to pursue his ecclesiastical studies, having shewn signs of a clerical vocation. On Easter Sunday, 1814, he was ordained in Dublin by the late Archbishop Murray. After some time he returned to Kilkenny, with the intention of joining the mission of two Capuchin friars there; but before long he removed to Cork. By a rescript from the late Pope Gregory XVI. he received the degree of Doctor in Divinity, together with a dispensation allowing him to possess property. From the moment of entering upon his missionary duties at Cork, he began to shew the sterling worth of his character. Ever diligent in his wok of the pulpit, the confessional, and the sick man's bedside, he devoted all his spare time, not to violent agitation, like Dr. Cahill and other ecclesiastical firebrands, but to the temporal and spiritual wants of the poor, to whom he acted as counsellor, fiiend, treasurer, and executor.

By the force of his well-known character as a genuine Christian patriot, even before the commencement of the Temperance movement in the south of Ireland, Father Mathew had risen to the highest estimation among his people. The affability of his manners, his readiness to listen to every grief and care, and, if possible, to remove it, the pure and self-sacrificing spirit of his entire career, were eminently calculated to seize upon the quick, warm impulses of the Irish heart, and to make his word law. Some 20 years ago, there was no country in which the vice of intoxication had spread more devastation than in Ireland. All efforts to restrain it were in vain. The late Sir Michael O'Loghlen's Act for the Suppression of Drunkenness was a dead letter: many even of the wise and good deemed it hopeless and incurable, and it was said that the Irish would abandon their nature before they abandoned their whiskey.

There were those who thought otherwise. Some members of the Society of Friends, and a few other individuals at Cork, had bound themselves into an association for the suppression of drunkenness, but found that they were unable to make head against the torrent. In their despair, these gentlemen, though Protestants, applied to Father Mathew one of them, more bold and energetic than the others, is said to have exclaimed, Mr. Mathew, you have now got a mission worthy of yourself; do not reject it!"

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boys" of Cork, the ridicule and detraction of many doubtful friends, and the discountenance of many others from whom he had expected support. He held his regular meetings twice a-week, in the Horse l'azaar. At length he had the satisfaction of seeing the mighty mass of obdurate indifference begin to move. continued to apply the lever, and the motion increased: some of the most obdurate drunkards in Cork enrolled their names in his " ToGENT. MAG. VOL. CCII.

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tal Abstinence Association." His fame began to travel along the banks of the Shannon. First the men of Kilrush came in to be received, then some hundreds from Kerry and Limerick, until early in the month of August, 1839, the movement burst out into one universal flame. The first great ontbreak was at Limerick, where Father Mathew had engaged to preach, at the request of the bishop; and the mayor of which city declared that within ten months no less than one hundred and fifty inquests had been held in the county, one-half of which were on persons whose deaths had been occasioned by intoxication. As soon as the country people heard that Father Mathew was in Limerick, they rushed into the city in thousands. So great was the crush, that, though no violence was used, the iron rails which surrounded the residence of the "Apostle of Temperance" were torn down, and some scores of people precipitated into the Shannon. It is said that some of the Scots-Greys, who attended to keep order in the streets, were actually lifted from the ground; and so densely were the people thronged, that several, in their eagerness to touch the hem of Father Mathew's garment, ran quietly along on the heads and shoulders of the vast crowd. At Parsontown, order was only maintained by a body of the Rifles, with their bayonets fixed and pointed, so as to form a barrier to the rushing multitudes in front of the chapel in which, in strong contrast to the striking scene without, sat the mild and unassuming man who had collected this display of numerical force, and had marshalled this peaceful army. We have not the time or the space to follow Father Mathew in his temperance progresses. Some idea of their results may be formed when we state that at Nenagh 20,000 persons are said to have taken the pledge in one day; 100,000 at Galway in two days; in Loughrea, 80,000 in two days; between that and Portumna, from 180,000 to 200,000; and in Dublin, about 70,000 during five days. There are few towns in Ireland which Father Mathew did not visit with like success. In 1844 he visited Liverpool, Manchester, and London; and the enthusiasm with which he was received there, and in other English cities, testified equally to the need and to the progress of the remedy.

