1771. RICHARD GREY, a learned English divine, died. He was a polemical and miscellaneous writer. 1781. WILLIAM STOCKTON died; a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey. 1783. JOHN BAPTIST D'ESPAGNAC, a French general, died. He signalized himself in the campaign of Italy. 1795. Five hundred emigrant sleighs passed through the city of Albany between sunrise and sunset, on their way to the Genesee country. It was estimated that as many as 1,200 sleighs, freighted with men, women, children and furniture, had passed up State street in the space of three days, destined for the Genesee valley, the _far west_ of the emigrants of that day. 1799. BONAPARTE reached the city of Gaza in Palestine. 1799. Action between the British frigate Sybille, and French ship La Forte, 50 guns. The later was captured in 1 hour 40 minutes. The British lost two of their highest officers. 1804. PICHEGRU, the conquerer of Holland, arrested at Paris by order of Bonaparte. 1815. Action between the United States frigate Constitution, 44 guns, Capt. Stewart, and British frigate Cyane and sloop Levant, 54 guns, Capt. Falcon; British loss, 40 killed, 80 wounded; Constitution lost 4 killed, 11 wounded. The Cyane and Levant were captured. 1823. WILLIAM W. VAN NESS, an eminent judge of the N. Y. supreme court, died. 1834. MODESTE MALHIOT, the Canadian giant, died. His height was 6 feet 4 inches, and his weight 619½ pounds. 1837. ADAM BINKLEY, died in Davidson co., Pennsylvania, aged 138. He was an officer of the revolution and served throughout the war, at which time he had a wife and 11 children. 1843. A remarkable comet first observed in the northern states, which caused considerable controversy whether it was a comet or the zodiacal light. It was first seen at noon, and was distinctly observed with the naked eye from 7 to 9 o'clock in the evening during the month of March. Its train extended about 70° to 100°. 1851. The Spanish government of Manilla, totally destroyed the forts of the pirate Sultan of Sooloo. 1853. Doncaster church, England, built in 1070, destroyed by fire. 1854. Earthquake at Lexington, Ky., and surrounding country, attended by a loud roaring noise. 1854. American steamer Black Warrior, seized by the Cuban authorities at Havana. 1855. An earthquake at Broussa killed or wounded about 800 people, and was succeeded by a fire which destroyed nearly one-third of the houses. FEBRUARY 29. 1631. The president and counsel for New England, made a grant to Robert Aldworth and Giles Elbridge of a hundred acres of land for every person whom they should transport to the province of Maine within seven years, who should continue there three years; and an absolute grant of 12,000 acres as their proper inheritance for ever, to be laid out near the river commonly called Pemaquid.