The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-23 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

It was hardly to be expected that the Prince ce
Wales should pass through the United States with-
out some display of discourtesy on the part of a small
section of the people. In every free country it is in
the power of an insignificant minority to set itself
against the feelings of the public, and, by its vio-
lence, noise, and ill-breeding, to call down on the
nation of which it forms a part the censure of the
unthinking. We have had in this country sufficient
proofs that a faction may sympathise with all the
country detests, and may glory in displaying its
malevolence and narrow-mindedness in the face of
popular indignation. God forbid that we should
ever desire that the people of any country which
has a common origin with our own should be drilled
to uniformity of opinion. or be tutored in enthusiasm
by a police. It is one of the good effects of liberty
that any outrage is sure to call up corresponding
demonstrations of good feeling, and we doubt not
that the vulgar and unprovoked attack made on
the Prince of Wales at Richmond, Virginia, will
augment the cordiality with which more important
cities and a more enlightened class will receive the
representative of a friendly nation. It is hardly
necessary to assure the English people, as our Nov
York correspondent does, that the Americans are
disgusted at the conduct of the Richmond mob, and
that they have no sympathy with the acts of the
Irish emigrants in New York. Whatever has hap-
pened, or shall happen, the American people
given ample proof that they appreciate the aP
the Prince's visit, and know how to respect them-
selves in respecting their youthful guest:- es
in the
After travelling many hundreds of
megih but sin-
Far West, after being received withf
cere politeness by the inhabitantse
rroairie villages
their way
or the solitary pioneers who arttitiehewing
Prince of Wales,
gradually through the forestt, caital of Virginia,
in his journey East, came t° contains some memo-
an old English town which+hotraveller. Here, urged on
vials interesting to the now rot, but perhaps stirred.
by what impulse
Dish wresemi-Trish demagogue, a dis-
up by some the Prince and his party in a
orderly moblti;i:esaateosd
not only a violation of courtesy)
manner which
hw s
as travellers under the protection
but of their
Therights
Prince and his suite went with
of the law. Richmond to visit the Capitol, and,
there to press
the Mayor of
vertyhkatinndowofheinre-
police, the crowd proceeded
there being no
the party and. to subject them to e
It. must be premised
sulting remark.
the free States is there to be found, among
in the
native Americans at least, a class so ruffianly and
depraved as are the lower class of whites at the
South. Thes,e worthies are the drinking, swagger-
ino., swearing, gambling, revolver
and bowie-knife-
:og gentry.,who furnish so many paragraphs to the
newspapers,, and have
almost come to be taken as
the type of tile American_ character. Fancy a mob
of four or five hundred slavedealers, horsedealers,
small planters, li(-1nor-store keepers and loungers,
probably together wit a large sprinkling of black_
guardism from vrilreland, and you will probably have
the crowd that rushed after the Prince of Wales
and the Duk eof Newcastle. Accustomed to uncon-
trolledofvioiendominion over the streets, ready for any deed.
from the tarring and feathering an
Abolitionist; to the burning alive of an insurgent
Negro, a Southern mob is capable of being led away
by any worthless fellow who gets its ear, and when
once excited is soon beyond the control even of its
leaders. It appears that at Richmond the crowd
began by being merely curious and jocose. They
pushed in, and allowed the Prince's party no privacy
whatever. While examining a statue of Washington,
the Prince was saluted with such remarks as "He
(Washington) socked it into you at the Revolution.
"He gave you. English squirts the colic." ",1;s
reckon you do love Washington—oh ! certain;,
the..
the party walked to the Senate-chamber “
started a run, and actually pushed them inside crowtn;

