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 DELAOOA BAY DE LA 767 Lion Hunt." His productions are distinguish- ed by their life and energy, but his coloring is more powerful than harmonious. M. Thiers, then literary and artistic editor of the Consti- tutionnel, was the first to call attention to Delacroix's picture, " The Death of Sardana- palus." This painting, which in 1845 was sold for 6,000 francs, brought 96,000 in 1873. DELAGOA BAY, the largest bay on the S. E. coast of Africa, in lat. 26 S., and Ion. 33 E. It is formed by the Indian ocean, and stretches N. and 8. about 50 m., with a breadth of from 16 to 20 m. It is accessible and affords a good anchorage to vessels of the largest class. The land is low and toarshy near the shore, but rises after a short distance inland. It is the south- ernmost possession of the Portuguese on the E. coast of Africa, and they have a fort near the mouth of one of the rivers flowing into it. The island of Inyack, at its southern entrance, is held by Great Britain. DELAMBRE, Jean Baptiste Joseph, a French astronomer, born in Amiens, Sept. 19, 1749, died in Paris, Aug. 19, 1822. He was a pupil of Delille at the college in his native town, where he distinguished himself as a classical scholar. He studied rhetoric and philosophy in Paris, and on leaving college became a pri- vate tutor, occupying his leisure in reading Ital- ian, English, and Greek literature, and studying mathematics at first only sufficiently to teach his pupils. From 1 780 he devoted himself to astron- omy, being first the pupil and then the collabo- rator of Lalande, who said that " Delambre was his best work." In 1790 he gained the prize of the academy of sciences for his tables of Uranus, though that planet had completed but a small arc of its orbit after its discovery by Herschel ; and in 1792 another prize was given him for his tables of the satellites of Jupiter. For these labors he was unanimously elected a member of the academy in 1792. In the same year he was associated with Mechain in mea- suring an arc of the meridian from Dunkirk to Barcelona. The work was interrupted by the revolution, and was not finished till 1799. De- lambre published the results in his Base du systeme metrique decimal (3 vols., 1806-'10). He entered the bureau of longitudes in 1795, the institute of .France at its formation in the same year, became inspector general of studies in 1802, perpetual secretary of the institute for mathematical sciences in 1803, successor of Lalande in the college de France' in 1807, and treasurer of the imperial university in 1808. The last office was suppressed at the restora- tion, and from that time he pursued his re- searches in retirement. After having spent 30 years in the most severe astronomical and math- ematical calculations, he undertook to write the history of astronomy from the remotest pe- riod, five volumes of which were published be- fore his death (1817-'21), and a posthumous volume on astronomy in the 18th century was issued in 1827. He also made a report on the progress of the mathematical sciences since 254 VOL. v. 49 1789 (1810), and wrote Astronomic theorique et pratique (3 vols., 1814), and numerous papers for the BiograpJiie universelle and the transac- tions of different European academies of science. DE LANCET, William Heatheote, an American bishop, born in Westchester co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1797, died at Geneva, N. Y., April 5, 1865. He graduated at Yale college in 1817, studied theology under Bishop Hobart, and received deacon's orders in 1819. Ordained to the priesthood in 1822, he soon after became as- sistant of the venerable Bishop White of Phila- delphia. He was secretary of the diocesan conventions of Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1830, and of the house of bishops in the general con- vention of the Episcopal church of the United States from 1823 to 1829. He was chosen pro- vost of the university of Pennsylvania in 1828, which office he held five years, and then became assistant minister of St. Peter's church, one of the three churches of which Bishop White was rector. He travelled in Europe in 1835, and on his return, after the death of Bishop White, succeeded to the rectorship of St. Peter's. In 1838 he was chosen bishop of the diocese of Western New York, then just formed, and was consecrated May 9, 1839. He removed to Ge- neva, the seat of the diocesan college, now called Hobart college, which was chiefly in- debted to his efforts for its support. In 1852 he visited England as a delegate from the Epis- copal bishops of the United States, and receiv- ed the degree of D. C. L. from the university of Oxford; hi 1858 he again visited England. DELINK. I. William Augustas Frederick, an English journalist, born about 1793, died in Norwich, July 29, 1857. He is memorable for his long and successful connection, as financial manager, with the "London Times," which earned its sobriquet of the " Thunderer " du- ring his administration of its affairs, from the character of the political articles contributed by Edward Sterling. Certain financial trans- actions in which he was engaged rendered it advisable about 1840 that he should discon- tinue his connection with the " Times." For a short time he had charge of the London " Daily News," but afterward he abandoned journal- ism, and became treasurer of the Kent county courts. II. John Thaddens, son of the prece- ding, born in London in October, 1817. He took his degree as bachelor at Magdalen hall, Oxford, in 1839, and as master of arts in 1846. He completed his terms as a barrister, but nev- er practised. In 1839 he became assistant edi- tor of the " Times," and in 1841, after the death of Mr. R. Barnes, became editor-in-chief. The exposures made by the " Times " and its cor- respondents, during the Crimean war in 1854, of military mismanagement on the part of the English government, made him conspicuous. In 1856 he visited the United States. DE LA RAME, Louisa (OumA), an English novelist, of French extraction on the father's side, born at Bury St. Edmund's about 1840. At an early age she went with her mother and.