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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1810.

ground. This prodigious hearse is to be drawn by 16
horses, dressed with feathers, and housings embroidered
in gold, with the arms of the Emperor. The supporters
will be three Marshals and an Admiral all on horse-
back. An immense temporary wharf and a lofty temple
are erecting at Courbevoie for the reception of the re.
mains on their landing.
The officers of the National Guard of Paris have
drawn lots for the Legion which is to escort the Funeral
Car of Napoleon from Courbevoie to the Invalides, and
the honour has fallen on the 3d Legion. The 10. h
will be stationed round the Invalides ; and the rest will
line the route of the cortege.
CHERBOURG, DEC. 8.

I arrived hare this corning at six o'efock. At eight
o'clock a detachment of the Ist R giment of the Line,
a full attendance of the National Guard and the Ar-
tillery,marched into the Port Militaire (in which the
frigate Belle Poule was moored), and lined the quays,
together with the crews of the Friedland ship of the line,
and other seamen belonging to the port. At ten o'clock
a solemn mass was celebrated on board the Belle Poule.
During the service the band of the Belle Poule placed
on the quarter-deck, performed detached pieces o!
sacred music, and the batteries, the fort, and the ar-
senal continued to fire minute guns.

The chapel was decorated in a style simple but rich.
The coffin was covered with a magnificent pall of violet
coloured velvet, ornamented with bees worked in gold,
with an eagle and crown at each corner, and a rich
border round it. At the head of the coffin was placed
an imperial crown of gold covered with crape, and at
each of the four corners a crown of laurel and gold.
The altar was supported by eagles formed likewise of
gilt wood, and the hangings were of violet-coloured
velvet with gold fringe.
After the service was concluded, that is at a quarter
past eleven o'clock, Napoleon's remains were removed
to the Normandie steamboat, which had been moored
with her stern to the Belle Poule's broadside, and from
the frigate to the after deck of the steam-boat was
erected a platform, over which the assistants walked
bearing the coffin, preceded by General Bertrand,
whose venerable appearance, and the emotion which
he evinced, attracted universal sympathy. When the
coffin had been placed on the after-deck of the steamer,
and the ornaments fixed in the same position as when
on board the frigate, the steamer was slowly hauled off
some distanca from the frigate ; she then set on her
steam, and proceeded out of the port into the roads,
where she is now at anchor and will remain until three
o'clock, when she will sail for the Seine, escorted by the
Veloce and Courier Government steam-boats, and fol-
lowed by the steam-boat Colibri. The assembled multitude
who witnessed the ceremony conducted themselves with
perfect decorum, but evinced no enthusiasm, and appeared
to be animated by no other feeling but that of idle
curiosity. I heard it r, marked by several that the de-
meanour of the population on this day formed a striking
contrast with that displayed thirty-nine years since,
when Napoleon visited this town in order to inspect the
fortifications which he had commanded for its defence.
I was astonished that when the steam-boat conveying
his remains passed the quay's crowded with a multi-
tude of persons, not a hat was raised.
HAVRE, DEC. 9.

As I mentioned in my letter from Cherbourg
yesterday, the Normandie steam-boat with Napo-
leon's remains on board, escorted by the Government
steam-boats Veloce and Courier, with 400 picked men
from the crews of the Belle Poule and Favorite,
sailed from Cherbourg at half-past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The cortege arrived in the roads of Hav re
last night about ten o'clock, and anchored there. At
seven o'clock this morning the different steam vessels
weighed anchor and sailed by the coast of the Have,
which was lined with troops of the line and National
Guard, continued their course across the mouth of the
harbour, and stood off for the Honfleur side of the
river. The entire population of Havre, who lined
the quays in expectation of the steam-boats entering
the harbour, were much disappointed, as they could see
nothing but the smoke of the steam-boats. Thecannon from
the forts fired a salute as the procession sailed past. The
troops and National Guard marched away, and thus
this anxiously expected ceremony concluded without
giving any satisfaction.
A correspondent of the Courricr Francais writes :

Immediately on the arrival of the Prince de Join-
ville at St. Helena, he was waited on by Mrs. Tarbet,
formerly proprietress of the ground in which the tomb of
Napoleon was situated, and was solicited to grant her
an indemnification for the loss she might sustain by the
removal of the Emperor's remains. Mrs. Tarbet was
paid 12,000/. by the English Government for the
ground, and the loss she will feel will be only in a
diminution of profits from a house of refreshment kept
by her for persons visiting the tomb. The Prince
remitted her petition to the Count de Rohan Chabot,
and promised that it should be taken into considera-
tion. His Royal Highness was next applied to by an
old sergeant of the English army, who was keeper of
the tomb, and who, by adding to his pension of 201. a
year the trifling remuneration which the visitors of the
tomb used to give himonade a livelihood. The Prince
received him with great kindness, and promised that
he would endeavour to obtain a small pension for him
from the French Government. The sergeant is well
known to have always treated the Emperor's memory
with great respect."

