Codrington, Christopher (son of the prece-
ding), Governor-General of the Leeward
islands, his death and will, and foundation
of Codrington College, 111, 313.
Codrington college and foundation school,
111; erected into a university, 116; first
election of exhibitioners, 118; opening of
the college, 119; injury to the college in
1831, 119; change in the requisite age
for admission, 120; admission of students
from Great Britain, 121; retrospect view,
121; names of students matriculated since
the opening as a university, Appendix No.6;
description of, 231.

Coins, moneys of account, 169; current value
of, in 1704, 312.

Coleridge, Dr., Lord Bishop of the Wind-

ward and Leeward Islands, arrives in
Barbados, 99, 419; vote of thanks to him
for his exertions after the hurricane, 443;
bis resignation and departure from Barba-
dos, 102, 489.

Cole's cave, 235.

Colleton, Sir Peter, administers the govern-
ment, 294.

Combermere, Lord, appointed as governor,
400; rupture between the Governor and
the House of Assembly, 403, 407; insists
upon the prerogative of the Crown and
dissolves the house, 408; his farewell ad-
dress, 409; institutes the Society for the
Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and
the Colonial charity schools, 410.
Commerce, external, of Barbados, 161; with

Great Britain, 162; foreign States in Eu-
rope, 162; British colonies of North Ame-
rica, 163; United States, 163; East In-
dies, Ichaboe, &c., 165; inter-colonial
trade with the British West Indies, 165;
with the foreign colonies, 166; large num-
ber of horses imported, 168.
Commission to inquire into the administra-
tion of justice, 418.

Compensation fund, committee for the dis-
tribution of the, 460; amount for Barba-
dos, 146, 461.

Concessions required by the British colonists
to cope with the slave colonies, 526.
Congress of West India, delegates in Barba-
dos, 433.

Constitution of Barbados, 205; Governor

and Council, 206, 207; House of Assem-
bly, 208; administration of justice, 210;
Court of Chancery, 211; Court of Com-
mon Pleas, 212; Court of Exchequer, 212;
Court of Ordinary, 212; Court of Admi-
ralty, 213; Court of Appeal and Error,
213; Court of Escheat, 213; Court of
Grand Sessions, 213; Admiralty Sessions,
214; laws of the island, 214.
Convict establishment at Barbados, 144 (note).
Cook, Bernard, his case and persecution,

316; publicly whipped, 316; his judges re-
moved from the commission of the peace,
317.

Corals at Two Miles' Hill, 540; at Sandy-
lane, 541; list of, 562.

Coral animals, 635; depth to which they
build their structure, 538.

Cotton tower, 240.

Council of Barbados honoured with the name
of his Majesty's Council, 294; in case of
death or absence of the Governor to exer-
cise executive authority, 294; the names
of the members inserted in the Governor's
instructions, 295, 297; four members sus-
pended by Sir Bevil Granville, 310; tyran-
nical conduct of Governor Lowther in sus-
pending several members, 313; Guy Ball
and Francis Bond removed from the coun-
cil board for illegal proceedings against
Bernard Cook, 317; Cox and Salter re-
moved by Governor Lowther and restored
by the Lords Justices, 317; reject the ex-
cise bill, 319; encroach upon the privilege
of the House of Assembly, 337; express
their opinion of the injudicious saving in
reducing Governor Cunninghame's salary,
338; new attempt to encroach upon the
privileges of the house, 349, 351; repel
the accusation of the Assembly to have
acted unconstitutionally by advising the
Governor to proclaim martial law, 364;
declare it the undoubted prerogative of
the Crown to declare martial law, 369;
advise the Governor not to suspend any
Act of Parliament in consequence of the
prevailing scarcity in 1829, 427; increase
of the members in 1835, 469; their ad-
dress to Sir Lionel Smith on his departure,
473; reply to Sir Charles Grey's speech,
497.

Court of Grand Sessions of Oyer and Ter-
miner, 203; of Grievance under Governor
Lowther and his council declared illegal,
316; of Common Pleas, suspension of pro-
ceedings, 430; the proceedings revised by
an act of the Assembly, 430; of Arbitra-
tion and Reconciliation, 487.

