The Portland daily press., 1867-01-25

Death of "a Celebrated Frenchmnn.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times, writing under date of Jan. s, furnishes
the following sketch OF one Of the Chef nota-
bilities of France, q man remarkable for his
own personal character and history, but still
more so Tor the romantic interest which at
taches to both his parents. His father was
the celebrated Louis de Larochejaquelein; bis
mother the famous 'Horaine of La Vendee,2
whose memoirs, written by herself, furnish the
most complete and vivid picture which has
come down to us OF the heroic sacrifices anu
suflerings of the Vendean patriots. The cor
respondent says: .......n
At the little village of Pecq, in the depart
ment oil the Seine et-Oise, about tnfee-quar-
tiers of mile from St. German en- Laye, and
CHIEFLY known as the point where the allied
armies crossed the Seine on the LIST of july.
1915. died Yesterday, after a long illness. Hen
ri dn Vercier, Marquis de Larocheiaauelein.
He was tue son of the heroine OF La Vendee
by her second marriage, and nephew of Henri
Larochejaquelen, the chief OF the Vendean
army, who fell victim to his humanity when
offering quarter to two Republican soldiers
upon whom his followers were about to fire.
lie rode up alone, and called upon them to
surrender, but, without saying a word, one of
them raised his piece and shot him through
the forehead. He tell dead at their feet, and
was buried where he fell. The first husband
OF Madame de Larochejaquelein was the Mar
gus de Lescure, also general in the Vendean
army, and one OF its most intrepid leaders. In
an encounter with the Republicans at Trem-
blaye he was MORALLY wounded by musket
bail, which struck him on the eyebrow, and
died few days after, on the Sd OF November,
1893. When the Royalist cause was complete
ly ruined, Madame de Lescure and her moth
er set out for Spain, where they lived for two
or three years. They were then permitted to
return TO France, and ON Bonaparte's Access
sion to the sovereignty had considerable por-
ton of thor property restored to them. At
the earnest entreaties of her mother, Madame
de Lescure at length consented to give her
hand to Louis de Larocheaquelein, brother of
the Young Henri, and the inheritor of his prin
cples. They were married in 1902. The
eldest born OF this marriage is the person
whose death has just taken place.
The late Marquis was born in 1904, and was
created Peer of France at the early aye of H.
He entered the military service in 1921, and
made the campaign of Spain under the Duke
d Angouleme in 1928, and was captain in the
Horse Grenadiers of the Royal Guard in 1928.
In that year he petitioned the King to be al
lONCQ " SClfc III SIctk WAL Vi IUueDtn-
dence, but was refused. he obtained leave,
however, tojoin the Russian army as simple
volunteer in the campaign of the Balkan
against the Turks, "haying nothing to do" as
he afterwards said In the Chamber of Depu-
ties. He had not taken bis seat in the Upper
House when the Revolution ofJuly broke out.
Whether any offers were made him by the new
Government l cannot say, but he publicly an
nounced his resolution not to serve in any ca
nv ar1d cd A..
time till 1912 he devoted himself to industlia l
pursuits, with however, little material benefit
to himself. In that year he was re turned by
the electors of Ploermel, in the Morbihan, to
the Chamber of Deputies. His Parliamentary
career was not one of idleness. In most of
the stormy discussions of the time he took a
prominent part, and was ready, fluent, and
vigorous debater on the addresses, CONSUMPTION
laws, prison reform, railway Bills, electoral
reform, DC. He spoke his mind boldly-on
most occasions in opposition to the Govern
ment, and ON some, too, against his own party
When stigma was attempted to be fixed by
the majority on the Loyalists who went to
London in 1S42 to pay homage to the Count
OF Chambord he repudiated with indignation
the dishonouring ephitet. He resigned his
seat, and appealed to the judgment of the
electors Of the Moybihan. The electors of the
Morbihan responded to the appeal, and they
Scul utiu Udch u tne OUdluUer, when he per-
severed in the same course. i Ri
In the Senate, however, M. de Laroche-
jaque.ein assumed an attitude eff independ-
euce, without much claim to what is called
eloquence. Ills language was fldent and en-
ergetIc, and he spoke like man who desired
to impress upon his hearers that he enter
tanned profound convictions. There was
one point however, on which no doubt ex-
listed of the sincerity of his sentiments, and
that was the temporal power of the Pope.
On ills he admitted no compromise; and it
was on the question OF the temporal Papacy
that be more than once came into rather
fierce collision with Prince Napoleon. d In the
course OF a few months the Senate has thus
lost two hobleman OF the old race whom adj
hesion to the new order of things offended,
though not in the same degree, the Legitimist
party-the Marquis de boIssy and the Mar
quis de Larochejaq ueiein. There was not
much in common between them. The for
mer had no pretensiOns to oratory, or any,
tlnng like it. Ills opposition was one OF tenn
permanent rather tnan OF system. There
were few points on which, he agreed with any
one. lie Was long the torment OF poor Duke
Pasqucr in the Chamber of Peers, tor he was
co. stantly carping at everything; and the
Chancellor and the Peer often came into
angry contra IT. 1t was amusing to wit
ness the delight of the Duke when il
alter days he used to have the Moniteur read
to him, and when he found that M. Troplong,
who filled the same post in the Senate that he
had in the Peers, was day after day baited by
the querulous Marquis, as he himself had SO
long been. The two Marquises and ex-Peers
were as unlike in personal appearance as in
their style of speaking. NJ. de Boissy was
somewhat low Of stature, of thin features
delicate frame, small voice, and quiet of ges-
ture. M. de Larochejaquelein was ABOVE the
middle height, of a robust and portly pres
ence, full round face, with an open brow and
flowing hair, voice loud and ringing, and an
imprisoned Sesticulation which sometimes
reminded one of the tribune OF revolutionary
times. He has left widow and four children
"a son and three daughters. His eldest
daughter entered, few years ago. the con-
vent of the Sacre- Coeur; the others are mar
RED