The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-14 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE.

The site occupied by the present camp, or rather
series of camps, extends along the coast for a dis-
tance of nearly six miles from the town of Bou-
logne—from the Fort de la Grace to Honvault and
Vimereux. The force at present encamped con-
sists of the 12th, 13th, 15th, and 41st light and
line regiments of battalions, and some companies
of engineers. On each side of the village of
Vimereux the line of tents and huts extends for
about an ecNal distance. When the huts are com-
pleted, a division of not less than 30,000 men may
be accommodated. The framework of the huts is
formed of short poles, securely planted in the
ground, and rising two or three feet above the sur-
face. Upon these are placed other poles, so as to
form a ridge roof, which is neatly thatched with
Straw. The ends are built up of walls of clay, in
'which straw chopped short is mixed. At one end
is a small square window, and at the other the
door. The huts are about 14 feet square ; they
are placed in rows of four and five deep, and
extend a length of more than two miles. The
tents are square, similar to those in general use in
the French army, and accommodate from 14 to 16
men each.

ENERGETIC PREPARATIONS FOR
CARRYING ON THE WAR.
At no moment since war was declared (writes
the Paris correspondent of the Times) have the pre-
Parations for carrying it on been more extensive and
More energetic than at the present. An expeditionary
corps is on the point of leaving Boulogne to co-operate
in the movements and second the operations of the
Baltic fleet ; and in another direction the army of the
East is receiving each day, from France as from Eng-
land, fresh reinforcements to complete the formidable
army destined soon to strike a fatal blow against the
Power of the Czar. On every side the blockade of the
coast of that Empire becomes more strict, and the fleets
approach more closely to its shore, and but for the ex-
cessive discretion, which might well deserve another
name, and which keeps the Russian fleets under the
shelter of its batteries, the defiance so flung at them
ought long since to have roused them to take it up. It
is in this resolute manner that the Maritime Powers
keep on their way, without hesitation or delay, to the
attainment of their object, while we are told that some
other States occupy themselves in framing and ex-
changing notes and propositions more or less insidious,
though said to be pacific, but the secret of which is to
break up the alliance formed against Russia. The
Maritime Powers are neither softened nor led
astray by the intrigues of the Cabinet of St. Peters.
burg, nor by those delays which are the usual con-
sequences of purely diplomatic relations. England
and France do at this day what they did when they
resolved to adopt action for negotiation—they still make
an appeal to the civilised nations of Europe to join in
the noble strife which they have begun. The hesitation
of others does not and will not affect them. They will
not halt on their way, nor will they suspend for a single
instant the preparations which are necessary to make
success certain. It has been frequently shown how
great is the importance attached to the resolution of the
German Powers, and how highly it is appreciated ; but
it would be a mistake to suppose that the active inter-
vention of Prussia and Austria is not much more in
their own interest than in the interest of that result
which France and England lavish their resources to ob-
tain ; and after all, the free navigation of the Danube
and the evacuation of the Principalities, which the Ca-
binet of Vienna has so much at heart, touch Germany,
and in particular Austria, more nearly than the rest of
:Europe. Europe at large has something more to de-
mand and something more to obtain than the retreat of
the Russian army behind the Pruth. It requires that
the aggressive policy of Russia shall be arrested once for
all, and that the civilisation and liberties of the We-st
shall not be stifled beneath the gigantic barbarism of the
North. It is clear thst it is less on the banks of the
Danube than in the Baltic and the Black Seas that such
a result is to be obtained, and that the only effectual
way to reduce Russia to the proportions of a continental
from those of a huge preponderating Power is to crush
once and for ever the fleet which she has been accus-
tomed to look upon as the instrument of her strength.
The destruction of her navy is the best, perhaps the
only, guarantee against future aggression and aggran-
disements, and when the Russian flag has ceased to
float in those seas, except on more modest conditions
than hitherto, Enropo will then, and then only, be freed
from the alarm which her unbounded and unprincipled
ambition has caused it. It is not Prussia or Austria
that can do this. France and England are the only
powers capable of effecting it, and after all it is perhaps
not otherwise than in an indirect manner that the other
powers can second them.
The " ignorant impatience" of popular opinion finds
fault with the tardiness of the naval operations, and
those who are at such a distance, and who are unaware
of the difficulties to be surmounted, pretend to find
fault with the commanders by sea and land. According
to them Cronstadt should have long since been destroyed
and Sebastopol razed to the water's edge ; but these
complaints do not retard nor prematurely hurry the
movements of the fleets and armies. Whenever the day
comes for such deeds, there need be no doubt that they
will be executed in such a manner as to leave no wish
unsatisfied. When that result is obtained, I suspect
that we shall hear no more of the hesitation of the Ger-
Man States, great or small.
It has been observed, and perhaps with some
reason, that tilts public mind is unduly and ex-
essively occupied with what passes abroad, and that
little or no attention is paid to events that occur at
home The great duty of resistance to ambition be-
longs more peculiarly to England and France. If the
German States join in the task so much the better ; if
not, which is improbable, the Western Powers will go on
alone. It is denied here that there is any just reason to
TiPpose a defection on the part of the German Powers.
It is evident that they have not once varied in the col-
lective declaration they have signed, but that they have
up to the present pursued the same object by means of
many solemn acts—the convention of Berlin, the secret
article which accompanies it, the treaty between Austria,
4_,t1(1 the Porte, and last, not least, the summons
"reseet Russia is to quit the Principalities. But
ad-
whatever be the conduct of those Powers, or of one of
them, England and France are determined to pursue
with the same energy the line they have traced out, and
if others hesitate about driving the Russians from the
Principalities these Powers will manage to do so in
tne way or other. At the moment I write au event
is taking place within sight of the shores of Eng-
land which is not the least remarkable of the many
extraordinary circumstances which have occurred for
the last 25 years. Twice since the commencement
of the present century a camp was formed at Bou-
',,,,°gne, and on each occasion an Emperor named
'Napoleon went thither to inflame the military ardour
of the army. The first great host was massed against
England. The second—it is on board British steamers
that French battalions are embarked, and the flags un-
der which they are going to fight are the united ones
of France and England. In 1804 France and England
were arrayed against each other ; in 1854 they are both
engaged in the same crusade of civilisation and public
law against the common enemy of the peace and pros-
perity of Europe.
T'

