The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-17 00:00:00

EYE ING9dIDITION COURT CIReULAII. danea With tier Majz:sty ado lots 1 . 1 . 6 ,.•. Less Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace last evening. , Among the visitors yesterday, at Buckingham Pa -14e-e, Were the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson, t he Hon. L a dy Murray, Lady Robert Grosvenor. Sir ..;;• and Lady Macfarlane, Col. and Mrs. Couper, Capt. rechell, R.N., and Mrs. Pe-bell. , The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knes., bt.ek, lef- town yesterday inorHlg on , • " Countess of Jet-sty, at ',Lir teat, Ml:lo;etc,-, Oxford. - Viscount Melbourne left. his residence, Broeket Hall, il e.,,rts, on Tuesday, for Woburn Abbey , Bed fordshire. Despatches oat the Govern ors of the Catradas. New B runswick, and Bermuda, were received yesterday at t he Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most He n°llrable Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords pr,.- t ent were Lord Brougham, Mr. Palron Parke, Mr. J ustice Bosanquet, and Mr, Juiaice Erskine. Th e Appeal, " Harisoo:l v. Baker," which has been 14 ,rt-heard at former sittings, was resumed, and occu pied th e Court the whole of the day. Mr. Pemberton, Queen's Counsel, and Dr. Phillialore, were heard for the respondent, and Sir William Follett commenced 111 reply for the appellant. hi• CONTENTION BETWEEN MEHE MET ALI AND COMMODORE NAPIER. Tho followi not b ng een letters, hitherto pull ishe which complete the correspon ell") have : COMMODORE NAPIER TO BOGIIO3 BET. Her Britannic Majesty's ship Powerful, off Alexandria, Nov. 24. Sir —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Excel 811eY's letter, and am happy to find that the Emirs and ,oetks o f L e b a non have been released, and if they are not gone, I shall be glad to send them to Beyrout by sea. I have the honour of enclosing a copy of Lord Palmer. 1440's letter to Lord Ponsonby, by which your Excel. CY will observe that the desire of the Allied Powers is reinstate his Highness in the hereditary Government or Egypt, provided he at onze evacuates Syria, and gives P.,the Ottoman fleet. tOIt is o f th e u t m o s t importance that my Government "old be informed, by the packet about to leave Alex 41di.dtia, of the intention of his Highness , in a c l e ar and CPtinet manner ; I have therefore to req uest y our Excel eY will at once inform me whether or not it is his " I t blames intention to give immediate orders for the sur tierlderieg the Otto,nan fl:ct, and the evacuaticn of Syria. Hightufss consults his own interests, be will not hesi. `‘ o moment. , shall give every assistance with the squadron to pre are the Turkish fleet, and will permit any number of sport s to proceed to' Beyrout or Acre, to embark the Y Who have now retired on Damascus, the intelligence tg tg Which I bare this moment received from the Co m. ief. ! beg you %rill inform his Highness that if he does not iti. ee decide, should any expedition be sent from Co ts- Ztioonle, I have no discretionary power, and must ac t I nn him according to the best of my abilities. 4 4 observe with regret, by your letter, that more troops 1 41 / ° already been sent into Syria, which, I fear, will be k i it e rPreted at Constantinople into a determination of per inta~in hostilities. 44 0 avoid all unnecessary delay, I am now on board the toll --boat , and shall be most happy to pay my respe cts k:ollighness, should he wish to see me, and offer him 14612arantee in my power. I beg you will convey to his ti e ress my highest respect ; and with great considera e.t have the honour to be your Excellency's most obe- I n and humble servant, (Signed) C. NAPIER. To his Excellency BJgh.)s Bcy, &c , Alexandria_ COMAIODORR NAPIRR Tv EOOIIOS BEY. Medea, Alexandria, Nov. 25, 1840. itp:tr--I beg leave to cticlose the letter of Lord Palmer- Iri th to Lord Ponsonby, which was by mi3take not sent ' ll l3 - letter to your Excellency 3. - exterday. I have the hcnour to n.tmiiin, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, 't (Siglicd) CHARLES N APIER. ° ilia Excellency Beghos Bey. &c. BCGITOS BEY TO COMMODORE NAPIER. A'exa:Airi.i, Nov, 24, 1840. )4,! 4 ° 4 ga - eur le Commodore—l have submitted to the I),A:ha, IP:aster, the letter which Sou have done me the honour roe of this day's date. 14 11 :° 0 • Druses chiefs who resided at Cairo, have set out by fir Syria, as I have already had the honour to inform fib g l a not possible, therefore, for his Highness to avail 4 self of the means of transport which 3ou have placed ty t t litsir disposal to hasten their return to their own Tt ty. Lo e copy o f his Excellency Lord Palmerston' s letter to la r d knaoriby was not appended to your despatch, as you i 4l !le it was. believe, however, M. le Commodore, that lam ac- C i llted with the contents of that letter, and it is upon my . Onsled ge of it that I re l y. not d ou b t i ng the consent of r? Eli 4, ,--.6 ess to the restitution of the Ottoman fleet, and eva cuatiou of Syria ' • so I can wine you, in the name g e ee Viceroy, that t h e squadron shall be restored, and 4,levacuated as soon as his Highness shall have re tag-41 Abe official and positive guarantee of the advan taie *hid' hare been promised him in return for thew 0 %Con s. N O One other hand, M. le Commodore, you are not igno- N it thart the despatches come from France by the las t 4 th riL ressel have made us aware that the F rench Go -114,t beta having, at the desire of the Viceroy, entered tblt negotiation with the Four Powers, it was expected Xol'° definitive arrangement would take place in a few in these circumstances, do you not think, M. le da t f l t °lore, that it would be proper not to antici p ate the tob,"lti about to be taken by the great Po wers actin g in with the Sublime Porte ; a decis ion to which the kit. h 4 ,c7 ngages himself in the most formal man ner to v e ithout delay ? to 41 °4 seem to fear that the sending of a boiy of troops h oi frontiers of Syria will be considered at Constanti lhatil.4s a proof of his Highness's intention to prolong tokblities in that country : it is in order to reassure you ther tely en this point that I reiterate to you the posi tik:lsurance that the column, which has been directed %h t' Arish in the last place, has no other object, no •nCssiou, than to assure the means of communication. (S fined) BOGHOS BEY. 14t ZIORE NAPIER TO HIS EXCELLENCY BOGHO? BET. fay" ,, h"r Alajesty's ship Medea, 27th November, 1840. the convention entered into by your Excel 'he V.snd myself. Mehemet Ali is styled H s Highness 1 4% leeir oy o f Egypt, As this does not alter the spirit !le t etlavernion, I did not hesitate to sign it, but you mtl t t b erearly understand that I cannot acknowledge that -4t il Mehemet Ali is restored by the Porte. (sh, I: have, &c., "ed) CHARLES NAPIER, Commodore. PUSEYISM. --TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. D S ts t " - With reference to the question of you r " y oun g t he Z . _ting reader," (Sun, Dec. 8,) as to the meaning of 4 11;Vroacliful term " Puseyite," applied to a very ex. 11 (14 41 %wed pi ous body of men, I, who am your much b,..,teader (since 1829), beg to offer a few remarks. Itie De 7 doctri n e o f " Apostolical successien," to which Ni t e So m uc h prominence in your sketch of their tenets, / 4 1 14 e i tily hold, in common with the great body of di. So the Anglican Church, as well living as dead, aid weal t ? toe former some or their fiercest oppnents. They lie kvis rejoic e in any good resuliiiig from the preaching of teactetre, and would give them all the respect relienj", Christians, ch ar . sc te r s, as pious, though mista!ten , 4 m . ‘Aristiane, yet do they consider such teachers 15111 re laymen, not ministers of Christ's Church ; ft et ire justified in so doing, inasmu c h as the bare 1 4 , 14 of Mirniitsetreiroinal of the validity ordination, 3s liet ki kk L . Were a° c Mr. Wilberforce, or even Mre. Fry, lawful nii lerse Nor can Dissenters fairly charge them with for their conscientious opinions. For, if your cot , Zliscient be an Anabaptist Disseeter, be would not con e to you or to me (not having received adult baptism) , i i 7 o % frame, a true Christian; at least he would exclude us 114 11 participating with his sect in what they deem the r Sacrame n t o f the Lord's Supper. With respect to You term the " old Popish doctrine" that infants udh tiCimad by a lawful minister cannot be saved , I beg Le 1 3 0 c11 Y, but I hope not uncourteously , to deny that l. it is a ,4 0 4 ;:vit doctrine, and certainly it is not an Angl i can one. by'ln Catholics expressly allow the validity of baptism k%„, t laYman or even a woman, in case of necessity. Somme of i o nly, of the English Church, deny, the validity 4 4 4 71 ' baptism, the greater number, of which I am one, N eo l t it in case of necessity ; but our Church pronounces Ilee k i bliors on the state of infants dying unbaptised, or of Ittr l en nations. Her Burial Service is, of course, achy- I t °lll , l Y for bapti s ed persons. I ke You, or your Correspondent, really wish for inforrna - 4 1111, a °14 the subject of Dr. Posey's doctrine s, y ou will fin d the names of a few short pamphlets, which Se enable you to judge whether or not they 4 ,0% ‘' Rat popery." But, believe me, speak 4 4, knowledge ; the persons you call "Puseyit es blelteally introduced no new doctrines at all. They have and simply revived forgotten truths, to be found in kliiitiTes of Hooker and Hammond, and Jeremy Taylor, 11 41 e : 411, and a host of our elder divines. In the first hp sermons of good old Bishop Beveridge (recently t ,; ll 4'd i n a sma ll vo l ume ), a ll th e ir t ene ts as to the ~er kt clh e tradition, (not Popish oral tradition), and the Fa c., may be found more strongly asserted than by Permit me to g ive you one hint. The persons !te You sometimes revile under the name of " Puseyites,' ~lrk l politi co - re li g i on s agitators, and therefore. rot fair 4 ,4 t ‘'ryo.er hostility. Reserve it for theili•Neiles. Stowells, 14 1 : Ghee:, who richly deserve it. The high-minded men of, h.tve nothing to do with politics, they arc eqi ',retired : students; men of personal piety and self. lop l / 4* They put forth few or no answers to opponents. lAiiil .