Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-09-14

the guns, and our imperfect description OF
scene that can never be forgotten by those wht
Witnessed Is, Is at an end.
NAPOLEON TAKES LEAVE OF vruToRIA-THE E>gLIsE
FLEET STANDS FOR OSBORNE.
At nine O'Clock this morning the British and
French vessels dressed ship" signal being
given by the French Admiral and Her Majesty
walked for short time the deck of the Roy
al acht, observing the scene. At eieve.. o'clock
the salutes from the western forts announced
that the Emperor was asfiT, aad Ia a short time
the caaopied state barges were once more being
towed in the direction of the Victoria and AL
bert, bearing their Imperial Maiesties 10 IA ke
leave of the Queen. While the two sovereicns
were On board. the imperial and royal standards
of France and England were displayed together
from the masthead Of he royal Yacht After a
short interval, saluted by another salvo of artil-
lerv, the Emperor and Empress proceeded on
board the Bretagne. All the British ships had
had the steam up for some tine, and soon after
wards the signal was given for the squadron to
get under way
Almost Immediately the RovaI Albert. with
its yards manned and dressed. moved away
slowly and almost iruperceptibly from its an
chorage. keeping the starboard side Of the har-
Dor. The Renown also passed slowly along on
the port track, every yard of her rigging crowd
ed with tars, and at the giddy height of the
trucks OF each mast stood, undisIpayed and uu
protected by any line, of the most daring of
the crew OF TINS smart ship.
The squadron got under way IN two lines in
this order
Renown, Royal Albert
Diadem Eurva4us
Raeoon. Victoria and Albert, Curacoa,
BLACK Esge, Fajry Queen,
Banshee, Fairy,
The Osborne remained behind by permission
of Her Majesty, as the Lords OF the Admiralty
were anxious TO avail themselves of an opportu-
nifty OF inspecting more closely the docks, arse
mails and public buildings of the town, the ne
cessary permission having been granted by the
Emperor to their lordships As soon as the
squadron had reached the outer port the Royal
acbt steamed majestleailv between the two
lines, and shooting ahead of the larger ships
passed out 10 sea- the crews of the squadron on
the rigging cheering Her Majesty with such ef-
feet that 1t was heard even amid the deafening Q
rear OF cannon which Tesounded from every shin
and fort In the place
The French fleet now gave its finest and part
ing salute, which might almost have re echoed
from the English shore, grand, so close, and
so sustained was the fire for more than twent :
minutes, gun after gun running along each tieI
ike train of fire, I'LL the frame of the listener
seemed shaken with the reverberations AWAY
at the fartbest redoubt and most distant fort
from the massive, wide-spreadiug easements oi
QuerqueyIile-ielr upon telr of heavy iron ord
nance mingled their roar with the chorus of the
3,UOO guns OF forts and ships on and land
Slowly rose the curtain OF thick smoke grad
ually fading away into thin wreathng vapor
rising higher till the hulis Of the great shi ips
could be seen slowly steaming out Of harbor-
Again a little clearer and the Emperor and EN-
press could be seen standing the poop Of the
Bretagne, apart from group of glitierlng off,
GERS, looking toward the fast recedi1g of the
Royal Yacht, which, with tair wind, steamed
for Osborne.