1852. William Finden, a celebrated English engraver, died at London of heart disease, aged 66.
1853. A deputation from the protestant alliance waited upon lord Clarendon to state the case of Miss Cunningham, arrested at Lucca for distributing an Italian version of the Bible and Pilgrim's Progress, and to urge the government to procure her immediate liberation.
1853. The ship Annie Jane, from Liverpool, was driven on the Barra island, one of the Hebrides, and of 450 passengers 348 were drowned.
1854. The United States sloop of war Albany, James T. Gerry, commander, sailed from Aspinwall and was never more heard of.
1854. George Field, an English philosopher, died, aged 77; well known for his success in the application of science to the arts.
SEPTEMBER 29.
1066. William (the Conqueror) landed in England, at Pevensey, in Sussex, and made the conquest of the country, and revolutionized its institutions.
1399. Richard II resigned his right to the crown, publicly acknowledging his incapacity to reign.
1494. Columbus met with his brother Bartholomew at the town of Isabella in the West Indies, after a separation of fourteen years, during which the latter had paid an unsuccessful visit to the court of England.
1513. Fall of Tournay, in Belgium, which closed the campaign of the English under Henry VIII.