The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-31 00:00:00

~.'"""'' e -capture of Chusan, as also the taking of the city of Chinghae on the 10th of October last, and of Tinghae on the Ist of that month, Ningpo taken on the 13th, without the loss of a man. Overland Mail by Marseilles, announces the taking of Hong-Kong-foo. Keshen ordered to be -beheaded. May 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Sir Henry Pottinger reaches Hong-Kong on the Ist February ; the Emperor of China sent Commissioners to treat, and re fuval by Sir Henry. Capture of Ya-poo, Tsi-Kee, and Zung-ho-va, three small towns, near Ningpo, by the British. June 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail, with news of the capitulation of the garrison of Ghuznee, on condition d being safely conducted to Caubul ; the Khyber Pays ft t eby Colonel Pollock ; Shah Soojah reported to be poisoned, and Akbar Khan wounded. July 1. Arrival of the Overland Mail. General Pol lock joins Sir R. Sale at Jellalabad. General England jogs General Nott at Candahar. Death of General Fjphinstone on the 23d of April. Attacks by the Chinese repulsed on Ningpo and Chinghae. 4. Mail from India, brought by the Victoria steamer. Murder of Shah Soojah confirmed. Aug. 4. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Attack on Ningpo, the Chinese defeated with a loss of 600 to 900 killed, by Sir Hugh Gough. A report that Yang, an Imperial Commissioner, was journeying from Pekin to Sir 11. Pottinger, to offer 40,000,000 dollars in com pensation for the destruction of the opium and the evacuation of the Chinese territory. Akhbar Khan still demands 80,0001. paid down, and an annuity of 20,0d01. for the release of the prisoners. The body of General Elphinstone restored for a ransom of 1,0001. Sept. 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail. An army of reserve to be ''ormed in the district of Sirhind of 20,000, under the command of Sir Jasper Nicholl. General Pol lark at Jellalabad, and master of the surrounding country. The Affghans defeated in an attack on the fort of Kbelat i-Ghilzie, repulsed by Captain Craigie, and subsequently defeated again by General Nott. In China, General Gough and Admiral Parker decent General Yih, and take the city of Chinhae. The Emperor retreats to Tartar v. Oet.'B. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Chapoo taken by the British in China. Nov. 7. Arrival of the Overland Mail. General Nott marches to Caubul, as also General Pollock and Sir B. Sale. In China the British forces arrive at the river Yano•-tze-Kiaug, *Lying captured the forts at the mouth of the Woo-sung and the city of Shang.hae. 21. Telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles, with intel ligence of the peace concluded between England and China. The latter Power to pay 21,000,000 dollars to England, with the complete cession of Hong-Kong, and other agreements. Further news from India, stating the defeat of Shumshoodeen Khan, by General Nott, at Ghuznee, and the total rout of 2Jahommed Akbar Khan with an army of 16.000 men, by General Pollock, together with the fall .of -Caubul, then in possession of the enemy. Lady Sale and the other prisoners arrive safely at the British camp. Oct. 1. Government Order, published by Lord Ellen borough, for the evacuation of India. Dec. 4. Arrival of the Mail from Malta, bringing news of the ratification of the Treaty, and payment of the. first and second instalments. Captain Bygrave es curies from his imprisonment. The fortress of Istalif , stormed and taken by Major-General M'Caskill. A general order issued ordering six months' batty to all the troops serving under Generals Pollock, Nutt, and England. 9. Arrival of the Treaty and Dispatches from China. THE EAST. Jan. 7. The Court of Directors of the East India Company order the payment of a further portion of the booty captured during the Burmese war. By the arrival of the overland mail, Tharawaddy, the King of the Burmese, is pronounced to have retreated towards his capital. 17. - .News arrives of a battle in Circassia fought he the mountaineers and Russians in October ; the Russians defeated with loss, 3,590 dead and an equal number prisoners. Duel at Malta between Capt. Leviek and Lieut. Adams, the latter killed : the seconds after trial are ac quitted on the 14th of March. Feb. 6. Mehemet Ali continues his exploration of Upper Egypt. Dec. 8. The intrenched camp at Seca-Sung invested by the enemy : by news from Caubul Major General Pollock ordered to Peshwur, to assume the command of the force assembling there of 10,000 men. --- Hali and Aki'Effendi, the new Ambassadors of the Porte, ordered to depart to Vienna and London. The Sultan orders a rich scimitar to be brought by the latter to the Prince of Wales. Dec. 28. Assassination of Sir W. Macnaghten at the Court of Shah Sonjah ; Akhbar Khan, son of Dost Ma horned, the chief of the insurrection. March 7. The Forte is willing to listen to the repre sentations of the Great Powers, to recal Omar Paella, the Austrian renegade. June. The 'Russian corps of General Grabbe defeated by the Cirmssians, nth a loss of 1,500 men and 25 officers. August 11. Arif Paella, President of the Grand Coun cil, dismissed at Constantinople, and succeeded by Raouf Paella, formerly Grand Vizier. FOREIGN EVENTS IN GENERAL. Dec. 8. Massacre at Manilla, 400 killed, with the Go iernor of Tabaya, on the spot, from an insurrection arising out of the burning of an image of St. Joseph, in the town. Feb. 20. Peace proclaimed at New Grenada. March 26. Generals Vandersmissen, Vandermeer, Vanlaethem, and Verpraet tried at Brussels, for e xcit ing the people to take arms, in October last, and con demned to death. J. Murder of the Count de Palen, at his palace, at Bologna, at the age of 80. Engagement between the French and Abd-el- Kader, in Africa. The enemy lose-1.50 men. March 29. Opening of the chests of King Gustavus 111., at Sweden, by the University of Upsal. Abd-el-Bader compelled to submit t ) the power of the French. 'The Emperor of Russia desires to emancipate his serfs. May 11. The Sheik of the Druses arrives in London. 12. British reAidents at Hamburgh hold a meeting to pray her Majesty to sanction a subscription in behalf of 30.000 persons rendered destitute by the burning of the city. L- The Custom-house at Constantinople put up to auction. The Egyptian troops ordered to Syria to quell the insurrection of the Druses. The Sultan .sends.a sword with a niahan of high rank to Sir Charles Napier. 30. Riot'at New Orleans ; five brokers' establishments assaulted by the mob. 23. Conflagration of the town of Pozen, in Croatia. By Orden of the Porte the passage of merchant steam-vesselS through the,.llardanelles and Bosphorus to be discontinued after sunset. Jesidt plot discovered at Malta against the British Government. June 8. The roof the Suhleitz Theatre, Frankfort, gives way; upwards of 100 persons killed or injured. The punishment of Messrs. Vandermerr and Van dersmissen at Flanders commuted to 20 years' confine ment, and Messrs. Verpract and Vanlaethem to 10. 31. Close of the Session of the Legislative Assembly in the lonian Islands. Feb. 12. Defeat of the Arab force tinder Abd-el-Gelil July 1, General Changarnier gains a signal advan. tap over the Kalifa.t Sidi Ernbaruk, taking 3,000 pri. soners, and nearly 20,000 head of cattle. Conspiracy to murder floe Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia. The British troops defeated .tt Port Natal. Sept. 1. Publication of General Bugeaud's pamphlet on Alg,imss. - Oct. 18. Speech of the King of Holland on openinp,- he Chambers. Opening of the Walhalla, by the King of Bavaria, at Itatisbon. Nov. 8. The Belgian Chambers opened. 14. The wreck of the Telematiue raised. 'The two sisters of Abd-el-Kader made prisoners by General Lamoriciem FA ..IMENTARY AND ELECTIONEERING. 31. Retirement of the Duke of Buckingham from the Cabinet. Mr. Gregory elected at Dublin, by a majority of 394) Over Lard Morpeth. Feb.-1. Appointment of the Duke of Buccleuch to the office of Lord Privy St-al. 3. Opening of Parliament by her Majesty in person, accompanied by the Kin , * of Prussia. 9. Sir Robert Peel's declaration on the Corn-laws for a slitting-scale. hlr. George Arkwright elected for Leominster in the room of Mr. Wigram. Sir Edward Colebrooke elected for Taunton. Itl. Lord John Russell's amendment for a fixed duty .on the Corn-laws ; majorityy, on the part of Mi n i s t ers , o f 123, afte r a t h ree - nights' d;bate. Sir Charles Lemon elected for West Cornwall without opposition. Lord Bernard, son of the Earl of Bandon, elected unopposed for Bandon. Hostile correspondence between Mr. Peter Borth wick and Mr. James Pried Ley. 24. The amendment of Mr. 