Duke Morny Charles Angnste Lonis Joseph De, a French statesman, reputed half brother of Napoleon III., born in Paris, Oct. 23, 1811, died there, March 10, 1865. Hew-as regarded a- the son of Queen Hortense and the count Auguste Charles Joseph de Flahaut. He assumed the name of the count de Morny, a French nobleman resident at the Isle de France (Mauritius), who is said to have received 800,-000 francs for adopting him as a son. He was educated under the care of his supposed grandmother, Mine, de Flahaut, also known asllme. de Souza from her second marriage with a Portuguese nobleman of that name, and placed in the institution Muron. His proficiency in study was remarkable, and he early attracted the attention of Talleyrand, who predicted that De Morny would one day be a minister. He attended one of the military schools of Paris during two years, and left it in 1832 with the rank of sub-lieutenant. He then served in Algeria, where he was wounded, and was decorated with the order of the legion of honor for saving the life of Gen. Trezel. Queen Flortense, on her death in 1837, bequeathed to annuity of 40,000 francs, and he soon became noted for his commercial and financial peculations. In 1838 he purchased near Cler-mont maufactory for beet sugar, and largely engaged in that and other enterprises.

From 1842 to 1848 he was a member of the chamber of deputies, and in 1849 he was elected to the legislative assembly. He was one of the most effective assistants of Louis Napoleon in the coup d^etat of Dec. 2, 1851. After that event he held the office of minister of the interior until Jan. 23, 1852, when he relinquished it because Fould, Magne, and Rouher had withdrawn from the administration on account of the confiscation of the property of the Orleans family. Subsequently he became a member of the legislative body, and from 1854 to the time of his death was its president. He attended the coronation of the emperor Alexander II. as the representative of the French government, and was ambassador to Russia during the years 1856-7. While at St. Petersburg he married, Feb. 19, 1857, a Russian lady of rank and wealth. In 1862 he was made duke. During the last years of his life he was actively engaged in railway, mining, and other commercial and industrial enterprises. Morny, under the pseudonyme Saint-Remy, was the author of several farces and operettas.