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Shipwrecks- continued.

s., Flying Mist, Campbell, 132: de-
struction of valuable ships by fire, the
Indian Empire, Southern Cross, Lord
Royston, Hindoo; destruction by fire
of the steamship Golden Gate (upwards
of 200 lives lost), 154; sinking of the
iron ship Ganges in the Thames, 163;
during a storm in October, the Robert
and Margaret, Addison Potter, St.
Louis, Bencoolen, Hambourg, Hum-
boldt, 182; of the Colombo, East In-
dian mail steamer, 188; foundering of
the steamer Lifeguard during a storm
in December, 202.

STATE PAPERS.—Treaties. Treaty be-
tween Her Majesty and the United
States of America for the suppression
of the African slave trade, 207; con-
vention between Her Majesty and the
Emperor of the French relative to joint-
stock companies, 214; convention be-
tween Her Majesty and the King of
Denmark for the mutual surrender of
criminals, 215; treaty of commerce
between Her Majesty and the King of
the Belgians, 217.

State Papers.-Correspondence re-
specting the civil war in North America:
relative to the closing of Charleston
Harbour, 223; relative to the Declara-
tion of Paris as to privateering, 225;
despatch relative to the Proclamation
of Emancipation, 233; correspondence
relative to Mediation, 234; with Mr.
Mason respecting recognition of the
Confederate States, 237.

STATUTES, Table of, 25 & 26 Vict., 243.
STOCKS, PRICES OF, in each month in
1862, highest and lowest, 277.
TREATIES.-Treaty between Her Majesty

and the United States of America for
the suppression of the African slave
trade, 207; convention between Her
Majesty and the Emperor of the French
relative to joint-stock companies, 214;
convention between Her Majesty and
the King of Denmark for the mutual
surrender of criminals, 215; treaty
of commerce between Her Majesty and
the King of the Belgians, 217.
TRIALS AND LAW CASES.

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Criminal

trials. The City murder, trial of
Samuel Gardner for the murder of his
wife, 440; the Glasgow murder-trial
of Jessie McLachlan for the murder of
Jessie McPherson, 445; Catherine Wil-
son, the poisoner, the trial, conviction,
and execution, 453.

Civil cases. The Roupell Forgeries
-Roupell and Others v. Waite; trial

Trials and Law Cases-continued.

cases.

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and conviction of William Roupell,
462; the Windham case - Inquiry
into the sanity of Mr. William Frede-
rick Windham, of Felbrigg Hall, 472.
Trials and Law Cases - Criminal
Singular Bank-note forgery,
5; trial of Rebecca Law, for murder
of her husband and child, at Cla-
vering, 8; of William Charlton, for
the murder of Jane Emmerson, at
Durran-hill, 24; of the Robinsons and
Earl for the murder of a water-watcher
at Brocklewath, 27; the Threepwood
conspiracy, trial of John Dodd and
others for conspiracy against Mr. Be-
wicke, 29; of John Gould for the murder
of his child at Windsor, 31; shocking
cruelty to a child, 32; of John Hall, for
the murder of Stephen Moulder, a game-
keeper at Ditchley, 33; of Henry
Quail and others for the murder of
John Wincott, at Marylebone, 34; of
Patrick Devereux for stabbing a lodging-
house keeper in the Ratcliff Highway,
dreadful scene in court, 37; great
jewel robbery in Cornhill, 38; of
Ishmael Jones for the murder of his
wife at Llanfair, 42; the Bilston
Sayings Bank frauds, trial of the Rev.
H/S. Fletcher, 43; trade outrages at
Sheffield, 45; the Anglesea murder,
trial of Richard Rowland for the
murder of Richard Williams, 50; of
Richard Thorley for the murder of
Elizabeth Morrow at Derby, 51; nu-
merous trials for murder of sweet-
hearts at Launceston, Brighton, King-
ston, and Hendon, 52, 53; the Chi-
chester murder-trial of Cleary, a sol-
dier, for the murder of

Houghton,

54; the Everley murder, trial of John
Stocker for the murder of Ann Hill,
56; execution of Mary Reid for the
murder of Ann Hannah at Dumfries,
75; the Manchester tragedy, trial of
W. R. Taylor and his wife for the
murder of Mr. Mellon, death of their
three children, 93; the Ludgate-hill
tragedy, trial of Mrs. Vyse for the
murder of her two children, 96; trial
of Charles Tallbrook, for assaulting and
cutting his grandmother, superstition
in the nineteenth century, 113; of G.
J. Gilbert for the murder of Miss Hall
at Fordingbridge, 147; of John Flood
for the murder of John O'Dea, another
soldier at Brighton, 159; of John
Doidge for the murder of Roger Drew,
at Launceston, 161; of George Gardner
for the murder of Sarah Kirby at

