and died of a severe cold succeeded by a fever and culminating in flux.

SAMUEL HEARNE, explorer, chiefly in British North America; born 1745, died 1792.

GENERAL JAMES HEARNE, Burmese War, 1853; retired list, 1866.

WILLIAM EDWARD HEARNE, LL.D., born 1826, died 1888. Member of Parliament 1878-1886, Gained distinction as both writer and speaker: member of Church of England and as a layman took prominent part in the workings of the Diocese of Melbourne; was Dean of the Faculty of Law and was Chancellor of the University; was also professor of Greek in Queen’s College, also professor of modern history, literature, logic, and political economy in the University of Melbourne.

"THOMAS HEARNE, Esq., author of ‘The Antiquities of Great Britain,’ was born at Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England, in 1744. He went to London at an early age and was ‘articled to serve six years with William Woollett, the justly celebrated engraver.’

After the expiration of his indentures, he relinquished engraving and became draftsman to Sir R. Payne, afterwards Lord Layington, who, being Governor of the Leeward Islands. took Hearne with him to the West Indies.

"In 1776 he returned to England, and soon afterwards commenced the publication of his works. He made all the drawings for ‘The Antiquities of Great Britain’ and contributed to the embellishment of many other publications.

"He seldom attempted the bolder effects of nature; but for truth, a chaste and mild tone of coloring. and an admirable judgment in the arrangement of the whole, his productions have seldom been surpassed; it is not too much to say, he was the father of all that was good in that species of art (landscape in water-colors), which has so widely and conspicuously diffused itself, and is peculiar to this country. His works in pencil are a matchless combination of accuracy and tasteful execution. Mr, Hearne died in London, April 13, 1817, in the 73rd year of his age." -- Gentleman’s Magazine.

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