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rr 2 the House Lo conour im the action of the Senate; but that will be by no means so easy a matter. ‘There are a full score of bills aad propositions on the sub- Ject of the Pacific Railroad that have been introdaced in the House and referred to the committee: aud as members of the House are more immediately reaponsible to their constituents than are the members of the Senate, there will be some room to quarrel over the location of the route, | each delegation from the Southern and Western States Wanting the selection of that route which willbe most bene: ficial to their constituents. Still, there is a possibility of | the bill passing both houses and receiving the signature | Of the President at the present session. | NEW TERRITORIES AND STATES. | No action has yet been taken on the subject of the or- | anization of new Territories, or the admission of Oregon | and Kansas as States. It is understood now that there is | 4 majority of the Committee on Territories in favor of re- | Porting a Dill for the admission of Oregon, Mr. Smith, | of Va., having withdrawa from the negative side of that question in committee, and having, though un- willingly, consented to take the affirmative side. The question wil! open up the Kansas matter again, and there- fore the most prudent course would be not to report the Oregon bill. Numerous propositions have been introduced in the House for the organization of the new Territories of Nevada, Arizona, Dacotah and Ontonagon; and we see that the people in the gold mining region of Kansas and Ne- braska have elected a delegate to proceed to Washington avd urge on Congress the necessity of organizing that re- gion into a separate Territory ¢ A variety of measures have also been concocted by some of the Illinois delegation to reopen the squatter sovereignty discussion, by providing for the absolute States rights independence of the new Territories, so far ‘as the election of their Governor, judges, and other offi- cers, and the payment of their own expenses of govern- it go. There is little chance of any of these disturbing schew.es receiving attention at the present sess APPROPRIATION BILLS PASSED. ‘The House passed two of the regular appropriation bills last Wednesday. These were the bill for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States, and the bill for the support of the Military Academy at West Point. ‘The first appropriated $852,000, (no provision being made in it for the pensions of the soldiers of 1812,) and the second appropriated $180,884. No discu any consequence took place in the consideration of these bills, and they did not oceupy an hour in their passage. It will then be fi m of COMMODORE STEWART. In compliment to the gallant old Commodore Stowart, whose position at the head of our navy was affected by the Retiring Board of fifteeu—a decision from which be disdained to appeal—the Sepate adopted, last Wednesday, the following resolution: — d, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be in- re and report to the Senate what action, if id be taken by Congress to manifest the apprecia tion by the country of tbe gallant and meritorious Charies Stewart, of the United States Navy, the oldest captain in the service, At the same time a joint resolution was introduced, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, authorizing the President of the United ates to confer the title of Admiral by brevet for «emi- nent services. The object of the resolution is to bestow the title of Admiral on Commodore Stewart,and thus com- pensate bim for the stigma cast upon him by the action of the Naval Board. BILLS PASSED IN THE SENATE. The Senate passed a bill authorizing the President to vances of money to Hiram Powers, the sculptor, verpment work on which be is engaged; a bill pro- for bolding the courts of the United States in the > of Alabama: & bil! appropriating $50,000 for deepen- ing the channel over the St. Clair flats, in the State of higan, and a bill granting a pension of $50.a month to Jave Turabull, widow of the late Colonel Turnbull, of the United States Army. The Ho did not, however, act upon them FRENCH SPOLIATION BILL. The bli for the satisfaction of claims for spoliations said to bave been committed by the French nearly balf a cen- tory ago, and which has been a pet measure of the lobby for tang past Congresses, has been set down for consi- deration in the Senate for Thursday, the 6th of January The bill involves some five millions of dollars. ACQUISITION OF CUBA. f Mis i, one of the eating 1 of the House, asked on two occasions, Wut did not obtain, leave to introduce the following reso: lution — Resolved, That t ee on Foreign Affuirs be in structed to zing and requiring the President of the U °s to take and retain pos eension of the island of Cuba, unless, within the next six months, the eum of $128,605 54, acknowledged in the year 1854 by the Spanish gov «to citizens of the United States for duties unjustly exacted from Ame- rican vessels at different custom houses in Cuba, be paid, and satisfaction be given to the President for insults here- tofore offered to our flag, and injuries inflected on the per- gons and property of our citizens. A resolution of the Spanish Cortes, directing Queen Isa- bella to seize epon Florida or California in case of longer delay on the part of the American government to pay up the Amistad claim, would be about as just and sensible a proposition as that of Mr. Davis PROPOSITIONS OF ALL SORTS. A variety of propositions, of more or less public interest, bave beer introduced, or sought to be introduced, into either bouse. Among them we may euumerate the fol- towing — To satisfy the claim of Massachusetts for advances for the United States in the war of 1812-15 with Great Bri- tan To provide for taking the eighth censas, ‘To assign a day for the consideration of the bil! to re- vise the Patent laws—refused by the House. To provide for the sale of Rock Island, in the State of Kieow To regulate and fix the duty on importe. To authorize the removal of the offices belonging to the Coited States and occupied by the collector of the revenue in connection with the Quarantine statign in the port of | New York—bili read twice in the Senate and referred to the Cammuttee on Finance ‘That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire whether auy provisions of law ate necessary, by way of ai ment, to existing laws which probibit the African trade. to secure the effectual suppression ther cof | © appropriate a certain portion of the military reserve | at Fort Leavenw , to aid in the construction of rail roms . To change the present boundaries of Kai the rights of minerson the pub’ sta post road from Leavenworth to the bead waters of the South F e river, pear Pik 1 Peak, un Kansas Territory T ane the « arm r pe by retiring nirm « ported fr nate Committee on Milita Granting f time to the creditors of pent their clams a Treasury To provide for the payment of certain volunteer troop called into service by the Governor of the State of Texas for the protection of the frontier of eau St tor said State for the amount advanced by her on ac. | sh a portol entry at Jersey City, N. J able the Secretary of State to teat th writing invented by Joseph M. Ho ofa new mode of Arkaneal To instruct the Commitvec of Ways and Means to report asing the duties on foreign imports, and chang ¢ ov articles of bulk and weight ad valorem to epe Jing that said bill shall be made t to Jay unt be convidere nuary final actior ad To prese the time and manner of hol sof the Cited