Jean Baptiste Antoine Ferland, a Canadian historian, born in Montreal, Dec. 25, 1805, died in Quebec, Jan. 8, 1864. He was ordained priest in 1828, and afterward appointed professor of history in Laval university. He published a review of Brasseur de Bourbourg'sHistory of Canada;" Notes on the first Register of Quebec;" Journal of a Voyage on the Coast of Gaspesie;"Labrador;" and a "Life of Bishop Plessis." At the time of his death he was engaged on a Course of Canadian History;" the first volume had appeared, and the second was in the press.