Courteen, Sir William, receives information
of Barbados, 258; one of his vessels touches
at Barbados, 259; fits out two ships for
commencing a settlement at Barbados, 259;
his interest in Barbados suppressed, 264;
elegy on his death, 264.

Cox, Samuel, administers the government,
317; arraigned for corrupt and illegal
conduct, 318.

Crane, the, 218.

Criminal statistics, 136 to 139.

Crowe, Mitford, appointed Governor and re-
moved, 313.

Crustacea, list of, 654.
Cummin's hole, 218.
Cunninghame, Major-General James, appoint-
ed Governor, 337; his government one of
the most tyrannical, 338; fixes an illegal
table of fees, 339; charged with fraud and
duplicity, 347; recalled from his govern-
ment, 347.

Currency, 169; the dollar fixed at six shil-
lings colonial currency, 312; paper cur-
rency fictitious, 312; impolicy of this step
and remonstrances, 312; is repealed by

of island, 508.

Dandy fever, 425.

Darling, Major-General, appointed as Lieut.-
Governor, 491.

Darwin, Charles, observations on coral reefs,
533, 538, 540, 554.
Dawlish, 218.

Deane, William, elected Governor, 260; ten-
ders his adherence to Wolferstone, 263;
marches against the Leeward-men, 263;
sent in irons to England, 263.
Deaths, number of, in Barbados, 75; in
. comparison with other countries, 75, 76.
Death of George the Third, 407; of George
the Fourth, 430; of William the Fourth,
477.
Declaration of Lord Willoughby and the
Legislature against the Parliament, 272,
and Appendix No. 10; to defend the
island, 277.

Defence of the island at various periods, 192;
fortifications vested in the principal officers
of her Majesty's ordnance, 194.
Delegates from the West Indies meet at
Barbados, 433; resolutions come to, 433.
Denny, Joseph, murders a white man, 354;
tumult in consequence of receiving his
Majesty's pardon, 355; is transported from
the island, 355.

Description of new fossil shells from Bar-
bados, 565; of a new lichen, 581; of new
fishes, 665 to 678.

Devil's Bowling Alley, 240.

Diamond rock commissioned as a sloop of war,

358 (note); capitulates to the French, 366.
Diatomaceæ are of animal and vegetable
origin, 574.

Diocese of Barbados in 1825, 99; 1842, 102,
499.

Division of the island into parishes, 215.
Dogs suffer from hydrophobia, 683.
Dotin, James, administers the government,
320, 323, 326.

Dotin, John, administers the government,
337, 348.

Dotin, Chief Governor, accused of having
embezzled the gunpowder of the public,

297; arbitrary conduct and spoliation of.
298; proclaims James the Second, 299;
proceedings of Sir John Witham against
him, 300; recalled, and ordered to attend
his Majesty, 300.

Dwarris, Fortunatus, his reports on the ad-
ministration of justice, 418.
Earthquakes, 68.

Earthquake of Guadaloupe, 500.

Education, public:-number of public schools,
104; central school, 104; Harrison's free
school, 105; St. Andrew's school, 105;
Codrington grammar school, 106; private
schools, 106; schools of Moravians and
Wesleyans, 106, 107; number of scholars
attending the schools, 107; public grants
for education, 106, 108, 110.

Ehrenberg, Professor, his discovery of fossil

animalcules, 547, 558; his opinion on the
relative age of the Scotland rocks, 555.
Elections, an Act passed to keep inviolate
the freedom of, 307.

Elliot, Hugh, appointed Governor without
accepting the appointment, 375.
Embargo upon the shipping in Carlisle Bay,

371.

Emigration, restriction put on the, of la-
bourers, 472.

Epidemics in Barbados, 80, 85, 304, 425.
Episcopacy of the West India islands, 418.
Escape of French prisoners from the prison
ship, 382.