Sta the thank « Ped for having formed and desig the United States. Te appornt a committee of dive ev Captain & 1 the pre n the House to investi gate the accounts of the late Superintendent of Pubbie Printing Agreed to. To appoint a committee of seven, with instractions to | report a bill increasing the duties on imports, eo as t | raise sues sufficient for the wante of the govern neat, an making, so far ax can conveniently be done, the rand duties epecifle. Objected to. To Gx the annual meeting of Congress or Monday of November in each yea To grant the privilege to the States of the nin to pur chase arms from the geweral government to supply ti deficiencies and the wants of the militia | To authorise the President of the Unite: the title of ptain in-chief eminent sety) To appropriate money to enable the Pree unadjusted differences with the government Bil! read twice in the House, and referred w the tee on Foreign Affairs ‘To raise © apecial committee of five members of the Blouse to consider and report on th of (PE bag proven) desks frum the Hall, aud making such ar he second giater to confer Ment to settle | Spain omm xpedien: } | } - E™mgressional di rangements of the eeais of membere as will bring them | together ina smaller space ,for the purpose of further fa- cility of hearing and more orderly debate, Agreed to. To prohibit the publication in the Globe of speeches not actually delivered. To fix the number of the employés of the House, ‘To increase the number of cadets at the Military Aca- demy at West Point, To repeal the act of 1853 providing for debasing the sil- ver coins of the United States, ‘To authorize the President to obtaiu a loan for a certain purpose, Bill read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign aQairs. ‘To abrogate the eighth article of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Same action, To repeal the act entitled “An act for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union,’ approved May 4, 1858; read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Territories. ‘To provide that members of Congress shall no longer re- ceive mileage, but actual travelling expenses. To pay volunteers in the Mexican war. ‘To reorganize the judicial circuits of the United States. ‘To regulate the time of electing Senators and represen- tatives in Congress. To provide for the appointment of midshipmen in the navy. To amend the naturalization laws. To provide for the admission of sugar and salt free of duty. To impose a specific duty of three cents a pound on pig lead. To inquire into the expediency of repealing all laws of the United States which make it criminal for citizens of the United States to take part in foreign wars, if they, of their own accord and at their own peril, choose 80 to do. Resolution objected to. Requesting the Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire end report to the House if any, and what, further legisla- tion is necessary upon the part of the United States to fully carry out and perform the stipulations contained in the eighth article of the treaty with Great Britain, kuown as the Ashburton treaty, for the suppression of the slave trade. Resolution agreed to. _ ‘Yo prohibit the farther sale of the public lands, except to actual settlers, and in limited quantities, Instr 1g the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire what legislation is necessary upon the part of Congress to protect property in slaves in the Territories of the United States, and report to the House at an carly day. Resolu- tion objected to. Declaring that the judicial power of the United States does not extend to political questions, and that all pre- tended decisions of such questions by the federal judiciary are illegal and void; and hence that the Drea Scott deci- sion 18 void. Resolution objected to. To grant all the public lands to the several States m which they are situate. Directing the Committee on Military Affairs to inguire ipto the nature of existing contracts for transporting mili- tary stores (0 Utah, and to examine into the expediency of amending present laws, so as to provide against frauds and secure greater competition among bidders for euch ser- vice. Resolution passed. CALLS ON THE EXECUTIVE FOR INFORMATION. The executive departments are kept pretty busy during the session of Congress in responding to resolutions de- mancing information on various subjects. During the past week information was supplied and calls were made in the following instances:— On the Secretary of the Treasury for— 1. A statement of the aggregate amount of imports from Great Britain w the United States, as shown by the United States Custom House returns, for each of the following years, namely: 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856 and 1857. 2. A stavement of the ageregate amount of the exports from Great Britaia to the United States for the same years, as shown by the British Custom House returns. 3. Similar statements of the aggregate amount of im- ports from France to the United States, as shown by the French and American Custom House returns. 4. A statement of the quantity and value of irom and manufactures of iron imported from Great Britain to the United States for each of the same years, as shown by ine United States Custom House returns. 5. Astatement of the quantity and value of the same articles exported by Great Britain to the United States, for the same years, as shown by the English Custom House returns. 6. A statement of the quan g? and value of silks, wines, and distilled Lquors imported from France to the United States, for each of the same years,as shown by the United States Custom House returns. 7. Awtatement of the quantity and value of the sumo articles exported from France to the United States, tor the same years, as showa by the French Custom House returns. &. If the English and French Custom House returns for all the years mentioned are not immediately accessible to the Department, the Secretary will furmh the fore going statements, for the last five consecutive years, which the data wiihim his reacb will enabie him to make. A report from the Secretary of State, with the accompa nying documents, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 7th of January last, calling for all the official dis- patches and correspondence of the Hon. Robert M. McLan and of the Hon. Peter Parker, late Commissioners of the United States in China, with the Department of State. Call on the Secretary of War to state whether, from in- formation now in his Department, or which can be ob- tained, there is, in his opinion, now belonging to the Cni- te! States any land in the harbor of New York or its viei- nity, which cam properly be appropriated to the use of the revenue department in case the same should be re- quired for such purpose. On the same officer, for such correspondence and other information as he may possess in relatien to the claims of British subjects to proprietary rights in the Territories of Oregon and Washington, of the United States. ‘on the President, for the correspondence between the Mexican government and Mr. Forsyth, Minister of the United States to Mexico; and the correspondence of the State Department on the subject of Mexican affairs, re- ferred to in his late annual message, and such other cor- reepondence a8 may be necessary to elucidate the compli- catons which resulted in the suspension of diplomatic relations with Mexico by the United States Legation in that country. On the Seeretary of the Navy, for copies of any letters or correspondence now on file in his department