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

SEPTEMBER.

2. Mr. Telford, the celebrated civil engineer, died at his
house, Abingdon-street, aged 77, and eight days afterwards
his remains were deposited in Westminster Abbey. His great
works are the Caledonian Canal, the Conway-bridge, the
Holyhead Roads, and the Menai-bridge. He was a native of
the parish of Westerkirk, Dumfrieshire.
Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew died at Bed-
dington Park, aged 74. He was a native of Canada, and took
the name of Carew on succeeding to a large fortune. He
fought under Rodney in 1782—under Nelson at the sieges of
Bastia and Calvi, and commanded the Swiftsure at the battle
of the Nile, and at the time of his death was one of the three
surviving Captains who commanded ships of the line on that
memorable day.
4. Donna Francisca, wife of Don Carlos, died at Portsmouth.
8. The "British Association" held its fourth annual meeting
at Edinburgh.
9. A man of the name of Steinberg, a native of Germany,
residing at No. 17, Southampton-street, Pentonville, murdered
in the course of the night the woman with whom he cohabited,
and their four children, and then committed suicide. The
body of this wretched marl was buried two nights afterwards,

at 11 o'clock at night, in the poor ground of Clerkenwell pa-
rish, amidst the execrations of a vast crowd.

21. A grand fete took place at St. Petersburg, in memory
of the Emperor Alexander. More than 100,000 troops were
assemble& on the occasion.

14. Sir John Leach, Master of the Rolls, died at Edin-
burgh, and was succeeded by Sir Charles Pepys.
15. A grand public dinner was given to Earl Grey at Edin-
burgh, in a pavilion erected for the purpose on the Calton-hill.
About 1,700 persons sat down to dinner.

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16. Mr. Blackwood, the well-known publisher and proprie-
tor of " Blackwood's Magazine," died at Edinburgh.
16. Don Pedro resigned the Regency on account of bad
health, and his daughter next day was installed as Queen of
Portugal.

18. Accounts were received from Madras of the surrender
of the Rajah of Coorg, in April, at Madkerry, to the British
forces under Colonel Lindesay. He was afterwards carried
prisoner to Madras, and the country placed under British
protection.
21. A hurricane committed great ravages in the island of
Dominica, and was calculated to have destroyed nearly two-
thirds of the sugar and coffee crops, besides a vast quantity of
shipping. This is the sixth destructive hurricance since 1806
by which the island has been devastated.
24. Don Pedro died at the Palace of Queluz, near Lisbon,
in the 27th year of his age. He was elected Emperor of
Brazil in 1821 : abdicated in 1831 ; and having placed his
daughter on the throne of Portugal, died about four months
after the expulsion of Don Miguel.
28. Dr. Gray, Bishop of Bristol, died, and was succeeded
by Dr. Allen, Rector of St. Bride's.

During this month, and the preceding, the plague made
great ravages in Constantinople, and about 400 persons are
said to have died of it daily.

OCTOBER.

1. About this time the failure of Mr. Raikes, Governor of
the Bank of England, and Bentley and Co., of Cheapside,
caused much excitement in the city.
An official return of the British army is published, from
which it appears that it consists of 28 regiments of cavalry,
106 of infantry, two rifle brigades, one of artillery, and a
corps of engineers, comprising 89,000 men, and 12,237 ord-
nance, making altogether an effective force of 101,237 men.
6. A statement was published showing the decrease of cho-
lera in London since 1832. In that year, during the months
of July, August, and September, the number of fatal cases
was 2,390 ; in 1833 the number was 1,233 ; and in 1834, 488.
7. The Birmingham musical festival commenced, and con-
tinued for four days. The amount of money collected was
13,4001., and the proceeds were applied in aid of the Birming-
ham Hospital,

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10. Boieldieu, the celebrated French musical composer,
died at Paris in his 59th year. He produced a vast number of
operas—the chief of which are " La Dame Blanche," " Le
Calife de Bagdad," " Ma Tante Aurore," and " Beniowski."
11. The quarterly abstract of the revenue was published and
showed a decrease of 330,0641. on the quarter, and an increase
of 313,4481. on the year.
. 15. From official accounts published, it appeared that the
number of children abandoned in France in 1819, was 99,346;
and that the number had been gradually increasing up to 1831,
when it was 122,981, and the annual expence for maintenance
about 350,000/.

16. About six o'clock- in the evening a fire broke out in
the House of Lords, which, notwithstanding great exertions
on the part of the civil and military authorities, the firemen,
and private individuals, rapidly extended, and in the course
of the night destroyed the two Houses of Parliament, the
Painted Chamber, the house of Mr. Ley, the Chief Clerk,
a part of the Speaker's house, and a number of Committee
rooms. The Privy Council instituted an inquiry into the
cause of the fire, and after hearing much evidence, and
protracting their sittings for several days, reported to his
Majesty that the fire was caused by the negligence of certain
persons in burning the •Exchequer tallies, in a building
'adjoining the House of Lords.

18. Doctor Dodson was appointed Advocate-General in
room of Sir Herbert Jenner.

A fire broke out in the Nunnery at Hammersmith,
and one of the inmates was burnt to death.

A hurricane caused much destruction of shipping along
the east coast of Great Britain. The Superb steam ship,
bound from Londen to Hamburg, was lost about this time,
with all on board.

21. The Earl of Derby died at Knowsley Park, in his
82d year. He was the founder of the " Derby Stakes," and
had been Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire for 60 years.
23. A decree of Otho, King of Greece, was issued, by
which Athens is declared the capital of the kingdom and the
seat of Government, from the Ist of December, 1834.

28. A division of the army of the Queen of Spain, under
Gen. O'Doyle, was defeated near Salvatierra, by the Carlist
troops. The General and several superior officers were taken
prisoners, and barbarously put to death by order of Zumala-
carregu, in retaliation for a similar order said to have been
given by General Rodil.
29. A great public dinner was given to the Earl of Durham,
at Glasgow.
30. A great public meeting was held at Hillsborough,
county of Down, to express attachment to the Established
Church, and to the union of the two countries. More than
40,000 persons were said to have been assembled on the
occasion.