OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. (PKNDKR RICHARDS.) 



Gil 



Patmore is surpassed by very few peels of his <r t . n . 

 oration a judgment with which not many persons 

 who are familiar with such tender bits of verse of 

 his as "It was not like your (Jroat and Gracious 

 Ways" and "Toys" will be disposed to quarrel. 

 Not' far from the time of his leaving the British 

 Museum Pat more became a Unman Catholic, and 

 he married the ward of Cardinal Manning in l*i!5. 

 lie was now wealthy, and. retiring with his wife to 

 an estate in Sussex, passed the remainder of his life 

 in quietness, though still writing both in verse and 

 prose. After the death of the second Mrs. Pa tin ore 

 he married for the third time, leaving one son by 

 this latest marriage. lie wa? a fearless critic in 

 art matters, and the quality of his thought both in 

 philosophy and in art is shown in his able : 

 volumes " Principles in Art." " Religio Poet*.'' and 

 "Rod, Root, ami Flower." His volumes of verse 

 in the order of publication include " Poems" (1844) : 

 "Tamerton Church Tower" (1853); "The Angel in 

 the House: The Betrothal" (1854); "The Angel in 

 the House: The Espousal" 1856 : "Faithful For- 

 ever" (I860): "The Victories of Love" (Ifi 

 "The Children's Garland from the Best Pi 



: "The Unknown Eros and Other Odes " 



\melia. Tamerton Church Tower, with an 



on Metrical Lore" (1*78): " Florilegium 



Aurantis." a selection edited by Richard Garnet! 



; "Poems: Second Collective Edition " (1880). 



Peuder. Sir John, a British merchant and pro- 

 moter, born in Dumbartonshire in 1815: died in 

 Kent. July 7. 1893, He was educated in the Glas- 

 gow High School, entered a countinghouse in that 

 city, and built up one of the largest textile manu- 

 facturing businesses in Glasgow and Manchester. 

 The firm of J. PenderiV Co. were for thirty years 

 the largest exporters of Scotch and Lancashire 

 fabrics to China and India. North and South Amer- 

 ica, and the British colonies. After he had ac- 

 quired a great fortune he joined Cyrus W. Field, in 

 1836. in the enterprise of laying a submarine Atlan- 

 tic cable. He risked his all in this venture, and 

 after several failures victory was finally secured in 

 1866. As soon as the Atlantic cables were in suc- 

 cessful operation he organized companies to lay 

 down in succession the Mediterranean, Eastern. 

 Australian. South African, and direct African 

 cables, and in 1882 there were 66,000 miles of 

 ocean telegraphs, of which the chief share was 

 owned in Great Britain. The Eastern Extension. 

 Brazilian. West African, direct United States. 

 Spanish. Azores, and Pacific and European cables 

 were put down later. Sir John Pender, who was 

 knighted in 1888. was chairman of these com- 

 panies and of the Metropolitan Electric Supply 

 Company. He was elected to Parliament as a 

 Liberal in 1862. and sat till 1866. re-entered Parlia- 

 ment again in 1N72. and held tins seat till 1**5. 

 In 1802 and 1895 he was elected as a Liberal 

 Unionist. 



Prostwicli. Sir Joseph, an English geologist, 

 born in Clapham. March 12. 1*12: died in Shore- 

 ham. June 23. 1S96. He received his early educa- 

 tion partly in London and partly in Paris, and 

 finally in University College, where he studied 

 chemistry and natural philosophy. He continued 

 his geological studies while carrying on till 1*7-2 

 the business of a wine merchant in London, and 

 from the age of twenty he contributed papers to 

 the "Transactions of the Geological Society." 

 His fame rests on a rearrangement and reclassifi- 

 cation of the Tertiary deposits. He was one of the 

 first to become convinced of the great antiquity of 

 man upon the planet. His studies of the distribu- 

 tion of underground waters were directed to the 

 practical question of their utilization in the water 

 supply of towns. In 1874 Prestwich succeeded Phil- 



lips in the chair of Geology at Oxford. He deduced 

 from the records of deep-sea ob.-crvat ions important 

 facts relating to the flow of the lower cnrn-i,' 

 the position of isot herm> and their bearing or 

 logical phenomena. He was knighted in 1**5. His 

 ipal published work is M < 



In is!).") he published a volun f " < loliected 1' 



on Some Controverted Questions in Grnlogv." 