Europeans sold as slaves to Barbados, 143,
144, 284, 299; not calculated to labour
under the tropics in the sun, 144.
Evans, Dr., his description of the influence
of the climate under the tropics, 74.
Evaporation in Barbados, 36.
Expedition under Admiral Penn and Colonel
Venables, 285; of Lord Francis Willoughby
against the French islands, 290; under Lord
William Willoughby against Nevis, 292;
under Major-General Sir Timothy Thorn-
hill, 301; under Commodore Wren, 305;
under Sir Francis Wheeler, 305; under
Capt. Tyrrel, against the French settlement
in Tobago, 327; under Commodore Moore
and Major-General Hopson, against Mar-
tinique, 329; under Admiral Rodney and
General Monckton, 330; under Admiral
Rodney and Sir Samuel Hood, 346; under
General Vaughan, 348; under Sir John
Jervis and Sir Charles Grey, 352; under
Sir Ralph Abercrombie and Admiral Chris-
tian, 354; of the French under Missiessy
and La Grange, 360; under Lieut.-Gen.
Beckwith, against Martinique, 376; under
Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Leith, 393.
Expenditure, statement of colonial, during
1845, 176; local, 178; for the destruction
of vermin, 178 (note); of Great Britain for
military protection, 196; for civil esta-
blishment, 196.

Exports in 1730, 148; in 1740, 1748, 1760,
1770, 1775, 1784, 1786, 1788, 149; in
1792, 150; table of exports of sugar, &c.

from 1805 to 1840, 150; in 1817, 1840,
1841, 151; in 1838, 152; table of the
value of, from 1841 to 1846, 155; articles
exported and their value in 1845, 155;
comparative statement of exports from
1841 to 1845, 160.

Farmer, Colonel, sent a prisoner to England,
289.

Farmer, John, administers the government,

309; proclaims Queen Anne, 309.
Fees, illegal, of General Cunninghame, 339;
a bill passed to prevent the recurrence of
such an evil, 349; of public officers, 385;
revised, 411.

Ferns, list of, 582.

Finances, prosperous state of the, 499, 502,
504, 506, 508, 509.

Fire in Bridgetown in 1666, 241; în 1756,
1766, 1821, 1828, 1837, 243; great, in
1845,243,505; measures adopted to relieve
the misery, 505; sums collected for the
sufferers, 505; on board The Majestic '
transport lying in Carlisle Bay, 375.
Fire company associations, 371.
Fishes, list of, 665.

Fonseca, an island supposed to lie east of
Barbados, 7 (note).

Fontabelle, the Governor's residence, 295;
abandoned as a residence, 308.

Forests and trees, their influence on the
humidity of a district, 25.

Fort George commenced, 337; artillery re-

moved to the fort, 347; abandoned, 348.
Fossils, description of, found at Barbados, 557.
Four-and-half per cent. duty, its origin, 288;

Colonel Farmer, for his opposition to the
tax, charged with high treason, 289; the
legislature passes the act for imposing
the tax, 290; attempts to relieve the in-
habitants from the, 291, 295, 337, 340, 382,
418; amount of duty produced in Barbados
and the other islands, 383; pensions,
salaries, &c. paid out of it, 484 (and note);
new attempts for its repeal, 484, 485;
abolition of the, 486; Mr. Mayers' part in
effecting it, 486.

Franchise Act, first session under the new, 499.
Free coloured inhabitants petition the legis-
lature for amelioration, 381; the publica-
tion of an essay to recommend the grant-
ing of the petition declared seditious, 381;
their testimony taken in all cases, 401;
address to the Governor censured by the
legislature, 417; their political disabili-
ties removed, 432; meeting of, and address
to Sir Lionel Smith, 453; removal of their
grievances, 454,

Freeholders, who shall be deemed, 208.
Freemasonry and masonic lodges in Barba-
dos, 249.

Free-trade system, 147, 148, 423, 524.
Frere, John, illegally appointed as president
to administer the government, 317; or-
dered to England to answer for his con-
duct, 317; dies of small-pox, 317.
Frere, Henry, administers the government,351.
Frogs and toads, 679.

Galissionière rocks, 7.

Gambling carried on to great extent, 385.
Garrison of St. Anne, 195, 250.
Garrison, the first, of Barbados, under Sir
Tobias Bridge, 292; under Colonel Russel,
307.

Gazette, Barbados, the first newspaper print-
ed in the island, 124, 322.
Geological description of Barbados, 531; dif-
ference of structure, 534; coralline for-
mation, 534; theory respecting its forma-
tion, 539; terraces, 541; shells imbedded
in the coral rock, 544; Scotland forma-
tion, 546; marls, earthy, 547; chalky
mount, 548; sandstone, 547, 549, 572;
bituminous coal or asphalt, 550, 569; Burnt
Hill, 553; volcanic ashes, 554; relative
age of the Scotland formation, 555, 556;
foreign rocks found at Barbados, 554;
list of fossil shells, 562.

