The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-25 00:00:00

Dupanloup on Lamoriciere.

, The manifestations in honour of General Lam°-
. riciere, writes the Paris correspondent of the Times,
are not yet over. Besides the commemorative service
in the Cathedral of Nantes on Tuesday, like that
which took place some days back in Paris in the
Church of St. Thomas d'Aquin, a few days back
hiS funeral oration was pronounced by no less
eminent a personage than Monseigneur Dupanlotip,
Bishop of Orleans, whom his admirers are wont to
call " the Bossuet of the 19tb century." It is not
surprising that those honours should be paid to
the memory of so distinguished a soldier in the
city of his birth, the church in which he was bap-
tised, and in the hearing of many whose fathers
had probably fought in the Bocages for " the
Throne and the Altar" in the time of the great re-
volution. The cathedral, it seems, could not con-
tain one-fourth of the numbers that had flocked in
from all parts to witness the ceremony and hear the
eloquent prelate. At the obsequies of Beranger an
honest bourgeois of the Boulevard du Temple said
that his heart swelled with pride and patriotism at
seeing the imposing cortege of sergens de vile that
surrounded the coffin of the " national poet," and
the large body of troops sent to do him honour, and
to be ready against any emergency. There were
no sergens de ville, no " agents"—at least, osten-
sibly—no troops in the cathedral of Nantes, and
the only persons who kept order were the sacristans
in their surplices and the beadles. M. Berryer was
Mayor
earlyaye
ri no hisf
N aantt
et esn, dwahnc e ;
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also
s feotlnl obwee
ad s
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ttohre.
M. de Falloux had risen from a sick bed to pay this
sad duty to his old friend. People were looking
about for M. de Montalembert. I believe it was
through error that his name was mentioned in the
list of those present, for M. de Montalembert is
said to be in Spain collecting materials for his work
" Les Moines de l'Occident." Not less than a
thousand priests came in from Brittany, Anjou, and
La Vendee. Those whose presence excited much
interest were-the-two young daughters of the de-
ceased General, who were accompanied by their
grandmother, the Countess d'Oberville. The Bishop
of Nantes being confined to his bed by illness, his
place was taken at the altar by the Bishop of Lucon.
Mass was over at half-past 11, when amid profound
silence the well-known figure of the Bishop of
Orleans appeared in the pulpit. He took for his
text these words,---" Smite scutum inexpugnaible,
mquitatem," and began his discourse pretty nearly
as follows :

ohcotsoo
of
va
el lr,
laonvde
sdefies
ui
7cualnt ,nfootr
rietfsubs
eu ctkol eb
or
wi s
".The noble existence whose memory we honour this day
mhoennotsurt;hane rdeswp
before this tomb. This morning I quitted the city of Joan
of Arc (Orleans) to come to the city of Duguesclin. I see
before me Brittany and La Vendde, who are proud to do
honour to the soldier whom the Church, the army, and the
country have proclaimed a hero. I would borrow some-
thing of his courage in speaking of his death, but I confess
that I am overcome, and that I tremble for fear at the very
moment I speak of who never knew what fear was. If
there be any here who expect to hear from my lips politics
or complaints let them be undeceived. My ministry and
the sacred place in which I address you forbid the one,
and I am debarred from the other by the life which I
am about to trace before you. Complaint does not belong
to,us. We may be afflicted and sad at the shameful spec-
tacles our generation witnesses, but wo should feel proud
whenever such an example as this is before us. Praise
and flattery are here out of place ; and wherefore should
we adorn with garlands a cannon, a sword, and a crucifix ?
In our day we praise too much, and do not admire enough ?"