It only remains to add, that in Father Mathew the ecclesiastic was completely absorbed in the Christian, the man of good-will towards all his fellow-men. To him, the Protestant and the Catholic were of equal interest and of equal value. Again, no man ever displayed a more disinterested zeal, He spent upon the poor all that he had of his own, and reduced to bankruptcy his brother, a distiller in the south of Ireland, whose death followed shortly upon the losses resulting from the Temperance crusade. Yet this man, and other branches of the family, though extensively connected with the wine and spirit trade, not only bore their losses without a murmur, but even supplied Father Mathew with large sums of money for the prosecution of his work. A few years since, her Majesty was pleased to settle upon Father Mathew an an

nuity of 300'., in recognition of the services which he had rendered to the cause of morality and order; but even this, we understand, was almost entirely absorbed in heavy payments on policies of insurance upon his life, which he was bound to keep up, to secure his creditors; and further collections were made on his behalf about four years since.

J. M. RENDEL, Esq., F.R.S., C.E.

Nor. 21. At 10, Kensington Palace-gardens, aged 56, James Meadows Rendel, Esq., F.R.S., C.E.

The late Mr. J. M. Rendel was a native of the West of England, where he was practically instructed in the executive part of the profession, and was early selected by that acute observer of talent, Mr. Telford, for laying out and constructing considerable lengths of turnpike roads in Devonshire and Cornwall; and the difficulties he there encountered and overcame tended much to give him that self-reliance so useful to him in his subsequent career. After being engaged in several large works in his native district, he undertook the construction of the cast-iron bridge over the river Lary, near Plymouth, at the express desire of the Earl of Morley, who had the discrimination to discover the latent talents of the young engineer, then only twenty-two years of age; and to his exclusive direction, with the approval of Mr. Telford, was entrusted the execution of that important work. It was commenced in the year 1824, and was completed in 1827, as described in the first volume of the Transactions of the Institution. This was soon followed by the construction of the floating steam-bridge for crossing the estuary of the Dart, near Dartmouth, somewhat on the same principle as those subsequently established by him for crossing the Hamoaze, between Torpoint and Devonport, as described in the second part of the Transactions; and, later still, those at Saltash, at Southampton and at Portsmouth. He was engaged also in the distribution of the water-mains at H.M. Dockyard, Plymouth, and on the waterworks at Edinburgh. In the year 1838 he removed from Plymouth to London, and soon became extensively occupied on important works, and was engaged in the parliamentary contest of that remarkable period in the history of engineering. Among the numerous works upon which he was occupied may be mentioned the Montrose Suspension-bridge; the Inverness Bridge, and Leith and East and West India and London Docks, where he designed and executed extensive improvements, amounting to partial reconstruction. design for the construction of docks at Birkenhead, in Cheshire, of such an extent as to create a formidable rival to Liverpool, brought Mr. Rendel very prominently before the world; and the protracted contests on this subject will not only be long remembered in the history of parliamentary committees, but the evidence given by the projector and other engineers, as now collected, forms a valuable record of the state of en

