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Truro was a strenuous supporter of the whigs. His powers as a debater were very superior. Lord Truro died on the 11th November, 1855, at his residence, Eaton square, London.

TULK, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, a magistrate of Middlesex, author of several religious works, 1786-1849.

TYLDEN, WILLIAM BURTON, brigadier-general in the royal engineers, died of cholera in the Crimea, September 22, 1855. He was honourably mentioned by Lord Raglan after the battle of the Alma; and it was owing to his exertions that Varna was saved from destruction when the powder magazines were in danger of ignition.

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URE, ANDREW, M.D., F.R.S., was born in Glasgow, in May, 1778, founded the Observatory of Glasgow, author of 'Ure's Dictionary of Chemistry,' and other well known works. Since 1830, Dr. Ure resided in London, where he died on the 2d January, 1857.

UXBRIDGE, EARL OF. See ANGLESEY.

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VALPY, ABRAHAM JOHN, famous for his edi. tions of the classics, died in his sixty-eighth year,

1854.

VEDDER, DAVID, distinguished as a poet and graceful prose writer, was born in the Orkneys, 1790, his father being a small laird in the island. Left an orphan at an early age, he became a seaman, but at the age of thirty took a situation on land as tide surveyor, and remained in the service of the customs till about two years before his death. His works are, the 'Covenanters Communion, 'Orcadian Sketches,' 'Lays and Lithographs,' and his popular translation from the German of 'Reynard the Fox.' Died 1854.

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WADMORE, JAMES, a well known patron of the fine arts, possessor of many great works of the old masters, and some fine pictures by Turner; 1782-1853.

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD, author of Ireland, Political and Statistical,' died at Knightsbridge in his eighty-sixth year, May 18, 1854.

WALKER, R. F., an Oriental scholar and translator from the German, died 1854.

WALLICH, NATHANIEL, a celebrated botanist, born 1796; died in London, 1854. Dr. Wallich was a Dane by birth and parentage, and served in early life in the Danish settlement of Serampore in India. At the conquest of that place by the

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English, he was allowed to enter the E. I. Co.'s service, and being a devoted botanist, he obtained the appointment of superintendent of the botanical garden at Calcutta. He was the author of the Flora Indica,' and the 'Planta Asiatica Rariores.' The former work was written while he was in India, in conjunction with the celebrated Dr. Cary, and the latter was published by him after his coming to England. It is in three folio volumes, with 100 coloured plates, and is a monument of labour and perseverance. [W.B.]

WALWORTH. See RICHARD II. WARNEFORD, S. W., a clergyman, disting. as a benefactor to colleges and schools, 1763-1855. WARNER, MRS., the celebrated actress, was born in Dublin, where her father was in business as a chemist, and when only fifteen years of age took a part with Macready at the Plymouth theatre. In 1836, she was engaged in Drury Lane by Mr. Bunn, and obtained great success in the 'Wrecker's Daughter.' She was afterwards engaged at the Haymarket, and in the Patent theatres (when under the management of Mr. Macready), where she divided the Shaksperian drama with Miss Faucit. At Saddler's Wells she was associated with Mr. Phelps in sustaining the legitimate drama, and subsequently made a similar effort at Marylebone. Died of cancer in the breast, Sep. 25, 1854. Mrs. Warner was the last great actress of the English stage, and is still without a successor.

WARNER, SAMUEL ALFRED, well known as Captain Warner, was a master in the royal navy, and the son of a master mariner. His famous invisible shell was the subject of an experiment in 1841, at which Sir Robert Peel was present, and again, in 1844, off Brighton, when the 'John 'Gaunt,' a vessel of 300 tons measurement, was blown to pieces. A government commission had previously decided against his claims, and his long range' was never brought to trial. Nothing certain is known of his inventions by the public, but they are regarded as the offspring of monomania. Captain Warner died suddenly of apoplexy in 1854.

WAT TYLER. See RICHARD II.

WATSON, JOSHUA, well known as a devoted and learned lay member of the Church of England, born in London 1776; died at Clapton, January 30, 1855. Few men in recent times have equalled Mr. Watson in their devotion to the charitable uses and institutions of the church, or in the capacity to serve her. Mr. Watson was alike prodigal of his money, his influence, and his special talents in the cause he loved.

