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F. R. S., Professor of Botany in Trinity College, Dublin, died at Torquay, aged 55 years. He was a native of Limerick, and was selfeducated. He published ten or twelve large works on "Descriptive Botany." He was keeper of the university herbarium.

May 17.-CRAIGIE, Dr. DAVID, F. R. C. P. E. and F. R. S. E., a Scotch physician, author and editor, died at his residence in Edinburg, aged 72 years. He was a native of North Leith, and educated in the University of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself as a classical scholar, and particularly for his fondness for Grecian literature. As a teacher of the principles and practice of physic and of chemical medicine, he was eminently successful. Although a highly accomplished physician, his time was never very extensively employed in the private practice of his profession, which may be mainly attributed to the long protracted period of his bodily infirmities. Perhaps his most useful labors were his contributions to the diffusion of more enlightened and correct views of the principles and practice of the healing art, through the "Encyclopædia Britannica," his works on "Pathology," and the "Practice of Physic," and the "Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal," of which publication he was for many years the editor and proprietor.

May 18.-ROBINSON, Rev. HENRY HASTINGS, D. D., rector of Great Warley, Hon. Canon of Rochester, and Rural Dean, died at Great Warley, Essex, aged 73 years. He was educated at Rugby, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow from 1816 to 1827, when he was presented to the rectory of Great Warley. Here he had resided for thirty years, faithfully discharging the duties of his office, following literary pursuits, and attending to the duties of his position as a magistrate. Dr. Robinson was the editor of the "Zurich Letters," and other classical and theological works.

May 19.-MILLS, JAMES, an English chemist and antiquary, died at Norwich, Eng. He was a well-known collector of antiquities, and his collection was always open to the inspection of the amateur with the utmost liberality. He was a valuable contributor to the "Archæological Society."

May 24.-CONDE, His Royal Highness, the Prince de, eldest son of the Duc d'Aumale, died at Sydney, N. S. W., aged 20 years.

May 24.-ETHERIDGE, Rev. Dr., an English Wesleyan minister and author, died in England. He was the biographer of Adam Clarke and Dr. Coke.

May 26.-BROFFERIO, M. ANGELO, an Italian statesman, poet, and historian, died at Florence, aged 63 years. He was born in the Province of Asti, between Turin and Alexandria, and was educated for the law, though he devoted himself mostly to literary pursuits. As a speaker in parliament, he was ardent and energetic; as a journalist, the tendency of his writings was to promote the cause of liberty and

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the emancipation of his country, and as a poet, his patriotism gave him inspiration. He was the author of a "History of Piedmont," "My Times," and a popular battle song known as "Brofferio's Hymn." His greatest historical work was the "History of the Subalpine Parliament," which he unfortunately left unfinished. In 1848 he was the editor of the "Messagière Torinese. Though a radical democrat, he was not a Mazzinist, but a partisan of the House of Savoy, and one of his last wishes was that he could take an active part in the coming war.

May 29.-KAMAMALU, VICTORIA, Princess Royal and heir-apparent to the throne of the Sandwich Islands, died at Honolulu, S. I.

May 30.-BOWERS, Kev. JOHN, Governor of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Didsbury, died at Riversdale, Southport, aged 69 years. He entered the ministry at the early age of seventeen years, and in a short time became one of the most popular ministers in his denomination. His sermons were the fruit of careful study and delivered in an earnest and impressive manner. In 1858 he was elected President of the Wesleyan Conference, the highest honor which the body can confer on any of its ministers.

May 31.-VERNON, Right Hon. GEORGE JOHN WARREN, fifth Lord, a liberal peer, and an elegant Italian and classical scholar, died at Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, aged 63 years. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and succeeded to his father's title in 1835. In 1837 he exchanged his patronymic of VenablesVernon for that of Warren. He was M. P. for Derbyshire in 1831-4; deputy-lieutenant, and captain-commandant of the 2d battalion of Derbyshire volunteers. Lord Vernon was a supporter and liberal contributor to all institutions of a benevolent character, and especially was interested in the Midland Institution for the Blind. He was also an accomplished linguist, and as an Italian scholar, attained the high distinction of being elected one of the twenty Corresponding Academicians of the Socièta della Crusca, at Florence. His chief interest, however, lay in the study of Dante, to which he largely contributed by works not unknown in the literary world.

