The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-06 00:00:00

THE PEINCE OP WALES AND HIS NEW YOTur

HOSTS.

Since the arrival of the Prince of Wales in the
British provinces his manner of conducting himself, uu.lee

circumstances and amongst a population so different fuel
those to which he has been accustomed, has been curiously
and attentively scrutinised. It was expected that the
loyalty of the colonial subjects of his illustrious mother
would undergo some severe checks from the chilling re.
strictions and formalities by which the young Prince scoald
be surrounded. With their dcniorratic and half repel+ an
tendencies, such dampers on their hospitable inclinations
would soon have extinguished the cordial feeling.. by
which they were animated. Fortunately the young Prince,
himself too young to discriminate am to the course of ~41.
duct that best befitted him on this unexplored ground, had
been entrusted to disaeet and experienced guardianship.
Although the natural and easy manner in which he has ac..
commodatetl himself to the circumstances in which lie has
been placed has been set down to the genial and amiable
impulses of his own nature, it must not be forgotten that he
has been all the time under strict tutelage, and that it is
more to the judgment and tact of his advisers than to hit
own unfettered discretion that are due the admirable pro.
pricty and freedom from all that was likely to shuck d, mos
cratic prejudices that have marked his progress since he Net
foot on the American shores. .

It is but right that the Mentor to whom the popularity
of the British Telemachus is iu agreat measure owing de add
have his fair share of the credit attaching to the conduct of
his roval charge. It is not generally known, and it I. time
that the fact should be stated, that on his Grace the !Juke
of Newcastle has been devolved by Queen Victoria the ea.
tire responsibility of her son's actions during his visit to
our continent. Amongst the whole British aristoccey a
wiser or more judicious relectiou could not have been mule,
The career of this nobleman, from hie first entree.: on
public life, has been marked by an uprightness, a souudnees
witiu of j ent, and a comprehensiveness of views whit.), have
him out as ono of the most patriotic and tatielaWe
of sing British statesmen.
When Lord Lincoln, and under the canted of a bigoted
father, his grace was one of the first to give his adhesion to
the free-trade theories of Sir Robert Peel, convinced that
in their adoption lay the only permanent foundations of the
prosperity of his country. When that great man woe made
the incessant object of bitter persecutions by the party
whom he had conscientiously deserted, Lord Lincoln wa
one of the small but gallant band of statesmen who adhered
to his fortunes, and who, after his death, esteemed it their
greatest pride to have Leen numbered amongst his
followers. But it is not in public life only that
the duke WWI displayed those rare qualities which
have pointed him out to his sovereign for his
present delicate and responsible position. The wane
which he pursued on coming into possession of his father's
title and estates offered an equally striking example of the
justness of views and lofty disinterestedness which seem to
be the leading qualities of his character. In his address to
the teuantry of the Clamber estates, Notts, delivered in
December, 1851, lie gave expression te sentiments and in.
tentions whichdid equal credit to his head and Malt. In
the first place, he informed them that the custom that had
prevailed- of dern.inding the rent immediately after lime eet
would be discontinued, as he felt that the practice was pre.
judicial to the tenant, by compelling him to thresh out his cum
at a time when it was not tit for market, and disposing of it at
a considerable loss to himself. Theu, after prefacing the
announcement by an allusion to certain abatements of rent
nude by his father, he stated that he had come to the con-
' elusion that, as a claim for such reductions had been made,
he thought the fairest course was to have all the farms on
the estates revalued, which bad accordingly been Ilene by
his octets, and the result was the reduction of the rent of
a large proportion of them, whilst the few that were
raitiel he had decided upon leaving et their old rental. con.
sidering the heavy sacrifices which these concessions est aled
on a landlord who had a princely rank to maintain, they
manifest a conscientious regard fur his obligations and
duties towards his tenantry, which is but rarely to be met
with amongst the clam to which he belongs.
Fears have been expressed that when the Prince of Wales
comes amongst us be maybe betrayed into accepting some of
the fulsome obligations which individuals, for their owe
glorification, seem intent upon forcing on him. We have no
apprehensions of this kind. The Duke of Newcastle is too
discreet and safe a guide for him to permit his royal charge
to be made the instrument of ministering to this foetid'
vanity. The Prince visits us as a pirate individual, and,
with the exception of the invitations from the President and
the Mayor, we think it highly improbable, considering the
lands he is in, that he will accept any other compliments of
this nature. The tuft bunkers and Jeukinses that are
lying in wait for him may therefore spare themselves all
the trouble to which they are putting themselves. The
duke, his Mentor, knows the ropes, and will not give hint
a chance of falling into their clutehes.—New l'ork Herald.

