The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-12 00:00:00

DEATH OF AD AII I.S AA CS MEN KEA'.

Oa Monday afternoon the well-known Malt
Lsaacs Menken—after having suffered severely for
1-tany weeks from disease of the lungs—quietly
passel away without mental or physical pain, at
half-past two, at her hotel in Paris, in the presence
)f two or three friends. According to her own
itaternent, made some mouths ago when she was
klivering a lecture, she was born in New Orleans
in the spring of 1811. Her father, Ricardo Feur-
tos, a Spanish Jew, was a merchant in that city.
tier mother was a native of Bordeaux. Her maiden
name was Dolores Adios Feurtos. By the death of
her father she was left an orphan at the age of two,
and then was taken by her mother to Cuba, where
she was brought up in the family of a rich planter.
By and by her mother died, and finally her bene-
factor, leaving her, then aged 13, the bulk of his
estates. A suit was instituted in the law courts by
the heir-at-law, and the will was set aside. Left
utterly unprovided for she turned her attention to
the stage, and at the age of 14 came out at a theatre
in New Orleans, her native city, as a dancer. Her
success was flattering in the extreme, and for up-
wards of a year she continued this vocation, appear-
ing in the principal theatre in the Southern States,
and once in Itavannah, where she again experi-
enced ill-treatment at the hands of the possessors of
her former benefactor's property. Afterwards she
a-pirA to higher walks of the drama, and played
Bianca in " Fazio," Madeleine in " The Belle of the
Faubourg," and many other parts in tragedy and
serious drama, with more or less success. About
this time she married Mr. John Isaac Menken, and
thus, changing her second name Adios into the
English Adab, acquired the name she has borne till
her death. Before the American war broke out she
again married, this time Mr. Robert 11. Newill, of
the New York. Sunday Mercury, and author of the
famous " Orpheus C. Kerr Papers." This alliance,
like one or two others which it is still less pleasant
to dwell upon, was ill-assorted, and speedily re-
sulted in• separation and divorce. She seems to
have followed the axiom laid down in words she
often spoke jestingly, "It is well to marry young,
and, if possible, often." At the commencement of
the civil war she evinced strong Southern . sym-
pathies, and on one occasion, when acting at Pitts-
burg, she was arrested on a charge of rebellious
conduct, and actually imprisoned for thirty days,
when she was sent under guard to Louisville.
After this affair she came to England and played a
wonderfully successful engagement at Astley'st
then to the provinces, and finally to the Continent,
where, except for a few months last winter, she has
lived ever since, making Paris her home. Had she
been spared life and health she would have played,
at the Chatelet in a new drama called "Theodoras,
written by M. Henri Rochefort, the clever jour-
nalist and editor of La Lanterne. Throughout her
life she professed the Jewish creed, and only a few
months ago expressed a strong wish to be buried
according to its customs, with nothing to mark her
resting place beyond a plain piece of wood with the
words, " Thou knowest."

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE•

The Lord 3 of the Admiralty inspected the Royal
Marine Artillery yesterday morning. A brigade,
consisting of two battalions and two field batteries,
was formed on the glacis of Fort Cumberland,
Portsmouth, 6.45 a.m., and at 7 a.in. their Lord-
ships arrived, and *ere received with a general
salute. Afterwards the brigade marched past. The
field batteries then took up a position for prac-
Lice, and the officers and men composing the bat-
talion marched off at once and manned the various
land and sea batteries. Their Lordships, after in-
specting the interior arrangements of the Fort, took
up a position on one of the bastions, and imme-
diately afterwardsshot and shell practice commenced
from every description of ordnance at ranges vary-
ing from 800 to 3,000 yards. The firing was well
sustained, and their lordships expressed themselves
highly pleased. The Board, accompanied by Major"
General Traves, Colonel Williams, A.A.E., Colonels
Schomberg and Barnard, Captains Colomb and P°
Kantzow, then proceeded to Eastney Barracks, and
After breakfasting with the officers commenced A
minute inspection of that establishment. Oa leas'
ing their lordships expressed their satisfaction a/
everything they had seen. The practice was under
the immediate command of Colonel Barnard,
assisted by Colonels Digby, C. 8., Adair, Mawbe)",
and Alexander. The early hour fixed for the in-
spection was fully appreciated by the officers and
men. Their lordships, of ter the inspection, returned
to Portsmouth, embarked on board the Victor)",
Captain T. B. Seymour, A.D.C., flag-ship of Ad-
miral Sir T. S. Pasley, under the customary salute'
for the purpose of inspecting the ship and muster:
ing the crew, and afterwards visited the ]loyal
Naval Hospital, Haslar, as well as the gunboats
and sheds near that establishment, thus concluding
their annual inspection. They will leave Ports-
mouth in the Admiralty yacht Enchantress this
morning for Portland.
A trial has been made at Chatham dockyard'
under the superintendence of Mr. T. H. Baker'
the chief of the engineering department of Oa:
establishment, of the model of a new engine and
steering telegraph apparatus, the invention of Mr*
F. N. Gisborne, for use on board vessels of 10;
Until recently it has always been considered.
necessary to employ electricity or pneumatics
the purpose of connecting up the steering and
engine-room telegraphs between the bridges, tur-
rets, engine-room, or stew ing • wheel, and n';
those principles the telegraphs used on board
:
vessels of war have hitherto been generally worked
In the model invented by Mr. Gisborne the indi-
cators are worked upon simple mechanical Prise 0
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ciples, the communicators at both ends of the °r°
and aft bridges, and both turrets, as well as th°3o
Abe
at the upper and lower deck wheels and ill
engine-room, all moving easily and in exact order'
Only 4-in. wire, with chain at angles, is used fc'er
connecting up, the wire being at the same time Sell'

adjusting to contraction or expansion.
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Up to the 31st of July last 28,712 applio3,°
had been received, and 24,838 volunteers enrc:4—of
in the Royal Naval Reserve at the various ports 91
the United Kingdom. Of the above number'9o
possess certificates of competency as masters ;
ditto as mates ; 8 ditto of service as masters ; 'cc
ditto as mates ; making a total of 1,038. The f„°,rot
also includes 3,106 petty officers in the rnerrois
service. Deducting for men who have joine-A•oa,
Royal Navy, 548 ; been discharged, 1,362 ;or
1,226 ; and not applied to be re-enrolled, 5171 of
a total deduction of 9,600, the present streng
the Reserve stands at 15,238 men.

Miss Lily Maxwell and 1,000 other vi°ll36:.
householders in the township of Chorlton'tlP°oo
Medlock have sent in claims to be placed °ll

list of voters for the city of Manchester. n.
The election of Councillor J. V. Mackey, a Con'
servative and a Protestant, to the Dublin tip b
of 1869,was rescinded onTuesday,'after an
discussion, by a majority of 28 votes to 23, cal .)„
ground that Mr. Mackey's nomination 110 btei'sio
boasted of by the Globe and other Goose
journals as an evidence that the Dublin fr°oc,
Council and the citizens were in fav°llr °ft
bit'
maintenance of the Irish Church. Much loca'
terness of feeling had arisen during the contest; 0
The use of the Irish language is dying °lwo
Ireland, and it is estimated that twenty years ben" 4.111
is almost the oldest tongue in North-Westorli Eur°Pe
cease to be used.