The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-04 00:00:00

T3:.0 Weather—Sun Office, June 4, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
s:his day at Two o'clock

Barometer-29.83.
Wind—North-East ; fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tars; DlLL—Morning, lh. 44m.—Afternoon, 2h. 10m.
ro-3,:oßiaow.-Morning, 2h. 30m.—Afternoon. lh. 50w.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1861.

After the many brilliant scenes and the exciting
events which took place last year, on the occasion
of the marriage of the Prince of WALES, the present
season must have appeared to lcokers•on as singu.
larly dull and gloomy. All the cheering expects•
tions that bad been formed touching the general
revival of trade, the impetus given to society, and
the restoration of tone to affairs, public as well as
private, which has been wanting of late, seemed to
have been entirely unfulfilled, or at best but par-
tially realised. The visit of his Royal Highness
and the Princess to Cambridge is the first auspi-
cious event of the season. It is to be trusted that
it may prove an augury, and that better and
brighter times may dawn upon us, The Princess
must have been much impressed with this her first
visit to Cambridge. At any time the attractions
would have been numerous and the scene a novel
one, but under the particular circumstances of the
case the interest was tenfold increased and height-
ened. She saw as animated a spectacle as any that
the world can present, in that Senate rich in past
memories, bright with present attributes, and stored
with future hopes. There were many things that
took place which must have rendered the scene for
ever memorable far her, one of those epochs which
can be recalled when the first flush of youth is
over, and one loves to garner from the storehouse of
memory those past treasures of thought and recol-
lection which have survived its evanescent joys and
eclipsed short-lived sorrows. The favourable men.
lion of Denmark must have been a source of great
ciel;ght to her. There can be no one who
at all understands the case bat must feel the most
profound sorrow for the troubles that have so soon
overcast the summer beauty of the fair young bride,
and must deeply sympathise with the painful situa-
tion in which she is placed. " There is no armour
against fate," is very true, and a fo7cible example
has been found in this sorrow that has passed
through palace gates, and environed the careers
that seemed so smiling and so cloudless. It is then
greatly to be rejoiced at that the expression of feel•
ing at Cambridge was such as to carry comfort to
the heart of the Princess, who was there as an
English wife, but could not forget she was also a
daughter of Denmark. A more touching tribute
could not have been paid than the three cheers for
the "King of Denmark" which rung through the
Hall, and told more earnestly and eloquently than
words, what was the innate feeling so forcibly ex-
pressed. A better offering could not have been

laid before her whom all wished to honour, and, by
complimenting her, they best evinced their respect
and affection for her royal Consort. The Prince
has at all times, and in all places, been a favourite,
for his total want of stiffness and hauteur. The
consequences of exclusion have often been fatal to
the popularity of princes ; at all events no one can
lay it to the charge of the present Heir Apparent
of the English Crown. Ire has travelled in many
lands, and has visited many ranks and ctassus, and
doubtless he found no scene more interesting than
that which met him at Cambridge amid the halls of

that time•honoured University where he had
himself been a student. From those classic scenes
he was summoned by a painful bereavement, and it

may be said that this was his last training-place,
for he thence stepped into a more responsible posi-

tion, and assumed more din'et duties, The Public
Orator made an appropriate allusion to the example
left to the Prince by his illustrious f►ather's career,
and doubtless the Effect was heightened by the
recollection that the late lamented Prince had been
the Chancellor of that very University which that
day did honour to his son, The mention of the tie
which existed between the people and their future
ruler being strengthened by the Prince's love of
everything English was a very just one, and great
truth was to be found in the expression of this

congenial sentiment. Nothing can possibly attract
a peculiar and personal interest in one so superior
in rack unless there ia manifested some of those

benevolent feelings and expanded sympathies,
which proclaim their possessor to be sensible of his
duties as well as his dues, and show that ho recog-
nises the rights of his people as much as he is sen-
sible of his own prerogative. To the Princess the

Orator addressed some sentences, and this ied to

another expression of sympathy and admiration for
Denmark, His praise of the KING'S courage and
the patriotism of the people was warmly applauded
by the assembly. Very grateful must all this have
been to her who bears her last recollection of
that El frlcted nation when it came out to
bid her GOD speed on her way to another
land, where splendours and honours awaited
her. This constantly recurring testimony
to the feeings entertained by England must en-

courage the Danes, and inspire them with new
courage. Austria and Prussia came in for a large
share of disfavour, and indeed the fairy tale of the
roses and diamonds bestowed on one sister, and the
vipers and reptiles on the other, seemed realised in
the portion awarded to the countries now engaged
in the war or Preparing for fresh engagements. It
is singular that at the time when such a welcome
was given to the mention of Denmark and the spirit
4055, the address of the depu-
taantdiobnrfarvoemryJouf thetlan Danes,
come to ratify the opi•
nion so favourably recorded, and to attest the vali-
dity of the decision arrived at. This address breathes
throughout a gen Line spirit of independence—
" The strength whereby
The patriot girds himself to
exists vital and unconquerable in these few but fer-
vent words. It is the language of those v,4„5, no
fears will drive from their purpose, and no motives
ofexpedienoy withdraw from their allegiance. They
declare that they attach " more importance to the

future of the country, and the independence of

his Majesty as a Danish KING, than to
liberation from the pressure of the moment."
This is the manner to deserve success, if so be that
the worst influences of time and place and the cruel

conjunction of circumstances are against us. What
a contrast does this noble resignation and this

strenuous devotion offer to the reckless conduct of

,he Prussians ! The most sceptical can no longer

doubt, the most sneering must hide his sarcasms,

and the most despairing must admit that it is now

patent to the world what are the true sympathies

of England in regard to this Northern war. Our
sympathies have not been hid, and if mistaken men
are choosing
wishes to other lands, it is a subterfuge that can
a misguided policy to signify our
deceive no one. The unselfish feelings that reign
in early life, the honest expression of the emotions
that fish suddenly upon the mind, these are not to
De tampered and trifled with. Deßmark was the
theme uppermost in te naiads of all amid the
fatigues and pleasures of that bus;- day at Caml