The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-15
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUG. Is. 1850
An Incident In the Life OF the Prince of
Wales
The pnris corresnondent of Il


The Paris correspondent of the New York
Herald relatea the following incident:
Men marvel, too. when they behold the mu
liability of all political friendship. But a fay
years ago, and the writer of this letter sat at
table in the Palace of the Eiysees. The most
luscious fruits, the daintiest meats and the
richest wines OF France invited the gaests;
but outside of the windows Of the Palace was
sight that had greater charms than the gor-
geous banquet within. 1t was or the occasion
of the Z ueen OF England's visit to her now
erful and illust strious ally" the Emperor of the
French, who had Just now placed at her Males
tvs service his private palace for the purpose
of holding n court for her subjects then So
Journing iu the French Capital. The presenta-
tions were very few, and principally confined
to those connected with the British Embassy;
and when we had kissed our Queens hand
his Majesty of France provided us with q
sumptuous deJeane. He himself was not pres
ent, but from the windows of the banq ueting
hall he might be seen on the lawn below, saun-
tering about with youth some thirteen years
of age. 1t was the Prince of Wales who is
NOW en- route to the United States of America,
and whom the President, that good friend"
OF Victoria, is preparing to receive, like the re-
turn OF the prodigal, George the Third, COM
ing 10 sing Pseeari in the person of his great
grandson.
" hat a change has taken place since the
lapse of those five years Who thought of
America then 1t was England and France
who, united like the Siamese twins, were TO
hold The world as q football beneath their
feet. AS if embematic of the fact, the Empe-
ror and his young visitor, on the occasion
speak OF, had cricket ball, which, as the for
mer sportively flung in the air, the latter
caught and tossed back again Now it would
be Napoleon who missed the catch, now the
youthful prince; then hurting it aloft again
and laughing Till their breath was spent
They gam mbolled over the greensward like two
recreant schoolboys. Should this notice of
the circumS tance perchance fall under the eye
of England heir apparent while on your side
of the Atlantic, his young heart may not be
sorry TO read this light record of those less re-
sponsible days. FOrSaR et hoe okim nlsniniSSe
jHra6t
Many of us who stood gazing on from the
window, watching that lnscrutable little eye
OF Napoleon's, as it sparkled in gleeful inter-
est over the child's sport, asked ourselves how
long this charming picture of the lion and the
lamb would last and what was its real signi-
ficance as an omen of the future Some even
then saw, to use the English minister's pres
ent ominous language, 1.-The horizon charged
with clouds ~ and if the majority were san
guine enough TO hope all things, the curtain
is now withdrawn from their eyes. England,
as If in fultilment of Lord John RuSsell's in
dIgnant exclamation, is now seeking alliances
elsewhere. The son of her hopes is crossing
the Atlantic, no1nally to visit his North
American possessions, but in reality to seek
the friendship and good will Of those who in
habit the possessions of his ances tors. Blood
is thicker than water" says the proverb; and
England, as she sees the day of peril lowering
over her coast, casts her eyes towards those
who are "bone of her bope;' and the welcome
preparing for the Prince of Wales in the
United States is proof that she will not look
in vain. EStO perpetual! May the kindred ma
tions OF great America and Great Britain
henceforth have no other rivalry than that of
who shall be greatest in upholdiDg the dig
nifty, the renoWn, and the moral worth of the
great Angl Saxon family.