The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

HER 3IAJESTYS VISIT TO PARIS.

THE ALLIED CAMP ON THE TCHERNAYA.
AUG: 14.
Since I last wrote part of the reinforcements which
the Russians were expecting have arrived,—at least
positive intelligence has been received of the arrival of
a division of Grenadiers. In consequence of this intelli-
gence we are more than over on the alert; but as these
newly arrived troops are concentrated, at least for the
present, in and about Sebastopol, if there is an attack at
all it seems to be intended rather against our works in
front than against the Tchernaya line. It was, never-
theless, thought prudent to keep a part at least of the
,rior on the Tcherna)a under arms during the last two
nights, and ready fur aey sudden emergency. More-
over, the Sardinians made yesterday morning a recon-
,naissance over the plateau on the ether side of the Tcher-
naya and on the banks of the Tchouliou, but without
encountering any trace of the enemy. The distance,
however, from Sebastopol over the Mackenzie ridge is
so small that troops could come in one night from it to
the Tchernaya.
The English cavalry, which was encamped in the valley
of Baid,r, yesterday received sudden orders to return,
but the French are still there collecting hay and making
excursions to the villas on the seaside towards Aloupka.
The-'e beautiful summer residences of the Russian nobi-
lity have long been spared our visits, but they could not
altogether escape their fate. The Turks, with the ex
ception of Bashi-Bazouks and Arnauts, of whom there
are none here, are not much given to roam about ; so
while they were in the neighbourhood of Baidar the
country-houses on the seaside along the Woronzoff road
escaped altogether. The Turks contented themselves
with exploring the immediate neighbourhood. Baidar
itself and the other villages in the valley afford little in
the shape of booty. Moreover, the Turks in general
make it a point not to plunder their co-religionists, and
the inhabitants of the valley are mostly Mahomme-
dans. But they found out a little country-house on
the seashore called Laspi, where an old French doctor,
who had been established for many years in Rus-
sia, was living with his family ; and one fine morn-
ing a complaint was made to the French General-ina
Chief by his countryman that five Turkish soldiers had
come to pay a visit to Lapsi. They were received and
fed like gnests, but' before going away they asked for
madjar (Hungarian ducats, the best known foreign
money among the Turks.) The old doctor, .who of
course understood nothing of their language but the
woid madjar, thought it was nothing more than a polite
inquiry about his nationality ; and, wishing to rectify
the supposed mistake of his guests, he pointed to the
French cockade which he had, by a wise precaution,
fixed on his cap, in order not to be mistaken for a Rus-
sian, saying at the same time "Ft ancais, Francais."
But when one of the/soldiers took hold of his watch and
chain, and when the others began to search the ladies,
he was soon aware that it was he, and not the Turks,
who had made the mistake. A blow with the butt-end
of a musket left hini no doubt that resistance was use-
less, and the soldiers departed after having carried
away, 'according to his account, objects to the value
of about 2001. General Pelissier, on the complaint of
the French doctor, addressed a complaint to the Turkish
head-quarters, in order to have things investigated, and
the guilty punished. The answer was that the Turks
had the strictest orders not to plunder, and that any
supposition to the contrary was an insult to their cha-
racter ; that the marauders could not have been Turkish
soldiers ; and that the dress and flint muskets, which
exist only in the Turkish army, must have been bor-
rowed or taken in order to make people believe that they
were Turkish soldiers—and thus the affair remained. The
old doctor retired to Baidar, and the ladies went over to
the Russians.
But this was an isolated case. Since the French and
English cavalry have occupied the valley the visits to
the country-houses have become' much more systematic.
The Russians, having entirely withdrawn from the
coast up to Yalta, having only isolated Cossack patrols
about, the whole row of country-houses on the shore
has been opened to enterprising individuals, and
every morning you could see arabas and pack-horses
coming over the Wolonzoff-road into Baidar, loaded
with the most heterogeneous objects ; chairs, beds,
crockery, carpets, pictures, albums, ladies' work-baskets,
embroidered cushions, cooking utensils, wine, and hun-
dreds of other things were brought back and sold all
along the road. In order to put a stop to these excur-
sions
an Et glish cavalry picket was stationed at the
archway which is erected on the highest point of the
Woronzoff road, just before it begins to descend towards
the sea, and nobody was allowed to enter except with a
pass. But this merded things only half—that is to say,
no English soldier would indulge in a roaming disposi-
tion ; but French marauders as before came, duly pro-
vided with a pass, and returnee with as much plunder as
they could possibly carry.
-usual style was a string
of pack-horses, mules,• or carts, with half a dozen camp
followers of the worst description, and escorted by a
couple of soldiers. The thing seems to hare been quite

