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1843 ; served with distinction in the Abyssinian War, 1867-8, and at the capture of Magdala. Married, first, 1862, May, daughter of Captain F. W. Burgowne, R.N. ; and second, 1883, Marian Cecilia, daughter of Charles G. Stannell. On the 5th, in St. George's Hospital, London, aged 40, Major the Hon. Arthur Stewart Harding*, son of second Viscount Hardinge. Educated at Sandhurst; entered 21st Fusiliers, 1878 ; served in the Zulu War, 1879 ; the Boer War, 1880 ; Burmese Expedition, 1886-7 ; and the Lagos Expedition, 1892 ; was killed by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park. On the 5th, at Ventnor, aged 59, John George Sinclair Coghill, M.D. Enter the Royal Navy Medical Service; served in the Baltic, 1854-5 ; Medical Officer at Shanghai, 1862-8 ; devoted himself without payment to the Royal National Hospital for Consumption at Ventnor, 1873-98. On the 5th, at Leamington, aged 70, Margaret Anna Cusack, "the Nun of Kenmare," daughter of Samuel Cusack, M.D., of Dublin. Educated as a Protestant ; became a Roman Catholic ; established convents in England and America, and was Abbess of Knock, Ireland; returned to Protestantism and lectured and wrote against Roman Catholicism. On the 6th, at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, aged 64, Sir Henry Bmns, K.O.M.O. Born at Sunderland ; emigrated to Natal, 1853, and devoted himself to sugar planting; elected Member of the Natal Legislative Assembly, 1868 ; Prime Minister and Colonial Secretary since 1897. On the 6th, at Port Louis, Mauritius, aged 81, The Hon. Sir Oeuconrt Auguste Antelme, JLO.M.G., son of L. J. Antelme. Born and educated in the island ; Member of Legislative Council, 1856 ; of Executive Council, 1889. Married, 1843, daughter of M. Marreis. On the 6th, at Middleton Tyas, York, aged 86, Rev. John Hutton Pollexten, M.A., M.B., F.B.A. Studied medicine at Edinburgh and graduated M.D., 1836; entered Queen's College, Cambridge, 1840; graduated B.A., 1843; Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, 1848-51 ; Rector of St. Renwald, Colchester, 1851-70; Vicar of Middleton Tyas, 1874. He was a distinguished antiquarian. On the 7th, at Paris, aged 61, Augustine Daly, an accomplished American actor. Began life as a journalist in New York; first brought his " company of comedians " to London, 1884, and subsequently built and opened a playhouse in that city, 1898. On the 9th, at The Heath, Leighton Buzzard, aged 80, Francis Bassett, son of John Dollin Bassett. A Member of the Society of Friends and chief partner in the bank of Bassett & Co. Married, 1842, Ellen, daughter of Edward Harris, of Stoke-Newington. On the 10th, at Edinburgh, aged 56, Colonel Thomas Stanhope Glldoa, son of Very Rev. Provost Gildea. Entered the Army, 25th Regiment, 1863 ; served with 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders) in the Afghan War, 1878-9. Married, 1890, Edith, daughter of R. Begge-Scott. On the 11th, at Harrogate, aged 67, Sir George Irwin, son of Acheson Irwin, of Cloraseil, Co. Fermanagh. Educated at Foyle College, Londonderry; apprenticed to the woollen trade at Leeds, 1847, and became master of his uncle's firm ; took an active part in the Volunteer movement and was a prominent member of the Conservative party in Leeds. Married, 1861, Flora Adelaide, daughter of Captain T. J. Smith, of Cleobury Mortimer, Salop. On the 11th, at North Berwick, aged 79, Rev. William Garden Blailde, D.D., LL.D., son of James Blaikie, some time Lord Provost of Aberdeen. Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and University; graduated, 1837; ordained, 1842; left the Established Church at the Disruption; Minister of Pilrig, near Edin- burgh, 1848-67 ; Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Free Church New College, Edinburgh, 1868-97 ; President of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance, 1888-92 ; Moderator of the General Assembly, 1892; author of "Life of David Living- stone " and many other works ; editor of the North British Review, Sunday Magasine, etc. On the 12th, at Belgrave Square, S.W., aged 70, Sir James Robert Walker, second baronet, of Sand Hutton, Yorkshire. Educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford ; B.A., 1849 ; sat as a Conservative for Beverley, 1859-65. Married, 1863, Louisa Marlborough, daughter of Sir John Heron Maxwell, baronet. On the 12th, at Breamore House, Salisbury, aged 90, Sir Edward Hnlae, fifth baronet. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1829. Married, 1854, Katherine, daughter of Very Rev. H. P. Hamilton, Dean of Salisbury. On the 13th, at Berlin, aged 79, Dr. Israel HUdesheimer, a distinguished orthodox Rabbi. Born at Halberstadt ; educated at Halle University ; appointed Rabbi at Eisenstadt, Hungary, 1838; Chief of the Rabinical Seminary at Berlin, 1869. On the 13th, at Llandudno, aged 54, Lawson Tait, an eminent surgeon, son of Archibald Campbell Tait, of Dryden. Educated at Heriot's Hospital and Edinburgh University; F.R.C.S. Edin., 1870; F.R.C.S. Eng., 1871; House Surgeon at Wakefield Hospital, 1867-70; Birmingham Hospital for Women, 1871-96, where he acquired great reputation in abdominal surgery; author of several medical and scientific works. On the 14th, at Lebanon, Missouri, aged