The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-03 00:00:00

EVEN G SUN A CHRONOLOGICAL AND STAT AS. T ICAL TABLE for the YEA.R, IS4I. - JAN I" ARY. 1. Revo!ution at Valparaiso, which is headed by Ge neral Vivanco, against Gamarra. 2. The Committee on the fortifications of Paris announces to the Chambers that they had agreed to the simultane ous execution of the enceinte and the detached forts, the execution of the works in three years, and the esta blishment of works beyond the enceinte. 3. Death of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip B. Vere Broke, Bart., K.C.B. Murder of the.Bisltnp of Emerland in Prussia, by a discharged servant. Severe thunder-storm over the metropolis, the spires of Spitulfields and Streatham Church struck by ghtening. and the latter totally destroyed. 4. The Thames steamer, on her passage from Dublin to London,. is totally lust off St. Agnes, Scilly, and up wards of GO persons perished, four only being saved. Four persons killed by an exploston of fire-damp in a canal pit at Ispull, near Bolton. 5. The official statement of the quarter's revenue shows a decrease on the quarter of 80,0001., and a defi ciency of a quarter of a million on the year. 6. The arrival of the India mail brin g s news of the death of the King of Lahore , on the sth of November ; the continuance of negotiations between Captain Elliot and the Chinese, together with the defeat of the Chinese by Captain Smith, of her Majesty's ship Druid, on the 19th August last. Accounts also received of the defeat of Dust Mohammed, on the 2d November last, atd of his surrender to the English. The Earl of Cardigan having reprimanded Dr. Sandhatn, of the 11th Hussars; for leaving the church at Brighton, when accompanying the regiment, by the nar row instead of the broad way, is himself reprimanded by the Commander-in-Chief, on a complaint being made by the Doctor. Wreck of the packet ship Garrick, one of the New York liners, below Sandy Hook, on the American coast. 7. The English troops, under the command of Major Pratt, attack and capture the forts of the Bocca Tigris, with a loss on their parts of three killed and of between 600 and 700 on the part of the Chinese. The forts are shortly afterwards again delivered up to the ,Chinese, no steps being taken by Captain Elliot to insure their ob servance of the treaty. 8. Announcement of the discontinuance of the blockade of the ports and harbours of the coast of Syria. A collision between the merchandise and mail train on the Midland Counties Railway, owing to the fog, oc casiots the death of the engineer and stoker. 9. Destructive Fire at the General Steam Navigation Company's premises, situated at the Stowage, Deptford. 10. Collision of trains on the Birmingham and North Midland Railway; several persons are severely lacerated. 11. Samuel Scott, the American diver, hangs himself on Waterloo-bridge. Announcement of peace between France and Buenos Ayres. Mehemet Ali restores the Turkish fleet to the Sultan. 12. The Sultan accords to Mehemet Ali the heredi tary possession of Egypt. Shere Singh drives out the widow of Khurruck Singh, and takes possessios of Lahore. 16. News received in London of a Convention being agreed to terminating the dispute between France and Buenos Ayres. Inundation at Brentford, with much destruction of property and loss of life, occasioned by the bursting of the banks and locks of the Grand Junction Canal. Other parts of the country are also overflowed. Extensive inundations at Brussels, Bruges, and other places in the Netherlands. Death of Sir Samuel Fort Whittingham, Com mander in Chief at Madras. 20. The Poor-law Commissioners dismiss Mr. Miles from his office of master of the workhous3 of the Hoo Union. Preliminaries of a treaty of peace are agreed upon between Captain Elliot and the Chinese Commissioners, the conditions of which are the cession of the island of Hong Kong to her Majesty, the restoration of Chuenpee and Tycock Tow to the Chinese, and the evacuation of Chusan at the earliest period. In compliance with the treaty the Chinese forts are evacuated by the British. 22. Landslip near Ca.stellamare, which crushed 60 houses and buried above 100 persons. Four of the French newspapers are seized for having published three letters, of a pretended correspondence between Louis Philippe and Prince Talleyrand, when Ambassador in England. Murder of Mrs. Shedden, at Iforfield, near Bristol. 26. Opening of the session of Parliament. 29. An arrangement is come to between Captain El liot and the Chinese Plenipotentiaries, by which the Em peror cedes the island of Hong Kong to England, ac cords an indemnity of 6,000,000 of dollars, Fond establishes official relations between the two Governments on a foot ing of perfect equality. Lord John Russell obtains leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Poor-law Commission for ten years longer. FEBRUARY. 1. The debate on the Fortification Bill in the Chamber of Deputies closed by a majority of 237 against 162 in favour of the project of law. 2. The Earl of Cardigan surrenders himself into the custody of the Usher of the Black rod, in consequence of an indictment being preferred against him for murder, and is subsequently admitted to bail. Mr. Labourchere brings forward a motion for equalising the duties on East and West India rum. Lord Stanley obtains leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relative to the Registration of Voters in Ireland. Destructive fire in Moorfields. 3. The American House of Representatives resolves that the Governor of Maine be authorised to take im mediate measures to remove the troops of the Queen of Great Britain from the disputed territory. Death of Lord Iletile , in his 52d year. Presentation of the City Addresses to the Queen, Prince Albeit, and the Duchess of Kent, on the birth of the Princess Royal. '4. Third stoppage of the Bank of the United States. The Houses ,of Lords and Commons agree to a vote of thanks to Sir Robert Stopford i and the officers and men under his command, for their services on the coast of Syria. Second reading of the Copyright Bill lost on a division by 39 to 45. 6. The Grand Jury of Lockport, Now York, find a true bill against Alexander M'Leod for murder and arson, in the destruction of the Caroline. Mr. Justice Littledale takes leaVe of the bar. 7. Destruction of Camberwell Old Church by fire. 8. The Poor-law Commission Continuance Bill is read a second time in the 'Buse of Commons, there appe.;ring on a division, for the second reading, 201 ; against it, 54. —Marriage of the Princess Theolinda of Leuchtenberg with Count William of Wirtemberg. 9. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly obtains leave to bring in a Bill for the ab.iiition of the punishment of death in certain cases. 10. Christening of the Princess Royal of England by the name of Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa. _ _ Lord Syd:nhamassumes the Government of Canada. The 2d regimerit of light cavalry of the Bengal army is disbanded by order of the Governor-General for cowardice in not supporting their 14.1uropean officers when charging the enemy. 12. The motion that an annuity of. 2,0001. per annum be granted to Lord Keane and his • two surviving heirs passed the House by a majority of 152. Death of Sir Astley Cooper. - Dinner to Lord John Russell by the Directors of the - New Zealand Company. i 4. The British 'lndianian Heroine, frOm China to London, lost near Cape Spartel, and out of sixty persons on board, thirty-four, principally 'meal's, perished. The Earl of Cardigan is tried before the House of Peers, and acquitted on a point of law. 19. On the motion of, Lord John Russell, the Regis tration of 'Voters (England) Bill is read a second time in the House of Commons. -- Conti ,gratiou of Wynyard House, near Stockton, th • seat of the Marquis and Marchioness ol Londonderry. _ _ Death of hear-Admiral Lord G. Stuart, aged GO. Execution at Lisbon of Diego Alves and Celleiro (the former having committed twenty•seven murders) the crime for wHch they suffered being the murder of a family of five, persons. 20. Banquet at the Mansion House to her Majesty's Mini6wrs. Destruction of the Governor Fenner, American packet-ship, with the loss of 116 passengers, and 16 of tier crew (two only being saved), having run foul of the Nottingham steamer, oillolyhead. 21. Death of the Earl of Rosso, in 'his !Rib year. 23. After a debate of four nights, ther Hoose of Com mons divides on the question of the second reading of the Irish Registration majority for Ministers, .5. The English forces take possession of the forts of the Bogue, arid of the factories at Canton ; Keshen hav ing been degraded, and sent to Pekin in irons. The island olefins:in is evacuated and restored to the Chinese. 27. Grand entertainment to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at the Trinity House, on the occasion of his being enrolled ono of the elder brethren,. in the place of the late Marquis Camden. The Secret Service Money MIAs carried in the Member of Deputies, in favour of Minister?, by 235 to 1-15. Two houses fell down in Fleet. street. MARCH. 1. Mr. M. O'Ferrall brings forward the Navy Esti mates, and move 3 to increase. the number of sailors from 87,163, the number last year, to 43,000. The Pope signs an allocution accusing the Spanish Government and the Spanish people of being the perse cutors of the Church. 2. Mr. Colquhoun obtains leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the acts of the Irish Parliament relating to the College of Maynooth. Suicide of Lieut. Ellis, of tho 60th Royal Rifles. 