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OBITUAEIES, FOREIGN. 



part of Jemmy Twitcher, with its " Oh, 

 Mowses," and " Vel, vot hof it!" which Mr. 

 Seffcon first acted in Philadelphia, in 1834, 

 without making any particular sensation. But, 

 in a short time after, Manager Dinneford built 

 the little New Franklin Theatre in New York, 

 and engaged him as his low comedian. The 

 first season at the New Franklin proceeded 

 very quietly, until, at three days' notice, " The 

 Golden Farmer" was produced. Mr. Sefton 

 did not then car much for the part of Jemmy 

 Twitcher. Indeed, it was one of the only two 

 characters he ever refused to play. But, from 

 its first night in New York, it was a decided 

 hit. " The Golden Farmer " was repeated at 

 one hundred and two performances, and was 

 followed up with " Jemmy Twitcher in 

 France." From the profits of those perform- 

 ances Dinneford was able to build the old 

 Bowery Theatre. For many years afterward 

 Mr. Sefton used to star Jemmy Twitcher 

 through the country, when the regular season 

 was over, and it never failed to draw crowded 

 houses and enthusiastic applause. When Nib- 

 lo's was burned down, Sefton acted as stage 

 manager at the Astor Place Opera House 

 during the performances of an Italian com- 

 pany, and during the celebrated Macready 

 riot. Afterward he was stage manager at 

 Eichmond ; at the Walnut, Philadelphia, under 

 Marshall; at Charleston and Columbia, S. C., 

 and at New Orleans under Placide. His last 

 appearance was during the latter part of the 

 month of October, 1867, at the Broadway 

 Theatre, for the benefit of Barton Hill, when 

 he appeared in the character which was his 

 greatest success. 



Sept. . COEDOVA, FILIPPO, an Italian 

 statesman and orator, Procurator- General and 

 Senator, died at Florence, aged about 66 years. 

 In early life he was distinguished as a barrister. 

 He took an active part in the Revolution of 

 1848, in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and, 

 upon its suppression by the late King of Naples, 

 fled into exile. Fortunately, however, he ob- 

 tained the patronage of Count Cavour, who 

 employed him in the Statistical Department of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Commerce in 

 Piedmont. On the annexation of Sicily to Sar- 

 dinia, Cordova was returned to the Italian Par- 

 liament, and he held office under Ricasoli and 

 Ratazzi. He subsequently held the post of 

 Procurator-General of the Court of Cassation, 

 but retired some years since to a senatorial 

 chair. He was an eloquent speaker, and not 

 unlike Burke in style of oratory. 



Sept. . REYNOLDS, JOHN, an eminent 

 teacher, botanist, and antiquarian, in London, 

 died in that city, aged 76 years. He was born 

 in Islington, was carefully educated, and, hav- 

 ing established a school in St. John's Street, 

 London, labored with untiring devotion there 

 for upward of fifty years. He took an active 

 part in founding the "Mechanics' Institute," 

 also the Botanical Society of Regent's Park, 

 and was an original member of the College of 



Preceptors. He was an accomplished anti- 

 quarian, and an unwearied advocate of human 

 progress. 



Sept. . VIENNET, M., a French acade- 

 mician and author, died in Paris, aged 91 

 years. He entered the marine artillery in 

 1796, fought, under the first emperor, at Leip- 

 sic, and, upon the second restoration, was made 

 an officer of the royal staff. Disappointed in 

 his military ambition, he early turned his at- 

 tention to literature. In the time of Louis 

 Philippe he was a peer. In 1824 he published 

 his "Philosophical Promenade in Pere la 

 Chaise Cemetery." He subsequently wrote 

 several fables and tragedies, among others, 

 " Clovis " and " Constantin." His academical 

 discourses were models of purity of diction, 

 and some of these, delivered in extreme old 

 age, were among his best. 



Oct. 28. SUTHEELAND, HAEEIET ELIZABETH 



GEOBGUANA, Dowager Duchess of, formerly 

 Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria, died 

 at her seat, Sutherland Castle. She was a 

 daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle, and was 

 born in 1806. In 1823 she was married to the 

 eldest son of the Marquis of Stafford, then 

 Earl of Gower, who, in 1833, became Duke of 

 Sutherland. She was Mistress of the Robes to 

 Queen Victoria, under the Liberal ministries, 

 until the death of her husband, in 1861, when 

 she retired from the brilliant circle in which 

 she had moved a prominent figure. She was 

 noted, in youth, for her extraordinary beauty, 

 and through life her character presented a 

 happy blending of delicacy and gentleness with 

 firmness and decision. The late duchess greatly 

 distinguished herself by her active support of 

 the public movement of 1853, in deprecation 

 of American slavery, and by her liberal encour- 

 agement of the fine arts. 



Oct. . ClOEEI, PlEEEE LlJC ClIAELES, a 



celebrated French scene-painter, died in Paris, 

 aged 86 years. He was born at St. Cloud, in 

 1782, and displayed so decided a talent for 

 music that, at the age of fourteen, he was an 

 excellent violinist, and also something of an 

 operatic composer. After studying twelve 

 years at the Conservatoire de Musique, an acci- 

 dent, which unfitted him for a public singer, 

 obliged him to turn from vocal music to draw- 

 ing, and, as a pupil of Bellange, he soon dis- 

 tinguished himself in the art of decoration and 

 scene-painting. In 1810 he was intrusted by 

 Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, with 

 the decorations of the chief theatre of Cassel. 

 In 1826 he superintended the coronation fes- 

 tivities of Charles X. 



Oct. . FAEEANT, Colonel FRANCIS, an 

 English diplomatist, and officer in the British 

 Army, died at Dover, England, aged 64 years. 

 He was formerly in the diplomatic sendee in 

 the East. Having joined the Bombay Cavalry, 

 he was employed by Lord William Bentinck in 

 Persia, and afterward was secretary to the 

 English minister plenipotentiary in that coun- 

 try. He was also secretary of legation and 



