FERDINAND VII., KING OF SPAIN. Ferdinand VII., King of Spain and the Indies, son of Charles IV., and of Maria Louisa of Parma, was born in the Palace of St. Ildefonso, on the 14th of October, 1784; consequently, at his demise, (September, 1833,) he had not quite completed his 49th year. At the age of six, he was proclaimed Prince of the Asturias. On the 19th of March, 1808, upon the abdication of his father (who lived till the 19th of January, 1819,) he ascended the throne. Six or seven years previously to this, Godoy, the Prince of Peace, undertook to bring about a marriage between Ferdinand and a Princess of England; but the rupture with Britain put a stop to the negotiation, and a double alliance was concluded between the heir of Spain, with his cousin, Maria Antoinette, daughter of Ferdinand IV., King of the Two Sicilies, and between the Prince Royal (now King of the Two Sicilies) and the Princess Maria Isabella, of Spain. The marriage took place in 1802. Ferdinand was devotedly attached to his wife; but she was hated by the King and Queen of Spain; and, after a life spent chiefly in melancholy retirement, she died childless, suddenly, and not without suspicion of poison.

Godoy proposed, as a second wife for Ferdinand, a French lady of the house of Beauharnois; but the Prince refused the connexion. It was not until the year 1816, that King Ferdinand again married. He was then united to his own niece, the Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John VI. She died on the 26th of December, 1818; and, in 1819, he married his third wife, Maria Josephine, daughter of Prince Maximilian of Saxony. Her Majesty died on the 17th of May, 1829. Shortly afterwards, he married his surviving Queen, Maria Christina, (born April 27th, 1806,) third daughter of Francis I., present King of the Two Sicilies, and consequently, niece of Ferdinand. By her, he had a daughter, Donna Isabella, in favour of whose succession he obtained the sanction of the Cortes.

Ferdinand's eldest brother. Carlos Maria Isidore, was born on the 29th of March, 1788; and he married, on the 29th of September, 1816, the Infanta Maria Frances, daughter of John VI. of Portugal; by whom he has three sons, the eldest of whom is in his sixteenth year.

MARSHAL JOURDAN.

Nov. 23.-At Paris, aged 71, Marshal Jourdan, Governor of the Hotel des Invalides.

In 1790, he became Captain of ChasKkk

seurs in the National Guard of his native town.

In 1791 he commanded a battalion of volunteers of Haute-Vienne, which he led to the army of the North, and distinguished himself under Dumourier in the campaign of Belgium. His military talents were appreciated; and, in May, 1793, he obtained the rank of General of Brigade. In 1791 he was advanced to the command of the army of the Moselle. At the head of these troops he gained the victory of Fleurus, and planted his colours

on the Rhine from Coblentz to Cleves.

In the succeeding year he crossed the Rhine, and maintained the war with various success till 1796. In 1797 he started in his political career, having been nominated to the Council of Five Hundred. On the 18th Brumaire he was among those who foresaw the ambitious views of Bonaparte, and who acted on the reserve. The Emperor eyed him with disfavour, but he eventually rendered justice to his deserts and his unbending integrity.

In 1802 he was called to the Council of State; the year succeeding saw him at the head of the army of Italy: and on the memorable 19th of May, 1804, he was created a marshal; but on the breaking out of the Austrian war (1805) he was superseded by Massena, an indignity of which he complained: In 1806 he governed Naples under Joseph Bonaparte; ard in 1908 he accompanied that personage into Spain as his major-general. In the latter post Marshal Jourdan was overwhelmed with disgust, and his counsels were met with contempt, by the courtiers who surrounded the King of Spain; he demanded and obtained his recall at the close of 1809.— However, when the Russian campaign was decided, to his chagrin he was sent back to Spain, where he conducted the inglorious retreat from Madrid, and was at length overwhelmed in the ruin of Vittoria. Jourdan had already the reputation of having sustained more defeats than any other French general; but this last threw all his former ill success into the shade. Jourdan retired to Paris. There he quietly watched the declining fortunes of his master; after whose abdication he received a command from Louis.

When Bonaparte returned from Elba, Jourdan retired into the country. He was one of the first to recognise the authority of Louis after the second restoration. In 1817 he was placed over the seventh military division, and in the year following, was admitted among the new peers. During the first days of the revolution of July, he was called to the ministry for Fo

reign Affairs, but the men of the next day came in, and he willingly surrendered to them his place. Shortly afterwards he was appointed Governor of the Invalids, where he made himself as beloved by the aged warriors under his care as he had been by the soldiers when he was in the army.

Marshal Jourdan was the last representative of the military glories of the Republic. "Jourdan is a poor general," said Napoleon, at St. Helena; "but he possessed the virtues, rare among his competitors, of honour, integrity, and humanity."

A.

Acts of Congress-

Relating to the navy and naval ser-
vice, vol. v. 205. vii. 330.
Relating to the army, v. 228. 229.
viii. 402.