be- tween the President of Nicaragua and Commodore Hiram in relation to the capture of Walker and bis io December, 1857. Paulding commana at San Juan de Nicaragun presented on 23d inet Ou the Postmaster General, to report such changes in © regulating, postages and the Post Office Depart- n hie opnion, would make that a self-sustaining jepartment © same officer, 10 transmit to the Senate all the payers and documents relating to the various charges made against the official conduct of the Postmaster at San Fret an ocretary Ip a statement show- , cunt yet remaining due (0 claimants, and unpro- ir the third article of the treaty made with rior, un vor Indians, of Oregon Territory, on the 10th te r, 1868, as ascertaned by commissioners F that purpose, On the Seeretary of the Savy, for a report of the nam: | ber of vessele now in commission on foreign stations hav- ne vo regnlar Pursors ou board, and the reasons why they are not supplied i any views in relation to that may eeem to him proper On the Secretary of the Interior, for a statement show. ng the entire cost of taking the consus of 1950, md of | arranging and publishing the same, On the President of the United States, for a copy of the | instroctions which bave been given to our commanders in | the Gulf of Mex'ce on the Seeretary of th . navy there be who are not actively employed, Low lovg each one of said persons has been out of setive fervice, or hae wot been at ea; and the amount of the salary of each of said perrone, and the rea ton of his not being actively @gaged in sea duty. On the President of the United States to report, what in | formation hae been received by him im regard to the re- cent importation of slaves from Africa into Georgia, and what steps, ifapy, have beew taken to punish thie viola- ton of the laws of the United States. On the same, for all the correspondence which has lately taken place between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Coljector of the port of Mobile, in reference to the clear ance of vessels, and all correspondence between said Col- lector and the parties seeking clearance. On the Seeretary of War, for copies of all correspondence office between the officers of the goveroment Of the of Texes, in regard ip hie Vnited States and Governor Runsel er of Texas; aleo, similar to the protection of the fron eorresjorvenee betw 9 (ue Seretary of War and Gene- ral Twp On the for det ! plane and estimates for the de. fence of Ig t Sound and the entranee of the Columbia RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER. The resignation of the Hon, John Kelly, of the seat whieh @ as representative from the Fourth t of the State of New York—to take he held in Cong —— resident of the United States, for information mearures Lave been recently taken by this { to procure the reduction of the excessive du- now imposed by the principal States of yeet Which avy, for a report showing how effect on and after tue 25th instant—was laid before the House on Tuesday, the 2st THE NEW SENATE CHAMBER. When the Senate meets again after the recess, it will as. semble in its new bal! in the north wing of the Capitol ex tens on. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuinaton, Dec, 17, 1858, | A Chapter on Legal Eccentricities—Curious Tendency of Law- wers (0 Burrow in Obscure Holes and Corners—Inconve nient Location of the Supreme Court— United States Circuit Courts—Question of their Utility—Needful Reforms, de Amid al! the changes of advancing civilization, it is re markable with what tenacity the law adheres to dust and cobwebs. Lawyers and judges have a veneration for pre cedent which seems to affect their tastes and opinions in everything, whether in their profession or out of it. They delight in mongre! Latin and quaint English. They re- Joice in wigs and spectacles of which other people are not Particularly vaiv. Baldness, lameness, and other evi dences of senility, appear to be cherished by the members of the legal fraternity as if they were the necessary ac companiments of wisdom. In the choice of localities for public and private business these gentlemen manifest a repugnance to all general rules of taste and convenience. Their little office rooms are found in basement storics or garrets, dimly lighted, where old volumes repose in second hand bookcases; and the modern temple of justice in tho absence of the attributes of comfort and conve nience, retains enough of the characteristics of the forum. to be ‘fully entitled to its original name. Sometimes the peopie endeavor to correct this peculiarity a large appro- priations for court houses and town halls. Immense sums are expended under the eye of scientific architects. tm piles of granite and marble are erected in classic style; but when the magnificent edifice is completed, the law and the lawyers invariably take up their abode in its most gloomy corner, and eed to dispense justice in the same dreary, dusty plan. That venerable institution, the Supreme Court of the United States, manifested this yg ed in selecting its quarters at the national Capitol. Strangers have some trouble nae spot, _ sane hess been known of suitors wi we spent days in wandering among the caverns in the basement of the building, unaccompanied by competent guides, without being able to discover the identical fissure in which the judicial majesty of the country is imbedded. We might tolerate this taste for the musty which per vades the legal mind of the nation if it never produced any more serious results; but, unfortunately, the venera- tion for everything old, the respect for’ established institutions, just because they are established, has a powerful influence in preventing — essen: tial reforms in the administration of justice. Look, for instance, at the organization of the federal courts, which requires the several supreme judges to make po- riodical excursions to the different districts. At atime when the whole country embraced little more than one- fourth of its present territory, the system, though objec. tionable in many points, was, nevertheless, practicavle. But now it has become absolutely impossible to apply it to such remote regions as the Pacific States. The idea of sending a judge ef the Supreme Court to California to try causes, and then bringing him back to Washington to sit in judgment upon his own decisions, was so eminently ludicrous, that all the reverence for the wisdom of our ancestors could not prevent an exception being made w the time-honored jnstivation. Accordingly the "Goldeu State was dropped from the circuit arrangement, But the consequence of this innovation has been the suggestion of some reasonable doubts whether the variation is not better than the original model. Culifornia lives without a su- preme judge to pay ber semi-arinual visits, tell legal anec- dotes, and drink native champagne with the members of the bar. Her people still thrive, and the useful arts are not neglected. The exhibition of such a phenomenon was well calenlated to astonish the advocates of the old regime, and to teach them a useful lesson. But aside from this practical demonstration of the poss) bility of a great State maintaining its existence be yond the orbits of any of these judicial luminaries, it is a very grave question whether the entire circuit system should not be abolished. It was borrowed from England, where it em!rraced an area not much larger than New York. _ Its application here, ip the first instance, was. a mistake, The tine for its uses, if there ever were any, has by. Why the judge who presides at « trial Should ve a voice in sustaining his