The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-04 00:00:00

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The review of cavalry in honour of the King
of Bavaria came off on Tuesday on the new rice
course in the Bois de Boulegee. Favoured with
splendid Neither, it attracted, as indeed reviews
always do in Paris, a multitude of spectators; but,
contrary to custom, these spectatfra consisted
almost exclusively of the higher and middle classes,
blouses being very rare indeed. The ground, which,
as is known, is of immense extent, was entirely
lined with pelestrians, whilst behind them was a
huge assemblage of vehicles of all kinds, from
the dashing equipage of the noble, down to the
humble hack c of the citizen, all fully oc-
cupied, chiefly by ladies in some parts of the
ground, aad for a considerable extent, too, the
vehicles were in lines, three or four deep. Amongst
the'spectatot s was an extraordinarily large number
of English.. The cavalry consisted of two regiments
of carabiuiers, two of curassiers, two of hussars—
also cf the dragoons of the Ethpress, the lancers of
the guard, and six batteries of 'horse artillery.
These regiments were in two divisions, under the
command of Generals d'Allonville and Morris, and
Marshal Magnan commanded the whole. Just
bafore five o'clock the cavalry was drawn up in two
lines, extending the whole length of the ground,
from the top, near the cascade, down to the sunken
wall, near the vdlage of B cologne. At five the Em-
peror and the King of Bavaria arrived on the ground
from St. Cloud ; their Majesties were preceded by
a picket of the Cent Gardes ; after them came a
brilliant staff, consisting of Marshal PeliSSieT and
several Fre noh generals and other officers, and some
Bavarian, English, and Pru-sian officers ; the cor-
t-ge was closed by a squadron of the Cent. Gardes.
The EmperOr wore the uniform of a French gene-
ral; with the Grand Cordon of the Legion .of
Honour ;..the .King of Bavaria, who rode -at his
Majesty's right hand, was in a light blue uniform,
with a cocked hat surmounte I by a large plume of
white feathers ; the King also wore a red cordon.
Both. their ,Majesties were mounted on beautiful
horses. The Empress followed the Imperial cortege
an open Carriage drawn by four horses ;' she was
accompanied by the Grand DuellessStephanie I3a-
den, andescerted by a detachment of dragoons, And
followed by two carriages containing her suite. The
Emperor And. the King, the latter occupying the
place of honour, proceeded, immediately on their
arrival, ta'dtvcend the first hue of the Cent
Ga,rdes escorting them ' • the Empress and her
escort followed ; the illustrious party then ascended
'the second line.' The appearance of the troops
presented was magnificent in the extreme ; and
as their Majesties swept along their front they
presented arms, and shouted with enthusiasm
" Vivo l'Empereur !" whilst their bands played
national airs. • The King of Bavaria saluted the
flag of every regiment. The Emperor, the
King, and the Empress,' having concluded their
inspection, took up a station near the cemetery ;
the cavalry then • fell back, and the . artillery
proceeded to execute sundry manoeuvres. Thin
done, the first line of cavalry made a charge,
and the second one afterwards did the same. The
regiments of lancers also charged separately. Then
the troops were massed according to their different
arms, and all en masse came tearing along the
plain, stopping only a few yards from the King and
the Emperor, who had removed for convenience to
the centre of the ground. When the troops stopped
they raised a shout of " Viva l'Empereur l" The
precision with which these various movements were
executed was truly admirable, and the King of
Bavaria, if we may judge from his gestures, was
boih astonished and delighted with them. To the
civilian spectator the sight was full of emotion, whilst
the varied uniforms, the many coloured plume., and
the gleaming of sword and cuirass, and helmet, en-
chanted the eye, the assemblage of such a multitude of
men and horses filled the mind with a sort of terror
at the tremendous force they represented ; the ex-

traordinary ease and exactitude with which such
masses were moved—like men on a chess-board—
was too a subject of profound astonishment. The
movements having concluded, the Emperor, the
-Empres9, the King, and their staff, placed them-
,selves near the stands of the racecourse, and the
whole body of cavalry filed off before them in the
usual way, repeating enthusiastically, as they did
so, the cry of " Vive l'Empereur 1" On the ter-
mination of the filing off, their Majesties returned
to St. Cloud in the order in which they arrived,
and the troops left for their respective quarters.
It was seven- o'clock when the review concluded.