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MORNING EDITION A CHRONOLOGICAL AND STAT IS IICAL TABLE FOR THE YEAR 000. JANUARY. I. John Frost is placed on his trial before the special commission at Nloninouth, on a charge of high treason. The Attorney -General having opened the case on the part of the Crown, Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Kelly, on behalf of the prisoner, take a preliminary objection to any further proceedings, on the ground that the prisoner had aot been furnished with a copy of the indictment, and a list of the witnesses "at the same time," as required by the Act of Parliament. Chief Justice Tindal reserves the point for the opinion of all the Judges. 3 Arrest of Count Capo d'lstrias, and discovery of a tenspiracy against the King of Greece. Ile Governor of Upper Canada opens the Session of the Colonial Legislature. 5. An edict of the Emperor of China declares the Eng lish to be outlawed, and puts a stop to the trade ; another edict applauds the valour of Admiral Kwan in his action with the Volage and Hyacinth. -- By the quarterly returns of the revenue, published 'D-day, it appears that there had been an incr,,ase of 42 4,395/ in the yea, as co m p are d w i t h t h e prece di ng year, but a deficiency of 342,245/. in the last quarter. Death of Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., at Wynnatay, as his (iith year. 8. The jury on the trial of John Frost, for high treason, return a verdict of " Guilty," with a recommendation to mercy. 9. intelligence arrives of the violent expulsion from Macao of all the British merchants, on the 26th August last. Four lives lost by the breaking of the ice in St. James's Park. -- Death of the Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, at I(elburne, in her 60th year. 10. The new postage system comes into operation. Death of the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, third 6aughter of King George 111., in her 70th year. 11. Loss of the William Huskisson steamer, on her 'Voyage between Dublin and Liverpool : 93 of the pas sengers are saved by Capt. Clegg of the Huddersfield. 12. Destruction, by fire, of the American steam boat Lexington, with the loss of 100 lives. --- Loss of the ship Mars, Captain Gardner, on Prato Island. 14. Loss of the Richard Bell, from Newcastle to Cal cutta; off the Great Nicobar Islands, having struck on a reef of rocks during a gale of wind. Death of the Dowager Countess of Coventry. in her Slat year. 16. Opening of the sessio❑ of Parliament by her Ma• jest . ) , in person. The address is agreed to in both Houses without a division. The House of Commons orders the attendance of Stockdale. and other parties, at the bar of the House, for a breach of privilege in having commenced an action for libel against Messrs. Hansard, printers to the House, contained in a report of a committee. Frost, Williams, Jones, and other Chartists are sen tenced to death for high treason. 17. Stockdale is committed to the custody of the ser -reant-at.arms, for a breach of privilege. 1.9. The Sheriff, of London are examined by the House of Commons, and prove the levy, by their authority, on the goods of Messrs. Hansard, of the sum awarded by the Jury to Stockdale, for damages in the action for libel. They are ordered to attend the House again on Monday text. 20. The House of Commons agrees to a resolution call. irig on the Sheriffs to refund the money they had received from Messrs. Hansard. 21. The Sheriffs, Messrs. Evans and Wheelton, having refused to pay back to Messrs. Hansard the money they !Lad levied on their goods, are committed to the custody of the svrgeant.at.arms. 22. In the case of Stockdalc v. Hansard the Court of Queen's Bench makes absolute the rule which had been granted, calling on the Sheriffs to show cause why they ahould not pay over to the plaintiff the money they had levied on the goods of Messrs. Hansard, in pursuance of the judgment of the Court, Death of Professor Blumembach, in the 88th year of big age. 23: Total destruction by fire of the Old Ford Mills, near Bow . , Middlesex. In the Court of Queen's Bench Mr. Richards ob tains a rule to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should nut issue, directed to the Sergeant -at-Arms, re quiring him to bring up the bodies of the Sheriffs of Lon don, wbo had been committed by the House of Commons for obeying the orders of the Court. 24. Mr. Richards moves for an attachment against the Sergeant-at-Arnas for not making a return to the writ of habeas corpus. The motion is refused on the ground of its being premature. 27. The H.,use of Commons votes Prince Albert 30,000/, a year, having decided against the sum of 50,0001. orginally pro . oosed by Ministers, bv a majority of 262 to 158. The Stkrlifs of London are - brought before the Court of Queen's Bench in pursuance of the writ of habeas cor pus. The Court decides that it has no power to interfere, the return t o t h e writ having spec , fied that they were corn saited t-y the House of Commons for contempt of the privileges Of the House. 2ii. Sir John Yarde Buller moves that the Ministry, as at present constituted, does not possess the confidence of the House of Commons. A debate arises, which is Adjourned. -- Great meeting at Bristol in support of Sir J. Y. Buller's motion. 2 V. hx. Van Buren lays Uctore the senate the why'e or the correspondence between the British and United States Governments relative to the boundary question. 30. The Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench make libsoluto the rule for the attachment against the Sheriffs for not paying over the money to Stockdale. 31. Sir J. Y. Buller l .-, motion for a vote of want of confidence i n Mi n i sters is lost by a majority of 21, there being .287 for the motion and 318 against it. FEBRUARY 3. Lord Normanby announces, in . the House of Lords, that the capital sentence on Frost, Williams, and Jones 'Would not be carried into execution. b. Supposed murder of Father Thomaso and his ser vant by the Jews of Damascus. Several Jews aro put to the torture, and 64 Hebrew children imprisoned, in order to discover the criminal. 6. Lord Colchester calls the attention of the House to the imperket state of the navy, and moves for returns on the subject, which, after a long debate, are granted. Tl e thanks of the House of Commons are voted to the army of the Indus. Arrival at Dover of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 7. The House divides on the motion for the liberation of the Shei-iffs, which is lost by a majority of 165 to 94. --- J. J. .Stockdale is ordered to be committed to New sate for cont empt. 10. Marri.ge of her Majesty to his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. 12. News arrive s of the capture of Khelat, by the British l fo rces, unde r G enera l Willshire, on the 13th November fort es, and of an action 6setvveen her Majesty's ship Volage and Hyacinth and the Chinese fleet, in which the latter lose several ships and 900 men, on the 3d November. 13 . Th e T yr i an bark, lying at anchor off Gravesend, Is run down by the Duke of Manchester steamer, and five persons kited. 17. J. J. Stockdale having commenced a fifth action against Messrs. Hansard, is declared guilty of contempt, and all persons who should assist in furthering the said ac tion are also declared guilty of contempt. 18. Death of the Princess Elizabeth, of Brunswick, at Stettin, aged 94. --- Death of Sir Jeffery Wyattville, aged 74. Poi)lic meeting of the citizens of Glasgow to erect a memorial in honour of the Duke of Wellington. 1 9. Th e Pope of Rome addresses a letter to the Earl of Shrew s bury, expressing his approbation of the conduct of the Earl, and of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain. 20. Reje ?.tion by the Chamber of Deputies of the Duke de Nemours's Dotation Bill, there being for the Bill 200, against it 226. Ministers tender their resignation. 21. A meeting having been convened by the Under jSheriffs to express the opinion of the county on the sub ect of the incarceration of Mr. Sheriff Evans, the Pro 'eeedings of the meeting are interrupted, and the business ultimately terminated by the reading of the Riot Act. 24. In consequence of serious disorders in the Cortes, 14 .4 ott.rn,,te at riot- Madrid i s put i nto a state of siege ; one Natioaal Guard is killed. 25. Lord Stactley obtains leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws rolatii.g to the registration of voters in Ireland. -- The Queen bads a court for the reception of ad dresses on the subject of 11, - T marrige. 27. Mr. Liddell's motion, reprobating the grant of a pension -)f 1,0001. per annum to Sir J. Newport, and the 41 ppointni ent of Mr. S. Rice to the Comptrollership of the ichei l ui,r, is carried against Ministers—there being, for the mution 240, against it 212. Dreadful fie at Toulon, by the bursting of a shell. 28. Attempt of the Chinese to burn the British ship ping in Tongkoo aly• • 29, M. Guizot eaters upon office as Ambassador of France. .MARCH. 1, M. Thiers and his party take office ; M. Thicrs as President of the Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs. 3. Prince Louis Napoicon and Le Comte Leon, a son of Bonaparte, are arrested on Wimbledon Common, on the point of fighting a duel, anti bound over to keep the peace. 5. Death of the Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim, aged 74, wanting one day. 9. The Irish Municipal Corporations Bill is read a third time and passed by the House of Commons—there being for tire third reading, 182 ; against it, 34. 