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added a magnetic station, fhe only one in that country ; and he 

 showed great liberality alike in providing instruments, and in 

 remunerating observers and printing the results of their labours. 

 The clocks in the magnetic observatory cost upwards of 1200 

 guineas. He likewise assisted with his counsel and his purse many 

 other establishments, as the Observatories of Edinburgh, Glasgow, 

 and the Cape of Good Hope ; and one of the latest acts of his life 

 was to found two gold medals for the reward of scientific merit ; — 

 one for the Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, the other for the Society 

 of Arts. The first of these was adjudged at Aberdeen, in Sep- 

 tember, 1859, to his fellow-countryman and former fellow-soldier, 

 Sir Eoderick I. Murchison. Such devotion to science did not pass 

 unregarded. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge conferred 

 their degree of D.C.L. ; while he was in New South Wales he was 

 elected a Fellow of many learned Societies ; and on the death of Sir 

 Walter Scott he was chosen to succeed him as President of the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh. The gold medal of the Astronomical 

 Society was awarded to him in 1828, and the address of the Pre- 

 sident (now Sir John Herschel) did but justice to him in saying 

 that " the first brilliant trait of Australian history marks the era of 

 his government, and that his name will be identified with the 

 future glories of that colony, in ages yet to come, as the founder of 

 her science." 



In 1836 he was created a Baronet; in 1837 named Knight Grand 

 Cross of the Bath; in 1841 he became General, and at the period 

 of his decease his was the third name on the Army List. 



He died in the house in which he was born, on the 28th of 

 January last, at the age of eighty-seven, and he is succeeded in 

 the baronetcy by his nephew, the son of the late Admiral Brisbane. 



Sir Thomas was a man of commanding appearance, more than 

 six feet high, and with a handsome, intellectual expression of 

 countenance. His name was on the Army List for a period of 

 sixty-seven years, in the course of which he had fought in fourteen 

 general actions, and twenty-three other battles, and had assisted in 

 eight sieges. He had a gold cross and clasp for Vittoria, and the 

 silver Peninsular medal and clasp; and received the thanks ot 

 Parliament in 1813 for distinguished service. He had crossed the 

 tropics twelve times, the equinoctial line twice, had circumnavi- 

 gated the globe, and had been in North and South America, 

 Australia, the north of Europe, and the Mediterranean. 



The best resume that can be given of his character and pursuits 



