Court of Common Pleas.- Sir Alexander J. E. Cockburn (ap. 1856), Lord Chief Justice, £7,000; Sir C. Creswell (ap. 1842), Sir Edw. Vaughan Williams (ap. 1847), Sir R. B. Crowder (ap. 1854), and Sir James Shaw Willes (ap. 1855), Judges, £ 5,500 each.

Court of Exchequer. - Rt. Hon. Sir Frederic J. Pollock (b. 1783, ap. 1844), Lord Chief Baron, £7,000; Sir E. H. Alderson (b. 1787, ap. 1834), Sir Samuel Martin (ap. 1850), Sir George Bramwell (ap. 1856,) and W. H. Watson (ap. 1856), Barons, £5,500 each.

Ecclesiastical Courts. - Vicar General, Travers Twiss; Principal of Court of Arches, Judge of Prerogative Court, Master of the Faculty Office, Sir John Dodson; Judge of Consistory Court, Rt. Hon. S. Lushington. Admiralty Court. Judge, Rt. Hon. S. Lushington; Queen's Advocate, Sir J. D. Harding; Amiralty Advocate, J. Phillimore, Esq.

Court of Bankruptcy.— Lords Justices of Appeal, Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, Sir George J. Turner; Chief Registrar, Hon. J. Campbell. Insolvent Debtors' Court.

Chief Clerk, H. Simpson.

Chief Commissioner, William James Law;

Scotland.

Court of Session: Inner House. - 1st Division. Duncan McNeill, Lord Colonsay (b. 1794, ap. 1852), Lord President, £4,800. James Ivory, Lord Ivory; John Maryhall, Lord Curriehill (ap. 1855); George Deas, Lord Deas (ap. 1855), Judges, £3,000 each.

Inner House: 2d Division.- Rt. Hon. John Hope (b. 1794, ap. 1844), Ld. Justice Clerk, £4,500. Sir John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray; Alexander Wood, Lord Wood; John Cowan, Lord Cowan, Judges, £3,000 each. Outer House: Permanent Lords Ordinary. Robert Handyside, Lord Handyside; Hercules J. Robertson, Lord Benholm; Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves; James Craufurd, Lord Árdmillan; Thomas Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie (ap. 1855); £3,000 each. Right Hon. James Moncrieff, Lord Advocate, £2,500 and fees. Edward Francis Maitland, Solicitor-General, £1,000.

Court of Justiciary. Lord Justice General, Duncan McNeill; Lord Justice Clerk, Rt. Hon. John Hope; Commissioners, Lords Cowan, Ivory, Deas, Wood, and Handyside.

There is no division of common law, equity, civil law, or admiralty; but the whole business, civil and criminal, original and appellate, is discharged by the Court of Session.

Ireland.*

Court of Chancery.-Rt. Hon. Maziere Brady (ap. 1853), Lord Chancellor, £8,000; Rt. Hon. T. B. C. Smith (ap. 1846), Master of the Rolls, £4,300. Court of Queen's Bench.. Rt. Hon. Thos. Lefroy, Lord Chief Justice, £5,074; Hon. Philip C. Crampton, £3,725; Rt. Hon. Louis Perrin (ap. 1836), Rt. Hon. Richard Moore (ap. 1847), Judges, £3,688 each.

Court of Common Pleas. - Rt. Hon. James Henry Monahan (ap. 1850), Lord Chief Justice, £4,615; Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ball (b. 1791, ap. 1839), Hon. J. D. Jackson (b. 1783, ap. 1842), and Hon. William Keogh, (ap. 1856), Judges, £3,688 each. Attorney-General, John David Fitzgerald; Solicitor-General, Jonathan Christian, Esq., £4,612.

Court of Exchequer.- Rt. Hon. David R. Pigott (ap. 1846), Lord Chief Baron; Hon. Richard Pennefather, Rt. Hon. John Richards (b. 1790, ap. 1837), Rt. Hon. Richard W. Greene (ap. 1852), Barons, £3,688 each.

