The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-04 00:00:00

SUNDAY, 15TH.

1. At seven in the morning salvos of artillery and
ringing of bells as on the previous evening.
2. At nine o'clock the third exposition of pictures by
modern artists, will be thrown open to the public. •
3. At twelve o'clock, the Civil and Military Authori-
ties will assemble at the Etablissement. The port on each
side of the road will be occupied by the detachments
of National Guards from the various towns, by those
of the town, the troops of the line in Boulogne and
those ordered here from the various garrison towns,
the Corps of the Woods and Forests, the Marine,
the Custom-house, and the Gendarmes. These will all
occupy the position most suitable to their falling in with-
out confusion into that portion of the procession in which
they are to form a part.
At half-past twelve the procession will move off in the
following order

Gendarmes.
Band of music.
Cavalry.
Trumpets and Standard.
Cavalry.
Artillery.

Band of music.
Engineers.
Band of music.
Infantry of the Line.
Band of music.

Ist Battalion of the National Guard of Boulogne,
headed by their Colonel, followed by the various de-
putations of the National Guard from all the towns.
Each deputation preceded by its own band of music.
Ist Section of the Artillery of the National Guard of
Boulogne.

One hundred banners of the various parishes of this
arrondissement.

A company of seamen of the Imperial Guard.
A company of seamen of the vicinity of Boulogne
who have been decorated with the Legion of Honour.
Old officers of the army in active service and on half-
pay.

Gentlemen decorated with the Order of the Legion of
Honour.

THE CAR.

The President of the Ceremonial and his staff.
The civil and military authorities in the order of pre-
cedence.
Band of music. Drums.
Deputations of National Custom-house officers.
Guards. Cavalry of the line.
Band of music. Band of music.
Infantry of the line. Cavalry.
Artillery of the line. Trumpeter and' Mounted
Drums. - Boulogne National Grd.

2d Battalion of the Boulogne Gendarmes.
National Guard.

Such is the precession that will pass through the town,
along the Calais road, the fort of the Moulin-a-l'Huile,
and thence to the Column. In the space surrounding the
Column, within the enclosure, the whole of this procession
will be marshalled, and such other persons whose influence
will be sufficiently powerful to obtain tickets. The public
in general will be ranged on each side of the road leading
from fort Moulin a-l'Huile to the Column. While thus
assembled an ode composed for the occasion, and set to
music, will be sung, the troops reviewed, various military
evolutions passed through, and finally the statue unveiled,
The artillery on the glacis of the fort of the Moulin-a-
l'Huile will instantly fire a salute of 21 guns, the ships
of war off the coast and in the harbour, and all the bat-
teries along the coast will respond in a similar salute.
The procession will return in the same order, but in-
stead of passing through the upper town it will turn to
the right down the road of the Abreuvoir, Rues Notre-
Dame, Dutertre, Wissocq, Siblequin, and Neuve-Chaus-
Eie, to the church of St. Nicholas where a grand Te
Deum, &c., will be sung at which his Eminence the Car-
dinal Bishop of Arras will officiate.
At six o'clock, the Theatre will be opened to per-
formances of a mere attractive character than are gene-
rally represented, and in which Parisian actors will play
the principal characters.
Seven o'clock, thunders of artillery from the ships of
war and batteries will again awaken attention, and call
the crowds together for _

Fire works prepared by the celebrated Ruggieri,
which at nine o'clock will illuminate the harbour where
they are to be displayed, and where every vessel during
the day will be decorated with flags, streamers, &c.
The whole town will be illuminated.

Such is the outline of the intended ceremony of
the 15th of August 1841, a ceremony devised to illus-
trate the last act of the completion of a column erected
to commemorate the assembly of an army that performed
deeds of valour imperishable as the History that has re-
corded them, and of the institution of an order of merit
that prompted daring souls to achieve the immortality
which has twined its laurels round the brow of the chief
who knew how to make use of man and stimulate him to
glory. Whether glory acquired at the cannon's mouth,
by the destruction of the human species, by the ruin of
thousands and the desolation of kingdoms is worthy
of ambition, it would be idle to pause to discuss ; but
in a country like this, inflammable as their brandy, in-
deed on fire at the idea of a match, it is questionble
whether all this military spectacle is politic ; men's brains,
however, run upon it, and the wise, at present, as in all
past ages, have been and will be led away by fools and
shallow minds. Still the peaceable, and all disposed for
rational and innocent amusement will find wherewith to
be gratified during the fetes, and particularly on the fol-
lowing days ;