The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-04 00:00:00

The following is the programme of the maneauvres
which will take place on the 6th by the troops
composing the garrison of Paris. Two corps
d'armee are supposed to be opposed to each other,
the one on the left the other on the right bank
of the Seine. The former will occupy the Champ-
de-Mars and Grenelle, and the latter the Trocadero
and the Bois de Boulogne. The army on the left
bank will endeavour to make an offensive move-
ment on the right bank, and will throw a bridge
over the Seine, over which a part of the troops will
pass and establish themselves on the right bank,
under the protection of a heavy fire from their ar-
tillery. An attack will then be made on the Troca-
dero on the left, while the troops which have crossed
the newly-constructed bridge will make an attack
on the right. These attacks will be repulsed, and
the troops will retire to the Champ-de-Mars, under
the protection of their artillery. The troops of the
right bank will then cross the bridges, and advance
on the Champ-de-Mars. Charges of cavalry will be
made to oppose their advance, but which will not pre-
vent the whole of the right bank army entering the
Champ-de Mars. A general filing off of all the
troops engaged will then take place. The President
of the Republic has given orders that the public shall
be allowed to approach as near to the scene of action
as is consistent with the movement of the -troops.
The quays, the heights of the Trocadero, and the
houses adjoining, will be the most favourable spots
for witnessing the manoauvres, which will occupy
about two hours.

PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING.-It would be hardly
possible to exaggerate the magnificence of the ban-
quet which was given last evening to the Lord Mayor
of London and the committee of the Great Exhibi-
tion, by the Ville de Paris. The hour appointed for
the banquet was six o'clock, as the cards of invita-
tion had it tres precises, but although the 500 guests
were politely punctual to time, they had to spend
upwards of an hour waiting the appearance of the
Prefect of the Seine. The delay of the worthy host
was explained by reference to what was taking place
in the Assembly, of which M. Berger is a member,
for, by a coincidence worthy of note, the good city of
Paris was itself on its trial as it were before the
legislative body, having to justify the stewardship of
its large revenues, by way of preliminary to the
passing of a Bill authorising a loan of fifty millions
to be spent in city improvements. The principal arti-
cles of the Bill were carred with no further incon-
venience than that of retarding a banquet, which
Ministers were anxious to grace with their presence.
By another coincidence worthy of note the visit of the
Lord Mayor to the Assembly at three o'clock yester-
day was during the debate on this city Bill. The
worthy Lord Mayor having been treated with due
attention, having been shown over the old Chamber
of Deputies and through the library and rooms, was
introduced into the tribune belonging to the city
authorities, from which he had pointed out to him
such Parliamentary celebrities as were present.
Having remained little more than a quarter of an
hour, his Lordship left to pay his respects to the
President of the Republic and the British Ambas-
sador. Upon the arrival of the Prefect of the Seine
from the Assembly, followed shortly after by Minis-
ters, three folding doors were thrown open, and the
guests admitted into the city's unrivalled ban-
quetting hall. Seated at table, the guests
found themselves in a long, spacious room,
with a gallery at each end, remarkable
for their architectural lightness and beauty,
beyond which the room, continued for some extent,
presents vistas of the most airy appearance. Fourteen
lofty-arched windows at each side, set in light Co-
rinthian pillars, from which spring to the ceiling
highly decorated and painted supporters, if the word
be correct, would, any one of them, be sufficient to
give a character of richness and elegance to a large
saloon. From the ceiling, which is in the style of
the renaissance—that is to say, in numerous small
squares forming so many frames to a central orna-
ment, having three rows of large new lustres of most
beautiful design, in which the blending of golden
branches and foliage, with drops of crystal cut under
myriads of soft stars of light, produced an
enchanting effect. Harmony of effect must
have been studied by an able master, and produced
with a skilful hand. The window curtains of
a delicate lemon hue, with white under-curtains, set
off with silver fringe, formed a ground for the light
of the candelabra and lustres which in its way was .
perfection. The tone of colour throughout very
delicate : the Corinthian pillars are pure white, the
ceiling is painted in colours of a deeper tone, but not
much deeper, while the central ornaments of the nu-
merous small squares before referred to being of blue,
give character to the rest. The flags of the different
nations suspended over the heads of the company pro-
duced a strikingly imposing effect. As if by instinct
each stranger looked towards the flag of his own dear
land awaking his patriotic sympathies, while any dis -
position to rivalry was soon quelled by seeing all
blending their colours together in sign of the philan-
thropic objects which had re-united all who were
there. A splendid band in one of the galleries played
pieces from Rossini, Gluck, And Auber.