ARMAND CARREL, the distinguished Frenchman, whose premature death is narrated
in our summary of foreign news, bad many attached friends in England. From one of them we have received this testi- monial of his virtues and tribute of affection to his memory-
" As one of the original founders and as the consistent editor of the National, be had earned for himself by his talent, firmness, and disinterestedness, the veneration of the popular party, the respect of his antagonists, and the esteem of all men. He had not reached his thirty- fifth year ; but since the age of twenty, his whole life had been one continued struggle for the promotion of Liberal opinions, which he maintained to the last with determined courage, rare ability, and unflinching perseverance. In private life, he was most amiable and generous. As a public writer, he was impressive, and admirably clear : he contributed more than any man to give dignity and authority to the periodical press. The thousands who thronged to his funeral attest the estimation in which he was held. CARREL had none of the advantages of birth, fortune, power, or rank, to attract men : ' Editor of the National' was his only title, and yet never had man's mortal remains a more numerous or a more honourable funeral train. In him Lours Plume has lost a formidable opponent, Freedom a dauntless champion, and France her noblest-minded citizen. But words can- not express the regret of his private friends : those who knew him intimately can alone appreciate their loss; they alone can feel that in him France has indeed to weep for her best head and her best heart. J. T. L."
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