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gineering practice. The almost incessant labour and the mental anxiety inseparable from this undertaking were more than even his powerful constitution could support, and it is feared that they tended to shorten his valu ble life. The daring project of constructing a dock at Great Grimsby, by projecting the works far out upon the mudLanks of the river Humber, was next successfully accomplished; and he commenced the two great works which alone suffice to hand down his name to posterity beside those of Smeaton, Rennie, and Telford, the harbours of refuge of Holyhead and Portland. Both these works were conceived with the largest views, and have been carried on with great rapidity. In both cases the system was adopted of establishing timber stages over the line of the jetties, and depositing the mas-es of stone, of all dimensions, by dropping them vertically from railway-waggons into their positions; thus bringing up the mass simultaneously to above the level of the sea. In this manner, as much as 24,000 tons of stone have been deposited in one week; and to supply this vast demand, monster blasts of five or six tons of gunpowder were frequently employed. These two great works are progressing very satisfactorily; and it is worthy of remark that, although the severe storms which have repeatedly occurred on the exposed coasts where they are situated, have done some injury to portions of the stages and of the temporary works, not a stone would appear to have been carried away from the jetties; and the success of the system may be said to be complete, in spite of the sinister predictions which prevailed before the system was tried. Among the other works upon which Mr. Rendel was engaged, should also be mentioned the constructions on the river Lea, and the improvements on the Nene river; the latter a work of considerable difficulty, and not yet completed. He was also employed by the Exchequer Loan Commissioners to report upon the drainage and other public works in Ireland. He was less engaged in railways than in hydraulic works; but in England he executed the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Line, and in India he had the direction of the East Indian and Madras Railways; the former projected by Mr. Macdonald Stephenson, as the first of the vast system now being formed, and which will work such a revolution in the destiny of the Indian empire. The Ceylon and the Pernambuco lines were also under his charge. The limits of this short sketch preclude the possibility of enumerating more of the works upon which Mr. Rendel was engaged; and it would appear extraordinary how he could find time for such varied occupation, as, in addition to these active duties, he was very frequently called upon by the government to report on large works-the most implicit confidence being reposed in his truthfulness, the correctness of his views, and the fearless expression of his opinions. He was a man of great energy, clear perception, and correct judgment; his practical k

directed, and he knew how to make good use of the scientific acquirements and skill of all whose services he engaged. His evidence before committees of the House was clear and convincing-seldom failing in carrying his point; and his reports on engineering works are so well conceived and drawn up, that it may be hoped they will be given to the world, for the benefit of the profession. With these qualities, which were fully ap preci ted, it need scarcely be mentioned that he rose rapidly to a very high position in his profession. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was elected upon the council; he was a very early member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, having joined it in 1824. He had been for the last sixteen years upon the council, and held the post of President during the years 1852 and 1853. He was as amiable and kind in private life as he was nergetic and firm in public; and his decease, which occurred on the 21st of November, cast a gloom over the whole of the profession of which he was a brilliant

ornament.

REV. HENRY DICKONSON.

Nov. 23. At West Retford, the Rev. Henry Dickonson, of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and rector of West Retford, Nottinghamshire.

The Rev. Henry Dickonson was the last representative of a family who have lived in the neighbourhood for upwards of 200 years, and possessed considerable estates at Clay worth, the manorial rights of which were, until recently, vested in them. He was a graduate of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, in 1813, and subsequently obtained his degree of M.A. at that University. He was for a short time curate of Misson, and subsequently curate of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. In 1818, he married Miss Wynn, the daughter of a wealthy bookseller in London, by whom he acquired a handsome fortune, a considerable portion of which, however, he soon afterwards lost in a lawsuit, which produced an estrangement between him and his wife's relations. In November, 1836, he succeeded to the living of West Retford, the next presentation to which had been purchased by his father for £1,205. From that period to the time of his death he has been remarkable for his eccentric and penurious habits. Although possessed of ample means, he never kept any domestic servant, and seldom permitted any person to enter his abode. His appearance, excepting on Sundays, was exceedingly mean for a clergyman. He was dressed in shabby habiliments; he used to go unshaved, and even unwashed, for a week together; and he used to clean his own shoes about once in the same interval. His diet was very spare; about 3lbs. of meat, a small loaf or two of bread, and half-apound of butter served him and his wife for a week. He once took to farming his own glebe, but his operations were so singular and inefficient, that the land became a complete nursery for every description of weed, and the complaints of his agricultural neigh

