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from 1841, as one of the authors of the "Wan- 

 dering Minstrel ; " he was also one of the found- 

 ers of Punch, from which he afterward with- 

 drew. He wrote numerous tales and articles 

 in magazines, but was best known by his u Lon- 

 don Labor and the London Poor," a valuable 

 cyclopaedia of information on the condition of 

 the working-classes (1851), published in num- 

 bers. Among his other works are " The Mor- 

 mons, or Latter-Day Saints," published in 

 1852; "The Wonders of Science," in 1855; 

 "The Great World of London" (1856); "The 

 Upper Rhine" (1858); and "Young Ben 

 Franklin " (1858). In conjunction with his 

 brothers Horace and Augustus, he published 

 a variety of fairy-tales and the following 

 works of humorous fiction : " The Greatest 

 Plague of Life," "Whom to Marry, and How 

 to Get Married," "The Magic of Kindness," 

 "Peasant -Boy Philosopher," "Tricks of 

 Trade," etc. 



May 9. PENNEFATHER, General Sir JOHN 

 LYSAGHT, G. 0. B., British Army, Governor of 

 Chelsea Hospital; died there, aged 73 years. 

 He was born in 1798, entered the army as 

 cornet in 1818, and in 1839 was promoted to 

 the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served in 

 India for some years, and was a trusted officer 

 under Sir Charles J. Napier, in the campaign 

 in Scinde, commanding the infantry brigade at 

 the battle of Meanee, in 1843, where he was 

 severely wounded. For his services in Scinde, 

 he received the thanks of Parliament, and the 

 Order of the Bath. Returning home, he was 

 for a time engaged on the staff in Ireland, and 

 on the outbreak of the Crimean War was ap- 

 pointed to the command of the First Brigade 

 of the Second Division with the rank of major- 

 general, distinguishing himself at the battle 

 of the Alma, and at Inkermann. In recogni- 

 tion of his services before Sebastopol he re- 

 ceived several honorable distinctions, and on 

 the conclusion of peace was made Governor 

 of Malta. After holding this position five 

 years, he was made commander of the camp 

 at Aldershot, which post he resigned in 1865. 



May 22. FORRESTER, ALFRED HENRY (Al- 

 fred Crowquill), a celebrated artist ; died in 

 London, aged 67 years. He was born in 1805, 

 and in early life was put into a notary's office, 

 but, as soon as he became of age, he turned his 

 attention to art and literature. He was asso- 

 ciated with Theodore Hook and Father Prout, 

 in the early numbers of Coiburn's and Bent- 

 ley^s Magazines, and his name soon became 

 familiar to the public as a designer of humor- 

 ous and graceful daawings. He was one of 

 the early contributors to Punch, and, besides 

 his artistic work, he produced many writings 

 of a lively character, including several bur- 

 lesques. * 



May 26. BEDFORD, WILLIAM RUSSELL, Duke 

 of; died in England, aged 63 years. He was 

 born in 1809, and represented Tavistock in the 

 House of Commons from 1832 to 1851. He 

 succeeded to the title of duke in 1861. He 



acted with the Liberal party, and was patron 

 of twenty-seven livings in the Established 

 Church. He is succeeded by his nephew, 

 Francis Charles Russell, born in 1819. 



May . HAUCH, JEAN KARSTEN VON, an 

 eminent Danish poet, novelist, and scientist ; 

 died at Rome, aged 82 years. He was born at 

 Fredrikshald, May 12, 1790. He was edu- 

 cated at Copenhagen, and, after receiving his 

 doctorate in Philosophy, was for nearly thirty 

 years Professor of Physical Science in the 

 Academy of Soroe. In 1846 he was appointed 

 Professor of Scandinavian Literature, at Kiel. 

 In 1848, in consequence of his liberal tenden- 

 cies, he was deprived of his professorship, but 

 through the kindness of the Queen Maria 

 Sophia Frederick, found an asylum at Fred- 

 ericksberg, in the suburbs of Copenhagen. 

 After the death of Oehlenschlager, in 1850, he 

 was made Professor of ^Esthetics in the Uni- 

 versity of Copenhagen, and retained this posi- 

 tion till a year or two ago. Von Hauch was a 

 voluminous writer. His dramatic works, which 

 are numerous, are of two classes, historical or 

 classical subjects, such as " Bajazet," " Ti- 

 berius," " Gregory VIII.," " Don Juan," etc., 

 all possessing great merit, and dramas of Dan- 

 ish life, of which there are five or six, which 

 were as popular in Sweden and Germany as 

 in Denmark. He had also published an Epico- 

 Dramatic poem, the "Hamadryads," and a 

 volume of lyric poems, which were very much 

 admired by the Danish public. He had also 

 written twelve or fifteen novels, in most of 

 which he had interwoven the legends of the 

 Scandinavian mythology, and which have been 

 translated into most of the languages of Eu- 

 rope. He made an extensive scientific tour 

 in Germany, Italy, and France, some years 

 since, and, after his retuin, published "An 

 Examination into the Rudimentary Organs, 

 and their Function in Nature," and " Remarks 

 on the Nervous System, and Animal Instinct." 

 He has also contributed many dissertations 

 and papers to a Danish scientific journal, 

 " Blandinger fra Soroe." 



June 1. MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD, a 

 Canadian statesman, and cabinet officer ; died in 

 Cornwall, Canada, aged 60 years. He was born 

 at St. Raphael, Glengarry County, Upper Cana- 

 da, December 12, 1812; commenced business 

 in early youth as clerk in a store, but, becom- 

 ing dissatisfied, entered upon the study of law, 

 and in 1835 was articled to a barrister at Corn- 

 wall, finishing his studies with Chief-Justice 

 Draper in 1840. He built up a large and lu- 

 crative practice in Cornwall, and was elected 

 to Parliament in 1841, was returned in 1843, 

 and again in 1848, 1852, and 1854. In the 

 latter part of 1849 he was appointed Solicitor- 

 General under the La Fontaine-Baldwin Gov- 

 ernment, until its final breaking up in 1851. 

 In 1852 he was elected Speaker in Quebec. 

 In 1858 he was Attorney-General, having been 

 elected the previous year for Cornwall. In 

 1872 he was again returned for that town. 



