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 He died 14th August 1784. "As a painter in oil he was by no means an inferior artist, yet the colouring of his pictures was too red for the carnations, and the shadows were not sufficiently clear."

Hood, John, the inventor of a surveying instrument known as Hood's compass theodolite, was born at Moyle, in the County of Donegal, in 1720. He was the author of a Treatise on Land Surveying (Dublin, 1772). Mr. Hood is said to have anticipated the invention of Hadley's quadrant. He died about 1783. His grandson, Samuel Hood, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1826, was the author of a Practical Treatise on the Law of Decedents (Philadelphia, 1847), and other works.

Hope, James, a United Irishman, who supplied Dr. Madden with materials and information for a portion of his work upon the actors in the Insurrection of 1798, was born near Templepatrick, County of Antrim, 25th August 1764. A Presbyterian, he threw himself into the movements of 1798 and 1803, and was the beloved and trusted friend of Neilson, Russell, McCracken, and Emmet. Most of his life was spent over the loom, and he was living in Belfast in 1846, then aged 82, still true to the principles which had actuated him in youth. Madden describes him as "a modest, observant, though retiring man, discreet and thoughtful, … strictly moral, utterly fearless, inflexible and incorruptible. … He is a man of very profound reflexion. … For a term of upwards of sixty years he has earned his bread by his own industry."

Hopkins, John Henry, Bishop of Vermont, was born in Dublin, 30th January 1792. He went to America with his parents in 1800. After receiving a classical education, he spent a year in a counting-house at Philadelphia, assisted Mr. Wilson the great ornithologist to prepare plates for one of his works, and about 1810 embarked in the manufacture of iron in Pennsylvania. He became bankrupt in 1817, turned his attention to the law, for which he had been originally intended, was admitted to the Bar at Pittsburg, and practised for a time. In November 1823 he entered the Protestant Episcopal ministry and became rector of Trinity Church, Pittsburg. He then studied architecture and built a new church. In 1831 he removed to Boston, and next year was consecrated Bishop of Vermont. He was afterwards involved in severe monetary difficulties by the failure of a boys' school opened under his responsibility. He took a prominent part in the Pan-Anglican Synod at Lambeth, and was made a D.C.L. of Oxford. He was a decided champion of the High Church party. Besides innumerable pamphlets, he published many books, amongst which may be mentioned: Christianity Vindicated (1833), Essay on Gothic Architecture (1836), Twelve Canzonets, words and music (1839), Refutation of Milner's End of Controversy (1854), Vindication of Slavery (1863). He died at Rock Point, Vermont, 9th January 1868, aged 75.

Houston, John, M.D., a Dublin physi- cian, was born in 1802. For many years he was curator of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, to the high standing of which collection he largely contributed. He was the author of valua- ble descriptive catalogues, and of numerous papers read before the Royal Irish Aca- demy, or contributed to the medical press of the United Kingdom, full particulars of which will be found in the memoir from which this notice is taken. He died of an overworked brain, 30th July 1845.

Howard, Gorges Edmund, a poet and architect, dramatic, legal, and political writer, a native of Ireland, was born early in the 18th century. Educated by Dr. Sheridan, he entered the army, and after- wards became an attorney. He was the intimate friend of Henry Brooke. His most useful publications were those on the Exchequer, Chancery, revenue, and trade of Ireland, 1759-'81. His miscellaneous works were published in 3 vols. in Dublin, in 1782. Mr. Howard died in Dublin in June 1786.

Howard, Hugh, an artist, was born in Dublin, 7th February 1675. The War of 1689-'91 drove his father to England, and Hugh appears to have spent from 1697 to 1700 in France and Italy, where he deve- loped his taste for the fine arts. He after- wards returned to Dublin; but the latter part of his life was spent in England prac- tising painting — "at least with applause," according to Walpole. He enjoyed the position of Keeper of the State Papers and Paymaster of his Majesty's Palaces. He died on 17th March 1737 (aged about 62), bequeathing to his brother, the Bishop of Elphin, a large collection of books and medals. He was buried at Richmond.

Hnghes, John, Archbishop of New York, was born in the parish of Errigal Trough, County of Monaghan, in 1798. He has written of his boyhood: "My schoolboy days were spent among my neighbours who were not Catholics; but I think if I had been reared in the most Catholic portion of the island, I could not have been surrounded with kinder or more gallant friends than the scholars, of whom 255