The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-05 00:00:00

" GENERAL ORDER.

4‘ When the operation of the opening of the tomb
shall be completed, and the moment the officer com-
manding the Royal Corps of Engineers shall have an-
nounced that all the measures hall have been taken
for the removal of the remains of the late Emperor,
on a car prepared for the purpose, their disinterment
and transfer from the tomb to the quay will take place
in the following order, on Thursday, the 15th inst.:—
" A detachment, composed of a non-commissioned
offiedr and twelve soldiers of the Royal Artillery will be
charged with conducting the horses and car ; four near
the horses, and eight on the sides of the car.
" The detachment of the 91st regiment will draw up,
on the Longwood road, by sections of companies, with
t heir right at the meeting of the road leading to the tomb.
" The regiment of the militia of St. Helena will oc-
cupy the heights adjoining the tomb, in order to keep off
all persons who might impede the operations of the
.vorkmen under the command of the Captain of Royal
E.igineers Alexander.
When the coffin containing the mortal remains of
the late Emperor Napoleon shall have been placed on
ihe car, the cortege will procued by the road leading to
that of Jam: S Town.
" A cannon shot will be fired every minute after the
departure of the cortege, and the moment the officer sta-
tioned at High-knoll shall descry it. When the cortege
reaches the entrance of the city the artillery of the ram-
parts of James Town will fire a shot every minute. The
tire will cease the moment the cortege arrives on the
quay, and when the coffin shall have been embarked in
the boat of his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville
the Royal Artillery will fire a salute from the ramparts.
" The militia of St. Helena will draw up before the
car, and the detachment of the 91st regiment will follow
the militia.

" The persons who are to assist at the ceremony,
and follow the cortege in the name of France, are re-
quested to take the places assigned to them by Count
Philippe de Chabot. All the military, civil, and naval
authoi ides of the island are requested to accompany the
Major-General. The officers will wear black crape on
their left arm.

" The officers will place themselves by fours near the
last section of the 91st Regiment, the superior officers
closing the march..
" An the gentlemen of the island desirous to follow
the cortege are invited to attend in mourning.
" The cortege will stop at the entrance of the town,
and the Regiment of Militia will line the passage, ex-
tending towards the gate of the ramparts, the men rest-
ing on their reversed arms.

" The 91st Regiment will march through the ranks,
and draw up on the ramparts.
" The car will pass through the ranks, and go out by
the rampart gate. Then the 91st Regiment will form
the hne from the seagatc guardhouse, the men resting
on their reversed arms, and the cortege will advance tc-
wards the quay.
" The band of the St. Helena Militia will precede the
car through the town, playing !Uncial marches. The
drums will be muffled.

" By order of his Excelleocy nijor-General Middlc-
more, C. 8., Commander of the Forces.
" G. BARNET, Town-Major."

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORDER OF THE DAY OF THE
12TH OF OCTOBER, 1840.
" Belle Poulc Frigate, Oct. 14, 1840.
" His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, com-
manding the expedition, desirous that the two French
merchant-vessels now in the roads of James Town should
participate in the solemnity of the removal of the re-
mains of the Emperor Napoleon on board the frigate
Belle Pottle, invites their captains to observe the fol-
lowing dispositions.
" To-morrow, the 13th of October, at eight o'clock
in the morning, they will hoiit the miz,..n fig a tai-conic,
and a national flag at each mast, lowered to the cross-
trees ; the yards will be placed cn pantcunc. They
will eros; the yards, hoist their streamers at the same
time as the frigate, and leave their colours flying dur-
ing the whole night.
1` On the next day, the 16th, at eight o'clock in the
warning the yards will be put en panicunc and the flags
lowered half•mast high.
" After the funeral service, the yards will be crossed,
the wizen flags hoisted, and those of the masts