'Villiers " For the total re veal oF the Corn-lams," after several nights' debate, de feated by a majority, on the part of Ministers, of 303. 25. On the withdrawal of Mr. Christopher's motion to amend the proposed Corn-laws Sir Robert Peel's sliding scale was carried by a majority of 202. March 9. The Corn-law Bill read a second time, majo rity for second reading 108. 11. Exposition of the Budget: intended tax on incomes. T 4. Publication of the nets customs duties. 17,, Discussion of Lord Brougham's Resolutions on the Ineeme-tax : Resolution s thrown out. IF. Sir R. Peel's Finance-scheme brought forward.. 21. Lord Jilin Russell expresses his determination to re,i it ea h reading of the Income-tax, by coming to a division on every point. 3,431 Petitions pre&mted during the session to the House of Commons against the Corn-laws, signed by 1,615,906 persons. 23. .4 t -djournite n t of the House of Commons to Frid, Apr the 4th. il. ay - Withdrawal, from indisposition, of Mr. Chalmers from the Montrose district of burghs. April 2. The Weymouth election controverted : the Liberal candi , .!ates returned elected. 4. Sitting of Parliament recommenced : the House Wer,al 'o go into committee on the Income-tax. 7. The Corn-law Bill ordered to be read a third time. 11. Debate on the subject of petitions lost by a ma nrity 1- --- The Aigan election k controverted Mr. Standi s h dcd ttlither. Hampden de ,inated : Mr. R. • lir I 'Lt" •'1 1 • Cla, .. ....... 1gr,,et.,.....;_::::41,1;. .-• • - ,f, N'A ,7, , •/,.., . : 1--",;---=', \--.:,'?* . 3. ''• '., - ' c . -4-, • '; ~,';--7•;-•1:1. t ..-‘- -.p.' , 0 ~e''. - ~..s, , fr .,- -- • - t ,, el , F. Z. . . j • ,c.....-. , '4--- , ~:',' sr,/ ' -- .; , ;"/ / • • 13. Lord John Russell's amendment to the Income tax thrdwn out by a majority of 106. 14. Sudbury election controverted : the two Tories supplant the two Liberal members. 18. Lord Stanhope's amendment to the Corn Bill lost in the Lords by 119 to 17, and Lord Brougham's on the same night, by 109 to 5. 21. Wakefield election controverted ; Mr. Lascelles unseats Mr. floldsworth. May 2. Presentation of the Chartist petition, with 3,000,000 signatures, by Mr. Duncombe. 3. Refusal of the Commons to hear the petition of the Chartists, voted by a majority of 287 to 49. 6. Election for Brighton ; Lord Hervey, Conservative, elected in the room of Mr. Wigney. Mr. Roebuck charges Lord Chelsea, Mr. Russell, Sir J. Hobhouse, Major Beresford, and Mr. J. Attwood, with bribery at their respective elections. A new writ for Nottingham in the room of Sir G. H. De Larpent, resigned. 11. Publication of the New Poor-law Bill. 12. The Hon. E. Mostyn declared unduly elected for Flintshire ; Sir Stephen Glynne takes his seat. 28. Termination of the Lyme Regis Inquiry ; Mr. Pinney declared non-elected, and Mr. Hussey as the Member who should have been returned. Election for Derry ; Mr. Robert Bateson elected without opposition in the room of Sir Robert Bateson. June 2. The sitting Members for Belfast rejected by Committee of Inquiry, and a new election ordered. -- The Income-tax Bill carried up to the Lords. 10. Mr. Corbally returned for Meath without opposi tion. 13. Mr. Harris, the Liberal, elected for Newcastle. 21. Division on Mr. Ward's motion in favour of the Ballot ; lost by a majority of 133. Debate on the Affghanistan affairs. July 3. Death of George Evans, Esq., at Portrane, Ireland, many years Member for• Dublin. 11. Debates on the distress of the country, on the sup plies, and affairs in Affghanistan. •12. Bill brought in for the better security of her Ma jesty's person. Hullah's Singing Classes petition for a grant. 14. Mr. Hume's motion to open the British Museum and other Institutions. 21. Debate on the distress of the country. 26-27. Interview of the Corn-law Conference with the Members of the Cabinet. Aug. 5. Nottingham Election ; Mr. Sturge defeated Mr. Walter returned. 7. Southampton Election ; Messrs. Hope and Mild may, Tories, returned. Captain Gladstone and Mr. S. L. Fox returned for Ipswich. 23, Southampton Election ; Lord Wellesley returned without opposition. Prorogation of Parliament. Dec. 4. The Hon. James Stuart Wortley elected for Buteshire in the room of Sir William Rae, Lord Advo cate, deceased. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 31, 1842 Examination of the rioters at Ashton, Manchester, and Stockport. 11. Eliza Bailey, committed at Birkenhead for rob bery of 2,0001. from Mr. G. Palmer. 19. Robbery of plate from Hampton Court Palace. 31. Acquittal of Alice Lowe on Lord Frankfort's charger Nov. 18. John F. Mortlock committed at Cambridge, for shooting at his relative the Rev. Mr. Mortlock. 28. A reward of 2001. proclaimed by the Lord-Lieu nant of Ireland tor the discovery of the murderers of James Scully, Esq. Mary Hunter committed at Manchester, for poi soning her husband. Dec. 20. Action for defamation—Payne v. Rowley. NAVAL AND MILITARY. Jan. 1. A new fixed light erected on the west pier of Calais harbour. 7. Wreck of the schooner Montagnaire on Tory Island, near. Innisbolin, all bands drowned. IS. A new lighthouse to be erected on the Craighead, Elginshire, and a beacon on the Cove-sea Skerries. 19. Two gold medals conferred by the King of the French on Captain Sharp and Captain Ward, for their services at the wreck of the frigate Magicienne, in the China seas. The American Government also notices the conduct of Captain Stamp, for saving eleven lives, at the risk of his own ship. -- The three ships Funtome, Brisk, and Waterwitch, after a cruise of two months on the coast of Angola, for the suppression of the slave trade, capture thirty-three slave-vessels, and liberate 3,427 negroes. 24. Captain Trotter, commander of the Niger Expe dition, and nine other officers, arrive at Liverpool by the Warspite. 26. Presentation of colours to the 72d llighlanders, at Windsor, by the Duke of Wellington. Petition of the Northampton people to Sir J. Graham, to have their barracks occupied. Suicide of Gen. Buzen, Belgian Minister of War. Feb. 19. Departure of Lord Ashburton, in the War spite frigate. - Citiatain Slater, R.N., of the Admiralty Survey, lost near Thurso. 21. Captain Nicholas, of the Vindictive, acquitted by the Court-martial at Portsmouth, and his sword returned. Death of Colonel Stretton, one of the heroes of Waterloo, and brother-in-law to Lord Castlemaine. Loss of the Kent steamer off Barton, in Hampshire. Augmentation of six infantry regiments of the army ordered to be made to twelve companies of 100 rank and file each, in order to facilitate reliefs. March 2. Good-service pensions granted by the Ad miralty to several officers. The ship Montague, of Perth, cotton laden, sunk on a reef, near Dampier's Straits—the crew saved. 9. Government orders from eight to ten thousand troops to India. Death of Lieutenant-General Shrapnel, of the Royal Artillery. A new lighthouse erected at Alexandria, in the old Harbour. April 9. Death of General Sir Wm. Houston, aged 78. 23. Dinner to Admiral Sir David Milne, at Portsniouth. 27. Death of Captain Skilton, Senior Knight of Wind sor, aged 60. 29. Meeting at Woolwich : resolutions to erect a mo nument to the late Sir Alexander Dickson, G.C.8., on the Common. Discovery of eight new small islands in the skific, by an English whaler. —Major-General Sir W. Gomm, appointed to suc ceed Sir Lionel Smith in the command of iife Mauritius. May 14. Death of Rear-Admiral SmoNett. at Edin burgh. 27. Decease of Vice-Admiral Hall, at Chichester, aged 77. June 16. A grand cross of the Bath conferred on Sir Robert Sale, by her Majesty. 23. Review of the household troops in Hyde Park, by Prince Albert. 25. Death of ➢lajor-General Lewis, R.M., at Ply mouth, aged 75. Sudden death of Lieut.-Col. Harley, in a shop in the Strand. 28. Two new ships of the line ordered to be built at Portsmouth by the Admiralty. July- 5. Col. Dundas, her Majesty's Aide-de- Camp, cashiered for using disgraceful language of the Queen. 25. Launch of the Goliath and Virago at Chatham. 27. Review of the 15th Foot by her Majesty, in the Home Park, Windsor. Aug. 6. Visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to the Woolwich Dockyard. 13. Ensign Samuel Kirk, 18th Regiment, cashiered. 