- ,"er, they are No GREAT FRIENDS TO RELlolot , s ES "NI,II)4ItNTs. Tiney talk too much of " State.. incum. ,Ife t r to please their bitter adversaries the Times and rkt h t - h er ,d• They believe, and I have no doubt justly, 4 ite -ei r Church principles would gain immensely . in Jog 's ,,oe by the severance of State connection. Surely Po, st„'"; Editor, occasionally so felicitous a critic on %l e Ji cannot really think the author of that garden o' het i l e " Tile Christian Year," deserving of the coarse in. it Tis -(1 ` Yon sometimes bestow en what you call " Pu. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ANGLO-CATHOLIC. Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge v i.? l oue eat e r vest , r(Ly, for Middlet.m Pwk, on t .0 the Earl Find Countess of Jersey; A ! I OLEON. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. (From the Times.) PARIS, TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 9 O'CLOCK, P.M. Moreen was literally dying when he wrote his wife from the field of Dresden— " Ce 4.;cielerst de 13 iiiiperte est tnejours heureux !fl e. • • e.•,— e F fled Paris in particular, eerie r nit yeas, aid have never met a Parisian who d in the time of the empire who did not, when speaking of Napoleon, add, " How fortunate he 4 -as in all his fetes I It never reined on a fete-day of the Emperor." His good fortune in this respect has continued beyond the grave, for there never was a lovelier frosty dee than this, and n hnto'red times during the ceremony which I and my o r•ateers are about to describe did I hear smite renemeit of the old army exclaim, in Napoleon's ieoiele it, 1 believe, Friedland, " the SOO of Aus terlitz." After a brilliant reception at St. Germain yesterday, toe cortege proceeded slowly to Courbevoie, where it arrived about half past three o'clock in the afternoon. The (hie was hitter cold, yet scores of thousands of Parise:us of all but the lower classes repaired to St. Germain, Chateau - St. Denis, and Asnieres, to w . tuess its paeoiee. The flotilla arrived at Courbevoie at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, and the same ho nours as those decreed at Pccq, Chatou, Epinal, St Demis, &c., were there paid the remains of the Empe• ror. The five battalions stationed at Courbevoie were under arms, and draw up along the left bank of the river, which was covered with an immense multitude, who saluted the remains with deafening acclamations. The National Guards had not been called out, as it was found impossible to land the coffin until the next morn ing ; but they were represented .by their officers, who had repaired to the beach with the authorities of the surrounding. districts. As each of the steamers . came up she fired a salute, and then took the station assigned to her for the night, on both banks of the river. One of them towed up a boat adorned with laurels and intmor telles, on the deck of which arose a monumental tomb, which had been prepared by the inhabitants of Neuilly, and sent down to meet the convoy as far as Asnieres. In the front and rear were four tripods throwing out flames, and round the tomb were engraved on esco chcons the names of the principal victories of the Re public and Empire. The decorations on the quay and at the head of the bridge of Neuilly could not be completed in time for the ceremony. The wind was so piercingly cold that the workmen were unable to raise to the top of the ros tral column of Notre Dame de Grace a ball of the world, six feet in diameter, and a huge eagle which was to crown the whole. The column was to have been up wards of 150 feet in height. Its base only presented the following inscription, containing the last request of Napoleon—" I wish my ashes to repose on the banks of the Seine." Next to it were raised three tripods twenty feet high and handsomely decorated, from which arose volumes of flames. The wharf, or debarcadere, constructed for the landing of the coffin, was termi nated by an open Grecian temple, 100 feet high, under which which the body was to lie in state, and to be afterwards transferred to the funeral car. This temple, of a handsome and tasteful structure, was decorated at its angles with branches of palm and tri-coloured flags, end the eagle, with displeered wings and spanning sixteen feet, which was to have surmounted the ros tral column, was placed over the front of the temple. But the most interesting decoration of all was a co lossal statue of the Empress Josephine, erected at the extremity of the bridge of Neuilly,on the road leading to the Chateau de Malmeison. At 5 o'clock Marshal Sault, Admiral Duperre, M. Dechatel, arrived at Courbevoie, and repaired on board the Dorade steamer, to pay their homage to the Prince de Joinville. All the steamers were illuminated and the tripods of the tumular boat threw out. flames during the whole night. The Prince de Joinville remained on board, and only a few of Jte sailors were allowed to land. Oec man, however, came ashore by special leave, who no sooner set his foot on the key that he was surrounded and em braced by all the Generals, in presence of all the troops. This man, Sergeant Hubert, had never aban doned the Emperor, dead or alive. After the demise of Napoleon, he assigned to himself the mission of guarding the tomb, which he had piously discharged ever since the sth of May, 1821. Hubert was dressed in the uniform of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, and wore the decoration of the Leglen of Honour. This morning, long tefore day, the population was seen proceeding in the direction of the Berrien. de l'Etoile, by which the cortege was to enter Paris. The greatest number, however, did not step there, but pushed on to Neuilly, the avenue of which was in the course of a short time occupied by at least 400,000 or 500.000 persons. The troops of the line and the National Guards soon afterwards arrived, and drew up on the round allotted to each corps on both sides of the avenue. The Dorade steamer had left her station in the centre of the river, and was moored near the debarcadere. The 24 seamen of the Belle Poule who were to carry the coffin ashore were standing on each side of the cata falque. The troops and National Guards of Courbevoie, Rued, and other neighbouring districts lined the quays, and the artillery was drawn up clone to the river side. The funereal triumphal car shortly afterwards was seen passing the bridge, and on reaching Courbevoie was stationed under the portico of the Grecian Temple. This car, which was truly magnificent, consisted of five distinct parts-1, the base ;2, the pedestal ;3, the caryatides ; 4, the shield ; and 5, the cenotaph. The base rests on four massive gilt wheels ; it was 25 feet long and 6 high, and presented the form of a paral lelogram, with a semi-circular platform in front. On this last stood a group of four genii, supporting the crown of Charlemagne ; at the four angles were four other genii, in relief, who held, garlands with one hand, and with the other the trumpet of Fame ; above were fasces ; in the middle eagles, and the cipher of the Em• peror surrounded with crowns. The base and its orna ments were covered with burnished gold. The pedestal placed on this base was 18 feet in leneth by 7 in height, and entirely covered with gold and purple cloth, with the cipher and arms of the Em peror. On both sides hung two velvet imperial mantles, sprinkled with bees. Behind was a profusion of flags. On this pedestal stood 14 caryatides, somewhat larger than life, entirely gilt over, and supporting with their heads and hands an immense shield. These caryatides were placed six on one side, and six on the other, back to back, and two others at the extremities. The shield was in gold, of an elongated oval form, and loaded with fasces of javelins. The sarcophagus, of an antique form, was raised above the shield. In the centre, on a rich cushion, lay the sceptre, the hand of justice, and the Imperial crown, studded with jewels. This monument of gold and velvet, about 50 feet high, was drawn by 16 black horses, yoked by fours, and so caparisoned as only to show the extremity of the feet. The caparisons were cut in the shape of those of the tournament horses of the middle ages, and in gold cloth. The manes were adorned with gold tresses and white plumes, and valets, dressed ie the li very of the Emperor, I'd the horses. While the preparations for landing the coffin were making on shore, the people in the island struck isp the " Marseillaise," sonic of the singers concluding each strophe by these words :—" Qu'un sang impur venge noire Lmpereur ; anti others, "et de tout cwur, gloire a noise Empereur." When they had got through the national hymn, they gave three cheers for Napoleon, and as many curses for his enemies. At half-past nine o'clock the clergy of Courbevoie were seen descending the quay, and when it had reached the Dorade, prayers were read over the body. The Prince de Joinville then gave ordets to land, when all the assistants, preceded by the clergy, went on shore, and the twenty-four seamen having raised the coffin on their shoulders fuliowed the process:on. The artillery fired a salute of twenty-one rounds, and tire corpse was landed amidst the acclamations of the troops and the people. This was the first place where the remains touched the French ground. They were conveyed to the Grecian Temple, and after lying there in state for a short time while M. Coquereau, the chaplain of the expedition, and the other clergymen chanted prayers, the seamen again took up their precious load and carried it to the triumphal car. By this time the Prefects of the Seine and of Police, the Meyers of the twelve municipal districts of Paris, anti of the rural districts, the adjoints, the Conseillers de Prefecture, and the other civil authorities, arrived at the bridge of Neuilly to receive the body on the limits of the department. It was eleven o'clock before the heearse left Courbe voie. It paused awhile near the statue of Josephine, after which the procession commenced its march, amidst the roaring of artillery, in the following order ;- 1. The Geedermerie of the Seine with trumpets, and the Colonel at its head. 2. The Municipal Horse Guards with standards and trumpets, and headed by their Colonel. 