John Stuart Mill

The deatb of this distinguisbed political economist is announoed aa having occiirred at Ayiguon, France, Friday. John Stuwt Mili was a sou oí' James Mili, a notod British metaphysiciaii and political economist, and was bom in London on the 2Oth of May, 1806, so tb at ho was within a few days of being sixty-seven years of age at the time ot' his death. Ilis oarly edncation was supcrin tended by his father. In 1820 he went to France, where he lived tor upwards of a year, a portion of the time at Paris, in th house of the French economist, Jean Baptiste Say. In 1823 ho enterad the India House as clerk in the Exaniiuer's office, where hia father was assistant oxaiainer. For thirty-throe yeara he was emyloyed in the Politieal Department of the olïïce, this department having charge of tue transactions ot' the oompany wit'u the nativo States, ftlthough he occasion.illy aoted in other departinents. He was appointed assistant-examiner in 1831, but without any change in his dutk-s. In 1856, on the retiremont of the Examinei' and First Assistant, he vas placed at the head of the department. He opposed the mcasure for the transfer of the Indian government to the crown, which was carricd in 1858. He was offered a sent at the new Indian Couucil, but declined on the ecare of fuiling liealtli, and retirod froiu olüeo in October of thé same year. He was elected to the House of Commons froio Westminster in 18Üü, but at the geneial election in lSiiS he failed to bo returned. Mr. Mili has gained most faiuo as a writor on political economy and motaphysical subjeets. HÍ3 flrst public itious consisted of articles in the Wéêtminster liecier, and in 1827 he edited Bautham's " Ilationtilo of Juiidical Evidenoe." He ! took an aetive part in the political discussions which i'oilowed the ruvolution of 1830 in France, and the Reform bill movement in Eaglaud, and f rom 1835 to 1840 he was editor and part proprietor of the London umi Westmintiter Jïeciew. He first became widtly known in 1843 by the publication of hia " System of Logic." The vhole characler ot' hu " ' ," - ;'''-' appeavs ra this work. In 1844 ho published " Essays on Somc Unsettled (luestions of Political Kconoiuy," and this was fol'owed in 1843 by " The Principios of Political Iiconomy." In 1859 he iublished an essay on " Liberty, and the same year a seleotion from his contributious to reviews under the title of " Discussions aad Dissertatione." Ha published siso in this year " Thoaghts on Parliameutary Reform' in whicii he ecommeaded the extensión of the electoral suffrage to all householdurs, without distinotion ot' sex, on condition of provine; tbeir ability to read, writfl aud calcúlate ; advoeated cunaulative voting, bat opposed the nse of the ballot. In 18ö.i his work on Utili tarianisin" wus published, and in 18(55 a worít on ' Ii :jr esi-nt .tive Reform." Sinco then he has written a large Duniber of essays on ecooomical and political subjects, all of them tuking broad and liberal views. Mr. Mili was unquostionably one of the foromost thinkeü of the timo, and though there were man y who oombated his positions on varioua subjects, he took none which he could nut delend with rare force and logio. Ho did not hesitate to grapple" with the most intric.ite of social problema, oud his views, whe'iever enuuciated, ihvays wéve gure of attracting