16. Retirement of Lord Hill, and appointment of the Duke of Wellington as Commander of the Forces. 25. Death of Lieut. General Lord Vivian, late Master- General of the Ordnance. Sept. 10. , Wm: Davis, Of the 6th Regiment, committed for trial for shooting and killing Stephen Clasley, at HaslaT, near Gosport. 12. Entertainment on board the Hindostan steam-ship. May I. Wreck of the emigrant ship Leopoldina Rosina off Monte Video : 231 passengers lust out Of 303. Sept. 22. Presentation of new colours to the 16th Re giment by Lady Pakenham at Portsmouth. Oct. Experiments at Woolwich with Mr. Jeffrey's marine glue. TRADE, COMMERCE, FAILURES, &c. . Jan. 11, 12, 13. Great Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law Con ference ; 700 members present. Combination among the salt-bacon curers of Cork; 800 to 1,000 turn out. 13. Prince Albert gives orders for six pairs of silk trowsers and stockings, to be made by the Nottingham and Derby weavers. 15. Great Anti-Corn-law Convention commences its sittings at Glasgow, in the Trades Hall. 16. The spinners of the largest mill in Hindley, near Wigan, turn out, to the number of 400, in consequence of a proposed reduction of 10 per cent. 18. Meeting of the working men of Leeds, to thank the Short-time Committees of the West Riding of York shire, for their attendance on Ministers. Large meeting of shipowners at Newcastle. 20. Great Anti-Corn-law meeting at Gloucester, of the principal merchants and manufacturers. 2,000 to 3,000 artisans present. 24. Anti-Corn-law meeting at Derby. 26. Birmingham District Anti-Corn•law T e e ti nit .. 27. The hosiery and lace workmen of Nottingham in a state of great excitement, owing to a n attempted reduc tion of their wages. 31. Meeting of the strike of the masons at White' Conduit House. Feb. 2. Meeting of the masons of the " strike." 5. Stopping of the bank of Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Co. at Newport, Isle of Wight. Great Anti-Corn-law Bazaar, at Manchester—up wards of 30,000 persons attend. 8. First sitting of the London Anti-Corn-law Con ference at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, London ; con tinued for five clays—upwards of 1,000 deputies attend from various parts of the Kingdom. 21. Great Out-door Meeting at Manchester ; 7,000 men assembled by moonlight. 23. Meeting at Aylesbury of the Duke of Buckingham and his supporters. 26. Meeting of the Southampton Dock Company— balance in hand 14,7731. 4s. sd. Waterloo-bridge Proprietors meet ; the half-penny 01l resolved to be continued. 4. Failure of . Messrs. Wigney's bank, at Brighton. 10. Meeting of the Bank Directors ; resolutions on the injustice of the Income-tax being levied equally on terminable and permanent annuities resolved to be re presented to Sir Robert Peel. Publication at Vienna of a charter for establishing the first Hungarian National Bank at Pesth. 28. Meeting of the Proprietors of the South Eastern Railway. —• Anti-war meeting held at Worcester, and petition to diacentinue the war in China and Affghanistan. May 5. The sl:ip Active, South Sea whaler, brings home 3,850 barrels of oil. 11. Meeting of the National Loan Society. 13. Meeting of the Anti-slavery Society. 14. Mr. Pierson's bank at Ilitehin aops payment. - 16. Meeting; of tile Aborigines Protectio❑ Society. —, New dock opened at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Sept. 8. Meeting of the London and Croydon Railway. Oct. 15. Meeting of the Shareholders of the Bank of Manchester in that town. 17. Meeting in Lambeth for forming a Company to supply water at a cheap rate. 22. Meeting to consider the frauds in the coffee-trade. Nov. 15. Meeting of distressed shirt-inaliers at Stepney. 30. Meeting of the friends and members of the Scot tish Hospital. . - . . Meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na iigation Company. 29. Great Anti-Corn-law soiree at Sheffield. Dec. 14. Anti-Corn-law meetings at Glasgow, Not tingham, Accrington, and other counties of England -12,7521. realised for the fund at these meetings. Failure of Mr. Dunn and the Yorkshire Agricultu ral Bank. Strike of 200 colliers at Coatbridge. 29. Meeting of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society. The Complete Suffrage Conference held at Bir mingham. DEATHS OF EMINENT MEN, PEERS, &c. Jan. 1. Lord Boscawen, Earl of Falmouth. 2. Mr. Howard, author of " Rattlin the Reefer," and other marine novels. 6. Miss Isabel Hill, at Brighton. 7. Dr. Shuttleworth, Bishop of Chichester, aged 60. -- Viscountess Deerhust, at Pau. 11. Lieut.-Gen. Mainwaring, aged 80, at Cowes. 12. Admiral Sir J. Rowley, at Leitrim. 17. Lady Morris, widow of Vice-Admiral Morris, at Brighton. 23. Lady Louisa Murray, wife of Sir George Murray, Master-General of the Ordnance, aged 65. Mr. Ducrow, the equestrian. 29. Duke of Cleveland, at St. James's-square, aged 76. Count I'elet (de la Lozere), Peer of France, at Paris, aged 83. Charles Day, the eminent surgeon, at Cowes, aged 67. Jan. 31. ➢ir. Davidge, of the Coburg and Surrey theatres. Sir Alexander Burnes killed in an insurrection at Caubul, Nov. 2, 1841. Feb. 19. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the celebrated Rus sian and French diplomatist, in Paris, aged 77. Mr. Menzies, the eminent botanist, at Kensington, aged 88. 21. Mr. Hart Davis, for many years M.P. for Bristol. The Archduchess Herminia of Austria, on the Continent, aged 25. The Countess Sebastiani, at Paris. Sir Francis F. Vane, Bart., at Frankfort on the Maine, aged 45. Marquis of Hertford. March 10. Hurricanes and storms prevalent on the coasts of France and England at this period, by which many lives were lost. Archdeacon Singleton, at Alnwick Castle. Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, aged 77. 20. Earl of Macclesfield, in Conduit-street, aged 87. Suicide of the Earl of Munster, natural son of Wil .. Liam IV. 30.. Sir Ralph Gore, at Brighton, aged 83. 7. Ellar, the celebrated harlequin. The Bishop of Dromore. Rear-Admiral Coffin, at Dover, aged 73. Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica and the Mauritius, at the latter place, aged 64. 2:3. Mr. Theakston, the sculptor, and pupil of Flaxman. M. Aguado, the celebrated Spanish financier, aged 56. Marshal Moncey, Duke of Cornegliano, aged 89. Marshal Clause! at Paris. M. llumann, the French financier, of apoplexy. Viscountess Sidmouth, aged 60, at Richmond Park. 28. Sir Charles Bell, author of the Bridgewater Trea tise, at Hatton Park. May 3. Sir Robert Ker Porter, the celebrated tra- Teller, at St. Petersburgh. 6. Dr. Vogel, the eminent botanist. The Dowager-Duchess of Richmond, in Portland place, aged 74. 10. Admiral D'LTrville, the .celebrated navigator, by the railway explosion at Versailles. 16. Count de Las Cases, at Passy, the companion of Napoleon to St. Helena. 31. Lord Manners, formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland. June 1. Sir Arthur Chichester, at Barnstaple, aged 52. 9. Suicide of Sir Henry Purnell, Lord Cougleton. 13. Dr. Arnold, head-master of Rugby School. 20. Mr. Yates, the actor and manager of the Adelphi. 30. The Earl of Leicester at Derby, aged 90. Lady Wittingham, suddenly, on her way to Aix la-Chapelle ; widow of General Wittingham, and de scendant from Ximenes. July 11. Judge Foster, Baron of the Irish Exchequer. 14. Death of the Duke of Orleans. The Bishop of Meath, at Ardbracceau, in Ireland. Sir Robert Wilmot, at Kemp-town, Brighton. 29. Baron Larrey, Napoleon's eminent French army surgeon. _ _ Aug. 4. John Banim, Esq., the novelist, at Kilkenny, aged 42. Lord Rossmore, at Dublin. 22. Lord Gray of kinfauns, at Edinburgh, aged 77. 23. Dr. Maginn, aged 49. 29. Mr. Longman, the publisher, at Hampstead, aged 72. Sept. 8. Archdeacon Strong, at Peterborough, aged 87. 26. The Marquis of Wellesley. Oct. 14. 'The Countess of Bradford, aged 52, at Nor wood. 17. Mr. Gregorie, Magistrate at Queen-square Police court. 20. Grace Darling, at Bamburgh. 29. Allan Cunningham, the poet, aged 56. Dr. Channing, aged 63, at Vermont, Unitol States. Lieut.-General Count Claparede, at Paris. Nov. 7. Mr. Wm. Hone, aged 63. Lieut. J. R. Wellsted, author of " Travels in Arabia." Nov. 13. John Jones, Esq., M.P. for Carmarthenshire. Dec. 4. Auguste Vestris, the celebrated dancer, at Paris, aged 83. Lord Hill, at Shrewsbury, aged 71. Miss Murray, of the Adelphi Theatre. 