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THE funeral of Dr. John Hopkinson and his three children, whose sad deaths on the Dent Veisivi were recorded in last week's NATURE, took place on Friday last at Territet. The coffins were covered with flowers, and many of the wreaths had been sent from England. After a service in the English church the coffins were carried to the cemetery, where they were interred.—At a special meeting of the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, held on August 31, the following resolution was passed unanimously:—“That the Council of the Institution of Electrical Engineers do hereby place on record this expression of their sincere sorrow and deep regret for the great and irreparable loss sustained by the Institution through the untimely and calamitous death of Dr. John Hopkinson, F.R.S., past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Major commanding the Corps of Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and Professor of Electrical Engineering in King's College, London.” It was further decided that, subject to it being consonant with the wishes of the family, the members of the Council should attend the funeral as representatives of the Institution. Owing to the sudden alteration in the arrangements for the interment, however, it was impossible for them to carry out their intention; but Prof. Ewing, member of Council, who was in Switzerland at the time, was accessible by telegraph, and was therefore able officially to represent the Institution and, in its name, to lay a wreath of flowers upon the grave of his former colleague.