9. Destruction of the principal part of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, by fire.

14. Missolonghi and Anatolico surrender by capitulation to the Greeks.

15. Mr. O'Connell attempted to take his seat in the British House of Commons, under the provisions of the new law for the removal of Catholic disabilities; but without success, as he was elected previous to the passage of the law.

17. Death of John Jay at Bedford, N. York.

He was one of the Presidents of the old Continental Congress, Minister to! Spain and to Great Britain, Governor of New York, and Chief Justice of the United States.

17. A French minister, M. Bresson, arrives, and is presented to the Colombian government at Bogotá.

17. A body of Turkish troops, 5000 in number, defeated and driven into Silistria, by the Russian army under General Diebitsch, after a severe action, with heavy losses on both sides. Silistria completely invested by the Russians the same day. 17. Severe battle near Pravadia, between the Russian army under General Roth, and the Turkish army commanded by the Grand Vizier in person. The Turks are said to have lost 2000, and the Russians 1000 men. The Russian army maintained their ground; but no important advantage gained by either party.

18. Peruvian Frigate Prueba destroyed by fire in the harbor of Guayaquil, and a considerable number of persons killed.

20. Death of the reigning Duke of Oldenburgh.

22. A law passes the Mexican Congress, prohibiting the importation of most descriptions of woollen and cotton goods.

23. A Peruvian brig and schooner captured off the harbor of Guayaquil, by the Colombian schooner Istmena.

24. Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia, as king of Poland, at Warsaw.

27. Summer Session of the Massachusetts Legislature commenced. 27. Garrison of Silistria attempt a sally against the Russian besieging army, but are repulsed with loss.

29. Corner-stone of the first lock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal laid near Georgetown, District of Columbia, in the presence of the President of the United States.

29. Death of Sir Humphrey Davy, the celebrated Chemist, at Ge

neva.

30. Captain Ross sails from Woolwich, England, in the steam-boat Victory, on a voyage for the discovery of a Northwest passage.

JUNE.

2. Josiah Quincy inaugurated President of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

3. A detachment of men from the Austrian squadron under Baron Bundicra, land near Morocco, and destroy two Moorish brigs; and succeed in re-embarking with a loss of 22 men.

4. Explosion of the magazine of the steam frigate Fulton at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. The vessel was entirely destroyed, and 26 persons killed. Lieutenant S. M. Brackenridge among the number of the killed. The accident, it is supposed, took place through the carelessness of the gunner in taking a lamp into the magazine.

4. Resolutions introduced in the British House of Commons, declaring slavery unlawful, and that government should take measures to protect all their subjects born in the West Indies in the enjoyment of their natural rights. Negatived without a division.

6. Revolution effected at Lima by the party favorable to Bolivar; General Gamarra made President, and La Fuentes VicePresident.

9. The Turkish town of Rachova or Oriva, taken by assault by the Russian army under Baron Geismar. Five hundred prisoners taken, and among them a Pacha of two tails. 11. Great victory obtained by the Russians under General Diebitsch, near the village of Kulawtocha, not far from Schumla, over the Turkish army commanded by the Grand Vizier. The Russians having succeeded in getting in the rear of the Turkish troops, not only defeated, but completely dissolved their army. The Turks are said to have lost 6000 killed, 1500 prisoners, 60 pieces of cannon, and large quantities of ammunition and baggage. Russian loss 1400 killed, and 600 wounded. 12. A large body of Turkish cavalry and infantry defeated near Kurganoff, and 600 of them slain by the army under General Roth.

14. A body of Turkish troops, 15,000 in number, entirely defeated and their camp taken by storm, in the defile of Pozroy, by Russian detachments under Generals Marawicco and Buzzoro. The Turks lost 1200 men in killed and wounded, 400 prisoners, and large quantities of ammunition and other stores. 15. A squadron, with troops on board, sails from Lisbon for the reduction of Terceira.

16. The Emperor of Russia arrives at Warsaw.

17. Proclamation issued by the Captain General of Cuba to the Mexicans, informing them of an army about to be sent against them, and offering a general amnesty to all who submit and return to the paternal government of the king of Spain.

19. Mr. Gordon and Count Guilleminot, the British and French ambassadors, arrive at Constantinople.

22. A Spanish slave-ship, with 335 slaves, captured off Havana by the British government schooner Pickle. The slave-ship lost ten men killed in the action, and the Pickle lost two. 23. Battle between the Colombian troops under General Paez, and those under Generals Quiroga and Bustos, in which the latter were defeated with very heavy loss.

24. Eight persons killed on board the steam-boat Kenawha, on the Ohio river, by the bursting of her boiler.

24. English Parliament prorogued to the 20th of August. 24. Peace concluded between Generals Lavalle and Rosas, the chiefs of the two contending parties in the Argentine republic (Buenos Ayres). By the terms of the treaty, an election of representatives was to be immediately held, when both generals were to place their respective troops at the disposal of the legitimate government. In the mean time, the duty of preserving peace in the country districts was to devolve on Rosas, and in the city on Lavalle.

72. Ergerum captured by the Russians. Among the prisoners were the Seraskier and four Pachas; 150 cannon taken, 29 of them at Hassan-Kael.

30. Surrender of Silistria to the Russian army under General Krassowsky, after a long and obstinate resistance. The trophies of this achievement, were 8 or 10,000 prisoners, 2 threetailed pachas, 250 pieces of cannon, and great quantities of ammunition.

JULY.

