OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



Freiburg in 1823, and in 1830 Professor of 

 icul Philology in tho University of Kn-i- 

 lnir_', in wliidi position ho remained up to his 

 dentil. He was the author of the following 

 works: u Prolegomena in Orationem Demos- 

 thiMiis adversus Phormionem " (1826), "In- 

 dices attici, oder Anloituug zur richtigen Mes- 

 suii); und Aussprache der griechischen Penulti- 

 ma" (1833), "Julius Cusars Werko in's 

 Deutsche ubersotzt" (third edition, 1854), 

 "Die Bliiten der griechischen Dichtkunst, in 

 deutscher Nachbildung" (6 vols., 1840-'41), 

 and his last and most important work, " Ur- 

 deutsohe Staatsalterthamer, in sechs Buchern, 

 zur schutzenden Erluutorung der Germania 

 des Tacitus" (1873). He also contributed a 

 number of papers to various journals. 



BENIO, Rear- Admiral, a French naval offi- 

 cer; died at St. Thomas, W. I., June 9, 1876, 

 while on his way to Philadelphia. He was a 

 distinguished officer, and had seen considerable 

 service. 



BERDELL, JOHANN BAPTISTS, a German 

 painter, born in Mayence, in 1811 ; was 

 drowned in the Isar in July, 1876. He studied 

 in Dusseldorf, where he furnished some ex- 

 cellent paintings. Among his best works are : 

 " Nimrod," in 1847 ; two large religious paint- 

 ings, in 1854; the "Four Seasons," in 1861; 

 and " Arion " and " Ilagen with the Water- 

 Nymphs," in 1867. 



BERKSFORD, MARCUS, a British officer, born 

 in 1818; died March 12, 1876. He served in 

 the militia of Canada with the rank of general, 

 and at the time of his death was colonel of 

 the Seventh Surrey Rifle Volunteers. In 1870 

 he was elected to Parliament, being returned 

 every succeeding year. 



BEROMANN, KARL, a German-American mu- 

 sician, born in 1821; died August 10, 1876. 

 Having taken part in the revolutionary move- 

 ments of 18i8 in Vienna, he fled to New York, 

 where in 1849 he assumed the direction of tho 

 singing society Germania. Soon after, togeth- 

 er with Theodor Eisfeld, he became the di- 

 rector of the Philharmonic concerts, and be- 

 came sole director after the return of Eisfeld 

 to Germany. He was also the director of the 

 singing society Arion. 



BERTINI, HENRI, a French pianist and com- 

 poser, born October 18, 1798; died in Oc- 

 tober, 1876. At an early age he showed con- 

 siderable talent, and, when twelve years old, 

 made a professional trip with his father through 

 Holland, Belgium, and Germany, and then 

 devoted himself assiduously to the study of 

 the theory of music. He was particularly well 

 known by his excellent ttudes, the "Etudes 

 caract6ristiques," " Caprices-Etudes," " Etudes 

 artistiques," and others. His larger works 

 (sextets, quartets, sonatas, etc.) are well writ- 

 ten, but are deficient in originality. 



BETA, HRINRIOH, a German novelist; died 

 March 81, 1876. He had lived for some time 

 in London with Gottfried Kinkel and Ferdi- 

 nand Freiligrath, like them, a political refugee. 



He wrote a large number of novels, mostly de- 

 scriptive of Scotch and English life. 



HINDI, Archbishop, an Italian prelate, born 

 September 29, 1812 ; died June 23, 1870. He 

 was created Archbishop of Siena in 1871. 



BINDSEIL, HEINRIOH ERNST, a German schol- 

 ar, born May 22, 1803; died November 20, 

 1876. After having attained the degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy, he became secretary of 

 the University Library, and afterward librarian 

 in the University of Halle. He edited the six- 

 teenth volume of the " Corpus Reformatorum," 

 containing the works of Philip Melanchthon, a 

 critical edition of Luther's translation of the 

 Bible, and "Abhandlungen zur allgemeinen 

 vergleichenden Sprachlehre'' (1838). 



BONA, Marquis, an Italian statesman ; died 

 February 2, 1876. He was Minister of Public 

 Works in the cabinet of Count Cavour, in 

 which position he took a great part in the 

 creation of the first network of railways in 

 Piedmont, as well as in the great undertaking 

 of cutting a tunnel through Mont Cenis. In 

 his positions as director of the state railways, 

 and of the Southern Company, he displayed 

 great administrative ability. 



BONAPARTE, CONSTANCE, Princess, born 

 January 30, 1823 ; died in the convent of the 

 Sacred Heart, in Villa Sonite, Rome, September 

 4, 1876. She was the daughter of Lucien, 

 Prince of Canino, the brother of Napoleon I., 

 and his second wife Alexandrine Laurence de 

 Bleschamp. 



BoNNEFOY-SiBotiR, ADRiEN, a French sena- 

 tor, born in 1821 ; died in December, 1876. He 

 was a nephew by marriage of Mgr. Sibour, late 

 Archbishop of Paris. In 1876 he was elected 

 to the Senate from the department of Gard, as 

 a Republican, and joined the Left Centre. He 

 was also vice-president of the departmental 

 council of Gard, and maire of the canton of 

 Pont-Saint-Esprit. 



BOOTH, Sir ROBERT GORE, M. P., born Au- 

 gust 25, 1805; died December 22, 1876. He 

 was educated at Westminster School, and at 

 Queen's College, Cambridge, where he gradu- 

 ated M. A. in 1826, and was subsequently ad- 

 mitted ad eundem at Dublin. He was first 

 returned as a Conservative member for the 

 county Sligo in 1850, and since then every 

 succeeding year. He was also deputy-lieu- 

 tenant and magistrate for the same county. 



BOUXT, SWINTON, a British business-man ; 

 died July 8, 1876. He was one of the founders 

 of the Liverpool and London and of the Globe 

 Insurance Companies. Of the latter company 

 he had been the manager for thirty-five years. 



BOYD, PERCY, a British author; died in Lon- 

 don, January 1, 1876. He had at one time 

 enjoyed considerable popularity, and had been 

 an intimate friend of Dickens and Thackeray. 



BRAVABD, JEAN PIERRE, a French prelate, 

 born February 20, 1811 ; died in August, 1876. 

 He was appointed Bishop of Coutances in 

 1862. In his theological views he sympathized 

 with the Gallican party, and he is said to have 