PARIS, AUGUST 26.
The Emperor, accompanied by Prince Albert and the
Prince of Wales, set off yesterday morning at about
half-past ten to visit the Ecole de Tir at Vincennes,
placed under the direction of General Repond. The
Emperor and the Prince were in plain clothes. At the
gate of Tourelle they were received by Generals Lahitte,
Morin, Auvit, and Repond, attended by a numerous
staff. A char-k-banes, containing the officers of service
of the Emperor and several English officers, followed
the Imperial carriage. The Imperial party proceeded
straight to the Polygon, and the exercise commenced
with Minie rifles at a distance of about 400 yards. The
average was about six shots out of ten hitting the
mark. Mortar firing followed, and was considered by
the officers present to be excellent ; and then some siege
pieces were tried; Which ever° likewise very successful.
A Swedish piece, loading by the breech, was remark-
ably good. The fire cf grenades and d richochet with
siege-mortars ended the exp-riments, which laeted about
an boor. The Emperor, whose -intimate iiiermaintenee
with this branch of the service ierNirell known, frequently
expressed his approbation. Prince Albert conversed
for some time with General Morin. At twelve o'clock.
the Emperor led the way to the castle, which was hand-
somely dressed out, and visited every part of it, but
with great rapidity. At about half-past twelve the
Imperial party 'eft the Vincennes, and arrived at the
Tuileries about one. The Emperor and the Prince were
received along the whole distance most warmly by the
population, particularly in the Faubourg St. Antoine,
which was dressed out meet gaily, every house display-
ing some banner, drapery, or device. The acelamatinne
were most enthusiastic. When the Emperor reached
the Tuileries the Queen had already arrived there from
St Cloud, and after lunch the Emperor, the Queen,
Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess
Royal, proceeded without escort to the Exhibition
I Palace.

