H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF CAPUA. April 22. At Turin, aged 50, H.R.H. Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua.

The deceased, who was born Oct. 10, 1811, was the second son of Francis I. King of the Two Sicilies, and brother of Ferdinand II., and Christina, the queen-dowager of Spain. On the 5th April, 1836, he married an Irish lady, Penelope Caroline, daughter of Grice Smyth, Esq., of Ballynatray, co. Waterford, (born July 19, 1815), which gave great offence to his brother, who banished him from the Court, and sequestered his appanage. The Prince has since lived an unsettled life, in France, England, Belgium, but more particularly in Malta, where he courted the acquaintance of the Italian malcontents, and made warm professions of Liberal opinions. Since the expulsion of his nephew Francis II. from Naples, the Prince has resided much at Turin, being engaged in soliciting the restoration of his patrimony from King Victor Emmanuel and the Italian Parliament, He has left issue a son, Francisco, Count of Mascali, born March 24, 1857; and a daughter, Vittoria, born May 15, 1838.

THE EARL OF PEMBROKE AND
MONTGOMERY.

April 25. At Paris, aged 70, the Right Hon. Robert Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery in Witshire, Baron Herbert of Cardiff, and Baron Herbert of Shurland, in the Isle of Sheppy, co. Kent, in the peerage of England,

The deceased peer was the eldest surviving son of George Augustus, 11th Earl, by his first marriage with Eliza

beth, second daughter of Mr. Topham Beauclerk, and was born in London Sept. 19, 1791. His Lordship married, Aug. 17, 1814, the Princess Octavia Spinelli, daughter of the Duke of Laurino, and widow of Prince Rubari, of Sicily; she died Dec., 1857. He succeeded to the family honours and estates, on the death of his father, Oct. 26, 1827. His Lordship was hereditary Visitor of Jesus College, Oxford, and High-Steward of Witton. He was esteemed a LiberalConservative, but he took little part in public affairs. Having left no issue, he is succeeded by his nephew, George Robert Charles, eldest son of his halfbrother, Lord Herbert of Lea, who is now in his 12th year.

SIR WILLIAM H. DON, BART. March 19. At Hobart Town, Tasmania, aged 36, Sir William Henry Don, Bart.

The deceased, who was the only son of the late Sir Alexander Don, Bart., by Grace, daughter of John Stein, Esq., (she afterwards married Sir Jas. Maxwell Wallace,) was born in 1825, and succeeded to the title when only two years old. He was for a short time in the army, and was extra aide-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1844. In 1845 he became lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards, but retired from the service in the course of the same year, and has since followed the profession of an actor. In 1847 he married Antonia, daughter of M. Leburn, of Hanover; and in 1857 Emily, daughter of Mr. John Sanders, of London, by whom he has an only daughter, Harriet Grace Mary; the baronetcy consequently becomes extinct.

It is not our purpose to trace Sir William in his self-chosen career, but we copy from the "Hobart Town Mercury" and the " Melbourne Argus" some slight notice of his last days. The first says:--

"It is our painful task to announce the untimely death of Sir William Don, Bart., who expired at Webb's Hotel shortly after two o'clock on the morning of the 19th March. Sir William left Melbourne in very bad health on a professional visit to Tasmania, in the hope of benefiting by change of climate. During his stay in Hobart Town he has been prevented by debility from taking any leading part in theatrical business. In the burlesque of "Kenilworth," the part of Queen Elizabeth was assigned to him, and his reluctance to disappoint the public induced him to appear at the first representation of this piece on Saturday night last, although, as he stated to his audience, he had to drag himself from his bed to do so. This was his last appearance. On his leaving the theatre on Saturday he was seized with a violent attack of the malady from which he subsequently died, and from that time continued in a very precarious condition. On Monday morning, Sir William was pronounced somewhat better, and during that day and on the following morning hopes were entertained that he would rally. The performances at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening had been announced as under the patronage of the officers and cadets of the Volunteer corps, and great preparations had been made to give éclat to the occasion. Lady Don was naturally most anxious not to leave the bedside of her prostrate husband; but Sir William was most earnest in his wish that she should fulfil her engagement, and every suggestion to the contrary appeared to occasion him so much distress that her ladyship proceeded to the theatre. During the absence of Lady Don a great change took place in the condition of the patient, and on her return the first words that greeted her

were that Sir William was much worse.

Although perfectly conscious, and able to take leave of his sorrowing wife and the few attached friends that were about his bedside, he was evidently rapidly sinking. Lady Don administered the last offices of affection to him, and in her arms he peaceably expired. The final event came with unexpected suddenness. Sir William was in his thirty-seventh

year. His death was, we believe, the result of disease of the larynx, coupled with great general debility."