18. Vice-Admiral Evans, at Cork, 27 Archdeacon Wrangham, at Chester, aged 74. LAW, POLICE, &c. Jan. 5. Thomas Hewett, the Chartist, found guilty of a rout, but not a riot, at the consecration of Cotton church at Norwich, and ordered to be imprisoned for two months, with securities to keep the peace for a twelvemonth. 11. The affairs of Mr. Theodore Hook, the author, brought before the Sheriffs' Court. -12. Between 30 and 40 young men help themselves to bread in the shops of bakers in the city from starvation. 14. Meetinc , at Nottingham to disband the rural poli ce . -15. Trial of Charles Southwell for publication of blas phemous libels. John Delahunt tried at Dublin, for the murder of the boy Thomas Maguire, and adjudged to execution on the sth of February following. IT. The New Police Court in Bow-street opened. 20. Rev. J. Wagner fined 40s. and costs for whipping a boy, aged 7 years, at Brighton. Feb. 2. Commission oflunaey on, Daniel. Grundy, Esq 12. A dividend of 2s. in the pound declared in Hitch cock's bankruptcy. • . 17. Meeting of Middlesex M ag i s t ra t es ; address pre sented to the Duke of Portland, who had held the Lord Lieutenantcy of the County 50 years. 21. Commission of Lunacy ou Jacob Emmett, son of the extensive cow-keeper, declared of unsoundinind since August, 1837. 22. Trial of Thorton v. Portman, in connection with the Gurney case ; verdict for the plaintiff; with da mages, 1,2501. 26. Cassidy, the bankrupt arrested at Aix-la •Chapelle by Forrester. 28. Mr. Bullock elected a Judge of the Sheriffs' City Court, vacant by the death of the late Sergeant Arabin. March 1. Opening of the Old Bailey Sessions. 12. The Angel Inn, Carlisle, set on fire by Mrs. Christopherson to recover the insurance. 21. John Rose found guilty at the York Assizes of violence and burglary in the house • of an old lady at Brampton-Mtn-then, and sentenced to death. 28. Extraordinary case of abduction at Liverpool ; Miss Crellin forcibly married to John Orr M`Gill at Gretna-green. April 11. Robert Sandys, convicted at Chester of the murder of his child, and sentenced to execution. 12. Mr. Caldwell, the Irish attorney, found guilty of assault and violence on Mrs. Corbett, the wife of a bar rister at Dublin, and sentenced to two years' imprison ment. 23. Thomas Maslin, attempting to cut the throat of Frederick King, aged 14, and then to stab himself. 5. Proclamation of outlawry against 24 persons. May 13. Trial of Good at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to be hung. 17. Williams and Mottram, linendrapers, pass.their examination in the Bankruptcy Court. 31. John Francis, committed. to Newgate for at tempting to assassinate her Majesty. June 17. Trial of John Francis, at the Old Bailey for high treason. herhusband,o 2r3 . a llibae el r a :e t acdayu sv. c Islington. id lea ri i 18. Tri a l o f C ooper , th e mur d erer, at t h e Central . Crimin a l C ourt ; sentenced to be hung. __ Elizab e th C arter thrown down a well 150 feet deep d m e e d r, in pr t o h p e r c ie o to ni r m o o f n th v e ie D as i.:- pay 2. The Belfast Vindic a t or convicted of libel. Reprieve of Francis : s en t ence commutedgio trans. b J u ne tc h h e , portation. July 4. Execution of Cooper. , 3. Renewed attempt to assassinate the Queen by John Bean, in St. James's Park. Decision of sporting case of Thornton v. Gur ne y. Damages 2001. 5. Action in the SCcondaries' Court of Hocking v. Price for breach of promise of marriage. Damages 1001. 11. Robert Lindsay Crawford, claimant to the peerage of Lindsay and Garrock, in Scotland, charged with bigamy and returning from transportation before his time. 12. William Simpson, at Durham, transported for 15 years for feloniously wounding George Walter. 14. James Robertson found guilty of the manslaughter of James Liddle, at Monkwearmoutb, and transported for life. 3. Action of Hon. Mr. Greville. against Chapman and others, proprietors of the Sunday Tinto., fur libel ; damages fur the plaintiff; 2501. Aug. 6. Walter Wheelaghar. executed-at Tullamore for the murder of his wife. 10. Miss Crellin's case decided at Liverpool ; John Orr M'Gill, and three others, found guilty; with terms of imprisonment and hard labour. 25. Trial of Bean at the Central Criminal Court. 26. Trial of Nicholas Suisse on several indictments. 28. Committal of O'Neill, the Chartist, to Statlerd gaol. Sept. 6. Trial of the Clifton rioters at Salford ; six found guilty ; 45 acquitted. Trial of the Yorkshire rioters ; 150 sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour from periods of from two to eighteen months. Meeting of the Staffordshire county Magistrates to appoint stations and patrols for the preservation of quiet. 7. William Howitt, a deaf and dumb young man, murders Mary Spencer, a school mistress, at Quadring. Winterbottom, Smith, and Fry, committed for the attack on Mr. Shepley's mill, at Glossop. Oct. 1. Arrest of the Rev. J. Scholeficld, James Leech, John Maisey,Feargus O'Connor, and eight other Chartists for conspiracy. 3. Opening of the Special Commission at Stafford. MURDERS. Jan. 9. Murder of Tho;tasfiasidey, a boy, at Horne. in :Yorkshire,' by Thomas Timmins, a shoemaker ; the prisoner transported for life. 17. Ezra Steapenhill committed at Birmingham for the wilful murder of his wife at Birmingham. Exemiron of John Delahunt at Kilmainham for the murder of the boy Thomas Maguire. Feb. 8. Murder of James Taylor by his brother John Taylor, at Warrington. 13. Robert I)avies killed by his brother Evan, at Llanfair-Caeri n i on Montgomeryshire.— Confession by ' Leary of the murder of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, near Bandon, in the county of Cork, nine years after its committal. Murder of an old man, named Robinson, by Ben jamin Curd, his wife, and a girl, at Friesland, near Not tingham. _ George Lucas, of Aldermanbury, City, cuts the throats of his three children with a razor. 11. Jonathan Taylor, for strangling his wife Ellen Taylor, tried at the York Assizes, and sentenced to be hung... Hughes, the murder of Mr. Powell, found guilty at Dublin. March 22. Jones Jones, shoemaker, executed at Not tingham, for the murder f Mary Hallam. April 7. Dreadful murder discovered at Putney•heath committed by Good, a coachman ; the mutilated bod, found, part having been burned. 9. Ei - ecution of Robert Hall and Jonathan Taylor, a York, for the murder of their wives. 26. Verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Richard Edwards, for strangling his mother at Merthyr Tydvil. 27. William Smith, aged 14, stabs Eliza May, at Liverpool. Robert Sandys, sentenced to death at Chester for the murder of his child ; respited. • Murder at Hornsey, of a policeman, named Daly, and wounding of two other persons, by Thomas Cooper, a bricklayer. May 23. Good, the murderer, executed at Newgate. July 16. Byrne, the murderer of Robert Hall, Esq., and Quitty, the murderer of a man named Laffun, exe cuted at Clonmell. 23. Execution of Tamar Dick, the murderer of his mother, at Cardiff. Aug. 9. Murder of Mrs. Parsons at Bath by her hus. band. Sept. 3. Execution of Francis Bradley at Kirkdale, for poisoning his wife. _ _ 11. Murder of John Blandon in the street at Ipswich. Oct. 2. Murder of Miss Martha Goddard at Derby. Nov. 29. William Buckley confesses the murder of his wife at St. Helen's, Liverpool. Murder of Mr. Scully at Dublin ; as also of Mr. Mortimer. Dec. Philip Keele, a man of colour, of the barque Clydesdale, of Greenock, strangled on the high seas by five others of the crew•. 13. Murder at Rouse Lench of George Green by Ed win Archer, in a quarrel. 27. Michael Meaghan charged with the murder of Thomas Leary, in Whitecross-street. Tilsley, a labourer, murdered by James Crowley at Spernall, in Warwickshire. THEATRICAL. Jan. 6. The Princess's Theatre sold by auction for 19,4001. 11. First appearance on the London stage of Miss Lucy Bennett, in the character of Lady Townley in the "Provoked Husband." 15. Miss Adelaide Kemble's first appearance as Elena Überti in Mercadante's opera of that title. Death of Mdlle. Mayer, actress, at St. Petersburgh. 20. Promenade concerts resumed at the English Opera House ; Signor Orsini, conductor. 27. Death of Mr. Ducrow, the equestrian. 29. New fiv,..act comedy of " Marriage," at the Hay market. al. Visit of.the King of Prussia to Drury-lane. Feb. 2. Ditto to Covent-garden. 5. Opening of Drury-lane by Mr. Macready, with "Ads and Galatea." 7. New comedy of the " Irish Heiress," by M. Bourci cault, represented at Covent-garden. 