Germans shipwrecked arrive in Barbados,
359; Lord Seaforth's proclamation in their
favour, 360.

Gibbes, Chief Judge, his memorial in favour
of a free pardon to Joseph Denny, 354;
is suspended from the council board and
reinstated by order of the king, 355.
Gittens, Judge, his attempt to introduce a
bill for the suspension of the proceedings
in the courts of justice, 340.

Glenelg's, Lord, aspersions on the colonial
legislatures, 481; approval of the measures
adopted by the legislature of Barbados,
482.

Goding, Dr., Speaker of the House of Assem-
bly, 517; called to the council board, 517
(note).

Gold coin, depreciation of, by clipping, de-
clared punishable with death, 351; its
value determined by a standard, 352.
Gordon, Rev. Mr., his persecution by Go-
vernor Lowther, 314.

Governments of Barbados. St. Vincent, Gre-
nada and Tobago, combined, 451.
Governor's instructions in the 17th century,
202; salary paid out of funds provided by
Parliament, 451.

Grain prohibited to be used in distilleries,
374.

Granville, Sir Bevil, appointed Governor,
310; selects Pilgrim as his residence, 310;
fired at while sitting at the window, 311;
his conduct of suspending several mem-
bers of the council approved of, 311; his
resignation and death, 312.

Grand jury, address to the throne under Sir
Richard Dutton's administration, 298;
presentment to the Assembly respecting
nuisances in the island, 385.

Grand sessions, time of sitting extended, 501.
Grand View in St. Thomas's, 236.
Green hill, 224.

Grenville, Honourable Henry, appointed Go-
vernor, 327; returns to England, 328; a
statue erected to his memory, 328.
Grey, Honourable Ralph, appointed Gover-
nor, 308; his resignation, 309.

Grey, the Right Honourable Sir Charles, ap-
pointed as Governor, 492; his first speech
to the legislature, 493; addresses the As-
sembly on the first session of the Assembly
after the new Franchise Act, 449; extracts
from his speech in 1844,502; in 1845, 506;
meets with an accident, 511; address on
the conclusion of the legislative session in
1846, 515; informs the legislature of his
intention to issue writs, 516; speech at
the opening of the legislative session in
November 1846, 517; receives an address
from the clergy, 519; his departure to
assume the government in Jamaica, 520.
Grievances of the colonies, 525.
Ground-pearls, 644.

Grou-grou worm, 646.

Gullies in Barbados, 535.

Gun-hill, 222.

Habeas Corpus Act suspended, 327.
Hackleton's Cliff, 239.

Hampden, Renn, his zeal in the case of
bringing to punishment the murderer of a
slave, 422; his speech in praise of Sir
James Lyon, 450.

Harewood, Lord, presents the picture of his
ancestor to the colony, 412.
Harte, Rev. W. M., his case, 427.
Hay, Honourable Edward, appointed Gover-
nor, 333; suspends the Solicitor-general
Mr. Duke, 334; coolness between him and
the Assembly, 335; refuses his assent to
reappoint Mr. Walker agent of the island,
335; his death, 337.

Hawley, Capt. Henry, Governor, 265; su-
perseded by Major Hunks and sent as pri-
soner to England, 266.

Hawley, Henry, appointed joint Deputy-
governor, 290.

Healthy state of Barbados, 74, 76.
Heights in Barbados, 216.

Hillaby, the highest elevation, 8, 223.
Hinds, Samuel, adininisters the government,
413.