3. The Design Copyright Bill read a second thee in the House of Commons. Captain Douglas, Lord Cardigan's second in his duel with Captain Tuckctt, on Wimbledon Common, is tried at the Ohl Bailey, on a charge of feloniously shoot ing at Captain 'Puckett, and acquitted on the same grounds as the Noble Lord. 4. General Harrison is installed President of tl:e United States. - Mr. T. Duncomb.:., M.P., presented by the actors of the Hay market Theatre with a silver cup and cover, in testimony of his Parliamentary exertions in removing the restrictions on theatrical performances during Lent. 5. The Bishop of London brings under the notice of the (louse of Lords the, immoralities of masquerades. Mr. Macaulay brings forward the army estimates, end moves • a grant of a land force not exceeding 92000 Settlement of the treaty of commerce between Por tugal and .the United States. The Plenipatentiark‘s of the Four Powers, parties to the treitty4July, sign a protocol reciting the semis sion of Mehemet Ali, and authorising the return of the Consuls of the respective Powers simultaneously to A?ex &odes. 8. The third reading of -Lord Keane's Annuity Bill iv Parriedin the House of Commons by a maj n•i;y of 128 to 40, The British Queen steam ship leaves Bt ekivall on her first voyage to America. 10. Overland mail from India, with resignation of Ad miral Elliot, on the plea of ill health. The second reading of the Jews' Declaration Bill is carried, in the House of Compons, by 137 to 24. On this occasion Lord John Russell expresses his readiness .to admit Jews to seats in Parliament. 1. The President steam-vessel leaves New York on her voyage to England, and on the next day encountered a storm between .Nantucket Shoals and George's Bank, in which it is supposed she : foundered with all on board. Amongst the passengers were a son of the Duke of Rich mond and the celebrated comedian. Tyrone Power. Sir Moses Alontefiore is presented by the Britiih Jews with an address of congratulation on the successful termination of his labours' on behalf of the persecuted Jews in Syria. Chekib Effendi has restored to him, under condi tions, the Governorship of Egypt. with hereditary descent. 12. The County Courts Bill is read a second time in the House of Commons, after an ineffectual opposition by Sir David Pollock and Sir Edward Sugden. Mr. La bouchere lays on the table resolutions for relaxing the Customs Duties in the West Indies and North American colonies. —Mr. Fox, the British Ambassador to the United States announces to the American Government the approval, on the part of the British Government of the destruction of the Caroline, and demands the immediate release of Alex ander M•Leod. 14. The Consuls of the Five Powers in Candia issue a joint proclamation, condemning the proceedings of the insurgents. • 15. The House of Commons guarantees a loan of 210,000/. to the colony of South Australia. The boy Jones again effects an entrance into Buck ingham Palace. The Vice-Chancellor, heads of houses, and proctors of Oxford University, meet and agree to a resolution condemning the " Tracts for the Times." 16. The motion on the Sound duties negatived in the House without a division. Execution of James Taylor, at Salisbury, for the murder of his wife. Eleven persons killed by explosion of fire-damp in a coal-mine near Hamilton. . 18. Mr. Easthope moves a resolution to the effect that the imprisonment of Wm. Baines in Leicester gaol for non-payment of Church-rates, is a violation of the prin ciples of religious freedom—lost by 45 to 40. 19. Opening of the session of the Cortes of Spain. Harriet Longley murders her infant when in a state of want by throwing it into the New River. 20. Captain Elliot announces to the people of Canton the suspension of hostilities ' and the opening of the trade. 22. M'Leod is arraigned before the Court of Oyer and Terminer at Lockport. Application is made to remove the case by certiorari to the Supreme Court, and granted. 23 The Dean of York arraigned before the Arch bishop's Commissary, in the Ecclesiastical Court at York on a charge of simony. Loss .of the Mary Stuart, off Proa Saire Bay. Lieut. Smith, R.N., and five of the coast-guard drowned in attempting to reach the wreck. 24. The revolutionary attempts at Marseilles, 21 per sons with arms and cartridges are arrested. 26:Sir John Harvey retires from the Government of New Brunswick. 29. In Committee on the Poor-law Continuance Bill, a motion that it be an instruction to the Committee to introduce a clause to repeal the Poor-law Amendment Act, is negatived by 155 to 9. Death of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Dundas, L.C.B. .Reschid Pacha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is dis- missed by the Sultan, and is succeeded by Rifant Bey. 31. The third reading of the Jews' Declaration Bill is carried in the House of Commons by a majority of 108 to 31. APRIL 1. The Paris Fortifications Bill is carried in the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 147 to 85. 2. The Dean of York found guilty of simony, and deposed. Execution of Josiah Misters at Shrewsbury for the attempt to murder Mr. Mackreth. 3. Execution of Matthew Foples at Stafford, for the murder of Martha Keeling, at Newcastle-under-Lyme. 4. Death of General Harrison, President of the United States of America, having filled that office only one month. Succeeded by the Vice-President, Mr. Tyler. 5. The official statement of the year's and quarter's revenue exhibits, upon the whole year, a decrease of 309,2801., and upon the quarter, compared with the.quar ter ending April 5, 1840, a - decrease of 70,5141. 7. Don Miguel, ex-King of Portugal, washes the feet of 13 pilgrims in the church of Trinity, at Rome. Accident on the Birminghani and Gloucester Rail way. William Creuze, the engineer, killed, and two or three other persons severely injured. 8. Two . Roman Catholic Priests from Lisbon and one from Naples publicly abjure the faith of the Church of Rome in. Whitehall Chapel, in the presence of the Bishop of London and a numerous congregation. 'll. By command of the Earl of Cardigaa ,private Rogers, of the 11th Ilussars, is tied up and flogged, pur suant to the sentence of a Court-martial, in the riding school at Hounslow, after the celebration of Divine Ser vice in the same place, it being Easter Sunday. Insurrection of the Greeks in Thessaly. 14. Eight- oared cutter match on the Thames between gentlemen of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, which was won by the latter. . Appointment of a new Ministry in Belgium. 15. Final retirement of Mdlle. Mars from the French stage. 16. Death of Reynolds, the dramatist, in his 77th year. 17. The Chinese break the convention with Captain Elliot, and commence the destruction of all teas, &c., for foreign vessels. 19. Wreck of the William Brown by striking on the ice. Sixteen of the passengers who had been received into the long boat; are thrown overboard by the crew. Sir Charles Napier entertained by the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool, on the occasion of his arrival in England. 21. A grand entertainment is given to Commodore Napier. at the Town Hall at Manchester. A general order is issued from the Horse Guards, reprimanding the Earl of Cardigan for having ordered a soldier to be flogged on the Lord's day. 23. Ir. the House of Commons the Administration of Justice (No. 1) Bill goes through Committee; after a dis cussion, and the appointment of two new additional Judges, is agieed to. 24. Execution of Bartholomew Murray at Chester, for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, at Over Peover. 2Q. In Committee on the Parliamentary Voters (Ire. land) Bill, Lord Howick's amendment, requiring the tenant who claimed the right to vote to be rated to the poor:rate 51. above his rent, is opposed by Minist e rs, and a carried against them by majority of 291 to 270. 27. A'publie meeting, called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, takes place stWillis's Rooms, for the purpose of originating trfutat for' the endowment of additional bishoprics- in the colonies. Suicide of Lord James Beresford on board the Ti gris, on her passage from Colombo to England. 29. Dr. Henry Pepys,. Bishop of Sodor and Man, is promoted to the see, of Worcester. 30. Lord John Russell announces the intention of Mi nisters to consider the laws relating to the trade in corn. Tip- Chancellor of the Exchuer brings forward theßud get proposing :a reduction of duties on corn, sugar, and Umber. MAY. 7. Suicide of General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin. 3:The Earl of Waldegrave and Captain Duff are sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine tolhe Queen, the' former of 200/., and the latter of 201., for an assault on a policeman at KingstOn. Defeat of the Arabs under Abd-el-Ka.der, by the French troops under General Bugeattd. 6. The ease of M'Leod removed by • habeas corpus before the Supreme Court at Now York. • •S. Espartero elected sole Regent of Spain. 9. The brig Mary Scot is run down off Point Lynas . by the ship Brooklyn, and six of the crew drowned. • 10. Debut of Mdlle. Itachtv 1 at her Majesty's Theatre. 