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.  But with the exception of the artillerymen necessary to lead the horses, and occasionally support the car when descending some steep parts of the way, the places nearest the coffin were reserved for the French mission.  General Middlemore, although in a weak state of health, persisted in following the whole way on foot, together with General Churchill, chief of the staff in India, who had arrived only two days before from Bombay.  The immense weight of the coffins, and the unevenness of the road, rendered the utmost carefulness necessary throughout the whole distance.  Colonel Trelawney commanded in person 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 cannons of the forts and the ‘Belle Poule’ fired minute-guns.  After an hour’s march the rain ceased for the first time since the commencement of the operations, and 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 mourning:  their yards crossed and their flags lowered.  Two French merchantmen, ’Bonne Amie’ and ‘Indien,’ which had been in the roads for two days, had put themselves under the Prince’s orders, and followed during the ceremony all the manoeuvers of the ‘Belle Poule.’  The forts of the town, and the houses of the consuls, had also their flags half-mast high.

“On 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 for mourning prescribed for the English army, the men had their arms reversed and the officers had crape on their arms, with their swords reversed.  All the inhabitants 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 Regiment being on the right and the militia on the left.  The cortege advanced slowly between two ranks of soldiers to the sound of a funeral march, while the cannons of the forts were fired, as well as those of the ‘Belle Poule’ and the ‘Dolphin;’ the echoes being repeated a thousand times by the rocks above James Town.  After two hours’ march the cortege stopped at the end of the quay, where the Prince de Joinville had stationed himself at the head of the officers of the three French ships of war.  The greatest official honors had been rendered by the English authorities to the memory of the Emperor—­the most striking testimonials of respect had marked the adieu given by St. Helena to his coffin; and from this moment the mortal remains of the Emperor were about to belong to France.  When the funeral-car stopped, the