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felt it his duty to protest against the depriva- 

 tion of seven of the professors of the univer- 

 sity, of their positions in consequence of their 

 political opinions. Prof. Kraut had published 

 numerous essays and dissertations on legal sub- 

 jects, but the following are his ablest works: 

 " Plan of a Course of Private German Law, 

 comprising also Feudal Law," 1830, 3d edit., 

 1845 ; " The Instructor in the Principles of 

 German Law," 2 vols., 1846-'47 ; and " The 

 Ancient Municipal Law of Luneburg," 1845. 



Jan 9. HANXAY, JAMES, a Scottish novel- 

 ist and man of letters, for some years past her 

 Majesty's consul at Barcelona, Spain ; died 

 there, aged 46 years. He was born at Dum- 

 fries, Scotland, in 1827, and entered the Royal 

 Navy at the age of thirteen. After serving in 

 various ships till the autumn of 1845, he left 

 the navy, and devoted his attention entirely to 

 literature, contributing to many journals and 

 periodicals, from Punch to the quarterly re- 

 views. Mr. Hannay was the author of ''Sin- 

 gleton Fontenoy," published in 1850; of 

 " Sketches in Ultra-Marine," in 1853 ; and of 

 another novel, "Eustace Conyers," in 1857, 

 which has been translated into German. In 

 the summer of 1853 he delivered in London a 

 series of lectures on " Satire and Satirists." 

 At the general election in May, 1857, he was 

 a candidate for the Dumfries burghs, which 

 his father had twice contested, and was defeat- 

 ed by the former member, Mr. William Ewart. 

 He published, in 1861, his contributions to the 

 Quarterly. Mr. Hannay became editor of the 

 Edinburgh Courant in 1860, but resigned in 

 1864, and subsequently published " A Course 

 of English Literature," 1866, and a family his- 

 tory, called " Three Hundred Years of a Nor- 

 man House. The Barons of Germany, from the 

 Tenth to the Thirteenth Century," 1867. In 

 July, 1868, he was appointed her Majesty's 

 consul at Barcelona, and continued in that 

 port till his death. 



Jan. 10. DALL' ONOABO, FRANCESCO, an 

 Italian poet, dramatist, and revolutionist ; died 

 at Naples, aged 65 years. He was born at 

 Odezzo in Venetia, in 1808, was educated in 

 Odezzo and Padua for the priesthood, and 

 entered into holy orders about 1830. But he 

 was too independent and too much in earnest 

 to suit his superiors, and he was forbidden to 

 preach. He then removed to Trieste, re- 

 nounced his ecclesiastical functions, and de- 

 voted himself to journalism and the promotion 

 of education. He was for many years the 

 editor of the Fanilla, a literary and political 

 journal at Trieste, and with Craogliero found- 

 ed the first Philotechnic Society west of the 

 Adriatic. Busy as he was, he yet found time 

 to write three drama?, which were successful. 

 In 1847, he was driven from Trieste by the 

 Anstro- Venetian Government for an address 

 which he delivered at the banquet to Richard 

 Cobden, and which was considered too radi- 

 cal. He next traveled leisurely through the 

 Italian cities, everywhere sowing the seeds of 



the revolution which followed, and at this 

 time composed his famous hymn "Return of 

 the Tricolor," which, next to the "Marseil- 

 laise," contributed to tire the hearts of the 

 young republicans of Southern Europe. The 

 Pope, who early in 1848 was professedly in 

 favor of reform, proposed to Dall' Ongaro to 

 take the direction of the Official Gazette of 

 Rome, but he declined, and soon went to Ven- 

 ice and put himself at the head of the revo- 

 lutionary movement there, which he aided 

 powerfully by his journal to which he had 

 given the significant title, of "Deeds, not 

 Words" (Fatii e no Parole). He participated 

 with Garibaldi in the revolutionary move- 

 ments and the fighting which followed, was a 

 member of the Roman Constitutional Assem- 

 bly, editor of the Roman Monitor, and reduced 

 Ancona to quietness and order. After the 

 siege of Rome he escaped to Switzerland, 

 whence he was expelled in February, 1852, 

 after the Milan insurrection, and settled in 

 Belgium, where he supported himself for four 

 years by his lectures and conferences on Dante 

 and his works. In 1806 he came to Paris, was 

 employed editorially on the Courrier de I'aru, 

 the Eetue Rationale and the Opinion Ratio- 

 nale, and was on the point of being expelled 

 from France as a countryman of Orsini, but 

 was warned in time. He returned to Italy in 

 1859, and as correspondent of La Patrie was 

 suspected and at first banished by Ricasoli, who, 

 however, on explanation, revoked his decree, 

 and created for him at Florence a professor- 

 ship of Ancient and Modern Dramatic Litera- 

 ture. Here he remained till the removal of 

 the capital to Rome. Signer Dall' Ongaro had 

 been through life a prolific writer both in 

 prose and poetry. All his writings give evi- 

 dence of a patriotic and liberal spirit. His 

 " Scenes of Italian Life " passed through many 

 editions, as did his " Dramatic and Lyric Fan- 

 tasies." His "Popular Chants" (Stornelli 

 Italiani) were widely circulated and excited a 

 powerful influence in Italy. His other princi- 

 pal works were numerous dramas, a part of 

 them collected into two volumes, with the 

 title " II Fornaretto, etc. ; " a classic comedy, 

 after Menander, entitled " Fasma ; " two vol- 

 umes of poems, published in Trieste ; " The 

 History of the Devil," a Dantesque study; 

 "Chants in the Venetian Dialect;" "Poems 

 of Spring-time ; " nnmerous biographies, and 

 many nncollected essays and librettos. He 

 was one of Italy's purest patriots. 



Jan. 11. MACAFFEE, Rev. DANIEL, an elo- 

 quent Irish Wesleyan minister; died in Lon- 

 don, aged about 88 years. His reputation as 

 a preacher, theologian, and logician, stood 

 very high. He was well known in Belfast and 

 Londonderry, where he labored successfully, 

 as he did during a long life in other parts of 

 Ireland. He was a faithful minister, nn elo- 

 quent preacher, an able writer, and in politics 

 a sound Conservative, the friend and colleague 

 of Dr. Cooke. His great work in the cause of 