11. Military outrage at Wigan. --- Dinner to George Byng, Esq., M.P., in commemo ration of his having represented the county of Middlesex in Parliament for fifty years. 12. The Cireassians storm and capture the fortress of `Weljaminevr. 14. Death of the Earl of Worley, at Saltram, aged 68. 17. Murder of Mr. John Templeman, at his cottage in Pocock's fields, Islington. 19. Death of Thomas W. `Daniel, R. A,, aged M. 23. The Goinese Government issues an edict, caution sg American and other f ore i gn C onsu l s aga i nst ho ldi ng ny communication with the English shipping. . Lord Melbourne announces that Government has rio intentiou to bring forward orsupport any motion for repeal 'or change of th - existing Corn-laws. 24. Death of General Sir Henry Pane, Commmider-in- Clief in India, aged 62. 25. Death or the Rev. Dr. Goodall, Provost of Eton, aged 80. 26. A verdict of Manilaughter is returned by the Coro ner'' Jury against Captain Jos. Polwart, the master of the Manchester stea,n-dhip, and a deodand of 800/. levied in the case of each cl the persons drowned in the Tyrian. 27. The House .of Commons, by 76 to 63, reject a Motion for the suspension of the payment of 21,0001. per annum to the Duke of Cumberland whilst King of Ha i nove r . 1 z r. 30 . 1 e1 1 ,4 .eCippar o o t4s e. juryo wilful the l body mur de r of against John Temple- Ganßia Richard "114 . ,4 ; Ni '2holson. , P' r.L.,aftn a &It cards are sentenced to imprison- '~ ~ "1. !Tient at Monmouth for 18 and 14 months respectively for a conspiracy to effect chances in the Government. SI. Lady Cecuia Undel ouud is created Duchess of In verness. APRIL. 2. Grand ball at Lansdowne House, which is honoured by the presence of her Majesty and Prince Albert. Death of Sir Richard Phillips, aged 73. 3. By an Order in Council, an embargo is laid on all Chinese vessels, until reparation is obtained from the Chi nese Government for the late injurious proceedings of cer tain officers of the Emperor of China towards the sub jects of her Majesty. The furtree Michael, with a garrison of 480 Rus sians, is stormed and captured by the Circassians. 9. Mr. Duncombe, by 73 to 49, carries his motion for an address to the Crown, to allow the continuation of as tronomical lectures during Lent. Death of Rear-Admiral Stuart, aged 73. Death of Earl Mclfort, at Rome, aged 88. 13. Execution of James and William Lightfoot, at Bed min, for the murder of Mr. Nevill Norway. 14. Richard Gould, alias Arthur Nicholson, is acquitted of the murder of John Templeman, at Islington. 16. Execution of James Wemyss, at Edinburgh, for the murder of his wife. 18. Execution of Edward Jones, at Flint, for the mur• der of the gamekeeper of Mr. Wynu Eyton. Death of Lord Castlemain. The Chamber of Nobles at Stockholm rejects, by 95 to 65, the propost.l for the abolition of the qualified pe nalty of death. 21. Death of Chief Baron O'Grady. Destruction by fire of the town of Salleuches, with great loss of life. 22. Death of Major-General Sir Alexander Dixon, aged 61. 26. Death of the Earl of Ranfurley, in his 86th year. 27. Marriage of the Duke de Nemours with the Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg. 28. Death of General rioraford at Paris, aged 72. 30. Wreck of the Chippewa, near Cape Resler, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and loss of its crew and passengers. . _ MA Y. 1. The British brig Vernon, from Jamaica to Halifax, with a cargo of rum, is captured off Cape Antonio by pi rates, and part of the crew murdered. 6. Murder of Lord William Russell. 8. Partial destruction of the town of Natchez, in the United States, by a tornado, and loss of property esti mated at 5,000,000 dollars. _t of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. Templeman. 14. On the motion of Mr. T. Duncombe, Stockdale and Howard are discharged from custody. Extensive fire in Marylebone-street, Regent-street, and loss of life. Death of Sir William Bolland, oue of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, in the 68th year of his age. 15. The Chancellor of the Exchequer brings forward his financial statement, and proposes en increase in the taxes. _ _ _ _ _ 17. Accident on the London and Southampton Rail. way, by which the engine-driver and stoker are killed. Part of York Minster destroyed by fire. 26. Death of Sir Sidney Smith, at his residence in Paris, aged 76. Execution of Thomas Templeton, at Glasgow, for the murder of his wife. Death of Paganini, the celebrated violinist, at Nice, in his 57th year. 29. Great storm at Havannah. Commencement of the insurrection of Syria. 30. The inhabitants of Syria petition the British Am bassador for aid against Mehemet Ali. JUNE. 1. Great meeting at Exeter Hall, at which Prince Albert presides, for the abolition of the Slave Trade. 3. Mr. Robertson's Little Wonder wins the Derby at Epsom races, which arc visited by her Majesty ant Prince Albert. 7. Death of the King of Prussia, at Berlin, in the 70th year of his age. 8. Benefit of Dowton at the Italian Opera, and his last appearance on the stage. 10. Edward Oxford, a pot-boy, fires two pistols at her Majesty and Prince Albert whilst riding in their carriage in the Green Park, and is immediately taken into custody by the by-standers. 11. Both Houses of Parliament agree to addresses to her Majesty reprobating the late attempt on her Majesty's life. Oxford is committed to Newgate on a charge of high treason. The Canada Government Bill is read a third time and passed by 156 to 6. The Lords and Commons proceed to Buckingham Palace, and present the joint address to Majesty. 17. T he Lord William Bentinck is wrecked oil Born. bay, and seven passengers, fifty-eight recruits, and twenty officers are lost. The Lord Caslereagh is also wrecked with the loss of the greater oart of the passengers and crew. 21. M. Guizot, the French Ambassador in London, ad dresses a note to Chekib Effendi, the Ambassador of the Porte, assuring him of the desire of France to settle the Eastern Question with the other Four Powers. Conviction of Courvoisier for the murder of Lord W. Russell. 22. The Admiralty Court (Judge's Salary) Bill is read a third time, a clause being added, that after the present Parliame nt, no Judge should be a Member of the House •f Commons. Conviction and sentence of transportation on Gould rv. n b.. of ./...Lva Ter.2.plcman. Death of the Earl of Ducie, at Woodchester, near Cirencester, aged 64. 24. The British expedition leaves Canton to take pos session of the island of Tchusan. Anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti. Slavery Society, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex in the chair. 28. Commencement of a blockade of the river and port of Canton. 29. Death of the Prince of Canino (Lucien Buona parte), aged 66, at Viterbo. 30. Sir Robert Inglis's motion for a Committee to in quire into the subject of Church Extension, is rejected by the House of Commons, there being for the motion, 149 ; against it, 168. JULY. 2. Died at Baden-Baden, the Right Hon. Stephen Woulfe, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. 3. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort give a grand fete at Beaufort House, to her Majesty and Prince Albert. Great fires near Exeter on this and the following night, by which two lives are lost and forty houses burnt doss n. lier Majesty's ship Blonde, Captain Bourcbicr, de stro3 s the batteries and junks of the town of Amoy. 5. The quarterly return of the revenue exhibits an in crease on the quarter of 211,6991., and a general increase on the whole year over that ending July 5, 1839, of 147,433/. Death of Lord Arden, in the 64th year of his age. The English expedition, under Admiral Elliott, lands at Tchusan, after silencing the fire of the forts and junks. 6.- Execution of Courvoisier. Cabrera enters France with 5,000 men, and is arrested. Riot at Marseilles on the arrival of Marshal Bour mont at that place, from Italy. Capture of the City Ting-hae-heen, capital of the Island of Tchusan, by the troops under Sir Gordon Bremer. 7. The Belle f'oule frigate, with the Prince de Joinville on board, sails from Toulon for St. Helena, in order to carry home the remains of the Emperor Napoleon. 10. Edward Oxford is found guilty of firing two pistols at her Majesty, he being at the time insane. The Court orders his detention in safe custody until her Majesty's pleasure should be known. 13. The Canada Government Bill is read a third time in the House of Lords and passed. The Duke of Wel lington enters a protest against the third reading. 15. Treaty between England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, for the settlement of the eastern question. France declines to be a party to the treaty. 18. Murder of Mr. Bibby, a merchant of Liverpool. 20. Lucy, wife of Henry Wetherley, is murdered by William Healey, her paramour, who immediately afterwards commits suicide. 21. The King of Naples decrees the dissolution of the Sulphur Company. 23. By a decree of the Legislative Assembly of Brazil Don Pedro 11. is declared to have attained his majority. - - 24. The Rev. Connop Thirlwall is appointed Bishop of nr. Joint P--La Jen kinson. The Regency Bill is read a third time in the House of Lords and passed. 28. Death of the Earl of Durham, aged 48. _ Translation of the remains of the victims of July (1830), and inaugurati o n of the columns. 