1851. MORDECAI MANASSEH NOAH, for over forty years connected with the press of New York and prominent as a writer and politician, died. 1851. ISAAC HILL, one of the most influential political writers in America and for many years editor of the _New Hampshire Patriot_, died. 1851. JOHN STUART SKINNER, editor of the _Plow, the Loom and the Anvil_, died at Baltimore, aged 63. He was the pioneer in the establishment of American agricultural journals, although he had been educated for the law. 1855. RAMON PINTO, an eminent Cuban lawyer, suffered death by the garotte, at Havana, for conspiring to take Concha's life and overthrow the existing government. 1855. The Russians, in a night sortie upon the French lines at Sebastopol, were driven back after a contest of two and a half hours. MARCH 23. 1208. The pope laid the churches of England under an interdict. King John in retaliation banished the bishops that obeyed. 1534. CLEMENT VIII issued his bull rescinding Cranmer's sentence, and confirming Henry VIII's marriage with Catharine; in consequence of which the pope's authority was abolished in England, and the king declared the supreme head of the church. 1556. JULIUS III (John Marie du Mont), pope of Rome, died. He is notorious for having dissolved the council of Trent, and is characterized as a weak and narrow-minded pontiff, little calculated to uphold the dignity and power of his office. 1606. JUSTUS LIPSIUS died; a most acute and learned Flemish critic and commentator on ancient authors. His works were published in 6 vols. folio. 1621. JOHN CARVER, first governor of Plymouth colony, died. He was among the English emigrants to Leyden; and when a removal to America was contemplated, he was sent over to negotiate for a suitable territory. He conducted the affairs of the colony with great prudence, and discovered great address in the management of the natives. 1650. The English army commanded by Oliver Cromwell, laid siege to the town of Kilkenny in Ireland. The defence was obstinate, but the garrison surrendered in a few days. 1776. ROBERT JAMES, an English physician, died; known as the inventor of James' Fever Powders, a preparation which has acquired great celebrity and proved an inexhaustible source of opulence to his family, and benefit to the public. 1776. Congress issued letters of marque and reprisal against England. 1777. The British under Bird landed at Peekskill on the Hudson river for the purpose of seizing the military stores; but on the news of his approach the guard stationed there under Gen. McDougal, fired the principal store houses and retired. 1793. Spain declared war against England. 1797. The French under DUGUA entered Trieste, the most important seaport town of Austria; at the same time another French army took possession of the mines of Ydria.