The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-01 00:00:00

REMARKABLE EVENTS DU RING THE
YEAR 1856.

JANUARY.
1. Tralee, great flood in
Lichfield Bank, failure of the
5. Aylesbury, the Marquis of, died
7. Railway Accidents ; Rugby and Learn ii igton—Train run
into by coal waggons ; no lives lost
Townshend, Marquis, died at Genoa
Execution of Jonathan Hay ward for tl he murder of Mar-
garet Jones
9. Sebastopol: Destruction of Russian do aks in the Crimea
War, Council of : Arrival of the Duk( o of Cambridge at
Paris
Peace Proposals submitted to Russia by Prince Ester.
hazy
Hyde-park Riots; Trial of offenders
Goulburn, M.P., the Right Hon. H., (Hod
Rugeley Poisoning Cases : Verdict of wilful murder of
his wife against Wm. Palmer.
Rugeley Postmaster ; Charge of openii t 4 letters relating
to analysis in reference to these cases.
Adams, Sergeant, Assistant Judge of t Eie Middlesex Ses-
sions, died
Hopkinson and Co.'s great pianoforte ffsectog destroyed,
with many houses, by fire
16. Sebastopol, further destruction of detcks at
17. Murder of Mr. Waugh, a solicitor, ire Bedford-row
18. Rugeley postmaster, committal of the, for trial
Peel, Bart., M.P., Sir Robert, marriage of, to Lady
Emily Hay
Stradbroke, death of the Countess of
Peace : Acceptance of the propositions of the allies by
Russia

21. Lichfield Bank Robbery to the ex tent of 7,350/. ;
Apprehension of the offender
22. Sebastopol : Destruction of the centre dock
25. Rugeley Poisoning Cases : Verdict of coroner's inquest
of wilful murder •f Walter Palmer by poison administered to
him by his brother, William Palmer
29. Palmer's, William (the prisoner), Bankruptcy : Fiat
issued and heard _

31. Colonel Tarr, case of : A pardon granted to him by the
Emperor of Austria, as a mark of consideration for Queen
Victoria
Imperial Parliament opened
FEBRUARY.

n by t ho husband,
1. Railway Tunnel between England and Fran i
nity v
n celh
projectedarf
4.2.
3fßeutrldieerrlioitfhae,mtoerthrienreaenednuteharreaetciohniiitc, at T
Bousfield, in Portland-street, Wardour-s treet
Caius College, Cambridge, fire at the nu wly erected
hall of
Old Kent-road, dr,c., tremendous conflagrations in
5. Mutiny of the British German Legion
6. Taunton Election ; the Right Hon. F. Labouchero re-
elected
Valour, institution of the Order of, set forth in the
Gazette
Listowel, death of the Earl of
Polyphemus, total loss of her Majesty's ship, off Jut-
land
Shipwreck, 'c.: Loss of the emigrant ship Joseph
Willis
7. Leeds Election : the Right lion. M. T. Daisies reelected
Newcastle ElecJon : Mr. R:dley elected
Murder in the Minories, Corrigan sentenced to death
in Peeragesthe
Housef or
01 : De-
batesB
majority of 33 fifeLo(trhdes ;WtehieisiGeYodveailluliefuet-Prerfeafteed by a
Midhurst Election : Mr. Samuel Warren, Q..C., elected.
9. Rochester Election : Mr. Martin elected
Edinburgh Election : Mr. Black elected
Carlisle, the Bishop of (the Hon. and Bor. H. Percy),
died
Dr. Vaughan, trial and acquittal, 0_11.3 Chitrgo of felony

hie pockets
11, Miser . the death of one, with 5,000/. in
Shipwreck of the American ship Great Duke, with 29
lives lost
factory ; 14
Cambridge Pavilion
Theatre
12. Arkwright, G., Esq., M.P., died
University
destroyed Election
by ; gr. Walpole returned
14.—fire
15. Clerkenwell: Conflagration at a large
houses burned
18. Sadlcir, M.P., John, suicide on IlainPatea.d.-heath
19. Norfolk, death of the Duke of
Braham, the eminent vocalist, died
Sebastopol : Destruction of Fort St. Nicholas
26. Sebastopol : Destruction of Fort Alexander
27. The War : Au armistice agreed be

fall of
MMARCH-Ena4.peFrorranee : Opening of the Corps Legislatif —Speech of the
Cork and Bandon Railway, formal seizure of, under
execution
o
6. Covent-garden Theatre, total destruction
4 fby
resolutions fire
o n
Kars, official despatches respee;ing the
7. Education : Lord John Russell's prop
the subject of
11. Poisoning case at Leeds, of Mrs. Dove, by her husband
12. Hastings Gaol, murder of the gaoler of, by Murdock
13. Millwall : Another great fire at Scott Russell and
Co.'s premises
15. Rugeley Murder (Palmer's case) : Trial of the post-
master at, for opening the letter of Dr. Taylor, in reference
to. Feund guilty—sentence deferred. True bills found
against William Palmer for the murder of Mr. Cook and for
the murder of Ann Palmer. Bill ignored in the case of Wal-
ter. Palmer
-- St. Paul's Cathedral, awful suicide in, of Mr. Omert,
by throwing himself from 4, the whispering Gallery"
17. Tipperary Bank failure, proceedings re pecting, in Ire-
land
-- France : Birth of an Imperial Prince
18. Poisoning by Strychnine at Leeds of Mrs. Dove : Ver-
dict of wilful murder against William Dove, the husband

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22. Sadleir's forgeries, to the extent of 25,0001., first an-
nounced, on Mr. Dargan
24. Assassination of Count Magawly, late of Teinora, King's
County, at Parma
26. Pottinger, G.C.8., Sir Henry, died
Nceld, Mr., M.P., died
31. Peace : Tho treaty signed at Paris (Sunday, at ono
o'clock) ; announcement of, in London
—Wdyeantnh of, K .C. B. and G. 0.13., Sir Henry Watkin Wil-
liams,APßlL.

1. Proclamation of peace by the iord
Mayor, dzc.
Torrens, Mr. Justice, died
2. Hotham, Sir Charles, intelligence of the death of
4. Dawson, the Right Hon. George Robert, death of
8. Crimean Inquiry : Lord Lucau's case
10 Russia, prohibition of the trade with, revoked
Munitions of war, prohibition of the export of, revoked
11. Education ; Great debate in the House of Commons on
Lord John Russell's resolutions, 874.
--
m4ln. or the murderlslingtonMurder; Trial and conviction of Colestina
of her child
Alarming occurrence, from using
a defective charge in one of the fire annihilators during some
experiments
-_Peace Congress : Grand banquet given by the Emperor
Sommer, for
Theatre :
of the French in Paris
The Vauxhall Station totally
destroyed
17. Her Majesty's visit of condolence to the soldiers from
the Crimea
o.yWfireestern Railway
Earl Cowper died
18. American Minister, grandbanquet to the, at the Man-
sion-house
Assassination of Carlo Rouelli in Rupert-streot, by
Foschini, an Italian
Peace Congress at Paris, closing of the
21. Sundays, music on, introduced at Cremorne-gardens
22. Peace Proclamation : Great hoax upon the public
24. Treaty of Peace: Authentic copy of the text
Naval review at Portsmouth of the fleet by hen Ma-
jesty
29. Proclamation of peace officially made; ratification of
treaty of peace
Kars, fall of : great debate in the House of Commons