WATSON, WALKER, 'the poet of Kirkintilloch,' author of 'Jockie's far awa,' and many well known popular songs, died at an advanced age, 1854.

WEBB, PHILIP PARKER, an author of several works on botany, remarkable for their scientific accuracy, and the extensive reading displayed in them, 1792-1854.

WEST, WILLIAM, formerly a bookseller, author of several county histories, and of an amusing work, entitled his 'Recollections,' 1770-1855. WHARNCLIFFE. See WORTLEY.

WHISH, SIR W. SAMPSON, a gallant general WRIGHT, FANNY, once celebrated as a Socialin the service of the E. India Company, 1787-1853. ist and political agitator, was born at Dundee in WHITTAKER, JOHN WILLIAM, a controversial 1796, first attracted public attention by her book, divine, author of several learned works, and an in-published in 1818, entitled 'A Few Days in Athens, *eresting essay on Ancient Etymologies, 1790-1854. WILDE. See TRURO.

WILKE, JOHN, a member of parliament, best known as a collector of books and autographs, 1765-1854.

WILLIAMS, EDWARD, the once celebrated Iolo Fardd Glas, a Welch bard and writer, died in the workhouse of Pen-y-bout, Glamorganshire, at the advanced age of eighty, 1854. He was by trade a cooper, and adhered to it as a means of gaining his livelihood till the infirmities of age rendered it impossible to do so any longer.

WILLIAMS, JOHN, member of parliament for Macclesfield from 1847 to the last general election, 1851, when he was defeated by Mr. Egerton. Born of poor parentage in Denbighshire, 1799; died suddenly, Nov. 29, 1855.

WILLIAMS, S., a wood engraver and designer, celebrated for his illustrations in periodical and other works, born at Colchester, 1778; died 1854. WILSON, HARRY BRISTOW, D.D., an antiquarian and religious writer, was born in London 1774, and in early life was appointed one of the masters of Merchant Tailors' School, of which institution he afterwards wrote the history. In 1816 he became rector of the united parishes of St. Mary, Aldermary, and St. Thomas the Apostle. In this living he remained till his death, Nov. 21, 1854. WILSON, JOHN, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, born in Ayr, 1774; died at Folkestone, April, 1855.

WINDUS, THOMAS, an antiquarian and collector of articles of vertu, 1797-1855.

WING, WILLIAM, late secretary to the Entomological Society, and a clever delineator of the objects which engage the researches of that body, 1827-1855.

WORTLEY. JOHN STUART WORTLEY, Baron WARNCLIFFE, born 23d April, 1801. Was member for the West Riding, Yorkshire, from the general election in 1841 to the period of his accession to the peerage in 1845. Since that time he devoted himself mainly to agricultural improvements. His death took place at his family mansion, in October, 1855.

and about three years afterwards gave the world her Views on Society and Manners in America.' In 1825 she returned to that country, and founded a colony of redeemed slaves; she even, in 1833, appeared as a public lecturer, and 'Fanny Wright societies' sprang into existence. Her establishment being broken up, she joined Robert Owen at New Harmony and edited the Gazette,' but contracted an unhappy marriage with a M. Darusmont. Died at Cincinnati, 1853.

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YATES, JOSEPH BROOKS, a presbyterian minister, archæologist, and man of letters, many years resident in Liverpool, 1780-1855.

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YEA, LACY WALTER GILES, lieut.-colonel of the royal fusiliers, was the eldest son of Sir Walter Yea, and was born in Bristol, 1808. He entered the army in 1825, and won his earliest and last laurels in the Crimea. He commanded the first brigade of the light division, the advance of which at the battle of the Alma makes one of the most tragical chapters in the history of the war. The correspondent of the Times, who records in what confusion they advanced, relates also, The 7th fusiliers, led by Colonel Yea, were swept down by fifties' (letter of September 21st); and in commenting on his death passes the highest eulogiums upon him: A more thorough soldier, one more devoted to his men, to the service, and to his country, never fell in battle.. At the Alma he never went back a step, and there were tears in his eyes on that eventful afternoon when he exclaimed to me, when the men had forined on the slope of the hill after the retreat of the enemy, "There! look there! that's all that remains of my poor fusiliers! A colour is missing; but, thank God, no Russians have it!" He fell dead under a shower of grape shot after leading his men out of the trenches on the fatal 18th of June, 1855.

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