The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, 111 DAY, JANUARY I, 180.

the throat whilst asleep (being mistaken, it is stpposed,
for another person,) at the Angel Inn, Ludlow.
20. Death of• the Bishop of Chichester at Br-;?.lstairp,
aged 72.
22. Execution of John Randalsome, at Norwich, for the
murder of his wife.
24. Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, at Poovcr, near
Knutsford, Cheshire, by an Irish vagrant.
26. The Coroner's Jury, on the inquest of the bodies
of the four persons killed by the accident on the Eastern
Counties Railway, returned a verdict of accidental death,
with a deodand of 5001. on the engines.
27. Great fire at Messrs. Hore's wharf, near the London
Decks; at Mr. Ifear's saw-mills, Bermondsey; and at
East Mount-terrace, Whitechapel.
30. Loss of eleven lives by the upsetting of a boat on
the river Lea.
31. Grand Reform dinner at Paris, which is attended
by 6,000 persons.
Major Clibborn, proceeding with 450 infantry to the
relief of Captain Brown, shut up in the fortress of Ka•
bun, is attacked on the mountains by the Beloochees, and
forced to retreat with the loss of half his force, ana all his
camels and baggage.

- SEPTEMBER.
I. Riots at Madrid. The municipality at Madrid de-
clares itself permanent.
2. Madame Laffrage i 3 placed on trial, charged with the
murder of her husband by poison.
5. Mehemet Ali rejects the ultimatum of the Four
Powers.
6. Liberation of all the Jewish prisoners accused of the
supposed murder of Father Thomas and his servant at
Damascus.

Society on the proposition " That Popery is the
parent of disloyalty."
7. Dr. Shuttleworth is appointed Bishop of Chichester.
S. Accident on the Blackwell Railway by the rope
breaking. Two men are killed, and the lives of many
others are placed in the greatest jeopardy,
9. Espartero publishes a manifesto demanding the revo-
cation of the municipal law, the dissolution of the Cortes,
and the dismissal of the Ministers.
10. Murder of Thomas Henshall, one of the gamekeepers
of the High- Sheriff of Cheshire.
11. The French Mediterranean fleet arrives at Athens.
Bombardment and capture of Beyrout by the Eng-
lish fleet.
12. Duel between the Earl of Cardigan and Captain
Tuckett, when Captain Tuckett was wounded.
Capture of the Castle of Gebail, by the English
squadron under Captain Martin.
rtu. siiusanu nattway-byrthe
axletree of one of the carriages breaking. Three persons
are killed and others seriously injured.
14. Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway by which
one person is killed.
Capture of Djouni by the Castor, Carysfort, Dido,
and Hydra,
15. Capture of Patroun by her Majesty's ships Carys-
fort and Cyclops.
- Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway, by which
four persons are seriously injured.
17. Capture of Califs by the seamen and marines of her
Majesty's ship Castor.
Wreck of the ship Bengal in Table-bay.
Murder of Mrs. Keeling, at Newcastle.
18. A treaty of amity and commerce between the Ne-
therlands and the republic of Texas, is signed at the
Hague.
Dost Mohammed Khan is defeated by 500 native
troops, under Brigadier Dennie, with the loss of 500 killed,
and all his baggage and ammunition.
19. Madame Laifarge is found guilty of poisoning her
husband, with extenuating circumstances, and is sentenced
to the pillory and hard labour for life.
Sudden death of Mr. Hugh Hammersley, and con-
sequent stoppage of his bank.
Wreck of the ship Catherine Jamieson, near Cape
Town.
20. Commencement of the fortifications which are to
surround Paris.
21. Death of Lord Konmure, in his 91st year.
The Consuls-General of the Four Powers strike their
flags at Alexandria, and retire on board the shipping.
22. Death of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta,
in her 72d year.
Death of the Countess of Dysart, aged 95.
Birth of an heir to the Turkish throne.
23. The Consuls of the Four Powers strike their flags
at Alexandria, and embark on board the steamer.
24. Defeat of the Egyptians by the Turkish troops
under Commodore Napier.
25. Unsuccessful attack on Tortosa by the seamen and
marines, under Captain Stewart.
Commencement of the court-martial on Captain R.
A. Reynolds.
Death of Marshal Macdonald, Duke de Tarento, at
Courcelles, near Orleans, aged 75.
26. Capture of Tsour by the seamen and marines of
H. M. S. Pique and Castor.
27. Capture of Sidon by the seamen and troops under
Commodore Napier.
Fire in the dockyard at Devonport, by which the
Talavera of 90 guns is destroyed, two other ships injured,
and a large quantity of stores burnt,
28. The Earl of Cardigan is held to bail, himself in
1,000/. and two sureties of 5001. each, to answer the charge
of shooting at Captain Tuckett. Captain Douglas, his
second, is also held to bail.
Launch, at Chatham, of the Polyphemus war
steamer, and the London ship of the line.
30. Laying of the foundation stone of the Nelson memo-
rial in Trafalgar-square.
Death of Admiral Sir Ross Donnelly, K. C. 8.,
aged 77.

