80 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
cuted his seclew studies. Entomology and mineralogy were 
favorite departments of science with him, and he made at one 
time a tolerably complete collection of Canadian Cole eoptera, 
which he presented to aa Natural History Society of Montreal 
a few year before his 
For years Mr. Bi llings was one of the Vice-Presidents of 
the Natural History Sty of Montreal. He was frequently 
pressed to accept the office of President, but invariably declined. 
He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in 
1858. The silver medal of the Montreal Natural History Society 
was voted him the members at the annual meet ing held in 
1867, by way of testifying to their appreciation of “his long 
continued and successful labors for ie promotion of science in 
nada.” 
Mr. Billings possessed great firmness and strength of character 
coupled with a winning simplicity of manner and unaffected 
modesty. "To these traits were added inflexible love of truth and 
jiative, disinterested and self-sacrificing zeal ua the acquisition of 
knowledge, and unt mae aie a a purs 
In 1845 Mr. Billings married a sis of Mr. Wilson, of Toronto, 
now the Hon. Judge Wilson, but sere aM junior partner in the 
legal firm of Messrs. Baldwin & Wilson, in whose office he studied 
the last year wes to his being called to the bar. Since his decease 
the members of the Natural History Society of Montreal have 
passed Peblitions expressing their high estimation of his personal 
character and writings; and a few of his more intimate friends in 
the society have subscribed for a fine life-sized portrait of their 
distinguished associate, which now adorns its lecture room. 
Coronet Ezexien J EWETT, died at Santa Barbara, Cal., May 
18th, aged 86. He was born at Rindge, N. H., Oct. 16, 1791. He 
was an officer in the U. S, army in the war of 1812, and afterward 
took part in - Chilian war, under Gen. Carrera. He has long 
been well known to geologists and conchologists as an enthusi- 
astic and indefatigable collector of fossils and shells. An exten- 
sive geological collection, made by him, is now the property 0 
Cornell University. For several years past he has devoted him- 
self entirely to conchology and had accumulated a valuable col- 
lection of shells, subeatad < over pe ,000 species. He collected ex- 
tensively on the west coast of 
r. Paitre P. CARPENTER, one at the ablest modern concholo- 
gists, , well known especially for his several excellent works on the 
mollusea of the west coast of North America, died at Montreal, 
May 24th, aged fifty-eight. A more extended notice is necessarily 
eferred to another number. 
R ALE Owen, died on the 24th of June, at his summer 
residence on Lake George, at the age of seventy-six. 