3. Detachments of the 7th Lancers, with the flags and band of the regiment, and commanded by their Colonel. 4. Lieutenant -General Darriule, Commandant of Paris, and his staff, and the officers en conge. 5. A battalion of Infantry of the Line, with their Co lonel at the head, and accompanied by the band, sap pers, St:. 6. The Municipal Foot Guards, with flags and drums, and the Colonel at their head, 7. The Sappers and Firemen, with flags and drums, and headed by their Lieutenant -Colonel. 8. Two squadrons of the 7th Lancers, commanded by the Lieutenant-Colonel. 9. Two squadrons of the sth Cusiassiers, flags and band, and the Colonel at the head. 10. The Lieutenant- General commanding the division and his stpff. 11. Officers of all grades employed at the War-office. 12. The Mili!arr College of St Cyr, beaded by its stag 13. The Polytechnic School, with its staff. 14. The Ecole d'Application d'Etat-Major, with its staff. TIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 17, 1840. 15. A battalion of Lght Infantry with the Colonel at held. 17. A Lietaeume.l: ut i'dot Gila. Kleher, Kellerman, &c. Here were represented all "arms" of the Irneer;al Guard, Horse Grenadiers, US, Dr+l';: Chasseurs, Grenadiers, Fusileers, Chasseurs a pied, Pontoneers, Marines, Guides, and even Mamelukes. Many of these veterans had, in addition to scars and cicatrices, other strong personal claims to interest ; so that between the excitement of what we had seen and what was on the point of passing before our eyes, and the associa tions and recollections conjured up by the aspect of the men whom the imagination almost pictured as called from the grave to figure for the moment in the pageant, the mind yielded to them involuntary homage and respect. Among those glorious debris of the Grand Army and of the old Guards there were many of those celebrated warriors, the Polish Lancers (of the Guard),' who are also the survivors of the Polish Revolution of 1830 and 1831. For these, perhaps, above the rest, was respect nil sympathy entertained by the persons near to me, at least. I must also mention a chef d'escadron of the Mamelukes of the Guard, on whom every eye we' turned. The treneral belief was that this individual was the favourite Mameluke of Napoleon,- but he (Rustan) is, I believe, dead, to ngth the car arrived, preceded by a charger magnificently caparisoned and led by two servants in the state livery of the deceased Emperor ; but all that you will find described in the accompanying letter, so chat little of my task remains. I shall only observe, that shouts of " Vive l'Empereur!" rent the air, and contrasted strongly, a n d 1 nee d not a dd favourably, with the cries of " A b as Gdzat !" " A 1 ) 33 les Anelais !" and " A has Palmerston !" raised by the students. I cannot, however, take leave of this part of my subject without bearing testimony to the good sense and good feeling evinced by the population, who, I am sure I may safely say, from Courbevoie to the Hotel des Invalides, in no single instance responded to those cries of the students. This conduct is the more creditable to the c i ty of Paris, as no fewer than half a miliion of its inhabitants were eye witnesses of the scene and ear witnesses of the shouts uttered by this handful of young madmen. 'THE CHAMPS ELYSEES. So early as eight o'clock on Tuesday morning the Champs Eiysees presented an ani:nated appearance ; numerous bodies of pedestrians kept moving forward in the direction of Courbevoie ; troops of the line arrived to form the line along the road through which the pro cession was to pass. The National Guard began to arrive at nine o'clock, and the battalions were observed to be more complete than on any occasion of their as sembling since the revolution of 1830. Marshal Gerard, attended by a numerous and bril liant staff, passed through the Champs Elysees in the direction of Neuilly, to take his station in the proces sion. The multitude continued to arrive in great num bers, and patiently awaited the signal gun which was to announce the setting out of the procession from Cour bevoie. About a quarter past twelve o'clock the procession, which was opened by a squadron of Cuir assiers, made its appearance in the Champs Elysees, and moved slowly forward, halting at intervals. The anxiety of the multitude was excited to the highest pitch, but when the funeral car appeared, it is impossible to describe the approbation of the beholders. Shouts of admiration spread through all ranks ; some few raised their hats and cried " Viva l'Empereur," but the majority seemed to have reserved all their applause for the car, which fully equalled in splendour any fune ral car which has been seen, at least in modern times. As it passed through the Champs Elysees, a demure looking personage amongst the bystanders pointed to the Palais of the Elysee Bourbon, which appeared to be un tenanted and guarded by a solitary sentinel, and ob served that the present ceremony might afford a salu tary lesson to Governors, and remind them of the little dependence to be placed on their most favoured courtiers, if they reflected that some of the most prominent per formers in this great festival, got up for the purpose of doing honour to Napoleon's remains, were the most active twenty-five years ago in forcing the living Napoleon to abdicate at the palace of Ek see Bourbon, without even having secured his personal safety, compcllisg him to throw him self on the generosity of the King of England, who, though be might have treated the Emperor with un necessary severity, had at least preserved him from the penalty which was inflicted upon his brothers in arms, Murat, Ney, and Lebedoyere. Amongst the persons in the procession who attracted particular attention was Marshal Gerard. Count Montalivet appeared at the bead of the cavalry of the National Guard, of which he is the Colonel, in his costume of Peer of France. The Prince de Joinville and the crew of the frigate La Belle Poule were the objects of peculiar interest, and the 86 eagle rhich represented the 86 departments of France, and which were carried before the funeral car, excited usual admiration. It was observed by many that this was the first pro ceesion in honour of Napoleon's remains which satisfied all parties. Immediately after the funeral car had pissed through the Champs Elysees, the immense mul titude which had been assembled there for so many hours retired slowly, and in perfect order, and the streets of Paris, which had presented a most deserted appearance until two o'clock in the afternoon, once more assumed their usual gaiety. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE. This position, perhaps one of the most prominent, and certainly the most magnificent in the whole line of procession, presented an animated appearance at an early hour. At half-past seven o'clock the Rue St. Honore, and the different avenues leading to the Place de la Concorde, were already thronged by a dense crowd proceeding to the Champs Elysees and the vicinity ; an immense portion, however, of the floating mass halted at the Place de la Concorde, as a convenient and appro priate place for witnessing the eeremonv. The Place de la Concorde, although capable of affording a good view to at least 100 , 000 individuals, did not contain more than half that number, no doubt from the wish on the part of the public of getting as near as possible to the starting point at Courbevoie, and probably with the view of catching a glimpse at various parts of the route. At an early hour all the terraces of the Tuileries facing the Place de la Concorde were thronged by those who had been fortunate enough to obtain tickets and summon up sufficient patience to sit or stand out several hours of intense cold. The balconies of the Hotel of the Minister of Marine and of the Garde Meuble were densely occupied by privileged spectators. On looking across the Place do la Con corde from the Rue Royale the eye became fixed upon talents of the Committee seem to have principally the Pont de is Concorde, u ce ntred. The two lofty column s a t each end, stir pon which the decorative mounte d by gilded eagles, and decorated with rich silk tricoloured flags, the eight colossal statues lately erected on each side, among which was one of War, exactly in front of that representing Prudence, a pro fusion of tricoloured banners, a double file of National Guards, troops of the line, and municipal cavalry, the newly-finished facade of the Chamber of Deputies at the further end, and the . plendid statue of Immortality on a pedestal in front—all combined to render this spot truly admirable. The disposition of the Parisian population on this occasion, as far as we saw, was perfectly peace able and tranquil. And this was not the effect of any severe police regulations, or imposing demonstra tion of armed force , with the view of " awcin g the mo t e " but quite spontaneous. In the firs t in stance it was expected that the procession would r each the Place is precis e l y at Majesty L ou i s eleven.Cie l a Philipp e Concorde,lt waswa s t ,ob however, tenw arriveev e o r ' c , a l a o'clock, c k the , aslnvalideshquarter past one bef ore i t made its appearance. The cortege moved slowly on in the order above described, passing through a double fil e of National Guards and soldiers of the line, Winding round at the near side of the obelisk, and continuing its course in a