lowered.
" The Captains, their officers, and the French cahin
passengers on board, are invited to assist at the funeral
ceremony of the 15th. They will wear crape on their
arms and hats, and take care to be on board before the
arrival of the large boat carrying the coffin, and when
on board they will order off their boats.
" The Captains are likewi,e invited to assist at the
ceremony of the 16th, which will commence at ten
o'clock ; they may bring with them a deputation of men
of their crews dressed in their grand tenue.
" By order of his Royal Highness the Prince de
Joinville. The Aide-de-Camp on duty,
" TOUCHARD."
Dr. Guillard (Remi Julien), the surgeon of the Belle
Poule frigate, who was present at the disinterment,
gives the following account of the state in which he
found the body of the Emperor :—" The body of the
Emperor had an easy position, the same as when he
was placed in the coffin ; the superior members were
stretched out, the lower part of the arm and the lett
hand resting on the corresponding thigh ; the inferior
members somewhat depressed. The head, a little
raised, rested on a cushion ; his skull, of ample volume,
and his high and broad forehead, were covered with
yellowish teguments, hard and very adherent. The
orbs of the eyes offered the same appearance, and the
upper part was lined with eyelids ; the balls of the
e were entire, but had lost somewhat of their vo-
lume and shape. The eyelids, completely closed,
adhered to the under parts, and were hard ; the
bones of the nose, and the teguments which
covered them, were well preserved ; the tube and the
sides alone had suffered. The cheeks were full. The
teguments of that portion of the face were remarkable
for their soft supple feel and their whitish colour ; those
of the chin were slightly blueish, and derived that colour
from the beard, which appeared to have grown after
death. The chin itself was not in the least altered,
and still preserved the character peculiar to Napoleon's
countenance. The lips were thinned and asunder, and
three of the front teeth, extremely white, were seen
under the upper lip, which was slightly raised to the
left. The hands were perfect, and did not exhibit any
sort of alteration : if the articulations had lost their
motion, the skin appeared to have preserved the colour
of life ; and the fingers bore long, adherent, and very
white nails ; the legs were enclosed in boots, but in con-
sequence of the threads of the latter being worn, the
four last toes were visible on both sides. The skin of
those tees Was of a dull white, and the nails were still
adherent. The front region of the thorax was strongly
depressed in the middle ; the coats of the abdomen
hard, and fallen in ; the Members eppeeted to have pre-
served their shape tinder the clothes which covered
thorn. I pressed the left arm, it was hard, and had lost
somewhat of its volume."
CEREMONY 01. THE 16TH.
"In the tbornil the deck Will not be wished. At
ten o'clock the staff, Masters, and a deputation of sixty
men from each vessel; will assemble on board the fri-
gate to assist at the funeral teremony. Each will be
stationed in their proper places by M. Touchard, my
Aide-de-Camp. After mass, the assistants will with-
draw, the coffin will be leefered into the chapel, and the
service will resume its usual course.
"The Pavourite and Orestes will place their yards en
prtniettnii, and their flags half-mast high at eight o'clock,
and after the beginning of the mass they will fire a cane
non-shot every minute, alternately, and so on during the
mass. After mast the fire will cease. The moment
the body shall have been conveyed into the chapel, the
frigate will lower her streamers, and only one flag, lined
with crape, will be left at the mainmast. 'Fire other
Vessels will then fire a last general salute of their whole
artillery, re-hoist the mizen flag, and lower those on
the masts.
The ofteers will attend the ceremonies attired in
their grand uniforms ; their coats buttoned, a blue
I ant Moon with lace batads, with crape on their arms,
:meet, and hat. The mldehipmen will also be dressed
iei t weir grand uniforms, and wear crape on their arms,
swords, and hats.
" Yhc crcvlo of 4119 beats which are to go ashore will
wt dressed in white trousers and shirts, a black hat, with
crape on their arms over their shirts ; the rest of the
crows will be in their'grand loic, with pilot coats No. 1,
white trousers, and a black cravat and hat.
" The Ship Captain Commander,
" FERDINAND D'ORLEANS."
Order of the day of his Royal Highness the Prince
de Joinville, dated October 13, 1840
" Exeract of the Journals of the Belle Poule Frigate.
"Ou board tire Belle Poole Frigate at. the
anchorage off James Town, St. Helena.
" The day of the disinterment of the remains of the
Emperor having been axed for Thursday, the 15th in

,NDON, SATURDAY, _DE

stant, the following dispositions will be taken on the oc-
casion of that gran solemnity :
" l. The captains of the vessels lying in the roads,
and the corvette, Captain Charner, will repair on Thurs-
day, at one o'clock a.m., to the place of disinterment,.
in order to be present at it*iis a witness.
They will afterwards take, in the cortege, the
place assigned to them by the King's Commissioner,
and on reaching the beach they mll join their respec-
tive staffs.

" Abbe Coquercau, chaptain to the frigate, and Dr.
Gaillard, surgeon-major, will place themselves at the
disposal of the King's Commissioner ; they will bring
with them two men of the crew, who may be necessary
for the service.

