thus closed a bright scientific career in the midst of its toils and dangers.

SEBASTIAN PETHER.

March 18. At York Cottage, Battersea Fields, aged 54, Sebastian Pether, Painter of Moonlight Scenery.

The subject of this brief memoir was the eldest son of Abraham Pether, one of the original Society of Artists, out of which arose the present Royal Academy, of which, however, he was not a member. He is usually designated by connoisseurs and dealers as "old Pether." His works are not numerous: they consist, principally, of firelights, moonlights, and sunsets, and exhibit fine feeling and judgment, with admirable harmony of colour.

Sebastian married young- "too young and too poor;" a large family followed rapidly in the course of a few years he found himself struggling to maintain a wife and nine children by the sole produce of his pencil. Thus circumstanced, opportunities for developing his talents were very few; and he had no chances of properly exhibiting them. As a matter of course he soon fell into the hands of those harpies-the dealers. When once they had obtained power over him they took care to retain it: he was their victim all through life. Under their sole guardianship he continued to "work, work." The eye of patronage never found him out. The only "patron "be ever had was Lord De Tably, who commissioned him-but not wisely-to paint a picture quite out of his line, the subject being a caravan overtaken by a whirlwind. This, and some occasional employment in painting birds, was, we are told, the whole of his "help" apart from "the dealers."

In the spring of 1842, by the assistance of a picture-frame maker, he was enabled to paint three pictures, which he intended for exhibition, and they were sent to the Royal Academy for the purpose: the whole were rejected. It occasioned him deep despondency and great mortification. The reason be imagined to have been the enormous size and depth of the frames furnished by the person in whose hands he was placed by his necessities.

During his career as an artist, although his works always ensured a ready sale, yet the low prices given by traders proved too small for the wants of so numerous a family; and he passed a life, short, indeed, but full of the most painful privations that any man ever endured. He had received a good education, which be continually cultivated, the bent of his mind being the mechanical arts: he first suggested the idea and construction of the

stomach-pump to a surgeon, Mr. Jukes, who introduced it to the medical profession.

His illness (of an inflammatory attack) was very brief; and death perhaps found his work more than half achieved by the previous assaults of adversity and domestic trouble. During the three last years of his life he lost three grown-up children by consumption; and, since the demise of the father, another son died in the Westminster Hospital of lockjaw, occasioned by an accident to the hand. The eldest son now living, William, is an artist in mosaic. A younger brother of Sebastian, Henry Pether, exhibits several designs of considerable ability at the Exhibition of Decorative Works.

A subscription has been opened to help his surviving family out of their terrible state of distress-the appeal of their friends is the more touching, and will come home the more to the hearts of those who read it, inasmuch as it asks a fund to enable one good member of the family to procure tools and materials by which he might contribute to the support of the rest. Subscriptions are received by the Editor of the "Art Union," from which publication the present article has been abridged.

THEODORE VAN HOLST.

As a

Feb. 12. In Percy-st. Tottenham-courtroad, aged 33, Mr. Theodore Van Holst. He was born in London Sept. 3, 1810, and was descended from a Livonian family. His father, about the close of the last century, settled in London as a teacher of music-a profession of which his elder brother, Gustavus, is a distinguished member. In early youth the musical taste of Theodore was remarkable; still earlier and still stronger was his bias for the arts. When a child he manifested much skill in drawing; and, having studied from the antique for some time at the British Museum, he was admitted a student of the Royal Academy, and became a favourite pupil of Fuseli. mere boy he was looked upon as a marvel; in his tenth year, indeed, he attracted the notice of Sir Thomas Lawrence, who, one day looking over his pencil sketches, gave him three guineas for one of them,—a circumstance to which Mr. Holst always referred with pleasure. It was the first emphatic encouragement to labour he had received. Subsequently, he executed many drawings for Sir Thomas Lawrence, several of which were supposed to be commissioned by George IV. As a painter he followed the bent of his own genius, which neither public direction, the offer of commissions, nor privations, could alter. He could not disengage his

mind from romantic and gloomy subjects, which may be attributed to his natural disposition inclining to melancholy.

It is singular that, strictly speaking, his earliest and his latest patron was Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. In 1831 he purchased a large picture of Holst, The Drinking Scene in Faust;' and the picture upon which he was actually employed just prior to his death was a full-length portrait of that gentleman.

