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

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STATISTICAL TABLE
0 R 1842.

ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND.

Jan. 5. The official statement of the revenue for the
year and quarter ending Jan. 5, 1842, showing an in-
c•rease of 506,0951. on the year, and 338,5491. on the

quarter.
An increase of 121,031,000 letters for the last year
at the Post-office, since the reduction of the postage.
7. Dinner at Petersfield to Messrs. Hector and Lacy,
banks rs of the town.
13. (.4overnment orders the payment of 100/. to the
two constables at Kitchen, offered for the apprehension
of Blakesley, the murderer.
17. Prince Albert lays the stone of the New Royal
Exchange.
19. The Earl of Eldon elected President of the Pitt
Club.

22. Arrival of the King of Prussia at Greenwich.
23. Accident on the river Mersey, opposite Liverpool
--four men drowned.
25. Christening of the Prince of Wales at Windsor.

26. Kin.. of Prussia's visit to Eton College.
27. City Address presented at Buckingham Palace to
the Lang of Prussia.
Laurence Peel, Esq., appointed Chief Justice of
Bengal.
09. Dreadful storms and hurricanes throughout the
kingdom—extensive wreckage of vessels, and many lives
lost.

Feb. 1. Visit of the King of Prussia to St. Paul's
Cathedral—to Newgate with Mrs. Fry—Drury-lane,
Covent-garden, the British Museum, Thames Tunnel, and
all other places of public note.
Resignation of the Duke of Buckingham—is suc-
ceeded in the office of the Privy Seal by the Duke of
Buccleuch.

3. Fall of three houses in Charles-street, Drury-lane;
two lives lost.

Statement of public income and expenditure.
Total income, 50,185,7291. Os. sd. ; balance of public
money, 31,241,7531. 9s. 91d.
12. New Post-office regulation ; time of posting let-
ters extended to a quarter past six o'clock.
The Monastery of St. Bernard attacked by four-
teen brigands ; five of the assailants killed by the fathers.
Sir Robert Peel burnt in effigy at Derby, Man-
chester, Nottingham, and Rochdale ; on the 17th at
Hull, and on the 21st at Carnarvon and Blackburn.

The Court at Brighton.
19. Explosion of Messrs. Curtis's powder-mill on
Hounslow Heath ; two lives lost and three persons in-
jured.
Explosion of the firework manufactory of Messrs.
D'Ernst, Doughty-street, Lambeth-walk, four lives lost.
`)8. Visit of the Queen to Portsmouth.
March 14. Destruction of the Oxford Post-office, by
fire.

16. ller Majesty's Levee.
23. Meeting of the East India Court of Propri( tors to
consider Indian affairs.

Explosion of the steam-boiler of the Telegraph
steamer, off llelensburgh, in the Clyde ; sixteen lives
destroyed.
31. Meetings at Edinburgh, Liverpool, in the Ward of
Farringdon, London, and other places, against the In-
come-tax.

April 1. Derby inundated by a flood, and a young
woman drowned.

5. The official statement of the revenue for the years
and quarters ending the sth of April, 1841, and sth of
April, 1842, shows an increase of 687,9411. on the year,
and 111;382/. on the quarter.
7. kler Majesty holds a drawing-room.
11. The Queen holds an investiture of the Order of
the Garter at Buckingham Palace ; the Garter conferred
on the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Salisbury, and the
Duke of Cleveland. •

13. Levee held by her Majesty.
15. Her Majesty's State ball.
25. Meeting to adopt a memorial to the memory of
Dr. Birkbeck.

Assemblages of working men in forth Wales, Bir-
mingham, and Lancashire.
Sale of the Strawberry-hill effects.
27. Dinner to Sir Allen M'Nab, late Governor of Ca-
nada.

Dinner of the East India Company to the Marquis
of Tweeddale.

