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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN". 



entered the army in 1803. He served in the 

 Cape ; in the conquest of Java, as aide-de-camp 

 to his father (General Sir F. Wetherall); was 

 military secretary to the Oommander-in-Ohief 

 of Madras, from 1822 to 1825 ; was Deputy 

 Judge Advocate-General in India in 1826 ; aid- 

 ed in suppressing the insurrection of 1837-'38 

 in Canada, for which service he was made a 

 Companion of the Order of the Bath ; and was 

 Deputy Adjutant-General in Canada from 1843 

 to 1850, when he was appointed to that office 

 at headquarters, and in 1854 was made adju- 

 tant-general, which post he held until, in 1860, 

 he took command of the northern district. At 

 the expiration of his services in 1865, he was 

 appointed Governor of the Royal Military 

 College at Sandhurst. He was created a K. 

 0. B. in 1856, and a G. 0. B. in 1865. 



April 12. SALISBURY, JAMES BEOWNLOW 

 WILLIAM GASCOYNE CECIL, second Marquis 

 of, died at his residence, Hatfield House, Herts. 

 He was born April 17, 1791, was Lord-Lieuten- 

 ant of Middlesex, and represented Weymouth 

 in the Conservative interest from 1814 to June, 

 1823, when he succeeded his father as second 

 marquis. He served in the Herts militia, was 

 appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant of Argyleshire 

 in 1859, and, upon the death of Lord Dacre, 

 was unanimously elected chairman of the 

 Herts Quarter Sessions. In 1852, under the 

 first administration of Lord Derby, he was 

 Lord Privy Seal, and in 1858-'59 Lord Pres- 

 ident of the Council. The marquis was a 

 stanch and consistent Conservative, and a bold 

 defender of the agricultural interest. He was 

 made D. 0. L. at Oxford in 1834, and a Knight 

 of the Garter in 1842. 



April 13. BENTLEY, SAMUEL, an English 

 publisher, editor, and author, died at Croy- 

 don, in the 83d year of his age. He was 

 educated at St. Paul's School, and afterward 

 as a printer, which business he followed suc- 

 cessfully until 1853, when the partial failure 

 of his sight induced him to relinquish it alto- 

 gether. He was a man of good scholarship 

 and refined taste. Among the many impor- 

 tant works by which he will be remembered 

 is the " Excerpta Historica," the contributions 

 of Sir Charles Young, Sir Harry Nicolas, Mr. 

 Hardy, and others, which were edited by Mr. 

 Bentley with peculiar care. 



April 14. ROMEE, Miss, a celebrated operatic 

 singer of the English lyric stage, died at Mar- 

 gate, aged 52 years. She made her debut 

 at Covent Garden Theatre, October 16, 1830. 

 Her range of parts was perhaps greater 

 than that of any other singer, her voice a 

 sweet soprano, and her acting excellent. She 

 was particularly successful in Bellini's " Son- 

 nambula," Weber's "Favorita," Rossini's 

 "William Tell," Barnett's "Mountain Sylph," 

 Balfe's "Bohemian Girl," and Benedict's 

 " Crusaders." For several seasons Miss Romer 

 was directress of the English Opera Company 

 at the Surrey Theatre. 



April 16. -PINDAB, Rev. JOHN HOTHEESALL, 



Canon of Wells Cathedral, died at West 

 Malvern, aged 74 years. He graduated at 

 Caius College, Cambridge, in 1816, after 

 which he became principal of Codrington Col- 

 lege, Barbadoes. Subsequently he was a Canon 

 Residentiary and Prebendary of Wells Cathe- 

 dral, and principal of Wells Theological College, 

 which latter office he resigned in 1865. He 

 was the author of a volume of " Sermons on 

 the Common Prayer," " Sermons on the Ordi- 

 nation Services," "Sermons on the Holy Days 

 of the Church," "Expository Discourses on 

 the Epistle to Timothy," and some lectures. 



April 18. SIMPSON, General Sir JAMES, G. 

 C. B., late Commander-in-Chief of the English 

 Army, died at Horringer, near Bury St. Ed- 

 mund's. He was born in 1792, educated at 

 Edinburgh, entered the service in 1811, took 

 an active part in the Peninsular War, and in 

 1813 was promoted to the rank of captain. 

 After recovering from a severe wound received 

 at Quatre Bras, he served on the staff in Ire- 

 land, and subsequently held an important com- 

 mand in the Mauritius, where he won a high 

 reputation as a meritorious officer. He served 

 under Sir 0. Napier throughout the Indian 

 campaign of 1845, receiving commendation 

 from the governor -general. On the outbreak 

 of the Crimean War, in 1854, he was sent out 

 as chief of staff, and subsequently, against 

 his own inclination, was appointed successor 

 to Lord Raglan as commander-in-chief, and 

 for his services was promoted to the rank of 

 general, and made a G. 0. B. Soon after he 

 resigned, and in 1863 was appointed colonel 

 of the 29th regiment. Shortly after the close 

 of the Crimean War he took up his residence 

 in Horringer, where he lived in retirement 

 until his decease. 



April 23. COPLEY, Miss SUSANNAH, the 

 second daughter and youngest child of John 

 Singleton Copley, R. A., a celebrated painter 

 of the era of our American Revolution, and 

 sister of the late Lord Lyndhurst, died in Lon- 

 don, aged 94 years. She was born in Boston, 

 Mass., but her father migrated to England 

 when she was but an infant. She enjoyed 

 every advantage of education, and was a 

 woman of remarkable talent and culture. She 

 retained her faculties to the last, and her con- 

 versation was interesting, from her vivid recol- 

 lection and interesting reminiscences of the 

 scenes and associates of her youth. 



April 23. HEEEFOED, Rt. Rev. RENN DICK- 

 SON HAMPDEN, Lord Bishop of, died in London. 

 He was born on the Island of Barbadoes, in 

 1793, where his father, Renn Hampden, a 

 military officer, resided; graduated at Oriel 

 College, Oxford, in 1813, with first-class 

 honors, and the following year was elected to 

 a fellowship. He was thus brought into inti- 

 mate associations with such men as Keble, 

 Newman, Pusey, Davidson, Whately, and Ar- 

 nold. Vacating his fellowship by an early 

 marriage, he resided for a short time at Bath, 

 and subsequently held the curacies of Newton, 



