The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-31

Netherlands and France lie was present a. wstsrso as
one Of the Roy Stall Corps The gener was appointed
M 1887 Commander Of the Forces IN cotland and Cover.
nor of Ednburg Castle, and in 1916 was made Cover
nor and Commander in Chief Of Car ada Nova SCOTIA
Brunswick, &c.
ls-Duke Abrantes secontx son Of Marsha, Junot of
the first Empire Of France rio belonged to the Emperor 9
staff apl before the breaking out of tho war Italy was
one OF the aides camp of Prince Jerome The appoint
ment which he hebd in the army Of Italy that OF chief
Of the staff Of General Fally's division BY his DEATH
caused by wound the title OF Duke dAbranes becomes
extinct.
20-Iieuknant General Proctor, who played such q
important part in the last American war with Great
tain, having commanded The Eighty 'secopd regm. ~
the battle OF Fort Erie, and subsequently shared ia tho
campaign along the Niagara frontier, died about this day
He had been six years in the army In July, 1874 no
commanded the Eighty third at Fort Erie from September
2 through the successive operations Of the campaign
on the Niagara frontier He received the brevet promo
ton Of Lieutenant Colonel his in repeDg the
attack the batteries ana position before Fort Erie on
the 18th Of September, lsl4 General Proctor was COM
mander OF the British and Indians at the Thames where
Jccumseh killed. He saved himself on that ocva
sion by precptate and basty flight, extending several
miles, in the of which he compelled To aban
don his carriage He bore the character Of being hard
hearted and blood thrs,y Had he been taken at the
Thames, lie would undoubtedly have been summarily
treated by the excited Kentuckians who held hum per
sonally asssunabe Tor many OF tho atrocities OF MS
M-wNiam Richard Hamilton, dis.ing sished Eoglish
saws and diplomat in England When the late LORD
Elgin was appointed Ambassador TO ConstantinOple IN
1899, Mr. Hamilton accompanied him as atache and pr
vate secretary In the same year he Was sent to Egypt
British forces aud the expulsion OF the French from
that country he employed in negotiating the terms OF
peace, by which they agreed 70 surrender all ine
OF to France. On this occasion MIR. Hamilton rendered
signal service to the lovers Of Egyptian chronology,
and secured fo- the British Museum Of its most
valuable measures. Information having been received
that the French had concealed In one OF their trans
norts The very remarkable .rilngual Rosetta stone
~ sent on board the ship, though the plagne had
broken ont - her, and obtained the valuable prize.
A few Years later VIM, NJ returning 70 Engsnd in
vessel conveying the celebrated t1g,n r Ioe
and, he VAS sIi6wrccKvu en entering the por. nsnt
to the bottom, the crew only just saving their
lives by Jumping TO the rocks Mr. Hamilton renamed IN
Cerso several months, with the assistance OF expe
enced DIVERS succeeded with great difficulty aud perseve
in recovering these works ancient Greek
from the In October, 1909, he became British
Under Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs which post
he held during al the later years Of the great war; and
until February, 1922, when he was appointed Eavoy Ex
traordnsry and Minister Plenpoentary to the Cout. OF
Naples where he remained until tho beginning Of 1925.
In 1915 he accompanied Lord Cstereagh TO Paris and
chiefly owing to his excrtons that the Bourbon 60
verpment consented to restore to Italy the works OF art
which the French had various occasions removed 10
Paris. The cordial reception which he met with visit
ing Italy few years later proved how highly the Italians,
and especially the lustrious Canova with whom he had
footing Of great intimacy and friendship, ap
preciated his efforts on their behalf.
AUGUST.
1-Esrl Minto G. c. b., distinguished English states
man, IN London. He succeeded TO the earldom on the
death Of his father june 1914 Previous 70 his accession
10 the eardom he had seat the House of Commons.
