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[EAN: 9781130115949], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: . went on board the yacht, amid a repetition of the thunders of the morning. At 7 P.m. the Emperor and Empress crossed the harbour to attend the state dinner given on board the French Admiral's ship, the noble Bretagne. As their barges passed, the British squadron fired the royal salute of twenty-one guns each, gun by gun; the French ships fired tremendous rounds of 101 guns from each ship, three times repeated. Soon after the English Queen passed to the Bretagne, amid a repetition of the same uproar. After the banquet, there was seen the most magnificent display of fireworks ever witnessed. Every ship, every fort, every battery, every point, sent forth incessant streams of rockets, bombs, asteroids, bouquets, and cascades of fire, for upwards of an hour. At a given signal all ceased--a supernatural darkness succeeded supernatural brilliancy. Her Majesty stepped into the imperial barge, and was conveyed by the Emperor and Empress to her own yacht. As the barge shoved off from the Bretagne, blue lights glared from the muzzle of every gun of the ships, from every point of every yard, from the top of every mast, from the oars of every boat, and the royal party rowed across the harbour in a dazzling blaze of light; and again the guns of the forts poured forth their tremendous salutes. On the following morning, a small private steamer ran into the harbour, and after communicating with the royal yacht, ran round the English vessels in the anchorage, and spread the great intelligence of the completion of the transatlantic telegraph between the Old and the New Worlds. All Englishmen felt that this was a great fact, far outweighing in moral importance the completion of the geat maritime arsenal, with all its threats of invasion and defiance. At mid-day, the Emperor a.<

ISBN: 1130115941

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