MEN OF NOTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2403, 3 December 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

MEN OF NOTE.

Death. of General PelissierGhnkiul Peu.s.sieh, Qucstor of tbe Senate, died at halt-past five o’clock in the evening of the 2nd inst. (August). General Pelissier was born at Vonges (Cote d’Or) on December -1, 1812, and was a brother of Marshal Pelissier, Duke de Malakoff, who died on May 22, ISGL At the siege of Sebastopol, the General commanded an attacking battery. He took part in the FrancoGerman war, and was wounded at Nogent-Snr-Marne. He was elected to the Senate in 1875, and sat with the Left Centre. The obsequies of tho late General took place on the sth inst. The vestibule of the Palace of tho Luxembourg had been transformed into a Chapelle ardente, profusely adorned with flowers, flags and evergreens. At 10 a.in. the coffin containing the deceased’s remains was placed in a fifth-class hearse decorated with trophies of the French Tri colour and with numerous wreaths. The usual military honours were rendered by dragoons, artillery and infantry, under the command of several Generals and Admirals, two of tho former acting as pallbearers. The religious service was held at the Church of St. Snlpice. At the close the coffin was placed under the porch of the Church, and tho troops marched past the remains. M. Leon Say then paid an eloquent tribute to the deceased. He observed that the Senate '.telt, a short time ago, that nobody was better fitted than General Pelissier as a friend of liberty, a patriot, and a soldier, to represent it in the United States, at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, whose arms were stretched out in tho direction of the Ocean and of France. Unfortunately, the deceased General had overestimated his strength in accepting that task, for he returned in suffering health, and his services to tho country were destined to be ere long cut short. General Dat'd, Inspector General of Artillery, next delivered a speech on the brilliant military career of General Pollssier. The remains of the deceased were subsequently removed to the railway station, on their way to 1! i-irbonns-les-Bains, where the interment takes place.