The Sun. — 1848-01-03 (London, England)

MAT. 1. Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden nominated, by letters patent under the Great Seal, to the vacant bishopric of Sodor and Man. 3. Drury-lane Theatre closed for the season. 4. Commander Boyle and Mr. Milne (master), sentenced by court-martial at Portsmouth to be dismissed the service for the loss of her Majesty's ship Thunderbolt, on the 3d of February. 6. Grand banquet given to Mr. Cobden, M.P., at Bologna, by the members of the Society of Economic and Moral Sciences. 9. Alarming flood at Manchester, occasioned by the overflow of the Medlock, and serious losses sustained by the working classes in the district known as Little Ireland. 12. Mr. James Wraith, with his wife and female servant, barbarously murdered at midday, in his house at Mirfield, Yorkshire. 13. The anniversary of the birthday of Pope Pius IX. celebrated with great enthusiasm at Rome. 15. The Carlist Guerilla Chief Tristany captured and executed by General Pavia at Solsona. - Daniel O'Connell died at Genoa. 16. The Earl of Besborough, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, died at the Vice-regal Lodge in Dublin. 17. Seven persons killed by an explosion of fire. damp, at Beeston Colliery, near Leeds. 18. Captain Drake, 92d Highlanders, drowned by the upsetting of a boat, at Ballyshannon, Ireland. 20. The Earl of Clarendon appointed by her Majesty in C. uncil Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. - A hundred and seventy emigrants from Sligo perished in the wreck of the Carrick brig, in the River St. Lawrence. 21. Grand banquet given to Mr. Cobden, M.P., at Venice. 22. The Earl of Dundonald restored to the Order of the Bath, after a deprivation of the honour during thirty years. 24. Grand banquet given to Mr. Cobden, M.P., at Turin. 25. Five persons killed, and several others seriously injured, by the fall of a railway bridge at Chester. ' 26. Three hundred houses consumed by fire at St. Demetri, one of the suburbs of Pera, in Turkey. 28. The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Herbert, Dean of Manchester, died, aged 69. ' 29. The cotton factory of Mr. Bushall, at Preston, destroyed by fire, damage being sustained to the extent of nearly 5,0001. 30. Thomas Hickman, and five of his children, died from the effects of taking arsenic accidentally mixed with flour, at Kensal New Town, near London. 31. The Rev. Dr. Chalmers, the distinguished Scottish Divine, died at Morningside, near Edinburgh, aged 67.  ,unga, drowned. 0. The French men-of-war, La Gloire and La Victorieuse, wrecked off the Island Ko koon-to, in lat. 35. 47, lon. 126. 21 ; crews saved. Her Majesty and Prince Albert embarked on board the royal yacht at Cowes for Scotland. 12. The Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic Bishop of the London district, died, aged 56. 13. The Austrian troops took military possession of Ferrara, the Cardinal Legate protesting against the violation of the Treaty of Vienna. 17. The Duchesse de Choiseul Praslin murdered at the Hotel Sebastiana in Paris. 19. The Circassians defeated by the Russian troops, under the command of Lieutenant-General Kotzebue, at Au! Salty, in the Caucasus. 21. Her Majesty's Theatre and the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, closed for the seasin. 32. Sixty-seven vessels, laden principally with grain, entered the river Mersey, for Liverpool. 23. The organ manufactory of Mr. Walker, in Francisstreet, Tottenham-court-road, burnt down, property being consumed to the extent of nearly 20,001. in value. 24. The Due de Choiseul Praslin committed suicide in the prison of the Luxembourg, at Paris, whilst under confinement on the charge of murdering his wife.  27. Five persons killed and several others severely injured by the explosion of the Cricket steam-boat at Hungerford Pier. 29. The church of Welton, near Lincoln, struck by lightning during Divine service, and one of the congregation killed on the spot.