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completed his studies, and being then little more than 20 years of 

 age, he entered the regiment of Saragossa, and was made prisoner by 

 the French in 1808. He continued in the military profession till 

 the'year 1820, when he left it, having attained the rank of Captain, 

 and dedicated himself, with all the ardour of a studious mind and a 

 lively imagination, to the pursuit of literature ; writing and trans- 

 lating various works in prose and verse. These works gained for 

 him the distinction of being nominated a Corresponding member of 

 this Society; of the Geographical Society of Paris; andof Eio 

 Janeiro. In the year 1822, when secretary to the Captain-General, 

 he married the eldest daughter of Mr. Kichard Allen, the English 

 Consul at Corunna ; and the Consul dying soon after, he proceeded 

 with his wife and family to establish himself in the city of Oporto, 

 but was obliged to emigrate to England in the following year in 

 consequence of political disturbances. He returned to Oporto in 

 1827, and was appointed manager of the Fiscal Department of the 

 Eoyal Tobacco Contract, and subsequently Administrator of the 

 Commercial Press of Oporto. In the same year he was appointed 

 Consul of the Republic of Peru at Oporto. In 1847 he returned 

 to Oporto from Puerto de Sta. Maria ; and in 1850, at the request of 

 a private friend, resident in Bilboa, he went to that city to open 

 and direct a college for superior education, which undertaking he 

 carried out with the most praiseworthy success. Finding, how- 

 ever, himself in ill health, he returned in 1851 to the bosom of his 

 family, and, after long and severe suffering, he died, much lamented 

 by his relatives and friends, by whom he had been always esteemed 

 for his many virtues and high character. He was buried in the 

 cemetery of Nostra Senhora da Lapa, in the city of Oporto. 



Wharncliffe, John Stuart, Lord, f.r.s., second Baron Whamcliffe 

 of Wortley, county of York, died in October last, at his residence, 

 Wortley, Sheffield, at the age of 54. 



His Lordship was greatly attached to agriculture, seeking all the 

 newest modes to improve the culture of the land. He addressed a 

 letter to Philip Pusey, Esq., on Drainage, published in the Journal 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society. 



WiDDRiNGTON, Captain Samuel E., e.n., f.r.s., died January last, 

 at his residence, Newton Hall, near Felton, Northumberland. He was 

 the eldest son of the Rev. Joseph Cook, m.a., of Newton. In October, 

 1829, Captain Cook went to Spain, and having subsequently resided 

 for three years in that country, he published, in 1834, in two 

 volumes octavo, ' Sketches in Spain during the years 1829-30-31 



