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able and brilliant writer ; a regular contributor 

 to the Saturday Review, where his papers were 

 among the most attractive features of that 

 dashing, racy periodical, and a writer also for 

 other magazines, a genial wit and associate of 

 eminent literary men, he left a void which 

 cannot easily be filled. 



Jan. 15. WELD, CHAELES ROBEET, a literary 

 man, traveller, and author, for sixteen years 

 Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society ; died 

 at Newbridge Hill, near Bath, England. He 

 was born in Windsor, England, in 1818, edu- 

 cated at Trinity College, Dublin, called to the 

 bar in November, 1844, became Assistant Sec- 

 retary to the Royal Society in 1845, and re- 

 mained in its service till 1861. In 1847 he 

 published a " History of the Royal Society," in 

 two volumes, and the next year commenced a 

 series of "Vacation Tours," of which he pub- 

 lished nine volumes between 1848 and 186V, 

 embracing tours in diiferent portions of Europe, 

 in America, India, etc. He was a very active 

 assistant to Sir John Franklin in the home 

 work connected with his Arctic explorations, 

 and had written several pamphlets on the sub- 

 ject of Arctic Expeditions. He was one of the 

 superintendents of the London International 

 Exhibition of 1862, and a commissioner of the 

 Paris Exhibition of 1867. His report at the 

 latter, on the " Philosophical Instruments and 

 Apparatus for teaching Science," was a very 

 able and interesting document. He was a 

 member of many of the learned societies, and 

 a frequent contributor to JEraser's Magazine, 

 the Athenaeum, etc. 



Jan. 18. ASHPITEL, AETHUB, F. S. A., an 

 accomplished English architect, and writer on 

 architectural and antiquarian subjects ; died 

 in London. He was born in London, Decem- 

 ber 15, 1807, educated at Hornerton, received 

 his professional training in the office of his 

 father, who was a skilful architect, and, having 

 been made a cripple for life by an accident, 

 when about twelve years old, he was the more 

 inclined to close and laborious study. He did 

 not open a separate office and studio for 'him- 

 self till 1842, when his thorough knowledge 

 of architectural science, and his admirable skill 

 and genius in his designs, soon brought him 

 a large practice. His designs embraced nu- 

 merous public institutions, bridges, churches, 

 chapels, schools, colleges, stations, villas, cot- 

 tages, etc. He was also consulted as the high- 

 est authority on the restoration of ancient 

 cathedrals, churches, and bridges. He trav- 

 elled in Italy, and resided some time in Rome, 

 from 1854-'57, and on his return prepared and 

 exhibited at the Royal Academy a " Restora- 

 tion of Ancient Rome," which showed a very 

 thorough study of the local history of the city 

 of the Caesars. A companion drawing, " Rome 

 as it is," was exhibited by him the next year. 

 He was Vice-President of the Royal Institute 

 of British Architects in 1862, and contributed 

 to its transactions or sessional papers nu- 

 merous valuable architectural essays. He had 



also prepared ten very interesting communica- 

 tions for the ArcTicBologia of the Society of An- 

 tiquaries. He published an essay on "Baths 

 and Washhouses" in 1853; one on "Town 

 Dwellings," of great interest, in 1855, and a 

 " Treatise on Architecture," which was mainly 

 composed of his own and others' articles on 

 the subject, in the " Encyclopaedia Britannica," 

 and had edited and almost entirely rewritten 

 Nicholson's "Handrails and Staircases," and 

 Nicholson's " New Guide ; or, Book of Lines 

 for Carpenters ; " and had been a large contrib- 

 utor to the biographies of architects in the 

 " Encyclopaedia Britannica," and articles to the 

 dictionary and other works of the Architec- 

 tural Publication Society. He was, moreover, 

 a fine Hebraist, and a critical Latin and Greek 

 scholar, familiar with the languages of modern 

 Europe, an accomplished musician and musi- 

 cal composer, and a good poet. 



Jan. 21. BELGIUM, LEOPOLD FEEDINAND 

 ELIE VICTOE ALBEET MAEIE, Prince Royal of, 

 Duke of Brabant, Count of Hainault, and Duke 

 of Saxony, the heir-apparent of the throne of 

 Belgium ; died at the palace of Lacken, near 

 Brussels, in the tenth year of his age. He was 

 the only son of Leopold II., a child of great 

 intelligence and affectionateness, but who had 

 suffered for more than six months from severe 

 illness. His death made the Count of Flanders, 

 brother of Leopold II., heir-presumptive to the 

 throne. 



Jan. 23. EWAET, WILLIAM, a Liberal mem- 

 ber of Parliament, eminent for his advocacy 

 of measures of reform ; died at Liverpool, in 

 the 71 st year of his age. He was born May 1, 

 1798, in Liverpool, educated at Eton, and 

 Christ Church College, Oxford, graduating with 

 high honors in 1821. He was called to the bar 

 in 1827, and entered Parliament in 1828, sitting 

 for Bletchingly till 1830, for Liverpool from 

 1830 to 1837, for Wigan from 1839 to 1841, and 

 for the Dumfries burghs from 1841 to 1868. 

 He was a very able legislator, and was a leader 

 among the Liberals, and a high authority in 

 commercial matters. He carried a bill in 

 1833-'34 for the abolition of capital punish- 

 ment for theft, the minor forms of burglary, 

 letter-stealing, and sacrilege, and for abolishing 

 the practice of hanging in chains. The next 

 session lie procured the removal of the prohi- 

 bition against prisoners, in cases of felony, be- 

 ing defended by counsel. He also led the way, 

 by suitable legislation, for the founding of 

 schools of design, free public libraries, mu- 

 seums, and institutes for mechanics, and for 

 the adoption of the metric system. His only 

 published volume is a work issued in 1838, 

 entitled "The Reform of the Reform Bill." 



Jan. 30. BAENAED, Mrs. CHAELOTTE A., a 

 musical composer and lyric poetess, whose 

 songs and ballads had attained a wide popu- 

 larity ; died at Dover, England. She was the 

 wife of Rev. C. 0. Barnard, and had published 

 a great number of popular songs under the 

 now, de plume of " Claribel." 