Ecclesiastical Courts. — Rt. Hon. R. Keatinge, Judge of Prerogative Court. Joseph Radcliffe, Vicar-General.

Court of Admiralty. - T. F. Kelly, Judge. Joseph Radcliff, Surrogate.

* There was established at the last session of Parliament a Court of Appeal for Ireland, to go into operation January 1, 1857. Francis Blackburne is appointed Chief Justice.

PARLIAMENT.

The Parliament of Great Britain consists of a House of Lords and a House of Commons. The present is the 15th Imperial or 5th Reformed Parliament. The House of Lords has 448 Members.

The present House of Commons, Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre, Speaker, was elected July, 1852. It numbers 658 members.

Dec. 14. In Hong Kong, China, Commodore Joel Abbott, commanding the United States Squadron in the East Indies. He was a native of Massachusetts, and entered the service in 1812. He was a brave, energetic, and honorable officer, and discharged the responsible duties which the coinmand of that squadron imposed upon him, with signal ability and discretion.

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Nov. 19. In Utica, N. Y., Theodric Romeyn Beck, M.D., LL. D., aged 64. He was born in Schenectady in 1791, and graduated at Union College in 1807, at the age of 16. He studied medicine in Albany and in New York, and commenced practice in Albany. The subject of his inaugural thesis was "Insanity." 1815 he was appointed Professor in Fairfield Medical College, N. Y., and in 1817, having withdrawn from the practice of medicine, he became Principal in the Albany Academy, in which he continued till 1848. He was much interested in education, elementary and collegiate, and his efforts accomplished the complete organization of the State Library. In 1842 Dr. Beck was made one of the Board of Managers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, and in 1854 he became President of the Board. He was one of the originators, and of the most ardent supporters, of the Geological Survey of the State. His chief labor was his well-known and excellent work on Medical Jurisprudence, which, first published in 1823, has gone through five editions in America, four in London, and one in Germany. He was a member of many scientific societies at home and abroad, and his whole life was one of uninterrupted and efficient labor.

Nov. 12. In Waterville, Me., Timothy Boutelle, LL. D., aged 77, a native of Leominster, Mass., and a graduate at Cambridge in 1800.

October.-In Chicago, Ill., Justin Butterfield, Commissioner of the Land-Office under General Taylor, and for many years one of the most prominent lawyers in Illinois.

Dec. 21.-In Warren County, Va., Col. William Carson, aged 81. He was an Ensign under General Washington in the expedition against the insurgents, and was at Norfolk as a volunteer in the war of 1812. He was for many years a delegate to the Legislature, was Senator, and for three years a member of the Executive Council of Virginia. He was hospitable, honorable, and of strict integrity through life.

Sept. 15. In Portsmouth, Va., Rev. James Chisholm, aged 39. He was born in Salem, Mass., in 1815, there fitted for college, and graduated at Cambridge in 1836. He taught school after graduation, then studied for the ministry, and in 1850 was settled as Rector of St. John's Church, in Portsmouth, where he remained until his death. During the prevalence of the yellow-fever in Norfolk and Portsmouth, he faithfully remained at his post. With a fidelity and courage worthy of his sacred profession, he met the terrible dangers of the scene, and continued ministering consolation and hope to the mourning and the

dying, until he fell a victim to the scourge. A memoir of Mr. Chisholm has been published, prepared by the Rev. David H. Conrad, of Martinsburg, Va.

