, 1894-07-28

or Concerts, 10y these cOmDlncU FORCES 4
very fine performance Of portions Of Guonod's
''Mols ct Vita anl Of Saint-Sacn's Requiem
Mass was given, as well as Of an impressive
De Profnndis and Liberia Nos. The Orches-
ira acquitted itself adequately in rendering
both Brethovens and Ambrose Thonas's
well known Marches Funebres. Faure sang
the Pie Jesu rs inagnihcently as Of yore.
His voice is thought less mellow than it
was a decade ago, but its carrying and pene-
trating forces are absolutely unimpaired.
A touching an3 yet bizarre effect was pro
duCcd while he was singing ~~his solo. just
at the climax Of the service that symbo-
Uses the contamination Of the supreme sa-
crifce by the sudden claShing of the silVern
bell sounded as the host was elevated, the
deep boom Of the famous Bourbon struck the
passing hour. At that solemn moment
the great gathering appeared to me to be
deeply moved. ] could see br0nzed veterans,
sterned face politicians, and grim visaged
celebrities Of science, letters. art, law,
medicine, and theology shedding IL
replessible tears, or visbly striving to
control their emotion. Some fairly
broke down and Sobbed like SORROW stricken
children. Several ladies tainted. Many
more show ed alarming symptoms Of hysteria.
There was son clhing almost supernatural
in the accidental coincidence Of contrasting
sounds that seemed to appeal irresistbly othe
Shbtler and more tender sympathies Of all
present. Moreover, the devotional charge Of
attitude that marks the elevation was exc
cuted with surprising monimity. NJ,
Casimir- perier stood finn, it is true, but re-
verently bowed his head, and there were
no exceptions in the outward demonstration,
though Of course many agncstics and free
thinkers we've present. One and all, be-
levers or doubters, complied respectfully
with the folms Of observance prescribed by
The ritual, minated by sheer and true respect
for the memory Of the dead ~
ing there in their midst slroUdcd III
the national colours and bestreWn with
the choicest flowers Of France. NJ. Calnots
obsequies were carried out with we'll nigh
unprecedented pomp and splendour, IN q
manner worthy Of the great nation in whose
service he died . martyrs death but the
most conN incing recognition OF his pubic
and private virtues accorded during to-day's
magnificent ceremonial was the tribute Of
honest tears offered to him at Notre Dame by
the living representative Of all that is chi
valrous, intellectual, high-minded, and patlio-
tic in Republican France.
BURIAL in TIE PANTHEON.
The start from Notre Dame to the Pam
th6on began exactly at ten minutes to two
o'clock. The coriege proceeded along the
Quai du MtrchG Neuf to the Saint Michel
Bridge and up the Boulevard Saint Michel
to the Rue Souflot. 1t was a quarter past
two o'clock Wien the head Of the procession
appeared III sight of the Pantheon, where
the final ceremony was to take place. For
hours each window looking on the line Of
route had been occupied 10y spectators.
Crowds had gathered on every available spot
of ground. At the Marie Of the Fifth Ar
rondisstmcnt. ON the roof Of the BibIiothGque
Sainte GeneviGve, and at every other point
of view, people had assembled ii force. Great
care, on the other hand, had been taken in the
disposition Of municipal guards and police
men, and every precaution adopted with a
view to preventing the people from breaking
into the reserved space. 1t was evidently
feared hat at the last some attempt might be
made to produce confusion, and SO it was
arranged that at the top of every street lead
ing to the square in which the Pantheon
stands constables and municipal guards were
posted in such q manner as effectually to bar
the road. = . !" !"
The booming of guns in the Luxembourg
Garden close by had announced the approach
of the cortege, which was headed by the First
Regiment of Engineers with its fno band,
cadets of the Ecole Polytechniqpe and Of the
Military School of Saint-Cyr following, while
after them marched battalions of Riaemen