29. Mr. Kelly having moved the third reading of the Punishment of Death Abolition Bill, Lord John Russell moves that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. On a division the numbers are—for the amendment, 78 ; for the third reading, 51—majority against the third read ing, :17. AUGUST. 1. Captain Heaviside obtains 8,000/. damages in an action for crim. con. against Dr. Lardner. The Prince Royal of Hanover signs his adhesion to the new Constitution. 6. Louis Napoleon Buonaparte and about sixty follow- ' ers land at Boulogne from the City of Edinburgh steam boat, and, after an ineffectual attempt to gain over the sol diery to support his pretensions as Emperor, is arrested whilst endeavouring to escape. 7. Accident on the Hull and Selby railway, in conse quence of the careless loading of a luggage train, and three persons killed. 9. Shipwreck off the Island of Newfoundland of the ship Florence, of New York, and loss of fifty lives. 10. Mr. Poulett Thompson is created Baron Syden ham, of Sydenham, in the county of Kent, and of Toronto, in Upper Canada. 11. Prorogation of Parliament by her Majesty in person. The Coroner's jury on the bodies of the unfortunate persons killed on the Hull and Selby Railway returns a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of 500/. on the engine and the whole of the carriages the property of the Leeds and Selby and Hull and Selby Railway Com panies. 12. Prince Louis Bonaparte arrives at Paris, and is imprisoned in the Conciergerie. Execution of 27 Carlist officers, forming part of the garrison of the fort del Collado de Alpuento. 14. Agreement between the Prince of Campo Franco and the French Ambassador, the Duke de Montebello, for the settlement of the sulphur question. Sixty Carlist soldiers are shot at Chelva. Commodore Napier summons the Egyptian autho rities to evacuate Syria. 16. Seizure of the steam.abip British Queen by her Majesty's Board of Customs for smuggling. Mehemet Ali refuses to accede to the Treaty of the Four Powers, and cicclsres that he will repel force by force. 18. The Kin& of the French visits Boulogne, and is re ceived with entruisi..am. 19. Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway, by which two p( rsons were killed on the spot, and many others severely injured, of whom two afterwards died of their wounds. _ _ —Mr. Macreth, a commercial traveller, is wounded in THE SUN, LONDON, 111 DAY, JANUARY I, 180. the throat whilst asleep (being mistaken, it is stpposed, for another person,) at the Angel Inn, Ludlow. 20. Death of• the Bishop of Chichester at Br-;?.l s tairp, aged 72. 22. Execution of John Randalsome, at Norwich, for the murder of his wife. 24. Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, at Poovcr, near Knutsford, Cheshire, by an Irish vagrant. 26. The Coroner's Jury, on the inquest of the bodies of the four persons killed by the accident on the Eastern Counties Railway, returned a verdict of accidental death, with a deodand of 5001. on the engines. 27. Great fire at Messrs. Hore's wharf, near the London Decks; at Mr. Ifear's saw-mills, Bermondsey; and at East Mount -terrace, Whitechapel. 30. Loss of eleven lives by the upsetting of a boat on the river Lea. 31. Grand Reform dinner at Paris, which is attended by 6,000 persons. Major Clibborn, proceeding with 450 infantry to the relief of Captain Brown, shut up in the fortress of Ka• bun, is attacked on the mountains by the Beloochees, and forced to retreat with the loss of half his force, ana all his camels and baggage. - SEPTEMBER. I. Riots at Madrid. The municipality at Madrid de clares itself permanent. 2. Madame Laffrage i 3 placed on trial, charged with the murder of her husband by poison. 5. Mehemet Ali rejects the ultimatum of the Four Powers. 6. Liberation of all the Jewish prisoners accused of the supposed murder of Father Thomas and his servant at Damascus. Society on the proposition " That Popery is the parent of disloyalty." 7. Dr. Shuttleworth is appointed Bishop of Chichester. S. Accident on the Blackwell Railway by the rope breaking. Two men are killed, and the lives of many others are placed in the greatest jeopardy, 9. Espartero publishes a manifesto demanding the revo cation of the municipal law, the dissolution of the Cortes, and the dismissal of the Ministers. 10. Murder of Thomas Henshall, one of the gamekeepers of the High- Sheriff of Cheshire. 11. The French Mediterranean fleet arrives at Athens. Bombardment and capture of Beyrout by the Eng lish fleet. 12. Duel between the Earl of Cardigan and Captain Tuckett, when Captain Tuckett was wounded. Capture of the Castle of Gebail, by the English squadron under Captain Martin. rtu. siiusanu nattway - byrthe axletree of one of the carriages breaking. Three persons are killed and others seriously injured. 14. Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway by which one person is killed. Capture of Djouni by the Castor, Carysfort, Dido, and Hydra, 15. Capture of Patroun by her Majesty's ships Carys fort and Cyclops. - Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway, by which four persons are seriously injured. 17. Capture of Califs by the seamen and marines of her Majesty's ship Castor. Wreck of the ship Bengal in Table-bay. Murder of Mrs. Keeling, at Newcastle. 18. A treaty of amity and commerce between the Ne therlands and the republic of Texas, is signed at the Hague. Dost Mohammed Khan is defeated by 500 native troops, under Brigadier Dennie, with the loss of 500 killed, and all his baggage and ammunition. 19. Madame Laifarge is found guilty of poisoning her husband, with extenuating circumstances, and is sentenced to the pillory and hard labour for life. Sudden death of Mr. Hugh Hammersley, and con sequent stoppage of his bank. Wreck of the ship Catherine Jamieson, near Cape Town. 20. Commencement of the fortifications which are to surround Paris. 21. Death of Lord Konmure, in his 91st year. The Consuls-General of the Four Powers strike their flags at Alexandria, and retire on board the shipping. 22. Death of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, in her 72d year. Death of the Countess of Dysart, aged 95. Birth of an heir to the Turkish throne. 23. The Consuls of the Four Powers strike their flags at Alexandria, and embark on board the steamer. 24. Defeat of the Egyptians by the Turkish troops under Commodore Napier. 25. Unsuccessful attack on Tortosa by the seamen and marines, under Captain Stewart. Commencement of the court-martial on Captain R. A. Reynolds. Death of Marshal Macdonald, Duke de Tarento, at Courcelles, near Orleans, aged 75. 26. Capture of Tsour by the seamen and marines of H. M. S. Pique and Castor. 27. Capture of Sidon by the seamen and troops under Commodore Napier. Fire in the dockyard at Devonport, by which the Talavera of 90 guns is destroyed, two other ships injured, and a large quantity of stores burnt, 28. The Earl of Cardigan is held to bail, himself in 1,000/. and two sureties of 5001. each, to answer the charge of shooting at Captain Tuckett. Captain Douglas, his second, is also held to bail. Launch, at Chatham, of the Polyphemus war steamer, and the London ship of the line. 30. Laying of the foundation stone of the Nelson memo rial in Trafalgar-square. Death of Admiral Sir Ross Donnelly, K. C. 8., aged 77. 8. The QueQn.liegenf Spain publishes a manifesto, recommending her chiles to the care of the Spanish ngtion 9. Mr. Alderman Tmas Johnson enters upon his office as Lord Mayor of indon. Birth of the Duke Chartres, second son of t:Ir• Duchess of Orleans. 10. His Majesty the rig of the Belgians opens the sessions of the Chambe: Explosion of an e;ino on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway by web the cog,. car and his as sistant are killed. 11. Collision of trains t the York and North Midland Railway, by which two pasengers are killed. 1 Mehemet Ali, havi; received news of the fall of Ss. Jean d'Acre, informs to Consuls of his intention to rest,re the Turkish fleet. 12. Accident on tbe Leden and Birmingham Railway', by which two engineass a_ killed. 13. Loss of her Maissy's. ship Fairy, and the crew, consisting of 42 msn, on ; aisborough Sands. Rising of the: waster and devastation of property at Southampton, Portssnnu I, and the adjacent coast. Storm at Sue's; - sud—two ships lost and s everal men drowned. ' 14. Hurricane, by sshieli much damag s is done tc the shipping in the Thames The Coroner's inq, est on the body of Mr. Pat.ison, one of the persons killed y the accident on the Ycek and North 3lidland Railway, ,sturns a verdict of " Acodental (Leath," and levies a deods id of 1.001. on the engins• -- Proposal of the Fou Courts to Mehemet Ali, offer ing, en condition of hi; in tent submission, to guarantee him the hereditary possess on of Egypt. 15. Two carriages are lashed to pieces on sie Eastern Counties Railway, by an engine overtaking a train, and 1 many persons injured. Alderman Harmer announces his resitnation of the Aldermanic gown. The Germanic Ditit accepts the'. Treaty of the 15th July. [6. Treaty of reciprocity between Great Britain and the republic of Texas. ~ Destruction by fire of two-thirds of the village of The rapia, at Constantinople.) 17. Concert and ball j Gaildhall,•for the benefit of the Polish refugees. 18 M. Bergeron, of PO, is sentenced to imprison ment for two years, and to pas- a fine of 50 francs, for an assault on M. Girardin. Lyons and other towns es't again inun(lated by the rise of the ithone anti the Saorsts -- Shipwreek of the City of Bristol Irish steam-packet, with the loss of 35 lives. 