2. AN ACCOUNT OF THE BALANCES OF THE PUBLIC MONEY
Remaining in the Exchequer on the 31st day of December, 1862; the amount of Money raised by additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt, and the amount applied towards the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt in the Year ended the 31st day of December, 1863; the total amount of Advances and Repayments on account of Local Works, &c., in the same period, with the difference accruing thereon; and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 31st day of December, 1863.
Balances in the ExcheEngland. +6,319,330 4 4 quer on the 31st De-At the Bank of cember, 1863
17,109 Ditto 11 Oct. '63 250,000 0 0
Repayments on account of sums advanced
for the Purchase of Bullion, and for Local
Works, under various Acts of Parliament 1,392,963 14 1
Excess of Repayments over Advances Excess of Income over Total Expenditure in the Year ended 31st December, 1863
* Including £150,000 of the Money raised for Fortifications.
+ Including £70,000 of the Money raised for Fortifications.
N.B. The figures between [ ] refer to Part I.
ABERDEEN, erection of statue in honour of the late Prince Consort, 152. ACADEMY, ROYAL.-Annual dinner, 77; Commission of Inquiry on, 358; exhi- bition of, [363]; Commission on, [365]; rejected pictures exhibited at Cosmo- politan Club, ib.
ACADEMY, SWEDISH. Measurement of an arc of the meridian at Spitzbergen, [370]. ACCIDENT. To Princess Alice, 1; owner of Bourne Mill, near Farnham, killed by getting entangled in ma- chinery, 2; fall of a church at Locarno, 9; in colliery, by breaking of rope, 13; Captain Tewke, killed by fall of his horse when hunting, 30; on Great Northern Railway, near Bytham, 56; at Botallack Mine, Cornwall, by breaking of a chain, 57; on Brighton Railway, near Streat- ham, by train running off embankment, 88; verdict, 89; at Cremorne Gardens, a rope-dancer killed by the accidental slackening of the rope, 104; fatal, to Sir C. Cresswell, 111; on Carlingford Lough, several people drowned, 120; fatal, to a rope-dancer, at Aston Park, near Birmingham, ib.; on Lynn and Hunstanton Railway, by reason of a bullock having got on the line, 124; fatal, by collapse of a balloon, near Nottingham, 127; verdict, 129; dread- ful explosion at Morfa Colliery, in Glamorganshire, 154. Vide COLLISION, FIRE, RAILWAY, SEA, SHIPWRECK. ACT OF UNIFORMITY, vide Buxton, Bou- VERIE, EBURY.
AFRICA, consecration of Bishops for, 17. AGRICULTURAL HALL, Cattle-show, visit of the Prince of Wales, 184. "ALABAMA," THE. Difficulty about with American Government, [134]; debate on, [136].
marriage, vide QUEEN'S SPEECH; mar- riage with Prince of Wales, [28]; arrival in London, 36; at Eton, 41; at Windsor, 42; gift from the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London, ib.; mar- riage ceremony, ib.; verses of welcome by the Poet Laureate, 50; treaty for marriage, 329.
"ALEXANDRA," THE.-Difficulty about with American Government, [134]; debate on, [138].
ALFRED, PRINCE, Crown of Greece offered to him, vide QUEEN'S SPEECH. ALICE, PRINCESS (Princess Louis of Hesse).-Accident to, 1; accouchement of, 55.
AMERICA, CIVIL WAR IN, vide UNITED STATES.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Dr. Mouat's work on, [358].
"ANGLO-SAXON," wreck of, near Cape Race, 74.
ANTHROPOLOGY, books on, [353]. APPOINTMENTS (and Promotions), 358. N.B. The more important will also be found under separate headings. APRIL, Chronicle for, 55. "ARICA," THE, Peruvian ship of war, mutiny on board, at Blackwall, 51. ARMY, proposed reduction of, [56]. ARMY ESTIMATES.-Moved by Sir G. C. Lewis, debate on, [56]; Mr. A. Mills's motion for reduction of, [58]; negatived, [59]. Vide COLONIAL DEFENCES.
ASSOCIATION, BRITISH.-Experiments on gun-cotton, [370]; annual meeting held at Newcastle, [375]; account of pro- ceedings, ib.; annual meeting, Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, account of proceedings, 131-139. ASTEROIDS, several discovered during the year, [373].
ASTRONOMY, &c., various discoveries in, vide SCIENCE.
