Daell5ng.-The prompt removal of Lieutenants Edmund Byrne and IIamp- ton Westcott, Passed Aiidshipman Chs. II. Duryee, and Midshipman Charles C. Hunter, from the Rolls ofthe Navy. for having been coacerned in a duel ac Philadelphia which resultedinth death ot " Miller, jr. Esq. reflects the high est honor upon the Secretary of the Navy end the Chief Magistrate of the Nation. Itis evident from the published correspondence betweenthe parties, that he was dragged into thecontest contrary to his wishes, his judgment, and the better feelings of his heart. lie was an arnia- ble man, and man of generally correct principles; but unfortunately had not sufficient courage to endure the tannts of his Honorable foes, whom nothing but his blood could satisfy. lie yielded :: and has exchanged the bloom and beau I ty of Spring for the land of silence and the shadow of death.

 The sensation produced by this me- lianeholy event, induced the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania to pass a resolution requesting the President of the United States ssto strike from the rolls of the Navy the said Lieut.. Mid shipmanl Charles c. Hunter This request was ordered to be made ss witt with 3 view to express their disapprobation Of dacIling, and the iafractions of the laws of Pennsylvania" t would seem that the note of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, and the laconic decree of the latter, were penned be- fore the resolution of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives came to hand, unless perhaps in an unofficial form through the newspapers.

 i've have thus an expression of sen- |ilment on the part of the Legislative Assembly above mentioned, and also by the Executive of the nation, which can- not fail to be highly important in it's re- suits. "The greatness ofits consequen- ce," says the National Intellieencer. lies in it's being a precedent, which probably willsettle the question. forever. that no duel, or challenge of defiance to a dael, will be tolerated, on the part of officers of the Navy or Army, with per sons in the private walk of life, if under any circumstance whatever, between 

 It is a precedent which the American