The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-12

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| Unucs and 800 students for the priesthood
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| Deaths In Europe.
The venerable Earl of Meath EXPIRED Satur
day, the 10Th ult., ut Great Malvern, England. Hi
lordship in his SOth year. The noble earl i,
succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest
Lord Brabazon, now earl of Meath.
| On the 2lst. ult., Gen the Hon. Sir A. Duff, G.
CHI, died at Fulham, aged - years. The late Sin
| Alexander Duff, who brother and heir pre-
sumptive to the present Earl Of Fife, entered the
army as an ensign in the 66th Regiment, in 1898
and had served at Gibraltar, in Flanders, and the
East Indies. lie proceeded with Sir David Baird,
expedition, in 1901, from the East Indies to Egypt
and served there until the peace of the following
year In 1906, being then the licutenant-colouel in
command of the SSth Connaught Rangers, he com,
manded the centre column of attack upon Bueno.
| Ayres lie was in 1916, presented with sword by
the officers of the ssth who had served under him,
The colonelcy Of the 37th Regiment, to which he
| was appointed, in 1881, is vacant by his decease.
Lately, Admiral of the White Sir Edward Hamil-
ton, Bart, kC B., better known as captain Of
| the Surprise. his dstin guished officer the
hero Of the celebrated cuttingout expedition of the
Hermione, which desperate affair has rendered the
name of Hamilton immortal in naval annals.
Feb. y, a. Bhtoor, Rajee Rao, the ex-Peshwa.
The Pcishwa has received annually eight lakhs of
rupees pension since his deposition in 1919, or
in all above e., 800 900 sterling.
| General Salleyx died recently, in Paris, in his
| ffty-second year He entered the service in 1916,
| and lately commanded the military school of st.
Cyr.
Major-General Parker, { B., Royal Artillery, for
many years Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Mill
| tary Academy at Woolwch, where he resided, died
on Tuesday, the 18th inst, after illness of six
| days. Najor-ieneral John Botelor Parker entered
the service as second lieutenant the lst Of April
lcOZ; was promoted TO first lieutenant, LIST Septem-
Der, 1903; captain, 9Th June, 1908; brevet-major
2lst September, 1913; Northumberland, June Is
ISIS; colonel, 10th January, 1897; and Major-Gene
raj, 9th November, 1876. He had seen considerable
service, having been employed at Walchcren, and
IN the operations previous TO and at the siege Of
Flushing. II V said in Hurts Army List that he
| embarked in February, 1872, for Lisbon, and re-
NAMED with the Duke of Wengton's army till
| the conclusion of the war in 1914. lie was present
at the battle Of Vttoria, both sieges of St Sebas-
tian, battle Of Orthes, affair at Tarbcs, and battle
Of Toulouse, and lost his left leg at the battle of
Waterloo. lie received the gold medal for the
battle Of Vittoria, and the silver medal with three
clasps for It. Sebastian, Orthes, and Toulouse
Lord Dacre, died on Friday afternoon, 2lst ult.
at his seat, the Hoo, in Hertfordshire. The de-
ceased nobleman was in his nth year, having been
born in IVA. lie is succeeded in his title and his
his estate by his only brother Lieutenant General
the Hon. otway Trevor. Of Glynden, in Sussex,
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ninsular war, and who took the name of Trevor ON
succeeding to large property in that county. The
present lords eldest son. the Hon. Thomas Brand,
~ one Of the members for lIertfordshire.
DIR. Czermak, the celebrated professor Of anato-
my and pathology at the University Of Vienna, died
recently.
Died, at Cloghjordan, on the 18th ut., Mr. James
Armitage, aged 100 years. For 50 years he was in
church membership with the Baptist Church Of
Cloghjordan. To the last moment his intellect was
clear and unimpaired.
The celebrated Danish naturalist oersted, died
recently at the age Of ~. lie was born at Kudkjo-
bin, August IL, III. A fortnight prior to his
death. he gave his Last lecture professor of
raj sciences at the University Of Copenhagen. lie
aso filled the post Of head master o. :ae olytech-
me sehoai. : rom the humble apotheeary's son, he
had raied himself solely by his genius to celebrity
earned not only by his discovery Of electromagnetic
ism but likewise by a series Of scientific works the
last Of which is entitled The Genius Of Nature.
The father Of the artists of Belgium, VI. Francois,
che Waller Of the orders Of Leopold and the Golden
Spur, died few days since, in Paris, in his 9th
year.
NJ Denis Lemareehal, who was succ ssively a
member Of the French Constituent, in 1879, Of the
National Convention, of the Chamber of Deputies,
President Of the Counc-General of the Department
Of Euro, and for forty years Mayor Of the town Of
Ruges (France), died recently in that commune,
at the adyancedag age Of 81 years.
Chosrew-Pacha. the late Minister Of Sultan
Nabmoud, expired lately in exile, At splendid
villa which he possessed on the banks of the Bos-
pborus. lie was upwards of 90 years Of age:
The Prince of Salerno, uncle Of the King Of
Napes who has been for long time laboring under
o nervous complaint, complicated with erysipeas,
died on the 10th ult., and was buried on the 18th
with great pomp, at the Church Of Santa Chara
lie was born ON the 81 Of July, lNO, and was CON
-equently in his sixty first year lie married Marie
Clcmentinc FRANCHISE Josephine, Archduchess Of
Austria, daughter Of Francis J., on the 9th Of
July, 1916. lie has left daughter, Princess Marie
Caroline Augusta, born the 18th Of April, lS22.
The Reverend j. b. Zinc, who, for many years,
held the appointment or Vicar-Apostolie OF Gbral-
tar breathed his last in that fortress the 18th
instant universally regretted. His remains were
brought from the south the same evening to the
Catholic Church in town, where they remained that
night. The funeral service was performed the fol-
lowing morning, at nine a. NJ after which the
body Vas removed to the Sand-pt burial ground,
followed by immense concourse Of the inhabi-
tante, whose esteem and regard the deceased had
secured by his paternal care aod the zeal with
which he performed the arduou' duties Of his i'm
portant Office, more particularly during the preva-
enjoyed grant OF ESQ from the government. His
eucces.or, the Reverend Dr. Hughes, has been
allowed Goo
Colonel Daniel Falls, expired at his residence at
81 Ieliers, Jersey, the l4h ut., in the seventy
third year Of his age The deceased officer entered
the service in lbs, and served with Sir David
Baird's army in Egypt in 1901, for which he
ceiyed the gold medal from the Turkish govern
ment; he had alec the war medal with one clasp.
Cbathams stat az aiddc-t amp, and was pre- aont Mt
tie siege Of Flushing. The late Colonel Falla
known 10 nearly every infantry regiment in the
service, from having, for a long series OF years,
efficiently filed the spIcint@eut Of Townmajor at
Gibraltar.