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ration of the Legion of Honor, was exhibited 

 in 1873. In 1875 appeared " The Attack on a 

 Barricaded House at Villersexel." " Le Halage 

 an Cabestan, Yport," was exhibited in 18V3 ; 

 " Combat on the Railroad " and " La Re"colte 

 de Varech," in 1874; " A Surprise in the En- 

 virons of Metz," in 1875 ; "La Passerelle de la 

 Garede Sty ring Bataille de Forbach," in 1877 ; 

 " The Cemetery of St. Privat," "A Dispatch- 

 Carrier," and Ste.-Haie-aux-Chenes," in 1881. 

 "Rorke's Drift," depicting a passage in the 

 Zulu war, was exhibited in London. Though 

 surpassed as a draughtsman and as a colorist 

 by his associate Detaille, De Neuville excelled 

 in composition, and captivated his country- 

 men by his dramatic presentment of the heroic 

 episodes of the French resistance. 



Noailles, Pan], Due de, a French historian, born 

 in Paris, Jan. 4, 1802 ; died May 30, 1885. He 

 succeeded his great-uncle in the dukedom in 

 1824. In Louis Philippe's Chamber of Peers 

 he was an opponent of the English alliance 

 and a partisan of the Bourbons. He published 

 in 1843 a "History of the Royal House of St. 

 Louis," and in 1848 a " History of Madame de 

 Maintenon." In 1849 he succeeded Chateau- 

 briand in the French Academy. 



O'Hagan, Baron, an Irish judge, born in 1812 ; 

 died in London, Feb. 1, 1885. He was the son 

 of a small trader in Belfast, studied law with 

 Chitty, and in 1836 was called to the bar, 

 which then numbered but few Roman Catho- 

 lic practitioners. His eloquence in the defense 

 of prisoners, and especially his success in 

 clearing Mr. Duffy, of the Belfast "Vindicator," 

 of libel, brought him into prominence. He 

 joined the Repealers, but abandoned politics 

 when he could get no support for his proposal 

 of a federal Parliament. He became Queen's 

 counsel in 1849. In 1852 he cleared the Re- 

 demptorist Father Petcherine, who was pros- 

 ecuted for publicly burning English Bibles 

 circulated by Anglican missionaries. He de- 

 fended the Phoenix conspirators in 1857. On 

 the return of the Liberal Government he was 

 made a sergeant-at-law in 1858, and appointed 

 Solicitor-General in 1860, and Attorney-Gen- 

 eral in 1861. From 1862 to 1864 he sat in 

 Parliament. In 1865 he was made a Judge of 

 Common Pleas. When Mr. Gladstone returned 

 to office in 1868, he appointed him Lord Chan- 

 cellor of Ireland the first Roman Catholic to 

 hold that position. In 1870 he was raised to 

 the peerage. He was instrumental in the pas- 

 sage of the Intermediate Education Act, and in 

 the establishment of the Royal University, and 

 was President of the Statistical Society. He 

 retired from the bench after the conclusion of 

 the state trials in 1883. 



Orloff, Prince Nicholas, a Russian diplomatist, 

 died at Fontainebleau, March 29, 1885. He 

 was the son of a diplomatist and general. In 

 1854 he distinguished himself at the battle of 

 Silistria. He was sent to represent his Gov- 

 ernment in Brussels, and afterward represented 

 Russia in Paris for many years. He was an 



able diplomatist, devoted to the interests of his 

 country, and is credited with averting a new 

 war between Germany and France in 1875. 

 He was transferred from Paris to Berlin in 

 1884, and soon after fell ill, and resigned the 

 active duties of his post to Count Mouravieff. 



Pain, Olivier, a French soldier of fortune, born 

 in 1843 of a Spanish mother ; died while being 

 taken to El-Obeid after his services were re- 

 fused by the Mahdi. In the Commune he was 

 a leading spirit, and was conspicuous for daring 

 and energy. He was a prisoner in New Cale- 

 donia with M. Rochefort until the amnesty. 

 When the Russo-Turkish War began, he went 

 as correspondent for a Paris paper, and became 

 secretary to Osman Pasha, the Turkish com- 

 mander in Plevna. When the place was capt- 

 ured, the Russians offered to give him up to 

 the French authorities, but the French attache 

 refused to receive him. When he was released 

 from imprisonment in Russia he returned to 

 Paris, and wrote for the newspapers until he 

 set out to join the Mahdi. After a journey of 

 thirty days in the desert, he was arrested by 

 the Mahdi's vedettes and taken before that 

 potentate, who sent him to El-Obeid. 



Panebianco, Cardinal Antonio, an Italian prelate, 

 born at Terranova, Sicily, Aug. 13, 1808 ; died 

 Nov. 22, 1885. He began his career as a Fran- 

 ciscan friar, and became a professor in the 

 University of Catania and Assistant General 

 Provincial Minister of the order in Sicily. In 

 1853 Pius IX called him to Rome and appoint- 

 ed him Consultator of the Congregation of the 

 Inquisition and those of Rites and Extraordi- 

 nary Ecclesiastical Affairs. In 1861 he was 

 made a cardinal, and appointed Grand Peni- 

 tentiary. He was devout and ascetic, and pos- 

 sessed talents and learning of a high order. 



Parkes, Sir Harry Smith, British Minister at 

 Pekin, born in 1828 ; died March 22, 1885. He 

 resided in the far East from his childhood. His 

 familiarity with Chinese brought him the ap- 

 pointment of assistant to the Rev. Charles Gutz- 

 laff, interpreter to the British legation. Three 

 years later he was interpreter to Mr. Ruther- 

 ford Alcock. when he was consul at Araoy, 

 and afterward at Foochow and Shanghai. In 

 1856 he succeeded Mr. Alcock as consul at 

 Canton, and by his demand for the release of 

 the crew of the " Arrow " he precipitated the 

 opium war. In the reprisals of Admiral S 

 mour he took a prominent part. After the 

 capture of Canton he became a member of i 

 mixed commission for the administration of the 

 city. He accompanied the expedition of i. 

 Hope Grant to the north, and conducted t 

 negotiations with Prince Tsai at Tungchow. 

 The members of the party were sent as prison- 

 ers to Pekin, and most of them died from their 

 cruel treatment. He was not released until 1 

 Summer Palace was destroyed in expiation of 

 the outrage, and the Treaty of Tientsin was con- 

 cluded. During the latter part of the Taepinj 

 war he was consul at Shanghai. In 1865 b< 

 succeeded Sir Rutherford Alcock as Minister 



