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THE MIRROR
Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Saturday, September 12, 1840
DISINTERMENT OF NAPOLEON'S REMAINSJAMESTOWN, ST. HELENA
Probably ere this Number meets the eye of the reader, the rock of St. Helena will have again become a scene of powerful interest that of the disinterment of the remains of the once mighty general, NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE to be entombed beneath the cupola of the Church of the Invalides, in Paris. In order that this purpose might be accomplished, the French government voted two millions of francs to defray the necessary expenses, and commissioned the King's son, Prince de Joinville, to proceed to St. Helena; accordingly, he sailed about the 10th of last June, with the Belle Poule, Favorite, and Papin steamer; and it is expected they will return to France about the end of next month.
Having been kindly favoured by a talented Correspondent with a View
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