The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-04 00:00:00

THE P.RINC.
FO UN

DL.AND.

(From the Courier.)
It is our privilege and pride to record to-day an
event which will form a chapter of thrilling inte-
rest in the future history of Newfoundland—the
arrival and disembarcation at St. John's of his
Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
and heir apparent to the British Throne.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon
two British ships of war were signalled from the
Block-house, and shortly afterwards the intelligence
that the Royal squadron was in the offing spread
with the rapidity of lightning. A species of wild
yet delightful enthusiasm appeared to animate all
classes of the population ; instantly, as if by magic,
thousands of flags and banners were displayed from
the mercantile establishments, the shipping in port,
the public buildings, churches, and from private
residences throughout the city. About 6 o'clock
the Hero, Captain Seymour, 90 gun ship, entered
our port, and slowly—a magnificent spectacle—ad-
vanced to her station opposite the Government
wharf ; shortly afterwards the Ariadne, 26 guns,
Captain Vansittart, followed and took her place a
short distance below the Hero. The French war
steamer Sesostris, Captain Clone, was telegraphed
from the Block-house about the same time as the
Hero and Ariadne, and entered the harbour and
came to anchor shortly before them. After the
squadron had come to anchor, the Commandant of
the Garrison, Major Grant, proceeded on board the
Hero, and on his return it was announced to the
assembledthousands that his Royal Highness would
land on the next morning at 10 o'clock. Accord-
ingly at an unusually early hour yesterday the town
was all life and motion; the enthusiasm was intense ;
the display of bunting in the port and in the city
was truly grand. In consequence of the rain,
which fell smartly all the morning, the landing of
the Prince was deferred till 12 o'clock ; before that
hour the weather became more propitious, and the
people assembled from all quarters; it is sup-
posed there could not be less than 20,000
present. Notwithstanding the disagreeableness
Produced by the rain, the seats set apart for
the ladies en the Government wharf were well
filled, ;and a goodly display of beauty was there.
The eastern division of the wharf, where is• the
landing-place, was occupied by his Excellency Sir
Alexander Bannerman, dressed in the rich and
beautiful uniform in which he appears on public
occasions ; the Lord Bishop of Newfoundland ; the
Right Rev. Dr. Mullock, R.C. Bishop of St. John's;
the Right Rev. Dr. Dalton, R.C. Bishop of Har-
bour Grace ; the Archdeacon, the garrison chaplains,
and the ministers of the un-Episcopal Protestant
churches in the city ; the Judges, the President
and members of the Executive and Legislative
Councils, the Hon. G. H. Emerson, Master in Chan-
cery, holding rank as an Executive Councillor; the
Speaker and members of the House of Assembly,
Major Grant and the officers of the garrison, the
Clerk of the House of Assembly, the police magis-
trates of St. John's, &c. The western division of
the wharf was occupied by the ladies and the mem-
bers of the press.
At 12 o'clock precisely, the Prince of Wales, ac-
companied by his suite, consisting of the Duke of
Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; the
Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward of her Majesty's
Household ; Major-General the Hon. R. Bruce,
Governor to his Royal Highness ; the Equerries in
Waiting, Major Teesdale, R.A., and Captain Grey,
Grenadier Guards ; Dr. Acland, his Royal High-
ness's pnysician ; and Mr. Engleheart, private sec-
retary to the Duke of Newtastle, left the Hero in
the Royal barge under a salute from the Ariadne.
From the time his Royal Highness left the ship till
he placed for the first time his foot on Transatlantic
soil the cheers of the thousands of spectators were
deafening. A few minutes after landing the order
of procession was formed. Outside the Government
wharf gate—over which was erected a beautiful
triumphal arch, on the front of which was placed
in conspicuous letters " God save the Queen," and
other appropriate mottoes and emblems—carriages
were in waiting to receive the Prince and suite,
his Excellency the Governor, the Bishops, Judges,
and President of the Council, followed on foot by
the members of the civil and military establishments
already referred to, and the members of the press,
after which the various public societies according
to the programme previously published. The course
of the procession was through Water-street to
Cochrane-street, up Cochrane-street (at the head of
which was also placed a magnificent grand arch),
then through Cochrane-place to Queen's-bridge-
road, along Queen's-bridge.road to the eastern en-
trance of Government•house, passing through a
third triumphal arch near the Commissariat Depart-
ment. The procession thus arrived at Government-
house, on the lawn at the front of which the children
of the various Sunday and day schools, numbering
more than 1,000, were drawn up. Almost immedi-
ately after the arrival of his Royal Highness at Go-
vernment-house the levee was held. First were
presented addresses from various public bodies, viz.,
Executive Council, Legislative Counsel, House of
Assembly, Lord Bishop and clergy, the inhabitants
of St. John's, Benevolent Irish Societies of St.
John's and Conception Bay, St. George's Soc'ety,
Mechanics' Society, the inhabitants of Harbour
Grace, and, we believe, from others. Subjoined is
the reply of his Royal Highness to the addresses
presented yesterday, and also a list of the names of
the gentlemen presented at the levee.
We omitted to mention in the proper place that
Captain Clone and the officers of the French war
steamer Sesostris joined the members of the civil
and military departments assembled on the Govern-
ment-wharf to receive the Prince ; also that a guard
of honour of the Royal Newfoundland Companies
was on the wharf, and the Volunteer Rifle Com-
panies Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4 were drawn up outside
the gate ; the Fire Engine Companies, too, occupied
no mean position in the demonstrations, and deserve
special notice. We may observe before we close
this very meagre description of the grandest day in
the annals of Newfoundland, that Cochrane-street
presented a scene not often witnessed—every win-
dow was crowded with human faces, every house
was literally obscured with flags and banners.
Last evening there was a grand illumination at
the Colonial-building, the Custom-house, the Court-
house, the Orphan Asylum, and other buildings, in
honour of the visit of his Royal Highness.
To night the public ball will take places at which
will be present probably 1,000 or 1,200 persons.
Dancing will commence on the arrival of the Prince
of Wales, which is expected to be about 10 o'clock.
Captain Seymour has granted the use of the splen-
did band of the Hero for the occasion.
The following is his Royal Highness's answer to
the addresses of the Executive and Legislative
Councils :
" Gentlemen,—l thank you from my heart for your ad-
ress. To-day I have set foot, for the first time, on the
easternmost portion of those vast territories in North Ame-
rica which own the sway of Great Britain, and I have here
a foretaste of the kind reception which I am led to expect
in the more populous portions of the empire, which, in ful-
filment of the duty intrusted to me by the Queen, I am
about to visit. Your anticipations of the pleasure and in•
terest which I must take in all that I am about to see and
learn in the great countries that are before me cannot fail
to be realised, and I shall indeed rejoice if my presence
among you can conduce to a full appreciation of the sym-
pathy in the happiness and p. osperity. of this colony which
I know is felt not less by the Sovereign than by the peo-
ple of that country to which you have expressed your affec-
tion and attachment."