IN the completion Of Earl Greys government he was
made privy councillor and In August 1882 appointed
nvoy extraordinary and minister penpotentiary to the
Court Of Berlin where he continued until the Of
1884 In September 1885, he accepted office in visoount
Lelbournes second administration, FIRST Lord of the
in the Of Lord Auckland. On Lord John
Russell succeeding the helm IN july 1885, tho Earl of
Nal, CoaI n Jur
pg the autumn Of lS47 that the noble Earl went spe
al mission Switzerland the Courts of Florence Turin
Rome and Naples and also to inform the home govern
nent the unsettled state Of Italy While his mission
he revolution of February 1s4s, broke Paris and
he object OF his mission Naples attained, owing
o the commissions which followed the revolution in
France He returned from Italy in May, 1s4s 10
lis duties in the Cabinet and Lord Prvy Seal remained
i'll the resignation OF John Russell as First Lord Of
he Treasury In Febrns 1852
l3-Genera Sir Jok0 Shade, the oldest member, gave
me, of the British army officers Had he lived few
months longer he would have completed eighty years OF
military service Sir John Slade became MAJOR General
n 1909, and commanded brigade OF cavalry in the Pc
ninsula under Sir John Moore In the subsequent PENN
suar campaigns under the Duke Of Wein ston, he
tanned his command covering the retreat to Torres We
dras, and sharing in many cavalry affairs, well in
the battles of Fuenes donor, sahaque, Beneyente Blu
lS3Iord Henry sey mour prominent sporting charac-
Paris In that city He visited Paris In making the
ana % ays espendiiuTe aud personal advantages
coon made himself famous as fashionable OF the first water
h TIC FL Ine Of .
He gave the Law in everything pertaining to "lfe,'
style &c. He completely changed the social habits Of
the Frenchen He instituted clubs and drew them away
from their economical cafes 1t was he, as much the
chief Of police who broke the public gambling houses
Frascat's, and those gorgeous hells" OF the Palas
Paris, was founded by him and his clique, aud 1t was
the pioneer of all the superb "cercles" which dot
2s-James Henry Leigh Hunt, very popular English
author, in London, aged rs years He had brilliant and
independent literary and newspaper career. He was
born at Sou,bgate, near London, Oct 10, 1874. His
father q native OF the West Indies and his mother
by birth Phaiephian, and relative of West, the
painter On the breaking out of the Revolutionary war;
being loyalst, he qutted Philadelphia and went Eng
land, when he took " ORDERS, and became tutor to Mr.
Leigh, who had seat at Souhgate, where the poet
born Tho literary enterprises which he projected were
nearly innumerabe. He genial and discriminating
critic and OF the moot chatty ana agreeable of Eng
ish essayists In ls47, Queen vctora, perhaps an
atonennen for the he had endured from her
UNCLE granted him pension OF f200 per Since
then be has produced nothing worth mentioning but
his son, Thornton Hunt assuming the edtorsip of the
Spectator, be contributed occasional essay to that pc
rodcal He the intimate personal friend Of lamb Cole
ridge, Hazitt, Shelley, Keats and Wordsworth and the
las, OF that brilliant cotere of essaysts and poets whose
genius shed glory upon the early part Of the present
century
sEPTEMBsR.
6-Emperor Of Morocco at Tangiers. He was SO years
OF age ana ascenued e throne IN loZZ Two years ago
he had attack of paralysis from which he recovered
but another serious attack eventually carried him off, Sid
Aahommed ia bis successor.
15.-Izambard X. Brunei, eminent English engineer,
10 london, aged 81 years. Mr. Brunei the engineer
of the England Great Western Railway from the forma
ton of the company and all the great works that line
were completed from his designs and supervision The
bridge at satash Is another work Of his engineering abi
y and the levia,han steamship the Great Eastern WAS
the last and greatest OF his professional undertakings
Mr.. Brunei was born in England, but his father
tive OF Normandy Owing 70 tho troubles Of the first
French revolution he compelled 70 emigrate the
United States, whence he went 10 England in $780, and
was employed at Portsmouth dockyard to complete the
block machinery.
22-The Bey Of Tunis died in his capital His success.
sor, Side sadok, was quietly installed.
OCTOBER.
4-Hoa. John Y. Mason, United States Minister 70
France, died suddenly in Paris He was born in Virginia.
graduated at the University Of North Carolina in 1916
from Which institution he received the degree OF L. L. D.
adopted the profession Of law, and was Judge OF the