Aug. 28. At Bailey's Springs, Ala., Hon. Henry W. Collier. He was born in Virginia, educated in South Carolina, and removed to Alabama about the time he attained his majority. He was for twelve years, from 1836 to 1848, Chief Justice of his adopted State, and afterwards was for four years, from 1849 to 1853, its Governor. He was highly esteemed both as a magistrate and citizen. Sept. 1. In Washington, D. C., Hon. William Cranch, LL. D., aged 86. He was born in Weymouth, Mass., July 17, 1769; graduated at Cambridge in 1787; studied law in Boston, was admitted to the bar of the Common Pleas in 1790; and to the Supreme Court in July 1793. He commenced practice in Braintree, but in a year went to Haverhill. In October 1794, he removed to Washington as the land agent of a firm in that place. In April, 1795, he married Nancy Greenleaf, who died in 1843. In 1800 he was appointed one of the Commissioners of the City of Washington, which office he resigned in 1801, when he was appointed by President Adams, at the personal solicitation of Chief Justice Marshall, Junior Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the District. In 1805 he was appointed Chief Justice by Mr. Jefferson, and held the office until his death. He published nine volumes of Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States; a Memoir of the Life, &c. of President John Adams, in 1837; and an Address upon Temperance in 1831, a small pamphlet. In 1829, he received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Harvard College. For fifty years and more, he was regarded in the District as its chief citizen.

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Dec. 22.-- In New York, Nicholas Dean, Esq., aged 64. He was a prominent and distinguished citizen; had held several offices of honor and trust. President of the Croton Water Board from 1849 to 1853, and afterwards was President of the Harlem Railroad.

Dec. 23.-In Boston, Mass., Peter Paul Francis Degrand, aged about 75. He was a native of Marseilles, France, and came to Boston about 1803. He soon engaged in business. In May, 1819, he issued the first number of a commercial paper called the Weekly Report, which continued some ten years. After 1835, he was a stock-broker. He fought a duel in Rhode Island in 1818, and was wounded. He was an early and warm friend of railroads, and did much to have them built here.

Dec. 29. In Utica, N. Y., Nicholus Devereaux, aged 67. He was a prominent citizen, held many offices of trust, and at the time of his death was one of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum.

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December. - Near Ellicott's Mills. Md., Hon. Thomas B. Dorsey, one of the most prominent lawyers in Maryland, and, previous to the formation of the new Constitution, from 1848 to 1852, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals.

November.. In Wilmington, N. C., Hon. Edward B. Dudley. He was a Representative in Congress from 1829 to 1831, and in 1836 was elected the first Governor of the State, under the amended Constitution, which office he held four years. He was subsequently appointed President of the Wilmington and Raleigh (now Weldon) Railroad Company. He was always distinguished for integrity, liberality, and business capacity.

Nov. 8. --In Groton, Mass., George Frederick Farley, aged 62. He was born in Dunstable, Mass., April 5, 1793. Graduated at Cambridge in 1816; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire in 1820; practised at New Ipswich, N. H., until near 1831, when he removed to Groton. He was one of the most eminent and successful lawyers in Middlesex County.

Nov. 14. --In Charlestown, Mass., Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, D D., aged 93. He was born in Weston, Mass., in 1762; graduated at Cambridge in 1785; was settled at West Cambridge in 1788, and was minister there for nearly forty years. In 1821 he received the degree of D.D. from Columbia College, N. Y.

Oct. 31. In Manchester, N. H., Ralph Hill French, aged 79. He was born in Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 31, 1776, graduated at Cambridge in 1798; practised law in Essex County, and was for twenty years Register of Deeds for that county.

Nov. 16. In Burlington, N. J., Stephen Grellet, aged 83, a native of France, and an eminent minister of the Society of Friends.

Sept. 27.-In Boston, Mass, Hon. Benjamin Gorham, aged 80. He was born in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 13, 1775. Graduated at Cambridge in 1795, studied law with Theophilus Parsons (afterwards Chief Justice), of Newburyport; com

menced practice in Boston, and soon rose to eminence at the bar. He was Representative in Congress from the Suffolk District from 1320 to 1823, from 1827 to 1831, and from 1833 to 1835. He was afterwards, for a short time, a member of the State Legislature.