Of his other principal works the British Institution at the present moment contains two-the one a landscape, the only one he ever painted; the other 'The Appearance of the Spirit to Lord Lyttelton,' painted under great bodily suffering. He has left a large number of sketches, some unfinished pictures, and a large picture recently engraved, The Raising of Jairus's Daughter,' which, strange to say, was never sold.

The genius of Mr. Holst was of a remarkable order. His peculiar style originated, no doubt, in his German descent, and in the visits he occasionally paid to the native land of his ancestors; for his works were essentially German in conception, composition, and execution, although with greater freedom and imaginative power than the artists of Germany usually exhibit. They were consequently unsuited to the general taste in England; and his popularity was not commensurate with his desert. Often be permitted extravagant licence to accompany vigorous thought and brilliant fancy, marring the great purpose of art by reckless indif. ference to the impression produced upon the spectator. Very few of his productions were altogether free from eccentricity. His defects, however, arose from a superabundance and not from a paucity of talent.

In person Mr. Holst was tall; latterly he had a slight stoop. The upper part of his face was intellectual; the lower part was, perhaps, the opposite,-it was, however, hidden in a great degree by a large moustache which he always wore.(Abridged from the Art Union).

LUIGI CANONICA. Feb. In Milan, Luigi Canonica, the eminent architect.

Nearly forty years have now elapsed since he began that great work of his at Milan-the" Arena," or amphitheatre, a work perfectly unique in modern times, being modelled after the similar structures of the ancients, and similarly intended for the exhibition of public games and festivals. It is an ellipsis in plan, whose longest diameter measures 780 English feet, and its shorter one 380; and is

capable of containing 30,000 spectators. Among other buildings by him in the same city, those of most note are,-the beautiful Palazzo Belloni; the Casa Canonica, his own residence; and the three theatres-Teatro Rè, Carcano, and Filodrammatico. Besides these last mentioned he built two other theatres, at Brescia and Mantua; and designed a sixth, namely, the new theatre at Parma, which was executed by Bettoli. Very few architects, therefore, have erected so many edifices of that particular class. He has bequeathed 174,000 francs to the Primary Schools of Lombardy, and 87,000 francs to the Academy of Fine Arts at Milan, for the purpose of educating some deserving young men as painters, sculptors, or architects; which two sums amount to upwards of 10,0001. sterling,―much greater, in proportion, for Italy than it would be here in England.

DR. GEORGE SWINEY.

In Camden Town, Dr.

Jan. 21. George Swiney.

Dr. Swiney was well known from his eccentric habits. He possessed a large fortune, but lived in the greatest seclusion, not going out of doors more than five or six times during an entire year. He had not shaved for the last two years, and his beard extended nearly to his waist. He was always most abstemious, but during the last few months, notwithstanding the entreaties of his housekeeper, he would scarcely partake of any food, and for the last month he peremptorily refused to allow the slightest nourishment to pass his lips, excepting small quantities of cider and water. On the morning of his death his housekeeper called in a surgeon, who found him in a state of stupor, and prescribed for him, but he refused to take the medicine, and expired shortly after. By his will, he desired to be interred in St. Martin's burial ground, Camdentown, and that his funeral should be on foot; his coffin to be covered with bright yellow cloth, and the pall and cloaks of the mourners to be of the same material. Three female children, clad in white, chosen by his chief executor, to precede the coffin, for which service he left to each of them a legacy of 201., and also 201. to be expended in providing their funeral dresses.

He has bequeathed 5000l. to the trustees of the British Museum, for the establishment of a lectureship on Geology, and 50007. to the Society of Arts, out of which sum the first freeholder in the kingdom that should reclaim the largest amount of waste lands, was to receive

100 guineas, to be presented in a goblet of equal value; this gift to be renewed every five years. Five gentlemen of high attainment in literature, art, and science, have been appointed by Dr. Swiney as bis executors. There is little doubt the whole of his extraordinary requests will be rigidly adhered to.

CAPT. R, FAIR, R.N.

Lately. At the Cape of Good Hope, Robert Fair, esq. Captain R.N. and K. H. commanding the Conway 26.