12. Mr. Dyer, a Magistrate of Middlesex, is struck out of the Commission 'ot the Peace by the Lord Chan cellor, in consequence of having held communications with a prisoner in the House of - Correction, relative to his release. - • • 15. Sir IL Pottinger appointed• her Majesty's Plenipo tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, in the room of Captain Elliot. —'The Porte establishes a blockade of Candid. • 17. Falling of a part of the ellfrat - Ctiwbec, by which seven houses are destroyed and upwards of 30 persons 18. Her Majesty's brig Espoir and a Portuguese vessel of war despatched by Lord iloward delValden from Lis bon, in search 'of the missing steamer, the President. Conclusion of the debate on the sugar duties, when Lord Sandon's amendment is carried by a majority of 317 to 281; majority against Ministers, 36. 19. Public.mecting in Covent-garden in favour of the ministerial measures. Meetings in favour of or against the ministerial measure; take place about this time all • over the country. • • • —The Turkish army commences hostilities against the insurgents in Candle. 22. Formation of a new Spanish Administration, of which M. Gonzales is President: .. 23. The British Forces, under Sir 11. Gough, attack and carry the outward defences of Canton: 24. Sir Robert Peel .gives notice of a motion of want of Confidence in the Ministers. , 25. Mr. Easthope obtains . leave . to bring in a bill to abolish Church-rates and to make • other provisions for the maintenance of churches and. chapels throughout the kingdom. • 27. Sir Llngh Gough about to storm and take posses sion of Canton, when an officer arrives from Capt, .Elliot announcing that he was again treating with the Chinese, who bad consented to pa six. millions of / dollars as - a ranson for the city. The'British forces are accordingly drawn off. Sir Robert Peel brings forward his motion of want of confidence in Ministers. The debate adjourned. Assination of Mr. Robert Butler Bryan, of Wexford. The General Assembly of the church of Scotland pro nounced sentence of deposition agai ns t th e sev en ministers of Strithbogie, and declares the seven churches of the deposed to be vacant. 78 Resig,nation of the Portuguese Ministry. The Duke de Palthella undertakes the formation of a new Ministry. 29. A decree of the Court of Session is served on the Moderator of the General Assembly, interdicting the ex ecution of the sentence of deposition against the sus pended ministers of Strathbogie. 31. Ex .!.1..t.1ti011 of Darmes for the attempt to assassi nate Louis Philippe. The 27th Congress of the United States meets at Washington. JUNE. 1. A firman sent. by the Sublime Porte to Mehemet Ali,' grants him the hereditary Government of Egypt. TiUK SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1842, Conflagration at Dunstable, twenty-one houses - are tlestrbytd. Death of Sir David Wilkie, at Gibraltar, in hia 56th year. 2. The King of Hanover opens the General Assembly of the Estates of the Kingdom. _ . _ 3. The second readiniof the Jews' Declaration Bill is carried in the House of Lords, on a division, by 48 to 47, the Archbishop of Canterbury having moved the second reading that day six months, 4. The Turks are defeated by the insurgents in Can dia, 'in the mountains of Spakia. Conclusion of the adjourned debate on Sir Robert Peel's motion of wont of confidence in Ministers. The motion is carried by a majority of 1. 7. Lord John Russell announces the intention of Mi nisters to dissolve Parliament, and call a new one at the earliest possible period. Thomas Lloyd leaps from the tower of Chelsea new church. Disturbances at Barcelona, occasioned by the sale of contraband goods, which are seized by a body of be tween 2,000 and 3,000 weavers, and burnt. 8. Total destruction of Astley's Amphitheatre by fire. 9. Re-formation of the Portuguese Ministry, J. A. d'Agnier being President of the Council. 13. Lord John Russell announces his intention of offering himself as a candidate to represent the city of London. The Committee on the guardianship of the Queen of Spain report that no person out of the country should fill that important post ; and, consequently, that the Queen-Mother could not act as such. 14. In the House of Lords the Punishment of Death Bill goes through Committee, when the clause abolishing the punishment of death in cases of rape is carried, on a division of 42 to 38, the Max,quis of Westmeath having ineffectually deprecated the extension of the clause to Ireland. 15. Mr. Scholefield brings before the House of Com• mons a motion on the subject of the distressed condition of he industrions classes, when the House is counted out. Lord Sydenham opens the first Parliament of the United Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. Destruction, by an earthquake, of Villa da Praia, in the Island of Terceira. - 16. Prince Albert's visit to the University of Oxford. Death of Earl Fortescue, aged 88. Closing of the Diet of Sweden. 18. Another division takes place in the House of Lords on the clause in the punishment of Death Bill abolishing the punishment of death in cases of violation. The clause is carried by a majority of 64 to 60. Riots at Hyde and Stockport, in consequence of an indiscriminate attack by some Irish labourers upon every English person they met. The house in which the Irish resided are partially destroyed by the mob. 19. The Court of Queen's Bench makes absolute the rule for a writ of prohibition directed to the Archbshop of York and his Commissary, prohibiting them from car rying into effect the sentence of deprivation from his office, passed by them on the Dean for contumacy and alleged simony. 21. The Royal assent given by Commission to 148 public and private Bills, being the largest number ever included within one Commission in the memory of the oldest perion connected with Parliamentary proceedings. Launch, at Woolwich, of the Trafalgar, of 120 guns (this being the anniversary of the battle of Trafal gar), in the presence of the Queen, Prince Albert, and an immense assemblage. Lord Plunket resigns the seals as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He is succeeded by Lord Campbell. Extensive conflagration at an oil-nierchant's at Southwark, by which four warehouses are burnt down, and 26 houses damaged. 23. Death of M. Gamier Pages, the celebrated French Deputy ; 20,000 citizens form part of the funeral pro• cession. -- Proclamation by the Queen for dissolving the pre sent Parliament and calling another. Arrival of the King and Queen of the Belgians at Woolwich, on a visit to her Majesty. 25. The guardianship of the Queen of Spain is de clared vacant by the Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 129 to 1. Prorogation, by Commission, of the French Cham bers of Peers and Deputies. 28. The borough elections commence this day through out England, and are attended with the usual disorders. Popular tumults, leading to the loss of life, take place at Walsall, Canterbury, Ashton, Liverpool, Blackburn, Carlisle, &c. 29. The polling for the City of London commences and terminates in the return of Masterman, Lyall, Al derman Wood, and Lord John Russell, Death of the Queen of Hanover. 30. Opening of the Great Western Railroad, from the terminus at Paddington throughout the whole line to Bristol and Bridgewater. JULY. 1. Death of Sir Thomas Edlyn Tomlins, author of a law dictionary, &c. -- 3. The office of Guardian to the Queen of Spain de clared vacant by the Cortes ' by a majority of 47 to 23. 4. The King of Hanover dissolves the States. 5. An abstract of the net produce of the revenue shows a decrease of 524,6401. on the year, and 3,6611. on the quarter. 150 persons are drowned at Rotherham, by the upsetting of a boat on being launched into the water. 7. Execution of Rudolph Kuhnupfel, the murderer of the Bishop of Ermeland, at Frauenberg, by breaking on the wheel. 8. Carnaonp, lays siege to the town of Carthagena. Formation of a new Greek Ministry at Athens, of which M. Marrocordato is Premier, on which occasion M. Mavrocordato announces his course of policy. 9. Renewal of the disturbances at Toulouse. 10. M. Arguelles is chosen by the Chambers guardian of the Queen of Spain and of the Infanta. 13. A treaty is signed between the Ottoman Porte and the Emperors of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and the Queen of England and King of France, by which the passage of the straits of the Bosphorus and the Darda nelles is closed to all foreign ships of war as long as the Ottoman Porte enjoys peace. 14. Debate in the Court of East Indian Proprietors on the.Raja of Sattara's case. 16. Death of Lord Feversham, aged 76. AB. Coronation of the Emperor of Brazils. 19. Queen Maria Christina de Bourbon addresses a protest to the Spanish nation against a decree of the Cortes, depriving her of the guardianship of lvtr daughters, Queen Isabella IL, and the Infanta Maria Louisa. - The Spanish Government agrees to sell to Great Britain the islands of Fernando Po and Amaobona, for the sum of 60,0001. 20. The Court of East Indian Proprietors negatives the motion for a Committee to inquire into the case of the Rajah of Sattara. 21. Death of Lord Dufferin, aged 46, from taking an over dose of morphine. Tahir Pacha defeats the remaining body of the Greek insurgents in Candia. 24. Prince Albert lays the foundation stone of the new Infant Orphan Asylum, on the \Vanstead estate. Lord Campbell, after three weeks' sojourn in Ire land as Lord Chancellor, takes his departure for England. • Medhurst, a prisoner confined for the manslaughter of "a schoolfellow, is released, on the ground of ill-health. 26. her Majesty and Prince Albert visit the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. 28. 