The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-08 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1863.

The late interesting event in the Royal Family
has called forth, as might have been anticipated,
cordial expressions of loyalty and goodwill from all
the varying classes of the community. From the
chief members of our proud nobility to the wives of
the humble weavers of Paisley, all ranks have been
eager to offer some token of regard to the fair young
bride, while the presentation of congratulatory ad-
dresses has baen almost universal, all districts
of the country feeling that they had a right
to take part in the public expression of loyal feeling.
In accordance with the general fashion the High
Sheriff of the county of Buckingham has convened
a meeting of the principal inhabitants, at which
Lord CARINGTON, t he Lord Lieutenant, moved the
adoption of the usual addresses to her MAJESTY
and the PRINCE. hat lent some interest to the
proceedings was the fact of the proposition being
seconded by the leader of her MAJESTY'S Oppo-
sition, the right hon. member for the county:
Mr. DISRAELI is usually very happy in his
speeches on these occasions, and although his dis-
course on Monday was but brief, he contrived to
lift it out of the ordinary routine level. He ob-
served that the relations between the royal
family and the people of this country were not
relations of form but of feeling—a feeling arising
from the conviction of Englishmen that much of
the happiness and prosperity of their coun-
try is due to the wise and temperate
manner in which the high functions of
royalty discharged. The marriage of the heir
to the throne is, as the speaker remarked,
a matter of deep interest and importance to the
community at large, but he alluded likewise to
the confidence justly placed in our youthful
Prince—a confidence arising partly from his educa-
tion and partly from our knowledge of his natural
character. His education has been, as Mr.
DISRAELI well said, worthy of his position. He
has visited the Old World and the New, he
has studied at the great academies of English learn-
ing, and has passed through a course of varied ex-
perience uncommon at his age, His marriage is
likely, from its attendant circumstances, to cement
the bond between him and his people, while the
warm reception accorded to the Princess
w ill prove to him how
sincere and de-
I
iss
a
voted is the loyalty at his
as they feel that honournot only yof
an
people, so long !
the Crown, but to the wearer of it.tie ll pr DISRAELIn
e
observed, in conclusion, that the happiness
Prince's home is the best security for the happiness
of his subjects, and from what we know of the
Princess, we have every reason to hope that the
aphorism will be confirmed by this • -
auspicious
union.

According to a Danish organ, the Daghladet, of
yesterday, the Danes are going to take advantage
of the European perplexity about the Greek throne
to secure assistance in their domestic difficulties.
The sagacity and foresight which they have thus
shown does credit to their politicians. In a position
of difficulty and danger, hampered by the Federal
membership of the refractory duchy, and the per-
sistance of its claims, supported by all the weight
of Prussian power, the Danish Government will
have reason to be very tankful to the demand for a
King of Greece if it extricates them from the present
dilemma, and gives them some security against
future complexities.
The Dagbladet says with truth hat if it
the is decided
that Prince WILLIAM shouccept
throne, the favour conferred will be rather on the
side of Denmark. The cost of honour has been so
long empty, it has been• offered to so many in suc-
cession, to be as often rejected, that there Is by this
time no great favour in proposing its acceptance to
any royal house. The difficulties were so great aa