28. Riots at Blackburn, on the announcement of the
issue of the election petition ; one man killed.
May 1. Tremendous fire at Hamburgh ; 1,000 houses
destroyed, and 100 lives lost.
2. Great Chartist demonstration ; presentation of the
Chartist petition to the House of Commons with
3,317,702 signatures.
8. Queen's Letter to the Churches to collect alms for
the distresses of the people.
12. Grand Bat Masque at Buckingham Palace.
14. Celebration of Robert Owen's birthday, at Har-
mony Hall, Hants.
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19. Review in St. James's-park.
20. Destruction of the Georgia, East Indiaman ; five
yes lost.

26. Grand Spitalfields Ball ; her Majesty present.
28. Entertainment of the Bishops and dignitaries of
the Church at the Mansion-house by the Lord Mayor.
Anniversary of the Pitt Club.
30. Attempt on the Queen's life, in St. James's-park,
by John Francis. aged 23, a carpenter.
June 1. Her Majesty's Levee.
4. Explosion at Apothecaries' Hall ; one life lost.

7. The Oxford Convocation ; vote for and against the
repeal of the statute against Dr. Hampden ; the non-re-
peal party in the majority.
Large tanks and a reservoir constructed at Windsor
Castle for the prevention of fire. _

9. Government Proclamation against the light gold of
the kingdom.
Destruction of Mr. Willan's cotton-mill at Man-
chester, 8,0001. worth of property burnt.
Provision riots in Ireland ; two persons kille4, and
14 wounded.

16. The Queen's Drawing-room.
The infant daughter of Viscount and Viscountess
Villiers christened at St. Peter's, Pimlico.
18. Dinner at Apsley House in commemoration of the
battle of Waterloo.

20. Explosion of a colliery-mine at Wolverhampton, 7
persons killed.
23. Entertainment of the Company of Spectacle-
makers at the West India Dock Tavern, Blacksvall, Lord
J. Russell, &c., present•.
29. Meeting of the Jamaica planters and merchants at
the Thatched House Tavern, to vote an address to Sir
Charles Metcalfe on his resignation of the Government
of Jamaica.

2E. Destruction of Cooke's New Royal Circus by fire
at Glasgow.
29. Entertainment given by the Goldsmiths' Company
to her Majesty's Ministers.
30. Meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern on the foreign
piracy of British literary works.
Accident to the Marchioness and Marquis of Wa-
terford.

July 5. Great Anti-Corn-law Conference held at
Herbert's Hotel, Palace-yard.
The Revenue for the year and quarter ending
July 5, 1842, shows the decrease on the quarter to be
26,4071. ; and the increase on the year 665,1751 ; the
decrease in the Customs on the quarter 426,395/. ; and
the increase on the Excise Stamps, Taxes, the Post-
office, and Miscellanies, exhibits a total of 371,4111.
7. Testimonial to Mr. Harmer at Ingress Abbey.
9. Interview of the Corn-law Delegates with Sir
Robert Peel.

Return of Lord Ponsonby to London.
14. Sale of Messrs. Rundell and Bridge's jewels and

stock.

Great agricultural meeting at Bristol.
-- Duel between Captain Boldero and the Hon. C.
Berkeley, M.P.
15. Dinner to Sir Allan M'Nab at the Thatched
House Tavern, St. James's-street. _

18. Public Meetings at Coventry, Leeds, and Paisley
on the public distress,
20. Fire at Tottenham ; 10 houses destroyed.
21. Rising of the Colliers at Ketley, Shrewsbury.
22. Meeting and Show of the Royal Agricultural
Society of Ireland at Cork.
26. Afeetisig of the Witte Trade in Mincing-lane.
Meeting at Deptford : disturbances and apprehen-
sion of Dr. M`Douall and several Chartist leaders.
Violent thunder3torm in the metropolis; much da-
mage done.
gpening of Crosby Ilan.
27. Rev. Archd. Tait chosen head-master for Rugby.
28. Meeting at the E.►st India House ; case of the
Raja Of Sattara.
29. 'Grand Banquet at the Mansion House to the East
India Directors and the members of several important
commercial companies.
Aug. 10. The colliers of Ashton•on-Lyne march to
Manchester, and stop the mills.
12. Prorogation of Parliament.
Christening of the infant son of the Marquis and
Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley Hall—the Queen
Dowager one of the sponsors.
15. Spread of the Manchester riots to Yorkshire,
Preston, Leicester, Warwickshire, Bolton, and other
towns in the vicinity—artillery and guards dispatched
by Government.
19. A young woman aged 22, throws herself from the
Monument.