The other local journal remarks :—

"The theatrical profession has lost in Sir William a most enthusiastic member. His admiration of his art was intense, and his success as an actor appeared to afford him more unalloyed satisfaction than his patrician descent or his relationship to earls and duchesses. On no subject was his conversation more animated, and to nothing did his ambition point more stedfastly than to acquire distinction on the stage. Possessing a fine sense of humour, a quick perception of the ludicrous sides of life and character, a remarkable talent for mimicry, a strong nerve, a ready wit, and great self-possession, he was thus gifted with many qualifications essential to a good actor; and without arriving at any remarkable eminence as a comedian, he was always amusing, and frequently invested a character with quaint and fantastic attributes of his own devising. In private he was an agreeable companion, with a rare flow of anecdote, and an impulsiveness of manner and vehemence of language which were very piquant. Measured by the years he lived, his life was a very short one; estimated by the incidents which were crowded into it, and by the romantic vicissitudes of fortune he underwent, it was a very long one. Inheriting from his mother, Lady Wallace, considerable literary ability, it was the intention of Sir William Don to write his life whenever a fitting moment should arrive. That fitting moment never came, and the life and its lesson remain unwritten."

COL. SIR W. L. FREESTUN, K.C.T.

April 16. In Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, aged 57, Col. Sir William Lockyer Freestun, K.C.T.

The deceased, who was the second son of Edward Freestun, Esq., of Primrosehill, co. Waterford, by Mary, only daughter of Wm. Lockyer, Esq., of Wembury-house, Devon, was born at May - park, Waterford, in 1804. He entered the army as ensign in the 5th Foot, and served for 23 years, and was on the staff of the British Legion under Sir de Lacy Evans, in 1835-6-7, in which service he became Colonel, and was three

times wounded. He received the order of Charles III. (Knight Commander), and also the first class of the orders of San Fernando and of Isabella the Catholic. He served on the staff in Syria in 1840-1-2 (with the local rank of Major) as Assistant Adjutant-General, and was presented with a gold medal by the Sultan. He was first elected, in the Liberal interest, Member of Parliament for Weymouth in 1847, and continued its representative till the last general election in 1859, when he lost his seat. In 1860 he received the honour of knighthood, and he was a deputy lieutenant and magistrate for Dorsetshire. In 1846 he married Josefa Benita, relict of Charles Pratt, Esq., of Totton-house, Hants., and the Belvidere, Weymouth, who survives him.

MR. CHARLES CROCKER, OF
CHICHESTER.

Oct. 6, 1861. At Chichester, aged 64, Mr. Charles Crocker, the sexton of the cathedral, and a poet of no mean order.

The deceased, who was a self-educated man, was born of poor parents at Chichester, on the 22nd of June, 1797. Before he was twelve years old he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and this occupation he continued to follow, contentedly, for more than twenty years, composing verses while at work, and writing them down as he could find leisure, when some lines that he contributed to the "Brighton Herald" attracted attention, and immediately steps were taken for publishing a volume of their author's poetry, to which a numerous list of subscribers was obtained. The profits derived from the sale of this volume enabled him, to use his own words in the Preface to his last edition,

a He had the wisdom to see that his humble occupation, whilst fully employing his hands, left his mind at liberty to engage in intellectual pursuits, "without any hindrance to his work." The account that he gives of his struggles to acquire some knowledge of grammar and the laws of versification, in the Preface to the first edition of his Poems, is most interesting.

"to provide his family with many comforts which, but for the publication of these poems, they would never have known."

Among those into whose hands the volume fell, and who took a warm interest in Crocker's welfare, and encouraged him by his countenance and advice, was Robert Southey, who entertained a high admiration of his talents and character, and who expressed his opinion that his sonnet "To the British Oak" was "one of the finest, if not the finest," in the English language.

In 1839 Mr. Crocker exchanged his original occupation for one more consonant with his habits and tastes; and for upwards of six years he was employed by Mr. W. Hayley Mason, the publisher of all the editions of his works, in the book-selling department of his business. In 1845 he resigned this situa tion, having received the appointment of sexton of the cathedral, to which was soon after added that of bishop's verger. The former of these terms does not exactly convey the proper idea of the duties which devolved on Mr. Crocker: his real business was to attend in the cathedral, and accompany strangers round the building; and most admirably were these duties performed by him. He at once heartily devoted himself to his new occupation. By reading and careful observation, he soon mastered the architectural details of the cathedral, and became so conversant therewith, that "a tour round the building" under his guidance was really instructive. He also published a little work entitled a "Visit to Chichester Cathedral," which, by its correctness and useful character, contrasts very favourably with the trash that is too often to be found in provincial towns under similar titles.

Mr. Crocker was essentially a contented man. Amid the hard trials and privations of his early years, or when his prospects had brightened, and the world looked favourably and smiled on him, he was still the same-contented, cheerful, unpretending, unassuming.

Of his literary talents it is now unnecessary to speak, as the complete edition of his Poetical Works, published in 1860, has been widely circulated, and has obtained the warm praise of the most competent judges.

