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in Edinburgh, he, along with Lord Cockburn, set about the esta* 
hlishment of the Edinburgli Academy, which has continued to 
flourish since its foundation. Mr Horner visited the Academy on 
many occasions even after he left Edinburgh, and the last time he 
did so was in July 1863. On the same occasion he visited the 
High School, in which he had been a pupil, and he was present at 
the distribution of prizes, and gave an excellent address. 
In 1827 he became Warden of the London University. This 
ofSce he resigned after four years, and retired to Bonn, where 
he remained for six years with his family. In 1833 he accepted 
the office of Inspector of Factories, and did his duty most faith- 
fully and philanthropically. By his labours great improvements 
took place in the mills and mines, more especially in regard to the 
employment of women and children. He earned the respect and 
the goodwill of the operatives, and this is evinced by the memorial 
presented to the Misses Horner after his death by the operative 
cotton-spinners of Lancashire, in which they express their feelings 
of heartfelt sorrow and regret, as well as of profound sympathy, on 
the death of Mr Horner, their father. They speak with grateful 
recollections of his unremitting labours in the cause of justice and 
humanity, his impartiality in the administration of the laws made 
for the protection of their wives and children, and his flrmness in 
their vindication. 
He was assiduous in his attendance at the Royal and G-eo- 
logical Societies of London. He entered the former on 11th 
November 1813, and he was subsequently one of the Vice-Presi- 
dents of the Society ; of the latter he was twice chosen President. 
His efforts were directed to the better organising of these Societies, 
and he was successful in adding materially to the efficiency of the 
Royal Society as regards the election of members and the conduct 
of business. In 1861 he delivered his last address as President of 
the Geological Society. He had likewise published a memoir of 
his brother Francis, in two large volumes, and had translated a 
work by Cousin on education in G-ermany. 
In 1851 Mr Horner suggested a series of investigations as to 
the deposits of the Nile. These were conducted by an Armenian 
officer of engineers, Hekekyan Bey. These researches seemed to 
support the view then propounded as to the great antiquity of man 
