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POWER, Michael, Canadian R. C. bishop, b. in Halifax, IT Oct., 1804; d. in Toronto in 1848. He was cure of La Prairie till 1841. when he accom- panied Bishop Bour<jet to F.nrope. In the same year the diocese of Kingston was divided, and Dr. Power was nominated bishop of the western part on 17 May. lie was permitted to designate the limits of his see, and to take his episcopal title from the city in which he judged it most advantageous to reside. He was consecrated on 8 May, 1842. and tooli i lie title of bishop of Toronto. He restored to the .lesuits the missions they had formerly held in Upper Canada, and, owing to his constant support, the c-tablislied many others.

POWER, Tyrone, actor, b. in Kilmacthomas, Ireland, 2 Nov., 1797 ; d. at sea, 14 March, 1841. He made his first ap- pearance on the stage at Newport, Isle of Wight, in 1815, as Alonzo.in Kotzebue's play of "Pizarro." In 1*17 Power married a lady of means. and after playing for about a year in Edin- burgh. Dublin, and the provinces, he re- tired from the stage. Two years later he joined an African ex- ploring expedition that set out from the Cape of Good Hope toward the equator, and sacrificed all his means in this unsuccessful en- terprise. Eventually he returned home to resume his connectii m with the theatre, and for several years filled subordinate parts at different London play- houses. At this time he proffered his services to several American managers as a leading performer in juvenile tragedy. Some years afterward, while playing with the Covent garden company, he was given the Irish character of O'Shaughnessy in the farce of " The 100 Note," and rendered it with such perfection that it marked out his true line of characters. During his last engagement at the Ilaymarket theatre. Power's salary was advanced to t'150 per -week. He visited the United States on two occasions, from 1833 until 1835. and from 1839 until 1841, and met with extraordinary suc- cess. He made his American /li'but at the Park theatre in New Tork city on 28 Aug., 1833. in the plays of " The Irish Ambassador" and " Teddy the Tiler." His last appearance was at the same house on 9 March. 1841. Among the dramas in which he performed were "The Nervous Man and .Man of Nerve," "Paddy Carey." "St. Patrick's Eve," " The Irish Tutor." "The White Horse of the Pep- pers," " Rory O'More," and " ( I'Flannigan and the Fairies." Some of these were written for him ; others were dramatized by himself. He left New York for Liverpool on the steamer " President " on 11 March, 1841. Three days later the vessel was met on the ocean, but it was never heard of after- ward. Power was an easy actor, endowed with wit and humor, set off by vocal ability and a rich Irish brogue. He was the intimate friend of Fitz- (ireene Halleck and other well-known literary men. His publications include " Impressions of Amer- ica " (2 vols.. London, 1835) ; " The King's Secret " (1831) ; and " The Lost Heir " (1830).

POWERS, Eliza Howard, philanthropist, b. in 1S02; d. in Washington, D. C.. 25 Aug., 1887. During the civil war she was distinguished for deeds of charity, and for her unselfish devotion to the sick and wounded. From November, 1862, till August, 1864, she was associate manager of the U. S. sanitary commission of New Jersey, and act- ing president of the Florence Nightingale relief a^oeiation of Paterson, N. J. She collceted 8.000, and ','0.000 articles for the soldiers' hospitals, and contributed S2.500 of her own money to the same purpose, without receiving any compensation. The 48th congress voted her a pension. The commit- tee favoring her claims said in their report that from 28 April, 1801, till 14 Aug., 18G4. she devoted her whole time, energy, and means to the service of the soldiers of the National army and for the success of the Union cause.

POWERS, Grant, clergyman, b. in Hollis, N. H., 31 May, 1784; d. in Goshen, Conn., 10 April, 1841. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1810, studied theology, and was minister at Ilaverhill, N. H., in 1815-'29, and at Goshen. Conn., from 27 Aug., 1829. till his death. He pnbli-hed "Essay on False Hope in Religion " (Andover, 1828) : "Cen- tennial Address " (Dunstable, 1830) ; and " Histori- cal Sketches of the Settlement of the Coos Country, 1784-7>" (Ilaverhill. 1841).

POWERS, Hiram, sculptor, b. in Woodstock, Windsor co., Vt.. 29 July, 1805 ; d. in Florence, Italy. 27 June. 1873. He passed his youth on his father's farm, and in 1819 emigrated to Ohio with the family. On his father's death he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was in turn a clerk, a commercial traveller, and a clockmaker's appren- tice. Having acquired from a German sculptor a knowledge of the art of modelling in clay, he exe- cuted several busts and medallions of some merit. Later he took charge of the wax-work department in the Western museum at Cincinnati, which post he held for seven veal's. In 1835 he went to Wash- ington, where, for some time, he was employed in modelling busts of well-known men. Owing part- ly to the assistance of Gen. John Preston, he was enabled to go abroad in 1837, and he established himself in Florence, where he thereafter resided. For some time he devoted himself chiefly to model- ling busts, but within a year produced his statue Kve Tempted," which was pronounced a master- piece by Thorwaldsen. Another statue with the same title was exe- cuted in 1850. In 1843 he produced the " Greek Slave," the most widely known of all his works. Of this stat- ue six duplicates in marl ile have been made, besides innu- merable casts and reduced copies in Parian. It was ex- hibited in England in 1845, and again at the Crystal pal- ace in 1851, and also in this country. His otherstatues in- clude "The Fi-her- I'.oy" (1846). which was three times repeated in marble; "America" (1854), designed for the top of the capitol at Washington, ami destroyed by fire in 18UIJ : "II 1'enseroso " (1856) ; " California " (1858) ; and " The Last