Reinkens. Joseph Hubert, a German" theolo- 

 gian, born in Burtschied. near Aix-la-Chaprlle. 

 March 1. 1*21: died Jan. 5. l*</6. Jj e , t udied 

 theology in Bonn, was ordaim-d prie>t in tir 

 man Catholic Church from the Seminary of 

 logne in 1*47. finished his theological studies in' 

 Munich in 1849. became a tutor, and subsequently 

 a preacher in the cathedral. Extraordinary Pn 

 or in 1853, in 1857 Ordinary- Professor o'f Church 

 History, and in 1865 rector of the University of 

 Breslau. As one of the professors who at Nurem- 

 berg in 1870 protested against the Vatican decrees, 

 he was suspended from his clerical functions, and 

 in 1872 he was excommunicated by Bishop For 

 of Breslau. Dr. Reinkens became one of the lead- 

 ers of the Old Catholic movement, and was cl 

 bishop of the new sect at Cologne on June 4. 1*7'!. 

 and consecrated by the Dutch Bishop Heycamp at 

 Deventer on Aug". 11. 1873. He published many 

 books bearing on the controversy. 



Reynolds. Sir John Russell, an English physi- 

 cian, born in Romsey. Hampshire. May 22. 

 died in London. May 29. 1806. After studying 

 medicine at University College he began practice 

 at Leeds, but soon removed to London, where in 

 1859 he became a fellow of the College of Physi- 

 cians. In the same year he was appointed assistant 

 physician to University College Hospital, an office 

 which he held until his death. He had an exten- 

 sive practice, his counsel being especially valued in 

 nervous diseases by other physicians. He was ap- 

 pointed physician in ordinary to the Queen's house- 

 hold in 1878. and in 1893, on the death of Sir An- 

 drew Clark, succeeded to the office of President of 

 the College of Physicians and Surgeons. On Jan. 

 1. 1895, he was knighted. His writings include: 

 " K->ays on Vertigo" (1854): "Diagnosis of Dis- 

 - <>f the Brain" (1*5.">!: "Epilepsy: Its Symp- 

 toms. Treatment,'' etc. (1861): "Lectures on" the 

 Clinical Uses of Electricity " (1871) : "The Scien- 

 tific Value of the Legal Tests of Insanity" (1872); 

 and edited "A System of Medicine" (1866-'79). 



Richards. Sir" George Henry, a British naval 

 officer, born in 1820: died in Bath. Nov. 14. 1896. 

 He was a son of Capt. G. S. Richards, of the royal 

 navy. He entered the navy when a boy of twelve 

 years, served two years in the West Indies, and 

 then for two as a midshipman in a voyage of ex- 

 ploration in the Pacific on the " Sulphur." which 

 for five more years was employed in surveying the 

 western coasts of North and South America" and the 

 South Sea islands under the command of Sir Ed- 

 ward Belcher. As senior executive officer of the 

 " Starling," he took part in the taking of Canton 

 and other actions of the first China war. As lieu- 

 tenant, he was engaged in a survey of the Falkland 

 Islands, in 1842 on board the " Philomel." which was 

 ordered to the Plate, where Lieut. Richards took 

 part in the operations of 1845 and 1846 against 

 President Rosas, of Buenos Ay res. For his gallan- 

 try in storming the forts of Obligado he was pro- 

 moted commander. For the next four years he was 

 employed on a survey of the New Zealand coasts. 

 Returning home in 1852. he volunteered in the new 

 Franklin search expedition, commanded the "As- 

 sistance." and conducted sledging expeditions over 

 the frozen sea more than 2.000 miles. He was pro- 

 moted captain in 1854. and was appointed in 1856 

 to the command of the ' Plumper,'' detailed to sur- 



