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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



of St. George's, Glasgow. Though a highly- 

 accomplished scholar, his great modesty and 

 attention to his ministerial duties prevented 

 him from occupying the same place in the 

 public eye as others less qualified. He took a 

 deep interest in ecclesiastical affairs, and was 

 the head for many years of the India Mission 

 Scheme of the Established Church, and was 

 one of the principal supporters of the most 

 successful Normal School which she maintains 

 in Glasgow for the training of teachers. He 

 filled the moderator's chair of the Established 

 Assembly in 1863. A son of Dr. Craik married 

 Miss Mulock, the distinguished novelist. 



Aug. 29. HERTFORD, RICHARD SEYMOUR 

 CONWAY, Marquis of, K. G., a wealthy and libe- 

 ral nobleman ; died in London, aged 70 years. 

 He was the fourth inheritor of the title, and was 

 born in 1800. On the death of his father he in- 

 herited an immense fortune, which he largely 

 devoted to the maintenance of a magnificent 

 establishment in Paris, and the purchase of 

 costly works of art. At the famous sale of the 

 gallery of King "William I. of Holland, he pur- 

 chased one picture, the Assumption, by Murillo, 

 for the enormous sum of $120,000. The marquis 

 was an early and constant friend of Napoleon 

 III., and encouraged him in his candidature 

 for the office of President. The vast estates 

 and immense wealth of the marquis descend, 

 with the title, to his young kinsman, Captain 

 Hugh de Grey Seymour, his cousin's grandson. 



Aug. 30. STRUVE, GUSTAVE, a German rev- 

 olutionist and author; died in Vienna, aged 

 65 years. He was born in Livonia, October 

 11, 1805, and was educated for the law. He 

 entered the diplomatic service of the Duke 

 of Oldenburg, and acted as secretary to the 

 embassy, during several sessions. About 1840 

 lie settled at Mannheim to pursue his profession, 

 and there married, in 1845, a lady who shared 

 his opinions and participated in the persecu- 

 tions he subsequently endured. He devoted 

 himself very much to science, particularly to 

 phrenology, on which he wrote some treatises. 

 He became editor of the Mannheim Journal, 

 and commenced in 1843 a vigorous opposition 

 in it to the Baden Government, by which he 

 many times incurred fine and imprisonment. 

 That journal Avas suppressed in 1846, and he 

 then established the German Spectator. In 

 1848 he caused, in concert with M. Hecker, a 

 revolutionary rising, which proved unsuccess- 

 ful, and he had to fly to France. A second at- 

 tempt in September, made with the support of 

 Karl Blind, had no better success. The Gov- 

 ernment troops dispersed his party at Staufen, 

 and arrested himself. He was sentenced to 

 five years' imprisonment, but the insurrection 

 of May 24, 1849, set him free. The leader of 

 the new movement, Herr Brentano, however, 

 had him arrested on the charge of inspiring 

 extreme socialistic principles. He afterward 

 took part in the revolution in Baden, and upon 

 the defeat of the movement fled to Switzer- 

 land, whence he was expelled two months later. 



He then resided successively in France, Eng- 

 land, the United States, and Austria. In ad- 

 dition to several works on phrenology, Herr 

 Struve was the author of " A System of Politi- 

 cal Science," " The Common Law of the German 

 Confederation," besides other treatises of a po- 

 litical and legal character. His residence in 

 this country furnished him with materials for 

 a volume entitled " Both Sides of the Ocean." 



Aug. . MARMOL, DONATO DEL, a Cuban 

 revolutionary general-; fell in battle, aged 32 

 years. He was born in the city of Bayonne, 

 about the year 1838. His father, Raimundo 

 Marmol, was a native of Venezuela, and a cap- 

 tain in the Spanish Army. Donate went with 

 his parents to Santiago de Cuba, and there 

 completed his education. For a while he en- 

 gaged in farming, but in 1860 returned to his 

 native city, where he resided in private life un- 

 til the first news of the revolt, when he rushed 

 into the conflict, and engaged in many desper- 

 ate battles. 



Sept. 17. READE, JOHX EDMUXD, an Eng- 

 lish poet ; died at Salterton, England, aged 70 

 years. Ho was born at Broadwell, Gloucester- 

 shire, in 1800. His first work, " Cain the Wan- 

 derer," which appeared in 1830, anonymously, 

 secured for its author an introduction to Cole- 

 ridge the poet, and a recorded testimony from 

 Goethe. It was followed by "Italy," pub- 

 lished in 1838; "Catiline," and "The Del- 

 uge," 1839; "The Vision of the Ancient 

 Kings," and " Life's Episode," 1843; "Mem- 

 non," 1844; " The Revelations of Life," 1849; 

 and "Man in Paradise," in 1856, designed to 

 form the first portion of the drama of " Cain 

 the Wanderer." Subsequently he produced 

 several lyric poems of great merit. 



Sept. 18. SAXONY, AMELIA, Duchess of, 

 sister of the reigning King of Saxony ; died 

 at Dresden, aged 7G years. She was born in 

 1794, and, after an extensive tour in Europe, 

 applied herself to literary pursuits. She wrote, 

 under the assumed name ofAmelia Heiter, two 

 comedies in verse, which were performed at 

 Dresden in 1829 and 1830, and were favorably 

 received. Encouraged by the success of these 

 pieces, she prepared numerous others, which 

 were performed at the theatres of Germany, 

 and enjoyed great popularity. The leading 

 feature in her dramatic writing was the skill 

 and taste with which the virtues of the middle 

 classes were placed in contrast with the vices 

 of persons in higher rank. The liberal sen- 

 timents thus expressed secured her many 

 friends, and rendered her generally popular. 

 Besides the writings referred to, the duchess 

 composed some pieces of sacred music. 



Sept. . CORUEY, BoLToisr, an English au- 

 thor and editor; died in London, aged 87 

 years. He was born in 1783. He early mani- 

 fested a literary taste, and was first generally 

 known by his " New Curiosities of Literature," 

 a severe attack on the well-known work of the 

 elder Disraeli. He edited Thomson's "Seasons," 

 Goldsmith's poems, and wrote a Life of Par- 



