OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. (DowsE GADE.) 



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Dowse, Richard, an Irish jurist, born in Dungannon, 

 County Tyrone, in 1824 ; died in Tralee, March 14, 

 1890. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, 

 was called to the bar in 1852, and by his learning, wit, 

 and eloquence gained a large practice at the Irish bar. 

 He became a sergeant-at-law in 1868, entered Parlia- 

 ment in the same year, having been elected as a Lib- 

 eral for Londonderry, was appointed Solicitor-Gen- 

 eral in 1870, and in 1872 succeeded to the office of 

 Attorney- General for Ireland, but was raised to the 

 bench a few months later, beincr appointed one of 

 the barons of the Exchequer. He was one of the 

 political judges who construed the law most severely 

 against the Irish Nationalists. 



Duffield, Alexander James, an English traveler, born 

 in 1820 ; died in October, 1890. He lived for a great 

 part of his life in wild and strange regions, following 

 the profession of a mining engineer in South America, 

 Australia, and other parts of the globe, where he un- 

 derwent exciting adventures. A voyage on a labor 

 cruiser in the South Seas enabled him to furnish the 

 Queensland Government with a report on the system, 

 of obtaining Kanakas for the sugar plantations. He 

 published a translation of " Don Quixote" and other 

 books, the most successful of which was "Reminis- 

 cences of Travel Abroad.' 7 



Ely, Marchioness of, born in 1821; died June 11, 

 1890. She was a daughter of J. J. Hope Vere and 

 a niece of the Marquis of Tweeddale, and in 1844 

 married the Marquis of Ely, who died in 1857, leav- 

 ing two children, the fourtli Marquis of Ely and Lady 

 Marion Jane Buchanan. From 1851 Lady Ely was 

 a lady of the bedchamber to Queen Victoria, whose 

 confidence she possessed more than any one else. 



Feuillet, Octave, a French novelist, born at St.-Lo, in 

 the Department of the Manche, Aug. 11, 1812; died 

 in Paris, Dec. 28, 1890. His father was secretary of 

 the prefecture, arid the son was destined for an of- 

 ficial career. He was educated at the college of Louis- 

 le-Grand in Paris. In 1844 he published, in conjunc- 

 tion with Paul Bocage and Albert Aubert, a hovel 

 called "Le Grand Vieillard," which appeared in the 

 ''National" newspaper under the pen name of "De- 

 sire Hasard. From that time he was a constant con- 

 tributor of tales and sketches to the papers and pe- 

 riodicals. He wrote the novels of " Polichinelle" 

 (1846), "Onesta" (1848), "Alix" (1848), "La Re- 

 demption" (1849). "Bellah" (1850), " Le Cheveu 

 blanc" (1852), and also vaudevilles in collaboration 

 with his old school-fellow, Paul Bocage, besides " La 

 Nuit terrible" (1846) and other comedies and farces 

 for the Odeon and Palais Royale theatres, and the 

 " Vieilleusse de Richelieu," acted at the Theatre 

 FranQais in 1848. " Echec et mat " was the best of 

 these pieces. He won no great reputation till "Le 

 Cheveu blanc" was produced in 1853. The renown 

 that this gave him was sustained by " Dalila," " Peril 

 en la demeure," and other pieces. In 1858 he won 

 the success of his life with " Le Roman dun jeune 

 homme pauvre," and the play founded on it,' per- 

 formed at the Vaudeville Theatre. Scarcely less pop- 

 ular was "Histpire de Sibylle." His refinement of 

 style and propriety of sentiment won the admiration 

 of the ladies, who crowded the hall to hear his ad- 

 dress as Eugene Scribe's successor in the French 

 Academy in 1862. In 1862 he was made an officer of 

 the Legion of Honor, and soon afterward he was ap- 

 pointed librarian to the imperial residences, holding 

 the office till September,' 1870. The most noteworthy 

 of Feuillet's dramatic productions not already named 

 are "Le Pour et le contre," "Le Cas de conscience," 

 "La Crise," "La Belle au bois dormant," " Le 

 Sphynx," " Le Bourgeois de Rome," " Montjoye," 

 "Le Village," "La Fee," "La Partie de dames," 

 "Julie," the comic opera of " La Cle d'or," "La 

 Tentation," and " L'Acrobate." " La Petite com- 

 tesse," a novel, was published two years before the 

 "Romance of a Poor Young Man," which has been 

 translated not only into English, but into nearly every 

 modern language. He had long been recognized as 

 one of the most brilliant writers for the " Revue des 



deux mondes," then in its prime, and had produced 

 light sketches admired by critics as the best products 

 of his genius, before winning his great popularity 

 with this pleasing novel. " Monsieur de Camors ' 

 (1867) and "Julie de Trecoeur" (1872) are considered 

 by many his master-pieces. His later novels are " Un 

 Marriage dans le monde " (1875), "Le Journal d'une 

 femme" (1878), " L'Histoire d'une Parisienne " "La 

 Veuve," and " La Morte " (1886), the last of which 

 had a remarkable success. 



