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in Birmingham, and came to this country in his youth. He soon found employment as a designer and engraver in the-house of Tiffany and Co., with whom he has since remained continuously. Many of the best-known art-pieces of silver- ware that have been produced in this country were designed by him, among them the Bryant vase, which was presented to the poet on his eightieth birthday, and is to be seen in the Metropolitan museum of art in New York city, also the silver casket presented to Bishop Horatio Potter on 25 Nov., 1879, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his consecration. The elaborate design of the latter was wrought by the repousse process, the golden enrichments are carved by hand, and the damaskeening was richer and costlier than any similar work ever produced in this country. The third seal of the United States, which is now in use in Washing- ton, was designed by him. (See illus- tration.) The first seal was made under President Washington's im- mediate direction, while the second was a failure. Mr. Whitehouse has designed numer- ous national med- als, as well as most

of the U. S. corps

badges that were made during the civil war, also the beautiful memorial brasses in the tower of St. James's church, Lenox hill, New York city. He is a recognized authority on art, and is frequently consulted in the technicalities of art-work, the va- rious applications of art, and on heraldry.

WHITELEY, Richard Henry, congressman, b. in Ireland, 22 Dec, 1830. He was taken to Georgia in 1836, and engaged in the manufacturing business in early boyhood, but in I860, having studied law, was admitted to the bar. He opposed secession, but served in the Confederate army in 1861-'5. In 1867 he was chosen as a Republican to the State constitutional convention, and in the following year he was a Republican candidate for congress and was appointed solicitor-general of the southwestern circuit. In February, 1870, he was elected U. S. senator, but not admitted to a seat. Meanwhile he and his Democratic opponent had teen contesting the congressional election of 1868, and the seat was finally awarded to Mr. Whiteley in February, 1871, at the close of the session. He served from this time till 1875, and was a defeated candidate for the two following congresses.

WHITELEY, Robert Henry Kirkwood, soldier, b. near Cambridge, Md., 15 April, 1809. He was appointed from Delaware to the U. S. military academy, where he was graduated in 1830, and, being assigned to the 2d artillery, served in various arsenals and garrisons, including that of Fort Moultrie, S. C, in 1832-'3, during the threatened nullifi- cation troubles. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, 28 Dec, 1835, brevetted captain, 19 July, 1836, for gallant conduct in the Florida war, and in 1838 was transferred to the ordnance. He was promoted captain in 1842, and commanded successively the arsenal at Baton Rouge, La., that in St. Louis, Mo., the New York ordnance depot, and the arsenal at San Antonio, Tex., till the last-named was seized by the state on its secession in 1861. During the civil war he was in charge of the New York arsenal till 1862, and then of Alleghany arsenal, Pa., which latter post he held till his retirement from active service on 14 April, 1875. He became major, 3 Aug., 1861, lieutenant-colonel, 1 June, 1863, and colonel, 6 April, 1866, and on 13 March, 1865, was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general.

WHITELOCKE, John, British soldier, b. in England about 1757; d. after 1808. He entered the army, and by promotions became colonel in 1793. When in that year the planters in the French part of Santo Domingo petitioned the British government for a protectorate, the governor of Jamaica received orders to occupy the island, and despatched, on 9 Sept., 1793. an expedition of 700 men under command of Col. Whitelocke. He landed on 19 Sept. at Jeremie, but was routed in an attack on Tiburon. After receiving re-enforcements, he took St. Marc, Logane, and Arcahay, and made a second attack on Tiburon, by which nearly the whole western coast, except Port au Prince, became subject to his control. Assisted by an auxiliary force from the Spanish part of the island, he besieged Port de Paix on the northern coast, and, after vainly trying to bribe the commander, Gen. Lavaux, to surrender, retired ; but, after the arrival of re-enforcements from Jamaica, he soon gained advantages, and on 14 June, 1794, occupied Port au Prince. He was afterward in India, Egypt, and the Cape of Good Hope, and, being promoted lieutenant-general, he was chosen commander-in-chief of the British army on the river Plate. Gen. Beresford had capitulated in Buenos Ayres, 12 Aug., 1806, and the re-enforcements under Sir Samuel Auchmuty, arriving too late, had occupied Montevideo, 1 Feb., 1807. Whitelocke arrived in Montevideo in April, 1807, with 6,000 men, and, with the forces of Auchmuty and the remnants of Beresford's army, he soon had a body of 12.000 disciplined men under his command. Leaving a garrison of 2,000 in Montevideo* he marched with the rest to Maldonado, and, escorted by the fleet under Admiral Popham, landed on 28 June, 1807, in Ensenada, to the south of Buenos Ayres. On his march he was attacked in the Pass of Riachuelo, 1 July, by the Spanish army under Santiago De Liniers, and routing and outflanking the latter, he could have easily occupied the capital, but tarried on the battle-field. During the night the mayor of the city, Alzaga. intrenched the streets and gathered the routed troops, so that Liniers found the defence prepared and refused to surrender the city, when he was summoned by Whitelocke to do so on 3 July. The latter prepared everything for storming the city, and early on the. 5th led his army in eight columns to the assault. The resistance was terrible in the barricaded streets and houses, and, after struggling the whole day, he retired with the loss of 1,100 killed and 1,500 prisoners. On 6 July the assault was renewed, but by noon the British forces were beaten and surrounded, with a loss of 2,000, and Whitelocke offered to capitulate. He was forced to submit to humiliating conditions, to evacuate the southern border of the river within forty-eight hours, and to return the city of Montevideo within two months in the state in which it was captured. The capitulation was ratified on 7 July, and complied with by the British commander, who left Montevideo on 1 Sept. with the last of his forces. On his arrival in England he was court-martialed and sentenced to be severely censured, and retired from service. The " Proceedings of the General Court-Martial and Defence of Gen. John Whitelocke" were published (2 vols., London, 1808.) See also "Narrative of the British Expedition to La Plata under Gen. Crawford " (1808).