Oct 8. --In Middletown, Ct., Samuel Dickinson Hubbard, aged 55. He was born at Middletown, Ct., Aug. 10, 1799, and was graduated at Yale College in 1819. He studied law, but did not enter on the practice, being generally engaged in manufacturing business. In 1845 he was chosen a member of the House of Representatives of the twenty-ninth Congress, and was re-elected to the Congress next following. In 1852 he was appointed Postmaster-General of the United States, and held the office until the close of President Fillmore's administration After this time he withdrew from public life.

Oct 19. In Watertown, Mass., Dr. Walter Hunnewell, aged 86. He was born in Cambridge, August 10, 1769, graduated at Cambridge in 1787, studied medicine with Dr. Spring of Watertown, and there settled and passed his life, respected as a good citizen and skilful physician.

Dec. 13 --In Boston, Mass., Hon. Charles Jackson, aged 80. He was born in Newburyport, May 31, 1775, graduated at Cambridge in 1793, studied law with Theophilus Parsons, in Newburyport; was admitted to practice in Essex County in 1796, and settled in Newburyport. He removed to Boston in 1803, and took high rank at that bar, as he had before done in Essex. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in 1813, which he accepted as the post of duty, and upon urgent solicitations, and held the office faithfully and honorably until 1823, when ill-health compelled him to resign. He was, in 1820, a member of the Convention to revise the Constitution. In 1832 he was put at the head of the Commission to revise the Statutes of the Commonwealth, and was a member of the Corporation of Harvard College from 1825 to 1834. He was loved, respected, and venerated by the bar, by his associates upon the bench, and by the whole community. Nov. 16. In Baltimore, Md, Leonard Jarvis, aged 76. He was born in Cambridge, Mass., January 7, 1779, and graduated at Cambridge in 1797. He for ten years after leaving college followed the seas, and then settled as a merchant in Baltimore. By his will he devised the Melange edifice, in Baltimore, known as the "Jarvis Building," one half to Harvard College, and the other half to the Baltimore Humane Impartial Society, the House of Refuge, the Aged Women's Home, and the Baltimore Orphan Asylum; the devises to take effect upon the death of his widow. The value of the estate is estimated at not less than $20,000 a year.

Dec. 18.- Near Port Tobacco, Md., Hon. Daniel Jenifer. He had been frequently a member of the State Legislature of Maryland, and was a Representative in Congress from 1831 to 1833, and from 1835 to 1841, from that State, and during the administration of Gen. Harrison and President Tyler he was the United States Minister to Austria.

Dec. 3. In Malden, Mass., Samuel Kettell, Editor of the Boston Courier, aged 55. He was born in Newburyport in 1800, and early engaged in literary pursuits. He was an assistant of Mr. Goodrich, in preparing the Peter Parley books. He also published a collection of selections from American Poets. He was an accomplished linguist, and, self-taught, mastered, as is said, fourteen different languages. He translated one of the Peter Parley books into Modern Greek for amusement while on a voyage to Malta, and it was published in that language. Having previously been a frequent contributor to the Courier, he became principal editor on the retirement of Mr. Buckingham in 1848, and conducted it with vigor and ability. He was Representative in the Legislature from Boston in 1851 and 1852, and, as a member of the Committee on Education, wrote an elaborate minority report against the proposal to introduce the study of 66 phonotypy into the public schools.

Dec. 9. In Harrisburg, Pa., Alexander Mahon, Esq., aged 75. He had served for several years in both branches of the State Legislature, and had been President of the Senate, and State Treasurer.

Sept. 21. In Nashville, Tenn., E. P. McGinty, Esq., for many years connected with the press of Tennessee, and, at the time of his death, editor of the Nashville "True Whig."

Dec. 9.--In Philadelphia, Pa., Samuel Miller, Lt.-Col. of the Marine Corps, aged 81. He was a gallant officer, and fought at Bladensburg with great bravery in 1814. He was also energetic and efficient in the Indian wars in Alabama and Florida.

