The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-18

centuries, more promising specimen of q Prince
than the young gentleman who is to visit Canada
towards the close of July. 1t is true that his
years-which do not number more than nineteen
and the tutelage to which he is still subjected,
preclude him from entering as yet into those 'ele-
giant dissipatiens" in which royal personages are
quite as prone to indulge as those of less exalted
birth But from the time of that rollicking
HARRY, who held his symposiums at tavern in
East-Cheap, and clinked glasses-as SHAKESPEARE
would have us believe-with the merriest, wit
test and latest old rogue of Knight that ever
"larded the lean EARTH" there have been but few
Princes OF Wales in whom the most tolerant wri-
ter OF obituary notices would have found much
to commend. The one who fifty years ago bore
that title, and prided himself on being 'the
"irst gentleman of England" was not merely
compound of arrogance, selishness and meanness,
nut, by the almost unanimous verdict of his con-
temporaries, was pronounced to have been guilty
of every sin, except three, which is forbidden in
the Decalogue. But the t'fat friend' of Beau
BRUMMELL has long since passed to 'that unds-
covered country, from whose bourne no tray
teller returns" the BEAU himself wrecked
in fortune and reduced in his old age
to miserable state of idiocy, mingles his dust
with those of Norman peasants The fair, but
frail PERDITA ROBINSON sleeps as soundly beneath
the church-yard sod as does her princely admirer
in the royal vault at Windsor Mistress FITzHER-
BERT is no longer troubled concerning the yal.di-
ty of her marriage with the quondam lover of
PERDITA ROBINSON. The days when England was
illuminated in honor of CAROLINE of Brunswick,
and men and boys wore white cockades, as SYM
bols of the popular sympathy which had been
aroused in her behalf are past and forgotten, or
are only remembered by a few. The revels of
Carlton House and the mysteries of the Pavilion
Of Brighton, are tales of bygone era Since the
accession of VICTORIA 10 the English throne the
moral atmosphere of the Court of st. James has
undergone complete publication. The members of
the Royal Family are now as distinguished for their
exemplary conduct as those of former days were
for their vices. The young Prince of Wales, I'M
like his immediate predecessor, has been taught
"to bear his faculties meekly,' and so to comport
himself in the eyes of the world, that he shall be
acknowledged to be worthy of the high station
which he is destined to occupy. With the excep-
ton of the Duke of Clarence, when midshipman
in the Navy, he will be the first Prince of the
blood that ever set his foot upon that portion of
this Continent which was once the noblest Co.
lonial possession of the English Crown. What
the American Colonies were to England when
they asserted their independence, Canada has
since become. Three millions of people, far more
loyal because subjected to fewer restrictions than
that other three millions, who, in l776, separated
themselves forever from the mother country, are
now waiting anxiousIy the coming of their Prince.
Resolutions have passed the Legislatures of Canada
and Nova Scotia providing the means for receiv-
ing their royal visitor in a manner BETTING his
station. The Assembly of New Brunswick think
ing less of the honor than of the cost of it, was
at first disposed to forego the for the sake of
saving the other; but, upon subsequent reflection,
was induced to rescnd the resolution and to
sanction invitation to the Prince and his
suite to extend his tour into that province
also. At Quebec it is urged that he
shall be installed in the Bishops Palace
Whose house he is to inhabit during his soiourn
among the "bue noses or among the 'loggers''
on the st. Johns, has not, we believe, as yet
been determined That his reception will be a
cordial one, and that no pains will be spared by
the authorities at different points TO make his tour
as agreeable as possible, and that the result of his
| visit will be TO strengthen the bonds which al
ready exist between England and her North
American provinces, we can very readily believe.
Indeed the whole affair is dictated by a wise
policy on the part of the English government. 1t
is liberal departure from the Old World notions
upon such matters. 1t implies Difference, and,
although the royal visit may end in nothing
more than in gratifying. in a comparatively mex
pensive way, the curiosity of those who inhabit
remote dependency, it will nevertheless be esteem
ed as an unusual act of condescenson. We Of
the UNITED STATES would scarcely rate it so high
ly as the people of the Canadas. But even
amongst US there are not a few who have an anna
BILE weakness for titles who are delighted to form
an acquaintance with Counts and Marquises,
and who enraptured at the very
idea of being presented to a Duke. 1t is
altogether probable, therefore, that, in
spite of our otherwise plain republican notions
the presence of the heir apparent to the English
throne in any Of our cities would lead to more
than one popular demonstration, and to public
dinners, and TO congratulatory speeches innumer-
able. The English journals have already sug-
gested the proprety of his paying his respects to
President BUCHANAN before returning home, and,
to speak seriously, we feel quite sure that if he
should conclude to do So such an act of gentleman
ly courtesy would scarcely fail to be duly appre-
ciated by the great bulk of our people.
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