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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
[ The Foreign Intelligence was accidentally omitted in our lastfj { From our Correspondent . ) PARIS . —The death of Sir Sydney Smith has cast a gloom over Masonry . I send you an extract from Galignani ' s Messenger , and will endeavour to collect some exclusive particulars of this most remarkable and truly virtuous Mason .
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SIR W . SYDNEY SMITH . —The mortal remains of the gallant and illustrious admiral , were , on Friday , interred in the cemetry of Pere-la-Chaise . The body was taken from his late residence in the rue d'Agusseau , to the English episcopal church in the same street , followed by his relatives and many of the principal English residents in Paris , among whom we noticed several officers of high rank in the British navy . The introductory part of the service was performed in the church
by the Right Rev . Bishop Luscombe , and the body was then transported to the cemetery , attended by a long train of mourning and private carriages . On the pall was placed the hat and uniform of the deceased , and on a cushion his epaulettes and his several orders . Over the foot of the coffin was spread the British union jack . At the conclusion of the burial service , which was most impressively read by Bishop Luscombethree orations were deliveredthe first bMRaoulAvocat
, ; y . , of the Court of Cassation , who , after pronouncing a general panegyric on the character of the deceased as a warrior , proceeded to eulogise him f ° ™ s active and generous exertions in promoting the objects of several philanthropic societies of which he was a member , and to which his advice , his practical and scientific acquirements , and his inventions , were so invaluable . The next speaker , M . Julien , gave a short but comprehensive recapitulation ofthe services of Sir Sidneyfrom his first entering
, the British navy , at the age of thirteen , aud also expatiated largely on Ins amiable and philanthropic qualities . Both speakers were loud in their praises of Sir Sidney for his having been almost the first to interfere for the suppression of European slavery in Africa , and for his indefatigable and strenuous exertions in that humane cause . The third gentleman , whose name we could not learn , spoke in a similar strain of eulogium of the character of Sir Sidney as a citizen of the world , ever read to aid the of
y cause humanity . Some surprise was felt that , after these speeches had been delivered , none of his countrymen present should have come forward to pay a last tribute to his memory . No stronger testimony to his worth could , however , be shown , than to hear his eulogium pronounced solely by members of a nation against which , in his career of arms , he had so successfully and gloriously fought . No doubt this was owing to the absence of some previous arrangement and to the want of such custom in
any England . As Sir Sidney Smith was a member of the Legion of Honour , we expected to have seen a detachment of troops escorting his body to the grave , and performing military honours over it , but this did not take place . We rely upon the hope which our Correspondent holds out , and shall feel a melanchol y satisfaction in chronicling all that can be gathered of the deceased Brother . To the Mason every particular will be highly interesting . J LEIGE . —Freemasonry in this department is assuming a very high character , the Brethren are anxious to prove the excellence of its prin-
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Foreign.
FOREIGN .
[ The Foreign Intelligence was accidentally omitted in our lastfj { From our Correspondent . ) PARIS . —The death of Sir Sydney Smith has cast a gloom over Masonry . I send you an extract from Galignani ' s Messenger , and will endeavour to collect some exclusive particulars of this most remarkable and truly virtuous Mason .
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SIR W . SYDNEY SMITH . —The mortal remains of the gallant and illustrious admiral , were , on Friday , interred in the cemetry of Pere-la-Chaise . The body was taken from his late residence in the rue d'Agusseau , to the English episcopal church in the same street , followed by his relatives and many of the principal English residents in Paris , among whom we noticed several officers of high rank in the British navy . The introductory part of the service was performed in the church
by the Right Rev . Bishop Luscombe , and the body was then transported to the cemetery , attended by a long train of mourning and private carriages . On the pall was placed the hat and uniform of the deceased , and on a cushion his epaulettes and his several orders . Over the foot of the coffin was spread the British union jack . At the conclusion of the burial service , which was most impressively read by Bishop Luscombethree orations were deliveredthe first bMRaoulAvocat
, ; y . , of the Court of Cassation , who , after pronouncing a general panegyric on the character of the deceased as a warrior , proceeded to eulogise him f ° ™ s active and generous exertions in promoting the objects of several philanthropic societies of which he was a member , and to which his advice , his practical and scientific acquirements , and his inventions , were so invaluable . The next speaker , M . Julien , gave a short but comprehensive recapitulation ofthe services of Sir Sidneyfrom his first entering
, the British navy , at the age of thirteen , aud also expatiated largely on Ins amiable and philanthropic qualities . Both speakers were loud in their praises of Sir Sidney for his having been almost the first to interfere for the suppression of European slavery in Africa , and for his indefatigable and strenuous exertions in that humane cause . The third gentleman , whose name we could not learn , spoke in a similar strain of eulogium of the character of Sir Sidney as a citizen of the world , ever read to aid the of
y cause humanity . Some surprise was felt that , after these speeches had been delivered , none of his countrymen present should have come forward to pay a last tribute to his memory . No stronger testimony to his worth could , however , be shown , than to hear his eulogium pronounced solely by members of a nation against which , in his career of arms , he had so successfully and gloriously fought . No doubt this was owing to the absence of some previous arrangement and to the want of such custom in
any England . As Sir Sidney Smith was a member of the Legion of Honour , we expected to have seen a detachment of troops escorting his body to the grave , and performing military honours over it , but this did not take place . We rely upon the hope which our Correspondent holds out , and shall feel a melanchol y satisfaction in chronicling all that can be gathered of the deceased Brother . To the Mason every particular will be highly interesting . J LEIGE . —Freemasonry in this department is assuming a very high character , the Brethren are anxious to prove the excellence of its prin-