The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-05

Dover and accompanied TO London by Mr.. J. ..
Aaftin, the superintendent OF the London, Chat
consisted Of the Countess 7chy; the Countess Tro-
lontch, the Baron Dupont, the Marquis Corfos the
Court tuxow', and the ChevalIer 5cherEenlechnar
onasrival n Victoria Station the imperial PARTY
proceeded at once tn the Clarendon Hotel, where
apartments had been engaged for them.
me hrehduke has been travelling In srtct Ia
eosnfo under the title of the Count Lscroma, con
seeucntly all the usual receptions aud sain:es have
been dispensed with.
ROYAL Visits.
From the London Times, March II.
Al an early hour yesterday their Imperial High
nessss proceeded to Marlborough House, to paye
visit TO the King OF the Beisans, the venerable
father OF the Archduchess.
Later in the day the Princess ofWales drove on,
with the Archduchess
Their Imperial Hyhne.ses dlnsd with the
Frince and Princess Of Wales last night at Mari
borough House to meet the King Of the Be'gtans.
fErom tho London Herald, March IS
In consequence Of the tntersst excited by tho
presence oil their Imperial nna Roya. Highnes'cs
at the tlarentsn, aud the great crowd assembled In
TIE hope OF obtaining glimpse Of the future Em .
pefor and Empress Of Mexico the Prince of Wales
and Prince Alfred lett the hotel from thiI visit by
| III. private entrance In Abemar'e street.
Last evening the A.chdnkc aud Archduchess
dned at buckingham Patace, By Invitation of her
Majesty the Queen, to meet the Kins OF the Bel
sians
A great many royal ana distinguished personages
| paid their respects to the Archduke and Arch
duchess during yesterday rheit Royal Highncsses
the Duke Demours. the Prince de Joinvi!Ie, the
nuke DAunaie, the Duchess Augustus OF Saxe
Lo3urg and the Duke d. clartrcs,s waited upon
thci- iiopeTa relatives early in the day, and the
following, among many others, entered ;neir names
Ia thcir Imperial and Royal iighnesSes' visitors
book: The Ambassador of France, the Austrian
Ambassador ard the Countess Apponyi, the Prus
stan ambassador and the Countess Bernetorf the
turkish Ambassador, the Bavariln Minister ard
| tao Baroness de Cctto the Belgian Minister aud
q .bay
the E1i ana Countess of Clarendon the Earl Of St
|! 1srinsns the Chaucellos Of the gxchaquer SC.
DEPARTURE or rus EMPEROR FROM LONDON.
! From the London News, March l6.l
The Archduks Maximilian, tho Archduches. ami
| cutie, left London this morning for Cstend rhctt
Imperial Eighngsses were received at the Victora
Iaio3 by Mr.. Forbes, the genera, manager of tha
lohcon, Chatham, and D0Ier Company, and con =
duete~ to special train which was Ia readiness
The trai- started O'Clock; De journey to Dover
was performed In pne hout aid fifty minutes. On
theiEairieai Al Dover tn" irchduSe and Arch
| duchess proceeded ttthe Roya Snip Hotel, where
t'isA pa,,sok OF luacneoa. The Toya. party after
sYa'Ss weGti1 Carriages To- the Admiralty pier and
st;'hai ked n iorty ininItes past eleven 4. IL
| THs EMPRESS OF MEXICO.
| Paris (1arch l3) conespondeace of ths London
| St2Yl
/ Tn4 future Empress az Mexico Is not at all hand
+; some She is very round shouiiered, and of soya
! build and hysognosay, although have been told
4
! rhe is no: devoid either Of sense or wit.
/ THE TREATY BETWEEN NsxIxnIAv AND NAPOLEON
| [FroU ihs Ienorai Dipomatiqua of Paris, March
I3.
The draft of treaty agreed upon a. the
Tuileries, to be ratified go soon as tue Eulpero,
| ;aximilian I. shall have ascended the Mexican
| throne and announced his accession TO the Court
! uf the TuiicsteH. Il we are rightly iafo.aed, :he
treaty eiinictvey settles two important questions
iis-.iy, the French occupation, and secondly, Tue
l,- 4 .Ut,n
] erEmeat. II i, already known that the pay aad
J naiutenance of The troops engaged In the expedi
| ton have. since the lsi of January 1884, been
| borne by sexiJo this will conaIa unit. their
. reca;i, which Ill gradually be- effected as tns reg
,meitat lists o: the aexicas arniy are completed
Ihres bh!.aiions OF the foreign legion, each 600
she' ssrons, aad composed q enrolled y !un.ee
'vi rem lia IN the service OF Mexico. The desire
g-naB officers 20 enter this service is great
saat fsr some weeka past he numbe~ Of 27p;:ai IT.