19. The jury to inquire into the deaths of the persona killed on the York and North Wiland Railway, not being able to come to a unanimous siecision, are discharged by the Coroner, and bound over to appear before the Judges at the next Yorkshire assizes. The brig Nerino is cast on shore on tise Scilly Islands, bottom upwards, bas.ng been so suddenly blown over on the 16th, in a gale of wind, that the crew, consist ing of five persons, were enasledto ive in the hold, the confined air keeping out theses. 21. A scouchment of her ;Jajesty, and the birth of the Princess eoYal. 32. Arris al in Paris of the Queen Regent of Spain. Wreck of the barque V'estnainster from Singapore off Margate. 24. The Coroner's Jury o t the body of the engineer killed on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway returns a verdict, st That the deceased came by his death by the bursting of a boiler, corastructei of iron plates of insuffi cient thickness," and levies a deddand of 601 on the engine. 2:., Debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the address. 26. After a correspondence between Commodore Napier and Boghos Bey, Melismet Al. decides to accept the here ditary government of Egypt, t,) restore the Turkish fleet, and to evacuate Syria. 28. Inauguration fire onof die at R K rZrhe. of Holland, at Amsterdam. 29. Destructive - Terrairation of the .:,ebate on the address in the French Chambers, by 2%1 votes for, and 164 against it. By a decree of the Regency of Spain amnesty is granted tior all political crimes and offences committed since 19th July. 1637 . DECEMBER. 2. T'Ae Coroner's inquest on the bodies of the persons ;A c e on the London and Birmingham Railway at Har row, return a verdict, in the case of William Dawson, of wilful murder against Jos. Simpson, and in the case of Jos. Simpson, felo de se, and levies a deodand of 2,0001. on the engine and tenders. The Jury also express their opinion of the necessity of appointing better educated and more experienced persons as engineers. Dissolution of the National Guard of Carcassone. Edward Jones, aged 17, is discovered secreted un der the sofa of her Majesty's dr2ssing-room. He is corn. mitted to the House of Correction for three months as a rogue and vagabond. Overthrow of a train by a truck being left on the Birmingham and Derby Railway, oneisisrson is killed and several others meet with fraetureirind concussions. A coroner's jury returns a verdict of manslaughter against K;ng and Barber, two men employed on the line. Sir R. Stopford addresses a letter to Mehemet Ali, refusing to ratify Commodore Napier's " hasty and unau thorised convention." 6. Sir Robert Stopford transmits to Mebemet Ali the ultimatum of the Four Powers, agreed to on the 14th No vember, requiring tn.l ^ prompt': submission of the Vice roy, and the evacuation of Syria, Adana, Candia, Arabia, and the Holy Cities. 7. Wick or lui IsrtgH ard, of ETtt-!r. off Te;un inoltli. The Spanish Government addresses a note to that of Portugal, requiring the performance of the treaty of 1835, relative to the free navigation of the Douro, and threaten ing, in case of non-compliance, to march an army into Portugal to obtain the object in view. The Portuguese Government !aye the matter before the British Ambassador. 8. Arrival of :the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte at Havre. 10. Mehemet Ali, in answer to Sir Robert Stopford's note, submits himself unconditionally to the Four Powers. Committal of an engine-driver in the service of the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, for having run his train without due caution, and thereby run into and de bt' oy ed a train in advance. --- The Vesper Gravesend steam- packet, having run down a small boat in Woolwi it Reach, by which two peranns were drowned, a Coror.ar's Jury returns a verdict , )f accidental death, with a dcodand of 100/. upon the steam boat. .•—Murder of Mr. J o hn Gr eca , a Suderintendent on the Edinburgh and Gl afgow Railway, by some Irish la. avers. FRANCE. The Gazette de s T r ib uneux says , " it is aneounced that in the application e.,f the family of Maria Capelle, (widow of Laffarge) ;to th e Royal clemency, his Majesty has remitted that part of the sentence which condemned her to s t an d in the pillory." The Journal des Dekits aeeounees that M. Cochelet, Consul in Egypt, whose yiatuation has become so difficult, has w ised for his reed. The Courier de la Moselle says that cannon of large calibre f'orn the foundry at Strasburg, are arriving every day ~•,' Nlitz. They are dseposited in the arsenal of the artillery. Some detachments of horses also pass through our c i t y,Le Constitution, ! ,d, The differences between Spain and Portugal seem likely to be terminated by the mediation of England. If this is so, the French Cabinet will have committed a great fault, for after having lost its influence in the East, it wotd the at vantage of 'the Power which tends again to become '.a riv . l, 'i insteadendanger it like w i se i n t h e P en in su l a , an d a ll to of its ally, as it ought to be.' A low has just bean issired in Austria prohibiting games chance. • In Prussia the Government is having a civil code drawn up for the whole Prussian monarchy. This measure is intended for a two - fold object—tirst to give to the ki ng d om a unite—a Folitical homegereeiusness—without w hi c h i t wouldYcertaenly not reta ;n i ts rank; t h e second, to bring back under ihc Rhenish p r ovinces t o t h e an cient which is mor e conf orma bl e to the views ef absolutism, Hatred of the Revoluti on an d o f the French laws , cheeks in :his instance the p rogress i ve ten d e ncy of a Cabinet, which s h ows so mach ability in German a this n iegisiati,m, many respects. —Le Teep,„.. General de Garraube has been re-elected Deputy for Lalande, in the Dordegtee, by 115 out of MO votes ; and M, Legrand has be,.n ye-elected Deputy for Clermont by 301 out of 33 votes. Dz., Mooiteur Ptvaietz says--" bf. Thiers is most ac tive!! employed on tic report of tl.e Bill for the fortifica tions of Paris, and will be able to lay it before the Com mittee ilea Les days. His decided intention is to comply to the majority of ais colfee.gues, in confining himself w l a tely occupied nine sit tin g s of tic Chamber." The following, fr o m Vienna , a given by the Comm erce , requires coufir nation t—,o In consequence of the Council hav i ng c ,,, e to a reso l ut i on to marc h 1(), owiitthhin the main question, avoeleg the points which have but C ou nt Kollowrath, who se in fluence has hitherto counters that of Pri nce Met ternich, and who is for p eace tt an y p r ice , has demanded O le a ve of absence for .eight month, which is con s id ere d as amou nting to a retirement. N, Eichhof, the Minister of Finance, who coincides with Ount Kollowrath, and has maintained that the rr,eareehais cii t c h a e su S r t e ate wil w l epreronboabtlsyuffibe eient.to support the proposed ornaments, h as rece i ved an h onou rable dismissioae T carr ied into execution withottedelaye„ It is said to have been recommended V . the Prussian General Grollman, Amongpur p o fet.t „ press l y by leis Gevev,ment to induce Austria to t o re up arms in concert with the rest of the Germanic ported that 30,000 men are to he seat to reinfzree the arm of Italy. In order to meet these expanses, a io:11 . of 50,0i) t , poo florins is talked of." 'A - Anorak setter, n the, Co onerce, says that in the a . 1 0r , of 80, 00 teder t y spring troops will be assembled Ci --.L.:.tration. Isis further r making extensive exer at fleilbro ureic! the effi le'-td of the King of Wirtem o°tfher changes introduced into the - f ',.thrtar, C, the nt arian troops is that of sub sritif fler a re"' Sa ''' t il Y C" . lC't ., similar to that used by the Freteh ' corps of iir.e 2 " tire "eurs, for the old kind of bayonet. The sereanfs are to , b ci e s - e g s ' .. t . ' -- s i ? ma lb rire Y e fu vr r e t s. ll , very a rifle like those used by the Tyrolese,all e l the me, are to have percussion Th e meth muskets. Government having asked for in formation on the 111 of . percussi , t-lockadopted for the Bavarian army, theing has order,d a complete set of models of all kinds arms to be se nt to London. The Basle Gaze me ntions that the Council of State "c of Berne has, in co in e with a d, , f , and from th e V o - rort, placed at theiposal of the F 's eral Government fif‘y picees of catenin addition too - regular contin gen t. It is said to be in cemPlation ton i— call out the Landwehr in that canton. id Labrouste 1 ~Messrs. Viscont %eat to the Invalldea yesterday to makeangements for removing the decora tions used for the fral of Napoleon, and for the transfer of the coffin into t adjoining chapel of Saint Jerome, until the tomb ii e.ed• They gave orders for the im mediate breakilg of the catafalque in the boat lying off the Esplaruk he _statues and other ornaments along the line of the procession will, it is believed, be left for a month. The statue of Immortality, on the steps of the Chamber of Deputies, is boarded up to save it from damage by the works still going 9, at the pediment of that edifice. OCTOBER. 1. Re-opening of Black friars-bridge by the Lord Mayor and other Civic Officers. 2. Discovery of a fire in the midshipmen's berth of her Majesty's ship Camperdown, lying in Sheerness Dock— the supposed work of an incendiary. Conclusion of the trial of Prince Louis Napoleon who is sentenced by the Court of Peers to perpetua; !,,- prisonment in a fortress, and his accomplices to imprison ment fur various periods. 