, 1877-09-02
4 FRENCH GAMBLERS FUNERAL.

| Blanc Of Monaco has LETT 1,009,000 francs to
the Church of st. Rocll, 400, 900 francs to the
poor Of tho first arrondissemcnt, 200, 600 francs
to tue intirm priests Of the Maria Theresa Asy.
]um, and 100, 600 francs to the chapel Of the Ro-
uuettc Prison, where criminals under sentence
OF death hear mass for tue last time He had
the virtue to confess that it WAS by Gods own
mercy lie never passed through that place of
worship. 1t was the intention. it lie died in
Paris, to hare been attended By the Abbe
Crozes, chaplain Of La Rooi1ette who attends
assassi,,s to the scaffold and gives them mart
ing embrace before II. d. Paris anu his aides
strap them to the swiye1-boarl of the guillotipr
his fortune in France amt on the Riviera comes
to =, 600 francs. The legacy duty Of his
Nv, SWISS estates amounts to something Over 2DU,
QUO francs.
If Blanc had been the Duke OF Wellington
he could not have been buried with more solemn,
state. went tn St. Roch to see his ohsea,1ics.
Mother Church did all that lay in her power
for the rcpose Of his soul and the consolation
Of his family Within and without, ST. Rocl
was huns. from base to summit with black clotn
taccd with silver and the flight OF stcps lca4l-
ing to the portal WAS covered with snblc ear
pct. Daylight was carefully excluded from the
interior. An intinity OF wax tapers blazcd on
tile high altar and in candcfabra. The olfactory
nerve was oppressed with incense, the burning
of which sent UP from silver braziers .reeti
ta'ncs; Priests and 'teacons in funeral vest
ttCu%a A"E!L ~ ElosE tU"S Du Tue SLEp3 Qi the
high altar, ami others, aiso on their knees,
formed dense sq1tare. Of which short, broad
collin, placed on Il we'll trapcd platform.
formed thy ccntre. The music was
pomp with which Blanc's rrmalns were
ssut to tho grave. ST. Rocll boasts
ot tue. best orgau, organist, and choral
service tn Paris, and It admits readily fc-
'r:llc singers to perform at its deat massqs.
an irrevercnt crowd filed tie aislcs. /
Thought recognized there, in seetly, pre-
n'aturc!v~agcd aud brokcn-lown men a1Ml wou-
IN, persons hud seen some years ago at Mon
aco POSSESSED by the demon OF gambling. The
nave was occupied by the family and their
!r1ends, whom It Is scarcely large enough to
ho!o Tue saw there the people one would ex--
rcct to Mrct At tile foreign office routs. They
were gathered from nli civilized lands and, /
atll sorry to say, belonged to the governing
classes Of their respective countries. The COS
nlopolltau aristovracy III the nave had no re-
ward for putting OIL black and a wearing long
tMc. do not like to think it WAS led there bv
the stupid admiration with which moFtals of the
f1aser sort are prone to regard those who do we'll
unto themselves, even though it were by keep
ing rouple OF gumblng-houses going it gives
mt greatcr pleasure to assign more Intelligent
If not more lofty, motive to the distinguished
gentlemen and Iadies who sought to install
themselves i'll foremost places at the funeral
mass Blanc's four unmarried children ure the
greatest cxtcfes going In the matrimonial mar
ket, and they arc determined to marryiuto none
but the noblcst houses in Europe.