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Death of Darwin.─ The noted scientist and author, Charles Robert Darwin, died April 20th at his home in a suburb of London, aged 73 years. He was a graduate of Cambridge; was the naturalist selected to accompany the famous Beagle exploring expedition in 1832-1836, and published two reports of the scientific observations of the voyage, beside several other books; began his special studies in 1851, the results of which he published in 1859, under the title of The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection; he published The Fertilization of Orchids in 1862, Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication in 1867, the Descent of Man in 1871, and in 1880 he published The Power of Movement in Plants, which is probably the most interesting of all his works to the general reader. Some of his books are eminent examples of special pleading, with facts enough behind to make his arguments conclusive to the ordinary reader. Naturalists do not accept them without qualification, and the majority of theological writers hold that science has not substantiated the truth of his assertions. He was the recipient of degrees and titles from various scientific schools, and societies, and in 1877 he received the degree of D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Laws) from his alma mater, Cambridge.