The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1838-01-02 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

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 Spanish inquisition in the city of I.,ondon. The whole story subsequently 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,individuals engaged in the Strasburg conspiracy, with the exception 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, Mileend. On examination it is found to belong to the body discovered in the Ed geware-road on the 28th of December. A coroner'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 Ireland.  Prevalence of the influenza. causing a great comparative increase in the number of deaths throughout England. Numerous 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 entertained by the wbig-radicals at Leeds. • 19 Numerous conservative, festivals take place about this period 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 addresses are agreed to both houses of parliament to afford protection 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. '