by the American Exploring Expedition, with a view to their careful
investigation at his hands; but the interesting results which we had
every reason to expect from such investigation, have been cut short by
his untimely death, which has also suddenly terminated a wide series of
inquiries, instituted by the same active mind, looking to a work more
comprehensive, if not more interesting and valuable than any which he
had published before. Dr. MORTON was essentially a man of no theories;
he brought to the service of science an earnest love of truth in its
simplest and severest form, and was always ready to yield his opinions
to the rigid requirements of facts. Possessed of a high intellect and a
generous disposition, he always assumed that those who differed most
widely from him in their views, were animated by the same desire to
arrive at truth, and dealt with questions of science as matters to be
kept superior to all personal considerations and influences. He had, in
short, a true appreciation of the dignity and aims of philosophy. In
private life, and in his personal intercourse with men, Dr. MORTON added
lustre to his high character as a scholar and philosopher. Mild and
courteous in his demeanor, devoted in his friendships, generous,
upright, and true; as a husband, father, friend and citizen, he was a
man in the noblest acceptation of the word--one whom, none knew but to
esteem, and whose whole life as a model of virtue and excellence."

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MR. SHEIL, one of the most brilliant rhetoricians of the age in which he
lived, has prematurely closed his remarkable career in a foreign land,
and in a manner so sudden that the surprise which the event must
occasion will be only exceeded by the deep affliction of his friends and
the regret of the public. The Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil was a
native of Dublin, born in the year 1793. His father, imitating the
example of many Irish Roman Catholics of good family, sought in other
countries that independence and those means of advancement which the
penal laws, then in force, denied them in the land of their nativity. He
resided for many years at Cadiz, and engaged in mercantile pursuits with
more than ordinary success. Having amassed a competence, he returned to
the county of Waterford, purchased an estate, and built a mansion.
Unfortunately, he was again led into commercial speculation, which
proved of a disastrous character, and he eventu