Part 35

9--Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, by the Archbishop of Canterbury Feb. 10, 1840

=10=--Birth of Princess Royal Nov. 21, 1840

SECOND EXERCISE.

11--Birth of Prince of Wales Nov. 9, 1841

12--Earl of Munster's suicide Mar. 20, 1842

13--Monster Chartist Petition, borne by 16 men and containing 3,317,702 names, denied a hearing before the bar of the House of Commons May 2, 1842

14--Defeat of Boers at Natal by the British troops May 26, 1842

15--Treaty with the United States of America on North-West Boundary, Slave Trade and Extradition Aug. 9, 1842

16--Defeat of Ameers at Meanee by Sir Charles Napier. Loss 10,000 Jan. 16, 1843

17--Birth of Princess Maud Mary Alice Apr. 25, 1843

18--Arkwright's son leaves his heirs £8,000,000 May 24, 1843

19--Birth of Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Aug. 6, 1844

=20=--Imprisonment for debt under £20 abolished Aug. 10, 1844

THIRD EXERCISE.

21--Maynooth College Endowment Bill passed by House of Lords by 131 majority May 16, 1845

22--Faraday announces discovery tending to show that light, heat, and electricity are but different manifestations of one great universal principle Nov. 5, 1845

23--Birth of Princess Helena May 25, 1846

24--Opening of new Philosophical Institute at Edinburgh Nov. 4, 1846

25--Shakespeare's House, at Stratford-on-Avon, purchased by the Shakespeare Committee for £3,000 Sept.16, 1847

26--Commercial crisis: Bank of England rate raised to 9 per cent. Oct. 31, 1847

27--Chloroform administered by Professor Simpson at Edinburgh Nov. 12, 1847

28--The French Revolution of Feb. 22, 1848

29--Birth of Princess Louise Mar. 18, 1848

=30=--Kossuth claims protection from England Sept.20, 1849

FOURTH EXERCISE.

31--Treaty with United States in regard to the Nicaragua Canal Apr. 19, 1850

32--Sir Robert Peel's fall from a horse, on Constitution Hill, June 29, resulted in his death July 2, 1850

33--A Farewell Benefit to William Macready, the tragedian, at Drury Lane Theatre Feb. 26, 1851