The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-10-21
The French Emperor and Prince Albert.


tween Louis Napoleon and Prince Albert,
which came off at Boulognc on the 5th
/, instant. There is a large number of troops
at and about Boulogne, and the Prince
who is a British field marshal, though an
officer without experience and without ser
vice, except the invention of very queer
military hat some years ago. which Punch
ridiculed out of existence, took it into his
head to steam over the channel one fine
morning in a royal yacht, to see and TO re-
view the imperial troops, once reviewed.
! fifty years ago-at the same place by very
different sort of general from either his
present imperial majesty or his present royal
highness. Then the troops were assembled
at that point for the purpose of invading
England-now they are assembled there to
be used in fighting her battles This is
great change, and is so entirely unexpected,
and so out of the natural and common
course of things, that those who see it, and
are every way cognizant oft, scarcely know
how to realize it. 1t must seem to all to be
an illusion or a dream-the fraterni2atiO OF
the English and French, and that the men
who expected year or two ago to meet.
probably, in deadly conflict on the British
strand, are now fighting, shoulder to shOul-
der, in the same cause, and the two nations
for thousand years rivals or enemies, and
much of the period deadly enemies at pres
ent united heart and hand and mind and
both declare that this union is to be no more
disturbed by jarring, jealousies, and wars
Nous gerrOGS. 1t will be great thing for
mankind in general should it be ever main
tanned lnvlOlate.
We cannot help thinking that the meeting
between the Emperor and the Prince must
have been attended with some rather singu-
lar, if not awkward, "reminiscences. But
a few years ago, the former was an exile at
London, with no capital but his hereditary
rights, then at great discount and which
everybody laughed at and many, in conse-
quence of his ludicrous attempt to revolu
tioni2e France, landing with two or three
hundred adventures and tame eagle, at
that same Boulogne, where he and his invad-
ing army were rather roughly handled, and
all OF them taken prisoners, the eagle inclu
ded, thought that he must be insane. Now
how is it? Truth is, indeed stranger than
fction-as has been said we know not how
many thousand times.
Nothing like this visit and reception has
occurred since the meeting, in 1920. near
the same place, between Henry the Eighth
and Francis the First, so famous for the
field Of the cloth of gold,' and the acom-
panying festivities. On the recent occasion
the splendor of the former-the sort of splen-
dor rather-was wanting. The cloth of gold
was not there, nor the jousts and tourna-
ments, but there was much to be seen, and
much that was more worth seeing. The
London Times thus describes the meeting of
the two "illustrious personages "-illustri- !
Gus is the word now-a-days-as follows:
When the Victoria and Albert (the
yacht approached within a short distance
of the custom-house, where the Emperor
was standing little in advance of his staff, /,
the two illustrious personages approached
each other, and simultaneously raising their
hats exchanged several bows. The band of
the 'Guades struck up God save the
Queen and afterwards Rule Britannia. -
The royal vessel was soon alongside, and !
carpeted gangway having been thrown
quickly on board, Prince Albert ran briskly
ashore, and raising his hat, advanced to the
Emperor, who, after raising his hat rendered
his hand to the Prince, which he shook very
warmly. The Prince bowed two or three |
times in acknowledgment of the friendly |
expressions addressed to him by the Emperor,
and appeared extremely gratifed by the
warmth Of this reception
All this ceremony was according to pro-
gramme-a word rather hard ridden in this