own decrees in a court of ay we cannot see, unless there be some superior wisdom embodied ina gown. But, at any rate, the insti- tution has become too heavy and cumbersome for the present condition of the country. There is no reason for retaining it, which would not require the transporta- tion of army sapplies in broad wheeled wagons insteal of railroad cars. The Supreme Court has bundance of labor to dispose of writs of error and appeals. A simple remedy for the inconveniences of the present arrangement is to confine the highest judteral tribunal to appellate busi ness, and to vest in the district judges all other jurisdi: ton. To do this, it may be necessary to get rid of some incompetent men; but the time for reform has come, and the judges who are uniit to play their part in it should get out of the road. OTHER NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENCE. [Correspondence of the Boston Courier. | Wasttixeton, Dec, 14, 1858, The President's Household E: ; To a large soalority of all the strangers to the federal metropolis who visit Washington there i no object which excites 80 much curiosity as the executive mansion. How often do we hear the inquiry, *‘ How much does it cost the President « year to live?” especially is the question asked by us of New England and the North, where a harsh climate and reluctant soi! constrains us, early in life, to watch every item of expenditure. There is always a desire to inspect the apartments of the Presi- dent's House, to see if domestic life in it canbe, in fact, different from domestic life elsewhere. There ia no doubt that publications by the democrats of statements la rela- ton to Mr. Adame’ billiard table in the East Room, aad by the whigs of the fornitare, including gold spoons, of the White House during Mr. Van Baren’s oc- cupancy, bas inspired and sustained most of this unbe- coming desire to visit every portion of the executive mansion. ‘Wehave beard it said that the billiard table story about Mr. Adams lost Kentucky to the whigs, and there can be ‘po doubt that the gold spoon speech of Mr. Ogle, in rela. tien to Mr. Van Buren, damaged the democrats very The truth is, that up to the: time of Mr. Polk the White Tiouse was not then made was ¢! ‘bedy. For the first time, the was made com. fortable to live ‘The appliances for warming the house by hot water, aud which were furnished by Walworth & Nason of your city, cost, it is said, more than ten thousan’ . including expense of putting up. Tne furniture ofthe bowse is substantially the same, and all, ag was purchased by Captain Lee in 1853. The silver in the house, I am told, is mostly that vought in Paris daring the administwation of Mr. Mouroe. There are bot two or three pictures in the house. One in the Ted room, & portrait of Washington, which war cnt from the frame and secured by Mra, Midison waen ‘Washington was occupied by the British durmg the war $12. Another, inthe Prevident’s ofce, portrait of ‘ar, the South Ainerican patriot. There was no house. hold ornaments about the house, ¢ vases aeattered here ond there on mantel@, and articles brought from Ja- pan by Commodore Perry. The Wi d is furnished more like a first clase private residence. There are articles of use in abun. dance, rich and massive, but no articles of art or adorn ment But to retarn to our question. What does it cost the President each year to keep up the executive mnesion ? First, the Present receives twenty-five thousand dol. lars salary, Next, he receives a honse, gardeu and sta- bles free of expense. The house is furnished and the gar- » enlti by the government. le of Cormitare necessary is furnikhed by States. The government also lights and heats the house. Th pays for a steward to take care of the pobhe property and 4 fireman, and for no other domestic servants. The executive office te in the Fxceutive manson, and for the former the goverumont provides a private secretary, clerks to the secretary, two messengers and a porter. For al) domestic servants, however, except steward and fireman, the President must pay out of bie own pocket, He must pay for his cooks; is Vutler, hie table servants, lis female servants, his coachman and groome, &e., &e., as any other person does who employs such a retinue of servants. applies his table, with the exception of garden vegetab! other private citizen does, by his own purse. § hie stables. In short, the only things furnished by government ere house and furnitore, fuel amd fights, Ftoward and fireman, garden vegetables and flowers. All cee is matter of private expense. ‘With these items ae basis of culcrhtion any gentleman who keeps eighteen or more servants of both rexes, who keeps a stable filled with horses, »# does Mr. Buchanan, who Cinee persone, besides his own family, every day, and once a week gives @ dinner to forty invited guests, a form come potion how Much, out of twenty five thou d dollars, romaine at the end of a year xp Sream Finn Ry of the City Sonnet, the ord) Paw Free DavaxTMenr owes 8 Bactiwonn —The First Pranc last evening, by a vote of yeas 15, naye 4, passe nevee for the catal Ushment of « paid fre department, and twill probably be acted upon by the Second Branch this evening. ‘The bill, ae it paewed the First Branch, provides that the departanent shall consist of six steam fire engines 1 three book and ladder com) , With the following officers: mow, and the salarien annexe! — Total Salaries. Chief Engineer... A Clerk to the Chief Fityineer,. 700 Two Assistant Engineers. 800 fix Practical Png’ ° 720 Nine Foremen.... 300 Six Fireme Nine Ovtiers... 6.60. Ninety six men... Total ealariee...... geee For purchase of apparatas, bouses, fe The city i to be divided into twp distr: west of Calvert street and the second street—and the department 5.970 frat east of Calvert it is to consiet of a Chief Engi- neer, two Assistant Engineers—one to reside in the First other and the the Second district, one Fire Inspector, (Mr. Boyd,) six steam fire engines—each ‘with one fore man, one engineer, one fireman, one hostler and nine extra men, three hook and ladder companies, each with ene foreman and fourteen extra men. ¢ whole depart- { ment to be under the control of five Fire Commissioners, ‘without salaries.) to be appointed by the Mayor and City Gunen. There is also to be a shop established for > ’ pairing, the work to be done by the are to be practical mchinists.—: De. 8. x enginom: Itimore Amo NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1858. INDEX 0 THE HERALD. THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD OF 1858. NECROLOGY OF THE WORLD. General Havelock—Madame Rachel—Mar- shal Radetzky—Redselid Pasha—Com. Perry—Senator Benton—The Com- mander of the English Frigate Macedonia — Dred Scott— Ary Sehaffer—GCeneral Quitman — Bebert Owen—Bkhop - Onderdonk, &e., ko, &. JANUARY. Frmay, Jan 1.