The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-22 00:00:00

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ADMIRAL MACKELLAR died at Cheltenham on the
14th inst., in the 86th year of his age. This venerable
flag-officer was in the receipt of " a good- service pen-
sion," and consequently was on the reserved half pay
list. He entered the navy in 1781, and served
twenty-five years afloat during the war, for which
—although he most gallantly distinguished himself,
and was wounded and taken prisoner—he failed to
obtain the slightest decoration.
It is with deep regret we announce the decease of
LADY JOHN MANNERS. Her ladyship, who had been
seriously ill from the period of her accoucbement,
which took place on the 12th ult., died yesterday week,
at the early age of 23. Lady John Manners was the
daughter of the late Colonel Marley, an owner of large
property in Ireland, and was connected with the noble
houses of Rutland, Charleville, and others. She was
married to her bereaved husband in 1851.

COLONEL ACTON, who, for a lengthened period, re-
presented the county of Wicklow in Parliament, upon
high Conservative principles, died on the 10th inst
at West Aston, county Wicklow. The deceased.
officer retired in 1848. His opponents on several oc-
casions were the Right Hon. James Grattan,son to the
celebrated Henry Grattan, and Sir Ralph Howard,
Bart.

LADY ELIZABETH ASHBUDNRAIE died at her villa at
Richmond on Easter Sunday. She would have com-
pleted the great age of 91 years on the 10th of May.
Her ladyship was the last surviving child of Jobn,
Earl of Ashburnham, who was first lord of the bed-
chamber and groom of the stole to George 111., and
sister of the late earl and of Lady Jemima, the first
wife of the late Duke of Montrose.

SATURDAY,

JAMES KINNERSLEY HOOPER, Alderman of Queen•
hithe, died on Monday last. The deceased alderman
was elected in 1840, served the office of sheriff in
1842, and filled the civic chair in 1847.
MR. GEORGE NEWPORT, F.R.S., a devoted disciple
of science and distinguished naturalist, more par-
ticularly in the department of entomology, expired
at his residence in Cambridge-street, Hyde park, on
the 7th inst., after a comparatively short illness.
Mr. Newport was a fellow of the Royal College of
Surgeons, but, in order to apply himself more fully to
scientific pursuits, he had almost withdrawn from
practice of late years ; and a small pension from
Government enabled him the better to do this—a
pension conferred upon him for his attainments in
natural science. He contributed several valuable
papers to the " Transactions of the Royal Society "
and to the " Transactions of the Linntean Society ;"
amongst them those "On the Respiration and on
the Temperature of Insects;" "On the Reproduc-
tion of Lost Parts in Insects and Myriapoda ;" " On
the Formation and Use of the Air••sacs in Insects;"
" On the Vapour expelled from Beehives ;" and "On
the Generation of the Aphides," deserve especial
notice. He was the author of the article " Insects"
in the " CyclopEedia of Anatomy and Physiology."
He was a fellow of the Royal and of the Linntean
Societies, as well as of many other similar societies
on the Continent and in America. He had been
more than once elected president of the Entomologi-
cal Society, in the originating and advancing of which
he took a lively interest. Mr. Newport was not loss
estimable as a member of society than eminent as a
man of science.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR RICHARD ARMSTRONG
died on the 3rd of March, on board the ship Barham,
during his voyage homeward from Madras. The
deceased officer was only son of Lieutenant• Colonel
Armstrong, of Lincoln, and born in 1782. He
entered the army as ensign in 1796, served during
the whole of the Peninsular campaign, and then
entered the Portuguese service, and remained for
six years in Portugal. Sir Richard served as briga-
dier during the first Burmese war, as major-genera
on the Staff in Canada, and finally was appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the army at Madras, which
command he resigned from impaired health. He
received medals and clasps for his services during
the Peninsular war, besides badges of distinction
from the Portuguese Government. He was a Knight
Commander of the Bath, Knight Commander of the
Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword, and
Knight Commander of St. Bento D'Aviz. He was also
Colonel of her Majesty's 32nd Regiment.