'Espartero issues a decree complaining of the vio lation of the rights of national sovereignty by the Pope of Rome. = The Duke de Bordeaux is thrown from his horse, near Kirchberg, and fractures his left thigh. -- Conflagration of the Hebrew quarter at Smyrna, when 3,000 houses and eight synagogues are destroyed, leaving destitute the greater part of the Jewish popu lation. _ _ 29. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visit the Earl and Countess Cowper at Pansauger, Herts. 30. Several smart shocks of an earthquake arc felt at Aberfeldy, Cowie, Auchterarder, crieff, and other parts of the counties of Stirling and Perth. ministers of all denominations on the subject of the Corn-laws. 19. First day of the assem'Aing of the new Parlia ment ; .Mr. Shaw Lefevre is unanimously re-elected Speaker of the House of Commons. 22. Resignation of the Greek Minister Mavrocordato. He is succeeded by Kriezio. 23. Dinner to M. Guizot at Liseux. Prince Albert distributes the prizes to the pupils of the Government School of Design at Somerset House. 24. Her Majesty's Speech on the openin ,, of the new Parliament is read to' he Houses ley the Lords Commis sioners. An amendment an the Address, in answer to the Speech (expressing want of confidence in her Majes ty's Ministers) is moved in both Houses, and carried in the Lords by 168 to 96. In the Commons the debate is adjourned. Death of Mr. Theodore Hook. Destructive thunder storm at Liverpool. Close of the session of the Spanish Chambers. Revolutionary movement in Mexico under General Santa Anna. Baronetage conferred on Mr. Larpent, Mr. Clay, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, and Mr.Easthope, M.P. for Leicester. 26. Release of Feargus O'Connor from York Castle, on his owu recognizance of 3001, to keep the peace for three years. 28. The debate in the House of Commons on the Ad dress in answer to her Majesty's Speech, having lasted four nights, is concluded at three o'clock this morning, when, on a division, the numbers-were—For the original address, 269; for the amendment 360, being a majority of 91 against Ministers. Meeting, at the Thatched House Tavern, Sir Ro bert Peel presides in the Chair, at which subscriptions are commenced for the purpose of erecting a monument to the late Sir David Wilkie. 30. Lord Melbourne, in the Houso of Lords, and Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons, announced the resignation of her Majesty's Ministers. Sir Robert Peel is sent for by her Majesty relative to the formation of a new Administration. SEPTEMBER. 1. Celebration at Madrid of the revolution by which Espartero was appointed Regent. Opening of the Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne Railway. 2. Total destruction, by an earthquake, of Cartago, on the Isthmus of Darien, with the loss of 40 or 50 lives. 3. Appointment of the leading Members of. the New Ministry. 6. First meeting of the Houses of Parliament pursuant to adjournment after the change of Ministry. 8. Mr. Roebuck, in the House of Commons, complains of a paragraph in a newspaper, characterising him as one of the "one-shilling - gallery gentry ;" and moves that it is a breach of privilege, but no Hon. Member is found to second the motion, which consequently falls to the ground. 9. Vauxhall Gardens put up to auction. 10. Death of the Earl of Malmeabury. 11. The Exeter stage coach, whilst crossing the Bris tol and Exeter Railroad, is encountered by the railway engine and overturned, six persons being more or less injured. Resignation of all the Ministers of the United States, with the exception of Mr. Webster, in conse quence of the President's veto of the Bank Bill. The Chatham Islands are purchased of the New Zea land Colonization Company for the sum of 10,0001. 12. The masons engaged in the erection of the new Houses of Parliament strike work, on account of the al leged harsh treatment experienced from Allen, the fore man of the contractors, Messrs. Grissell and Peto. 13. The Duke d'Orleans, whilst marching with his brothers, the Dukes of Nemours, Montpensier, and Au male, at the head of the Duke d'Aumale's regiment on its return to Paris from Algiers, is shot at by an assassin named Papart, alias Quenisset, but escapes unhurt. Quenisset seized and other persons implicated in the conspiracy. 15. Earl de Grey assumes the Government of Ireland. 16. Death of Thomas Dibdin, the dramatic author. Sir Thos. Fremantle obtains leave to bring in a Bill to lease the Royal Kitchen Gardens at Kensington Pa lace, for the purposes of building. 17. Debate in the House of Commons on the subject of Sir Robert Peel's refusal immediately to bring forward the measures he intends to propose. Mr. Pielden moves that no supply be granted until the House has inquired into the distresses of the labouring population. The motion is negatived by 149 to 41. The mob at Monkwearmouth demolish the win dows and furniture of Edward Liddle's house, who had presented a gun from his window and frightened them, during the passing of Lord Howick's election procession. 18.Guadalaxara, in Mexico, declares in favour of a Republic. 19. Arrest of Grogan, an American, by a party of British soldiers, on the American territory. Death of Lord Sydenham. General Oribe defeats the insurgent Juan Lavelle, in Tucuman. 20. Mr, S. Crawford opposes the motion for the House going into a Committee of Supply unless a pledge is given that the distresses of the people shall be taken into con sideration. The motion fur a Committee is carried by 136 to 22, Colonel Sibthorp denounces giving 17,000/. of the public money to Dr. Bow ring, fur information which he had procured from the British Consuls abroad. 21. Opening of the London and Brighton Railway the whole extent of the line. _ --- Murder of Mr. Burdon, of the King's Head, East cheap, by Blakeslee, his biother-in-law. 23. Bernard Cavanagh, the pretended faster, exhibits himself at the Hanover-square Rooms. Presentation of the freedom of the City to Admiral Sir R. Stopford and Commodore Sir C. Napier. 24. Accident at the Penddarran iron works, Glamor ganshire, by the bursting of 'the boiler of a steam-engine; eight persons are killed instantaneously, and 18 others scalded and wounded. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply a discussion arises in the House of Commons on the dis tressed state of the manufacturing districts. Death of M. Laporte. 26. Shipwreck of the barque Amanda, off Metis, on her passage from Liverpool to Quebec, with the loss of 29 passengers and 12 of the crew. 27. Kinmel Hall, the seat of Lord Dinorben, near St. Asaph, destroyed by fire. Tho mansion cost 90,0001. when built in 1783. Sir Charles Bagot appointed Captain-General and Governor of the North American colonies. 28. Further discussion in the House of Commons on the Poor-law Continuance Bill. OCTOBER. 1. The Poor-law Commission Continuation Bill passes the House of Commons. 2. The National French Newspaper is found guilty of libel, and the proprietors sentenced to pay a fine of 5,000 francs, with four months' imprisonment. Fatal accident on the London and Brighton Rail way, by one of the engines going off the line, by which four persons are killed. General O'Donnell and the troops under his com mand declare in 'favour of Queen Christina, and take possession of the citadel of Pampeluna. 4. Murder of Jane Pearce by Jabea Kirk, a soldier of the 34th Regiment, at St. Albans. Grogan is given up to the American Government. 5. The Town of Bilbao declares in favour of Queen Christina. Several other towns in Spain follow the ex ample. - Earthquake at Constantinople, occasioning exten sive destruction of property, and the loss of five or Six lives. 6. Don Carlos publishes a proclamation calling on his partizans to abstain from taking part in the recent poli t►cal movements in Spain. 7. Prorogation of Parliament by the Lords Commis sioners, Lord Monson died, aged 32. _ _ An attempt at insurrection at Madrid, combined with a plan for carrying off the Young Queen, is quelled by the - Governmeut after some fighting between the in surrectionists and the troops of the palace. 9. Dinner at the Mansion-house to her Majesty's Mi nisters. - Insurrection of the National Guard of Barcelona. 10. Death of Sir John Bayley, Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench. - - Formation at Barcelona of a junta of public safety. 11. The citadel of Pampeluna, having refused to obey the summons to surrender, ~is attacked by the Govern ment troops. 12, Acquittal of APLeod, after a trial which lasted eight days. —.Birth of a Princess, _ciiingliter of the Sultan, who is named Nourva Sultana. 13. Explosion of a steam -boikr at Manchester, by which seven persons are killed. 15. Gen. Diego Leon is shot at ,Madrid. IG. Gen. O'Donnell gains possession of Estella. 18. Extraordinary high tide, when much damage is oc casioned by the overflowing of the Thames, the ground on both sides being laid under water. - Opening of the Session of the States-General by the King of the Netherlands. ___. Time Spanish Government orders a blockade of the Cantabrian coasts. 19. The troops in Alava and Guipnscoa make their submission to the Regent. Several of the populations also again recognise the Government, and the leaders of the movement make their escape to France. Death of the Duke of Cannizaro. By a decree, dated•Andoain, General Alcala de clares the three Basque provinces to be in a state of siege. 21. General O'Donnell takes refuge in the French ter ritory. General Zurbano captures Bilboa. The Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary cf State under Ar. Van Buren's Administration, died at Washington. 