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 [ M« ] him and he ran to their help and rescue whenever they were in danger. All movements for* promoting the gooS of the country had his hearty sympathy and co-operation. He was an earnest worker in the cause of the National Congress and was the President of the Reception Commute in its Calcutta Session of 1890. Among his activities in connection with social progress may be mentioned his editorship of the Indian Mirror for some time when it was an organ of the Brahma Samaj, his co-operation in establishing and maintaining the Hindu Mahila Vidyala under Miss Ackroyd (afterwards Mrs. Beveridge) and his earnest labours as the Secretary of the Bethune College for several years. His last but not the least service in the cause of his country's progress was his ardent advocacy of the separation of executive and judicial functions. His well-reasoned statement of the objections to the present union of these functions and of the way in which the much needed separation can be effected, drew the admiration of the whole country. * He was studying the criticisms that were made on his scheme and preparing an elaborate reply to them, when he was suddenly cut off. He died of an attack of apolcxy. It is believed that his extreme absorption in the question and his conti- nued meditations on it affected his brajn and caused his sudden death. The hero died, arm in hand, in the very act of fighting for his country.