The rnurrier Francais has an article on the funeral
ceremony of Napoleon, which we regret to see, is made
an occasinn for a disniav of vinlenpp

-... unr-
Lida, illaSanien as the occasion is calculated to give
to appeals to the passions of the multitude a more
than ordinary effect. After charging England with
" the crime" of creating disunion between that coun-
try and France, and saying that " the funeral
of Napoleon will be a protest against England
and a cry of vengeance which will be cchoed by a mil-
lion of spectators," the Connie:. adds :—" He who
applied for the ashes o! Napoleon was a man of the re-
volution, resolved to sustain the rights of France and
to restore to her the rank which she ought to 'hold in the
estimation of nations. He who is to receive the ashes
is a man of the restoration, one of those conspirators
who went to take the King at Ghent by the hand behind
the English lines, whilst our old soldiers were laying
down their lives for the defence of the territory on the
plains of Waterloo. M. Thiers prepared the funeral of
Napoleon—M. Guizot is to celebrate it. Is not this
like a last insult to the memory of the Emperor ?" The
article concludes by describing France as humiliated,
debased, and insulted by the party now in power, and
says, " the ceremony will be led by the Major-Gereral
of the French army at Waterloo, who has been restored
to power by the influence of Lord Palunrston, and who
has given his hand to the deserter to Ghent." We have
given a few passages of the article of the Courricr, and
they are not perhaps the worst. It i 3 not for us to corn-
merit upon them ; that we leave to all our readers of
good taste, be they English or French.

APPEAL OF MADAME LAFFARGE.

COUR DE CASSATION.

The usually deserted halls of the Cour de Cessation were
again crammed to suffocation by an immense number of
spectators, who thronged to witness this interesting case.
Mdmv. Garet and several other relations of Mdme. Laffarge
were present, as well as several Deputies and the magis-
trates of Limoges. M. Paillet,the Advocate, ( who has already
so eloquently defended his unfortunate client). then took
his seat, and M. Duverne spoke for the revocation of the
decision. The Advocate, after saying how deeply he felt
the responsibility of his situation, went on as follows :
Here the dramatic scenes of Tulle cannot be reproduced,
the animated struggle between the accused and her accusers
cannot be renewed. There can be no appeal to the passions,
and the transcendadt oratorical powers of M. Pailiet are
condemned to silence. He has, however, thought fit to take
his scat amongst us to show to the world the sincerity of
hi, convictions, and his unflinching belief in the innocence
of his injured client. But now we must only listen to the
dictates of austere reason. From the der ha of her lowly
dungeon, overwhelmed by moral and physical tortures, the
voice of my client will come unto yeti. You have either
to cut the thread of her existence, or to condemn her to
a miserable and lingering death. But, thank God, the
sentence of erring mortals has not yet been consummated.
Divine justice spreads her wings over this sanctuary, end I
invoke her protection and presence, to instil into the minds
of the Judges the same steadfast convictions which I so
conscientiously feel. This frightful decision cannot here
be consummated—another black page cannot be added to
this tragic history of judicial error. I will not here
recapitulate the disgusting scenes which took place at
Tulle, when vessels containing the supposed body of
Laffarge were brought into Court in all the horrors
of loathsome putrefaction. I will not speak of that
total absence of honest precaution, which carelessly exposed
those remains to the curiosity and malignant animosity of
my client's enemies. But, in a word, I mean not to make
the basis of my appeal those numerous irregularities, legal
and judicial, before which my unfortunate client has fallen
a victim, nor will I speak of that formal violation of judicial
inquiry, or of the imperious prescriptions of science which
have been so energetically prAested against by one of our
most eminent chemists. I found the basis of my defence,
firstly, on the part taken by the public press in this affair
previous to the trill. This is one of the most powerful
weapons which can be placed in the hands of the accusers,
as they can sharpen it et their leisure, end the wound
thereof is but too often mortal. M. Duverne then en-
larged upon the vast influence which these publications
had exercised on the mind of the Jury, some of whom had
announced the sentence they intended to pronounce even
before the trial. The Advocate founded the second basis
of his defence on the fact of two of the magistrates having
been replaced by two Judges, who were appointed, not by
the ordinance of the President, but by a sentence of the
Court, which he declared not to be competent. Thirdly,
M. Duverne stated that the Court of Assizes, and not the
President should have decided whether a fresh jury should
be summoned - that Mdme. Buffiere, sister-in-law of the
accused, had takenl the oath, and that Mdme. Laffarge's
protestation against it had not been accepted by the Pre-
sident; that M. Buffierc, under pretence of relationship
with the accused, had been heard without having taken the
oath. M. Duverne then demonstrated that no relationship
whatever existed between M. Bufflere and the accused.
That the Assize Court, on the requisition of the Public
Ministry, had ordered the deposition of several pieces de
conviction without the accused having been heard.
Amongst some other legal objections, M. Duverne con-
cluded by saying that the President, in his charge to the