bours on this score at last became so loud, that he was obliged to relinquish his bucolic pursuits. He sold off all his stock except a couple of draught horses, which he retained up to the time of his death, without using them a man being employed to feed and exercise them. Mr. Dickonson continued in tolerably good health up to the Sunday before his death, when his parishioners observed that he laboured under considerable difficulty in the performance of his duty in the pulpit. On leaving the church he had to be assisted to the rectory by two of his parishioners, whom he dismissed as soon as he got to his own door. In consequence of this indisposition, the churchwardens a day or two afterwards tendered their good offices at the rectory; but Mr. Dickonson declined their help, and it was only by a kind of gentle compulsion that they succeeded in getting into the house. Mrs. Dickonson, who is in a delicate state of mind and body, at first refused to open the door, but was ultimately induced to admit one or two persons. They found her husband in a deplorable state of prostration, arising from the sheer want of the necessaries of life, according to the opinion of the medical men. He sank into a state of syncope, and died about 1 o'clock in the morning of the 16th. The interior of the house presented a scene of utter neglect. The windows had not been cleaned for nearly twenty years; the windowblinds, which had never been drawn up during all that period, were rotten with age and dirt, and were patched up with pieces of newspaper; the kitchen had hardly a particle of furniture, and there had been no fire in it for many years; the walls were covered with dust and cobwebs; the floors, both board and brick, were of one uniform colour, from long accumulations of dirt. The room in which Mr. and Mrs. Dickonson resided was nearly filled to the ceiling with large packing-cases, containing beds, linen and furniture, including a piano,-none of which articles had ever been unpacked. The bed-rooms were almost bare of furniture, and presented the same wretched and dingy appearance as the rest of the house. Notwithstanding these indications of poverty and misery, it has been ascertained that Mr. Dickonson died worth between £40,000 and £50,000, the whole of which he has bequeathed to his wife.-He was considered a liberal landlord, and the poor of West Retford have not unfrequently benefited by his charities. He was a man of studious habits, and an excellent Greek scholar. The living of West Retford, thus rendered vacant, is in the gift of Mr. Hood, of Nettleham, near Lincoln. It is of the nominal value of £35) a-year, but it is in reality worth about £500.

Since the funeral, the rectory at West Retford has been well searched, but no will of later date has, as yet, been found than that of 1841; consequently Mrs. Dickonson, and her immediate friends, will take the bulk of the property, and to Lacy Dickonson, Esq., will fall the freehold property in West Retford, which has been purchased

since the will of 1841 was prepared by his late nephew, Peter Henry Bruce Dickonson, Esq. The packing-cases which have been opened have been found to contain chairs, tables, carpets, beds, bedding, sheets, blankets, table-cloths-and, in fact, everything requisite for furnishing a house respectably. An excellent Turkey and other carpets, with hearth-rugs, have now made their appearance, together with fire-irons, fenders, &c., which the rectory of West Retford had been a stranger to for more than twenty years. Tongs and poker were seldom in request, and a small portion of the tire of a cart-wheel I was all the while the substitute for a fender. The furniture, generally, is very good, but ancient, and sadly out of condition. The plate-chest-a valuable one, too-was found in a lumber-room, covered over with matting and some straw and rags. When discovered, it was neatly packed, and found to be in good condition; since which it has been weighed, an inventory taken, and it has been taken to a place of safety. Mrs. Dickonson still remains at the house, and refuses to go away; she is in a most pitiable state of both mind and body, evidently arising from the want of comfort, and of the sociabilities which human nature requires. She is never more than half-dressed, and what she has on does not appear to have been made, or even revised, within the present century.

The funeral of this very eccentric individual took place Dec. 2. Mr. Dickonson's predeceased relatives are all interred just within the vestibule of the church, and his remains are outside, close to the west door, which is as near as the present law will allow.-Local Paper.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Nov. 17. At Renton, in the 51st year of his ministry, aged 73, the Rev. John Mackinlay, minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Congregation.

Aged 69, the Rev. Thomas Smith, Vicar of Winterton (1829), Lincolnshire.

Nov. 20. At Winthorpe, Newark-upon-Trent, the Rev. Robert Rastall, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1822, Jesus College, Cambridge, Rector of Stubton, Lincolnshire.

At Scarborough, aged 30, the Rev. John Brooks, M.A. (B.A. 1850), St. John's College, Oxford, P.C. of Walton-le-da'e (1853), Lancashire.