" No other person belonging to the vessels of the di-
vision will be allowed to go ashore.
" It is important to observe that the ceremony about
to take place on shore is entirely English, and that ac-
cording to the orders of the King's Government, we are
not to pay the honours due to crowned heads to the
remains of the Emperor Napoleon, until they shall ha
delivered into our hands, and placed under the French
flag.
" 2. On Thuriday morning, at 8 o'clock, the vessels
will hoist, without firing guns, Ist, the flag of the stern
half mast high ; 2d, a national flag at each mast, low-
ered to the cross bar of ►he gallant tap-mast.
" 3. The moment the cortege will leave the tomb, a
cannon-shot will be fired every minute by the frigate
alone.

" 4. •When the coffin reaches the town, the boats
destined to receive the remains of t he_ Emperor Na-
poleon will leave the frigate, preceded by two other
boats containing the officers and midshipmen of the
frigate ; two boats will then proc?cil from each ves-
sel, and convey to the shore the officers and midshipmen
of those vessels, one officer remaining on board each
vessel. One officer and a midshipman will stop on
board the frigate.

" The large boat will moor,,sv4h the aid of grapples,
with its rear to the wharf, by which the coffin is to be
embirked ; the other boats, after landing the officers,
will form into a line, parallel with the quay, ten yards
in advance of the large boat, the rear turned towards the
quay, the boats of the Belle Po.ulebeing stationed in the
centre, those of the Favorite at staAboard, and those of
the Orestes at larboard.

" The officers will draw up in two lines at the ap-
proach.of the coffin, and on its passage to the wharf,
the band of the frigate, mounted in a boat, will be landed
behind the officers.

" On the arrival of the coffin, all persons present
will uncover themselves ; the rowers will raise their oars,
and the greatest silence will be observed.
" The coffin will then be taken from :he funeral car,
and carried by the crew of the frigate to the large boat,
and deposited in the cabin.
" The officers will re-embark in the boats in which
they went ashore,

" In the large boat, Gommander Guyct will place
himself i❑ front, and the only persons'admitted into the
cabin, near the coffin, will be Generals Bertrand and
Gourgaud ; Messrs. Laseases, Marchand, and Chabot,
and the Chaplain. I shall be at the • boric with Com-
mander Hernoux. Messrs. Denis, Archambault, No-
crax and Peiron, will embark with the officers.

" Then the large boat, at the mast of which the
Royal flag is to be hoisted, will make for the frigate,
preceded by the two boats of the Favorite, flunked by
those of the Belle Poule, and followed by those of the
Orestes.
" Thecortcge will proceed slowly.
_ _

"5. When—the coffin shall be descried from the
vessels, the latter will carefully watch the movements of
the frigate. The moment the coffin shall have stopped
on the wharf, the frigate will hoist her-colours, cross her
yards, &e., and all the movements of the frigate will be
imitated by the others.
" The moment the flag shall have been hoisted on
the mast of the large boat, preparations to salute it will
be made ; when the f:igate shall have hoisted her
co:ours, she will lower her flag from the mizen mast ;
the other vesse!s will do the same. (The Orestes Will
mPke her signal with the fl ig of the main mast.)
" The frigate will re-hoist her flag:' The artillery
salutes will then commence, the guns being fired in as
quick succession as possible, going round the vessel, the
tire commencing at larboard ; and when the fire shall
reach the three pieces at the head of the frigate, the
officer will command the fire in the battery. It is pre-
ferable to fire two shots at once than leave any inter-
mission in the firing. The gunners 'will then reload,
the flags will be again lowered, and the file recommence;
a third salute will be fired in the same manner.
" Men will afterwards be sent on the yards, and or-
dered
to look towards the large boat. When it will
come near the frigate the men will face the capstan at
the word of command, no cries shall beiattered, and the
yards and frigate will be stripped of their flags.
" 6. On the approach of the large boar the others will
make for the frigate, and the officers and midshipmen
will go on board by larboard. They will then draw up
in two lines at larboard, with their bats on and sword in
band, from the coupcc to the catafalque raised on the
panael of the dome; Those gentlemen will place them-
telves according to their rank and ancienty.
"On starboard a guard of GO men, commanded by.
M. Tanicros (in virtue of a Ministerial order), will pre-
sent arms, the drums will beat to arms, and the band,
&cod to the right of the guard, will play, when the
coffin, once on deck, will be carried from `the coupce to
the catafalque. The coffin being deposited therein, the
officers will sheathe their swords, and, placing them-
selves behind the capstan, will assist at the absolution.
One-half of the guard will proceed to the quarter-deck,
on starboard ; the band will take its station on the lu-
nette ; after the absolution the men will break up ; four
sentries will be stationed at the corners of the cata-
falque; the officer of the watch will be dressed in his
grand uniform, and the other officers will return to their
respective vessels.
" The streamers and colours will not be lowered by
theo rit frigates,
and
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them all night. The Fa-
vorite their streamers but keep
their colours and their flags at the tops of the masts.
v"
The body' will remain thus in the ardente chapel
until the next morning : the
cleared, and the officer of the watch will maintain silence
on deck." gaillaird d'arriere will be

EXHUMATION AND EMBARKA-
TION OF THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON
AT ST. HELENA.

