THE LATE MISS ABIGAIL SAMUDA.

A correspondent- of The Times writes:—"Miss Abigail Samuda, an exceptionally gifted lady, who had almost completed her 97th year, has just died at Heathcroft, Hampslead, the residence of her old friend Mr Jos© de Sola Pinto. She was born in London on April>r'24th, 1810. One of her brothers, Jacob Samuda: a promising •young engineer} was, killed-by., an ex-' plosion in 1844. . Her' other brother,. Joseph' Samuda-, was the well-known shipbuilder and M.P. for Towers Ham-' lets. . Their great-grandfather. was Abraham Samuda, physician to the King of Portugal, a secret Jew, who escaped from the clutches of the Inquisition by inviting the leading citizens in Lisbon to a great entertainment, and on the eve of the feast he and his family escaped in an English ship. Their departure was discovered, and officers of the Inquisition went after him in a boat. They requested the English captain to allow them to search for heretics, but the captain refused to allow them on board. They sailed away to Holland, and three months after Abraham Samuda's Avife gave birth to a son, Jacob, the grandfather of the lady who has just died. This lady remained true to her faith,1 and as a young woman she took .an active part in the education of poor Jewesses. Among her many accomplishments, she spoke four languages fluently} and translated most- of Zschokke's work into English. Her paintings have been much admired for the delicacy of finish. She was a keen politician, and a reader and admirer of The. Times throughout her life. , So impressed was she by the leading and special articles in The Times that she cut out many hundreds of them as a -popular means of educating the young to enjoy reading. Her memory was remarkable even to the end. She was ten years old when George 111 died, and remembered being taken as a child to see the procession when George IV. was crowned. She will be buried in the cemetery of the Spanish,.arid Portuguese Jews at Golders-hill."