May--BELCHER, JOHN, a soldier under Admiral Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar, died in Gloucestershire, aged 103 years.

May--DELL, JOHN, a prominent citizen of Tasmania, died there, aged 102 years. He was a native of Reading, and took up his residence in New South Wales, in 1788, having arrived with the 102d Foot in the ship Surprise. He was pensioned in 1815, and was appointed chief constable of Launceston, Tasmania, in 1818.

May--DESPORTES, M.. a French trans lator, dramatist, and compiler, died in Paris, aged 68 years. He was a native of Aubenas, Ardeche county, and made his first appearance as an author by "Le Duel d'Young." translated into French Virgil's Bucolics and

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Eneid, Horace's Odes, and Perseus's Satires. In 1843 he brought out a comedy in verse, "Molière à Chambord." He also prepared with much assiduity several compilations which had great reputation in their day.

May--FLOCON, FERDINAND, a French publicist and novelist, died in Paris, aged 66 years. During the Restoration he wrote for the "Courrier Français; " published a pamphlet against the Jesuits; wrote criticisms on the exhibitions of Fine Arts, published a collection of German Ballads in French, and wrote a novel, "Ned Wilmore." After the Revolution of 1830 he wrote for "Le Constitutionnel," and subsequently for the "Tribune." In 1845 he founded "La Reforme," which was most hostile to the Government, and whose title became the rallying cry of the Revolution of 1848, When it occurred, this led to his appointment as a member of the Provisional Government. He quitted France after the coup d'état.

May --GUERNON, RANVILLE, Count de, former minister of Charles X., died at Calvados, in the Pyrenees, aged 80 years. After the Revolution of 1830 he was imprisoned in the fortress of Ham for seven years.

May-NUNEZ, Admiral, commander of the Spanish squadron in the Pacific, died of wounds received during the bombardment of Callao.

June 1.-KINNEAR, Mrs. BOYD, an English actress of high merit, died at Norwood, Surrey. Having been disinherited of ber rights as heiress of the family estates because of refusing to be educated in the Roman Catholic religion, she found herself compelled to support herself and mother. This she undertook to do by teaching, but having a decided taste and genius for the drama was attracted to the stage. She made her début at Brighton in 1846, where she was received with great favor, and after some discouragements, became the leading lady at Birmingham, and afterward at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, until ill-health compelled her to leave the trying climate of Scotland. After spending one season at the Princess's Theatre, London, she retired, and in 1852 was married to John Boyd Kinnear, a magistrate in the county of Fife. During the few years of her public career she rose to the first rank in the highest department of her art, while in private life she was the charm of the circles in which she moved.

June 8.-BERWICK, WILLIAM, an historical painter, died near Darlington, aged 70 years. He descended from a family of artists and engravers, was educated at a local school kept by a Quaker, and early evinced a taste for the fine arts. With a small sum of his own earnings he went to London, and was received as a pupil of Haydon. Subsequently he studied anatomy in the Royal Academy, and among his earliest works was a commission from the German consul to execute a large cartoon of some of the figures in the Elgin marbles for the poet Goethe, a work subsequently presented to the

sovereign of Wurtemberg, and placed in the Royal Academy of Arts. He painted several life-sized portraits of eminent men, such as Lord Eldon, Sir David Brewster, Sir John Sinclair, Lord Jeffreys, and others. His "Jacob meeting Rachel," won great favor in London in 1822, and a copy of a Rembrandt sold for £4,000. His Scripture illustrations also were great favorites with the lovers of art.