5. The Court-martial on Capt. R. A. Reynolds rinds him guilty of the charges against him, and sentences him to be cashiered. The Emir Bechir abandons the cause of Mehemet Ali. Examination of John Henty. a carpenter of her :',!a jesty's ship Ocean, employed in the dockyard, on a chargi of having intentionally set fire to the Camperdown. 7. Abdication of William 1., King of Holland. 8 Death of the Marquis Camden, in his 81st year. Great Meeting of the Highland Society at Aberdeen. 9. Tumultuous assemblages at Lyons. 10. Ibrahim Pacha evacuates Beyrout. Ibrahim and Soliman Pacha are defeated by the Al lied troops at Calat Meidan. 12. Abdication of the Queen Regent of Spain. 15. Exhumation and delivery by the British authorities at St. Helena of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon to the Prince de Joinville. Attempt of Darmes to assassinate the King of the French. 16. The Egyptians evacuate Tortosa and Tripoli. 17. Accident on the London and Southampton Railway. by one train overtaking and running against another. One female servant is killed and many persona severely injured. 19. Loss of the ship Chirk Castle, of Liverpool, and nine of the crew. 20. The Coroner's jury on the body of Catherine An drews, killed on the Southampton Railway, returns a ver dict of Accidental Death, and levies a deodand of 3001. on the engine. Iler Majesty's approval of the sentence of the Court martial on Captain R. A. Reynolds. A true bill is found by the Grand Jury against the Earl of Cardigan and the other parties in the duel. 21. Death of the Bishop of Meath, in the 81st year of his age. 22. Resignation of M. Thiera and his colleagues. The King sends for Marshal Soult. Sudden death of Lord Holland, at Holland House, Kensington, in his 67th year. 23. Accident on the Canterbury and Whitstable Rail way, by which a whole train is shattered to pieces, and ono man killed. 24. Colonel Hodges presents the Sultan with the flag of Ibrahim Pacha. 25. Collision of the Britannia and Phenix steam-ships. off Dungoness, by which the Phenix is sunk. the dieai the Farringdon station of 26. Death of the Earl of Seafield, in his 74th year. Dissolution of the Junta of Madrid. 27. Death of Mr. Vigors, M. P. for Carlow. 28. Public entry into Madrid of the young Queen of Spain and the Infanta, accompanied by Espartero. Sir Moses Montefiore and Suite are admitted to an audience of the Sultan, and deliver an address for protae. Lion to the Jews. 30. Appointment of a new Ministry in France ; Mar_ shat Soult is President and Minister of War, and M. Guizot Minister of Foreig❑ Affairs. The Hon. Admiral Fleming, Governor of Green wich Hospital, died at Leamington. Earthquake at Zante. 31. Inauguration of the Duke of Northumberland as Chancellor of Cambridge University. After a lengthened trial of five days the court-mar. tial on John Henty came to the decision that the third charge—viz., that of having, on the 2d day of October, made a false report to his superior officer, Captain Sir John Hill, of the extent of a fire, which, on the afternoon of that day, had taken place on board the Carnperclown, was fully proved ; but, in consideration of his good con duct, the Court adjudge him only to be severely repri manded, and he was reprimanded accordingly. The Cyclops steamer arrives at Malta, having on board Emir Bechir and suite. -- The Earl of Clarendon is appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in the room of the late Lord Hol land. -- Captain Reynolds addresses a letter to the papers. deprecating all further interference, on the part of the public, on his behalf. NOVEMBER 2. Death of Sir Anthony Carlisle, the eminent suileon. n the 73d year of his age. ' ~ 3. St. Jean d'Acre is bombarded by the Britisli:fieet under Admiral Stopford. During the bombard:nent a powder magazine explodes, by which 1,700 Egyptins are killed. 4. Execution of Elizabide at Bordeaux for tha murder of two children and their mother. Great inundations in France, by the ovedowing of the Rhone and the Saone. Macon and other large towns are for the greater part under water, and raar,y houses de. molished. St. Jean d'Acre is abandoned by .che Egyptian troops, and taken possession of by the 'united British, Turkish, and Austrian forces. 5. The King of the French opens tilt, Session of the Chambers. 6. Explosion of another powder-magr.zine at Acre, by which above 250 natives and 30 Britisl i are killed and wounded. 7. The Sultan of Turkey grants a finnan of protection for the Jews. 130 UR SE.—PAnis, TUESDAY, Dxc. 29. irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents llO 50 110 50 110 30 ... 110 4C 4 per Cents 96 75 96 75 96 75 1 , 6 75 3 per Cants. ....... 76 45 76 50 ... 76 4(1 76 4U gunk 01 erince .ifigian sank 5 per Cent.... 3 per Cents 69 35 ... 69 35 ... 69 35 ... 69 35 Sew Loan ipAnish Active 25% ... 25% ... 24% ... 25 Passive ak ... 6 ... 5% ... 6 Nem.olitan 4 toman .... 99% ... 99% ... 99% ... 99% RAILWAY SHARES. ... „ St. Germain Versailles,lt.)3 382 50 352 50 ... 382 50 382 50 B 297 50 ... 907 50 ... 297 50 207 50 Orleans Strasburg to Bale SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. MADRID, DEc. 20. —The courier despatched to Lisbon by the Marquis de Saldauha and M. de Lima, the Portu guese Minister, in the beginning of the month, has re turned to Madrid with the reply of the Cabinet of Lisbon and dtspatches from Lord Howard de Walden, our Am bassador. The former announced its readiness to leave the adjustment of the differences between the two countries to the mediation of Great Britain, and added, that in no case could the Portuguese Government think of ratifying the treaty of 1835, without previously submitting it to the approbation of the Cortes. It accordingly invited the Spanish Cabinet to have patience for some weeks longer, pledging itself to lay it before the Cortes in the course of January, and to give it its entire support. The Spanish Regency, on the other hand, contended that, as the Treaty had been concluded under the charter of I)on Pedro, which did not require the intervention of the Cortes in diplomatic matters, their sanction of a Treaty signed and ratified five years ago might be legally dis pensed with. Lord Howard do Walden fully concurred in the views expressed by Portugal, and the Regency had resolved on waiting until the meeting of the Portuguese Parliament. The reply to the ultimatum of the Duke of Victory, en joining Portugal to execute the Treaty in the space of 25 days had not yet reached Madrid. The Duke was the only member of the Regency who appeared so. in .1,- 11113 actually organizing an army to enforce the pretension of Spain to the free navigation of the Douro. This army is to consist of from 50,000 to 60,000 infantry, eight bat teries of artillery, and between 4,000 and 5,000 cavalry. BELGIUM. - 13R0 DEC. 27...—Tnt7Aliniotor of Finance informs the holders of the coupons of the loan of thirty millions 4 per cents. due on the Ist of January, 1841, that from that day the payment of these coupons will be made by the agents of the Cashier. General of the State at Brussels and in the provinces. The following letter is from the Camp at Beverloo, Dec. 0 4 :—A great misfortune has taken place five leagues from this place. Yesterday morning the heath and the woods of Portel, lately purchased by a French company at a high price, caught fire. To-day at noon, the hour at which I wrote, the fire continues. Yesterday at four o'clock it appeared to be so near to us that the alarm was sounded, and all the Sappers and Miners, to the number of above 200, armed with shovels and pick-axes, left the camp, but when they had gone two leagues, finding that they were still three leagues 'rota the spot they turned back. It was a fearful sight. The fire spread over an extent of more than three leagues, and the column of flame, which was from forty to fifty feet high, might be seen at the distance of fifteen leagues. Bat , ssitr.s, Dac. 28.—The King and the Royal family will leave Lecken on New Year's eve, to pass the re mainder of the winter in the Palace at Brussels. Nineteen men at work in a coal-mine near Liege were drowned on the 23d, by a sudden inundation of the mine. BELGIAI•l 1. UNDS-13ittUISELd, DEC. '2O. Actual Delia, 2 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. SS (1,4 , 1) ll5Ni ---- 3 per Cent. ..... ---Thirty•SttVell— -- .. Loan of City, 18:3•2, 4 per Cent 9O Society of Corninwrco, 4 y per Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 66 National Society . — Exchange on London (shelf.) —Brussels Papers, Dec. 29. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIUNNA, Dec. kl Five per Cants. Metalliques • lO ; 3 ' Fokr per Cents 9g 34 three tivr Cents. Rank Shams 1515 —4llgenicine Zeiturtg, Dec. Di. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, DEC. 31.—There has been a brisk thaw throughout the night, with much rain. Wind this day at noon, light breeze from N. W. and fine. DEAL, DEC. 30.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrived the Sprightly, Newton, from Terceira. Sailed the Dun. dee Merchant, Lakeland, for Hobart Town; Greyhound, Hutchinson; Achilles, Marshall, Mauritius ; Pauline Houghton, Tate, ditto; Horatio, Coleman, Jamaica; Nautilus, Williams, St. Lucia ; Frances Lawson, Agnew, Sierra Leone; Quiver, Porrett, Azores ; Clarets, Allond, Barcelona; Wm. Bailey, Cooper, Mauritius. Livsai-oot, DEC. 30.