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1873 till 1876 he was Vice-President of the 

 Prussian Lower Chamber. 



Morley, Samuel, an English merchant, born in 

 London in 1809; died there, Sept. 5, 1886. 

 He was educated at a private school, and be- 

 came a partner of his father, Mr. John Morley. 

 In December, 1868, he was elected to Parlia- 

 ment from the city of Bristol, and continued 

 to represent that city up to his final retire- 

 ment in 1885. In his first session in the House 

 he voted for the disestablishment of the Irish 

 Church, and was a strong opponent of all corn- 

 compulsory payments for the maintenance of 

 religion. He supported the bill to legalize 

 marriage with a deceased wife's sister, on the 

 ground that his intimate acquaintance with 

 the working classes showed it to be a neces- 

 s:iry measure. During the session of 1870, in 

 the debates on the elementary education act, 

 lie separated himself on the religious question 

 from the Nonconformists, whose leader he 

 was. He was an advocate of religious teach- 

 ing, based on the Bible, and independent of 

 any special creed. Mr. Morley was opposed 

 to capital punishment, and headed many dep- 

 utations to the Home Office praying for a 

 commutation of the death-sentence upon con- 

 demned murderers. He contributed large 

 sums to public and private charities, and was 

 especially interested in improving the moral 

 and social condition of the laboring-classes. 



Mfiller, John Freiherr von, a German traveler, 

 born in Baden-Baden in 1860 ; died in Mar- 

 seilles, March 29, 1886. He was not deterred 

 by a sickly constitution from applying himself 

 severely to geographical and ethnographical 

 studies, being possessed of an ambition to be- 

 come an explorer and follow in the footsteps 

 of his father, Freiherr J. W. von Miiller, who 

 died when the son was six years old. The 

 movement for German colonization awakened 

 his enthusiasm, and, after matriculating at the 

 University of Heidelberg in 1878, he started 

 for Egypt in order to complete his preparations 

 for the patriotic task of aiding in the establish- 

 ing German colonies in Africa by becoming fa- 

 miliar with Mohammedan life and customs, and 

 hardened to tropical climatic conditions. After 

 making a journey from the second cataract of 

 the Nile across the deserts to Berber and Sua- 

 kin, he returned to Cairo, and joined a band of 

 pilgrims to Mecca. "When in sight of the holy 

 city of the Moslems he was detected in some 

 ceremonial mistake, and, mounting a horse 

 that was standing near, escaped to the sea- 

 coast. He traveled in India, Ceylon, the Afri- 

 can islands, eastern Africa, and returned to 

 Germany through Asia Minor and European 

 Turkey. After his money was exhausted he 

 was able to continue his travels, at one time, 

 in Madagascar, by taking meteorological ob- 

 servations for an English explorer, at others by 

 keeping the log-book for a drunken sea-captain, 

 and by serving as a waiter on a steamship. He 

 lost nearly all the notes and journals of his first 

 journey. After recruiting his health he set out 



for Africa a second time, accompanied by his 

 cousin, Baron von Lticken, equipped for an 

 eighteen months' journey. They arrived in 

 Massowah in January, 1880. Lucken was 

 compelled to return in consequence of having 

 accidentally shot a Habab. In spite of the un- 

 friendly disposition of the natives, Miiller re- 

 mained and made several excursions into Abys- 

 sinia, and hoped to penetrate into Shoa, but 

 was attacked by fever and plundered by the 

 natives, and in September, 1880, returned to 

 Europe. Jn the autumn of 1881 he departed 

 again for Abyssinia, and traveled through the 

 northern parts of that country, and through 

 the Somali lands and Harrar and the border 

 districts of the Galla country. He returned to 

 Europe, and in the following spring success- 

 fully carried out a dangerous exploration of 

 the Galla and Somali lands. Returning to 

 Heidelberg in July, 1882, he devoted himself 

 to the preparation of the results of his travels 

 for publication. At brief intervals appeared 

 "Journal of My Excursion through the Habab 

 District and Beni Amer,' 1 " Journal of My Ex- 

 cursion through the District of the Gadabursi 

 Somali and Noli Galla to Harrar,-' " The Region 

 between the Victoria Nyanza and the Indian 

 Ocean, with Reference to German Coloniza- 

 tion," "Commercial Conditions of the Somali 

 and Galla Countries," " The Ain Musa ; or Well 

 of Moses," etc. He took a very active part in 

 the affairs of the German Colonial Association 

 that was founded on Jan. 1, 1883. In the be- 

 ginning of 1884 he published "Travels in the 

 Galla Districts." In February, 1884, he was 

 employed by the Egyptian Government on 

 plans for an expedition to Kassala from Mas- 

 sowah, but in a few months was taken ill, and 

 returned to Germany. He arranged a fourth 

 expedition to the Galla and Somali countrio, 

 and died on the route to Africa. 



Mnnipore, Chnnder Kirtee Sing, Maharajah of, 

 born in 1833 ; died June 2, 1886. He remained 

 loyal to the English during the mutiny. He 

 rendered effective assistance in the Looshai 

 war in 1871, and in the Chindwin expedition. 



Maspratt, James, a British chemist, born in 

 Dublin, Aug. 12, 1793; died at Seaforth Hall, 

 near Liverpool, May 4, 1886. He received a 

 commercial education, and at the age of four- 

 teen was apprenticed to an apothecary, from 

 whom he acquired a knowledge of chemistry. 

 In 1811 he was left an orphan and thrown 

 upon his own resources, determined to become 

 a soldier. In 1812 he sailed for Spain to join 

 the army ; although unable to obtain a commis- 

 sion in the cavalry, he continued with the army 

 until he was stricken with the fever in Madrid. 

 Finally, after several narrow escapes, he ob- 

 tained a minor post in the navy, but soon de- 

 serted. Returning to Dublin, he spent some 

 time in literary pursuits, after which he began 

 the manufacture of chemicals. Later he formed 

 a partnership by means of which more capital 

 was added to the business, and the manufact- 

 ure of prussiate of potash on a large scale was 



