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and Analytical. One of the springs at Harrogate has been called after him. He died at West Derby, near Liverpool, 3rd February 1871, aged 49. Liebig speaks of his translation of Plattner as " executed with fidelity and ability . . further enhanced by Dr. Muspratt's annotations." Professor Penny speaks of his Chemistry as " the most valuable and elaborate work of the kind in our language;" while Pro- fessor Morfit characterizes it as " the very best and most elaborate guide-book on technical chemistry." '^ ^ ="'

Nagle, Nauo, f oxindress of the Presen- tation order, a woman of singular devo- tion and piety, daughter of Garrett Nagle, a Catholic gentleman of property, was born at Ballygriffin, County of Cork, in 1728. She was educated in Paris. At an early age her thoughts were turned to the miserably ignorant condition of the poor Irish Catholic children, deprived under the Penal Laws of all chances of education. In Dublin, in 1763, almost pri- vately and on a small scale, and afterwards in Cork more openly, she established schools, principally at her own cost, for the religious and secular education of the very poor. In these establishments, and in the homes of the poor, she laboured at all hours and in all weather, teaching, and advising, and sympathizing with the people in their sorrows. In September 1 771, at her instance, a house for the re- ception of nuns of the Ursuline order was opened at Cork, and a small community, in filiation with that of St. Jacques in Paris, was settled there. So strong was the prejudice against them among the dominant class, that for many years, ex- cept in the privacy of their convent, these nuns had to wear secular dress. Disap- pointed, however, that the Ursulines de- voted themselves chiefly to the education of the rich, she collected together a number of ladies who agreed to give themselves solely to the poor. Nano Nagle did not live to see the full results of her labours. She died in the South Presentation Con- vent in Cork, 20th '5°t April 1784, aged 55. The work established by her grew and spread; and in 1791 the community was recognized by Pope Pius VI., and given authority " to erect, and to form, not only in the city of Cork, but in other towns, houses for the reception of pious virgins, whose duty it should be to instruct little girls in the rudiments of faith and morals, to teach them diflferent works peculiar to their sex, to visit sick females in the public infirmaries, and help them in their neces- sities ; " and in 1805 it was fully estab-

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lished as the Presentation order, with power to take vows, and with a rule founded upon that of St. Augustin. There are at present seventy-three Presentation Convents — most of them in Ireland, but several in England, and some in America and Australia. '5°'i'5» '5°*<-'"'

Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick, General, K.C.B., was born at Celbridge, near Dublin, 17th December 1785. He was third son of the Hon. George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Eichmond ; and was conse- quently first cousin of Charles James Fox and Lord Edward FitzGerald. William was educated at Celbridge with his elder brother, Charles, afterwards conqueror of Scinde, who had been born in London. After passing through some experiences of the Insurrection of 1798, he entered the army as an ensign, 14th June 1800 ; be- came lieutenant, i8th April 1801 ; and captain, 2nd June 1804. He served at the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, and in 1808 went with his regiment to Spain, and bore more than his share of the hard- ships of Sir John Moore's retreat. He conceived a great veneration for Moore, and in after years declared that it was mainly to clear his memory from false im- putations that he conceived the idea of writing a history of the Peninsular War. In 1809 Napier became Aide-de-camp to his uncle, the Duke of Eichmond, Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, but gave up the appointment to accompany his regiment to Portugal. He received a hip wound at the fight on the Coa ; was at Busaco, and at Cazal Noval, where he received a bullet in the spine, and his brother George had an arm broken. As a reward for their bravery, the brothers were selected by Wellin^on (two of eleven captains out of the whole army) for the brevet rank of major. While still suflfering from his wounds he fought at Fuentes d'Onore ; but after the second siege of Badajos was stricken with fever, and obliged to return home in the autumn of 181 1. In the spring of the following year he married a daughter of General Henry Fox, and only three weeks afterwards, on learning that Badajos was besieged, sailed again for Por- tugal, though far from recovered of his wounds. He took command of the 43rd Eegiment, which was not in the best of training, and required vigorous measures to restore it to proper discipline. He was present at Salamanca in July, and was with the division that entered Madrid next month. Major Napier went to England in January 1813, and rejoined his regiment in the Pyrenees in the following August, 357