Mr. Green a3cends in his balloon from Dorset,
with Captain Currie.
Meetings of Chartists, at Kennington, Paddington,
Clerkenwell.

28. Loss of the Abcreromby Robinson, , and the
ship Waterloo, in Table Bay ; 189 persons drowned.
29. The Queen leaves Woowich for Scotland—arrives
at the Nore.

Opening of the Tidal-dock, at Southampton.
30. Presentation to Sir R. W. Clayton, Bart., late
M.P., for Marlow, of a handsome candelabrum, by 378
ladies of that place.
31. Meeting of the Great North of England Railway
Company.
Sept. 1. Her Majesty lands at Granton Pier, and pro-
ceeds through Edinburgh, visiting Dalkeith, Holyrood,
Scone, Dalmeny Park, and other seats and castles.
5. Celebration of the Merchant Guild, at Preston.
9. Michael Smith, an American diver, leaps 110 feet
from Sunderland-bridge, Sunderland.

22. Dreadful fire at Liverpool, 25 persons injured,
threo of whom die ; property destroyed to the amount
of 500,000 L
24. Arrival of Lord Ashburton from Am erica.
27. The fire at Liverpool again breaks out.
29. Alderman Humphery elected Lord Mayor.
30. Examination and committal of Patrick Doran, of
Liverpool, on the charge of setting fire to the buildings
of that borough.
Arrest of 18 Chartists at Uanchestcr.

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Oct. Three children poisoned at Bolton le-Moors, by
their mother.
9. Great meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League at
Manchester.
11. The Revenue for the year and quarter ending
Oct. 10, 1842, shows the decrease on the quarter to be
67,473/, and the increase on the year 355,981/ Increase
in the Customs' duties of 206,760/.

23. Loss of the Hope and Nancy 'barques on the
Goodwin Sands, with property to the amount of 14,0001.
25. Festival to Mr. T. S. Duncombe in Holborn.
26. Combat with poachers at Chester, and murder of a
gamekeeper.
Nov. 3. Fire at Bearwood, the seat of Mr. Walter, M.P.
'5. Anniversary of the acquittal of Tooke, llardy, and
Theiwall, held at Radley's hotel, Blackfriars.
10. Her Majesty visits Widmer Castle.
12. Shipwreck of the Reliance Indiaman of 1,400 tons,
homeward bound from China ; 110 persons drowned.
18. Great Chartist meeting at the Crown and Anchor,
upon the late Special Commissions for trial of the rioters.
19. Banquet at Ashburnham House.
Decision of the 3larylebone vestry to erect the
column to the memory of the Scotch Reformers in the
Regent-circus.

20. Ayrshire colliers' strike. One man stabbed and
ten beaten.

26. Visit of the Archduke of Austria to the Model
Prison at Pentonville.
28. Fire at Kingswood Hill, near Bristol, destroyed
the warehouses and property of Messrs. Budgett to the
amount of 1,5001.
Dec. 3. Meeting of the Merchant Company on the
Income-tax, and resolutions to petition against it.
6. Meeting of the Proprietors of the Grand Junction
Railway.

9. Meeting of the citizens of London to present a tes-
timonial to Sir John and Lady PiHe.
15. Fird in Goodman's-yard, Minories ; lost.
14. Presentation of the portrait of G. Wilbraham,
Esq., to Lady Wilbraham, by their friends and supporters
in Chester.

21. East India House: meeting of the Court of Pro-
prietors.

Election of Common Councilmen in the Metro•
politan districts.

FRANCE.

Jan.
_l2. Grand ball at the Tuileries.

18. Condemnation of the Siecle by the Chamber of
Deputies. M. Perree sentenced to a month's imprison-
ment, and 10,000 E fine.

