George Francis Lyon, an English traveller, born in Chichester in 1795, died on the passage from America to England in 1832. He entered the naval service in 1809, was present at the attack on Algiers by Lord Exmouth in 1816, and in 1818 was commissioned to accompany Joseph Ritchie on his tour of exploration into central Africa. Ritchie died at Moor-zook in Fezzan, and Lyon returned to England, after encountering many dangers and privations, and published his " Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa" (4to, London, 1821). In 1821, in command of the Hecla, he accompanied Capt. Parry on his arctic expedition, publishing on his return "The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon," etc. (8vo, 1824). In 1824 he made an unsuccessful attempt in the Griper to enter Repulse bay in the arctic regions, through Sir Thomas Howe's Welcome, of which he also published a narrative. His remaining works are: "The Sketch Book of Captain G. F. Lyon during 18 Months' Residence in Mexico, No. 1 " (London, 1827), and "Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico in 1828" (2 vols., 1828).