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to prepare the way for the expedition, he trav- 

 eled by land through China to Burmah, there 

 to meet it. He left Shanghai in August, 1874, 

 went up the Yang-tse-Kiang to Lake Tung- 

 ting, traveled through the provinces of Hunan, 

 Kweitchow, and Yunnan, and on January 15, 

 1875, arrived in Bhamo, Burmah. From here 

 he soon after set out with the expedition, and 

 in the Chinese town of Manwyne, on the border 

 of Burmah, he was murdered with five ser- 

 vants. (See BURMAH and CHINA.) 



MASSOL, MAEIE ALEXANDEE, a French jour- 

 nalist and politician, born March 18, 1805 ; died 

 April 22, 1875. He went to Paris in 1830, 

 where he joined' the Saint-Simonists. He set 

 out on a foot-journey to propagate the ideas of 

 the new social party in other countries. After 

 his return to Paris, he devoted himself to jour- 

 nalism. But, finding that his republican ideas 

 were apt to bring him into trouble, he went to 

 London, where he published for some time a 

 radical French journal. He left the Saint- 

 Simonists when they began to meddle with re- 

 ligion. Under the Empire he devoted himself 

 entirely to his studies, particularly to that of 

 philosophy. He was a member of one of the 

 radical lodges of Freemasons in Paris, and 

 made a determined resistance against the inter- 

 ference of the state. These struggles attracted 

 considerable attention at the time. During 

 the siege of Paris he was adjunct to the Maire 

 of the Ninth District, and at the last municipal 

 elections he was elected a member of the Com- 

 munal Council. 



MATHIEU, JACQUES MAEIE ADBIEN CESAIRE, a 

 French prelate, born at Paris, June 20, 1796; 

 died July 9, 1875. He studied at the Seminary 

 of Saint-Sulpice, was ordained as a priest upon 

 his graduation ; appointed secretary of the 

 Bishop of Evreux in 1823, and a short time 

 after became one of the grand vicars of M. de 

 Quelen, Archbishop of Paris. After being cu- 

 rate of a parish in Paris for some time, he was 

 appointed Bishop of Langres in 1833, Arch- 

 bishop of Besancon in 1834, and in 1850 car- 

 dinal. As a member of the Senate of the Second 

 Empire, he took a prominent part in the delib- 

 erations of that body. He was made a Com- 

 mander of the Legion of Honor in 1856. 



MAYER, FEIEDRICH EDUARD, a German poli- 

 tician, born April 27, 1809 ; died April 2, 1875. 

 He was a member of the German Reichstag, 

 and belonged to the National Liberal party. 

 He was also a prominent member of the Diet 

 of Wiirtemberg. 



MATHEW, AUGUSTUS SEPTIMUS, an English 

 writer, born in 1812 ; died December 25, 1875. 

 He had both skill and facility as a sketcher in 

 pen and ink, and studied as an artist in Paris, 

 where he was living at the time of the coup 

 cVetat. With Mr. Sutherland Edwards, he 

 was, at this period, correspondent of the Morn- 

 ing Chronicle. As a member of the literary 

 trio known as the Brothers Mayhew, he wrote 

 much in the various departments of literature 

 and journalism. A novel called " Paved with 



Gold," and an amusing book entitled " The 

 Greatest Plague in Life," met with great suc- 

 cess. He also wrote songs for music, and was 

 a prolific contributor to magazines. He was 

 one of the chief writers on Diogenes, a comic 

 paper published some years ago. The farce 

 " The Goose with the Golden Eggs," one of the 

 most successful on the modern stage, was 

 written in collaboration with Mr. Sutherland 

 Edwards, who also had a share in the "Four 

 Cousins," a comedy produced at the Globe 

 Theatre. 



MELINGUE, ETIENNE MARIN, a French actor, 

 born at Caen, in 1812 ; died March 28, 1875. 

 He at first turned his attention to sculpture, 

 but soon left it for the stage. He appeared 

 with great success in France and in the colo- 

 nies. In Paris, where he played in the Porte 

 Sainte-Marin and Ambigu Theatres, he always 

 drew crowded houses. 



MILDE, KAEL JULIUS, a German painter, born 

 February 16, 1803 ; died in November, 1875. 

 He excelled in paintings on glass. Among his 

 best works of this class is a window in the 

 Church of St. Peter, in Hamburg, representing 

 the Saviour walking on the sea, and the large 

 window for the cathedral of Cologne, 45 feet 

 high, and 28 feet wide, which he made together 

 with Achelius, and which represents the day 

 of judgment. 



MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS, a French painter, 

 born about 1815 ; died January 20, 1875. He 

 was the son of a peasant, and in his youth re- 

 ceived those impressions which he afterward 

 used in his paintings. He became a pupil of 

 Paul Delaroche, and at first tried historical 

 and mythological subjects. Later he devoted 

 himself entirely to landscape-painting, and his 

 scenes from peasant-life in Normandy have 

 brought more than 50,000 francs. 



MINISOALCHI-ERIZZO, Count, an Italian sena- 

 tor; died December 27, 1875. He was the 

 author and translator of various geographical 

 and philological works. 



MITCHELL, THOMAS ALEXANDER, M. P., born 

 in 1812 ; died March 16, 1875. He was in Par- 

 liament for Bridport, from 1841 to 1875. 



MOLESWOETH, RlOHAED PlGOT MOLESWOETH, 



Viscount, a British peer, born July 23, 1786; 

 died June 20, 1875. He is succeeded by his 

 nephew, the Rev. Samuel Molesworth. 



MOLTKE-BREGENTVED, Count, a Danish states- 

 man; died October 1, 1875. He was Minister 

 of Foreign Affairs at the time of his death. 



MONTEBELLO, GuSTAVE OLIVIER LANNES, 



Comte DE, a French officer, born December 4, 

 1804; died August 29, 1875. In 1854 he was 

 appointed general of division, and in 1862 was 

 put in command of the French army of occu- 

 pation in Rome. He was decorated with the 

 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1864, 

 and was created a Senator in 1867. 



MORTEMAET, CASIMIR VlCTUENIEN DE RoCHE- 



CHOUAET, Due DE, born in 1787 ; died January 

 1, 1875. He took part in the battle of Jena, 

 in 1806, was created a Peer of France under 



