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THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 27, 1858. o f paris. In 1814 he received post rank. Here we we sight of the gallant sailor for a few years • and m 1828 we find him in command of the Blonde, 48, engag ed iu directing the movements of the naval pa rt of an expedition ordered to co operate with the french in the investment of Mores Castle, the last h o ld of the Turk s in the Peloponnesns. le again distinguished himself greatly. In the twelve nights preceding the surrender, be was constantly in the trenches exposed to a terrific fire of musketry and grea t guns. His gallant bearing and his courtesy to the allies procured for bim the insignia of the Order of St. Louis of France, and of a Knight Com mander of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece. Several other important services were performed by the gallant captain. In 1835 he was knighted and nominated K.C.H. In 1840 he was created a baronet. From this date to 1849 he was Minister Plenipoten tiary at the Court of Athens. From 1849 to 1831 at Berne ; and front 1651 to 1853 at Stockholm. This latter appointment he resigned to take the command of the Black Sea Fleet; and ho became commander in•chief in 1853. - -- - It is from the exploits' during the Russian war, however, that Admiral Lyons will be known to history. These things are fresh in our memory. lie beyond all commanders seems to have accom plished what was expected of him. The brilliant manner in which he conveyed the allied armies to the shores of the Crimea will be recollected when we are all no more. The sea for sixteen miles was covered with ships, and yet not the least confusion prevailed, and not one life was lost in the transit. Throughout this memorable campaign the gallant admiral was among the most active. The Agamemon was to be seen here, there, and everywhere, but always in the right place ; and it was chiefly to the determination of Admiral Lyons to possess himself of Balaklava that we owe the lives of thousands. A series of victories followed the glorious admiral everywhere. Kinburn fell, thereby throwing open the passage to the Sea of Azoff; the fortress of liertch was taken ; and the attack of the fleet against the fortifications of Sebastopol was well carried out, although the granite batteries would not yield to our wooden walls. Admiral Lyons' part in the attacks will ever be remembered. These things will cause his memory to be glorified by Englishmen in all generations. During the Russian war he lost his son, Captain Moubray Lyons, who, as we have stated, was wounded before Sebastopol. The gallant admiral, however, notwithstanding this severe loss, continued zealously to serve his country.. His opinion was respected in the councils of war; and his advice afterwards sought in the great war council of Paris. The Emperor of the French received him with peculiar respect, not only for his gallantry, but on account of the courtesy he always exhibited in his intercourse with the French commanders. Since that time the gallant admiral has been created a baron—the only creation bestowed for naval honours during the Russian war. His recep tion at Court, and also the brilliant reception given him in his own birthplace, as well as at the different public assemblies, must be fresh in our recollection. It wai Admiral Lyons who was selected for the command of the squadron which accompanied her Majesty to Cherbourg. Statesmen have not hesitated to heap on him the highest encomiums. and well they were deserved. The gallant admiral has served his country truly and faithfully, and that country is not insensible of his great and valuable services. England has lost a hero. Glory will always attach to his memory. TiH EARL OF COURTOWN died on Saturday last, the 20th instant, at his lordship's residence in the county of Wexford. The late earl was born on the 27th of March, 1794, and was married on the 4th of July, 1822, to his cousin, Lady Charlotte Mon tagne Seott, sister of the present Duke of Bucclench. Earl Courtown, when Lord Stopford, represented for several years the county of Wexford in the Imperial Parliament. His lordship succeeded his father, the third earl, on the 15th of June, 1 835 , and has since sat in the House of Peers as Baron Saltesford, of the county palatine of Chester. He has left three sons, the eldest of whom, now Earl of Courtown, Was bora on the 24th of April, 1823. LORD PROBY, heir to the earldom of Carysfort, died a few days ago, in his thirty-fifth year. The earldom to which, in the event of his life having been pro longed, Lord Proby would have succeeded, was created in 1789, the barony of Carysfort, by which the earl held his seat in the House of Lords, being created two years later. The first peer was member for Hnntingdoo, and one of the Lords of the Admiralty in 1757. The second was a distinguished Rene r al officer. The late earl entered the navy in and was present at the battle of the Nile. He served also at Trafalgar, became a Vice-Admiral of the Blue in 1851, and was member for Wicklow from It-12 to 1820, with a slight intermission. SIR JOSEPH BAILEY, M.P. for Brecon, di e d a f ew days since at his seat, Ulan Usk-park, Monmouth - shire, at the age of seventy-five. He was a younger son of Mr. John Bailey, a gentleman of an ancient Yorkshire family, and inherited a hand3one fortune from his uncle, the late Mr. Richard Crawshay, of Cyfartha ironworks, county of Glamorgan, which he increased subseqnently by extensive operations at Nant-y-Glo. Sir Joseph Bailey first entered Perlis ment in 1835 as member for ,Worcester, which he represented in the Conservative interest down to 1847, when he was returned for the county of Brecon, for which he has sat without interruption down to the present time. He was an active magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Monmouthshire and Brecon, and was in the commission of the peace for those counties, and also for Hereford and Glamorgan. lie served the office of High Sheriff of Monmouth in 1823. He was raised to the baronetcy by Lord Derby in June, 1852. Sir Joseph was twice married—first to a daughter of Mr. J. Latham ; and secondly to Mary Anne, daughter of the late Mr. John Hopper, of Wilton Castle, county Durham. His eldest son by his first marriage, who was some time member for Sudbury and for Herefordshire, having died before him, he is succeeded in his title and large landed estates by his grandson, Joseph Russell, who was born in 1840. A vacancy is also caused in the representation of the county of Brecon. DR. ROBERT DYMOND, the chairman of the South Yorkshire Railway Company, died suddenly on Mon day, at his residence, Bolton-hall, near Rotherham, of apoplexy. Dr. Dymond has been connected with the South Yorkshire Railway since its commence ment. He was for several years vice-chairman of the company, and on the death of the late Earl Fitz william he was appointed chairman. LORD HcNRY CECIL, fourth son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, died on Friday last, at Hastings, after a lengthened illness. 