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but after the passage of the Eeform Bill, hav- 

 ing been placed in charge of the northern es- 

 tates of Greenwich Hospital, he ceased to take 

 an active part in politics, although his sympa- 

 thies always remained with the Liberal party. 

 A large portion of his life was devoted to the 

 study of agriculture, especially in relation to 

 the improvement of the soil, breeding of stock, 

 and the practical application of modern science 

 in all the departments of agriculture. The 

 amelioration of the condition of laborers, build- 

 ing and endowment of schools, and every move- 

 ment tending to the intellectual growth of 

 the laboring classes, called forth his most ear- 

 nest efforts, his motto being " The culture of the 

 mind must precede that of the land." Mr. 

 Grey was chairman of the Tyneside Agricul- 

 tural Association, and a director of the Blythe 

 and Tyne Eailway. 



Jan. 24. DAVY, JOHN, M. D., F. E. S., In- 

 spector-General of Army Hospitals, an eminent 

 physicist and author, died at Lesketh How, 

 Ambleside. He was born in Penzance, in 1790, 

 took his medical degree in Edinburgh in 1814; 

 entered the army as a surgeon, and after faith- 

 ful service rose to the position of inspector- 

 general of army hospitals. He was a copious 

 writer, having written several volumes on gen- 

 eral subjects, besides a large number of papers 

 ranging over the whole field of natural science, 

 contributed to . the "Philosophical Transac- 

 tions," "Transactions of the Eoyal Society of 

 Edinburgh," "and the Eoyal Medico-Chirur- 

 gical Society." One of his most recent works 

 consists of a series of " Lectures on Chemistry," 

 in which this science is regarded in its relations 

 to the atmosphere, the earth, the ocean, and 

 the art of agriculture. Mr. Davy was the au- 

 thor of a "Life of Sir Humphrey Davy," and 

 editor of- his collected works in nine volumes. 



Jan. 27. WHITE, Lieutenant-General MI- 

 CHAEL, K. 0. B., a distinguished cavalry officer 

 of the British Army, died in London. He was 

 born at St. Michael's Mount, in 1791 ; educated 

 at Westminster School, and entered the army 

 in 1804. In 1809 he was in active field ser- 

 vice on the banks of the Sutlej. He com- 

 manded cavalry in the Afghan, Sutlej, and 

 Punjab campaigns, and, for his distinguished 

 services in Afghanistan, was nominated a Com- 

 panion of the Order of the Bath ; and for his 

 bravery at Sobraon was appointed an aide-de- 

 camp to the Queen. In 1862 he was made a 

 Knight Commander of the Bath. 



Jan. 28. STIFTEE, ADALBEET, a popular 

 novel-writer and landscape-painter, of Ger- 

 many, died at Linz, on the Danube. He was 

 the son of a poor weaver, and was born Octo- 

 ber 23, 1806, atOberplan, in Southern Bohemia. 

 With the assistance of friends who saw in him 

 evidences of great talent, he was enabled to 

 complete a course of philosophical and philo- 

 logical studies at the Gymnasium of Krems- 

 munster and the University of Vienna; and 

 acquired at the same time, to no common 

 degree of perfection, the art of landscape-paint- 



ing, for which his poet's eye for Nature (a 

 characteristic feature, also, of his tales and 

 novels) especially qualified him. He was 27 

 years old before he published, in Witthauer's 

 "Zeitschrift," the firstlings of his muse, those 

 charming tales, " Feldblumen," "Der Condor," 

 "Das Haidedor," and since then enjoyed an 

 ever-rising popularity, not only in Austria, but 

 all over Germany. About 1840 Prince Met- 

 ternich appointed him as tutor to his son 

 Eichard, the present ambassador of Austria 

 at the French court, and ten years later he 

 was named "Schulrath" (Superintendent of 

 Schools), and removed from Vienna to Linz, 

 where he had lived ever since. His works 

 insure him a lasting name in German litera- 

 ture. They comprise " Studien " (6 vols., col- 

 lected tales) ; " Bunte Steine " (2 vols., collected 

 tales) ; " Der Nachsoiner " (a novel, in 3 vols.) ; 

 and " Witiko " (likewise a novel, in 3 vols.). 



Feb. 6. HEEAPATH, WILLIAM, an English 

 chemist and politician, died in Bristol, Eng., 

 aged 72 years. He was a native of Bristol, and 

 while at work in his father's malthouse dis- 

 played a decided taste for chemical study 

 which resulted in his becoming a proficient in 

 the science, and especially in the department 

 of toxicology. He was in frequent and almost 

 constant demand in the examination of alleged 

 cases of poisoning, and his skill in making 

 analyses in this direction not only, but for the 

 benefit of agriculture, manufactures and the 

 arts, rendered his life singularly useful. In 

 1828 he was elected Professor of Chemistry in 

 the British Medical School. He was also one 

 of the founders of the London Chemical So- 

 ciety. During the Eeform agitation of 1831, 

 as president of the Political Union, he did 

 much toward the suppression of the riots in 

 Bristol. On the passing of the Municipal Ee- 

 form Act, Mr. Herapath became a member of 

 the Town Council. 



Feb. 7. JONES, Admiral THEOBALD, an officer 

 of the British Navy, died in London. He was 

 born in 1790, entered the navy in 1803, was 

 made lieutenant in 1809, was employed in the 

 North Sea, and Channel, and also in the Med- 

 iterranean, where in 1810 he shared in a gal- 

 lant skirmish with the Toulon fleet. He was 

 promoted to be commander in 1814, and com- 

 manded the Cherokee, on the Leith station, 

 from 1819 until 1822, and subsequently was 

 second captain in the Prince Eegent, at the 

 Nore. In 1865 he became an admiral on the 

 retired list. In politics he was a Conservative, 

 and represented Londonderry in Parliament 

 from 1830 to 1857. 



Feb. 8. HA-YAH-TA-KEE, the chief of a 

 Japanese troupe of performers, died in New 

 York City, of disease of the heart. He was a 

 man of considerable note in his own country, 

 and near the close of 1-867 came to the United 

 States with his family and a corps of perform- 

 ers, but did not meet with as much success as 

 he had expected. 



Feb. 15.T-DAWES, Eev. WILLIAM EUTTEE, F. 



