The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

COUNT ANASTASE DUNIN•

( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The following affecting memoir of this gallant but un-
fortunate officer, together with a whole length portrait,
have been forwarded to us by a few of the afflicted
fiends of the deceased :

On Wednesd sy last a mass was celebrated at the
Catholic Chapel in Soho-square, to the memory of
Count Anastase Dunio. It will be in the recollection
of the public that this chivalrous, but ill-fated Pole,
was one of the two individuals drowned at Boulogne on

the occasion of the late attempt of Prince Louis Na-
poleon on that town. However strong and general may
be the opinion of the injudiciousness of that unfortunate
expedition, there can be no doubt of the purity of the
motives which induced Count Diinin to take part in it,
so fatally for himself. The hope, the possibility, of its
producing some beneficial result to his country, was the
meteor light that led him to destruction, and-his friends,
his countrymen, have now but to bewail his loss ; their
deep regret for which the Poles resident in London tes-
tified by attending the solemn and melancholy ceremony
of Wednesday last—melancholy on so many accounts,
but on none more than the injury which Poland has sus-
tain:A by being deprived of one of her bravest and
worthiest sons.

Count Duain belonged to a family whose name occurs
frequently and conspicuously in the annals of Poland, and
whose celebrity in the battle field and at the council board
reaches to the remotest ages of her history. In our
days it has become additionally endeared to Poland
by the noble and dignified stand, which his uncle, the
Archbishop of Posen has made in defence of the sa-
cred religion of his forefathers. A liberal and re-
fined education, joined to a strong and reflecting, mind,
produced in him one of those exalted characters, which
formed the glory of the last Polish Revolution, and
which, confirmed by experience, and steeled by adver-
sity and exile, seemed to insure in anticipation the
success of the next. From his earliest youth his de-
votion, his endowments, and his active and gallant dis-
position, procured him a noble r.nd perilous share in
all the struggles of the Poles to overthrow the yoke of
foreign domination. The revolution of the 29th of
November, 1830, found him at his post, and in zealous
co-operation with the chief leaders of that glorious
achievement. Immediately after he was nominated a
captain, but with truly patriotic self-denial he declined
that well-merited distinction, and preferred entering as
a private the ranks of a corps then forming under the
orders of the brave General Dwernicki. To describe
the steps by which he subsequently rose again to the
rank of a captain would render necessary a detailed
' account of the brilliant engagements in which he
distinguished himsvlf—of those glorious struggles
and victories which showed to Europe how capa-
ble are the Poles of withstanding aed crushing

their pretended irresistible foes, how-amply are they
sufficient for the emancipation of their country, when
commanded by a Chief resolved to achieve its freedom,
unfettered by the habits of intrigue and diplomacy, and
despising all policy save that of the sword. The bul-
letins of the battles of Hoczek, Nowawies, Pulawy,
Konskawola, Kurow, and Boremel brought the name
of Dunin honourably before the public ; and even
among the host of brilliant exploits achieved by others,
which have ennobled though they could not command
success for the last struggle of Poland, entitled him to
the special favour and admiration of his contemporaries.
Upon the termination of that struggle he came to Paris ;
whilst there he still devoted his time and labour to the
cause of his dear country. From a gallant soldier and
zealous co-cperator in Divernicki's memorable campaign
he became its talented historian ; and when some of
the Poles left France and entered Switzerland in a
body, he came to England for the purpose of obtaining
assistance for them. He succeeded beyond expectation,
and his success was due mainly to his own exertions and
personal qualities, which subsequently secured to him
a hearty welcome, when he himself was obliged to seek
refuge in England, in 1836, as one of those who, at the
request of the Russian Ambassador, were expelled from
France for having formed themselves into a body called
the Confederation. Ever since that fme up to the pe-
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riod of the unfortunate expedition of Prince. Louis Na-
poleon be resided here. He was born on the 6th of
August, 1802, and therefore completed his 38th year
on the day of his death.
There is no tombstone to mark the spot where he is
buried, no epitaph to record the deeds of his eventful
life, no mournful train followed his body to its last

abode, no benediction was pronounced when earth
closed for ever over his mortal remains ; but his me-
mory will live in the grateful hearts of his countrymen.
The benediction denied to him on the spot of his death
has already been proclaimed by the tears, by the fond
grief of his fellow-exiles, as it will be repeated by the
whole of Poland, through the revered lips of his vene-
rable and disconsolate uncle. The faithful band of his
more intimate friends have acceptecl with respect, and
will cherish the melancholy but precious legacy he left
them—the task of defending his memory. And when
the irritated passions of the day shall have cooled, when
opinion shall have gathered breath to pronounce an im-
partial verdict, his solitary and neglected tomb will be
vilitcd as that of a bras c soldier, an upright patriot,
and a devoted son of Poland, and will receive from all
free and patriotic minds the tribute of mingled admira-
tion and regret.