The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-31 00:00:00

DEATHS OF EMINENT MEN, PEERS, &c.

Jan. 1. Lord Boscawen, Earl of Falmouth.
2. Mr. Howard, author of " Rattlin the Reefer," and
other marine novels.
6. Miss Isabel Hill, at Brighton.
7. Dr. Shuttleworth, Bishop of Chichester, aged 60.
-- Viscountess Deerhust, at Pau.
11. Lieut.-Gen. Mainwaring, aged 80, at Cowes.
12. Admiral Sir J. Rowley, at Leitrim.
17. Lady Morris, widow of Vice-Admiral Morris, at
Brighton.
23. Lady Louisa Murray, wife of Sir George Murray,
Master-General of the Ordnance, aged 65.
Mr. Ducrow, the equestrian.
29. Duke of Cleveland, at St. James's-square, aged 76.
Count I'elet (de la Lozere), Peer of France, at
Paris, aged 83.

Charles Day, the eminent surgeon, at Cowes,
aged 67.
Jan. 31. ➢ir. Davidge, of the Coburg and Surrey
theatres.

Sir Alexander Burnes killed in an insurrection at
Caubul, Nov. 2, 1841.
Feb. 19. Count Pozzo di Borgo, the celebrated Rus-
sian and French diplomatist, in Paris, aged 77.
Mr. Menzies, the eminent botanist, at Kensington,
aged 88.
21. Mr. Hart Davis, for many years M.P. for Bristol.
The Archduchess Herminia of Austria, on the
Continent, aged 25.
The Countess Sebastiani, at Paris.
Sir Francis F. Vane, Bart., at Frankfort on the
Maine, aged 45.
Marquis of Hertford.
March 10. Hurricanes and storms prevalent on the
coasts of France and England at this period, by which
many lives were lost.
Archdeacon Singleton, at Alnwick Castle.
Duke of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, aged 77.
20. Earl of Macclesfield, in Conduit-street, aged 87.
Suicide of the Earl of Munster, natural son of Wil-
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30.. Sir Ralph Gore, at Brighton, aged 83.
7. Ellar, the celebrated harlequin.
The Bishop of Dromore.
Rear-Admiral Coffin, at Dover, aged 73.
Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica and the
Mauritius, at the latter place, aged 64.
2:3. Mr. Theakston, the sculptor, and pupil of Flaxman.
M. Aguado, the celebrated Spanish financier,
aged 56.

Marshal Moncey, Duke of Cornegliano, aged 89.
Marshal Clause! at Paris.
M. llumann, the French financier, of apoplexy.
Viscountess Sidmouth, aged 60, at Richmond Park.
28. Sir Charles Bell, author of the Bridgewater Trea-
tise, at Hatton Park.
May 3. Sir Robert Ker Porter, the celebrated tra-
Teller, at St. Petersburgh.
6. Dr. Vogel, the eminent botanist.
The Dowager-Duchess of Richmond, in Portland-
place, aged 74.
10. Admiral D'LTrville, the .celebrated navigator, by
the railway explosion at Versailles.
16. Count de Las Cases, at Passy, the companion of
Napoleon to St. Helena.
31. Lord Manners, formerly Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.
June 1. Sir Arthur Chichester, at Barnstaple, aged 52.
9. Suicide of Sir Henry Purnell, Lord Cougleton.
13. Dr. Arnold, head-master of Rugby School.
20. Mr. Yates, the actor and manager of the Adelphi.
30. The Earl of Leicester at Derby, aged 90.
Lady Wittingham, suddenly, on her way to Aix-
la-Chapelle ; widow of General Wittingham, and de-
scendant from Ximenes.
July 11. Judge Foster, Baron of the Irish Exchequer.
14. Death of the Duke of Orleans.
The Bishop of Meath, at Ardbracceau, in Ireland.
Sir Robert Wilmot, at Kemp-town, Brighton.
29. Baron Larrey, Napoleon's eminent French army
surgeon. _ _

Aug. 4. John Banim, Esq., the novelist, at Kilkenny,
aged 42.

Lord Rossmore, at Dublin.

22. Lord Gray of kinfauns, at Edinburgh, aged 77.
23. Dr. Maginn, aged 49.
29. Mr. Longman, the publisher, at Hampstead,
aged 72.
Sept. 8. Archdeacon Strong, at Peterborough, aged 87.
26. The Marquis of Wellesley.
Oct. 14. 'The Countess of Bradford, aged 52, at Nor-
wood.

17. Mr. Gregorie, Magistrate at Queen-square Police-
court.
20. Grace Darling, at Bamburgh.
29. Allan Cunningham, the poet, aged 56.
Dr. Channing, aged 63, at Vermont, Unitol States.
Lieut.-General Count Claparede, at Paris.
Nov. 7. Mr. Wm. Hone, aged 63.
Lieut. J. R. Wellsted, author of " Travels in
Arabia."
Nov. 13. John Jones, Esq., M.P. for Carmarthenshire.
Dec. 4. Auguste Vestris, the celebrated dancer, at
Paris, aged 83.
Lord Hill, at Shrewsbury, aged 71.
Miss Murray, of the Adelphi Theatre.
18. Vice-Admiral Evans, at Cork,
27 Archdeacon Wrangham, at Chester, aged 74.

