The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

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CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF THE

YEAR IbsB.

JANUARY.

1. Murder of Mrs. Kelly in Ireland; the great slander
case.

China : War preparations at Hong Kong and Canton,
4. Westminster Abbey, evening services commenced.

Burnley, fearful militia riot at; many persona
Wounded.

Railway Accident : Sunderland, Durham, and Hartle-
pool ; one woman killed and two others seriously injured
by being run down by a train while walking on the railway.
5. Railway Accident : Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire; a guard killed while uncoupling trucks.
6. Burnley militia riots.
Radetzky, death of Marshal.
Rachel, the great tragic actress, died.
- Ilchester, the Earl of, died. .

7. India : Death of General Havelock ; retreat of General
Windham before the Gwalior mutineers, who were subse-
quently defeated by Sir C. Campbell.
9.- Lord Stratford de Radcliffe arrived in England.
Redschid Pacha, death of.
15. Attempt to-assassinate the Emperor and Empress of
the French ; several lives lost.

19. Marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal,
ceremonial to be observed at the.
Lady Boothby (Mrs. Nisbett), death of.
21. Vice• Admiral Sir J. COode, K.C.8., died.
Railway Accident: North Staffordshire; collision
near Norton Bridge ; many persons injured. -

Attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French ;
suppression of La Revue di Paris and Le Speetateur.
22. Murder at Over Damen ; apprehension of the wife
of the deceased.

Attempt to assassinate the Emperor of the French
Great meeting of British residents in Paris.
23. Arrival of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
William of Prussia at Dover.

25. Royal Marriage : The marriage of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal of England and his Royal High-
ness Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
27. Oude, death of the Queen of, in Paris.

Bridal presents to tho Princess Royal.
28. Marriage of a Turk and a Christian in Stoke Da-
merel ; commission issued against the rector by the Bishop
of Exeter.

FEBRUARY.
1. Leviathan, the, launched on 28th ult , and moored off
Deptford.

2. Vrance : A regency; a patent conferring the regency
upon the Empress, and constituting a council of regency
by letters patent.

3. The Princess and Prince Frederick William of Prussia,
departure of their Royal Highnesses from London.

4. Colliery explosion at Ashton-under-Lynit; 40 men
killed.

6. The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia
arrived at Antwerp.

6. Earl of Suffolk's pictures, valued at £lO,OOO, recovery
of; stolen in October, 1856.
The Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prus-
sia arrived at Brussels.

9. " Conspiracy to Murder" Bill, introduction of by
Lord Palmerston.

13. India Bill, Government of, introduced by Lord Pal-
merston.

15. China : Capture of Canton by the English and
French troops.

Royal British Bank, trial of directors of the, in the
Court of Queen's Bench, before Lord Campbell and a spe-

cial jury.

le. Attempt to assassinate the Emperor and Empress of
the French : Arrest of M. Bernard, and examination at
Bow-street.

20. Conspiracy to Murder Bill. The ministry defeated
by a majority of 19 on an amendment proposed by Mr.
Milner Gibson.

22. Resignation of the ministry. The E arl of Derby re-
quired to forma new ministry.
China . Capture of Commissioner Yeh at Canton.
25. Foreign passport difficulty, application to magistrates
respecting.

26. Ministry, the new list of, published.
27. Haymarket, murder in Arundel-court, dreadful case

MARCH.

1. Royal British Bank, verdict and sentence on the di-
/lectors of the, in the Queen's Bench, on the prosecution of
the Crown.

Attempt to assassinate the Emperor and Empress of
the French: Sentence on the prisoners ; appeal to the Court
of Cassation.

Ministerial statement in the House of Lords by the
Earl of Derby.
6. Royal British Bank, last examination of the directors
of the; at the Court of Bankruptcy.

8. New Ministry : Sir Fitzroy Kelly elected M.P. for
Ipswich (as Attorney-General) ; the Right Hon. J. W.
Henley, for Oxford; Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, for
Chichester, and Mr. Cairns, for Belfast.

9. New Ministry : Mr. Disraeli returned for Bucking-
hamshire ; Mr. Adderley, for North Staffordshire ; Lord
John Manners, for North Leicestershire.
10. France, revolutionary movement in.
New Ministry : Viscount Newport elected for South
Shropshire. -

Benjamin Travers, the eminent surgeon, died:
11. New Ministry : Mr. IVhiteside elected for Ennis-
killen. .

12. New Ministry : Colonel Taylor elected for the county
of Dublin, and Lord Claud Hamilton for the county of

Tyrone.

13. Dublin : Affray with the police ; several persons
wounded, on the new Lord Lieutenant passing Trinity
College.
15. Braybrooke, Lord, died.

Attempt to assassinate the Emperor and Empress of
the French, Execution of Orsini and Pierri.
Ditto : Committal of M. Bernard.
Great Solar eclipse.
18. Ava, loss of the steamer, with the Indian mails ;
passenger's and crew saved..
20. Burgoyne, Bart., Sir John M., died.
22. Baron Brunnow's return to England as Russian am-
bassador.

26. Cagliari, the : Watt, the engineer, so long detained
in the Neapolitan government prison, arrived in London.
29. Museum-street, Bloomsbury, dreadful fire in, at-
tended with the loss of 15 lives. •