Franckenstein, Freiherr Georg Arbogast von and zn, a 

 German politician, born in Wurzburg, July 2,' 1825- 

 died in Munich, Jan. 22, 1890. He was the largest 

 land owner in Bavaria, a nobleman greatly respected 

 for his talents and character, the head of the Clerical 

 party in the Bavarian Assembly, and joint leader with 

 Windhorst of the Centrists in the German Reichstag. 

 That diminutive statesman' and the tall and handsome 

 Franconian baron were inseparable companions in 

 Berlin. Franckenstein was a member of the old 

 Zollparlament and of the Reichstag from 1872. Front 

 1879 till 1887 he was its first vice-president. His 

 speeches were always brief and pithy. More concili- 

 atory and moderate in his views than his colleague, he 

 had shown latterly a leaning toward the National side, 

 and for that reason received special attentions from 

 the Emperor. More than once he smoothed away dif- 

 ficulties that arose between his party and the direct- 

 ing statesmen, and effected a compromise between 

 the antagonistic views on the relations of church and 

 state. He was one of the authors of the protective 

 tariff system now in force in Germany, and was a sup- 

 porter of the Government on the queston of the mili- 

 tary septennate and in its colonial policy. 



Fransecky, Eduard Friedrich von, a German soldier, 

 born in 1808 died in Wiesbaden, May 22, 1890. He 

 commanded from 1860 to 1864 the Oldenburg brigade, 

 and in 1866 distinguished himself by the way in which 

 he handled the Magdeburg division at Konigsgratz, 

 and by his vigorous defense of Suipwald, which en- 

 abled the Crown-Prince to throw his entire force with 

 crushing effect on the Austrian army. In 1870 he 

 rendered important services at Gravelotte. The 

 guards of Napoleon III were conducted to Germany 

 under his direction after the surrender of Metz. Dur- 

 ing the seige of Paris he commanded the German 

 troops in Seme-et-Marne. Receiving orders in June 

 to attack Bourbaki at the head of the right wing of 

 the Army of the South, he succeeded in cutting oft' 

 his communications with the South and in driving 

 him into Switzerland. After the war Gen. Fransecky 

 was appointed commander of the forces in the impe- 

 rial province, and later Military Governor of Berlin, 

 holding this place till he was retired in 1882. He haa 

 a great reputation as a tactician and military author, 

 and edited works published by the general staff. 



Frome, Edward Cnarles, an English military engineer, 

 born at Gibraltar, Jan. 7, 1802 ; died in EwelT, Sur- 

 rey, Feb. 12, 1890. He was graduated at the head of 

 his class at the Royal Military Academy, received a 

 commission in the Royal Engineers in 1825, and from 

 1827 till 1832 he surveyed and superintended the 

 construction of the Rideau Canal in Canada and built 

 fortifications at Kingston. After teaching at Woolwich 

 and Chatham till 1839, he went to South Australia as 

 surveyor-general, and conducted the triangulation of 

 the whole colony, returning to England in 1849. He 

 blasted away a part of the clift at Seaford in 1850, was 

 surveyor-general of Mauritius from 1851 till 1858, 

 commanded the Royal Engineers in Scotland and in 

 1859-' 62 in Ireland, was commanding engineer and 

 senior officer at Gibraltar till 1868, was afterward in- 

 spector-general of fortifications, and then of engi- 

 neers, and in 1874 and succeeding years was Governor 

 of Guernsey. At the time of his death Gen. Frome 

 held the appointment of colonel-commandant of the 

 Royal Engineers. 



Gade, Niels, a Danish musical composer, born in 

 Copenhagen, Feb. 22, 1817 ; died there, Dec. 21, 1890. 

 He became a successful player on the piano-forte and 

 on the violin in his youth, and while a member of the 



