The Sun.
London, England, 1815-08-02 00:00:00

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l'ltlVAtt tOIOESPONDENCE

REVIEir roF tfir ItRITISII ARMY IN

(EXTRA'CTS FROM PRIVATE LETTF,RS.)
" The Iltiview of tie British Army on MondaY
'was most splendid. It waA a prowl day for
Britain,'and for every Brit n who was present on

the occasion.
The line, it is said, would have extended 15
miles, hut the -troops were formed in their divi-
sinus and brigades first, each marching. about
seven. rtclodi in the morning, and formed in close
'columns of. regiments ; -and a reserve, iu the like
formation, in a second line on the right of the first,
consisting of the household troops,,tbe heavy
dragoons, and some brigades of horse artillery,

being on the Champ Elys6e, next the Place de
Lows XV. and the others extending to the left,
lnyouti the unfinished Triumphal Arch, in a di-
rection towards the Pont de Neuilly.—The Duke
of Wellington (not itr uniform) inspected the line'
about nine ; the Pi;inee of Orange soon after
passed with his staff, and took' his post at the
heal of his division, as did the :other Generals..
Blocher, and some others; also looked at them.•
" At about ten the Duke came, in fall- uni-
form, with all his stars, ribbons, &c. having the
Emperor of Russia on his right, and the Emperor
of Austria on his left, and followed by an immense
retinue, among. whom were 111onieur, the Grand
Dukes Nicolas and. Michael, &c. &c. They passed
the whole line, an:idst a cloud of dust that: abso-
intely obscured the sun., The right division had
laurel in their helmets and raps, the next oak ;
.some of the others bad acacia, lime, &c. which
improt their appearance. The British and
Hanoverian bands played `‘ God Save the King,"
the Nassau and Belgi&n.`!Dh I Belgium, !"-as
the Emperors, &c. passed the line. The Cortege
returned between the 'hies to the right, and
took their post of salute on the very spot where
-Louis XVI. was murdered.
" The cavalry and artillery made a, most
admirable appearance, and the stile with which
t'!e former darted up to form half squadrons near
the point of salute, confounded the Parisians, and.
made the ground quake beneath their feet. The
columns of British Infantry moved on with a
beautiful solidity ; the two first hands, with lau-
:tel, passed' to the " Downfall of Paris.'' This
was rather unfortunate, although they had ac-
spired a right to it, and although, when march-
ing through St. Denys, on their route to Paris,
all the bands did play it, the Duke of Wellington
fit hurt on this occasion ; the other Regiments
did not continue the tune, I believe in con-
sequence of a caution given by an -Aide-de-
Camp. The next division, however, marched
to the tune of " Nollg Tong Pats." Most of
tthe others marched to national or regimental
tune-s.—The NaSsan troops were a beautiful body
bf men, and dressed in admillable stile, particu-
larly their bands (which were the most remarkable
of the whole line), and their pioneeri With new
]ratchets and unsoiled\ aprons, &c. They ap-
peared more like soldiers for the strobe than the
field. The British were a contrast, for they
Lad not only nothing for show, but all
that was useful, or bad been -used, and
their tattered colours on their broken poles,
proved the dangers. they bad encountered and
overcome. The Belgians formed an unfortu,.
nate groupe, for except that they had arms of
British manufacture in their bands, and numerous
tlrhms, &c. in thcir fronts, they had neither the
appearance nor disciplitteof soldiers; but they gave
great efryet to the division of Guards and High-
landers tvhiCh followed, and required no such con-
trast ; but as it was, they appeared to have every
thing the others did not possess. The superiority
of our artillery admits of no comparison over all the
others in the line, although also paid by Britain.
These, both horse and foot, and the Royal Sap-
pers and Miners, looked what they truly art, su-
perior to any thing else of the kind in the world.
The greatest contrast of all in the eyes of the Pa-
risians were the Highlanders and Bronswickers.
All were anxious to see the former, and were de-
lighted with them when they catue—none tO
see the latter, for when they appeared, j no-
thing but nacres, diuhles, abominations, Cnold be
I,eard. They did not strike me as deserving this,
but they have been tolerable plunderers, which
:nay account for it. The King of Prussia in a
plain dress, joined the Duke, &c. In the course of
the march. The Review seemed' directed to the
Emperor 'of Russia, lie received and-returned the
s dates, and the Duke marched at the head of the
Line-, and saluted him also. The whole °cot.
pied about seven hours, being concluded about
five. Upwards of five hours and a half were oc-
cupied in the marching part, which wadollP in
iplick time, only General and Field-officers salut-
ing. The column -was closed by the heavy bri-
gade of battering guns. By one account, the