Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-09-14
SelRttRs s0i5feIIanr.
Queen victOria's Recent Visit to France.

1t Is well known to the American reader that
the London Times and the other organs of the
supposed sentiment of England were decided
~ opposed 10 Queen NIctoriaz acceDtauce of
Louis Napoleon 5 Invitation TO visiJ Cherboprc
ct the good sense of Victoria p: once rerceived
the vast Importance OF not declIGiag such an
invitation. As i well SAID, the peace of the
world might depend upon her declinariou or ae.
eeptance- Napoleon has been Tor months Ia
that condition OF Irritation that he might have
been mortally offended by her refusal His
vanity has been immensely gr7gtificd. and his
speech at the royal banquet shows that lie j.
now IA a more placablc mood thau he has been
III many months. Had the Q9eeu, like her OBJ
stlnate Eraudsire, George ILL., suriIv refused the
courtesles Of Napoleon it would have been
treasured up until the day of vengeance should
come 3roEud. Earl Cowlev, the British Ann
bassador at Paris, Is said to have been the most
Instrumental ia clearing away every difficulty
After IctorIa did accept the invitation She had
the good sense TO take with her. her eldest son
the Prince of Wales, the heir to the crown
thus showing all the confidence She could IN
the honor o. a Napoleon. The sovereign of =
new dynasty, ike that OF Napoleon, would ap-
precIate such confidence the more from a rovsl
family 50 renowned "a that IF En- and
1t must also be conceded that Napaleon per
formed almost miracles 10 render fttipa honor
70 the Queen OF England. Such salutes Nv ar
tIllery were never before offered To an earthly
sovereign. The welcome Of 5000 guns was IN
laundering a welcome that il was beard almost
10 the shores Of England. The correspondeut
81 the Iehies thus describes the welcome as Vic
torIa entered the harbor Of France
The royal squadron, consisting of the RovaI
Albert, l3l, Renown. 30, EuryaIus 81 Diadem
3, Curacao, 81, and kacooa, ,. had SIX hours
start ot Her Majesty, and waited In two lines
about SIX miles off the western entrance. IN
( between these vessels tie ROYAL Yacht attend
/ ed by the FAIRY ElhB, Osborne and Banshee
+ passed rapidly, aud al once entered the barbor.
and, as We have said received q salute which
might have re-echoed from the English shore,
- grand, 50 close and 50 sustained was the fire
tor more than twenty minutes ANY one who
has seen and knows anything of the French
fleet, knows that they always pride themselves
upol the style and Imposing effect Of their sa-
luuug ire, and this salute In qrf fic-lIar had hca-
closely rehearscd beforehand. Yet the actuaI
( performance - much surpassed expectation As
( Il dehes description. As the Raval Yacht
turned round between the marine forts which
mark the western entrance. admiral HameHn
II the Bretasue, 100, fired a single gon There
was moments pause ana then the salute Be-
gan, not IL a close, irregular dropping cannon
ade, " hich 50 distinguishes similar honor from
] the English navy, but gun after gun, running
along each tier ike train of fire. till the verv
frame Of the listener seemed shaken ~ IL even
the air smote him in lis reverberations
Hardly had this great caHuonade commenced
when al the rgiy torls which dominate every
ominous. fearful-i0okIng embrssures each ship
( thai passes, took mp the same song. only firing
their massive guns IN yolleys of eight at once
aud as fast as they could be reloaded and dis
charged L l. but rarely such cannouade i
ever heard, and seldom II ever, that 1t has been
given for purely peaceful welcome But, al
all events, 1t showed IN an instant the great ex-
tent and number vi fortI Iheation which cover ev-
I eTv spot of vantage around the town. All to-
ward the sea was a mere mass of IRE and smoke
bat that one looked for, though this far from
being all The ring of IRE seemed not only 70
embrace the town, but 10 extend far into The
country. up among the Iittle ravines where none
ever dreamed that guns lay lurking, on the top
et picturesque emineaces. where one only fan
cied villas and rUral cottages could exist amid
/ ihick elumps OF trees and fiankIng yellow corn
/ hel0s, came the same dreadful Uproar, till II
>eeule1 a. II ali France was DONG honor 10 the
advent 81 tnc Queen Of Eng!S8 d.
I ENORMOUS STRENGTH or THE FoRTEICATEoSs-
/ After the landing at Cherbourg. Queen Vic
4 z0rla was conducted bv the Emperor and En-
press over the stgou-e>, feriificatIon. Fl. Roule
which Is literally the stone and iron. crown OF
I the Impre-uaote roaa>tead II Cherbaurr The
correSondenJ writes
Fort Roale. II one may judge from its exter-
places at Cherbonrg the admission of visitors
!, strictly gaurded against-seefns 10 be one Of
10 ordinary Importance and extent L : situ-
aEed OF the Summit OF a steep scaTPed rock.
something like Fort Regent al Jersey only
/ much mora extended. and - completely over
lcokia5 with - guns each stone Of the town and