Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
T From the .N-csc York .T0arHGi If Commerce..
THE REMAINS OF NAPOIEnN.

THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON.
By the whaling bark Blackstone, at Mystic, Conn.,,
we have received from correspondent at ST. Helena,
long and interesting account OF the disinterment OF
the remains of Napoleon aud the incidents connected
Herewith. We have already published general state
ment of the occurrence together with an announce
of the fact that the remains OF the deceased I'm
pcror had arrived in France.
Correspondence Of Tic Journal Of Commerce.
ST. HELEyA, Nov. =, 1910.
On the Sth Of October, arrived at ST. Helena His
most Christian Maesys frgate Belle Poule COM
manded by His Royal llighness the Prince de Join
Vile, and Il NJ c. NJ. sIoop the Favorite, Captain
Guyer) from France, bringing Come de Chabot,
Lieutenant General Bertrand, Lieutenant General
Gourgaud, Baron de Las Casas, Monsieur Marchand,
Monsieur Bertrand, and four OF Napoleon former Do
mestcs (alonseurs St. Dennis, Noverrax, Archam-
bault, and Pieron) There also on board for the
occasion, Monsieur Liable Felix Coquereau CHAP
lain,) and Doctor Gulard, and Monsieur lie Rou Qhe
Plumber y
As soon as the "Bele Ponle let 90 her anchor, she
was visited BY the authorities of the place, who paid
their respects to His Royal 1ighness Immediately af-
ter the Frigate saluted BY her b. Maestys Bri-
gan,ne Dolphin, then lying at anchor which was in
santly returned. The Frgate sa!uled the Fort, and
it answered. On the following morning al
IL o'clock His Royal Highness landed under a salute
from the Belle Poule and Dolphin his reaching
the landing place. the Fort sau,ed him, which was re-
turned by the Frgate At the moment of putting his
foot upon the Shore His Royal Hghness and suite were
of guard of honor. On reaching the Castle, His Roy
al Highness introduced to all the military and civil
functonaries, and the principal Inhabitants In about
half an hour after this, carriages having been provided
the occasion, His Royal Highness and suite started
off for the Tomb and Long Wood, from which they
turned in about five hours, when they rested for u
short time at the Castle taking some slight refresh.
,nents, and shortly after returned to the frigate.
On the following day the Prince and suite landed
and paid another visit the Castle which place he
ny he n
at Government expense His Royal Ilighness's Band
attended, which performed in the most superior style
10 the qualification Of q large multitude of PERSONS
At about II o'clock that night, His Royal Highness
returned on board On the 10th, the Prince dned with
His Excellency the Governor, at Plantation House
On the llth, His Royal Highness remained on board
and so also, Sunday the 18th, and on Monday the
18th On this last named day, His Royal Highness
and his officers were invited to dine with the officers
of Her Majesty's DIST Regiment, at the Mess House
but the Prince not feeling well, did not attend On
the following day, the French officers Of the Favor
lite and Of Ii. NJ. G. NJ Brig Oreste bound for Buenos
Ayres) dned at that Mess, and the day his
ROYAL lighness entertained select party board the
Relic Poule On the above day was landed from the
Belle Puule splendid Sarcophagus brought from
France TO deposit the remains of Napoleon in which
md the Hearse, sent up TO the Tomb the fol
LOVING day. with rich and most superb Pail, which
was also brought for the OCCASION On the 18th Lieu
tenant and 40 rank and file of the ii. NJ DIST regimen
proceeded from Town to guard the Tomb, and to re
main there during the exhumatlon.
The process of the opening OF the Tomb commenced
at half past l2 o'clock, A. NJ, the 18th, in solemn
" and silence, when the following named persons
were present, viz on the part Of France Ferdinand
Augustus dc Rohan Chabot, Knight of the Royal Or
der of the Legion Of Honor, Secretary of Embassy
Commissioner virtue of full powers intrusted to him
by his Majesty Louis Philippe TO preside in the
and on the part Of France q, the cxhumaton and re
,noval of the mortal remains the hero buried pro
pore in ST. Helena, and at their delivery by Great Br
tain by the determination of the two Governments
likewise, Lieutenant General lie Comte Bertrand Lieut.
General Monsieur lie Baron Gourgaud, Abide CAM
10 the King Of the French; Monsieur lie Baron de Las
Casas Member of the Chamber of the Deputies; Mon
aeur Morchaud Executor to Napoleon; Monsieur Ar
thur Bertrand; Monsieurs ST. Dennis, Archambaut
Pierron and Noverrax the former domestics of Napo
leon at St. Heena Monsieur Liable, Felix Coque
reou Chaplain the occasion from France; Captain
Guyer of the sloop La Favor &c; Capt Doret, of the
brig "Orese;' Captain of the irigate Ia Belle Poule
and Dr. Guard, sent for the specific occasion at the
.xhumaton, with the Plumber Monsieur lie Ron. Also
were present the British Commissioner, Capt Charles
G. Alexander, of the Royal Engineers, who depu.
led such by his Excellency the Governor Major &c
neral Middemore, Companion Of the Bath, the latter
being nnwell not to be able at early hour,
to attend,-his habitaon at Plantation House being
distant from the Tomb at least FIVE miles His Honor
Chief Justice Wilde n member of the ST. Helena
Counc;-The Honorable Colonel FL. Trelawney, CON-
manding the Royal Artillery, also member of the
Council Lieutenant Colonel Hodson, Junior member
OF the Council; the Commanding Officer of the St.
Helena Militia; the Colonial Secretary, Mr.. Andrew
Darling, who had superintendent Napoleon's Furniture,
and present at his burial, and the Commanding
Lieutenant Of n small schooner Of War, also the
workmen to be employed in performing the task Of
taking up the remains.
The tomb was at this time, in the presence of the
above named persons, found as entire and perfect it
was Immediately after the nterment of Napoleon, on
the 9th May, 1921. The first thing removed was the
iron railing which encompassed the top part ofthe tomh
and the stone coping in which il had been inserted
The surface occupied space Of about II feet by g
Covered with three slabs of Portland stone, half foot
in thickness, resting upon masonry embraced by iron
bands These slabs were displaced little before two
o'clock Immediately was exposed to view wall,
being the four sides Of the vault foot inches thick
width the vault feet inches, depth II feet length
feet Under the three slabs there vacuum of6 inch
es When the earth taken away there was solid lay
er of Roman cement the extent of feet 10 inches
In short time this was all taken away, by much
ertion, with chisels The commissioners all the time
watchful, with number Of lighted laniborns then de-
scended as far The progress othe work would allow
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