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fort Parliament in 1848-'49, and from 1850 to 

 1852 was in the First Chamber of Prussia, in 

 which he belonged to the Liberal party. From 

 1856 to 1873 he was a member of the Cham- 

 ber of Deputies, and from 1871 to 1874 was 

 also a member of the first German Reichstag, 

 where he belonged to the Liberal Imperial 

 party. He was one of the German jurors in 

 the Exhibitions of London and Paris. 



PALFFY, Count ALOIS, an Austrian noble- 

 man, born in 1801 ; died February 2, 1876. 

 He was Governor of Venice up to 1848, when 

 it was ceded to Italy. 



PASOLINI, Count GIUSEPPE, an Italian states- 

 man, born in 1814 ; died December 4, 1876. 

 He was at one time embassador to England, 

 and in 1876 was President of the Senate. 



PATBIZI, CONSTANT-INK, an Italian cardinal, 

 born September 4, 1798 ; died December 17, 

 1876. He studied for the priesthood, and, 

 after a brilliant collegiate career, was or- 

 dained. His promotion in the Church was 

 rapid, and he was created a cardinal in 1836. 

 He was Dean of the Sacred College and Bish- 

 op of Ostia and Velletri, Archpriest of the 

 Basilica of St. John of Lateran, and Grand 

 Prior of the Order of Malta, in Rome. He 

 was held in high esteem by the Pope. 



PAYNTEB, JAMES AYLMER, a British naval 

 officer, born in 1814 ; died December 18, 1876. 

 He entered the navy in his twelfth year, passed 

 his examination for lieutenant in 1833, and in 

 1846 was made commander. He distinguished 

 himself on various occasions by his bravery, 

 being instrumental, while in command of the 

 Exmouth, in saving the lives of two thousand 

 women and children during a massacre near 

 Sidon, Syria. He retired from the service in 

 1870 as rear-admiral. After this he took an 

 active part in the politics of Bath, of which 

 city he was mayor from 1874 up to hi death. 



PEDEBSEN, KNUD, a Danish deputy ; died 

 February 6, 1876. He belonged to the so- 

 called " Centre party," and was distinguished 

 as an orator. 



PEL, General, a Dutch officer; died February 

 29, 1876. He was in command of the Dutch 

 forces in Acheen, where he distinguished him- 

 self by his courage and ability. He was se- 

 verely wounded in one of the engagements, 

 and was shortly after attacked by the cholera, 

 of which he eventually died. 



PEEGEE, JOIIANN, an Austrian prelate, born 

 March 7, 1819 ; died April 6, 1876. In 1868 

 he was created Bishop of Kaschau, in Hun- 

 gary. 



PEEEATJD, J. J., a French sculptor, born in 

 1821 ; died November 1, 1876. He was a pu- 

 pil of Ramey and A. Dumont. Among his 

 works are : " Adam," exhibited in 1855 ; a 

 statue, " Despair," exhibited in 1869 ; and the 

 group representing the musical drama, in 

 front of the new opera-house. He also exe- 

 cuted excellent busts of Beranger, Berlioz, and 

 others. He was a member of the Academy 

 of Fine Arts. 



PEETZ, GEOBG HEINEICH, a German historian, 

 born March 28, 1795; died October 7, 1876. 

 When Minister von Stein formed the Society 

 for Early German History, for the purpose of 

 collecting the historical works of the middle 

 ages, Pertz was intrusted with the publication 

 of the works of the historians of the Mero- 

 vingian and Carlovingian ages, and afterward 

 with the direction of the whole enterprise. 

 He began its publications in 1826, under the 

 title of "Monuaienta Germanise Historica" (20 

 vols., 1826-'67). During the publication of 

 this work he made a large number of journeys 

 in its interest, particularly through Austria, 

 Switzerland, Belgium, England, and the Neth- 

 erlands. He was successively royal librarian 

 for George V. of Hanover, historian of the 

 entire house of Brunswick-Liineburg, and in 

 1840 went to Berlin as librarian-in-chief of the 

 Royal Library, and Privy Councilor (Geheimer 

 Regierungsrath), which position he held for 

 many years. 



PETEKS, ADOLF, a German mathematician 

 and poet, born February 9, 1803 ; died June 

 3, 1876. He studied in Gottingen and Leipsic, 

 and, after holding several minor positions, be- 

 came in 1851 Professor of Mathematics and 

 Natural Sciences in the Royal " Landesschule " 

 in Meissen, where he remained for over twen- 

 ty years. Among his mathematical works 

 are : " Neue Curvenlehre " (1835), and " Die 

 symmetrischen Gleichungen " (1851). Among 

 his poetical works are : " Gesiinge der Liebe " 

 (1840), "Natur und Gottheit " (1859; secocd 

 edition, 1863), and " Gcrrnania im Hertst, 

 1866 "(1867). 



PFTJND, Dr., a German explorer ; died August 

 21, 1876. He went to Alexandria about twen- 

 ty-five years ago, from there to Cairo, and in 

 the beginning of 1875 accompanied a scientific 

 expedition to Kordofan, sent out by the Khe- 

 dive. He was distinguished as a botanist. 



PLOTZ, FEIEDEICH WILHELM ALBERT VON, a 

 German parliamentarian, born July 18, 1803; 

 died March 3, 1876. He was a member of the 

 Prussian Herrenhaus, of which body he was 

 vice-president in 1872-'73. He belonged to 

 the so-called " Kreuzzeitung" party. 



Pocci, Count FEANZ, a German poet, artist, 

 and musical composer, born March 7, 1807; 

 died May 7, 1876. He contributed illustrations 

 to the Flicgende Blatter, the MuncJiener Eil- 

 dertogen, and to numerous juvenile publica- 

 tions. Among his musical productions, the 

 best known is the opera "Der Alchymist," 

 which was produced in Munich. His literary 

 productions are chiefly popular and juvenile* 

 tales. 



PEAGA, EMILIO, an Italian poet, born in 

 1846 ; died in June, 1876. In 1864 he pub- 

 lished a volume entitled " Tavolezze," which 

 was very successful. He was, however, un- 

 fortunate in his private life, and, after pro- 

 ducing another beautiful but extremely mourn- 

 ful volume of lyrics, called "Penombre," he 

 fell into ill health and died. 