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived the Demerara, isauron, prom Quebec. Ciailcd, the Nlvg of Meldon, Cookson, for Calcutta ; James Lyon, Peel, New foundland; Oriental (steamer), Soy, Alexandria. A schooner, supposed the Sarah of Garlieston, is aground on Burbo Bank. The Pleiades of Whitby, timber laden, and abandoned, was passed, 2J inst. lat. 46, lon. 42, by the Devereaux. SALCOMBE, DEC 29.—Sailed, the Eel, Bond, for St. Jago da Cuba. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 30.—Wind N. E.—Arrived St. Ber nard, Lopez, from Fayal. The Elizabeth Maria, Bell vends, from Rochefort to Osterrisoer, is discharging her cargo, being heated. The Catherine, Thornton, has been in contact with a vessel, and received damage. WELLS, DEC. 30.—The Plansworth of Sunderland, is on shore four miles to the eastward, and it is feared will become a wreck. MILFORD, DEC. 29.—The Prince Albert, sunk in Dale Roads, hEs been raised and brought in. HULL, DEC. 30. —Wind N. W. by N..—. Sailed the Ori ent, Stegl, for Tampico; Ricardo, NPArthur, Calcutta. A sloop from Grimsby to Wakefield, laden with wheat and wool, sunk in the Roads last night, having got athwart hawse a brig, crew saved. HARWICH, DEC; 30.—Arrived the Johan Carl, Jahncy, from Trinidad. REGISTRATION OF THE BIRTH OF TILE PRINCESS ROYAL.-The Act of Parliament for the Re gistration of births applies not only to the community at large, but also to all the members of the Royal Family. The birth of the Princess Royal has been duly regis tered. The entry was made in the registration books of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, and entered on the 22d ult. by Mr. William Pierce Jerdan, of Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton-square, Pimlico, the regis trar of births for the Belgrave district of that parish, who attended at Buckingham Palace for the purpose. THE WEATHER.—We had . a thaw yesterday, but the weather was remarkably fine, with a bright sun, and the wind N. W. Yesterday a girl named Lance:field, about six teen years of age, poisoned herself. She was in the ser vice of a tradesman in Northgate. It appears that on Sun day she saw her lover (a soldier, on furlough, and quar tered at some distance from Canterbury) walking with two other young women. The sight had such an effect upon her that yesterday she purchased a quantity of oxalic acid, and, going to the residence of the young man, in Ruttington-lane, shortly after she had swallowed it, she died in his presence —.Kentish Gazette. THE LATE MURDER ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.— Information has been received here that the individual who was apprehended last week in Dublin on suspicion of being Denis Doolan, the alleged murderer of the unfortunate man Green, is not Doolan. Another person has been apprehended in Peebles, but we suspect the 1001. reward will induce parties to make exer. tions in many quarters with as little success as those we have had occasion to notice. The authorities are proceed ingviith the investigation, and have committed four of the Casgrove, James Ilickie, George Cox, and John Campheti, on a caarge or nay . ... i „ on the night of the 9th, conspired to murder, and in pur suance of that conspiracy committed murder on the follow ing morning. Campbell, it has been ascertained, slept with lloolan, and all the above prisoners lodged together. The manner in which the conspiracy was gone about, and the language said to be used on the occasion, leave no doubt of the intentions of the parties. We observe from an advertisement that another individual, named Patrick Redding, or Aitken, is likewise missing. This person is said to have seen the poker carried by one of the indivi duals charged from the lodging-house to the scene of the diabolical deed.—Glasgow Constitutional. ANOTHER ROBBERY IN THE MANCHESTER POST.osFicE.— We have heard a rumour of a robbery in the Post-office here, the particulars of which have been carefully withheld from the public, and, perhaps, pond. ing the examination of the suspected parties, nothing more than a general allusion to the fact would be considered discreet. We understand, then, that cer tain bills remitted through the post to a highly-re spectable firm in this town were abstracted. The senders not having received the usual acknowledgment in due course, wrote to inquire the cause, when they learnt that the letter had never come to band. One of the bills having been made payable at Masterman's, in London, had been already presented and paid before notice could be given. A rigid investigation is, we are informed, going on, which it is hoped may lead, not merely to the detec tion of the offender in this specific instance, but to the adoption of adequate measures for the prevention of similar frauds. It is unfortunately hut too certain that, from be ing considered the most secure medium for the transmis sion of letters, with or without enclosures, the Post-office has now acquired the reputation of being the most pre carious.—Manchester Chronicle of yesterday. Aix, DEC. 20. The widow of Ferdinand VII. has passed through our city for the third time ; she is proceeding to Florence, whence she is to repair to Rome, where she is to have an interview with several members of her family. The Queen arrived hither on Wednesday, with three carriages, a van, and a suite of twelve persons. Next day she went to hear mass at the church of St. Jerome; her negro pages and their tutor walked before her, and she was escorted by some gendarmes. After mass she started for Nice. Her Ma jesty must have formed but a poor opinion of the national courtesy of this country, for, in return for the salutes and gracious smiles she bestowed at every step she made, she received scarcely any token of deference and respect from the crowd which surrounded her. ERRATA.--In the letter of" A Constant Reader, M. A." yesterday, for J. E.'s long claim, read laying ; and fur most certainly fur all, read not. -POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOU USE. Several complaints have been lately made to the Lord Mayor relative to the want of water in Smith field,4 in the attic pens. Communications h a v e b een received a Mansion House by letter, and p ersona lly on the su ' t. They have stated that when cattle arrive at Smithfield, after a lone. journey, there is not a drop of water to be found for them, although they exidently suffer from extreme thirst, and it has been suggested that troughs be placed in different parts of the market with water for the poor animals. The Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson referred the matter of complaint to Deputy Hicks, the Chairman of the Market Committee, whose improvements of Smithfield have entitled him to the thanks of the com munity. In all probability that gentleman would im mediately see the evil, if it really existed, remedied. A gentleman stated that he waited upon his Lordship at the request of the drovers, to represent the fact that the cattle which travelled up to market w ere in such a deplorable condition from thirst, that the blood oozed out of their hoofs, and that in fact, the whole animal economy was effectually destroyed by the want of water. A collecting clerk in the house of Messrs. Wood bridge, brewers, was on Wednesday charged before Alderman Wilson, with being so drunk on the pre ceding night, as to drive his horse and gig furiously en the wrong side of the road, to intrude violently upon the quietude of a cab stand, and at length to make choice of the pavement for trying the pluck of a very spirited horse. George West, a bricklayer, stated that en Tuesday night, he saw the horse and cart or gig, driving furi ously along the Minories, upon the wrong side of the street. There were two gentlemen in the gig, both of them appeared to be very drunk. The horse in passing a cab stand, twisted about a cab and then bore down upon a man who was dragging a truck, but who luckily upon being called to turned short out of the way. The The,horse then took the pavement, and began to cut capers there, but a policeman, to whom witness repre sented that if he did not intertere mischief must be done, seized the reins and prevented it. Tzr, Conattion OUljle gentleman who drove, or pretended to drive, as very closely bordering upon the last stage o: drunkenness. Witness took care of the cash-box which was i❑ the gig, and which contained, as he understood, a consider able sum of motley, and was spoken to afterwards very uncourteously by one of the gentleme❑ of the establish ment on account his interference, it being the opinion of those at the brewery, that if the defendant had been let alone, he would have driven to his destination safely. A gentleman from the brewhouse said that the de fendent had been in the employment of the Messrs. Woodbridge and Co. for six years, and a more steady man could not be found. Never bato:e had there been a shadow of complaint against him at any time, and he was highly esteemed. "He is," said the gentleman, " four days in the week in the habit of bringing in sums of money, sometimes 3001. or 4001. at all times, and if he is exposed to this sort of interruption and annoyance, the inconvenience will - be very great." Alderman WILSON—And so you would have the police allow him to gallop over people, and smash every thing before him to suit his convenience?