EUROIM 



G01 



and author, died in I'arits aged 50 years. At 



n ea: .nurted with the 



press as a parliamentary reporter of the 



i.f Parliament,'' and other 



lie was successively editor of tho 



Atlas," " DuMin Daily 



and M.irii'nu' Chr.iiiidc." Among 



Ilia published u " The Orators of the 



critical biographies of B. Disraeli, 



I, I.. c.l Hroughain, and Lord 



Not. 1. BARKER, BERNARD, a philanthropist 



inhurgli, died in that city. Ho was a man 



,d remarkable sympathies, with a 



perception of the trials and sufferings of 



classes, to whom his purso was ever 



ily was he interested in the poor 



wgate, and fur his efforts in their behalf 



lely known as "Tho King of Cow- 



AlHuit forty years ago he commenced 



business in Edinburgh as an "old-clothes man," 



and hy his integrity extended his business until 



: :x-nt> in Ireland and America often gave 



a for the shipment of goods, advancing 



therefor large sums. At his death he was said 



left property worth 40,000. 



. '2. HOLLAND, SABA, Lady, an English 



author, died in London. She was a daughter 



uf the Lie Ilcv. Sydney Smith, and in 1834 



married Sir Henry Holland, M. U., the eminent 



physician. She was the author of the well- 



:. biography of her father, the witty 



anl'a. 



. ;>. Coi I..XOWOOD, ROBERT GUBTAYTTS 

 m s. M. D., physician and author, died 

 nt l!i-hop\vearmouth, aged 83 years. Ho was a 

 native of Alnwick, and was early destined for 

 the profession in which his father, Dr. Thomas 

 Collingwood, had achieved so distinguished a 

 ition in England. lie was licensed to 

 practice in 1810, and in 1813 received his 

 e. of M. D. from the University of Edin- 

 burgh, and became a member of the Royal Col- 

 lege of Surgeons. Subsequently he was for 

 pome time physician to the Universal Medical 

 Institute of London. His scientific knowledge 

 and literary abilities were of a high order, 

 and his love of art had prompted him to ac- 

 quire :i valuable collection of painting, anti- 

 quities, Are. He was the author of "Lectures 

 mi t he Theory and Practice of Medicine," an 

 "En*; on Dropsy," and occasional valuable 

 contributions to medical journal-. 



Nov. 13. PARKER, Admiral Sir WILLIAM, 



Bart, G. C. B., an English naval officer, died in 



. dshiro, aged 84 years. He entered the 



navy in 1793, serving in the West Indies, :m:l 



from rank to rank until, in 1802, us Cap- 



"f the Amazon, he distinguished himself 



in the war with France. During this period he 



captured several French and Spanish privateer-;, 



and was the hero of many brilliant exploits. 



In July, 1830, he was made rear-admiral, and 



the following year was invested with the chief 



command of the Lisbon station. In July, 1834, 



he was made K. C. B., nud ten days 'later a 



Lord of the Admiralty. On n -inning that 

 appointment, ho was, in 1841, made naval 

 maiidi-r-iii-rhicf in the East Indi -. .-up.-riiiterid- 

 ing all tho operations in China, from the taking 

 i.f Am..;.- to the pacification of Nanking, in 

 1842, for which he received the thanks of both 

 M of Parliament. As a reward for his 

 es, he was made a G. C. B., and Hubse- 

 quently was rais.ed to the dignity of a baronet. 

 He was made principal aide-de-camp to trie 

 queen in 184(5, rear-admiral of tho Ui:itd 

 Kingdom in 18C2, and admiral of the fleet in 



Nov. 20. SHIBLET, Rev. WALTER WADDING- 

 TON, D. D., professor of ecclesiastical history 

 and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, died there, 

 aged 88 years. Ho was the only son of the late 

 Rt. Rev. W. A. Shirley, Lord Bishop of Sodor 

 nnd Man; was educated at Rugby, University 

 College, and Wadham College, Oxford, where 

 he subsequently became fellow and tutor. Hav- 

 ing won many honors during his collegiate 

 course, be was in 1826 appointed a master in 

 the schools, and in 1862 was nominated to the 

 office of select preacher. In 1864 he was ap- 

 pointed by Lord Palmerston to the regius pro- 

 fessorship of ecclesiastical history, and canonry 

 of Christ Church. His scholarship was thorough 

 and brilliant, and in his teachings he always went 

 to the fountain-head. He was well-known in the 

 literary world as the editor of the "Fasciculi 

 Zizaniorum Magistri Johannis Wyclif," and also 

 of letters illustrative of the reign of Henry III., 

 which works were brought out by him under 

 the direction of the master of the rolls in 1858 

 and 1863, respectively. 



Not. 24. CHEVALIER, SULPICE PAUL (Gavar- 

 ni), an eminent French designer and carica- 

 turist, died in Paris, aged 65 years. His parents 

 were originally from Burgundy, but had then just 

 established themselves in Paris, where he was 

 born, in 1801. He was educated to embrace at 

 pleasure the profession of architecture or civil 

 engineering. Choosing the latter, he was, in 

 his twentieth year, appointed surveyor in the 

 land valuation office, his residence to bo at 

 Tarbes. During his leisure hours he amused 

 himself with his pencil, and at thirty-four year.-? 

 of :ige obtained an engagement to sketch the 

 fashions of the day for a weekly journal, and 

 subsequently undertook the management of the 

 "Journal des Gens da Monde." His produc- 

 tions gave him a wide reputation, and among 

 his most popular illustrations may be mentioned 

 those of Eugene Sue, in the " Diablo & Paris," 

 and the works of Balzac. Among his com- 

 positions are the "Lorettes," the "Arti- 

 the " Hals Masques," the "BalivernesdePari-," 

 the " Enfants terribles," " Parents Terribles," 

 and Mie " Impressions dcs Voyages." He took 

 the name of (iavarni, after a sketch by hiai of 

 tin- Circus of Gavarni, among the Pyrenees. 

 Having become deeply interested in mathe- 

 matical pursuits and aerostation, he deserted 

 art in 1856, and thenceforth devoted himself so 

 entirely to these studies that his health suffered 