LAW, POLICE, &c.
Jan. 5. Thomas Hewett, the Chartist, found guilty of
a rout, but not a riot, at the consecration of Cotton church
at Norwich, and ordered to be imprisoned for two months,
with securities to keep the peace for a twelvemonth.
11. The affairs of Mr. Theodore Hook, the author,
brought before the Sheriffs' Court.
-12. Between 30 and 40 young men help themselves to
bread in the shops of bakers in the city from starvation.
14. Meetinc, at Nottingham to disband the rural police.
-15. Trial of Charles Southwell for publication of blas-
phemous libels.
John Delahunt tried at Dublin, for the murder of
the boy Thomas Maguire, and adjudged to execution on
the sth of February following.
IT. The New Police Court in Bow-street opened.
20. Rev. J. Wagner fined 40s. and costs for whipping
a boy, aged 7 years, at Brighton.
Feb. 2. Commission oflunaey on, Daniel. Grundy, Esq
12. A dividend of 2s. in the pound declared in Hitch-
cock's bankruptcy. • .
17. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates ; address pre-
sented to the Duke of Portland, who had held the Lord
Lieutenantcy of the County 50 years.
21. Commission of Lunacy ou Jacob Emmett, son of
the extensive cow-keeper, declared of unsoundinind since
August, 1837.
22. Trial of Thorton v. Portman, in connection with
the Gurney case ; verdict for the plaintiff; with da-
mages, 1,2501.
26. Cassidy, the bankrupt arrested at Aix-la •Chapelle
by Forrester.
28. Mr. Bullock elected a Judge of the Sheriffs' City
Court, vacant by the death of the late Sergeant Arabin.
March 1. Opening of the Old Bailey Sessions.
12. The Angel Inn, Carlisle, set on fire by Mrs.
Christopherson to recover the insurance.
21. John Rose found guilty at the York Assizes of
violence and burglary in the house • of an old lady at
Brampton-Mtn-then, and sentenced to death.
28. Extraordinary case of abduction at Liverpool ;
Miss Crellin forcibly married to John Orr M`Gill at
Gretna-green.
April 11. Robert Sandys, convicted at Chester of the
murder of his child, and sentenced to execution.
12. Mr. Caldwell, the Irish attorney, found guilty of
assault and violence on Mrs. Corbett, the wife of a bar-
rister at Dublin, and sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment.

23. Thomas Maslin, attempting to cut the throat of
Frederick King, aged 14, and then to stab himself.
5. Proclamation of outlawry against 24 persons.
May 13. Trial of Good at the Old Bailey, and sentenced
to be hung.

17. Williams and Mottram, linendrapers, pass.their
examination in the Bankruptcy Court.
31. John Francis, committed. to Newgate for at-
tempting to assassinate her Majesty.
June 17. Trial of John Francis, at the Old Bailey for
high treason.

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Criminal Court ; sentenced to be hung.
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Elizabeth Carter thrown down a well 150 feet deep
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Reprieve of Francis : sentence commutedgio trans.
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July 4. Execution of Cooper.
, 3. Renewed attempt to assassinate the Queen by John
Bean, in St. James's Park.
Decision of sporting case of Thornton v. Gurney.
Damages 2001.
5. Action in the SCcondaries' Court of Hocking v.
Price for breach of promise of marriage. Damages 1001.
11. Robert Lindsay Crawford, claimant to the peerage
of Lindsay and Garrock, in Scotland, charged with
bigamy and returning from transportation before his time.
12. William Simpson, at Durham, transported for 15
years for feloniously wounding George Walter.
14. James Robertson found guilty of the manslaughter
of James Liddle, at Monkwearmoutb, and transported
for life.

3. Action of Hon. Mr. Greville. against Chapman and
others, proprietors of the Sunday Tinto., fur libel ;
damages fur the plaintiff; 2501.
Aug. 6. Walter Wheelaghar. executed-at Tullamore
for the murder of his wife.

10. Miss Crellin's case decided at Liverpool ; John
Orr M'Gill, and three others, found guilty; with terms of
imprisonment and hard labour.
25. Trial of Bean at the Central Criminal Court.
26. Trial of Nicholas Suisse on several indictments.
28. Committal of O'Neill, the Chartist, to Statlerd
gaol.

Sept. 6. Trial of the Clifton rioters at Salford ; six
found guilty ; 45 acquitted. Trial of the Yorkshire
rioters ; 150 sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour
from periods of from two to eighteen months.
Meeting of the Staffordshire county Magistrates to
appoint stations and patrols for the preservation of quiet.
7. William Howitt, a deaf and dumb young man,
murders Mary Spencer, a school mistress, at Quadring.
Winterbottom, Smith, and Fry, committed for the
attack on Mr. Shepley's mill, at Glossop.
Oct. 1. Arrest of the Rev. J. Scholeficld, James
Leech, John Maisey,Feargus O'Connor, and eight other
Chartists for conspiracy.
3. Opening of the Special Commission at Stafford.