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rivers; in 1842 he was in command of a squad- 

 ron off the Indus, charged to keep up com- 

 munication with Sir Charles Napier in Scinde. 

 From that period to 1851 he was second in 

 command to the admiral-in-chief of the Indian 

 navy, and a part of the time acting-chief him- 

 self. In 1861-'53 he was engaged in naval 

 operations on the Irrawadi in connection with 

 the Burmese War, and in 1853 created a Com- 

 panion of the Order of the Bath for his ser- 

 vices. In 1854 he took up his residence in 

 Paris, where he rendered valuable services in 

 concluding a treaty of peace with Persia, Dur- 

 ing all these years he constantly contributed 

 to geographical science, both in his official re- 

 ports and in his numerous memoirs and maps 

 communicated to the Geographical Society. 



April 18. LAFONT, PIERRE CIIERI, a dis- 

 tinguished French actor, who had been on the 

 stage for fifty years; died in Paris, ;iged 72 

 years. He was born in Bordeaux, and edu- 

 cated as a physician and surgeon, in which ca- 

 pacity he entered the navy and made two 

 voyages to the Indies. In 1822 he abandoned 

 his profession, and, after some months' study 

 with Doyen, was engaged near the close of that 

 year at the Vaudeville. After ten years of suc- 

 cessful playing there, he passed to the Novel- 

 ties Theatre in 1832, and several years later 

 was a leading actor in comedy in the Lon- 

 don theatres. On his return to France he 

 went back to the Vaudeville, which being 

 burned soon after, he engaged at the Varieties 

 in 1839, where he developed great abilities 

 in the creation of the parts assigned to him, 

 In May 1865 he returned to the New Vaude- 

 ville, where he continued to act with great suc- 

 cess till 1859, when he appeared at the Gym- 

 nasium, and won great applause till his death. 

 His last great successes were in " Rabagas " 

 and "Le Centenaire." 



April 19. HARRIS, ACOUSTTS, stage-mana- 

 ger of the Italian Opera in London ; died in 

 that city, in the 47th year of his age. He was 

 a native of Naples, born June 12, 1826. He 

 first appeared on the stage, at the London 

 Princess's, in 1842, as a light comedian, and 

 tliis theatre he leased and managed from the 

 fall of 1859 to the fall of 1862. For twenty- 

 seven seasons he was connected with the Italian 

 Opera as stage-director. 



April 20. JOXES, HENRY BF.JTCE, M. D., F. R. 

 8., F. C. 8., an eminent English physician and 

 medical writer ; died in London, aged 59 years, 

 He was born in Lowestoft in 1814, educated 

 at Harrow, and Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 whence he graduated B. A. in 1836, and M. A. 

 in 1840. He began to study medicine in Lon- 

 don in 1836, and in 184" was elected Phy- 

 sician to 8t. George's Hospital. Amid the 

 cares and duties of a large practice he found 

 time to write several medical treatises of stand- 

 ard reputation, and to prepare scientific papers 

 of great value for the Philosophical Transac- 

 -( of the Roynl Society, Liebig's Annalen, 

 Annalet de Chimie, and the Transactions of the 



Medico- Chirurgical Society and of the Chemi- 

 cal Society. Dr. Jones was elected a Fellow 

 of the Royal Society in 1846. He was also Fel- 

 low of the Chemical and Vice-President of the 

 Medico-Chirurgical Society, Foreign Member of 

 the Societe de Biologie of Paris, and Hon. Sec- 

 retary of the Royal Institution of Great Brit- 

 ain. His principal published works were : 

 " Application of Liebig's Physiology to the 

 Cure of Gravel, Calculus, and Gout," 8vo., 

 1843 ; " On Animal Chemistry in its Relation 

 to Stomach nnd Renal Diseases, 8vo., 1850; 

 Dr. Dubois-Reymond's " Animal Electricity," 

 edited by H. Bence Jones, M. D., small 8vo. 

 He had also edited, with many additions, 

 " Towne's Chemistry ;" " Liebig and Kopp's 

 Annual Report of the Progress of Chemistry," 

 and G. J. Mulder's "Chemistry of "Wine," 

 1857. Among his later works were: "The 

 Life and Letters of Faraday," 2 vols., 1869, and 

 " The Royal Institution : its Founder and its 

 First Professors," 1871. 



April 22. TAGLIONI, MARIA, Countess BBS 

 VOIBISS, a celebrated opera-dancer; died in 

 Venice, aged 69 years. She was born in 1804, 

 at Stockholm, where her father, an Italian, was 

 ballet-master. Her mother was a daughter of 

 Knrsten, the eminent Swedish tragedian. Mile. 

 Taglioni was taught dancing by her father, 

 and from 1822 to 1826 danced in theatres at 

 Vienna, Stuttgart, and Munich. She appeared 

 on the stage in Paris from 1827 to 1832, and 

 the exquisite, airy style of her performance was 

 greatly admired. She performed in " La Baya- 

 dere " in Berlin in 1832, and became so famous 

 that she was offered more engagements in the 

 European capitals than she could fulfill. In 

 1832 she married Count Gilbert des Voisins, and 

 continued in public until 1847, when, having 

 amassed great wealth, she retired to Italy, 

 where she had magnificent residences in Venice 

 and on Lake Como. 



April 24. LTKLI, Lady MART, wife of Sir 

 Charles Lyell, and the accomplished partner in 

 his travels and studies; died in London, aged 

 64 years. She was the eldest daughter of the 

 late Leonard Homer, Esq., and was married to 

 Sir Charles, then Mr. Lyell, in 1832. Like 

 Lady Mnrchison, she had been an active and 

 competent helper to her husband in his geo- 

 logical studies and explorations. 



April 29. MENZEL, WOLFGANG, a German 

 critic nnd author, born at Waldenberg, Silesia, 

 June 21, 1798 ; died at Stuttgart, aged 75 years. 

 He commenced his studies in the University 

 of Breslau, but interrupted them to enter the 

 army as a volunteer in 1815. After the con- 

 clusion of peace, he continued his studies at 

 Jena, which for political reasons he quitted 

 in 1820, and took refuge in Switzerland, where 

 he obtained a professorship in the municipal 

 school of Aaran. He returned to Germany in 

 1824, nnd after a short residence in Heidelberg 

 fixed himself at Stuttgart, which was his home 

 for the remainder of his life. For some years 

 he took an active part in politics in the King- 