straight direction across the Pont d e h i Concorde. On the arrival of the Imperial car all eyes became rivetted on this unique specimen of funereal pomp, and every effort was made to keep it in view as lent; as possible ; its appearance , excited a general burst of admiration, and indeed it would be difficult to ima gine any thing capable of producing a more striking effect. Tho ceremony passed off in this quarter without any accident or interruption of order, or even good humour. The programme of the grand ceremonies of the day bad announced that Messieurs the Peers and Deputies, &c., were expected to be in their places in the interior of the Invalides by eleven o'clock, and that private personages munificently supplied with tickets were not to be later than ten. It was near noon when the crowd was still waiting to be admitted at the great gate of the Invalides. The great court of the hotel had certainly a striking effect when one first entered and cast a hasty coup d'mil around one. The amphitheatr e of steps that de scended from the gallery to the ground,the black trappings which were hung round the upper gallery, and the general effect of the archways covered with festoons and garlands, were imposing ; but a nearer look betrayed the coarse painting of the canvass scene that covered the usual walls of the court, the wood work of which was in many places badly joined, and convinced me that the decora tions bad been patched together in h aste and without t as te. In the interior of the chapel the whole system of embellishment had been the same. The coup d'reil was admirable, but the painted canvass, representing trophies, shields, and laurel crowns, enwreathing swords, which was suspended between each archway ; the great porch built in the same scenic fashion at the entrance of the beautiful chapel of painted archways and columns, and the coarsely carved and gilt cande labra that lined the whole length of the nave, to say nothing of two great machines at each side of the entrance to the dome, which looked like whitewashed fonts in a country church mounted upon a stage pedestal, and of which it was impossible to devise the meaning or purpose, unless by supposing that baste or negligence had left them imcomplete ; a ll this, when one looked again, was poor, tasteless, mesguin, mean. The truth is, all this was unworthy of the solemn occa sion, the national pomp that better taste might have exhibited, and the name Never theless, of a great nation. after having done j ustice to the stage managers and scene painters on this occasion, I ought to add that, thanks to the splendid vista of the chapel, the effect, taken as a whole, and as a piece of scenic effect, was fine. The great altar, which generally separates the lone line of nave from the dome, had been removed, and feorn the entrance to the other extremity of the Borne the view was an unintetupted one. The space under the dome, arranged as a chapelle ardente, was filled with a blaze of light from the thousands and ten thou sands of wax lights that hung in lustres or lined the walls, until the ex tr , mity of this part ofthe chapel looked one great wall of fire. In the midst was erected the catafalque upon which the coffin was to be placed, and stands hung with black drapery rose tier above tier for the reception of all the; different corps d'etat, the members of the two Chambers, and the Royal Family. Along the nave the archways, both below and above, had been filled with tribunes for spectators, and were decorated with black velvet draperies, studded with the different Napoleonic emblems . The real sight worth seeing after all, the only imposing sight in fact, was the crowd in mourning dresses that filled the chapel, first along the archways in the nave, then in the tribunes of the dome as they became crowded with the representatives of the. diff%rent bodies of the State, the Ministers, and staff, the Marshals, and superior officers of the army, and seemingly all that France still con taine:l of brilliant in uniform or costume ; and then the long 'vista of the nave as it became lined with the differ ent deputations of the Court of Justice, of the thousand and one departments ofthe French state mechanicism, and at a later period with the officers, non-commissioned offi cers, soldiers, and sailors, who had formed a part of the procession. It was near two o'clock when a signal scented to be given, and the Archbishop of Paris, at tended by ether bishops, by his clergy, and an immense body of priests, of all variety of Catholic pomp, ad vanced towards the nave, but it was only a false alarm, and they again retired. After a delay of impatient but silent expectation, the funeral procession entered, headed by the train of priests. Before the coffin walked the Prince de Joinville, who had accompanied the body to its final destination. I had heard the King annaunced, a loud voice celled out "Le Roi " but I did not see his Majesty pass in the funeral train ; and I presume that after performing the reception of the body at the entrance, he found his way to his appointed seat during the mass by another passage. To ste the coffin borne along the nave was a sight that set all the mes quittene of the painted theattical show around at defiance. It was one of sentiment, and not of show. As the coffin advanced, borne upon the shoulders of the thirty.two non-commissioned officers appointed for that purpose, accompanied at each end by General Bertrand and the Marshals wise occupied each corner, covered with the funeral pall, with the Imperial crown reposing above, there was an evident thrill, an evident electric mot:on, which per• vaded the crowd that lined its passage. The old In valides, who occupied the first rank, were deeply moved, as he whom they had tor the most part obeyed with such fervour and enthusiasm in life, was borne along in death. Their emotion appeared to me to be one of pride and joy more than of grief. He was restored to them. The same sort of electric movement of feeling seemed to animate the mass of military men who lined one side of the dome as the coffin was slowly carried along up the steps that led to it from the nave. In a few minutes more it was being raised into the catafalque that occupied the middle of the dome, and the mortal remains of Napo leon reposed where his last wish was that they should repose—a wish which he thought in his dying moments to have been a vain one—in the heart of his own coun try, in the place worthy of France's greatest Gene ral—under the dome of the Invalides. The mass then began. Mozart's Requiem was admirably performed ; but, in spite of this edmirable performance, in spite of the intrinsic worth of this beautiful composition, it did not seem to be a funeral mass appropriate to the occa sion. It wanted that stamp of originality which a na. Lion's reverence to a national hero ought to have com manded. It was an occasion, surely, when a mass should have been composed to mark the event• Time enough there lies been since the vote of the Chamber ; but this opportunity of doing justice to so unique a ceremony was lost. This was hastily done, as everything else had bcea. The voices of Lablache, Tatriburini, Dupree, Marie, Grisi, Per*iani, Dorus Gras, Stolz, Bercollet, and other cele brated singers, made the music tell magnificently. The Requiem of Mozertsould not, probably, be better per formed. At the conclusion of the mass, the sacred water was sprinkled upon the catafalque by the Arch bishop, and then handed to some of the Marshals and older officers near, to go through the same rite, accord ing, to the observances of the Catholic funeral service. It was long before the chapel was in any degree cleared. The crowd lingered still behind and turned again and again to look at the coup (twit of the burning wax liehts, the chapelle ardente, the illuminated catafalque, an:; the long vista of funeral pomp, however mean it may have been in its minor details. Curiosity was, as usual, the only predominant feeling—tievotien was, generally speaking, quite out of the question, and of enthusiasm I could not see a glimpse. The only words that reached my ears w ere exclamations of curiosity from the ladies, a few political speculations from the gentlemen around me, or such remarks as " Hush, that's Grisi's " How charmingly Dupree songs," &c. Thus ended a ceremony which, for the interest in. spired by the occasion, for the extraordinary congrega tioa of men whose actions for good or for evil have been celebrated throughout the world, and for its own in trinsic splendour, will probably long remain without a rival. TEXAS. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Nov. 1, 1840. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House o Representatives, I have much pleasure in again meeting the assembled representatives of the people, and in offering to them my congratulations on the increased prospects of happiness and prosperity which are presented to every class of our citizens. Since the adjournment of the last Congress the settlements have been extended on the various parts of the frontier, the seasons and the soil have offered the richest reward to the labours of the agriculturists, and the coun try has continued gradually to improve in the number and capacity of its population. Scarcely five years have elapsed since Texas, without money, or arms, or any of the means of war, and with a population less than forty thou sand souls, first raised the standard of resistance to the des potism and misrule of a Government claiming the control of boundless wealth, and of eight millions of inhabitants ; and yet has that short period, against such fearful n odds, she as not only achieved and secured her indepen dence beyond the reach of doubt, but has maintained a well organised Government at home, established foreign relations abroad, more than quadrupled her population, and now exhibits to the world a country teeming with all that is essential to . the necessities or happiness of Man ; and this, too, without incurring a debt exceeding fi ve m illi ons of dollars, including every species of liability, both foreign and domestic. Can such a state of things as this produce gloom and despondence in the hearts of those wh ose i n . domitable courage and persevering resolves have achieved so much? Assuredly not. On the contrary, we find in it abundant cause to felicitate ourselves on the almost magi cal change which so short a time has already produced, and every inducement to stimilate us in the pursuit of that policy which has thus far led to such fortunate results. Our Foreign affairs have experienced but little change since I last had an opportunity of addressing you. With the United States and France our relations continue to be of the most friendly character. Great Britain, influenced perhaps by Mexican interests and policy, yet withholds the acknowledgment of our rights as an independent and so vereign nation. How long she may continue to maintain this attitude we have not the means of knowing ; but that she will eventually change her policy in this respect is most certain, and from the tone recently assumed by some of her influential journals in reference to this country, and the many acts of decided friendship extended by her Mi nister in Mexico to our agent, during the past summer, we may hope that the day is not distant when she will be disposed to act, with a more enlightened and magnanimous spirit towards us. With Holland and Belgium it is probable that treaties of friendship and commerce have already been formed. General Junes Hamilton, one of our Loan Commis sioners abroad, was authorised to propose such treaties previously to his final departure from Europe, and by des patches recently received from him this Government was informed that his negotiations had already been opened in Holland with every prospect of early and full success, and that he anticipated no difficulty in effecting similar arrangements with Belgium, as it was understood that the Government of that country had already intimated a will ingness to recognise this as an independent nation, when an application should be made with that object. In regard to Spain, no overtures have as yet been made, either in respect to the recognition of our independence, or the establishment of commercial intercourse. The dis tracted condition of that kingdom for some time past, growing out of her domestic wars, has heretofore rendered the period inauspicious to any proposition of the sort, as it could not he reasonably supposed that she would, amid her own revolutions, be disposed to acknowledge rights which, however just in themselves, had been so recently acquired by revolt. Her acknowledgment of our exist ence as an independent nation would necessarily exert an influence over our relations with Mexico, and in that view would be valuable to us; but the benefits which would re sult from the establishment of commercial arrangements between the two countries would be vastly more inn. por• taut The proximity of the island of Cuba, and the ma ny articles of almost indispensable necessity produced upon that island , which are consumed by our citizens, afford of themselves sufficient evidence of the import ance of a direct commercial intercourse between the two nations. At present the coffee, sugar, and other produce of Cuba are imported in t o T exas th r ough the ports of the United States, by which means they come charged to us, not only with double duties, but with the increased expense of double freights, commissions, and profits, all of which would he saved were our merchants and ether citizens permitted to carry on a trade with the IHavannah and other West India ports. As regards our position and controvers y with Mexico I have but little that is either definite or satisfactory to com municate. Continuing to pursue her tardy and inert policy, licy but little progress has as y e t b ee n made towards the adjustment of our differences. Our agent has been re ceived and accredited, and negotiations have been so far en tered into as to permit him to submit the propositions offered by this Government as the basis of a treaty, which propositions, up to the date of our last advices, were held by them under consultation and advisement. Many reasons m i g ht be urged why negotiation, though unpromising in its aspect, should be preferred at this time to a state of open and active war. Among these reasons the first and moat prominent one is, the heavy expenses which a war of this kind would involve, and the already depreciated state of our currency. That we could raise at a short notice all the men which would les necessary for an invading army is beyond a question ; • but the furnishing of supplies, muni tions of war, and transportation of such an army, would re quire an outlay in the expenditure, which would be se riously felt by every class of our citizens, and would mate rially retard the growth of that prosperity which a state of even comparative peace is so ;sell calculated to foster and encourage in a community composed, as ours generally is, . of thrifty agriculturists and industrious mechanics. Another reason is, the effect which the renewal of the war would have upon the negotiation of a loan abroad, and upon the success of which much of our immediate prosperity depends. We are in debt, and must remain so until the resources of the country arc more fully developed, and so long es we have to dep and for our daily moneyedoperations upon theproreises of the Government to pay at a future day, no matter in what form they may be issued, these issues must and will depre ciate. This depreciation of paper not founded upon a specie basis or its equivalent is inevitable, and to the cement o f the depreciation is the loss of the Government that is corn pelleu to resort to such issues. It is therefore of the ut most importance to our financial prosperity that we should effect a loan, as it probably is at present the eili t s means which can be rescrted to for keeping our currency at par, and of preventing these losses; and any operation of the Government which will have a tendency to lessen the pros- , pects of accomplishing this object, unless unavoidably forced upon it, should be well weighed and considered before it is resolved upon. That a renewal of the war will have this; effect upon the negotiations for the lean is the decided opinion of the Commissioners employed in that negotiation, as will be seen from the letters of General Hemilton, which also accompany the Report of the Secre tary of State. The running and marking of the boundary between the United States and this country has not yet beers com pleted. I have considered it my duty to keep the navy at sea for a short period. But I was constrained by a sense of justice and a regard to the sacred faith of the country to abstain from making captures of Mexican property while our accredited agent was engaged in Mexico in a negotia tion for peace with that Government. I regret that it is not in my power to give to the Ho nourable Congress more steisfactory information in refer ence to the operations of our Loan Commissioners abroad. Upon their arrival in London in the early part of the sum mer they found a state of things existing so entirely ad verse to the objects of their mission th at they did hot feel justified in even attempting to renew their negotia tions in that city. The extraordinary difficulties and em barrassments in the monetary affairs of the United States —the suspension of specie payments on the pert of the banks, combined with the neglect of some of the States to meet their European engagements with that prompt ness which had been expected—had produced such a ge neral distrust in transatlantic securities of every descrip tion as rendered bankers and others averse to dealing in them, even at a heavy depreciation. When to these causes are superadded the want of confidence which private individuals felt in the stability and permanence of our Go vernment, in consequence of the refusal of their own to re cognise its existence, and the prejudices which it is the policy of a large party in that country to foster and encou rage, we cannot be surprised at the determination of the ' Commissioners not to open their negotiations until a more auspicious period should present itself. That an arrange ment might have been made in France for a loan to sonic extent is highly probable, but whether that arrangement could have been effected upon terms which a wise and pru dent policy would approve is somewhat doubtful. In the correspondence of General Hamilton it will be perceived that almost entire confidence in the ultimate suc cess of his mission is still its moat prominent feature. Should he fail in his operations at the Hague he will return to London, and, if he can then succeed in obtaining a re cegnition of our independence by the British Ministers (of which he has now strong expectatiens), other difficulties may be overcome, and, failing in that, it may be inferred from his letters that it is his intention to proceed again to France, and to close his negotiations upon the heat terns which can there be had for this country. Aluongq the various duties vilfich still claim the attention of Congress during the present scssien, there are none more important than those which relate to the fiscal affairs of the Government That a system of finance should be adopted, if practicable, which to some extent, re lieve the pecuniary einharra%smetes of the country, i, so obviously necessary that it can require no argument from me to enforce it. The entire expenditure of the Govern ment, embracing everithing that is required for the successful administration of its civil, military, and naval departments, would probably not exceed four hundred thousand dollars a year, if these expenditures could be met with funds not depreciated in value; and when it is known that the revenues of the nation provided for by law, if faithfully