the construction of the Spithead forts under Mr. Hawkshaw. He was married in 1865 to Margaret Sibella Gertrude, daughter of the late P. Glinn, Esq.

W. F. DIXON, Esq.

FIDE ET CONSTANTIN

Jan. 8. At Birley House, near Sheffield, aged 41, William Frederick Dixon, Esq.

The deceased was the only son of William Frederick Dixon, Esq., J.P. and D.L., of Page Hall, Yorkshire, by Anne, daughter of Benjamin Newton, Esq., of Sheffield, and was born at Birley House, on the 13th of June, 1825.

He was one of the principal managing partners of the eminent firm of James Dixon & Sons, of Sheffield; and, by his business abilities, combined with great urbanity and good nature, and a high sense of honour, he not only conduced to win and maintain for that firm the deservedly high reputation they enjoy (both at home and abroad), but secured the warm esteem and the sincere respect of all with whom he came in contact."

He joined the 1st West York Yeomanry Cavalry, as cornet, in 1852, became lieutenant in 1853, and was gazetted captain in 1856. From his first connection with the corps, he devoted himself with pride and pleasure to the duties of his position. He was an excellent officer, and became a high favourite, not only with the men of his troop, but with the whole regiment. A proof of this feeling was evinced when, in July, 1862, the non-commissioned officers and members of his troop, with whom he was more immediately connected, presented to him a costly sword and belt, 'as a token of respect for his uniform kindness."

In October, 1865, he qualified as a magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire; and, from that time, was as assiduous in the discharge of his magisterial duties as he had been before in his offices of churchwarden and vice-chairman of the Poor Law Guardians of the Wortley Union.

He took great pride in the fine old church of his native parish, Ecclesfield, which has been designated "the Minster of the Moors," and it was mainly through

his exertions, whilst churchwarden, that it was restored to its pristine state, and the originally beautiful stone work of its interior was relieved from an unsightly mass of plaster and yellow ochre, by which it had gradually been encumbered and defaced through many successive generations.

Mr. Dixon married, in 1860, Frances Mary, only daughter of J. W. Leather, Esq., of Newton Green, near Leeds, but has left no surviving issue.

With the exception of a few unimportant bequests, and subject to a settlement on his widow for her life, he leaves his entire property, real and personal, to his father, whom he constitutes his sole executor. His will was executed only four days before his death.

He was buried in the family vault at Ecclesfield, on the 12th January, the service being read by his great friend the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Gatty.

JUSTUS

J. D'ALTON, Esq. Jan. 20. At 48, Summer hill, Dublin, aged 74, John D'Alton, Esq., barrister-at-law, the well known Irish historian and geneaalogist.

ET FIDELIS

The deceased was the representative of one of the most ancient families in the county of Westmeath, being the direct descendant of Sir Walter D'Alton, who, as recorded in the Office of Arms, secretly married Jane, a daughter of Louis, king of France, and, having thereby incurred that monarch's displeasure, fled to England, whence he passed to Ireland with Henry II. on the invasion of that country. The late Mr. D'Alton was a son of the late William D'Alton, Esq., of Bessville, co. Westmeath, and of his wife, Elizabeth Leynes. He was born in the year 1792, and having been educated by the Rev. Joseph Hutton, in 1806 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in due course. Selecting the law as his future profession, in 1811 he entered the Middle Temple, London, was called to the Irish bar in 1813, and joined the Connaught circuit.

During his practice as a barrister he was largely employed in cases wherein

questions of pedigree were involved; but, except the appointment of Commissioner of the Loan Fund Board, which was given him in 1835, he never acquired any other legal preferment. Mr. D'Alton's first published work was a metrical romance, entitled 66 Dermid, or Erin in the days of Boroihme," which appeared in 1814, and was highly spoken of by Sir Walter Scott. His attention as an author was subsequently mainly directed to Irish historical literature, and in 1828 he successfully competed for the Conyngham gold medal offered by the Royal Irish Academy for the best essay on "The Ancient History, Religion, and Arts of Ireland, from the time of the introduction of Christianity to the English Invasion," which was published in the Transactions of the Academy. In 1833, Messrs. Caldwell, of Dublin, commenced the publication of "The Irish Penny Magazine," edited by Mr. Samuel Lover, and supported by a staff of competent writers, foremost among whom was Mr. D'Alton, his contributions being chiefly "Illustrations of Irish Topography." He was also a contributor for many years to the pages of THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, and to several of the leading periodicals of the day. In 1838 he was elected a corresponding member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and in the same year he published the " Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin," a valuable repertory of Irish ecclesiastical biography, and also his "History of the County of Dublin," for which he had for many years been collecting materials. In 1844 he published his "History of Drogheda and its Environs, with Memoir of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway." His "Annals of Boyle" appeared in 1845. This work gives the history of the country from the earliest period to the year 1245, when the annals of Boyle terminate; it contains notices of many old Irish families, which render the work of great value to the antiquary and genealogist.

