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who, pleased with his success, gave him the 

 decorative painting of his house in Abbotsford, 

 and did much by his influence toward bringing 

 his talents before the public. Subsequently, 

 Mr. Hay obtained a high reputation as an ar- 

 tistic decorator. In 1846 he designed and exe- 

 cuted the decorations of the meeting-hall of the 

 London Society of Arts. 



Sept. 11. MOURAVIEFF, Gen. NICOLAS, a 

 Russian officer, died near St. Petersburg, aged 

 T3 years. He was a descendant of one of the 

 oldest and most remarkable families of Russia; 

 he entered the army in 1810, and after serving 

 for some time in the Army of the Caucasus, was 

 charged in 1819 with a mission to Khiva. 

 Having been appointed major-general in the 

 war against Persia, he distinguished himself 

 before Kars in 1828, and before Kalila in 1829. 

 In 1830 he gained reputation in the cam- 

 paign in Poland, and greatly contributed to the 

 victory of Kazimiez, in consequence of which 

 he received the grade of lieutenant-general. 

 In 1832 he was charged with negotiating a sus- 

 pension of hostilities with the Viceroy of Egypt, 

 Mehemet AH. In 1835 he was appointed com- 

 mander of the Fifth Corps of infantry. In 

 1838 he fell into disgrace on account of dis- 

 orders having crept into his corps, and for 

 having neglected the armament of Sevastopol. 

 He returned to Moscow and was considered a 

 chief representative of the Old Russian party 

 and the Old Russian ideas. In 1848, ho re- 

 entered the active army and became a member of 

 thpi council of war, and later commander of the 

 grenadiers of the guard. In 1855 the Govern- 

 ment gave him command of the Army of the 

 Caucasus and the conduct of the war. The 

 capture of Kars was his la*t great exploit, from 

 which he received the surname Karski. He 

 remained commander of the Russian army in 

 the Caucasian provinces until the accession of 

 Alexander II., who appointed Prince Bariatin- 

 eky to that position in place of Mouravieff. 



Sept. 14. HALLIDAY, CHARLES, an eminent 

 merchant, antiquarian, and archaeologist of Dub- 

 lin, died at his residence near that city. Al- 

 though engaged in the pursuits of commerce, 

 he found leisure to apply himself to the elucida- 

 tion of many obscure branches of Irish history 

 and archaeology, and his contributions to the 

 " Transactions " of the Royal Irish Academy, 

 of which he was a valuable member, contain 

 many important papers. He filled the office of 

 the governor of the Bank of Ireland on several 

 occasions, was vice-president of the Chamber of 

 Commsrce, and, besides holding other responsi- 

 ble positions, devoted much time to the working 

 of charitable institutions. 



"ept. 15. SHESTON, HESRY CITAWXER, one 

 of the most eminent line engravers in Great 

 Britain, died in London, aged 63 years. He 

 was a native of Winchester, and was educated 

 in one of the best English schools of art. His 

 works most widely known are engravings for 

 the Art Union of London, of which " The Death 

 of Coeur de Leon " is most notable. He was 



one of the first engravers on steel plate. His 

 principal works are, "The Stray Kitten " (after 

 W. Collins), "A Day's Sport in the Highlands " 

 (A. Cooper), "The Tired Huntsman " (0. Land- 

 seer)," The Loan of a Bite " (W. Mulready),"The 

 Hermit" (A. Fraser), and "Labor fur Love" 

 (J. F. Dicksee). The characteristics of his work 

 are genuineness, and remarkably soft and pure 

 flesh tints. 



Sept. 15. "WiLLOUGiTBY, Sir J. POLLARD, 

 Bart., an eminent English statesman, died at 

 Fulmer Hall, Bucks, aged 67 years. He was a 

 son of Sir Christopher Willoughby, Bart., was 

 educated at Merchant Tailors' School, served in 

 the Royal Navy, entered the Bombay civil ser- 

 vice in 1817, and eventually became chief secre- 

 tary to the Bombay government. From 1846 

 to 1851 he was a member of the local council, 

 when he retired on an annuity. At an early 

 age he attained a high reputation as one of the 

 most efficient civil servants in India; exerting 

 a great influence, in his official capacity, over 

 the wild and rude chiefs with whom he was of 

 necessity brought in contact. During his resi- 

 dence there he did much for the support of the 

 philanthropic, educational, and literary institu- 

 tions of Bombay. Returning home, he was in 

 1857 a member of the House of Commons for 

 Leominster, but retired the following year upon 

 receiving an appointment as a member of the 

 Indian Council at home, which position he re- 

 tained until his death. He was a magistrate 

 for Bucks, and a deputy-lieutenant for London, 

 and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1865. 



Sept. 15. DILLON, Joirs BLAKE, M. P., an 

 Irish lawyer and statesman, died in Killarney, 

 Tipperary, aged 52 years. He was educated at 

 Trinity College, Dublin, was called to the bar 

 in 1841, and practised his profession for many 

 years in Dublin, at the same time being one of 

 the proprietors of the "Nation." Attaching 

 himself to the political fortunes of Smith 

 O'Brien, he was against his will drawn into 

 the rebellion, and upon its failure escaped to 

 France, and from thence to the United States, 

 where he resided for many years. A few years 

 since he returned to Ireland, and soon became 

 distinguished as a leader of the national party. 

 In 1865 he entered the House of Commons as a 

 representative from Tipperary, and exerted him- 

 self while there to bring about a cordial under- 

 standing and union between the English and 

 Irish Liberals. He was an ardent advocate for 

 reform, and had a mind thoroughly free from 

 illiberality of any kind. He was a deep thinker, 

 a fluent speaker and writer, and a thoroughly 

 honest man. 



Sept. 16. MELIER, M.,one of the ablest writers 

 and expounders of sanitary science in Europe, 

 died at Marseilles, aged 68 years. The greater 

 portion of his life had been devoted to the 

 promotion of sanitary science. He held the 

 office of sanitary inspector-general, and was 

 the leading member of the consulting hygienio 

 committee, which acts as an adviser to govern* 

 ment on all questions bearing upon the puhlic 