Nov. 21. At Candleriggs-st., Glasgow, aged 25, the Rev. Daniel A. Jarvis, minister of the Free Church, Bonhill.

At the Rectory, the Rev. Charles John Pinfold, B.A. 1825, Christ's College, Cambridge, Rector of Bramshall, S affordshire.

At the Rectory, West Wratting, Cambridgesh., aged 51, the Rev. Samuel Silver, M.A. (B.A. 1847), St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, Vicar of Fulbourne All Saints' (1851), and formerly Curate of West Wratting, Cambridgeshire.

At Genoa, the Rev. Wm. Wellwood Stoddart, B.A. 1832, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1841, late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, Vicar of Charlbury (1853), Oxfordshire.

At the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Broom, Roscommon-st, Liverpool, aged 58, the Rev. Wm. Tyrer, B.A.

Nov. 23. Aged 77, the Rev. Robert Twiss, LL.B. 1803, LL.D. 1819, Pembroke College, Cambridge, of 37, Hamilton-terr., St. John's-wood, and Hoseley, Flintshire.

Nov. 25. At West Newington, Edinburgh, the Rev. Walter Fairlie, of the Free Church, Liberton.

At Trergof, Anglesey, aged 76, the Rev. Robert Frans, B.A, 1802, M.A. 1805, St. John's College, Cambridge.

The Rev. Daniel Gwilt, B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, formerly Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Rector of Icklingham (1820), Suffolk, after an affliction from paralysis, which has for some time past, in a great degree, deprived him of the use of his faculties. Whilst in active health, Mr. Gwilt was a most zealous supporter of agricultural improvement, and of the efforts of the Agricultural Society to encourage the labourer as well as his employer, and an unwearied advocate of the claims of those whom he believed to have deserved well of the agricultural community.

At the Rectory, aged 52, the Rev. Henry Somers Cocks, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, Christ Church, Oxford, Vicar of Leigh (1827), Worcestersh., and Dean Rural.

At the Rectory, the Rev. Nathaniel Morgan, B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, Rector of Rearsby (1812), Leicestershire.

Nov. 26. At the Manse, Keith, the Rev. Jas. Thomson.

Nov. 30. At the Moor, Clifford, Herefordshire, the Rev. William Timothy Napleton, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1834, late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and of Penovre.

At the Vicarage, aged 79, the Eev. Thomas Longlands, B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, Trinity Coll., Cambridge, V. of Porchester (1806), Hants.

At the Manse of Forteviot, the Rev. Robert John Robertson.

Lately, at his residence, Northlands, co. Cavan, the Very Rev. Samuel Adams, M.A., Dean of Cashel.

At the Rectory, aged 92, the Rev. W. B. M. Lisle, D.C.L,, Prebendary of Llandaff (1804), Rector of St. Fagan (1792), Glamorganshire, and Vicar of Llantillio-Pertholey (1799), Monmouthshire.

Dec. 1. At South Berwick, Maine, United States, aged 38, Joseph Bowers Gray, A.M., M.D., Principal of Berwick College, formerly of Chelmsford, Essex.

At Mount-Radford, Exeter, aged 44, the Rev. Henry John Tooze, B.A. 1835, Brasenose College, Oxford, Officiating Minister of Peyhembury, Devon.

Dec. 2. At Wrington, aged 52, the Rev. Edw. Grevile Ruddock, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830, Trinity College, Oxford, late Curate of Westbury w. Priddy.

Dec. 3. Aged 78, the Rev. Robert Digby Stillingfleet, B.A. 1802, Edmund Hall, Oxford, Vicar of Cleeve-Prior (1812), Worcestershire.

At Witherslack, Westmoreland, aged 60, the Rev. Patrick Fraser.

Dec. 4. At the Rectory, aged 86, the Rev. John Austin, B.A. 1793, M.A. 1806, Exeter Coll., Oxford, Rector of Pulborough (1822), Sussex.

At Fermoy, the R. C. Bishop Murphy, of Cloyne. He was a warm supporter of education, and never took any prominent part in affairs of a political character.