—Genera! Sir Heary Brvelock’s death apnounced at Suez. He died at Lucknow, Novem- ber 25, 1867, aged 63. He entered the British army in 1914, and served mostly in India, where he was the hero of the Sepoy war. He served in the Burmese campaign as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, and was at the ac- tion of Napadee, Patuagoa, and Paghan. On the conclu- sion of the war he was associated with Captain Lumsden and Dr. Knox in a mission to Ava, and had an audience of “ the Golden Foot,’ when the treaty of Yandaboo was signed, In 1827 he published an aceouut of the Burmese campaigns. Ix 1838, was promoted toa company, amd at- tended Sir Willoughby Cotton in the invasion of Aftghanis- tan, He was with Sir John Keane at the storming of Ghuznee in 1839, Havelock was then sent to the Punjab, and was on the staff of Gen. Elpbinstone as Persian ip- terpreter. He served in Cabui under Sir Robert Sale, and ‘was at the fercing of the Khoord Cabui Pass, the action of Tezeen aud all the other engagements of that force till it reached Jelialabad. In conjunction with Major Macgregor and Captain Broadfoot, he had the chiet direction of the memorable defence of that place. For his services in Cabul he obtained his brevet majority, and was made a Companion of the Bath, Iu 1843 Major Havelock jomed the army ut Gwalior, and was at the battle of Maharajpore. Having obtaiued the bre- ‘vet rank of Licutepant Colonel in 1845, he proceeded wit! Lords Hardinge and Gough to the Sutie), and was at tl Daitles of Moookee, Ferozesbab and Sobraon. In the first of these engagements he bad two horses shot under him, and a third at Sobraon; bat frem first to last he never re- ceived a single Wound. On the conclusion of the Sikh war he was appointed Deputy Adjutant General of the Queen's troops at Bombay. His career was a brilliant sueces- sion of vietories. Ue attacked the mutineers at Futty- pore on the 12th of July, at Aowng and Pandoo Nuddee on the 15th; at Cawnpore on the 16th, and had a horse shot under him; on the 20th ke captured Oanao, Busseerut Gunge, and nineteen guns. He was forced to give up this position, but retook it on the Sth of August at a fearful sacrifice of the enemy, and on the 16th obtained bis ninth decisive victory over the rebels at Bithpoor. But his no- blest victory was his relief and defence of Lucknow. Forbes Hoyle, M. D.. a celebrated botanist of Fag- land, at Acton.’ Dr. Boyle bad a profound knowledge of the material resources of India, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society. . 4,—Mademoiselle Eligabeth Rachel Felix. tragediennne, Societaire of the Theatre Francaise aud Professor of De- clamation to the Conservatoire of Paris, died at Caones, France, aged thirty-eight years. The life of Mle. Rachel is an art romance: no great actress ever steugzied against such ciffeulties and overcame them so wel!. Born on the ‘24th day of March, 1820, at the Swiss village of Munf, she saw the light in @ wretched tavern. She was the second daughter of a Jew pedier. From Switzeriand the family went to Lyons. Surah, the oldest gitt, bad a good voice and aa inwitive knowledge of the forms of harmony She sang in the taverns, and little Rachel, now ten year of age, acted as the treasurer of the concert troupe From Lyons the transition to Paris was quite uatu- ral. It is in 1830 Rachel sings; and cold day, on the Boulevards, ber re tones reached the ears of Chorou, the founder of the Royal Institute of Sacred Music, who took her under his protection and perfected her eaueation. Her last professional tour was in the Vat ted States. She arrived in New York on the 23d of August, 1855, and appeared at the Meiropolitan theatre September 3, as Camille, in “Les Horaces,”’ to perhaps the finest audience that ever assembled for any theatrical represen. tation in America, The life of Rachel was nominal short one, but in the last twenty years she lived as of common place existences, in her struggle for fame, her flerce passions, her loves, bates, joys, sorrows and joa jousies; for as she was great iu the perfections of her sex, 80 also was she remarkable for her disdain of convention- aliucs avd her utter disrespect of forms or persons. Her courage, devotion, perseverauce, and Ler intense study, continued nearly to the time of ber death. 6.—Redschid Pasha, Grand Vizier, and one of the best known statesmen of the Turkish empire, at Constantine ple, aged fifty-six years. Redaclidfwas born in 1802, at Constantinople, and commenced jife as a reporter to the Divan. He was the eon of a Turk, who bad a con- siderable wealth. As secretary to the Turkish Plenipo: tentiory Redschid was one of the negotiators of the treaty Constantinople. In 1834 he was rewarded for his po- litical services in Egypt, and bis part in the negotiation of the treaty of Kutabia with the rank of Pasba, and despatched op a diplomatic mission to England and France. He was recalled to Constantinople to ocoupy a place in the Ministry of Pestia Pasha, He the con- fidence of the Sultan, aud was appointed Grand Vizier. But Mehemet Ali, Nicholas of Iussia, and the old party, were in league against bim, and, unsu by the functionaries, he fell from power. Vizier, Saltan Mahmoud de- ister of and succeeded in the Tanzimat, r or Hatti Sherif of Gal . Tus he considered one of the greatest events of bis life. Upon the ‘Sof the representatives of all the Euro- generals, Es patriarchs of , munities, ‘an immense crowd from all classes of the were arsembied in an open space be- BRE 5 aloud. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe he Vizier, and sustained bim all Dering the absence of in 1855, Reschid was re- Redschid was said to be Turkey, but in His estates are to pumber over four hundro He was the the palace of Balta Liman, on the shores of the », bat sold it 2 tho a a twent oe of ring early part ne wee in command of the Turkish yy, and was repulsed by the Russians at Pravadi. oe army ek Minny ged eh yearn. \Soweph trian army, years. Radetsky was born at Trebnits in Bobersia, in 1768, sna commenced hie military career as a cadet. was called to take the struggle with Napoleon, and in 1786 be- 2 Lr and “aRerward pony In 1809 he i AI ‘Stratford rich. to the i Viaiership. owning estatee not oniy in , Roumilia and FH z i ‘il fonght with distinetion under the Archduke Charles, at Agram and Erlingen. On the 27th of May he received the ‘of field marshal lieutenant, and chicf of a regiment of hussars. Jn the battles of 1813, 1814 and 1816, he gained honorable laurels. [le encountered on various ficids Napoleon, Lannes, Oudinot, Daroust, Moli tor and Massena, At the fight of Wagram be coumanded the cavairy. He was wounded in the battle of Leipsic, and behaved at ‘On the Bist March, 1814, Radetaky entered Paris, riding by the side of the Emperor Ale jor of Rusela, Frederick William of Prussia, and Prince Schwarzenberg. On the 20th of ro Napoleon, Jeft for Kiba, and on 4th of May Louis XVII. entered Paris. On the escape of Napoleon from Elba Radetzky in took the field, but be was not present at Waterloo, ‘moet iin) events of his life transpired in Italy throughout revolutions of 1847 and 1843. In 1831 Radetzky was appointed commander-in chief in Austrian Naly. reached every honor whieh the Crown could bestow. was stil] in the confidence of the Emperor, and exercised up to @ late period much influence on the govern. ing policy of Austria, #.—Anson Jones, M. D., ex-President of Texas, commit ted suicide at Houston, in that State. He was a native of Philadetphia, but emigrated to Texas in 1833, and took part in the struggles of the republic for independence. He taiged 9 company of voluntecrs, was at the battle of San received the appointment of Judge Advocate ,and beld various military positiogs during the ears 36 and ‘37. In 1837 he was clected to the second Cregrese of Texas. In the following year he was appoint od Minister of Texas to the United States: was rocal'ed in d elected State Senator. In 1840 be was chosen of the Senate, and, in the absence of General Lamar, became ex Vice President of the republic In 1847 be was elected Secretary of State, an offion which he filled for three years. He was the last President of the having been elected to that station in the year Earl of Winchileea, in England, aged 67 yeare. Tn 1829 Lord Winchileen, together with Lord Bidow and other to ries, opposed the Roman Catholic Relief bill, but the Duke of Wellington broaght the whole power of government inte action, and carried the measure. Tord Winehileea, writing to a gentieman, cee observations on the Duke's motives, imputed to him an intention ‘to intro. duce popery into every department of the State.” The Duke demanded an apology, which not being given, a duol cneved between them on the ist of March. Lord Win- chilsea, after the Doke had fired and missed, discharged into the air, and then tendered the srolony ©. B. of the British army, ears. General Smeit served war of 1812, and was present at the taking of }, Storming and ire of Oswego, ao- tion of Landy’s lane, storming of Erie, Lith of Au. gost, 1814, where he was severely and ia) wounded, He served daring the Burmese war in 1 and 1826, and was present at captare of Rangoon and other actione in Ava, in India. 