Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

8. Colliery explosion at Seaham, Durham.

9. Mr. Gladstone issued a letter of thanks for the sympathy shown during his illness.

12. Attempt to destroy the Irish mail train by placing dynamite on the line between Bushey and Watford.

17. Freycinet Cabinet resigned.

20. Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour assumed command of the allied fleet at Ragusa, with a view to the proposed demonstration before Dulcigno.

25. Assassination of Lord Mountmorres in Ireland.

28. The twentieth Church Congress met at Leicester.

1. International Exhibition at Melbourne, Australia, opened.
2. Demonstration of the Land League at Kilkenny, and speech of
Mr. Parnell.

12. The Porte, in a note to the Great Powers, agreed to cede
Dulcigno.

15. Consecration of Cologne Cathedral, and celebration of its com

pletion.

16. Expulsion of Carmelites, Barnabites, and Franciscans throughout France.

17. The Rev. Stopford Brooke preached at Bedford Chapel on his secession from the Church of England.

18. Prince Jerome Napoleon refused to act on the suggestion that he should resign his claims to the French throne in his son's favour.

19. Snowstorm in many parts of England, being the only recorded instance of snow in October since 1806 except in 1819 and 1829. 25. Masonic banquet at the Mansion House attended by the Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught.

26. Lord Salisbury spoke at Taunton on the policy of the Government in Ireland and Turkey.

27. Arrest of Mr. Healy, secretary to Mr. Parnell, M.P., for taking part in the Land League agitation.

28. Topographical Society of London inaugurated at the Mansion House.

30. Rev. T. P. Dale, rector of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, imprisoned in Holloway Gaol, under an order signed by the Lord Chief Justice for contempt of the decisions of Lord Penzance, as Dean of Arches.

2. The French Cabinet, presided over by M. Grévy, resolved to proceed with the expulsion of the religious bodies throughout the departments.

-. The Lord Mayor Elect (Alderman W. McArthur, M.P.) presented to the Lord Chancellor.

Prosecution of the leaders of the Land League commenced at
Dublin, informations being lodged by the Attorney-General
against fourteen persons, including the following members
of the Home Rule party in the House of Commons:-Messrs.
Parnell, Dillon, Biggar, Sullivan and Sexton.

Election of President of the United States. Majority for the
Republican Candidate, General Garfield.

3. Consols quoted at one-sixteenth above par, the highest price
reached by the public securities of the country for more than
25 years.

285

NECROLOGICAL TABLE.

OF DISTINGUISHED AND NOTABLE PERSONS WHO DIED BETWEEN NOVEMBER, 1879, AND NOVEMBER, 1880.

1879. Nov. 5. CLERK-MAXWELL, James, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Experimental Physics; at Cambridge

Dec.

.

Age

48 16. SCHNIEFNER, Anton von, orientalist; at St. Petersburg 62 22. DELANE, John Thaddeus, editor of the "Times" 1841-77; at Ascot

-.

DICKENS, Katherine, widow of Charles Dickens; at

Gloucester Crescent

MONTIJO, Countess of, mother of the Empress Eugènie; at
Madrid

23. NAPIER, Mark, Sheriff of Dumfriesshire and Galloway;
author and antiquarian; at Edinburgh

24. CRAW SHAY, Henry, Ironmaster; at the Forest of Dean
Cox, Edward W., serjeant-at-law, author and editor
founder of the "Law Times;" at Hendon

62

65

84

26. STANLEY, Mary, an assistant of Miss Nightingale in nursing
the English troops in the Crimean War; at Grosvenor
Crescent

29. CHEVALLIER, Michel, political economist; at Paris

30. ROEBUCK, Right Hon. John Anthony, M.P. for Bath 1832-
37 and 1841-47, and for Sheffield 1849-68 and 1874-79;
at Ashley Place, Westminster

1880.

Jan.