22. Death of the Earl of Home. 25. Murder of General Aymerich at Palma, in the Balearic Islands. er , as Regent, issues a decree suspending the payment of the marriage settlement portion of Queen Christina. M. Olozago, Spanish Ambassador to the Court of the Tuileries, demands the-expulsion of Christina from the French territory. The National Guard of Barcelona demolish the bas tions of the citadel. 27. Death of Mr- T. Phillips, the vocalist, occasioned by an accident on the Birmingham and Liverpool Railway. A decree, dated Vittoria, suppresses the juntas that had been created since the insurrection at Pampeluna. 28. Rob e rt Blakesley found guilty of the murder of James Burdon, in Eastcheap, on the 21st of September last, and sentenced to death. Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. Wigratu are appointed first and . 'second Vice-Chancellors, under the Act esta blishing new courts of equity. 29. Lord Ellenborough has an audience of the Queen on being appointed Governor-General of India. - Espartero abolishes the fueros of the Basque provinces. 30. Total destruction by fire of the grand armoury in the Tower of London, containing,„amongst pumerous military trophies, 300,000 stand of arms. NOVEMBER: I. Me. O'Connell elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. lie city of Valencia appoints a junta of vigilancr, and decrees the demolition of the citadel. 2. The Queen Dowager, who had been suffering for some time under an illness which had occasioned serious apprehensionF, recovers. Debut of Miss A. Kemble at Covent Garden Theatre. General Quiroga y Frias shot at Madrid. 3. Grand entertainment by the Directors of the East India Company to her Majesty's Ministers, and others, in celebration of the appointment of Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General of India. _ _ Examination at the Mansion House of Rapallo, charged with having been concerned in an extensive forgery of Exchequer bills. Don Pedro Beltran, formerly Governor of Morella, is shot by order of the revolutionary junta of Valencia 4. Mr. Edward Beaumont Smith, a clerk in the Ex chequer Bill-office, is examined at Bow•street, and finally committed to Newgate for trial, charged with forging and uttering Exchequer bills to a considerable amount ; and Ernest Rapallo is examined at the Mansion House on a similar charge and remanded. The Rev. M. Zavala, a Guerilla Chief, is shot at Bilboa. _ _ 5. Death of M. Gaudin, Duo de Gaeta, formerly Mi nister of Finance of France. The bar of Ireland present an address to Chief Justice Bushe, on his retirement from the Bench. _ _ 6. Destruction, by fire, of Messrs. Cocicley, Barrow, and M'Kinley's cotton factory, in Jersey-street, Manchester. 8. Espartero issues a proclamation expressing his dis approbation of the occurrences at Barcelona, and of the conduct of the Junta and the National Guards. 9. Birth of the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. The intelligence is hailed with great rejoicings through out the kingdom. Alderman Pirie assumes the Mayoralty of London. Lieutenants Borio and Gobernado, implicated in the Christino plot, are shot at Madrid. 11. Col. Don Demaso Fulgoaio is executed at Madrid. 12. Riot at the Union poor-housP, at Bradford Wilts, occasioned by the paupers being discontented with their diet. 13. General Vandersmissen, chief of the late conspi racy at Brussels, condemned to death, the sentence being afterwards commuted by the King to hard labour for life and the pillory. Attack on and massacre of the Christians by the Druses in Syria. 14. Fatal fire in Blackfriars-road. Two firemen are killed by the falling of the walls. Death of the Marquis of Lothian, aged 47. Marris, a private in the 60th Rifles, in a fit of jealousy, murders his officer, Lieutenant O'Grady, and a woman named Terrett, with whom he had cohabited, and afterwards stabs himself. Death of the Earl of Elgin, in his 76th year. 15. A maniac, named Charles Mann, endeavours to obtain an entrance into Buckingham Palace, and is handed over to the police. Execution of Blakesley for the murder of Mr. Burdon. General Van Helen enters Barcelona, displaces the National Guard, and places the city and province under martial law, the junta having made their escape. Conflagration at St. John's, New Brunswick, by which the greater part of the city is destroyed and a large quantity of shipping. The value of the property lost is estimated at 100,0001. 16. An attempt made to set fire to the Horse Guards, and the barracks atCharing - cross, by throwing balls, containing combustible materials, into those buildings. • 17. Final examination of Ernest Rapallo, and com mittal to Newgate for trial for the forgery of Exche quer bills. Inauguration of the column erected by the Emperor of Russia commemorative of the retreat of the French from Smolensko. 18. Prorogation of the Cortes by the Queen of Portugal. Bernard Cavanagh, having been detected in pur chasing some food at a chandler's shop to allay his hunger, is sentenced by the Mayor of Reading to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mrs. Blakesley, widow of the murderer Blakesley, expired at the King's Head, Eastcheap, of the wounds in flicted by her husband. 20. Fire in Woolwich Dockyard, which is confined to the building in which it originated. Execution of Patrick Woods at Armagh, for the murder of Mr. Powel. _ _ 22. Her Majesty appoints a Commission, at the head of which is Prince Albert, to inquire into the best mode of promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom. Explosion in a coal pit at Barnsley, by which 15 persons are killed. 23. Destruction by fire of the Barrowfield cotton mills, near Glasgow. Espartero makes his triumphant entry into Madrid. 24. The first communication between the north and south shores of the Thames, by means of., the Tunnel, effected this day. M. Ledru-Rollin, a French Deputy, tried at Angers for publishing a seditious speech to his constituents, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 f. The publisher is sentenced to three months' im prisonment, and to pay a fine of 2,000 f. 25. Presentation of the freedom of the City of London to Major-General Sir C. F. Smith, Commander of the Forces in Syria. Death of Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A., the eminent sculptor, aged 59. Lord Denman suddenly terminates the business of the term at 11 o'clock this morning, in consequence of the non-attendance of counsel. 26. Death of H. Lucelles. Earl of Harewood, aged 73. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MALISH) -HOUSE. A young man, named Thomas Humber, in the employ. ment of Mr. Isaac Wilson, of No. 25, Milk -street, Cheapside, was brought before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with having robbed his employer. Mr. Wilson stated, that, having been informed that a quantity of hose had been offered for see at a much lower price than .they could have been made for, and having ascertained, upon examining some of the goods, that they had been manufactured by him, he caused in quiry to be made into the circumstances of the sale by the police. By the activity of Inspector Waller the goods were traced to the prisoner, who was appre hended and charged iiith the robbery. The wholesale price of the stockings was from 17s. to 203. per dozen, and that at which they were sold by the prisoner waslo3. Ephraim Leman, a dealer, residing in Bell-lane; - Spitalfields, stated that he was in the habit of going, like other men in his line of business, to the Notting ham Castle, mar St. Martin'sle-Grand, and there he saw the prisoner, who constantly smoked his pipe in the 'parlour. The prisoner asked him whether he wanted to buy any stockings, and showed him a sample, and a bargain was made at the rate of 10s. a dozen. Witness pur chased seven dozen of the stockings at that rate, and soon afterwards sold them at a profit of 6d. per dozen. , Alderman Grutts-•—Do you know the prisoner's si,lna tion ? Witness—No; but as he used to go to smoke his pipe at the Nottingham Castle, I did not doubt his respectability. Another witness stated, that having purchased stock ings of Ephraim Leman at so low a rate as had been de scribed, he mentioned the circumstance to Inspector Waller, who at once concluded that they were stolen, and gave him instructions on the subject, at the same time directing that inquiries should be made as to losses at the various warehouses. Sergeant Waller stated, that upon hearing of the cheap sale of the stockings, he was convinced that they had been stolen, and he sent round to the trade, and after a considerable time found that Mr. Wilson was the plun dered party. - The prisoner—Can Mr. Wilson swear that these stock ings are his ? Alderman GIBBS—He has already sworn to that effect. The prisoner —Yes; that they are his own manufac ture. Of that there is no doubt ; but can he swear that he has missed these stockings from his stock?