Cotehele house, Cornwall, account of 691.

Cottage allotment system 578.

Cotton, machinery exported 794,

spinning machines, improvements in 325.

Cotton spinners, Armitage 83,

Ashworth 97, 98,

Bazley 202,

Bright 399,

Brook 414,

Callender 517,

Crompton 767,

Cross 771,

Fielden 1043 bis.,

Garnett 1124,

Greg 1232,

Hall 1287,

Holms 1517,

Hornby 1538,

Horrocks 1444,

Houldsworth 1549,

Hoyle 1562,

Hulbert 1579,

Hutton 1608.

County Guy, a song 1196.

Coursers, Campbell 530,

Etwall 1000.

Coursing, Ashdown hill meetings 752,

Craven 752.

Courvoisier, F. Benjamin hanged 1840, his trial 1488.

Craggan castle, Clare, restoration of 98.

Crape manufacturer, Courtauld 733.

Creche, the first in London 1511.

Cree North American Indians, books for 1595.

Cremation, first in England 1316,

crematorium at Manston house 1316,

persons cremated Collins 679,

Hanham E. M. 1316,

Hanham E. D. 1316,

Hanham T. B. 1316 and Henry 1432.

Creosote, properties of 720.

Cricket, All England matches 636,

an eleven all of whose names began with B. 364,

Beaudesert ground 71,

catapulta 1032,

glove, tubular india rubber 1032,

I. Zingari 1249,

Kennington oval 1249,

large score 405,

Lord’s proprietors 814,

Marylebone club bowlers 1253 and sec. 1059,

Prince’s ground 364,

rules of, first book on 198,

Surrey eleven 1249,

wicket keepers’ feats 405.

Cricketers, Anstead 73,

Baker 136,

Bancalari 150,

Barker T. 165,

Barker T. R. 166,

Bayley 200,

Beagley 205,

Beldham 225,

Biddulph 273,

Blackman 298,

Bowyer 364,

Box 364,

Brand 380,

Broadbridge 405,

Brown 430,

Budd 466,

Caldecott 514,

Chamberlayne 586,

Clarke 636,

Cotton 729,

Dark 814,

Davies 828,

Ede 596,

Felix 1032,

Fitzgerald 1059,

Grace G. F. and H. M. 1194,

Grace W. G. 1558,

Grimston E. H. 1248,

Grimston F. S. 1248,

Grimston R. 1249,

Grundy 1253,

Guy 1266,

Halliwell 1295,

Harenc 1335,

Hayward D. 1403,

Hayward T. 1403,

Heath 1411,

Hillyer 1478,

Hoare 1485,

Hodgson 1495,

Hodson 1499,

Howitt 1558,

Humphrey 1587,

Hunter 1597,

Pilch 1266,

Shaw 1597,

Wenman 1266.

Criminals, Bravo 384,

Buranelli 475,

Burdock 1437,

Chesham 603,

Courvoisier 513,

Cross 772,

Dove 513, 905,

Flowery Land pirates 513,

Good 513,

Greenacre 513,

Manning 513,

Muller 513,

Palmer 150, 526, 662, 1437,

Roupell 579,

Rush 513,

Tawell 513,

Wilson 513.

Crinoids, collection of 277.

Crown cases reserved, Court of 662.

Cruikshank, George d. 1878, artist 777,

his friend 1600.

Crusoe, Robinson, Crusoe’s island 445.

Crustacea, collections of 963, 1530.

Crystal palace, Sydenham, origin of 1023,

erected 1094,

Gibson’s statues 1141,

Handel festivals 360, 725,

managers 361, 1037,

managing director 1111,

organist 735,

railway 112.

See also Exhibition, col. 1641.

Cullen, Paul d. 1878, cardinal 780,

his secretary 695.

Cuneiform inscriptions, decipherer of 1480.

Cure, The Perfect i.e. J. H. Stead 312.

Curfew bells at Hampswaite 165.

Customs, acts consolidated 848.

Cygnus, red star discovered in 288.

Cyrenaica, report on antiquities of 220.

Cystideans, collection of 277.

D

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.