jury, had not given the necessary warning concerning ex-
tenuating circumstances, or concerning the vote of a simple
majority. " I hope," continued M. Duverne, " that in)
ill-concealed emotion has not prevented the Court fro:::
appreciating the importance of all these objections ; but
there are some more home thrusts to be made at this un.
righteous decree, and these I leave to be made by abler
hands."

M. Lanvin then rose, and in the course of his speech re-
ferred to the fact of the witnesses for the robbery of the
dimonds having been heard during the trial, whereas the
jury could only take legal cognizance ofone fact at a time.
The Court then adjourned.

WOOLWICH -FRIDAY.

NAVAL INTELUGENCE.

The Fearless steam-vet:sol, Seeond Master H. Brc-
%nut, returned to Woolwich on Monday.
The Ariel steam-vessel, Master Commander L.
Srnithett, recently employed in the packet service, ar-
vA at Woolwich on Tuesday, from Dover, the sta-
tion on which she was employed. She will be immedi-
ately placed i❑ the hands of workmen to have the de-
fects of her machinery made good.
The Beaver, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
R. Mudge, left Woolwich on Thursday, :or Dover, to
perform the duties formerly undertaken by the Ariel.
The Sinbad arrived on Wednesday from Plymouth,
and sailed on Thursday for Deptford.
The Rochester arrived on Thursday from Pembroke.
The Firebrand, steam-vessel, Master S.B. Cook,
sailed yesterday for Sheerness.

The Serpent, 16-gun sloop,'arrived at Chatham on
Tuesday from the West Intlits, via Portsmouth, to be
paid off.

The Spitfire steam-vessel arrived yesterday from the
WEst Indies. She touched at Kiegstown, Ireland, for
3 supply of enals. Tne 101:owing officers have returned
in her :—Lieutenant Commander John Evans, Mr.
W. Duffed, Second Master ; Mr. D. O'Callaghan,
Assistant Surgeon ; Mr. William Stanway, Clerk in
Charge ; Mr. W. T. S. Morton, Mate ; Messrs.
Dickens, Walters, and Raclin, Engineers.
PROMoTIONS.—To the Lizard steam-vessel, Lieu•
tenant W. G. B. Estcourt (1827), to be Commander ;
Mr. J. S. Miilitighano, Clerk in Charge. To the Pluto
steam vessel, Mr. Jamis Peters, from the Skylark, to
he Assistant Surgeon ; Mr. W. C. Pettigrew, to be
Second Master; Mr. James Haddock, Clerk in Charge.
To the Avon steam-vessel, Mr. John Cowley, to be
Second Engineer, vice Horne, to the William and
Mary, as First Engineer.

ROYAL ARSENAL.
The Ellen barge arrived on Wednesday, with four
68 and eight 32.-pout.der guns, and a quantity of eight-
inch shells.

The Sarah sloop, with a cargo of cement for the con-
tractors for completing the buildings.
The Commerce brig, of Newcastle, for old iron, for
Crawley and Co.

The Hope barge, with a cargo of forge backs, from
Bailey and Co.

Toe Heron of Malta, hired brig, has now neatly
completed her cargo. There are already on board
7,000 thirty-two ponder shot ; 1,800 eight inch and
700 ten-inch shells. besides other stores.

The Sir James Kempt, Ordnance sloop, arrived yes-
terday with 20 eighteen-pounder guns from Devonport.
She also delivered a number of gun carriages at
Chatham.

The Queen, Ordnance sloop, is loading with guns
and shells, and other stores, for Portsmouth.
The Friends and Providence barges conveyed yester-
day to a vessel in the Docks, the material for construct-
ing five 1,000-gallon water-tanks for Barbadoes.
Four carpenters were entered and commenced work
on Monday. They will be exclusively employed in al-
tering shot and shell boxes. They have been engaged
for six months certain.

The saddlers in the Arsenal have been actively em-
ployed in making a curious wooden saddle, well padded,
intended to be used for attaching two boxes, one on each
side, containing twelve rounds of shot in each, besides
rockets. Several horses were paraded yesterday with
these appendages, and they gave great satisfaction.
They are intended for service in Syria, and a great
number are in course of construction. They are sup-
ported in the same manner as panniers are, and have a
similar appearance at first sight.

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