14. New drama of " Raby Ruins," by Mr. G. Soane,. at the Surrey. "Mary White, or the Murder of the Old Tabard," a new piece, at the Victoria. •Death of D. E. Morris, Proprietor of the Hay market Theatre, aged 72. 21. New drama of " Mark Fre.?land," at the Olympic. M. Auber's new opera of the "Due'd'Olonne,' at Paris. -- Adaptation of M. Scribe's comedy of " La Chaine" at the Adelphi, under the title of " Breach of Promise of Marriage." 23. Representation at Drury-lane of " Gisippus," a tragedy by the late Mr. Gerald Griffin. March 1. Burlesque on "Acis and Galatea" at the Adelphi. 2. Milton's masque of " Comas" revived at Covent garden. 8. Close oF the Haymarket. 12. Opening of her Majesty's Theatre, with Donizetti's opera of the " Donna di Vergy." 15. The " Marriage of Figaro" represented fur the first time at Covent-garden ; Miss Adelaide Kemble as Susanna. 16. M. Perlet's benefit at the St. James's Theatre. 30. Mr. H. Roll, from Liverpool, makes his debut at the Haymarket as Orlando, in Shakspcare's "As You Like It ;" Miss Charles the Rosalind. - Batty's Amphitheatre at Manchester burnt down. April 7. Miss Adelaide Kemble appears as Amina in " La Sonnambula," at Covent-garden. 9. Debut of M. itonconi, at the Italian Opera. - Festival of 'the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund. .•-• Debut of Mr. Charles Kean, at the Haymarket, in Claude Melnotte, in the "Lady? of Lyons." May 9. Opening of the English Opera House. 24. Closing of Drury4ane. 31. " Elena de Feltre," Mereadante'S opera, produced at her Majesty's Theatre. June 1. Madame Dejazet's benefit at St. James's Theatre. 10. The " Rose of Arragon," by Sheridan Knowles, produced at the Haymarket. • . 13. " The Kiss ; or Bertha's Bridal," produced at the English Opera. 25. Uproar at the Italian Opera, in consequence of the non-appearance of Madame Persiani, through illness. July 1. First performance of Rossini's Stabat Mater in this country at St. James's Theatre. 11. Benefit of Millie. Rachel at the Italian Opera. 21. Mdlle. Cerito's benefit at the Italian Opera. 29. Death of Mr. Beverley, manager of the Tottenham street, Durham, and Sunderland Theatres. Aug. 12. Rubini's benefit in Otello at her Majesty's Theatre. 13. Termination of the Opera season. 29. Fanny Ellsler arrives at Berlin ; engaged to dance there 20 nights. Sept. 8. Mr. Carter injured by the Lion at the Eng lish Opera House. 10. Opening of Covent-garden Theatre, with " Norma" and Douglas Jerrold's Comedy of " Gertrude's Cherries, or Waterloo in 1835." 12. Opening of the Queen's Theatre. " Love's Sacrifice, or the Rival Merchants," by, the author of the " Provost of Bruges," produced at Covent-garden. Oct. 1. Opening of Drury-lane, with" As You Like It.", Nov. 1. Production of an English version of Giat; rosa's " Ii Matrimonio Segreto" at Covent-garden. 25. Mr. Charles Kemb4 resigned the management it 7 Covent-garden Theatre into the bands of Mr. Bunn. 20. Congreve's "Love for Love" revived at Drury lane. Dec. 10. " The Patrician's Daughter," by Mr. Mar. ston, produced at Drury-lane. 19. Congroye's " Way of the World" reproduced a the Haymarket. 26. The Chrismas Pantomimes. MARRIAGES. Jan. 18. Major G. D. Graham to the Hon. Marianne Jean Drummond, daughter of Viscount Strathallan, at the Castle. Feb. 7. Prince Esterhazy to Lady Sarah Villiers. March 1. Earl of Morley• and :Ars. Coryton, sister of Mr. E. Parker, late 11.1. P, for Devon. The Marquis of Waterford to Miss Stuart, daugh ter of Lord de Hothesay. July 20. The Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Mar quis Headfort, to the only daughter of AR Thompson. —Lord Prudhoe, brother to the Duke of Northum berland, to Lady Eleanor Grosvenor. Sept 16. Sir John Hay to Lady Sarah Amherst.- SPORTING. Jan. 20. Death of the famous racer, Independence, winner of 40 races and 15 gold cups. 8. Match for 200 sous. between. Lord Maidstone and the Hon. Mr. Villiers, over. the Ashby-de-la-couch steeple-chase course. Feb. 28. The Jockey Club decide that notwithstanding the decision in the Court of Law, Mr. Thornton be ex cluded from the Newmarket Coffee-house and race course. 24. The famous stag, Robin Hood, impales itself on the iron-railing at Hampton, when pursued by the Queen's stag hounds. March 2:Liverpool steeple and hurdle races--Prince of Wales's Cup of 110 guineas won by Lord Chester , field's Claude du Val. Grand steeple-chase at Oxford for 200 sovs. and a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each. Won by Mason's Gay Lad, I—Roderic Random ' 2—Consul, 3. 14. Mr. Hay ter, up. for Wells, thrown by his horse and injured while hunting with the Queen's hounds. 22. Prize fight near Windsor between Angelo and Bradshaw—the latter carried out of the field atter nine rounds. 24. The Marquis of Waterford thrown from his horse at the Dublin steeple-chase. April 7. Great foot-race between Moore, of Leicester, and the Stag, fur 1001., in the Regent's Park—the latter wins. .......... 8. Death of Conolly, the celebrated jockey. 25. Newmarket meetings—the great " Ladies-race," of 1,000 sous. stakes. -.- - 27. Fight between Johnny Broome and Bungaree for 600/. , at Newmarket. The Earl of Lonsdale's hounds sold at Cottesmore. May 5. Foot-race of a quarter of a mile, for 1001., be tween " the Stag" (Jenkinson) and John Smith—the former wins. The Chester cup for 100 guineas, a•on by the horse Alicia. • —Match between the Darlington mail-coach and the Gateshead railway train. 25. Derby-clay at Epsom winners, Col. Anson's Attila, ridden by Scott, and Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham, by Cotton. Match between the Marylebone and Cambridge University Club at Cambridge—the former win. Death of Christopher Wilson, Esq., senior mem bers of the Jockey Club, aged 79. Sale of Earl Rosslyn's and:Lord Cassilis's hounds at Tattersalls'. June 14. Various water-matches between Oxford, Cambridge, and other Clubs. 22. Cricket-match between the Marylebone Club and Northern Counties Club—the former winning by 43. 26. Rowing match between the Eton and Westmin ster Clubs ; the Lambeth, Chelsea, and Bankside Rc gattas. The Goodwood races. July 27. Four-oared cutter match between the St. George's Club and the Civil Engineers. Match between 11 gentlemen and 11 players at Lord's. 24. Nottingham against all England ; and the latter won by l I wickets. Sept. 8. Great sculler's contest between Coombes and Newel. 10. Sale of the Earl of Chesterfield's and the ilon. George Anson's stud, at Bretby Park. 13. Doncaster races ; The Great St. Leger won by Lord Eglinton's Blue Bonnet. 22. Sailing match of the British Yacht Club. Oct. 20. Match at Yarmouth between the cutter Cor sair and the Talisman. Running match on Blackheath between Cook, the Greenwich cowboy, and Gazley, the Star of Kent 30. Sale of the Duke of Beaufort's stud. The Hon. Grantley Berkeley's match. Dec. 27. Sparring match between Cannt and Freeman, the champion of England and the American giant. FINE ARTS. I Jan, 6. Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes chosen by the City to complete Sir Francis Chantrey's unfinished equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington. 14. Magic cave and costnorama opened at the Low ther Bazaar, Strand. Mr. Bishop elected as Professor of Music in the University of Edinburgh. -- A bust of M. Liszt, the pianist, finished by M. Inhoff, the sculptor of Cologne, for the Earl of West moreland. 15. Narrow escape of Lord Northwick's picture-gallery from fire. 17. Royal Exchange medal struck. New issue of bank-notes at Vienna. M. Alaix, the French painter, ordered to paint four portraits and three historical pictures for the grand chamber of the new palace-in the Quai D'Orsay. 25. Foundation-stone of a monument to Burns' High land Mary laid at Greenock : 10,000 people present. .. Several ancient tombs discovered at Malta. 28. Meeting at Sunderland to erect a monument to Lord Durham. Feb. Purchase of a cup and cover, with niello en grai ing, by the British Museum. A splendid jewel presented to Miss Costello by the King of the French, for her work on France, " A Sum mer among the Bocages and Vines." M. Cherubini resigns, at the age of 82, the Direc torship of the Conservatory of Music at Paris. 19. Meeting at Exeter-Hall for the erection of a mo nument and inscription to John Sydney Taylor. 22. Two fine glass busts, likenesses of her Majesty and Prince Albert, executed by the Thames Plate Glass Company, and presented. Trentham-hall, Staffordshire, the Duke of Suther land's seat, newly adorned and laid out with statues, fountains, &c. . 