Some facts respecting of the life and history of the new ruler of France will not be without interest to our readers, and these we append : — The new Presi dert, Marie-Edme Patrick-dc MacMahon was born at Sully, July 13, 1808, and derives his descent from an Irish family who risked aud lost all for the last of the Stuart kings. The MacMahons, carrying their nationol traditions, ancestral pride, and historic name to France, mingled their blood by marriage with the old nc bility of their adopted country. This member of the family entered the military service of France in 1825, at the school of St. Cyr ; wag sent to the Algerian wars in 1830; while acting as aide-de-camp to General Achard, took part in the expedi tion to Antwerp in 1832 ; attained to, the rank of captain in 1833; and, after holding the post of aide-de-camp to several African generals, and taking part in the assault of Constantine, was nomi nated of Foot Chasseurs in 1840, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Foreign Legion in 1842, Colonel of the 41st of the Line in 1845, and General of Brigade in 1848. When, in 1855, General Canrobevt left the Crimea, General MacMahon, then in France, was selected by the Emperor to succeed him in command of a division ; and when the chiefs of the allied armies resolved on assaulting Sebastopol, Sep tember 8, they assigned to General MacMahon the perilous post of carrying the works of the Malakoff. For .his brilliant auccess on that occasion, he was made Grand Crocs of the Legion of Honor; and hi 1856 was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. General MacMahon, who took a conspicuous part in the Italian campaign of 1850, received

the baton of a Marshal, and was created Duke of Magenta, in commemoration of that victory. He represented France at the coronation of William 111. of Prussia, in November, 18G1 ; was nominated to the command of the 3rd corps d'arme'e October 14, 1862 ; and was nominated Governor-General of Algeria by decree September 1, 18G4. In this capacity he inaugurated a new system, the tendency of which was to create an Arab kingdom. Ib proved, however, a complete failure. The French and other European colonists became dissatisfied that in 18G8 a large number of them left for Brazil, while thousands of the natives perished from hunger. 