will:--"I die prematurely, assassinated by the English oligarchy
and its deputy; the English nation will not be slow in avenging
me."

Well, it is requested that his ashes shall be given up to France so
that peace may prevail. And now follows the great act of
condescension:--

"MY LORD,--Her Majesty's Government having taken into
consideration the request made by the French Government for an
authorisation to remove the remains of the Emperor Napoleon from
St. Helena to France, you are instructed to inform M. Thiers
that Her Majesty's Government will with pleasure accede to the
request. Her Majesty's Government entertains hopes that its
readiness to comply with the wish expressed will be regarded in
France as a proof of Her Majesty's desire to efface every trace
of those national animosities which, during the life of the
Emperor, engaged the two nations in war. Her Majesty's
Government feels pleasure in believing that such sentiments, if
they still exist, will be buried for ever in the tomb destined
to receive the mortal remains of Napoleon. Her Majesty's
Government, in concert with that of France, will arrange the
measures necessary for effecting the removal.

--(Signed) PALMERSTON."

One of the chief features of this State document is its veiled
condition that in consideration of H.B.M. Government giving up the
remains of Napoleon, it is to be understood that every _trace_ of
national animosity is to be effaced. Another is, now that his mortal