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riehsrode in Thnringia. He graduated at the 

 University of Strasburg in 1812 ; was appoint- 

 ed assistant professor of philosophy at Breslau, 

 and in 1824 professor ordinarius of philosophy 

 at Halle. 



^ U y. g. FORBES, Major-General JOHN, a 

 British officer, entered the service in 1811 ; at- 

 tained the rank of major-general in 1860. 



Aug. 9. DURHAM, Right Rev. CHARLES 

 THOMAS LONGLEY, D. D., Bishop of, born at 

 Boley Hill, Rochester, in Kent, 1794 ; was edu- 

 cated at Westminster school, and elected to 

 Christ Church, Oxford, as a student in 1812 ; 

 was public tutor of Christ Church, Oxford, 

 from 1818 to 1828 ; rector of West Tytherly, 

 Hants, from 1827 till 1829 ; head master of 

 Harrow School from 1829 to 1836, when he 

 was appointed the first Bishop of Ripon ; trans- 

 lated to this see on the resignation of Bishop 

 Maltby in 1856. 



Aug. 9. XOVELLO, VINCENT, an eminent 

 English musical composer, born in 1781, resided 

 most of his life in London. 



Aug. H.-^PASS AVAST, JOHANN DAVID, a 

 German writer on art, born in 1787 at Frank- 

 fort-arn-Main ; studied painting at Paris under 

 David and Gros, and afterwards spent much 

 time in art studies in Italy and other cities of 

 Europe, and on his return to Frankfort was 

 appointed inspector of the gallery of the Stae- 

 del Institute. M. Passavant is the author of 

 " Essays upon the Fine Arts," 1820 ; 4i Artistic 

 Voyag'e to England and Belgium," 1833 ; " Ra- 

 phael of Urbfno," 1839; u Christian Art in 

 Spain," 1853 ; &c.. &c. He also obtained con- 

 siderable distinction as a painter. 



Aug. 11. HATES, CATHARINE, an Irish can- 

 tatrice, born at Limerick about 1820. She early 

 manifested a decided taste for music, and, under 

 the care of the Bishop of Dublin, was put un- 

 der the instruction of Professor Sapio, of Dub- 

 lin. After obtaining some reputation as a con- 

 cert singer, she became a pupil of Garcia at 

 Paris, and subsequently of Ronconi in Milan. 

 She first appeared at Marseilles in the opera of 

 The Puritans, in 1845, and subsequently sung 

 with great success in the principal cities of 

 Europe, visited the United States in 1851, Cali- 

 fornia in 1852-'3, and the Sandwich Islands in 

 1854, and Australia and India the same year. 

 Returning to England she was engaged in 

 1855- : 6 at Covent Garden, and from thence 

 returned, in 1857, to America, and spent some 

 years in California; but in 1860 made her resi- 

 dence in Sydenham, England, where she died. 



Aug. 15. ATKINSON, THOMAS WITLAM. (See 

 ATKINSON, T. W.) 



Aug. 20. QrEKETT, JOHN, F. R. S., F. L. S., 

 professor of histology at the Royal College of 

 Surgeons of England, and conservator of the 

 Hunterian Museum. He was born in 1815. He 

 was esteemed the ablest of English microsco- 

 pists, and had published two treatises of high 

 reputation : " Lectures on Histology," in 2 vols. 

 8vo., and " Practical Treatise on the Use of the 

 Microscope," 8vo. He died at Pangborne, 



Berks, whither he had gone for the benefit of 

 his health. 



Aug. 22. OASTLER, RICHARD, an English 

 political writer, born in 1789. 



Aug. 22. MOORE, Gen. FRANCIS, an officer 

 of the English army, born in 1768 ; entered the 

 service in 1787 ; obtained the rank of general 

 in 1830. 



Aug. 26. MCKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON. (See 



McKENZIE, W. L.) 



Aug. 30. FRANCIS, JOHN, an English sculp- 

 tor, born in 1780. 



Sept. 1. TODD, Gen. SrETONirs H., an offi- 

 cer of the East Indian army ; entered the ser- 

 vice in 1798; became lieutenant-general in 

 1851, and general in 1860. 



Sept. 3. MOUNT EDGECOMBE, EENEST Au- 

 orsTUs EDGECOMBE, Earl of, born at Richmond 

 Hill, 1797; was aide-de-camp to the queen; 

 was colonel of the First Cornwall Rifle Militia, 

 but resigned 1857 ; has published extracts from 

 journals kept during the Revolution at Rome 

 and Palermo 1849 ; appointed special deputy- 

 warden of the stannaries, 1852. 



Sept. 4. CCNINGHAME, Major-General DAVID, 

 an officer of the East Indian army, stationed in 

 Borneo, born in 1802 ; entered the service in 

 1816 ; became major-general in 1854. 



Sept. 14. FoRTEscrE, Hrca, second earl, 

 born in London, 1783 ; died at his residence in 

 London, Sept. 14, 1861. His family were ele- 

 vated to the hereditary peerage as Barons of For- 

 tescue in 1746, and his father was created Earl 

 Fortescue and Viscount Ebrington in 1789. 

 The late earl was educated at Brasennose Col- 

 lege, Oxford, where he graduated B. A. in 

 1803, and M. A. in 1810. He entered the 

 House of Commons as member for Barnstaple 

 in 1804, and continued to represent that bor- 

 ough till 1807. In 1820 he was elected for 

 Tavistock. which he represented till 1831, and 

 Xorth Devon from 1831 to 1839, when he was 

 called to the House of Peers as Baron For- 

 tescue. In 1841 he succeeded his father in the 

 earldom. Under Lord Melbourne's Adminis- 

 tration in 1839 he was made lord-lieutenant of 

 Ireland, which office he held till Sept. 1841. 

 Since 1839 he has been one* of the privy coun- 

 cil, and was lord steward of the queen 7 s house- 

 hold from 1846 to 1850. He was also lord- 

 lieutenant and vice-admiral of Dover : lord high 

 steward of Barnstaple and South Molton. He 

 published, some years ago, a collection of the 

 speeches and writings of Lord King, -with a 

 memoir. 



Sept. 19. HERBERT. Gen. DENNIS, an officer 

 of the English army, born in April. 1771 ; en- 

 tered the service in 1794 ; attained the rank of 

 general in 1854. 



Sept. 20. NICCOLINI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, 

 an Italian sculptor, born near Pisa. Oct. 31, 

 1782. His statues possess high merit. Those 

 best known are, " Arnold of Brescia," " Ludo- 

 vicus the Moor," " Rosa Munda," and "Filippo 

 Strozzi." 



Sept. 22. CHERL, ROSE MARIA Cizos, usually 



