ALLEN (ETHAN), whose parents had emigrat ed from Connecticut, was born in Vermont; but, with respect to the precise time, we are uncertain. At the commencement of the disturbances in Vermont, about the year 1770, he took a most spirited and active part for the settlers, or, as they were then called, the Green Mountain Boys, in opposition to the government of New-York; and notwithstanding that the government of that State had passed an act of outlawry against him, and at the same time, offered a reward of five hundred guineas (2331 dollars) to any one who should apprehend him; he was in all these struggles still successful, and not only proved a valuable friend to those whose cause he had espoused, but when called on to take the field, an intrepid soldier, and an able leader.

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At the commencement of hostilities between America and Great Britain, in the year 1775, he took the command of a party of troops of his own raising, and of th night of the 7th May, with less than two hundred vith small arms only, made himself master of the ga..son of Ticonderoga; from thence he proceeded to Crown Point, which he took on the 14th of the same month; and very soon after the garrison of St. John's likewise yielded to him as conqueror, and here he likewise captured a sloop of war. This expedition, it may be remembered, was the first offensive operation on the part of the Americans against Great Britain, in the late revolutionary war. In the month of November following, colonel Allen, with only a handful of men, made a desperate attempt on the island of Montreal; but having ventured too far, he was taken, put on board a prison ship, and soon afterwards sent over to England. During some part of the passage, he was treated with great rigour, being kept in irons. Soon after his arrival there, he was committed as a prisoner to Pendennis castle, in Cornwall, where, for a considerable time he suffered innumerable hardships. But at last, he was brought

o New-York, where he was exchanged for the Bri, tish Colonel Campbell, and in the month of June, 1778, arrived in his native state, Vermont, to the great joy of his numerous friends, after enduring a captivity of nearly three years, and as a reward for his merit and a token of confidence in his patriotism and fidelity, he was almost immediately after appointed to the command of the state militia. After this, however, he never appeared to be so warm a partizan as he had been before, nor do we recollect of having heard any thing more of his military exploits during the war.

Immediately after the peace, or perh before that period, he seems to have tention to the subject of divinity; a find him, in the year 1786, publishin upon that subject, in a work entitled, ology," or "The Oracles of Reason." object in this publication was to thro of Moses and the prophets into ridicu he was disappointed, as few would so that at its very first outset, it sunk His notions, with respect to relig what singular. He believed, or affe with Pythagoras, that man after dea migrate into beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, &c. and often used to inform his friends, that he himself expected to live again under the form of a large white horse.

But however whimsical his opinions were with respect to religion, those who were best acquainted with him, represent him as a man of strong natural parts, but not cultivated by education. He was likewise brave, humane, generous and affectionate. He died suddenly at his estate in Vermont sometime in 1788.

ALBERMARLE (ANNE CLARGES, DUTCHESS OF), was the daughter of a black-smith, who gave

her an education suitable to the employment she was brought up to, viz. that of a milliner. She was first the mistress and afterwards the wife of General Monk for when that general was confined in the tower, his seamstress, Nanne Clarges, was kind to him in a double capacity. Her mother was a woman of bad fame, who lived in Drury-lane, and she herself was neither handsome nor cleanly.

The duke had such an opinion of her understanding, that he consulted her on every emergency; and as she was a thorough royalist, it is probable she had no inconsiderable share in the restoration. She is supposed to have recommended several of the privy counsellors and it is more than probable, that she carried on a very lucrative trade of selling offices, which were generally filled by such as gave her most money. She was an implacable enemy to Lord Clarendon and had so great influence over her husband, 's to prevail upon him to assist in the ruin of

at man. Indeed the general was afraid to her, as she was easily irritated, and her anger ó bounds. She was a great mistress of all the eloquence of abusive rage, and seldom failed to discharge a volley of curses against those who offended her. Nothing is more certain than that this intrepid commander, who was never afraid of bullets, was often terrified by the fury of his wife.

ALBUQUERQUE (ALPHONSO), a native of Portugal. Concerning this great commander, we know but little, till the year 1503, when he was dispatched to India with six ships by his sovereign Emanuel. On his arrival at Cochin, the garrison fled with precipitation. He then sailed to Coulon to load three ships, which he effected without opposition, and after having made an alliance with the people, returned to his native country.