The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-29 00:00:00

FUNERAL 01 PRINCE ADAM

CZARTORYSKI.

The funeral of Prince Adam Czartoryski took place on

the 22d inst., in Paris, at the church of Saint Louis-en-
l'lle, his parish. The body, which had been taken the
Wednesday before from the Chateau of Montpenneil to the
Hotel Lambert, had been laid out in state in one of the
rooms of the hotel. At 11 a.m. persons of all ranks began to
assemble, for the purpose of taking part in the funeral, in
the principal apartments and the courtyard. At 12, some of
the clergy of the parish, together with several Polish priests,
came to the hotel to take up the body. The coffin was then
carried to the church en the shoulders of the fellow-coun-

trymen of the illustrious exile, who were all equally
anxious to bear their part of the precious burden. At
the head of the procession was a funeral car, covered

with magnificent ornaments, and drawn by six horses, with
splendid trappings. On the cloth which covered the cof-

fin was the red velvet mantle of the senators palatine of
the kingdom of Poland, and the crown of the Lithuanian

princes. Next followed, borne by the Prince's household,
the grand cross of Saint Stanislas, the grand cross of the

White Eagle, and the virtuti militan cross, gained by
Prince Adam during the national war of 1792. These ex-

elusively Polish decorations were the only ones to which
the deceased had attached any value. The pall was carried
by General Dembinski, late Commander-in-Chief of the
Polish and Hungarian armies; M. Morawski, the foreign

minister of the Polish Government in 1831; General Gust.

de Montebello, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, who fought
at that time under the Polish banner ; and General Count
Zamoyski, a distinguished member of the family,
who commanded the Polish Legion during the
Crimean war. The chief mourners were Princes

Witold and Ladislas, the sons of the illustrious
deceased. Behind them, among the other members of the

family, were the Count of Lezay-Marnesia, Lord Cham-
berlain of her Majesty the Empress, in uniform ' • the Duke
de Bassano, Lord Chamberlain of the Emperor ; M. Fould,
member of the Privy Council ; Lord Cowley, the British
Minister ; Marshal Magnan ; M. de Royer, Vice-President
of the Senate; General d'Hautpoul ; M. Dupin, Attorney-
General ; Viscount de la Guerroniere ; and several mem-
bers of the Senate, the Council of State, the Legislative
Body, the bench, and the institute. Next came a deputa-
tion representing the Literary Association of the Friends
of Poland in London, composed of Viscount Raynham,
M.P., Vice-President, and Major C. Szulczewski, Polish
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known by the name of " Pension Czartoryski ;" and a crowd
of persons who had come spontaneously or by invitation to
give a last tribute of respect to the man who, by the firm-
ness and wisdom of his patriotism and his eminent quali-
ties, had acquired so pure and deserved a popularity in
Europe. Men of all ranks; of all nations, of all religions,
authors, soldiers, priests, a great number of ladies in mourn-
ing, and sisters of charity, accompanied by orphans, joined
with the Polish refugees in swelling the ranks of the pro-
cession. The principal entrance of the church was hung
with black, Inside the walls were covered with drapery of
the same colour, bordered with ermine, on which appeared
at intervals the arms of the Prince, which are also those of
the Grand Duchy of Lithuani, with the motto
Before the choir, under a canopy, was a rich bier
adorned with lamps and four statues whose effect was very
imposing. On the arrival of the procession, the body was
received by the clergy of the parish, and the Cardinal Arch-
bishop of Paris. The funeral service was celebrated by the
Vicar-General, and the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, and
the Archbishop read the prayers for absolution. Although
the church was too small for the crowd, the greatest order
and quiet reigned during the whole of the ceremony.
Several thousands of persons, whose countenances expressed
not curiosity, but a pious and respectful sympathy, assem-
bled round the church and at the windows of the adjoining
houses. In this manner the population of Paris assisted in
the mourning of the Polish Emigration and revived their old
sentiments of brotherhood for the Polish people. On
leaving the Church of Saint Louis, the body was laid
on the funeral car, and the procession turned
towards Montmorency, where at the request of
the Polish Emigration, Prince Adam will rest until God
permits the Poles to return to their country. The cortege
proceeded by the Pont Marie, Rue de Fourcy, the Rue de
Rivoli, the Boulevards of Sebastopol and Strasbourg. The
pupils of the Polish school of Batignolles formed in line on
each side; some thousands of people on foot and a very
large number of carriages accompanied the coffin to the
Boulevard Magenta. Here the family and those who had
received invitations entered their carriages, and the whole
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by numbers who had come from Paris by railway.
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the immense crowd in mourning, all advancing slow:y and
silently through the gardens and lanes of Montmorency,
forming a most imposing and touching spectacle.
On the procession entering the town they were met by the
mayor, late colonel on the Staff of the Empire, in full uni-
form, and the National Guard of Montmorency. The latter
formed in line and escorted the body to the church. At
the church-door a deputation of Polish Jews begged of the
princes to allow them to have the honour of taking the
coffin into the church. The Polisir clergy, the clergy of
Saint Louis and that of Montmorency then read
the lass prayers for the dead, and the Polish priests
ended by a prayer in their own language at the moment
when the body had descended into the vault, and the
family kneeling, and in tears, were addressing their last
adieus to the prince.
It was six o'clock before the crowd began to disperse
quietly, after these few words spoken by the Mayor with an
emotion which almost stopped his utterance of them :
" You have good reason for being sad, for you have lost a
man who can never be replaced ; but a hope dawns before
you in the midst of your grief at this irreparable loss—the
hrillittut future which If3in atom for your country."