collected, would amount annually to nearly one million of dollars, it would seem that a system might be devised which would not only remove present embarrassments, but which could be gradually extended to the extinguishment of the national iLbt. The duties on importations, as fixed by law, with us are, with one or two exceptions, fifteen per cent. ail yak), em, when really not more than three per cent. is ac- tually paid, while in the United States, until the recent modification of her tariff, alter the entire payment of or national debt, and the accumulation of a surplus of forty millions in her treas;ury, the import duties were actually from twenty to fifty per cent. ad valorem, on most of the essential articles of domestic consumption, and in but few instances was it less then filteen per cent. on any article. Thus it is seen that in the United States, while revenue was required, the duties were from five to fittcen times as mucli as is actually paid in this country, end the difference in the direct taxes will be found upon examination to be nearly as great. In regard to the details of the administration of the Government during the past year, I must beg leave to refer the Honourable Congress to the reports from the several departments, which accompany this communica tion. Owing to a severe and long-protracted illness, I have been unable to bestow that personal attention to these details, which, under other circumstances, they would have received. Indeed, so constant, and often so excru ciating, has been my sufferings for some months past, that, in making this communication, I have been com pelled to pass by many subjects of interest, which I de sired and had intended to present to your consideration. Reposing, however, that entire confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the representatives of the people that their selection and high station implies, and feeling every assurance that their entire efforts will be directed to the promotion of the best interests of the country, I am con soled by the reflection that, although my personal infirmities may prevent my being an efficient coadjutor with them, their own exertions will more than supply the deficiency. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. GERMAN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE. FRANKFORT, DSC. 10. Tho Loipsie Allgemeine Zeilung has been the first to break silende on the subject of what it calls the "enlarged" demands of Prussia, as the basis of a renewal of the Ger manic Customs League. These demands, which the German paper does not specify more nearly, are, a compen sation for the loss of revenue which accrues to Prussia from the mode of dividing the duties collected according to the number of the inhabitants in each of the contracting States ; and which is not only unjust to Prussia, as being the coun try in which the greatest consumption of colonial produce takes place, but likewise as being the seat of the largest cities in Germany. Berlin contains 275,000 inha bitants, Konigsberg 70,000, Dantzic and Cologne 60,000 to 65,000, and Breslau 96,000. With this act of justice, however, the claim of Prussia to the meed of extraordi nary disinterestedness in its efforts to support the " Ve rein" necessarily ceases, and a proportionate weight will be added to the votes of the other States, whose interests are not always identical with those of the leading power. This would, consequently, have been a favourable moment for a Commissioner from other States to have mooted a consideration of the principles on which the whole league is founded, and, perhaps, a more favourable opportunity than was offered last year. The fitness of the present occasion was very much heightened by the discussion of two other points of vital interest to the League. The treaty concluded under singular circumstances with Holland, by which half re fined sugar was admitted from that State at a price with which the beetroot factories could not compete, was tin popular enough on that account ; but was made still more so by the discovery that the drawback allowed by the Dutch Government to its refiners on goods exported to Germany, was exactly equal to the low protecting duty imposed by the Vercin." As the financial difficulties of the Dutch aro no secret, this unesual consideration of one branch of industry was naturally enough ascribed to a plot for ruining the refiners, as well as the manufacturers, of sugar in Germany, on the success of which the con. sumers would have to make the hest terms they could with the foreign dealers. The first step taken to avoid the extreme of such a dilemma was the extension of the Treaty to the cities of Bremen and Hamburgh, by which the sugar of the West Indies was admitted to compete with the produce of the East. It must be observed that the Dutch Treaty contains no stipulation in favour of the manufactures of the German States, so that the loss on the side of the latter is perfectly gratuitous. In this state of things it cannot well be doubted that a judiciously selected Commissioner from any Great Power possessing Colonies, and empowered to treat upon the principle of a fair reciprocity, would have met with attention ; and it is to be regretted that no such attempt was made. The second grand point which came under discussion was like- Wise of a nature to favour proposals for putting the com mercial relations of Germany with her neighbours on a sound footing : this was the attempt to reconcile the varying interests of the two leagues—the North-western, and the German or Prussian league. The former, esta blished between Hanover, Brunswick, and Oldenburg, on a most judicious and liberal footing, has been renewed, notwithstanding all the efforts mado to induce the Governments of those States to accede to the Prussian system. As this resolution was deliberately taken after full as much experience of the effects of comparatively free trade as the Prussians have had of their policy, it speaks strongly in favour of the arguments adduced by the north-western Governments, and the same argument s apply with equal force to many of the southern State - i, It is a pity that these arguments were not supported by the weight of foreign diplomacy, and the offer of reasonably extensive advantages arising from commercial reciprocity. Such a mediation would have gone far to rec onc il e the present commercial schism in Germany, and to have brought about that union which all friend s to Ger many and:to sound commercial policy ardently desire.-- chrc,„iee Lord and Lady Dinorben, accompanied by Lady Gardiner, are expected to arrive at Bute House early in the ensuing week, from Paris. Prince and Prin cess Capua and family also return next week from the French capital. The unfortunate woman who lately attempted _ to force her way into Buckingham Palace was brought ba fore Mr. Hall, at B ow - street, yesterday, an d an inquiry , took place as to the state of her mind, when no doubt re mained that shc is insane. Mr. Hall communicated the result to Mr. Phillips, of the Homo-office, and a warrant was made out for the committal of the prisoner to Bedlam, till such time as the pleasure of her Majesty may be known. The evidence was taken in private. EVENING - EDiTiOA. THE WEATHER. There rya; a h: avy f dl of snow yesterday, which lies on the ground to the depth of seteral inches. A three o'clock yesterday the gliss stood at two degrees be low the freezing point. The wind at the commeacersient of the frost was at N. N.E., and it is considered a remark. able phenomenon by the " weather-wise " that, alt hough the wind chopped round yesterday to W. and S.W. by W., the frost was not diminished in its intensity. When the lucky guess of the renowned Mr. Murphy, happened to turn out a " hit," about three years ago, the thermome ter, in the course of the day on whwir the prediction of the weather-prophet was verified, stocd for one hour and a half below zero, but if we recollect rightly, at no period during that season was the frost so steadily progressive in its seve rity as it has been during the hest three days. The Serpentine has hardly ever been known to freeze in so short a time as it has done in the present frost. In 24 hours the ice was of sufficient thickness to bear, but still very slight. Although the ice was not more than half an inch in thickness, yet a number of inveterate skaters ventured on the Serpentine, and on the pond in Kensing ton Gardens. and many continued throughout the day. It was really frightful to observe the undulations of the vast sheet of ice on the Serpentine as the adventurous crowds sported upon its surface ; but although serious and well founded appreheesions existed in the minds of the Humane Society's m en f ur th e sa f ety o f the skaters and al derF, up to the evening no accident, beyond a few spr ;tint el ankles and one or two trifling dislocations, Lad occurred. Every precau tion in case of a aerials calamity occurring has been adopted by the Society. A number of lifeslines have been thrown across the river, which have already proved serric , - able. In connection with this plan, Mr. Williams (the superintendent) has contrived an apparatus somewhat re sembling the fire-escapes so frequently exhibited in the streets, with wheels and ladders, but made to act in a horizontal and downward direction, as circumstances may require. This contrivance is so simple, that it might be propelled upwards of 200 yards in the direction of the per sons whose lives may be endangered, and that with the greatest ease and certainty. There is also another inven- Lion which hus been tried with success, and which is well calculated to Efford relief where there are a number of sufferers. It resembles a sort of floating-tower or plat form, resting on two small canoes, which are shod with iron, and which arc alike available for speedy transmission both on the ice and in the water. There are no less than fourteen baths kept in 4he receiving-house. In the