The Sun. — 1835-12-31 (London, England)

SEPTEMBER.  1. A meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge was held at Lord Kenyon's, in consequence of the inquiries instituted by the House of Commons. The Duke of Cumberland was in•the  4. A grand public dinner was given to Sir Robert Pee' at Tam worth.  A long debate took place in the House of Lords on the amendments made by the Cothmons in the Corporation Bill, some of the more important of which were retained, and others rejected. Mr. Stanynought, a newsman, in the Edgeware-road, in a fit of madness, murdered his son, a boy of nine years of age, and then attempted suicide. He was, at the next Old Bailey Sessions, tried for murder, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. 8. Captain Back and his companions arrived at Liverpool, from the Arctic land expedition.  The York musical festival commenced. It was attended by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and a great number of persons of rank and distinction. 10. The King dissolved Parliament in person. In his Speech from the Throne his Majesty said he continued to receive from all countries assurance of their desire to maintain peace with this country, and that he should, in concert with the three Powers with whom he had contracted the quadruple treaty, direct his most anxious attention to the state of Spain. He expressed his cordial concurrence in the Corporation Reform Bill—noticed the improved internal condition of Ireland, and expressed his confidence that Members on returning to their respective counties would recommend obedience to the law, attachment to the Constitution, and a spirit of temperat6 amendment. The'following are the principal Acts interesting to the public which have passed this Session : An-Act for limiting the polling at borough elections to one day, excepting certain boroughs. in North ;Britain. for substituting declarations in lieu of oaths in a vast number of cases.  --- for declaring all marriages within the prohibited degrees of affinity; which have been celebrated before the passing of the Act, valid, and not voidable by any sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court, unless pronounced in a suit depending at the time of the Act passing. All future marriages within the prohibite&degreeS of consanguinity or affinity, are to be absolutely void. -- for abolishing capital punishment in cases of letter stealing and sacrilege..,. _ _  for abolishing, in, Scotland, imprisonment for civil debts in all sums under 8/. 6s. Bd.  --- to provide, for the regulation. of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales. to repeal the duty and , drawback on flint glass, and impose other duties and drawbacks. for effecting greater uniformity in the government of prisons in England and ' Wales, ' and for appointing inspectors of prisons in Great Britain. to prevent the publication of lectures without consent.  to amend the Act, against cruelty to animals, and make it applicable to persons who keep houses for dogfighting, cock fighting, and baiting of bulls, bears, &c., the penalty for keeping gueli a house not to.xxceed 51., and not less than 10s. a day. ---- to 'amend the laws relating to merchant seamen, and for forming a register of all the men engaged in the service.  for the encouragement of voluntary enlistment in his Majesty's navy. By this Act no person shall be detained in the service against his consent more than five years, unless he has voluntarily entered for, a longer period, and discharged seamen are to receive certificates to .protect them against impressment for two years. for regtilating the postage of letters and newspapers. By this the -.Postmaster-General can reduce the postage of letters to and from foreign parts. Letters may be sent by other vessels than Government packets, and the postage on neWspapers by private ships from the Cdonies, is reduced from 3d. to Id. each. The postage on newspapers to and froin foreign parts is also reduced, but this may be increased with the consent of the Treasury. 14. Dr. Brinkley, Bishop of Cloyne, died in Leesonstreet, Dublin. He was for many years professor of astronomy in Trinity College, Dublin, and was appointed to the see of Cloyne in 1826. • • • 17: A treaty of peace was concluded at the Cape of Good Hope, between Sir Benjamin D'Urban on the part of the King of England and the Chief of the Caffre tribes occupying the country between the Keiskamma and the Kei. The Chiefs engaged to become subjects of the King, to live according to the Colonial law, and to reside in such lands as the Governor shall assign to.them. Mr. Green ascended from Vauxhall-gardens in a balloon, and alighted near Downham, in Suffolk, making the distance in about 13 hours, or taking into account the zigzag course of the balloon, at the rate of 10 miles the hour, incuding a stoppage at Walthamstow. 23. Bellini, the musical composer, died at Paris, aged 29. He was a native of Catania, in Sicily, and the author of Il Pirata, La Sonnambula, I Puritani, and other celebrated operas. 24. Died at his house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, John Earl of Chatham, aged 80 years. The title is now extinct. His Lordship held the office of First Lord. of the Admiralty from 1788 till 1794 ; in 1796, he was appointed President of the Council, and held the office till 1801, when he was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance. He commanded the Walcheren expedition, and at his death was Governor of Gibraltar.  28. The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived at Ramsgate on a visit to the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria.  During the month of September Mr. O'Connell made a tour through the North of England and Scotland ; •and public dinners were giVen to him at Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, and Glasgow. Towards the end of the month, grand reviews of Russian and Prussian troops took place at Kalisch, and a Congress 'Was afterwards held at Topaz, which was attended by the Emperor of Austria, Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and other Sovereign Princes.