Relating to pensions and pensioners,
v. 205. viii. 330. 331. 336. 338.
Relating to drawbacks, v. 206.
Relating to appropriations, v. 206.
235. viii. 393. 395. 402.
Relating to the public lands, v. 206.
207. 218. 221. 225. 227. 228. 229.
231. vi. 203. 207. 209. 213. 227.
vii. 329. 331. 334. 337. 340. 341.
342. 355, 356. viii. 404. 410.
Relating to taking 5th census, v. 207.
Relating to improvements of certain
harbours, v. 213.

Relating to the judiciary, v. 215. 218.
231. vi. 208. 226. vii. 330. 332.
To reduce duties and for the collec.
tion of duties, vi. 217. 222. 229.
vii. 347. viii. 394. 396. 397.401
For the distribution of books, v. 219.
For the removal of the Indians, v. 224.
To appoint a solicitor of the treasury,
v. 225.

To regulate the commercial inter-
course with colonies of Great Bri.
tain, v. 230.

Relating to revolutionary soldiers, v.
232. 234.

Relating to repeal of tonnage duties, v.
233.

Relating to copy rights, vi. 203.
Relating to convention between Uni-

ted States and Denmark, v. 210.
Relating to the District of Columbia,
vi. 211. 217. vii. 335. viii. 403. 409.
Relating to insolvent debtors, vi. 214.
vii. 353.

Relating to the United States Road,
vi. 222. viii. 405.

Bank of U. S., v. 147. vii. 69. viii. 21.
185.
Belgium. Declaration of Indedendence,
vi. 217. Exclusion of the House of
Orange, vi. 218. Election of Prince
Leopold, vi. 222. Hostilities com-
menced by Holland, vi. 223. Open-
ing of the Belgic Chambers, vi. 224.
Belgium. Treaty with, viii. 31.
Berri, Duchess of, vii. 188. viii. 212,
Black Hawk, capture of, vii. 12.
Bolivar, his death, v. 242.
Bourbons, banished from France, vii.
180.

Brazil. Treaty with, v. 33.
Bristol. Riots at, vi. 280. Trial of riot-
ers, vii. 203.

Chili. Treaty with, viii. 31.
Choctaw Indians. Treaty with, vi. 84.
Cholera, its origin, progress, &c. vii. 21.
Colombia. Mosquera elected President,

v. 222. Congress convoked, v. 223.
Revolt of Cordova, v. 224. Bolivar
resigns, v. 230. Bolivar's message
to congress, v. 231. Mosquera cho-
sen president, v. 237. Commotions
at Bogota, v. 239. General Sucre
assassinated, v. 239.
Bolivar re-as-
sumes the government, v. 241. Bo-
livar's death, v. 242. Physical as-
pect of Colombia and productions,
vi. 123. Government under Spain
and religion, vi. 125. Character of
the people, vi. 126. Miranda's ex.
pedition, vi. 131. Independence, vi.
136.

Commerce of United States, v. 493. vi.
19. 25. vii. 22. viii. 28.
Connecticut, v. 528. vi. 320. vii. 343. viii.
247.

Creek Indians. Treaty with, vii. 94.

D.

Debt of United States, viii. 6.
Delaware, v. 559, vi. 340. vii. 253. viii. 268.
Denmark. Claims on, v. 27. Settle-
ment of claims, v. 27. Convention
with, v. 49.

Diplomatic corps, v. 469.
Duties in 1829, v. 477.

E.

England. Catholic question, v. 420.
Meeting of parliament, v. 424.

Speech from the throne, v. 427.
Character of George IV., v. 435.
Death of George IV., v. 433. Ac-
cession of William IV., v. 440.
Dissolution of parliament, v. 442.
Threatened riots in London, v. 451.
Duke of Wellington resigns, v. 455.
Earl Grey, Premier, v. 459. Parlia
mentary reform, v. 460. Riots in
the country, v. 465. State of public
feeling, vi. 235. Meeting of Parlia-
ment, vi. 258. The church, vi. 258.
The privy list, vi. 259. Reform bill,
vi. 262. Passed House of Commons
and rejected by House of Lords, vi.
276. Public excitement, vi. 279.
Riots at Bristol, vi. 280. Political
unions, vii. 201. Reform bill intro-
duced, vii. 202. Trial of Bristol ri-
oters, vii. 203. Second reading of
reform bill, vii. 205. Ministers de-
feated in committee, vii. 207. Min-
isters resign, vii. 208. Public ex-
citement, vii. 209. Reform bill
passes, vii. 211. Nature of reform,
vii. 213. Tithes, vii. 216. West
India emancipation, v. 222. Dis-
solution of Parliament, vii. 225.
Elections, viii. 196. Bank of Eng-
land. viii. 206. Reduction of taxes,
viii. 208. Tumult in Cold Bath
Fields, viii. 209.

Executive officers, v. 469. vi. 1. vii.
1. viii. 1.