June 18.-MERY, M. JOSEPH, a French novelist and poet; died at Paris, aged 67 years. He was born in Marseilles, where he was educated. His first essay in literature was a satire in verse, published in 1820, on a priest, against whom he had a private grievance, and which resulted in a prosecution for libel, and imprisonment for fifteen months. On his release he joined in editing a paper called the "Phocean," but soon after started another, the "Mediterranée,” subsequently united and called the "Semaphore.” Later he removed to Paris and was employed in the translation of Latin documents for the "History of the Popes." During the three days of the Revolution Méry fought on the barricades. and when the struggle was over, celebrated the victory in a poem called "L'Insurrection,” and a hymn, "Le Tricolor," which was set to music by Halévy. In 1840 he visited England. and on his return to France published his "Les Nuits de Londres." One of his latest compilations in verse was a poem on the Italian war of 1859, "Napoléon en Italie." His talent for improvisation was remarkable, and on any given subject he would at once construct a romance in prose or verse.

June 25.-JACKSON, Dr. HENRY, F. R. C. S. an eminent English physician and medical writer, died in Sheffield, aged 60 years. He was a native of Sheffield; was educated at the Bingley Grammar School, and studied for his profession under the superintendence of his father, Dr. Henry Jackson, surgeon of Sheffield, and at Dublin, completing his studies at St. Bartholemew's Hospital, London. In 1830 he commenced practice in his native town, and two years later was elected honorary surgeon to the Sheffield General Infirmary, which position he held until his resignation a few days prior to his death. Dr. Jackson had acquired a profound knowledge of the works of eminent strgeons of all ages and countries, and no branch of literature was without interest for him. favorite studies, aside from those connected with his profession, were history, biography, and the belles lettres. He was a cautious and skilful operator, and was held in high esteem by his medical brethren for his profound judgment in medical science as well as for the valuable traits of his character. He was for many years president of the Sheffield Medical School.

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June 26.-GARRETT, RICHARD, an English manufacturer of agricultural implements, diel in Suffolk, aged 59 years. In 1836 he succeeded to the business of his father at Leiston, which was already very heavy, but after the introduetion of steam power was magnified, until the

name of Garrett has become known almost all over the world. When the East Suffolk Railway, now merged in the Great Eastern system, was brought forward, Mr. Garrett found capital to the amount of £10,000. He also contributed generously to the Albert Memorial College at Framlingham, and was a munificent patron of other notable enterprises.

June 30.—WILLSON, Rt. Rev. ROBERT WILLIAM, D. D., Roman Catholic Bishop of Hobart Town, Tasmania Colony, died at Nottingham, England, aged 71 years. He was born at Lincoln; educated at Oscott College; ordained priest in 1825, and settled as pastor over a Roman Catholic Church at Nottingham. He was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Wiseman in 1842, and left England for his see of Hobart Town in January, 1844, where his services as pastor, and as a public man in the development of various colonial and local institutions, were warmly acknowledged by successive governors, and by the community at large throughout Tasmania. He finally left the colony in shattered health in the spring of 1865, and spent the closing months of his life amid the scene of his earlier labors. June--LEEDS, W. H., an English architectural writer and critic, died in England. He was best known as translator of "Möller's Memorials of German Gothic Architecture,' and editor of a new edition of "Chambers's Decorative Part of Civil Architecture."

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June--TEULET, M., a French antiquarian and author, died in Paris. He was Keeper of the Records of the Empire. The first volume of his "Trésor des Chartes" was published by order of the emperor, under the direction of the Count de Laborde; and the second volume was nearly ready for the press when he died. He received the medal of the institute for his publication of "Eginhard." He also published in five volumes octavo, "Les Relations de la France et de l'Ecosse."

July 7.-TOYNBEE, Dr. JOSEPH, F. R. S., an eminent aural surgeon and philanthropist; died in London, aged 50 years. He was one of the physicians of St. Mary's Hospital, and fell a victim to experiments upon himself in the inhalation of chloroform and hydrocyanic acid for the relief of singing in the ears. Two papers were found in his room, the first giving the result of experiments made a few days previous, and the second not classified, apparently awaiting the result of his further investigation.

July 10.-DENVIR, Right Rev. CORNELIUS, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, died at Belfast, Ireland. He succeeded Dr. Crolly, when the latter became primate in 1835. Being a prelate of liberal tendency, he acted for some years as one of the Commissioners of National Education, and worked harmoniously with his colleagues, but was compelled by the authorities of his church to relinquish that position. He resigned his office as bishop in 1860. Dr. Denvir was a learned and able man, and was much respected in Belfast.