Historical sketch of the administration, 198.
Hurricanes in general, 37; rotatory motion,

39; great quantity of electricity, 39; great
height to which the spray of the sea
is carried, 40; frequently combined with
earthquakes, 41; signs of an approaching,
42; Mr. Gittens's observations, 43; their
rate of progress, 44; time of the year
when hurricanes generally occur, 44; list
of, in the West Indies, Appendix No. 4.
Hurricanes in Barbados of 1667, 1674, 1675,
1694, 1700, 45; 1731, 1780, 46, 339; 1786,
1804, 50; 1806, 1810, 1813, 1815, 1816,
1817, 1818, 1819, 51, 401; 1831, 53;
1835, 1837, 61; 1846, 62.
Hurricane in 1831, 53, 435; Sir James
Lyon's great zeal displayed on the occa-
sion, 435; proceedings of the Assembly,
436; retrenchments, 437; the Governor
refuses to open the ports, 438; the ports
opened by Act of the imperial Parliament,
438; number of deaths and amount of da-
mage, 440, Appendix No. 5; vote of the

British Parliament in aid of the sufferers.
440; sums contributed by the sister colo-
nies and private individuals, 101, 440, and
Appendix No.5; return of timber, shingles,
&c. imported for the restoration of the
buildings, 441 (note); votes of thanks of the
Assembly for individual exertions, 443; in
1837, 477; exertions of Sir Evan Mac-
Gregor and the troops, 478; vote of thanks
to Baron de Mackaw, 478.
Hurricane-grants of 1780, 343, 344; of 1831,
440.

Holder, John, his share in the measure of
instituting a paper currency, 312; com-
pelled to refund the per-centage, 313.
Holetown or Jamestown, 238.
Hood, Admiral Sir Samuel, his victory over
the Ville de Paris,' 346; fortifies the
Diamond rock, 358; his return to Europe,
361.

Horses, large number annually imported, 168.
Hospitals and benevolent institutions, 127.
Hospital, general, 128; receipts and expen-

diture, 129; statistical report for 1845,
1846, 129.

Houses of correction, 470.

Howe, Lord Viscount, appointed Governor
of Barbados, 320; his death and character,
322; the Assembly vote two thousand five
hundred pounds to Lady Howe, 323.
Hydrophobia, occurrence of, in Barbados,
683.

Illegitimate children, 90.

Imports in 1728 to 1732, 148; table of the
value of, from 1841 to 1846, 154; table
of articles imported, and their value, in
1845, 156.

Import and export duties, 171, 173.
Import duty upon articles the produce of the

United States, 380; salaries of the officers
of customs to be paid out of import du
ties, 446, 449.

Ince, John, his death on the day appointed
for swearing him into office as Command-
er-in-Chief of Barbados, 369.

Indian cave in St. Lucy's, 225 (note); in St.
Peter's, 238; in St. Michael's, 249.
Indian castle, 238.
Indian slaves, 143.

Influence of the climate on health, 73.
Infusoria, 558.

Inhabitants, different classes of, 84.
Inkle and Yarico, 233.

Insurrection of slaves in 1649, 267; in 1676,
296; in 1693, 305; in 1702, 309; in 1816,
395; proceedings of the colonial agents
and principal merchants in London, 397;
a committee appointed to inquire into the
origin of the insurrection, 398; vote of
thanks to the individuals who assisted in
quelling the insurrection, 398; some of
the rebels transported to Honduras, 399.
Irwin, Lord, appointed as Governor, dies of
small-pox, 317.

Jail and prisons, 134; punishments, 136; state

of the common, 506; documents respecting
the, 512; insubordination at the, 513.

James, the slave Robert, tried for rape on a
white woman and sentenced to death, 445;
respited by the President and great ex-
citement in consequence, 445; transported
to Bermuda, 446.

Jamestown, foundation of, 260.

Jews, 97; description of their synagogue,
98; school, 107; their political disabilities
removed, 97, 432.

Jordan, G. W., colonial agent for Barbados,
368; his death, 415.

Justice suspended in civil cases, 333.
Keimer publishes a newspaper, 124, 321;
prosecuted for publishing a libel, 322.
Kendall, Mr., offers a tax to induce the king
to take the sovereignty of Barbados, 288.
Kendall, James, appointed Governor, 304;
recalled and appointed one of the Lords of
the Admiralty, 307.

Kitterich, Capt. William, sentenced to be
shot, 265.

Knighthood conferred by Charles the Second

upon gentlemen of Barbados, 286; by Wil-
liam and Mary, 304; by Queen Victoria,
489.

Ladies of Barbados request Sir James Lyon
to sit for his picture, 450.
Landed proprietors in 1840, 153.
Landslips, 67.

