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Essex. On the 14th, at Hamburg, aged 99, Charlotte Embden, a sister of the poet Heinrich Heine, whose poems contain frequent allusions to her. On the 14th, at Redland, Bristol, aged 75, William Ellis Hetford, son of a Somersetshire doctor. Began life as a civil engineer and worked on the East Indian Railway, 1856-8 ; turned his attention to rifle shooting and the improvements in rifle-making; introduced the system of small bore and shallow grooves, and his principle, known as the Lee-Metford rifle, afterwards the Lee-Enfield, waB adopted for the British Army. He also was the virtual inventor of the Pritchard bullet, which was, however, ultimately abandoned for military purposes. On the 16th, at Malvern, aged 70, Colonel Thomas Ooningsby Norbury Norbnry, C.B., son of Thomas Norbury, of Shernidge. Served in the 6th Dragoon Guards ; was one of the witnesses for the claimant in the Tichborne case. Married, 1855, Hon. Gertrude, daughter of second Viscount Guillamore. On the 16th, at Brighton, aged 48, James Dampier Palmer, of Heronden Hall, Kent, son of William Palmer, of Romford, Essex. Educated at Felstead School ; entered the family business of Messrs. Palmer & Co., Stratford; sat as a Conservative for Gravesend, 1892-8. Married, 1874, Isabella Elizabeth Curteis, daughter of William Curteis Whelan, of Heronden Hall. On the 18th, at St. Johns' Wood, London, aged 87, James John Garth Wilkinson, son of J. J. Wilkinson, Judge of Durham County. Educated at Mill Hill School and Potteridge ; was for more than sixty years a leading member of the English Sweden borgians and an advanced spiritualist ; author of a •• Life of Swedenborg" (1849), "The Human Body" (1851), "The Divine Revelation" (1875), etc., etc. On the 19th, at New York, aged 85, William Henry Appleton, a leading American publisher. A strong advocate of international copyright, and a friend of the leading literary men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. Married, 1884, Mary Worthen, of Lowell, Mass. On the 19th, at Worthing, aged 62, Colonel George Augustus Way, C.B., son of Rev. C. J. Way, of Spaymer Hall. Educated at Eton ; entered Bengal Army, 1855, and Staff Corps, 1861 ; served in the Wuzeree (I860) and Akka (1888-4) Expeditions. Married, 1864, Catherine Corbould, daughter of Rev. Corbould Warren, of Tacolnestone, Norfolk. On the 20th, at Southport, aged 57, Bignor Foil, a popular operatic basso, Allan James Foley. Born at Belfast, but educated in the United States ; made his cUbut as a staffer at Naples, 1862, and at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, 1865. On the 20th, at Dundee, Natal, aged 42, Lieutenant-Colonel John Sheraton, D.S.O., son of Captain Sh ere ton, of Evercreech, Somerset. Entered 75th Regiment, 1876; transferred to Rifle Brigade, 1877 ; served in the Afghan War, 1879, as Aide-de- camp to Lord Roberts ; in the Burmese War, 1886-7, as D.A.C.G. and Q.M.G. ; Assistant Adjutant-General in India, 1890-7 ; killed in action. On the 20th, at Dundee, Natal, aged 47, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Henry Gunning, eldest son of Sir George William Gunning, of Little Horton House, Northants, fifth baronet. Educated at Eton; entered 68th Regiment, 1873; transferred to 60th Rifles, 1874; served in the Zulu War, 1879; in the Burmese War, 1891-2; killed in action. Married, 1880, Fanny Julia, daughter of Clinton George Dawkins, of H.M. Consular Service. On the 20th, at Dundee, Natal, aged 82, Captain Hark Horace Kerr Feohell, son of Admiral Mark R. Pechell, of Singleton Abbey, Swansea. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst ; entered King's Royal Rifles, 1888 ; served in the Hazara Expedition, 1891, and other frontier wars, 1891-2 ; and in the expedi- tion to Chitral, 1895 ; killed in action. On the 21st, at Great Malvern, aged 78, Mrs. W. B. Forster, Jane Martha Arnold, eldest daughter of Rev. Dr. Arnold, Head-master of Rugby. Born at Laleham; educated by her father. Married, 1850, William E. Forster, afterwards M.P. for Bradford, and successively Vice- President of the Council, 1868-74, and Secretary for Ireland, 1880. On the 28rd, at Cambridge, aged 64, Ludwig Straus, a distinguished violinist. Born at Press- burg ; studied under Bohm ; first visited England, 1860 ; appointed leader of violins in Charles Hallo's orchestra, 1866-98. On the 24th, at Exeter, aged 80, Bev. Peter Leopold Dyke-Acland, son of Sir Thomas Dyke-Acland, tenth baronet. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford ; B.A., 1841 ; Rector of Broad Clyst, Devon, 1845-96; Prebendary of Exeter, 1866; Sub-Dean, 1887. Married, first, 1845, Julia, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Barker, of Shipdam ; and second, 1872, Julie, daughter of Philip Wappner, of Diisseldorf. On the 25th, at Hind head, Surrey, aged 51, Grant Allen, a popular writer on science and a novelist, Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen, son of Rev. J. Antisell Allen. Born at Alwington, Canada; educated by his father at the College, Dieppe; at King Edward's School, Birmingham; and at Merton College, Oxford; B.A., 1871 (First Class Moderations and Second Class Lit. Hum.) ; Assistant Master at Brighton College, 1872-8 ; Professor of Classics at Spanish Town College, Jamaica, and subsequently Principal, 1878-7 ; returned to England and adopted scientific writing, chiefly on