-Mr. Wil son said he believed them to have been stolen from his warehouse. The prisoner—They have not been stolen from his warehouse. Alderman Gums—Where did you get them ? The prisoner—l . purehased - them of a party at Brighton who did btisiness with Mr. Wilson's house, but who is now in difficulties. Alderman GlBBS—lndeed t Who is that party ? The prisoner here mentioned the name of the house from which he Said h 3 had purchased the goods., " That house," said he, " sent to me indirectly, to know whether I could dispose of some stockings ; ansl I told them.l should make inquiry, which I accordingly did make where I went to smoke my pipe ; and this man, Leman, offered me 10s. a dozen, which, after communicating with them, I accepted. In that way these stockings came into my possession. I know that Mr. Wilson never will be able to show that these stockings were stolen from him, although nobody can deny that they are his manufacture." Alderman Ginns=Pray why did you decamp, and never return to your business, after you heard that sus picion fell upon you ? The prisoner —I never decamped. The fact is, I would not go back to The situation, I was treated in so .ungentlemanlike a manner there.—(A laugh.) My feelings really could not bear the rudeness I was accustomed to, so I determined not to go there any more, and you may depend upon it I never shall. Alderman GIBBS—WeII, you are clever at making a defence ; but, as it does not convince me, you must try what a Jury will say to it. The prisoner—Very well. We shall see by-and-by whether I ain't quite right. Mr. Wilson never can swear that he lost. these stockings, so it won't do.—Committed for trial. Two brothers, of the ,names of Thomas and Charles Hawkins, were .charged with having in their possession five bottles of foreign brandy, which they had got on board the Harlequin steamer. Thomas Hawkins, it was stated by the revenue officers, was one of the unlucky fellows who accompanied Louis Napoleon to Boulogne, in the Edinburgh Castle, on the memorable occasion of the strange experiment made by that adventurer upon the people -of FranCe, and the,. de- . fendant lust all his clothes when the steamer was K4ed; and had never got into legitimate employment Stice that unfortunate piece of folly came off. The other brother was steward of the forecabin of a steamer; and had four bottles on his person, while Thomas had only one. Alderman Oinns-- 7 -Whylsee they continue toftmuggle in the HarleqUin still?—The officers said that smuggling was going on to a great extent in all the foreign steamers.: They knew perfectly well the nature of the dealings. These persons who went on board to deal in contraband articles paid 2s. Gd. a bottle for the brandy, and sold it on ahora for no more than 3s. or 3s. .6d.; but each of them made several journeys in the course of a day. Alderman GIBBS fined Thomas Aawkins 10s., and his brother 40s. • An Irishwoman, who possessed but.very slight per sonal charms indeed, was brought before the LORD MAYOR upon the serious charge of having attempted to extort money from a gentleman of high respectability, who resides in Ironmonger-lane. She appeared to' be in the last stage of pregnancy. _ The complainant stated that the'woman, whoni'he had seen in the streets selling fruit, came to him in distress one day, and requested assistance, in consequence of having been obliged brthe police to leave her standing in the street. Upon that occasion he gave her Is.; but instead of expressing her thanks, she asked him, in very abusive language, whether that was all he would let her have? He indignantly - told her to , begone. "By my sowl, then," said she, "If you don't, I'll swear you are the father of my child." The LORD ,MAYOR—And you swear that you know nothing more of the woman than what you . have stated ? The complainant—l do, certainly. Is it of such a crea ture as that I could be supposed to have the knoWledge she meant. Defendant—Oh, then, it's you that forgets the'words yOu used to me when you made me go into your apart ments, and came over my weakness.. Don't you remember saying, when I told you there was purty girls enough walking about Cateaton-street for you ? Oh, says you, it's net them I care about. It's such as you, that's not one of them ltind, I wants. The complainant declared that there was not a word of truth in what • the woman stated. She never 'Was in his apartments, and no such conversation had taken place. The LORD MAYOR—You at length ordered her into custody? Complainant—l did. She came last night and asked me to give lier something, and I.rause'cl, and she then threatened to expose me: I called an officer and charged her. • He then produced a letter which the woman had sent to him, dated 16th October, begging for assistance,- but not containing one word'abOut her pregnancy. The LORD MAYOR—Why, Mrs. Lyons, this is very extraordinary conduct of yours. The defendant—Upon my. word, my Lord, it's all truth. The LORD MAYOR—Have you any one here to speak as to your character ? The defendant—No, I haven't a friend in the world, and I have nothing in this • world to support me ; it was he that brought me into thi3 trouble, and he promised to betny friend. The Complainant—l solemnly declare to your Lord, ship that there is not a syllable of truth in all she has said. I assisted her from compassion alone ; nobody could look at her and suppose I was influenced by any thing else. The LORD MAYOR—Defendant, you must have some friends or acquaintances who advised you to charge this respectable gentleman with being • the father of your child, in the expectation that he would be afraid of the accusation. • The defendant—God knowS I don't charge him wrong ly: I know he is a respectable gentleman well enough, but he acted badly to me, for he is the father of my child. The LORD MAYOR said that he should cause inquiry to be made into the character of the woman, and directed that most particular care should be taken of her by the matron in the Compter. • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John . Easom, a middle-aged man, was brought before Mr. Hardwick for final examination, charged with having attempted to obtain goods from various 'tradesmen by means of forged orders. The first case was that of Mr. Bidgood, trimming maker, Vigo-street, Regent-street. The prisoner went into Mr. Bidgood's shop on Friday afternoon, and pre sented a letter, purporting to have been written by Messrs. Place and Co., tailors, Charing•eross, requesting that five and a half yards of the hest double-milled blue kerseymerc should be sent by the bearer, and promising payment on the following day. Prosecutor having su picions that something was wrong, asked the prisoner who sent him with the note. The prisoner replied, a man who met him at Charing-cross, and who told him to take the goods when he got them to Messrs. Place and Co., tailors. Prosecutor feeling satisfied that the note wa: a forgery f.TaVe the prisoner into custody. Mr. Carberry, of the firm of Place and Co:, said that neither he nor his partner had written the note produced by Mr. Didgood. The prisoner was a perfect stranger'to him. In defence, the prisoner said that the note had' been given to him in the street by a person whom he did not know, and to whom ho was to give the goods. The prisoner was fully committed on this charge'. • -; ' A second case was brought forward, for ,attemptii:g to obtain a large quantity of goods • from Messrs. Stones and Co., Manchester warehousemen, 13, Warwick -street, Golden-square, by means of a letter signed 'with the( names of Vernon and Co., tailors and army clothiers; Charing-cross. The letter was in the samezhandwriting• as the one purporting-to come from Messrs. Place and Co. The foreman of Messrs. Stones and Co. stated, that though about to execute the order, he had fortunately rot entrusted the prisoner with the goods without first 'Caking inquiry as to the validity of the order. The in quiry, of course, proved the note to be a forgery, and tl:itt no orders had been sent to them by Messrs. Vernon, and Co. The affair having reached the ears of Mesirs, Place and Co., it was immediately surmises that the pri soner was tho same person who had attempted to defraud Mr. Bidgood. The foreman went to the station-house where the prisoner was in custody, and immediately re cognised him. The clerk to Messrs. Vernon and Co. said the note was a . forgery, but the p ar ty w ho e xe cuted it evidently was well acquainted with the usual way of signing by the firm. The prisoner, who said he found. the note,. was also committed on this charge. AUGUST. 2. Espartero issues a proclamation in reply to the pro test of Queen Christina, against. her deprivation of the ;. - , , uariiuttship of her daughters, asserting that the nation only is qualified to choose a guardian for the royal infants. . 3. A supplemental treaty between her Majesty and' the freo:atittea of Lubgek s ..l3retnen, and .l - lambetrlgh _ _ _ _ 5. Arrival of - lier Majesty's ship Cal ioio; at Calcutta trith.2 500,000 dollars, being part of the money paid by the Chinese for the ransom of Canton. Dinner - at Portsmouth to Sir Robert Stopford, on his arrival in England, G. Nine persons l.illed by an explosion of gas at Thornley Sanderland. 7. Conviction of Madame Laffargo for the robbery of the diamonds., Great fire in Upper Thames-street, occasioning loss of prOperty to the value of upward.; of :20,000/. . _ • The inati,:h between the• Cambridge and Leander Clubs, in eight-oared cutters, for the championship of the Thames, is won by the latter, who arrive at Putney bridge one minute, and, 20 seconds in advance of their opponents. ExecutiOn of John Burlinson, Henry Nuttall, and Charles Gill, for the murder of Joseph Cocker, of ICnaresborough. 9i Destructitin of, the. steam boat Erie by fire, off Silver Creek, on her way from Buffalo, United States, to Chicago, and 170. persons perished. Sir Henry. Pottinger, the new Plenipotentiary, arrives at Canton, and supersedes Captain Elliot. At a meeting of the Repeal Association of Ireland, Mr. O'Connell'amotion, that his grandson, Master John James O'Connell, four days -old s he admitted a member, is received with acclamations. 