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excellent man, always superior to all the influences which 

 would violate his conscience or restrict his love of benefi- 

 cence. Obliged to give up more than six gratuitous posts 

 which he honored by his virtues, he felt very forcibly the pain 

 of being separated from the unfortunate beings whom he 

 cherished as his children. 



The funeral of the Duke de Liancourt was celebrated 

 on the 30th of March, at the church of the Assumption. A 

 numerous concourse of the peers of France, and of deputies 

 and distinguished men of all classes of society attended the 

 ceremony. But in the midst of the solemnity and of the gen- 

 eral grief, a sacriligeous profanation occurred which filled 

 every heart with indignation and pain. A number of pu- 

 pils of the school of Chalons who attended the procession, 

 wished after obtaining the consent of the family, to bear the 

 coffin which enclosed the remains of their benefactor and 

 father. No law, no public ordinance was infringed by this 

 popular homage, equally honorable to him who was the 

 object of it, and those who wished to bestow it. But in the 

 mean time, a commissary of police, and a military chief, by 

 force of arms and at the point of the bayonet, tore away 

 the coffin from the dovotion of public gratitude. Citizens 

 were struck, overthrown in the mud, and even wounded ; 

 blood was spilt ; the coffin fell into the gutter, and was with 

 difficulty replaced upon the carriage ! ! ! 



At the barriere de Clichy, when the corpse was placed in 

 a coach to be conveyed to Liancourt, M. Charles Dupin, 

 member of the academy of sciences, pronounced an elo- 

 quent discourse, and proved himself the worthy organ of 

 the various feelings which affected the numerous spectators. 



The chamber of Peers, in its session of the 31st of March, 

 ordered, on motion of the Duke de Choiseul, that the grand 

 Referendary should be instructed to enquire into the cause 

 of the disorder during the obsequies of the Duke de La Ro- 

 chefaucauld — Liancourt, and report the same to the cham- 

 ber. 



A life so long, and so well employed, as that of the vir- 

 tuous citizen whose death we deplore, is worthy of history. 

 We shall present an abridged portrait to the readers of the 

 Revue Encyclopedique, on which he often bestowed marks 

 of his regard, as an enterprise of public good, and which 

 he has enriched with various useful communications. We 

 shall take delight in tracing the philanthropic views, the ef- 