4. Navigation opened on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, by the removal of the embankment at the summit level. Cornerstone of an edifice for the accommodation of the United States' Mint, laid at Philadelphia.

5. Spanish invading expedition against Mexico sails from Havana. It consisted of one 74, two frigates, three corvettes, one brig, one schooner, and transports containing 4500 troops. The fleet commanded by Commodore Laborde, land forces by General Barradas.

15. Embargo laid on all merchant vessels at Vera Cruz, Mexico, in consequence of an expected Spanish invasion.

15. Two divisions detached from the Russian grand army before Schumla, to undertake the passage of the Balkan.

15. A general armistice or suspension of hostilities for seventy days, agreed upon between the Colombians and Peruvians, at Buijo, Bolivar's head-quarters; the department of Guayaquil to be put at the disposal of the Colombian government. 17, 18, & 19. Passage of the Balkane ffected by the Russians, with comparatively little difficulty. The Turks lost 10 cannon, 400 prisoners, and a considerable number of killed.

19. Choris and Berbust, in Asiatic Turkey, occupied by the Russians.

22. A division of 6 or 7000 Turks defeated by the Russians in descending the Balkan; 400 prisoners and a considerable number of cannon taken.

23. Capture of Mesembria, with 2000 men and 15 cannon.

23. Capture of Achiola, with 14 cannon and 2 powder magazines. 23. Greek National Assembly opened at Argos, on which occasion Count Capo d' Istria made a long speech.

24. Capture of Bourgas, with ten cannon, and large quantities of

stores.

25. The new and large Roman Catholic Cathedral in Montreal,

Lower Canada, opened for public worship the first time. Ten thousand persons were seated in it without inconvenience, 25. Capture of Aidos, with the whole Turkish camp; 600 tents, 500 barrels of powder, 4 cannon, and 220 prisoners.

25. Destructive hail-storm in the country near Bourdeaux, France. The crops almost entirely destroyed by it.

27. Kamabat, a strong post situated at the junction of several roads on the Balkan, taken by the Russians.

28. Operations commenced on the Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail Road.

28. Karabounar, 40 miles south of Aidos, on the road to Adrianople, occupied by the Russians under Count Pahlen.

29. Simultaneous movements by Russian corps from Maraseh and Karnabat; the former against the rear of Schumla, by General Krassowski, and the latter towards Jambouli, by General Sheremetief.

30. Battle near Eski Stamboul between the Russian division under Krassowski, and the troops of the Grand Vizier, resulting in a loss to the latter of 500 or 600 men.

30. Nine persons, several of them of rank, condemned to death for high treason at Barcelona, Spain.

31. Corner-stone of a College Hall for the Pennsylvania University laid in Philadelphia.

AUGUST.

1. Capture of Jambouli, and destruction of the Turkish camp, by a brigade of Hulans and Cossacks under General Sher m tief, after having defeated on the road a body of 15,000 Turks, commanded by Halil Pacha.

1. Embargo laid on the shipping in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

2. Marriage of the Emperor Don Pedro, of Brazil, to the Princess de Leuchtenberg, at Munich; Prince Charles of Bavaria acting as proxy for the Emperor.

3. Spanish invading army under General Barradas, having landed in Mexico, at Cabo Rojo (Cape Roque), take possession of the old town of Tampico, with 1500 men, after a trifling resistance.

4. Extraordinary session of the Congress opened at Mexico. Don Pedro Maria Anaya elected President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Don Valentia Gomez Farias, President of the Senate.

4. Severe storm and destructive flood in Scotland. The sudden rise of the rivers carried away great numbers of sheep and large quantities of timber, hay, &c. Eleven vessels were wrecked on the coast, and the crews of eight of them perished. 9. Entire change in the French ministry by a decree of the king. The Liberals or moderate party dismissed from office, and an Ultra-royalist ministry, with Prince de Polignac at its head, appointed in their places. This measure is said to have been effected through the influence of the British cabinet.

11. Attack on the island of Terceira, by the fleet and troops of Don Miguel. The expedition consisted of one 74, four frigates, and a large number of smaller vessels, with 4000 troops on board. The attack was entirely unsuccessful; 100 who landed were all killed or taken prisoners, and the fleet and crews suffered very severely.

12. Selimno, to which place the Grand Vizier had made his way from Schumla, attacked by several Russian corps, amounting to about 27,000 men, collected from different posts by General Diebitsch, into whose hands the place easily fell, the Turks flying in dismay.

12. Mr. M'Lane, Envoy to Great Britain, and Mr. Rives, to France, embark on board the United States frigate Constellation at New York.

12. Tampico declared a free port, for the admission of provisions, by General Barradas, the Spanish commander.

13 & 14. The Mexican army, under General Santa Anna, left Tuspan for Tampico.

20. Capture of Adrianople by a Russian force consisting of 28,000 men, commanded in person by General Diebitsch. The garrison of the city, amounting to 100,000 regular troops, laid down their arms immediately on the approach of the Russians, to whom the Turks also abandoned all their artillery, camp equipage, and munitions of war; 54 pieces of cannon, 29 stands of colors, and 5 horse-tails, fell into the hands of the conquerors.

20. British Parliament prorogued to the 15th of October.

22. The Mexican army, under General Santa Anna, make an unsuccessful attack upon the Spaniards in Tampico.

22. A new levy of troops ordered by the Emperor of Russia of three men out of every five hundred.

23. Rodosto, on the sea of Marmora, captured by the Russian army under General Roth.