The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-10 00:00:00

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Culasotrao, Attgosk 4.

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The name of this old Norman town and.harbour is
probably at this moment better knoirn than ibe enact
position. The enact position of 'Cherbourg may be
better described than by quoting latitude and longitude
from the Admiralty chart, or its bearings hy compass
from Dover. Briedy, then, if the bile of Wight mild
cut loose from its mooring, and drift neatly in a ortraight
line across the Channel, it would be received ih the
arms of two capes, which terminate the great peanut&
of the coat of Normandy. Into the bay between these
points the tight little island woitld nearly fit sad MI up
the hollow. In the deepest recces oi this bet, aid ft
the *entre of He shore, lies the town of Cherbourg. It
is nearly equidistant from Plymoitth, Weymouth, and
Portsmouth ; thaw places would be cut by three lines
radiating from Cherbourg Illos thr 'ticks of a fan.
netween the French port and the Elvin* owl roll 81
or 70 good tulles of ocean ; and when you have hispered
Cherbourg you will not wish the Channel one league lees
in breadth. The town itself is the le•at important part of
it ; the real Cherbourg conaists or the harbour, the mill.
Wiry port, the bre mkwater, and the fortifications. All that
the art of the military engineer can do to give strength
to the natural portion has been don.; the portion has
called the works into existent., and the 'olio are the
place. Cherbourg is no such well 'tooled clover. The
country around it, however, Is very blantlful, hilly,
and richly wooded, though the town itself ie on a Midi
that extends from the foot of the WU to tin shore of
the bay ; from moat of the ground now covered by the
town the or has :voided midst a comparatively recent
period. The height', behind show you the town at your
feet, the military port , with Its dockyard, roofs, sod
bastions on the lift, and the breakwater, the inner road,
sal the eight or nine Ilnemoftbettle shlpe at anchor, se
the centre of the picture. To the right is the height,
almost a cliff, of Le Ramie, drowned by a fortified lbar•
reek, with embrasures looking, as all the guns do every
where, 'inward. The barrack, or fort under that name,
I. one of the new constructions, and its fresh white
masonry oontraate well with time gray, weatheratained
face of the height on which it stands, whence a slope of
here rock descends slimmer into the town. The Dew
railway from Paris turns round the foot of this height,
and the station is brill, to to speak, In Its shadow ; the
platform Is, in every oar, "under the guns" of the
fort. The dale for the Emperor, for the ceremony of
the inauguration of the line, directly fronts the height of
La Rude, mind when time simi.aiiitilse enemies for the
spoutemes are filled, the mountain and its fort, riling
from the station IWO, will forum a inagnilaint beet'
ground to the tableau. The following it the programme
drawn up by the civil and military 1101101.1$1011 for the
reception of the Emperor and Empress, rid the eels.
bratlon of the seversl days of their stay in Cherbourg 1—

iUQUIT 4.
Their Majesties will be received at the railway
station by the authorities, civil, naval, and military.
The keys of the tows will be presented to ills Majesty
by the Mayor and the ManiaipalUounall.
The benediction and inauguration of the railway will
take plass in the preienoe of their Majesties.
All the land and sea forgo will be under arms j they
will be placed in rank from the railway station to the
Hotel of the Prefecture. The arrival of their Majesties
will be announood by a salute of artillery.
All the ships of the squadron, aa well as the forts of
the road, and Forts Ouglet and L'Ainiral, will be
deoorstad with Bags ; all the buildings of the port will
also hoist their respective flap.
On the arrival of their Majesties at the Prefecture the
limper will receive the wive' of the principal officials,
and the young ladies deputed to offer Her Majesty a
corbedle of dowers and Laos.

The pablic offices, the ships of the squadron, and the
breakwater will be illuminated every evening during the
stay of their Majesties.
The °Moen and nubile functionaries are requested
to illuminate their residences and decorate them with
ANIL
AUGUST 5.