He was a native of the county Cork. His services were distinguished and eminently meritorious. In 1804, when master of the Beaver sloop, with her boats and those of the Scorpion, he assisted in cutting out the Dutch brig Atlanta, of 16 guns; and, while holding the same rank in the Amethyst, he was officially praised for his gallantry at the captures of the French frigates Thetis, in 1808, and the Niemen, in 1809. Subsequently, when lieutenant, he commanded a gunboat in the Walcheren expedition, and afterwards, in command of the Locust gun-brig in 1811, he drove ashore near Calais and caused the destruction of a French brig of war. He was also at the blockade and siege of Dantzic in 1812. The Locust was paid off in July, 1814, and Lieutenant Fair appointed to the Tay 24, on the 5th. Sept. following. He subsequently commanded the Griper revenue cruiser, received a handsome sword from Lloyd's for his humane and meritorious conduct on some particular occasion, and was promoted to the rank of Commander from the Royal Sovereign yacht, Sept. 6th, 1823. The Guelphic Order was conferred upon him in 1834; and post rank in 1837. He fitted out the Conway for the Cape station in May 1843.

JAMES STUArt.

April 11. Aged 116, James Stuart, commonly known by the name of Jemmy Strength.

He was born on Dec. 25, 1728, at Charlston, in South Carolina, United States. His father, General John Stuart, was a near relative of the Pretender Prince Charles. He left America when seven years of age, and was a spectator at the battle of Preston Pans, and witnessed the death of Colonel Gardiner and the flight of Johnny Cope. He beheld the triumphal entry of Prince Charles into Edinburgh, and was a spectator at the battle of Culloden. When about 20 years of age he enlisted in the 42nd Highlanders, in which regiment he remained about seven years. He was an

ensign in General Wolfe's army, and fought at the battle of Quebec; after that war he sold his commission, but very soon after he again entered the army, and served during the American war, and was at the battle of Bunker's hill. After this he entered the Navy, and served under Rodney. He was also for several years a sailor on board of merchant vessels. About sixty years ago he settled in Berwick-upon-Tweed, or rather in Tweedmouth, and during that period he has travelled the borders as a wandering minstrel, scraping upon a wretched violin. He has had five wives and 27 children. Ten of his sons were killed in battlefive in the East Indies, two at Trafalgar, one at Waterloo, and two at Algiers. He was short in stature, but of remarkable strength; he is said, upon one occasion, about 30 years ago, to have gone beneath a cart loaded with hay, and carried it on his back for several yards. A fund was raised some time since which enabled the old man to spend the evening of his long and eventful life in comparative ease and comfort. He said a few weeks ago that he "hadna been sae weel aff this hunder year."

His death was caused by an injury which he received from a fall on Thursday April 4. The remains of this extraordinary man were, on Sunday, April 14, consigned to the tomb in Tweedmouth churchyard. The funeral was attended by an immense concourse of people, considerably more than 1,000.

CLERGY DECEASED.

April 16. Aged 69, the Rev. Samuel Best, Rector of South Dalton, near Beverley, to which he was presented in 1802 by Lord Hotham.

April 18. At Blaenafon, near Narberth, the Rev. Daniel Evans, Curate of Llandycefn and Monacblog, Pembroke. shire, and late Curate of Cilmaenlwydd and Castellduran, Carmarthenshire.

April 19. At Kedington, Suffolk, aged 89, the Rev. Barrington Blomfield Syer, Rector of that parish, and for many years a magistrate of that county. He was of Caius college, Cambridge, B.A. 1778, and instituted to Kedington, which was in his own patronage, in 1800.

At Bath, aged 47, the Rev. John Hunter, M.A. April 21. In his 80th year, the Rev. James Powell, for fifty-five years Vicar of Bitteswell, Leicestershire, to which he was presented in 1789 by the Haberdashers' Company of London, and for many years an active magistrate. He was of Clare hall, Cambridge, B.A. 1787, M.A. 1790. The beneficial effects of his

residence at Bitteswell are recorded, so long since as 1805, in Nichols's Hist. of Leic. iv. 48.

