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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



1834. In August of the same year he sailed 

 for the land of his adoption, in which he toiled 

 with untiring zeal and fervor until ill-health, 

 arising from constant labor in a tropical climate, 

 rendered his return to his native land in 1842 

 absolutely necessary. 



July 12. HIGGIXS, Right Rev. WILLIAM, 

 D. D., Lord Bishop of Derry, died at the palace, 

 Londonderry. He was born at Lancaster, in 

 1793, and educated at Lancaster and Manchester 

 Grammar Schools, and at Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge, where he graduated in 1817. Shortly 

 after taking his degree he became Curate of 

 Clifton, where ho remained until 1820, when 

 he was appointed by government to the chap- 

 laincy of the Richmond General Penitentiary, 

 then recently established in Dublin. His posi- 

 tion as a chaplain appointed by government 

 was an exceedingly trying one, owing to the 

 angry struggles at that period between the Prot- 

 estant and Roman Catholic parties. From 

 the first he was a Liberal, and as such could not 

 avoid coming into collision with the extreme 

 Protestant party ; but his spirit of kindness and 

 calm judgment never forsook him, and through 

 the eight years of his residence in Dublin he 

 held the confidence and respect of all parties. 

 In 1828 he was appointed Rector of Roscrea, 

 and Vicar-General of Killaloe. In 1844 he be- 

 came Dean of Limerick, and five years later 

 was consecrated Bishop of that see. In 1853 

 he was transferred to Derry. He was Com- 

 missioner of National Education, and an Ec- 

 clesiastical Commissioner for Ireland. 



July 19. ABDY, Mrs. MARIA, widow of the 

 Rev. John Channing Abdy, an English poetess 

 and author, died at Margate. At an early age 

 she evinced a decided taste for writing both 

 prose and poetry. Her first contributions ap- 

 peared in the pages of the New Monthly, and 

 she subsequently became connected with the 

 Metropolitan, while it was under the editorial 

 care of Thomas Campbell. Her verses fre- 

 quently appeared in the Annuals, which a few 

 years ago were so popular. Lately her poems 

 have been collected in eight volumes. 



July 23. HARBISON, Hon. SAMUEL BEALY, 

 Judge of the County of York, Upper Canada. 

 Mr. Harrison was a member tf the Executive 

 Council, Canada, from the 10th March, 1841, 

 to the 30th September, 1843, during which 

 period there were no less than ten different 

 phases of administration, six of which were 

 mixed or coalition, and the remaining four re- 

 form. Out of 84 members, there had been re- 

 turned only 24 avowed supporters of the gov- 

 ernment; and yet Lord Sydenham made such 

 a combination as prevented the opposition from 

 being formidable to the government, so. skilful 

 a use did he make of the unpromising materials 

 with which he had to work. During all the 

 time he was a member of the Executive, Mr. 

 Harrison was Provincial Secretary, and from 

 the 21st December, 1841, to the 3d October, 

 1844, he was a member of the Board of Works. 

 He represented Kingston, in the first Parlia- 



ment of United Canada, from the 1st July, 1841, 

 to the 23d September, 1844. In the second 

 Parliament, he was member for Kent, from the 

 12th November, 1843, to the 3d January, 1845. 

 Mr. Harrison's title to renown will rest upon 

 the assistance he gave to LorS Sydenham 

 against those who wished to embarrass the 

 carrying out of the Union Act. Lord Syden- 

 ham, as his biographer remarks, was saved by 

 his own firmness and courage, " and by the 

 honest, straightforward generosity with which 

 the moderate reformers came to his support." 

 Mr. Harrison had long occupied the position of 

 County and Surrogate Judge. He was a man 

 of high integrity, and was universally respected. 



July . BEATTIE, JAMES, known as " the 

 Auchterless John Pounds," died at Gordons- 

 town, N. B. He was born in the parish of 

 Rayne, January 27, 1781, and early in life 

 removed to Gordonstown, in Auchterless, and 

 there commenced business as a shoemaker. 

 Seeing the lamentable want of schools in that 

 town he conceived the idea of becoming a volun- 

 teer instructor of youth ; and such was his art 

 in gaining the affections of children, that his 

 workshop was soon filled with pupils of both 

 sexes, so that he was frequently obliged to 

 work until past midnight to make up for the 

 time spent during the day in teaching. For 

 the long period of sixty years he conducted a 

 school in which there were daily in attendance 

 from thirty to forty pupils, and for this he 

 would never take fee or reward. 



July . TIIIBOTJST, LAMBERT, a French dra- 

 matist of high reputation, died in Paris. He 

 was born in 1826, and was educated for the 

 stage. He appeared on the boards at the age 

 of twenty-two, but subsequently devoted him- 

 self to literature. His first play, "Ze Corde 

 Sensible,' 1 '' was produced in 1850, and its suc- 

 cess induced him to embrace the career of a 

 professional playwright. Within the past sev- 

 enteen years he wrote about forty pieces, the 

 larger portion of which were received with 

 great encouragement by Parisian audiences. 

 He was one of the authors of the "Marble 

 Heart," a drama which has been played on the 

 French, the English, and the German stage. 

 The attraction of his pieces was their joyous- 

 ness and brimming gayety. . 



August 8. AUSTIN, Mrs. SARAH, a writer of 

 much merit, died at Weybridge, England. She 

 was the last survivor of the Taylors of Nor- 

 wich, whose remarkable literary talent has 

 given them so much distinction, and was born 

 in 1793. She was educated with great care in 

 her father's family, and in 1820 married Mr. 

 John Austin, a barrister of Westminster. With 

 the exception of some articles in the Edinburgh 

 Review, Mrs. Austin devoted herself mostly to 

 translations of German and French literature 

 into English. She also wrote many sketches 

 of foreign travel for the pages of the Athenaeum. 

 Much of her life was spent abroad, and wherever 

 she went her intellectual charms drew around 

 her a literary circle of friends. After the death 



