30. The King of Denmark issues a proclamation for consolidating and giving a constitution to all his European dominions, exclusive of those belonging to the Confederation of Germany. Holstein is to have an inde pendent army, and to share with the rest of the monarchy in the general burthens, of which the details are to be laid before the Estates for their decision. The Bilbao-Tudela railway in Spain opened for traffic. 31. The French enter Puebla after a bombardment of four days. On May 17 the whole town surrendered to the French. April 3. The Sultan of Turkey left Constantinople on a visit to Egypt, having first decided to adhere to his present policy regarding the Suez Canal, and to forbid forced labour. He arrived at Alexandria on the 8th. The town was illuminated in his honour, and he declared that he came but as a guest. He left Egypt on May 18. 5. Birth of a Prince to the Princess Louisa of Hesse. 6. Grand field-day of the Volunteers at Brighton. 7. England, France, and Austria send separate notes to Petersburg, in a joint sense, respecting Poland, remonstrating against the cruelties of Russia. The siege of Charleston commenced by the Federals. 14. Replies of Prince Gortschakoff to the notes of England and France in favour of Poland. In both he attributes the revolt to the revolutionary tendencies with which Europe is infected, "which are the curse of our age, and are now concentrated in this country." To England he complains of "the continual conspiracy which is being organized and armed abroad, to keep up disorder in the kingdom." 16. The German Federal Diet at Frankfort had under consideration the ordinance of the King of Denmark, when the President entered a protest, to which the Diet assented, against the assertion of the King that the Diet had no right to interfere in the question of the Duchies. 22. Prince Christian of Denmark announced that, the obstacles being removed, he accepted definitively the crown of Greece for his son. The King informed the Rigsraad that his ordinance of March 30 had been opposed by the Great Powers of Germany, but that Denmark would not allow itself to be diverted from the intentions it had adopted by that circumstance. An earthquake at Rhodes, causing the destruction of 2,000 houses, and killing and injuring thousands of the inhabitants. May 12. Radama II., King of Madagascar, assassinated, and his widow, Rabidon, proclaimed queen. Religious liberty was to be maintained; but the parties supporting the queen were the adherents of the old religion. 26. Herat captured by the forces of Mahomet Khan of Afghanistan, who died within a few weeks of this his last success, leaving the succession to his throne to be disputed by two of his sons. June 1. The elections for the French Legislative Chamber were closed this day, and the result was that opposition members were chosen for each of the arrondissements of Paris, and in several departments of the coun try, so that the opposition is raised from five to between forty and fifty. Gen. 10. Inauguration of the Great Exhibition Memorial to Prince Albert in the Horticultural Gardens by the Prince of Wales, with an imposing ceremony: the Queen had privately inspected the Memorial on the previous day. The French, under Gen. Forey, enter the city of Mexico, the President, Juarez, and the legislature retiring to San Juan Potosi. Forey reports that the French army received an enthusiastic welcome. 18. The King of the Belgians, in his award on the Brazilian dispute regarding the arrest of some naval officers in undress, said, "That in the mode in which the laws of Brazil have been applied towards the English officers there was neither premeditation of offence nor offence to the British Navy." 22. Captains Grant and Speke were received at an extra meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on their return from exploring the source of the Nile. 24. After a trial in the Court of Exchequer, lasting three days, the case of the Alexandra, seized for an infringement of the Foreign Enlist ment Act, was decided in favour of the defendants, and against the seizure. July 1. Prince Gortschakoff replies to the English note, rejecting the six propositions in favour of Poland, which had been submitted by the English ministry to the Russian Government. 1, 2, & 3. Battle of Gettysburg, in which the Confederates failed to defeat the Federals, and retired on the 4th. On the 4th Port Hudson, on the Mississippi, surrendered. 