July 12.-CARPENTER, WILLIAM HOOKHAм,

F. S. A., superintendent of the collections of engravings in the British Museum, died there, aged 74 years. He was apprenticed to the publishing business, and on his marriage started in business for himself, but not succeeding, his wife, an artist of great merit, supported the family for some years by portrait painting. During this period Mr. Carpenter employed his leisure in studying the works of the great masters in the British Museum, and writing a descriptive catalogue of Vandyke's etchings, with notices of his life, and that of Rubens, from materials collected in the State Paper Office. In March, 1845, he was appointed to the British Museum, and has since acquired a European reputation for profound knowledge in regard to art matters. In the department of drawing, his acquisitions have been of the utmost importance, for through his influence many rare donations have been made to the museum. Indeed his unremitting industry and devotion to the interests of this department probably tended to hasten his death.

July 14.-HOWARD, FRANK, a painter and writer on art subjects, died at Liverpool, aged 61 years. He was educated at Ely, and early evinced a decided taste for the fine arts. His first artistic lessons were from his father, Henry Howard, professor of painting to the Royal Academy. He was also for some time a pupil and assistant of Sir Thomas Lawrence, upon whose death he set up as a portrait painter upon his own account, and soon won his way to much distinction in his art. He was a member of the Architectural and Archæological Society, and was well known as a lecturer. He was the author of a series of beautiful outline illustrations of Shakespeare, the "Sketcher's Manual," "Imitative Art," and "Science of Drawing." He also wrote the life of his father, edited his lectures at the academy, and executed the illustrations to "Walker on Beauty."

July 16.-SPENCER, Right Rev. GEORGE TREVOR, D. D., late Lord Bishop of Madras, died near Buxton, aged 66 years. He was educated at Charterhouse and at the University College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1822, and was made D. D. in 1837. He was incumbent of Buxton five years, and rector of LeadenRoding, Essex, from 1829 to 1837, when he was consecrated Bishop of Madras, but returned to England in 1849 invalided, though able to discharge Episcopal functions to some extent, and to take a living twelve years later. The Bishop of London presented Bishop Spencer with the chancellorship of St. Paul's Cathedral, to which office he added, in 1861, the rectory of Waltonon-the-Wolds.

July 23.—DELF, THOMAS, an English bookseller, publisher, and author, died in London, in the 55th year of his age. He was a native of London, and came to the United States at the age of 20, obtaining employment soon after in the Mercantile Library of New York. Thence he entered the book-store of Messrs. Wiley & Putnam, and from 1843 to 1846, and again in

1847 or 1848 was the London agent of Appleton & Co. Afterward he was several years engaged in the American book trade in London, part of the time alone, and part of the time in partnership with Mr. Trübner. For the last 14 years he devoted himself to authorship, writing for periodicals, translating, compiling, and assisting better-known writers, conducting at various times "The Artist," "The Children's Journal," "The Photographic Art Journal," and "The Royal Cook," and publishing, under the nom de plume of Charles Martel, a translation of Chevreu,l's "Laws of Color."

July 24.-BATCH ELDOR, THOMAS, F. S. A., an English antiquarian and scholar, died at the Cloister, Windsor Castle, aged 70 years. With the exception of a short course of instruction in the free school of his native town, he was in all respects a self-educated man. When a boy he entered the service of the chapter clerk and registrar of Eton, upon whose death in 1827 he was appointed registrar of Eton College, and in 1843 chapter clerk at Windsor, also steward of the Courts of Eton College. Subsequently he became a member of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, and practised as a conveyancer. His attainments in the walks of science, literature, and art, were great. His antiquarian investigations were extensive, as well as his astronomical observations, which he sometimes embodied in public lectures before the Windsor Mechanics' Institute. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in June, 1855.

