Jean Francois Allard, a French soldier, born at St. Tropez, Provence, in 1785, died in Pesh-awer, Jan. 23, 1839. In 1815 he served on the staff of Marshal Brune, after whose murder he went to Egypt, and thence to Persia, where he entered the service of Abbas Mirza. In 1820 he went to Lahore, and took service under Runjeet Singh, by whom he was finally made commander -in-chief of his army. He organized and disciplined the troops after the French model, and gained many victories. In 1835 he revisited France, accompanied by his family, and was received with distinguished honors, Louis Philippe appointing him charge d'affaires in Lahore.