The Bishop then spoke of Lamoriciere as a soldier,
a citizen, and a Catholic, " ever ready to serve in
turn the three great institutions here below—the
country, the army, and the Church, greater in de-
feat than in victory."
The preacher drew the portrait of Lamoricietre
as the type of the French soldier and general—his
buoyant and joyous courage, his indonlitable
activity, his promptitude of conception and his
rapidity of execution, the varied qualities and apti-
tudes of his mind, his power, and his ascendancy
over his troops. He spoke, too, of the characteristics
of the campaigns of Africa, where a national strug-
gle was complicated with a holy war, of which the
leader was at once revered as a descendant of the
Prophet, as a prophet himself, grave and enthusi-
astic, acting on the Arabs by the threefold autho-
rity of military talent, of patriotism, and of re-
ligion. He showed how the great merit of Lamo-
riciere was not so much in having gained victories
with such soldiers as the Zouaves, but in having
formed those soldiers himself. Among the episodes
of his career in Africa he dwelt on the taking of Con-
stantine, and the terrible combat on the heights of
Mouzaia. He spoke of " the three Africans par ex-
cellence—Lamoriciere, Changarnier, and the noble
and modest Bedeau, united in military glory as
they were in adversity, bearing the weight of sorrow
with the same courage as they had borne the fire of
the enemy, and unshaken in their fidelity to the
cause they had espoused." General Changarnier
was among the auditors, and when the Bishop
alluded to the " three Africans" he raised his hand
to his forehead like a soldier giving the military
salute to his superior. This little movement,
whether accidental or intended, seemed to tell with
much effect on his hearers. He spoke of the last
phase of Lamoriciere's public life in France, ex-
plained the causes which led him subsequently to
offer his services to the Pope, described with much
pathos his last hours, "alone in the silence and gloom
of night, in a deserted mansion, where there were
none but Christ and his soldier," and likened his
death to that of Bayard. The service was then
brought to a close, and the congregation dispersed.

A Teriible Struggle in the Sea, and
Gallant Rescue.

(From the Glasgow Herald)
A few days ago, a boat's crew, of Tyree, of throo men, put
to sea in a small skiff, to haul some lobster creels, so as to
have the take ready for carrying to market by the steamer
which calls at that port every Tuesday. The wind was blow-
ing hard from the south-east, and the waves running high,
during the previous night and morning, as well as at the
time, rendering the duties the men had to perform hazardous
in the extreme. When little more than a quarter of a mile
off Hynish Point, after taking in tho catch of lobsters, and
whilein the act of hoisting the sail, the strength of the wind,
together with the height and strength of the waves, sud-
denly upset the boat, and the three men wore in an instant
at tho mercy of the raging billows. The waves having
caught the folds of the sail, it was carried away,
along with the mast and ropes, and the ballast
thrown out. Tho boat, thus set free from all encum-
brances, came again to its proper position, but brimful of
water. The men, who were for some time struggling in
the water, at last caught hold of it, and with difficulty got
in, and after getting in were standing in water up to the
waist. While the boat was thus drifting, and the sea
frequently breaking over them, they managed to get hold
of the oars, which were floating about. They attempted to
row to the shore, but the breakers, under which they were
at times completely submerged, baffled all their efforts.
The boat was again upset, and they were washed clean
out. Again they managed to get hold of her ; but the
three being close to one another at the same end drew it
under water, and they again lost their hold. The boats wasa.
now floating with the keel above. The
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the
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struggled to reach her, and succeeded in
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In this position they continued for some time, and till
ngettingeeached
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the public road, who ran with all speed
by a man passing
to the men of the Argyll Lighthouse
assistance reached them.taiTnhseinaccicaiidrenhtawd aashfierasttolabusner:heedd
and gave the alarm
rtdilfyrerala
tender at Hynish. Cap
from the pier in an instant, and, manned by his mate and
arpalong with two native boatmen, who happened
teobeenotenr;he spot at the time, they plied the oars with the
energy of men in earnest when life or death depends upon
their action. The captain himself took the helm, and
guided the boat to the scene of danger amidst billows and
breakers, where men of less experience and skill would
hardly dare to venture. Before clearing the point of the
quay, they twice ran the risk of beingswamped among the
breakers, which partly filled their boat; but good seaman-
ship prevailed, and the life-buoys with which they wore
provided were not
put in requisition. Outside, the
sea ran so high that the drowning men and their boat were
frequently lost sight of by those endeavouring to save
them, even when in pretty close proximity. They, at
last, however, were rescued in such an exhausted condition
that in a few minutes more they would have sunk lifeless to
the bottom, or have been mangled upon the rocks, towards
Which their boat was rapidly drifting.. After landing the
men on the beach, an effort was made to save their boat,
which proved successful. The rescued men were brought to
Captain Sinclair's house, whore every attention was paid to
their condition and wants. The men thus attended to were
so completely restored that with a courage characteristic of
the Highlander, and which forsakes him only with life, they
again put to sea with their boat to recover the sail, mast and
oars, which were floating about the rocks. 111 this they
easily succeeded, and afterwards walked home, a distance of
about six miles. in good spirits, and feeling thankful to the
parties who saved their lives at imminent risk to themselves.