The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-09 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON.

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FURTHER PROCEEDINGS FOR THE TRANS-
PORT OF THE REM AIMS OF NAPOLEON.
The Ministerial Evening Journal announces that the
ceremony of the translation of the remains of Napoleon
will positively take plate on Tuesday, the 13th inst. We
collect from various sources the following particulars rola.: tlve to the approaching cereffiony
When the body lets es Cherbourg, the coffin will tie
placed on the quarter-deck of the Nottnandie, t&ered with
the richly-embroidered imperie! rtantle, and an altar viii
be raised at the foot Or the miienmast. A dome or canopy
will be placed over the deck to protect the boffin froth the
weather, and wax-tapers and lamps *itf be t-eivt t.),4ning
round. Imperial eagles in silVer will font part of the
decorations, T
namndi he cortege is to be composed of the Nor. steamer, bearing the Ca'tacalilu: and hods., at=
tended by the Velum et tl Courrier steamers. At flavre
the Velma is to he relieved by the Seine steamer and at
Romer., the catafalque, with the coffin,e transhipped
on board the '!,amps steamer, three steamers from Paris
will then accompany this boat up to Courbevoi. It it
saill id
om that, if the weather continues faVotitables the dletge
wmence its movonntt lil a few days, Four
hundred men of the crews of the Belle Pottle and
Favorite are to form part of the fttneral prottriSion.
The whole of the regiments statietted within the first milis
tary division, which comprises the Departments of the
seine, Seine et Oise,
othet divisions will send deputations
and Seine et Marne, will be present
at the funeral. The
from all the regiments which are quartered Within each.
These deputations will severally be coMPose Colonel,
a Chef de Bataillon or d'Eseadren, a Captain, a Lieute-
nant, a Sub•Lientenent, a Non• Commissioned Officer, a
Corporal or Brigadier, end two privates. All the officers
below the Colonels will be selected 'retarding to seniority.
Those deputations, rts,rehing
according to the number of
the division whente they come, will have their standards
at
he their bea, and be led by the Generals in b;'t respec
tive divisio n icns. The ithOIC of the National
Guards of Paris and the Banlicue will also be called
upon to take
lowing is an epitome of part of the programme of the rib-
-I).'rt (1 the solemnities of the day. The fol.
ccss:on. At the head will march all the regiments of the
I first division with their bands and colours, all the clergy
of Paris, all the old soldiers wearing the uniform of the
empire, the Marshals of the empire escorting the Em-
peror's s Nord, his insignia of the Legion of Honour, and
the Five Codes printed in letters of gold, the standards of
the deputations from the several military divisions, the
banners of the 86 departments, the civil and military
schools, the diplomatic corps, the Chambers of Peers and
Deputies; the Council of State, the Municipal Council,
the Magistracy, the Bar of Paris, &e. It is stated that
Mozart's Requiem will be perforated during the ceremony
by the following artistes :—Tcnors—Nlessrs. Rubini, Du-
prez, Alexis, Dupont, and Masset. Bassi—Messrs. Le-
vasseui, Lablache, Tamburini, and Alizard. Soprani—
Mules. Cinti-Damoreau, Grisi, Persiani, and Dorus-Gras.
Contralti—Mmes. Garcia Viardot, Eugenie Garcia, Al-
bertazzi, and Stols. The chorus department is to com-
prise the other principal vetalists of Paris.