1155 THE BRIG Lightning, which was sunk in the Thames, off Erith, about four months since, through collision with the screw.steamer William France, has been raised by the small floating derrick, belong. ing to the Patent Derrick Company, and placed close in shore for examination and repairs. The brig's registered tonnage is 170, and, when sunk, she had nearly 300 tons of granite in her hold. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE AssoamoN has published a financial statement of its recent Meeting at Liver pool, which shows a balance on the right side of 678/. 3s. 11 d. LORD WILLIAM GRAHAM, brother to Lady Emily Foley, the owner of considerable estates in Hereford shire, has issued an address to the electors, in which he says he comes forward " at the request of an influential portion of the electors," and is "in favour of conservative progress." Lord William is the only candidate in the field. THE CASE OF MAJOR YELVERTON has been reported on by the Crown authorities in Scotland, who, after instituting the most searching investigation, issued on the 20th inst. an order dir,cting that no further proceedings be taken under the complaint upon which he was apprehended. MAJOR LINDSAY is authorized, by Royal licence, from the day of his marriage with the Hon. MISS Jones Loyd, to take the surname of Loyd in addition to and before that of Lindsay. AN EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL has been opened in the First Civil Chamber in Paris. Twelve homeopathia doctors have commenced an action for 50,000 francs damages from an allopathic medical journal, for an attack upon their system of medicine. THE MISSING STEAMER "JAMES HARTLEY " was fallen in with, on the 30th Angust, by the Manila steamer disabled, her engines having broken down. The Manilla left her under an impression that she would be able to continue her voyage ; but nothing has been heard of her since. THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS, daughter of Lady Grey de Ruthyn, wife of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Eden, of Bishopsbourn, died at Rome yesterday week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION gbt puss: (STAXPID) .. £1 6 0 .. 013 0 .. 6 6 6 Per Annum .. Half Yearly.. Quarterly . PAYABLE I 1 ♦DVANCE. Subscribers are requested to send their orders through News Agents ; if direct to the Office, accompanied by a remittance: Advertisements also must have a reference or remittance. Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFRED Iva, 110, Strand, London. TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde pendent of the merits of the communication. Whatever is intended for insertion muetbe authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Communications should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference fur payment in town. Ttt :1 irtrAig+ POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, SATURDAY,', NOV. 27, 1858. FRANCE. M. Bonlay (de Is Meurthe), formerly Vice• President of the French Republic, died on Wed nesday. MARSEILLES. The King of Wurtembnrg, who arrived by railway, left soon atter for Nice. The Journal de Monaco states that brilliant offers had been mode to the G ov ernment of that country by Piedmont, but that the Prince. Sovereign has retused every kind of cession. The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com pany have received the following The steamship Indian Empire has not been at sea one month. She was at Halifax by our last advices undergoing repair of damages caused by a k'" . foul of her." g running foul iniMii.lll Visttliannus. THE POSTHASTER-GENERAL gives notice that late fees on letters posted after the ordinary letter-box has been closed must not only be prepaid in postage stamp's, but the postage stamps must in future be placed on the letters by the senders themselves. Any officer of the Post-office who may hereafter re ceive money for such fees will render himself liable to dismission from the service. THE LIVES OF FOUR YOUNG MEN, belonging to the Canton of Vaud, have been lost in an attempt to Iross the Great St. Bernard on their way to Italy, notwithstanding the urgent entreaties of their friends. They were caught when half way up the mountain in a violent snowstorm, and all perished. _ SIR EDWARD BULWER LrrToN, Lord Rector of the Glasgow University, has transmitted to Professor Barclay a bank order for a hundred guineas, to be distributed among the students in prizes, the sub jects of competition to be fired by the Faculty. Sir Edward intends visiting Glasgow and addressing the students, if possible, before the assembling of Par liament, but if not then, during the Easter holidays. Tan LORD-LIEUTENANT AND PRIVY COUNCIL have issued a proclamation to the effect that the Peace Preservation Act shall apply to, and be in force in and for, the barony of Clandonagh, in the Queen's County. AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE-LETTER has been put in evidence in the case of Marchmont r. Marchmont, a suit for a judicial separation, brought by the wife in the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes : My dearest Caroline,—As you wish to have my opinion of you, I will candidly tell you that I think you kind, generous, truthful, loving, benevolent, sympathizing, for bearing, forgiving, gentle, devoted in friendship, and truth ful in affection. 1 love you above all the world. As to myself, I am irritable, unkind, false-hearted, jealous, harsh, deceitful, changeable, proud, unforgiving, hasty, ungenerous, malicious, and utterly unworthy of that love which you have so generously bestowed upon me. — l am , my dearest love, yours living and dying. HENRY MARCHMONT. WORCESTER CATHEDRAL has been opened to the public daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the winter, and from 10 to 6 in the summer. THE Great Eastern steamship has been pur chased by the new company for 160,0001., and the estimated sum required for fitting her for sea service is from 100,0001. to 120,0001.—total, about 280,0001. She is expected to be ready by about Mid summer, and then to steam for the remainder of 1869 between England and Portland, United States. Her ultimate use will probably be to form a trunk line of communication between England and the Eastern Seas, Trincomalee being named as the most eligible post to which she may run. The voyage will probably be performed in from twenty-five to thirty days. THE STATUE of Sir Robert Walpole has been placed with those of the other statesmen in St. Stephen's lien, Westminster. MP