The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-03 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER.

1. Celebration at Madrid of the revolution by which
Esparterit was appointed Regent.
Opening of the Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne
Railway.
2. Total destruction, by an earthquake, of Cartago, on
the Isthmus of Darien, with the loss of 40 or 50 lives.
3. Appointment of the leading Members of the New
Ministry. •
6. First meeting of the Houses of Parliament pursuant
to adjournment after the change of Ministry.
8. Mr. Roebuck, in the House of Commons, complains
of a paragraph in a newspaper, characterising him as one
of the " one-shilling-gallery gentry ;" and moves that it
is a breach of privilege, but no Hon. Member is found to
second the motion, which consequently falls to the ground.
9. Vauxhall Gardens put up to auction.
10. Death of the Earl of Malmesbury.
11. The Exeter stage coach, whilst crossing the Bris-
tol and Exeter Railroad, is encountered by the railway
engine and overturned, six persons being more or less
injured.
Resignation of all the Ministers of the United'
States, with the exception of Mr. Webster, in conse-
quence of the President's veto of the Bank Bill.
The Chatham Islands are purchased of the New Zea-
land Colonization Company for the sum of 10,0001.
12. The masons engaged in the erection of the new
Houses of Parliament strike work, on account of the al-
leged harsh treatment experienced from Allen, the fore-
man of the contractors, Messrs. Grissell and Peto.
13. The Duke d'Orleans, whilst marching with his
brothers, the Dukes of Nemours, Montpensier, and Au-
male, at the head of the Duke d'Aumale's regiment on
its return to Paris from Algiers, is shot at by an assassin
named Papart, alias Quenisset, but escapes unhurt.
Quenisset seized and other persons implicated in the
conspiracy.
15. Earl de Grey assumes the Government of Ireland.
16. Death of Thomas Dibdin, the dramatic author.
Sir Thos. Fremantle obtains leave to bring in a Bill
to lease the Royal Kitchen Gardens at Kensington Pa-
lace, for the purposes of building.
17. Debate in the House of Commons on the subject
of Sir Robert Peel's refusal immediately to bring forward
the measures he intends to propose. Mr. Fielder' moves
that no supply be granted until the House has inquired
into the distresses of the labouring population. The
motion is ne:atived by 149 to 41.
-- The mob at Monk wearmouth demolish the win-
dows and furniture of Edward Liddle's house, who had
presented a gun from his window and frightened them,
during the passing of Lord Howick's election procession.
18. Guadalaxara, in Mexico, declares in favour of a
Republic.
19. Arrest of Grogan, an American, by a party of
British soldiers, on the American territory.
--- Death of Lord Sydenharn.
General Oribe defeats the insurgent Juan Lavelle,
in Tucuman.
20. Mr. S. Crawford opposes the motion for the House
going into a Committee of Supply unless a pledge is given
that the distresses of the people shall be taken into con-
sideration. The motion for a Committee is carried by
136 to 22.

Colonel Sibthorp denounces giving 17,0001. of the
public money to Dr. Bowring, for information which he
had procured from the British Consuls abroad.
21. Opening of the London and Brighton Railway the
whole extent of the line.
Murder of Mr. Bunion, of the King's Head, East-
cheap, by Blakesley, his brother-in-law.
23. Bernard Cavanagh, the pretended faster, exhibits
himself at the Hanover-square Rooms.
Present4ttion of the freedom of the City to Admiral
Sir R. Stopford and Commodore Sir C. Napier.
24. Accident at the Penddarran iron works, Glamor-
ganshire, by the bursting of the boiler of a steam-engine;
eight persons are killed instantaneously, and 18 others
scalded and wounded.
—On the motion-for going into Committee of Supply
a discussion arises in the House of Commons on the dis-
tressed state of the manufacturing districts.
Death of M. Laporte.
2&. Shipwreck of the barque Amanda, off Metis, on
her passage from Liverpool to Quebec, with the loss of
29 passengers and 12 of the crew.
27. Kinmel Hall, the seat of Lord Dinorben, near St.
Asaph, destroyed by fire. The mansion cost 90,0001.
when built in 1783.
Sir Charles Begot appointed Captain-General and
Governor of the North American colonies.
28. Further discussion in the House of Commons on
the Poor-law Continuance Bill.
OCTOBER.

