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(1894) and a " Life of Robert Fergusson, the poet " (1897). On the 16th, at Paris,. aged 82, Emlle Krante. Born at Givet, Ardennes; educated at the Polytechnic School, Paris, as a civil engineer; designed the International Exhibition, 1867, at Paris; assisted in improving the navigation of the Seine; elected Deputy for the Seine, 1871, and a Left Senator, 1878; Commissioner-General of the Inter- national Exhibition, 1878. On the 17th, at Paris, aged 60, Madame Clesinger, Solange Dudevant, daughter of the famous novelist, " George Sand." Married, 1861, Maurice Clesinger, the sculptor, from whom she obtained a separation. On the 17th, at Queenborough Hall, Leicester, aged 77, Deputy Inspector-General Joseph Jee, C.B., V.C., son of Christopher Preston Jee, of Hartshill, Warwick. Educated at London and Edinburgh Universities and at Paris; appointed Assistant Surgeon, 1st Dragoons, 1842; served in the Persian War, 1867; with General Havelock's Division during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, where he gained the Victoria Cross at the final capture of Lucknow; and in the Bohilkhand Cam- paign, 1858. Married, 1880, Norah Carola, daughter of Charles Riley. On the 17th, at Paris, aged 65, Colonel John Murray, C.B. Entered the Army, 1851; served with 94th Regiment in Zulu War, 1879. On the 18th, at Rochester, aged 80, Sir William Webb Hayward. Born at Wallington, Oxon.; admitted a Solicitor, 1839; settled at Rochester, 1841; elected Mayor, 1844, the youngest Mayor of the Queen's reign, and again in 1896, the oldest Mayor; Clerk of the Peace for East Kent, 1851-96; a Jubilee Knight. Married, 1846, Mary Grace, daughter of Robert Barton. On the 20th, at St. Andrews, N.B., aged 76, Rev. Alexander Ferrier Mikhail, d.d. Educated at St. Andrews University; graduated, 1840; appointed Professor of Hebrew at St. Mary's College, 1848; of Ecclesiastical History and Divinity, 1868-94; Moderator of the General Assembly; author of " The West- minster Assembly " and other historical works. On the 21st, at Mentone, aged 72, Countess Dzialynski, Princess Isabella Czartoryski, daughter of Prince Adam CzartoryBki. A refugee in France from her childhood, is said to have refused the hand of Napoleon III. Married, 1857, Count Dzialynski, a Polish refugee. On the 21st, at Yale, N.Y., aged 67, Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, Ph.D., LL.D., an eminent palaeontologist. Born at Lockport, N.Y.; graduated at Yale College, 1860, and afterwards studied at Berlin, Heidelberg and Breslau; elected Professor of Palaeontology at Yale College, 1866; author of numerous scientific works and papers, especially concerning the extinct vertebrate animals of the Rocky Mountains. On the 22nd, at the Rectory, St. Andrews, Holborn, aged 78, Rev. Henry George Scawen Blunt. Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge; B.A., 1845; Rector of Kirkby Overblow, Yorks, 1847-58, when he was appointed Rector of St. Andrews, Holborn. On the 22nd, at Bonn, aged 58, Professor Oottliel William Leitner, a distinguished Orientalist. Born at Pesth; educated at Constantinople, Broussa and King's College, London; appointed Interpreter to the British Com- missariat during the Crimean War, 1854-9; Lecturer in Arabic, Turkish, etc., at King's College, London, 1859; Professor, 1861; Registrar of the Punjab Univer- sity at Lahore, 1868; contributed greatly to its success, founding numerous literary societies and free public libraries as well as journals in various languages; explored the unknown region of Dardistan, 1866; returned to England, 1882, and founded the Indian Institute at Woking, and for ten years edited the Asiatic Quarterly Review. Married, 1869, Caroline Schwaab, daughter of the German Consul at Broussa. On the 23rd, at Kimberley, South Africa, aged 60, Rev. John HfflMfATig^ an active member of the London Missionary Society. British Deputy Commissioner in Bechuanaland, 1884-5; was a strong advocate for direct imperial intervention. On the 23rd, in Eastern Africa, aged 45, lieutenant Mixon, Governor of Jibuti on the (French) Somali coast. Originally in the French Navy; plaved a considerable part on the Binue and Niger, and endeavoured to establish a French Protectorate of the Central Soudan, which was ultimately disavowed by the French Government. On the 24th t at Suttonrin-Ashfield, Notts, aged 46, William Barnes, a noted cricketer, who came into notice in 1875, was distin- guished as both bowler and batsman, and for many years was the mainstay of the Notts team and All England Eleven. On the 24th, at Clevedon, aged 78, Vincent Stuckey Lean, son of James Lean of Clifton, banker. Called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, 1843; one of the founders of Messrs. Stuckey's Bank; by his will bequeathed 50,0002. to the British Museum for the improve- ment of the Reading-room, etc.; 50,0002. to establish Free Libraries, etc., in Bristol; 20,0002. to Muller's Orphanage, and other bequests. On the 25th, at Nice, aged 81, General George William Powlett Bingham, C.B., son of Captain Arthur Batt Bingham, R.N. With 64th Regiment in the Persian Campaign, 1856-7, which he commanded during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, at the de- fence of Cawnpore, relief of Lucknow and capture of Bareilly, etc.; Colonel,