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who was trained in the Gladstonian school of 

 finance, inspired more confidence than any 

 other Tory who had held that office in recent 

 times. His urbanity in debate and conciliatory 

 disposition pleased every one except the ag- 

 gressive section of his own party, which, by a 

 political combination enforced his retirement 

 from the position of leader of the House, which 

 was made easy for him by making him a peer. 

 He is succeeded in the earldom by his eldest 

 son, Viscount St. Gyres. 



Ideville, Henri, Comte d', a French diploma- 

 tist, born in Saulnat, in the Puy-de-D6me, July 

 16, 1830; died July 3, 1887. At an early age 

 he entered the diplomatic service, and in 1859 

 was appointed Secretary of the French Em- 

 bassy at Turin. In 1862 he was sent to Rome 

 where he remained five years, and subsequently 

 he was stationed at Dresden and Athens. In 

 1873 he was made Prefect of Algiers, but only 

 occupied the post for a year. He was the au- 

 thor of the following works : ''Journal of a 

 Diplomatist in Italy in 1859-'66 " ; " Notes for 

 a History of the Second Empire" (1872-"73); 

 "Journal of a Diplomatist in Germany and 

 Greece " (1875) ; " The Piedmontese in Rome " 

 (1867-'70) ; " Flemish Letters " (1876) ; " Gus- 

 tave Courbet" (1878); "Victor Emmanuel" 

 (1878); and a "Life of Rossi." 



Jaeobini, Cardinal Ludovico, Pontifical Secre- 

 tary of State, born in Genzano, Italy, Jan. 6, 

 1832 ; died in Rome, Italy, Feb. 23, 1887. He 

 was sprung from a family possessing estates at 

 Genzano, studied theology at the University of 

 Rome, and in 1862 was selected by Pius IX as 

 one of his domestic chaplains, and made a refer- 

 endary of the Segnatura. Soon afterward he 

 was appointed secretary of the Propaganda for 

 the Eastern churches, and then a consultor of 

 the society, He took part in the preliminary 

 arrangements for the (Ecumenical Council of 

 1867, and during the proceedings served as an 

 under-secretary. In 1874 he was appointed 

 nuncio to the court of Austria and made Arch- 

 bishop of Thessalonica in partibua infidelium. 

 While at Vienna he carried on negotiations 

 with Austria and Russia in regard to ecclesi- 

 astical arrangements for Bosnia and the Her- 

 zegovina, and began the negotiations with 

 Bismarck aiming at a settlement of the dis- 

 putes with Prussia. He received a cardinal's 

 hat from Leo X on Sept. 19, 1879, and was re- 

 called to Rome to take the office of Secretary 

 of State in succession to Cardinal Nina. He 

 was in feeble health for two years before he 

 died, and aggravated his condition by his ap- 

 plication to the questions relating to the Church 

 in France, Prussia, Switzerland, Bavaria, Rus- 

 sia, and Turkey. At the time of his death, be- 

 sides being Papal Secretary of State, he was 

 administrator of the estates of the Holy See, 

 prefect of the Laurentani Congregation, and 

 secretary of the Propaganda. 



Janregniberry, Jean Bernard, a French naval 

 officer, senator, and minister, born in Bayonne, 

 France, Aug. 26, 1815; died, Oct. 21, 1887. 



He was descended from a Basque family of 

 Protestants, was educated in the naval school 

 at Brest, and was commissioned as ensign in 

 1839, lieutenant in 1845, commander in 1850, 

 captain in 1860, rear-admiral in 1869, and vice- 

 admiral in 1870. He commanded vessels in 

 Senegal and Cayenne in 1852, in the Black Sea 

 in 1855-'56, and in the China seas in 1857-'60. 

 He was fleet-major at Toulon in the Franco- 

 Prussian War. Gambetta appointed him to 

 the command of a division in the Army of the 

 Loire, and made him a corp commander on the 

 elevation of Chanzy to the chief command. He 

 was elected a deputy as a Republican in Febru- 

 ary, 1871, resigned his seat in the following 

 December, was for some time president of the 

 Board of Naval Construction, and became Min- 

 ister of Marine under Waddington on Feb. 4, 

 1879. lie was chosen a life-senator in the fol- 

 lowing May, retained his portfolio in the Frey- 

 cinct Cabinet, and in 1882 was again selected 

 by M. de Freycinet for the same post. 



Jeffries, Richard, an English author, died at 

 Goring, Aug. 14, 1887. He was the son of a 

 farmer, but in early life went to London, 

 where he began to write books and contrib- 

 uted to magazines. His writings treated of 

 rural life and kindred subjects, and he dealt 

 with nature in a picturesque and graphic style. 

 Among his principal works are "The Game- 

 keeper at Home" (London, 1876); "Wild 

 Life in a Southern County," "Round About a 

 Great Estate," " Hodge and his Masters," 

 "Nature near London," "The Life of the 

 Fields," "Red Deer," and "The Open Air" 

 (1885). He also wrote works of fiction, 

 among which are " The Scarlet Shawl." 

 "Restless Human Hearts," "World's End," 

 and " Amaryllis at the Fair " (1887). He also 

 published an interesting autobiography entitled 

 " The Story of My Heart " (London, 1883). 



Katkoff, Michel \ikiphorovich, a Russian jour- 

 nalist, born in Moscow in 1821 ; died at St. 

 Petersburg, Aug. 1, 1887. His family belonged 

 to the higher nobility, and no pains were spared 

 in his rearing and education. He was gradu- 

 ated in 1839 from the University of Moscow 

 with high scholastic honors, and subsequently 

 studied at the German universities of Konigs- 

 berg and Berlin, in which latter institution he 

 was the student of the philosopher Schelling. 

 After his return to Russia he accepted the 

 chair of Philosophy in the University of Mos- 

 cow, where he made a reputation as a teacher 

 of the progressive ideas of the popular German 

 school and an advocate of national progress 

 toward a constitutional government. When 

 Russia was stirred by the revolutionary move- 

 ment of 1848, and rigorous restrictions were 

 placed by the Government of the Czar Nicholas 

 on academical teaching and all expression of 

 opinions, Katkolf fell under the suspicion of 

 the authorities, and was placed under police 

 surveillance. Finally, in 1849, his professor- 

 ship was abolished. He made several journeys 

 to England in the next few years, spending 



