Show death of dr lardner Lar ducr the latest news from europe brings intelligence of the death of dr dionysius lardner whose name is is familiar to the public through his works and who will be personally bv those who ho made his acquaintance during his visit to this country dr Li Lardner lidner was born in wexford ireland on the of february 1790 an incident d during his is boyhood which prevented him f from arld indulging aging in in the usual athletic sports of which youths are generally so fond was the means of turning ins his attention to literary and scientific pursuits on ins recovery he entered trinity college dublin and graduated with honors about this time he married miss cecilia flood an irish heiress from whom he was subsequently divorced ile he took holy orders and was for a short period chaplain to the college but afterward devoting himself to scientific pursuits he soon dropped the rev 12 prefix to his name in 1827 bebas he was elected professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in in the london Uni venty but did not retain the position ard and for the lie next ten or twelve years devoted hini himself self to the publication of the cabinet cy clop cedia and to contributing to the various periodicals of the day in 1840 dr lardner came to this country and after visiting philadelphia in I 1 n 1841 delivered a set senes lea of pop popular lar lectures on scientific subjects at the old clinton hall and subsequently at nibles in in this city these lectures were remarkably successful and were re delivered in I 1 n the principal towns bourgot of the united states in 1845 dr lardner returned to europe and has since since resided at a scientific writer dr lardner was laborious arid and painstaking and without offering any novel or original theories was a successful expositor and compiler he has published a number of works and articles on almost every department of science including mathematics in its various branches hy by dro mesmerism astronomy animal physics c lie he has also written on L the stearn steam e engine ine though he is chiefly ass associated oct t d with the bratich Tra branch tich of mechanics by bis his repeated assertions that steam navigation could never be carried to such a point as to make it a paying speculation it has been said that he be deemed the crossing of the atlantic by steam vessels utterly impracticable and that when that mechanical triumph was achieved he denied ever having sal said so but it appears that he be merely argued that as a commercial speculation transatlantic trans trana atlantic navigation could not become successful the private and social life of dr la lardner d does not bear investigation when became he came to this country he was obliged to leave england on account of 0 hi his se elopement elop ment with a mrs heavyside at whose h husbands us bands house he was via visiting stint Hs he subsequently on the death of captain capita heavyside married this lady the latest hobby bobby of dr lardner was the use of scientific instruments for the wholesale destruction of human life during the com coming ingwar war ho he advocated the introduction of destructive chemi chemical cill agents in place of the rifle ride and cannon but whatever plans he be may have formed or discoveries he liay may have made it is now impossible to say he died in his bis sixty ninth year N Y post past A writer says bays I 1 have seen women so BO delicate they were afraid to ride for fear of the horses afraid to sail for fear of the boat upsetting afraid to walk for or fw fear of the tb dew or runt an but never one OB afraid to marry |