One of the principal conditions imposed by Marshal Soult on
ac. cepting the extraordinary embassy to London was, that he should demand the remains of Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington has hastened to back the application of his old opponent ; and it is affirmed that the Governor of St. Helena las been ordered to let the coffin of Napoleon be removed, and all due honours be paid to his glorious me- mory. The Prince de Joiliville is, for the first time, to assume the command of a frigate, and to repair to St. Helena, in order to convey back to France the remains of the Emperor. The young Prince is to be accompanied in his pious voyage by a soldier from every regiment in the French army. Napoleon's remains are to be deposited under the Place Vendome Column, when a religious ceremony is to take place, and to afford Louis Philip ail opportunity of receiving in a worthy manner those who received his son in Germany. It is said that the Duke of Wellington will be invited to the ceremony, as well . as one of the King of Prussia's sons—Siècle.
The gorgeous decorations of Westminster Abbey were on Wednes. day submitted for public sale by Mr. Eversfield, at the King's Arms Tavern, Palace Yard, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The attendance of purchasers was not numerous, probably owing to the little publicity given. The buyers were principally of the Jewish fraternity, and the prices obtained were much below the original cost, the whole not producing more than 400 guineas.
A serious misunderstanding has occurred, we hear, between the King of Hanover and the Duke of Cambridge, on a matter wholly unconnected with politics. The Duke of Cambridge, it appears, made an application lately to his Royal Brother for permission to oc- cupy, with his family, the apartments at Kew Palace, formerly in the occupation of the Duke and Dutcbess of Cumberland, and now used as lumber rooms for such part of his Hanoverian Majesty's furniture . and papers as he has not thought it worth while to have conveyed to Germany. The request, it appears, has met with a very unceremonious refusal, to the astonishment no less than the mortification of the Royal Duke.— Courier.
Upwards of ten thousand persons were present at the Polish (Coe given yesterday at the Beulah Spa Gardens. The profits are to be devoted to the relief of the Poles now in England. Strauss's band s and all the principal vocalists from the Italian Opera gave their ser- vices gratuitously.
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