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Mahratta War, 1844-5. On the 4th, at Bryanston House, Dorset, aged 62, Viscountess Portman, Mary Selina Charlotte, daughter of William Charles, Vis- count Milton, son of third Earl Fitzwilliam. Married, 1865, Viscount Portman. On the 4th, at Paris, aged 68, Aime Marie Edouard Herri, a distinguished French journalist. Born at Reunion ; educated at the College Napoleon, Paris ; entered the Ecole Normale, 1854, but soon took to journalism ; made himself remarked by his oriticism of the Imperial Government ; founded the Soleil to support the Monarchical party ; elected Member of the French Academy, 1886. On the 4th, at Kensington, aged 83, Sir James Mouat, K.C.B., V.O., son of Dr. James Mouat, M.D. Educated at University College and Hospital; M.R.C.S., 1887; F.R.C.S., 1852; entered the Medical Department of the Army, 1888; served with 6th Dragoon Guards and in charge of the Field Hospital of the Third Division during the Crimean War, 1854-5, earning his Victoria Cross at Balaclava ; also through the New Zealand War, 1864-7 ; Honorary Surgeon to the Queen, 1884. Married, 1860, Adela, daughter of Rev. N. Tindal. On the 4th, at Great Billing, Northants, aged 91, Rev. Joseph Walker. Born at Almondbury, Yorkshire; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge ; eighth Wrangler, 1880 ; elected Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, 1882; Tutor, 1886; and Vice-Principal, 1841; appointed Rector of Great Billing, 1848, and officiated up to Christmas Day, 1898. Married, 1848, Catherine, daughter of Admiral Sir William Carroll, K.C.B. On the 4th, at Brighton, aged 70, Mrs. Charles MathewB, Miss Lizzie Davenport, a popular American actress. Married, 1858, Charles Mathews, the famous comedian, as his second wife. On the 4th, at Canons Ashby, Northants, aged 58, Lady Dryden, Frances, daughter of Rev. Robert Tredcroft, of Tangmere, Sussex. Married, 1865, Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, baronet. On the 6th, at Jamestown, from a carriage accident, aged 87, The Bishop of St. Helena, Right Rev. Thomas Earle Welby, D.D., son of Sir William Earle Welby, second baronet. Educated at Christ Church, Cambridge; entered 18th Light Dragoons; ordained in the Diocese of Toronto ; Rector of Sandwich, Western Canada ; Rector of Newton, Lincolnshire, 1847-55 ; Archdeacon of George Town, Cape of Good Hope, 1856 ; consecrated Bishop of St. Helena, 1862. Married, 1887, Mary, daughter of A. Browne. On the 6th, at Frant, aged 67, Lady Athlumney, Maria G. Elizabeth, daughter of Herbert G. Jones, sergeant-at-law. Married, 1860, first Baron Athlumney. On the 7th, at Paris, aged 66, Frederic Augusts Lichtenberger. Born at Strasburg; educated at Strasburg, Germany, and at Paris; appointed Professor at the Lutheran Seminary, Strasburg, 1864 ; resigned, 1872, and came to Paris ; Professor of the reorganised Seminary, 1877-94 ; author of a " History of Religious Ideas in Germany " (1873) ; editor of the " Encyclopedic des Sciences Religieuses " (1876-82). On the 8th, at Spaxton, Bridgwater, aged 90, Henry James Prince, founder and head of the Agapemone or Abode of Love, 1894, which was revised at Clapton, 1894. He had been at one time a clergyman of the Church of England. On the 8th, at Munich, aged 91, Count Otto von Bray- Btelnburg, thrice Bavarian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Signed at Versailles on November 28, 1870, the adhesion of Bavaria to the German Empire ; Bavarian Minister at Vienna, 1871-95. On the 9th, at Torquay, aged 85, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Fortescue, daughter of first Earl of Harrowby. Married, 1888, Hon. George Fortescue, M.P. On the 10th, at Stirling, aged 61, Colonel Arthur Oollett Nightingale, son of Geoffrey Nightingale. Gazetted to 98rd Highlanders, 1854 ; served in the Crimea, 1854-5 ; the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, including the relief of Lucknow; in the Enrofzie Campaign, 1868-4; and at the Umbeyla Pass, 1866; commanded 91st Regimental District, 1887-92. On the 10th, at Englefield Green, aged 84, Kajor-General Frederick Spence, C.B. Entered the Army, 1829 ; served with 81st Regiment with great distinction through the Crimean War, 1854-5; the Chinese War, 1860 ; against the Taepings, 1862. On the 10th, at South Stoke Hall, Bath, aged 96, Rev. William Acworth. Educated at Glasgow University and at Queen's College, Cambridge; graduated B.A., 1838; Vicar of Rothley, 1886-58; Vicar of Plumstead, 1853-64; Rector of West Walton, 1870-5; and Vicar of South Stoke, Somerset, 1875-85. On the 12th, at Tufnell Park, London, aged 77, Rev. Joseph William Reynolds. Trained for commercial life, but entered the Theological Department, King's College, London, 1846, and ordained to the curacy of St. Peter's, Belper, 1849 ; appointed Principal of the Operative Jewish Converts' Association, 1854-9 ; Incumbent of St. Stephen's, SpitaJfields, 1859-82, for which he raised S0,000Z. ; Prebendary of St. Paul's, 1880 ; and Rector of St. Anne and St. Agnes, Gresham Street, 1882; author of "The Supernatural in Nature" and other works. On the 12th, at Eccleston Square, S.W., aged 67, Colonel William Oilly Andrewes, R.H.A., son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Andrewes, 13th Light Dragoons. Educated at Woolwich Military Academy;