The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-06 00:00:00

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22, 23, AND 24 FEYRIER."
Tricoloured flags were floating from the public
buildings and many private houses.
At the end of every street leading to the Boule-
vards lines of National Guards prevented the pas-
sage of vehicles of every description, and when their
own turn came to take part in the procession, they
gave the word, the people opened their dense mass, as
if by magic, and the vacant place in the corage was
occupied.

About one o'clock the funeral ceremony at the
Madeleine had concluded, and the procession began
to move. A vast body of mounted National Guards
led the van, with band at head and tri-coloured ban-
ner flying. The drums and trumpets were all
covered with crape, and crape streamers were at-
tached to every flag-staff used in the ceremony.
At ter the above-named body came a squadron of
the horse National Guard, a squadron of dragoons,
and a squadron of cuirassiers each of these
bodies played marches or the heroic airs of
the day the masters of the ceremonies of
the Pompes Funebres, the bands of the first six
legions of the National Guard, headed by their
drums, a company of the first and second battalions
of each legion, composed of National Guards in
uniform and not in uniform, commanded by the
colonel, and between each legion a company of
infantry of the army. After these came the Or-
pheonists, a musical body, taught to sing in masses
by the methode Wilhem ; they bore a banner with
their name inscribed, and were followed by another
with a flag bearing the words " Societe Musicale."
Both of these parties sang occasionally during the
course of their passage, and the effect was admirable.
Next came the employes of the different railways,
with flags. After them came the clergy of the
Madeleine in six mourning carriages, preceding six
hearses, each containing several bodies of the victims.
Immense faisceaux of tri colored flags were displayed
from each corner, and the cords from the four corners
of the bier were held each by a National Guard.
From each hearse floated a flag bearing the words
Victimes de Fe crier." As this part of the cortege
passed every head was uncovered, and the deepest
silence was observed.

A body of National Guards followed, and after
them came a cabriolet drawn by a white horse, and
bearing a flag with the inscription Victimes Politiques.
In the vehicle were seated two men, both evidently
in bad health. One was said to be BARBES, and the
other a man named HUBERT. The former was an
uncommonly fine man though worn away by illness
and suffering. Behind the cabriolet followed about
ten or a dozen men of various ages, all coining under
the same category of political victims. No group
throughout the day attracted so much attention as
this. After them came a large body of National
Guards, with immortelles at the end of their muskets;
then the representatives of the various trades and
callings. Then came the municipalities of the arron-
dissements, preceded by the families of the victims,
men, women, and children. Then advanced the
judges and other heads of the various law tribunals
in their black robes and red caps; then next the
medical body ; the freemasons, with a variety of
banners symbolical of their craft' the staff of the
National Guard, of the Ist military division, and of
the Place ; a company of the 3d and 4th battalions
of each legion, composed of National Guards, com-
manded by the Lieutenant-Colonel, and a company
of infantry of the army between each legion.
After these came a part of the procession which
excited universal interest—namely, the schools. They
consisted of the pupils of the Polytechnic establish•
ment, of St. Cyr, of the Marine, and the schools of.

Medicine and of Law ; the two last out of uniform.
After these came along such of the Ns oun&d as
could bear the fatigue of the day ; they were all,
without exception, young men. They were followed
by the triumphal car of liberty, drawn by eight
white horses. It was a lofty vehicle, perhaps fifteen
to twenty feet high, divided into several compart-
ments, placed on each other, and the whole sur-
mounted with a gilt hand, holding the index and
second finger erect, and the rest closed. The lower
part of the cur was covered with crimson velvet,
ornamented with gold, and bearing wreaths of laurel
at the corners. Immense tricoloured flags were hung
out from each corner, and the centre compartment
bore the word Patric. Laurel was profusely dis-
tributed over every part of the vehicle, as well as on
the harness at the horses' heads. The housings which
the latter bore were of crimson velvet and gold to
match the car. After this came a large body of
mounted National Guards ; then a number of troops
of the line, the horse artillery, the Punts- et-Chaus-
sees, and at last the Provisional Government and the
Ministers, preceded and followed by the fasces of the
Republic. This part of the procession was most
anxiously regarded, but nothing could be more
simple thin their appearance. M. GARMZR PAGES,
in his quality of Mayor of Paris, and some of the
other gentlemen, wore a tricoloured scarf, but the
rest were without any distinctive mark. A squadron
of the Horse National Guard and a squadron of
cavalry of the army closed the procession.
The National Guard which formed the line at
each side, in the centre of the Boulevard from the
Madeline to the Place de la Bastile, placed itself at
the end of the procession, according as its turn came
on. The whole time occupied by the passing of this
immense cortege was within a few minutes of three
hours.

When the procession arrived at the Bastile the
troops filed off to each side, and the ceremony of
depositing the remains of the victims of February by
the side of those of the victims of July, under the
column of the Place, took place. Several orations
were made by the members of the Provisional Go-
vernment and others, which concluded the ceremony.
Not the least disorder occurred during the whole day.
The Minister of the Interior has sent an order to
the director of the museum of the Louvre for the
opening of the exhibition of 1848 within a fortnight.
All works sent in this year are to be received without
exception. All the artists are to assemble at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts on the sth, at twelve o'clock, to
name a commission of forty members, viz., fifteen
painters, eleven sculptors, five engravers, five archi-
tects, and four lithographers, to assist the directors Of
the museum in placing the works to be exhibited.

The Moniteur publishes another decree, which
will be read with universal satisfaction in England.
Slavery is to be abolished at once. The following is
the decree :

!'FRENCII REPUBLIC.
"LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY.
" The Provisional Government of the Republic,
considering that no French land should any longer
bear slaves,
"
"A commission is instituted under the Provisional
Minister of Colonies and the Marine, to prepare,
within the shortest delay, the Act for the immediate
emancipation of the slaves in all the colonies of the.
Republic. " F. AR AGO.

"Pari,, March 4."
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIG- RAIL:-WAYS AT Till.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARcx

Boulogne and Amiens, 9—Namur and ~iege, 43/4 ex int.
Northern of France, 5!4 —Paris and Lyons, 2%—Sombre
and Meuse, 6.

FEARFUL CONFLICT AT THE FEEJF,E ISLANDS,—
EIGHT lIUNDRED KILLED.—By the arrival of the
S)duty mail we are informed of a most severe batik
having taken place on the 4th Sptelliber, at the
Islands, between the chiefs and the people of Allmu mid
Rena, in which the latter were ( eteuted, but escaped
with a number of their adherents to Juva harbour, about
seven miles west of Rena Roads, where they intended to
settle, all the habitations of Rena being burnt to the
ground by the chiefs of Albau. The ,number slain on
both sides amounted to upwards of eight hundred, the
bodies of whom still remained exposed there. Fortu-
nately for the missionaries, the scene of warfare occurred
at some distance from their location.

We are informed that the Emperor of Russia ie
seriously indisposed.;