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Lady Mowbray, Elizabeth, daughter of George Isaac Mowbray, of Bishops Wear- mouth, Durham, and Mortimer, Berks. Married, 1847, John Robert Cornish, M.P., who took the name of Mowbray. On the 17th, at St. Andrews, N.B., aged 70, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Lambert Playtalr, K.C.B., LL.D., son of Dr. George Playfair, Inspector-General of Hospitals, Bengal. Entered Madras Artillery, 1846 ; Political Agent at Zanzibar, 1860-5 ; appointed Consul-General at Algiers, 1867-96 ; author of several works on Algiers, Tunis, etc. Married, 1851, Agnes, daughter of Major-General Webster, of Balgarvie, Fifeshire. On the 17th, at the Monastery, Clapham, aged 70, Very Bey. Thomas Edward Bridgett, son of a silk manufacturer at Derby. Brought up as a Baptist ; educated at Tonbridge School and St. John's College, Cambridge ; having joined the Church of England, joined the Church of Borne, 1850; consecrated Priest, 1856; attached himself to the Order of the Redemptorists ; author of "The Life and Writings of Sir John More," "Life of John Fisher," etc. On the 18th, at St. Leonards, aged 73, Colonel Edward Andrew Noel, of Duffield, Derbyshire, son of Rev. the Hon. F. J. Noel. Entered the Army, 1843 ; served with 81st Regiment through the Sutlej Campaign, 1845-6, with great distinction ; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, Royal Gloucestershire Volunteers, 1864-72; one of H.M. Gentlemen-at-Arms, 1875. Married, 1848, Sarah, daughter of W. B. Darwin, of Elston Hall, Notts. On the 18th, at Vienna, aged 55, Archduchess Maria Immaculata, Princess of Naples (Two Sicilies). Married, 1861, Archduke Charles Salvator. On the 19th, at London, aged 62, Lieutenant-Oeneral Sir Charles Edward Nairne, K.O.B., son of Captain A. Nairne. Educated at Addiscombe ; entered Bengal Artillery, 1855 ; served through the Mutiny, 1857-8; the Eusofzai Expedition, 1863; and the Afghan War, 1878-9; commanded the Royal Artillery at Kassassin and Tel-el- Kebir; Superintendent of the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness, 1885-7; Inspector-General of Artillery in India, 1887-92 ; Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, 1894-8. Married, 1860, Sophie, daughter of Rev. J. D. Addison. On the 19th t at Kensington Gardens Square, aged 56, Leopold George Gordon Bobbins, Reader in Equity to the Council of Legal Education. Educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Oxford ; B.A. (Honours), 1864 ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1876 ; author of several legal works and a prominent member of the Masonic body. On the 21st, at Edinburgh, aged 57, Dr. William Rutherford, F.B.O.S., Professor of Physiology. Born at Ancrum Craig; eduoated at Jedburgh School and Edin- burgh University ; graduated (with Honours) M.B., 1863 ; studied on the Continent; Professor of Physiology, King's College, London, 1869-74, when he was appointed to the same Chair at Edinburgh; author of several scientific works ; elected F.R.S., 1876. On the 21st, at Chudleigh, Devon, aged 82, Evan Baillie (of Dochfour), a lineal descendant of William Wallace. Born in India ; educated at Oriel College, Oxford; B.A., 1838; Rector of Lawshall, Suffolk, 1844-52; resigned, and entered the Roman Catholic Church. On the 28rd, at Paris, aged 88, General de Bochebonet. Educated at the Ecole Polytechnique ; entered the Artillery, 1830 ; assisted in the Coup d'Etat, 1851 ; served through the Italian War, 1860; Chief of the Bordeaux Army Corps, 1874-80; was Prime Minister and War Minister for one month, 1877, after the fall of the Broglie Cabinet. On the 24th, at Felixstowe, aged 65, Bear- Admiral Percy Putt Lnxmoore, O.B. Entered the Royal Navy, 1849 ; served in the Baltic Expedition, 1854-5 ; Indian Mutiny, 1857 ; China War, 1858-9 ; and Ashanti Campaign, 1870-3, when he was severely wounded. On the 24th, at Trevarno, Helston, aged 71, William Blckford Smith, son of George Smith, of Camborne. Engaged in business as a safety fuse manufacturer; sat as a Liberal for Truro Division of Cornwall, 1885-92. Married, first, 1852, Margaret Leeman, daughter of William Vennington, Broadhempston, Devon; and second, 1870, Anne Matilda, daughter of George Hickman Bond, of Radford, Notts. Assumed the name of Bickford, 1868. On the 24th, at Henstead Hall, Lowestoft, aged 47, Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch, eighth baronet, third son of Sir Edward Gooch, of Benacre Hall, Suffolk. Married, 1880, Alice Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Williams, of Honeycoombe, Calstock, Cornwall. On the 24th, at Edinburgh, aged 75, Sir John Struthers, M.D. Born at Dunfermline ; graduated at Edinburgh University in Medicine, 1845 ; Professor of Anatomy at Aberdeen University, 1863-89 ; author of several woxks on anatomy, etc. On the 24th, at Ealing, aged 68, Major-General Frederick Gadsden. Joined the Madras Army, 1850 ; served through the Burmese War, 1852, and the Indian Mutiny, 1857. On the 25th, at Berne, aged 73, Emile Welti, a distinguished Swiss statesman. Born at Zurzach-Arga ; studied Law at Berlin; was a member of the Federal Council, 1866-91, and six times President of the Swiss Confederation, besides being in turn head of the Military, Judicial and Railway Departments ; created the existing military organisation and promoted the nationalisation of