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36 the Empress Eugenie's household, which post he retained till his death. By his marriage with Princess Marie de Leyen, he had several sons, "one of whom was for some years French consul-gen- eral in New Orleans, Porto Rico, and Havana.

TASCHEREAU, Elzear Alexandre (tash- er-o), Canadian cardinal, b. in Sainte Marie de la Beauce, province of Quebec, 17 Feb., 1820. His great-grandfather, Thomas Jacques Taschereau, emigrated from Touraine, France, and in 1746 was granted the seigniory of Sainte Marie de la Beauce. When he was eight years of age Elzear was en- tered as a pupil at the Seminary of Quebec, and when he was seventeen he went to Rome, where a year later he received the tonsure. The same year he returned to Quebec, resum- ing his theological studies, and on 13 Sept., 1842, was ordained a priest. Soon afterward he was appointed to the chair of moral philosophy in the Seminary of Quebec, which he filled for twelve years, and during this period displayed liberal tendencies, opposing the ultramontane element in the church to which he belonged. In 1847, during the prev- alence of a fatal fever among the emigrants at Grosse island, he volunteered to assist the chaplain at that place in ministering to the sick and dying, and labored untiringly among them until he was stricken by the pestilence. In 1854 he was sent to Rome by the second provincial council of Quebec to present its decrees for ratification to Pius IX., and he remained two years in the city, studying canon law. In July, 1856, the degree of doctor of canon law was conferred on him by the Roman seminary. Soon afterward he returned to Quebec, and became director of the Petit seminaire, which post he held till 1859, when he was appointed director of the Grande seminaire, and a member of the council of public instruction for Lower Canada. In 1860 he became superior of the semi- nary and rector of Laval university, and in 1862 he accompanied Archbishop Baillargeon on a visit to Rome, and, returning toward the end of the same year, was appointed vicar-general of the diocese of Quebec. In 1865 he again went to Rome on business connected with the university, in 1866 (his term of office as superior having expired) ho was again made director of the Grande seminaire, and three years later he was re-elected superior. He attended the ecumenical council at Rome in 1870, and on the death of the archbishop of Quebec in October of the same year he became an adminis- trator of the archdiocese conjointly with Vicar- General Cazeau. In February, 1871, he was ap- pointed archbishop of Quebec, and he was conse- crated on 19 March by Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto. Subsequently he visited Rome several times on business of importance, and in 1886 he became the first Canadian cardinal, the beretta being conferred upon him with great ceremony on 21 July at Quebec. Immediately after his eleva- tion Cardinal Taschereau issued a circular letter forbidding the use of spirituous and fermented liquors at bazaars, and also prohibiting the holding of such sales on Sunday.

TASCHEREAU, Jean Thomas, Canadian ju- rist, b. in Quebec, 12 Dec, 1814. He studied law, was admitted as an advocate in 1836, appointed professor of commercial law in Laval university in 1855, and was assistant judge of the superior court of Quebec m 1850, 1855, and 1858. He became queen's counsel in 1860, puisne judge of the supe- rior court of Quebec in 1865, and judge of the court of queen's bench in 1873, and he was puisne judge of the supreme court of Canada in 1875-'8. — His son, Henri Thomas, Canadian jurist, b. in Quebec, 6 Oct., 1841, was graduated in law in 1861, admitted as an advocate in 1863, entered parliament in 1872, and was appointed puisne judge of the supreme court of Lower Canada in 1878. He edited " Les debats" in 1862 and "La tribune" in 1863.— Jean Thomas's cousin, Henri Elzear, Canadian jurist, b. in St. Mary's, Beauce, Canada East, 7 Oct., 1836. He was educated at the Seminary of Quebec, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and practised in the city of Quebec. He represented Beauce in the Canadian assembly from 1861 till 1867, when he was defeated as a candi- date for the Dominion parliament. He was ap- pointed clerk of the peace for the district of Que- bec in 1868, but soon resigned and became puisne judge of the superior court of the province of Que- bec, 12 Jan., 1871, and of the supreme court of the Dominion in October, 1878, in succession to Jean Thomas Taschereau. He is a cousin of Cardinal Taschereau. He has published " The Criminal Law for the Dominion of Canada, with Notes, Commen- taries, Precedents of Indictments, etc." (2 vols., Montreal and Toronto, 1874-'8 ; 2d ed., enlarged, Toronto, 1888) ; and " Code de procedure civile du Bas Canada," with annotations (Quebec, 1876).

TASISTRO, Louis Fitzgerald, author, b. in Ireland about 1808 ; d. about 1868. He received a liberal education, travelled in various countries, and while yet a young man came to the United States. He edited a paper in New York city, and afterward one in Boston, wrote for periodicals, and essayed the dramatic profession, making his appearance as Zanga, in " The Slave," at the Park theatre, New York city, and afterward as Hamlet, at the Chest- nut street theatre, Philadelphia, 31 Aug., 1831. Subsequently he settled in Washington, D. C, where he was for several years translator for the department of state. Afterward he engaged in lecturing and literary work. He was the author of " Travels in the Southern States : Random Shots and Southern Breezes " (New York, 1842).

TASSE, Joseph, Canadian author, b. in Montreal, 23 Oct., 1848. He was educated at Bourget's college, and afterward connected himself with the press. In 1867 he became editor of " Le Canada " at Ottawa, and from 1869 till 1872 he was associate editor of "La Minerve " in Montreal, and at the same time a director of "Le revue Canadienne," to which he contributed essays on history, literature, and political economy. He was afterward employed as assistant French translator of the house of commons, and in 1873 visited Europe, publishing a detailed account of his travels. He was elected president of the French Canadian institute of Ottawa in 1872 and 1873, was a delegate to the French national convention at Montreal in 1874, and took an active part in its deliberations regarding the return of expatriated Canadians from the United States. He declined to become a candidate for the Canadian parliament in 1874, was elected to that body for Ottawa in 1878, and was re-elected in 1882. He was chosen president of the Quebec press asso-