OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



II AKI-V 1:1:, EARL, a German novelist and 

 dramatist, bora in 1815; died February 29, 

 1876. Ho was the author of a number of pop- 

 ular novels and forces, of which the best known 

 is Thereso Krones." 



HALLKR, FKKWNAND NIKOLAUS, senator of 

 the free city of Hamburg, born in 1804; died 

 October 81, 1876. He held the office of first 

 mayor six tituos, and that of second mayor 

 three times. 



HAMILTON, Sir JAMES JOHN, Bart., a Brit- 

 ish nobleman, born March 1, 1804; died Jan- 

 uary 12, 1876. lie was a retired lieutenant- 

 colonel. 



HARLEOH, JOHN RALPH OBMSBY GORE, first 

 baron, born in 1816; died June 21, 1876. He 

 had been in Parliament for Carnarvonshire 

 from 1837 to 1841, for North Shropshire from 

 1859 to 1876, and was created a baron in 1876. 

 He was a groom-in-waiting to the Queen from 

 1841 to 1850. Dying without issue, he is suc- 

 ceeded by his brother, William Richard Orms- 

 by Gore, M. P. for Leitrim. 



HASTINGS, Vice-Admiral GEORGE FOWLER, 

 born in 1814 ; died in March, 1876. He was the 

 third son of the twelfth Earl of Huntington, 

 served with distinction in the Crimea, and at 

 the time of his death was commander-in-chief 

 at the Noro. He was decorated with the Cross 

 of the Order of the Bath in 1858. 



HAWKES, General ROBERT, born in 1789; 

 died December 18, 1876. He entered the Indian 

 army in 1806, served in the Mahratta War of 

 1817-'18, and was present with the dismounted 

 cavalry at the storm of Choundah. He at- 

 tained the rank of major-general in 1854, and 

 of general in 1870. 



HAZLEIIURST, THOMAS, an English Method- 

 ist minister, born in 1815 ; died in July, 1876. 

 He was one of the most prominent preach- 

 ers of the Methodist Church, and was distin- 

 guished by his munificence in its interests. A 

 large number of his sermons have been pub- 

 lished. 



HEISLER, FERDINAND, an Austrian jurist, 

 born January 7, 1793; died November 29, 1876. 

 He had been President of the Senate of the 

 Supreme Court, and at the time of his death 

 was a member of the Herrenhaus. 



HENRY, JAMES, an Irish physician and scholar, 

 born in 1798; died July 14, 1876. Having in- 

 herited a fortune, he devoted himself, aided by 

 his wife and daughter, to an immense commen- 

 tary on Virgil. For many years he traveled 

 over the Continent, examining the original 

 manuscripts in the libraries of Germany and 

 Italy. His great commentary is still in manu- 

 script, with the exception of a few fragments 

 which he gave to the world. Its extent may 

 be imagined from the fact that the remarks on 

 the first twenty -six lines of the "^Eneid" nil 

 176 pages. 



HENRY, Sir THOMAS, a British lawyer, born 

 in 1807; died June 16, 1876. He was called to 

 the bar at the Middle Temple in 1829, and at 

 the time of his death was chief magistrate of 



Bow Street Police Conrt. Ho received the or- 

 der of knighthood in 1864. 



HENBEL, LOUISE, a German poetess, born 

 March 80, 1798 ; died December 18, 1876. Hie 

 devoted herself to the life of a teacher, and 

 was fin ployed as governess in gome of the fin* 

 families of Germany. She was well known 

 for her excellent aongH and poems for children, 

 particularly for " Made bin ich, geh' zur Ruh I " 

 Born of Protestant parents, she early joined 

 the Catholic Church. Her brother is a dis- 

 tinguished painter. 



HERRIES, WILLIAM CONSTABLE MAXWELL, 

 thirteenth Baron, born in 1804; died November 

 12, 1876. He was married to Marcia, daughter 

 of Sir Edward M. Vavasour, and is succeeded 

 by his son, Marmaduke, born in 1837. 



HEUNERT, KARL, a German painter, born in 

 1808 ; died November 27, 1876. He studied in 

 Dusseldorf with J. W. Schirmer, and excelled 

 in landscapes, choosing mostly for subjects the 

 picturesque regions of Westphalia. He fur- 

 nished also numerous water-color sketches. 



HILDITCH, Sir EDWARD, a British physi- 

 cian, born in 1801 ; died August 24, 1876. He 

 entered the Royal Navy in 1826, and in 1854 

 reached the highest rank in his branch of the 

 service, that of Inspector-General of Hospitals 

 and Fleets. In 1865, on his retirement from 

 the active list, he received the honor of knight- 

 hood, and in 1868 was appointed Honorary 

 Physician to the Queen. 



HODSON, DOVETON, a British general, born 

 in 1810 ; died in December, 1876. He entered 

 the Madras army in 1826, and saw consider- 

 able active service in India. He served in the 

 Goomsoor campaign in 1836, and in the Indian 

 mutiny campaign of 1858-'59, including the bat- 

 tle of Bauda, the action near Kirwee, and the 

 forcing of the Punghatee Pass. He received 

 the medal and clasp for his services in Central 

 India, and was made a Companion of the Order 

 of the Bath in 1869, and in the same year be- 

 came major-general. 



HOGIITON, Sir HENRY DE, Bart., born in 1821 ; 

 died November 29, 1876. He succeeded to the 

 baronetcy in 1862, was Sheriff of Cardigan- 

 shire in 1849, and at the time of his death was 

 a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for Lan- 

 cashire and Cardiganshire. He is succeeded 

 by his brother, Charles, born in 1823. 



HOLMES, ALFRED, a British musical compos- 

 er, born in 1838 ; died March 4, 1876. Among 

 his principal works are "Jeanne d'Arc" and 

 " Inez de Castro." 



HOLMES, SENATOR, a Canadian statesman ; 

 died in June, 1876. He represented the con- 

 stituency of Pictou, Newfoundland, in the Do- 

 minion Parliament. 



HORT, Sir JOSIAH WILLIAM, Bart., born in 

 1791 ; died in August, 1876. He was member 

 of Parliament for Kildare in 1881, and is suc- 

 ceeded by his son, Major-General John Josiab, 

 born in 1824. 



HOSKYNS, CHANDOB WREN, a British lawyer, 

 born in 1812; died in December, 1876. He 