21.—Col. Lebmanhosk; ietiog tee ton Lie hd under Napoieon the dus times republic and the empire, near wr” Clark Tz, CI del e . He was among the first to rally ofits a sve bed Die trust or his ter from the siege of Toulon to his fina! overthrow and exile. O —Lnigi Lablache, the greatest singer of this century, fn Noples, (lusly,) aged 68 years. He was born in Napies, Fevept Garrick he was, perhaps, the mast volatile artist that ever was on the stage. Eli tetumphs were enduriaty anc bis popatarity aniversal ‘W.—The Queen Motuer of Oude, India, in Paris. Th was said that the Queen died of grief, produced by the fate of her family iu India, Sbe was altended in her last mo- ments by Dr. Royer, ove of the Emperor Napoleon’s phy- sicians. The prayers epjoined by the Buddhist religion were said over her death bed. The vody was interr >. «t the Mossuiinan cametery at Pere la Chater. Her na no is inscribed on the register of death at tie mayoralty o the second arromtssement, Paris, as *‘ Malka Kach » Queen of the Kingdom of Oude, aged 63 years.” A bl was left for the » sce of her birth, which none of her tendants were able to state FEBRUARY. Saterpay, 6.—About this day the Neapolitan army lost Lieutenant General Labrano, Governor of Naples im 1848. He firmly opposed the excesses of the mob who were urged on by the Camarilla to plunder and murder. He ‘was exiled in 1799, and returned with the French army and remained in the service of Naples. General Raifaeie del Giudice, Colonel in the Engineers and head of the staff of Marshal Soult. He was retained by Murat ip the service of Naples. Under the Restoration he was neg!ected, but when the constitution was inaugu- rated his virtues ag a citizen and a soldier pointed bim out to public notice, and he filed the office of Minister af War, with the rank of General of Brigade. On the fall of liberal institutions he saved himself from the reaction by retiring into atr! private life. 8.—Horsley Palmer, one of the most emineut merchants in England, near London. (be Bank of England in 1811, filled the post of Governor & os ad successive years, aud was senior member of the art. 12 —M. de Scroeder, formerly Minister Pienipotentiary of Russia at Dresden. He retired into private life in Octo- ber, 1857, from his post at the court of Saxony, where he had been aceredited from the year 1830. During the cam- paigns from 1803 to 1614, he was attached tothe dipiomatic cbancellery of the Emperor Alexander, and was presevt at the Congress of Vieuna, at the close of which he was. named attaché at Paris. The deceased was in bis 79th ye: Michael Angelo Ruberti, General of Brigade,a brave soldier, in Naples, During the je of Guetw be was aid- de-camp of General Philipstadt, im 1820 to 1850 he was ‘« Castellano” of St. Elmo. He fell into disgrace in 1847, because, instead of ill-treating Carlo Poerio, Bozzell', D’Ayala, de Augustinis, and other noblemen consigned to his Custody, when the reaction began, during the struggle of the 15th of lw Pvior the Swiss wi to fire on Naples, he ar- rested their indiscreet zeal by threatening to blow up the powder magazine. He was then exiled, but ae bis pun- ishment produced a painful impression abroad, be: veas re- called and put under surveillance. MARCH. Tuorspay, 4.—Commodore Mathew C. Perry, Suited States Navy, in New York, aged sixty-one years. Com- modore Perry was @ native of Rhode Island. He woe the youngest of four brothers, all of whom have been im the naval service of the United States. Tne late Commodore entered the navy as a midshipman on the Ist of March, 1909, and served with distinction during the war of 1912, im the frigate President. He was appoivted as first lieu- tenant in the sloop Siam, and was in service on the coast of Africa at the time that Cape Musurado was colonized, In 1823 he commanded the schooper Shark in the pedi- tion against the pirates ia the West Indies. In 1825 he sailed under Commodore Rodgers, as first lieutenant of the North Carolina. In Uetober of that year be was pro moted to the rank of commander, and soon after went on a cruise to the Mediterrancan, aud was abroad through the years 1831, '82 and 33. I the years 1842 and “43 he way commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and subse- queutly sailed in command of the dirst squatron which: went to the coast of Africa alter the negoiiation of the Ashburton treaty, While there seme of the natives of the town of Berebee forcibly boarded the ship Mary Car ter, of Salem, Mass., murdered the crew. Com- mander Perry landed a naval force and demolished the town in return. During the Jatter part of the Mexican war Commodore Perry commanded the paval squadron, He relieved Commodore Conntr, at Vera Cruz, in March, 1947, and from that ime was present fe all the enterprises upthe rivers. Hhs last ernise was on board the Missis sippi, in command of the expedition to Japan, in 1852, from which be returned home in 1855. Admiral Sir £. 8. Travers, R. iw his 76th year, The Admiral bad seen considerable serview, he having been engaged with the enemy om upwaras of ove hundced oc casions; commanded at the destruction of eight batteries and three martello towers, as aiso at the capture of sixty sail of vesse!s, eighteen or twenty of which were armed, and many cut out of harbers or from under batteries. 5.—Kight Hon. F. W. Lord Ayimer, R.N. He served as a lieutenant under Nelson, at the Nile, and the subse- quent operations on the coast of Italy ia 1799, and in the ‘expedition to Egypt in 1801, captured two French priva- teers of force, aud commanded a deichment of English seamen and marines, landed to ate with the pat- riots between Sentona and Santander, im 1810, on which occasion he had several revere conihets with the enemy's troops. He was captain of the Severn, 59, at Algiers. The insignia of a K.¥.M. were conferred upon him in con- sideration of his having conveyed te Naples the whole of ‘the emancipated [tatian slaves and 350.000 dollars, which the Dey of Algters had been compelled to return to the King of the Two Sicilies. Stxpay, 14.—M. Garnier, Mayor of St. Romain sous- Versigny (Saove-et-Laire), the oldest municipal functions. ry in France, aged 100 years and 6 mouths. 26,—Jobn ‘Seaward, an eminent English engineer, in London. Fducated as an architect and surveyor, he dis- Lnguished himself by various papers and cominunications on subjects connected with engineering, chomivtry, &., by which he was brouy lit inte connection with Sir Humph ry Davy, Thomas Teltord, Davies Gilbert and other emi- nent men of the day. He produced many inventions for the improvement of the maripe steam engine, the most {mportant of whieh was his design for superseding the heavy beam engine (as left by Watt, and up to that time the only kind used in large ships), by a plan of direct acting engine, which having been fitted juto a British go. verpment verse! called the Gorgon, originated the now title of the “Gorgon Engine.” Hiv im: provements engine are numerous; amongst them are an improved paddic wheel for swift steauers, the telescopic funnel for ships of-war, the diecounecting crank, &c. 27.