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OBITUAE1ES, EUROPEAN. 



held the position of secretary to the Royal 

 Asiatic Society. 



April 23. BAKEWELL, Mrs. JOHIT, a religious 

 writer of considerable note, died at Fenton, 

 England, aged 65 years. Her principal works 

 are: "The Mother's Practical Guide," "The 

 Sunday-Scholar at Home and at School," and 

 " The Ten Commandments Explained." 



April 24. HUPFELD, Dr. HERMAISTN, profes- 

 sor in the University of Halle, a celebrated 

 Hebrew scholar; died at the university, aged 

 70 years. He was a native of Marburg, where 

 he devoted himself to the study of philosophy 

 and theology. In 1819 he became professor in 

 the gymnasium at Hanau. Compelled by ill- 

 health to resign this office in 1822, he went 

 to Halle, and studied under Gesenius. In 1825 

 he was chosen extraordinary professor of theo- 

 logy at Marburg, and in 1830 ordinary professor 

 of theology, in addition to the oriental lan- 

 guages. On the death of Gesenius he was called 

 to be his successor in 1843. In his department 

 he was among the first scholars of his day, and 

 at the close of his arduous life his mental vigor 

 showed no decline, his diligence no slackening. 

 Among his principal works were " The Sources 

 of Genesis," and a " Commentary on the 

 Psalms," in four volumes. 



April2S. RIVERS, Hon. GEORGE PITT, fourth 

 Lord, an eminent agriculturist, died at Portman 

 Square, London, aged 56 years. He succeeded 

 his father in the title in 1831. From 1841 to 

 1846 he was a lord in waiting to her majesty, 

 and was twice reappointed. He was a deputy- 

 lieutenant for Dorset, and lieutenant-colonel- 

 commandant of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cav- 

 alry ; also chairman of the Somerset and Dorset 

 Railway, and of the General Land Drainaee and 

 Improvement Company. A few years since he 

 was president of the Bath and West of England 

 Society. 



April 30. Dixox, Most Rev. JOSEPH D. D., 

 Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, and Arch- 

 bishop of Armagh, died there. He was for 

 some years a professor in Maynooth College, 

 and in 1852, was appointed to the See of Ar- 

 magh. Avoiding politics, he devoted himself 

 exclusively to the duties of his office, and es- 

 pecially to the great work of completing the 

 cathedral which had been commenced by his 

 predecessor. He was greatly beloved by his 

 people, and very much respected by Protestants 

 of all denominations. 



April. MALITOURXE, M., a French author 

 of high reputation, died at the Charenton Insane 

 Asylum, aged 71 years. He was born at L'Aigle, 

 Orne County, and was educated with great care 

 by an uncle, who before the revolution, was a 

 Benedictine monk. He gave early evidence of 

 rare talents, but did not appear in public until 

 1820, when he wrote an essay on "Parliamen- 

 tary and Forensic Eloquence." M. Malitourne 

 wrote first in "La Quotidienne," then in "Le 

 Constitutionnel," "La Charte de 1830," "Le 

 Messager des Chambres," and in "Le Moniteur 

 de Paris." He contributed frequently to "7"' 



Revne de Paris," and with M. Leon Gozlan and 

 M. Nestor Roqueplan wrote "Les Nouvelles & la 

 Main," a small periodical which appeared ir 

 1841, and which contained admirable sketches 

 of the public men of that day. He was likewise 

 a contributor to "Le Dictionnaire de la Con- 

 versation." When M. Ladvocat, the famous- 

 publisher, purchased, in 1826, the papers of 

 Madame Ida St. Elme, he engaged Malitourne 

 to put them into book form. Ile.composed the 

 famous " Memoires d'une Contemporainc,' 

 which appeared in eight volumes between 1827- 

 '28, and ran through two editions at once, 

 This work is one of those many adroit com- 

 pounds of fiction and truth which are to be 

 found in French literature under the title of 

 " Memoirs." Soon after the Revolution, hi- 

 mind began to be unseated, though he stil 

 mixed in company and even wrote to some 

 extent, but in 1854, or thereabouts, he was 

 carried to the Insane Asylum. He retained his 

 gentle character and graceful intellect ever 

 here, and to the last delighted in books and the 

 conversation of well-informed people. He knew 

 where he was, and why he was there, but made 

 no complaint and indulged in no lamentations. 



May 8. WORSLEY, Rev. PHILIP STANHOPE, 

 an English poet, and translator of Homer, died 

 at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. He was c 

 native of Kent, and was educated at the Cholme- 

 ley School, Highgate, .and at Corpus Christ: 

 College, Oxford, where he displayed poetic tal- 

 ent of a high order. He obtained the Newdi- 

 gate prize in 1857, for his "Temple of Janus.' 

 His health was for many years feeble, and his 

 literary efforts were in consequence frequently 

 interrupted by attacks of illness. It was during 

 intervals of illness that he completed his trans- 

 lations of the Odyssey, and of the first twelve 

 books of the Iliad, and indeed most of his othei 

 poems and translations published in 1863. 



May 13. COTJRTHOPE, WILLIAM, an Englisl 

 genealogist and heraldic author, died at Has- 

 tings, aged 57 years. He was a native of Roth- 

 erhithe, and in 1833 became clerk to the Col- 

 lege of Arms; Somerset Herald in 1854, anel 

 Registrar of the College in 1859. In 1851, he 

 was called to the bar at the Inner Temple, but 

 never practised in the courts of law. He ac- 

 companied as secretary the several missions 

 sent with the insignia of the garter to the re- 

 spective sovereigns of Turkey, Portugal, Prussia, 

 Denmark, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Belgium. Mr, 

 Courthope's genealogical labors were charac 

 terized by the most patient research, and so far 

 as they are given to the public, consist of three 

 editions, of Debrett's "Peerage," one of De- 

 brett's "Baronetage," an original work on the 

 " Extinct Baronets," on the plan of the " Sy- 

 nopsis of the Peerage," and a revised edition of 

 the latter, under the title of "The Historic 

 Peers of England," 1857. He also accomplished 

 much other literary labor in this direction, 

 while his duties at the College of Arms were 

 ever assiduous and laborious. 



May 15. HARVEY, WILLIAM HEXI?Y M. D . 