ICtULARs.)
The illessa(gFeur,RTinHEsß aTtatPin4gtiat it is compelled, fur
want of . -
space., to postpone publishing the official docu-
ments relative to the exhumation, gives the following
narrative from an eye-witness of the scene •
.' The works commenced at midnight,' and were con-
tinued without relaxation for upwards of nine hours. It
was feared, that in spite of all the efforts, and the con-
tinuance of two operations set on foot simultaneously,
to reach the coffin, the greater part of the day would
elapse before the exhumation would be completed, and
that the translation must be put off until the next day,
Bat at daybreak all uneasiness on this poiet ceased'
thanks to the able directions of Captain Alexander,
and his anxiety to meet the wishes of' the French Com_
missioner. Too much praise cannot bo given to the
excellent conduct of the workmen and soldiers under his
orders, all of whom pursued their labours with indefati-
gable zeal, seeming to participate in,our feelings by si•
knee and respectful demeanour. At half-past nine in the
morning the earth was entirely removed from the vault,
all the horizontal strata of masonry demolished, and the
large slab which covered the internal sarcophagus de-
tached, and raised by means of a crane. The cemented
masonry work which inclosed the coffin on every side,
and which, during the nineteen years that have elapsed
since it was built, had suffered no• detriment, had so
preserved it from the effects of the. atmosphere and the
neighbouring spring, that at first it did not appear to
be in the slightest degree injured. mite toefOophagug in
flagstones was perfect, and could scarcely be said to flagstonese
damp. As soon its the Abbe Coquereau had recited
the first prayers, the coffin was removed with the great-
est care, and carried by the engineer soldiers bare
headed into a tent which had been PrnPured for its re-
ception near the
tomb. After the religious ceremonies
on the taking up of the body, the, inner coffins were
opened, at the request of the King
s Commissioner, in
order that Dr. Guillard might take the necessary ea-
sures for securing the mortal remains of Napoleon from
any further decomposition. The outerinost coffin was
slightly injured ; the leaden coffin was in good condition
and inclosed two others—one in wood and the other in
tin—the lids of which were taken off with the greatest
care. The last effin was lined on the inside with white
satin, which, having beating° detached by the effect of
time, had fallen upon the body, il
an- enveloped it like a
windlog :lied, adhering slightly to it.
4, It is difficult to describe with what anxiety, with
what emotions, those who were present waited for the
moment Which wag to Oleos(' to them all that death had
left of Napoleon. Notwithstanding the singular state
of preservation of the tomb and coflos, t%, could
scarcely
hope to find anything but some mis wpm remains of the
least perishable parts of the costume to evidence the
identity. But when, by the hand of Dr. Guillard, the
satin sheet was raised, an indescribable feeling of sur-
prise and affection was expressed by i
, the spectators,
most of whom burst into tears. The Emperor himself
Was before their eyes! The features of his face, though
changed, were perfectly recognised—the bands perfectly
beautiful—his well-known costume had
suffered hut
little, and the colours were easily distinguished—tile
epauletr, the decorations, and the hat,
seemed to be
entirely preserved from
decay—the attitude itself was
full of ease, and but for the fragments of the satin lining,
which covered rs with a fine gauze several parts of the
uniform, we might have believed we saw before us Napo-
leon still extended on a bed of state. General Bertrand
and M. Marchand, who were present at the interment,
quickly pointed out the different articles which each bad
deposited in the coffin, and in the precise position which
51 cy had previously described. It was even remarked
that the left hand which General Bertrand had take 1
to kiss for the last tirr e, befortt he coffin was closed Lies
still remained slightly raised. Between the legs, near

CEMBLat 5, 1840.

the hat, were the two vases which contained the heatt
and entrails.

