The trustees of the Owen's College, Manchester, have
appointed Dr. Edward Frankland, Ph. D., F.C.S., to
the chair of Chemistry.

Lord and Lady Camden made a Public Recantation
of the Protestant faith at Rome on New Year's Day,
and were received into the Roman Catholic Church, a
ceremony at which Lord and Lady Feilding were present.

The Rev. Mr. Dodsworth entered the Roman Catholic
Church on New Year's Day.

The Rev. Sir Frederick Ouseley, Bart., and Sir John
Harington, Bart., both of Oxford, have, it is stated,
seceded from the Established Church. Sir John Har-
ington was Mr. Bennett's churchwarden.

Father Gavazzi, an Italian priest, has been delivering,
at the Princess's Concert-room, a series of lectures on
The Abuses of Popery, which have excited much attention.
His first oration, which was delivered on Sunday,
the 5th inst., had for its subject the part which the
Italian clergymen were called upon to play in the great
drama now in course of performance in his native land;
the second oration dwelt on the present position and
attitude of the Popedom, and the corrupt elements of
which it was composed; and the third, on Sunday, the
19th, treated of the "Holy Inquisition." He speaks
in Italian with extraordinary force and eloquence; and
his lectures have attracted crowded assemblages,
comprising not only the exiled Italians in London, but
many English auditors.

Obituary of Notable Persons

Mr. David Webster Osbaldiston, the well-known theatrical
manager, died on the 29th December, at his residence, Brixton.

Mr. William Seguin, the eminent singer, died on the 29th
December, after a short illness. He was a sound musician, of
pure and cultivated taste, and especially distinguished as a
performer of sacred music.

Mr. Maxwell, the Irish novelist, and author of many humorous
sketches in the periodical literature of the day, died on the
29th December, at Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.

Miss Marcia Frederica Lane Fox, granddaughter of the
late and niece of the present Duke of Leeds, died at Hornby
Castle, on Christmas day. Miss Fox had been in a declining
state of health for some months past. She was in her twenty-
first year.

Viscount Alford, M.P. for Bedfordshire, died on the 2nd
inst. at Ashbridge Park, in his 39th year.

Captain G. W. Bingham. R.A., died on the 10th of October,
at Ceylon, where he was acting in command of the Royal
Artillery at that station. He had nearly completed twenty-six
years' service.

General Bem died at Aleppo on the 11th December, after a
short illness. He died a Mussulman, and thus received all the
honours due to his rank.

Major Græme, the Governor of Tobago, died on the 14th
December, of paralysis.

Viscount da Torre de Moncorvo, who has so worthily
filled for many years the important office of Ambassador of
Portugal at this Court, died on the 11th inst., after a painful
illness.

Capt. Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, in command of her
Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, at Portsmouth, died suddenly on
the 7th, in his 50th year.

Prince Paul Alexander Leopold, of Lippe Detmold, died
on New Year's day, in the 56th year of his age. He is
succeeded by the Crown Prince Paul Frederick Leopold, aged thirty,
a major in the Prussian army.

General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, G.C.B.,G.C.H.,
the Quartermaster-General to the Forces, died on the 4th. He
had held the above situation nearly forty years.

John Wilmot, Esq., the eminent horticulturist, and President
of the Market Gardeners' Society, died on the 2nd inst., at the
Union Hotel, Cockspur-street.

T. S. Davies, Esq, F.R.S., London and Edinburgh, and
F.A.S., died at Broomhall College, Shooter's Hill, on the 6th
inst., in the 57th year of his age.

Mr. George Drummond, one of the partners in the banking
firm at Charing-cross, died suddenly on Sunday the 5th. He
had attended Divine service, and remained to partake of the
sacrament; after which he returned to his residence in Wilton-
crescent. On entering the drawing-room, he sat down in an
arm chair, and was about to partake of some luncheon, when he
raised his hand suddenly to his head, and exclaiming, "Oh, my
God!" sunk down in an unconscious state. Medical assistance
was instantly sent for, but he had ceased to live before the
arrival of the family surgeon. He was in his 49th year.

Dr. Haviland, Regius Professor of Medicine at Cambridge,
died on the 8th, at his residence in that city, in his 66th year.

The Rev. Lord William Somerset died at Clifton on the
14th inst., in the 67th year of his age. He was son of the fifth,
and uncle to the present duke of Beaufort.

Field-Marshal Thomas Grosvenor died at his house, Mount
Ararat, near Richmond, on the 20th inst., in his 87th year. He
was the son of Thomas Grosvenor, Esq. (who was brother to the
first Earl Grosvenor), and consequently first cousin of the late
Marquis of Westminster.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G., died at Clumber
Park, Nottinghamshire, on Sunday, the 12th inst., after a long
and painful illness. He was born on the 30th January, 1785,
and succeeded to the family honours as the fourth duke, on the
death of his father, in 1795.

The Marquis of Hastings died in Dublin on the 17th, at the
age of 19.

Lord Burghersh, the eldest son of the Earl of Westmoreland,
died on the 22nd inst., in the 27th year of his age.

Lord Robert Taylour died at the barracks, Fermoy, on the
19th, in consequence of the breaking of a blood-vessel on the
lungs. It appears that his lordship was walking in the town
of Fermoy, when he saw a man beating a dog. On remonstrating
with him, the man struck Lord Robert a blow, which he
instantly returned, and then said, "I am choking with blood."
After lingering some days, he died without pain or suffering.
Lord Robert was the second son of the Marquis of Headfort,
and had only recently exchanged from the Guards to the 49th
Regiment.

Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery, died on
the 23rd inst., at Dalmeny Park, Linlithgowshire, in his 42nd
year.

Rear-Admiral Rye died on the 18th inst., aged 86. He was
one of the few survivors of the battle of the Nile, which took
place while he was Lieutenant of the Orion.

COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES.

THERE is nothing very notable in the Colonial news of the month, but the last mail from India seems to
indicate a strong renewal of the old agitation against the judicial courts of the East India Company. The
cholera in Jamaica is not yet known to have abated; but the packet which left England at the
commencement of the month took out not only ample stores and remedies, but six surgeons from the
Admiralty, and three medical inspectors from the Board of Health. It is very sad that such provisions
should have succeeded instead of anticipating the event provided for, and it will be well if we apply the
warning to our sanitary affairs at home.

The Bombay mail has brought accounts to the 17th of
December. They are politically unimportant, tranquillity
prevailing throughout our Indian empire. The health
of the troops in the Punjaub and Upper Provinces is
but little improved. According to the published returns
for the week ending the 21st November, there were
1204 men in hospital out of the 7148 composing the
garrison of Lahore; nearly half of one regiment (the
1st European Fusileers) were on the sick-list; and in
the 4th Punjaub Infantry, 406 out of 894 were in
hospital.

A Court-martial on Major Bartleman, of the 44th
Native Infantry, had found him "guilty of conduct
unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman,
in having at Barrackpore, in pursuance of an endeavour
to seduce the affections of Mrs. Shelton, wife of
Lieutenant Shelton, 38th Light Infantry, written to her on
or about the 22nd of August, 1850, a highly unbecoming
note." The Court had sentenced him to be cashiered,
but had recommended him to mercy on the ground of
Major Bartleman's long services, and on the ground
that his fault, "however reprehensible, has still not
always been considered as necessarily subversive of
military discipline." Sir Charles Napier had confirmed
the sentence, with sharp animadversions on the
recommendation to mercy, as an endeavour by the Court "to