The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-07 00:00:00

WALES.

PRINCE CONSTANTINE ON SNoWRON.—A correspondent
of the Liverpool Standard says On the morning of the
27th ult., in company with four gentlemen whom I met the
evening before near Llanberris (one German, two Spanish,
and the other a fellow-townsman) I started for the ammmit of
Snowdon. We had heard that it was likely we asebi net
with Prince Canstantine of Russia on the es be
was that morning expected at Llanberris frega
sit route for Bangor. The 'scent from Llealsemth as many
of your readers are aware, though in all olgeolimes bed
enough, is fall much better than we had expected. After
scali-g the pile of stones on the extreme summit, and re-
freshing ourselves at the hut, our continental friends com-
menced tinging God save the Queen,' and very well
they sang it too. The mist at this time was so very dense
that we could not see more than a few aids around ;
and we concluded that his Imperial Highness, dis-
couraged by this, would, with his suite, make his way to
Llanberris by the pass. We had, however, scarcely finished
singing the first stanza of the national anthem, and were
commencing the descent to Beddgelert, when a wild halloo
was heard immediately beneath us. Our guide assured us,
no hearing this, that it was the party of the prince. I fug-
gelded to our German companion, as a good and somewhat
striking way of greeting the young prince, or at any rate of
attracting his particular attention, the singing of some wall-
known German song (the Empress of Roane beings Ger-
man princess born)—a song as well known and as popular
there es ' Auld Lang sync' is here. On the instant he com-
menced one of the national songs of Prussia, the country of
the prince's mother, and his own beloved 'Fatherland.'
In a second or two the misty veil before us opened, and ap-
parently, as if rising out of the rocks at our feet, the care-
en& came in sight. They were twelve in number, mounted
en the hardy ponies used on the mountain. The song of
' Father/and,' had produced the desired effect : the prince im-
mediately rode sap to as, and most heartily and good humour-
edly addressed our German companion in his native tongue
While they were conversing, we had ample time to scrutinn•
the party. It was a picturesque sight. The prince, awi
ii-
made handsome fellow, thousk not very tall, with a broad
Kilmarnock blue bonnet on h,slead, and his cheat enveloped
in the warmth-giving folds of I large Royal Stuart tartan
Pad—and the others, Count Ormoloff, Baron Brunow, old
Admiral Lntke, our oountepiesu the Hon. Col. Grey, &c.,
all most picturesquely atttnel—had to my mind much the
appearance of a pary moss-troopers, or the ancient
' children of the mist' sating out on some wild foray. By
the way, our own Sena al appearance, I think, must have
had more of the pictorial than the elegant about it. The
German, a very tall young man, with the lower parts of his
inexpressible, tucked up and put inside of his remarkably
high boots, had a good deal of the cut of one of Wallenstein's
heroes, booted and all but ready to vaidtinto the saddle. The
prince good humouredly assured our German oompanion that
ha more than half envied us our mode of travelling, as the
ascent from Beddgelert on the back of a pony wee no joke.
After a conversation of a few minutes, carried on principally
in Oman, relative to the road on the Llimberris side of
Snowdon, the chance of the mist clearing if, and ether
topics interesting to the tourist, we wished the prime and
hies party a pleasant journey, which was inset courteously re-
turned, and we separated—they deseendllig to Llanberris,
we to Beddgelert—The prises aftwerardle ebbed CETEII7-
von. and made some drainer in bh percale of the moue
castle of Edward the First ; aherwarb prossided to Bengor,
from thence to Peturhyn eolith end afterwards examined the
elate quarries. From this be protheded to the town of Cow-
way. and visited the castle and impassion bridge. After
"ailing there for some time he crossed tauAnglesey, sad
visited all parts of that tetrad interesting to the tourist"
Ten Chore sic NORTE WALES bear a most healthy ap•
denoting ague of a most plentiful and prosperous
=. Not a single instante of the potato disease has, as
yet, appeared in Montgomeryshire, and the plants look en-
seedingly well.