The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-31 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER.

1. A meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge was held at
Lord Kenyon's, in consequence of the inquiries instituted
by the House of Commons. The Duke of Cumberland
was in•the

4. A grand public dinner was given to Sir Robert Pee'
at Tam worth.

A long debate took place in the House of Lords on
the amendments made by the Cothmons in the Corporation
Bill, some of the more important of which were retained,
and others rejected.
Mr. Stanynought, a newsman, in the Edgeware-road,
in a fit of madness, murdered his son, a boy of nine years
of age, and then attempted suicide. He was, at the next
Old Bailey Sessions, tried for murder, and acquitted on the
ground of insanity.
8. Captain Back and his companions arrived at Liver-
pool, from the Arctic land expedition.

The York musical festival commenced. It was at-
tended by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and
a great number of persons of rank and distinction.
10. The King dissolved Parliament in person. In his
Speech from the Throne his Majesty said he continued to
receive from all countries assurance of their desire to main-
tain peace with this country, and that he should, in con-
cert with the three Powers with whom he had contracted
the quadruple treaty, direct his most anxious attention to
the state of Spain. He expressed his cordial concurrence
in the Corporation Reform Bill—noticed the improved in-
ternal condition of Ireland, and expressed his confidence
that Members on returning to their respective counties
would recommend obedience to the law, attachment to the
Constitution, and a spirit of temperat6 amendment.
The'following are the principal Acts interesting to the
public which have passed this Session :
An-Act for limiting the polling at borough elections to
one day, excepting certain boroughs. in North ;Britain.
for substituting declarations in lieu of oaths in a
vast number of cases.

--- for declaring all marriages within the prohibited
degrees of affinity; which have been celebrated before the
passing of the Act, valid, and not voidable by any sentence
of the Ecclesiastical Court, unless pronounced in a suit de-
pending at the time of the Act passing. All future mar-
riages within the prohibite&degreeS of consanguinity or affi-
nity, are to be absolutely void.
-- for abolishing capital punishment in cases of
letter stealing and sacrilege..,. _ _

for abolishing, in, Scotland, imprisonment for
civil debts in all sums under 8/. 6s. Bd.

--- to provide, for the regulation. of Municipal Cor-
porations in England and Wales.
to repeal the duty and , drawback on flint glass,
and impose other duties and drawbacks.
for effecting greater uniformity in the government
of prisons in England and ' Wales, ' and for appointing in-
spectors of prisons in Great Britain.
to prevent the publication of lectures without
consent.

to amend the Act, against cruelty to animals, and
make it applicable to persons who keep houses for dogfight-
ing, cock fighting, and baiting of bulls, bears, &c., the pe-
nalty for keeping gueli a house not to.xxceed 51., and not
less than 10s. a day.
---- to 'amend the laws relating to merchant seamen,
and for forming a register of all the men engaged in the
service.

for the encouragement of voluntary enlistment in
his Majesty's navy. By this Act no person shall be detained
in the service against his consent more than five years, un-
less he has voluntarily entered for, a longer period, and dis-
charged seamen are to receive certificates to .protect them
against impressment for two years.
for regtilating the postage of letters and news-
papers. By this the -.Postmaster-General can reduce the
postage of letters to and from foreign parts. Letters may
be sent by other vessels than Government packets, and the
postage on neWspapers by private ships from the Cdonies, is
reduced from 3d. to Id. each. The postage on newspapers
to and froin foreign parts is also reduced, but this may be
increased with the consent of the Treasury.
14. Dr. Brinkley, Bishop of Cloyne, died in Leeson-
street, Dublin. He was for many years professor of astro-
nomy in Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed to the
see of Cloyne in 1826. • • •
17: A treaty of peace was concluded at the Cape of
Good Hope, between Sir Benjamin D'Urban on the part of
the King of England and the Chief of the Caffre tribes oc-
cupying the country between the Keiskamma and the Kei.
The Chiefs engaged to become subjects of the King, to live
according to the Colonial law, and to reside in such lands as
the Governor shall assign to.them.
Mr. Green ascended from Vauxhall-gardens in a bal-
loon, and alighted near Downham, in Suffolk, making the
distance in about 13 hours, or taking into account the zig-
zag course of the balloon, at the rate of 10 miles the hour,
incuding a stoppage at Walthamstow.
23. Bellini, the musical composer, died at Paris, aged 29.
He was a native of Catania, in Sicily, and the author of
Il Pirata, La Sonnambula, I Puritani, and other celebra-
ted operas.
24. Died at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square,
John Earl of Chatham, aged 80 years. The title is now
extinct. His Lordship held the office of First Lord. of the
Admiralty from 1788 till 1794 ; in 1796, he was appointed
President of the Council, and held the office till 1801, when
he was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance. He
commanded the Walcheren expedition, and at his death was
Governor of Gibraltar.

28. The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived at
Ramsgate on a visit to the Duchess of Kent and the Prin-
cess Victoria.

During the month of September Mr. O'Connell made a
tour through the North of England and Scotland ; •and
public dinners were giVen to him at Manchester, Newcastle,
Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
Towards the end of the month, grand reviews of Russian
and Prussian troops took place at Kalisch, and a Congress
'Was afterwards held at Topaz, which was attended by the
Emperor of Austria, Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia,
and other Sovereign Princes.