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fact, as are on all Lord Malmesbury's passports) ;
and next, that it was a passport one fortnight old !
that it was dated the Ist August, 1857, and should
have Leen renewed on the Ist August, 1858 ; and
that, in short, without my passport being wised here,
and he would not vise it, or without my getting a
passport somewhere else, I could not leave Lorient
at all! lle was kind enough to suggest Dunkirk,
where I got this unlucky passport originally from
the late Consul, Mr. Kerr, and for which I was
never before asked until I reached Cherbourg, where
it passed muster, and until now that it, and my
" second name," brought me into all this trouble.

Finding the officials here thus disposed to harass
me, first because I have an unhappy name, and then
to take advantage of a miserable quibble, because
that unhappy name has put them on a wrong scent,
I have addressed a letter direct to the Emperor him-
self, hoping it may be permitted to reach him. If it
does, my next letter will be addressed from Auray ;
and if it should not, then you will understand why
there is a discontinuance for the time in my corre-
spondence.

The arrival of the Emperor was the signal for the
same enthusiasm, the same loud shouts, and need no
description. Last evening the town was illuminated,
and this morning, the Emperor having reviewed the
troops, while the Empress visited the Asylum and
House of Charity, their Majesties then got into their
fine barge, and were towed by the Imperial yacht
" Reine Hortense " to Port Louis, is town of 3,000
inhabitants, just opposite Lorient, on the other side
of the bay, and were received in grand state by the
authorities and the people. The keys were presented,
and the Mayor having made a speech, to which the
Emperor answered briefly, the Imperial cortege
continued on through the town to visit the citadel,
which faces the sea, and which, on this occasion, was
a place that attracted universal interest. In this
fortress the Prince Louis Bonaparte, in 1836, was
confined, Previous to his being sent to the United
mates, and tne rooms tie then occupied were pointed
out to the Empress by him. What a phase in this
great existence ! No drums were then beaten; no
flags were flying, and the heavy doors closed upon
him with a clang; harsh looks met him on all
sides, and the poor prisoner was guarded so
strictly that at no time was he left
alone. To-day banners were waving in the breeze
drums were beating, cannons thundering their wel-
come, and, above all, the loud, frank, heartfelt shouts
of the people were ringing in the ears of him who,
now the Chief of this mighty country, surrounded
by his brilliant staff, marshals of France bowing at
his side, and with his gentle and beautiful partner in
all this glory leaning upon his arm, gazed with
earnest eye upon that spot. No need for saddening
reflection ; the dream of his boyhood, the fixed pur-
pose of his manhood was accomplished, and any one
looking at that moment upon Louis Napoleon
must have felt the moral force of the man
and respected his energy and determination.
It was easy to perceive that the same idea was in the
minds of all that witnessed this touching incident,
and the loving manner and affectionate look of the
Empress, as she pressed close to her husband, seemed
to convey a consolation for the past and a feeling of
joyful pride for the present. Those who so systema-
tically detract from the merit, and so readily find
fault and attribute bad motives to the Emperor of
the French, could not have repressed a feeling
of respect for him had they been present
to-day. The old woman who was his ser-
vant during his detention is still in the
fort, and was an object of curiosity to
the many strangers present. The Emperor
walked on the ramparts accompanied by the Empress
and their suite, and his Majesty amused himself try-
ing his hand gunning at some cannons of large calibre
were loaded and pointed by him, and a new sort of
bullet was shot by him at a mark at some distance—
the aim was good and the object struck by the
bullet. Their Majesties then returned to the Im-
perial rendera, and after a short respite from their
labours they again embarked in the barge, and, cross-
ing the bay once more, they went to witness the
launching of a vessel. The ceremony accomplished,
amid the loud cheers of the spectators, their Ma-
jesties returned to dine, and to-night they go to the

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ladies dressed in white, with violet scarfs, were in at-
tendance to present to her Majesty a bouquet, and
one of them to make a speech. These young ladies
had a bad time of it, as the wind was blowing very
hard, and their light white gauze dresses behaved in
a most unruly manner. The constant attention re-
quired to preserve strict propriety prevented these
poor girls fr.= acting with the self-possession they
would probably have otherwise shown, and the cere-
mony of presenting the bouquet and making the
speech was rather a failure. Still the kind
manner of the Empress and her thanks
seemed to recompense amply the ladies
for the slight annoyance caused by the fresh breeze.
Their Majesties were also much amused by some 50
little boys dressed as sailors and bearing small ban-
ners. These young ones shouted longer and with as
much fervour as any of the crowd, and the Empress
caressed many of the little bright-eyed fellows, who,
though so small, made a deal of noise. The bag-
pipes added their atrocious squeak to the din, and
those possessing nerves must have wished the surly-
looking performers thereon a thousand miles away.
One thing is evident to all—the heartiness of the
greeting these people extend to their Sovereign.
This morning, at the review, a great many persons
who had been recommended by their officers or the
civil authorities were decorated.

PARIS, Aua. 16

The Plenipotentiaries met again to-day at the
Hotel of Foreign Affairs, but I know not if they
put their signatures to the protocols.
As usual, the Indian news from French sources is
by no means so favourable as the English telegra-
phic intelligence would lead us to suppose. Sir
Colin Campbell is said to have demanded large rein-
forcements.

The visit of Queen Victoria to Cherbourg and the
Prussian Court continues to excite great interest in
that wide district of Central Europe known by the
general name of Germany. The newspapers of
Vienna and Berlin, officially inspired, regard with
satisfaction the meeting of European Sovereigns as a
guarantee for peace at all times. But the presence
of the Queen and the Prince Consort at the Court of
Berlin is thought to be an event of political import-
ance, since it is hoped a very short period will
elapse before the Prince of Prussia will assume
powers in the State which hitherto he has jea-
lously avoided, out of delicacy to the
King on the one hand, and a sort of dis-
like to responsibility ; indeed it is said the Prince
of Prussia would willingly allow the crown to pass
over his head to his successor. The Cabinet of
Berlin know not how to act ; their position is very
delicate ; the business of State halts, and the
country grows impatient at a stagnation which has
now lasted so many months, during which period
a financial crisis added to confusion and want of
confidence. Prince Albert is regarded as the me-
dium by whom some final arrangements may be
made for a permanent Regency. The desire to
stand well with France appears to be a universal
feeling in Prussia ; the more so as the relations of
the former country with Austria are such as indicate
that neither the Emperor of Prance, his advisers,
nor the people of France, have any desire to be on
very intimate terms with a power, the policy of
whose rulers is always rather directed by trick-
ery than guided by principles. Austria, oddly
enough, is still more interested than Prussia in
maintaining the Anglo-French alliance, because

it is argued at Vienna that no European con-
vulsion can possibly take place whilst England and
France are on good terms. The Austrian journals,
therefore, condemn such of your contemporaries as
pander to the passions of the vulgar mob at home by
peri9dically l'aage. IJAi4 feeling is)Decom-