Expeditures, v. 488. vi. 13. vii. 15.

France. Claims on, v. 26. Origin of
claims, v. 26, 28. Treaty with, vi. 81.
France. Vicissitudes in, v. 251. Polig-

nac ministry, v. 252. Public opinion,
v. 253. Lafayette at Lyons, v. 253.
Breton association, v. 257. Pari-
sian Café's, v. 259. Journalism, v.
262. The Moniteur, v. 263. Po-
lignac's position in regard to the
press, 269. Jesuits, v. 271. District
of the Jesuits, v. 272. Assembling
of the Chambers, v. 278. Expedi-
tion against Algiers, v. 279. State
of parties, v. 281. Speech of the

king, v. 285. Address of the Dep-
uties, v. 287. Dissolution of the
Chambers, v. 291. New ministers,
v. 291. Elections, v. 292. Alge.
rine expedition, v. 294. Surrender
of Algiers, v. 301. Colonization of
Algiers, v. 305. Ministerial arrange-
ments, v. 306. State of parties, v.
310. The ordinances, v. 312. Their
effect, v. 316. Protest of journalists,
v. 318. Police arrangements, v.
326. "The three days," v. 328.
Marmount, v. 329. Dispersion of
the people, v. 330. Deputation of
citizens, v. 337. Civil war, v. 338.
Movements of the troops, v. 343.
Polytechnic school, v. 347. Cap-
ture of the Louvre, v. 353. Eva-
cuation of Paris, v. 354. Conduct
of the people, v. 356. Provisional
goverment, v. 357. Lafayette, v.
358. Proposal of the king, v. 359.
Duc d'Orleans made lieutenant ge-
neral, v. 361. State of Paris, v.
364. Proceedings of the Chambers,
v. 380. New charter, v. 388. Duc
d'Orleans king, v. 391. Impeach.
ment of ex-ministers, vi. 293. State
of Paris, vi. 297. New ministry, vi.
300. State of parties, vi. 302. vii. 178.
Banishment of the Bourbons, vii. 180.
Riots at Lyons, vii. 181. Death of
Casimir Perrier, vii. 184.

State of Greece, vi. 160. Greek
fleet destroyed, vi. 162. Capo d'Is-
tria assassinated, vi. 162. Arrival of
king Otho, at Napoli, viii. 222.
Greek ministry, viii. 222. State of
commerce, viii. 223.

H.

Hanover, vii. 193.
Holland. Claims on, v. 30.

I.

Illinois, v. 599. vi. 372. vii. 279. viii. 323.
Imports, v. 503. vi. 30. vii. 31. viii. 47.
Indiana, v. 598. vi. 371. vii. 278. viii. 319.
Indian bill, 1830, v. 189.
Indian annuities, v. 514.
Internal improvements, v. 10. 191. vi.
68. vii. 158.

J.

Jackson, Andrew, inaugurated Presi-
dent, v. 9. His political principles,
v. 11. Inaugural address, v. 14,
His cabinet, v. 16. His professions
on executive patronage, v. 29. Cho-
sen President 2d term, viii. 16.

K.

June, vii. 186. Duchess of Berri,
vii. 188. viii. 212. Landing at An-
cona, vii. 189. Reduction of citadel
of Antwerp, vii. 192. Policy of
Louis Phillipe, viii. 210. Return of
French army from Belgium, viii. 211.
Meeting of Chambers, viii. 211.
American indemnity bill, viii. 212.

G.

Georgia, v. 575. vi. 356. vii. 265.

viii. 291. Conduct of Georgia on
Indian affairs, vi. 26.

George IV., his death and character., v.
435.

Germany. Importance of, vi. 137. Con-

stitution of the Holy Roman Em-
pire, vi. 139. German confederacy,
vi. 141. Literature in Germany,
vi. 146. Journals, vi. 147. Insur-
rections, vi. 150. vii. 193.
Governors of states, v. 475. vi. 5. vii.
5. viii. 5

Greece, vi. 159. vii. 195. Leopold of-
fered the Greek crown, vi. 160.

311.

L.

Lafayette, his reception at Lyons, v.
256. Commander of the National
Guard, v. 358.

Land offices, vii. 13. viii. 17.
Law cases and legal decisions.
James Jackson, ex dem. Haman &
Hart vs. Elias Lamphire. Conflict-
ing claim to a military tract in state
of New York, v. 293.
Hiram Craig, John Moore and
Ephraim Moore, vs. State of Mis-
souri. Construction of an act of
Missouri establishing Loan Offices,
v. 241.

John Soulard, widow & others, vs.
the United States. John T. Smith
appellant, vs. the United States, on
claims of land in State of Missouri,
claimed under titles from the Span-
ish government, v. 260.
The Providence Bank, plaintiffs in
error vs. Alpheus Billings and Tho.
mas G. Pitman. Construction of
an act taxing banks, v. 261.