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Kincardineshire unsuccessfully as a Conservative, 1874. Married, 1864, Margaret, daughter of James Burnett Burnett, of Montrose. On the 19th, at Paris, aged 72, Auguste 8cheurer-Kestnar, a distinguished chemist and the foremost defender of Captain Dreyfus. Born at Mulhausen ; educated at Paris ; was director of his father-in-law's, M. Kestner's, chemical works at Thann ; elected Representative of the Haut Rhin to the National Assembly, 1871 ; resigned his seat to protest against the annexation of Alsace to Germany; re-elected for Paris, 1872, and chosen as a Senator, 1875 ; Vice-President of the Senate, 1884 ; became convinced of the judicial error committed in the Dreyfus trial, 1894, and devoted all his energies to its reversal, and died on the day on which Dreyfus was pardoned. On the 19th, at Cherbourg, aged 59, Vioe-Admlral Sallandrouxe de Lamornaix, a distinguished officer. Entered the French Navy, 1855, and served with great oredit in various parts of the world ; appointed Chief of the Naval Staff, 1896, and took command of the Northern Squadron, 1898. On the 20th, at Melrose, aged 66, Surgeon-Major-General Stewart Aaron Lithgow, C.B., son of A. Lithgow, of Dundee. Educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh Universities ; entered the Indian Medical Service ; served through the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, at the siege of Delhi and relief of Lucknow ; and in the Nile Expedition, 1884-5 ; appointed Superintendent of the Edinburgh Infirmary, 1892. Married, 1866, Elizabeth C, daughter of Rev. James Davis. On the 20th, at Chilworth House, Oxford, aged 88, Dowager Lady Teignmouth, Caroline, daughter of William Browne, of Tallantire Hall, Cumberland. Married, 1888, second Baron Teignmouth. On the 22nd, at Nunthorpe Hall, Middlesborough, aged 77, Isaac Wilson. Born at Kendal ; started in business as an earthenware manufacturer ; filled many municipal offices and was one of the great benefactors and makers of Middlesborough, which he repre- sented in Parliament as a Liberal, 1878-92. Married, 1847, Mary, daughter of J. Bentor, of Parkside, Kendal. On the 22nd, at Tenby, aged 70, Major-General William Thomas Bowen. Entered the Bombay Army, 1844 ; served in the South Mahratta Campaign, 1844-5, and with the Land Transport Corps in the Persian War, 1867-8. On the 22nd, at Brighton, aged 60, Colonel Morris James Fawcett, son of John Fawcett, of Petterill Bank, Cumberland. Entered the Army, 1856, and served with 7th Royal Fusiliers ; was a Colonel in the Turkish Army, 1877-81 ; Inspector-General of Constabulary in Newfoundland, 1885-95 ; in Jamaica, 1895-8. Married, 1869, Alice, daughter of Admiral Pennell. On the 22nd, at Paris, aged 60, General Brault, Chief of the General Staff. Served with distinction in Italy, Mexico, Africa and in the Franco-German War; appointed Chief of the Staff, 1898. On the 23rd, at Dymchurch, Kent, aged 57, Edward Case, son of John Case, of Maidstone, a prominent civil engineer. Born and educated at Maid- stone; entered the Ceylon Public Works Department, 1865; on his return to England, 1890, he devoted his attention especially to sea defence ; was appointed expenditor of Romney Marsh Level, 1890, and there and elsewhere round the coast introduced the system of groyning to withstand the encroachments of the sea. On the 22nd, at Wolgast, Pomerania, aged 104, August Schmidt, reported to be the last survivor of the German War of Liberty. Entered the Prussian Army, 1818, and fought at Leipsig and Waterloo. On the 23rd, at Bulawayo, aged 50, Will Gooding. Born at New Barnet; went at an early age to South Africa; served as a Volunteer in the Matabele War and was one of the three survivors of the massacre of Major Wilson's party on the Shanguni River. On the 24th, at Worthing, aged 85, Rev. Alexander Baring-Gould. Educated at Addiscombe and entered the Madras Horse Artillery, 1839 ; returned to England and graduated, 1843, at Caius College, Cambridge; Incumbent of St. Mark's, Wolverhampton, 1846-68; Vicar of Ellacombe, Torquay, 1868-74, and Christ Church, Winchester, 1874-90. On the 24th, at Surbiton, aged 65, John Sleeper Clarke, a popular comedian. Born at Baltimore, U.S.A.; first appeared at Boston, 1851; came to London, 1867; retired, 1886; acted at the Haymarket, Strand and St. James's theatres. On the 25th, at Rottingdean, Brighton, aged 77, John Thomas Abdy, LL.B., son of Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Abdy. Educated at Kensington School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; graduated LL.B., 1844 (First Class in Law) ; Fellow of Trinity Hall and called to the Bar at the Inner Temple, 1850 ; Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1856-72 ; Recorder of Bedford, 1870 ; County Court Judge, 1871-91 ; edited Kent's " International Law " and other works. Married, 1854, Marion, daughter of J. H. Hollway, of Gunby, Lincolnshire. On the 25th, at Ord House, Beauly, N.B., aged 72, Alexander Watson Mackenzie, son of Thomas Mackenzie, of Ord. Served in 91st Regiment. Married, 1857, Angela Babington, daughter of Rev. Benjamin W. Peile, of Bishop's Hatfield, Herts. On the 28th, at Dalkey, Co. Dublin, aged 60, Bight Hon. John Monroe, LL.D., son of John Monroe, of Moira, Co. Down. Educated at Queen's College, Galway ; called