The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-01 00:00:00

THE GLORIOUS DAYS -.')F JULY.

( From the French Papers of Thursday.)
The last day of the fetes of July has passed off with the
greatest eclat. The weather was jesterday magnificent.
ard all the population of Paris acre out of doors eloer-
mined to enjoy themselves. As utual, the Champs Ely-
se, s, with its fair, presented a motley scene ; the mat de
cocaine attracted the same crowd of admirers at the slips
and chances of the adventurous climbers ; the orchestras
and dancing places were well attended by plebeian vota-
ries of the Muses ; the long-fought battles were all fought
over again, with the addition of Mazagran in all its
1 horrors ; and the victualling-booths, tumblers, jugglers,
and gjmnastical exhibitors, to say nothing of the giants
attd dwarfs, all had each their often. renewed crowds of
easily gr.tified visitors. The Place de la Concorde was
shown off on this occ &on in all its beauty ; the foto,
tains were in full play; so also was the new basin at the
rood-punt of the Champs Eivsees; excellent order was
maintained by the municipal guards and police, and
there was really no small pleasure to be derived from a
ramble among the throng. At the Barrier° du Trone,
the inhabitants of the eastern parts of the city came in for
their shareof the amusements; and immerse crowds were
stationed all day round the Column of July, on the Place
de la Bastille, admiring the aspect of this new acquaint-
! ance, which is indeed a great addition to the appearance
of that part of the town. 0.: the river the jousts
and other aquatic amusements, including a boat race,
occupied the afternoon, and affarded r o small fun to the
spectators, who lined the quays and bridges. Showsly
after seven the grand concert in the garden of the Tui-
leries commenced, and was listened to by a dense as
semblage. The King and 13.,yal family were on the
terrace of the Chateatr, and remained there while the
I Marseillaise and Parisienne were performed in first-rate
style. Soon after eight the illumination of the public
buildings throughout the capital was general ; the two
columns, the Pantheon, the offices of the Ministers cf Ma-
rine and Finance, and the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile,
producing a grand effect. All along the principal avenue
of the Champs Elysees, besides the festoons of lampions
that extended on each side throughout the distance, a
series of large lustres in white arid coloured lamps were
suspended down the middle of the roadway, and rendered
the illumination doubly striking. Precisely at nine th.'
first rocket was fired from the Tuileries, and was answered
by a discharge of rockets and the shouts of some hundred
thousand of people. Three balloons were let off from th..
Quai d'Orsay, display ng comet-like tails of fire till that
had attained a considerable altitude, when they threw forth
abundance of rockets and tri- coloured fire that produced a
rovel and beautiful effect, The grand fireworks on the
Quai d'Orsay, near the Tuileries, immediately com-
menced, and the devices of water and land-rockets became
incessant. After a beautiful alternation of effects of va-
rious coloured lights, burning pillars, yew-trees, coils of
serpents, &c., a most splendid temple was suddenli
lighted up, nearly in front of the Chamber of Deputies
and facing towards the Place de la Concorde. This was
one of the most chaste and exquisite pieces of pyrotech-
nical skill we have ever seen. Four columns in white_
l light, separated by st rs and other devices in coloured
fire, bore between them three compartments with the cy-
phers 27, aS, and 29, respectively flaming within them.
Vases on the tops of the columns sent forth showers of tri.
coloured fire, and loud discharges of artillery and rockets
took place beneath. A beautiful star and other grand
discharges were seen on the Punt de la Concorde, and
then came three superb bouquets, one in honour of each
day of the fete, the second of which and the last, includ-
ing a tremendous discharge of white rockets in the a;r,
were of unusual grandeur. This has been by far the best
display of fireworks since the rejoicings for the birth of
the Count de Paris. At the same time very brilliant dis-
charges of fireworks took plaee at the Barriere du Trone,
the bouquets there being also on a scale of unusual magni.
ficence. The crowds in the streets,ifrom all parts cf the
capital and the banlieue, were immense, but, as far as we
observed, good order was maintained.
The following arc some particulars of the exhumation
of the bodies of the victims in front of the Louvre :
After digging down about five feet a range of twelve
bodies were found, the bones of which had become
blackened, but the skulls were in tolerable preservation.
Here and there some fragments of clothing were to be
seen, the rest having been destroyed by the quick lime
thrown into the grave. Under a second bed of lime
another range of skeletons was come to; these were much
more perfect, and the skulls retained their tenth almost
entire, and which, from their whiteness, showed that
the victims were mostly young men. The garments in
which they were enveloped were in a good state, except the
linen, which had entirely disappeared, while the shoes were
almost completely perfect. On coming down to the third tier
it was found to have contained not less than twent) -five bo.
dies, the skulls and spines of which were perfect, and in other
respects presented nearlythe same apjaiarances as those above
them. The whole number of skulls taken up was sixty,
although the list given in did not mention more than
thirty-two. It was, however, ascertained that twenty.
seven Swiss Guards were buried at the Louvre. As it
was not possible to distinguish these last from the rest, the
whole of the remains were put into the coffins, and thus
the bones of the poor S a iss repose under the column of
July with the defenders of that liberty which they con-
tended against. Among the rest was found the skeleton
of a woman, which was recognised by the fragments of a
female dress, and by a pair of gold ear-rings. Two five-
franc pieces. which she must have had in her pocket, fell
to the ground when she was taken up. There was like-
xf.se found the skeleton of a child, which, as well as that
of the woman, was pl, eed among the bones of those with
which they had for ten years lain quietly in the earth.
PARIS, .111.1' 30.—The fetes of July are over. They
hay- terminated w;thout any serious accident, but they
have been attended with demonstrations of national feel-
ing which it is said the Court regrets to perceive, or, it
you will, to have provoked.
The warlike tone of the Government Papers to-day has
produced on the Funds a very serious impression. A
species of panic has, in fact, existed throughout the busi-
ness hours. I feel b .und to state, however, that persons
really well informed have eo expectation of an) thing its
the shape of war, unless new incidents occur to exaspe—
rate or to stimulate the vanity of the existing Government.
It is pretty generally admitted, however, that an attemdt
to coerce Mehemet Ali. which must have been contem-
plated by the Treaty of the Four Powers, would be ad-
mirably calculated to produce most untoward events.
Towards the close of the Bourse the panic increased,
but no new fact to justify it was mentioned.
The Commerce states that all subjects of the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, who had received the benefit of the late
amnesty, received notice, some time since, from the Au:—
Irian Embassy, to quit France before the fetes of July, un-
der the penalty of losing the advantages which that !nes-
surt. had extended to them. " The injunction of Count
d'Appony," adds this jwurnal, " has been strictly followed,
and all those alluded to, including the Prince and Princess
Belgiojoso, have passed the frontier."