This day being reserved by the Emperor and Empress
for the reception on board the Bretagne of Her Majesty
the Queen of England, • future order will be issued as
to the prooeedinp of the day.
The regatta will take place in the road of Cherbourg
In the presence of the united naval forces and the
Royal Yacht Squadron.
AUOVIST 8.

This day their Majesties will visit the ships of the
squadron in the road, and land on the breakwater.

Auoorr 7.
Their Majesties will leave the Hotel of the Prefecture
in the 'morning, and pass through the town and environs.
At noon their Majesties will proceed to the military
port to open the grand inner basin of the works.
In the evening • ball will be given to the Emperor
and Empress by the town of Cherbourg at the Hotel
de Ville.

AOGUIIT S.

At 9 o'clock in the morning the Emperor will inaugu•
rate the equestrian statute of Napoleon.
The departure of their Majesties is flzed for 2
o'clock
The remainder of the programme contains the special
regulations and orders to the officials relative to this
oeremony, which in the last of the celebrations.

Another prograinme, published by the Municipality,
details the popular fêtes that art to be given in honour
of tho Imperial visit, and the part the Municipality is
to take iii the other ceremonies.

Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Osborne
House soon after 12 o'clock Wednesday, and at once
proceeded on their violt to the Emperor of the French
at Cherbourg. The ships of war which were appointed
to form the convoy to Her Majesty's left Spithead at an
early hour that morning, a proceeding noceioary for
them in consequence of the very superior speed of the
Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert. The Osborne Royal
yacht, and the Black Eagle, bearing the Admiralty flag,
with Sir John Peakington, First Lord of the Admiralty,
on board, left Osborne soon after 10 o'clock, and pro-
ceeded up. the &dent, and for a oonsiderable distance
the company had an opportunity of witnessing the con
test for Her Mejeaty Cup by the yachts of the Royal
Yacht Squadron. Her Majesty's yacht, the Victoria
and Albert, was seen from Cowes coming down the
Headset 20 minutes put 12 o'clock. The Racoon, 91,
Captain Paynter, hiving returned on Tuesday night
from the coast of France with qualified French pilots
for the English Squadron, At 5 o'clock Wednesday loom
log the Royal Albert, 121, Admiral Lord Lyons, with
Manilla! the Duke of Malakoff on board, amminpanied
by the Renown, 91, Captain Forbes the Euryaltis_ 21,
Captain Tuleton, CLB. the Ciadein, 39, Ceptain Moor.
Nem, CAL ; the Curaocia, 31, Captain T, H. Mason;
and the 5.
91, Captain Peynter, lift Spithead for
Cherbourg.
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, sooompanied by
the iloyel Albert, arrived on Wednesday evening, in the
roalluteed, They were minted by the whole French
Moot and the finis,
On Tuesday night the members of Ille House of Cone.
scone arrived from London at Southampton and pro.
seeded on board the Pers, lying in the Southampton
Cooks, for the purees" of ',weeding to Cherbourg to
witness the fete. At o'eleek dinner WAA served in the
saloon. Among the more prominent of those_preeent
were the Attorney Oinsral, Mr, John Bright, Mr. Roe.
buok, Mr, Wykl, Mr. Mehnelder, Mr, Egerton, Colonel
remelt, Colonel Pinney, Mr, oobbuld, Ni, W. Codling.
ton, Se, A band wee 'flanged for their 60111.0101011,
widen played some very OilOiN monks during the evening,
The Pero left the Doak, at an "lily hour Wedneeday
morning for Cherbourg, end was impeded to arrive there
about midday.
After the Ts Daum which wee chanted as the arrival
of the Emperor and the Empress at the Cherbourg eta.
lion on Wednesday, their Majesties proceeded to the re.
eeption.room, where they_ received the civil, military,
and naval authorities. The following Is the teat 01
speech addreseed to hie Majesty by the Mayor 1—"51,.,
—Deign to revolve the keys of this town, They were
presented in 11111 to the immortal founder of your
dynasty ; they belong, by more titles than one, to the