July 27.-NICHOLSON, JOSEPH B., D. D., rural dean of St. Albans, antiquarian and author, died at St. Albans, aged 71 years. He graduated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1820, and in March, 1826, was domestic chaplain to H. R. H. the Duke of Clarence. In 1835 he was appointed to the rectory of St. Albans, and in 1846 was made rural dean, having in 1839 been made D. D. He was also appointed surrogate for the archdeaconry of St. Albans, and in 1862 was nominated an honorable canon of Rochester Cathedral. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a member of the Numismatical Society; was vice-president of the Archæological and Architectural Society, and a magistrate for St. Albans and the County of Hertford. In 1851 Dr. Nicholson published the first edition of a work, entitled "The Abbey of St. Albans," and subsequently an enlarged edition, which was soon out of print, though another is in course of preparation.

July 27.--NORTHUMBERLAND, CHARLOTTE FLORENTIA, Duchess Dowager of, an authoress, and former governess of the Princess Victoria, died at Twickenham, aged 78 years. She was a native of Florence, daughter of the Earl of Powis, and in 1817 married the Duke of Northumberland, who died in 1847. She was a woman of fine and highly-cultivated intellect, and when the queen was Princess Victoria, held the responsible office of supervisor of those who gave instruction, the duchess being present when

the lessons were given. She was the author of a "History of Alnwick Castle," which includes also histories of Alnwick and Hulne Abbeys. The illustrations to this quarto volume were from the pencil of this gifted woman, who exhibited rare ability as an artist.

July 30.-HASTINGS, Sir CHARLES, M. D. D. C. L., an eminent English physician and author, died near Malvern, Eng., aged 72 years. He graduated at the University of Edisburgh in 1818, and since that time had prac tised his profession in Worcester. He was a deputy-lieutenant for his county, and was the President of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, of which institution be was the founder. His contributions to medical literature were large, and among his works may be mentioned a "Treatise on Inflammation of the Lungs," and Illustrations of the Natural History of Worcestershire." Sir Charles was knighted in 1850.

July --MARS, VINCENT DE, a French acthor and editorial writer, died in Paris, aged 48 years. He was a man of delicate literary taste, great acquirements, and some talent for writing. He was for more than twenty-five years secre tary of the "Revue des Deux Mondes," for which he wrote a great deal.

July --MARTIN, M. EDOUARD, a French dramatic writer, died in Paris aged 39 years. He was born in humble life, but by patience and industry rose to respectable rank as a dramatic author. His first appearance in priat was in 1848, by writing one of the many sheets sold during revolutionary agitation. He wrote "Les Talismans du Diable," "L'Affaire de la Rue de Lourcine," "Les Petites Mains," "Les Vivacités du Capitaine Tic," "Le Voyage de M. Perrichon," and "Moi." He also wrote for several French journals. His death was the result of a disease of the brain, which deprived him of sight and memory.

July MAYNARD, SAMUEL, an eminent mathematician and author, died at the Booksellers' Provident Retreat, Langley, aged 76 years. His shop, a dingy, unpretending place, was the resort of students and learned profes sors of the universities in search of rare mathematical works, while the owner was well known as an author, and his edition of Euclid, in conjunction with Prof. Simson, is one of the most popular text-books used. Mr. Maynard also edited "Bonnycastle's Arithmetic, Algebra, anl Mensuration," with "keys" to these and Bishop Colenso's "Arithmetic."

July --SURIWONGS, P'RAYA MOUTREC, Samese Ambassador to the Court of St. James died at Bangkok, aged 45 years. He was Prime Minister of Military Affairs in Northern Siam, and President of the Southern provinces thereof.

Aug. 6.-CAMDEN, Most Noble GEORGE CHARLES PRATT, second marquis and earl, pres ident of the British Archæological Society, died at Bayham Abbey, Sussex, aged 66 years. He was a native of London, educated at Eton, and

Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of LL. D., in 1832. He sat in Parliament for Ludgershall, in the Tory interest, from 1820 to 1826; for Bath, from that date to 1830, and subsequently, for a short time, for Dunwich. Later in life he sided more with the Liberals. He was Lord of the Admiralty in 1828. In 1834 he was summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Camden. He was a knight of the garter, Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, and Deputy-Lieutenant for Kent. The late marquis was deeply interested in archæological pursuits.

Aug. 6.-HOHENZOLLERN, Prince ANTON VOn, of the reigning family of Prussia, died at Königenhof, Germany, of wounds received at the battle near Königgratz. He was a brave and faithful officer.

