tered at the Royal Scottish Academy, and made his first appearance as a classical artist at one of the exhibitions. In 1825 he visited Italy, and for nine months studied in Rome, returning in the following year to Aberdeen, where he decorated a room in his father's house in the arabesque style. In 1827 he went again to Rome. At Rome Mr. Dyce imbibed those habits of reverent and solemn study of religious subjects which distinguished him through life. From 1830 to 1838 the artist lived in Edin

burgh, but, finding small encourage. ment in his attempts at historical paint ing, he set himself to work at portrait painting, and was successful, especially in the likenesses of children. In 1835 he became an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, and in the following year he exhibited his "Descent of Venus" at the Royal Academy of London.

In 1838 Mr. Dyce left Edinburgh on being appointed superintendent and secretary of the new Government School of Design at Somerset House. He obtained this office through a letter addressed to Lord Meadowbank, in which he advocated the improvement of the schools of design belonging to the board of trustees for the manufactures of Edinburgh. In 1843 he resigned his appointment at the School of Design, and was appointed Inspector of the Provincial Schools. In 1844 he exhibited a picture of "King Joash shooting the Arrow of Deliverance," which made his reputation, and secured for him the honour of being elected an Associate of the Royal Academy. In 1844 he sent to Westminster Hall examples of fresco-"Two Heads," part of a larger composition, "The Consecration of Archbishop Parker in Lambeth Palace, A.D. 1559." In the next year he received from the late Prince Consort instructions to paint frescoes for the summer-house of Buckingham Palace; and subsequently he was similarly employed at Osborne.

When the leading artists of England were asked to join in a project for decorating the Houses of Parliament with

frescoes, Mr. Dyce was associated in the work with Mr. Maclise, Mr. Cope, Mr. Horsley, Mr. Tenniel, and Mr. E. Armitage. Almost constant ill health, however, greatly retarded his progress, and at last obliged him to abandon the task, but not until he had executed some noble works, as the "Baptism of Ethelbert," and a few of the pictures from the Legends of King Arthur, in the royal robing-room. Insufficient allowance was made for the difficulties under which he laboured, and he, one of the most conscientious of men, was exposed to reproaches both in Parliament and with the public that were utterly undeserved, but which bitterly mortified him, and greatly aggravated his illness. At last he formally resigned the task, and offered to refund the sums of money that he had received, but the Lords of the Treasury declined to allow him to do so.

The first picture exhibited by Mr. Dyce at the Royal Academy was "Bacchus nursed by Nymphs." From that time till about two years ago his works were rarely absent, his most recent ones being "St. John leading home the Virgin," and "George Herbert at Bemerton." He has recently been known chiefly for his splendid frescoes in All Saints', Margaret-street. To this work he devoted his powers for many years, and he succeeded in producing an artistic work, unique of its kind, which will hand down its author's name to posterity as one of the first artists in England. Churchmen owe a debt of gratitude to one who was himself a thorough Churchman for the splendid east wall of that edifice, the first, and a most successful attempt, at anything like real painting in an Anglican church ; but it is much to be regretted that the necessarily imperfect light greatly obscures the beauty of the best of the frescoes, that of "Our Lord in Glory." Those only who were fortunate enough to get a view before the scaffold was removed have any idea of the great delicacy of treatment in this work.

Mr. Dyce held the office of Professor

of the Theory of the Fine Arts in King's College, London, and was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Philadelphia, U.S., and an honorary academician of the Royal Scottish Academy. Among his many works may be mentioned as best known-"St. Dunstan separating Edwy and Elgiva," "Titian and Irena da Spilemburgo," "Omnia Vanitas," "The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel," and "Lear in the Storm." He was also an accomplished musician, one of the first in the work of reviving the study of music of the Palestrina school, which he imitated in some compositions that were published in a collection of services and anthems well known in the early days of the Motett Society, of which he was one of the founders.

Mr. Dyce was an author as well as an artist. In 1844 he published an edition of the Common Prayer, with its ancient Canto Fermo, accompanied by a dissertation on that kind of music and its applicability to English words; and in 1851 a theological pamphlet entitled "Notes on Shepherds and Sheep," in reply to Mr. Ruskin's "Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds." He was an extensive contributor to periodical literature, chiefly on subjects relating to ecclesiastical antiquities, and was the author of pamphlets on the keenlydebated subject of the future management of the National Gallery.

REV. DR. SHIPTON.