Dec. 6. At Castle Cary, aged 82, the Rev. Thomas Spencer Phelps, B.A. 1797, Balliol Coll., Oxford, and incorp. M.A. 1836, Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge, Rector of Maperton (1820), and Weston-Bamfyld (1836), Somerset.

Dec. 12. At Orangefield, Greenock, the Rev. James Williamson, late Pastor of the French and Flemish Protestant Church, Louvain, Netherlands. He was possessed of much ability, and had, by diligent study, made his natural powers thoroughly effective. He entered a few years ago upon a field of labour of peculiar promise, but the hand of sickness soon fell upon him and he returned home. After some months of failing strength, a period of trial which he bore with truly Christian calmness and fortitude, le

upon Friday last. A season which most other young men would have filled up with regrets, he diligently occupied in works of piety and thoughtful kidness. The legatee of the valuable contributions which his venerable father had made to the antiquities of Greenock and the history of the progenitors of James Watt, he carefully collated the materials committed to his care, and publ shed, a few weeks ago, the beautiful volume,

The Memorials of James Watt," which will in all time to come fix the connection of the great mechanician with this town. More recently, as we have had occasion to mention, Mr James Williamson presented to the Greenock Library his large and valuable collection of works connected with the study of Divinity, which he has devoted to the use of probationers and students of all denominations. In private life he was greatly respected and beloved, and his premature death is deplored by all who had opportunities of knowing his worth, and had formed auguries of his coming usefulness.

DEATHS.

ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. June 24. At Winderadun, Lake George, New South Wales, Jas. Fitzgerald Murray, esq., M.D., A.B., F.C.S., and Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales.

June 25. At Wanggratta, Australia, George Mi chell Harper, esq., stipendiary magistrate, second son of the late Wm. Harper, esq., sometime land-surveyor, Kirkcaldy, who emigrated in the year 1818.

July 16. At his residence, Edward Street North, Brisbane, aged 59, M. Feeney, esq., late Governor of her Majesty's Gaol, Moreton Bay, New South Wales, much and deeply regretted.

July 27. At Concord, near Sydney, New South Wales, aged 66, Sarah, relict of the late James Lester, esq., solicitor, Ashford, Kent.

Aug. 1. At the Cape of Good Hope, after a few days' illness, Edward, youngest surviving son of the late Wm. Goodrich, esq., of Maisemorecourt, Gloucestershire.

Aug. 2. At his residence, the Hall, Smith-st., Collingwood, near Melbourne, Victoria, aged 29, Mr. Henry Hinson, son of the late Rev. William Hinson, of Northampton.

Aug. 4. At Java, Capt. Geo. Challenger, of the Dutch Indian ship, Djaoel Wadoot, youngest son of the late Mr. Wm. Challenger, of Bishopthorpe, near York.

Aug. 5. At River Plenty, Melbourne, Australia, aged 62, Katharine Rose, wife of Anthony Beale, esq., formerly H.E.I.C.C.S., St. Helena.

Aug. 30. At Melbourn, aged 37, Catharine, wife of Andrew Rose Cruikshank, esq.

In Sept., at Commerce Scott, co. Missouri, United States, Wm. Docker, esq., M.D., only surviving brother of the late Mrs. Samuel Alcock, of Pear-tree-house, Cheadle, and son of the late Geo. Docker, esq., of the Crescent, Birmingham.

Sept. 10. At Jaulnah, Capt. George Raithby Rolston, 47th Regt. Madras Native Infantry.

Sept. 14. Whilst leading the attack on San Jacinite, pierced by several musket-balls, aged 26, Lieut. Wm. Walker Reader, of the Nicaraguan army, and youngest son of James Reader, esq., of Vale-cottage, Timperley, Cheshire.

Sept. 16. At Brighton, aged one year, Anna Eliza, youngest child of John Gough Nichols, esq., F.S.A.

Sept. 18. At Canton, aged 24, James Macrae Chitty, esq., son of Chas. Chitty, esq., of Battleford, Devonshire, and late of Upper Clapton, London.

