The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-02 00:00:00

A CHRONOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL TABLE
FOR THE YEAR 1837.

JANUARY.
1. The internal communication by stage coach throughou►
the country is impeded, on,this and several following days, by
a heavy fall of snow.

6,000 lives are lost by a dreadful earthquake in Syria.
3 Hannah Manfield, a widow, residing alone at Denver,
near Lynn; is found murdered.
A long examination takes place at Bow-street, by order of
the home secretary, relative In the supposed existeuve of a Spa-
nish inquisition in the city of I.,ondon. The whole story subse-
quently turns out to have been pure invention.
News arrives of the raising of the seige of Bilbna, on the
25th of December last, owing to the assistance afforded to the
Spanish troops by his Britannic Majesty's marine forces.
5 A great reform meeting is held at Bath.
On this and several subsequent days the trials of the,indi-
viduals engaged in the Strasburg conspiracy, with the excep-
tion of the chief actor, Louis Bonaparte, takes place in that
town. They are eventually acquitted.
7 A human head is discovered in the Regent's canal, Mile-
end. On examination it is found to belong to the body disco-
vered in the Ed geware-road on the 28th of December. A co-
roner's inquestis held on the remains, and a verdict returned of
wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.
9 An insult having been offered to Mr. Russell, the. British
consul at Carthagena, Sir John Peyton declares the whole
coast of New Granada in a state. of blockade.
10 Mr. Ready, of Ratcliffe highway, is murdered in his shop
by John Pegsworth.
11 Sir Robert Peel is installed lord rector of the University
of Glasgow.

13 A "grand entertainment is given to Sir Robert Peel by the
conservatives of Glasgow.
14 Great fire at St. John's, New Brunswick, which consumed
150 buildings, and destroyed property to the amount of 2,000,000
dollars.

15 The cortes of Spain published a decree ,excluding "the
rebel Don Carlos," and all h►s descehdants, from the succession
to the crown of Spain.
16 Death of Sir William Mahon, master of the rolls in Ire-
land.

Prevalence of the influenza. causing a great comparative
increase in the number of deaths throughout England. Numer-
ous meetings are held in various metropolitan counties to afford
relief to the poor suffering under this malady.
17 A grand conservative festival at Londonderry.
18 Conservative festivals are held at Oxford{ Maidstone, and
other places!
The Earl of Roslyn died at his house, Dysart House,
Fifeshire.

The members of the West Riding of Yorkshire are enter-
tained by the wbig-radicals at Leeds. •
19 Numerous conservative, festivals take place about this pe-
riod throughout the country.
The grippe exists to an alarming extent at Berlin.
20 Death of Sir John Soane, the eminent architect.
21 Prince Ferdinand, husband of the Queen of Portugal, is
assaulted in the streets of Lisbon by a French madman.

23 Dinner to Messrs. Byng and Hume, the members for
Middlesex, at Drury-lane theatre.
24 A great protestant meeting is held in Dublin, at which ad-
dresses are agreed to both houses of parliament to afford pro-
tection to the protestants of Ireland.
25 Mr. S. Crawford announces his intention of resigning the
representation of Dundalk in consequence of a dispute between
himself and Mr. O'Connell.

27 Conservative festival at Winchester, which is attended by
500 electors of the county.

The influenza continuesto prevail throughout England.

The poor law commissioners transmit to the lord mayor
and civic authorities an order for the union of all the parishes in
the city and liberties of London.
28 An account is received in London of the capture and
condemnation of the British schooner Vixen, by the Russian
naval force on the coast of Circassia, on a charge of having
contravened the custom-house? regulations by landing gun.
powder for the Circassians.
30 Explosion of a powder magazine in Bona, in Africa, by
which 300 French soldiers were killed and wounded.

Townshend runs to Brighton, a distance of 51 miles, in
eight hours and 37 minutes.

31 Parliament is opened by commission. Addresses, in
answer to his Majesty's speech, are unanimously agreed to by
both houses of parliament.
The speaker informs the House of Commons that he had
received letters from the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Lechmere
Charlton, a member of the house, announcing the ihtended
commitment of Mr. L. Charlton, for contempt of the Court of
Chancery. The house orders the letters to be printed, and to
be taken into consideration to-morrow. '
FEBRUARY.

I The House of Commons 4-point a committee of privileges
on the subject of Mr. Charlton's committal.

2 A numerous meeting, attended by delegates from all parts
of England, takes place in London, to petition parliament for
the abolition of church rates.

--- The authorities of the different parishes in the city of
London meet and agree to resolutions, deprecating the intro-
duction of the poor law amendment act into the city.
3 The House of Commons appoints a select committee to
inquire how far the intentions of the reform bill had been de-
teated by the creation of fictitious votes in Scotland.

4 Fo'rt Larraga is captured by the carlisi-iieueral Zari-
ategui.

6 A select committee is appointed by the house of' Corn-
mons to inquire into the operation of the act relative to joint-
stock banks in England and Ireland. A committee is also
appointed to inquire how fat'the intentions of the reform bill
had been defeated by the creation of fictitious votes in Ireland.
7 Lord John Russell moves the renewal of the Irish Muni-
cipal Corpisration Bill, and enters into a variety of details in
justification of Lord Mulgrave's government. A debate rises,
which is adjourned.

