OBITUARIES, I 'oKI-lK IN. 



I4t'r of twenty live. Iii 1^7", whrii Kin Bnuico WUH 

 Prime Minister, In- began tin- \iolcnt opposition ti 



tin- IvlL'iiitls policy n|' tin- Government, ollc n|' the 



incidctiN nl' which was the condemnation nf the 

 BUhop of Olinda to perpetual imprisonment, lie 

 Mibsci|iicntly became .Mi-iru|iiiliiaii Archbishop of 

 liahia and Primate of Kra/il. Ammiir his published 

 writiiiL'- was a memoir on "The Religious Question.'' 



Magoe, William Connor, an Km,'lish prelate, born in 

 Cork, livliiiul, in Is-jl ; died in London, May .'., IS'.M. 

 His I'atliiT was an Irish clergyman, and In.-, grand- 

 t'athrr was NVilliuin Ma.'cc. Archbishop nf Dublin. 

 ! , his decree at Trinity College, Dulilin, and 

 tor a time held a ciirac\ in Dublin, which failing 

 health obliged liiin t<> resign. In 1S4S In; became 

 curate ot' St. Saviour's, Bath, and in 1850 sole incum- 

 bent. While in Bath In- delivered a lecture on "The 

 Voluntary S\ stein and tin- Church of England," 

 wliieh made a great impression. In I85(i he went to 

 London to Miceeed Mean ( Joiilhum at -Quebec Chapel, 

 and in lMH> lieeanie reetor ot' Knniskillcn. In IM.I he 

 was made Dean of Cork : in 1 sr,r, dean of the Chapel 

 Koyal at Dublin ; and in Ivis was consecrated Bishop 

 Of Peterborough. In .lunuary, 1MU. he was trans- 

 lated to the aivhiepiseopal see ot York. He was 

 lniried at Peterborough. As a controversialist In- 

 had tew rivals, and as an orator was equally eminent. 

 In the House of Lords Bishop M;e_ree opposed the 

 disestablishment ot'the Irish Church in a speech that 

 nsidercd a masterpiece of eloquence, and a 

 speech made by liiin upon the Intoxicating Liquors 

 hill of Is7-j. was scarcch less powerful. He was a 

 frequent contributor to the "lortnightlv Review" 

 and other peril idicals, and an article by him on tin- 

 morality of hotting attracted much attention a year 

 or two HI:". His attitude concerning the practice, al- 

 though perfectly sincere, was generally considered 

 somewhat injudicious. He was noted tor the sharp- 

 iii of his wit. 



Magliani, Agostino, an Italian statesman, born in 

 l.an/.mo in l^L'4; died in Rome, Feb. 21, 1*91. He 

 studied in Naples, mid lived there till 18CO. lie held 

 important posts in the administration for many years 

 before he was called into the Cabinet of Deprctis in 

 December, 1877, as Minister of Finance. The minis- 

 try went out in a few months, but lie returned to the 

 same office in December, 1878, and held it twice 

 afterward. Important financial reforms, such as the 

 abolition of the grist tax, the resumption of specie 

 payments, and the reduction of the price of salt, were 

 carried out under his direction. He was nominated 

 to the Senate after his retirement. 



Mahon, James Patrick O'Grorman, an Irish politician, 

 bom in County (Marc in l^n-J; died in London, June 

 16, 1891. He was the son of Patrick Mahon and 

 Barbara, only daughter of The O'Gonnan, and was 

 commonly called The O'Gorman Muhn, a style still 

 extant in only a half-dozen families descended from 

 the old Irish chiefs. His father fought in the revo- 

 lution of 1798, and he, after receiving his education 

 in the University of Dublin, plunged into polities, 

 and in 1824 was one of the founders ot'the Catholic 

 Association. A model of masculine vigor, bold, act- 

 ive, self-confident, fluent of speech, a ready writer. 

 and a master of the sword and pistol, he was one of 

 OH'oniicH's most efficient lieutenants in the Count\ 

 Clare election in Is-js. and in the contest for Catholic 

 emancipation. In 1830 he succeeded O'Coimell as 

 member of Parliament for County Clare. Having 

 quarreled with O'Conncll, he could not be elected 

 aira'm top a Repeal constituency . and did not return 

 t" Parliament till 1*47. when the famine brmitrht 

 about the disruption ot' the Kepcal party. He sat for 

 Knnis till l.s.VJ. For the next twenty-five years he 

 led an adventurous life in many lands, lie was in- 

 volved in journalistic, financial, and political schemes 

 in Paris and other Continental cities; then went to 

 Booth America and became iretu-ral oftlie Peruvian 

 army, and afterward admiral in the Chilian fleet. 

