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OBITUARIES, EUROPEAN. Jan. 7. BIBBY, 

 THOMAS, called " Scholar Bibby," died at Kil- 

 kenny, Ireland, aged 64 years. He commenced 

 his education at a grammar school in Kilkenny, 

 entered Trinity College, Dublin, at an early 

 age, and obtained a scholarship. When but 

 thirteen years of age he carried off the gold 

 medal for science at a college examination, 

 where he had a host of competitors. His 

 love of the classics, however, went far beyond 

 that of science, and he became one of the 

 best Greek scholars of the day. In his col- 

 legiate course he held a distinguished place, 

 but the extreme eccentricity of his char- 

 acter proved an effectual bar to his attaining 

 any public position. Some of his relatives 

 placed him in a private lunatic asylum in Dub- 

 lin ; but he was soon released, and thenceforth 

 passed an utterly secluded and solitary life 

 among his books. Though possessed of a con- 

 siderable income, he lived in the greatest pen- 

 ury, denying himself many of the common 

 necessaries of life in order to gratify his mania 

 for book buying. From garret to cellar his 

 house was filled with books books on all sub- 

 jects T of all ages, and all countries, many of 

 them allowed to decay from damp, moths, and 

 worms. Even the staircases were covered with 

 books as well as the kitchen, scullery, and cel- 

 lar. The shutters of his house were always 

 closed, and he seldom left it, save upon the 

 Sabbath, when he attended the noonday ser- 

 vice at the cathedral ; if by chance he slipped 

 out, it was usually in the evening and for the 

 purpose of attending to some book purchases. 

 He published two dramatic poems, " Gerald of 

 Kildare," in 1854, and " Silken Thomas," in 

 1859. 



Jan. 17. VERNET, HORACE. (See VERNET.) 



Jan. 31. LANSDOWNE, Marquis of. (See LANS- 

 DO WNE.) 



Feb. 28. MAUBOUEG, La Comtesse ANAS- 

 TASIE DE LA TOUR, daughter of the famous Mar- 

 quis de Lafayette, died at Turin, Italy. She was 

 born in Paris, July 1st, 1777. She shared her 

 father's captivity in the citadel of Olmutz, and, 

 on her return to France, married Comte de la 

 Tour-Maubourg. Since 1848 she had lived in 

 Turin, and occupied herself exclusively in re- 

 lieving the poor. 



March 13. HUGHES, ED WARD HUGHES BALL, 

 died at St. Germains. He was long a resident 

 of that retreat, and in the days of George IV. 

 was one of the leading dandies. He was called 

 " Golden Ball," and figured in the best society 

 of London, among whom his fortune and favor- 

 able personal appearance made him a welcome 

 guest. He married the celebrated dancer of 

 the day, Mdlle. Mercandotti, and departed at 

 once for the continent, and from that time lived 

 in retirement. 



March 15. DESPRETZ, CESAR M. (See DES- 



PRETZ.) 



March26. EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD, an Eng- 

 lish artist, died at Algiers, Africa. He was 

 born in London in 1817, and in 1838 made his 



first exhibition of painting at the academy. In 

 1848 he was elected an associate. In 1844 he 

 executed his well-known picture, " Gil Bias Ex- 

 changing Rings with Camilla." In 1850 he pro- 

 duced what is generally considered his best pic- 

 ture, " Peter the Great when he sees Catharine, 

 his future Empress, for the first time." In 1857 

 he was selected to arrange the gallery of mod- 

 ern paintings at the Manchester Exhibition. In 

 1859 he exhibited at the Royal Academy a 

 Trilogy, which was highly commended, and 

 the same year a subject from Thackeray's 

 "Esmond." 



March 28. GRIMALDI, STACET, an English 

 barrister, died at Herndon House, Kent. He 

 was born at Greenwich in 1791, was educated 

 for the law, and for upward of forty years prac- 

 tised in Copt-hall Court in the city of London. 

 In 1824 he was elected a fellow of the Society 

 of Antiquaries. In 1834 was appointed to de- 

 liver lectures on the " Public Records of the 

 Law Institution," and in 1853 an auditor of the 

 Incorporated Law Society. In 1828 he pub- 

 lished his well-known work, " Origines Gen- 

 ealogicffi." He was also the author of several 

 smaller works, and a frequent contributor to 

 the " Gentleman's Magazine " from 1813 to 

 1861. 



April 13. FOWLER, Dr. RICHARD. (See FOW- 

 LER, RICHARD.) 



April 14. HARCOURT, Admiral. (See HAE- 

 COURT.) 



April 14. LEWIS, Sir GEORGE COBNEWALL. 

 (See LEWIS, G. 0.) 



April 25. HAGAN, Rear-Admiral Sir R., an 

 officer in the British navy, died at his residence, 

 Pembroke Road, Dublin. He entered the navy 

 in 1807 in the Surveillance, under the command 

 of Sir George Collier, and remained in that 

 ship until 1813, actively engaged, .principally 

 on the north coast of Spain in cooperation with 

 the army, and was present at the siege of St. 

 Sebastian. From 1815 to 1819 he commanded 

 the Princess Royal and Prince Regent, colonial 

 tenders on the west coast of Africa. In 1823 

 he obtained command of the Thistle gun-brig, 

 in which he was very successful, capturing 

 forty slave vessels, and liberating 4,000 negroes. 

 He was made a commander, May 15th, 1823, 

 and served as Inspector- Commander of the Irish 

 Coast Guard until promoted to a captain's rank 

 in 1843. 



May 4. HATHERTON, Lord. (See HATHERTON.) 



May 8. COUCH, RICHARD Q. (See COUCH, 

 RICHARD.) 



May 21. BARDLET, Sir CULLING E. (See 

 EARDLEY, CULLING E.) 



May 28. WILMOT, Rev. ROBERT, died at Net- 

 tlebed Oxon. 



May. . DOST MOHAMMED KHAN. (See DOST 

 MOHAMMED KHAN.) 



June 3. RUSSELL, JOHN, D. D., Canon of 

 Canterbury, and Rector of St. Botolph, Bish- 

 opsgate, London, died at the Oaks, Canterbury, 

 aged 76 years. He was educated at Charter- 

 house School, where he gained the golden 



