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 34--Opening of International Exhibition by Her Majesty, in Hyde Park May  1, 1851 35--Louis Napoleon's Coup d'état Dec.  2, 1851 36--Duke of Wellington's Death Sept.14, 1852 37--Birth of Prince Leopold Apr.  7, 1853 38--Lord Palmerston advises Presbytery of Edinburgh to first consult the laws of sanitation before ordering a fast on account of the Cholera Oct. 19, 1853 39--Rev. F. D. Maurice dismissed from King's College for opinion's sake Oct. 27, 1853 =40=--War declared by Russia against Turkey Nov.  1, 1853 FIFTH EXERCISE. 41--War declared by England, against Russia Mar. 22, 1854