CONTENTS. ix 



CHAP. XIIT. 



Slulgard. — Sitting of the States. — Their Dissolution.— llie King lakes Upon 

 himself the Regulation of the Finances. — Duchy of Saxe-IVeimar : Its 

 admission to the Germanic Co? federation. — Session of the States-General of 

 the United Provinces. — King's Speech. — Dutch Tea-Trade. — Pied?nontese 

 Gazette.— Constantinople ... .---[130 



CHAP. XIV. 



America, North and South. — Message to the Senate and House of Bepre- 

 sentatives from President Madison. — Votes taken for President and Vice- 

 President. — Monroe chosen for the former Office, and his Speech. — Second 

 Speech, on December the 2d. — State of Spanish Affairs - [144 



CHAP. XV. 



East India Affairs - - - - - - - - - [l62 



CHRONICLE. Pagei. 



Births - 134 



Marriages ----------- 137 



Promotions _.-------- 140 



Deaths 142 



Sheriffs - J50 



APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 



ARTICLES FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. 



Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between his Britcnnic Mnjesttj 



and his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies - - - -' '52 



Dispatches from India. — Insurrection of Trimbuchjee Duinglia - 154 



REMARKABLE TRIALS and LAW CASES. 



3 



The King v. Thomas Jonathan TVooler. — Libel - - - - lo-" 



Ditto ...... Ditto . . . - \Qi 



The King V. .Tames JVilliams. — Ditto - - - - - - 1^' 



The King v. fVilliam Hone. — Ditto - - - - - - J?-" 



Hodgson V. Scarlett. — Freedom of Speech at the Bar ... 17^ 



Trafficking in Slaves - - - - - - - - - '71 



George Cooke v. Colonel Maxwell. — Assault and False Imprisonment 18d 



Fisher V, Jebb .......--- 187 



liouquet \. Sherborne. — Liability of Carriers - - - - 18 



Oratn v. Fromont and Others. — Non-Liability of Carriers - - 18 

 Hartley v. Harriman, .--.. -.- -18-^ 

 Ficldes V. Hooker .._.--- -igl 



The Rev. Edwurd Drake Free, Clerk, v. Sir Montague Roger Bur- 



troinc. — Nun-uttfiidance at Divine IVorship - - . - IQS 



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