The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-02 00:00:00

CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS 01 THE
YEAR 1860.

JANUARY.
2. Submarine cable from Singapore to Batavia success-
fully laid as far as Mirtuk, in the island of Banca.
3. Railway accident. Eastern Counties ; collision of two
trains near Tilbury Junction, a great number of persons
seriously injured.
4. Popish persecution at Cadiz ; the case of the Colpor-
teur Escalante.
5. Buenos Ayres and the Argentine republic, conclusion
of peace between.
7. Railway accidents. Midland Great Western of Ire-
land ; a man fell across the rails near Athlone and was cut
to pieces by trains passing over him.
9. Suffocation of children, singular number of cases of.
Enfield, religious riots at.
Fires at London. The fires of 1859, compared with
1858, decreased by 25.
10. Lord Macaulay, funeral of, at Westminster Abbey.
11. Frazer Island, rescue of two white females in.
16. Child murder. Madame Lemoine's appeal to the
Court of Cassation for reversal of the sentence passed upon
her of 20 years' hard labour, for burning alive her daugh-
ter's illegitimate child, rejected.
Londesborough, Lord died.
17. The Emperor Napoleon denounced by the Roman
Catholic "primate" Dixon in a pastoral to the Roman
Catholics of Drogheda.
18. Railway accident. Edinburgh and Glasgow ; an
express train run into two trains laden with whisky, near
Ratho station; the whiskey ignited from the hot cinders;
locomotives, &c., damaged, but no personal injury.
20. Ribboniam. Gross outrage at Kilbeggan, county
Westmeath.
23. Great Eastern steamship. Captain Harrison, the
commander of, drowned near Southampton Harbour by the
upsetting of a boat.
Baines, M.P., the Right Hon. M. T., died.
24. Italian flag saluted by a British frigate at Leghorn.
American ve.../. Alleged murder on board of one ;
proceedings under the Extradition Act.
31. L' Utzivers. Suppression of this journal in Paris by
the Imperial Government authorities.
FEBRUARY.
1. Shipping interest, Mr. Lindsay's motion in the House
of Commons for a select committee of inquiry into the
operatiOns of the burdens affecting the.
8. Morocco war. Capture of Tetuan.
9. Church rates, Sir J. Trelawny's bill for abolition of;
second reading carried by a majority of 29 in the House of
Commons.
Builders' strike.
11. Financial statement by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer in the House of Commons. Commercial Treaty with
France.

France, Commercial Treaty with, published.
20. The French bar, liberty of the ; remarkable trial in
Paris in the case of M. Emile 011ivier.
21. Customs Acts, debate on Mr. Disraeli's amendment
in reference to;.lost by a majority of 63.
Railway accident. Eastern Counties, terrible acci-
dent on, near Ponder's-end ; several lives lost, and a num-
ber of the passengers frightfully and mortally injured.
25. The Budget. Division on Mr. Du Cane's motion ;
majority in favour of Ministers, 116.
27. Luna, loss of the, emigrant ship, confirmed, with
loss of 100 lives, off Barfleur, near Cherbourg.
MARCH.
I. Wreck of a steamer off St. David's Head ; all on
board lost.
Red Sea Telegraph, disaster to the.
2. Reform Bills. Bills for amending the representation
of the people in England, Ireland, and Scotland, respec-
tively, moved for by Lord John Russell, Mr. Cardwell, and
the Lord Advocate. Leave given to introduce the bills,
which were severally read a first time.
6. Great Eastern steam ship, visit of his Royal Highness
the Prince of Orange to.
8. Volunteer-officers, reception of the, by her Majesty,
at St. James's Palace.
Sardinia, reply of, to the French ultimatum.
10. The French treaty. The address to the Crown car.
ried by a majority of 226 in favour of Ministers.
14. Italy, affairs of, ministerial explanation respecting.
16. Treaty with France, address to the Crown, moved in
the House of Lords approving of, carried by a majority of
68 to 38.
19. .7Emilia, annexation of, to Sardinia. Speech of the
King of Sardinia.
22. Bleaching and Dyeing Works Bill. Second reading
carried by a majority of 187.
23. Tuscany, annexation of. The King of Sardinia's

speech.
31. China, discussion in the House of Lords on a petition
from Leeds condemning the late proceedings in.
Income tax, division on Mr. Williams's amendment
for exempting incomes under £l5O from payment of, lost
by a majority of 150.