Feb. 25. At the Vicarage, Othery, Somersetshire, aged 75, the Rev. John Noble Shipton, D.D., of Balliol College, Oxford, and ad eundem at Cambridge, thirty-three years Vicar of Othery, and a Magistrate for the county of Somerset.

He was the eldest son of the Rev. John Shipton, D.D., Rector of Portishead, and Vicar of Stantonbury, Bucks., who died in the year 1838. Few men have worked longer and harder in their generation towards the establishment of all those principles which may be called essentially "Church" than did the de

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ceased Vicar of Othery. years ago, long before attention had been called to the subject, he published a pamphlet entitled "The Tears of Jerusalem," in which he set out the dreadful state of decay and dilapidation existing in our churches, and the care which the Church herself has taken to prevent and to remedy such a state of things. He published another on the subject of 'Clerical Vestments," shewing from authority that the Church considered it no matter of indifference whether her ministers were habited in this way or in that. What a large share of attention both these subjects have claimed since is simple matter of fact, and it seems but a just tribute to the memory of one who was perhaps the very earliest inquirer and labourer in the field, to bestow now that meed of praise which the uneducated state of the public mind on these subjects prevented his receiving at the time it was due, and which doubtless has been forgotten by most people since.

Not so, however, the acts of his subsequent life which have been the result of his own principles. For the present state of the church in which he so long and so faithfully laboured forbids forgetfulness of his good work so long as "Memory holds a place in this distracted brain." A more complete heap of rubbish and decay than was this church twenty-five years ago could not easily be found. It now stands an example and a model to all the surrounding neighbourhood, not merely of solid and substantial repair, but of all the grace and elegance which painted glass, encaustic tiles, and elaborate carving can add to the house of God.

A liberal patron of all Church literature, as well as a contributor to every Church Society, and almost every Church work, he will be much missed on these

accounts.

And in these days of rebuke and scepticism (to use no stronger term) we can but ill afford to lose the voice of even one single man, whose extensive information was surpassed only by his

unflinching determination to uphold in

of the Church of England as handed down to us by our forefathers. May his memory be revered, and his example be followed by all to whom it was known!

The following is a list of his various publications:-1. "The Tears of Jerusalem; or, Some Short Remarks on the Dilapidated State of many of our Country Churches." 2. "A Letter (to SYLVANUS URBAN) on the much misunderstood Subject of Tithes." 3. "Remarks on the Necessity of Conforming to Order with respect to Clerical Vestments." 4. "A Letter in Vindication of the Character of Mary Queen of Scotland, containing Remarks on certain Passages in Macdiarmid's Lives of British Statesmen." He was also the author of several short Letters on various subjects.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Dec. 31, 1863 Aged 61, the Rev. H. Atkinson, B.A., Incumbent of Barmby-on-the-Marsh, Yorkshire, and Head Master of Reade's Grammar School, Drax.

Jan. 24, 1864. At his residence in Blandfordsq., aged 90, the Rev. Richard B. Caton, M.A. Cambridge, of Binbrook, Lincolnshire. He was the eldest son of Thruston John Caton, esq., who died in 1782, by Margaret Hawksmore, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Richard Bewley, esq., of Binbrook and Kirton. He was born in 1774, was educated at Caius College, Cambridge (B.A. 1796), entered the army, and served in a dragoon reziment (now 12th Lancers) during the campaign in Egypt in 1801; he received the gold medal from the Porte, and also the war medal with a clasp for Egypt; and was afterwards Major in the 3rd Royal Lincolnshire Militia. He succeeded his grandfather, Rd. Bewley, esq., in 1794, and married in 1802 Eliza Keating, youngest dau. of Redmond Power, esq., of Whitefort, co. Waterford, niece of Rd. Power, esq., of Clashmore, M.P. for the county of Waterford. Eventually he entered the Church, in compliance with the injunctions of the will of a relative.

Feb. 3. At Spanish Town, Jamaica, aged 40, the Ven. Archdeacon George J. Handfield. He was the fourth son of the late Capt. Handfield, R.N., grandson of Col. Chas. Handfield, Commissary-Gen. of Ireland, and great-grandson of Col. John Handfield, Col. Commanding and Governor of Fort Pitt, in Canada, 1761. Feb. 16. At his residence, Holmes Chapel, GENT. MAG. 1864, VOL. I.

Shakerley, bart.

The Rev. Richard Daniel, M.A. (p. 399), was of Clare College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, &c., and was extensively known in the scientific world for his great botanical acquirements, and his collection of mosses, it is said, is unequalled in the kingdom. He had been Rector of Combs for twenty-eight years, a Justice of the Peace for more than twenty years, and at the time of his death was lord of ten manors and possessed of considerable property.

