TION OF THE DAYS OF JULY.
"To-day (Saturday), funeral ceremonies, in honor of the victims of July,
were held in the various edifices consecrated to public worship.
"These edifices, with the exception of some churches (especially that
of the Petits-Peres), were uniformly hung with black on the outside; the
hangings bore only this inscription: 27, 28, 29 July, 1830--surrounded
by a wreath of oak-leaves.
"In the interior of the Catholic churches, it had only been thought
proper to dress LITTLE CATAFALQUES, as for burials of the third and
fourth class. Very few clergy attended; but a considerable number of the
National Guard.
"The Synagogue of the Israelites was entirely hung with black; and a
great concourse of people attended. The service was performed with the
greatest pomp.
"In the Protestant temples there was likewise a very full attendance:
APOLOGETICAL DISCOURSES on the Revolution of July were pronounced by the
pastors.
"The absence of M. de Quelen (Archbishop of Paris), and of many members
of the superior clergy, was remarked at Notre Dame.
"The civil authorities attended service in their several districts.
"The poles, ornamented with tri-colored flags, which formerly were
placed on Notre Dame, were, it was remarked, suppressed. The flags
on the Pont Neuf were, during the ceremony, only half-mast high, and
covered with crape."
Et caetera, et caetera, et caetera.
"The tombs of the Louvre were covered with black hangings, and adorned
with tri-colored flags. In front and in the middle was erected an
expiatory monument of a pyramidical shape, and surmounted by a funeral
vase.
"These tombs were guarded by the MUNICIPAL GUARD, THE TROOPS OF THE
LINE, THE SERGENS DE VILLE (town patrol), AND A BRIGADE OF AGENTS OF
POLICE IN PLAIN CLOTHES, under the orders of peace-officer Vassal.
"Between eleven and twelve o'clock, some young men, to the number of
400 or 500, assembled on the Place de la Bourse, one of them bearing a
tri-colored banner with an inscription, 'TO THE MANES OF JULY:' ranging
themselves in order, they marched five abreast to the Marche des
Innocens. On their arrival, the Municipal Guards of the Halle aux
Draps, where the post had been doubled, issued out without arms, and the
town-sergeants placed themselves before the market to prevent the entry
of the procession. The young men passed in perfect order, and without
saying a word--only lifting their hats as they defiled before the tombs
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