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Oct. 24. In Astoria, N. Y., Hon. Robert H Morris, aged 51. He was born in New York in 1803, received his education and studied law at Hudson. 1828 he returned to New York, where he was a zealous politician of the Democratic party. He had been Recorder of the city, was twice Mayor, and in 1844 was appointed Postmaster by Mr. Polk. In 1853 he was elected a Judge of the Supreme Court for the First Judicial District.

Sept. 21. In Attica, N. Y., Hon. Harvey Putnam, aged 62. He was for more than a quarter of a century a leading member of the Genesee County bar, was a Representative in Congress from New York from 1847 to 1851, and was elected several times to both branches of the State Legislature.

Nov. 7.-In Paris, France, Dudley Selden, Esq. of New York City. He was formerly a prominent member of the New York bar, but had retired from practice. He was a Representative in Congress from New York from 1833 to 1835. Sept. 2. In Richmond, Va., William C. Shields, aged 64. He was a native of Philadelphia, served in the navy in the war of 1812. He founded the Richmond Compiler, and was afterwards for many years joint proprietor and editor of the Norfolk Beacon, and in 1844, established the Norfolk Courier, which he conducted until a year or two previous to his death. He died of yellow-fever while engaged in benevolent efforts in behalf of the suffering citizens of Norfolk.

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Sept. 5. In Concord, Mass., Rev. George Frederick Simmons, aged 41. He was born in Boston in 1814, graduated at Cambridge in 1832, where he was distinguished for his brilliant scholarship; studied theology, and was ordained as an Evangelist in 1838. He preached in Mobile, Ala., from 1838 to 1840; in Waltham, Mass., from 1841 to 1845; and in Springfield, Mass., from 1848 to 1851, each. of which places his anti-slavery preaching and opinions caused him to leave. He was twice in Europe; once, on graduation, as a tutor in a private family, and again, in 1843, when he went to Germany and studied theology for two years. He was settled in Albany after leaving Springfield, and while there was attacked by the disease, consumption, which caused his death.

Nov. 2.-In Charlestown, Mass., Col. Timothy Upham, aged 71. He was born in Deerfield, N. H., in 1783, and commenced mercantile life in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1807. In March, 1812, he received the appointment of Major in the army, and was soon after placed in command of the forts and harbor of Portsmouth, and superintended the recruiting service. In July, 1812, he received a commission in the Eleventh Infantry, and in September joined the army in Plattsburg. He saw considerable service, and was promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel in the famous Twenty-first Regiment, commanded by Col. Miller, and at the sortie from Fort Erie, he commanded the reserve. At the close of the war, his health was so shattered that he resigned his commission. He was appointed Collector of the Customs at Portsmouth in 1816, and held the office for thirteen years. He held, in 1819 and 1820, the commission first of Brigadier and afterwards of Major-General in the State Militia. In 1841 he was appointed Navy Agent, and held the office until 1845, when he removed to Charlestown. Here, though from increasing ill-health he was obliged to lead a retired life, yet his hospitality, combined with intelligence, sound judgment, great practical experience, and pleasing conversational powers, caused his counsel and friendship to be sought by some of our most distinguished men.

Oct. 24.- In Natchez, Miss., Rt. Rev. James Oliver Van De Velde, second Bishop of Natchez, aged about 63. He was a native of Belgium, early united himself with the Jesuits, and when quite young was sent to America. For some years he was President of the Catholic College at St. Louis, and from thence was made Bishop of Chicago. Five or six years ago, he was transferred to Natchez, where he won the love of his congregation and the warm regard of the citizens. He was very cordial and unassuming in his manners, and with his great store of learning his friendship was an object to be sought. His death caused universal regret

Nov. 14. In Washington, D. C., Dr. Tobias Watkins, aged 75. He was born in Maryland in 1780, and graduated at St. John's College, Annapolis, in 1798. He studied medicine and graduated from the Medical College at Philadelphia in 1602, and soon commenced practice at Havre de Grace, Md. He was Surgeon in the army during the war with Great Britain. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon-General in 1818, and held the office until 1821. In 1824 he was ap