11. Her Majesty Creates seven new peerages. 12. Riots take . place at Bordeaux, Villeneuve, d'Ayen, and other towns An France; on the occasion , of the attempt to enforce the new census. Sir Henry Pottinger issues his first proclamation. 13. Articles of agreement relative to the Sound toll concluded between the British and Danish Commissioners, at Elsineur. 14; Sir J. M. Brunel, accompanied by about 50 ladies and gentlemen, makes the first passrge under the Thames, through the whole length of the tunnel, from Wapping to Rotherhithe. 15. The greater portion of the Regent's-park is thrown open to the public. 16. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council over-rules the judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner, and establishes the validity of the will of Mr. Wood, of Glou cester, giving the whole of his immense wealth to his four executors, subject to the payment of the loan to the Corporation of Gloucester. Inauguration of the statue of Napoleon on the column at Boulogne. Message of the President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the Bill to incorporate the fiscal bank of the United States. —Allen Bogle obtains one farthing damages in an action against the Tunes newspaper, for alleged libel. 17. First meeting at Manchester of 650 dissenting DECEMBER. 1. Death of Dr. Birkbeck, the founder of Mechanics' Institutes. _ _ The colossal statue of Washington is placed upon the pedestal erected for it in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. 3. Death of the Duke del Infantado. 4. Edward Beaumont Smith pleads guilty to the charge of forging Exchequer bills, and is sentenced to transportation for life. Letters patent, under the Great Seal, create the infant prince Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. 6. The Royal Guards of the Queen of Spain are disbanded and suppressed. 8. Sophia Darbon obtains 1,600/. damages in an action against Richard Rosser, an attorney, between 70 . and 80 years of age, for breach of promise of marriage. 9. Great meeting at Derby, styled " The Midland Counties Conference," on the subject of commercial distresi. 13. By Royal ordonnance, dated in September last, and published to-clay, the French army is reduced from A 33,000 men to 344,000 men, thereby effecting a saving to the country of 30,000,000 francs. A Royal decree, in the Madrid Gazette, pardons all persons arrested or banished, and not yet tried, on ac count of being concerned in the events of October last. 15. Death of the Earl of Westmoreland, in his 82d year. Death of Mr. Sergeant Arabin, one of the Judges of thel Central Criminal Court, in his 65th year. 16. Robt. Woods, Isaac Jacques, and Thos. Molyneux, are found guilty, by the' Coroner's inquest, of the murder of Mr. Grayson, at St. Helen's. 17. In a speech delivered by Mr. Christopher, M.P. for Lincoln, to his constituents, the Hon. Member an - nounces the willingnesi of the landed interest to agree to a relaxation of the restrictions on the importation of foreign corn. 18. M. de Salvandy, Ambassador from France to the Court of Madrid, having insisted upon presenting his credentials to the Queen in person, unaccompanied by the Regent, who required their presentation to himself, addresses a note to the 'Prime Minister, threatening, in case of further delay, to demands his passports. 20. A treaty between Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, fur the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, is signed at the Foreign-office., Execution of Ward for the murder" of an infant 20 months old. 21. Death of Vice-Admiral Sir Geo. Scott, aged 70. 22. At a meeting of the unemployed silk weavers, it is resolved that distress exists amongst them " to a most alarming'extent, equal to, if not exceeding, any former . 1 ' period.' The Corporation of Dublin, at the instigation of JLord Mayor O'Connell, negatives ' by a majority of 34 to the motion for an address to Earl De Grey, congra tulating him on his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of )Ireland. • 23. The French Chamber of Peers sentences Quenis ,set, Col.onabier, and Brazier (the conspirators against the lives of the King' t s suns), to . death, and their accomplices to various terms of imprisonment. Dupoty, the Edit( r of the Journal du Peuple, is included amongst the accom plices, in consequence of an article having appeared in his paper Which was construed by the Chamber to have incited the conspirators to make the attempt against the Princes' lives • , A meeting of the Editors of the Opposition Jour- • gals in Paris is held at the office of the Temps to take into consideration the perils to which the press is exposed' in. consequence of the prosecution of the Crown, and the sentence of the Peers. Death Of the Earl of Egmont, aged . 51. • 24. The luggage-train of the Great Western r and Railway}', consisting of 14 waggons with 37 passengers, .w r l, in Sorining, a cutting about midw a y between TwYf Reading, is thrown off the line by a slip of earth, _ and eight of the passengers kille d on the s p ot, and all the others severely injured. At Manchester, five persons killed andlen seriously hurt by the falling of one of the walls of a cotton factory which had been destroyed by fire. 25. Eight fires take place,{ to-day, in London, occasioned by over-heating stoves in cooking the Christmas dinners. 27. The Coroner's Inquest on the bodies of the eight passengers killed by the overturning of the luggage wag gons on the Great Western Railway, returns a verdict of --Accidental death in all the cases, with a deodand of 1,000/. on the engine and tender. The King of the French opens the session of the Chambers. Sixteen of the Paris journals sign and circulate a declaration against the sentence on M. Dupoty. This de claration is followed by another of a similar purport from the Society of Men of Letters. 29. A deputation from the weavers of Spitalfields waits on the Lord Mayor, to obtain his Lordship's interference (which is granted) to procure a distribution of the funds already subscribed for the unemployed wearers and their families, consisting altogether of 24,000 individuals. . . When the Lord Chief Justice Dou4herty was leaving Beatnaris, where his family had 14;ng been re siding, after an assize in which there had not- been a single criminal case for trial, he turned to his Irish ser vant, and said, in allusion to this circumstance, " Well, Pat, what would they say to such a thing in our country ?" The Hibernian replied with an evident air of self-com placency, in the true Irish brogue, " I'll tell you what it is, your Honour, these Wel.th are a poor mane-spirited people, and hav'nt the heart to do anything worth hang ing for," CLEhKENWELL. - - CRUEL NEGLECT.—A man named Hudson was charged with cruelty to a team of horses. A gentleman stated that he saw the defendant in charge of nine horses, five of which were suffering extremely from the tightness of their col'ars, which had frightfully lacerated their necks; witnes3 immediately took charge of the prisoner, and sent the poor animals to a stable. EVENING St'N Alr. v u • 1 ill-u 0 the Drses ? . Mr. BINGHAM i the r)-15 your mas:t r awaits that the horses are bad? Defendant—lle is, Sir. Mr. I3ixottAm--4heredoes he live ?--At Peterbo rough, Northamptonshire: Mr. BiticuArsr—He is the person that ought to be punished, but unfortunately the law will not reach him. (To the .defendant)—lf your master ever again wishes you to work horses in such a dreadful state as those you are complained of working, come to rue, and I will pro tect you, and fine your employer. Suck cruel neglect is not to be tolerated. You are now discharged, but let.. me beg of you, and all men so circumstanced, to act upon my advice : You will certainly find it to our advantage. The overseers of Clerkenwell brought before the Bench a well-looking female, with a beautiful bf.tre in her arms, to complain under the following circttheqances •poor creature was married about six years ago to an in dividual at present one of the company at Covent garden Theatre. His habits, however, are very irregular, and instead of contributing to the comforts of his wife and . children, he expends the whole of his income from their presence, and they have, in consequence, been compelled. to apply to the parish for relief. Mr. Stevens, one - of the overseers, asked her if he treated her well 7—She replied, " Oh, he never scolds me, we never have any words: Mr. Hellis, another overseer—Does beat you 7--- " Never," she observed. "He treats me very kindly,ont . he gives me not a farthing in money, and no food whatever. Mr. Hellis—Does he make any accusation against you?—" Not any," was her answer. "I never say any thing to him further than to inquire if he knows how we live. All I ask him for is a sufficiency to pay the rent. I will endeavour to support my children, night and day I will labour for them." The worthy Magistrate signed a warrant for, the appre hension of the defendant, who, if he does not come to terms, must take some exercise on the treadmill. LAMBETH-STREET. 110118 E-STEALING.