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door." The party would have been glad to stay,
but it was impossible. " They walked, still fol-
lowed by the rude populace, to the Governor's house,
where the closed doors allowed them to breathe
freely, and to be presented to the ladies. Then
their carriages slipped unobserved round the
corner, and eluding their tormentors the party rode
back to the hotel, only to find another crowd preg-
nant with similar ideas of hospitality."
Such was the Richmond episode. 'We do not say
nor believe that there was any personal or political
displayed towards the Prince. It was only
the coarseness of a set of vulgar rowdies, who cared
neither for their own reputation nor that of their
country. It has been the first instance of rudeness
met with by the Prince since he has been in the
United States, and it will probably be the last, so
far as the Americans themselves are concerned.
But we are told that it was probable the Prince's
visit to New York would not pass off without some
display of on the part of the Irish popula-
tion. We make no doubt that, this faction having
given the public warning of what they are inclined
to do, the respectable inhabitants of New York
have taken care that a slur should not be cast on
their city by such machinations. Very great pre-
parations had been made for receiving the Prince in
what is really the metropolis of the United States.
As the municipality does not command the confi-
dence of the inhabitants, a committee had been
formed, and a ball was to be given to the Prince on
a scale of unusual magnificence. A review or
parade of the City Militia was to take place on the
11th, and it was in expectation of this parade that
the " Irish-born citizens" of New York met to show
their animosity to England and the English Crown.
They " protested against the outrage done to their
feelings as free men and citizen soldiery by the
action of Major-General Sandford to do honour to
the Prince of Wales, the representative of a Go-
vernment which has driven themselves from their
homes and which continues to destroy their kith
and kin in the land of their nativity." One of the
resolutions was that "it is beneath the dignity of
a sovereign people, and a stain on its manhood, to
pay court in any form to monarchs," &T. Another
is that " whereas the Crown of England, to which
the Prince of Wales is heir, is responsible for the
wrongs inflicted on lrelaud, for the banishment
and proscription of her people,f the destruction
of their homes, and the suppression of her ancient
nationality ; and whereas it is no portion of their
duty as citizen-soldiers to exhibit themselves before
a scion of the Royal house, to which they owe
nothing but eternal hostility—therefore be it re-
solved that we decline to exhibit ourselves before
the Lord Prince of Wales on the 11th inst., or at
any other time, in the State of New York." If this
be all the demonstration that is intended everything
will be well. By all means let the Irish stay away.
It will be remembered that when the heir to the
constitutional throne of England—the representa-
tive of the people which has founded and organised
liberty—visited the great city of the western world,
he was received with cordiality and respect by men
of all classes and opinion, and that only Irish Papists
refused to do him and his country honour. It will
also be remembered that this took place in the year
1860, at a time when a band of these same Irish,
who had sold themselves to be the cut-throats of a
foreign ecclesiastic, were lying in a Piedmont ese
prison, having surrendered without striking a blow,
in a manner which had moved,he scorn and deri-
sion of the world. By all means let the Irish " citi-
zen-soldiers" stay away. While the review is going
on they may employ themselves in a representation
of the gallent defence of Spoleto, or in one of those
long marches Gen. Lamoriciere prescribed as the
only cure for their riotous propensities. The Prince
of Wales will not miss them, and all respectable
American citizens will be glad to get rid of their
presence, even if it be only for a few hours. That
the New-Yorkers will be at all take's by their de-
monstrations or their manifestoes we do not for a
moment believe. Ten years ago Irish grievances
were a creed in the States ; but now times are
altered. The old verbiage about the Government
" which has driven them from their homes," and
which " continues to destroy their kith and kin in
the land of their nativity," is now pretty well used
up. The Irish will only have given another proof
of their stupidity and malevolence, and in a few
days their demonstration will receive its condemna-
tion from all parts of the Union,—Times.

THE 311SSNG STEAMER EDINBURGH.

(From the Scotsman.)

Our Leith correspondent writes:—
The lvanhoe steamer returned to Leith yester-
day morning, after having been out since Saturday
in search of the screw steam-ship Edinburgh, which
has not been heard of since the 2d inst., the day on
which she left Leith for Cronstadt. The Ivanhoe
traversed the parts of the North Sea where it was
most likely that tidings of the missing steamer
could be obtained, going in her search to the coast
of Jutland. We regret to say, however, that no
tidings of the Edinburgh have been Obtained.
Many vessels were spoken to, but none of them
had seen any vessel answering to the object of the
search. One reported that bales of cotton, such as
were on board the Edinburgh, had been seen float-
ing about. Nearly all hope of the safety of the
vessel and her passengers and crew has been aban-
doned. The return of the Ivanhoe without making
any discovery has struck deep grief into the hearts
of those who had friends on board the missing
steamer. Dr. Mackenzie (who was returning to
Russia, where he resided previous to the Crimean
campaign), with his wife and several children,
were passengers on board. Twenty-five of the
crew, including Captain Steele, have left wives and
families ; the remainder of the crew consisted of
three or four single men. The cargo of the ves-
sel, as formerly stated, was made up chiefly
of iron and stone in the bottom of the hold,
and cotton above, with some bales of cotton and two
engine-boilers on the deck. The vessel, we are
informed, was well found, the cargo safe and care-
fully stowed, and not so great by 150 tons as had
been frequently carried in safety by the vessel to
and from Cronstadt. The captain was beyond
doubt a careful and skilful mariner, tnd the mates,
engineers, and other members of the crew were
piced men."