8. The QueQn.liegenf Spain publishes a manifesto,
recommending her chiles to the care of the Spanish

ngtion

9. Mr. Alderman Tmas Johnson enters upon his
office as Lord Mayor of indon.
Birth of the Duke Chartres, second son of t:Ir•
Duchess of Orleans.
10. His Majesty the rig of the Belgians opens the
sessions of the Chambe:
Explosion of an e;ino on the Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway by web the cog,. car and his as-
sistant are killed.
11. Collision of trains t the York and North Midland
Railway, by which two pasengers are killed.
1 Mehemet Ali, havi; received news of the fall of
Ss. Jean d'Acre, informs to Consuls of his intention to
rest,re the Turkish fleet.
12. Accident on tbe Leden and Birmingham Railway',
by which two engineass a_ killed.
13. Loss of her Maissy's. ship Fairy, and the crew,
consisting of 42 msn, on ; aisborough Sands.
Rising of the: waster and devastation of property at
Southampton, Portssnnu I, and the adjacent coast.
Storm at Sue's; - sud—two ships lost and several
men drowned. '
14. Hurricane, by sshieli much damag s is done tc the
shipping in the Thames
The Coroner's inq, est on the body of Mr. Pat.ison,
one of the persons killed y the accident on the Ycek and
North 3lidland Railway, ,sturns a verdict of " Acodental
(Leath," and levies a deods id of 1.001. on the engins•
-- Proposal of the Fou Courts to Mehemet Ali, offer-
ing, en condition of hi; in tent submission, to guarantee
him the hereditary possess on of Egypt.
15. Two carriages are lashed to pieces on sie Eastern
Counties Railway, by an engine overtaking a train, and
1 many persons injured.
Alderman Harmer announces his resitnation of the
Aldermanic gown.
The Germanic Ditit accepts the'. Treaty of the 15th
July.
[6. Treaty of reciprocity between Great Britain and
the republic of Texas. ~
Destruction by fire of two-thirds of the village of The-
rapia, at Constantinople.)
17. Concert and ball j Gaildhall,•for the benefit of the
Polish refugees.
18 M. Bergeron, of PO, is sentenced to imprison-
ment for two years, and to pas- a fine of 50 francs, for an
assault on M. Girardin.
Lyons and other towns es't again inun(lated by the
rise of the ithone anti the Saorsts --
Shipwreek of the City of Bristol Irish steam-packet,
with the loss of 35 lives.
19. The jury to inquire into the deaths of the persona
killed on the York and North Wiland Railway, not being
able to come to a unanimous siecision, are discharged by
the Coroner, and bound over to appear before the Judges
at the next Yorkshire assizes.
The brig Nerino is cast on shore on tise Scilly
Islands, bottom upwards, bas.ng been so suddenly blown
over on the 16th, in a gale of wind, that the crew, consist-
ing of five persons, were enasledto ive in the hold, the
confined air keeping out theses.
21. A scouchment of her ;Jajesty, and the birth of the
Princess eoYal.
32. Arris al in Paris of the Queen Regent of Spain.
Wreck of the barque V'estnainster from Singapore
off Margate.
24. The Coroner's Jury o t the body of the engineer
killed on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway returns
a verdict, st That the deceased came by his death by the
bursting of a boiler, corastructei of iron plates of insuffi-
cient thickness," and levies a deddand of 601 on the engine.
2:., Debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the
address.