 After his return to Ireland he was nominated by 

 Parnell as a candidate for County (Marc, and elected 



in In?'.', lie -at fur that <->iiiMilur>i<-y till 1 



. \s a* n turned fi.r (<,tmt\ i a/low. \\lmithi- 

 hi. lit occurred in the lrih party h< 

 Parnell. Although a /.culou" purtiiin. he 

 friendly term* with all the li-auinur |Mlili<-i:,> 



till the last lie retained hin ugilf UiilituP. 

 vivacttv ot manner. 



Marais, Leon H., a French actor, iM.rn in l.v; died 

 in Paris, Sept. Is. l-:il. lie \\ a- for a loiif t:.-. 

 of the leading act"!'* at the (.\lnnai-e T)i 



.ited tlie prilieipul rii/i in ,'ielln." 



lie I.ecaine insane, and was committed to un axylum 

 shortly before his death. 



Marcke, Emile van, a French painter, born in Sevrw* 

 in ls-_'T; died in llyere.s in 1VM. He was u pupil ol 

 Tro\on, and f'u-st exhibited ii. -ain <-hurac- 



ti-rislics cauifht from his mast-r he remained true to, 

 adding nothing, but he was u conscientious painter. 

 and his technique was g<H*l. He painted j/ra/n 

 tie. Lrroiiped with taste and without iiiaiiiieriMn, with 

 MIMIC monotony of coloring and a noftin ~- ..i e\i-cu- 

 tioli. He had a constant succe.->. was liked by his 

 fellow-artist*, received many medals, was regularly 

 elected on the Salon jury, and in 1872 was made a 

 chevalier of the Lcirion of Honor. 



Martinez, Alonso, a Spanish statesman, born in 

 Burivis in l.sJ7;died in Madrid, .Ian. 14, IMll. He 

 \\a- a lawyer by Profession, and jiraeticed with much 

 success duriiiL' tne intervals in his p<jlitical career. 

 In Is;,;, he was Minister of Public Works in the Cabi- 

 net of (Jen. Hspartero. and on the defeat of the Gov- 

 ernment was made Civil (iovernor of Madrid. He 

 was a leader of the Centralist or Moderate Liberal 

 party, a stanch supporter of the monarchy after the 

 restoration in 17.">, and retained the respect of his 

 political adversaries by his political honesty and up- 

 right life. He held the portfolios of Justice and 

 Finance several times, was last in the Cabinet in 

 1888, and afterward was President of the Congress 

 until the dissolution of the Cortes. 



Haze, Hippolyte, a French historian and statesman, 

 born in Arras, Nov. 5, 1839; died in Paris, Nov. 5, 

 1891. He was u lecturer on history at the Lyceum of 

 Dpuai, whence he was called to tfie professorship of 

 History in tin- Lyceum of Versailles. The (iovern- 

 inentof Natural L)efcnse made him Prefect of Landcs. 

 When the war was ended he returned to his chair, 

 and in 1875 went to the Condon-et Lvceum. In 1879 

 he was elected a Deputy for Versailles, and, taking 

 his scat with the Republican Left, he made a name 

 for himself by his speeches on the subjects-of educa- 

 tion and mutual-benefit associations. He was re- 

 elected in 1881, but failed to obtain one of the seat.-* 

 for Seine-et-Oise in 1885. The department 

 him a Senator, however, in 1886, and in 1- 

 elected him at the head of the list. In the Senate, 

 as in the Chamber, he addressed himself to the sub- 

 ject of co-operative provident associations. In 1887 



lie established a review devoted to the illtciv.-ts of 



these institutions. Among his numerous published 

 works may be mentioned " Les Goiiveriieineiiis de- 

 France" i'lsr,l>; "La Kcpubjioiic des Kiats-t'nis" 

 I lsr,:i i ; La Fill de la Revolution par la Keptiblique" 

 (1872); "La Lutte coiitre la Miscn-" (108S): and 

 "Les Gelleraux de la Kepublique : Kleber, lloehi, 

 Marceau " i 1887 , 



Miklosioh, Frans von, an Austrian philologist. l>oni 

 about lsl.">; died in \ ielina, March 7. Is'.U. He was 

 the greatest Slavic scholar of his time, who 

 ei-ed the principles of a comparative irrammar of tin- 

 Slav languages. Yet he was op]xcd to the National- 

 ist movement in Austria, and was a member of the 

 German Liberal party. Hrwa> E*roft*or of Slavic 

 Languages and Literature in the University of Vien- 

 na. When the parliamentary era beiran ni Austria 

 he was apiiintcd counsclm to the Ministry of Kd- 

 Ucation and president of the commission for state 

 examinations, and in tb- exerted much in- 



fluence on the development of the Yieiini Univer- 

 sity. He was an active member of the A 

 House of PI 



