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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



Nov. 28. BACHE, Dr. J. 0. F., an eminent 

 German scholar, editor of " Herodotus ; " 

 died at Heidelberg. 



Nov. . BELLOGTJET, Baron ROGET DE, a 

 French archaeologist and author ; died in Paris. 

 He originally belonged to the French Army, 

 but retired from service in 1834, and devoted 

 his whole time to archaeological studies. The 

 first works he published treat of the history of 

 Burgundy (" Questions Bourguignonnes ; Me- 

 moires Critiques sur 1'Origine et les Migrations 

 des Anciens Bourguignons," 1847; u Carte 

 du Premier Royaume de Bourgogne, avec un 

 Commentaire sur 1'Etendue et les Frontieres 

 de cet Etat," 1847; "Origines Dijonnaises," 

 1851). More recently, Baron de Belloguet 

 concentrated his attention upon the difficult 

 subject of Celtic antiquities, and the " Ethno- 

 ge"nie Gauloise," the first volume of which he 

 published in 1858, was the result of his studies. 

 It received from the Institute the Gobert prize. 

 It comprises three parts : 1. A Celtic Glossary 

 (a second and very much improved edition of 

 this work appeared a few months ago); 2. 

 "Types Gaulois et Celto-Bretons," 1861; 3. 

 "Genie Gauloise." The " Ethuoggnie Gau- 

 loise " is, undoubtedly, one of the most valu- 

 able contributions made by modern science to 

 Celtic lore, and reflects the greatest credit 

 upon the author. 



Nov. . DELAPOETE, MICHEL, a French 

 vaudevilliste ; died in Paris, aged 70 years. 

 He was born in 1802, and commenced life as 

 a painter, but was driven from his profession 

 by failing sight, and eventually became com- 

 pletely blind. Previous to the complete loss 

 of his sight, he turned his attention to dra- 

 matic literature. The best known of his pieces 

 are: "Le Parisien," produced in 1838, "La 

 Nouvelle Heloiise," " La Femme de Menage," 

 " Mephistopheles," "Masques de Velours," 

 and " La Band Noire." 



NOV. . LONDONDEEEY, FEEDEEICK WlL- 



LIAM STEWAET, fourth Marquis of; died in 

 London, aged 67 years. lie was born in 1805, 

 was a marquis in the Irish peerage, and Baron 

 Stewart in the United Kingdom. He was one 

 of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Vice- 

 Chamberlain of the Royal Household. He 

 supported the Conservative party. 



Nov. . MAEQUET, Madame SABINA, nee 

 HEINEFETTEB, an accomplished German singer ; 

 died in Baden, aged 67 years. She was born 

 in Mayence, in 1805, and was one of six sisters, 

 three of whom were famed prima donne. 

 Early developing musical gifts, she travelled 

 in her childhood over Germany, subsisting on 

 the contributions received from the public for 

 singing. At the age of twenty she received 

 lessons from Spohr, who procured her admis- 

 sion into the Cassel Theatre, and, in 1829, 

 appeared in Paris, at the Italian Opera, with 

 credit, although Sontag and Malibran were 

 singing at the same time. From 1831 to 1836 

 she performed with success in the various 

 theatres of Germany, and, in 1841, went a 



second time to Paris, where she sang in the 

 "Huguenots." Some time after, she visited 

 Brussels. Upon retiring from the stage, she 

 made her residence in Baden. 



Nov. . MEBCA]s 7 TiNi, LuiGi, an eminent 

 Italian musical composer; died in Palermo. 

 He was the author of the " Garibaldi Hymn 

 (the " Italian Marseillaise "). 



Nov. .STEPNEY, Co WELL, an English 

 philanthropist; died at Carmarthen, "Wales. 

 Though an invalid the greater portion of his 

 life, he gave largely of time, work, and money, 

 for the elevation of working-men. 



Dec. 7. RANKLEY, ALFEED, a distinguished 

 English genre and historical painter ; died in 

 London, aged 52 years. At the early age of 

 twenty-one he brought before the public 

 scene from " Macbeth," and, three years later, 

 " Othello lamenting over the corpse of Des- 

 demona," both of which evinced decided 

 genius. "Then came the Day of Shame," an 

 illustration of Crabbe, in 1845; "Paul and 

 Virginia," 1846 ; " The Village Church," 1847 

 a picture which was engraved, and was well 

 received; "The Ruined Spendthrift," 1848; 

 "Innocence and Guilt," 1849 ; " The Sunday- 

 School," and " Contentment," 1850; "Eugene 

 Aram," 1852; "Dr. Watts visiting some oi| 

 his Little Friends," 1853 ; "Home revisited,' 

 1854; "The Village School," and "From the 

 Cradle to the Grave," 1855; "The Lonely 

 Hearth," and " The Dame's Absence," 1856 ; 

 also, "The Pharisee and the Publican." One 

 of his best pictures was " Fetching the 

 Doctor," a scene in a gypsy encampment. His 

 last pictures were very successful " The Re- 

 turn of the Prodigal," 1858 ; " A Sower went 

 forth to Sow," 1863. His last exhibited pic- 

 ture was " Follow my Leader," 1867. 



Dec. 9. LOED, J. K, an English naturalist 

 and author; died at Brighton, aged 55 years.^ 

 He was formerly in the British Army, served? 

 as a captain of artillery through the Crimean 

 War, and was in the Balaclava charge. He 

 left the army to devote himself to natural 

 history, and received the appointment of 

 naturalist to the British North American 

 Boundary Commission. The observations 

 which he made in this capacity he published 

 in "A Home in the Wilderness," "The Natu- 

 ralist in Vancouver's Island," and in contribu- 

 tions to Land and Water, and other journals. 

 He discovered several new species of fishes; 

 and science owes to him many interesting 

 observations on animals. Visiting Ejrypt, at 

 the request of the Viceroy, he proved that the 

 snakes of the charmers were harmless species, 

 or, if dangerous, had had their poison fangs 

 drawn, by actually allowing a snake to bite 

 through his hand. The "Cleopatra asp," so 

 called by the charmers, he examined, and ascer- 

 tained that the horns were artificial. From 

 Egypt, he was called to the Brighton Aquarium. 



Dec. 23. BEACONSFIELD, Mrs. MA BY ANXE 

 DISEAELI, Viscountess of; died in London. 

 She was the daughter of Captain Viney Evans, 



