The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur publishes a decree, ordering that
the triennial renewal of one-third of the member,
of the councils of arrondissement shall take'place
on the 2d and. 3d June next.

The Moniteur promulgates the budget for 1856, '
as passed by the Legislative Body and the Senate,
and which shows a definitive surplus of 3,300,204 fr.
The Minister of War, in conformity with a deci-
sion of the Emperor, has just prescribed that all
the men of the class (11847, now serving; with their
regiments in France, shall be liberated on the Ist
June next. Those of, the same class now in the
East, Africa, and Italy will be liberated ou the
arrival of the young soldiers of the last contingent
at the war battalions.
Gen. W alsin Esterhazy, who commands the sub-
division of the Eure, has been appointed to the
command of a brigade of cavalry in the army of the
Last.
The Althen, the Omnibus, the Napoleon, and
the Express, steamers on tile Rhone, took down on
Monday and Tuesday from Lyons to Valence
755,000 kilogrammes of war materiel, consisting of
gunpowder, shells, fusees, cannons, and balls. This
enormous mass of articles was at once taken to the
railway and conveyed to Marseilles.
The Indus steam-packet left Marseilles on the
14th for Constantinople, having on board 350 men
belonging to different corps. Among them were
128 Poles incorporated in the foreign legion.
The trial of the conspirators accused of having
constructed an infernal machine at Perenchier, with
a view to kill the Emperor, will come on before the
Imperial Court of Douai in a few days.
Colonel Frossard, who commands the French
engineers of the 2d corps d'armee of the East, has
been promoted to the rank of general of brigade.
in the room of General Dalesme, made general of
division. _ .

Another steam gun-boat, the Aigrette, was
launched on Wednesday from the yard of M. Nor
mand, at Havre, and immediately taken into the
dock to have her engine and. boilers fitted.
An equestrian statue in bronze of Napoleon 111.
was on Wednesday erected on a pedestal opposite
the eastern front of the Exhibition Palace. The
statue is of the size of nature, and was cast by M.
Gaillard, from a model by M. Debay. The Em
peror is represented in the uniform of a genera)
officer, and is mounted on a magnificent horse
His Majesty holds the reins in the left hand, ano
is saluting with his hat in the right.
E Capt. xelmans, who lately commanded the im-
perial yacht Reine Hortense, has been appointed
to the command of the floating battery the Devas-
tation.

he effect of the whole scene, drafts of young soldiers
sere sent in from the following regiments :—The 21st,
;3d, 39th, 41st, 42d, 47th, 50th, 52J, 58th, 63d, 69th,
r2d, 89th, and 93d.
The Naval Brigade and Marines, attended by their
land, were the last arrivals. The ground to the left
of the dais was occupied by the cavalry and a portion
if the Guards, whilst the remainder of the Guards, the
Navl Brigade, and the miscellaneous drafts took up
their positions. on the opposite side, the recipients of
the medal being drawn up in line in front of the dais.
rho general command was undertaken by Major-Ceeneral
the Earl of Cardigan, who on arriving on the ground
was :loudly cheered—as also was his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, who acted as field-officer in
command 'fel. the day.
Within the barricades, and between them and the lines
of sentries who kept the ground, assembled as eleven
e'clock approached, the hour at which it was announced
that her Majesty would arrive, vast crowds of fashion-
ably-dressed ladies and gentlemen, to whim the privilege
had been granted, and intermingled with these were
large numbers of officers of militia and yeomanry, whose
brilliant uniforms added considerably to the splendour
end variety of the scene. At the same time, the spec-
tacle was evidently intended as a purely military one,
and accordingly the accommodation of the troops on the
spot appeared to' have been more considered than that
of the general public, who, by the arrangements we
have pointed out, were kept et a considerable distance.
The populace, -however, shifted as well as they could for
themselves; and, being unable to obtain a very close
view of the ceremony, they throaged the' space outside
the barriers and the park avenues—they climbed the
trees, railings, and walls everywhere adjacent—and,
still further off, the Monument, the steps of the,Duke
if York's Column, and the outlets from the parade, were
literally swarmed,by the eager multitude.'
Shortly before the arrival of her Majesty, the coup
d'ced, on every side, was one of glittering magnificence,
e•id was full of pleasing variety and contrast. The bright
uniform and accoutrements of the troops, the light and
elegant attire of the ladies in the galleries, and the thick
masses of people, combined to form a tout ensemble
which cannot readily be described. The general im-
pression, too, of the whelp was considerably enhanced
by the martial strains of the different bands, which re-
lieved one another in close succession.
As the Horse Guards clock at length pealed forth 11
the music ceased, and a deep low 'confused murmur of
expectation rose from amidst the dense crowd of human
beings. In two or three minutes afterwards, with the
punctuality which invariablycharacterisea the appearance
of her Majesty on public occasions, the escort of Life
Guards dashed under the archway 'into the esplanade,
and the arrival of the Queen was announced by
the roar of artillery in the park. Immediately
the royal standard was hoisted, and the whole of the
bands in concord struck up the sublime notes of the
national anthem, which were, however, almost drowned
in the unanimous and enthusiastic shouts of welcome
and greeting which resounded from thousands of
loyal throats. Her Majesty, who was accompanied
by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, and the Princess Royal, and attended by her
Ladies in Waiting and a numerous^suite, was received
on alighting at the dais by Viscount Hardiege, Coin-
mender eineC_hief, his Royal Higness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Eerl of Cardigan, and a distinguished circle
of officers, and was immediately conducted to her chair
of state on the platform.
The ceremony was then proceeded with, the bands
alternetely played a march, and the recipients of
the medal defiled in slow time and in single file
past where her Majesty was standing, and each
received his medal as he passed from the bands of
the Queen herself. Her Majesty was assisted in
' the ceremony by Prince Albert and the Duke of
Cambridge. The Duke himself, and the Earl of Cardi-
gan, were the first to receive the decoration, and did so
amidst vociferous cheering. Then followed the Light
The latest news from the country of the Euphrates is, Cavalry heroes, next the Guards, then the other Infantry
that the Persians are collecting a large army near Sulei- Regiments of the Line, next the Rifles, afterwards the
mania, on the common frontier between Persia and Naval Brigade, and, finally, the Marines. Severat4the
Turkey. officers and non-commissioned officers were recognised,
The Somanli expedition, which left Aden in the Hon. and were greeted with applause, particularly Sir Thos.
East India Company's steamer Main, in April, has Troubridge, Bart., who has unfortunately suffered the
come to an untimely end, loss of both legs, and was drawn in a Bath chair. The
INCREASR OF BOUNTY FOR RECRUITS.—It is intended distribution•occupied about an hour, and must have been.
to increase the amount of bounty payable to recruits on somewhat fatiguing to her Majesty.
enlisting. The present bounty for infantry and the At the close of _ this portion of the ceremony,
Royal Marines is Si. per ma°' from which about 31. 10e, the invalids and the whole of the troops on the groevei
is deducted f6F necessaries, leaving 41. 10s., which is were passed in review in line before the Queen, and
paid to the recruit by in'talments, varying from ss. to a afterwards in columns of troops. They were afterwards
sovereign. The highest bounty paid during the last war formed into line so as to present three sides of a square
for infantry soldiers was 16 guineas. It is believed that in front of the dais when they presented arms, and Ba-
the increased amount will be 101. for infantry and 12/.1 luted her Majesty in the usual formal manner, the bands
for cavalry and the. Ordnance corps. [ all the while playing the National Anthem, and the
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