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FossU Zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the North 

 of India," and a " Descriptive Catalogue of the 

 Fossil Remains of Vertebrata in the Museum of 

 Bengal." He was also a large contributor to 

 the Geological and Philosophical Transactions. 



Jan. . BOUILLET, M., French lexicographer 

 and author, died in Paris, aged 66 years. Dur- 

 ing the greater part of his life he was professor 

 of literature in the University of Paris. In 1 840 

 he was named Principal of the College Bourbon 

 (now Lyce"e Bonaparte), and held that post un- 

 til some disturbance by the students, which he 

 ir.cffectually tried to quiet, caused him to be re- 

 moved. In 1850, however, he received com- 

 pensation in being named -honorary member of 

 the Council of the University, Inspector of the 

 Academy of Paris, and subsequently Inspector 

 General of Public Instruction. So far back as 

 1826 he published his " Dictionnaire Classique 

 de 1'Antiquite Sacr6 et Profane," on the plan 

 of Lempriere. His " Historical and Geographi- 

 cal Dictionary" appeared in 1842, in one volume 

 stout 8vo, and containing more than two thou- 

 sand pages, double columns, closely but legibly 

 printed. This was at once accepted as the best 

 book of the kind that had appeared in France, 

 and it may be doubted if a more concise and 

 satisfactory work of reference exists in any lan- 

 guage. In Paris Bouillet's book was recom- 

 mended by the University, and adopted by men 

 of letters and men of the world; and at the 

 present moment it may be found in almost 

 every counting-house and on almost every 

 writing-desk in that city. Though it had been 

 approved by the Archbishop of Paris, it was 

 attacked in the Ultramontane " Univers; " and, 

 to his great surprise and regret, M. Bouillet 

 found that his inoffensive book was included in 

 the Index Expurgatorius. He made a journey 

 to Rome for the purpose of remonstrating or 

 explaining, and succeeded not only in removing 

 the interdict, but in getting the approval of the 

 Holy See. It is understood that the " Diction- 

 naire" has gone through eighteen editions. 

 The " Dictionnaire des Sciences, des Lettres, et 

 des Arts," has also gone through several edi- 

 tions. 



Jan. . ROMANI, Signer FELIX, an Ital- 

 ian librettist, died at Geneva, Switzerland, 

 aged 75 years. He was a native of Genoa, 

 and was one of the few whose poetry has ob- 

 tained celebrity apart from the musical associ- 

 ations with which it was connected. His most 

 successful productions were the librettos of the 

 operas Nbrma and DElisir ffAmore. 



Feb. 1. GRANGER, RICHARD DUGAR'D, F. R. S., 

 an eminent medical author and lecturer, died 

 at Highgate, London, aged 63 years. He was 

 formerly Lecturer on Physics and Structural 

 Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital. He was 

 the author of "Elements of General Anatomy, 

 containing an Outline of the Organization of 

 the Human Body " (1829) ; " Observations on 

 the Structure and Functions of the Spinal 

 Cord " (London, 1837) ; " Observations on the 

 Cultivation of Organic Science," and " Sanitary 



Report on Epidemic Cholera, as it prevailed in 

 London, in 1848-'49." 



Feb. 12. NOBTHUMBEBLAND, ALGERNON PER- 

 OT, fourth Duke of, K. G., and an Admiral in the 

 Royal Navy, born December 15, 1792 ; died at 

 Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, February 12, 

 1865. He was descended through the female 

 line from the ancient family of Percys, was 

 educated at Eton College, entered the naval 

 service in 1805, and in 1809, as midshipman of 

 the Hydra, commanded a gunboat in coopera- 

 tion with the Spanish patriots on the coast of 

 Andalusia. As acting captain of the Caledo- 

 nia, he took part in a partial action with the 

 French fleet off Toulon in 1813, and was pres- 

 ent at the taking of Genoa, in 1814. He be- 

 came commander in March, 1814 ; captain in 

 August, 1815 ; rear-admiral on the reserved list 

 in November, 1850; vice-admiral July, 1857; 

 and admiral in October, 1862. In 1816, during 

 the lifetime of the second duke, his father, he 

 was called to the House of Lords, by the title 

 of Baron Prudhoe, of Prudhoe Castle. But he 

 had no taste for public life, and he employed 

 his energies in travelling in the East, where he 

 found abundant opportunities to gratify his 

 taste for the higher pursuits of archaeology and 

 for researches into the early history of nations. 

 Several Coptic manuscripts, as well as sculp- 

 tures and coins of various countries, were col- 

 lected by him during his travels, and the 

 national collections of Egyptian antiquities in 

 the British and other Museums are greatly in- 

 debted to his liberality. In recognition of his 

 contributions to the advancement of literature 

 and the interests of art, the University of Ox- 

 ford conferred on him in 1841 the honorary 

 degree of D. C. L. He was a Fellow of the 

 Royal Society, of the Society of Antiquarians 

 of London, of the Royal Geographical Society, 

 and the Royal Astronomical Society. He was 

 also a member of the Royal Society of Anti- 

 quaries of Copenhagen, a Director of the 

 British Museum, and President of the Royal 

 United Service Institution. In 1847 he suc- 

 ceeded his brother in the titles and possessions 

 of his ancestors, and from that time devoted 

 liberally of his abundant resources to the in- 

 terests of church and charitable institutions, as 

 well as to those of science and literature. Par- 

 ticularly was he interested in the welfare of 

 the sailor, and in 1856 was completed at his 

 expense the Sailors' Home, at North Shields. 

 On the formation of the Derby cabinet in 

 1852, the late Duke became the first Lord of 

 the Admiralty, and remained in the Cabinet 

 until the breaking up of the Government in 

 December of that year. On taking office he 

 was made Privy Councillor, and, in the same 

 year, a Knight of the Garter. In 1857 a hand- 

 some quarto volume was produced under his 

 auspices, for private distribution, containing a 

 series of architectural illustrations of the an- 

 tiquities of the county of Northumberland 1 , 

 with descriptive letter- press and tables of the 

 descent of the Percy family. An illustrated 



