The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-21
FOREIGN ITEMS.

FOREIGN ITEMS.
ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT THE FRENCH
CAPITAL-HER RECEPTION.
The Queen of England yesterday morn
ing, on arriving in Paris by the Western
railway from Cherbourg, was, as usual, in
mourning, wearing n black satin dress,
with q pardessus, of similar material, fall
ing to the knee, and black tulle bonnet.
der Majesty seemed in excellent health,
but was said to be greatly fatigued by the
journey the Princess Louisa, tall and
blonde, wore light gray dress with a
white and rose bonnet; the Princess Bea-
trice, also with light hair, was similarly
dressed. Prince Leopold, tall for his age,
and fair, wore dark coat and light gray
irowsers, and bore paletot on his arm.
Three carriages belonging to the Embassy
and five others hired were in attend
ance, the suite being composed Of over
thirty persons. Her Majesty, the Prin-
cesses, and the Prince entered the first
carriage, which was at first open, but at the
| Queens desire was closed by the hood being
drawn forward. The whole line of car
riages then moved forward to the British
Embassy by the Rue Tronchet. The Queen
remained all day quietly at home, but the
TWO young Princesses and Prince Leopold
drove out and visited various parts of Paris.
About 3 o'clock the Empress, looking most
charming, arrived at the Palace of the Ely
see, and after short delay proceeded to the
British Embassy to visit Queen Victoria.
Her Majesty Of England descended to the
| bottom Of the staircase to meet the En-
press of the French, and the two sovereigns
| kissed each other most affectionately, her
Imperial Majesty also greeting the two
| Princesses in a similar manner. The whole
| party then withdrew to the Queens apart
ment, and remained for half an hour in
! friendly converse. The Empress afterwards
returned to the Elysee, where the general
expectation was that Queen Victoria would
return the visit; but it appears that as her
| Majesty travelled incog7lito, etiquette was OPP
posed to such return. Her Imperial Maj esty
remained at the Elysee until 5, when she took
! herdeparture for Fontainebleau. The Queen,
after partaking, about o'clock, of some re-
freshment (tea, Sea- 2, still remained without
| exertion until o quarter to seven, when the
departure took place. All the staff CT the
Embassy now IN Paris were ranged on her
Majesty's passage in one of the drawing
rooms, and each received O word of notice.
All, even the Ambassador himself, were in
plain clothes. the visit being strictly pri-
vate. The Duke of Edinburg was present
when her Majesty entered the carriage, in
which, besides, were the Princess Louisa,
the Marchioness of Ely, and Lord Lyons.
In second were the Princess Beatrice,
Prince Leopold, and NJ. Duckworth, his
tutor. Other carriages followed, conveying
| Il. 6 l, n,l Snoly
leave of the royal party at the Eastern rail
way, by which was to be effected the jour
ney towards Switzerland. The hour was
about 1880 when the special train which
conveyed the Queen of England took its
departure.-FFo4!l Gdl9nani'S Messenger,
-4ugtlSt Z.
The Lancet thus refers to the Continental
tour of Queen Victoria: &" Her Majesty has
undertaken her visit to Switzerland, where
she intends to stay for about month, on
the recommendation of Sir w. Jenner. We
stated some months since that the Queen
had been subject to fainting fits, accom-
panied by distressing attacks of sickness.
Though these to great extent have abated,
she has felt very much the hot weather Of
late prevalent, and this, with the unusual
fatigue she has recently undergone, have
produced degree Of weakness which the
proposed change, it is expected, will re-
move. On her return from Switzerland
the Queen will spend some time at Bal
moral"
The daughter of the Prince and Princess
of Wales, who was christened August G.,
received the names of Victoria Alexandra
Olga Mary. The sponsors were her Majesty
the Queen, represented by the Duchess of
Cambridge; and representatives of various
crowned heads.
ssThe Pope" says correspondent of the
UaiverS, lis about to give proof Of his
solicitude towards France by creating be-
yond the French territory in Africa an
apostolical vicariate, which mission will be
for the present confded to Mgr. Lavigerie,
Archbishop of Algiers. Thai diocese will
bear the name of Sahara, and comprise the
immense space which ranges between Al
geria and Senegal. The Desert, as is well
known, possesses several GASES peopled by
tribes descended from Christians, and
whom the conquering Mussulmans, IN set
ling on the coast Of Africa, drove into the
interior. Those people, like Touaregs, have
retained something of the true faith, and
the Catholic missionaries may perhaps lind,
as in Japan, latent Christians ignored and
awaiting the return of the spiritual light"
M. Boucher de Pershes, whose claim to
the honor of being the founder Of the new
science called archeogeology, is now uni
versally admitted, died August Sd, at Alb
beville, at the advanced age of eighty. M.
Boucher de Creveceur de Perthes was the
first to call the attention of the learned
world to those remarkable relics of the earl
lest ages-the flint implements used by
man before the discovery of metals. At
first ridiculed as visionary, then by slow
degrees listened to with increasing interest,
he at length succeeded in proving to arch
biologists that there had been in Europe an
ace Of stone; nay, he went further, and
conquered the incredulity of biologists by
producing the first human jaw ever found in
the undisturbed Alpine drift, showing there
by that man had been cosyal with the extinct
races Of large carnivora that peopled Europe
before the commencement Of the present
geological period. His valuable collection