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11 .I..-ON, lit. Rev. ROBERT WIL- 

 :n:ui Catholic Bishop of Hobart 

 !ony, died nt Nottingham, 

 /! yen--. Be was born at Lincoln ; 

 >tt College: ordained priest in 

 i as pastor over a Roman Catho- 

 ' .ittingham. Ho was consecrated 

 bishop by Cardinal Wiseman in 1842, aud left 

 id for his see of II obart Town in January, 

 :v his services as pastor, and as a 

 public man in t ho development of various colonial 

 and local institutions, were warmly acknowl- 

 -ive governors, and by the com- 

 munity at largo throughout Tasmania. He 

 finally left the colony in shattered health in 

 if 18C3, and spent the closing months 

 of his litb amid the scene of his earlier labors. 

 June . LEEDS, W. H., an English archi- 

 il writer and critic, died in England. 

 IK- was best known as translator of "Mollcr's 

 of German Gothic Architecture," 

 of a new edition of " Chambers's 

 rative Part of Civil Architecture." 

 . TEri-ET, M., a French antiquarian 

 and author, died in Paris. He was Keeper of 

 !.s of tho Empire. The first volume 

 of his "Tresor des Chartcs " was published by 

 order of the emperor, under the direction of 

 (he Count de Laborde ; and tho second volume 

 :i ,-arly ready for the press when he died. 

 d the medal of the institute for his 

 publication of "Eginhard." lie also published 

 o volumes octavo, "Les Relations de la 

 France et do TEcosse." 



July 7. TOTXBEE, Dr. JOSEPH, F. R. S., an 

 eminent aural surgeon and philanthropist; died 

 in London, aged 50 years. He was one of the 

 physicians of St. Mary's Hospital, and fell a 

 victim to experiments upon himself in tho in- 

 halation of chloroform and hydrocyanic acid 

 I'D r the relief of singing in tho ears. Two papers 



found in his room, the first giving f 

 suit of experiments made a few days previous, 

 and the second not ela-.-itu-d, apparently await- 

 ing the result of his further investigation. 



'// 10. DEXVIR, Right Rev. CORNEIJPS, 

 IN>man Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, 

 died at Belfast, Ireland. Ho succeeded Dr. 

 Cr'lly, when tho latter became primate in 1835. 

 Being a prelate of liberal tendency, he acted for 

 Borne years as one of the Commissioners of 

 National Education, and worked harmoniously 

 with his colleagues, but was compelled by the 

 authorities of his church to relinquish that po- 

 sition. Ho resigned his office a? bishop in 

 I860. Dr. iVnvir was a learned and able man, 

 and was much respected in Belfast. 

 July 12. CARPENTER, WILLIAM HOOKHAM, 



F. 8. A., supcrintoiidi-nt of the collections of 

 engravings in tli<: Ilriti-h Musi-nm, died there. 

 as apprenticed to the pub- 

 lishing business, and on his marringe itarted in 

 lniMiiess for himself, but not succeeding, his 

 wife, nn artist of great merit, supported tho 

 family for some years by portrait painting. 

 During this period Mr. Carpenter employed his 

 leisure in studying the works of the great mas- 

 ters in the British Museum, and writing a de- 

 scriptive catalogue of Vandyke's etchings, with 

 notices of his life, and that of Rubens, from 

 mat erials collected in the State Paper Office. 

 In March, 1845, ho was appointed to the British 

 Museum, and has since acquired a European 

 reputation for profound knowledge in regard to 

 art matters. In the department of drawing, 

 his acquisitions have been of the utmost im- 

 portance, for through his influence many rare 

 donations have been made to the museum. In- 

 deed his unremitting industry and devotion to 

 the interests of this department probably tended 

 to hasten his death. 



July 14. HOWARD, FRANK, a painter and 

 writer on art subjects, died at Liverpool, aged 

 61 years. Ho was educated at Ely, and early 

 evinced a decided taste for the fine arts. His 

 first artistic lessons were from his father, Henry 

 Howard, professor of painting to the Royal 

 Academy. He was also for some time a pupil 

 and assistant of Sir Thomas Lawrence, upon 

 whose death ho set up as a portrait painter 

 upon his own account, and soon won his way 

 to much distinction in his art. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Architectural and Archaeological So- 

 ciety, and was well known as a lecturer. lie 

 was the author of a series of beautiful outline 

 illustrations of Shakespeare, the " Sketcher's 

 Manual," "Imitative Art," and "Science of 

 Drawing." He also wrote tho life of his father, 

 edited his lectures at the academy, and executed 

 the illustrations to "Walker on Beauty." 



July 16. SPENCER, Right Rev. GEORGE 

 TREVOR, D. D., late Lord Bishop of Madras, 

 died near Buxton, aged G6 years. He was edu- 

 cated at Charterhouse and at the University 

 College, Oxford,, where he graduated in 1822, 

 and was made D. D. in 1837. He was incum- 

 bent of Buxton five years, and rector of Leaden- 

 Roding, Essex, from 1829 to 1837, when he was 

 consecrated Bishop of Madras, but returned to 

 England in 1840 invalided, though able to dis- 

 charge Episcopal functions to some extent, and 

 to take a living twelve years later. The Bishop 

 of London presented Bishop Spencer with the 

 chancellorship of St. Paul's Cathedral, to v\ Inch 

 ollico he added, in 1861, tho rectory of Walton- 

 on-the-Wolds. 



July 23. DKLF, THOMAS, an English book- 

 seller, publisher, and author, died in London, 

 in the 55th year of his age. He was a native 

 of London, and came to tho United States at 

 the a ire of 20, obtaining employment soon after 

 in the Mercantile Library of New York. Thence 

 ho entered the book- store of Messrs. Wi! 

 Putnam, and from 1843 to 1S46, and again in 



