Panl Alexandre Nevene D Aiguebelle, a Franco-Chinese naval commander, born in France, Jan. 7, 1831. He entered the French navy in 1846, rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1858, and afterward entered the Chinese service, distinguishing himself in 1862-'4 against the Taepings. Admiral Protet and the captains of artillery Lebreton and De Moidry having been successively killed by their own raw troops, D'Aiguebelle became chief commander of the Franco-Chinese corps, compelled the insurgents to evacuate several towns, and captured Hangchow (1864). In 1865 he was made an officer of the legion of honor by the French government, while the Chinese raised him to the rank of a mandarin of the first class. He established with the aid of M. Gic-quel the arsenal of Foo-chow-foo, and enabled the Chinese in less than three years to con-struct all kinds of European vessels. The first Chinese man-of-war is said to have been launched under D'Aiguebelle's auspices, June 2, 1869, on which occasion he was appointed grand admiral of the Chinese fleet.