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

MARRIAGES.

Jan. 18. Major G. D. Graham to the Hon. Marianne
Jean Drummond, daughter of Viscount Strathallan, at
the Castle.

Feb. 7. Prince Esterhazy to Lady Sarah Villiers.
March 1. Earl of Morley• and :Ars. Coryton, sister of
Mr. E. Parker, late 11.1. P, for Devon.
The Marquis of Waterford to Miss Stuart, daugh-
ter of Lord de Hothesay.
July 20. The Earl of Bective, eldest son of the Mar-
quis Headfort, to the only daughter of AR Thompson.
—Lord Prudhoe, brother to the Duke of Northum-
berland, to Lady Eleanor Grosvenor.
Sept 16. Sir John Hay to Lady Sarah Amherst.-

SPORTING.
Jan. 20. Death of the famous racer, Independence,
winner of 40 races and 15 gold cups.
8. Match for 200 sous. between. Lord Maidstone and
the Hon. Mr. Villiers, over. the Ashby-de-la-couch
steeple-chase course.
Feb. 28. The Jockey Club decide that notwithstanding
the decision in the Court of Law, Mr. Thornton be ex-
cluded from the Newmarket Coffee-house and race-
course.

24. The famous stag, Robin Hood, impales itself on
the iron-railing at Hampton, when pursued by the
Queen's stag hounds.

March 2:Liverpool steeple and hurdle races--Prince
of Wales's Cup of 110 guineas won by Lord Chester-
, field's Claude du Val.
Grand steeple-chase at Oxford for 200 sovs. and a
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each. Won by Mason's Gay
Lad, I—Roderic Random' 2—Consul, 3.
14. Mr. Hay ter, up. for Wells, thrown by his horse
and injured while hunting with the Queen's hounds.
22. Prize fight near Windsor between Angelo and
Bradshaw—the latter carried out of the field atter nine
rounds.

24. The Marquis of Waterford thrown from his horse
at the Dublin steeple-chase.
April 7. Great foot-race between Moore, of Leicester,
and the Stag, fur 1001., in the Regent's Park—the latter
wins.

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8. Death of Conolly, the celebrated jockey.
25. Newmarket meetings—the great " Ladies-race,"
of 1,000 sous. stakes.

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27. Fight between Johnny Broome and Bungaree for
600/. , at Newmarket.

The Earl of Lonsdale's hounds sold at Cottesmore.
May 5. Foot-race of a quarter of a mile, for 1001., be-
tween " the Stag" (Jenkinson) and John Smith—the
former wins.

The Chester cup for 100 guineas, a•on by the horse
Alicia. •

—Match between the Darlington mail-coach and the
Gateshead railway train.
25. Derby-clay at Epsom winners, Col. Anson's
Attila, ridden by Scott, and Lord Verulam's Robert de
Gorham, by Cotton.
Match between the Marylebone and Cambridge
University Club at Cambridge—the former win.
Death of Christopher Wilson, Esq., senior mem-
bers of the Jockey Club, aged 79.
Sale of Earl Rosslyn's and:Lord Cassilis's hounds
at Tattersalls'.

June 14. Various water-matches between Oxford,
Cambridge, and other Clubs.
22. Cricket-match between the Marylebone Club and
Northern Counties Club—the former winning by 43.
26. Rowing match between the Eton and Westmin-
ster Clubs ; the Lambeth, Chelsea, and Bankside Rc-
gattas.

The Goodwood races.
July 27. Four-oared cutter match between the St.
George's Club and the Civil Engineers.
Match between 11 gentlemen and 11 players at
Lord's.

24. Nottingham against all England ; and the latter
won by l I wickets.
Sept. 8. Great sculler's contest between Coombes and
Newel.

10. Sale of the Earl of Chesterfield's and the ilon.
George Anson's stud, at Bretby Park.
13. Doncaster races ; The Great St. Leger won by
Lord Eglinton's Blue Bonnet.
22. Sailing match of the British Yacht Club.
Oct. 20. Match at Yarmouth between the cutter Cor-
sair and the Talisman.

Running match on Blackheath between Cook, the
Greenwich cowboy, and Gazley, the Star of Kent
30. Sale of the Duke of Beaufort's stud.
The Hon. Grantley Berkeley's match.
Dec. 27. Sparring match between Cannt and Freeman,
the champion of England and the American giant.

