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ble of great speed ; he was thus led to the in- 

 vention of automatic methods of transmitting 

 signals, of which one is the basis of the most 

 improved process now used. He invented 

 electrical clocks, and in 1843 constructed the 

 earth-battery. In 1844 he patented ingenious 

 apparatus for registering the progress of ships, 

 and ho also devised electrical methods of play- 

 ing keyed instruments at a distance. He was 

 struck down with paralysis some years ago, 

 and died at the age of sixty-six in a " Home 

 for Incurables." A government pension of 

 eighty pounds a year was all that saved him 

 from pauperism. 



BAITER, JOHANN GEOEO, a Swiss philologist ; 

 born May 31, 1801; died October 10, 1877. 

 He studied in Munich, Gottingen, and Konigs- 

 berg, was appointed in 1833 a teacher in the 

 Gymnasium of Zurich, and was its prorector 

 from 1843 to 1845, and again from 1849 to 

 1865. . He was also appointed a professor in 

 the university in 1833, but resigned this posi- 

 tion in 1849. He published, partly alone, and 

 partly together with Orelli and others, editions 

 of many of the Latin and Greek authors. 



BAKER, Rev. Sir HENRY WILLIAMS, a British 

 clergyman, born in 1821 ; died in February, 

 1877. He was the originator and principal 

 editor and proprietor of " Hymns, Ancient and 

 Modern," and one of the most active workers 

 in the committee which carried out that suc- 

 cessful publication. He himself contributed 

 a number of original hymns and translations 

 to the collection. 



BALLANTINE, JAMES, a British author, born 

 in 1808; died December 18, 1877. Among 

 his works are "The Gaberlunzie's Wallet," 

 "The Miller of Deanhough," "An Essay on 

 Ornamental Art as applicable to Trade and 

 Manufactures," a volume of poems, etc. 



BANDON, FRANCIS BERNARD, Earl of, a Brit- 

 ish nobleman, born January 3, 1810 ; died 

 February 17, 1877. He was in Parliament 

 for Bandon from 1842 to 1856, succeeded his 

 father in the latter year, and was elected a 

 representative peer for Ireland in 1858. He 

 was Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum for the 

 County and City of Cork. His son, James 

 Francis, succeeds him. 



BARRIERE, THEODORE, a French dramatic au- 

 thor, born in 1823; died October 16, 1877. 

 His first play, " Rosiere et Nonrrice," appeared 

 in 1843 in the Palais Royal, and was very favor- 

 ably received. After that he worked chiefly in 

 partnership with others, and has contributed 

 about 50 plays to the French stage, almost all 

 of which have been favorably received. Among 

 them are " Les Parisiens," " Les Faux Bons- 

 hommes," " Les Filles de Marbre," etc. 



BABTH, JEAN BAPTISTS PHILIPPE, a French 

 surgeon and medical writer, born in 1812 ; died 

 December 4, 1877. He began his medical 

 studies in the Paris hospitals in 1832, and at 

 the general examination in 1835 won tho gold 

 medal. His principal work, written together 

 with Henri Roger, was a "Practical Treatise 

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on Auscultation." Among his other works 

 are " Medical History of the Cholera," and a 

 treatise on " Ulceration of the Air Passages." 

 He was decorated with the Legion of Honor in 

 1847, and was a member of several medical 

 societies. 



BAUDET, PAUL, a French Senator of the 

 Empire, born in 1800; died November 18, 

 1877. He took an active part in the political 

 strifes of the present century, being a member 

 of tho Chamber of Deputies from 1834 to 1848. 

 In 1839 he was created general secretary of the 

 Department of Justice, and a councilor of 

 state. After the revolution of 1848, he was 

 elected to the Constituent Assembly, and dur- 

 ing the intrigues of Louis Napoleon for the 

 overthrow of tho Republic invariably voted 

 with the Elys6e. He protested against tho 

 coup d'etat, but soon after was the recipient of 

 marked favors from Napoleon. In 1868, ho 

 was called to the Ministry of the Interior in the 

 place of M. de Persigny. In 1865, upon retir- 

 ing from that office, he was created a Senator; 

 soon after he became secretary of the Senate, 

 and subsequently one of its vice-presidents. 



BAUER, CAROLINE, a German actress, born 

 May 28, 1808 ; died October 18, 1877. She en- 

 tered upon the stage in her thirteenth year at the 

 Court Theatre in Carlsruhe, and soon became 

 one of the most popular German actresses. In 

 1829 she contracted a morganatic marriage 

 with Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburp, but wns 

 divorced from him when he ascended tho Bel- 

 gian throne in 1831. In 1844 she was again 

 married to Count Broel-Plater. 



BEAUBIEN, J. C., a Canadian statesman, born 

 March 24, 1825 ; died November 7, 1877. He 

 sat for Montmagny in the Canadian Assembly 

 from 1857 until the Union, and for the same 

 seat in the House of Commons from the Union 

 until 1872, when he was defeated. He was a 

 member of the Executive Council and Com- 

 missioner of Crown Lands from 1867 to 1878. 

 In the latter year he wns appointed a director 

 of the Pacific Railroad. 



BECKER, KAKL FERDINAND, a German musi- 

 cian and writer of music, born July 17, 1804; 

 died October 26, 1877. He received his musical 

 instruction from Schicht and Friedrich Schnei- 

 der, and made his first public appearance in 

 concerts at the age of 14. He was afterward 

 employed as organist in several of the best- 

 known German churches, and from 1843 to 1856 

 was Professor of tho Organ and of Harmony 

 in the Conservatory of Leipsic. As a writer on 

 music he was eminently successful. Among 

 his best-known works are " Dio Hnusmusik in 

 Deutschland im 16., 17. und 18. Jahrhundert" 

 (1840), and "Die TonkOnstlor des 19. Jahrhun- 

 derts " (1849). lie was for many years the edi- 

 tor of the Allgemeine mittikaUfcfie Zritvng, and 

 contributed to Schumann's Neue Zeittchr\flfur 

 Muaik. 



BELCHER, Sir EDWARD, a British admiral, 

 born in 1799; died Marcli 18, 1877. Ho en- 

 tered the Royal Navy at the age of 18, was 



