The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-25 00:00:00

led the crowds gradually to join with the anthem,
which went peeling out over the water in a grand
volume of sound, enough almost to be heard on the
shores of the United States beyond. An address
was presented by the civic authorities which there
was considerable difficulty in reading, even with
the aid of lights, for the night had now fallen and
was dark and windy. At the conclusion of this
the procession was formed and followed by hun-
dreds of people cheering. The cortege winds through
the principal streets to the old residence of the Go-
vernor of the Province, which, like all the other
resting places of his Royal Highness, had been care-
fully prepared for his accommodation in the most
splendid style. The Chief Commissioner of Public
Works, the Hon. John Rose, has had charge of all
the arrangements for the Prince's tour throughout,
and of every single place, whether among the wilds
of the Upper Ottawa, across the woods from Arn-
prior to Almonte, or at the little towns like Brock-
ville or Sherbroke, they have been perfect to a de-
gree that has elicited not admiration only, but
almost the astonishment of the Royalparty. While
on his way to the Government-house, however, the
Prince passed under the Orange arch. Its character
was not seen by the Duke of Newcastle, who was
sitting with his back to the horses, until he had
actually passed under it. There was a few
‘, hurrahs !" from Orangemen, and cries of "No
surrender," as the carriage went beneath it, but
this was all. For the rest, all the houses were
gaily illuminated, and thousands were in the
streets, a great many wearing Orange riba- nds
and insignia ; but the popular feeling being
strong in favour of giving the Prince a welcome,
independent of partisan feeling of any kind, the
St. George's Temperance Society, with one
or two other associations of the same kind,
joined the procession with their flags and banners,
in which I am told, amid the darkness and hurry, a
few of the Orange flags were mixed. But of this
fact I cannot speak of my own knowledge, for it
was much too dark, notwithstanding the illumina-
tions, to distinguish anything with accuracy, and
all the Orangemen seemed quite content with their
victory in having got his Royal Highness to pass
under their arch without just then venturing any-
thing further. The greatest blaze of light which
was shed on the procession was at the Rossin-house,
the principal hotel in Canada, where many of
the Royal suite were to stay, and which was
illuminated from top to bottom as if it was on
fire, and viewing the cortege from this point I
certainly could not distinguish any Orange ban-
ners in it.

When his Royal Highness arrived at the Go-
vernment-house the Duke of Newcastle at once
had an interview with the Mayor, and in the
strongest terms complained of the deceit which
had been practised on the Prince, and of the
manner in which, relying upon the Mayor's pro-
mise that no party emblems had been erected,
his Highness had been entrapped into passing
under the Orange arch. The Duke of Newcastle,
I am informed, also stated that, if some apology
or explanation were not given for such an
affront, he would feel it his duty to advise the
Princo either to leave the city, or to mark his
sense of the deceit practised upon him by de-
clining to receive the Mayor or any other mem-
bers of the corporation who had been parties to
it at his Levee on the following day. His Wor-
ship requested time to convene the Common
Council, in order that a formal answer might be
returned on the following morning, and to this,
of course, the Duke at once consented.

Saturday, the Bth of September, was fixed for a
grand review of the Volunteers, but the weather, as
usual, was in the highest degree unfavourable, and
as at Newfoundland, as at Halifax, as at Prince
Edward Island, at Quebec, at Montreal and
Ottawa, at all the resting-places along the
route, in fact, the rain came down in tor-
rents. The review of course became out of the
question. The rain would have been too heavy
even for an inspection of Canadian lum-
berers, so it was early announced that only the
levee would take place. The Duke of Newcastle
waited long in the expectation of receiving some
reply from the Mayor of Toronto in the matter of
the Orange arch. None came, however, and ac-
cordingly his Grace sent the following letter to
Mr. Wilson :

" Government-house, Toronto, Sept. 8.
" Sir,—l deeply regret that you have not thought fit to
send any explanation of the occurrence of which I made
complaint to you last evening.
" I would not willingly revert to any cause of offence after
the most magnificent and warm-hearted reception which
the Prince of Wales met with in this city yesterday, but
there are matters which cannot be overlooked without loss
of honour and position. You distinctly informed me that
the transparency of William 111. was removed, and one of
the Prince of Wales was substituted. I relied upon your
word, and the consequence was that the Prince was thereby
led into doing what I had distinctly informed you he would
not do. As the levee is annotaved to be held at this house
no alteration will be made, but I hope you will see the pro-
priety of not attending it so long as this matter is unex-
plained and no reparation offered.---I am, Sir, &c.,

" NEWCASTLE.
" P.S.—I reopen my letter to say that yours has been
this moment (11 o'clock) receired. I trust the result of the
meeting may bo satisfactory, but I am sure you must feel
that the reparation must precede any further communica-
tion.
" The Worshipful the Mayor of Toronto."

Just before this letter as despatched a note from
the Mayor was forwarded to Government-house. It
is to this document, which I subjoin, that the P.S.
of the Duke of Newcastle refers. By this time it
had become more generally known that the arch
was built to represent the gate of Londonderry, but
as a matter of course such information was not for-
warded to the Duke, and among strangers it was
thought, on the whole, to be rather a concession on
the part of the Orangemen that they had not
adopted their party tinge to paint their arch, but
had, on the contrary, used common stone colour.
The letter of the Mayor, to which the P.S. of the
Duke refers, was as follows :
" Mayor-office, Toronto, Sept. 8.
" My Lord Duke,--=ln consequence of the very painful
interview your Grace did me the honour of holding with me
last evening respecting the putrait of King William 111.,
which has been placed on the arch erected by the Orange-
men of this city, and which was to have been dispensed
with and one of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
adopted for it, and respecting also the communication speci-
fying the proposed change which I had the honour of ad-
dressing to his Excellency the Governor-General a few
days since, and which was
permitted to remainuncontra-
dieted, either by the later communication to his Excellency
or by any personal statement, I have convened the council
for this morning at half-past 9 o'clock, when I trust to be
enabled to make an explanation and apology to your Grace
and to his Excellency, which I hope may be accepted as
satisfactory.
" I should have held this meeting last night, but I could
find neither clerks nor messengers, and I was told I should
have had still greater difficulty in finding the members.—
I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke, your Grace's most
obedient humble servant,

" ADAM WILSON, Mayor.
" To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle."
The Levee took place at the time announced in
the programme. The Kingston emissaries, who
till now had found their occupation gone, at once
perceived their chance, and improved upon it.
While these worthies were expatiating on the
wrong done so unjuetly to the city, the Mayor and