The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1875-07-16 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

DEATH OF PROFESSOR CAIRNES.  Our readers will hear with deep regret of the death of Professor Cairnes, which took place on the tith instant at his residence in Blackheath. Mr. Cairnes, who was fifty-one years of age, had suffered for some years from a painful and prostrating illness, against which he bore up with a fortitude and cheerfulness truly heroic. His more recent writings were produced under conditions which would have paralysed the energies of a less vigorous and disciplined mind and character. His " Essays in Political Economy, Theoretical and Applied; " his " Political Essays ; " his " Leading Principles of Political Economy ; " and his "Logical Method of Political Economy," were all of them either written or re-written, with the light of later thought and knowledge, during the long illness which has now terminated. Besides these works, he contributed many papers on political, economical, and philosophical subjects to the Fortnightlb Review, Macmillan's Maga:ine, and other periodicals. Together with his admirable work on "The Slave Power," which was at once an illustration from history of one form of s,,eial and industrial organisation, and an explanation from economical principles of the course of events that led to the war of secession, the writings to which we have referred gave Mr. Cairnes perhaps the first plan' among English economic writers since the death of Mr. John Stuart Mill. lie worthily continued the school of which that eminent writer was the representative, and which in its earlier periods counts the names of Adam Smith and Ricardo. Like the late Mr. Mill and Adam Smith, Mr. Cairnee brought varied literary accomplishments, historic knowledge, and acquaintance with the methods and results it scientific investigation to bear upon his special pursuit. From his retirement lie watched with the strongest interest the social and political movements of the time, winch he judged with keen penetration and by a high moral standard. Of the place which he held in the affections, and will continue to fill in the memory, of those who were privileged to know him, this is not the place to speak. His large information and strong attd masculine senor were set off and relieved by a quick and keen sense .f humour, which male himtt one of the most delightful of companions. Mr. Cairnes, who was burn at Drogheda, and educated in Trinity College, Dublin, was eille(1 to the bar, but slid not practise his pr..fession. He was Professor .4 Political Economy in succession at the University of Dublin, at Queen's College, Galway, and at University College, London. On his resigliation of the last appointment, the council of the college expres=ed their sense of his service by appointing him Profess, Emerit mis. his OWII University of Dublin Ist ely, without sAcitation on his part and without his knoe-te.ge, conferre,i upon hint the h•atorary degree of LL.D., in recognition of his literary eminence. It is tally necessary to add that Mr. Cairnes' h uutg ,t 1 Ilerings wore relieved, so far as might be, by eveQ- pssible domestic solace, and by the companionship and cmversation of many friends, some of the, eminent in politic, and literature, with whose views and order of mind he was in sympathy.  A lame namit,r. naatoil the Jarary. has been built iii Fraac, Tlic plates of this ironclad are ut grew. 44iuipmmd.  The trial of George Herbert Plummer, a miner, tit Durham Assizes, for the murder of his sweetheart, hai resulted in a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity.