Oct.

Nov.

18. ARCHIBALD, Hon. Sir T. D., Justice of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas; at Porchester Gate

25. FREDERICK, Prince of Hesse; at Rumpenheim

26. HEMANS, Charles Isidore, historian and archæologist; at
Lucca

28. STUART, Right Hon. Sir John, Vice-Chancellor 1852-1871;
at Queen's Gate.

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5. HEUGLIN, Theodore, African Traveller; at Stuttgard' 52 6. ANTONELLI, Giacomo, Cardinal Pontifical Secretary of State; at Rome

7. WADDY, Rev. Samuel Dousland, D.D., ex-President of the
Wesleyan Conference, and for many years Principal of
Wesley College, Sheffield; at Bristol

8. MARIA VICTORIA, Duchess of Aosta, wife of Prince Amadeo,
ex-King of Spain; at San Remo

9. TAMBURINI, Antonio, operatic artist; at Nice

.

70

72

76

BELL, Lady, widow of Sir Charles Bell, Surgeon, and editor
of his "Letters;" at Albany Street.

10. JENKINS, Rev. John David, D.D., Canon of Maritzburg,
Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford; at Aberdare

12. HERRIES, Lord (William Constable Maxwell); at Berkeley

Square

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NOTE. The Necrological Table here given contains the names of 231 distinguished persons, of various countries, who died during the twelve months from the commencement of November, 1875, to the commencement of November, 1876. Of this number, 50, or more than 21 per cent., died at the age of 80 or more, and of these, eight were upwards of 90, one having reached the age of 100, and another, a Peninsular veteran, who died at Edinburgh, being returned as 108.

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