2. An earthquake at Manilla, by which a great part of the town was destroyed, and about a thousand lives lost. 15. The tribe of the Waikatoes, dwelling near Auckland, New Zealand, commence an outbreak by murdering two settlers. On the 17th, General Cameron, with 500 men, had an action with a large force of the natives, who fought desperately, availing themselves of rifle-pits, but who were at length defeated with great loss. On the same day a small party, forming an escort to a convoy of stores, were attacked by a native ambuscade, and forced to retreat, after having three of the party killed and ten wounded. On the 22nd the native settlement of Kiri-Kiri was attacked and taken, after a vigorous defence, by Gen. Cameron's troops, who in the two actions had four killed and fourteen wounded. From this time the Maoris would not meet the British forces in the field, but through July and August continued to ravage the province. The colonists, however, rose in their own defence, and in a few weeks there were 4,000 volunteers and militia, fully armed. The native warriors were estimated at 7,500. 20. Mexico proclaimed as an Empire by an Assembly of Notables, with the Archduke Maximilian of Austria as Emperor. A deputation was appointed to wait on him and tender the crown. 24. After a trial lasting eight days, the cause of Roupell and another versus Haws and another (in which William Roupell, late M.P. for Lambeth, came forward from prison, again to avow the commission of forgeries, by which property transferred thereby would have been regained by his family) was terminated by the jury finding the second will and the deed of gift to be forgeries; but differing as to the signature of the testator, and whether the first will devised the estate to the plaintiff, they had to be discharged without a verdict. Aug. 15. No satisfaction having been obtained from either the Mikado or Tycoon of Japan, for the murder of Mr. Richardson in Sept. 1862 by the adherents of the Prince of Satsuma, who had withdrawn to his principality, a British squadron was despatched, under Admiral Kuper, to reduce his fortified town of Kagosima. On this day it commenced a bombardment, which was vigorously replied to by the forts; but by dusk the town was in flames, and three of the forts silenced. On the following day the attack was renewed; the town was reduced to a mass of ruins; the palace, arsenal, factories, and three steam-vessels utterly destroyed. The British lost two captains and eleven seamen killed, and thirty-nine wounded. 17. First meeting of the Frankfort Congress, assembled by the Emperor of Austria, to consider of a plan for the reformation of the federal condition of Germany. Prussia declined to appear. Sept. 1. The Congress of Princes held at Frankfort terminated; but the Emperor expressed satisfaction with the result, and hoped that a second Congress would soon follow. In the General Congress six states voted against the Austrian project. 3. A body of about 700 Poles, under Lelewel, made an attack on a much superior force of the Russian army. After a severe contest the Russians retreated, but the loss of the Poles was severe: of their whole number 100 were killed. On the 6th, the Poles found themselves again surrounded by a superior force. Another battle was fought, in which Lelewel was killed, and the insurgents, scattered, withdrew into Galicia after a gallant defence, inflicting much damage on the Russian army. 4. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies dissolved by the King, and a new election ordered. 7. Reply of Prince Gortschakoff to the note of the Foreign Minister of France respecting Poland, rejecting the proposal for a conference, profess ing a desire to promote the welfare of the Poles, as to all his subjects, to which the Emperor devotes all his solicitude. 23. The Ionian Assembly declares in favour of uniting the Islands to the Kingdom of Greece, returns thanks to Great Britain and to Queen Victoria for benefits received, and for the realization of the wishes of the people for a restoration of their nationality; and to the other Protecting Powers, for their ready concurrence in the measure; but it declined the pecuniary stipulations, and was prorogued. 30. At the end of this month the distress in the cotton manufacturing districts had much decreased, though still large. From 456,786 persons in receipt of relief in the month of January, the number was reduced to 184,265 at this date. Of this number 87,079 were relieved by the Poor Law Guardians, 41,916 both by the Guardians and by Local Committees, and the remainder by Local Committees only. The number relieved by Guardians was, however, greater by nearly 5,000 than in January: this arose chiefly from the discontinuance of many of the Local Committees. Oct. 6. A shock of an earthquake felt throughout the south-west of England, between 3 and 4 A.M. No damage of any consequence was done; but the sensation experienced was described by many who were awakened from their slumber as very peculiar and awful. 7. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in a progress through Galway, is shut out from a hotel at Maam, by direction of the Earl of Leitrim, for which the Earl is shortly after dismissed from the commission of the peace in the counties of Leitrim, Donegal, and Galway. 