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

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

Jan. 1. A new fixed light erected on the west pier of
Calais harbour.
7. Wreck of the schooner Montagnaire on Tory
Island, near. Innisbolin, all bands drowned.
IS. A new lighthouse to be erected on the Craighead,
Elginshire, and a beacon on the Cove-sea Skerries.
19. Two gold medals conferred by the King of the
French on Captain Sharp and Captain Ward, for their
services at the wreck of the frigate Magicienne, in the
China seas. The American Government also notices the
conduct of Captain Stamp, for saving eleven lives, at the
risk of his own ship.
-- The three ships Funtome, Brisk, and Waterwitch,
after a cruise of two months on the coast of Angola, for
the suppression of the slave trade, capture thirty-three
slave-vessels, and liberate 3,427 negroes.
24. Captain Trotter, commander of the Niger Expe-
dition, and nine other officers, arrive at Liverpool by
the Warspite.
26. Presentation of colours to the 72d llighlanders, at
Windsor, by the Duke of Wellington.
Petition of the Northampton people to Sir J.
Graham, to have their barracks occupied.
Suicide of Gen. Buzen, Belgian Minister of War.
Feb. 19. Departure of Lord Ashburton, in the War-
spite frigate.

- Citiatain Slater, R.N., of the Admiralty Survey,
lost near Thurso.

21. Captain Nicholas, of the Vindictive, acquitted by
the Court-martial at Portsmouth, and his sword returned.

Death of Colonel Stretton, one of the heroes of
Waterloo, and brother-in-law to Lord Castlemaine.

Loss of the Kent steamer off Barton, in Hampshire.
Augmentation of six infantry regiments of the
army ordered to be made to twelve companies of 100
rank and file each, in order to facilitate reliefs.

March 2. Good-service pensions granted by the Ad-
miralty to several officers.
The ship Montague, of Perth, cotton laden, sunk
on a reef, near Dampier's Straits—the crew saved.
9. Government orders from eight to ten thousand
troops to India.
Death of Lieutenant-General Shrapnel, of the
Royal Artillery.
A new lighthouse erected at Alexandria, in the old
Harbour.

April 9. Death of General Sir Wm. Houston, aged 78.
23. Dinner to Admiral Sir David Milne, at Portsniouth.
27. Death of Captain Skilton, Senior Knight of Wind-
sor, aged 60.
29. Meeting at Woolwich : resolutions to erect a mo-
nument to the late Sir Alexander Dickson, G.C.8., on
the Common.

Discovery of eight new small islands in the skific,
by an English whaler.

—Major-General Sir W. Gomm, appointed to suc-
ceed Sir Lionel Smith in the command of iife Mauritius.
May 14. Death of Rear-Admiral SmoNett. at Edin-
burgh.

27. Decease of Vice-Admiral Hall, at Chichester,
aged 77.
June 16. A grand cross of the Bath conferred on Sir
Robert Sale, by her Majesty.
23. Review of the household troops in Hyde Park, by
Prince Albert.

25. Death of ➢lajor-General Lewis, R.M., at Ply-
mouth, aged 75.
Sudden death of Lieut.-Col. Harley, in a shop in
the Strand.

28. Two new ships of the line ordered to be built at
Portsmouth by the Admiralty.
July- 5. Col. Dundas, her Majesty's Aide-de- Camp,
cashiered for using disgraceful language of the Queen.
25. Launch of the Goliath and Virago at Chatham.
27. Review of the 15th Foot by her Majesty, in the
Home Park, Windsor.

Aug. 6. Visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to the
Woolwich Dockyard.
13. Ensign Samuel Kirk, 18th Regiment, cashiered.
16. Retirement of Lord Hill, and appointment of the
Duke of Wellington as Commander of the Forces.
25. Death of Lieut. General Lord Vivian, late Master-
General of the Ordnance.

