The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-21 00:00:00

PREPARATIONS FOR WAlt.

Tile Report of the Minister of Marine on the aug-
-tation of the list of naval officers is stated by the
have been delivered into the hands of the
Temps . -•
-- to this project the number of capi-
King, Accorat.,, be increased to 100 ; the capi-
taines de vaisseau is to
':st are to be promoted to
tely transferred to
taines de Iregate now on the
e va:sseau to
capitaines de vaisseau, and immeco.:
the retired list , and the new capitaines
be taken from the capitaines de corvette.
JCL: Promo-
tions of lieutenants de vaisseau to be capitaines cie Or"
vetto are to be about 60.
It is said that twenty battalions of tirailleurs, the same
as those recently sent to Africa from Vineet,nes, arc to
be formed. _ _

-'the Havre Papers mention that a small battery is
being established on the Rondpoint Nidame, opposite
the Tour de rrahatis 1., at the entrance of the port.
The Commerce street that the 2d regiment of Engi-
neers is shortly to arrive, and will be quartered at Saint
Denis and Vincennes, in order to aid in the fortifying of
Paris. _ _

The Sentinelle de l'Arniee having aSZerted that the
late General Lamarque nad been opposed to trk: idea of
fortifying Paris, the Ministerial etching paper, the Mu--
hitt:to' Parisien, contradicts the statement by quoting a
pamphlet of the General's, in which the opposite opinion
is expressed. " Prudence," it adds, " commands the
precaution of fortifying Paris, which a foreign army may
reach in eight or ten days' march, without having to
make a single siege. All are agreed upon this point.
The capture of Paris has twice decided the fate of
France."
The fortifications ordered to be made at Loon, on the
north,eastern frontier, will be extensive enough to hold
a gartiAon from 5,000 to 4,000 men, and will completely
command the foWhi
The Mcssagcr has a reply to the article of the
Natiohal, in,,inuating that the project for the fortifica-
tionsrt.o, of Paris is chit fly for the purpose of
,Fierc..'inaot
eighteen bastiLes round the capital, and obtsheersitrt that
" there. are other works to undertake u
ontier,
if it is intended to tear up the treaties.pfiootc:ll3:ls;"w jheill e
Aiess(!g" again declares that the fortifications
of such a nature that they cannot be
Vrance has
against the inhabitants of Paris' and says,
she has
no intention to tear up the trcatics
degree ;
but orders
acknowledged, and does not
en-
tertain the project of convulsioni
towns on a re-
have been given to place 9u3
spnctable lopting defence; ,
letter frein Buss„.l.4l;a,
nf theorti Europefifortified
slightest
Trw ihgsburgl2' Gazette I- ob
a We learn that the
of the otitu ult., which says
Emperor, who was at, View on the 22d, has given up his

EVENING EDITiON".

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proposed visit to Germany, and will remain in the
southern part of his States. His Majesty proposes to
inspect Nickolajeff, Sebastopol, &c., and to review the
body of troops concentrated in the Crimea.
The great
military preparations which arc making at. this moment
have not for object the immediate occupation of Con-
stantinople, but are intended as a precaution against
eventualities."
The Moniteur of Saturday promulgates a Royal or-
donnance, dated 10th inst., opening to the Munster of
Public, Works a credit extraordinary of six mil:ioe s °f
francs, for the portions of expenses caused by the for &-
cations of Paris, to his department.
FORTIFICATIONS IN PARIS.—The Debats observec,
—" It appears that a Council was held on Wednesday
when the fortifications of Paris were taken into consi-
deration. The works were divided between the Royal
Engineers and the Pouts et Chaussces, so as to allot:
to the military engineers such parts as come more es-
pecially within their province. The engineer; of the
Pouts et Chaussees are to undertake that part of the
line which is to run between LA Villete and the Lower
Seine, and that between Charonne and 13erey-
They will also have to raise the tort of Ivry, and a road
circumscribing the position from Nogent to Rotnain-
ville, which is to be begun immediately. The ill'
tary engineers will form the inclosure between La Aril'
lette and Charonne, and on the left bank of the Seine
the fortifications of Charonrre, the Peninsula of St. Maur,
the forts at Nogent, Fontenay-aux-Bois, Rost: y,
Rotnatn-
viile, Noisy, and Pantin ; the canal and for, ress of St'
Denis, the forts at Mont Valerien, Meudon, Yontenor,
aux-Roses, Arcueil, and Bicetre. Forts do l'Npine nna
Garches are not to be executed. The Minister ,
Works has created a special office for expediting tlse exPr°-
priations, to which several members of the Council of State
will be attached. AU this branch of the ,business will in
consequence be transacted without any entermediary•
and, it is hoped, be accomplished within foatY da?l,.
The King, as has been stated, has authorised 11'eri..
mediate opening of the ground in the Bois de nl
logne and the Park of Neuilly, and it is hoped that' t"I.,
august example will not be lost, and induce )11I'n'
landowners to treat by private contract, and on real
able terms. Two companies of engineers from A!).
1°-
cennes have been sent to Bellevil:e, and will into °.
diately begin the works on the site of the former fce4
Des Toureiles, which already belongs to the State,
The line on the right bank of the Seine has been re'"
connoitred by General Valliant and two superior ow'
cers. It encircles Beres-, La Grande Pente. the two
Charonnes, the Park of 'Sr. Fargeau beyond Belleville'
La Villette, La Chapelle, Clignancourt, Batignolles•
Themes, Passy, and Auteuil. Thirty battalions de°
men each, making a total of 24,000 men, are abous "
be employed. They will be lodged in temporary bar
racks near the points at which they are to work, so'
that no time may be lost,
The Havre Journal says that eat activity pres'ailii,
p
among the engineers sent to restore the fortifications ei
that town, and preparations for forming several nevi
batteries are making.
The Courrier de la Moselle says that orders have been
received at the foundry of Hayarh-e to prepare ..soopoo
Biscayens, and 1,600,00011;s. of ea.enon-balls, mortars'
shells, and howitzer-shells. Some aiditional workshoPli
had been opened in consequence.
Count Woronzow, according to the Frankfort" T°l42:
nal, has been ordered by the Emperor to return
cart,nit„'-
diately to Odessa. There is to be a camp for cart, U 1
manoeuvres formed at Bender this autumn.

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