The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-01 00:00:00

JANUARY.

2. The Hon. George Lamb, Secretary of State, and bro-
ther of Lord Melbourne, died, aged 49. He was a man of
considerable literary acquirements, and the author of an ele-
gant translation of Catullus.
6. Richard Martin, Esq., formerly Member for Galway
county, and celebrated for the humane Act which bears his
name, died at Boulogne, aged 80.
Accounts were received of the death of Col. Wardle, at
Florence, on the 30th of November, in his 72d year.
• The Quarter's Revenue was published, showing a fall-
ing off of 91,5471. on the quarter, and 409,6671. on the year.
9. East India papers of this date give an account of the
loss of the ship Lady Monro on her voyage from Calcutta to
Sydney, with 90 persons on board, all of whom, except 20,
perished.
Dr. Drury, many years Master of Harrow School, died.
12. Lord Grenville died at his seat, Dropmore, aged 75.
At the time of his death he was Chancellor of the University
of Oxford and Auditor of the Exchequer, arid had been
Speaker of the House of Commons and First Lord of the
Treasury.
13. About this time it is computed that no less than 500 sail
of outward-bound vessels were detained in different ports in
the Channel, some of which had been windbonnd for 10 or 12
weeks.

15. A change of Ministry took place in Spain, M. Zea Ber-
mudez was replaced by Martinez de la Rosa as Prime Minister.
20. The Mauritius was visited by a violent hurricane, which
caused great loss of life and property.
An earthquake, which continued for more than 20 hours,
destroyed nearly the whole of the city of Pasto, Colombia.
According to the last accounts, 50 dead bodies had been dug
out of the ruins.

21. Accounts were published, from which it appeared that,
in the course of 1833, 10,985 vessels passed the Sound, 3,196
of which were British—the greatest number belonging to one
nation. The Prussian, Norwegian, and Swedish were next,
being respectively 2,088, 1,461, and 1,074.
22. Accounts arrived of a money panic in the United States,
caused by differences between the President and the Bank Di-
rectors. In consequence of this unfortunate dispute, not less
than 96 banks stopped payment.
25. An earthquake was felt at Portsmouth, Chichester, and
several other places along the coast of the Channel.
29. A duel between M. Dulong, Member of the Chamber
of Deputies, and General Bugeaud, Governor of the Castle
of Blaye, during the imprisonment of the Duchess of Berri,
took place in the Bois de Boulogne, in which the former was
mortally wounded.
A high tide in the Thames caused great damage along
the Banks of the river at Wapping,, Shadwell, the Strand, and
Lambeth.

The Duke of Wellington was elected Chancellor of the
University of Oxford.
A fishmonger of the name of Old was convicted in the
Court of King's Bench of selling unwholesome fish in Bil-
lingsgate, and sentenced to pay a fine of 50/. At the trial the
Judge stated that this was the first, prosecution of the kind.
31. Accounts were received from Calcutta, stating that at
Katmendoo, the capital of Nepaul, 10,000 houses, and from
600 to 800 persons had been destroyed by an earthquake.
Baron Bayley retired from the Bench, and some time
afterwards was succeeded by Mr. J. Williams. That respected
Judge had sat successively on the Bench in the Courts of
Common Pleas, King's Bench, and Exchequer. While sit-
ting in the King's Bench he made the memorable observation
in the case of Lord Strangford against The Sun Newspaper
when Sir C. Wetherell was justifying the Noble Lord's writ-
ing despatches in London and dating them on board a ship off
the Tagus, Justice Bailey suddenly interrupted him, and with
a shake of the head, said—" Mr. Attorney-General, I like
honesty in all places I"—a remark which electrified the Court,
and defeated the Noble Prosecutor.