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITREATRE.

The talented lessee has nobly redeemed his promise to
reproduce the celebrated spectacle of "Mazeppa, or the
Wild Horse of Tartary," in all its pristine splendour. In
order to accomplish histask, ho has not only had to increase
his dramatic company, but to secure the assistance of an
immense body of auxiliaries, in order to again delight the
public with this well-written and exciting equestrian and
dramatic entertainment, and truly may Mr. Batty affirm,
"that not only has it been produced with the greatest pos-
sible care to all its original extraordinary and bril-
liant effects, but with a desire to eclipse them, bringing
into requisition the vast resources of this unequalled esta-
blishment, and introducing the largest stud of highly
trained horses, ponies, buffaloes, camels, &c. in the world."
The new scenery, by Messrs. Cuthbert and Thorne, reflects
the highest credit upon those talented gentlemen, while
the wonderful stage effects produced in the tournament •
scene, with its carousal and chivalric sports, the panorama
pourtraying the flight of the wild horses, and the conclud-
ing tableau the destruction of the enemy's castle
and triumph of Mazeppa, must be seen to be appreciated,
as description would convey but a faint idea of the actual
reality. The principal characters were sustained by Miss
Seaman and Miss Emily Scott, Mr. G. B. Ellis, Mr. Walter
Carle, Mr. T. Harris, Mr. G. Belmore, and Mr. Walter
Roberts, The latter gentleman, who sustained the part of
Mazeppa, is new, we believe, to the metropolitan boards,
and he no doubt will be a great acquisition in
melo-dramatic characters. To finish our present notice
of the interesting performance, without praising the
horse for his part of the performance, would be like award-
ing honours to all the characters in the tragedy of
" Hamlet," omitting altogether those belonging to the
unhappy Danish Prince. We therefore, in a word, pro-
nounce the training of the horse to be perfection. At the
fall of the curtain the applause was turnulturrus, and for
months to come " Mazeppa" will attract thousands to the
Royal Amphitheatre.

Letters from Sicily state that two forts are being
erected at Palermo to defend the port. The construction
of railways in the island is now in contemplation, and
French and Genoese capitalists are causing surveys to be
made. The son of Garibaldi has arrived at Palermo, to
recover from his wound. Several Neapolitan officers who
had deserted are stated to have arrived at Palermo; they
announce that they are shortly to he followed by others.
A battalion of sharpshooters, after the Piedmontese system,
is being formed in Sicily.
AID FOR GARIBALDI.—The Queen of England,
a splendid screw steam ship, purchased by the agents of
Garibaldi in Liverpool, sailed from that port on Friday
night for Sicily. The Queen of England was well stored
with muskets, ammunition, &c., and a large quantity of
hospital lnaNriel shipped by the Ladies' Garibaldi Society,
London.