28. The statue of Sir John Cass, removed from the niche in Aldgate Church-yard, previous to throwing open the corner of Houndsditch and Aldgate. March L Opening of the Diorama, Regent's-park, with the Shrine of the Nativity.: Statue erected at Langholm, Carlisle, to Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm. Lista, the pianist, drawn. in a splendid landau and six white horses, from Berlin, by the students, 200 of whom accompany him on horseback, and 800 on foot. 21. Opening of Burford's Panorama ; the Battle of Waterloo. Monument to Henry Hunt at Manchester, founda tion-stone laid. 26. Meeting of the Art-Union, and distribution of prizes. 27. Sale of the works of Sir David Wilkie. Monument to be erected at Malaga to General Torrijos and his 48 compatriots. May 2. , Opening of the Royal Academy. Present of some of Mehemet Ati's I4gyptian books by Lord Brougham to the London University. " Marble bust to, Sir Astley Cooper, put up in ' Surgeon's Hall. 11. New fountain erected in St. James's Park. 13. Thalberg gives his first concert at Willis's Rooms. 18. Repairs commenced in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The sculptures in the valley of the Xanthus, re moving from Malta for the British Museum. 31. The ivory model of the 'rage Mahal, Agra, sold by Mr. Robins for 2,000 guineas. Juno 18. Mr. W'interhalter appointed to paint a por trait of her Majesty. Conclusion of the sale of the Strawberry Hill Prints, which realised 1,4001. Sept. 20. Norwich Musical Festival. 22. Worcester Musical Festival. 29. Bust of Lord Sydenbam placed in the Reform Club. Oct. 17. A medal cast to Sir I. Brunel, the engineer of the Thames Tunnel. Dec. 20. Meeting of the members of the Living Mo del Academy. RAILWAYS. Jan. L Invention of a new " Messenger Propelling Machine" for railways, by Mr. Conder. 20. Meeting of the London and Brighton Railway Proprietors • 300,0001. empowered t o b e ra i se d f or car rying out the works. 200,000 men ordered to be disbanded from the Austrian army to work on the railways. 6,375 persons carried down by the Great Western Railway to the christening at Windsor. Meeting of the Eastern Counties' .Railway Pro prietors at• Shoreditch. . Feb. 29. Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway ; 46 miles accomplished in two hours. From the Report of the officers of the Railway de partment, contained in the Police-book published by the House of Com Mons, it appears that 69 human beings were killed, and 128 injured during the year 1841 on railways. - 22. Tne question of Sunday travelling among the Di rectors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway canvassed. On a division the majority of voters tbr Sunday trains was 571. March 13. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Eailway trains commence running on Sunday, and carry 878 passengers to and fro on that day undisturbed by the Sabbatarians. 17. Meeting of the Shareholders of the London and Brighton Railway. 21. Report oh the practicability of atmospheric rail ways by Sir F. Smith and Professor Barlow. April 2. Accident on the south-Western Railway ; four lives lost. May 12. Fall of the Eastern Counties Railway bridge at Kelvedon, ColchestPr. July 7. Fire on theßirminghain and Gloucester Rail way ; four trucks, with 800/. worth of Manchester good:, destroyed, by a spark from the engine of the chimney. 27. London and Greenwich Railway, meeting of. Aug. 17. Meeting of the Great Western Railway at Bristol. Sept. Opening of the railroad from Leipsic to Altenberg. Oct. 3. Meeting of the Paris and Rouen Railway at Liverpool. Meeting of the North-Eastern Railway in Bishops gate-street. ECCLESIASTICAL. Jan. 11. Decision in the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, that all marriages celebrated by Presbyterian Ministers, where both parties are not Presbyterians, are declared invalid. The two daughters of T. -4 rennison, Esq., of Innis tiogue converted to Catholicity. 20. Petition of the Brighton people to the Archbishop of Canterbury to discountenance Puseyism. 22. Dr. Gilbert appointed Bishop of Chichester. 27. The case of Dillon v. Dillon again argued before the Consistory Court. Meeting on the Presbyterian Marriage Bill, held at Armagh. Address of the inhabitants of Bristol to the Pri mate, against Puseyism. 28. d j onsecration - of the New Synagogue in Burton street, Burton-crescent. Feb. 12. town. Okehampton Church, Devonshire, burnt May 3. Rev. Dr. Daly declared by the Consistory Court to be the elected Dean of St. Patrick's ; Dr. Wilson determines to appeal. May 16. Subscriptions of a sum of 40,000/. for a new Roman Catholic cathedral at York. Oct. 10. The Bishop of London's charge delivered. Archdeacon Stopford appointed to the Bishopric of Meath. I)ec. 14.—Church -rate refused at Brighton by a ma jority of 210. SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL. Jan 14. Investigation ordered by the Home-office into the abstraction of 250 bodies from the St. Marylebone, workhouse, for anatomical purposes, and their burial in the unconsecrated ground of Globe-fields. Sir James Graham memorialised upon the subject. March 20. Dr. Puente continu©s three hours at the Polytechnic Institution in a diving-bell, without air, ac companied by his new invention. June 3. Voltaic-electrical experiments in the Serpen tine River. Nov. 29. F. Robertson, Esq., elected Dean of the Fa culty of Advocates at Edinburgh. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorrupt ible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking for truth. A man, in proportion as he has these claims, should be honoured and wel comed everywhere.—Channing. The house in the Rue de la Ilarpe, in which Char lotte Corday stabbed Marat, in a bath, has just been pulled down. CHELMSFORD UNION. We have much pleasure in noticing that the dis position which lately prevailed on the part of the cul tivators of the soil, to reduce the number of labourers in their employ, is fast subsiding, and that many of those who, for want of work, necessarily entered the Union houses, have been relieved from a state of comparative idleness. The numbers out of employ will, no doubt, be very fluctuating during the ensuing winter, and in the agricul tural districts in particular ; indeed, such we know has already been the case here, at Braintree, and at Great Dunmow, but the decrease has lately been considerable. Thirty and upwards, chiefly able bodied, left Braintree Union-house within the last fortnight; the present number being 287. The aged and the children there, on the 26th inst., received their treat of b ee f and plum-pudding. Since this day week the number in Chelmsford Union workhouse has been reduced to 297, all of whom on Christmas day received a plentiful supply of plum pudding. The following is a statement of the present number of the different classes in this house, compared with the number in the corresponding week in 1841 :- 1841 1842 Able-bodied men Disabled by sickness or accident 30 . . . . 44 Old and infirm Youths (7 to 15) Boys (2 to 7) Women (able-bodied) Temporarily disabled ..... 28 .... 5 Old and infirm Girls (7 to 15) . . 29 .... 41 (2 to 7) 2l .... 21 Infants Born 277 297 The disabled by sickness or accident have been greatly increased by railroad labourers; but of these, few now are obliged to keep their beds, one of the worst cases havin g rece i ve d a perfect cure.— Chelmsford Chronicle. THE BRAZILIAN TREATY AND THE SUGAR DUTIES. A paragraph recently appeared in the newspapers, apparently from authority, to the effect that the ter mination of the treaty was finally postponed until the end of the year 1844—that is to say, the construction contented for by the British Government has pre vailed Over the Brazilian interpretation, which fixed the termination two years sooner. We understand that this is the fact. The treaty will be continued until the end of 1844 ; but upon what terms or agree ment as to the future, or through what menaces, are the important points to know. Without , pretendin g t o pi erce en ti re ly th roug h the diplomatic veil which shrouds the mission of Mr. Ellis, we may, notwithstanding, hazard the fol lowing guesses, which will, perhaps be found to be approximations to the facts :—Our Envoy, on his arrival, is reported to have found the Brazilian Government averse to any negotiations on the basis proposed by him, whatever that basis was. They adhered firmly to their construction of the treaty, arid were prepared to declare its immediate terini• nation, although there can be little doubt that in this view they are entirely wrong, and that the con struction applied to it by Lord Palmerston and ad hered to by Sir Robert Peel's Government, is the correct one. They further evinced extreme re luctance to negotiate on the footing of a duty of 30s. per cwt. on their sugar and of 16s. on British Plan tation. A differential duty of that amount did not appear to meet their expectations in any degree, and Mr. Ellis was at last obliged to declare the ultimatum of his Cabinet, which was, that if they did not consent to continue the present treaty until the year 1844, England would consider it a casus belli, and go to war with them ! By this threat, it is surmised, and this alone, was the extension of the treaty extorted ; and from this fact we may see what feelings and what policy will guide the Brazilians in any new treaty which they may conclude with us after the expiration of the present one.