26. After a correspondence between Commodore Napier
and Boghos Bey, Melismet Al. decides to accept the here-
ditary government of Egypt, t,) restore the Turkish fleet,
and to evacuate Syria.
28. Inauguration
fire
onof die
at R
K rZrhe.
of Holland, at Amsterdam.
29. Destructive
- Terrairation of the .:,ebate on the address in the
French Chambers, by 2%1 votes for, and 164 against it.
By a decree of the Regency of Spain amnesty is
granted tior all political crimes and offences committed
since 19th July. 1637.
DECEMBER.
2. T'Ae Coroner's inquest on the bodies of the persons
;Ace on the London and Birmingham Railway at Har-
row, return a verdict, in the case of William Dawson, of
wilful murder against Jos. Simpson, and in the case of
Jos. Simpson, felo de se, and levies a deodand of 2,0001.
on the engine and tenders. The Jury also express their
opinion of the necessity of appointing better educated and
more experienced persons as engineers.
Dissolution of the National Guard of Carcassone.
Edward Jones, aged 17, is discovered secreted un-
der the sofa of her Majesty's dr2ssing-room. He is corn.
mitted to the House of Correction for three months as a
rogue and vagabond.
Overthrow of a train by a truck being left on the
Birmingham and Derby Railway, oneisisrson is killed and
several others meet with fraetureirind concussions. A
coroner's jury returns a verdict of manslaughter against
K;ng and Barber, two men employed on the line.
Sir R. Stopford addresses a letter to Mehemet Ali,
refusing to ratify Commodore Napier's " hasty and unau-
thorised convention."

6. Sir Robert Stopford transmits to Mebemet Ali the
ultimatum of the Four Powers, agreed to on the 14th No-
vember, requiring tn.l ^ prompt': submission of the Vice-
roy, and the evacuation of Syria, Adana, Candia, Arabia,
and the Holy Cities.
7. Wick or lui IsrtgH ard, of ETtt-!r. off Te;un-
inoltli.

The Spanish Government addresses a note to that of
Portugal, requiring the performance of the treaty of 1835,
relative to the free navigation of the Douro, and threaten-
ing, in case of non-compliance, to march an army into
Portugal to obtain the object in view.
The Portuguese Government !aye the matter before
the British Ambassador.

8. Arrival of :the remains of Napoleon Bonaparte at
Havre.

10. Mehemet Ali, in answer to Sir Robert Stopford's
note, submits himself unconditionally to the Four Powers.
Committal of an engine-driver in the service of the
Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, for having run
his train without due caution, and thereby run into and de-
bt' oy ed a train in advance.
--- The Vesper Gravesend steam- packet, having run
down a small boat in Woolwi it Reach, by which two
peranns were drowned, a Coror.ar's Jury returns a verdict
,)f accidental death, with a dcodand of 100/. upon the steam-
boat.

.•—Murder of Mr. John Greca, a Suderintendent on
the Edinburgh and Glafgow Railway, by some Irish la.
avers.

FRANCE.