Regent's-pail the skaters were numerous, and the ice piety fair. Two ac,:idents occurred, the first about two u'eleck, when three persons, named Nlichael Welch, of No. 5, Nightingale-street, Joseph Broadbridgc, of Bos ton-place, and Robert Locoek, of No. 14, Little Exeter. street, all in the neighbourhood of Lisson-grove, became immersed together. Iceman Charles Davis immediately went to their assistance with his iceboat, which being vio. lently seized by them, he was jerked out into the water. The whole three, however, succeeded in getting into the boat, in which they were assisted b) Davis, who got out with the assistance of ladder brought by another iceman. About the zanrc time a gentleman, who refused to give his name, but %dm was stated to reside at No. 10, Chester terrace, was resent d ty iet man Beckers, by means of Mr. Willi m's double breaker iadskr, an invention a Lich bids fair to be of great public utility in saving the lives of per. sons immersed. This nyJrning the mercury has risen, and the streets in :he metropoii , ; are %vet at ,d dirty from tile thawed suxs. 31ANC1IESTER BOKOUUH COURT. ; ,pp l ,e,tion for an ordcr in bzstardy «as inzde on \\Wnc iy, at the Borough Cnurt nu one of tug late ovcr seers of M,nehester ( Mr. Dcflinno), tthicli created con- sidtsmble intcrest Mr. heron, town-cicik, appeared on the part of the parish rnslke the application, and Mr. Sudlow, attorney, for tae defence Mr. IL ro.:. in opening the case, said that this was an apl7lie.ltion to rfia.hurse the pnrlih for sums of money laid out in support of Ann Watson, the mother of a L.Abtard child bcl9nging to the defendant. He appeared on 1),.! . .ia1f of the prt.,:et.t. ovcrseera, who, I* ha?, been stated, micro L.etu3ted in this c.;se by vindietis.,! f.::lngs i i takirg this course against Mr. Defiine. TLE, charge he utterly dia. claimed : tin ehurchwt_rthin , ,, W cresidcd at the bustar•!! cranely ccncurrcu with the overseers in the course wh:ch bc taken in this matter, and were in- do ci of opinion ti.a. they were absolutely bound, as public servants. to bring the ease before the Court. The evi der.ce produe , .d before them was such that it appeared Mr. Minn., ought to b:; charged with this child, and, there fo7e, as gur.rdarts of the public funds, rs: which the of ;he child bzcome chargeable, they coulc_'. not in justice do other,tisc than they had. sum:: further ob servp.tions, Mr. Heron proceeded to eyidctice. Tnc notice having been admitted, Me. Watkins, a k isi the overs , ofnccs, proved that the mother r:t the child hal become chargeable to the parish. Mr. Heron asked if it had not been proved that Mr. Dcilinne had already given her five shillings himself. Mr. S.dlow objected to the question, but not Were the witness had answered in the affiGnativo. Ann Watson, the mother of the child was then sworn and in AL:over to questior.s trQui Mr. Heron, stated that she was tweuty- one ;ears of age, and lived in Every street. For about eleven months she had been employed es a weaver in Mr. Lord's mill, is David .street. first met with Mr. D.:flinne one night early in Fe bruary last. Ater souk further statements, b'ne said shr. vcent to Mr. T.Y.ilinne':; 1,,w,e, and be pronthed to send a gentle man to hcr wi.uid pmvide for t11,.-! She was eross-examiLed at length, and insinuations were made, that sin. had previo;:sly conducted het self improperly, The Rev. J. &alio who ;poke to character, said he had known Watson several years, during which her con duct wai unexceptionable. She was a teacher in his Sun day-school, and much resp:eted. She left the school about 15 months since throw•li the death of h e r mother. tic had conic forward to speak for her in consequence of having - heard that the most unfair means were being taken to rake up evidence against her characti:r. Persons had been met in the open , 'recta and asked if they knew any thing against her, nod taken to a public-house and treated in order to gelevidente out of them. By Mr. Su:Now—lle had not iptiroidated any witness; he had told one ma❑ not to say anything untrue, as it would be woiEe for him. This being thecai.e, Mr. Sudlow addressed the Court for the defendant, and commented on the evidence of Watson, whose statement, he said, was so loose, that no dependence could be placed on it, and said he should be able to call witnesses to show her a woman of abandoned habits. lie then called several witnesses, and the Magistrates consulted together a short time, when Mr. Maude said it was evident the girl had not been a girl of very modest charac!er, but the detendent seems(' to hare lost sight of the fact that, even supposing she had been one of the must abandoned women, unless they brought evidence to throw dJubt upon her statements as regarded this particular case, it r;ils not enough to warrant the Ma gistrates in refusing the order. After scme inquiries about the health of the child, the order was fixed at 2s. per week, to be reduced to Is. or Is. 6d. if it should be found that the mother was subse quently in a condition to du without the Cult amount. It is rumoured that Lord Barham will be created Earl of Guisborough on the christening of the Princess Royal. A CLANNISH FEUD.-011 Saturday last the remains of Duncan George Forbes, Esq,, of Culloden, were interred in the family burying-ground, in the Cnapel yard, Inverness. Unfortunately this funeral was marked by what we must be allowed to call a barbarous relic of feudal manners. For upwards of a century there has ex isted a feud between the men of Fereintosh (part of the estate of the deceased) and the men of Culloden, as to which was entitled to carry the body of the laird or sur round the hears:, in its progress to the grave. At the funeral of the former Culloden, father of the late laird, the Ferrintosh men obtained the precedency, and they insisted on retaining it also on this occasion. When the procession had gone about half a mile on the road, part of the Culloden people, stung with this supposed affront, and perhaps partially inflamed "ea ardent spirits, entered the woo.) by the road-side saa armed themselves " with sticks, with which they sallied forth to attack their opponents, and drive them from the hearse. Some severe blows were inter changed, and a few of them were cut on the head and across the face, while others were knocked down and lay insensible on the road. The Culloden people were rein. forced by a band of idle young men from the town, who had been previously connected with the district, and thus strengthened, the party succeeded in driving back the main body of their opponents. A few of the Ferrintosh men, however, held fast by the hearse, in spite of every oppo sition, and never relinquished their held till the proccS, sion had arrived at the burial place. After a pause, the attack was relieve ed Gil the road, and continued for sere time with equal violence. Mr. John Alle,!be„n, messen ger-at-arms, o b i ); ikii il holding g t hackj their iarndbetter dividing feelings,the m l e i r e ., and interfered to quell the uweently di s t ur b ance, feared that ceeded in restoring peace and ordsr. I t was e_hyard, w h ere sue the contest would repeated i n th e & i a p n a d rtl P y 'r l t f l y Y fart he t c h r e o v e v: , l ifi w o r, ; 3 se d but i t c h n e s ,-_ a excellent i ar rNaliai t e e rtc e) : . r e ,. l:tr i i , ll l t v:i e lie p h as t s i a e g r e e police, preve eted such ' a ' deplor •ble result. adopted, and the ex,rtious of Mr. perintendent of tn and . the su- The gentlemen: of the district, and the on each ~i de, c:mied the cumn, white re.a f pectslfe tenants with spactaturs, i',irning wake I beside them. Tfi e whole of 1. 1 1. 0 1: 1 os surrounding thec(i w u a n l c i r s Y, tombs, and moneekles in the churchyard were covered The )ver t u h t e m g c.) , - .. a t , e s i s l e t n o e t e h ty p prevailed eastern AillC:'dv newel ixut.ahrni.ddne, extremity y h . P .: O ' h i e . to i j y r c e w h 'l u P s: c e c h a t y r a a r c i r i e d e d , and committed et its " narrow h tote."—lneerness Courier. FAT qtr. st Gil tilts. body o f J am es Redmond , age d 38, a cork cutter,AL FI GIIT .--An—An ru conelteelcu Lit evebing before Mr. Payne at Guy's Hos . adjou rne d f rom T u esday night was resu med, and , at a public-house in the Bo pita'. It app eare d that on the eveni n g of the 2d instant deceased had Tenn drinking with several of his fellow workmen. They all left him, save one, Joins Betts, and the y began to drink gin b,..fore the bar. At length deceased declined drinking, Betts fi i Betts k Alter the 't it was ps en they commenced figittieg. in Horsmonger-lane gaol, re. quarrelled with him for leaving off . drinking so soon, and into custody, And is now mended from Union Hall, until the result of this inquiry is known. Mr. Haynes, the house surgeon, said deceased was winlitted with fracture of the right leg, but showing no other external injury. From the first he went on un favourably, and on the 10th Mortification of the fractured limb act in. lie died on Sunday last. He had since care fully made a post wortern examination of the body, and he w as decidedly of vpi; ion that fracture of the leg andcon sequent murttfication were the cause of death. Verdict— Manslaughter ,as he ld y e s c a i d , ,fl a:y i : , ~,tn Jun the bodyi e Betts. s . at the recent fire in Church-street, of the: man who perished , long inquiry the jury returned a verdict that the deceased THE LATE FIRE IN CHELSEA.— inquest u lAM:ft:Testa , was accidentally burned, but how the fire was occasioned there was Ile evidence to show. 18. Seven companies of the Engineers, under the orders of a Chief of Batalion. seurs. 19. Four companies of non-commissioned veteran officers. 20. Two squadrons of the sth Cuirassiers, with the Colonel at the head. 21. Four squadrons of the mounted National Guards, with flg„,Ps and band, and commanded by their Colonel. 22. Msrshal G r.zrd, Commandknt-in Chhf, Goncral Jacqueminot, the Deputy-Commander, and their staffs. 