The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

seeded, accompanied by the officers before men-
tioned, on board the Queen Hortense, for a visit
to the British Commodore, the Hon. W. F. Grey,
on board the Hannibal, 91. He subsequently
sailed round the fleet, and landed at the pier.
His Majesty walked unattended through the crowd,
and was loudly cheered.
The Emperor left Calais for Paris yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock.

The Emperor arrived in Paris last night at eleven
o'clock.

The Emperor visited the British ships of war
yesterday, and was received with all possible
honour.

It would appear from the following, which is
contained in another communication, that the
Emperor had some-difficulty in reaching the fleet :
—At 12.40 the Emperor embarked on board the
Reine Hortense ; at 2 p.m. the yacht was approach-
ing the English squadron ; at 2.8 the squadron
saluted, shortly after the Emperor got into the
barge, and struggled againt a WSW full wind and
tide, for 20 rainuths ; at 2.50 the Emperor desired
the Fire Queen to stop and take them in tow ; the
Corse, French corvette, was also hailed, and took
the Royal barge in tow to the commodore's ship.
On board at 3.3 and saluted ; a heavy sea going.
Marshal Vaillant fell partly into the sea, and was
pulled out.

The Moniteur of to-day (Saturday) announces
the I lockade of Cronstadt, St. Petersburg, and the
ports of the Gulf of Finland.

EMBARKATION OF FRENCH TROOPS AT
CALAIS FOR THE BALTIC.
On the whole of Thursday the troops kept
streaming into Calais from various quarters, and,
with all the alacrity of their nation, proceeded to
locate themselves in their allotted quarters. The
fine battering train, all brass guns, lumbered
sullenly along towards the quay, in order to
be as near as possible to the point of embarka-
tion. Neither men nor horses were in such high
condition as ours on a review day at Woolwich,
but both looked rough and ready, fit for business,
and formed together as imposing and warlike a
procession as the greatest military critic could
desire. The far-famed Chasseurs de Vincennes
(two battalions) made for the ramparts, and en-
camped themselves under the trees with the
rapidity of magic. The utility of the new French
tent was here made perceptible. This primi-
tive mansion is composed simply of six long
Pieces of canvass, with buttons and button-
holes at the edges of each, to form the junction.
Each soldier carries a piece nicely folded up on the
top of his knapsack, where it forms little or no
encumbrance, and when the camp is to be pitched he
Unfolds his share, buttons it on to his comrade's
Piece, and so on until six are firmly joined together.
One or two light boughs cut without ceremony
wherever they offer themselves from the neighbour-
ing trees complete the preparations, and in a few
minutes six valiant heroes of the grand army are
lying at full length comfortably smoking in their
extemporised pavilion. It must be admitted that
the ceiling is not of a very high pitch, being not
More than four feet from the ground at its greatest
Point of elevation, but then the men are of low
stature, and have a wonderful facility of making
themselves at home at the shortest possible notice,
and under the most apparently hostile combina-
nation of circumstances. The agile Chasseurs were
not an hour on the ramparts, when their canvas
,city stood in regular streets, their short Roman-
looking swords hung festooned picturesquely round
the trunks of the trees, the vivandiere plied her
"lorry calling, and young conscripts of irrepressible
Musical tendencies were volunteering lyric effu-
sions, more remarkable for their length and
body of sound than their melody. Some of the
Seniors affectionately polished their carabines, and
explained to the wondering fair ones who stood
around the mode in which the sight was to be fixed
in order to kill respectively at three hundred, five
hundred, or a thousand metres, and everywhere
there were present the life, bustle, and details of a
camp, looking as natural and matter-of-course as
if they had been six months in existence. At the
end of the rampart stands the Phare, from the top
of which similar operations might be seen going on
in the glacis, where the third regiment of the line
were also making their domestic arrangements.
Within the town similar bustle was perceptible, the
cafes were all crowded, and the proprietors of the
tables d'hote were obliged to exercise more than
their usual ingenuity in providing anything like
presentable substitutes for beef andmutton. There
was a famine of bread, as an immense order had
been given for the soldiers, but the prevailing good
humour smoothed every difficulty, and the people
eat, drank, chatted, smoked, and sang until an un-
usually late hour in the evening. So early as five
clock yesterday (Friday) morning the shipping
Of the guns and other material commenced. The
,rlnfa_ntry marched down to the quay, and piled their
lielocks, which were immediately taken on board
the,, tenders. General Baraguay d'Hilliers, sur-
rounded by a numerous staff of officers, superin-
tended the shipment, and all was life ustle, and
activity. The public were kept at a distance by a
Military cordon, kept in their usual free and easy
antler by a very scanty number of pleasant little
reach soldiers. These coiiipact little bundles of
I.3„ei.rve and muscle could not keep still at their posts
single moment, but assumed all sorts of un-
--utary attitudes—played tricks on each other,
and joked and laughed with the bystanders. Amidst
ad these crowds of soldiers constantly filling the
streets and quays, morning, noon, and night, at a
time,i too when military discipline was somewhat
re axed, and everybody was bidding farewell to
,ii_verybody else, one striking and most valuable
'4 et must be recorded to the honour of the French
arty,, and that is, that not a single drunken sol-
'l was seen in the streets, nor a single infraction
the peace committed by either soldier or civilian.
Consul The of France at Valparaiso has sent an
account of a terrible gale of wind which took place
there on the night of the 6th May and the follow-
ing day, and caused considerable damage. Three
Chilian vessels went to the bottom, eight went
ashore, nine were much injured, and
twenty boats
Were ashed to pieces.
Six French vessels were in
the roadstead, but not one of them
ffl
injury : these vessels are the Grand uCoenrdeed, atnhye
Ville do Tonneins, the Callao, the Union, the Cal-
cutta, and the Alcibiade.
It has already been stated that Bou Maza had
received permission from the Emperor Napoleon to
offer his services to the Sultan in the war against
Russia, and that the Emperor had generously
announced his intention to defray the expenses fo
tile outfit. The Porte having accepted the offer in
Beu Maza., and appointed him
aCirsca_isia, to a command of
he is to leave Villers-Cotterets where he
,
been residing for some time, for his post on
-13:10nday next.