—Liverpool Mercury. MRS. TROLLOPE'N NEW WORK, IN MONTHLY SHILLING PARTS.—We are r eques t e d to state that the First Part, price one shilling, of " Jessie Phillips, a Tale of the New Poor-law," by Mrs. Trollope, authoress of "Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy," &c., embellished with a fine portr a it o f th e au th oress , and an illustration by Leech (to be completed in Twelve Monthly Shilling Parts), is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had of all booksellers and newsvenders throughout the kingdom. Agents for Scotland— Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin Mr. Dawson had some property in Dublin on which a fish market had from time Immemorial been held. He caused it to be all fitted up with convenient and showy stalls. But the nercids of Dublin being Catholics, none of them would support the specula.. tions of one they considered, an Orangeman, and not one of the fine stalls were let. In one week, how ever after the speech at Derry, (which was declara tory of his sentiments in favour of emancipation, and was generally considered as a precursor of the same views being held by the Duke of Wellington and the rest of the Administration, which after wards proved to be the case,) not one stall remainsd unlet. Upon this being told to Lord Norbury, he answered—" Aye, I thought that speech was all from se/-fish motives."—lrish. paper. BRUTAL - ATTACK AND HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— About half-past six o'clock on Tuesday evening last, as Thomas Smith, carter to Mr. Wright, of the Mill-bridge,' was returning from Mr. Win. Ogden's, near the Carr House, with a horse and cart, he was stopped near the back gates of the residence to Miss Chivers, near the race-groUnd, by three men, dressed as navigators, who knocked him down, kicked him severely when on the ground, and broke three of his ribs. They then robbed him of three sove reigns, nine shillings, and a memorandum-book ; after •which, he being then in a senseless state, they threw him into the adjoining pond. Soon afterwards, a person named Lillyman, came up, and assisted him out of the pond. Chappel, the principal carter connected with the same mill, came up about the same time with his cart from. Branton and the neighbouring villages; and conveyed Smith to his home. Surgical assistance was immediately obtained; the man, however, got worse, did not know his own wife, and raved all night. Three men were appre hended on suspicion the next day, and lodged in the gaol. On examination, one was liberated, and the other two were remanded for further examination. Yesterday morning Smith was still in a dangerous state.—Doncaster Gazette. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—MY Higgs held an in quest last night, ae,Charing-cross Hospital,on the body of Edward Martin, an elderly gentleman, a watch maker, of Paradise-street, Lambeth. It appeared that, on Saturday last, while the deceased was passing along the Strand, and while crossing at the top of Hungerford-street, a cab, which was coming at a furious rate from Duncannon-street, driven by George Hannan, turned short round, to go down to Hunger ford-market, knocked him down, one of the shafts having struck him on the forehead, and one of the wheels going over his leg. There were two persons upon the box, and no person inside. No attempt was made to pull up before the accident happened, and the vehicle was not stopped till a very considerable crowd had followed and surrounded it. The wounded gen tleman was removed immediately to Charing-cross hospital, where it was discovered that the left ancle was severely wounded, with a-slight contusion of the forehead. very attention was paid, but mortification taking place in the wounded limb, he died on Wed: nesday last. The Jury, after some deliberation, re turned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against George Hannan. The Coroner then made out his commit ment to Newgate for trial. MURDEROUS ATTACK.—The neighbourhood of Sher borne-street was a state of considerable excitement on Monday evening, in consequence of a most ferocious assault committed by an Irishman, named M'Sweeny, who lodged at the house of a Mr. Collins, in Colum bia-street, on the person of John Skey, a stonemason, residing in Shcrborne-street. The attack was made with a sharp knife, used by M'Sweeny, in his trade of a shoemaker. It appears that Collins and M'Sweeny were sitting together, when some words arose between them. APSweeny's conduct became so outrageous and violent that Collins seized an op portunity of leaving the house with the intention of claiming . the protection of the police. He had not proceeded far when he Met with the unfortunate man Skey, whom he induced to return with him to his house. On their arrival they found M‘Svveeny in an excessive state of irritation, and on their approaching to secure him, he flourished a shoemakers' knife in his nand and threatened their destruction if they ad- vanced. Skey struck him and he fell heavil; , , a wound on the back of his head which bled pro fusely ; he shortly, however, recovered himself and closed with Sk e y, w hil s t Collins hastened away in search of assistance. During the scuffle which en .. sued we regret to say that Skev received three wounds, one at the bottom of the stomach on the left . , side, which penetrated to the intestines; another on the ribs, immediately above the heart, which it fortu nately did not injure ; and a third on the lower part of the hip, which extended upwards of four inches. After the infuriated man had indicted these dreadful wounds, he escaped over a low wall at the back, and sought concealment in an out-h . it out-house, where h e was discovered and secured by the police. Fro m th e dan gerous nature of the woundswas deemed necessary to take Skey's deposition, which was done before W. Gyde, Esq., on Tuesday morning. M'Sweeny is secured at the station-house, and we are informed, in answer to our inquiries yesterday evening, that Skey, although not out of danger, is going on as well as from the nature of the injuries could be expected.— Cheltenham Exariether. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SE GONDA RIES' CO UR 7; Dcc. 30. KING V BRODIE, OTHERIVISE WILDE, LESSEE OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE. This Nvas an action to recover the sum of 41. 14s. for necessaries supplied to the defendant. The plaintiff appeared in person, and Mr. Hanbury for the defendant. The facts of the case will be gathered from the state ment of the plaintiff. Ile said it was a balance due for board while the defendant was confined in the Marshalsea prison in the year 1836. The defendant was now the lessee of the Olympic. theatre • but in 1836 he went by th e name o f B ro di e . Th e defendant entered into an arrangement with the plaintiff, who keeps the coffee-room in the Marslialsea,, to pay 2s. 6d. per day for his board during the time he remained in the prison. lie remained about ten weeks in prison, and was ultimately discharged under the Insolvent Debtors' Act, on the 20th Dec., 1836. On the day he was discharged he (plaintiff) lent him 10s. 6d. to pay his gate fees. When he left the prison, plaintiff gave him his account, and he said he was very sorry that he was then unable to pay it, but he would do so in a week or a fortnight. On the 13th January fbllowing he wrote a letter to the plaintiff; in which letter he apologised for not being able to pay the amount that was due, at the same time expressing his gratitude, and concluded by hoping that " the tree of liberty would soon be planted in the Marshalsea prison, and that every prisoner would cut his stick."