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Faringdon, and Hackney. In 1828 he returned 

 to Oxford and undertook the college tutorship. 

 In 1829-'30 and again in 1831-'32 he was ex- 

 aminer in the schools, and in 1832 was selected 

 to preach the Bampton Lectures. His subject 

 was "The Scholastic Philosophy considered 

 in its Relation to Christian Theology." The 

 lectures were learned, deep, and abstruse, but 

 very few ever read them, even of those who 

 subsequently protested against their ortho- 

 doxy. In 1833, Dr. Hampden was nominated 

 by Lord Grenville Principal of St. Mary's 

 Hall, Oxford, and in 1834 appointed University 

 Professor of Moral Philosophy, and delivered 

 a very able course of lectures on that subject. 

 In 1836, against strong opposition, Lord Mel- 

 bourne appointed him Regius Professor of Di- 

 vinity in the university, and he retained this 

 position, though unpopular, both from his sup- 

 posed Liberal tendencies and the heaviness of 

 his lectures, until 1847, when the See of Here- 

 ford becoming vacant, Lord John Russell nom- 

 inated him to it, nd he was consecrated 

 against the protest of many of the bishops. 

 He was studious, quiet, reserved, but never 

 popular as a bishop. His published works, 

 and his numerous contributions to the Ency- 

 clopcedia Britannica, all indicate his profound 

 and varied learning, and are exhaustive of 

 their respective subjects, and sometimes, per- 

 haps, also of their readers. 



il . LE SAINT, LieutenanJ , a 



French geographer and explorer sent out by 

 the Geographical Society of Paris to explore 

 the "White Nile district and penetrate thence 

 through Darfoor into Bornli and the Fellatah 

 empire, died at Abou-Kouka, one hundred 

 and twenty miles north of Gondokoro, Sennaar, 

 of paludal fever, aged about 30 years. He was 

 a brave, accomplished, and enthusiastic travel- 

 ler, and had undertaken his perilous journey 

 with high hopes of rendering large service to 

 science. The communications which he had al- 

 ready made to the Society were full of interest. 



May 15. ABYSSINIA, WOIZEEO TOUBNISH, 

 Queen of, widow of Theodoras, died in the 

 English camp, in Abyssinia, of consumption, 

 aged 25 years. She was said to have been, a 

 woman of grace, wit, and beauty. Her only 

 child, the boy prince, was brought to England 

 to be educated. 



May 15. ANDEEA, H. E., Cardinal d', an 

 Italian ecclesiastical dignitary, died at Rome. 

 He was a native of Naples, and was descended 

 from a wealthy patrician family of great politi- 

 cal influence. He was liberal in his views, and, 

 while consistently discharging his high duties 

 as Cardinal of the Church of Rome, strongly 

 urged the reform of abuses, and was friendly 

 to the new kingdom of Italy. This made him 

 many enemies, and subjected him to constant 

 persecutions and indignities, which hastened 

 ' his death. Some months before his decease 

 he obtained leave of absence from Rome, and, 

 with the consent of the Pope, took up his 

 abode in Naples. 



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May 19. GUINNESS, Sir BENJAMIN LEE, 

 Bart, M. P., a wealthy, liberal citizen of Dub- 

 lin, died in London, aged 69 years. He in- 

 herited great wealth, which was increased by a 

 long and successful mercantile career, and was 

 liberally dispensed for the good of the public. 

 In 1860 he entered upon the work of restoring 

 St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, fitting it for 

 the imposing ceremonies of the inauguration of 

 H. R. H. the Prince of Wales; the labor ex- 

 tending over a period of five years, and the 

 expenses, amounting to 150,000, being met 

 from his own purse. In recognition of this he 

 was presented by Lord Derby with the honor 

 of a baronetcy. 



May 22. HALFOED, Sir HENET, Bart, an 

 eminent classical scholar and writer, died in 

 England, aged 71 years. He was for nearly thirty 

 years the Conservative member of Parliament 

 for South Leicester, and during that time did 

 much for the amelioration of the condition of 

 the working-classes in his country. Since his 

 retirement from public life, he had devoted much 

 time and research to the history of the French 

 Revolution. He was familiar with the works 

 of the chief French and German political phi- 

 losophers, economists, and historians, and was 

 a correct composer in the Latin language, both 

 in verse and prose. 



May 22. PLUCKEB, JULIUS, F. R. S., a Ger- 

 man physicist, author, and professor at the 

 University of Bonn ; died there, aged 67 years. 

 Nearly his whole life was spent in scientific 

 research and professional duties. His writings 

 embraced mathematics, chemistry, mechanics, 

 and magnetism ; his latest works being three 

 papers published in the "Philosophical Trans- 

 actions," " On the Spectra of Gases and Va- 

 pors," "On a new Geometry of Space," and 

 "Fundamental Views regarding Mechanics." 

 He was a member of the Royal Society, from 

 which, in 1866, he recived the Copley medal. - 



May 24. MUHLFELD, , J. U. D., an 



Austrian jurist, philosopher, and statesman, 

 died at Hitzing, near Vienna, aged about 54 

 years. He was a thorough liberal in his politi- 

 cal views, hostile to the temporal power of the 

 Pope, and bitterly opposed to the Concordat, 

 which he aided in abolishing, but was at the 

 same time a very exemplary Roman Catholic. 

 He had already attained distinction as a lec- 

 turer on law in the University of Vienna, when, 

 at the time of the revolution in 1848, he 

 was elected by the students of the university 

 to the Frankfort Parliament, and took an ac- 

 tive part in the movements for German unity 

 under the leadership of Austria. The reaction 

 which followed this revolution substituted for 

 a time despotism for law, and, finding that his 

 avocation was gone, he became a barrister, and 

 very soon the first lawyer in Vienna. Mean- 

 time the reaction had run its course, and more 

 liberal counsels prevailed. Under the influence 

 of these, Muhlfeld was again elected to the 

 Reichsrath, or Austrian Parliament, and by 

 several constituencies. His liberal views and 



