FORBES

town of New South Wales. it is 289 miles to the west of Sydney, and is the centre of a district wherein sheep are reared. Pop. 4,650, FORBES, Archibald, journalist and war correspondent, the son of a country minister in Scotland, was born in 1838, and died in 1909. He received B university education at Aberdeen, served for some years in the Royal Dragoons, but gave up the army for journalism. As war correspondent of The Daily News, he was with the German army in 1870-1, subsequently visiting Paris at the time of the Commune, India during the 1874 famine, and Spain. During 1875 and 1876 he aecompanied the Prince of Wales in his Indian tour, and was an eyewitne of the Serbian War of 1876, and the Ru o-Turkish War of 1877, going to Cyprus in 1878.: He was under fire during the Afghanistan campaign of 1878—9; next visited Mandalay, and accompanied Lord Chelmsford’s army in Zululand, being the first to telegraph home news of the victory of Ulundi (1880). His health now began to break down, and he devoted himself chiefly to lecturing. His chief publications were: My Experiences in the Franco-German W ar; Glimpses through the Cannon Smoke; Chinese Gordon; Souvenirs of Some Continents; William I of Germany; Barracks, Bivouacs, and Battles; Havelock: The Afghan Wars; Czar and Sultan; Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde; Memories and Studies of War and Peace; and Life of Napo eon Ili, FORBES (for’bes or forbz), Dunean, of Culloden, Scottish lawyer and politician, born 1685, died 1747. He studied law at Edinburgh and Leyden; was called to the Bar in 1709, and appointed Sheriff of Mid loth i an. He helped to crush the rebellion of 1715; in 1716 was Advocate-Depute, in 1722 member of Parliament for the Inverne Burghs, in 1725 Lord-Advocate, and in 1737 Lord-President of the Court of Se ion. In 1734, in consequence of the death of his brother, he fell heir to the estate of Culloden. He devoted himself to the improve511 | lise me nn; 4 FORBES ment of the industry of Scotland, and minaterially aided in laying the foundations of that commercial prosperity to which his country has since attained. He aisozefiected many improvements in the procedure of the Court of Se ion. It was mainly owing to his exertions that the rebellion of 1745 was prevented from spreading more rapidly among the clans; but so ungratefully was he treated by the Government, that he was never able to obtain repayment of the large sums he had expended to uphold it. He wrote Foraminifera (shells enlarged) 2, Cris tellar i a. 8, Textularias 5, Polys to mell a several religious works: Though is on Religion, Reflections on the Sources of Incredutity in Regard to Religion, aad. Letier to a Bishop.