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

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1864.

After the many brilliant scenes and the exciting
events which took place last year, on the occeisicn
of the marriage of the Prince of WALES, the present
season most have appeared to leokers-on as singu-
larly dull and gloomy. All the cheering expects •
tions that had 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 'ear-
-1 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 for 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 mens
tion of Denmark must have been a source of great
delight to her. There can be no one who
at all understands the case but must feel the most
profound sorrow for the troubles that have so soon
overcast the slimmer 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 forcible 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 wire, 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. He has travelled in many
lands, and has visited many ranks and classes, 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 direct duties, The Public
Orator made an appropriate allusion to the example
left to the Prince by his illustrious father's career,
and doubtless the effect was heightened by the
recollection that the late lamented Price 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 rank unless there is 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 he 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 led to
another expression of sympathy and admiration for
Danmark. 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 afflicted 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 feelings 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 w
preparing for fresh engagements. It
s singularr °that at the time when such a welcome
i a
was given to the mention of Denmark and the spirit
and bravery des, the address of the depu-
tationfrarn Jutland should slhoald come to racily the opi-
nion so favourably recorded, and .
to attest the vali-
dity of the decision arrived at. This address breathes
throughout a genuine spirit of independence_

" The strength whereby
The patriot girds himself to die,"

exists vital and unconquerable in these few but fer-
vent words. It is the language of those whom no
fears will drive from their purpose, and no motives
•ofexpediency 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 cru©l
conjunction of circumstances are against us. What
a contrast does this noble resignation and this
strenuous devotion offer to the reckless conduct of
the 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 a misguided policy to signify our
Wi3hes to other lands, it is a subterfuge that can
deceive no one. The unselfish feelings that reign
in early life, the honest expression of the emotions
that flash suddenly upon the mind, these are not to
ue tampered and trifled with. De%taark was the
theme uppermost in the minds of all amid the
fatigues and pleasures of that busy day at Cam.