6. BOXALL, Sir William, portrait painter and director of the
National Gallery

PORTLAND, W. J. Cavendish Scott-Bentinck, Duke of; at
Cavendish Square

MENZIES, John, publisher; at Edinburgh

7. SIGURDSON, Jon, author, politician, and antiquary; at
Copenhagen

66

83

8. HARCOURT-VERNON, Granville, for 50 years Chancellor of
the Diocese of York, M.P. for Aldeburgh 1816-20 and
for East Retford 1831-47; at Retford

9. RowE, Richard, author; at Upper Holloway
13. CALCRAFT, John, public hangman; at Hoxton

18. WARREN, Henry, water colour painter; at Kensington

21. UTTERTON, John S., D.D., Suffragan Bishop of Guildford;
at Isle of Wight

27. DIXON, Hepworth, author, editor of the " Athenæum" 1853
-1869; at 6, St. James's Terrace, Regent's Park

3. KOSSAK, Ernest, feuilletonist; at Berlin

4. COOKE, Edward William, R.A., F.R.S., painter; at Tun-
bridge Wells

9. BUDD, William, M.D., F.R.S., author of treatise on typhoid
fever; at Clevedon

10. PARRY, John Humfreys, serjeant-at-law; at Kensington
Low, General Sir John, K.C.B., member of Council of India;
at Norwood

-·

LESLIE, Frank, publisher, founder of the "Illustrated
Paper;" at New York

66

68

63

91

59

Jan.

Feb.

16. DE GRAMONT, Duc de, diplomatist; at Paris
19. FAVRE, Jules, statesman; at Paris

Age

60

70

50

20. LANDSEER, Thomas, A.R.A., engraver; at St. John's Wood 83
CAZENOVE, Philip, stockbroker, philanthropist; at Clapham 81
BARRY, Edward Myddleton, R.A., Professor of Architecture
and Treasurer, Royal Academy; at Burlington House
26. DUNCOMBE, Hon. Augustus, D.D., Dean of York; at York
28. ERLE, Sir William, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1859
-66; at Liphook, Hants

29. OAKELEY, Frederick, canon of the Roman Catholic church;
at Islington

.

66

86

78

LOCKE, John, Q.C., M.P. for Southwark; at Eaton Square 74
30. STEPHENS, Archibald J., LL.D., Chancellor of the Diocese
of St. Davids

7. HAMILTON, Henry Parr, M.A., F.R.S., Dean of Salisbury;
at Salisbury

23. GLINKA Thedor Nikolaevich, poet; at St. Petersburg March 13. O'NEIL, Henry A., R.A., artist; at Victoria Road, Kensington

BELL, Thomas, F.R.S, zoologist; at Selborne

27. ANDERSSON, Nils Johann, botanist; at Stockholm
April 8. POWNALL, Henry, J.P., for 26 years Chairman of the
Middlesex Sessions; at Russell Square

9. HAMPTON, Right Hon. John Pakington, G.C.B., Lord;
at Eaton Square

13. FORTUNE, Robert, Oriental traveller, botanist and author
at Gilston Road.

11. SHARPEY, William, M.D., F.R.S., physiologist; at Torring-
ton Square

16. KENEALY, Edward Vaughan, LL.D., M.P. for Stoke-on-
Trent, 1875-80 .

24. GROSSMITH, George, humourist, journalist, and public
entertainer; at the Savage Club

May 8. PETERS, Dr. Christian A. F., astronomer; at Kiel

10. Goss, Sir John, organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1838-72,
and Composer to H.M.'s Chapels Royal; at Brixton
18. DE MUSSET, Paul, author; at Paris
ANSTED, T. D., Professor of Geology at King's College,
London

June

MILLER, William Hallowes, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Mine-
ralogy; at Cambridge

26. CURWEN, Rev. John, promoter of the Tonic Sol-Fa System
and Founder of the Tonic Sol-Fa College; at Heaton
Mersey

27. TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence

29. PLANCHE, J. R., author and dramatist; at Chelsea

7. CAVE, Right Hon. Sir Stephen, G.C.B., late PostmasterGeneral and M.P. for Shoreham; at Cranbury

20. KILMOREY, Earl of," the Father of the Peerage; " at Isleworth

PETERSEN, Carl, Danish Arctic Explorer

6394

74

84

3. RUSSIA, EMPRESS of, Maria Alexandrovna; at St. Petersburg

56

59

July

6. EGAN, Pierce, novelist; at Lee

11. MILLER, John Cale, D.D., Vicar of Greenwich and Canon of Rochester; at Greenwich

12. TAYLOR, Tom, author, dramatic art critic, and editor of "Punch;" at Wandsworth

Age

July

18. BEADON, Sir Cecil, K.C.S.I.; at Latton, Wilts

63

Aug.

5. KINGSTON, W. H. G., author of books for boys; at Willes-
den Lane

67

73

Sept.

