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visit of the Prince bf Wales.

The following is the correspondence between
the President and Queen Victoria, relative to the
visit of the Prince of Wales:
TO Her Majesty enren Victoria
have learned from the public Journals that the
Prince of Wales is about to visit your Majesty's
North American dominions. Should it be the in,
tention OF his Royal Highness tb extend his visit to
the United States, need noE say how happy I
should be to give him cordial welcome to Wash
ington. You may be assured that everywhere in
this country he will be received by the American
people in such manner as cdnnot tail to prove
gratifying to your Majesty. I'd this they will man
fest their deep sense of your domestic virtues, as
well as their conviction OF yodr merits as wise,
patriotic and constitutional Sovereign.
Your Majesty's obedient sHFgyagl.
Dated WASHINGTON, Mays, 1870
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, June ~, lSe0.-ny Good
Friend: have been much gratied at the feelings
which prompted yon to write me, inviting the
Prince OF Wales to visit Washington. lie intends
to return from Canada through the United States,
and il will give him great pleasure to have an OPP
portunity OF testfying to you in person that the
feelings are fully recipfocated by him. He will
thus be able at the same time to mark the respect
that he entertains for the Chief Magistrate of
great and friendly State and kindred nation.
Ike Prince of Wales will drip all royal state on
leaving my dominans, and trAvel under the name
of Lord Renfrew, as he has Gone when travelling
on the continent Of Europe The Prince Consort
wishes to be kindly remembered to you.
Iteman, ever, your gead friend.
VICTORIA, Reg.
Mayor Wood has received the following letters
in reply to his invitation to the Prince of Wales to
visit the city of New York, IN pursuance of the
resolution of the Common Council
Mr.. DALLAS TO MAYOR WOOD.
LEGATION on rln UNITED STATES,
f3onlon. 22d June 1860
SiR-My letter of the 8ih inst. will have informed
you of the step taken by me 10 apprise the Prince
of Wales of tile desire expressed by the Common
Council Of New York that lie should visit your
great city at the close Of his public duties in
Canada.
have now the honor to transmit note address
ed to me in answer to my Communication by her
Maiesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, conveying the gratifying assurance that
his Royal Hghness, with the high sanction of his
illustrious mother and her Government, will meet
the wishes OF your community.
With Tie highest respecl, sir
q. NJ DALLAS.
10 lis Excelieney Fernando Wood Mayor Or New York
LORD JOHN RUSSELL. TO MINISTER DALLAS
The undersigned, Her MaiAsty's principal secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs has the honor to
acknowledge communication addressed to him
by Mr. Dallas, Envoy EXTRAORDINARY and Minister
Plenpotentiary of the United States, containing a
| resolution expressive Of the wish of the Munich
| pality Of New York and its Important and wealthy
community TO receive a visit|frnm His Royal High
ness the Prince Of Wales, OIL the occasion Of His
Royal Highness' presence iu the colonial possess
sions of Her Majesty. The undersigned having
laid these documents before Her Majesty and the
Prince of Wales, ii commanded by them to express
to Mr.. Dallas the high sense which they entertain
of the Importance Of Strengthening by every
means the relations of friendship and regard which
bind this country to the Uni1ed States Of America.
When therefore. the public duties, for the per-
formance of which the Prince undertakes the
voyage across the Atlantic to Her Aajesty's North
american colonies, shall be concluded, both the