The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-04


This 10 the Ssay on which Queen Victoria, attend.
) q 81 Priace Albert, 10 to visit Cherboerg, and
witnsss she inauguration Of that magnificent naval
fortress. Tue royal pair will BE- accompanied BY
sQuadrop Of six sail OF the line, six frgates, and
nosilla ofthe Quees and Admiralsy's steam yachts,
undsr command Of Admiral Lord Lyon. Cherbourg
wAs originally planned by ysabon, and II has been
steadily proceeded with, through many regos, from
Lopis XIV TO Napoleon III. The visit OF Queen
Victoria Il By some Journals hailed - re-
iuvisoratjoa Of the entt ste coroe between The two
sovsrnmenb; by othtrs, With the Thrnderer at
their bead, Is ahumiiistiou Of England which must
make the heart OF every trus born BTiton swell
with indignation. One Of the London letter wri-
ters remsrks that the rejoicings which will take
place this day. the congratulations the setting up
OF statue OF the first Napoleon, at which Her
nritsaunic Majesty 10 TO assist, fof the compIe
tiou If port, arsenal aud dock opposite to the
coast OF England. the sole object Of which 10 that
at any given moment, the Emperor Of France may
fAii upon England with an overwhelming force,
4 end strike such blow that nothing can prevent
him setting up his throne In London, and receiv-
ing cepusation headed by john Bright rendering
90 him the homage aud feaIty Of the British ma
tion.
Tn. MoaieDr dc IL Ftotte, In an article which
has excited considerable attention, acknowledges
that Cberboufg 10 the issue Of the long continued
rivalry between the two Kingdoms; aud proceeds TO
show that It's existence Is Of y character which
ought certainly 10 give great deal OF uneasiness
to the Eagiish people" butt adds, eli, on the one
hand, Ens iand feels herself, with just pride, sun
fcientiy strong not to fear the iucrease OF our
OF attack and defence; on the other, she has
acquired, by experience, too high an estimate OF
our character. She has understood, ia manner
too conclusive, the advantages OF our alliance
Che knows too we'll the sincerity Ut the sentiments
and OF the word Of our Emperor, to suffer that q
maritime and military fste, merely because il puts
in evidence aud sanctions the progress OF our
strength should awaken the snsceptibiiites OF the
Engiish sovereign and people"
fhe Moa,teur PROCEEDS to describe the delicacy
Of the tact which induces Napoleon to invite Vic
toria TO be present, aud the 'exquiste tact" It'll
which her Britannia Majesty accepts the invite,
aud after declaring that Cher bourg 10 the medium
BY which the descendant of the modern Charlie
imagine renews implicitly with the English people,
in the person of its sovereign, treaty OF forget
fulness Of the past and of friendship in the future
1t concludes its article with the modest words,
'',oaen France is Satisfied Ae ,corid is Tranquil
uttered at Bordeaux in 1852, by the descendant of
the modern Charemagne.
The Times, which, on all questions, which affect
the pride and passions OF the English people,
IL very apt to speak the sentiments of ninety
ont Of every one hundred Bfitons, answers the
the Moniteur by saying Against any other en-
emy France may possibly have, Cherbourg is abso-
lnteIy useless it is against England alone that it
10 constructed, not merely for the purpose of de-
Tending France against any possible aggression by
England, but much more for the purpose of eLab
Hing France to inlct the greatest possible injury
ON Englaud" 1t dweiis on the pleasure with
which an Euglshman must "survey those vast
basins destined to hold the ships which are to con
vey the invading force; those endless quays from
which they are to embark. and at the same moment
the arsenals which are to supply them with stores
and the Notifications which will at once secure
them from observation, aud shield them from in
terruption," and it thinks England ought to be
happy in having neighbOr which so caters for
Its tastes. 1t questions the delicscy and tact of
an invitation TO assist at the completion of work
'plsuned two hundred years ago, during the war
with England, carried on by every French sover-
eixn, whenever he was on Ill terms with this
country, and intended avowedly for Its invasion
and nbjugation." 1t suggests that England
should equip and arm "a Cha.nei feet, man IL, keen
up the militia, increase the troops of the line
ave know 1t concludes, 'that Cherbourg is only
. practical joke, but we should be unwilling to
allow lively neighbor to Guido US In facetious-
ness When We have feted the completeness of his
means OF attack, II will only by O proper acknow-
Judgement of his civity, TO call upon him for his
congratulations on the adequacy of our means of
defence"
The bitter irony of this article will not strength
on that entente cordiae which Queen victora's VII
sit is expected to refresh. Whatever the feelings
Of the governments, it 10 eyidenAthst Englshmen
aud Frenchnen do not love each other better than
ut Waterloo. Nor, unless the French have greatly
improved in nautical exercises is it probable that
the naval display will strike much terror to the
hearts Of the British seamen present The French
have always built line chips, but the British had
knack Of taking them in former times, which they
may not have yet forgotten.