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Rh 1832 was appointed captain-general and governor of Jamaica. During his administration he carried into effect the i-ecent legislation for the abolition of slavery, and succeeded in suppressing a danger- ous military revolt without bloodshed. He became lord privy seal in 1888, was lord-lieutenant of Ireland in 1885-'9, and was created Mai-quis of Normanby, 25 June, 1888. He was afterward secre- tary of state for the colonies in 1889, home secretary in "l889-'41, ambassador at Paris in 1846-'52, and from 1854 till 1858 held the same post at Florence. He was made a knight of the garter in 1851. Lord Normanby constantly opposed the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston. He was the author of some political pamphlets; "A Year of Revolution," from his journal in Paris (2 vols., 1857) ; and several novels, among them " Matilda " (1825) and " Yes and No "' (1828). — Constantine Henry's son, George Augustus Coustantine Phipps, second Marquis of Normanby, b. 28 July, 1819, entered the Scots fusilier guards in 1888, and was comptroller, and subsequently treasurer, of the Queen's household from 1851 till 1858, when he was appointed governor of Nova Scotia. He retained this office till his succession to his father's title, 28 July, 1868, when he resigned. He was nominated governor of Queensland, 8 April, 1871, governor of New Zea- land in 1874, and in December, 1878, governor of Victoria. He was member of parliament for Scar- borough for nine years, and was sworn a privy coun- cillor in 1851. lie was made a G. L. B. in i885.

MULLANY, James Robert Madison, naval officer, b. in New York city, 26 Oct., 1818 ; d. in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery co., Pa., 17 Sept., 1887. He was a son of Col. James R. iMuUany, quarter- master-general, U. S. army, and entered the navy as midshipman from New Jersey, 7 Jan., 1882. He was promoted passed midshipman, 28 June, 1838, and lieutenant, 29 Feb., 1844. He was actively engaged in the Mexican war, and took part in the capture of the city of Tobasco in June, 1847. Prior to the civil war he saw much service at sea in almost every quarter of the globe. From Janu- ary till March, 1861, he served on the frigate "Sa- bine" in the protection of Fort Pickens, and in April and May of that year, in command of the gun-boat " Wyandotte," occupied a position in th^ harbor of Pensacola, in rear of Fort Pickens, which was then threatened by an attack from the enemy, and he assisted in re-enforcing that fort on 12 April, 1861. He was commissioned commander, 18 Oct., 1861, and assigned to the steamer " Bien- ville " in the North Atlantic and West Gulf sc|uad- rons, where he remained from Api'il, 1862, till May, 1865, except for a short time, including the battle of Mobile Bay, being frequently under the enemy's fire. Having volunteered his services for the battle of Mobile Bay, and the " Bienville " not being considered by Admiral Farragut as fit to en- gage the forts, he was in the action of 5 Aug., 1864, in command of the " Oneida." This ship, lashed to the " Galena," was on the side toward Fort Morgan and in the rear of the line of battle, and exposed to a very destructive fire from that fort. Later the " Oneida " was atta/jked by the ram " Tennessee," which was enabled to rake her. One shot inflicted severe loss on his ship and wounded Commander MuUany in several places, one wound rendering amputation of the left arm necessary. Until this moment he had directed the movements of both ships, and. stationed in a con- spicuous place, encouraged his men as well by his •example as by his words. After this the engage- ment, so far as the " Oneida " was concerned, was at an end. From April till September, 1863, he commanded a division of the West Gulf squadron, and during the course of the war he captured eleven blockade-runners of a great aggregate value, and in addition cut out, with boats, two schooners laden with cotton in the harbor of Galveston, Tex. From May, 1865, till May, 1868. he was inspector in charge of ordnance in the Brooklyn navy-yard. He was commissioned captain in 1866, was one of the board of visitors to the naval academy in 1868, and commanded the sloop " Richmond " in the European squadron from December, 1868, till No- vember, 1871. He was commissioned commodore, 15 Aug., 1870, and was in charge of the Mediter- ranean squadron from October, 1870, till Novem- ber, 1871, and of the Philadelphia navy-yard in 1872-'4. After receiving his rear-admiral's com- mission, 5 June, 1874, he commanded the North Atlantic squadron till February, 1876, during a part of which time he co-operated efficiently with Gen. William H. Emory and Gen. Philip H. Sheri- dan, who were successively in command at New Orleans. He was governor of the Naval asylum, Philadelphia, from 1876 till 1879, when he was re- tired from active service, and he made, to the close of his life, his home in the last-named city, dying at one of its suburban summer resorts. " No gov- ernment or people," says one who knew him inti- mately and well, " ever had a more gallant or faith- ful public servant ; and he was as modest, as genial, as gentle, and as kind as he was faithful and brave."

MULLANY, Patrick John, educator, b. in Killeniain. Ireland, 29 June, 1847; d. in Platts- burg, N. Y., 20 Aug., 1898. He came to this coun- try, and at the age of fifteen joined the brothers of the Christian schools. He was appointed pro- fessor of mathematics and English liieiature at Rock Hill college, Ellicott city, Mil., of which lie became president in 1878. and in which post he long continued.- He frequently contributed to the " American Catholic Quarterly Review," and has delivered many lectures, including one on the "Psychological Aspects of Education " before the International congress of education at the New Orleans exposition, and his papers upon " Dante " and " Aristotle " have been read before the Con- cord school of philosophy. He writes under the pen-name of " Brother Azarias," and has published "Philosophy of Literature " (Philadelphia, 1874) ; " Development of English Literature " (New York, 1880); "Address on Thinking" (1883); "Culture of the Spiritual Sense " (1887) : " Aristotle and the Christian Church " (London, 1887) ; and numerous papers on education.

MULLEN, Tobias, R. C. bishop, b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1818. After a preparatory course in classics in Castlefin school, he was entered at Maynooth college, where he studied theology and received minor orders. He came to the United States with Bishop O'Connor of Pittsburg, in 1843, finished his theological studies, and was ordained priest, 1 Sept., 1844. Alter holding various charges he was transferred to the rectorship of St. Peter's, Alleghany, Pa., in 1854, and in 1864 he was appointed vicar-general of the diocese. He was consecrated bishop of Erie, 2 Aug., 1868. During the administration of Bishop Mullen the Roman Catholic yiopulation has increased from 30,000 to about 60,000, and the churches from 55 to 99. The number of priests has risen from 35 to 73. Under his auspices a college was built at Northwest, and is conducted by the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. Academies for young ladies were also built and given in charge of the Benedictine nuns and Sisters of St. Joseph, and there are fifty-eight parochial schools.