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influence of similar external agencies. In tracing the genealogy of 

 nations, Dr. Prichard showed the most abundant and various erudi- 

 tion, not only in his account of all that can be gleaned from historical 

 testimonies, but also in the evidence which he gathered from the re- 

 tetions of languages. 



Dr. Prichard, early in his literary career, distinguished himself by 

 his researches in Egyptian learning, having, in the year 1819, pub- 

 lished a treatise on Egyptian Mythology. The Chevalier Bunsen 

 has borne testimony to the high character of this work in the follow- 

 ing passage : — " Simultaneously with the first steps in the progress 

 of modern hieroglyphical discovery, Dr. Prichard, one of the most 

 acute and learned investigators of his time, had once more vindicated 

 the claims of Egypt to a primeval chronology, and suggested a col- 

 lection of the lists of Eratosthenes and Manetho as the true method 

 of elucidating the earliest period. In the work on Egyptian chro- 

 nology and mythology he shows that the continually recurring co- 

 incidences which they offer must represent a chronological canon." 



Not the least of Dr. Prichard's contributions to science was his 

 inquiry into the origin of the Celtic nations, in which he gave satis- 

 factory proof that their dialects are referable to the same stock as 

 the Sanscrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic languages, and thus com- 

 plete the Indo-European group. 



Dr. Prichard enriched the literature of his profession with some 

 very valuable works. His treatise on Nervous Diseases presented 

 the first systematic attempt at discriminating those forms of nervous 

 disorder which owe their origin to irritation in organs remote from 

 the cerebro-spinal centres. His writings on Insanity will ever be 

 remembered as having given distinct expression and proof to the 

 idea that a large number of cases of mental disease are characterized 

 by perversion of the emotions, sentiments, instincts and habitudes of 

 action rather than by intellectual error. To this form of mental 

 disorder he gave the name of Moral Insanity. 



The remarkable intellectual endowments of this distinguished man 

 are obviously inferrible from the fact that he produced works which 

 in their several departments have attained the highest rank in the 

 estimation of the learned of all countries. 



It only remains to be added, that in the domestic and social rela- 

 tions of life his character was conspicuous for integrity, goodness, 

 benevolence and piety. The honour with which his name was 

 greeted abroad was well answered by the affectionate respect which 

 attended it in private circles. His removal from the world of sci- 

 ence, while it cannot but be deplored, is yet somewhat compensated 

 by his great works ; but the loss to his friends is one that can never 

 be repaired. 



Major Thomas Henry Shadwell Clerke expired on the 

 19th of last April, under an attack of paralysis, at his residence in 

 Brompton Grove. Educated at the Royal Military College of 

 Marlow, he there attained the distinction among his young associates 

 of being a Cadet Officer. Major Clerke was appointed to the 28th 



