OBITUARIES. 



Oct. 8. WALKER, JAMES, Esq., 0. E., F. R. S., 

 died in Great George street, Westminster, aged 

 80 years. He was for many years president of 

 the Institution of Civil Engineers, and his name 

 was brought into great distinction in connection 

 with bridge building and marine and hydraulic 

 engineering. In these latter departments of his 

 profession, he was for a long period consulting 

 engineer to the Board of Admiralty. 



Oct. 10. THORP, CHARLES, D. D., F. R. S., 

 Archdeacon of Durham, and formerly Warden of 

 the University, died at Ryton Rectory, Dur- 

 ham, aged 79 years. He was born at Gateshead 

 Rectory, Oct. 13, 1783 ; educated at the Cathe- 

 dral School, and at Oxford, where he obtained 

 a fellowship, and subsequently was appointed 

 tutor of University College, then under the 

 headship of Dr. Griffith. In 1807, he was 

 presented with the rectorship of Ryton, where 

 he spent several years of active service. He 

 took a deep interest in the establishment of 

 Sabbath Schools, and made house to house 

 visitations throughout his large parish, the rec- 

 ords of which visitations are still extant. In 

 1829, he was presented with a prebendal stall 

 in the Cathedral of Durham. In 1831, he was 

 offered the valuable living of Stanhope, which 

 he declined, and not long afterward was pro- 

 moted by Bishop Van Mildert to the archdea- 

 conry of Durham. At this time he was elect- 

 ed one of the Lord Crewe Trustees, in which 

 capacity he exerted himself to the utmost in 

 carrying out the donor's intentions for the 

 benefit of the Church at large, and his firmness 

 and judgment led to the establishment of the 

 Convocation of York on a firm and intelligible 

 basis. All the improvements made in the vil- 

 lage, where most of the property was situated, 

 were effected mainly through his exertions. 

 His love of the fine arts was proverbial, and 

 his gallery of pictures surpassed any other in 

 the north of England. He was a man of rare 

 benevolence. He gave 400 per annum to 

 endow the parish of Winlaton, and erected at 

 his own expense a church at Greenside. to the 

 memory of his parents; also as a thank-offer- 

 ing, the Jubilee School at Ryton. More recently, 

 he fitted out at great expense a beautiful chapel 

 on the Feroe Islands, inside of which is a tomb- 

 stone in memory of Grace Darling. Divine 

 service is conducted in the chapel on Sundays 

 during the summer months, and is attended by 

 the lighthouse keepers and their families. On 

 the establishment of the University of Durham, 

 he became its first Warden, and did much 

 toward the support of the new institution. His 

 resignation took place a short tune previous to 

 his death. 



Oct. 15. KEISEK. Dr.. a distinguished mili- 

 tary surgeon, died at Breslau, Germany, aged 83 

 years. He entered France after the battle of 

 Waterloo, at the head of the medical staff of 

 the German army, and the military hospital at 

 Versailles was placed under his direction. On 

 his return to Germany, he was appointed to 

 the professor's chair at the University of Jena. 



He was a large contributor to the German 

 literary reviews, and was the author of some 

 well received works. He represents: 

 University of Jena in the Parliament ot 

 mar, and also at Frankfort. 



Oct. 21. BEODIE, Sir BENJAMIN Coi 

 (See BRODIB.) 



Oct. 23. MOORE, Sir W. G., Lieut.-Gen., 

 K.O.B. died at Montrosehouse, Petersham 

 66 years. He was a son of Francis Moor, 

 der Secretary of War, and educated at Harrow, 

 entered the army at fifteen as a member of the 

 52nd regiment, and embarked at once for the 

 Peninsula. He was present at the sieges of 

 Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajos, and St. Sebastian, 

 and at the battles- of Salamanca, Vittori; 

 velle and Nive. He was wounded at the siege 

 of Bayonne, and was present at the battle of 

 Waterloo. He was appointed col. -commandant 

 in Jan. 1856, and the same year was made a 

 K 0. B. 



Nov. 5. JERVOIS, Gen. WILLIAM, K. H., died 

 at his residence, Portland-place, Bath, .aged 79 

 years. He had served in the army nearly sixty 

 years, having received his first commission in 

 1804, as ensign in the 89th regiment, which he 

 accompanied to Hanover the following year. 

 In 1810, he accompanied the expedition to 

 Malaga, and was slightly wounded in the attack 

 on the fortress of Frangerola. In 1813 he was 

 appointed to the staff of Sir Gordon Drum- 

 mond, with whom he embarked for Canada, 

 where he was present at nearly all the actions 

 fought with the American army. He was ap- 

 pointed to the colonelcy of the 76th Foot in 

 1853, and was commissioned general in 1860. 



Nor. 9. BIRD, Rev. CHARLES. SMITH. M. A., 

 F. L. S., chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, and 

 late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, died 

 at the Chancery, Lincoln, aged 67 years. He 

 was born at Everton, near Liverpool ; studied 

 law, but at the age of twenty-two, resolved to 

 qualify himself for the Church, and entered 

 Trinity College in 1817. In 1823 he was or- 

 dained priest; in 1843, became vicar of Gains- 

 borough, and in 1859, was appointed chancel- 

 lor of Lincoln cathedral. He was a fellow of 

 the Linnaean Society, and author of a " Plea for 

 the Reformed Church," " Defence of the Eng- 

 lish Reformation," "Lenten Lectures on the 

 Decalogue," " Romanism not Primitive," " Stric- 

 tures on Archdeacon Wilberforce's Works on 

 the Incarnation and Eucharist," also of several 

 pamphlets on Convocation, Visitation Sermons, 

 &c. During the visitations of the cholera, 

 particularly that of 1849, he devoted himself 

 entirely to the bodily and spiritual wants of his 

 parishioners. He also procured the erection 

 of two new churches, and the Girls' National 

 School and the Literary Institute owe their 

 origin mainly to his exertions. 



_Vor. 10. WEBB, JAMES, an eminent agricul- 

 turist, died at his estate of Babrah am, England, 

 aged 66 years. He had done much for the im- 

 provement of the short-horn Durham cattle, 

 but his extensive reputation (and few agricul- 



