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OBITUAKIES, EUEOPEAN. 



1847 or 1848 was the London agent of Apple- 

 ton & Co. Afterward he was several years en- 

 gaged in the American book trade in London, 

 part of the time alone, and part of the time in 

 partnership with Mr. Trubner. For the last 14 

 years he devoted himself to authorship, writing 

 for periodicals, translating, compiling, and as- 

 sisting better-known writers, conducting at 

 various times "The Artist," "The Children's 

 Journal," "The Photographic Art Journal," 

 and " The Eoyal Cook," and publishing, under 

 the nom de plume of Charles Mart-el, a transla- 

 tion of Chevreu,l's " Laws of Color." 



July 24. BATCHELDOR, THOMAS, F. S. A., an 

 English antiquarian and scholar, died at the 

 Cloister, Windsor Castle, aged 70 years. With 

 the exception of a short course of instruction in 

 the free school of his native town, he was in 

 all respects a self-educated man. When a boy 

 he entered the service of the chapter clerk and 

 registrar of Eton, upon whose death in 1827 

 he was appointed registrar of Eton College, and 

 in 1843 chapter clerk at Windsor, also steward 

 of the Courts of Eton College. Subsequently 

 he became a member of the Hon. Society of 

 Gray's Inn, and practised as a conveyancer. 

 His attainments in the walks of science, litera- 

 ture, and art, were great. His antiquarian in- 

 vestigations were extensive, as well as his as- 

 tronomical observations, which he sometimes 

 embodied in public lectures before the Windsor 

 Mechanics' Institute. He was elected a fellow 

 of the Society of Antiquaries in June, 1855. 



July 27. NICHOLSON, JOSEPH B., D. D., 

 rural dean of St. Albans. antiquarian and au- 

 thor, died at St. Albans, aged 71 years. He 

 graduated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1820, 

 and in March, 1826, was domestic chaplain to 

 H. E. H. the Duke of Clarence. In 1835 he 

 was appointed to the rectory of St. Albans, and 

 in 1846 was made rural dean, having in 1839 

 been made D. D. He was also appointed 

 surrogate for the archdeaconry of St. Albans, 

 and in 1862 was nominated an honorable canon 

 of Eochester Cathedral. He was a fellow of 

 the Society of Antiquaries, of the Eoyal Astro- 

 nomical Society, and a member of the Numis- 

 matical Society; was vice-president of the 

 Archaeological and Architectural Society, and a 

 magistrate for St. Albans and the County of 

 Hertford. In 1851 Dr. Nicholson published the 

 first edition of a work, entitled '* The Abbey 

 of St. Albans," and subsequently an enlarged 

 edition, which was soon out of print, though 

 another is in course of preparation. 



July 27. NORTHUMBERLAND, CHARLOTTE FLO- 

 KENTIA, Duchess Dowager of, an authoress, and 

 former governess of the Princess Victoria, died 

 at Twickenham, aged 78 years. She was a na- 

 tive of Florence, daughter of the Earl of Powis, 

 and in 1817 married the Duke of Northumber- 

 land, who died in 1847. She was a woman of 

 fine and highly-cultivated intellect, and when 

 the queen was Princess Victoria, held the re- 

 sponsible office of supervisor of those who gave 

 instruction, the duchess being present when 



the lessons were given. She was the author of 

 a "History of Alnwick Castle," which includes 

 also histories of Alnwick and Hulne Abbeys, 

 The illustrations to this quarto volume wero 

 from the pencil of this gifted woman, whc 

 exhibited rare ability as an artist. 



July 30. HASTINGS, Sir CHARLES, M. D., 

 D. C. L., an eminent English physician ard 

 author, died near Malvern, Eng., aged 72 years. 

 He graduated at the University of Edin- 

 burgh in 1818, and since that time had prac- 

 tised his profession in Worcester. He was 

 a deputy-lieutenant for his county, and was 

 the President of the Provincial Medical and 

 Surgical Association, of which institution he 

 was the founder. His contributions to medical 

 literature were large, and among his works 

 may be mentioned a " Treatise on Inflammation 

 of the Lungs," and Illustrations of the Natural 

 History of Worcestershire." Sir Charles was 

 knighted in 1850. 



July . MARS, VINCENT DE, a French au- 

 thor and editorial writer, died in Paris, aged 48 

 years. He was a man of delicate literary taste, 

 great acquirements, and some talent for writing. 

 He was for more than twenty-five years secre- 

 tary of the " Eevue des Deux Mondes," for 

 which he wrote a great deal. 



July . MARTIN, M. EDOTJARD, a French 

 dramatic writer, died in Paris aged 39 years. 

 He was born in humble life, but by patience 

 and industry rose to respectable rank as a dra- 

 matic author. His first appearance in print 

 was in 1848, by writing one of the many sheets 

 sold during revolutionary agitation. He wrote 

 " Les .Talismans du Diable," "L 1 Affaire de la 

 Eue de Lourcine," "Les Petites Mains," "Les 

 Vivacites du Capitaine Tic," " Le Voyage de 

 M. Perrichon," and "Moi." He also wrote for 

 several French journals. His death was the re- 

 sult of a disease of the brain, which deprived 

 him of sight and memory. 



July . MATNARD, SAMTTEL, an eminent 

 mathematician and author, died at the Book- 

 sellers' Provident Eetreat, Langley, aged 76 

 years. His shop, a dingy, unpretending place, 

 was the resort of students and learned profes- 

 sors of the universities in search of rare math- 

 ematical works, while the owner was well known 

 as an author, and his edition of Euclid, in con- 

 junction with Prof. Simson, is one of the most 

 popular text-books used. Mr. Maynard also 

 edited " Bonnycastle's Arithmetic, Algebra, and 

 Mensuration," with " keys " to these and Bish- 

 op Colenso's "Arithmetic." 



July . SURIWONGS, P'RAYA MOTJTREO, Si- 

 amese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, 

 died at Bangkok, aged 45 years. He waa 

 Prime Minister of Military Affairs in Northern 

 Siam, and President of the Southern provinces 

 thereof. 



Aug. 6. CAMDEN, Most Noble GEORGE 

 CHARLES PRATT, second marquis and earl, pres- 

 ident of the British Archaeological Society, died 

 at Bayham Abbey, Sussex, aged 66 years. He 

 was a native of London, educated at Eton, and 



