OBITUARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1810, 9 April 1888, Page 3

OBITUARY.

Arhnirer?, of Kljjnor and Slgnora Mjjeronl will resd the following with iufcorest :— ltalian papers announce the death of Achilla M^ ron!. eidout brother of Edosrdo M;jironi, of Melbourne. Aa an actor the decenaed enj->yi>d the highest distinction, and hfa Ochsllo htvi been placed m tha sarae rank as that cf S^lvini. He was a great favotite with tho King of Italy and with tho mo3t eminent porsonagoa m that ki;;gJom. Hia M.-j-.'sty made him an Ofliobl OnvaUer of tho Crown of Italy ; and he received similar honors fri.in the King b? Spain and tlu Kin;» of Portugal. But like his brolh9r Edward ho waa a patriot as well aa an artiat ; aod displayed B) much bravery m fighting b-hfiid tho birric^des a*. Rome, fn 1819, as to wiu the opEcitl eulngitis of OJaribaldi and Ay zziaa. When ?he cholera broka out at Napha, Jn 1865, his z aloua co-opetaion with tha Oompaigna dellu Misericordifi m combating tho m^larly arid ameliorating the condition of the panic-sttickon popuiaca was tho moans of conciliating the adtnlration and affection of his grat ful countrymen ; bo that when Naples subsequently thraw off tho yoke of iha Boarbors. and Achille Majeronl, aa oaptain of the National Guard, waa seleofcod by Goneral L» Marmora to appease the popu'ar tumult 3, he BUcoeedod m doing sj quite aa much by tha ohartn of his presence, and the popular recollections of bis benofaotfono to ihe poor, as by a display of arinod forca. He waß at ono time the possessor of a fortune of upwards of £40.000, but his hablta were magnificent, hia tastes elegant aad hia temperament sanguine, bo that he died a poor man, leaving a widow and tan children to deplore his lons. He was burled at Bologua, and meesagea nf oondolence were telegraphed to hia family from tbe King of Italy and the Syndic of Naples, where his memory will DB long and affeotionately oherlshad, and tha Prime Minister sent a beautiful orown.