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eid, Horace's Odas, and Perseus's Satires. 

 In 1843 he brought out a comedy in verse, 

 "Moliere a. Chambord." lie also prepared 

 with much assiduity several compilations which 

 had great reputation in their day. 



May . FLOCON, FERDINAND, a French 

 publicist and novelist, died in Paris, aged 66 

 years. During the Restoration he wrote for 

 the " Courrier Francais ; " published a pamphlet 

 against the Jesuits; wrote criticisms on the ex- 

 hibitions of Fine Arts, published a collection 

 of German Ballads in French, and wrote a 

 novel, " Ned Wil more." After the Revolution 

 of 1830 he wrote for "Le Oonstitutionnel," and 

 subsequently for the "Tribune." In 1845 he 

 founded u La Reforme," which was most hos- 

 tile to the Government, and whose title be- 

 came the rallying cry of the Revolution of 1848, 

 When it occurred, this led to his appointment 

 as a member of the Provisional Government. 

 He quitted France after the coup d'etat. 



May . GTJERNON, RANVILLE, Count de, 

 former minister of Charles X., died at Calvados, 

 in the Pyrenees, aged 80 years. After the 

 Revolution of 1830 he was imprisoned in the 

 fortress of Ham for seven years. 



May . NUNEZ, Admiral, commander of 

 the Spanish squadron in the Pacific, died of 

 wounds received during the bombardment of 

 Callao. 



June 1. KINNEAB, Mrs. BOYD, an English 

 actress of high merit, died at Norwood, Surrey. 

 Having been disinherited of her rights as heiress 

 of the family estates because of refusing to be 

 educated in the Roman Catholic religion, she 

 found herself compelled to support herself and 

 mother. This she undertook to do by teaching, 

 but having a decided taste and genius for the 

 drama was attracted to the stage. She made 

 her debut at Brighton in 1846, where she was 

 received with great favor, and after some dis- 

 couragements, became the leading lady at Bir- 

 mingham, and afterward at the Theatre Royal, 

 Edinburgh, until ill-health compelled her to 

 leave the trying climate of Scotland. After 

 spending one season at the Princess's Theatre, 

 London, she retired, and in 1852 was married 

 to John Boyd Kinnear, a magistrate in the 

 county of Fife. During the few years of her 

 public career she rose to the first rank in the 

 highest department of her art, while in private 

 life she was the charm of the circles in which 

 ehe moved. 



June 8. BERWICK, WILLIAM, an historical 

 painter, died\ near Darlington, aged *TO years. 

 He descended from a family of artists and en- 

 gravers, was educated at a local school kept by 

 a Quaker, and early evinced a taste for the fine 

 arts. With a small sum of his own earnings he 

 went to London, and was received as a pupil of 

 Haydon. Subsequently he studied anatomy in 

 the Royal Academy, and among his earliest 

 works was a commission from the German 

 consul to execute a large cartoon of some of 

 the figures in the Elgin marbles for the poet 

 Goethe, a work subsequently presented to the 



sovereign of Wurtemberg, and placed in the 

 Royal Academy of Arts. He painted several 

 life-sized portraits of eminent men, such as 

 Lord Eldon, Sir David Brewster, Sir John Sin- 

 clair, Lord Jeffreys, and others. His "Jacob 

 meeting Rachel," won great favor in London 

 in 1822, and a copy of a Rembrandt sold for 

 4,000. His Scripture illustrations also wero 

 great favorites with the lovers of art. 



June 18. MEKY, M. JOSEPH, a French novel- 

 ist and poet ; died at Paris, aged 67 years. He 

 was born in Marseilles, where he was educated. 

 His first essay in literature was a satire in verse, 

 published in 1820, on a priest, against whom he 

 had a private grievance, and which resulted in 

 a prosecution for libel, and imprisonment for 

 fifteen months. On his release he joined in 

 editing a paper called the " Phocean," but soon 

 after started another, the " Mediterran6e," sub- 

 sequently united and called the "Semaphore." 

 Later he removed to Paris and was employed in 

 the translation of Latin documents for the "His- 

 tory of the Popes." During the three days of 

 the Revolution Mery fought on the barricades, 

 and when the struggle was over, celebrated the 

 victory in a poem called " L'Insurreotion," 

 and a hymn, " Le Tricolor," which was set to 

 music by Halevy. In 1840 he vi?ited England, 

 and on his return to France published his " Les 

 Nuits de Londres." One of his latest compila- 

 tions in verse was a poem on the Italian war of 

 1859, "Napoleon en Italic." His talent for im- 

 provisation was remarkable, and on any given 

 subject he would at once construct a romance 

 in prose or verse. 



June 25. JACKSON, Dr. HENRY, F. R. C. S., 

 an eminent English physician and medical 

 writer, died in Sheffield, aged 60 years. He 

 was a native of Sheffield; was educated at the 

 Bingley Grammar School, and studied for his 

 profession under the superintendence of his 

 father, Dr. Henry Jackson, surgeon of Sheffield, 

 and at Dublin, completing his studies at St. 

 Bartholomew's Hospital, London. In 1830 he 

 commenced practice in his native town, and 

 two years later was elected honorary surgeon to 

 the Sheffield General Infirmary, which position 

 he held until his resignation a few days prior to 

 his death. Dr. Jackson had acquired a pro- 

 found knowledge of the works of eminent sur- 

 geons of all ages and countries, and no branch 

 of literature was without interest for him. His 

 favorite studies, aside from those connected with 

 his profession, were history, biography, and the 

 lelles lettres. He was a cautious and skilful 

 operator, and was held in high esteem by his 

 medical brethren for his profound judgment in 

 medical science as well as for the valuable traits 

 of his character. He was for many years presi- 

 dent of the Sheffield Medical School. 



June 26. GAREETT, RICHARD, an English 

 manufacturer of agricultural implements, died 

 in Suffolk, aged 59 years. In 1836 he succeeded 

 to the business of his father at Leiston, which 

 was already very heavy, but after the introduc- 

 tion of steam power was magnified, until the 



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