Feb. 24. At Greenhill, near Edinburgh, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gillis. See OBITUARY.

Feb. 25. Aged 67, the Rev. Chas. Edward Kendal, Rector of Brindle, Lancashire.

At Wilford Rectory, aged 73, the Rev. Thos. Thorp, for forty-six years rector of that parish.

Feb. 26. At Queen's-road West, Regent'spk., suddenly, of disease of the heart, aged 51, the Rev. Thos. Geo. James, M.A., Prebendary of Wells, and Incumbent of Hanover Church, Regent-st. Mr. James, who was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, was from 1848 to 1857 Vicar of Bridgewater, and in the last of those years he exchanged it for the incumbency of Hanover Church.

Feb. 29. Suddenly, at the Rectory, Croydon, Cambridgeshire, aged 73, the Rev. Richard Samuel Butler Sandilands, Rector of Croydoncum-Clopton, and a Magistrate of the county of Cambridge. He was of Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1812, M. A. 1819), and published "Two Sermons at Surrey Assizes," 1837. He was also a contributor to "Original Family Sermons" published by J. W. Parker, 1834.

The Rev. Joseph Arkwright, of Mark-hall, Essex.

March 1. At Chickerell, Dorset, aged 89, the Rev. Wm. Marshall, B.D., thirty-three years Rector of Chickerell, and formerly Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

March 4. Aged 72, the Rev. Geo. Andrews, M.A., Rector of Castor, near Peterborough. March 6. At Exmouth, aged 60, the Rev. John Horndon.

At the Rectory, Whitstone, Cornwall, aged 64, the Rev. William Kingdon.

March 7. At Brislington, Bristol, aged 53, the Rev. Charles F. Fisher.

March 8. Aged 31, the Rev. Geo. Mallory, M.A., eldest son of the Rev. Geo. Mallory, Rector of Mobberley, Cheshire.

Aged 56, the Rev. Geo. Royds Birch, Secretary to the Turkish Missions Aid Society.

In Halkin-st. West, Belgrave-sq., aged 75, the Rev. Richard Boyse, of Bannow-house, co. Wexford.

March 9. At the Vicarage, Bunny, Notts., the Rev. John Tidy Beetham.

March 10. Aged 59, the Rev. Chas. Stopford, Rector of Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire.

March 14. At the Rectory, Enniscorthy, 3 T

aged 68, the Very Rev. Denis Brown, Dean of Emly, and Rector of St. Mary's, Enniscorthy. March 17. At the Glebe, Holywood, co. Down, aged 47, the Rev. Harry Edw. Cruttwell, M.A.

Aged 76, the Rev. Henry Davies, of Regencysq., Brighton.

March 20. At Halesworth, Suffolk, the Rev. Lombe Atthill, late Perpetual Curate of Rumburgh and St. Michael's.

DEATHS.

ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

Oct. 30, 1863. On his voyage from Calcutta, aged 39, Lieut.-Col. Mortimer John Slater, youngest son of the late John Slater, esq., of Hall-place, St. John's-wood, and son-in-law of J. P. Bull, esq., of Hyde-pk.-st., and Arlington-house, Chiswick.

Nov. 25. At the Queen's Redoubt, New Zealand, aged 33, from wounds received in action at the attack of Rangariri, on the 20th Nov., Capt. John Shaw Phelps, 14th Regt., only son of J. C. Phelps, esq., Paterson River, New South Wales.

Jan. 2, 1864. At Sydney, New South Wales, aged 48, Capt. Arthur Vyner, R.N., fourth surviving son of the late Robert Vyner, esq., of Eathorpe-house, Warwickshire.

Jan. 13. At Trinidad, accidentally drowned by the upsetting of a boat, aged 47, Major E. J. Holworthy, 14th Regt.

At Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, Robert Buchanan, esq., youngest son of the late Major James Buchanan, Madras Cavalry.

Jan. 17. At Bombay, Catherine, wife of Lieut.-Col. Sir William Gordon, bart., of Earlston, Berwickshire.

At Lahore, aged 30, Maria Adelaide, wife of Robert Needham Cust, esq.

