The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-09-08
Tbe Neutrality-suspicious. Naval Review,

The following from the Constitutional
IS q description of the arrival OF The Eng
Lish feet at Brest:
The sun rose elesr and brilliant, mum
dating the roadstead with 8 luminous haze,
in which ships, shores, mountains and is
were ali alike envelopedi the water
plittered like a sheet of liquid silver. It
was the moment of ebb tioe, and a swarm
little boats, favored by the current de-
scended the channel leading to the harbor,
while numerous steamers, crowded with
passengers, shot along in various directions,
some to meet the squadroni som towards
Conquet and Ouessant, others towards
Camsret and Dousrnenes.
aToward 8 O'Clock, gunboat No. 8 passed
the foot of the lighthouse, flying the Eng
lish flag it was Her Britannia Msjesty's
consul going to meet his countrymen. 1
concluded that the squadron was signsled
II was then eight o'clock. l had been
waiting threa hours, and had had several
Disappointment, caused by tall sails sp.
bearing at the horizon, and which proved
to be only ~corveites returning into the
rosdstead, probably after having accom-
panied the expected squadron. l have
before me M1nou Lighthouse, placed at the
bottom of 8 somewhat steep descent. Sud-
denly, between the lighthouse and the hill,
I beheld an enormous white cloud, OF
which the form soon became defined in the
brilliant sunlight; it is q pile of spills,
which slowly advances, is d d for q mo
ment behind the tower, then reappears in
the open space.
A black line Is but just distinguishable
/ between this mass of ssilcloth swollen by
the wind. To the naked eye the object
| appears but as q sea bird skimming the
wster. 1t is the Edgar, the Adm trails
| ship. Successfully, and ct intervals of ten
| minutes, five other sails appear it is the
whole squadron which had followed, in
| single file, the shore extending from the
/ point st. Matthew to that of Minou, and
| thus had it become visible only on reach
ing the entrance of the Channel. While
the six vessels disembogued, as they say,
several steamers showed themselves on the
| horizon, and maneuvred so as TO range
themselves on the right flank of the
squadron, q position which they preserved
in the Channel At the moment. when the
AdmiraPs ship found itself between the
point of Portzic and that of Les Espsgnols,
there wnere the Channel ends and the
roadsteRd commences, che ssluted the
French feet. The SOlferino, our AdmiraPs
ship, replied.
The m~sneuvering of the English ships
was magnificent, says the Patrie, describ-
ing, one after the other, an immense semi
circle, they passed in the most beautiful or
der, before the French squadron, side by
side with which they anchored, the Edgar
near the Solferino, and others, one by N
in the intervals between the French IRON
c.ads. These various movements were ex.
ecuted with admirable precision.
Besides the French and English squad
rons, q great many large vessels we're lying
in the roadstesd, five French liners, the
jean Bart, Borda, Louis XIVth, Bretsgne,
and Intiexible, the Meuse and the Alier,
transports, and fifteen or sixteen coHvettes,
gunhoats, avisions, &c, belonging to the
French navy. The firing Of the first salute
was q signal for all these ships 10 man the
yards, the drums beat, the bugles sounded,
the are rang with the enthusiastic hurrahs
and cries of "ViUe PEnpeTeuTI i" The
greeting was at once hearty and graceful.
ION entering the roadstesd," says the
Opinion Rationale, 'the English vessels,
by 3 perfectly executed simultaneous move
ment, took in all their sails, except their
top sails, which were clewed up later
When the official visits and the ceremonial
salvos which accompanied them were over
the English officers went in numbers tC
see their French comrades, who had al.
ready invited them to q great dinner offer
ed by our officers to those of the English
feet, and given on board the Couronne
At Brest, as at C~herbourg, our former sd.
verssries, our recent allies, our present
friendly competitors, will receive the
warmest and the most sympathetic vel
come. In the afternoon, although the sky
so bright and pure in the morn.
ing, had become clouded, the officers of the
English squadron began to go on shere
where the sight of their uniform produced
a most lively sensation, not only among
the strangers in Brest curious to see a nav
SO celebrated BY. its past history, but alsI
a~ mnabitYnts of our Bretor
coast, nnaeGqEI8HTssdv 20 4.
that would be asking too much of the eli
mate of Brest, but only tolersble-thst il
to say, if gales and gusts are not too ire
quent-this time, at least, the public
which has come in cowds from all quar-
tiers, will not be disappointed in its expec
t~stions, and none will have cause t
regret their journey. At night not
withstanding s small fine rain which fel
at intervals, and tried the patience O.
p~romenaders, the streets were full of people
looking at the Nominations. In the stree
of La Rsmpe a compact crowd besiegec
the hotel Of the Reeevsur General, where
Abd-el. Kader had that day alighted. By
q singular coincidence, Madame Gssson
the wife of the Receiver-G General, is the
daughter of Marshal Bugesud, Duke o.
Isly. In the roadstead, the Danphin IS al
CherbOurg, lighted up all the envirOns with
the electric apparatus of Balm. One of these
dsysthere are 70 be made from on board that
vessel trials of submarine electric illnmi.
nations at great depths. 1t is asserted that
a w~ellknown photographer, who has
been following the two squadrons about
with the view of reproducing the va.
rious trypes of the English and French
ironclsds, intends descending in the sppa
rstus with his instruments, in order to ab
tain q view of the bottom of the sea. Ii
this bold attempt succeeds the result will
be both curious and useful, for it will offer
an additional charm of submarine salvage
of the immense riches st various times in
the deep bosom Of the ocean buried. Pts
ciculture itself might We are persuaded,
thus obtain q source of important informa-
ton and q new element of progress. Ac-
tive preparations are being made on board
the Vile de Lyon for the great ball on
Thursdsy, but it is feared that the compar-
atively limited space must greatly restrict
the number of invitations"