The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-09 00:00:00

ROYAL PROGRESS IN FRANCE.

CHERBOURG, SETT. 3.-Yesterday during the whole
of the time the King and the Royal Family were out, the
weather was fair, but in the evening it became cold and
rainy. Today it was not more favourable, About 11
o'clock, however, the King and Queen, Madame Adelaide,
the Duke de Nemours, and the Princesses Mary and Cle-
mentine, accompanied by Marshal Soult, Admiral de
Rigny, Marshal Gerard, the Maritime Prefect, and Count
d'Harcourt, embarked on board the Sphynx, and proceeded
to visit the fleet moored in the roadstead. On the ap-
proach of his Majesty every ship fired a royal salute, and
as the Spbynx passed each of them, shouts of " Vice le
Rui !" were uttered with enthusiasm. Although the
weather had become very rough, and the sea ran high,ren-
tiering it extremely unpleasant to traverse, the King and
Queen, Mad. Adelaide, and the Duke de Nernours, at-
tended by several officers, got into a boat and went on
board the Admiral's ship the Atalante, where the Royal
party was received with a general cheer from the whole
crew On quitting the Atalante, the King visited the
yacht of the Commodore, to whom his Majesty presented
a snuff-box enriched with diamonds. The Royal party
having rejoined the Spbynx, returned to the port. During
the time the King was on the water, the English yachts
were under sail, running frequently alongside the Sphynx,
and saluting her with their guns and cheers from those on
board. On landing his Majesty visited the establishments
in the Dockyards, including the foundry, where the men
were at full work, and the ropeyard, when he inspected
the twisting of an immense cable fur the Jupiter.
His Majesty expressed his entire satisfaction at every
thing he saw. The King remained a long time in Fort
du Hornet, whence he had an extensive view of the whole
roadstead, and the entirety of the works completed, and
the situation of those protected, and examined very mi-
nutely, with Admiral de Rigny, all the plans.
At five o'clock the King returned to the Prefecture.
The guests invited to dine with his Majesty amounted
to 100 ; among whom were the Captains and First Lieu-
tenants of all the French ships, the officers of the English
navy, and all the personages of distinction we have already
named, to whom we have to add Lord Belfast and Lord
Crofton. In the evening a great number of English

ladies were pre,ented to the Queen. At ten o'clock their
MajPsties went to the ball, which was got up at the esta-
blishment of the baths, and wa, estreme!y elegant. The
Prince and Princesses joined in the dance till 11 o'clock,
when the Royal party retired, as they entered, amidst the
loyal acclamations of the company.
A letter from Caen says the nohili,y are deserting that
town. There are scarcely six noble families that have not
obeyed the orders of the Legitimatist Committee of Paris,
to abstain from appearing upon the King's visit ; but the
merchants, shopkeepers, and other classes, will not be
wanting to his Majesty, and it may he affirmed with truth
that there will be more than 100,000 souls in the town
on the 6th and 7th.
This morning the King visited the various manufactories
of the town, and the Maine Hospital and barracks, at
each of which he left tokens of his munificence. He like-
wise sent pecuniary relief to the willows of two pilots who
were lost this morning in attempting to go out to the
roadstead. His Majesty wished to go out to sea again him-
self, but it was found to he impossible, and thus was ex-
tinguished all hopes of the naval review which bad been
looked forward to with so much interest. They were
totally destroyed by a gale from the north, which succeeded
that of the south-west, and preventng all communication
with the ships in the roadstead. All the yachts were
obliged to take refuge in the harbour, and the ships
outside were compelled to strike their topmasts.
The King afterwards visited Fort Kerkeville, and
held a very long and interesting discussion on the
various plans for combining the land and sea defences of
Cherbourg, which was continued when, on returning to
the Arsenal, the Xing found a model in relief of Cher-
bourg and its environs. His Majesty, who, during
the whole of the morning, was accompanied by the Duke
de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, Marshal Soult, Ad-
miral de Rigny, Marshal Gerard, and other officers of
rank, afterwards went to the quarters of the crews of the
line, who, in his presence, suspended a number of ham-
mocks, in which his Majesty desired soldiers to place
themselves, in order that his Ministers and officers
might decide upon the propriety of adopting the use of
them in the barracks of the land forces. During his short
visit to the hospital his Majesty gave a reward to a sailor
who distinguished himself by his intrepidity on the oc•
casion of the wreck of the Resolue. The King has also
conferred a gold medal on the Mayor of Fremainville,
who, on the same event, hastened in his boat to render
his personal assistance. At the close of his morning's ex-
cursions the King rode round the great basin of the port,
surrounded by an immense crowd, uttering repeated shouts
of Vine le Roil it is half-past seven o'clock, and the
King and Royal Family have only just sat down to din-
ner. His Majesty will leave us to-morrow morning at
ten o'clock. Admiral de Rigny will remain at Cherbourg
till after the Queen's departure, and will then join the
King at Caen.
It is said that the King, previous to his departure for
Cherbourg, gave orders to restore on all the buildings de-
pendent on the Civil List, such as the Tuileries, the
Louvre, Versaill s, Sr. Cloud, Compeigne, and Fontain-
bleau, the cyphers and monograms of Napoleon, which
were effaced by the Restorat-on. The bust of the late ex-
Emperor, removed from the pediment of the colonnade of
the Louvre, is to resume its former place, which is now
filled by the figure of Louis XIV. with an enormous wig.