" The two inner coffins were carefully closed again ;
the old leaden coffin was strongly blocked up with
wedges of wood, and both were once more soldered up
with the most minute precautions, under the direction
of Dr. Guillard. These different operations being ter-
minated, the ebony sarcophagus was closed as well as its
oak case. On delivering the key.of the ebony sarcophagus
to Count de Chabot, the King's Commissioner, Captain
Alexander, declared to him, in the name of the Governor,
that this coffin, containing the mortal remains of the
Emperor Napoleon, was considered as at the disposal
of the French Government, from that day and from the
moment at which it should arrive at the place of embar-
kation, towards which it was about to be sent under the
orders of General Middlemore. The King's Commis-
sioner replied that he was charged by his Government,
and in its name, to accept the coffin from the hands of
the British authorities, and that he and the other per-
sons composing the French mission were ready to fol-
low it to James Town, where the Prince de Joinville,
superior Commandant of the expedition, would be ready
to receive it and conduct it on board his frigate. A
car drawn by four horses, decked with funereal em-
blems, had been prepared befoie the arrival of the
expedition, to receive the coffin, as well as a pall, and
all the other suitable trappings of mourning. When the
sarcophagus was placed on the car, the whole was covered
with a magnificent imperial mantle brought from
Paris, the four corners of which were borne by Go-
nerals Bertrand and Gourgaud, Baron Lascases and
M. Marchand. At half-past three o'clock the funeral
car began to move, preceded by a chorister bearing
the cross, and by the Abbe Coquereau. M. de
Chabot acted as chief mourner. All the authorities
of the island, all the: principal inhabitants, and the
whole of the garrison followed in procession from the
tomb to the quay. Bat with the exception of the
artillerymen necessary to lead the horses, and occa-
sionally support the car when descending some steep
parts of the way, the places nearest the coffin were
reserved for the French mission. Goncral
Middle-
more, although in a weak state of health, persisted in
following the whole way on for), together with Gene-
ral Churchill, chief of the Staff in India, who had ar-
rived only two days before from Bombay. The immense
weight of the coffins, and the unevenness of the road, ren-
dered the utmost carefulness necessary- throughout the
whole distance. Colonel Tr-elawney commanded in per-
son the small detachment of artillerymen who conducted
the car, and, thanks to his great care, not the slightest
accident took place. From the moment of departure
to the arrival at the quay, the cannon of the forts
and the Belle Poulo fired minute guns. After an
hour's march the rain ceased for the first time since the
commencement of the operations, arid on arriving in
sight of the town we found a brilliant sky and beautiful
weather. From the morning the three French vessels
of war had assumed the usual signs of deep reentering ;
their yards crossed, and their flags lowered. Two
French merchantmen, Bonne Arnie, and Indicn, which
had been in the roads for two days, and put themse_ves
under the Prince's orders, and followed during the
ceremony all the manoeuvres of the Belle Poule. The
forts of the town and the Louses of the Consuls had
also their flags half-mast high.
" Oa arriving at. the entrance of the town, the troops
of the garrison and the militia formed in two lines as far
as the extremity of the quay, according to the order of
mourning prescribed for the English army. The men
bad their arms reversed, and the officers had crape on
their arms, with their swords reversed. All the inhabi-
tants had been kept away from the line of march, but
they lined the terraces commanding the town, and the
streets were occupied only by the troops, the 91st re-
giment being on the right., and the militia on the left.