1. The Poor-law Commission Continuation Bill passes
the House of Commons.
2. The National French Newspaper is found guilty of
libel, and the proprietors sentenced to pay a fine of
5,000 francs, with four months' imprisonment.
Fatal accident on the London and Brighton Rail-
way, by one of the engines going off the line, by which
four persons
arekilled
General O'Donnell and the troops under his com-
mand declare in favour of Queen Christina, and take
possession of the citadel of Pampeluna.
4. Murder of Jane Pearce by Jabez Kirk, a soldier of
the 34th Regiment, at St. Albans.
Grogan is given up to the American Government.
5. The Town of Bilbao declares in favour of Queen
Christina. Several other towns in Spain follow the ex-
ample.

2-- Earthquake at Constantinople, occasioning exten-
sive destruction of property, and the loss of five or six
lives.

6. Don Carlos publishes a proclamation calling on his
partizans to abstain from taking part in the recent poli-
tical movements in Spain.
7. Prorogation of Parliament by the Lords Commis-
sioners.
Lord Monson died, aged 32.
An attempt at insurrection at Madrid, combined
with a plan for carrying off the Young Queen, is quelled
by the Government after some fighting between the in-
surrectionists and the troops of the palace.
9. Dinner at the Mansion-house to her Majesty's Mi-
nisters.

Insurrection of the National Guard of Barcelona.
10. Death of Sir John Bayley, Judge of the Court of
Queen's Bench.
Formation at Barcelona of ajunta of public safety.
11. The citadel of Pampeluna, having refused to obey
the summons to surrender, is attacked by the Uovern-
ment troops.
12. Acquittal of M'Leod, after a trial which lasted eight
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days.
Birth of a Princess, daughter of the Sultan, who is ;
named Nourva Sultana.

13. Explosion of a steam boiler at Manchester, by
which seven persons are killed.
15. Gen. Diego Leon is shot at Madrid.
16. Gen. O'Donnell gains possession of Estella.
18. Extraordinary high tide, when much damage is oc-
casioned by the overflowing of the Thames, the ground
on both sides being laid under water.
Opening of the Session of the States .General by
the King of the Netherlands.
The Spanish Government orders a blockade of the
Cantabrian coasts. _ _

19. The troops in
Alava and Guipuscoa make their
submission to the Regent. Several of the populations
also again recognise the Government, and the leaders
of the movement make their escape to France.
Death of the Duke of Cannizaro.
-- By a decree, dated Andoain, General Alcala de-
clares the three Basque provinces to be in a state of siege.
31. General O'Donnell takes refuge in the French ter-
ritory. General Zurbano captures Bilboa.
The Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary of State under
Sir. Van Buren's Administration, died at Washington.

22. Death of the Earl of Home.
25. Murder of General Ayrnerich at Palma, in the
Balearic Islands.
26. Espartero, as Regent, issues a decree suspending
the payment of the marriage settlement portion of Queen
Christina. _

M. Olozago, Spanish Ambassador to the Court of
the Tuileries, demands the expulsion of Christina from
the French territory.
The National Guard of Barcelona demolish the bas-
tions of the citadel.

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A decree, dated Vittoria, suppresses the juntas
T.Phillips, the vocalist, occasioned
Birmingham and Liverpool Railway.
that had been created since the insurrection atPampeluna.
28. Robert Blakesley found guwiltiyomf theare mapuprodienrteodf
James Burdon, in Eastcheap, on the 21st of September
last, and sentenced to death.
Mr. Knight Bruce and Mr. gra
first and second Vice-Chancellors, under the Act esta-
blishing new courts of equit
29. Lord Ellenborough has an audience of the Queen
on being appointed Governor-General of India.
Espartero abolishes the fueros of the Basque
provinces.
30. Total destruction by fire of the grand armoury in
the Tower of London, containing, amongst numerous
military trophies, 3P0,000 stand of arms.