Mr. D'Alton produced in 1855 his "Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical, of King James's Irish Army List, 1689," a work sufficiently indicative of Mr. D'Alton's deep research into the family history and pedigrees of his native country, and of which a second and enlarged edition was published in 1860. The last publication on which Mr. D'Alton was engaged was his " History of Dun

dalk."

This work his age rendered him incapable of completing alone, and it was successfully brought out by him and Mr. O'Flanagan jointly in 1864.

Besides his published works, Mr. D'Alton has left nearly 200 volumes of MSS. calculated to furnish valuable aid for future historians and genealogists. The late Mr. D'Alton was the recipient of a pension of 50l. per annum from the public fund set apart for distinguished authors. His social powers were of a high order; and at the first meeting of. the Royal Irish Academy after his decease, the President, Lord Talbot de Malahide, pronounced a graceful tribute to his literary and genial character.

He married, in 1818, Catherine, daughter of Edward Phillips, Esq., of Clonmore, co. Mayo, by whom he had issue two Eons, William and Edward D'Alton, of Dublin, esqs., and also four daughters.

The deceased was interred in the burial. place at Glasnevin, near Dublin.

G. BRODIE, ESQ.

Jan. 22. At Percy House, Randolphroad, W., aged 80, George Brodie, Esq., Historiographer Royal of Scotland.

The deceased was the youngest son of the late William Brodie, Esq., of Chesterhill, Roxburghshire, by Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Bogue, Esq., of Woodhall, co. Berwick. He was born in the county of Haddington in 1786, and at a very early age was sent to Edinburgh with his twinbrother, Alexander (afterwards author of "A History of the Roman Government"), to attend the High School. Having completed his course of education there, he entered the University, and was called to the Scotch Bar in 1811. In 1822 he published "A History of the British Empire from the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration, including a particular examination of Mr. Hume's statements relative to the character of the English Government;" and in 1826, "Commentaries on Stair's Institutions of the Law of Scotland," a work which was deemed by the Scotch Bar a great acquisition. Mr. Brodie was appointed Historiographer Royal of Scotland in 1836. After a lapse of many years spent in study and research, he was induced once more to publish, and in 1865 brought out a new edition of his first work under the title of "A Consti

tutional History of the British Empire." So ended his literary labours.

Mr. Brodie married Rachel, youngest daughter of the late Major David Robertson, Assistant Barrack-Master-General of Scotland, by whom he leaves issue one son and three daughters.

The deceased was buried in Willesden Cemetery on the 26th of January.

THE REV. R. MACDONNELL, D.D.

Jan. 24. At Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, aged 79, the Rev. Richard MacDonnell, D.D., Provost of Trinity College.

The deceased was the eldest son of the late Robert MacDonnell, Esq., of Douglas, co. Cork, by Susanna, daughter of T. Nugent, Esq. He was born in the year 1787, and at the age of thirteen he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained a Scholarship in 1803, and took the degree of B.A. in 1805. He became a Fellow of his college in 1808, and took the degree of LL.D. in 1813. He at first selected the profession of the law, and, having been called to the Bar, practised for some time on the Munster Circuit. Afterwards he abandoned the legal profession, and took holy orders.

In 1816 he was elected Professor of Oratory by competitive examination, in the room of the late Judge Crampton. In 1821 he took the degree of D.D. He was chosen a Senior Fellow in the place of Bishop Sandes in November, 1836. As a Tutor Fellow he was very painstaking, and a large number of his pupils attained high distinction. For many

years he held the office of Bursar, and during that period applied his intelligence and business habits to bringing the accounts of the collegiate estates into a satisfactory condition; and on the 24th of January, 1852, he was appointed Provost of Trinity College.

The late Dr. MacDonnell was one of the very few who, from a very early date, advocated the emancipation of Roman Catholics from civil disabilities at a time when such views were most unpopular in the University. He continued through his life the herald of wider and more liberal views, both as regarded politics and education, than his contemporaries. In 1828, in a letter to Dr. Phipps, then Registrar of Trinity College, he sketched out all the great improvements in the

undergraduate course, which were carried out under the auspices of Provost Lloyd; but when he became Provost himself, he carried out reforms and improvements in almost every department, and his period of office is remarkable for a number of new statutes, which almost revolutionised the College code of laws, and gave the institution over which he presided a fresh impetus in its career of usefulness.

In these reforms he had often to contend against the prejudices and the unwillingness to sanction change which still clung even to younger men; but his firmness and perseverance generally triumphed.