April 23. At Blackheath, aged 80, the Rev. John Kendall, M. A. Vicar of Budbrooke, near Warwick, and Master of the Earl of Leicester's Hospital in that town. He was a native of Cumberland, and was brought up by his grandfather, the Rev. J. Kendall, Vicar of Isell, in that county. When very young he entered at Oxford, and shortly after he came to Warwick was a classical assistant at St. John's Academy in that town, under the superintendence of a Mr. Fowler. He afterwards established a school on his own account in the West street, and he officiated on Sundays as Curate at the neigh bouring parish of Chesterton, and afterwards for a short time at Honiley. Having married a Miss Baly, who then kept a young ladies' school in High streeet, he removed to her residence. There he remained until 1794, when, on the death of the Rev. George Lillington, the Master of Leicester's Hospital, he obtained that appointment (it is believed by the interference of the late Earl of Warwick) from the hereditary patron, Sir John Shelley Sidney. To this hospital Mr. Kendall removed his school, carefully keeping it separate from the other parts of the building. In 1797 he had about 60 scholars. In 1802 the Warwick corporation gave him the Vicarage of Budbrooke, within two miles of Warwick; he then relinquished his school. In this school (or academy, as it was always called,) the sons of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood were educated. Many of his pupils afterwards finished their education at Rugby, as well as at other public seminaries; and it was remarked by the head master of that school that from no town had he received scholars better advanced in the knowledge of the Greek and Latin classics than from Mr. Kendall. The annual delivery of speeches by his scholars, prior to the Midsummer va. cation, at the Court House, in Warwick, added greatly to the high reputation he enjoyed. Mr. Kendall was much distinguished as a reader and a preacher, and until the close of his long and useful life he was uniform in his kindness to the young clergymen in his neighbourhood. He was a valued friend of the celebrated Dr. Parr, who highly estimated his classical attainments; and those pupils who were so fortunate as to be placed under his care justly appreciated the great talent and kindly feeling of their respected tutor. He was kind to his parishioners, and his loss will long be felt by them. He was rather tall, and very gentlemanly in his

deportment. Mrs. Kendall died three or four years ago. They had two daughters.

April 24. The Rev. Enoch Thomas, Rector of Morfil, Perpetual Curate of Llanfair Nantgwyn, and for sixty years Curate of Whitchurch, co. Pembroke. He was presented to Llanfair Nantgwyn in 1808 by Thomas Bowen, esq., and to Morfil in 1815 by Sir R. Phillips.

April 27. In Brunswick-place, Cityroad, aged 92, the Rev. Henry Moore, formerly of Bristol, the confidential friend and biographer of the Rev. John Wesley.

April 29. At Lanlivery, Cornwall, aged 62, the Rev. Nicholas Kendall, for 29 years Vicar of that place, and for 39 Vicar of Talland. He was of Pembroke college, Cambridge, M. A. 1815.

April 30. At Stour Provost, Dorsetshire, aged 58, the Rev. Henry James Slingsby, Rector of the parish. He was formerly Fellow of King's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1809, M. A. 1812, and was presented to Stour Provost by that society in 1833.

May 4. Dr. Phipps, senior fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He was the oldest of the senior fellows, and but for the state of his health would have been elected vice-provost on the death of Dr. Prior, last year.

May 6. At Brighton, aged 45, the Rev. Peter Still, M. A. Curate of Cattistock, Dorset, formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, B.A. 1824. He was a son of Peter Still, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, by Mary, daughter of W. Strong, esq. also of Lincoln's Inn.

May 8. At Leeds, the Rev. Henry Kettlewell, B.A. formerly of St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, eldest son of the late Rev. William Kettlewell, of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield.

May 8. At Godmanstone rectory, Dorset, aged 30, the Rev. George Christopher Vicars, M. A. late Curate of Barlaston, Staffordshire. He was son of the Rector of Godmanstone, and was formerly of St. John's College, Oxford.

May 10. At Cranley, Surrey, aged 65, the Hon. and Rev. Edward John Turnour, great-uncle to the Earl of Winterton. He was the seventh son of Edward first Earl of Winterton, and the only surviving son by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Armstrong, of Godalming, esq. He was of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, M.A. 1805, and was also M.A. of Cambridge. About twenty years ago he was for some years Curate to the Rev. Dr. White, at Hampstead, Middlesex. Mr. Turnour married first, in 1799, Elizabeth, daughter of William Richardson, esq. (who was the second husband of his mother the dowager Countess of Win.

terton); she died in 1824; and secondly, in 1825, Rebecca, eldest daughter of the Rev. David Jones, who survives him. By the former lady he had four sons and two daughters; and by the latter, four sons and one daughter; all of whom, except his eldest son, survive him.

May 11. At Poppleton, Worcestershire, aged 93, the Rev. George Dineley, for 63 years Rector of Churchill, and for 58 years Rector of Poppleton. He was formerly a Fellow of Worcester college, Oxford, where he took the degree of M.A. 1776, and that of B.D. 1786. He was presented to Churchill in 1781 by R. Berke ey, esq., and instituted to Popple ton, which was in his own patronage, in 1786.