ASYLUM, BRITISH ORPHAN, opening of new building by Prince and Princess of Wales, 103.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Sir Roundell Pal- mer appointed, 360.
AUGMENTATION OF SMALL BENEFICES BILL, introduced by Lord Westbury, [81].
AUGUST, Chronicle for, 124.
AUGUSTENBURG, Duke of, renunciation of right to Schleswig-Holstein, [219]. [263].
AUGUSTENBURG, PRINCE OF.-Claims to Schleswig-Holstein supported by Prus- sian Lower House, [245]; proclamation declaring his accession to sovereignty of Schleswig-Holstein, [261]; corre- spondence with Napoleon III. on Schles- wig-Holstein question, [265].
AUMALE, DUKE OF, stag-hunt at Eve- sham, 53.
"AURORA," THE, ship with two screws worked by separate engines, trial trip, 129.
AUSTRIA, EMPEROR OF.-Reply to French Emperor's proposal for a Congress, [211]; opening of Congress of German Sovereigns at Frankfort, [269].
BAGWELL, MR., motion for extending volunteer system to Ireland, [175]. BALFE, production of his new opera, "Blanche de Nevers," [368]. BALLAST-HEAVERS OF LONDON, address to Her Majesty, 95.
BALLOON. Scientific ascents, [378]; ac- count of Mr. Glaisher's twelfth ascent, 107; fatal accident near Nottingham, 127; verdict, 129. BANK OF ENGLAND.-Drain on bullion of, rate of discount raised, [160]; fre- quent variations of rate of discount, [186].
BARKLY, SIR H., appointed Governor of
BAVARIA, KING OF, reply to French Emperor's proposal for a Congress, [214].
BAXTER, MR., motion on colonial de- fences, [60].
BAXTER, SIR DAVID, presents park to people of Dundee, 141.
BEAUFORT, DUKE OF, wolf-hunting in France, 61.
BELGIUM.-Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, &c., vide QUEEN'S SPEECH; Her Majesty's visit to, 126; return of Her Majesty, 143. BENEDICT, production of his cantata, "Richard Cœur de Lion," [368]. BENGAL, H. Mills, Esq., appointed a judge in, 360.
BERG, GENERAL.-Appointed Military Commander of Warsaw, [291]; attempt to assassinate him, ib.
BERNARD, ST., OF CLAIRVAUX, Morison's "Life and Times of," [348].
BIBLE, Smith's "Dictionary of," [351]. BILL.-Prison Ministers', [69]; passed,
[73]; Dissenters' Burials, ib.; thrown out, [75]; Church-rates Abolition, introduced by Sir J. Trelawny, [76]; thrown out, [79]; Church-rates Com- mutation, introduced by Mr. Newde- gate, ib.; thrown out, [80]; Church- rates Redemption, introduced by Mr. Alcock, ib.; thrown out, [81]; on Church-rates, introduced by Lord A. Churchill, ib.; withdrawn, ib.; Lord Westbury's, for Augmentation of Small Benefices, ib.; passed, [82]; on the Act of Uniformity, introduced by Mr. Bouverie, [87]; withdrawn, [88]; for continuance of "Union Rate in Aid Act," [152]; carried, [153]; further continuance, ib.; for Public Works in the Manufacturing Districts, [154]; carried, [156]; Lord Westbury's Statute Law Revision, [181]; carried, [182]. BILLAULT, M., vide FRANCE. BISHOPS, consecration of African ("Cen- tral Africa" and "Orange River"), 17. BLAKE, W. (painter), Life of, by A. Gil- christ, [352].
BLANTYRE, DOWAGER LADY, brings an
action for damages against a hotel com- pany for jewels stolen from her at their hotel, 179; verdict, 181.
BOULTON, MR., discovery of ancient pho- tographs, [374].
BOUVERIE, MR. E. P., Bill relating to the Act of Uniformnity, [87]. BRADDON, MISS. "Aurora Floyd," [354]; "Eleanor's Victory," [355]; "John Marchmont's Legacy," ib. BRAMLEY-MOORE, MR., motion on Brazil, [116].
BRAZIL. Difficulty with, [115]; Mr. Bramley-Moore's motion on, [116]; negatived, [117]; Mr. S. Fitzgerald's motion on, [118]; withdrawn, ib.; diplomatic relations broken off, [183]. BRIGHTON, Volunteer Review at, on Eas- ter Monday, 59.
