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to save the frigate " Missouri " from destruc- 

 tion by fire in Gibraltar Bay. Soon afterward 

 he received on board the Regent of Spain, 

 Espartero, and afforded him an asylum when 

 closely pursued by his enemies. He was the 

 first to foresee, in 1855, the revolution about 

 to take place in naval warfare, by the revival 

 of the ancient mode of striking an adversary 

 with the prow, the introduction of which prin- 

 ciple was soon afterward adopted. He became 

 Admiral of the White in the British Navy in 

 1862, Vice- Admiral of the United Kingdom in 

 1869, and Admiral of the Fleet before the close 

 of the same year. He retained his faculties to 

 the last, and was the oldest officer and the 

 highest in naval rank in the British service. 



Schlagintweit, Robert Ton, a German explorer, 

 born in Munich, Oct. 27, 1833; died in Giessen, 

 where he held a professorship, June 6, 1885. 

 He assisted his brothers in their scientific ex- 

 ploration of India in 1854-'57. His brother 

 Adolf was murdered in Kashgar, and his 

 brother Hermann returned from India an in- 

 valid. The chief part of the labor of working 

 out the scientific results of the expedition thus 

 fell to Robert. He delivered popular lectures 

 relating his experiences, besides writing the 

 great work on India and discharging his duties 

 as professor of geography. In 1867 he trans- 

 lated his lectures into English in order to ac- 

 cept an invitation of the Lowell Institute to 

 lecture in Boston and satisfy a desire to travel 

 in America. He lectured in the United States 

 in English and German, and, upon his return 

 in 1870, he published seven separate works, 

 besides smaller dissertations, treating of the 

 West and its prospects, of the Pacific Rail- 

 roads, and other American subjects. In 1880 

 he made another extended tour in America. 



Schwarzenberg, Cardinal Prince Friedrich TOD, 

 Archbishop of Prague, born April 6, 1809; 

 died March 2, 1885. His mother was the 

 beautiful Princess Schwarzenberg who was 

 burned to death at a ball in the Austrian em- 

 bassy in 1810. He studied for the legal pro- 

 fession, but entered the Church, and was 

 Archbishop of Salzburg at the age of twenty- 

 seven, a cardinal at thirty- three, and Arch- 

 bishop of Prague at forty-one. In the (Ecu- 

 menical Council he opposed the dogma of 

 Papal infallibility, and in the Austrian House 

 of Lords was a vehement opponent of the 

 Liberal reforms of the school laws. In the 

 Bohemian Diet he was an ally of the Czech 

 party, but discountenanced the crusade against 

 the German language. 



Scratehley, Major-General Sir Peter, Special 

 Commissioner for British New Guinea, born in 

 1835; died on board ship about Dec. 1, 1885. 

 He served as an engineer officer in the Crimea 

 and in the Indian mutiny. In 1860 he went 

 to Melbourne to superintend the erection of 

 fortifications. He assisted in the organization 

 of the volunteer force, and in 1877 was sent 

 again to Australia with Sir W. Jervis to advise 

 upon the organization of defenses. He be- 



came colonel in 1878, and retired with the 

 honorary rank of major-general in 1883. He 

 was appointed Special Commissioner for the 

 Protected Territory in New Guinea in Octo- 

 ber, 1884. 



Senard, M., a French jurist and statesman, 

 born in Rouen in 1800 ; died Oct. 30, 1885. He 

 was a brilliant student, and in 1830 he head- 

 ed the insurrection in Rouen. In Cavaignac's 

 Cabinet of 1848 he was Minister of the Inte- 

 rior. After the revolution of Sept. 4, 1870, he 

 was sent to Italy to signify the acquiescence 

 of the French Government in the Italian occu- 

 pation of Rome. He was elected to the Cham- 

 ber in 1874 and again in 1877. In 1879 he en- 

 tered the Senate. 



Serrano (Francisco Serrano y Dominguez), 

 Duke de la Torre, ex-Dictator and Marshal of 

 Spain, born near Cadiz, Sept. 12, 1810; died in 

 Madrid, Nov. 26, 1885. He was the son of a 

 Spanish general, and entered the army at the 

 age of sixteen. He displayed great gallantry 

 and was rapidly promoted to high rank during 

 the civil wars that followed the death of Fer- 

 dinand VII. In 1843 he brought about the 

 fall of Espartero, and after the restoration ot 

 the Queen's mother, he joined Narvaez in his 

 attempt to overthrow Olozago. In 1846, soon 

 after the marriage of Queen Isabella, Serrano 

 acquired such an influence over her that the 

 King-consort quarreled with him, and a public 

 scandal followed. The captaincy-general ot'Gra- 

 nada was among the first high honors con- 

 ferred upon Serrano; but, in order to bring 

 him to Madrid, the Queen made him a senator, 

 captain-general of artillery, and then Captain- 

 General of Castile. He took an active part in 

 effecting several changes of ministry, and was 

 himself twice Minister of War for brief peri- 

 ods. In 1860 he was sent to Cuba as captain- 

 general. For his efforts to bring Santo Do- 

 mingo under Spanish rule he was rewarded, on 

 his return to Spain in 1864, by being made a 

 grandee of the first class, with the title of 

 Duke de la Torre. As President of the Senate 

 in 1866 he protested against the prorogation 

 of the Cortes, for which he was imprisoned. 

 The revolution of 1868, when Queen Isabella 

 fled, brought the marshal into great promi- 

 nence. He was the chief actor in the revolu- 

 tion, and the Junta at Madrid made him Presi- 

 dent of the Council of Ministers and command- 

 er-in-chief of the army. This was soon fol- 

 lowed by his being elected Regent, in which 

 capacity he continued to act until Prince 

 Amadeo accepted the Spanish crown. When 

 Alfonso was proclaimed King, in 1874, Marshal 

 Serrano retired to France, but soon returned. 

 He continued to take an active part in politic 

 and in 1883 was appointed Minister of Spain 

 to France. The marshal was married to a m 

 ban lady, and leaves a son and two daughters, 

 He recently asserted that he had seen eighty 

 changes of ministry in Spain, twoscore rebel- 

 lions, and twelve changes in the head of tJ 

 state. 