Count -de Salvandy arrives in Paris from Spain.
23. Re-opening of the Chamber of Deputies on the
Right-of-Search question.
Prince de Joinville elevated by Royal ordonnance
to the rank of Rear-Admiral.

A pension of 1,500 f. granted to the nidow of Alex.
Duvai, the author.

Feb. 13. M. Lefrancois, responsible editor of the Dix
Neuvieme Siecle, sentenced to five months' imprisonment
and 2;000f. fine.

16. A majority of 41 votes in the Chamber of Depu-
ties negatives the question of the suffrage in France.
20. Protest of the American Ambassador against the
ratification of the Treaty of the Five Po►vers, for the
suppression of Slavery.
Chariot, the butcher, dies, who carried the head of
the Princess de Lamballe on a pike.
March 20. Anti-Slavery meeting in Paris. Duke of
Broglie presides.

The Archbishop of Paris orders prayers to be put
up for the Church of Spain.
April 27. M. Lacave-Laplagne succeeds as ➢iinister of
Finance, on the death of M. Humann.

May i 4. The 7'emps ordered to be suppressed, and a
fine of 102,300 francs inflicted, by the Sixth Chamber of
Correctional Police for irregularity in registry and non-
deposit of its caution money.
Report of Messrs. Combes and Senarmont, French
engineers, on the accident at Versailles.

June Report and ordonnanee on the new linen
tariff in 'France to the King.
July 17. Death of the Duke of Orleans.
26. Opening of the Chambers by the King of the
French.-

M. Sauzet elected to be President of the French
Chamber.

Aug. 9. The Regency Bill brought in.
The members of the Commission for the Regency
Bill elected.

Oct. Twelre new Consuls nominated by the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Europe, the East, and
Africa.

30. Dismissal of General Pajol ; his place supplied by
Lieutenant-General Sebastiani.

Dec. 29. General Jacqueminot elected as Deputy for
Paris by a majority of 147. •

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

Jan. 20. Law presented to the Cortes, forbidding all
recurrence to Rome for mass, dispensations, &c., in con-
sequence of which the Archbishop of Toledo resigns his
pastoral trust.
27. Insurrection at Oporto for abolishing the Portu-
guese Constitution and proclaiming the Charter.
Feb. 1. Cabrera appears in France, having been per-
mitted to escape b} the French Government.

Bill pas;ed by the Cortes for mustering, in case of
need, 50,000 National Guards.

19. Queen Isabella nearly struck by the accidental
firing of a gun in the Royal Gardens.
20. The Government authorised to make an issue of
Treasury bonds to the amount of 160,000,000 reals.
March 7. Order of the Minister of Justice to seize
and destroy all copies of a work by Father Magin Ferrer,
printed at- Toulouse, entitled " Allocution of Gregory
XVI., against the Manifesto of the Spanish Government)
Project of a new Corn-law for Spain, published by
the Minister of Finance.

16. The Queen of Portugal delivered of a son.

20. The young Queen of Spain refuses to confirm the
appointment of Col. Dolce, by M. Arguelles.
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The Duke of Palmella appoint(.d Plenipotentiary,
to, negotiate the commercial and slave•trade treaties
with England.
April 2. The brigand and Carlist, Jose Tristany,
killed by the marines, at Barcelona.
20. Meeting of the Spanish bondholders, in London.
Death of Signor Aguado, the Spanish Minister
of Finance.

May 9. Failure of the Portuguese firm of Lima Sum.
payo at Oporto in upwards of 200,000/.
.

Sale; of national property in Spain down to the
31st of March, 1842 ; 50,309 national properties, lying
in 41 provinces, realize 1,821,562,003 reals.
June. Resignation of the Spanish Ministry.
13. Appointment of a new Ministry ; Rodil war ; Al-
modovar, foreign affairs ; and Lander()' home affairs.
21. The Scrutiny of the Elections for Estremadura
concluded ; the Government defeated by a large majority.
July 14. The Queen of Portugal opens, the Chambers.
Strike of the Printers at Madrid. '
Sept. 22. Present of the ex-Queen of Spain of four
fine horses to her Majesty.
Oct. 10. The Young Queen of Spain attains her 12th
year.