A letter from Stettin of the Ist inst. gives some
interesting particulars of the reception of the Prince and
Princess Frederic William in that town while passing
through it on their way to the sea-bathing place of Putties.
The inhabitants would appear to have rivalled the enthu.
siesm displayed by the Canadians in the reception accordol
toiler royal highness's brother, for the amount says that
all the streets through which the prince and princess
passed were gaily adorned, and in the new town trine'.
phal arches were erected, while the old town, not
to be outdone, strained every nerve to show honour to the
illustrious pair, for the houses of four of the streets were
almost without exception so richly decorated with flags,
tapestry, crowns, garlands, and linnet devices, that such
similar display had never previously been seen there. The
ships in the harbour were also gaily dtessed. Their royal
highnesses arrived at half-past ten in the morning. and im.
inediately continued their journey in a steamboat. They
were much cheered as they drive thr4agh the town, and
several bouquets were thrown into their carriage.
"Generals Letatuf and Froinsard, who are ac-
companying the Emperor and Empress on their journey,
are charged," says the AL/g6ar of Algiers, " ender the
direction of his Majesty, to examine the coaata of the
Mediterranean at Nice, Provence, and Algeria—his Majesty
being anxious to know personally the means of defence they
possess. The presence of these two generals, who are mem.
bets of the Commission of N►tional Defencea, will give
additional interest to the imperial excursion."

DEATH OP MRS. ABBOTT LAViRENCE.—We regret
to report the death of Mrs. Lewreuoe, widow of the late
Hon. Abbott Lawrence, formerly minister at the court of
St. domed& Mrs. Lawrence died on the 20th of August, 4
Boston, United States, after an illness of three weeks.
THE " EXCURSION" TO SOUTHERN ITALY.—Capv
tain Hampton, a gentleman well known in Liverpool, where
he formerly resided, is now in Liverpool, where he has been
very successful in enrolling " excursionists for a trip to
Southern Italy." At the request of his friends, who hope
to raise him' a good supply of funds, Captain Hampton
stays in Liverpool another week, and then proceeds to
Manchester, where he will doubtless meet sheerly welcome.
All of the " excursionists" enrolled at Liverpool arc fine
fellows of a superior class.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—The 111100P,S of the demon-
stration of the Tonic Sol-fa Association on Tuesday Lot,
of which the Scottish class foinied an important feature,
resulted in the engagement of the Edinburgh Association
for the performance of Scottish stags at the Palace. The
first of these took place Yesterday, aml an attractive pro.
gramme was efficiently rendered under the direction of Mr.
lieriet, the conductor of the choir. The applause which
greeted the vocalists ut the termination of almost every
piece of their somewhat lengthened programme would have
been considered in most placcs as denoinds for repetitive,
and irresistible encores were awarded to aevend litres. the
most noteworthy of which were "(Jeer the Sea," " We're
all noddin'," "John Gremlin and his wife," " Feats who
bac," " There was a man," and "Auld long Syne." The
.eonal and final performance is announced for three o'clock
on Friday next, and the singers return to Edinburgh on the
following day.
PHILANTHROPIC SOClETY.—Tentordsty the quar-
terly court of the members of this society, the origniators
of the reformatory eystem in this country, was held at the
London Tavern, Mr. C. While in the chair. Itoppeared
from the report of the managing committee that there at
present 262 juvenile criminal.; in the reformatory, Red.hiff
Fenn, Reigote, of whom 2'J were admitted during the
quarter, one of them being a case of rmadmission. Luring
the same period 18 left the institution : four as emigrants
to Sydney, and two in the same capacity to Adelaide,
five deserted, one enlisted. two left on license to work,
three were sent hack to prison, and one died. It was a
gratifying fact that in some districts juvenile delinquency
was on the decrease : and a letter neeived from Mr.
Poynter, the police niagistrate of the Westminster police.
court, mentioned that for *woe week. there had not been
a single youthful offender brought before him. The eon-
duct of the boys in the reformatory wile, generally speak.
lug, exemplary ; and the accounts received of the emi-
grants continued to be satisfactory. The total income of
the society for the quarter was, including 4741. 18.. od. car-
rim' from the previous audit, 2,700 f. lbs. tkL ; and the ex-
penditure 1.9431. 12.. Bd. This report was adopted.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHURCH PATRONAGE.—A
chapter was held at the Abbey on Tuesday, when the
dean (Dr. Trench), the subtle to (Lord John Thynne, alc),
Canons Jennings, Cnreton, MIX, and Wordsworth, D.ll,
were present ; Archdeacon Bentinck being absent, and the
new canon (Mr. Nepean) not having been yet inducted. At
the chapter, the Rev. Jonathan H. Lovett Cameron, M.A.,
rector of Buckhorn Weston, near Wincanton, Dorsetthire,
was appointed to the vicarage of Shoreham, Kent, vacant
by thu death of the Rev. ('anon Repton. Tho reverend
nominee was appointed to Bucklaorn Weston by Lady
Stapleton in 1852, and the value is ;WC ; the population
414. Shoreham is worth, according to the Clergy List,
371 f., but is nearer 450/.. and the population is 1,2110.
THE GLOCCERPER VOLUNTEER Itiviww.—About
3,500 volunteer., irrespective of the Bristol and Birming-
ham men, have signified their intention to be present at the
groat volunteer review, on the lithe September, at Glouces-
ter. and the total number expected to 1.6 present is about
5,000. The arrangements are pregni,sing.—CheftemAant
Examiner.