Laws, foundation of, 198; of Barbados, 214;
and statutes of Barbados published in the
churches, 284; salutary, passed under De-
puty-governor Walrond, 286; revised,
291; printed under Governor Grey, 308;
Act of the Assembly for printing the laws
and statutes disallowed, 432; H. E. Sharpe
offers to make a compilation of the, 432.
Lazaretto, 130.

Leeward islands, 2.

Leeward-men submit to the authority of the

Earl of Carlisle, 263; attack the Carlisle
settlement, 263; subdued, 264.
Legislature declare themselves Governor,
Council and Assembly, ad interim, 293;
first instance of presenting the Governor
with money, 301; sums granted in that
manner to 1743, 301 (note); raise a regi-
ment under Sir Timothy Thornhill, 301;
equip two sloops of war for the protection
of the trade, 304; two merchant-ships taken
into the service and equipped as men-of-
war, 305; equip two regiments, 305; fit
out the Marigold brig and other vessels,
307; vote an address to Queen Anne, 309;
pass an Act for a fictitious paper currency,
312; repealed by the Queen in Council,
313; disputes between the two branches,
313; fit out two sloops to guard the coast,
327; raise a regiment under Sir John Yea-
mans to join General Monckton and Ad-
miral Rodney, 330; equip two vessels, 336;
pass a Bill to prevent the extortion of il-
legal fees, 349; vote to assist the expedi-
tion under General Vaughan, 353; the
armed brig Lord Hawkesbury taken in
their service, 353; vote a contribution for
the prosecution of the war, 356; petition

the Prince Regent to prevent the admis-
sion of East Indian sugar, 384; vote Sir
George Beckwith a service of plate, 388;
vote for the relief of the sufferers by the
hurricane in St. Lucia, 402; Act for the
abolition of slavery, 461; establishment
of a police for Bridgetown, 461; pass im-
portant Acts in 1835, 462; pass an Act
for rebuilding churches, 470; houses of
correction, 470; injurious imputation cast
by the imperial Parliament on the, 479;
repeal an Act for the apprenticeship of
children, 479; pass an Act for the termi-
nation of the apprenticeship, 483; vote to
the sufferers by the earthquake, 500; vote
to the sufferers by the fire in Kingston,
501; vote for the erection of a sessions-
house, 501; vote to the sufferers by the
fire in Bridgetown, 505; Sir Charles Grey's
speech at the opening of the session in
November 1846, 517.

Leith, Lieut.-Gen. Sir James, appointed
Lieut.-Governor, 387; assumes the govern-
ment, 391; appointed Governor-in-Chief,
392; embarks for Guadaloupe, 393; his
return in consequence of the insurrection,
397; his death, 400.
Lichen, description of a new,
Lighthouse, 180, 506.
Lillington, George, suspended from the
Council-board, 310; accused of firing at
the Governor and sentenced to pay a fine
of two thousand pounds, 311; administers
the government, 313.

581 (note).

Limits or bounds of parishes, 215, and Ap-
pendix, No. 7; of Bridgetown, Appendix,
No. 8.

Lindley, Dr., his 'Vegetable Kingdom,' 577;
his botanical system, 578.

Lists of fossil shells, 562; ferns, 582; flower-
ing plants, 585; insects, 654; spiders,
654; crabs and lobsters, 655; shells, 659;
fishes, 665; reptiles, 679; birds, 680; qua-
drupeds, 682.

Literature and the public press, 124.
Lizards, 679.

London merchants, a Society of, obtain ten
thousand acres of land, 262.

Long Bay in St. Philip's, 218; in St. An-
drew's, 224.

Long Bay castle, 219.
Long pond, 224.

Lottery for rebuilding churches, 350.
Lowther, Robert, appointed Governor, 313;
his tyrannical conduct, 313; is recalled
and reappointed, 314; his persecution of
the Rev. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Hope, 314;
presides in person at the court of grand
sessions, 315; constitutes himself and his
council into a court of grievance, 315;
recalled and desired to appear before the
Lords Justices, 317; ordered to be prose-
cuted for high crimes, 317; receives the
benefit of the act of grace, 317.
Lunatic asylum, 129.
Lyon, Lieut.-Gen. Sir James, appointed Go-
vernor, 426; his great zeal on the occasion