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

MURDERS.

Jan. 9. Murder of Tho;tasfiasidey, a boy, at Horne.
in :Yorkshire,' by Thomas Timmins, a shoemaker ; the
prisoner transported for life.
17. Ezra Steapenhill committed at Birmingham for
the wilful murder of his wife at Birmingham.
Exemiron of John Delahunt at Kilmainham for the
murder of the boy Thomas Maguire.
Feb. 8. Murder of James Taylor by his brother John
Taylor, at Warrington.
13. Robert I)avies killed by his brother Evan, at
Llanfair-Caerinion Montgomeryshire.— Confession by' Leary of the murder of the Rev.
Mr. Hamilton, near Bandon, in the county of Cork, nine
years after its committal.

Murder of an old man, named Robinson, by Ben-
jamin Curd, his wife, and a girl, at Friesland, near Not-
tingham. _

George Lucas, of Aldermanbury, City, cuts the
throats of his three children with a razor.

11. Jonathan Taylor, for strangling his wife Ellen
Taylor, tried at the York Assizes, and sentenced to be
hung...

Hughes, the murder of Mr. Powell, found guilty at
Dublin.

March 22. Jones Jones, shoemaker, executed at Not
tingham, for the murder f Mary Hallam.
April 7. Dreadful murder discovered at Putney•heath
committed by Good, a coachman ; the mutilated bod,
found, part having been burned.

9. Ei-ecution of Robert Hall and Jonathan Taylor, a
York, for the murder of their wives.

26. Verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Richard
Edwards, for strangling his mother at Merthyr Tydvil.
27. William Smith, aged 14, stabs Eliza May, at
Liverpool.

Robert Sandys, sentenced to death at Chester for
the murder of his child ; respited. •
Murder at Hornsey, of a policeman, named Daly,
and wounding of two other persons, by Thomas Cooper,
a bricklayer.
May 23. Good, the murderer, executed at Newgate.
July 16. Byrne, the murderer of Robert Hall, Esq.,
and Quitty, the murderer of a man named Laffun, exe-
cuted at Clonmell.

23. Execution of Tamar Dick, the murderer of his
mother, at Cardiff.

Aug. 9. Murder of Mrs. Parsons at Bath by her hus.
band.

Sept. 3. Execution of Francis Bradley at Kirkdale, for
poisoning his wife. _ _

11. Murder of John Blandon in the street at Ipswich.
Oct. 2. Murder of Miss Martha Goddard at Derby.
Nov. 29. William Buckley confesses the murder of his
wife at St. Helen's, Liverpool.
Murder of Mr. Scully at Dublin ; as also of Mr.
Mortimer.

Dec. Philip Keele, a man of colour, of the barque
Clydesdale, of Greenock, strangled on the high seas by
five others of the crew•.

13. Murder at Rouse Lench of George Green by Ed-
win Archer, in a quarrel.
27. Michael Meaghan charged with the murder of
Thomas Leary, in Whitecross-street.
Tilsley, a labourer, murdered by James Crowley
at Spernall, in Warwickshire.

THEATRICAL.
Jan. 6. The Princess's Theatre sold by auction for
19,4001.
11. First appearance on the London stage of Miss
Lucy Bennett, in the character of Lady Townley in the
"Provoked Husband."
15. Miss Adelaide Kemble's first appearance as Elena
Überti in Mercadante's opera of that title.
Death of Mdlle. Mayer, actress, at St. Petersburgh.
20. Promenade concerts resumed at the English Opera
House ; Signor Orsini, conductor.
27. Death of Mr. Ducrow, the equestrian.
29. New fiv,..act comedy of " Marriage," at the Hay-
market.
al. Visit of.the King of Prussia to Drury-lane.
Feb. 2. Ditto to Covent-garden.
5. Opening of Drury-lane by Mr. Macready, with
"Ads and Galatea."
7. New comedy of the " Irish Heiress," by M. Bourci-
cault, represented at Covent-garden.
14. New drama of " Raby Ruins," by Mr. G. Soane,.
at the Surrey.
"Mary White, or the Murder of the Old Tabard,"
a new piece, at the Victoria.
•Death of D. E. Morris, Proprietor of the Hay-
market Theatre, aged 72.
21. New drama of " Mark Fre.?land," at the Olympic.
M. Auber's new opera of the "Due'd'Olonne,' at
Paris.

-- Adaptation of M. Scribe's comedy of " La Chaine"
at the Adelphi, under the title of " Breach of Promise
of Marriage."
23. Representation at Drury-lane of " Gisippus," a
tragedy by the late Mr. Gerald Griffin.
March 1. Burlesque on "Acis and Galatea" at the
Adelphi.
2. Milton's masque of " Comas" revived at Covent-
garden.
8. Close oF the Haymarket.
12. Opening of her Majesty's Theatre, with Donizetti's
opera of the " Donna di Vergy."
15. The " Marriage of Figaro" represented fur the
first time at Covent-garden ; Miss Adelaide Kemble as
Susanna.
16. M. Perlet's benefit at the St. James's Theatre.
30. Mr. H. Roll, from Liverpool, makes his debut at
the Haymarket as Orlando, in Shakspcare's "As You
Like It ;" Miss Charles the Rosalind.
- Batty's Amphitheatre at Manchester burnt down.
April 7. Miss Adelaide Kemble appears as Amina in
" La Sonnambula," at Covent-garden.
9. Debut of M. itonconi, at the Italian Opera.
- Festival of 'the Drury-lane Theatrical Fund.
.•-• Debut of Mr. Charles Kean, at the Haymarket, in
Claude Melnotte, in the "Lady? of Lyons."
May 9. Opening of the English Opera House.
24. Closing of Drury4ane.
31. " Elena de Feltre," Mereadante'S opera, produced
at her Majesty's Theatre.
June 1. Madame Dejazet's benefit at St. James's
Theatre.
10. The " Rose of Arragon," by Sheridan Knowles,
produced at the Haymarket.
• . 13. " The Kiss ; or Bertha's Bridal," produced at the
English Opera.
25. Uproar at the Italian Opera, in consequence of the
non-appearance of Madame Persiani, through illness.
July 1. First performance of Rossini's Stabat Mater
in this country at St. James's Theatre.
11. Benefit of Millie. Rachel at the Italian Opera.
21. Mdlle. Cerito's benefit at the Italian Opera.
29. Death of Mr. Beverley, manager of the Tottenham-
street, Durham, and Sunderland Theatres.
Aug. 12. Rubini's benefit in Otello at her Majesty's
Theatre.
13. Termination of the Opera season.
29. Fanny Ellsler arrives at Berlin ; engaged to dance
there 20 nights.
Sept. 8. Mr. Carter injured by the Lion at the Eng-
lish Opera House.
10. Opening of Covent-garden Theatre, with " Norma"
and Douglas Jerrold's Comedy of " Gertrude's Cherries,
or Waterloo in 1835."
12. Opening of the Queen's Theatre.
" Love's Sacrifice, or the Rival Merchants," by,
the author of the " Provost of Bruges," produced at
Covent-garden.
Oct. 1. Opening of Drury-lane, with" As You Like It.",
Nov. 1. Production of an English version of Giat;
rosa's " Ii Matrimonio Segreto" at Covent-garden.
25. Mr. Charles Kemb4 resigned the management it 7
Covent-garden Theatre into the bands of Mr. Bunn.
20. Congreve's "Love for Love" revived at Drury-
lane.

Dec. 10. " The Patrician's Daughter," by Mr. Mar.
ston, produced at Drury-lane.
19. Congroye's " Way of the World" reproduced a
the Haymarket.
26. The Chrismas Pantomimes.