—The gentle• man said he understood that the horse, which was a very spirited one, became rather unmanageable for a short time, but that no doubt if the policeman had not interfered all would have been right. A person who stated that he was in the gig at the time with the defendant, said he did not perceive that the defendant was drunk, and the gig was not going fast at all. The policeman and other witnesses declared that the gig was going at the rate of eleven or twelve wiles an hour, and that the person who sat with the defendant was most decidedly drunk, and wholly incapable of ren dering assistance. The policeman stated that if it had not been for the property in the cash-box he would have taken the gig to the green-yard. There were insinua tions thrown out against him at the brewery as to the security of the property, and he considered himself very ill-used. Alderman WiLsort was also of opinion that the po liceman was extremely ill-used. What would Mr. Woodbridge say if the horse had dashed the gig to pieces, and the cash-box had been lost, not to mention other mischief that might have been done, if the police man had not interfered ? In his (Alderman Wilson's) opinion) the establishment was much indebted to the policeman for his activity and care, and, instead of a re proach, the men deserved some recompence. The gentleman said he should n:ention the Alder man's suggestion to the house. Alderman WILSON trusted that the defendant would drink less in his travels in future, and fined him 10s. for being drunk. The ALDERMAN subsequently observed that he knew it was very hard for persons employed as the de fendant was, to go through their labourious d'ay's business without showing that they had very high ot tic ortirle they veuttetl. by sulamittitw to the severe test of " tasting deeply," but he really thought it would be prudent in their employers to give them a hint not to " raise their elbows" so very often even in " boxing time." The policeman who acted upon this occasion, was stated by his Inspector, to be a very steady and trust worthy man, and Alderman Wilson remembered the man in ha Mayoralty, to bear and to deserve that character. MARLBORO UGH- STREET. Thomas Plume, a youth of very genteel appearance, about eighteen years of age, and dressed in the pink o fashion, and wearing in his cravat a splendid gold breast• pin, set with precious stones, was charged with the follow. ing assault;—__ - Mr. Wm. Bushell Glacier, a gentlemen residing in Fleet -street, stated that on Wednesday afternoon, about five o'clock, he was passing through Ilemming's-row, St. Martin's-lane, when the defendant, who was walking arm and arm with another young man close beside, kicked him violently on the heel, but whethor he did it in trying to put his between witness's, intending to throw him down er not, he could not say. Witness directly seized him by the collar, when the defendant struck him a violent blow on the mouth, which caused a great effusion of blood. The defendant then said " If you don't let go of me I'll assassinate you," and put his hand to his pocket, as it feel ing for some weapon. Witness, however, kept hold of him until the police took him in charge. Mr. LoNG (to the constable)—Do you know anything about him ? Constable—l know that he is frequently in company with notorious thieves, and that he has been se veral times convicted of felony. Defendant—Oh, but, Sir, now I'm reformed, and I consider myself as respectable as any one. Although I admit that I previously had a bad character, but now its without blemish. The constable said he saw him in company with known thieves a few days ago. He was fined 20s. for the assault, and in default of pay ment was committed for 14 days to Bridewell. Viscount and Viscountess Comberinere have ar rived in Brussels from a tour of the German Spa 3. The gallant Viscount and his lady will remain about three weeks longer in that capital, and then return to this country. IMPORTANT SEIZURE.—A seizure has been made off the North Foreland of a smuggling vessel and six of her crew. The revenue cutter Desmond, Commander Saxby, was on the look-out on Saturday afternoon last, when, about half-past three o'clock, a vessel under sail was perceived. The usual signal having been made, but not being responded to, chase was given. The cutter rapidly gained on the smuggler, and upwards of sixty shots were fired into the cutter. The chase lasted twelve miles, and the smuggler was observed to throw her cargo of tubs overboard separate, and without sinking. At length the revenue cutter came up and boarded the vessel, which was found to be the Charlotte, of Faversham. Joseph Beale waster. The vessel belongs to a person residing at Whitstable, whose name; we have not learnt, and had the usual convenience of running the tubs, &c., on board. The men were landed on Monday morning week, at the Chest Arms, Chatham, and a hear ing having taken place before the county Magistrates, they were committed to Maidstone Gaol for re-examina tion yesterday. From information received at the Cus tom-house, the officers have bean "creeping" for spirits sunk near the Garrison Point, Sheerness. Nearly 100 tubs of brandy, genera, &c., have been thus recovered during the last week.—Maidstone Gazette. THE RHINOCEROS HUNT.—The people inha habiting the woods in the province of Tshantburi are in the habit of hunting indiscriminately tigers, bears, and rhinoceroses, as well as stags and wild cows. Their mode of dealing with the rhinoceros is very remarkable. Four or five men will arm themselves with poles, made from the bamboo, after taking care to harden the sharp point which they give to one of the ends in the fire. Thus equipped, they sally forth and make for the ani mal's haunts, calling out and clapping their hands, for the purpose. of alluring or disturbing him from his covert. As soon as they sec the enraged animal approach them (and his rage is expressed by his opening and snap ping his huge jaws violently together), they pre pare to receive him, by holding out the point of the pole in a direct line with his foaming mouth ; and, upon the fa vourable moment presenting itself, they drive the pole with astonishing nerve and adroitness not only down his throat, but into his stomach, and then take to their heels right and left. The rhinoceros sets up a frightful howl, falls down on the ground, and in an agony of pain rolls himself about in the dust with hideous howlings and dis tortions the hunters in the meanwhile begin clappi ng their hands and vociferating their songs of triumph, in the midst of which they rush upon the monster, as soon a s h e appears fairly exhausted by loss of blood, and despatch him without hazard or difficulty. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.--AN EXTRAHEDINAET CURE OF A CASE OF RHEUMATIC GOVT_.... w Mrs. Mary Knawles, residing at Kensington Gtravel-pits, was a h—Lond on Hospital , amsntl into discharged l incurable. th e ports S he a f f c o f r r three e r t o e mthe weeks rubb e d t h e Oint dthree and f our times a da ee and took the Pills night and m orn i ng : at the expiratioyn of which time she was perfectly cured. She commenced the use of these, wonderful r eme di es on the 25th of No vember. Use the Ointment and Pills together for Gout and Rheumatism, and they will never fail to cure. Every respectable Chemist in the kingdom keeps them; or go to the !Proprietor's new Establishment, 244, Strand, near Temple-bar, ~~. a D i A II itr MORNING ED►I THE MYSTERIOUS AND ING OUTRAGE ON M. V. MlL__.,. W-4,F\-,rac:kil/4 (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) • The Lyons journals and private accounts of the 22d afford us the following details of the treatment of M. Million after he was carried off : " The boat in which he was placed, on reaching Ternay, was run on shore. He was made to land, and taken into a vineyard, where he was compelled to write to his wife, desiring her not to send the police in search of him, as his life depended on her remaining quiet. Footmarks in the snow and a candle-end were left, and indicated that a halt had been made at this spot, but no further traces could be discovered. Between eleven and twelve o'clock the same night the four confederates arrived at a public-house in a lonely situ ation near Ternay, much frequented by smugglers and other persons of bad repute. Here M. Million was taken down into the cellar, and kept bound to a stake, while the chief of the band, a dealer in wood at Vaise, named Poncet, stood over him with a hatchet, another being near hies, while the remaining two kept watch upon the master of the house, who was not in the secret. It was in this cellar, and under threats of in stant death, that M. Million wrote a letter to his wife, desiring her to send 10,000 f. for his ransom. This was to be transinitt,d by a man belonging to Vaise, who was described, and who was to wait near the Pont de Givors, when the obscurity of the night would ad mit of the exchange of the prisoner for the money without discovery. In the meantime the master of the public-house, having heard of the disappearance of M. Million, and suspecting hi s guests, became alarmed, and contrived to give information to the garde cham petre, who immediately conveyed it to the gendarmerie at Givors. The quartermaster immedi a t e ly hastened with his men to the house, and having completely surrounded it, broke open the door of the cellar, and found Poncet still standing over his prisoner with the hatchet. He was quickly disarmed and secured. M. Million, who was lying bound hand and foot on a miser able bed, was of course released. Unfortunately the three accomplices of Poncet contrived to effect their es