The Commander of the Altair The funeral of Commander Andre Emile Barbitre, formerly in command of the French sloop Altair, took place on Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at the French Cemetery. Commander Barbidre died suddenly on Sunday morning at the Hospital Sainte Marie at the age of 44 years. He had been ill only a few days.
Out of respect to the deceased the flags on the French sloop Altair and the gunboat Balny have been at half mast since Sunday. Other foreign ships in the harbour also half-masted on Tuesday—the British Italian and the Japanese.
'A funeral service was. first performed at t Cathedral by the Reverend Father de Chalain after which the mourners proceeded to the French Cemetery. Squads of seamen marched before and after ihe had been connected with the
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