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kin? of Saxony. In 1832 he was appointed 

 professor in the Dresden Academy. Since that 

 time he has produced numerous statues and 

 groups of high merit, and has received titles 

 and orders in abundance from most of the 

 crowned heads of Europe. His "Mary weeping 

 over the body of Christ," "Love taming a 

 Panther," "Love borne by a Panther," and 

 " The Four Hours of the Day," are his most 

 celebrated works. 



Feb. 28. CROSS, JOHN, an English historical 

 painter. 



Feb. 28. COUPER, SIR GEORGE, born 1788 ; 

 was principal equerry and comptroller of the 

 household to the Duchess of Kent ; accompa- 

 nied the Earl of Durham to Canada in 1838 ; 

 attained the rank of colonel in the army in 

 1837. 



Feb. 28. SUTHERLAND, GEORGE GRANVTLLE 

 SUTHERLAND LEVESON GOWER, Duke of, born 

 Aug. 8, 1786, in London. The duke was from 

 one of the oldest families of Scotland, which 

 had been raised to the peerage in 1703, under 

 the title of the barons of Gower. In his youth 

 he was known as Lord Gower Stafford, and 

 under that title was educated at Oxford, from 

 which university he received, in 1841, the hon- 

 orary degree of *D. C. L. From 1815 to 1820 

 he held a seat in the House of Commons, aud 

 in 1826, during the lifetime of his father, was 

 called to the House of Lords as Baron Gower, 

 and succeeded his father in the dukedom in 

 1833, and his mother in the titles of Earl 

 Gower and Baron Strathuaver in 1839. He 

 was lord-lieutenant and keeper of the rolls of 

 Shropshire till 1845, when he resigned ; lord- 

 lieutenant of Sutherlandshire till his death. He 

 wa> a liberal patron of science and literature, 

 and President of the British Institution and of 

 Kings College Hospital for many years. In 

 1841 he was created Chevalier of the Garter. 

 On his vast estates in Scotland he had intro- 

 duced all the improvements of the age in agri- 

 culture, and was especially distinguished among 

 agriculturists for his efforts to improve the 

 breeds of his cattle and sheep. 



March 3. BISCHOFF, CHRISTIAN HENRY 

 ERNST, a German medical professor and author, 

 born at Hanover, Sept. 14, 1781, died at Bonn. 



March 4. CHBZANOWSKI, ADALBERT, an 

 exiled Polish general, died at Paris aged 72 

 years; born in the palatinate of Cracow, was 

 educated in the military school at Warsaw, and 

 served as an artillery officer of the French army 

 in most of Napoleon's great battles. On his re- 

 turn to his own country he was appointed lieu- 

 tenant in the new Polish army, and attached 

 for eight years to the staff of the Russian Gen- 

 eral d'Auveray. In 1828 he was on the staff of 

 Gen. Diebitsch in the Turkish campaign of that 

 and the following year; distinguished himself 

 at Yarna, and was sent to announce the peace 

 to the Grand Duke Constantine at Warsaw. In 

 1830 he joined in the revolutionary movement, 

 commanded the fortress of Modlin, and was 

 afterwards made chief of the general staff by 



Skryznecki, the Polish generalissimo. He de- 

 fended the passes of Wieprz against the Rus- 

 sians; defeated Gen. Thieman at Kotz; check- 

 ed the advance of Rudiger in Podalia ; won the 

 battle of Minsk, July 14, 1831, and made a mas- 

 terly retreat from Zamosk to Warsaw. For his 

 services he was made general of division, but 

 having lost his confidence in the success of the 

 revolution, he was suspected of sympathy with 

 the Russians, and while Governor of Warsaw 

 took such measures as paralyzed the defence 

 of the city by the Poles. After the entry of the 

 Russians into Warsaw he continued to reside 

 there unmolested for several months, and finally 

 went to Paris, where he was received with dis- 

 favor by the Polish emigrants. He lived in 

 obscurity until 1849, when he was called to 

 Italy by Charles Albert and intrusted with the 

 re-organization of the Piedmontese army, but 

 was again suspected of treason, though not 

 punished, for the defeat at Xovara, which was 

 believed to have been partially caused by his 

 misconduct. In May, 1850, he left Turin and 

 remained the rest of his life in Paris. 



March 4. MADRAS, Right Rev. THOMAS 

 DEALTRY, third Bishop of; born at Knotting- 

 ley, near Pontefract, 1795 ; graduated at Cath- 

 arine Hall, Cambridge, in 1828 ; created arch- 

 deacon of Calcutta in 1835 ; and held that office 

 until consecrated Bishop of Madras, 1849 ; had 

 published sermons on various occasions. 



March 9. MACLAIXE, SIB ARCHIBALD, born 

 1783 ; entered the army in 1795 ; served in 

 several important battles and at the capture of 

 Seville ; was knighted for his defence of Fort 

 Matagorda for 55 days with only 155 men 

 against Marshal Soult, who had a force of 8,000 

 men under his command ; received the Order 

 of Charles III. of Spain in 1816 ; became gen- 

 eral in the army in 1855. 



March 11. LOVELL, Gen. SIR LOVELL BEN- 

 JAMIN, entered the army in 1805 ; attained the 

 rank of major-general in 1854 ; was appointed 

 colonel of the Twelfth Dragoons 1856 ; served 

 at the taking of Monte Video, and subsequent- 

 ly in the peninsula, including ten general ac- 

 tions, forty minor affairs, and seven sieges. 



March 14. PROCTER, Admiral SIR WILLIAM 

 BEAUCHAMP, an officer of the British navy, born 

 at Langley Park, Eng., Oct. 14, 1781 ; succeed- 

 ed his father as baronet in 1827; served in the 

 expedition to Egypt ; was at the bombardment 

 of Havre in 1804; in the naval campaign of 

 1808 in the East Indies, and attained the rank 

 of admiral in 1857. 



March 15. LILFORD, THOMAS ATHERTOJT 

 POWTS, third Baron of, born Dec. 2, 1801 ; 

 succeeded his father in 1825; educated at 

 Christ Church, Oxford ; was a lord in waiting 

 to the queen ; resigned Sept. 1841. 



March 16. KENT, DUCHESS OF. (See KEXT.) 



March 19. HAY, SIR JAMES DALRYMPLE, 

 born at Dunragit, Scotland, 1789 ; was a depu- 

 ty-lieutenant of Wigtonshire. 



March 19. PYM, SIR WILLIAM, born at Pin- 

 ley, Warwickshire, 1776 ; served hi the Thirty- 