23 The Second Legion of the Suburban National Guards. 24. The First Legion of the Paris National Guards. 25. 'Two squadrons of the Cavalry of the National Guards headed by the Lieutenant-Colonel. 26. A carriage, in which sat the Almoner, the Chaplain of the expedition, and his assistants. 27. General officers of the army and navy of the reserve, or retired list, residing in Paris, on horseback. 28 General officers and others belonging to the Royal Navy. 29. The principal band of funeral music. 30. The war horse of Nap,lcon, led by grooms dressed in the Imperial livery. 31. A detachment of 24 non-commissioned officers, chosen from the Cavalry of the National Guard, from the Cavalry and Artillery of the Line, and from the Munici pal Guard, under the command of a Captain of the Ge neral Staff of the National Guard. 32. A mourning car, iage drawn by four horses, in which was placed the Commission of St. Helena. 33. A body of 33 sub officers, west ing the decorations and selected from the Foot National Guards, the Infantry of the Line, the Municipal Guards, the Sappers and Fire men, under the orders of a Captain of the staff of the Foot National Guard. 34. The Marelals of France. _ _ 35. Eighty-six mounted sub-officers, bearing the colours of the deparments, under the command of a Staff Major, that of Corsica prces.ding the test. 36. His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville E.nd his stilff. 37. The 500 sailors who accompanied the remains of Napoleon from St. Helena, forming the .escort, and sur rounding the Imperial car on two ranks. THE FUNERAL CAR. 38. Two Marshals, an Admiral, and Lieutenant-General Bertrand, on horseback, each holding a riband d'honneur, attached to the Imperial pall. 39. The old aides-de-camp and civil and military officers belonging to the Emperor's household. 40. The Prefects of the Seine and of Police, the mem bers of the General Council, the Mayors of Paris, and their adjoints, &c. 41. The old soldiers of the Imperial Guard in uniform, the deputation from Ajaccio, retired military men in uniform. _ 42. A squadron of the Ist Dragoons, the Lieutenant. Colond at ►ts head. 43. Lieut. -General Schneider, commanding the di vision extra muros, and his staff. 44. Field-Marshal Hequet, commanding the 4th Bri gade of Infantry outside Paris. 45. A battalion of the 35th Regiment of the Line with the band and banners, and headed by the Colonel. 46. Two batteries of Artillery, stationed at Neuilly. 47. A battalion of the 35th Regiment, under the com mand of the Lieutenant. Colonel. • _ ...-..-. _ 48. Field- Marshal Lawoestine, commanding the brigade of the Paris Cavalry. 49. Two squadrons of the Ist Dragoons, with their flags and band, headed by their Colonel. The National Guards and troops of the line, in fantry, cavalry, and artillery, stationed along the course of the procession, formed into line after the passage of the car, and closed the procession. Everywhere on the passage of the hearse the loudest acclamations resounded, and cries of " Vive l'Empe reur !" rent the air, particularly when it reached the triumphal arch ; but not a cry of " Vive le Roi ;" was uttered. The day passed off quietly, although several attempts were made to create confusion. The medical and law students had sent a depute tion to the Prefect on Monday praying to he allowed to joi❑ the cortege after the military schools. This request not being complied with, they determined on attending in a body, and actually formed a procession of their own. At eight o'clock they assembled on the Place du Pantheon, about two thousand in number, drew up four abreast, and marched through the city in that order, proceeded by a tricoloured floj covered with black crape. As they debouched from the Pont Royal, the guards of the Palace took alarm and turned out, but, perceiving that they moved on quietly, they allowed them to traverse the garden of the Tuileries. Then they entered the Champs Elysces, and proceeded towards Ncuilly, formed behind the National Guards, and when the triumphal car came up, followed the pro cession, still walking behind the National Guards. From the moment the march commenced until they reached the Place de la Concorde they continued sing ing La Marscillaise," and vociferated after each strophe cries of " Death to the English, and to the Ministere de l'Eilanger." A National Guard having attempted to wrest the banner from the hands of the beater, was nigh paying with his lire for his imprudence. Unsupported by his comrades, he was soon disarmed and knocked down, and finally taken by the four limbs and thrown into a ditch on the side of the road, by which means he escaped being trodden to death by the crowd. The students accompanied the procession as far as the Place de la Concorde, and then ascended the Rue Royale and the Boulevards, still singing the " Mar seillaisc, ' as far as the hotel of the Foreign office, where they vociferated cries of " Death to Guizot !" Guizot a la Lantern° !" " Guizot ala Tamise!" " Mort au Traitre de 1815 !" " Vive Thiers &c. THE BARRIERE DE L'ETOILE.—THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH. As the programme indicated that the funeral proces• sion would make a g rand halt at the Barriere de l'Etoile, beneath indeed the imperishable monument commenced by Napoleon himself, I left home before seven o'clock. It was still dark and excessively cold - , —the thermometer (Fahrenheit) at that moment mark ing 22. i degrees below zero. When I reached the Place de la Concorde, however, day had fairly broken, and ere I arrived at the Rond Point, the first rays of the sun were gliding the half finished apotheosis of Na poleon, erected on the Arc de Triomphe. The drums of the National Guards were beating the rapped in every direction. The report of cannon from the Invalides also occasionally drew attention in that direction. -- --__ Accustomed, as had been my eye to the drapeau tri colore which obtruded itself at every step in the Champs Elysees, I was somewhat startled by the mass of flags that surrounded the triumphal arch ; but the most striking objects were some 30 or 40 masts of 30 feet high, from each of which floated an immense tricoloured pennant, surmounted by black crape, each bearing the letter of one or other army of the republic or the empire. Thus, we had " The Army of the Rhine," " The Army of the Rhine and Moselle," " The Army of Italy," " The Army of Rome," " The Army of Holland," " The Grand Army ;" on both faces of the arch, " The Army of the Sambre et Meuse," " The Army of Catalonia," &c. From these the eye ascended to the pediment, where men, seeming about six inches in height, were busy in completing the work which the intensity of the cold absolut,ly prevented the possibility of their accomplish ing during the night. It was finished by 10 o'clock ',NI., however, and displayed good taste and architectural proportion. It was termed the " Apotheosis of Napoleon," correctly I suppose, and consisted of the Emperor him sell in his imperial costume, supperted in some degree by an eagle on each hand, and beyond them Fame, a clieval, proclaimed his deeds of arms. At 9 o'clock two batteries of the 4th regiment of Artillery (that in which Napoleon made his debut) took up a position to the right of the triumphal arch (looking from Paris), and immediately afterwards, their drums beating au champ, appeared the first National Guards, appointed to figure in the proces sion, or line the road from the Barriere de l'Etoiie to the bridge of Neuilly. For two hours the passage was i ne e F :sent, and all that time a continuous stream (ultimately a torrent) of pedestrians, poured in from the points already mentioned. This could not, how ever, last for ever. No more could make their way to:vArds Courbevoir, so the new corners ranged them selves along the alleys, many mounting into trees, and and others huxtermg for a chair or a stool, or a seat on a bench or table, accommodations provided by the in dustriels, to be found at every public assemblage in Paris. To render all complete, temporary ambulances ('urgeries) were established (by order of the Minister of the Interior) for the reception of " accidents." At ten o'clock a hue more than ordinarily audib le —that is, sufficiently loud to drown the ten thousand voices of which I was within earshot—announced an occurrence, or the approach of some formidable or im portant body ; they were " the students" mentioned in the foregoing article. Their manner and bearing showed, that if they did not court a fray, it could not come amiss, and their possession of a flag, of which and its bearer they took especial care, was evidence not to be mistaken that they set interference at defiance, or were ready to repel it. N o sa l u t es or c h eers mar k e d their passage. On they went, however, gay but reck- less, and afterwards comforted themselves in the manner which you will see in the sequel. About a quarter past 11 o'clock, the cannon at Cour bevoic announced the departure of the cortege. The procession which reached the triumphal arch was headed by a detachment of Gendarwes d'Elite. To these succeeded Municipal Guards, Cuirassiers, Lan cers, Dragoons, Infantry, and Artillery. Then fol lowed the remains of those armies named on the streamers or oritiammes above-mentioned. Here were to be found on foot men of all grades, from the Lieu. tenant-General, with his hat laced with gold, indicating that the wearer had commanded in a general engage ment, to the simple soldier—l will not say the humble private soldier, for there was not a man of them who did not carry imprinted on his face an expression which seemed to say, " I was a soldier of the Republic ; I , was on the Rhine with the advanced guard ; in Italy, in Egypt, in Germany, in Spain, or in Russia." Here were, in all their variety of uniform the soldiers of Roche and Marceau, of Moreau, dowelan, Nlas sena, Augereau, Lannes, Kilmaine, Davoust, Ney, Berthier, Lasalle, Murat, Bernadotte, Bessieres,