I had made a vow not to say a syllable on the subject, although I have seen, with my neighbours, all the gingerbread stalls down the Champs Élysées, and some of the ‘catafalques’ erected to the memory of the heroes of July, where the students and others, not connected personally with the victims, and not having in the least profited by their deaths, come and weep; but the grief shown on the first day is quite as absurd and fictitious as the joy exhibited on the last. The subject is one which admits of much wholesome reflection and food for mirth; and, besides, is so richly treated by the French themselves, that it would be a sin and a shame to pass it over. Allow me to have the honour of translating, for your edification, an account of the first day’s proceedings--it is mighty amusing, to my thinking. CELEBRATION OF THE DAYS OF JULY ‘To-day (Saturday), funeral ceremonies, in honour 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-Pères), 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 Quélen (Archbishop of Paris), and of many members of the superior clergy, was remarked at Nôtre Dame. ‘The civil authorities attended service in the several districts. ‘The poles, ornamented with tricoloured flags, which formerly were placed on Nôtre 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 cætera, et cætera, et cætera. ‘The tombs of the Louvre were covered with black hangings, and adorned with tricoloured 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.