-ANIC OF FRANCE.—The following was the
debt or and creditor account of the Bank of France,
made up to Thursday, July 13 :

Cash and ingots CR.
Cash at the branch banks
BBills ills due y esterday to be paid to-day
becoming due in Paris, of which
52,529,272 f. 98c. are from the branch
bank 5........... .................
Bills in the 131:anch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do• in the branch banks
1)0- on public securities of France
Do• in the branch banks
Do• on railway securities
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, Rentes o; the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
lintel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch b Expenses of
administration anks
Sundries .......

Fr. c.
276,951,700 41
174,989,103
605,069 95

118,869,839 54
156,687,780 --
828,100 --
1,330,533 --
18,961,636 10
6,574,150 --
39,651,400 --
12,621,970 --

65,000,000 -

10,000,000 --

55,447,573 97
4,000,000 --
3,764,198 --
77,927 41
1,135,739 96

947,496,721 34

Capital 91,250,000
Reserve fund ............................. 12,980,750 14
Reserve inainobilibre
Do. of branch banks 134,178,975 --
5,913,634 54
Do. to order (Post bilLs) Bills pay currentigh
Account-of Treasury Creditor 68,177,950 78
Various accounts-current 111,035,595 70
no• branch banks 31,993,053
3,558,175
Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
9,922,068 5
Commission on deposits
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills 916,188 68
1-Sundries 111,057 72
5,318,553 43

DE.

947,496,721 34
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
Count D'ARGOUT.
reserve has
From these
returns it appears that the metallic
declined 2A millions in Paris and 14
millions in the branch banks. The discount accom-
modation has diminished 15 millions in Paris and
millions in the departments. The advances
on public securities remain with very little altera-
tion either in Paris or in the departments. Advances
on railway shares and bonds have increased 3,4-
Millions in Paris, and declined of a million in the
provinces. The advance to the State by the treaty
of June 30, 1848, has been reduced from 70 mil-
lions to 65 millions, and the advance to the Go-
vernment of 30 millions on treasury bonds has
disappeared from these returns altogether. On
the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation
have increased in Paris 201 millions, and have
diminished in the provinces 2.i millions. The
Credit account of the Treasury has declined 171 15449114 Ulm of priyate haye