Nov. 7. M. Gomez Becerra nominated President of
the Senate.

13. Insurrection at Barcelona between the workmen
and soldiery ; 500 men killed, and the city in the power
of the insurgents.
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The Cabinet defeated by the Parliamentary
coalition, Senor Olozaga being chosen President of the
House of Congress. . . _

Dec. Election for 26 Deputies in Portugal termi-
natedin favour of the Government.

4. Barcelona, after a day's bombardment, capitulates
to Espartero.

AMERICA—NORTH AND §bUTH.

Jan. 12. Arrival of the American Mail, Containing ac-
counts of a dreadful earthquake at St. Cartago, ir. Cen-
tral America, by which a large number of lives are de-
stroyed, and houses thrown down.
Riot at Cincinnati ; attack and plunder of the
Miami bank.
Feb. 17. By the Columbia, news brought of Mr. Clay
laying resolutions on the Senate table to amend the
Constitution of the United States.
Mr. Justice Wiley convicted as a receiver of stolen
property.
John C. Spencer appointed Secretary of War.
News of a formidable insurrection in the provinces
of Paraiba, South America ; the Vice-President shot.
Trial of the Rev. W. van Zandt, Protestant Epis-
copal Minister at Rochester, for seduction of Miss Sophia
Murdock, damages 3,000 dollars.
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Mr; Charles Dickens enthusiastically received in
America; dinners and ball given to him at New York.

Organization of the United States for 1841 ; aggre-
gate of army 12,539.
Capture and destruction of the Carthagenian fleet
by her Majesty's brig Charybdis, commanded by Lieut.
De Courcy.
Stoppage of the British steam-packet by the Go-
vernor-General of Havannah.

Feb. 21. Explosion of the steam-boat Mohican, at
New Orleans, and 14 lives destroyed.
.... Arrest of Mr. Hogan, an Irishman, arising out of
the Caroline affair, who acknowledges his share in the
burning of that ship.
Engagement between the Texans and Mexican
forces in Rio Grande ; 500 men slaughtered or captured.
April 20. Arrival of the American mail, with amounts
of the war in Texas.

May 2. Papers to the 10th of April by the Columbia ;
amongst the passengers Washington Irving, appointed
Minister to Madrid ; Lord Ashburton's arrival in the
United States ; second arrest of Hogan.
Explosion of the steam-boat Medoia, on the waters
of the Chesapeake, ; 20 lives lost.

Engulihmeni of the city of Cape Hayden, St.
Domingo, by an earthquake ; 10,000 persons perish.
July 29. Arrival of American mail ; steam-boat ex-
plosion at Montreal, and 58 lives lost.
Aug. 9. Riot and bloodshed at Cincinnati.
31. Ratification of the British treaty by the Senate
of the United States.

Sept. 20. Change of Ministry in Canada..
Dec. 27. Arrival of the Message of the President of
the United States.

INDIA-CHINA.

Jan. 1. The British Army, to the amount of 5,400
men, cut into pieces in the Pass of the Khoord Caubul.
Lady Sale, Lady Macnaghten, and ten other lagies, with
many British officers, taken prisoners.
2. Ten million dollars. another portion of the Canton
ransom, arrive at Portsmouth by the ship Conway.
6. Arrival of the Overland Mail, announcing that the
British had taken the strong fortress of Amoy without
the loss of a man. The Chinese lose 18 war junks, and
500 pieces of cannon.
7. By order of her Majesty the force employed at the
capture of the outworks of Canton are to receive, out of
the money obtained from the Chinese. a donation equal
to one year's amount of the Indian allowance called
" Bette."

11. The Indian Government, to carry on the Chinese
war with vigour, dispatches 16 transports from Calcutta,
with 10,000 additional troops on board.
Feb. 6. Arrival of the Overland. Dial, announcing the