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frigates, tlie iron-clad Taureau, and several 

 dispatch-boats. The admiral and his squadron 

 were welcomed with enthusiasm in Copen- 

 hagen, but this reception proved of no politi- 

 cal importance. The disasters which so rapidly 

 befell the French arms completely changed 

 the plan of the naval campaign, and the expe- 

 dition returned without inflicting serious in- 

 jury on Germany, or impeding her triumph. 

 In addition to the above-mentioned volume, 

 Bou6t-Willaumez was the author of valuable 

 papers contributed to the pages of the Revue 

 des Deux Mondes, "Battles on Land and Sea" 

 (1855), and "Supplementary Tactics for the 

 Use of an Iron-clad Fleet." 



Sept. 10. BEHTLEY, RICHARD, a London 

 publisher; died at Norwood, London, aged 

 77 years. He was the founder of the well- 

 known periodical, Bentley^s Miscellany, and 

 published it for many years. He also pub- 

 lished several other periodicals of note. He 

 was a friend of the authors for whom he pub- 

 lished, and won their regard by his kindness 

 and thoughtfulness. About 1862 he met with 

 some business misfortunes, which materially 

 reduced the fortune he had toiled for years to 

 acquire, but did not deprive him of the esteem 

 of all who knew him. 



Sept. 16. GBATWIOK, Rev. G. AEOHDALL, 

 D. D., Master of Emmanuel College, Cam- 

 bridge ; died there, aged 84. He became Mas- 

 ter in 1835. 



Sept. 22. ELLIOTT, CHARLOTTE, an accom- 

 plished English lady, author of many beauti- 

 ful hymns ; died at Torquay, England, aged 82 

 years. She was the daughter of Rev. Henry 

 Venn Elliott, of St. Mary's, Brighton, and sis- 

 ter of the Rev. Edward B. Elliott, the author 

 of " Horae Apocalypticte." She was a woman 

 of fine culture and delicate tastes. She was 

 the author of several volumes, and contributed 

 over one hundred hymns to the "Invalid's 

 Hymn-Book," the last edition of which she 

 edited. Among her most popular hymns may 

 be mentioned, "Just as I am," "My God and 

 Father, while I stray," and "My God, is any 

 hour so sweet?" 



Sept. 24 ROSCOE, THOMAS, an English lit- 

 erary gentleman, author, poet, and translator ; 

 died in Liverpool, aged 81 years. He was the 

 fifth son of the late eminent writer, W. Roscoe, 

 and was born in June, 1791. After complet- 

 ing his studies, he began his literary career by 

 writing in local reviews and journals. He 

 translated " Sismondi's Literature of the South 

 of Europe," " Lanzi's History of Italian Paint- 

 ing," and specimens from the Italian, German, 

 and Spanish novelists, with lives of their au- 

 thors. Among his literary labors raay be 

 mentioned the " Memoirs of Scipio di Ricci," 

 " The Imprisonment of Silvio Pellico," and his 

 "Duties of Men," "The Landscape Annual," 

 "The Juvenile Keepsake," "The Remem- 

 brancer," portions of the histories of Italy, 

 Spain, and Portugal, and the " Life and Cam- 

 paigns of Wellington." He also published a 



volume of poems, and contributed to periodi- 

 cal literature. 



Sept. . .NORMAN, J. B., one of the Jus- 

 tices of the High Court of Judicature of Bengal ; 

 was assassinated at Calcutta, by a Wahabee, a 

 Mohammedan fanatic. He had been for some 

 years one of the leading judges of the High 

 Court, and it was generally believed that his 

 murder, which was followed a few months 

 later by that of the Governor-General, Earl 

 Mayo, by one of the same class of fanatics, was 

 a part of a conspiracy of the Wahabees to de- 

 stroy all the European government officials. 

 The murderer, in this instance, was tried, sen- 

 tenced, and speedily executed. 



Oct. 7. BURGOYNE, General Sir JOHN Fox, 

 G. C. B., Bart., an eminent officer in the Brit- 

 ish Army ; died in London, aged 90 years. 

 He was a son of the late Rt. Hon. John Bur- 

 goyne, M. P., and was born in 1782. In 1798 

 he entered the corps of Royal Engineers as 

 second-lieutenant, served in the Mediterranean 

 and Levant from 1800 to 1807 ; took part in 

 the blockade of Malta and the operations 

 which led to the surrender of Yaletta ; served 

 with the army in Sicily, and was present at 

 the capture of Alexandria and the attack on 

 Rosetta. He afterward proceeded with Sir 

 John Moore's army to Sweden, and again to 

 Portugal. In 1809 he joined Lord Welling- 

 ton's army in the Peninsula ; and from that 

 time, until the conclusion of the campaign in 

 1814, was present at all the sieges, two of 

 which, viz., Burgos and San Sebastian, he con- 

 ducted, the latter after his superior officer had 

 been killed in the trenches. Throughout the 

 campaigns in Portugal and Spain, Burgoyne 

 was attached to the Third Division, distin- 

 guished by the prominent part it took in the 

 war, and was in most of the general actions, 

 in which he was twice wounded. In 1814 he 

 was appointed commanding engineer of the 

 expedition to New Orleans, and was present 

 at the attack on the town, and at the taking 

 of Fort Bowyer. He received the gold cross 

 and one clasp for Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, 

 San Sebastian, and Nive ; and the silver medal 

 with three clasps for Busaco, Ciudad Rodrigo, 

 and Nivelle. In 1826 Burgoyne accompanied 

 the expedition to Portugal, as commanding 

 officer of engineers. In 1830 he was appoint- 

 ed chairman of the Irish Board of Public 

 Works, and in 1845 Inspector-General of For 

 tifications. Shortly after assuming the lattei 

 office, he drew up a memoir exposing the de- 

 fenceless state of the country, and received in 

 reply from the Duke of Wellington that re- 

 markable letter which, published in the news- 

 papers, produced a sensation, enabling the Ex- 

 ecutive to stay the progress of dangerous re- 

 trenchment in the naval and military services, 

 and eventually to obtain power to raise a new 

 militia. In 1847, the famine year, he was ap- 

 pointed to conduct the commission for the re- 

 lief of Irish distress, and four years afterward 

 was nominated one of the members of the 



