The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-21 00:00:00

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT
CL UMBER.

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On Thursday morning the Prince of Wales, ac-
companied by the Duke of Newcastle and a number
of his guests, embarked in the Lady of Lincoln
and sailed down to Hardwick, where the Prince
inspected the farm premises of his noble host, and
also the model village in course of erection there.
At Hardwick the duke's labourers and their
families, as also a number of his tenantry, were
congregated, and very enthusiastically cheered the
youthful Prince, who gracefully acknowledged
their manifestations of loyalty. The Prince, ac-
companied by the duke and other noblemen,
then went for a day's shooting in the neigh-
bouring preserves. Friday morning the Prince,
accompanied by the duke and other noblemen,
drove to Birklands, which is a part of the old
Sherwood Forest. Thence they were driven to
Worksop Manor, the residence of Lord Foley,
where they partook of luncheon. The party
afterwards proceeded to the collieries at
Shireoaks, belonging to the Duke of New-
castle. The Prince there inspected the
engine-house, the machinery for lifting the coals
&c. After a brief stay at the colliery, his Royal
Highness, the duke, and party, including Lady
Sefton, Lady Belper, and Lady Denison, proceeded
on foot to the village of Shireoaks, to lay the founda-
tion stone of a new church the Duke of Newcastle
has determined to raise for his work-people. A large
crowd assembled to witness the ceremony, includ-
ing members of nearly all the principal families in
the neighbourhood ; and the Prince was received with
loud cheers and waving of hats. The Prince ap-
pended his signature to a record, of which the follow-
ing is a copy:—" The foundation stone of this church,
dedicated to Almighty God in honour of St. Luke,
and founded by Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcastle,
K.G., &c., was laid by his Royal Highness Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales, October 18, 1861." The
document having been also signed by the duke, was
folded and put into a glass jar, which the Prince
deposited in a cavity under the feundation stone.
Prayers were then read by the Rev. H. F. Clinton,
chaplain to his grace. His Royal Highness having
been presented by the architect with a beautiful
silver trowel, proceeded to perform the ceremony of
laying the stone. The Rev. Mr. Clinton then be-
sought a blessing on the good work, and the cere-
mony terminated. The Prince and party left the
ground amidst repeated cheers, and returned on foot
surrounded and followed by a loyal crowd to the
collieries, where carriages awaited them. The party
returned at once to Clumber.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales took
leave of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle on Satur-
day, and, attended by the Hon. General Bruce and
Capt. Grey, took his departure from Clumber Park,
Notts, for Cambridge.

His Royal Highness arrived in Cambridge at
half-past five on Saturday from Huntingdon. His
Highness reached Huntingdon by the Great
Northern, and travelled thence by the Eastern
Counties to Cambridge. At Huntingdon one of
the Royal carriages was in attendance to convey the
Prince from the Great Northern to the Eastern
Counties Station, the stations being at opposite ends
of the town. His Royal Highness, attended by the
Hon. General Bruce, Captain Grey, and the usual
retinue, on his arrival at Cambridge, drove from the
station direct to Madingley Hall.

FRANCE AND T.HE AMERICAN BLOCK-
ADE.-THE SALE OF LOUISIANA.

(From the Money Market Review.)
A very singular rumour has been in circulation
during the last few days—viz,, that France claims
for herself the free navigation of the Mississippi
under the original Treaty for the Sale of Louisiana
by France to the United States in 1803. In that
Treaty the only articles we find bearing on the
subject are the 7th and Bth, which we quote below :
" Article 7. As it is reciprocally advantageous to
the commerce of France and the United States to
encourage the communication of both nations in the
country ceded by the present treaty, until general
arrangements relative to the commerce of both na-
tions' may be agreed on, it has been agreed between
the contracting parties that the French ships com-
ing directly from France, or any of her colonies,
loaded only with the produce or manufactures of
France and her said colonies ; and the ships of Spain
coming from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only
with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her
colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve
years in the port of New Orleans, and in all other
legal ports of entry within the ceded territory, in
the same manner as the ships of the United States
coming directly from France or Spain or any of
their colonies, without being subject to any other or
greater duty on merchandise, or any other greater
tonnage, than that paid by the citizens of the
United States. During the space of time above
mentioned no other nation shall have right to the
same privileges in the ports of the ceded territory.

" Article B.—ln future and for ever after the ex-
piration of the twelve years, the ships of France
shall be treated on the footing of the most favoured
nations in the port above mentioned.
We know the question has been raised in France
as to whether that country has not acquired, under
the treaty above quoted, special privileges as re-
gards free access to the American ports, and it is
by no means impossible that a monarch of so strong
a will as Napoleon 111. may yet, in furtherance of
the objects which he is understood to cherish, have
something-to say to the Northern States, even in
respect of so old a parchment as that above quoted.
His Majesty is a great stickler for the sanctity of
treaties when they suit him.
Before quitting the subject, we may remark that
it is uot at all clear, according to the Law of
Nations, that the Northern States, seeing that they
do not treat the seceding States as belligerents but
as rebels, have a right to exclude foreign vessels
from any port of the United States, whether in the
North or in the South, so long as those vessels
abstain from carrying contraband of war.

THE SALE OF GAS ACT.