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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



shire, aged 78 years. He was born in the par- 

 ish of New Deer, took the degree of M. A. at 

 Aberdeen, and, after his ordination as deacon, 

 in 1821, was sent to Stuartfield, where he 

 served with acceptance four years, and was 

 then chosen as pastor of St. James's Church, 

 Oruden. Here he became widely known for 

 his theological learning, literary accomplish- 

 ments, and professional zeal, and received 

 from Bishop Skinner the appointment of ex- 

 amining chaplain. He was the author of sev- 

 eral volumes, among which are " Old Paths, 

 where is the Good Way," Oxford, 1840 ; 

 " Buchan," with Illustrations, Aberdeen, 1858; 

 "The Druids," London, 1861; "Letters on 

 the Scandinavian Churches, their Doctrine, 

 Worship, and Polity;" and several sermons. 

 In 1865 he received from his university the 

 degree of LL. D. 



March 28. BABEE, Eev. HENEY HERVEY, 

 F. R. S., an eminent biblical scholar and bibli- 

 ographer; died at Stretham, aged 94 years. 

 He was an alumnus of St. Paul's School; en- 

 tered All-Souls' College, Oxford, as a Bible- 

 clerk, and graduated B. A. in 1799, and M. A. 

 in 1805, when he became Vice-Principal of 

 St. Mary's Hall, and curate to Dr. Coplestpn 

 in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin. While 

 still an under-graduate, he was appointed a 

 sub-librarian of the Bodleian, where his youth- 

 ful zeal in the performance of his duties proved 

 his fitness for the important post which he af- 

 terward held in the library of the British Mu- 

 seum. In 1812 he was appointed keeper of the 

 Printed Books in the British Museum, which 

 post he held until 1837, when the trustees 

 passed a resolution, " acknowledging Mr. Ba- 

 ber's long and meritorious services." In 1827 

 he was presented to the rectory of Stretham, 

 with Thetford, in the discharge of which du- 

 ties he continued until his death. Mr. Baber 

 was the editor of the Alexandrian Codex of the 

 Septuagint translation of the Old Testament ; 

 also of several volumes relating to translations. 



March 29. LATJDEE, JAMES EOKFOED, R.S.A., 

 an eminent figure-painter ; died at Edinburgh, 

 aged 57 years. He was 'born at Silvermills, 

 near Edinburgh, and having, at an early age, 

 evinced a decided talent for drawing, he en- 

 joyed every opportunity for developing it, 

 both at the Trustees' Academy, and under 

 the counsel of his accomplished brother, Rob- 

 ert Scott Lauder. Repairing to Kome, he de- 

 voted four or five years to the study of the 

 Italian masters ; and on his return to Edin- 

 burgh at once essayed the highest style of 

 figure- painting, in which he became eminent- 

 ly successful. His "Ten Virgins," and his 

 "Bailie Macwheeble," were engraved by the 

 Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts. 

 For two Scriptural pieces "Wisdom," and 

 "The Unjust Steward," he received a prize 

 of two hundred guineas at Westminster Hall. 

 Mr. Lauder was also a thorough scholar in 

 music. 



March 29. -MULLOCK, Right Rev. JOHN 



THOMAS, O. S. F., D. D., Roman Catholic Bishop 

 of St. John's, Newfoundland ; died at St. John's, 

 aged about 63 years. He was nominated Bishop 

 of Thaumacus, and coadjutor to Bishop Flem- 

 ing in 1847, and succeeded that prelate as 

 Bishop of St. John's in 1850. He was a native 

 of Ireland, and had edited and translated St. 

 A. Liguori's "History of Heresies, and their 

 Refutation," published in two volumes at Dub- 

 lin, in 1847, and which had passed through sev- 

 eral editions. 



March . AEMENGAUD, JEAN GERMAIN DE- 

 SIRE, a French art-historian and critic, died in 

 Paris, in the 72d year of his age. He was born 

 at Castres (Tarn), in 1797, educated at Lavaur 

 and Toulouse, and at first, greatly against his 

 inclination, entered upon commercial pursuits. 

 He soon abandoned these, however, and de- 

 voted himself to the study of the fine arts. 

 After a long period of close application, and 

 the careful examination of all the principal gal- 

 leries and academies of art in Europe, he un- 

 dertook the preparation of a series of magnifi- 

 cently-illustrated publications. The principal 

 of these were : " History of the Painters of all 

 the Schools, from the Renaissance up to our 

 own Times," 1849, a quarto volume, with nu- 

 merous fine engravings ; " The Public Galleries 

 of Europe," 1856, quarto, with numerous illus- 

 trations, selected carefully from 35,000 copies 

 of paintings in these galleries ; " The Chefs- 

 d'CEuvre of Christian Art," illustrated, 1858, 

 8vo ; " The Treasures of Art," illustrated with 

 47 engravings, 1859 ; " The Chefs-d'CEuvre of 

 Rubens, in the Cathedral of Anvers, or the 

 Oratory of the Family," 1859 ; " The Parthe- 

 non of History," in three distinct parts, illus- 

 trated with numerous exquisite engravings, 

 1863-1864. Pope Pius IX. took a great interest 

 in the labors of M. Armengaud, and created him 

 a knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. 



March . GAUME, Very Rev. JEAN JOSEPH, 

 D. D., a French Roman Catholic clergyman, 

 theologian, and author ; died in Paris, aged 67 

 years. He was born at Fuans (Department of 

 Doubs) in 1802, and, after receiving a very 

 thorough and careful education in the college 

 and seminary of his department, was appointed, 

 in 1827, Professor of Theology in the seminary 

 of Nevers. Between that date and 1841 he 

 was successively director of the lower semi- 

 nary, and canon and vicar-general of the dio- 

 cese, and in these latter capacities founded nu- 

 merous charitable institutions. He was already 

 the author of a number of learned works, 

 when, in 1841, he visited Rome, and was the . 

 recipient of distinguished honors from the Pope, 

 Gregory XVI., who made him a knight of the 

 Reformed Order of St. Sylvester and Vicar- 

 General of Rheims, Montauban, and Aquila. 

 He also received the degree of D. D. from the 

 University of Prague, and was elected a mem- 

 ber of numerous learned societies. In 1854 

 Pope Pius IX. created him a Roman prelate, 

 with the title of Prothonotary Apostolic ad 

 instar participantium. He was subsequently 