..he Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 70f.
65e. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-
Ralf per Cents, closed at 97f. ; and the New Loan
at 70f. 75c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,147 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 570 f. • Great Northern,
•
1e
808 f.
17f ; Strasburg, 772 f. 50c. ; New Shares,
""n• ; Paris and Lyons, 922 f. 50c. ; Lyons to
640editerranean, 827 f. 50c. ; Western of France,
tral of Vrdeaux and Cette, 592 f. 50c. ; Great Ceu-
Ban k ranee, 490 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 500 f. ;
of Credit igobilier, d9sf.

SPAIN.
THE INSURRECTIONFEAT OF THE
INSURGENTS.
from Madrid
The Moniteur of this day publishes a despatch
, of the 12th, to the effect that an en-
gagements andent had taken place in Valencia, between the
insurg the Queen's troops, in which 54
prisoners had been taken, and the chief of the in-
surgents killed.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
.................. 111,118 18
we At ending July 9, 1854 .......
Corresponding week last year ..................... 3,041 2 11f
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the
week ending July 8, 1854
Corresponding week 141E4 Year 2OO 14 8
18 9

LIVERPOOL RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

Rosaline .
Dear Me .

HANDICAP PLATE.

LANCASHIRE STAKES.

Cloud -
Six ran.
BETTING.
5 to 1 agst lleapy
7 to 1 agst Diana.
Stanley and Domino paid.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

.... 1

1 The quantity of English wheat received up to our mar-
ket thi: week coastwise has amounted to 1,230 quarters.
Fresh up to-day the receipts were scanty, and the show of
samples was limited, yet the demand for all kinds was
confined to immediate wants, at Monday's currency.
With foreign wheat wo were heavily supplied, and we
have to report a fresh arrival, amounting to nearly 17,000
quarters. The trade for all descriptions was heavy, but
we have no actual change to notice i❑ prices. In floating
cargoes next to nothing was doing.
The show of barley was moderate, whilst the sale for
most kinds was inactive, on former terms.
The malt trade was very dull, and prices showed a ten-
dency to decline.
The oat trade was dull, and the quotations were rather
easier.

Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention

Wheat.
1,230

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Barley. I Malt. I Oats.
190 3,170 1,380
21,57075° I 1.59-osks
4,880br1

Flour.
450

English ..
Irish .. ..
Foreign ..

16,960 20 3,5
- 1

SMITHFIELD.

To-day's market was well supplied with beasts as to
number, but their general quality was inferior. For most
breeds we had a fair demand, at Monday's prices. Sheep,
the number of which was tolerably good, moved off steadily,
at full quotations. There was a slight falling off in the
sale for lambs, but no change took place in their value.
Prime small calves sold treaty, At extreme rates. Other-
wise the veal trade was rather dull. The supply was ex-
tensive. Pigs sold on former terms.
Much cows were rather dull, at from 141. to 191. Os.
each, including their small calf.

s. d. s. d.
Prime Southdown 4 10 5 0
Large crse. calves 3 4 4 4
Prime small d 0... 4 6 410
Large hogs 3 0 4 2
Small porkers 4 4 4 6
Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0
Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0
4s Bcl to 5s 10d.

Per 81bs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6
Second quality.... 3 8 4 0
Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8
Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8
Second quality ...3 10 4 2
Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 8

lambs,

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts .:.............. •• 1,060
Sheep ................. —10,900
Calves
Pigs .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 450