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lege. He was a member of the Eoyal Asiatic 

 Society of London and the Asiatic Society of 

 Paris. His degree of LL. D. was received from 

 the University of Glasgow. 



July 18. RAMIREZ, Rt. Rev. FRAXCISCO, 

 D. D., a Mexican prelate and politician, Bishop 

 of Caradro and Vicar- Apostolic of Tamaulipas; 

 died in Brazos Santiago, Texas, aged 46 years. 

 He was a native of Mexico, and, having been 

 educated for the priesthood, took an active 

 part with the clerical party in opposing Juarez. 

 He had won the regard and confidence of the 

 French troops, and, through the influence of 

 the Archbishop of Morelia, the Pope created 

 him a bishop while he was in Europe. When 

 Maximilian came to Mexico as Emperor, he at- 

 tached himself to him, and was appointed his 

 almoner, and subsequently a member of his 

 Cabinet and council. He was a true friend of 

 the Mexican race, and Maximilian reposed great 

 confidence in him. Upon the downfall of the 

 Emperor he made his escape into Texas, where 

 he lived in great obscurity and poverty, suffer- 

 ing at times for food. His privations broke 

 down a constitution not naturally very vigor- 

 ous, and he died in great misery after a pro- 

 tracted illness. 



July 20. WADDINGTON, The Very Rev. 

 GEORQE, D. D., Dean of Durham ; died at Dur- 

 ham, aged 76 years. He was educated at the 

 Charterhouse, and at Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge; was Browne's medallist in 1811 ; Uni- 

 versity Scholar and Chancellor's medallist in 

 1813 ; was elected to a fellowship in Trinity 

 College, and spent some years in foreign travel. 

 In 1840 he was installed- Dean of Durham, and 

 in the following year was chosen warden of 

 the university. He was the author of "A 

 Visit to Europe " (1822) ; " A Visit to Greece " 

 (1825) ; " The Present Condition and Prospects 

 of the Greek or Oriental Church, with some 

 Letters written from the Convent of Stro- 

 phades" (1829); "History of the Church from 

 the Earliest Ages to the Reformation " (3 vols., 

 1835) ; " A History of the Reformation on the 

 Continent" (3 vols., 1841) ; and "Lectures on 

 National Education " (1845). 



July . BOUILHET, Louis, a French author 

 and poet; died in Paris, aged 45 years. He 

 was born at Cany, France, in 1824, educated 

 at the College of Rouen, studied medicine, but 

 abandoned the practice of it for literature. In 

 1854 he removed from Rouen to Paris. Be- 

 tween 1856 and 1859 he published three 

 volumes of poems; the first an "Epic of the 

 Times of the Emperor Commodus ; " the 

 second an " Antediluvian Romance; " the third 

 being a " Collection of Short Poems." He also 

 wrote a number of dramas in verse, which 

 had great success in Parisian theatres. In 1859 

 he received the decoration of the Legion of 

 Honor. 



Aug. 1. SALISBURY, Rt. Rev. WALTER KERB 

 HAMILTON, D. D., Bishop of; died at the Palace, 

 Salisbury, aged 60 years. He was the eldest 

 son of the late Venerable Anthony Hamilton, 



Archdeacon of Taunton ; was born in London, 

 November 16, 1808; educated at Eton, and 

 Christ Church, Oxford, and elected Fellow of 

 Merton College in 1831. Having taken his de- 

 gree of M. A., in 1833, he was ordained, and 

 served for a short time the curacy of Wolvercot, 

 and afterward that of St. Peter's in the East, 

 Oxford, of which church he became Vicar, in 

 1837. In June, 1841, he became Canon Resi- 

 dentiary of Salisbury, and two years later was 

 promoted to the post of Precentor. He labored 

 hard to reform the ordinary Cathedral abuses, 

 and did a large share of the preaching. In 

 May, 1854, he was consecrated to the bishopric 

 of Salisbury, which he held till the day of his 

 death. As bishop he enjoyed the patronage of 

 between fifty and sixty livings, and his diocese 

 included the greater part of the counties of 

 Wilts and Dorset. He took an active part in 

 the proceedings of the Upper House of Con- 

 vocation, and occasionally spoke also in the 

 House of Lords. Though a learned theologian, 

 and a great reader, he wrote but little. His 

 most important work is a " Letter on Cathe- 

 dral Reform." 



Aug. 1. TINNE, Miss, a traveller and ex- 

 plorer; was murdered by the Touaregs and 

 Arabs, near Taharet, on the Sahara Desert. 

 She was a native of Holland, and descended 

 from a family of high rank and great wealth. 

 Accompanied by her mother, an aunt, Baron 

 von Heuglin, and Dr. Steudner, she had visited 

 in 1863-'64 the upper waters of the Nile, pene- 

 trating a considerable distance beyond Gondo- 

 koro, when the whole party were attacked 

 with the African fever, and the mother, aunt, 

 and Baron von Heuglin, died of it. After her 

 recovery, Miss Tinne and Dr. Steudner returned 

 to Egypt, and thence to Holland. But her 

 passion for geographical explorations was so 

 strong, that she fitted out another expedition, 

 in 1868, and, having spent some time at Tripoli, 

 started thence in the spring of 1869, accom- 

 panied only by native attendants, and a couple 

 of Dutch sailors, with the intention of crossing 

 the Sahara and penetrating to Bournu. Find- 

 ing her supplies insufficient, she determined to 

 explore the country of the Touaregs, or Tua- 

 ricks, and return to Mourzouk to meet the 

 camels and supplies she had ordered thither. 

 The Arabs and Touaregs who were in her 

 service pretended to quarrel, and the Arabs 

 killed her and the two sailors. 



Aug. 2. MEDWIN, Captain THOMAS, a re- 

 tired British army officer and author ; died at 

 Horsham, England, aged 80 years. He was a 

 cousin of the poet Shelley, and was intimate 

 with him from childhood. After Shelley's 

 death he wrote an interesting memoir of him. 

 He was also a friend and associate of Lord 

 Byron, and some years after his death pub- 

 lished a very readable book, entitled, " Con- 

 versations with Lord Byron." He had pub- 

 lished during his long literary career several 

 other biographies and volumes of travel, etc. 



Aug. 5. EDEN, Hon. EMILY, a very accoin- 