Jan. 23. At Bank-house, Weymouth, aged 71, Retired Rear-Admiral Wm. Allen, F.R.S., &c. He entered the Navy Oct. 2, 1805, as firstclass volunteer on board the "Standard," 64, Capt. Thos. Harvey, with whom he continued to serve in the same ship and "Majestic," 74, on the Mediterranean and Baltic stations, until Feb. 1810. He became a lieutenant in 1815, and was promoted to the rank of commander in 1836. In 1840 he commanded the "Wilberforce" steamer in its voyage up the Niger, and though no part of the disastrous consequences of that expedition could be fairly attributed to him, he was placed on half-pay upon its return, and was never afterwards employed. He became post-captain Jan. 31, 1842, and retired rear-admiral April 12, 1862.

In the borough-gaol, Nottingham, aged 75, Thomas Hubbard, a framework-knitter, a prisoner for contempt of court. From statements made at the inquest, it appeared that the deceased some years ago obtained possession of some property in Nottinghamshire, and, under the impression that he was the heir-at-law, retained the ownership six years. A will was

then discovered devising the property to a person named Holland, and under that will an action of ejectment was brought. Hubbard did not appear to defend the action, and judgment went by default. He then absconded, taking away with him the deeds and papers belonging to the estate. The heir under the last discovered will pressed the suit against him for his costs and contempt of the order of the court in not giving up the deeds, and he was outlawed. On his return to this country, in July, 1856, he was taken into custody and lodged in the Nottingham borough-gaol, where he remained up to his death. Although he might have been discharged at any time on giving up the deeds in question, he always refused, being under the impression that the last will was not genuine. His friends did all they could for him, and made application to the Court of Common Pleas to obtain his discharge. The case was argued before the Lord Chief Justice only two days before he died, and ended in the rule being dismissed, the Court stating that the defendant must either comply with the statute or remain in gaol. He was kept in the debtors' portion of the prison, and generally enjoyed good health, until about a fortnight before his death. He has left a wife and two sons, who were allowed free access to him in his illness.

Jan. 24. At Seetapore, Edward Elborough Woodcock, esq., late H.M.'s Civil Service.

Jan, 25. Accidentally shot, near Lucknow, India, aged 27, Rupert Inglis Cochrane, esq., Lieut. in H.M.'s 34th Regt., and Adj. 18th Bengal Cavalry.

At Nynee Tal, aged 29, Elizabeth Charlotte, wife of W. Johnston, esq., of Cowhill, Dumfries, and of H.M.'s Bengal Civil Service.

Jan. 26. At Hongkong, Emma Maria, wife of the Rev. John J. Irwin, D.D., Colonial Chaplain, and elder dau. of Alfred Chandler, esq., formerly of Wandsworth-rd.

Jan. 27. At Soval-lodge, Stornoway, N.B., Alice, wife of the Rev. Henry Hely Hutchinson, Vicar of Westport St. Mary, Malmesbury.

Jan. 29. At Hongkong, aged 24, Lieut. Henry Kinahan, 99th Regt., late of 3rd Regt. (the Buffs), sixth son of the Rev. John Kinahan, Knock Breda Rectory, Belfast.

Jan. 30. Admiral John Thompson, the senior retired admiral (p. 403), entered the Navy in December, 1787, accompanied Lord Macartney to China, and was promoted to lieutenant December 18, 1794. He next served at the blockade of Toulon, took part in Hotham's action, July 13, 1795, and in December, 1796, was wrecked in the river Tagus. He afterwards was employed in the North Sea and in the West Indies, and assisted at the capture of a large number of the enemy's vessels. He was promoted to commander April 28, 1802, and on returning to this country in 1803, was next employed in the Sea Fencible Service. In January, 1806, he obtained command of the "Fly" sloop, and after again visiting the West Indies and cruising on the coast of North

America, proceeded to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to Rio de la Plata, where he took charge of the flotilla destined to co-operate in the unfortunate attack upon Buenos Ayres, and obtained the thanks of Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke. He was subsequently engaged in the blockade of the enemy's ports along the coast of France, and in the summer of 1809 had command of a division of the flotilla during the operations in the Scheldt. He was advanced to post rank October 21, 1810; accepted the rank of retired rear-admiral October 1, 1846; became vice-admiral May 27, 1854, and admiral June 9, 1860.

Lately. At Trichinopoly, Col. Thomas L. Fischer, C.B., of the Madras Army.