The Gazette des Tribuneux says, " it is aneounced that
in the application e.,f the family of Maria Capelle, (widow
of Laffarge) ;to the Royal clemency, his Majesty has
remitted that part of the sentence which condemned her to
stand in the pillory."
The Journal des Dekits aeeounees that M. Cochelet,
Consul in Egypt, whose yiatuation has become so difficult,
has wised for his reed.
The Courier de la Moselle says that cannon of large
calibre f'orn the foundry at Strasburg, are arriving every
day ~•,' Nlitz. They are dseposited in the arsenal of the
artillery. Some detachments of horses also pass through
our city,Le Constitution,!,d,
The differences between Spain and Portugal seem
likely to be terminated by the mediation of England.
If this is so, the French Cabinet will have committed a
great fault, for after having lost its influence in the East,
it wotd
the at vantage of 'the Power which tends again to become
'.a riv.l,'i insteadendanger it likewise in the Peninsula, and all to
of its ally, as it ought to be.'
A low has just bean issired in Austria prohibiting games
chance. •
In Prussia the Government is having a civil code drawn
up for the whole Prussian monarchy. This measure is
intended for a two-fold object—tirst to give to the kingdom
a unite—a Folitical homegereeiusness—without which it
wouldYcertaenly not reta;n its rank; the second, to bring
back under ihc Rhenish provinces to the an-
cient which is more conformable to
the views ef absolutism, Hatred of the Revolution and of
the French laws, cheeks in :his instance the progressive
tendency of a Cabinet, which shows so mach ability in
German
a thisn
iegisiati,m,
many respects. —Le Teep,„..
General de Garraube has been re-elected Deputy for
Lalande, in the Dordegtee, by 115 out of MO votes ; and
M, Legrand has be,.n ye-elected Deputy for Clermont by
301 out of 33 votes.
Dz., Mooiteur Ptvaietz says--" bf. Thiers is most ac-
tive!! employed on tic report of tl.e Bill for the fortifica-
tions of Paris, and will be able to lay it before the Com-
mittee ilea Les days. His decided intention is to comply
to the majority of ais colfee.gues, in confining himself
w
lately occupied nine sittings
of tic Chamber."
The following, from Vienna, a given by the Commerce,
requires coufir nation t—,o In consequence of the
Council
having c,,,e to a resolution to march
1(), owiitthhin the main question, avoeleg the points which have
but
Count Kollowrath, whose in-
fluence has hitherto counters that of Prince Met-
ternich, and who is for peace tt any price, has demanded
O
leave of absence for .eight month, which is considered as
amounting to a retirement. N, Eichhof, the Minister of
Finance, who coincides with Ount Kollowrath, and has
maintained that the rr,eareehais
ciitchaesuSrteatewilwl epreronboabtlsyuffibe-
eient.to support the proposed ornaments, has received an
honourable dismissioae T
carried into execution withottedelaye„
It is said to have
been recommended V .the Prussian General Grollman,
Amongpur p o
fet.t „pressly by leis Gevev,ment to induce Austria to
tore up arms in concert with the rest of the Germanic
ported that 30,000 men are
to he seat to reinfzree the arm
of Italy. In order to meet
these expanses, a io:11. of 50,0i)t
, poo florins is talked of."
'A -Anorak setter, n the, Co onerce, says that in the
a .10r, of 80, 00 tederty
spring troops will be assembled
Ci --.L.:.tration. Isis further r
making extensive exer-
at fleilbro ureic! the effile'-td of the King of Wirtem-
o°tfher changes introduced
into the -f ',.thrtar, C, the nt arian troops is that of sub
sritif fler a re"' Sa ''' tilYC".lC't., similar to that used by the
Freteh'corps of iir.e2" tire"eurs, for the old kind of
bayonet. The sereanfs are to
,bcies-egs'..t.'--si? malbrireY efuvrrets.ll,
very a rifle like those used
by the Tyrolese,all
el the me, are to have percussion
The meth muskets. Government having asked for in-
formation on the 111 of . percussi ,t-lockadopted for the
Bavarian army, theing has order,d a complete set of
models of all kinds arms to be sent to London.
The Basle Gaze mentions that the Council of State
"c
of Berne has, in coin e with a d, ,f, and from the Vo-
rort, placed at theiposal of the F's
eral Government
fif‘y picees of catenin addition
too - regular contingent.
It is said to be in cemPlation ton i—
call out the Landwehr
in that canton.
id Labrouste
1 ~Messrs. Viscont %eat to the Invalldea
yesterday to makeangements for removing the decora-
tions used for the fral of Napoleon, and for the transfer
of the coffin into tadjoining chapel of Saint Jerome,
until the tomb ii e.ed• They gave orders for the im-
mediate breakilg of the catafalque in the boat lying
off the Esplaruk he
_statues and other ornaments

along the line of the procession will, it is believed, be left
for a month. The statue of Immortality, on the steps of
the Chamber of Deputies, is boarded up to save it from
damage by the works still going 9, at the pediment of
that edifice.