The Press.
London, England, 1855-05-26 00:00:00

Obituart

LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR GEORGE CHARLES D'AGUILAR,
K.C.B. died in Brook-street, on Monday morning
last, in his 71st year. Sir George, who has for some
years past occupied a mansion in Brunswick-square,
Brighton, and was sojourning in town, had been
breaking in health for some time previous to his de-
parture, but no immediate danger was apprehended.
As a soldier be had seen much service ; he had been
fifty-six years in the army, was wounded at Bhurt-
pore, and became colonel of the 23rd Royal Welsh
Fusiliers in 1851. The deceased was greatly attached
to his regiment; and during his stay in Brighton, at
the time of the battles of Alma and Inkermann,
watched hourly and anxiously the papers and tele-
graph for tidings of his gallant compeers, and was
much affected by the losses there sustained.

The death of Mr. T. R. TRAVERS, the popular
vocalist, late of Drury-lane and the Surrey Theatres,
took place at Kensington on Sunday last. He was
known in the musical profession by the nom de guerre
of Travers, but his real name was Romer, and he be•
longed to the talented family of the Romers, the dif-
ferent members of which have been long popularly
identified with the lyrical drama.

CAPTAIN LORD SPENCER S. COMPTON (15th Hus-
sars) died suddenly on Monday morning at Exeter,
in which city his lordship was stationed with his
regiment. Lord Spencer Compton was taken unwell
about a fortnight back with inflammation of the
lungs, but was considered to be progressing favor-
ably. On Monday morning, at an early hour, a
heavy fall in his bedroom aroused the attendants,
and on entering his chamber the gallant nobleman
was found prostrate on the floor. He was quite
unconscious, and expired in a few minutes. The
deceased was brother of the present Marquis of
Northampton. He was born 6th March, 1821,
entered the 85th Regiment, as lieutenant, in 1843,
and subsequently removed to the 15th Hussars, his
commission as captain being dated in December
1840. The deceased only returned with his regiment
from the East Indies in June last.

AMONGST the Russian prisoners brought home in the
Simla was the Governor of Balaklava, who was taken
prisoner when Balalava was first seized by the English
army. In the confusion of the capture the governor lost
his wife and daughter, and has never heard of them since.

A CURIOUS INSTANCE OF ADDER FASCINATION is related
in the Dumfries Courier. A person of the name of Kerr
had his attention arrested by the melancholy cries of a hen
pheasant, perched upon a tree in one of the plantations in
the parish of Tinwald. On proceeding to the spot he
beheld a large adder in an erect attitude, gazing intensely
and in the very act of attracting the hen by its influence.
Kerr applied his stick lustily to the back of the intruder,
which he quickly despatched ; and the pheasant was imme-
diately released from her spell-bound position.
THE GREEN-PEA Caor has failed in Portugal this season.
Large quantities of green peas are imported into England
from Portugal, owing to their coming to perfection sooner
in the latter place than in the former.

LETTERS FROM NEW YORK state that the rush of Ameri-
cm travellers eastward this season is unexampled, steamers
a ul sailing vessels for Europe taking out full complements
at every trip.

THE PARISIAN TRADE has not yet experienced any bene-
ficial effects from the opening of the Universal Exhibition.
Few foreign visitors have arrived, the greater number
deeming it expedient to postpone their journey until the
month of June, when it will be in all its éclat. The
weather, on the other hand, has not been favorable, and
transactions generally, but more particularly those of the
mzgasina de nouveautis, have suffered from it. The shop.
keepers having completed their assortment of goods with
a view to the Exhibition, the wholesale trade has relapsed
into stagnation. Large orders have been received from
Prussia by manufacturers of Paris and the departments,
witch are evidently intended fur Russia. The greatest ac-
tivity prevails in the manufactures of Tourcoing, St.
htienne, and Lyons. In this last city hands are actually
wanting to execute all the orders from Paris, England, and
the United States. At Roubiax, Rouen, and Mulhausen
the dull season has commenced, and is likely to continue
until orders from the fair of Beaucaire restore to them
some activity.