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he there joined the Society of Cordwainers. 

 He was connected with many movements to 

 improve the condition of the workingmen, and 

 gained particular celebrity as a member of the 

 Reform League. During the American con- 

 flict he was a warm and earnest supporter of 

 the North. 



O'DwrER, ANDREW CABEW, an Irish politi- 

 cian, born in 1800 ; died November 15, 1877. 

 He was called to the Irish bar in 1830. He 

 soon became one of the leading political adher- 

 ents of O'Connell, and from 1833 to 1835 was 

 M. P. for Drogheda. He held at one time the 

 office of Secondary of the Exchequer in Ire- 

 land, which was abolished shortly after his 

 appointment. 



O'LOGHLEN, Sir COLMAN, Bart., born Sep- 

 tember 20, 1819 ; died July 22, 1877. He was 

 called to the Irish bar in 1840, and became 

 Queen's Counsel in 1852, and Sergeant-at-Law 

 in 1865. In 1868 he was appointed Judge-Ad- 

 vocate-General, but resigned in 1871. He sat 

 in Parliament for the county Clare since 1863, 

 a member of the Irish and subsequently of the 

 Home-Rule party, and was instrumental in 

 passing many useful bills affecting his native 

 country, particularly with reference to it8 sys- 

 tems of judicature. 



OXENFORD, JOHN, a British dramatic author, 

 born in 1812 ; died in February, 1877. He 

 published a number of pieces for the stage, as 

 well as translations from the German and 

 French. About five years before his death he 

 visited the United States, and wrote a series of 

 interesting letters on the theatres of New York 

 City. His translation of the " Marseillaise " dur- 

 ing the German-French "War was deemed a mas- 

 terly production. He was also widely known 

 as the dramatic critic of the London Times, 



PARISEL, Dr. FRANCIS, a French Communist, 

 born in 1840 ; died in Newark, N. J., July 6, 

 1877. After having graduated from the Medi- 

 cal School in Paris with high honors, he settled 

 as a physician in Paris. During the war with 

 Germany he was appointed surgeon-in-chief to 

 one of the infantry regiments. "When the 

 Communists began to reign in Paris, he was 

 appointed Minister of Commerce, with instruc- 

 tions to make arrangements for the provision- 

 ing of the city, then besieged by the Versail- 

 lists, and to protect its mercantile interests. 

 This position was not congenial to him, and 

 after holding it for a short time he was super- 

 seded at his own request by Viard. He was 

 soon after appointed Chief of the Scientific 

 Bureau, having in charge the preparation of 

 the munitions of war. He also gave a great 

 deal of attention to the balloon department, 

 these constructions being used to disseminate 

 the proclamations of the Commune and ex- 

 plain its objects. "When Paris was captured 

 by the Government troops, he escaped in the 

 disguise of a priest. After living for a time 

 in Liverpool, he came to New York, where 

 he remained about a year, and having helped 

 to organize the Society of the Refugees of the 



Commune, he established himself as a phy- 

 sician at Newark. He was buried by the 

 members of the French Commune in New 

 York, and his remains were covered by the 

 red flag. 



PABLATOEE, FILIPPO, an Italian naturalist, 

 born in 1816; died September 9, 1877. The 

 Grand-Duke Leopold II. appointed him Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of Florence, 

 and in 1851 sent him on a scientific expedi- 

 tion to the north of Europe, from which he 

 brought back valuable collections. His most 

 important work was the " Flora Italiana," 

 which, however, he was not able to finish. 



PASSERINI, LUIGI, an Italian writer, born 

 October 31, 1816; died January 3, 1877. He 

 was the author of a large number of works, 

 treating of the history and monuments of 

 Florence, and of genealogical works. Among 

 them are a "History of the Charitable Insti- 

 tutions and the Primary Schools of Florence " 

 (1853), " Historical and Artistical Curiosities of 

 Florence " (2 vols., 1866-'75), and an illustrated 

 " Description of the Arms of Tuscan Commu- 

 nities " (1861). He also contributed largely to 

 the Archivio Storico. 



PETEELLA, ENRICO, an Italian composer, born 

 in December, 1813; died in April, 1877. He 

 received his musical education at the Naples 

 Conservatory, where, at the age of 17, he com- 

 posed the operette entitled " II Diavolo Color 

 di Rosa." After this he composed several 

 operas of a light character, including " Le Pre- 

 cauzioni," "Elena di Tolosa," and "Marco 

 Visconti." 



PICARD, Lours JOSEPH ERNEST, a French 

 Senator, born December 24, 1821 ; died May 

 13, 1877. He was received as an advocate in 

 1844, began practice at the Paris bar under the 

 auspices of M. Lionville, whose daughter he 

 afterward married. In 1858 he was elected 

 to the Corps L6gislatif, and very soon took an 

 active part in the discussions of important 

 measures. In the session of 1860, he was one 

 of the deputies known by the name of " The 

 Five," and attracted the attention of the 

 Chamber by the keen satire that pervaded his 

 speeches. He was reflected in 1863 and 1869. 

 In 1870 he was Minister of Finance under the 

 Government of National Defense, and after- 

 ward became a member of the National As- 

 sembly. Under M. Thiers's administration he 

 was first Minister of the Interior, and then em- 

 bassador to Brussels. In 1875 he was elected 

 a Life Senator by the National Assembly, the 

 sixteenth, by 348 votes. 



PICHOT, AMEDEE, a French author, born in 

 1796 ; died in February, 1877. He resided for 

 a time in Great Britain, and in 1843 succeeded 

 M. Galibert as editor of \hQRevutBrittanique, 

 to which he contributed several articles. He 

 translated part of Macanlay's "History of 

 England," and Thackeray's " Great Hoggarty 

 Diamond " and " Snob Papers." Among the 

 works he wrote or compiled are " Voyage en 

 Angleterre et en Ecosse " (3 vols., 1825), " Les 



