Bonin. I. Eduard Wilhelm Lndwig Von, a Prussian general, born at Stolpe, March 3, 1793, died in Coblentz, March 13, 1865. He was the son of a general, and enlisted in his 13th year; captured by the French at the taking of Lil-beck, Nov. 6, 1806, he was immediately released on account of his youth. He was rewarded with the iron cross for his gallantry at the battle of Lutzen, gradually rose in rank from 1817 to 1848, when he became brigadier general, and acquired celebrity in the first Schleswig-Holstein war. In 1849 he was commander-in-chief of the federal as well as of the Schleswig-Holstein troops. He relinquished these commands in 1850, was Prussian minister of war in 1852-'4, and again in 1858-9, and spent the rest of his life in Coblentz as commanding general of the eighth army corps. II. Adolf von, a Prussian soldier, born Nov. 11, 1803, died in Berlin, April 16, 1872. He entered the army in 1821, became in 1858 adjutant general of the king, which post he retained till 1863, when he rose to the command of the first army corps, and in 1864 to the rank of general of infantry.

He distinguished himself at the battle of Sadowa, July 3, 1866, and subsequently acted as commander of the Prussian forces in Saxcny, and as governor of Dresden till May 28, 1867. In August, 1870, he was appointed governor general of Lorraine, where he displayed tact and moderation. In March, 1871, he resumed his position on the royal staff.