" The co;irg,e advanced s!owly between two ranks of
soldiers to the sound of a funeral march, while the can-
nons of the forts were fired, as well as from the Ba.lle
Poule and the Dolphin, the echoes being repeated a
thousand times by tbe rocks above James Town. After
two hours' march the cortege stopped at the end of the
quay, is here the Prince de Joinville had stationed him-
self at the head of the officers of the three French ships
of war. The greatest official honours bad been ren-
dered by the English authorities to the memory of the
Emperor—the most striking testimonials of respect bad
marked the adieu given by St. Helena to his coffin ;
and from this moment the mortal remains of the Em-
peror were about to belong to France. When the
funeral car stopped, the Prince de Joinville advanced
alone, and in presence of all around, who stood with
their heads uncovered, received in a solemn manner
the imperial coffin from the hands of General Mid-
dlemorc. His Royal Highness then thanked the Go-
vernor, io the name of France, for all the testimonials
of sympathy and respect with which the authorities
and inhabitants of St. Helena had surrounded the
memorable ceremonial. A cutter had been expressly
prepared to receive the coffin. During the embarka-
tion, which the Prince directed h:mself, the bands
played funeral airs, and all the boats were stationed
round with their oars shipped. The moment the sar-
cophagus touched the cutter, a magnificent royal flag,
which the ladies of James Town had embroidered for
the occasion, was unfurled, and the Belle Poule imme-
diately squared her yards and unfurled her colours. Ali
the mancevres of the frigate were immediately fol-
lowed by the other vessels. Our mourning had ceased
with the exile of Napoleon, and the Francis naval divi-
sion dressed itself out in all its festal ornaments to re-
ceive the imperial coffin under the French flag. The
sarcophagus was covered in the cutter wish the im-
perial mantle. The Prince tie Joinville placed himself
at the rudder, Commandant Guyet at the head of the
boat ; Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud, Baron de
Las Cases, M. Marchand, and the Abbe Coquereau,
occupied the same places as during the march. Count
Chabot and Commandant Hernoux were astern, a little
in advance of the Prince. As soon as the cutter had
pushed aff from the quay, the batteries ashore fired a
salute of 24 guns, and our ships returned the sa!ute with
all their artillery. Two other salutes were fired during
the passage from the quay to the frigate, the cutter ad-
vancing very slowly, and surrounded by the other boats.
At half-past 6 o'clock it reached the Belle Poole, all the
men being on the yards with their bats in their hands.
The Prince had arranged on the deck a chapel, decked
with flags and trophies of arms, the altar being placed
at the foot of the mizen-masi. The coffin, carried by
our sailors, passed between two ranks of officers with
drawn swords, and 'vas placed on the quarter-deck.
The absolution was pronounced by the Abbe Coque-
reau the same evening. Next day, at ten o'clock, a
solemn Mass was celebrated on the deck, in presence of
the cfficers and part of the crews of the ships. His
Royal Highness stood at the foot of the coffin. The
cannon of the Favorite and Oreste fired minute-guns
during this ceremony, which terminated by a solemn
absolution ; and the Prince de Joinville, the gentlemen
of the mission, the officers, and the premiers maitres of
the ship, sprinkled holy water on the coffin. At eleven,
all the ceremonies of the church were accomplished, all
the honours done to a sovereign had been paid to the
mortal remains of Napoleon. The coffin was carefully
lowered between decks, and placed in the chapelle ardente
which had been prepared at Toulon for its reception. At
this moment the vessels fired a last salute with ail their ar-
tillery ; and the frigate took in her flags, keeping up
only her flag at the stern and the royal standard at
the maintop-gallant mast. On Sunday, the 18th, at
eight in the morning, the Belle Poulo quitted St. He-
lena with her precious deposit on board.
During the whole time that the mission remained
at James Town, the best understanding never ceased
to exist between the population of the island and the
French. The Prince of Joinville and his companions
met in all quarters and at all times with the greatest
good-will and the warmest testimonials of sympathy.
The authorities and the inhabitants must have felt, no
doubt, great regret at seeing taken away from their
island the coffin that had rendered it so celebrated, but
they repressed their feelings with a courtesy that does
honour to the frankness of their character. •
Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud, Messrs. de Chabot,
de Las: Cases, Marchand, Arthur Bertrand, the Abbe
Coquereatt, and his two acolytes, Messrs. Saint Denis,
Noverraz, Pierron, Archambault, old servants of Napo-
leon, Captains Guyet, Charner, and Doret, and Doctor
Guillard, Surgeon-Major of the Belle Poule, were
alone introduced into the reserved enclosure round the
tomb during the operations. The valley was guarded
from sunset by a detachment of soldiers of the garrison,
who had orders to keep off all persons who were not
designated by one lof the Commissioners. General
Middlemore had appointed for this duty Captain
Alexander, of the Engineers. It was this officer who,
accompained by five of the principal authorities of the
island, received the French Commissioner,.M.de;Chabot,
and the other persons sent from France, on the spot of
operation!.

GOFF'S OAK.--About five miles beyond En-
field, through Bull's Cross, and about the same distance
from the Railroad Station at Waltham, stands on Chcshunt
Common, Goff's Oak ; a formidable rival, and, certainly,
a survivor, of the far. famed Fairlop Oak, which, not malty
years since was cut down in the Forest of Hainault. A
respectable public-house is now within a few yards of the
oak. The traditionary history of this tree, inscribed under
a rude drawing of the oak at the inn, is, that the oak was
planted in the year 1060, by Sir Theodore Godfrey, or
Goff, who came over with William the Conqueror ; and
it is not improbable that some neighbouring lands, called
Cuffiey, belonged to this person at that time. The di-
mensions of the oak arc very considerable, being :20 feet in
girth 3 feet front the ground ; the trunk in hollow, and
several persons can stand in the cavity which time has
made. The venerable tree is not generally known, the
drive to the spot is truly.delightful, and few would regret
the time spent in its examination, especially in these days,
when the accurate knowledge of the ancient and true
British oak may lead to a great improvement in the plan-
tations, forests, and shipping of the United Kingdom.—
Mirrer.
FORTH AND TAY RAILWAY.--A letter from
Messrs. Gordon and Mackay, W. S., was read, requesting
the assistance of the Council in the proposed application
to Parliament for a Bill to make a railway from the Forth
to the Ta v.—Edinburgh Courant.
The Earl and Countess of Harrington, and Lady
Blanche Stanhope, arrived at Stanhope House, Whitehall,
on Thursday, frora Brighton.