The late Dr. MacDonnell married, in 1810, Jane, 2nd daughter of the late Very Rev. Richard Graves, Dean of Ardagh, by whom he has left issue eight children. His eldest surviving son, Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, C.B., Governor of Hong Kong, was born in 1815, and is married to Blanche Anne, daughter of Francis Skurray, Esq. His other sons

are

-Hercules MacDonnell, Esq, exScholar, T.C.D., and Secretary to the Board of Charitable Bequests; the Very Rev. John C. MacDonnell, D.D., Dean of Cashel; the Rev. Ronald MacDonnell, rector of Monkstown; and Arthur R. MacDonnell, Capt. R.E.

The deceased was interred in a vault under the chapel of Trinity College on the 28th of January.

WM. DARGAN, Esq.

Feb. 7. At 2, Fitzwilliam-square East, Dublin, aged 68, William Dargan, Esq., railway contractor.

The deceased was the son of a farmer in the county of Carlow, where he was born in the year 1798. Having received a fair English education, he was placed in a surveyor's office. The first important employment he obtained was under Mr. Telford, in constructing the Holyhead road. He there learnt the true art of road-making, then applied for the first time by his chief, the secret of which was raising the road in the middle that it might have something of the strength of the arch, and making provision for the effectual draining off of the surface water. When that work was finished, Mr. Dargan returned to Ireland and obtained several small contracts on his own account, the most important of which was the road from

Dublin to Howth, which was then the principal harbour connected with Dublin. Soon after this he embarked in a career of enterprise which, owing to the state of the country at that time, and the nature of the works which he achieved, will cause him to stand alone as a leader of industrial progress in the history of Ireland.

Kingstown had superseded Howth as the Dublin harbour. It was increasing fast in population, and the traffic between it and the metropolis was immense. It was carried on chiefly on outside cars rattling away through stifling dust in summer and splashing mud in winter. Mr. Dargan was then a young man comparatively unknown, except to a circle of appreciating friends. He inspired them with his own confidence; a company was formed, and he became the contractor of the first railway in Ireland-the Dublin and Kingstown line-a most prosperous undertaking, which has always paid better than any other line in the country. Canal conveyance was still in the ascendant; a company was formed for opening up the line of communication between Lough Erne and Belfast, and Mr. Dargan became the contractor of the Ulster Canal, which was regarded as a signal triumph of engineering and constructive ability. Other great works followed in rapid succession; first the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then the Great Southern and Western, and the Midland Great Western lines. At the time of the Irish Exhibition in 1853, Mr. Dargan had constructed over 600 miles of railway, and he had then contracts for 200 miles more. All his lines have been admired for the excellence of the materials and workmanship.

At one time he was the largest railway proprietor in the country, and one of its greatest capitalists. The amount of business he got through was something marvellous. The secret of his success, as he once said himself, consisted in the selection of agents on whose capacity and integrity he could rely, and in whom he took care not to weaken the sense of responsibility by interfering with the details of their business, while his own energies were reserved for comprehensive views and general operations. When his mind was occupied with the arrangements of the Exhibition of 1853, he had in his hands contracts to the aggregate amount of nearly two millions sterling. To his personal character and influence that

Exhibition was mainly due, and, although many of the first men in the country, including the highest nobility, co-operated with alacrity, and aided with liberal contributions, he was the man who found the capital. He began by placing 30,000l. in the hands of the committees, and before it was opened in May, 1853, his advances reached over 100,000l., of which his loss amounted to over 20,000l. At the opening of the Exhibition Mr. Dargan was highly complimented by the Queen and the Prince Consort in public, and at its close he was offered, but declined, the honour of a baronetcy. A meeting was subsequently convened by the Lord Mayor, in compliance with a requisition bearing 2,200 signatures, which resulted in a suitable monument to Mr. Dargan-the Irish National Gallery, erected on Leinster Lawn, with a fine bronze statue in front looking out upon Merrion-square. Wishing to encourage the growth of flax, Mr. Dargan took a tract of land in Cork, which he devoted to its culture; but owing to some mismanagement, the enterprise entailed a heavy loss. He also became a manufacturer, and set some mills working in the neighbourhood of Dublin. But that business did not prosper. Latterly he devoted himself chiefly to the working and extension of the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway, of which he was chairman. The deceased gentleman was also for many years a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the city of Dublin.

MAJOR JERVIS COOKE, R.M.L.I.

Feb. 4. At St. Vincent's Lodge, Portchester, Hants, aged 74, Major Jervis Cooke, R.M.L.I.

The deceased was the youngest son of the late Rear-Admiral John Cooke, R.N., of St. Vincent's Lodge, Portchester, by Catherine, only child of the late Captain Smith, R.N. He was born on Feb. 25, 1792, and was named after one of his godfathers, Admiral Earl St. Vincent. He entered the Royal Marines in May, 1806. He was wrecked in H.M.S. Flora, on the coast of Holland, when the officers and crew were saved on rafts. On reaching the shore, they were all made prisoners, Jan. 19, 1808.