Mr. Hansard, printer to the House of Commons, com-
plains to the house of having been subjected to an action in
the Court of King's Bench, for having printeda book under the
authority of the house.

The Ex-King of Sweden dies at Gall, where his Majesty
had resided for some yeari Under the name of Colonel Gus-
tayson,

8 After some further debate the Irish Municipal Corpora-
tion Bill is brought in and read the first time.
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10 Lord de Roos, premier baron of England, is found guilty,
by the verdict of a jury, of unfair play at cards, after a trial
which lasted during the whole of this and the preceding day.
John Bryant, an inhabitant of Dartford, destroys his own
son, a youth, aged 11 years, 'in Buckingham-street, aud, after-
wards, himself commits suicide.

Gen. Evans having remained for some months behind the
walls of St. Sebastian, at length matches out at the head of
14,000 men, and occupies petitions preparatory to a grand
combined attack on the Carlists.
13 Lord John Russell obtains leave to bring in a bill to ex-
tend poor laws to Ireland.
14 A motion, by Sir Wm. Molesworth, to repeal the statutes
requiring a property qualification for members of parliament,
is lost on a division by a majority of 29, there being 104 for,
and 133 against the motion. - •
Several workmen are killed, and others severely injured,
by the fall of a cornice onr which they were standing whilst en-
gaged in work in the new military chapel, in the Bird Cage-
walk, St. James's-park.
The Duke de Cadaval died at his house in the Rue de la
Planche, at Paris.
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persons
being saved.
16 In consequence of an action `brought against the printer
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of the House of Commons, for a libel contained in a publication
by order of the house, a committee is appointed, on the mo-
tion of Lord J. Russell, to examine precedents respecting
the publication of papers.
A motion for the exclusion of bishops from the House of
Lords is lost on a division by a majority of 105, there being 9'2
for and 197 against the motion.
,
The committee of privileges reports that Mr. Charlton, a
member of the house is not entitled to plead privilege on the
occasion of his commitment by the Lord Chancellor.
A youth, named John Brill in the employ of Mr. Charles
Churchill, farmer, at Ruislip, Uxbridge, is discovered murdered
in a wood near that town.
18 A great meeting is held at Freemason's-hall, to petition
parliament against any plat, for the abolition of church-rates
which should compromise the'existence of a national establish-
ment.
The Duke of Brunswick obtains a verdict, with 120,000
francs (£5,000)
the Cour Royale, at Paris.
damages against the Duke of Cambridge, in
Six new steamers are launched by the Austrian govern-
ment, and commence the navigation of the Danube. ,
19 Champion, a mechanic, having been arrested on a charge
of constructing a new infernal machine to destroy Louis
Philip, hangs himself in prison.
The Carlists claim a victory over the brigade of Oliver,
near Cervera, in Catalonia.
20 Lord Francis Egerton renews his motion of last year, that
the committee on the municipal corporations in Ireland be em-
powered to make provision for the abolition of such corporations
and for such arrangements as may be necessary to secure the
efficient, and impartial administration of justice and the peace
and good government of cities and towns in Ireland. The de- 11 bate occupies the entire evening and is ultimately adjourned.
Extraordinary high tide of the river Thames, which de-
stroys much property on either side of the rivtgt.
A column of Christinos, escorting the Madrid courier and 40 carriages, is surprised and destroyed by the Carlists, near
Igualada.
Cabrera claims a victory over the Christinos in the king-
domValencia.adjourned debate on Lord F. Egerton's motion is
21
The
again adjourned.
Miss Macauley, the actress and evangelical preacher, died at York.
22 Lord F. Egerton's motion is lost on a division, by a ma-
jority of 80, there being 242'tor and 322 against the motion.
Mr. Coltman is appointed judge of the Common Pleas.
An inquest takes place on the body of John Brill, when
the jury return a verdict of wilful murder against some person
or persons unknown.
23 The new palace of Prince William of Prussia, at Berlin,
is broken into and robbed of plate.
24 Mr. Walters moves for a committee to inquire into the
poor law amendment act. An amendment is proposed by Lord
John Russell for a committee to inquire into the administration
of the relief of the poor under the orders and regulations of the
poor law commissioners. A debate ensues, which is adjourned
at midnight.
Suicide of Mr. Weildig, a clergyman, confined at Darm-
stadt, on a charge of high treason.
Don Sebastian marches from Tolosa at the head of 6000
men, with the intention of opposing General Sarsfield.
25 The Lord Mayor of Loudon gives a splendid entertainment
to his Majesty's ministers, at the Mansion House.
A public meeting takes place at Woolwich, in opposition
to the new poor law, and similar meeting are held about this time,
throughout the country.

Five men belonging to the British auxilliarylegion in Spain,
who had ventured bepond the outposts, arecaptured by the Car-
lis►s and shot,
27 At a public meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern
a petition to parliament is agreed to against the new poor
law.

The debate on Mr. Walter's motion is resumed, and a
committee appointed, having power to enter into the fullest in:
quiry short of compromising the principle of the bill.
28—After an interesting,discussion in the House of Lords a
committee is. appointed to inquire into the progress and operation
Of the system of public eddeation in Ireland.
The House of Commons is engaged in discussions relative
to the best means of protecting the public from fraud in railway
bills.