FINE ARTS.
I Jan, 6. Messrs. Cunningham and Weekes chosen by
the City to complete Sir Francis Chantrey's unfinished
equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington.
14. Magic cave and costnorama opened at the Low-
ther Bazaar, Strand.
Mr. Bishop elected as Professor of Music in the
University of Edinburgh.
-- A bust of M. Liszt, the pianist, finished by M.
Inhoff, the sculptor of Cologne, for the Earl of West-
moreland.
15. Narrow escape of Lord Northwick's picture-gallery
from fire.
17. Royal Exchange medal struck.
New issue of bank-notes at Vienna.
M. Alaix, the French painter, ordered to paint
four portraits and three historical pictures for the grand
chamber of the new palace-in the Quai D'Orsay.
25. Foundation-stone of a monument to Burns' High-
land Mary laid at Greenock : 10,000 people present. ..
Several ancient tombs discovered at Malta.
28. Meeting at Sunderland to erect a monument to
Lord Durham.
Feb. Purchase of a cup and cover, with niello en-
grai ing, by the British Museum.
A splendid jewel presented to Miss Costello by the
King of the French, for her work on France, " A Sum-
mer among the Bocages and Vines."
M. Cherubini resigns, at the age of 82, the Direc-
torship of the Conservatory of Music at Paris.
19. Meeting at Exeter-Hall for the erection of a mo-
nument and inscription to John Sydney Taylor.
22. Two fine glass busts, likenesses of her Majesty
and Prince Albert, executed by the Thames Plate Glass
Company, and presented.
Trentham-hall, Staffordshire, the Duke of Suther-
land's seat, newly adorned and laid out with statues,
fountains, &c. .
28. The statue of Sir John Cass, removed from the
niche in Aldgate Church-yard, previous to throwing open
the corner of Houndsditch and Aldgate.
March L Opening of the Diorama, Regent's-park, with
the Shrine of the Nativity.:
Statue erected at Langholm, Carlisle, to Admiral
Sir Pulteney Malcolm.
Lista, the pianist, drawn. in a splendid landau and
six white horses, from Berlin, by the students, 200 of
whom accompany him on horseback, and 800 on foot.
21. Opening of Burford's Panorama ; the Battle of
Waterloo.

Monument to Henry Hunt at Manchester, founda-
tion-stone laid.
26. Meeting of the Art-Union, and distribution of
prizes.
27. Sale of the works of Sir David Wilkie.
Monument to be erected at Malaga to General
Torrijos and his 48 compatriots.
May 2. ,Opening of the Royal Academy.
Present of some of Mehemet Ati's I4gyptian books
by Lord Brougham to the London University.
" Marble bust to, Sir Astley Cooper, put up in
' Surgeon's Hall.
11. New fountain erected in St. James's Park.
13. Thalberg gives his first concert at Willis's Rooms.
18. Repairs commenced in St. George's Chapel,
Windsor.
The sculptures in the valley of the Xanthus, re-
moving from Malta for the British Museum.
31. The ivory model of the 'rage Mahal, Agra, sold
by Mr. Robins for 2,000 guineas.
Juno 18. Mr. W'interhalter appointed to paint a por-
trait of her Majesty.
Conclusion of the sale of the Strawberry Hill
Prints, which realised 1,4001.
Sept. 20. Norwich Musical Festival.
22. Worcester Musical Festival.
29. Bust of Lord Sydenbam placed in the Reform Club.
Oct. 17. A medal cast to Sir I. Brunel, the engineer
of the Thames Tunnel.
Dec. 20. Meeting of the members of the Living Mo-
del Academy.

RAILWAYS.
Jan. L Invention of a new " Messenger Propelling
Machine" for railways, by Mr. Conder.
20. Meeting of the London and Brighton Railway
Proprietors • 300,0001. empowered to be raised for car-
rying out the works.
200,000 men ordered to be disbanded from the
Austrian army to work on the railways.

6,375 persons carried down by the Great Western
Railway to the christening at Windsor.
Meeting of the Eastern Counties' .Railway Pro-
prietors at• Shoreditch. .

Feb. 29. Opening of the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway ; 46 miles accomplished in two hours.
From the Report of the officers of the Railway de-
partment, contained in the Police-book published by the
House of Com Mons, it appears that 69 human beings
were killed, and 128 injured during the year 1841 on
railways. -
22. Tne question of Sunday travelling among the Di-
rectors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway canvassed.
On a division the majority of voters tbr Sunday trains
was 571.

March 13. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Eailway
trains commence running on Sunday, and carry 878
passengers to and fro on that day undisturbed by the
Sabbatarians.

17. Meeting of the Shareholders of the London and
Brighton Railway.

21. Report oh the practicability of atmospheric rail-
ways by Sir F. Smith and Professor Barlow.
April 2. Accident on the south-Western Railway ;
four lives lost.

May 12. Fall of the Eastern Counties Railway bridge
at Kelvedon, ColchestPr.
July 7. Fire on theßirminghain and Gloucester Rail-
way ; four trucks, with 800/. worth of Manchester good:,
destroyed, by a spark from the engine of the chimney.
27. London and Greenwich Railway, meeting of.
Aug. 17. Meeting of the Great Western Railway at
Bristol.

Sept. Opening of the railroad from Leipsic to
Altenberg.
Oct. 3. Meeting of the Paris and Rouen Railway at
Liverpool.
Meeting of the North-Eastern Railway in Bishops-
gate-street.