Mr. Cooke, although at the time only sixteen years of age, became interpreter for the captain on account of his excellent

Nov. 13, 1866. At Sidney, New South Wales, aged 31, Robert Claxton Davis, second son of the late Right Rev. D. G. Davis, D.D., Bishop of Antigua, West Indies.

Nov. 15. At the Parsonage, Beaufort, West Cape Colony, aged 27, the Rev. Albert Zinn.

Nov. 16. On his passage from Australia, suddenly, George Fred. Bourgoyne, third son of the late Capt. F. W. Bourgoyne, R.N., by Harriet, youngest dau. of Robert Wallace, esq., of Beechmount, co. Antrim, and grandson of the late Major-Gen. Sir John Bourgoyne, bart., of Sutton Park, Bods.

Nov. 21. At Guasocoran, Central America, aged 75, Capt. John James Moore, R.N. He entered the Navy in 1803, as first-class volunteer on board the Culloden, and from July, 1804, until he became a lieutenant in Nov., 1809, he was employed on the Jamaica station. In March, 1809, he served with distinction in the boats of the Polyphemus, at the boarding and cap. ture of the notorious French national felucca Joseph at St. Domingo. He returned to England in 1810, and in 1811 served off the coast of France in the Pompée; he subsequently made a voyage to St. Helena, assisted at the reduction of Genoa in 1814, and visited the shores of North America. He retired on half-pay in 1816.

Dec. 3. At Umbala, aged 68, Anne Cordelia, relict of the late Lieut.-Col. Wredenhall Robert Pogson, of the late 47th B.N.I.

Dec. 8. At Narromine, New South Wales, from the effects of a wound received while successfully resisting an attack made by two armed bushrangers on Her Majesty's mail, aged 36, John Granville Grenfell, commissioner of Crown Lands for the Fort Bourke District, eldest son of Admiral J. P. Grenfell, Consul-Gen. for Brazil, Liverpool.

Dec. 10. At Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, aged 31, Mary, wife of AssistantCommissary-General Ball.

Dec. 11. At Sydney, New South Wales, aged 27, John, second son of Charles Sutton Campbell, esq., vice-consul at Port St. Mary's, Spain.

At the British Legation House at Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Lieut. Col. Edward St. John Neale, C.B., Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, and Consul-General for the republic of Ecuador.

Dec. 12. At the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, aged 37, Ellen, dau. of Sir Thomas Maclear, knt.

Dec. 16. At Westbrook, Queensland, by an accidental fall from his horse, aged 46, John Donald McLean, esq., colonial trea

surer.

Dec. 19. At Kingston, Jamaica, Major Charles Herbert Sedley, R.E., only son of John Somner Sedley, esq., late of Mauritius.

Dec. 22. At Allahabad, Margaret Marian, wife of Major-Gen. W. F. Beatson, commanding Allahabad Division.

Dec. 29. Off Point de Galle, aged 32, Lieut. Arthur James Ceely, of the 42nd Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), only son of James H. Ceely, esq., F.R.C.S., &c., of Aylesbury.

At Aspinwall, Isthmus of Panama, of yellow fever, Janetta, wife of Isaac T. Cookson, esq., and sister of Sir Matthew White Ridley, bart.

Jan. 3, 1867. At Fredericton, New Brunswick, aged 37, Capt. J. J. Dudgeon, Paymaster 1st Batt. 22d Regt., youngest son of the late Major-Gen. Dudgeon.

Jan. 5. At Colombo, Ceylon, aged 44, the Hon. Henry Byerley Thomson, Puisne Judge of Her Majesty's Supreme Court of Ceylon.

Aged 50, James Charles Yorke, esq. He was the second son of the late Joseph Yorke, esq. (who was a grandson of Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke), by Catherine, dau. of James Cocks, esq., of London. He was born in 1816, and married, in 1839, Georgiana Augusta, youngest dau. of the late Rev. Charles Hawkins, canon residentiary of York, by whom he has left surviving issue three sons and seven daus.

Jan. 9. At 35, York-street, Dublin, Eliza, relict of the late John Clancy, esq., of Fitzwilliam-square, sister of the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, and of the late Rev. Dr. Whiteside, vicar of Scarborough.

At Aspinwall, Isthmus of Panama, aged 62, George Ure Skinner, esq., F.L.S., of Guatemala, and second son of the late Very Rev. John Skinner, dean of Dunkeld and Dunblane.

Jan. 13. At Belgaum, East Indies, aged 34, Major Richard Pittman, Royal (Bombay) Artillery, only son and last surviving child of the late Richard Pittman, jun., esq., formerly of Paddington-green, London.

Jan. 14. At Heavitree, near Exeter,