It_will doubtless be remembered that Yel Yuan-tung, a secretary of the Chine Legation at Paris, died at that city in December. His body arrived at Shanghai by the M.M. Co.'s steamer Sindh, and was removed from the wharf where the steamer lay yesterday morning. About half-past eleven a procession was formed. First of all went two men bearing white lanterns, then two others bore between them a long tablet made of blue paper and bamboo some twelve or fifteen feet long, on which was a long inscription in red, yellow, and silver characters. Immediately behind them walked two men with thick ropes, apparently of bamboo, which were burning. Thirty-three white wooden fans with blue and red characters inscribed thereon were carried by as many boys. Ten runners followed with swords and halberds. Behind an umbrella with two folds rode a horseman; then came four yellow fans, and twenty more men with weapons of various descriptions. A bamboo chair decorated with orange-coloured paper was carried before six priests clothed in red robes with deep blue borders. Another chair similar to the first, but with red paper instead of orange-coloured came next, and behind it six priesta with pink robes, and carrying in their hands small banners consisting of two narrow strips of blue silk, with one of white between them, with characters inscribed on them. The third chair preceded a horseman dressed in white; behind him were boys beating gongs, and a large um-lirella with three folds. Four runners dressed in white walked before the official chair of the deceased secretary, carried by four bearers, Then came some of his relatives, his three sons first. Behind each was carried a large white fan. They \.ere all supported on both sides by other mourners, The youngest walked first, he was apparently about six years old; eldest came last of the three: he appeared to be about fifteen, and the other seemed to be about ten years old. The coffin was contained in a large bier borne by sixteen bearers, all of whom wore green plumes in their hats. 'The bier was covered on the top with a scarlet covering, and surmounted by an effigy of a stork, From the centre of the top were arranged pieces of silk of red, green, blue, white, orange, and pink. " They' hung over the edge of the covering and were Aecorated with rosettes. The six panels on each sides of the bier and the two at each end had pictures and inscriptions painted on them. The case containing the coffin was covered with red cloth. Behind it came six chairs, in which rode female mourners. On leaving the wharf the procession went along Broadway, Hong-ow, over the Garden Bridge, along Soochow Road to Szechuen Road, then: up Ningpo Road, to Honan Road, and along Canton Rord. A short distance up the Canton Road the coffin stopped, and a table with food on it, with two red can-les burning, was sot in the middle of the road. White cloths were spread on the ground in front of the table and on the right-hand side of it. The three sons knelt on the right hand side and two or three officials who formed part of the procession prostrated themselves before the table and the coffin, and afterwards before the three boys who were already prostrate on their kneeling-cloth. This operation was repeated shortly afterwards in thesamerosd, once in the Fuhkien Road, and once in the Nanking Road, From the Maloo, the procession went along Honan Road, over the Soochow Creek, down Tien-dong Road, along Miller Road and thence out through the fields to a building at Dan-Kao-gyiao belonging to a silk guild, in which were alrendy a large number of coffins. Here the cage containing the corpse was taken out of the bier, and when it had been carefully placed in position, a table with green candles on it was placed at its head, and the ceremonies usual on such oe: casiona then took place, being performed by the relatives and friends of the deceased official. A blue tablet with gilt characters about two feet and a half high was placed on the table, as was also a considerable quantity of fruits, meat, fish, ete., and almost the same observances took place that had occurred in the sons and male friends had acts of worship, the wife and sister of the deceased and the female mourners followed their example. It waa stated that early in the approaching (Chinese) year, the body would be removed to Nanking.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.