Sept. 10., Wm: Davis, Of the 6th Regiment, committed
for trial for shooting and killing Stephen Clasley, at
HaslaT, near Gosport.
12. Entertainment on board the Hindostan steam-ship.
May I. Wreck of the emigrant ship Leopoldina
Rosina off Monte Video : 231 passengers lust out Of 303.
Sept. 22. Presentation of new colours to the 16th Re-
giment by Lady Pakenham at Portsmouth.
Oct. Experiments at Woolwich with Mr. Jeffrey's
marine glue.

TRADE, COMMERCE, FAILURES, &c.
. Jan. 11, 12, 13. Great Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law Con-
ference ; 700 members present.
Combination among the salt-bacon curers of Cork;
800 to 1,000 turn out.
13. Prince Albert gives orders for six pairs of silk
trowsers and stockings, to be made by the Nottingham
and Derby weavers.
15. Great Anti-Corn-law Convention commences its
sittings at Glasgow, in the Trades Hall.
16. The spinners of the largest mill in Hindley, near
Wigan, turn out, to the number of 400, in consequence
of a proposed reduction of 10 per cent.
18. Meeting of the working men of Leeds, to thank
the Short-time Committees of the West Riding of York-
shire, for their attendance on Ministers.
Large meeting of shipowners at Newcastle.
20. Great Anti-Corn-law meeting at Gloucester, of
the principal merchants and manufacturers. 2,000 to
3,000 artisans present.
24. Anti-Corn-law meeting at Derby.
26. Birmingham District Anti-Corn•law Teetinit..
27. The hosiery and lace workmen of Nottingham in a
state of great excitement, owing to an attempted reduc-
tion of their wages.
31. Meeting of the strike of the masons at White'
Conduit House.
Feb. 2. Meeting of the masons of the " strike."
5. Stopping of the bank of Messrs. Kirkpatrick and
Co. at Newport, Isle of Wight.
Great Anti-Corn-law Bazaar, at Manchester—up-
wards of 30,000 persons attend.
8. First sitting of the London Anti-Corn-law Con-
ference at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, London ; con-
tinued for five clays—upwards of 1,000 deputies attend
from various parts of the Kingdom.
21. Great Out-door Meeting at Manchester ; 7,000
men assembled by moonlight.
23. Meeting at Aylesbury of the Duke of Buckingham
and his supporters.
26. Meeting of the Southampton Dock Company—
balance in hand 14,7731. 4s. sd.

Waterloo-bridge Proprietors meet ; the half-penny
01l resolved to be continued.

4. Failure of. Messrs. Wigney's bank, at Brighton.
10. Meeting of the Bank Directors ; resolutions on
the injustice of the Income-tax being levied equally on
terminable and permanent annuities resolved to be re-
presented to Sir Robert Peel.
Publication at Vienna of a charter for establishing
the first Hungarian National Bank at Pesth.
28. Meeting of the Proprietors of the South Eastern
Railway.

—• Anti-war meeting held at Worcester, and petition
to diacentinue the war in China and Affghanistan.
May 5. The sl:ip Active, South Sea whaler, brings
home 3,850 barrels of oil.

11. Meeting of the National Loan Society.
13. Meeting of the Anti-slavery Society.
14. Mr. Pierson's bank at Ilitehin aops payment.-
16. Meeting; of tile Aborigines Protectio❑ Society.
—, New dock opened at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
Sept. 8. Meeting of the London and Croydon Railway.
Oct. 15. Meeting of the Shareholders of the Bank of
Manchester in that town.

17. Meeting in Lambeth for forming a Company to
supply water at a cheap rate.
22. Meeting to consider the frauds in the coffee-trade.
Nov. 15. Meeting of distressed shirt-inaliers at
Stepney.
30. Meeting of the friends and members of the Scot-
tish Hospital.
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Meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na-
iigation Company.
29. Great Anti-Corn-law soiree at Sheffield.

Dec. 14. Anti-Corn-law meetings at Glasgow, Not-
tingham, Accrington, and other counties of England-
-12,7521. realised for the fund at these meetings.
Failure of Mr. Dunn and the Yorkshire Agricultu-
ral Bank.
Strike of 200 colliers at Coatbridge.
29. Meeting of the National Mercantile Life Assurance
Society.
The Complete Suffrage Conference held at Bir-
mingham.