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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



ering and designing paintings, terra-cottas, 

 bronzes, and antiquities, of all sorts. On the 

 recommendation of M. Metternich, he was au- 

 thorized to cast the finest bronzes, silver vases, 

 etc., for the Museum Borbonico. He was very 

 successful in gathering these at Curne, Teglana, 

 and at Torre dell' Annunziata. At the same 

 time he prepared for wealthy English and 

 American travellers plans of houses and villas 

 after the style of Pompeii. After his return 

 to Berlin, in 1840, he published " Choice Or- 

 naments," and " Ornaments of Classic Times." 



.Aug. 23. RENFORTH, THOMAS, champion 

 oarsman of England ; died at St. John, New 

 Brunswick, in an apoplectic fit, aged 28 years. 

 He was the greatest single sculler ever known 

 in England, and had repeatedly won the cham- 

 pionship, carrying off the honors with appar- 

 ent ease. His muscular powers had been de- 

 veloped to the utmost, partially to the neglect 

 of intellectual culture. 



Aug. 26. SOWEEBT, JAMES DE CABLE, an 

 eminent English naturalist, late secretary to 

 the Royal Botanic Society; died in London, 

 aged 84 years. He was a son of the late James 

 Sowerby, F. L. S., the well-known naturalist, 

 and was born in Stoke Newington, June 5, 

 1787. Much of his education was received 

 through assisting his father in his literary and 

 scientific labors. He was a skilful practical 

 artist, and engraved many plates of fossil shells 

 and English plants, and drew the figures for 

 London's " Encyclopaedia of Plants." He also 

 published several "Lists of Fossil Shells," etc., 

 in the Transactions of the Geological Society, 

 and assisted in writing " Mineral Conchology," 

 published in 1841, and the "British Mineralo- 

 gy," in 1850. Mr. Sowerby was a Fellow of 

 the Linnaean, the Zoological, and the Ray So- 

 cieties, and aided in the establishment of the 

 society of which he was so long secretary. 



Aug. 31. RUSSELL, FRANCIS W., M. P. for 

 Limerick since 1852 ; died in London, aged 70 

 years. He was a native of Limerick, and the 

 head of the firm of Russell & Sons, who are 

 extensively engaged in the flour-trade, and 

 also have a large lace-factory. In 1852 Mr. 

 Russell was returned to the British Parliament 

 for the city of Limerick, which he continued 

 to represent until his death. He supported 

 the Liberal party, but did not take an active 

 part in public affairs. He was the head of the 

 National Discount Company of London, a con- 

 cern mainly engaged in discounting mercan- 

 tile notes, which, despite the opposition of the 

 Bank of England, has become one of the lead- 

 ing financial institutions of the British metrop- 

 olis. 



Aug. . GAR, Signor TOMMASO, an Italian 

 historian ; died in Trente, in the Tyrol. He 

 was the author of numerous interesting mono- 

 graphs, published separately or in the " Archi- 

 mo Storico," and the " Biblioteca Trentina," an 

 important collection of the municipal statutes 

 af the principal cities of the Trentino, or Circle 

 of Trente, with notes and illustrations. 



Aug. . LAMBRECHT, FELIX EDOUARD HYP- 

 POLYTE, French Minister of the Interior ; died 

 at Versailles, aged 52 years. After acting as 

 Mayor of Lallains, he was elected to the Corps 

 Legislatif in 1863, as an opposition candidate. 

 In that body he acted in concert with M. 

 Thiers. He was defeated in the electoral con- 

 test of 1869, and the year following was ap- 

 pointed prefect by Napoleon III., but declined 

 to accept that office. He received the impor- 

 tant position of Minister of the Interior from 

 President Thiers, and discharged his duties sat- 

 isfactorily. 



Sept. 1. PESTNETHORNE, Sir JAMES, an Eng- 

 lish architect; died in London. He was a 

 pupil of Nash, and among his earliest designs 

 are several edifices which constitute the West 

 Strand, and Carlton House Terrace. He was 

 appointed Architect and Surveyor to the Board 

 of Works and Public Buildings in 1840, and, a 

 little later, to a similar post under the Office 

 of Woods and Forests. These positions led to 

 his being employed in the alteration of St. 

 James's, and the formation of Battersea and 

 Victoria Parks, and in devising plans for the 

 improvement of the metropolis, some of which 

 were carried out. His best work was the al- 

 teration of the Quadrant, Regent Street. He 

 was also employed on the Geological Museum, 

 the Ordnance Office, and the Stationery Office ; 

 he designed the new Record Office, Fetter 

 Lane, and he carried out, not without ingenu- 

 ity, but in a manner which is, architecturally, 

 inferior to that of his model, the additions to 

 Somerset House. The Duchy of Cornwall Of- 

 fice, the south front of Buckingham Palace, 

 and the whole of the buildings for the Univer- 

 sity of London, in Burlington Gardens, are his. 

 On retiring from his post, in 1870, he was 

 knighted. 



Sept. 9. BOUET-WILLAUMEZ, Count Louis 

 EDOUARD, an accomplished French admiral ; 

 died at Norwood, near London, aged 63 years. 

 He was born in April, 1808, entered the Naval 

 School in 1823, and was appointed ensign in 

 1829. Six years later he was made lieutenant, 

 and assigned to the fleet stationed at the river 

 Plate. Soon afterward he was present at the 

 bombardment of Mogador, and three years 

 later he explored the coast of West Africa, and 

 wrote a book thereon. He attained the rank 

 of captain in 1844, and sometime afterward be- 

 came Governor of the French colony at Sene- 

 gal. He retained that office three years, and 

 then returned to France, where, two years 

 later, he received the cross of Commander 

 of the Legion of Honor. He next served un- 

 der Admiral Ham el in in the Black Sea. and 

 was successively maritime prefect of Cher- 

 bourg and Toulon. In 1860 he was appointed 

 vice-admiral, and five years later was created 

 a Senator by Napoleon III. Soon after the 

 beginning of the France German War, Admiral 

 Bouet-Willaumez was dispatched to the Bal- 

 tic with a fleet of iron-clad frigates, and was 

 promptly reenforced with six more iron-clad 