May 12. Aged 67, the Rev. James Buckoll, Vicar of Great Limber, Linc. He was of Wadham college, Oxford, M.A. 1800, and was presented to his living, in 1830, by the Lord Chancellor. He died from injuries received from being thrown from his pony phaeton on the 10th of April. His second son, Mr. E. G. Buckoll, of Heckmondwike, near Leeds, surgeon, died six days before him. May 12.

At Rhayader, aged 77, the Rev. John Williams M. A. Vicar of North Leverton, Nottinghamshire, and of South Stoke, Oxfordshire. He was presented to the former living in 1795 by Christ Church Oxford; and to the latter in 1806, by the Prebendary of North Leverton, in the collegiate church of Southwell.

May 13. At Loughgall, co. Armagh, aged 67, the Rev. Silver Oliver, for 37 years Rector of that parish.

May 13. At St. Helier's, Jersey, aged 85, the Rev. William Garnett, late of the island of Barbadoes. He was of Queen's college, Cambridge, M.A. 1797.

May 21. At Cranbourn, Dorsetshire, aged 78, the Rev. Nathaniel Templeman. He was formerly of Trinity college, Cambridge, B. A. 1789, M. A. 1793

May 24. Aged 76, the Rev. Robert Luke, senior Fellow of Sydney college, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. 1790 as 17th Senior Optime; M. A. 1793, and B.D. 1:00.

May 25. In his 85th year, the Rev. Joseph Cook, of Newton hall, Vicar of Chatton, and of Shilbottle, all in the county of Northumberland. He was formerly Fellow of Queen's college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1782 as 15th Wrangler, M.A. 1785; was presented to both his livings in 1803; to Chatton by the Duke of Northumberland, and to Shilbottle by the Lord Chancellor.

June 8. Aged 33, the Rev. John M'Gregor, B. A. Incumbent of Mellor, Derbyshire.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

May 8. In Charlotte st. Bedford-sq. Mrs. De Castro.

May 13. Aged 31, Capt. Marley Hut. chinson, late of the 53d regt. third son of the late G. P. Hutchinson, esq. of Egglestone, Durham.

May 14. George Henry Horn, esq. of Craig's-court, Charing Cross.

May 15. Aged 62, Celia, wife of George William Wye, esq. of Kennington.

May 16. At Blackheath, aged 48, John William Hartshorne, esq.

In Upper Albany-st. Regent's Park, aged 47, Henriette-Julie, wife of Frederick Langley, esq.

May 17. In Park-pl. Maida Hill West, aged 65, William Gentle, esq. formerly of Honduras.

May 18. Maria, fourth dau. of the late Sir John Pinhorn.

May 19. Aged 70, William Prosser, esq. of Goswell-st. one of the oldest members of the Saddlers' Company.

In New Ormond-st. aged 72, Miss Jane Gaskell, a lineal descendant of William Penn and Robert Barclay.

May 20. In North Brixton, aged 73, James Dunford Capel, esq. one of the Cashiers of the Bank of England, having been in the service of the Bank 51 years.

May 21. At Bayswater, aged 86, Mrs. Sarah Stafford, eldest surviving dau. of the late Robert Stafford, esq. of Huntingdon.

In Nottingham-pl. aged 67, Anne, relict of Patrick Bartlet, esq.

At Morden college, Blackheath, aged 94, Mr. Joseph Webb, a veteran of the ill-fated Royal George. A few minutes before the loss of the ship he had, with a boat's crew, pulled off from the vessel, when a midshipman requested permission to return, to fetch his dirk. Permission was granted, and the boat put back for that purpose; but his stay being too long on board, the boat's crew rowed off from the ship, which in a few minutes after sunk.

May 22. At the house of his brother in Grosvenor-st. aged 42, the Hon. Charles Wortley, youngest son of Lord Wharncliffe, President of the Council. He married Lady Emmeline Charlotte Elizabeth Manners, second daughter of the Duke of Rutland (the Poetess,) by whom he has left a son and daughter.

Josephine-Catherine, only dau. of John Ince, esq. of Lower Grosvenor-pl.

May 23. At Notting Hill-terr. Robert Scott, esq. of Gloucester-pl. Portman-sq. In Cumberland-st. Portman-sq. aged 76, Eliza, wife of Adm. Carpenter.

In the Wandsworth-road, aged 75, George Gaudin, esq. one of the Cashiers of the Bank of England.

May 24. In Carlton House-terr, aged