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in the three faculties of philosophy, medicine, 

 and law. He became in 1829 a private tutor, 

 in 18:33 extraordinary, and in 1836 ordinary 

 professor in the law faculty of the University 

 of Freiburg in Baden. As a member of the 

 Second Chamber of Baden, he belonged at first 

 to the Liberal party, but soon became an en- 

 thusiastic and zealous champion of the in- 

 terests of the Catholic party of Germany. He 

 was one of the most active leaders of this 

 party in the Diet of Baden, in the German 

 .National Assembly of 1848, and in the German 

 Reichstag. At the same time he was one of 

 its most prolific writers. Among his numer- 

 ous works the following are the most impor- 

 tant: "Ueber den Einfluss des Christenthnms 

 auf Recht und Staat" (1841); u Der Unter- 

 schied der kath. und protestant. Universitaten 

 Deutschlands " (1846); "Die Gemeinsamkeit 

 der Rechte und Interessen des Katholicismus " 

 (2 vols., 1847-'50); "Die Gesellschaft Jesu " 

 (2 vols., 1853-'54) ; " Geschichte und System 

 der Staatswissenschaft " (3 vols., 1839). 



CARRUTHERS, ROBERT, a British author, born 

 November 5, 1799, died May 26, 1878. He 

 had been since 1828 editor and since 1831 also 

 proprietor of the " Inverness Courier." He 

 was the author of a life of Pope, with an edi- 

 tion of Pope's poetical works, and edited 

 Chambers's a Cyclopaedia of English Litera- 

 ture " and an edition of Boswell's " Journal of 

 a Tour to the Hebrides," and furnished numer- 

 ous contributions to the "Encyclopaedia Bri- 

 tannica" and to current reviews and maga- 

 zines. He labored earnestly and successfully 

 for the literary improvement of the Highlands 

 of Scotland. 



CARTER, Sir JAMES, a British lawyer, born in 

 1805, died March 10, 1878. He was educated 

 at Trinity College, Cambridge, was called to 

 the bar at the Inner Temple in 1832, was ap- 

 pointed one of the Judges of the Supreme 

 Court of New Brunswick in 1834, and Chief 

 Justice of that province in 1851. He held 

 this position until 1865, when he retired on a 

 pension. He was knighted in 1859. 



CHARETOX, JEAN JOSEPH VEYE DE, a French 

 general and senator, born July 8, 1813, died 

 June 15, 1878. He served with distinction in 

 Algeria in 1837, in the Crimea, and against 

 Germany in 1870, when he was taken prisoner 

 at Sedan. In 1871 he was created a general, 

 and in the same year was elected a member of 

 the National Assembly, and in 1876 to the Sen- 

 ate from the department of Drome, and in both 

 bodies voted with the Republicans. He was 



egarded^as an authority in" all questions relat- 

 ing to military affairs, and always took an ac- 

 tive part in their discussion. 



CHELMSFORD, FREDERICK TIIESIGER, Baron, 

 born July 15, 1794, died October 5, 1878. At 

 an i early age he entered the Royal Navy as a 

 midshipman, but changed his profession, and 

 was called to the bar in 1818. He soon be- 

 came a leading counsel on the home circuit, 

 nd became King's Counsel in 1834. In 1844 



he was appointed Solicitor-General and was 

 knighted, and in the following year succeeded 

 to the attorney-generalship, which office he 

 again filled in 1852. In 1858 he was created 

 Lord Chancellor and raised to the peerage. 

 He resigned the chancellorship in 1859, but re- 

 sumed it in 1866, again to retire in 1868. He 

 was an eloquent and brilliant advocate while 

 at the bar, and was leading counsel in the chief 

 causes celebres of his time. In the House of 

 Lords he was regarded as one of the leaders of 

 the Conservative party. He was succeeded in 

 the barony by his oldest son, Lieutenant-Gen- 

 eral Frederick Augustus Thesiger, commanding 

 in South Africa. 



CONROY, GEORGE, Bishop of Armagh, born 

 in 1832, died August 4, 1878. Educated in 

 one of the classical schools of the diocese of 

 Armagh, he went to Rome to finish his studies 

 in the College of the Propaganda, and there 

 obtained the degree of Doctor of Theology. 

 Having returned to Ireland, he became associ- 

 ated with the missionary college of All Hal- 

 lows, where he taught divinity for several 

 years. When Archbishop Cull en was created 

 Cardinal in 1866, he selected Dr. Conroy as 

 his secretary, which position he held until 

 1871, when he succeeded Dr. McCabe as Bish- 

 op of Armagh. When it was thought neces- 

 sary to send a delegate of the Pope to Canada 

 to restore harmony among the Catholics of the 

 Dominion, Bishop Conroy was selected for 

 that purpose by Cardinal Franchi. He acquit- 

 ted himself of his task with great ability, and 

 then made a trip through the United States 

 and the British dominions in order to be able 

 to report in Rome on the general condition of 

 Catholicity in America. He had arrived at St. 

 John's, Newfoundland, and was on the eve of 

 embarking for home, when he died. 



CORT, FRANS DE, a Belgian poet, born June 

 21, 1834, died January 20, 1878. He was one 

 of the most prominent and active promoters 

 of the Flemish language, published a large 

 number of poems and translations, and was 

 for fifteen years editor of the educational and 

 literary journal " De Toekornst," one of the 

 most important Flemish periodicals. 



COXE, Sir JAMES, a British physician, born 

 in 1811, died May 9, 1878. Having graduated 

 M. D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1835, 

 he practiced with considerable success in luna- 

 cy cases, and was appointed a Commissioner 

 in Lunacy for Scotland in 1857. For his ser- 

 vices in this position he was knighted in 1863. 



CRAIG, Sir WILLIAM GIBSON, M. P., born 

 August 2, 1797, died March 12, 1878. He 

 passed the bar as an advocate in 1820, sat in 

 Parliament for the county of Edinburgh from 

 1837 to 1841, and for the city of Edinburgh 

 from 1841 to 1852. From 1846 to 1857 he 

 was a Lord of the Treasury, and in 1862 was 

 appointed Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of 

 the Signet of Scotland, and a member of the 

 Privy Council. 



CREASY, Sir EDWARD SHEPHERD, a British 



