The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

REVIEW IN HON,)UR OF THE DUKE OF
CAMBRIDGE.

The grand review in honour of the Duke of
Cambridge took plac 3 yesterlay (Wednesday) in
the Champ de Mars. The time was. one o'clock ;
hut long before multitudes, longing to witness a
spectacle which Frenchmen always love so much,
but which possessed the additional novelty of the
presence of an English Prince, thronged, for two
or three hours previously, to the long familiar
spot. At half-past eleven o'clock the troops
were in movement. Along the Boulevard,
and quays on both sides of the river, the bands of
military music, and .the rolling of artillery carriages
were heard as the various regiments successively
passed on. The manufactories and the workshops
sent forth th*ir occupants ; for the roll of a drum
or the blast of a trumpet stirs the heart of the
Frenchman. As each regiment passed, , crowds
continued to issue from every lane and street, drew
up at each side, and, accompanied with measured
step, in serried rank, the military cortege. At 12
o'clock the varied corps of the army of Paris de-
bouched from the Bridge of Jena, and the avenue
of the Mothe-Piquet, and took up their positions
on the ground. Between the bridge and the Ecole
Militaire, throughout the entire length of the
Champ de Mars, with the right resting on the
bridge, extended five lines of infantry, forming
two divisions of two brigades each, and one
brigade of reserve. The whole of the infantry,
counting 24 battalions, and four companies of
engineers—about 18,000 men in all—were under
the orders of General Levasseur, assisted by Re-
nault and Bourgon, Generals of Division ; and
Marulay, Repond, Ripert, Esterhazy, and Courand,
Generals of Brigade. Those five lines were com-
posed of three battalions of Chasseurs, five of light
Infantry, 13 battalions of the line, and three of the
Paris Guards and the Gendarmerie d'Elite. The
cavalry, forming two divisions, four brigades and
45 squadrons—namely, eight of Chasseurs, four of
Hussars, six of Guides, eight of Dragoons, eight of
Cuirassiers, eight of Carabineers, and three of the
mounted Gendarmerie--drew up in four lines in
front of the Infantry, with the right resting on the
Ecole Militaire, the left on the Bridge of Jena,
and leaving a large open space in front of the
grand stand. These 45 splendid squadrons were
under the command of General Forte, assisted by
Foray, Gado, Marion, and the Duke deMontebello,
Generals of Brigade. Between the left of the In-
fantry and the right of the Cavalry, in one single
line, with the Ecole Militaire to the rear and front-
ing the bridge of Jena, were stationed seven bat-
teries of Artillery, six foot, and one horse, with 42
guns, under the orders of Brigadier General An vity.
The total of the force under arms might be about
25,000 men.
At half-past 12 o'clock the Empress issued from
the gates of the Tuileries in an open carriage,
preceded by outriders, accompanied by the
ladies of the Court, and followed oy another
open carriage, with the officers of her household,
and passed slowly along the quays of the Tuileries,
and the quay Billy, to the bridge of Jena, which
she crossed, and proceeded to the grand stand in
the Champ de Mars, where she and her attendants
took their places. At 1 o'clock the Emperor made
his appearance at the bridge of Jena. He had ou
his right hand the Duke of Cambridge, and on the
left Lord Raglan, followed by a numerous staff
composed of English and French officers, all in
full dress. As they made their appearance on the
Champ de Mars the drums beat to arms, and the
bands struck up " God save the Queen," and
" Partant pour la Syria," which were alternately
played ; and cries of " Vive l'Einpercur !" and
"Vive les Anglais I" were heard. The Emperor and
the Duke of Cambridge rode in front of the line,
j the former occasionally conversing with his Royal
Highness, and the attention of the foreign officers
apparently engaged in examining, not perhaps
without admiration, the gallant appearance of the
troops so lung the rivals of the English, now, and
let us hope for a long time to come, their firm and
faithful allies. When the cortege had completed
the survey of the whole, the five lines of infantry
broke up and formed in columns of battalions, with
their right on the bridge of Jena. The line of
cavalry, forming into squadrons, took position
to the rear of the artillery, and the artillery
broke up into half batteries. The Emperor and the
Duke then took their stand in front of the pavilion,
where the Empress, the ladies in attendance,
and the officers of the household were seated, to
witness the defiling of the troops. The infantry
opened the march and the cavalry closed it. No.
thing could be finer than the appearance of the
Hussars, the Guides, the Cuirassiers, and the Cara-
bineors, as they swept in long order from the bridge
to the Ecole Militaire, and as the different corps
passed where the Imperial and princely commanders
were stationed, each chief made his signal of courtesy.
The soldiers seemed inspired by the consciousness of
united strength; they sat erect in their saddles, and
the horses themselves appeared to tread the ground with pride. They dashed cn, squadron after squa-
dron, troop after troop, with the banners waving,
and plumes dancing, in long perspectiveiowith theory
and they
passed before the Imperial t,heortyeoyf
" Viva l'Empereur I" The defiling lasted more
than an hour and a half. When it
was over, the
troops resumed the positions they first occupied on
the ground, and when the Emperor passed 0.4
return, to the Tuileries, the infantry on the right
and the cavalry on the left presented arms to his
Majesty, 41 about a quarter to four the whole
were on their return to their respective (pwits3r4,
About half-past 11 o'clock rain beganto fall, but
soon cleared. It again fell at 1131 and eontinued
at intervals until half-past two. It cleared up
again, however, and continued fine, though with a
cloudy sky, until all was over, and the troops lie,
quitted tee ground. Immense crewtla fled the
sloping embankments on both sides of the Champ

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Yesterday a Parliatnen-
Ary paper was printed containing the instructions issued
to the commanders of her Majesty's ships now engage,'l
in the arctic regions' in search for Sir John Franklir 1.
They are to leave in the summer of 1855, and not to
wait the winter of that year. &iould England be rn-
gaged in hostilities with any other power, they are to
take no part in it, it being the established practice of la
civilised nations to consider vessels engaged in seientLfit,
discoveries as exempt from the operation of war.
STOPPAGE OP TLIE INDIA AND CAPE MAlLS.—YeSter'
day the Postinkdter-General gave notice that, in conse-
quence of no packet having been provided to convey the
mails of the evening of the 14th instant to the Cape of
Good Dope, &c., letters for the colony must be sent by
pinta ship. The following vessels have been taken up
to convey ship letter bags to the Cape :—The Adven-
ture and Diamond, now lying in the London Docks, te,
sail the 14th inst. ; and the John Knox, in the Si
Katharine 's Docks, to sail on the 13th instant. Lette rs
for the East Indies and Ceylon may be sent via Ewyr pt.
SWITIIAMPTON ELECTION.-Yesterday Sir A. Co( At-
burn was for the sixth time elected one of the repres,ei
ti-
tatives of Southampton. No opposition was offs rtldpd
and the election pakeied off without the leaet exeitentanit.