worthy heir of his orown, the glorious easseutor of hie
work I the lovereign to whom France owes the reeetab.
Ileliment of order and preeperity at house, and of Its
dignity and induenim abroad. " Vine l'Empereur "I
" The l'Emperatries I" "VI,. le Prince Imperial I"
The Emperor, in reply, said that he WA/ "happy to
complete the work commenced by Louis XIV„ and to
inaugurate, in time of puss, a port—the works of
*hell had so actively progressed during war."
Among the arowd which surrounded their Majesties
were a great number of eeoleslastia from all_ parts of
the department. On leaving the station their Majesties
entered an open earths's, in whieh Marshals Valliant
and Baraguy d'Hilliere also took their places. In
other carriages followed Count and Countess Walewski,
Mr. Rasher, Minister of Public Works, General Fleury,
and the reel of the Imperial suite. During the mugs
of the oortilgo to the Prefecture, the aanistions -of
the crowd were Incessant, Salvos of artillery proceeded
at the same time from the forts end vessels of war. On
arriving at the Maritime Prefecture, their Majestiem
received the wives of the principal tquotioneries and
visitors to Cherbourg. Thirty young ladles prounted
the Empress with a easket of Sowers and lace, Her
Majesty received the deputation most graciously. The
eldest of the yoong girls, who presented the Empress
with • bouquet, &Mused her In an appropriate edifrese.
Every houe was illmninated, and every vessel in the
port lighted up. The eppearenes of the town and port
Wfui most striking, and an immense and joyous crowd
througed the streets Meanwhile the Queen of gaup
lend had arrived, end the Emperor and &mous imme-
diately paid leer a visit, without being accompanied by
an escort. The Queen accepted an invitation to a
private breakfast with their Majesties on Thursday.
The breakfast was given at noon at the Maritime Pre-
feature ; only seven covers were laid. At 9 o'clock the
Queen entered a carriage with their Majestiet, in order
to obtain • view from the heights of the niagnifloent
lieetsele presented by the roadstead of Cherbourg
drooled with nags, and upon which a brilliant sun wu
shining.
Her Majesty, with the Royal family and the squadron
quitted Cherbourg Friday at noon, under • triple salute,
At the dinner Olt board the Bretagne Thursday evening
the Emperor, in proposing the Queen's health, eiteused
hie conviction that the Visit of Her Majesty was cal.
ciliated to place upon a still firmer basis the alliance be-
tween the two oouutries. After the banquet the fleets
and fortifications were illuminated. The French
squadron saluted the Queen, and a magnificent display
of fireworks took place. The town was also brilliantly
ill u minated,
The Moniker of Thursday has the following :—Cliar.
bourg, August s.—Yeaterday at half-pact 7 o'clock in
the evening, salute, from all the ships end forts an-
nounced the arrival in the roadstead of Her Majesty the
Queen of England. Immediately afterwards his Excel-
lency the Duke of Malakoff came to pay homage to his
Sovereign. At 8 o'clock the Emperor and Enthuse paid
the Queen a visit on board her yacht. Their Majesties
did not return to the Hotel of the Maritime Prefecture
till 10 o'clock. To-dity, at noon, Her Majesty the Queen,
accompanied by Primo Albert, the Primes of Wales, the
Duke of Cambridge, Lord Malinesbury, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, and • 11110141.01111 suite, returned their
Majesties' visit and partook of a (Wegner offered to
the* by the Emperor. At 9 o'clock their Majesties and
their august gnats drove in earriagee to the heights of
Ranh, to admire the megnifloent ispeetacle offered at
that moment by the of Cherbourg, covered
witli flags and lit up by a inesealtiont sunshine. This
evening a grand banquet will unite their Imperial and
Royal Majesties, the Prisms*, Lords, Marshals, Minis.
tore, and other personages of distinction, present at
Cherbourg.
The Victoria and Albert, with the Queenead Court on
board, arrived at Osborne Pridey evening, at 5 o'clock,