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MEEMILLOD— METRICK.

scholar^ fellow^ and tutor. He took his B.A. degree in high honours in 1830^ was a select Pi^eacher before the University of Cambridge in 1838-40, one of the Preachers at Whitehall in 1839-41, Hulsean Lec- turer at Cambridge in 1861, and Boyle Lecturer in 1864 and 1865. He was rector of Lawford, Essex, 1818-70; Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1863 to 1869 ; and was installed Dean of Elj^, Dec. 29, 1869. He is the author of a " History of the Bomans under the Empire," published in 1850-62; "Boyle Lectures," 1864, 1865; "Translation of Homer's Iliad," in English rhymed verse, 2 vols., 1869 ; " General History of Bome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of Augustulus, B.C. 753 -A.D. 476," 8vo, London, 1875 ; and " Lectures on Early Church History," 1879.

MEEMILLOD, The Eight Ebv. Gaspasd, D.D.,aSwis8 prelate, born at Carouge, near Geneva, in 1824 ; embraced the ecclesiastical state at an early age, and in 1846 became I>arish pri€»t of Geneva. There he displayed remarkable activity, was mamly instrumental in raising the Church of Notre Dame, which was opened in 1857, and obtained great influence at Bome on account of his zeal and rare eloquence. In 1864 he was consecrated l^ishop of Hebron, i.p.i., and appointed AMjd- liary to the Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, as Vicar-General. In 1873, Pius IX. nominated him Vicar- Apostolic of Geneva, which was thus separated from the diocese of Lausanne. This act was considered as the creation of a new hierarchical office in the Canton without the consent of the Government. Con- sequently on Feb. 17, the Bishop was exiled, and it was added, " this decree is to hold good as long as the person elected shall not declare to the Federal Council, or to the Go- vernment of Geneva, that he re- nounces the functions conferred upon him, contrary to the decisions

of the Cantonal and Federal autho- rities." For ten years. Bishop Mermillod was absent from his flock, yet ever active in his zealous labours for the Catholic Faith in France, in Bome, and in other parts of Europe, being regarded as one of the most eminent prelates of the Boman Church. Exactly ten years after his exile, Leo XIII., on March 24, 1883, preconised Mgr. Mer- millod Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, in which capacity he re- turned to his flock. Bishop Mer- millod has published numerous "Sermons," "Conferences," "Dis- courses," and other works on theo- logical topics.

METTEBNICH (Prince Dk), BiCHABD Clekent Jobefh Lo- THAiRE Hermann, diplomatist, son of the famous statesman Prince Metternich, born at Vienna, Jan. 7, 1829, was educated as a diplomatist, became attached to the Austrian embassy at Paris in 1852, and was made Secretary of Legation there in Dec., 1854. In the complications which arose in 1859, before the Italian war broke out. Prince Met- - temich was entrusted by the Aus- trian government with a special mission to Paris, and at the dose of the war he became Ambassador of Austria at the French court, which position he retained tiU Dec., 1871. He was named Hereditary Councillor of the Austrian Empire, April 18, 1861, and Councillor in Nov., 1864.

ME YBICK, The Bev.Frederick, M. A., born in 1826, was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, of which he was successively scholar, fellow, and tutor; graduated B.A. in honours in 1847, and has since held the University offices of Select Preacher and Public Examiner. He was appointed one of Her Majesty's "Whitehall Preachers in 1856, Inspector of Schools in 1859, and became Bector of Blickling with Erpingham, in Norfolk, in 1869. He was the chief agent in estab- lishing the Anglo - Continental