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3 years. He was a native of Lonsdale, 

 educated at Christ's Hospital, London, and 

 early in life entered the mercantile business in 

 Southwark. In 1798 he became a member of 

 Lloyd's, where his fine business talents insured 

 him great success. His risks were large, but 

 Fortune seemed ever upon his side, and his be- 

 nevolence kept pace with his good fortune. 

 He built and endowed almshouses, provided at 

 a cost of 40,000 schools for the free educa- 

 tion and support of the poor children of his 

 native place, gave large benefactions to other 

 worthy objects, and in his will donated im- 

 mense sums to hospitals, asylums, and other 

 charitable purposes. 



June 25. FEKGUSOX, ROBERT, M. D., Physi- 

 cian Extraordinary to the Queen, and an emi- 

 nent medical writer, died at Winkfield, near 

 "Windsor, England, aged 65 years. He studied at 

 Heidelberg and Edinburgh, and after graduat- 

 ing from the latter University in 1823, settled 

 in London, where he soon established himself 

 in a lucrative profession, devoting most of his 

 attention to the diseases of women and chil- 

 dren. He attended the Queen in every con- 

 finement, and his consultation practice extended 

 to nearly all the highest families in the king- 

 dom. He was a bold and original practitioner, 

 but at the same time a most laborious student, 

 and a very voluminous writer. His chief pub- 

 lished works are his "Essay on Puerperal 

 Fever," and his edition of "Gooch's Works." 

 The greater part of his writings were contribut- 

 ed anonymously to the " Quarterly Review." 



June 28. TAYLOR, ISAAC, an eminent English 

 author, and inventor of a machine for printing 

 patterns upon calico, died at Stanford Rivers, 

 aged 77 years. He was a native of Lavenham, 

 in Suffolk, was trained as an artist, but early in 

 life adopted literature as his profession. His 

 family were remarkable for their literary talent ; 

 his mother, brother, and sisters having all writ- 

 ten works which have attained a wide popu- 

 larity. In 1818 he became a contributor to the 

 "Eclectic Review," but his first independent 

 literary venture was a small volume entitled 

 "Elements of Thought," published in 1822. 

 This was succeeded by a translation of the 

 "Characters of Theophrastus," with original 

 illustrations, etched by the author ; by the His- 

 tory of the " Transmission of Ancient Books to 

 Modern Times;" the "Process of Historical 

 Proof;" the " Memoirs and Correspondence of 

 Jane Taylor;" and by a new translation of 

 "Herodotus." In 1829 the "Natural History 

 of Enthusiasm " was published anonymously, 

 and rapidly ran through eight or nine editions. 

 This was followed by "Fanaticism," "Spiritual 

 Despotism," "Saturday Evening," and "The 

 Physical Theory of Another Life." In 1838 he 

 published "Home Education," and, in connec- 

 tion with the Rev. Robert Traill, took part in 

 bringing out a new translation of " Josephus." 

 The latter work was accompanied with numer- 

 ous illustrations, engraved by some most inge- 

 nious and elaborate machinery, the invention 



of which had been the amusement of Mr. Tay- 

 lor's leisure hours. The engraving machine 

 was patented in England, Ireland, and America. 

 After an interval of seven years, he published 

 essays on the lives of Loyola and of Wesley ; a 

 volume entitled " Restoration of Belief ;" two 

 volumes of essays, "Logic and Theology," and 

 "Ultimate Civilization;" "The Spirit of the 

 Hebrew Poetry," and a series of autobiographi- 

 cal papers published last year in "Good 

 Words." One of the most complicated and 

 beautiful pieces of mechanism now at work in 

 Manchester, is Mr. Taylor's machine for engrav- 

 ing patterns upon rollers for calico printing. 



June . MALMSTROM, Prof. ELIS, a Swedish 

 poet, died at Stockholm, aged 49 years. As a 

 student he was awarded the great prize by the 

 Swedish Academy, for a collection of elegies, 

 which he published in 1840, under the title of 

 " Angelica." His poems are alike distinguished 

 by their correctness and purity of form, as by 

 their depth of thought. Besides Prof. Malm- 

 strom's miscellaneous poems, which have gone 

 through three editions, he has published an 

 epic poem, "Ariadne," which is, perhaps, the 

 most popular of his works, and several valuable 

 historical essays and reviews. 



July 28. PRITCHARD, EDWARD WILLTAM, 

 M. D., a medical writer, executed for the mur- 

 der of his wife and mother, aged 40 years. He 

 was a native of Southsea, Hants; educated in 

 London and Paris, and after serving as an assist- 

 ant surgeon in the Royal Navy, retired to private 

 practice in Glasgow. He was a fellow and mem- 

 ber of many learned societies in the United King- 

 dom, and a man of great literary ability. Among 

 his writings may be mentioned " Longevity," 

 "Normal Sleep," "Chorea," "Visit to Pit- 

 cairn's Island," "Antiquities of Filey," "To- 

 bacco : its Use and Abuse," " Cure of Cancer," 

 " Lecture on Egypt and its Climate," " Cham- 

 pagne in Diphtheria," "Tincture of Geraco in 

 Gout," and "Sea-tangle Tents; or, Laminaria 

 Digitata," and other papers. 



July 30. LAKORDE, ETIENSTE, Military Gov- 

 ernor of the Palace of Luxembourg, died in 

 Paris, aged 84 years. He entered the service in 

 1804, went through the German and Russian 

 campaigns, accompanied Napoleon to Elba in 

 1814, returned with him to France, and was 

 present at the battle of Waterloo. After the 

 Revolution of 1830 he made the campaign of 

 Belgium. In 1834 he was named Command- 

 ant de Place at Cambria, and in 1838 was placed 

 on the retired list. Being warmly attached to 

 the Bonapartist cause, he participated an the 

 conspiracy of 1840 at Boulogne, was arrested 

 and tried by the Chamber of Peers, and served 

 an imprisonment of two years. In 1849 he 

 was elected to the Legislative Assembly, when 

 he voted with the majority, who were opposed 

 to republican institutions. In 1851 he retired 

 to private life, and some few years after was 

 appointed to the post which he held till his 

 death. He was the author of a volume entitled 

 Napoleon et sa Garde. 