—John Hogan, a celebrated sculptor, in Dublin, aged oT Tie was born at Tallow, Waterford, and st) io His ‘“‘Dravken Fawn’? was one of the most ginal conceptions ‘the most classically treated out of tne old sehool of Greece, wortby an Athenian studio, and the samo artist preferred Lis “Dead Chpist”” to Douneker's. APRIL. Tuvrepay, 1.—Major Arnaud, @ veteran of the oid Imperial army of France, buried at Marscilies. He entered the service in 1806, and within eight years rose to the rank of chef debatailion in the Guard. He made the campaigns of Pomerania, Prussia, Poland, Spain, Austria, Russia, Saxony and France. He was present ot the battles of bylau, Friedland, Wagram, Smolensko, the Muscowa, the Leipsic, Champanbert and Water|oo 2.—General Sir Ralph Darling, of the British army, at Brighton, While serving in the West Indies the slaves ia the island of Grenada revolted and murdered the Gover nor and many of the principal inhabitants; be assieted with hig regiment in quelling the insurrection. in January, 1797, he volunteered on the expedition against Triahlai, and was present at the destruction of tle Spanisl siips of war, and in June, 1799, proceeded with the expe ainat the Dutch settlement of Sormam, and was employ ed in the arrangements for the capitulation and present at the surrender of that colony. In April, 1801, he accom panied the expedition against the Paulsh islande of St. ix, St. Themas, St. Mortin tholomew, and was present at their reduction. He sorvod with Sir Joa Moore, in Spain, and was under that olficer at the advance and retreat, the action at Lago and the battle of Corunna. In 1869 he was appointed Deputy Ad- Jutant Genera! to the force sent to the Seheltt, under the ari of Chatham, and waa present at the siege and sur- vender of Flushing. In 1818 he was appointed to command | the troops at the Mauritius, In 1825 the General was ap pointed Governor-in-Chief of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. 3.—General Count Ventura, at Toulouse, France. Gen, Ventura emigrated to fndia in the year 1819, and entered the eervice of the Ameor of Cabul, with the rank of Liew tenant Colonel. He shortly afterwards followed the omple of General Allard, who, after having successively Ortered his eervices to the shah of Persia and to the Ameer of Cabul, wae attracted by the brilliant qualities of the Rajah of Labore, eral Ventara became the aide-de- camp of General Allard, and was appointed Brigadier Ge neral. Under the direction of General Allard, Ventura labored to organize the army of Ranjeet Singh. Tuey succeeded, and his army ny Hy according to the Buropean system, gave Ul i) of Labore an ad: vantage over the Princes, hie neighbors. The Punjab, Meoltan, Casbmere and Peshawur were conquered, and as jong as he lived Ranjeet Singh kept bis neighbors i check. Coneral Ventura wos present at all the ware waged 4 Runject Singh. After the death of Runject Singh, in 189 ond that of General Allard, in 1840, Ventura remained in therervice of Currack Singh, who succeeded his father, Hie retired from the service in 1851 10.—Hon. Thomas Hart Benton, in Washington, D.C. Tle was a native of North Carolina, He waa born in 1782, He commenced the study of law in Wiliam an! Mary Co}. Jege, Virginia. In 1810 he entered the United tes Army, Wat {a 1811 we find him at Nashville, Tonn., where he commenced the practice of law. During the war of 1812 he raised a regiment of volunteers, and orved for a time de-camp to Gen. Jackson. oon after the clore of ar he emigrated te Missouri, (nen a Territory, where he ca tod himectf with the prese. Upon the organiza tion iseouri into a State, he was elected to the United States Senate, and continued in that bony until 1851, when he failed of are-clection. He in 1852 veeame a candidate for representative in Congress from the St. Louis district, and was elected. is entrance into the Senate m 821, Mr. Benton took « nent part im all its delibe- rations and debates, -and the original force of intellect, the veried information, and the earnestness of por. he ai his infinence felt Mr. Palmer was a director of | he received them at his table. At the time | @ work which attracted geueral inte- abridgment of the debates of 5 Hon, William Marks, in Beaver, eon, He was about seventy-cight years of age. Entering the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1810, he contioued in it until 1827, during which time be wag tor six years Speaker of the Senate. In 1827 he was elected to the United States Senate, and served a term of six years. It is poteworthy that for tive years le was associated with Col, Benton on the Coamit- tee on Military Affairs. They were about the sain age, and, though differing radically in political faith, they weee still strong personal Iriends, 16,.—Baren Camille Fain, who was private secretary to King Louis Philippe from 1836 to His Majesty's death, in ‘aris, 28.—-Admirai John 8. Carden, royal navy, at Ballyce tle, Antrim. He was born in 1771. As bipinan in the Marlborough, be took part in Lord Howe's action, ta which he sustained severe injury and gained his commis. sion 4s lieutenaut. Tp 1808 he was a) ited to the Ville de Paris, one of the ships employed in embarking the after the battle of Corunna, his unremitting exer- tions on that occasion gaining him mention in the des- patches of the admiral of the station. He was afterwarda appointed to the Macedonia, 48, and while in command, alter a gallant resistance which brough' his ship tom helpless wreck, was compeiled to surrender to the Ame- rican Rm) United States, 56. Captain Carden was honora- bly acquitted by a court martial, and his conduct “extol- ed for his firm and most determined courage, resolution and cooiness in every instance throughout the action.'” eases he made of bis ship was much praised in Par- emt. MAY, Sarcrvay, May 1.—De. Williom Gregory, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh. For the pur- pose of compicting his studies he repaired to Giessen, and. became the pupil and friendof Kiebig. His name was fret - familiary brought beforo the pubiic by his translation into the Faglish language of some of Liebig’s chemical works. Dr. Gregory did not devote all his time to chemistry. He transinted Reichenbach’s werk on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, and Chemical Attraction,and wrote a work himee!£ on mesmerism and animal magnetism. Edward 8" Bartholomew, a talented American sculptor, at Naples. Mr. Bartholomew was born in Colchester, Mage. 3.