Sept. 23. At Fort Hare, Cape of Good Hope, aged 34, Capt. Wm. Elford Adams, of the 2nd Queen's Royal Regt., eldest son of the late Gen. Sir Geo. Páll Adams, K.C.H.

Allan Mackenzie, of the 3rd Bombay Cavalry, third surviving son of Dr. Mackenzie, Carltonter., Edinburgh.

Oct. 4. At Meean Meer, Lahore, Georgina Anne, wife of the Rev. F. Farrer, Assistant Chaplain H.E.I.C.S., and eldest dau. of the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, Vicar of Frome Selwood.

Drowned in attempting to swim across the Jhelum, at Mozufferabad, in Cashmere, aged 23, Alexander James Trotter, Lieut. Bengal Artillery, second son of the late Archd. Trotter, esq., of Dreghorn, near Edinburgh.

Oct. 8. At Jhung, Lahore, Lieut. Henry Thomas Sewell, 48th regt. Bengal Native Infantry.

Oct. 10. On board the steam Alma, at the Sandheads, 100 miles from Calcutta, Joseph Richard Bedford, esq., some years in the H.E.I. Company's medical service.

At Bermuda, aged 19, Robert Harry Blenkinsopp Coulson, of H.M.S. Nile, third son of J. B. Coulson, esq., of Swinburne-castle. He was drowned in rendering assistance to a merchantvessel in distress.

Oct. 17. At Moosabagh, Lucknow, aged 30, Martin Petrie, Lieut. 21st B.N.I., and commanding 7th Oude Infantry.

Oct. 19. At San Francisco, California, of disease of the heart, aged 42, Henry Gunter, esq., formerly of Liverpool.

Oct. 20. At Mhow, Henry Cadogan Harvey, Lieut. Madras Artillery, aged 26, son of the Rev. R. Harvey, vicar of Ramsgate.

At the French Rocks, Madras, aged 31, Capt. H. Bruce, 39th regt. N.I.

At Kurrachee, Scinde, aged 28, Lieut. Frederick Hickes, 2nd Bombay European L.I, eldest son of the late Lieut.-Col. Frederick Hickes, H.E.I.C.S.

At Leicester, Lieut.-Col. Henry Hawker, staffofficer of the Pensioners for the Leicestershire District.

Oct. 23. At York-pl., Edinburgh, Robert Davidson, esq.. of Ravelrig.

Oct. 24. At Mauree, the wife of S. B. Cookson, esq., Brigade-Major, Ravel Pindee.

Mr. George Troup Wells, of Ythan, Forgue, aged 82. At the age of ten he entered upon the world as a farm-servant. When about fifteen, he took a strong desire for the study of astronomy, and often went into the fields at night to study the motion of the stars. He made a globe for himself of clay, dried it in the sun, pasted it round with paper, and delineated thereon a map of the world. The meridian ring and horizon were of wood, made with his knife, and after having got it graduated, he was enabled with great exactness to calculate the eclipses of the sun and moon, also the changes of the moon throughout the year to hours, minutes, and seconds. About the age of thirty, George bound himself as an apprentice to a mason, and it was while following that occupation that he learned the art of dialing, an art in which we question if ever he was excelled by any dialist in the north of Scotland.

Oct. 25. Mrs. Julia Syles, wife of John Syles, of Blackstone, of dropsy, from which she had suffered for five years. During that period she had been tapped upwards of 140 times, and more than 3,000 pounds of water were extracted.

Oct. 28. At Bermuda, of yellow fever, aged 20, Lieut. George Hogarth, 26th regt., eldest son of the late Lieut.-Col. Hogarth, C.B., 26th Cameronians.

Nov. 1. At Gibraltar, aged 20, John, son of Capt. William Barfield, late of Ipswich.

Nov. 2. At Exe-view, near Exmouth, aged 63, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Robert Moore.

From a fall from the rigging, on board the R. Y. S. schooner Fancy, cruising in the Mediterranean, aged 21, George Greenville Fortescue, esq., eldest son of the Hon. Geo. and Lady Louisa Fortescue.