cape. Madame Million was in the utmost anxiety as to the means of transmitting the reasons, the man who brought tins letter having refused to undertake the charge when a gendarme arrived full speed from Givors with the news of the delivery of her husband. At nine in the evening M. Million was in the arms of his family." The Reparateur of Lyons states that Poncet arrived there in the morning of the 20th, and was immediately forwarded to prison at Roanne. Poncet is the man against whom M. Million, as Judge of the Tribunal de Commerce, delivered a decree, and for which he bore hiin a grudge." The - cou;rier de Lyon supplies us with the following further details of the affair of M. Million : " Vengeance and cupidity were the causes of the attempt. Poncet the chief actor, who is a reputed smuggler, some time ago formed a partnership with an - other man named Robert, as timber dealers, at La Guillotiere, but this connection was soon dissolved, and was followed by an arrangement which reduced Pon cet to the situation of clerk to Robert, with a per tentage on the profits. This was also soon at an cud, and Poneet left to his own resources. He then com menced a suit against Robert before the Tribunal of Commerce of Lyons, claiming o balance amounting to no less than 100,0001. M. Million, who was one of the e , Judges of the Tribunal, was appointed reporter, and after due investigation came to a conclusion totally adverse to the claim of Poncet, and which conclusion the Tribunal adopted, dismissing the claim. The Cour Royale, to which Poncet appealed, confirmed the judgment. In consequence of this failure, a brother of Poucet, who had advanced him a considerable sum of money, was thrown into despair, and hung himself. Poncet attributed the rejection of his suit to an inti macy bi!tweeu his adversary Robert, who had obtained a contract for part of the works of the fortifications at Lyons. with the Commandant of the Engineers, who is a brother of M. Million, and through his influence Pon cet conceived that the Judge had decided in favour of Robert. Ponca frequently indulged in violent invec tives against the three above-named persons, and had laid several previous plans to seize on M. Million, but was unable to put them into execution. The master of the public-house to which M. Million was carried, accustomed to receive suspicious characters, seemed to take no notice of the victim, but assisted in conveying him down into the cellar, and fastening him to a girdler in the wall. • Pon cet here made himself for the first time known to M. Million, stood over with him with his hatchet, and, in the most opprobrious and gross terms, threatened to murder him, and throw him into the Rhone, or bury him in the cellar, if he did not secure to h m 30,000 francs—one half the sum which, as Poncct pretended, he had been robbed of by unjust judgment. M. Mil lion, however, firmly resisted, and fifteen hours after his capture, that is, in the middle of the next day, he was removed into an upper chamber, asd offered some nourishment, but he declined taking anything but a glass of wine. Poncet then allowed him to lie down on a bed, still remaining by his side, armed with tha hatchet. Notwithitandiug all the terrors of his situation M. Million, exhausted by bodily and mental fatigue, slept for a short time. Poncet afterwards reduced his de mand to the 10,000 francs, for which M. Million con sented to send the order to his wife." The Duke of Norfork goes to Arundel Castle, Sussex, this week. The Earl and Countess of Surrey, and the Ladies Howard, Viscount and Viscountess Fitzalan, intend also visiting the family scat for several weeks. TIIE TERRITORY OF MIND.—I am not a land lord, but I have a territory, one not entirely in the realms of fancy. I have a territory which I have consecrated in my heart, and peopled beyond the reach of fortune and fate ; there I meet with all that is manly and intrepid ; there are the loves of liberty, whose necks never bowed down beneath the yoke of oppression; there I meet scenes, the very conception of which exalts the lowliest to the highest grade ; there I have found sometimes a claim, if not to the applause, at least to the affection and respect of my fellow-countrymen.—Professor Wilson. BOULOGNE.—The weather for the last few days has been most delightful. On Christmas day nothing could be more agreeable, more cheering to the spirits, With just sufficient of cold to prevent the rays of the sun producing a moisture under foot, there was a dryness i n the atmosphere, a tranquillity, a slumbering of every breath of air, that gave a stillness and repose to the whole animal economy, which was visible in the countenances of all greeting their friends with &merry and a happy Christmas. We have caught the infection of the day, and wish our readers and patrons many happy returns of the season. This number closes our account for the year 1840. In looking back upon the past six months, in considering the humble part that we have played, we trust our readers have not found cause to upbraid us for departing from the promises contained in our first number. Our objects have been twofold, to defend the public, and in the disordered state into which society has been flung, to glean for our friends the most early intelligence. The support we have received is the sure index of the satisftetion wo have given. For that support wo return our thanks, and trust that our efforts and conduct during the coming year will enable us to repeat with the same pride that we do at pre sent, that vice has never sullied our pages, attacks upon private character disgraced our columns, or our Gazette been made, at any time, subservient to any other purpose than the general defence of English interests in Boulogne. Our attention has been called by an English gentlemen to the fact of five soldiers having been billetted upon him in less than a month ! In the Colonne of yesterday we see it stated that they " hear between fifty and sixty beds, that have been sent to the caserne h ave b een very qu i et l y placed up in the granary of that establishment, instead of being applied to their proper use in the barracks " We call upon the Mayor to examine into this fact, and, if it he true, to have those punished who have so shamefully neglected their duty. No doubt the soldier prefers being billetted upon the town to being confined in his barracks; but for ladies and gentlemen who never heard of such a thing as soldiers being billetted on private families, the act becomes a nuisance, laying aside the burdensome tax it becomes. The five soldiers in ou© month coat our friend 57f. The town has been thinned of English, but such burdens, we are afraid, will drive more away. —Bou logne Gazette. BETTING ON THE PRESIDENT'S E L ECTrON. —A decision has re c ently b een g i ven i n Philadelphia, on a case involving a bet upon th e r es ult of an election, which is worthy of being record e d. While the Presidential election was pending, Dr. C. P. Keichlino and Mr. A. B. Fithian made each other a promise of . a gift up on t h ese terms the case of the re-election of Martin V an Buren, Mr. Fithian was to present a suit of clothes to Dr. Keichlinc, and in the event of th e e l ect i on of General Harrison, Dr. Keichlino was t o ma k e a like each other to ful fil the promise that i p m re v s in e g nt b t e ci en A s l a r. tisfi F e i d th e ia f il t . he Naobillnityonoefy was put up, b o th present , had sat i s fi e d h i mself of the ability of Mr. Fithian, by a per sona l i nqu i ry of the wit ness. Matters remained in t hi s way until the day of the election. When Dr. Keichli ne went to t h e po ll to due. It appeared by a witness deposit his vote, he was challenged as a better. He as serted, however, that lie had made no bet, but a simple pro mise, and related the circumstances. The judge swore him upon the truth of this relation, and then accepted his vote. As soon as t h e result of the Presidential contest had been fairly ascertained, Mr. Fithian demanded of Dr. Keich. line the fulfilment of the promise ; but the latter declined, on the ground that Mr. Fithian bad been the cause, or at least instrumental in his being challenged. This asser tion could not be proved at th e h ear i ng , w hi ca was a fullinvestigation of th e w h o l e matter, and was closed by the Ald erman g i v i ng j u d gment for t h e defendant. H e expresse d h i mself at length upon the subject, cons id er i ng t h e prom i se, to ail i n tern e and purposes, a b et i n f act , and, as a m atter o f course, a violation o f an express act of Assembly. The following singular proposition we find in a late S't. Louis Gaulle : --A warm Ilarrisonian made the f o llo w i ng proposition to day, which, however, was not taken tip—. that lie would pay 200 dollars to any man who would agr ee to give him one k erne l o f coffee for the first single vote Harrison gut over Van Buren's whole vo t e , t wo for the b se e e in o g nd s , o a m n e d so ° little CUr what the result might be, sundry grains of coffee were weighed, and it w as ascer tained that 2,560 grains of curiosity si ty to geometric a l k n progression. There Java coffee weighed a p oun d. Supposing, then, that Harrison runs a-h ea d o f V an B uren ov thirty votes, the amount of coffee to 'be paid over would exceed 332,000,0001),, worth, at sixteen cents, per pound, the pleasant Logi/id& of 53,000,000 dollars. The gentle man who declined the bet was probably very prudent.... Philadelphia Ledger.