" THE CHINA SUN."

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and, as a friend of mine wishes to have it, you will
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

SHERIFF'S COURT, DEC. 4.
OHM. CON.-WAKEFIELD V. *OTHERS.

This was an action for crina. con.
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Clarkson were for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Thesiger for the defendant. The damages
were laid at 2,000/. Judgment was allowed to go by
default.
Mr. l'irrwrs stated that the plaintiff was a banker
and broker, residing in Old Broad-street, and married
in May 1818, the lady who was the unfortunate subject
of this trial, and who had been religiously and elegantly
ednee.ted. They had several children, two of whom
alone survived, daughters, to deplore the wretchedness
of their father, and the guilt of their mother. About
twelve months ago there was a serious change in the
conduct of Mrs. Wakefield her temper became sour and
gloomy, and she fell into habits of conatant bickering when
remonstrated with by her husband. She was seen fre-
quently at the windows, but no suspicion was awakened.
At last slie determined to abandon her husband and chil-
dren, and then it was discovered that she had left them
for the defendant, with whom she had entered into fla-
gitious intercourse. Tee defendant had, he believed,
something to do with the Stock-market, but he was
not aware of the pecuniary circumstances in which he
was placed. Tee plaintiff, upon making the discovery,
had, as had been :lone upon an occasion which uncle a
deep impression upon the public mind, inflicted personal
chastisement upon the violator of his honour and peace,
whose crime wait aggravated by the fact that he threat-
ened to injure Mr. Wakefield by the disclosure of com-
mercial matters in which the latter was ergaged. Mr.
Phillips then ellverted to other particulars given in the
evidence, and read portions of the lettere, which we pun-
nets at length. The Learned Gentleman concluded a
most eloquent address in the following impassioned terms.
And now, Gentlemen. having heard the ease, you are to
consider the only questlort open on the pindings—viz.
what damages you should give the plaintiff—a plaintiff
steeped to the very bps in misery, witlidiet one single im-
. putatien on his character. Most deeply de I regret
' that an injured husband hes no other remedy than this.
Most deeply do I regret the legislative failure of the
great Lord Erskine, who tried to make this outrage a
criminal offence The needy wretch who steals into
your dwelling, and takes your comparatively-worthless
dress, forfeits his liberty, it may be his country, it may
be his life ; while he who plunders you of your
heart's dearest treasure, escapes, if rich, with
comparative impunity. Ought this to be so ?
The law says it ought, and we must take the law .114
we find it. The law tells you, Gentlemen, you can
give no compensation but that ef money. I wish it
had been gracious enough to point out the standard by
which you are to judge. Where is the criterion—
where is the scale by which we can weigh human hap-
piness against money ? That scale is yet to be in-
vented. I know, indeed, there is a rule, but it is a
moral, not a legal rule, by which you may be guided—l
know it is a safe rule, because I feel it is a sacred one
—" Ifo as you would be done by." Many of you, no
doubt, have the means of -so calculating—many of you,
I doubt not, are basking in the light which wedded love,
and wedded love alone, can shed—blessed with a home
'to which you return as to a haven from the
storms of life, and surrounded by children, constituting
at once your present bliss, and creating within you the
delightful hope, the consoling thought, that when you
shall have passed away yourselves, your memories and
your virtues will survive in them. Tell rip, Gentle-
men—tell me, if you can, what you would take to dis-
sipate that vision ? What would you take to desolate
that home ? What would you take to see dishonour
branded upon your partner's brow, and that dishonour
reflected on yourselves ? What would you take to see
your little children sneered at in the streets as the
spawn of an adultress? Do I insult you by the ques-
tion ? It is no question of trine. It is the
law interrogates you—that law which says you shall not
punish, but you may give compensation—compensation
for what ? For that which defies all the rules of arith-
metic—for that which outstripped even the imagination
of a Shakspeare. When that mighty poet of our nation
(I had almost said of our nature) wished to paint a
hell, he sketched the state of him