—On Saturday, John Johnson, alias' Adam Mumford, was finally examined before the Hon.' G. C. Norton, on a charge of stealing a mare, • of the, value of 151., the property of Mr. Samuel Beckwith, a farmer and farrier at Heddesdon, Hertfordshire. From, the evidence it appeared, that, on the 29th of November last, the mare in question vas stole from Hoddeidort - Marsh ; and-the prisoner s being seen loit gyring abovt the neighbourhood the day before,. suspicion rested on him, and the prisoner was given' into custody on the 9th of last month by a horse-dealer who was acquainted with him, in consequence of an advertisement he had seen in a country paper of the robbery of the mare, and affixing a reward for his (the prisoner's) apprehension. It was subsequently • ascertained that the prisoner had chopped the stolen mare with a green-grocer ifr Lambeth-walk, named Large, and agreed to take 31. 65. in exchange between her and another. On Mr. Large ques tioning him closely as to how he really became possessed of the mare, the prisoner sprang upon the back of his (witness's) mare, -and. galloped otf as fast as her legs:; could carry him, leaving behind him the animal belong-'I ing to the prosecutor, and also l the 31. 65., which he waej to have had for the exchange. Large stated, that on dis covering that the mare in his possession was stolen, and" was owned, he went in search of the one he had ex changed for her, and found the animal in the premises of . a knacker in Cow cross, but not 4 that knackers', 110: added, where the machine for chopping up suasago wear: was on. A witness to whom the prisoner had acknow ledged having stolen a mare from a farmer in Herts, and t , also said he was about making 41. by the " job," but the. parties were too quick for him, but added that his bro' ther, who kept a beer-shop in Church-lane,Whitechapely had settled the matter, was examined as to the.facts. The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the rob bery, was fully committed to Newgate for trial. THE EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUD It is understood that the final and revised statement of E. B. Smith to the Treasury is to the following effect " That he was introducei so long back as 1820 to Rapallo, Solari, and one or two of their associates , That soon after, becoming entangled in accommodation bills, he was tempted to ' borrow' an Exchequer bill of 1,0001., in order to raise money to meet his acceptances. " That a speculation was entered into by Rapallo and his friends, which, if successful, was to have extricated all parties from their difficulties. But it proved most unfortunate, and only plunged them into increased per plexity and trouble. "That apparently it lay_ in his power at any time W secrete and misapply almost any number of bills, wanting only the signature, and by a simple forgery to turn theta into good and valid Exchequer bills. " That no person of rank or public character whatever was in any way mixed up in the transaction; the /A rtite being himself, Solari, Rapallo, and another individual whose office was in Basinghall street; at which place awl used to meet and concert their plans. " He believes the total amount fabricated to be abort 340,0001., but is doubtful whether a sum of 40,0001. is or is not included in this total. " He still maintains that this whole amount has bee"' wasted, from time to time, in gambling transactions ° ll the Stock Exchange." Smith, in his defence before the Criminal Court, most unequivocally declared himself, though guilty, to hav e been the tempted party; to have been induced by others to commit frauds and forgeries, from which they, rather than he, derived advantage. I n the writt en s t a t e toen s above referred to he appears to persevere in' this rePo r sentation. Now, if there be any truth is this stor every one will ask, how it comes to pass that he, an only, is brought to justice, while all his coadjutors--t „ men who, according to his statement, dr ew hi m into Pr' whole series of crimes—are left entirely scatheless ? The loose and negligent mode of transacting bon' ness in the Exchequer Bill-otlice, as here exhibited, I s too obvious to need remark. Not for a few months, or a year or two only, but for along series o f y ea rs, has the facility continued to exist, by which a clerk in the offie' Y could fabricate and issue hills to the tune of 300,0001, ° f 400,0001., at his own discretion, and without detection. It is a curious question—how many millions of E-!: chequer bills in all hare been fabricated and put let ; circulation ? We say, how many millions? For it 1 , clear that the existing amount of 340,0001., or 380,00 01., no more exhibits the whole extent of the fabricati e h than the 16,292,000/. of Bank of England notes, whic h were in circulation between Nov. 13 and Dec. 11 /I represented the whole amount of b a nk not e s ma de se_ circulated during the last ten years. It is clear that ; perpetual system of issuing, redeeming, cancelling, e n replacing must h ave b een i n operat i on f or t h e l ast dote' or twenty years, and it is a moderate supposition to cola' elude the total amount to have been from five to ten 10: lions! But, if this be so, what sort of a figur e d oe s on' Exchequer Bill-office cut ? COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beane. Yeas o• G. to s. s. to a. s. to s. s. to I. s. 57 72 25 56 20 31 35 41 38 59 63 1:6 20 26 -26 5E 65 32 40 23 33 36 40 A i 60 7-2 32 37 24 S 8 42 46 42 1, 53. 70 23 V 5 22 31 43 44 39 114 32 33 24 31 38 40 63 72 38 44 28 31 30 44 65 72 27 39 21 27 24 45 1.7 14 41, 31 46 _ 7 - 2 29 37 25 10 40 45 38 64 78 28 33 22 34 -- 52 75 32 35 25 2 1 36 44 40 60 76 28 32 28 41 44 65 78 20 31 30 32 36 40 s 8 33 26 30 76 36 21) 43 58 67 30 36 19 24 36 44 d. s. d. s. d. s. tl. s. s. d. s. d, s. d. s. 3. 70 80 3 6 46 30 4 0 5 0 70 60 Wheat. Per Quarter Abingdon Andover Uanbnry Basingstoke Cirencester 'coven try Liaventry Dm by Howd en Hungerford Mallon Mai td en ead Nottingham Wantage War wick Winchester York Per Bushel Birmingham n • ~ ,HRISTMAS GAIETY.—Tne gaiety, that re ig' supreme at this jocund period of the year, when frien,„ and lovers congregate at the social board, or whirl 1 " the , giddy mazes of the dance, renders a strict attentir to the toilet more desirable than at other periods. It l t„i; thee, at this gay time th a t t h e v i rtues an d s i ngu la% happy properties of Rowland's Kalydor and Ito ban Macassar Oil shine p re - em i nent in their rtywers, and ti ; white and swap-like neck, no less than the rich luxii h r i; • ant tress, fo rm h a ppy trop hi es o f t h e i r inestiffia, powers. As a pp ro pri a t e p resen t s , th ere f ore, to t he 17' dies, they claim peculiar attention. ...........,......--... ____,__--.,..--,, 1 PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY Manuroc. •• turing Silversmith, No. 47, Cornhill, Londor., s°ven doors freS Gracechurch-street. The best wrought FIDDLE pA T TE,FO SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. „ A y, following are the weights recommended, but the artinl o " be had lighter or heavier at thzt same price per . 2. oun , !e. ,, 12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 9tat! . t.. 10 1 , 5 1 i 2 ditto Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 ,i 12 d.tto 'table Fo , ks llO 7 2... 10 1 5 A . ' 12 ditto Dessert ditto 9 0 7 2... 7 3 .1 2 ditto Gravy Spoons lO 7 2... aII 4 - i ditto Soup Ladle.... 10 7 2... Bli A 4 ditto Sauce ditto 10 7 5... 316 - 4 dittol • g Salt Spoons (gilt 5tr0ng)......... ...... .. . • 0 1 ditto Fish Slice 1 2 ditto T ea Sp oons lO 7 5.. . alb a , Ipair ditto S ugar T ongs ( strong) .......... ...... 1 i. et N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrat e by drawings, anil containing every information relative to the , purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, ma be bad Pn a PP I IIcI tion, or will be sent into the country, free o f pottage , in ant s to a paid letter. —.oe BIRTHS. • Lad i On the 29th tilt., at Braclangwell, county of Crom arty, Fraser, of a son. On the 31st ult. ' at Merivale Hall, Warwick, the lady of V S' S. Dugdale, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Hampstead, the lady of Robert Bradfo rd ' Esq., of a daughter. On the lit inst., at the Grove, Highgate, Mrs. Allen 13 10c1 " of a son. MARRIED. On the 3d ult., at New Y or k, H. Pi nc k ne y W a lker, Escl•ki. Charleston, South Carolina, to D ora M o dd, d aug ht e r of G.' Box, Esq., of London. On the 30th ult., at St. Augustine's Church, LleerP °° ,l l ; Thomas Edward, elest son of T. Pickford, Esq., of Mayfie l j, near Manchester, to Georgina Todd, eldest daughter of Todd Naylor, Esq., of Kensington House, near Liverpool. 0 On the Ist inst., at St. G eorge ' s , H anover - square , Thon o t Davies, Esq., of Streatham-common, to Eliza Mary, elder daughter'of John Lamprey, Esq., of Marchwood, near South' ampton. r-- DIED. On the Ist inst., at Hakes's Hotel, London, Mary Elisabetht: the wife of Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., of Norwood-park, N ° tinghamshire. On the - 25th ult., at Steel's-place, Morningside, Edinburgh, Walter Hutton, Esq., late of the Navy Pay-office, London. of On the 27th ult., at Budleigh Salterton, Jefferys Tho Allen, Esq., Warden of Dul w i c h C o ll ege . On the `27 th ult. Mrs. Blo om fi e ld, widow of the late at' tain Bloomfield, Otley, Suffolk. On the 29th ult., at Her e f or d, M r . John Appel. of 13 ' r, mondsey, London, aged 61. ti On the 29th ult., at Southampton, the Rev. Charles Gr an LL.B., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Vicar of We i Basharn, Norfolk, and late Curate of Bishopwearmoutl London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sue Office, No. 112, Strand, iA the County of Middlesex, Monday, January 3, 1842. lat coi the pal adi - e °II rav the the ;, D p u Ro I 1