The deceased poet was buried in the sub-deanery churchyard, without the North-gate of Chichester, and though but three mourners left his humble home, his son, his son-in-law, and a valued friend, yet, as a voluntary mark of respect, upwards of fifty gentlemen, who had assembled or waited in the neighbourhood, immediately joined, and followed his remains to the grave; these included the Dean of Chichester, the canons residentiary, and very many of the clergy, magistrates, and inhabitants of the city and county. A special service was also performed in the cathedral, with the anthem from the Burial Service, "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts," &c., followed by the Dead March in Saul on the organ.

He was twice married, and he has left a widow and three children to lament the loss of a kind and careful husband and father.

REV. JOHN HAMPDEN GURNEY. March 3. At his rectory-house, in his 60th year, the Rev. John Hampden Gurney, M.A., Rector of St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, and a Prebendary of St. Paul's.

Mr. Gurney was the eldest son of Sir John Gurney, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, (of whom a memoir will be found in the GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE for April, 1845,) and brother to Mr. Russell Gurney, the present Recorder of London. His mother was Maria, daughter of William Hawes, M.D., the Founder of the Royal Humane Society, and aunt to Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B., Under-Secretary of State for War (whose death has occurred since his own). He was born in Serjeants' Inn, on the 15th of August, 1802. He was a member of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1824, the year of

the first Classical Tripos, in which he stood third, (next to the Chancellor's two medallists,) his name also appearing at the close of the Senior Optimes in the Mathematical Tripos.

Mr. Hampden Gurney was for some years Curate of Lutterworth in Leicestershire, and whilst there he published a sermon preached at the Wycliffe Commemoration, on the 20th of December, 1837. In Oct. 1841, he was appointed Chaplain of the Lutterworth Poor-Law Union. In 1848 he was presented by the Crown to the district rectory of St. Mary's in Marylebone, then vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Dibdin.

In his pastoral office Mr. Gurney was indefatigable. He was a most earnest and popular preacher; and published many of his sermons, as well as the lectures which he composed for the Young Men's Christian Association, and various pamphlets on questions affecting the Church and the poor.

Among his sermons are,-" A Pastor's Warning, suggested by the Death of Sir Robert Peel," 1850; "The Lost Chief and a Mourning People," a Sermon on the death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852; "The Grand Romish Fallacy; and Dangers and Duties of Protestants," 1854; "Better Times and Worse; or, Hints for improving the Church's Hold on the People," 1856; "Sermons chiefly on Old Testament Histories," 1856; "Sermons on Texts from the Epistles and Gospels, for particular Sundays," 1857; "The Sequel of a Sad Story: Four Sermons on the Indian Mutiny,” 1857; and a "Third Series of Sermons," 1860.

His lectures were published under the titles of

"Historical Sketches; illustrating some important Events and Epochs from A.D. 1400 to A.D. 1546." 1852.

"St. Louis and Henri IV.: being a second series of Historical Sketches." 1855.

"God's Heroes and the World's Heroes: being a third Series of Historical Sketches." 1858.

He also published new-year's and other occasional addresses.

Mr. Gurney paid considerable attention to Psalmody, and published a selection before he came to London. He afterwards compiled a Psalm-book, which was used in several of the churches of Marylebone; and in 1853 he published "Church Psalmody; Hints for the Improvement of a Collection of Hymns [compiled by T. V. Fosbery] just published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge."

He was also the author of pamphlets on the New Poor-Law, the Scotch Church question, and of "Four Letters to the Bishop of Exeter on Scripture Readers."

Mr. Gurney married, at Edinburgh, on the 24th of October, 1839, Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Henry Grey, Minister of St. Mary's, Edinburgh.

JAMES ELMES, ESQ. April 2. At Greenwich, aged 79, James Elmes, Esq., Architect, formerly Surveyor to the Port of London.

Mr. Elmes studied architecture under Mr. George Gibson. He gained the silver medal in architecture at the Royal Academy in 1804, and afterwards designed and carried out various buildings in London and the neighbouring counties, and in Ireland.

His name, however, was best known as a professional author, and his most useful and popular work was that on Dilapidations, first published in 1826. He was also the editor, in succession, of several periodical publications, as "Annals of the Fine Arts," commencing in 1817; "Magazine of the Fine Arts and Monthly Review," commencing in 1821; and, we believe, one called "Elmes's Quarterly Review."

We have endeavoured to compile the following list of his literary productions:

"A Letter to Thomas Hope, Esq., on the Insufficiency of the existing Establishments for Promoting the Fine Arts

towards that of Architecture and its Professors." 1813.

"Hints for the Improvement of Prisons, and for a more Economical Management of Prisoners, partly founded on the Principles of John Howard." 1817, 4to.

"New Churches. A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool on that part of the Speech of H.R.H. the Prince Regent which recommends the attention of Parliament to the Deficiency in the Number of Places of Public Worship belonging to the Established Church." 1818, 8vo.

"Lectures on Architecture, compris ing the History of the Art." 1821. Second Edition, 1823, 8vo.

"Discourses delivered before the Asiatic Society, and Miscellaneous Papers, by Sir William Jones; selected and edited by James Elmes." 1821,