| nas i;r excs@ded tue ranks to b. Oiled mp
The eTcau debt due 10 France C'.uprise5, b..
fsid-s the pecuniafy claims OF private individuals
! dii9 acknowledged, thu cnsts Of tue expedition
and the advances tnide by thu French Government
tp tha Mexican treasury 70 datfay the eyprayaa
tie army of occupation. The debt will na paid by
fourteen annus! iGstalmens, each probably amos;t-
ing 10 twenty-five millions, with the option of pre-
| vOus liquidation should the condition OF the Mex
! lean 1nances admit OF IL
/. TEaaaR.A lxCsr r41.oS Al .aEfFsEhe, ..,sha.D-
/: VILLAGES SWEPT AWAY AEp HrsDREps cy YEa
| SINS DROWNED IN THEIR BEDS.
] Shortly before one O'Clock this morning {aarch
/: I2) great reservoir Ct Bfadfcid, six miles from
/; Sheffield, burst its e,nba akment The of the
reservoir was ninety five acres, and bat Just fl
irhej.
f! Iha enormous body of water rushed down the
valley of the Don, sweeping away all the bridges
! over he river, II great number OF houses on its
banks aud destroying, II Is feared scores OF their
inhabitants.
The lower par, of Sheffield was submerged .svs
raj fee. deep, and hundred Of famllios driven fon
their homes.
The food has no: yet suhsiisd, and the damage
is iucacu!ab's,
The Sheffield Telegraph gives graphic de ais, and
| says About midnight large reservoir connected
with the water works, aDd extending TO as0vs
mile in length, situated about seven miles from the
town, suddenly burst In, aud inundated the valley
of the Don, sweeping away entire villages, drown
Jag the sleeping iahab!tants by hundreds. Trees
upsootea and the debris ot buildings carried
| down the river was immense. In some of the
streets Of.ShetFeld the debris is D led up eight and
feet high, and among It found fragments OF
furniture and many dead bodies. For more tran
All hour the streets nearthe river were three and
| four yards deep In water. Great numbers OF men
now engaged geting dead bodies 0at OF houses 9
where they have been drowned In bed. Others
are Being gathered IN from gardens Into which they
nave hosted. Excitement In the town cannot be
described. Business IL at s-andssil. hxten; of
! mischief cannot be asce.tained; hundreds Of lives
ara sacrificed The dam a rev one The n-
mense volume Of water ls still pursuing It's coJsse
| OF destruction. SotbsIham, Doncas;er and may
other towns will suffer the river Trent receives
the excess OF water which has been sci u liberty
DEAD.
fFrom the 5heneld Telegraph, AaFen IL
| From the large quantity OF trees and bfusilwoad
brought down the river the victims, VINO We're for
the most part drowned while escaping from theiY
/ beds, are found bruised and quite nude If nude
those may be called who have received, instead o.
the nightSres'ss tne drlttTood has removed thin
l .aioaaiag t1 clay. Some g! the dead have an ez-
pTession df fierce energy upon their faces, and their
asi act Ia expressed as welt as words could express
it hy the expression of the face and the attitude of
the arms In one ila ieeih are cIehenec, and the
right arm thrown forward as II striking Gt some
thf: in others boa arms are thrown forward
In a SWIMMING attitude, and nave -tifsnei.--
Ia many eases the living have died IN their
beds without leaving any sign to snow that
the wafer had walked them, or that they
had consciously passed from the sleep OF
lits to the iOag long sleep Of death. Several
ed, for one aas broken arm aud another has bro
ken leg, and some 2Ya 80 bruised aud mansed al 90
Indicate that they had been crushed under The
~r1cK Of taeis houses and then washed out
- hen the torrent Impaired molten TO the wreck
or else that they mad been caught between dif.in:
trees aud beams
The numser of dead yet known does not exceed
oae hundred and eighty.
THE CONFEDERATE COTTON LOAN.
lFron the London Times tcity astic!e,) March IS
The Confederate loan has experienced q rally of
pc. cent tetday closing At n I1i9 on ths last In
tagenca tr0M New YorS, ana tie advance In the
premium on goidro el but other securities ia the
foreign market have been rather dull.
THR NEsRos. AT rnE OLusTEE BATrLE "A cor
respondent Of the savannah Hesos, who was at the
a.Itle oC 0ias,ra F.oriJa q "a ut m. saa, baJ. H.