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Rh adviser, the general-in-chief of the Egyptian army, Ratib Pacha, who was ordered to the command of an expedition to Abyssinia. Ratib refused to fol- low the counsel of Gen. Loring and his staff of American officers, and the Egyptian army was al- most annihilated by the Abyssinians at the battle of Kaya-Khor. Gen. Loring, shortly after his re- turn to Egypt, was decorated by the khedive with the imperial order of the Osmariah and promoted to ferik, or general of division. In 1879, with the American officers, he was mustered out of the Egyptian service and returned to the United States. Gen. Loring published " A Confederate Soldier in Egypt " (New York, 1883).

LORNE, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland CampbeH, Marquis of, governor-general of Canada, b. in Stafford House, Lon- don, England, 6 Aug., 1845. He is the eldest son of the eighth Duke of Argyll and Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Sutherland Leveson-Gower, eldest daugh- ter of the second Duke of Sutherland. He was educated at p]ton, the University of St. Andrews, and Trinity college, Cambridge. In 1866 he trav- elled in the West Indies, the United States, and Canada, the same year was appointed captain of the London Scottish volunteers, and in 1868 com- missioned lieutenant-colonel of the Argyll and Bute volunteer artillery brigade. In February, 1868, he was elected a member of parliament for Argyllshire in the Liberal interest, and in Decem- ber of that year he became private secretary to his father at the India office. He was re-elected by ac- clamation in two subsequent general elections, 1869 and 1874. On 21 March, 1871, he married Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, b. 1848. The mar- riage took place at St. George's chapel, Windsor, and on that occasion the marquis was created a knight of the thistle. On 14 Oct., 1878, he was appointed govern- or-general of Canada, in succession to Lord Duf- ferin, and soon after- ward he was created knight of the grand cross of St. Michael and St. George. Accom- panied by the Princess Louise, he went to Can- ada in November, 1878, where they received an enthusiastic welcome, and during the summer of 1879 they visited the principal cities. The chief political incident of his term of office was his refusal to dismiss the lieutenant-govern- or of Quebec, Luc Le- tellier de Saint Just, from office, at the request of the administration, referring the question instead to the home gov- ernment, which ordered him to take the advice of his ministers. The marquis and marchioness were popular with all classes of people, and among the French Canadians they were probably more highly esteemed than any of their predecessors. His term of office expired in 1883. At the general election in 1885 the Marquis of Lome contested Hampstead as a Liberal, but was defeated by a large majority. He has written for the magazines, and is the author of " A Trip to the Tropics and Home through America " (London, 1867) ; " Guido and Lita: a Tale of the Riviera." a poem (1875); and "The Psalms literally rendered in Verse" (1877). The Marchioness has gained some repute as an artist and musician. The illustrations in her husband's poem, " Guido and Lita," are by her hand.

LORIJUET, Louis Michael Polenion, Hay- tian soldier, b. in Hayti. 5 Dec, 1825; d. there in April, 1876. His father was a colonel in the army. After leaving school, Lorquet entered the ranks of the regiment, and soon afterward became secretary to Gen. Inginac. After the revolution of 1843, when President Boyer fled to Jamaica, young Lor- quet attended him, and remained with him till 1845, when he returned to Hayti. He was ap- pointed chief clerk in the custom-house, but was removed by Gen. Faustin Soulouque. and went to reside at Gonaives. In 1849, when Soulouque was proclaimed emperor, under the title of Faustin I., through the influence of the Duke de Saint-Louis du Sud, Lorquet was appointed judge at Gonaives, and on 28 March, 1854, he Avas commissioned pub- lic prosecutor for that place. In December. 1858, when Gen. Fabre Geffrard became president, he appointed Lorquet chief justice, minister of in- struction, and temporary commander of the re- publican forces. On 11 Nov., 1865. he was made general of the army, and on the overthrow of Gef- frard shared his exile, but returned on 8 May, 1868, and took part in the revolution of that year. On 13 May, 1871, he was appointed commander of the city of Port an Prince by President Nissage Saget, which post he filled for several years.

LORRAINE, Narcisse Zephirin, Canadian R. C. bishop, b. in St. Martin, Lower Canada, 13 June, 1842. He was educated at the Seminary of Sainte Therese, and at Laval university, where he was graduated in 1864 as bachelor of sciences. He was ordained priest on 4 Aug., 1867, and appointed as- sistant director of the Seminary of Sainte Therese, which office he held till 15 Aug., 1869. when he be- came pastor of the congregation at Redford, Clin- ton CO., N. Y. On 3 Aug., 1880, he was appointed vicar-general of the diocese of Montreal, and on 21 Sept., 1882, he was consecrated titular bishop of Cythera, and vicar-apostolic of Pontiac, with resi- dence at Pembroke. In 1884 Bishop Lorraine, v/hile on a mission tour, visited the Temiscamingue region and the country around Hudson bay, and travelled about 1,500 miles in a bark canoe. In 1887 he made a pastoral visit to the Indian mis- sions on the upper Ottawa, Rupert's Land, and the upper St. Maurice. During the five years he has been in Pembroke, Bishop Lorraine lias paid off a large debt that had encumbered the church, built a fine episcopal residence, and purchased sites for several charitable institutions.

LOSADA, Diego de (lo-sah'-dah), Spanish adventurer, b. in San Lucar de Barrameda in 1519; d. in Tocuyo, Venezuela, in 1569. Of his early life little is known. He probably served under Pedro de Heredia {q. v.) in Carthagena, and he certainly participated in the expedition that was sent under Felipe de Urre for the discovery of the fabulous El Dorado in 1541-'5. He continued to serve under the different governors of Venezuela, and in 1566 was intrusted liy Pedro Ponce de Leon with the conquest of the country of the Caracas Indians, which had been partially settled by Pajardo in 1560, but afterward abandoned. The valley of the Caracas was said to be very rich, and densely populated by nearly 150,000 Indians ; but Losada left the city of Mariana in January, 1567, with only 150 soldiers, 18 of whom were mounted. After fighting against the warlike Arbaces and Teques, he arrived in April in the valley of Cara-