FLOTOW, FREDERICH, BARON

VON (1812-83), a German composer, b. at Tentendorf in Mecklenburg. His first great succe was Le Naufrage de la Meduse, an-.opera produced in 1839; A le andro Str a dell a, in 1844; and Martha in 1847 being equally popular. Among his later operas may be men1859; and L’Ombre, 1869. The characteristics of his works were those of liveline , easine , and grace, combined with pleasing melodies. From 1856-63 he held the appointment of director of the theatre at Schwerin, and died at Wiesbaden. (or Ligan), goods cast away at sea. The first is the name given to goods that float on the surface of the water; the second to goods that have sunk; the third to sunken goods attached to a buoy, or other sea-mark. Goods under all three headings become crown property, failing the original owner’s claiming em,