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turists were better known in all quarters of the 

 globe) rested on his improvement in the South- 

 down breed of sheep. The Webb Southdown 

 was indeed almost his creation, so many years 

 of thoughtful and intelligent care had he be- 

 stowed in bringing all its best points to perfec- 

 tion. For thirty-four years he had held an an- 

 nual sale of his improved stock, and these sales 

 had latterly been attended by sheep-breeders 

 from every portion of Great Britain, and from 

 France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Tur- 

 key, Russia, the United States, and Australia. 

 His last sale, in June, 1862, realized about 



Nov. 13. UHLAND, LUDWIO. (See UHLAND.) 



Nov. 14. STEWART, Eev. ALEXANDER, LL.D., 

 died at the manse of Douglas, Scotland, aged 

 81 years. He had been for many years one of 

 the best writers of Scotland, and had published 

 a large number of educational works. He was 

 one of the principal contributors to the Edin- 

 burgh Encyclopaedia, and, in many instances, 

 works which subsequently obtained a high 

 popularity, owed to him that polish of diction 

 arid symmetry of arrangement, without which 

 they would have fallen dead from the press. 



Nov. 19. WODDERSPOON, JOHN, Esq., assist- 

 ant editor of the " Norwich Mercury,'' died at 

 Norwich, England. He was born at Bath, in 

 1806, and was first engaged in that city on the 

 " Bath Chronicle," and subsequently for two 

 years at Birmingham, upon the " Birmingham 

 Journal." After removing to London, he was 

 engaged upon the " Suffolk Chronicle," edited 

 by Mr. King, with whom he remained ten years, 

 during which time he published some of the 

 works which have won for him considerable 

 antiquarian and literary fame. The first work 

 of any importance was " Sketches of the Suffolk 

 Bar," which was succeeded by " The Historic 

 Sites of Suffolk." In 1845 he edited " The An- 

 tiquarian and Architectural Year-Book," which 

 was "intended to gather into one view all dis- 

 coveries and proceedings for the year, both in 

 primaeval and medieval antiquities." In this 

 work he was aided by some of the most emi- 

 nent scholars and antiquaries of the country. 

 He wrote and published, between 1847 and 

 1850, the "Memorials of Ipswich," in two vol- 

 umes, illustrated with great care. He subse- 

 quently was engaged for a time on the " Morn- 

 ing Post," but his health obliged him to resign, 

 and he soon after accepted the situation of sub- 

 editor of the " Norwich Mercury." He has 

 left a large collection of MSS. on art and 

 archeology, also many sketches and drawings 

 of great value. 



Nov. 20. KINNEA.R, DAVID, senior editor of 

 the " Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial 

 Gazette," died at Montreal, aged 55 years. He 

 was a native of Edinburgh, the son of a banker, 

 and a lineal descendant of the celebrated Col. 

 Gardiner. He was admitted to the Scotch bar, 

 but was engaged in mercantile business in Lon- 

 don, where he had connections in the highest 

 branches of commerce. He came to America 



in 1835, and employed some time in various 

 travels throughout the United States and Can- 

 ada. In 1837 he was among the first to take 

 up arms for the preservation of the province to 

 the British Crown during the rebellion. Soon 

 after, he became connected with the "Montreal 

 Gazette," which position he relinquished to be- 

 come a partner in the " Montreal Herald," of 

 which paper he was chief proprietor at the time 

 of his death. 



Nov. 30.-KNOWLES, SHERIDAN. (/S&KNOWLES.) 

 Dec. 17. THOMSON, MRS. KATHARINE (widow 

 of the late Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson), died 

 at Dover, England. She was well known to 

 the public as an authoress, her first production 

 being a " Life of "Wolsey," written for the " So- 

 ciety for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge," 

 and much commended by Lord Brougham. A 

 novel called " Constance " her first venture in 

 fiction was very successful. " The Life of 

 Raleigh," and the " Memoirs of the Court of 

 Henry the Eighth," were followed by " Me- 

 moirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough," and 

 gave her a high position in literature. Her re- 

 searches, and the reading requisite for these 

 works, furnished her material for a series of his- 

 torical novels, as " Anne Boleyn," " Ragland 

 Castle," "The White Mask," "The Chevalier." 

 In addition to these she published " Lives of 

 the Jacobites," " Tracy, or the Apparition," 

 and " Widows and Widowers," one of the most 

 popular of her novels. After Dr. Thomson's 

 death, in 1849, she resided on the Continent 

 for some years, and upon her return to Eng- 

 land, published " Court Secrets," " Faults on 

 Both Sides," and the " Life of Villiers, Duke 

 of Buckingham." The most popular of her 

 later works were written conjointly with her 

 son : the " Queens of Society," and " Wits and 

 Beaux," published under the pseudonyms of 

 Grace and Philip Wharton. The third and last 

 of this series, " The Literature of Society," was 

 entirely her own. During a long residence in 

 London, her house was the resort of those who 

 were eminent in science, letters and the arts. 

 In 1860, her son and fellow- worker, John 

 Cockburn Thomson, was accidentally drowned 

 at Tenby a shock from which his mother 

 never recovered. 



Dec. 17. MONSON, Hon. WILLIAM JOHN, sixth 

 baron, died at Paddington, England. He was 

 born in Tanjore, Presidency of Madras, May 

 14, 1796, and at an early age was sent to Eng- 

 land for his education, and entered Christ 

 Church College, Oxford, in 1814, graduating in 

 1818. Before taking his Bachelor's and his 

 Master's degrees, he made two tours to the 

 East, the results of which were published in 

 1817 and 1820, under the modest title of "Ex- 

 tracts from my Journal." Istria, Dalmatia, 

 Sicily, Malta, and Calabria, were among the 

 countries visited and described in these tours. 

 Though admitted to the bar, he did not practise 

 his profession, but devoted himself to literary 

 and scientific pursuits, and especially to'archa?- 

 ology and antiquarian studies. He succeeded 