On arriving there the illustrious party were received
by Pi ince Napoleon • M. Fould, Minister of State ; M.
Baroche, Vice-President of the C buncil of State ; Count
de Morny, President of the Legislative Body ; M.
Arlbe-Dufour, Secretary of the Imperial Commission,
M. Le. Play, Commissary-General ; and a number of
members of the Imperial Commission and of Foreign
jurymen—also by Mr. Cole, Mr. Redgrave, Captain
Fowke, ILE , and other gentlemen of the English Com-
mission. Her Mejesty and the Prince were attended by
the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Abercorn,
the Hon. Col. Phipps, Sir James Clark, &c. As the
Queen, who leaned on the Emperor's arm, entered, a
military band played " God save the Queen !" and her
Majesty graciously saluted the persons assembled. The
Queen wore a barege dress of is light green colour, and a
white bonnet. Although, as on the first visit, only
holders of season tickets and exhibitors were admitted,
the Palace was thronged • but the crowd was not so
great, and the measures taken for preventing confusion
were more satisfactory, though still not so complete as
they might have been.
The Emperor led her Majesty through the transept
into the shed containing carriages, and then into that
occupied by agricultural productions and imple-
ments. Her Majesty examined the agricultural pro-
ductions with some interest. Here Prince Albert
and the Prince of Wales quitted their Majesties and
went to visit the Annexe, containing the machinery
and natural and manufactured productions. The
Emperor afterwards conducted the Queen up the
great staircase in the passage leading to the Panorama,
and, on arriving at the top of it, drew her attention to
a large and very peculiar specimen of clock- work, eye•
cited bya simple workman, indicating the hours, days of
the month, &c. Her Majesty then let eceded to descend
the English department, passing by the photographs,
the Irish prplins, &c., until she reached the East India
courts. Afterwards her Majesty inspected with con-
siderable interest the specimens of gold and other pro-
ductions of the Australian colonies on the staircase, and
complithented the Australian commissioner on them.
Her Majesty next passed successively through the
'Egyptian, Tunisian, and Tuscan exhibitions, and
then proceeded to the balustrade of the Transept, where,
with the Emperor, she stopped a minute or two to ad-
mire the magnificent scene beneath. Next the Queen
went to the cases containing the productions of the
English silversmiths, and noticed particularly those of
Hunt and Rosk ell, and the diamonds of Hancock. Her
Majesty afterwards went right through the English de-
partment, and quitted It by the cases containing philo-
eophicae instruments. Her Majesty next entered the Bel-
gian exhibition, which she inspected with some care; then
passed through that of Aust• ia, and then visited that of
Prussia, where her Majesty stayed to admire the splendid
album presented to the Prince of Prussia by the Rhenish
provinces. The Queen afterwarls went through the
colectione of Saxony, Wurtemberg, Beearia, and
a moment to notice the handsome furni-
ture of the latter The Danish, Swedish, Norwegian,
and Dutch collections were next hastily inspected, and
the Japan collection excited her Majesty's special no
tice. The Queen afterwards entered Switzerland, and
turned from it to the staircase to examine M. Foncault's
apparatus for demonstrating the movement of the earth.
The Emperor and M. Foucault both explained to her
Majesty, the latter at some length, the principle of the
invention, and showed its praeticel (mention. Her
Mejeety listened with the greatest interest, and caused
the Princess Royal to attend to M. Fonentilt's explana-
tion likewise The Queen afterwards visited the Swiss,
Shvpatehiesht.yaonn,, dPogratleulgruy t)es, theeexh a
ilesitilneon; s and then descended
and boudoir of the
Empress, which her Majesty greatly admired. In the
Lyons gallery the Queen noticed some silks, and ordered
a purchase of them to be made. Her Majesty continu-
ing her progress reached the gallery containing the
French jewellery, and afterwards passed along the alleys
in which are ezhibited the productions of St. Etienne,
&e. The Queen next passed through the departments of
Sardinia and the Pontifical States. Then, descending
the staircase her Majesty proceeded, by the Tran-
sept, to the Exhibition of the Imperial printing of-
fice, which she examined with some interest. Re-en-
tering the transept her Majesty, after casting a glance
on the contents of some trophies, next entered the
French Court, set apart to buhl furniture, workboxes,
toys, &c., the latter consisting of a curious collection of
animals moved by mechanism, and making all manner
of noises—baboons fiddling, goats bleating, rabbits
heating drums, &c.—Deemed to amuse her Majesty
much. The Queen afterwards crossed the transept to
visit the United States department : her Majesty here
noticel the splendid collection of maps, and of caout-
chonc productions. This terminated the Queen's visit.
The Queen seemed highly pleased with her visit, and
in the course of it chatted gaily with the Emperor.
The review in the Champs de Mars was the part in
the day's programme which was to follow the visit of
Queen Victoria to the Exhibition. For several hours
previous to the time appointed for this grand military
spectacle, every road and every street leading to the
scene of action was thronged with people, all hastening
to the same point of attraction, a scene unparalleled in
the annals of history, a French army reviewed by a Queen
of England, and the Sovereigns of two countries formerly
deadly foes standing side by side in the bonds of close
alliance, and together passing along the ranks of men
who in days gone by would have eagerly entered the
lists in deadly strife against the subjects of that Queen,
but who now are only anxious to fight devotedly with
them in the cause of civilisation. At about three o'clock,
psaancl3
the troops began to march on to the ground, and from
that time nn to within half an hour of the time appointed
c for the review to commence, the roll of drumsomf h.odreemr
and the
clang of
Thetrniumfpaentty
trumpets announced
en
the
entered a
drew up in three lines on the western side, from the
Ecole-Militaire to the quay, and the cavalry on the op-
posite side. In front of the principal entrance of that
building tribunes had been erected, that on the eastern
side, for the accommodation of the French Ministers
and their ladies and the corps diplomatic, and the one
on the western for the English visitors of distinction.
Both of these tribunes were filled for the most part with
elegantly dressed ladies. In the centre, under the clock,
was a seat placed for her Majesty. The front was hung
with crimson velvet with a deep border of gold, and
over it was hung a canopy in the same material to pro-
tect the occupants from the Bier. A long range of tri-
bunes and seats had been erected on the western side of
the ground, and thesewere all densely crowded, as were the
emt an'cments on either side, as indeed was everyspot from
whencs a view of the grand spectacle could be obtained.
The weather in part of the day was eleudy, and during
all the time that the troops were assembli ,g a dark heavy
cloud hung over the ground, from which might be seen
occasionally slight flashes of lightning, but the rain for-
tunately kept off, nor during the whole time was there
any sufficisat to mar the pleasure of the scene. At about
twenty minutes after five, a loud cheer from the thou-
sands assembled near the bridge and along the edge of
the Champ do Mars, nearest the river announced the
approach of the Royal and Imperial party, and in a
minute after, the Queen in an open barouche with the
Emperor and Prince Albert entered the ground from
the Pont d'lena. The carriage was followed by a brilliant
staff of general and other officers, among whom were
Marshals Vaillant and Magnan, and a number of other
officers of rank. Several English and other foreign uni-
forms were to be seen, and not the least conspicuous
were the distinguished Arab chiefs, who have come to
Paris expressly for the oecasion. The Royal cortege
first passed up the line of infantry, among whom were a
body of the Zouaves of the guard, who appeared to at-