Trials and Law Cases-continued.
Studley, 162; trial of Walter Moore
for the murder of his wife at Colne,
his strange suicide after conviction,
163; of Burke and others for the
murder of a policeinan at Ashton-
under-Lyne, 168; of Robert Cooper
for the murder of Ann Jane Barham
at Isleworth, 184; of a party of poach-
ers for the murder of a gamekeeper at
Roydon Hall, 194; of Ferdinando
Petrina for terrible murders at sea,
198; of Thomas Edwards for the mur-
der of Isabella Tonge at Liverpool,
200; of Robert Morgan for the murder
of Christopher Wickham at Bristol,
202.

Civil Cases.-The Smethurst Case,
probate of will of Miss Bankes, 73;
the Delapré Abbey Estate, the Bouverie
family, 149.

The "Garotte" Terrorism."-Numerous
savage assaults and robberies in the
metropolis during the summer and au-
tumn, trial and severe sentences on
some of the ruffians, 190.
UNITED STATES.-Continuance of the
civil war; difficulty of obtaining in-
formation from the Confederate States;
position of the armies at the com-
mencement of the year, [219]; Federal
successes in the West, [220]; capture
of New Orleans by the Federals; bat-
tle of Pittsburgh Landing, [220]; skil-
ful retreat of General Beauregard from
Corinth, [221]; exploits of the Con-
federate iron-clad Virginia in Hamp-
ton Roads, [221]; the army of the
Potomac; description of the theatre of
war; the campaign in Virginia; ad-
dress of General McClellan to his
army; transfers his force to York Pe-
ninsula, [223]; successes of the Con-
federates at White Oaks and on the
Chickahominy; the Federals retire to
Harrison's Landing, [223]; irruption
of "Stonewall" Jackson from the
Shenandoah Valley; McDowell recalled
to the defence of Washington, [224];
disastrous condition of General McClel-
lan's army, which is withdrawn by
sea, [224]; advance of General Pope;
he is driven to a disastrous retreat;
invasion of Maryland by the Confede-
rates; after desperate fighting they
are compelled to recross the Potomac,

United States-continued.

[225]; dreadful defeat of the Federals at
Fredericksburgh, [225]; Mr. Jefferson
Davies elected President of the Confede-
rate States; his inaugural address,
[226]; Tax Bill passed by the Federal
Congress; issue of paper money, [228];
General Hunter's Order, abolishing
slavery declared null, [229]; call for
60,000 fresh troops; ferocity with
which the war was carried on, [230];
compensation to States that should
abolish slavery; views of President
Lincoln as to the objects of the struggle,
231; his plan for emigration of the
blacks, [233]; message of President
Davies to the Confederate Congress,
[233]; proposal by France for media-
tion ; despatches of M. Drouyn de
Lhuys and Earl Russell on the subject,
[235]; address of the State Governors
to President Lincoln, [238]; symptoms
of a change of feeling in the North,
[238]; President Lincoln's message to
Congress, [239].

Treaty between Her Majesty and the
United States of America for the Sup-
pression of the African Slave Trade,
207.

State Papers.-Correspondence re-
specting the civil war in North Ame-
rica: relative to the closing of Charles-
ton Harbour, 223; relative to the
Declaration of Paris as to Privateering,
225; despatch relative to the Pro-
clamation of Emancipation, 233; cor-
respondence relative to Mediation, 234;
with Mr. Mason respecting recognition
of the Confederate States, 237.

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- Oxford, 285;

Telegram announcing the release of
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, 6; the
affair of the Nashville and the Tusca-
rora, at Southampton, 6.
UNIVERSITY HONOURS.
Cambridge, 288.
Weather, the. Of the winter quarter,
62; of the spring quarter, 129; of
the summer quarter, 173; of the
autumn quarter, 204; storms and
wrecks in January, 18; in February,
32; in March, 61; violent thunder-
storms in May, 91; destructive storm
in Wiltshire, in September, 170; great
storms by land and sea in October,
182; great storm in December-wreck
of the steamer Lifeguard, 202.

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