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London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEP r. 14, 1864.

While the Prince and Princess of WALES seem to
be prospering in their visit to Denmark, and im-
proved in health and spirits on their projected
curse, it cannot but be felt by many how different
it might have been. It i 3 generally a sad task to
compare what is with what has been, and the lost
chances of the world fill many a gloomy page of

its history. Still in this instance of the visit of the
Princess of WALES to her own country, it cannot
be denied that we have a particular proof of the
instability of human greatness, and the insecurity
of prosperity under the brightest auspices and moat
flittering promises that the world can give. While
it is a graceful act on the part of the Prince and
Princess to visit the spot which is endeared to one
by remembrance and the other by associations, the
considerations that will henceforth attach to the
place must in a degree be fraught with gloom. It
must be painful to reflect upon the disappointment
of the Dines as regards the benefits that they hoped
would accrue from the English alliance. It was
not thus that they had hoped or expected to welcome
back their Princess, and to receive the heir of the
English Crown, who had signalled their land by
choosing the daughter of their King to be his
Queen. It cannot be that the efflicted people of
that illsu3ed and forsaken country can entertain the
same feelings towards England now as they experi,
enced a year ago. They have been taught a bitter
lesson of the want of good faith on the part of Eng-
land, and learned the unwelcome truth that Ger.
many, in the hour of her most extreme aggression,
is considered more worthy of our support and
countenance than they are. The Treaty of
1832, which was expected to do so much good
to Denmark, has been given up altogether, and the
brave people of the independent little country are
to see their possessions torn from them, and their
treasures seized, while the English, compelled to
acknowledge the injustice of the acts, will not lift
a finger on their lozhalf. Such recollections as these
must unquestionably cast a blight over the receps
tiers of the Prince and Princess, and it is quite idle
fur the devotees of Germany to say otherwise.
Deep sorrow is ever abiding, it exhibits not the
wild untutored expressions of excitement, but it
knows not the sudden reaction of evanescent des
pves,ion. In this generation at least DenmEtrk can
never be the same in heart or sentiment as she
was when she took leave of ALEXANDRA, on the
eve of her bright and promising wedding. It is
well to coretemplate ars subdued pleasure with
which the Dines now meet her whom they parted
from under such dasent circumstances. In many
cinntries it would not have been practicable for
this visit to have been performed at all, and cer-
tainly tot during this year. The feeling of dis-
appointment at false expectations, the sense of mis.
placed trust, and the thought of abused confidence
would have been all too strong and overpowering,
but the Danes resemble the English in their honest
and hearty appreciation of character. They feel
that their young Princess has never forgotten in
the midst of her triumphs !n England
_that she was
the daughter of Denmark, and that the Prince, had