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at Yeddo. During the eighteen years that he 

 occupied that post he negotiated the commer- 

 cial treaties, and influenced in a salutary direc- 

 tion important events in Japanese history. In 

 1883 he was transferred to Pekin. 



Pogge, Paul, a German explorer, died at St. 

 Paul de Loando, March 17, 1885. He was 

 already distinguished for explorations in the 

 Loando country when he started with Wiss- 

 mann in 1881 for the Congo. Wissmanu crossed 

 the continent, while Pogge explored the Oassai 

 region and returned to the west coast. 



Ponzi, Giuseppe, an Italian naturalist, born in 

 Rome; died there, Oct. 29, 1885. He studied 

 medicine, and became a professor in the Roman 

 University. He made a geological chart of the 

 basin of Rome. 



Posada Herrera, Jose de, a Spanish statesman, 

 born in Lares in 1851 ; died Sept. 8, 1885. He 

 was a professor in the University of Oviedo, 

 and in 1840 was elected a deputy. When again 

 returned to the Cortes, in 1853, he took an 

 active part in the Liberal movement. From 

 1858 to 1863 he was Minister of the Interior 

 under O'Donnell, and again in 1865. After 

 the expulsion of Queen Isabella lie went as 

 Minister to Rome, but resigned the following 

 year, to take his place as deputy. In the Cor- 

 tes elected after the restoration he was chosen 

 President of the Chamber. He had held port- 

 folios in various ministries of recent years. 



Renter, Charles Alphonse, a French archaeolo- 

 gist, born in Charleville, May 21, 1809 ; died 

 June 13, 1885. He was the Conservator of 

 the Sorbonne Library, and from 1861 Pro- 

 fessor of Roman Antiquities in the College of 

 France. He collected inscriptions, and wrote 

 voluminously on antiquarian and historical sub- 

 jects, besides editing and translating Theocritus 

 and other ancient writers. 



Rogler, Charles, a Belgian statesman, born Aug. 

 16, 1800 ; died in Brussels, May 27, 1885. He 

 began life as a journalist at Lie"ge. In the 

 revolutionary movement of 1830 he was the 

 leading spirit, and in the Provisional Govern- 

 ment and National Congress he took a promi- 

 nent part. Under the monarchy he was one 

 of the controlling statesmen, until he withdrew 

 from party combinations in 1860, when the 

 compromises and unionistic conciliation that 

 he had striven to establish, as provincial gov- 

 ernor, as Prime Minister, and as holder at va- 

 rious times of all the different portfolios, began 

 to break down. He continued to represent 

 Tournay in the Chamber until his death, and 

 after his withdrawal from active politics was 

 equally venerated by all parties as the founder 

 of Belgian independence. He retired a poor 

 man, and lived in a small house presented to 

 him by national subscription. 



Rosetti, Constantin X., a Roumanian statesman, 

 poet, and journalist, born in Bucharest in 1816 ; 

 died April 19, 1885. He made his appearance 

 in literature with translations from Byron and 

 Lamartine, followed in 1840 by a volume of 

 songs called " Chants de Bonheur." He held 



posts in the police administration, but resigned 

 in order to spread democratic doctrines. In 

 1848 he was a member of the Revolutionary 

 Committee. He was appointed Chief of Police 

 at Bucharest, and afterward Chief Director in 

 the Ministry of the Interior. He was trans- 

 ported as deputy to the camp of Fuad Effendi 

 to Orsowa, whence he was delivered by his 

 wife, an English lady. In 1850 he founded in 

 Paris " La Roumanie Future," a political re- 

 view, and published an " Appeal to all Par- 

 ties." In 1852 appeared the u Letters to Prince 

 Stirbey " and the " Catechisme des Villa- 

 geois," the latter written in conjunction with 

 M. Bratiano. He returned to Roumaiiia, and 

 was for some time Minister of Education. In 

 1876 he was elected President of the Chamber. 

 Under his and Bratiano's guidance Roumania 

 proclaimed her independence, and allied her- 

 self with Russia in 1877. Rosetti was Minister 

 of the Interior from 1878 to 1880. 



Rondaire, Colonel, a French engineer, born in 

 Gueret in 1836 ; died in Paris, Jan. 14, 1885. 

 Suggesting the project of reintroducing sea- 

 water into the Algerian cliotts, he was sent by 

 the Government, in 1874, to determine by 

 measurements the feasibility of the scheme. 



Sartorins, Admiral Sir George Rose, the last sur- 

 vivor of Trafalgar, born in London, Aug. 9, 

 1790 ; died there, April 13, 1885. He was the 

 son of Col. J. C. Sartorius and Annabella Rose, 

 granddaughter of Admiral Harvey. He en- 

 tered the British Navy as a midshipman at the 

 age of thirteen, and was present at Nelson's 

 famous victory at Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805. 

 He commanded a gunboat at the siege of Ca- 

 diz, and was three times mentioned for gallant 

 services. In 1815 he was in command of the 

 " Slaney," witnessed the surrender of Napo- 

 leon to the squadron under the command of Sir 

 Frederick Maitland, and carried the first news 

 of the capture to the English Government. In 

 1830-'31 he was engaged by the Terceira Re- 

 gency, acting for the young Queen of Portugal, 

 to fit out and take command of a squadron to 

 act against Dom Miguel. In this service he 

 was much embarrassed by a factious opposi- 

 tion, by contradictory orders from headquar- 

 ters, and by a mutinous spirit among his sea- 

 men, in consequence of their arrears of pay 

 being withheld from them. By great firmness 

 the admiral succeeded in restoring order and 

 regaining the good-will of the crews. Soon 

 afterward he fought two engagements with 

 the Spanish fleet, driving it into Lisbon. He 

 gained the confidence and devotion of his men 

 to such a degree that, when he wished to 

 turn over his command to his friend Charles 

 Napier, they declared their intention of not 

 serving under any other commander until his 

 claims were satisfied. When the Government of 

 the Queen of Portugal was fully re-established, 

 he received the titles of Viscount de Pudade 

 and Count of Senhafirma. As captain of the 

 " Malabar," he received the thanks of the Presi-> 

 dent of the United States for his efforts, in 1842, 