BRISTOL, ladies of, wedding gift to Prin- cess of Wales, 82.
BUDGET, vide FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
CAIRD, MR., motion on supply of cotton, [158].
CAMBRIDGE, DUKE OF.-Report of Review of Volunteers at Wimbledon, 118; Me- morandum on the Crawley Court- martial, 326.
CAMPBELL, LORD, motion for recognition of the Southern Confederacy, [124]. CAMPDEN HOUSE, the fire at, great law case, 225.
CARNARVON, EARL OF.-Question as to affairs of Poland, [108]; motion on Japan, [119].
CATTLE SHOW, SMITHFIELD, held at the Agricultural Hall, 184.
CECIL, LORD ROBERT, speech in the House of Commons on French and English military expenditure, [61]. CENTENARIANS, list of, 16.
CHANCELLOR, THE LORD, vide WEST- BURY, LORD.
CHANCELLORSVILLE, battle of, vide UNITED STATES.
CHAPLAINS IN PRISONS, vide PRISON MINISTERS' BILL.
CHARITIES. Mr. Gladstone's proposal to extend income tax to, [41]; strongly opposed, ib., and [49]; withdrawn, [51].
CHARLESTON, vide UNITED STATES. CHICKAMAUGA, battle of, vide UNITED STATES.
CHILDERS, MR., motion as to "Union
Rate in Aid Act," [153].
CHINA, Lord Naas's motion on, [120]. CHRONICLE OF REMARKABLE OCCUR- RENCES, 1; and vide JANUARY, FEBRUARY, &c.
CHURCH, consecration of, for garrison at Woolwich, 162.
CHURCHILL, LORD ALFRED, introduces Church-rates Recovery Bill, [81]. CHURCH-RATES.-Sir J. Trelawny's Bill for Abolition of, [76]; Mr. Newdegate's Bill for Commutation of, [79]; Mr. Alcock's Bill for Redemption of, [80]; Bill introduced by Lord Alfred Church- ill, [81]. Vide BILL.
CLUBS, Mr. Gladstone's proposal to ex- tend licence duty to, [40]. CLYDE, FIELD-MARSHAL LORD, obituary notice, 194.
COBDEN, MR., speech in the House of Commons on French and English ship- building, [64].
COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT, R.A., obituary notice, 197.
COCK FIGHTING, Lord Hastings fined 57. for, 102.
COLENSO, BISHOP.-" Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined," Parts II-IV., [349]; commence- ment of ecclesiastical proceedings against, [350]. COLLISION.
Liverpool" and "La Plata,"4; on Great Northern Railway, near Knottingley, 6; on Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, the verdict, 30; in New Zealand, with serious loss of life, 107.
COLONIAL DEFENCES, Mr. Baxter's mo- tion on, [60].
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, vide CAMBRIDGE, DUKE OF.
COMMERCE, special features of the year, [186].
COMMONS, HOUSE OF, Rev. C. Merivale appointed chaplain, 358.
COMPANIES, LIMITED LIABILITY, extra- ordinary increase of, [186]. COMPANY, PNEUMATIC DESPATCH, open- ing of works, 29. CONFEDERATE
STATES, vide UNITED
STATES. CONFEDERATION, GERMAN, reply to French Emperor's proposal for Con- gress, [214]. Vide GERMANY. CONGRESS, EUROPEAN, proposed by the Emperor of the French, [208]. 351; correspondence respecting, ib.; re- jected by England, 357; GERMAN, vide GERMANY.
CONSORT, THE LATE PRINCE.-Bene- volent assistance to the ballast-heavers of London, 95; statue in his honour, erected at Aberdeen, 152; anniversary of his death, 189. CONSTANTINE, GRAND DUKE.-Oppressive conscription in Poland, [281]; retires from Government of Poland, [291]. CORRESPONDENCE, respecting Polish questions, 331; respecting Congress, 351.
COTTON.-Supply from new sources, [157]; Mr. Caird's motion, [158]; negatived, [159]; prices of, ib. Vide LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. COURT-MARTIAL, on Col. Crawley, 312; confirmation of proceedings by the Horse Guards, 326.
CREMORNE.-Fatal accident to a rope- dancer, vide ACCIDENT.
CRESSWELL, SIR C., fatal accident to, 111; obituary notice, 198.
CRICKET, Eton and Harrow match, 110. CRIMEA, Kinglake's "Invasion of," [347].
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