WYATT, Thomas Henry, F.R.I.B.A., architect

6. FITZGERALD, Sir Peter George, Bart., Knight of Kerry; at
Valentia

7. FIRMAN-DIDOT, Hyacinth, publisher; at Chandai, France 86
10. AURIOL, Rev. Edward, M.A., Prebendary of St. Paul's,
and Rector of St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street; at Mecklen-
burg Square

13. WRIGHT, Rev. Henry, Prebendary of St. Paul's and Hon.
Sec. of the Church Missionary Society, drowned in Lake
Coniston

14. STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, Viscount, Ambassador to the
Porte, 1841-58; at Trent

16. NEILSON, Lilian Adelaide, actress; at Paris

21. KEAN, Ellen (Mrs. Charles), actress; at Bayswater
25. WALTON, Elijah, painter; at Bromsgrove

-.

1. WILLS, William Henry, working editor of "Household
Words" and "All the Year Round," and coadjutor of
Charles Dickens in those papers; at Welwyn
WATSON, James, publisher, Chairman of the Statistical
Committee of the London School Board; at Endsleigh
Gardens

COWPER, Ebenezer, maker of printing machines; at Bir-
mingham

19. KELLY, Sir Fitzroy, Lord Chief Baron; at Brighton.
22. GRACE, Frederic, cricketer; at Basingstoke

75

23. JEWSBURY, Geraldine, author of works of fiction
25. TARLETON, Sir J. Walter, K.C.B., Admiral; at Warwick
Square

Oct.

26. GUILLEMIN, Alexandre Marie, painter; near Fontaine-
bleau.

4. OFFENBACH, Jacques, composer; at Paris.
16. CHARLESWORTH, Maria Louisa, authoress; at Nutfield
20. THESIGER, Right Hon. Alfred Henry, Lord Justice of
Appeal; at South Eaton Place.

21. DOMVILLE, William Thomas, C.B., M.D., Inspector-General
of Hospitals and Fleets; at Haslar

24. RICASOLI, Baron, Statesman; at Rome

SINCLAIR, Baron, James St. Clair; at Constantinople

Nov.

27. HARCOURT, Charles, actor; at Charing Cross Hospital
31. BOUCH, Sir Thomas, engineer of the Tay Bridge; at Moffat
1. BRAND, Ferdinand, Comptroller of the City of London,
1854-78; at Crouch End.

84

68

57

71

63

42

NOTE. The above Table contains the names of 91 distinguished persons, of whom 18 died at the age of eighty or more, and of these four were over ninety.

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Statistics relating to 268-270

Learned Societies and Institutions (89)

(92)

Legislation of 1880

142-157

Legislation of 21st
(71) 1874-1880

.212-214, 223-227
Parliament,

214

Indian

(81)

(68) Licences and Taxes
(70) Local Government,
ting to

transfer days at

(13) London Cab Fares

Banks and Bankers in London
Bee-farming. By J. F. Robinson. 131-141
Bishops of Church of England

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(94)

Calendar for 1881
Cambridge University

Chronicle of Events and Occurrences,
1879-80

Church (The), Statutes regarding
Circuits of the Judges

Colonial Governors

Commons, House of

Corporation of

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Hospitals and their manage-

ment. By C. Mackeson. 102-120
School Board (The)

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Ireland

Scotland

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280-284 Metropolitan Philanthropy in 1880 206-211
228-231 Ministry, The

(93) Miscellaneous Statutes

(39)

(77) Miscellaneous Statistics

278-279

246-247

Commerce and Navigation, Statistics

(45) Moonlight, Table of Duration of
Music (The) of the Year 1880

Illuminated Discs of Venus and Mars (11) Terms in 1881

Inns of Court

Insurance Companies

Ireland, Special Legislation for.
Irish Bishops

Episcopal

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Lords Lieutenant and She-

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(5) servatory. By W. T. Lynn, B.A. 16-21
(13) Sovereigns and Governors of Countries (52)
(45) Sun, Table of Rising and Setting
(40) Taxes and Licences.

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(84)

(13)

Lords Lieutenant

(76) Trade and Agriculture, Statistics of 261-265
(83) Transfer days at Bank
220-222 Wales, University College of
(57) Watchmaking by Machinery. By C.
(53) S. Murray

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(61)

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(66) Weather Forecasting. By R. H. Scott 5-15