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OBITUARIES, EUROPEAN. 



"The Life of Lord Sidraouth," and several 

 volumes of sermons. 



Oct. 18. SIEBOLD, PHILIP FRANZ VON, an 

 eminent German botanist, died in Munich, aged 

 70 years. He was a native of Wiirzburg, was 

 educated at the university there, and in 1823 

 received from the Dutch Government the ap- 

 pointment of physician and naturalist in the 

 colonial establishment at Java, and subsequently 

 was transferred to the embassy at Japan. He 

 devoted several years to careful explorations, 

 receiving material assistance from Japanese 

 naturalists who sought the benefit of his in- 

 structions. His zeal in the prosecution of his 

 scientific inquiries finally brought him into 

 collision with the Japanese Government, and 

 in 1828 he was expelled from the kingdom. 

 In 1830 he went to Holland, where he occupied 

 some years in the preparation of several works 

 embodying the results of his investigations. 

 Subsequently he resided for a time in Nangasaki. 

 His chief works are : " Epitome Lingua? Japon- 

 ics9 " (Batavia, 1826), " Fauna Japonica " (Ley- 

 den, 1836-'46), " Bibliotheca Japonica " (1833- 

 '41), " Catalogus Librorum Japonicorum " 

 (1845), "Urkundliche Darstellung der Bestre- 

 bungen Niederlands und Russlands znr ErotF- 

 nung Japans " (1854). He has also left uncom- 

 pleted an elaborate illustrated work upon 

 Japanese plants, commenced in 1832. 



Oct. 18. ROBINSON, GEOEGE AUGUSTUS, an 

 English government officer, died at Bath, aged 

 68 years. He was a native of London. In 

 1830 he succeeded in accomplishing a project 

 of much importance to the government, the 

 removal of the blacks from the island of Tas- 

 mania to Minder's Island, which had been 

 assigned exclusively to them. As an acknowl- 

 edgment of this service, he was placed at the 

 head of the Protectors of the Aborigines in 

 Australia. 



Oct. 16. HOPKINS, WILLIAM, F. R. 8., Senior 

 Esquire Bedell of the University of Cambridge, 

 died there, aged about 63 years. He was edu- 

 cated as a farmer, but finding that occupation 

 uncongenial to his tastes, he entered the uni- 

 versity comparatively late in lifo, and graduated 

 in 1827. He soon distinguished himself as a 

 private tutor, devoting much of his attention 

 to mathematics and geology. Recently a uni- 

 versity prize was founded in his honor; the 

 funds of which are held in trust by the Cam- 

 bridge Philosophical Society for the encourage- 

 ment of matheraatico-physical investigations. 

 Mr. Hopkins served in turn in the offices of 

 president of the Geological Society, and of the 

 British Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



Oct. 18. WRENCH, Miss MATILDA, an English 

 writer and philanthropist, died at Bowden, Sel- 

 kirkshire. She was of English birth, but had 

 spent the greater portion of the last twenty 

 years in Scotland, devoting her energies and 

 her possessions to the advancement of the 

 interests of the people in the western High- 

 lands, especially in Skye, where she built and 



endowed a school. For many years she was 

 associated with Mrs. Fry in visiting the prisons 

 of London, and in other works of love and 

 self-sacrifice. She has left translations which 

 attest the extent of her. scholarship and the 

 beauty of her style, among which may be 

 mentioned Neander's "Life of St. Bernard," 

 and portions of " The Life and Times of Fred- 

 erick Perthes." 



Oct. 19. PLUNKET, Rt. Hon. and Rev. THOM- 

 AS SPAN PLUNKET, second lord and bishop of 

 Tuam, died in Tourenakeady, Galway, aged 74 

 years. He was a son of William Conyngham 

 Plunket, the great Irish chancellor ; was edu- 

 cated at Trinity College, Dublin, and having 

 held some preferments, he was appointed Dean 

 of Down in 1831, and in 1839 was raised to the 

 bishopric of Tuam. He was an active and ener- 

 getic prelate, as was evinced by the prosperity 

 of the diocese under his care. 



Oct. 24. CONQUEST, J. T., M. D., an eminent 

 English surgeon and author, died at The Oaks, 

 Kent, aged 77 years. He entered the profession 

 early, obtaining his degree as member of the 

 College of Surgeons at eighteen, and the follow- 

 ing year was appointed assistant surgeon in the 

 Military Medical Depot at Chatham, and shortly 

 afterward held the same post in the Royal 

 Marines at Brompton, whence he went to the 

 Edinburgh University and graduated in 1813. 

 In 1814 Dr. Conquest commenced practice in 

 London, and his talents attracting attention, he 

 was called to the chair of obstetrics at St. 

 Bartholomew's Hospital. He was a man of 

 great benevolence, using all his energies for the 

 promotion of the interests of his fellow-men. 

 Among his published works may be mentioned, 

 " Outlines of Midwifery," subsequently trans- 

 lated into most of the European languages, and 

 ultimately into Hindostanee and Chinese; a 

 pamphlet on the " Use and Abuse of Money," 

 and a revised edition of the Bible, known as 

 " The Bible, with 20,000 Emendations." 



Oct. 26. DORION, ERIC, a Canadian journal- 

 ist, died at L'Avenir, Canada. He began life 

 without means, but through untiring industry 

 and courage surmounted all obstacles, and 

 entered public life early as the conductor of 

 a newspaper published under the title 

 "L'Avenir," which he afterward gave to the 

 village where he spent his later years'. For a 

 time this journal was exceedingly prosperous, 

 but owing to some opposition it was discon- 

 tinued, and, after a short experience in mercan- 

 tile life, he established another journal called 

 "Le Defricheur." M. Dorion sat in several 

 successive Parliaments for the counties of 

 Drummond and Arthabaska, and wielded a 

 large influence throughout that portfen of the 

 country. 



Oct. 28. SPENCE, B. E., an English sculptor 

 long resident at Rome, died at Leghorn. Among 

 his most popular works are : " The Finding of 

 Mos.es," "Jeanie Deans," and "The Shepherd 

 Boy." 



Oct. . FEANCIS, GEOBGE HENBT; an editor 



