The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

FR A.NCE.

All the troops destinel for the Camp of the North
are either already arrived or on their march to their
cantonments. They forte three di visions' the head-
quarters of which are to be established at Boulogne,
Wimereux, and St. Omer. Every branch of
service is perfectly organised, and staff officers are
marking out the most eligible spots between St.
Omerand Boulogne where the army may manoeuvre
without causing too much damage to the crops.
The grand manoeuvres are not to take place until
the two last weeks of September.
The Emperor has placed at the disposal of the
general Staff a considerable sum for prizes to bo
distributed to the best marksmen. The soldiers
are to be divided into-two classes. In order to be
admitted into the first they must have gained the
first prize in the second.
A communication by telegraph is established
throughout the camp, and also with Paris. Orders
despatched from Biarritz arrive in five-and-twenty
minutes. _ _

General de Wedel, Governor of the Fortress of
Luxemburg, has arrived in Pans, on a mission
f'rom the King of Prussia, to pay his Majesty's
from Biarritz, and to accompany him to the camp
:.rtetsßpeocutis to
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.ivi, Napoleon on his return
er.
The Minister of the Interior has addressed the
following circular to the Prefects :

"Paris, Aug. 19.
" Monsieur le Praect--In a testament as immortal
as his glory, the Emperor Napoleon I. had written, ' I
bequeath my private domain, one half to the remaining
officers and soldiers of the French army, whe fought
from 1792 to 1315 for the glory and independence of the
nation, and the other half to such towns and country
districts of Alsace, .
Lo raine Franche Compte, Bur-
gundy, Pe-de-France Champagne, Forez, and Dauphine,
as !nay have suffered by one or the other invasion.' Time
, ,
private domain of the Emperor did not then receive
from the Government the patriotic destination assigned
to it ; but, faithful to the wish of his au4ust predecessor,
the Emperor
vinces formerly deprived of that glorious legacy.
Napoleon 111. has not forgotten the pro-
Bi the decree of the sth of August, just passed, a
sum of 1,300 000 francs is attributed to them; and
the 28 departments comprising them, and amongst
which Yours is comprised,
will receive each 50,000 f.
You will have to propose to me the enaTloyment of
that sum ; and the Emperor desires that in each de-
partment it ma
chant be devoted, not to individual and
y
temporary assistance, but to a durable institution of
y, which may perpetuate in the heart of the popu-
lations the religious remembrance of the attention which
Napoleon bestowed on them on his death. bed. You
will consult your council-general on the execution of
this noble suggestion. Their patriotism will, I am con-
vinced, know how to comprehend and respond to it, for
the project is worthy of the great memory which has in-
spired it.—Receive, &c., MLLAULT,
"Minister of the Interior."
_ _. _ _

A line of steamers is about to be established
between Constantinople and Varna by the Mes-
sageries
Imperiales, under an engagement with the
Ministry of War. The service, which is to consist
of six voyages per month going and returning, will
he performed by two steamers of 123-horse power ;
and the departures will be so combined that the
boats leaving for Varna will always carry despatches
for the army brought to Constantinople by couriers
from Marseilles.
The Monitcur de l'Arnige has the following :--.

" The formation of the camp of the south, which had
for a time been delayed by considerations connected with
the sanitary condition of Marseilles and the neighbour.
ing cities, is now being actively prosecuted. Already
the effective of the camp amounts to about 2,000 men,
comprising one company and two battalions of the 57th,
one battalion of the 10th, two of the 61st of the line,
and in a day or two inure are expected. The two divi-
sions of infantry will be completed before the end of the
month. All the troops will be under canvas. The sani-
tary condition of the troops is excellent."
The Moniteur of this (Wednesday) morning pub-
lishes a decree reducing the customs duties on dye-
stuffs, vanilla, beet, potass, and marble.
The Pays has received a warning from the
Government, for publishing an article relative to
the new Turkish loan, which article is declared, in
the official document, "to contain wilfully false