A well-known character has just disappeared from the streets of Paris-Mangin, the vendor of black-lead pencils, who died at the age of 52 years. "The flaneur (says the Paris correspondent of the "Times") as he passes near the Place de la Madeleine, about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Place de la Bastille, or the Château d'Eau, will regret that those spots will no more behold that stately form arrayed in velvet tunic, fringed with gold, the cuirass burnished like a mirror, the sword, the gauntlets, and the glittering casque, with the winged serpent, surmounted by the full and flowing crest. His figure and countenance were martial. His moustache was of the true Imperial cut, the extremities well waxed, and sticking out on each side like skewers, and the tuft nearly covered the chin. As he took his stand in his open carriage, drawn by two bay horses in decent harness, his confidential assistant (habited in similar but less gaudy costume) behind him, with his right hand (the forefinger of which displayed a massive gold ring) on his hip, and his look firm, serene, and thoughtful, a murmur used to run round among the multitude, who bowed to him as the very king of charlatans."

Feb. 1. At Neemuch, Bombay Presidency, Barré Georgina, wife of Lieut.-Col. Carmichael, C.B., 94th Regt.

Feb. 2. At sea, on board H.M.S. "Buzzard," aged 33, Commander Lewis Morris Croke, R.N., third son of the late Commander Wentworth Parsons Croke, R.N.

At Gloucester, aged 47, Frederick G. Carrington, esq., proprietor of the "Gloucestershire Chronicle." For more than thirty years he had devoted his energy and talents to newspaperwork, having conducted several papers on Conservative and Church principles. He was also a frequent contributor to Tait's and Sharpe's Magazines. He wrote treatises on "Architecture" and "Printing" for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; and also topographical descriptions of Gloucestershire and several other counties for the last edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He has left a widow and six children.

Feb. 4. At Bellary, Madras Presidency, aged 33, Martha, wife of Lieut.-Col. A. Loftus Steele, Madras Staff Corps, and eldest surGENT. MAG, 1864, VOL. I.

viving dau. of Capt. R. Litchfield, R.A., of Cheltenham.

Feb. 5. At Valetta, aged 17, Robert Hugh, eldest surviving son of Col. Kennedy, commanding Royal Artillery, Malta.

Feb. 6. Aged 65, Jane, wife of the Rev. Edward Bowen, Rector of Taughboyne, co. Donegal.

Feb. 7. At New York, aged 80, Peter Payne Bays, a native of Cambridge. He was formerly a sailing-master in the merchant service, and was wrecked in the "Mine: va" of Sydney, a whaling vessel, Sept. 9, 1829, midway between New Zealand and the Friendly Islands. He subsequently settled in his native place as a schoolmaster, and was for a few years Auditor of the Cambridge Union. He published a narrative of the wreck of the "Minerva," with the substance of an Address to the Elder Brethren of the Trinity Board respecting the examination of new-made masters in nautical calculations, &c. (Cambridge, 12mo. 1831.) We believe he was also the author of other small works. He was a worthy and deserving man, but did not prosper in this country, and eventually emigrated.

Feb. 8. At Hethersett, Norfolk, aged 58, Lieut.-Col. Charles Norgate, late 18th Regt. Bengal Native Infantry.

At Abbotshall, Kirkcaldy, aged 88, James Edmonstoune Aytoun, esq.

At Ollerton-hall, Cheshire, aged 67, Elizabeth, relict of William Fowden Hindle, esq.

Feb. 9. At Kirkee, aged 24, Mary Elizabeth, wife of Mark Algernon Chaldecott, esq., R.A., and elder dau. of the late Thomas Winn, jun., esq., of Lincoln.

Feb. 10. At Thurmaston-lodge, Leicestershire, aged 39, Thomas Bowen Sheriffe, esq., of Henstead-hall, Suffolk.

At St. Andrew's, N. B., aged 16, Evan Alexander White, second son of Lieut.-Col. E. E. Miller, Deputy-Commissary-General, Madras.

Feb. 13. In Manchester-st., aged 61, the Hon. Robert Thos. Petre, uncle of Lord Petre. At Ootacamund, Marian, wife of Major-Gen. J. C. Coffin.

At her residence, Kempsey, near Worcester, Sarab, eldest dau. of the late Sir Anthony Lechmere, bart., of the Rhyd.

Aged 64, Ann, wife of J. J. Mayhew, esq., of Over-hall, Colne Engaine, Essex.

At London, where he had resided many years, James Bailey, esq., M. A., of Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1814, M.A. 1823). He gained the Browne Medals for the Greek Ode and the Epigrams, 1815, and the Members' Prizes, 1815 and 1816. For many years he was Head Master of the Perse Grammar School, Cambridge, retiring ultimately on a pension granted him by the Master and Seniors of Caius College, the trustees of that school. In 1850 Her Majesty, on the recommendation of Bishops Maltby and Kaye, granted Mr. Bailey a pension of £100 per annum. His classical publications were numerous, and he was a contributor to the "Classical Journal." He is best 3 T