29. A violent storm, beginning in the morning of this day, occasioned much damage by sea and land. At the New Cross Railway Station a shed was blown down, two men killed, and several injured. On the river many craft were driven into collision; and at sea there were a number of wrecks, with considerable loss of life. The gale continued to blow at intervals with great force until Nov. 2. 30. The King of Greece, after having visited the courts of France and England, arrives at Athens, and is enthusiastically received. Nov. 4. The Emperor of the French addresses the Sovereigns of Europe, proposing a General Congress for the purpose of regulating the questions now agitating their peoples, and thus avoiding war. 6. Czachowski after having maintained a successful contest for a considerable time against the Russians in the Government of Radom in Poland, was at length defeated, his small corps dispersed, and himself taken prisoner, but he died of his wounds within a day or two. 7. On the evening of this day a woman and two little girls were found dead in a cab on arriving at the Royal Oak, Westbourne-grove. The cab had been hired at the Shoreditch Railway Station by a man who had accompanied them as far as Furnival's Inn, Holborn, where he alighted and paid the cabman, having, during the journey, caused the cabman to stop and get a pint of porter in Bishopsgate-street. It was subsequently ascertained that they had been poisoned with prussic acid, that they were the wife and children of a man named Hunt, living at Camberwell, and who had accompanied them as far as Furnival's Inn. On his being arrested on suspicion of the murder, he swallowed aconite, and died. The coroner's inquest found a verdict of felo-de-se. 9. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies commences its session, and is addressed in a speech by the King. He expresses a desire to act in concord with the Chamber and announces the future measures, similar in the main to those for the rejection of which the previous Chamber had been dissolved. 15. Frederick VII. King of Denmark, died, aged 55, and the direct male line became extinct. He is succeeded by Christian IX. (the father of the Princess of Wales and the King of Greece), in virtue of a treaty of May, 1852, by which the Princess Christian, the heiress of the monarchy, and the Duke of Holstein-Augustenburg, the heir of the duchies, resigned their claims in his favour in order to avoid a separation of the provinces. Stock. XV.-HIGHEST and LOWEST PRICES of the PRINCIPAL STOCKS from Bank, 3 per 3 per New Exchequer Bills. £1000. 1862. November December 232 912 917 January February. 231 5 premium. 227 4 discount. Jan. 15, rate of discount at the Bank of England advanced from 3 per cent. to 4 per cent.; it had been at 3 per cent. from October 30, 1862. On January 28, again advanced to 5 per cent.; on February 19, reduced to 4 per cent.; April 23, reduced to 34 per cent.; April 30, reduced to 3 per cent.; May 16, advanced to 34 per cent.; May 21, advanced to 4 per cent.; November 2, advanced to 5 per cent.; on Nov. 5, to 6 per cent. XVI.-AVERAGE PRICE of CORN, per IMPERIAL QUARTER, in ENGLAND and WALES, for one Week in each Month. 1862. Nov. XVII.-NECROLOGICAL TABLE OF LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN, ARTISTS, ETC. 13. Uhland, Ludwig, German poet 19. Wodderspoon, John, British antiquities 26. Pardoe, Miss Julia H. S., poet and traveller Shaw, Thomas Budd, Professor of English Literature in the University of St. Petersburgh Dec. 1. Knowles, James Sheridan, dramatist, &c. 1863. Jan. Feb. 17. Thomson, Mrs. Katherine, biography and fiction 5. Dance, Charles, comic dramatist. 10. Siegfried, Dr. Rudolph Thomas, Sanscrit Professor in the University of Dublin 19. Vernet, Horace, French painter. 20. Burgess, John, painter in water colours March 11. Outram, Lieut.-Gen. Sir James, military engineer 12. Taylor, Edward, Professor of Music in Gresham College 5. Taylor, Richard, philology and science Age. 31. Clark, John Rendall, architect April 1. Harris, William, architect 84 13. Lewis, Sir George Cornewall, bart., classical literature and philosophy. May 19. Fowler, Dr. Richard, natural philosophy 20. Rochefoucauld de Liancourt, Duc de la, literature and science 21. Fowler, Alfred, civil engineer 22. Turnbull, W. B., archæologist 23. Hardy, Peter, archæologist Amici, Batista, Italian astronomer 8. Benson, Edward, artist. June 20. Wageman, Thomas Charles, portrait painter Sept. 13. Delacroix, Eugène, French painter 14. Gwilt, Joseph, architect and antiquary 16. Washington, Rear-Admiral John, hydrography 17. Cockerell, C. R., architect 18. De Vigny, Count Alfred, French poet and novelist 8. Whately, Abp. R., theology and political economy 2. Bunning, James B., architect 13. 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