The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-18 00:00:00

THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE.

BOULOGNE, Sunday.-7.lhe Emperor left Bou-
logne yesterday, at 12 o'clock, by special train for
Paris. The day of his return is not known with
certainty even by his suite, but it is stated that he
will arrive on Wednesday or Thursday to resume
the grand manoeuvres of the army. It is said that
the Emperor wishes to show the Empress to the
army, and this rumour derives some countenance
from the fact that preparations are being made in
the Imperial Hotel for her Majesty's reception.
The Empress, by her beauty, her affability, and
her goodness of heart, has endeared herself to the
French nation, and her presence could not fail to
give great additional eclat to the proceedings of the
camp at Boulogne.
Daring the Emperor's stay at Boulogne tele-
graphic communications have daily passed between
the Imperial Hotel and .Biarritz, and when the
Emperor and Prince Albert arrived at the camp of
Helfaut, near St. Omer, a few days ago, a despatch
was placed in the Emperor's hands which bad only
left Biarritz, at the other extremity of the empire,
an hour and a half before. •

During the Emperor's brief absence the military
manceuvres will not be entirely suspended, and a
petite guerre in the direction of Calais is confi-
dently talked of, but the arrangements are not yet
completed. The grand sham battle, which will
commence at Escoeuil on the Emperor's return,
will be on a vaster scale of completeness than any
evolutions in which the camp have yet been en-
gaged. A day before his departure the Emperor
ana Colonel Fleury were on horseback for 4 hours
reconnoitring the ground between Escceuil and
Devros, where the manceuvres will commence. The
Emperor ascended the Mont du Courteau, which
makes a part of the chain of hills separating the
High from the Lower Boulognais. From this spot
vast plains stretch before the eye, and the ground
is seen to be admirably calculated for military
manoeuvres of enormous proportions. After hav-
ing narrowly examined the ground the Emperor
rode to Escceuil and took the road to St. Omer,
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cascade opposite to the fort of Moulin Hubert.
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of this work, under the
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stimulate the activity of the soldiers, the Emperor
has directed that they shall receive a reward ac-
cording to the activity and industry they display ;
and, as the work will be in great part executed
under the Emperor's own eye, it is. hoped that the
road will be finished in about 40 days.
General Hartmann, Aide-de-Camp to the King
of Bavaria, and deputed by that Monarch to assist
at the manceuvres of the troops under the personal
command of the Emperor, was present at the grand
review of cavalry and infantry at St. Omer on
Thursday, and also at the review of the division of
tat Honvaultt on Friday. The Bavarian
was accompanied by officers of the Bavarian
infantry,
cavalry, and artillery. On the evening
before the
camp
ert he Emperor's departure the Prussian Gene-
ral de Wedell and General Hartmann were among
the guests at the imperial table.

REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BEER.—We under.
stand that several of the principal wholesale brewers of
this and the neighbouring city of Bath have resolved
on reducing the price oebeer, commensurate with the
recent decline in the price of malt. It is also to be re-
gretted that the other portion of the purveyors of the
" staff of life," namely, the bakers, are so backward is
allowing the public to reap the advantages consequent
on an abundant haryest,—BriM Mirror.