OHFTIT ARIES, FOREIGN. 



iK-lletits ll|i(ill the dl' 



sion. IK- \\ as lor many \.-ar-: 1601 

 liolh of the Ch-.-mieal Society and tiu-Caven- 

 dNh Society, juror of tli.- ( hemi'-al S,.,-ii(iii of 

 tin- liitrni;ttiiiii:il Exhibition of 18G'2, co-editor 

 \vitli I >r. llcdwood of tin- l',r/t'n<h I'linnuni-n- 

 ;iid the author of -cvcral other 

 valiia "ii pharmacy and other allied 



a No Chemical Operator at 

 (lie Society of Apothecaries for upward of 

 twenty \ears. Hi- numerous papers on chern- 

 ical 'i!>jccts in the 7V/ //."'/;///><// M(ujn;ine and 

 : :,f: were of great value and 

 im|)ortancc to chemical technologists, covering 

 \ did almost the entire range of the ap- 

 plications of chemistry to the useful arts. 



. -2\.- -Hon. vir, .Joii.v, LL. I)., a Scottish 

 mathematician and lexicographer, died at Aber- 

 deen. He \\as born about 1802 in Ban ffs hi re, 

 and educated at the University of Aberdeen. 

 After finishing his university career he de- 

 voted himself to touching, and was for upward 

 of thirty years Mathematical Master in Gor- 

 don's Hospital, from which position he retired 

 in IM.TS. Since then he had given himself prin- 

 cipally to the work of lexicography. He was 

 the author of the "Imperial Dictionary," 

 which had a large sale, and to which in 1865 

 he added the " Student's English Dictionary," 

 a work of considerable merit. 



2L lI.vMii.TON', JAMES, D. D., a Pres- 

 byterian clergyman and author, long resident 

 in London, died in that city. Tie was born in 

 Strathlilane, Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1814, 

 and in 1841, after a short ministry in Abernyte 

 and Edinburgh, was unanimously elected niin- 



of the National Scotch Church, Regent's 



re, London. In the pastorate of that 

 church he remained until his death, constantly 

 growing in influence and favor and in the af- 

 is of his people. A thoughtful and care- 

 ful scholar, he was also an eloquent and iru- 

 pre ivc preacher, lie was widely known as 

 a graceful and instructive writer, and nearly 

 all of his numerous books have been reprinted 

 in this country. Among them were: "The 

 Lamp and the Lantern ; " u The Mount of 

 Olives;" "Lessons from the Great Biogra- 

 phy;" "Life in Earnest;" "The Royal 



her;" "Our Christian Classics," etc., 

 etc. He was also editor of a magazine entitled 



elsior; or, Helps to Progress in Religion, 



c, and Literature." 



Nov. . GREXUCIIETTE, Mile., a famous dan- 

 sense of the time of Marie Antoinette, died 

 at Toulon, aged 111 years. She made her debut 

 at the Royal Academy in 1770, at the age of 

 twenty years, under the name of Pamela. The 

 French papers state that she was soon after a 

 mistress of the Marquis do Lafayette, and ac- 

 companied him to America. She remained in 



iiited States for more than thirty years, 

 and was twice* married, the last time to one 

 llodolph..' Stuart, who died in 1812. Return- 

 ing to France soon after his death, she resided 

 in Toulon up to the time of her own decease. 



She retained to the last the use of her mental 

 facni: 



Nov. . O'GoRMAX, RICIIAI.-I). Si-., a promi- 

 nent and wealthy Irish patriot, died mar J)iilj- 

 lin. Ireland, aged 80 years. He wa- a m 

 of an ancient and broadly-landed family in the 

 County of Clare, and was uncle to the O'Gor- 

 man Mahon who at one time was a formidable 

 political rival of O'Connell, and represented 

 Ennis, the capital of that county, for many 

 years in the KrifNh Parliament. Mr. O'Gor- 

 111:111 was in the highest and noblest sense a 

 patriot Iri-hman. In those early struggles for 

 religious freedom, which culminated in the 

 Emancipation Act of 1829, and which form so 

 emblazoned a page in Irish history-, he bore a 

 conspicuous and energetic part, and his time, 

 his intellect, and his means were ever freely 

 offered and freely shed at the shrine of the na- 

 tional cause. 



Nv. . PERDOXXET, ATJGUSTE, the first 

 builder of railways in France, died in Paris. 

 He was born in that city in 1801, educated at 

 St. Barbe's College, and entered the Polytech- 

 nic School, but quitted it at the end of a year 

 to become a civil engineer. He perceived the 

 advantages of railways, and commenced, a cru- 

 sade in their favor, though he was obliged to 

 struggle against Arago and Thiers as well as 

 the whole corps of government engineers. 

 He triumphed, and built the railway to Ver- 

 sailles, the first in France, and subsequently 

 many others. He was the author of numerous 

 works, seven of them on subjects connected 

 with railway construction or management. On 

 these topics his books are standard authorities. 

 He was also one of the founders of the fccole 

 Centrale, of the Polytechnic Association, and 

 of the system of popular libraries, and lectures 

 to mechanics and working-men. 



NOV. . SlMOXIDES, COXSTAXTIXE, Ph. D., 



a Greek antiquarian, of extensive learning and 

 ability, died in Alexandria, Egypt, of leprosy. 

 Some years since he brought to England, and 

 offered for sale, a large collection of papyrus- 

 scrolls and parchments, written in Syriac, Cop- 

 tic, Greek, etc., which he claimed to have dis- 

 covered in some of the monasteries, churches, 

 and caves of Asia Minor. They were for a 

 considerable time regarded as authentic, but 

 were finally pronounced forgeries by eminent 

 experts, and Dr. Simonides escaped from Eng- 

 land, to avoid arrest. 



Dec. 2. BOFAXDI, Cardinal JOSEPH, Presi- 

 dent of the Holy Congregation of the Census, 

 died in Rome, Italy. He was born at Forli, in 

 October, 1795, and had a high reputation for 

 tensive attainments in ecclesiastical law, 

 beinj* one of the most distinguished juriscon- 

 sults in Rome. He was created Cardinal-Dea- 

 con of St. Cesareo, in December, 1840, nfid was 

 one of the most liberal members of the Sacred 

 College. 



Dec, 3. PACIXI, GIOVAXXT, one of the most 

 popular of Italian musical composers, di?d at 

 Pescia, near Florence, Italy. He was born in 