The public will be gratified to learn that the money so
generously subscribed towards the defence of this young
officer has just been paid over to his account in Australia
through Messrs. C. R. and W. M'Gregor, the army
agents. Mr. Perry, in company of his father, Captain
Perry, of the 87th Regiment (Irish Fusileers) who has
come over from India expressly, has just been to Windsor
for the purpose of settling this long-pending affair. We
believe Captain Perry did not succeed in his application to
obtain for hie son a commission in the Turkish Legion.
Lieutenant Perry is therefore determined to proceed to
Australia. The following letter from him has been re-
ceived by Mr. Bedborough the treasurer to the defence
fund :—" My dear Sir,—The conclusion of my Windsor
matters has arrived, and, although the end is neither
such as you desired to effect for me, nor that the
kind aid of the people of England evinced their desire to
see, I have the consolation to reflect on having been
borne up by the generous sympathy of my countrymen
at a period of great perplexity. I cannot find words to
express my sense of the goodness shown to me in my
troubles, and without which I must have sunk under
them ; but I hope to show by my future career in another
land that the sympathy and kindness I have received
will not be thrown away. My father's efforts for me in
a military capacity have been, by an unfortunate combi-
nation of circumstances, rendered abortive, land my
greatest mortification is, that his absence from his native
country—if not a considerable extension of his already
long military service—will be the result of my loss of
position in the army. To yourself and the other kind
friends who gave me aid and countenance, I shall over
retain feelings of the deepest gratitude.—Believe me, my
dear sir, with great respect and esteem, yours sincerely,
" J. E. PERRY.

" Mr. J. T. Bedborough."
The total sum collected was 2,6321. 18s. 9d. ; ex-
pewes on account of court-martial, advertising, &c.,
4721. 19s. 6d. ; cash and interest previously paid to
Lieutenant Perry, 149/. 6s. ; balance 2,0101. 3s. 3d.
paid to Messrs. C. IL W. M‘Gregor for transmission to
Australia.

LORD DUNDONALD'S PLANS.