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tory at Chatsworth was entirely the production 

 of Mr. Paxton, and was in fact the parent of 

 the far more famous Crystal Palace ; and the 

 costly and beautiful gardens and terraces, foun- 

 tains, and water- works of these grounds, served 

 as models for the nobler gardens, terraces, and 

 fountains of the Crystal Palace. After the 

 completion of the latter great achievement, Mr. 

 Paxton seemed inclined to pursue the profes- 

 sion of an architect, but his only work of con- 

 sequence was a costly mansion for the Baron 

 James Rothschild. He also devised a plan for 

 girdling London with a magnificent arcade, re- 

 sembling the transept of the old Crystal Palace, 

 in which were to be included lines of railway 

 worked on the atmospheric principle. In 1854 

 he was elected Member of Parliament for Cov- 

 entry, and continued to represent that borough 

 until his decease. He was the author of a 

 "Practical Treatise on the culture of the 

 Dahlia" (1838), and a "Cottage Calendar." 

 He also edited "Paxton's Flower Garden," 

 " Horticultural Register," and " Botanical Mag- 

 azine." 



June 11. WBAXHALL, FREDERIC CHARLES 

 LASCELLES, an English author and translator, 

 died in London, aged 37 years. He was a 

 native of Boulogne, educated at St. Mary's Hall, 

 Oxford, studied modern languages on the Con- 

 tinent, and in 1855 was appointed assistant 

 commissary of the field train in the Turkish 

 contingent, with the rank of captain. He had 

 been a frequent contributor to periodical litera- 

 ture since 1850, had charge of the " Naval and 

 Military Herald " in 1858, and from January, 

 1860, to March, 1861, was editor of the " Wel- 

 come Guest." Among his translations may be 

 mentioned Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. He 

 was the author of a '' Hand-book to the Armies 

 of Europe" (1855); "Wild Oats" (1857); 

 " Armies of the Great Powers " (1859) ; " Only 

 a Woman " (1862) ; " Life on the Sea ; " " The 

 Backwoodsman ; or, Life on the Indian Fron- 

 tier ; " and " Golden Hair," a tale of the Pil- 

 grim Fathers. 



June 13. SOUTHEY, HENRY HERBERT, M. D., 

 a medical author, and brother of the poet, died 

 in London, aged 81 years. He graduated at 

 Edinburgh in 1806 ; became a Fellow of the 

 Royal College of Physicians in 1812 ; was an 

 honorary D. 0. L. of Oxford, and Fellow of the 

 Royal Society, His chief reputation was in 

 cases of lunacy, and he was for many years ex- 

 aminer of lunatics under the Court of Chancery. 

 He was physician in ordinary to George IV., 

 and physician to the London Hospital. He 

 was author of a variety of medical works, the 

 chief of which was ,one " On Pulmonary Con- 

 sumption." 



June 18. COOKE, GEORGE WINGROVE, an 

 English author, and Copyhold and Enclosure 

 Commissioner, died in London, aged 52 years. 

 He was educated at Oxford, and early became 

 known as an author by his " Memoirs of Lord 

 Bolingbroke," his "History of Party," and his 

 "Lite of the First Lord Shaftesbury," works 



evincing much laborious research. In January, 

 1835, Mr. Cooke was called to the bar of the 

 Middle Temple, and shortly after achieved for 

 himself an enviable position in his profession 

 by several able treatises, as well as some valua- 

 ble tracts upon different branches of law re- 

 form among which may be mentioned " The 

 Law of Defamation," " Law of Copyhold En- 

 franchisement," and the " Law of Agricultural 

 Tenancies and Leases." Mr. Cooke was for a 

 number of years largely employed, under the 

 Tithe Commutation Commission, in adjusting 

 disputes relative to moduses and claims to ex- 

 emption, during the long period that all tithes 

 throughout the kingdom were undergoing the 

 process of extinction, a work involving an im- 

 mense amount of labor. He was also the 

 author of " Conquest and Colonization of Af- 

 rica," " Inside Sebastopol," and " China and 

 Lower Bengal," works embodying his observa- 

 tions during his vacation rambles. He received 

 his appointment of Copyhold and Enclosure 

 Commissioner in 1861. 



June 20. LTJBBOCK, Sir Jonx W., Bart., F. 

 R. S., astronomer and physicist, died at Farn- 

 borough, Kent, aged 62 years. He was a na- 

 tive of London, and graduated at Eton, and at 

 Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1825. Though 

 the head of a London banking firm, he devoted 

 much attention to scientific pursuits. He was 

 Treasurer of the Royal Society for many years, 

 and also was Vice-Chancellor of the University 

 of London. In 1834 the Royal Society award- 

 ed to him one of their royal medals for his 

 papers on the Tides. In 1836 he delivered the 

 Bakerian Lecture " On the Tides at the Port of 

 London," and the Astronomical Society in 1848 

 gave him a testimonial for his researches on the 

 theory of perturbations. On the death of his 

 father in 1840 he succeeded to the baronetcy. 

 In 1852 he served the office of sheriff of Kent, 

 and the same year was appointed a deputy- 

 lieutenant of that county. The following are 

 among his published works: Account of the 

 Traite sur le flux et reflux de la Mer of Daniel 

 Bernoulli ; and a Treatise on the Attraction of 

 Ellipsoids (London, 1830); "On the Theory 

 of the Moon and on. the Perturbations of 

 the Planets" (London, 1833); "Mathematical 

 Tracts" (Lond., 1834); "A Treatise on Prob- 

 ability" (Lond., 1835); "On the Determina- 

 tion of the Distance of a Comet from the Earth, 

 and the Elements of its Orbit" (Lond., 1835); 

 " An Elementary Treatise on the Computation 

 of Eclipses and Occupations " (Loud., 1835); 

 " Remarks on the Classification of Human 

 Knowledge" (Lond., 1838) ; "On the Heat of 

 Vapors, and on Astronomical Refractions" 

 (Lond., 1840) ; " On the Clearing of the London 

 Bankers" (Lond., 1860); "The Stars in Six 

 Maps, on the Gonomic Projection" (Lond., 

 1860); besides numerous papers on different 

 subjects in the Philosophical Transactions and 

 other scientific periodicals. 



June 20. THORXTOX, RICHARD, an English 

 merchant and philanthropist, died at Surrey, 



