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OBITUARIES, FOREIGN. 



himself." Lord Houghton printed various 

 pamphlets and speeches on political topics, 

 among them "Thoughts on Party Politics," 

 ''Real Union of England and Ireland," and 

 " Events in 1848, especially in their Relation 

 to Great Britain." He was also a frequent 

 contributor to periodicals. During the Ameri- 

 can civil war he was a firm friend of the Union, 

 which fact gave additional cordiality to the re- 

 ception extended to him when, in 1875, he first 

 visited the United States. The Union League 

 Club gave him a grand reception, and many 

 private entertainments were given in his honor. 

 Lord Houghton felt much interest in the suc- 

 cess of the London Library, and succeeded Car- 

 iyle as its president. His successor is Lord 

 Tennyson. Near the close of the season, when 

 on the eve of his departure for his Yorkshire 

 manor-house, he went to the theatre on the 

 evening of Aug. 11, returned early, entered 

 the apartment of his sister, Lady Galway, with 

 whom he resided in London, and fell dead at her 

 feet without uttering a word. Lord Houghton 

 married, in 1851, AnnabellaHungerford Crewe, 

 sister of Lord Crewe, by whom he had two 

 daughters and a son, Robert Offley Ashburton 

 (born in 1858), who succeeds to the title and 

 estates. The deceased nobleman will be chiefly 

 remembered as the generous friend of literary 

 men, and as the writer of many agreeable books. 

 His poetry, while not of the highest order, has 

 been admired for its elegance and musical ver- 

 sification. He was a diligent collector of rare 

 books and old folios, and died possessed of one 

 of the finest private libraries in Europe. 



Horsford, Sir Alfred, an English soldier, born in 

 Bath in 1818 ; died at Munlochy, near Inverness, 

 Sept. 13, 1885. He was educated at Sandhurst. 

 He served as captain in the Caffre War of 1846 

 and that of 1852, and as lieutenant-colonel in the 

 Crimean War. In the Indian mutiny he com- 

 manded a battalion at the battle of Cawnpore, 

 and was in command of the infantry in the en- 

 gagements in Oude. He was made a major-gen- 

 eral in 1868, a lieutenant-general in 1875, and a 

 general in 1877. 



Howson, John Saul, an English clergyman, 

 born in Giggleswick, Yorkshire, May 5, 1816; 

 died in Bournemouth, Dec. 15, 1885. He was 

 graduated at Cambridge, in 1837, gaining the 

 Norrisian prize essay. He took orders in 1845, 

 and became Senior Classical Master, and in 1849 

 Principal, of the Liverpool College, which post 

 he held till the close of 1865, when he was ap- 

 pointed Vicar of Wisbeach. Two years later he 

 was made Dean of Chester, and also Examining 

 Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely. He successful- 

 ly carried out the formidable undertaking of 

 restoring Chester Cathedral, which was com- 

 pleted in 1872 at a cost of 40,000, all of 

 which the dean collected. He was a volumi- 

 nous author and an able vindicator of the 

 evangelical principles of the Church of Eng- 

 land. The work by which he will be chiefly 

 remembered was that undertaken in conjunc- 

 tion with the Rev. W. J. Conybeare, entitled 



" The Life and Epistles of St. Paul " (1852, re- 

 printed in the United States). Mr. Conybeare 

 supplied the translations, while Mr. Howson 

 undertook the historical and geographical por- 

 tions. A few years ago the dean visited the 

 United States, and preached several times dur- 

 ing his sojourn in New York. His other works 

 include "Deaconesses," "Hulsean Lectures for 

 1862," "Metaphors of St. Paul," "Compan- 

 ions of St. Paul," u Chester as it Was," and 

 " Thoughts for Saints' Days." 



Hudson, Sir James, an English diplomatist, 

 born in 1810; died at Strasburg, Sept, 20, 

 1885. He was educated at Rugby and West- 

 minster, and in Paris and Rome. During the 

 reign of William IV he acted as his assistant 

 private secretary, and then entered the diplo- 

 matic service. In 1838 he was Secretary of 

 Legation at Washington. In 1850 he was ap- 

 pointed Envoy to Brazil, and from 1852 to 

 1863 he was Minister to Turin, and was influ- 

 ential in bringing about Italian unity, and was 

 Cavour's most zealous and powerful helper. 



Iwasakl Yataro, a leader of the progressive 

 movement in Japan, born of a military family 

 in 1833 ; died Feb. 7, 1885. After the revolu- 

 tion of 1868, in which his province, Tosa, aid- 

 ed the Mikado's party, he managed a line ot 

 coasting steamers, and in 1873 was chosen 

 manager of the lines established by the Gov- 

 ernment. The fleet was afterward transferred 

 to him. In 1877 his transports enabled the 

 Government to suppress the Satsuma rebellion. 



Jeffreys, John George, an English naturalist, 

 born in Swansea, Jan. 18, 1809; died in Lon- 

 don, Jan. 24, 1885. He was a solicitor and 

 attorney, but devoted himself from boyhood 

 to the study of conchology. He was a mem- 

 ber of the " Porcupine " dredging expedition in 

 1869-'70, and of a similar expedition on the 

 United States coast in 1871 ; also of the "Val- 

 orous " Arctic expedition, in which he superin- 

 tended the scientific investigations, and of the 

 French dredging and sounding expedition ot 

 1880 in the Bay of Biscay. Of his numerous 

 published writings, the principal is the stand- 

 ard treatise on " British Conchology." 



Jenkin, Fleeming, Professor of Engineering in 

 Edinburgh University, born in Kent in 1833; 

 died June 12, 1885. His principal published 

 work was "Magnetism and Electricity," be- 

 sides which he wrote a treatise on bridges, one 

 on " Healthy Houses," and a " Primer on Mag- 

 netism and Electricity." 



JoYanorieh, Lieutenant Field-Marshal Baron 

 Stefan, Governor of Dalmatia, born in 1828; 

 died in Zara, Dec. 11, 1885. He was the son 

 of a Croatian officer, and entered the Austrian 

 military service in 1845, became military secre- 

 tary to the Governor of Dalrnatia, and was sent 

 on diplomatic missions to Montenegro and Al- 

 bania, He suppressed the revolt of the Cri- 

 voscians in 1869, and in 1878 was appointed ti 

 the command of the army of occupation ir 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina, of which he quickly 

 gained possession by the capture of Mostur 



