Tax, property, petitions against, lost by a majority of 238 to 201, I. 29 Thames, river, navigation of, interrupted by the masses of ice, II. xiii Teachers, private, their character, II. ccxliii
Ternay, Chevalier de, appointed to com- mand the squadron destined for Ame- rica, II. cccxl. Sets sail May 2, 1780, cccxli. Descries a squadron of six ships making towards the convoy, ib. Ob- serves eleven large ships, cccxlii. En- ters the harbour of Rhode Island, ib. Dies by sickness, cccl
Treaty with Great Britain and the Dey of Algiers, II. clxxiv. Between Britain I and the Rajah of Nepaul, clxxix Trial of Nicholas Greener for assaults upon William Henderson, I. ix. Of John Penny and others for the murder of William Ingram, xxxi. Trials of Sir Robert Wilson, Mr Bruce, Capt. Hut- chinson, imprisonment for three months, xxxv. Of Robert Smith and Charles Furney, who are both executed, xciv Troops, subsidized, number of, in the pay of Great Britain, II. xvii
Tuscany, ecclesiastical regulations of, II.
Twirholm Kirk, in Dumfries-shire, melan- choly occurrence at, II. xxxiii
Ullapool, distressing accident at, II. xiv
Universities, Scottish, their number, and the plan of education pursued in each, II. ccxlv
Vansittart, Mr, his exposition of the ac- tual state of the revenue, I. 21. At- tacked by Mr Tierney and defended by Lord Castlereagh, 23. His statement of the military and foreign expenditure, 30 Vaublanc, Comte de, when born,II. cclxiii. Condemned to death, and that sentence revoked, cclxiv. Proscribed in 1797, and recalled, cclxv. Repaired to Ghent in 1813, and was created minister of the interior, cclxvi. Works which he has published, ib.
Vitrolles, Baron de, II. cclxxxviii. His birth, ib. Daring project of, ib. Inter- view of with the Emperor of Russia, cclxxxix. Arrested at Toulouse, but liberated by the results of the battle of Waterloo. ccxc
Wales, New South, difference between the governor and the head of the judi- cial department, II. vi
Washington, General, his character, II.
Waterloo, anniversary of the battle of, II. liii. Number of strangers who have vi- sited the field of, lviii. Liberality of the fund for in the East Indies, lxxxiv Watson shot a Mr Platt, II. cii Wedding, Royal, II. xxxiv Wellington, Duke, plot to blow up the hotel of, in Paris, II. lix Wilkinson, Mrs, shocking history of, II. Ivi
West, Mr, his excellence as an historical painter, II. ccccliv
Western, Mr, extract from speech of, on the state of agriculture, II xxii Wilberforce, Mr, his speech concerning the registry of slaves, answered by Mr Palmer, I. 148
Wilkie, Mr, an eminent artist, II. cccclix Wilson, Sir Robert, with two other gentle- men, arrested, charged with having as- sisted Lavalette in his escape, II. viii.
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