The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-08
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Personnel 81 yictsria.s Hoasehoid-
prince Leopold and Princess seasrie'
A smart aei~n of Hoyasfy-JohI
Brown, the Highland Favorits.
i Paris Correspondents Boates Advertiser.
Her Britannia Majesty and her tire,
Younger children. Louiea, Leopold and Bea
trice. left Osborne bay on the 9th. They hat
| aroyal weather. the whole way The chan
| mel was smooth as glass, and the Victoria ane
/ Albert skinned along its surface like aswal'
| low flying from acknowledgements. Cher
bou,n was q ched in the evening. Dirne
was served on board the royal Tacht. The
Queen passed the evening in round house
and at eleven. with her son and daughters
and srite, du.cended into the Alberta
steam tender, which preceded her, and
rom ii landed on the je,,y Of thu Arsenal
uo,. Not G. grain Of powder was fred
nor single flag run up. The dockyard
employees had orders to retire as the royal
widow passed. On disembarking the Queen
was presented with telegram from the En-
peror, dated from. Plombieres, making her
welcome to French soil. Her Majesty. with
out a nom snt delay, stepped into the state
railway car provided .or her. she ana the
Princess occupied the sleeping compartments
Of the Emperor and Empress, and young
I.ef pold that built for the Prince Imperial.
The Marchioness Of Ely, Miss Bowater, Sir
Thomas aud Lady Biddulph were assigned q
comfortable saloon wagon, furnished with
sofas and tables. The thirty flunkeys, cooks,
housrmaids and fsmmes de chamtres, with the
exception or two who were in attendance for
the nlpnt ON the Queen and her daughters,
had a train OF FIRST class carriages. The Ing
L i - M
Paris. II ia understood that the Queen slept
throughout the greater part Of the journey,
which was accomplished in eight hours. She
reached tie st. Lazare terminus at i've m n
ntes before seven. Gen. Fleury was there
awaiting her to compliment her in the names
OF the Emperor and Empress. he was pre-
scented by Lord Lyons. and the Queen chatted
with him for about three minutes. She = 9 i
got into one Of Lord Lyons carriages which
had entered the railway station open. but by
her orders was shut before she left. The
Princess LOUISA took her place beside her
mother on the left side. She is q beautiful
girl. fair. tall, and graceful, like lily, with
well-cut features, a pensive cast OF counte-
lance, and blue, German eyes. Her walk
is sinpulary distiNgue Her Royal Hiehness
wore long aud narrow -skirted silk dress,
with 9 short, loose jacket Of the same
stuff, trimmed with while fringe. The bon
net was Enthusiastically Eaglish. It is only
in England that white tulle is worn at in
the morning. A more neglige straw hat is in
better taste at such an early hour. Little
Beatrice as courtier poets call her, is an
ugly child, with dry taxen hair and Witchy
counter ance. She has seli-eonsciousi pert
manner. not pleasing in girl OF her age. 1T
was noticed that while her elder sister car
ried her muifling on her arm, the little one
threw it with peevish toss OF the head 70 her
gov erness. Princess Beatrcels aet up as 8 Wit
by her brothers and sisters, none OF whom are
brilliant. Such OF her witlcisms as have got
in the papers are very poor and OF question
aba taste. Leopold is the Invalid OF the
family. He takes entirely after his mother
save in his tall stature. he IS counie- a.
home an invalid, which is all the better for
the nation, as there will be no excuse for get
ting him a Generals or Admiral pay little
later. The Queen wishes him to turn his at
tention to art and literature. Maase ellie
beau faire. His Royal Highness has no head
Of wit These surface eyes do not find food
for reflection in what passes before them.
The street adjoining the terminus, through
which the royal party passed, was much less
crowded than had expected. few police
men who busted themselves by ofheiously
pushing back spectators on the curb stones,
were about. There was but little excitement,
and no cheering to signify One enihusias
tic Engishman hnzzaed till he was black in
the face. His neighbofs stared at him, tax
ing him, no doubt, for harmless lunatic. A
second carriage conveyed Lord Lyons. 1t vas
an unpretending coupe. The ladies and
gentlemen in attendance we're in a third, and
DR.. Jenner in we'll brushed broadcoth in =
Tonrth. The Fdietas1e were Consigned to
-ailway omnibuses. There was a greater de-
lire evinced to get a peep at the renowned
lohn Brown than to see the Queen As he
8 exempted from the general order whichim-
poses mourning on the menals Of the royal
and allowed to We mis- kilt and
other adiuncts of the Highland costume, he
must have been easily discernable. did
not, must however confess, catch the
slightest glimpse of him. The French pa
,eI. describe HIM as "Scotch Clpd, whose
ortune the Queen has made" All who saw
he Queen here in 1866 agree in thinking that
The has improved in personal appearance Of
ate years. She is said by them to be less
ross, and sweeter looking. Her face has
grown paler, aud those prominent teeth,
which gave her a shrewish expression when
,ver she attempted conceal them, have
given place to false ones infinitely more be
coming. Though in her forty ninth year,
Ter hair is Of fine nnt-brown color, and
lick Mt tho partiuu