—Captain T. Trowbridge, at Racine, Wisconsin, aged 78 years, He.was master of the ship Thomas, of New Haven, captured off the Isle of France by a Britis squadron, in the last war, which, after taking from the ship all hasds except Captain Trowbridge, Mr. Charles Peterson,, first officer, and Benjamin Applewhite, the cook, put a prize crew on board, and ordered her to the Cape of Good Hope. On the pascage Captain Trowbridge and Mr. Peterson planned her recapture, and succeeded in their design,.and proceeded to Madagascar, where they put the English prize crew on shore. Here the ship was captured aga by a French frigate, under the “Berlin and Milan” decree, aad sent to the Isle of France. The French Governor restored the ship to Captain Trowbridge. While there the island wae taken by the British. Trowbridge succeeded w selling thersbip and cargo, and is evcape to Batavia, After a daring enterprise om vast of New Holland, where be recovered, by aid of opwia) € $250,000 in specie: from ‘a sunken he was again captured by the British and carried to Java, and afterwards to Calcutta, where be was im- risoned in the fameus Black Hole of thatcity. Finally, © wos taken to England a8 @ prisoner ot war, and con’ fined in Darimoor prison, where Le was at the time of the massacre of April 6,.1515. On the news of peace, Captain T. war released. Major General Nicholas Penny, C. B.,, a distinguished Enghsb officer, kitled by a grape shot from agg yd the Sepoy rebels,on the Bareilly road,, India. He was 68 years of age, aud Beid the command in Delbi city after the resignaton of Sir A. Ursou. Josiah J. Evans, United States Senator, of South Caro- linu, at Washmgton. He was in bis seat in the Senate during the day, apparently in good health. Judge Evans ‘was a native of South Carolina,aua upwards of sixty-five years of age. He graduated at Columbia Coilege, x. , land was educated usa lawyer. He represented his dis” trict for reverat tertns in the State Legisiature, and was in 1829 appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 11,—The Rajah of Shorapore, India, committed suicide. The Rajah had been tried sor levying war against the Britis government, He was sentenced to transpormzion for life, und at4.A.M., thatday,, was sent from Secunderabad, under au cecort. His destination was Chingleput, The Kajab’s bands and legs were ironed. On arrival at Umbarapett, he wes unbandeuied, in order that he might take his breakfest, the leg iron still being kept on, Here be got bold of « revolver and ended bis life. 13,—General Sir Thomas Hawker, of the English army, at Clifton, aged 81 years, The General took part in campaign in North Holland, also in the Holder expedition, tucluding the engagements ‘of the 10th and 19tb of Sep- tember, and the 2d and 6th October, 1709. Sir Thomas was in tbe Peninsula and present in commend in every action in which the British troops were engaged on the castern coast of Spain iw 1812 aud 1813. 14.—Achinet Pasha, heir avparent to the pasbalie of Egtpt, drowned in the Nile er attending the solemn reception given to the Viceroy wt Alexandria, on the ooca- sion of the féles of Bairam, Achmet Pasha, nephew, and Halim Ibratim Pasha, brother of the Viceroy, Kereddua Pashe, Rifaat Bey, Minister of Commerce, anda number Of distinguished personages, left by railway to return ue Cairo. On arriving at Cafre el Kisthe carriages con ing their train, which were four m number, had. to be pushed o the copsequence was water, Achmet Pasha, Kereadin Pasha aud Rita’ | were drowned Susnay, 16.—General Persifer ¥. Smith, of the United s of ) wtods of the iaw, he emigrated to the State of Louisiana, He settied im the city of New Orleans. He eutered the mili- tary service of the State of Louisiana, where he rapidly gained rank aud distinction. He served with distinction throughout the Mexican war, and won (the esteem and fa- | Vorable notice of both General Scots aud General Taylor. ‘On tbe conclusion of the Mexican war and the reduction Smad wire retained, and ho cca, subeeqesclly prommed Smith were y was subseq to the rank of Major General, for which olfice he was com- was (ransferred to Kansas. 17.--Henry William Herbert, au author, better dy the nom de pluwe of “ Frank Forrest fuleide in New York by ‘shooting himself. on father’ the Fronde,’” in 1835, and “ Uliver Cromwell,’ in 1837— the latter being bis last work previous to leaving bis pro- fersorship ant devoting himeelt wholly to authorship, 18 —Aneon ©. Phelps, of New York, suddenly, of dia- case of the heart. Mr. Phelps was noied as a philanthro- piat, and was for eome years President of the vation ile was 40 years of age Tler roye! bighness the Duchess of Orleans, in Fngland, aged 44 years. Duchese, Helene Louise Elizabeth Orleans, was youngest daoghter of Frederick Louia, hereditary Grand Duxe of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Her oval Highness was born on the 24th of January, 16:4 brought wp im the Protestant faith; and it ie said, from the poos and anostentahoss course of her ear Drilliant prospec on France, the Duke of Orleans. marriage cees and the Puke was colebrated on the 13th of July, 1857, at the Palace of Fontainebleau. After having had “ > the : iF gust, and the Duke de Chartres (born Nov. 9, I! Juehess met with an overwhelming domestic calamity by the sudden death of ber husband, on the 13th ot daly, 1842. She ever since devoted herself to the education | her infant sone, te whom she was the most affectionate and loving of mothers. Her royal highness rarely ap- fared im the gayeties of the court of Lous Vhlippe. The chess of Orleans and ber sons were staying with the King and Queen at Paris, when the revolut place in February. 1848. The Duchess tami 10.—M. Aime Bon) 5 5 of 8. NX. Bonpland Montevido, at the - Rochelle m 1778. was the son of a physician, brought up to his father’s profession, bot the events of the cerly navy. Ho made a long erniee at a naval rie, at the house of M. Corvieart, he made come intimate friende, and when M. de Humboldt under- took hie ee & the equimectial regions of the New World, M. Honpland accomyanied him. Bonpiand coliect- ed and classed upwards of ¢ix tbousand planta which wera then unknown to botanical writers. On his return to France he preecnted his covleetion to the Museum of Natural History, and received the thankepf Napoleon I, who grant ed hima pension. The Empress Josephine was very fond | of Bonpiand. After the abo ation at Fonteisebleau, M. | Honpland urged the Emperor to retire to Mexico to ob. serve events. A fow weeks after tenderin: this advice he sa by the deathved of Josephine, and heard | | words, Her death and the definitive fall of thes ra leaving him nothing to desire in France, be returned to South America, and became esor ot Natural History at Buenas Ayres. Subsequently he travelled across tho Pampas, tho provinces of Santa Fe, Chaco and Bolivia, and penetrated to the foot of the Andes. Being thera taken for a spy he was arrested by the Governor of Para- guay, and detained # for eight years, tii! 1928, Sie voleare he directed bie steps towards the Braxun, ‘and seutled at San Borja, where, in & charming retreat, be retrained to the day of his death. 20.—James Peter Aitaire, late proprietor of the Allaire Steam Engine Works, of New York, at the Howell Works, Monmouth county, New Jersey. Mr, Anite was born i New York in the year 1786. constructing the first marine steam the Torte Sante. Savannah, — Thi engine and Which was put into the steamship i¢ was the first steamabip that the Atlantic ocean, and whose history and extensi KR abroad are well known. Mr. Allaire built and ron on his own account the first eh now universally used on al stench and boats was the invention of Mr. Allaire. 21.—-Martin Kosgts, the who wae rescued from the Austrian authorities in ever crossed ve, refugee, 1868 by Capt. fograham, of the United States navy, near the city of Guatemala, Contral America. MW. Havas, an eminent french writer anc founder of ths Correspondence Generale. at Bougival, in his 76th year. Senpay, 23.—John O'Connell, clerk of the Hanaper iw Ireland, suddenly, at Kingstown, The deceased was son of the ‘late Danidl O'Connell, and was astociated promi. nently with his father in the great repeal agitation SUNDAY, 99.—Commotore Thomas Ap Catoshy Jones,