" Who dotes, yet doubts ; suspects, yet strongly loves ;"
and he could go no deeper. But here is one whose
doubts and suspicions have become dire realities, who
feels the earthquake of his happiness beneath him—who
looks around for one solitary prop to which to cling,
and sees every vision he had cherished, every hope
he had created, every bliss he had enjoyed, every
household deity, dearest and most divine, shattered to
atoms, and the hearth where they were worshipped de-
solated. And these, Gentlemen, you are called upon
to compensate. You arc to do more than that —jots
are t 3 hear the adulterer tenderly and indulgently—and
you arc to listen, forsooth, to his palliations, as if there
could be any palliation for a crime that trampled at.
once upon law and religion, and destroys man, while it
sets his Maker at defiance. Wllat arc these palliations ?
It will be said, no doubt, he has violated no hospitality.
So might a burglar say who breaks into your house by
midnight ; so might the assassin say, prepared to shed
your blood. Gentlemen, would you endure in them for
one instant the insolence of such a defence ? If this b.,
a palliation, of how many a murder has the scaffold
been the scene? But consider its danger. Are you
prepared to proclaim an indemnity to every idle stroller
of this great metropolis? Are you prepared to say to
him, Sir, you are welcome to speculate on the fidelity of
my wife. You are welcome to dog my daughters in
their walks—you arc welcome to make the sacrifice of
my household sour amusement alwayi, provided
you betray no hospitality." Or must we be driven
to the reverse of this—must we shut up our
houses ? Must we convert woman's world, her home,

into a prison? Must we emulate a Turkish barba-
rism ? Must we convert affection's tic into the chain
of the prostitute ? Thank God, we arc not reduced,
either to the tyranny or the licentiousness of that alter-
native. No; we can yet warn the profligate to keep
aloof, without infringing one single iota upon the privi-
leges of Englishman. We can, at least, warn profligacy
that if neither honour nor religion can restrain, we shall
find a protection in the morality of our Juries—we shall
find a safeguard in the bulwark of our laws. Gentle-
men, one other topic may be resorted to—the weakness
of this female may be relied on.. I admit it—l admit

it to its fullest extent. Weak, indeed, she must have
been when she could have fled her home—
that virtue consecrated and that happiness illumined—
for the rank sty of an adulterous, degradation. But
it is not in the abyss which he has dug for her, that the
defendant is to call upon you to estimate her value.
No, no, Gentlemen ; it is at a far different period. It
is at that period, to which I beg 3-out attention, when
she presided over the maternal hoard, teaching the pre.
ccpt she enforced by her example—" blessing and
blessed," the lovely centre of a happy circle—lavishing ,
around her every varied charm that beauty, and genius, ,
and accomplishment could shed. It is at that period I ,
ask you to estimate her value—it is at that period I
call on you to estimate her husband's loss. If I
am asked, then, how with all these perfections has
she fallen?—my answer is, let the defendant tell
you. lam not skilled in the necromancy of his
wickedness. 1 know not by what witchcraft he lured
the wife from her husband, the matron from her home.
I know not by what, worse than hell-craft, he stole the
the mother from her children. I:may conjecture—he
can make it certain. Gentlemen, lam not without
grounds for my conjecture, and I will tell you unfeign-
edly and candidly what they arc. I know there has
latterly been let loose amongst us a rabid doctrine call-
ing itself philosophy, which would not only re-
,
solve society into its elements, but reduce those
• life, every
very elements themselves to ruin ; and of that
doctrine, that damnable doctrine, I believe this
defendant to be an accomplished professor. Do
not take my word for it—you shall hear himself,
gentlemen. I have it in his hand-writing, when Mrs.
Wakefield no doubt had told him that some of her fe-
male relatives at Highgate had deplored that loss of
natural affection which could have induced her to de-
part from her home and children. Hear this Inns's 1
young ladies, it is too gross;
answer. " I wiil not venture to express any opinion
gsaatied that the general expres&ons
regarding
I tl a
vteh the
alwaysiiigh
about natural ties, and feelings, and affastions, were all
humbug. Do you like this word'? It is not elegant,
but it is expressive, and was a very necessary invention,
and an excellent addition to the English language., Did
you ever hear any thing so profligate, so revolting,,
almost said, so blasphemous as this?
Ihad
of the law, the
u•sdm, I t e"""'
I beg pardon of this doctrine ;
a ueil its
pretensions, and 1 thought the sacrifice' .
altar, and the throne would have satisfied '
foolishly thought so, because history told tr.e uponittis;at and
I
with human blood, the
such ruins, deluged sufficiently
foreign socialist was contented to float the ark of his
regeneration ; but here is a polisilosophy which, enthron-
ing itself on the fragments
holy instinct which binds the mother
Gentlemen. every kindredtie it.
•
gether, every
teohildthein
underneath If this be true,
is not satisfied
that binds our race to-
sympathy that sanctifies and gladdens
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