1815. British order in council, forbidding the Americans to use the British territories for purposes connected with the Newfoundland fisheries.
1825. Corner stone of Bunker hill monument laid with great and enthusiastic ceremonies; Lafayette being present.
1839. William Bentinck, an English statesman, died. He had sustained many high public offices, was a general in the army, and ten years governor-general of India.
1850. The steamer Griffith on lake Erie was burnt and 300 lives lost.
1852. Thomas Buffum died, aged 75; an active man in the political history of Rhode Island, who had filled with credit many offices of honor and trust.
1852. John Trimble, a Kentucky judge, died, aged 69; having sustained the character of an able and upright man.
1852. William King, first governor of Maine, died, aged 84. He removed to Bath early in the present century, and his name is identified most intimately with all that relates to the separation from Massachusetts, and the adoption of the state constitution. He held various civil offices with ability and fidelity.
1852. The city of Sonora, in California, was nearly destroyed by fire.
1854. Seward Barculo, a New York jurist of distinction, died, aged 50. He was chosen justice of the supreme court at the first judicial election held under the new state constitution.
1854. Josiah Holbrook, a distinguished advocate of popular education, died, aged 65. He was a native of Derby, Ct., and graduated at Yale college in 1810. He was very successful in diffusing among the young a love for the study of mineralogy and geology. He lost his life by accidently falling into Blackrock creek, near Lynchburg, Va., while on a geological excursion.