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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



Not. 14. NICHOLS, JOHH GOTTOH, F. 8. A., 

 an eminent EnglUh genealogist and archieolo- 

 gist, grandson of John Nichols, the famous 

 author of "Literary Anecdotes," etc.; died in 

 London, aged 67 years. He WM born in Lon- 

 don, in 1806, educated at Merchant Taylors' 

 School, and, while a printer by profession, de- 

 voted himself especially to genealogical and 

 archaeological literature', lie was for some 

 yean one of the editors of the Gentleman'* 

 Mayaiint, and editor-in-rliii-f of the "Collec- 

 tanea Topographica et Genealogica," of "The 

 Topographer and Genealogist " of " The Her- 

 ald and Genealogist," and of several volumes 

 of the publications of the Caindon Society (of 

 which he was one of the founders) ; of the 

 Roxburgh Club, and of the Berkshire Ashmo- 

 lean Society, and had contributed many pa- 

 pers to the '' Archasologia" of the Society of 

 Antiquaries, and t<> tin- Transactions of three 

 or four other archaeological societies. He had 

 also written the biographies for " Autographs 

 of the Royal, Noble, Learned, and Remarka- 

 ble Personages in English History," published 

 in 1829, and had published " The Monuments 

 of the Beanchamp Chapel, Warwick," 1833; 

 "London Pageants," 1837; "Description of 

 the Frescoes discovered in the Guild Chap- 

 el at 8tratford-on-A\on," etc., 1838; "The 

 Pilgrimages of Canterbury and Wolsingham, 

 translated from Erasmus," 1840 ; "A Descrip- 

 tive Catalogue of the Works of the Cnin.K n 

 Society." 182; "Literary Remains of King 

 Edward VI., with a Biography," 1867; and in 

 1870 a new edition of Whitaker's "Life of 

 \Vhalley." He was treasurer of the Surtees 

 Society from 1834 till his death. 



Nov. 22. CABRASCO, Rev. ANTONIO, an elo- 

 quent young Spanish Protestant preacher, a 

 delegate to the Alliance, and, like Prof. Pronier, 

 lost on the Villu du Havre. He was born in 

 1843, and when about sixteen years old was 

 arrested, and with Manuel Monterey, a friend 

 of hi*, was condemned to the galleys fur lite 

 on account of his religious and political senti- 

 ments, which were displeasing to Queen Isa- 

 bella II. and her attendants. At the special 

 request of the English and American Govern- 

 ment*, the sentence was commuted to banish- 

 ment fr life. M. Carrasco went to Geneva, 

 and there received his education. After the. 

 rale of Isabella was ended in Spain, he re- 

 turned to Madrid and there established the 

 first Protestant Church which had ever existed 

 in that city, and had been its pastor up to the 

 time of his death. He was a very eloquent 

 speaker, and in the favor of the Oastelar Gov- 

 ernment, by which he had been invited to 

 take part in political affairs and to speak in 

 the Cortes on subjects of special interest. 

 During the sessions of the Evangelical Ai 

 he read a paper on "Protestant Missions in 

 Spain." After the Alliance adjourned, M. Car- 

 d Washington and Niagara in com- 

 pany with other*, and then returned to New 

 York City, where he remained till he sailed. 



Not. 22. PBoifiER, Rev. CfisAn, a Professor 

 of Theology in the Evangelical Seminary nt 

 Geneva, and a learned and eloquent d. I 

 to the Conference of the Evangelical Alliance 

 in New York City, in October. 1 s . 

 the sinking of the Ville du Havre in mid- 

 ocean. He was 42 years of age, and had dis- 

 tinguished himself for learning and ability, 

 and had published several pamphlets mid es- 

 says on theological Milijccts. Aiming : 

 two were worthy of special notice, viz.. "The 

 Ministry of the Word," and "Religious Liber- 

 ty and tlie Syllabus." During the session of 

 the Alliance he read a very able paper on 

 " Catholicism in Switzerland," which was pub- 

 lished in both reports. 



Not. 28. DK LAKIVE, ArousxE, M. !).. F. 

 R. S., a Swiss physicist and ]>liysici::n. burn in 

 Geneva, October" 9, 1801; died in that city, 

 aged 72 years. He was the son of a cele- 

 brated physician and chemist, and distin- 

 guished himself very early by his chemical ex- 

 periments and his scientific essays. One of 

 them, written before he was twenty-one 

 of age, was deemed by Arago and D'Ampere 

 worthy to be inserted in the " AnnaKs dt t'hi- 

 mie et de Physique." His investigations upon. 

 hent, made in connection with those of Marat, 

 led the way to those of Joule and Tyiidall. 

 He was from 1824 Professor of Physics in the 

 Academy of Geneva. From 1830"to 1836 he 

 spent much time abroad, mainly in England, 

 where he was elected a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society, and took an active part in its di 

 sions. From 1886 to 1841 he was engaged in 

 the study of the applications of electricity to 

 metallurgy, and in the editing of the " Hihlio- 

 theqiic I'niverselle de (iciievc." in which some 

 of the results of his investigations were re- 

 corded. In 1842 he received from the Acade- 

 my of Sciences the M on thy on prize of 8,000 

 francs, for his inventions and discoveries in 

 electro-galvanic processes. He was elected, 

 in 1830, a corresponding member of the In- 

 stitute of France, and subsequently of the dif- 

 ferent scientific societies of Europe, and in 

 1864 one of the eight foreign a of tho 



French Academy of Sciences. Prof. De Lnrivo 

 had published : "Memoirs on Caustics," 1824; 

 "Theory of the Voltaic Pile," 1886; "Ar- 

 chives of Electricity," a rollo-dion of essays; 

 "A Treatise on Theoretical and Applied i 

 tricity." in 3 large volumes, 18C4- % 58; and 

 numerous biographical sketches of his learned 

 associates and co-workers. 



Dee. 17. HINTON. Rev. JOHN HOWARD. M. 

 A., an English Baptist clergyman and author; 

 died at Bristol. England, aged 83 years. He 

 was born at Oxford, March 24, 1791, and edu- 

 cated at the University of Edinburgh. 11 

 graduated M. A., he commenced his lal" 

 a Baptist clergyman at Haverford West, whence 

 he removed to Reading, and afterward to 

 London, where he ministered for some years 

 to a large congregation in Ie\ iare. 



Bishopggate. He visited the United States in 