—(Roars of laughter.) The plaintiff had then w4ited nearly six years for his money, and he appeared as far off as ever. When Mr. Wilde was applied to he said the theatre would be doing well soon, and then he would pay. It was in consequence allowed to stand over until the be ginning of the present year. In April last applica tion for the money was made by letter stating that unless the money was p a id a wri t would be issued. In consequence of this an arrangement was made to pay at the rate of 10s. per week. The payments, however, became in arrear, and therefore the present action was brought. Witnesses were called to prove these facts, and several witnesses were -called to prove that the Mr. George Brodie, who was an inmate of the Marshalsea Prison in 1836, was the same person as Mr. George Wilde, the now lessee of the Olympic Theatre. The proof was that the witnesses had called upon the de fendant at the theatre, and he had acknowledged the debt. The LEARNED SECONDARY was about to sum up the evidence, but the Jury said it was unnecessary, as they had already made up their minds. Verdict for the plaintiff for full amount claimed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - - (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young woman, named Catherine Taylor, was charged with having robbed her own cousin, after having been treated with kindness by him. The prosecutor stated, that having been given to understand that the prisoner had been leading a very dissolute life for some time, he determined to endea vour to reform her, and went to seek her in a house of the lowest description, to which he learned she re sorted. He there found her amongst a band of thieves, and he called her aside asked whether there would be any use in taking her away from such so ciety. She assured him that she loathed the company her misfortunes obliged her to keep, and that if he enabled her to abandon it, she would be most grate ful. Degraded as she was he took her home to his wife, who stripped her of her rags, and clothed her well from head to foot. She remained in the family between 'five and six weeks, and then sud denly joined her former asociates, after having robbed her benefactor ; and such had been the e ffect of the habits in which she had indulged, that she soon appeared in the miserable plight in which he had found her. The prisoner said the prosecutor's wife had made her a present of the property she was accused of having stolen, and she retaliated upon him by assur ing the Lord, Mayor that he had ill-treated his Wife in the _ most serious manner in which a wife could be injured. The LORD MAYOR said that all must admire the kind feeling by which the prosecutor was actuated in going amongst the dregs of society to restore the un fortunate girl to a decent station in life, fraught With danger as was the experiment in her particular case. The prosecutor declared that he was induced by the revolting ingratitude of the prisonei alone to appear against her. HIS LORDSHIP remantlecl the wretched girl. A man, named John Barker, was, brought charged with having gone into the Three Cranes public-house in Queenhithe, and deliberately taking the clock, which he Was tying up in his handkerchief , when he was seen by a female so employed.—He was remanded. Two females, who stated their names to be Elizg Wyatt and Mary Ann Kemp, were charged with having robbed Mr. Ethelred Barnett of a shirt pin. . Mr. Barnett said that as he was passing through St. Paul's Church-yard, one of the women, who - are Ivell known and well dressed thieves, said to him, " what a very pretty pin that is in your breast," and immediately snatched it from his possession, and • passed it to the other. Anxious to get back hii pro perty without making a noise about it, he offered the women half a sovereign if they would restore it to MM. They refused the terms, whereupon he in creased the offer to a sovereign, provided they would accompany him home in a cab. The 14011 D MAYOR—And is it possible that you could trust yourself in a cab with two such desperate, persons as these ? The prosecutor said it was the fact. It was his intention to have them driven to the station house, where he meant to charge them with the robbery' Indeed, he would have put them into custody in the first instance but he could n o t fi n d a p o li cema n. When they got as far as Bow church they suspected from the directions he gave the driver that he meant to re cover his property , and they refused to go any further, and he then found a policeman and charged them with the robbery. The women said they were much above the prae" tices imputed to them, and that they knew nothing of the prosecutor or his pin. The LORD MAYOR again expressed his astonish ment that the prosecutor, who is a man of low sta ture, would venture into a vehicle with the prisoners, who he declared might have been reasonably ex pected to leave him without the value o hip f a farthing. The woman said his Lords knew nothing at 0 1 to their prejudice. The LORD MAYOR—I have had you both at that bar for robbing people in the street. Mary Ann e Kemp—Not a bit of it : we never were here before. His Lordship immediately called to Gooch, the turnkey of the Compter, and asked him whether h e knew the to o women, or either of them. Gooch—l know them both, my Lord. They hav e been both in Newgate, and in the House of Correction. They are two most notorious thieves. Mary Anne Kemp—That's a Gooch (to Mary Anne Kemp)—You know you have been convicted in the name of Jones. The LORD MAYOR—I knew they were what they have been described to be. The pin, I suppose, " not found ? The prosecutor—No ; I expected to find it in the cab, but they were too clever at the business. The LORD MAYOR—They must go to Bridewell each for a month. The prisoners, upon leaving the bar, gave the Lord Mayor a taste of their quality, by wishing they migh t catch him fn a cab, and " wouldn't they sarve him out." CARMARTIIENSIIIRE ELECTION. .•—• CARMARTHEN , TUESDAY NIGHT.—The election of a Member for the county of Carmarthen, in the room of the late Joh n Jones Esq. of Ystrad, took place at the Shire Ha ll, Llandilo, this morning. At eleven o'clock, W. Phil lipps, Esq., ugh Sheriff, took the chair, and after the customary preliminaries had been gone through, lir • 0. Brigstocke, Esq., of Bl a e n pant, proposed, and E. P. Lloyd, of Glansevin, seconded D. A S. Davies, Esq., of Pentre, as a fit and proper person to represent the county of Carmarthen in Parliament. :Mr. Davies was then elected without opposition. He afterwards addressed the electors at some length. Mr. Davies is, we believe, a Liberal Conservative; and, entering Parliament unfettered by public pledges (and private onea too we understand), he will- take his seat 05 a perfectly independent Member of the country party. —The Welshman. NEW DISCOVERIES.---Discoveries and systems which oppose existing habits, prejudices, and interests, !Dust undergo the test of almost universal opposition before their value be admitted. Nothing but - sterling me rit, tried and approved, can procur e th e ir general adop tion, or render their l e tt ers p a t en t p ro ductive to th e inventor, ivhether i n p ence or p ra i se . But a dis coverer or a system may h e i n a d vance o f the age most undoubt e dly th ey may , an d some ti mes are ; but such discover ers , if th ey h ave a l it tl e p a tience, will soon see the age over t a k e them—Medical Gazette. There are at present 300 candidates for Church preferment on the Government books in Ireland. Devizes Gazette. 11 IR TII S. On the 26th of December, at Farnham, Surrey, the lady of the Rev. H. R. Julius, of a daughter. On the 29th of December, in Acacia-road, St. John's-vroetl Mrs. Charles Freed), ofa son. MARRIED. On the 19th of December, at Hesse Homburg, Germany. E• Prichard, of Ross, Herefordshire, banker, to Miss Sarah Mer rick, of Manchester. DIED. On the 23d of December, at S.naresbrook, Essex, Thom Littledale, the infant sun of T. liejnolds, jun., Esq. _ - London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG, •f No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, g the County of Middlesex, Saturday , December al, 11 1 42. •