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lois," etc. He brought a charge of plagiarism 

 against Victorien Sardou, alleging that the 

 latter's play of "Oncle Sarn " was taken from 

 the " Scenes de la Vie des Etats-Unis," which 

 he had published in 1858. The matter was 

 referred to a commission of authors, who gave 

 their verdict in favor of M. Sardou. 



Barghash, Seyyed Mohammed, Foreign Minister 

 of the empire of Morocco, died at Tangier in 

 November, 1886. In his youth he was a tal- 

 mid or theological student, and attended the 

 schools of Fez and Mequinez, where he took 

 his degree of talid or doctor. He subsequently 

 abandoned theological studies, devoted himself 

 to trade, and traveled frequently as far as Gib- 

 raltar. He obtained a reputation as a traveler, 

 and at times was intrusted with commissions 

 by the Governor of Tangier. During his dip- 

 lomatic difficulties with Spain the late Sultan 

 of Morocco, Sidi Muley Hassan, discovered the 

 necessity of a foreign minister, and appointed 

 Mohammed Barghash to the post. In 1882 he 

 attended the international congress on consu- 

 lar protection at Madrid. As Foreign Minister 

 he resided at Tangier, and was the sole medium 

 of communication between the Sultan and for- 

 eign powers. 



Barham, Richard Harris Dalton, an English 

 author, born in Westwell, Kent; died at Daw- 

 lish, England, April 28, 1886. He was educated 

 at St. Paul's School and graduated at Oxford, 

 after which he settled in Lolworth, near Cam- 

 bridge, where he resided till the autumn of 

 1863, when, on account of failing health, he 

 sought a warmer climate. After visiting Tor- 

 quay, he settled at Dawlish, where he was at- 

 tracted to geological studies. A valuable col- 

 lection of fossils was presented by him to the 

 town of Dawlish, as the nucleus for a museum. 

 He was the author of " Life of Theodore Hook," 

 and " Life of Rev. Richard Harris Barham," 

 also of a novel entitled "A Rubber of Life," 

 which was dramatized for a London theatre. 



Barrow, Perey Harry Stanley, an English soldier, 

 born in England, Oct. 15, 1848 ; died at Cairo, 

 Jan. 14, 1886. He entered the army in 1868, 

 and served with distinction in the Zulu cam- 

 paign in 1879, the Transvaal campaign in 1881, 

 and the Egyptian expedition in 1884. At the 

 battle of El Teb he received the wound that, 

 two years later, caused his death. 



Bandry, Paul, a French artist, born at Bour- 

 bon-Vendee in 1828; died at Paris, Jan. 6, 

 1886. He won the Prix de Rome in 1850, and 

 painted the decorations for the new Opera- 

 House in Paris. 



Bayne, Herbert Andrew, a Canadian educator, 

 born in Londonderry, N. S., Aug. 16, 1846; 

 died in Pictou, Sept. 16, 1886. He was gradu- 

 ated at Dalhousie College, Halifax, in 1869, 

 previous to which he had been Principal of 

 Pictou Academy from 1865 till 1867. He 

 again filled this office from 1869 till 1873. 

 During the latter year he went abroad and 

 studied the sciences in Leipsic and in Heidel- 

 berg, where he received the degree of Ph. D. 



in 1876, also in Berlin and in Paris. He re- 

 turned to Nova Scotia in 1877, and became 

 Professor of Mathematics in Halifax High- 

 School, and Professor of Organic Chemistry in 

 Dalhousie College, where he remained until 

 1880. He then became Professor of Physics 

 and Chemistry in the Royal Military College of 

 Canada, Kingston, which chair he held until 

 his death. In 1885 he was appointed a mem- 

 ber of the Cartridge Commission, and per- 

 formed most of the chemical analyses required 

 for the investigations of the board. He was a 

 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and 

 member of numerous scientific bodies, includ- 

 ing the Chemical Societies of Paris and Berlin. 



Beliegarde, Count Augustus von, Austrian sol- 

 dier, born in Austria in 1827 ; died in Cairo, 

 Jan. 15, 1886. He was a brilliant cavalry of- 

 ficer, a lieutenant field-marshal in the Austrian 

 army, was at one time chairman of the Anglo- 

 Austrian Bank, and was involved in reckless 

 speculation and some questionable financial 

 transactions. 



Bert, Panl, a French statesman, born in Au- 

 xerre, Oct. 17, 1833; died in Anam, Nov. 11, 

 1886. His first studies were in the college of 

 his native town, after which he went to Paris, 

 where he studied medicine, and was graduated 

 in 1863. In 1866 he received the degree of 

 Doctor of Natural Sciences, and became an as- 

 sistant of Claude Bernard in the College of 

 France. During the following year he was 

 chosen professor in the Faculty of Sciences at 

 Bordeaux, where he devoted special study to 

 the subject of physiology. His investigations 

 in this direction attracted public attention, and 

 he was called to the Professorship of General 

 Physiology in the Faculty of Sciences in Paris 

 in December, 1869, succeeding Bernard. While 

 occupying this chair he continued his researches 

 for ascertaining the conditions of human exist- 

 ence at ditierent altitudes, and presented a 

 series of memoirs on this subject to the Acade- 

 my of Sciences, for which he received in 1875 

 the biennial prize of 20,000 francs. Subse- 

 quent to the events of September, 1870, M. 

 Bert became Secretary-General of the Prefect- 

 ure of the Yonne, and in January, 1871, prefet 

 of the D6partement du Nord. This office he 

 relinquished when Gambetta resigned from the 

 War Department. He was elected to the Na- 

 tional Assembly in 1874, took his seat among 

 the members of the Extreme Left party, and 

 was re-elected in 1876 and 1878. During his 

 legislative career he was prominent in all ques- 

 tions concerning public education, and was 

 among those who recommended the exclusion 

 of the clergy and members of religious orders 

 from the schools of France. He also advo- 

 cated the giving of an annual pension of 12,000 

 francs to Pasteur, and in 1877 was one of the 

 363 deputies that refused to give the De Broglie 

 Cabinet a vote of confidence. From 1877 till 

 1879 he represented the canton of Ailtant in 

 the General Council of the Yonne. In 1881 he 

 became Minister of Public Instruction in the 