Aug. 20.-GROVER, Rev. HENRY MONTAGUE, a religious, scientific, antiquarian, and dramatic author, died at his rectory in Maidenhead, aged 75 years. He was a native of Waterford, educated at St. Albans Grammar School, and graduated at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He was appointed rector of Hitcham, Bucks, in 1833, but owing to ill-health, and his fondness for literary pursuits, devoted the last twenty years of his life to the study of the Scriptures, and biblical antiquities. He was the author of a "Voice from Stonehenge," "Soundings of Antiquity," ," "Analogy and Prophecy," "Journal of Sacred Literature," "Changes of the Poles and the Equator," "Theory of the Sun's Orbit," a paper on "Tides," and some political works.

Aug. 22.-ALCOCK, THOMAS, M. P., a wealthy philanthropist, died at Great Malvern, aged 65 years. He was a native of Putney, educated at Harrow, and was for a short time in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He entered Parliament in 1826, and sat for Newton, in Lancashire, and in 1828-19, travelled in Russia, Persia, Turkey, and Greece, publishing an account of his journeyings in 1831. In 1847, he was again a member of the House of Commons, serving until 1865, when ill-health compelled him to retire from public life. He was a consistent Liberal, and a strong advocate of absolute freedom in religious and political opinion. He was also a man of large benevolence, and expended more than £40,000 in the erection of churches, schools, and parsonages in his native county and in Lincolnshire.

Aug. 23.-MICHELL, Gen. Sir Jonx, K.C. B., a distinguished British officer, died in London, aged 84 years. He was educated at the Royal Military College at Woolwich, and gained his commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1798. In 1813, he served under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula and south of France, and the following year embarked for America, and took part in the attack on Washington, Baltimore, New Orleans, etc. Subsequently he joined Wellington's army on the Continent, and was attached to the Prussian army in reducing the fortresses in the Nether

lands. From 1831 to 1836, he was in command of the Royal Artillery in Canada, and afterward held the same post at Gibraltar. In 1856, he was made Col.-Commandant of the Fifth battalion, and in 1861 was nominated Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

Aug. 29.-KUBOSAMA, Tycoon of Japan, died at Yedo. Upon the announcement of his decease, special orders were issued by the Government of Japan by way of preventing any disturbances of the peace which might otherwise occur.

Aug.--MURAT, THEODORE, a French novelist, dramatist, and historian, died in Paris, aged 58 years. He was born in poverty, but was possessed of a large amount of industry and perseverance, which, with his natural taste for literary pursuits, won him a name among writers. He wrote plays, histories, and novels, and was, for many years, chief editor of a provincial paper, also dramatic critic of "La Gazette de France." He was the author of a "History of Paris," "History of Condé's Army," History of the Western Wars," and the "Truth to Workmen, Peasants, and Soldiers," which had a sale of 600,000 copies. His last and best work was a "History of France, as indicated by the pieces played in the Parisian theatres."

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Sept. 3.-FRANCILLON, JAMES, an English jurist and legal writer, died at Lausanne, Switzerland, aged 64 years. He was educated at King's School, Rochester; studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Gray's-inn in 1833. After several years of successful practice, he was, in 1847, appointed judge of the County Court, where he distinguished himself for the patient, laborious, and conscientious discharge of his duties, and for his impartial decisions. In 1860 he published a volume of lectures on English law, which was followed in 1861 by a second series on the same subject. These lectures were of an elementary and practical character, and admirably adapted for junior students in the profession.

Sept. 10.-MACLAREN, CHARLES, former editor and proprietor of the "Scotsman," a geologist and antiquarian, died at Edinburgh, aged 84 years. He was a native of Ormiston. In 1817 he aided in the establishment of the "Scotsman," and, with a brief intermission, continued his connection with that journal until 1847, when ill health compelled him to resign. He was the author of a "Treatise on the Topography of Troy," "The Geology of Fife and the Lothians," some articles in the

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Sept. 10.-HAY, DAVID RAMSAY, a Scottish portrait and decorative painter, and author of works on art, died in Edinburgh, aged 68 years. One of his carliest productions was a portrait of a favorite cat belonging to Sir Walter Scott,

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