, 1860-09-12

! Tho IIuuaors cf IA lkuyai Reception,
The reception, pre- entatioEs, etc, attending
tie progress Of tho Prince oi Wales, in British
North America, Civ. risc to GENE funny scenes
Here is one at Q1e'osc. raci5 sketched by the
correspondent: Of Tie New York T.mfs:
The Prime siG ::iG.;d his willingness TO receive
a1j OF bis feflo @~su;iscts who might be des;r-
ous OF being pTcse1ted. The doors we're opentd.
order: The Anglican Bishop, dressed ia full
cauonicaia, IL IL venerab I acd pure minded per-
Ecp, CT Aoor4t sixty Years. Of eye, and Was the
first who NJ brought TO the notice Of the youth.
fni Guelph who received him with very gra-
cious aod respectful boY. Then came, in pomp
gold cr,>.es end et5ings OF beada, body Of
c'e4n Il ,aysd, clsrr eyeo, sharlrlcoking men,
who be..7af ed Their lore Of applause and power
in their every humble look and action, and wlo
bens feEc1ently Is they were announced to tho
lriE r. eR the Roman Bishops Of the Province.
Tnu EagIish Bishcp took bis civil position at
thes l~tt side Of the group uear the throne, while
Il te 1lomarists ranged themselves il line upon
tie upper Of three raised eteps OF the right Of
..hs chamber, which places they occupira dur
in. tie entire cereInony. Then the judges
were introduced aud retired, utter which the.
12cfe lnterestiog c=remon es ocgan-
The door opened and queer little men in
ing hastily il, hoid:og oE his left arm q black
wand tipped with Ecld- lie bowed once low,
he baHeG cree lover, he bowed till hi. nosu
sulel. the carpet, and then, with flourish,
wLi4ked a7uusd xpu in sqneaky vcice an
nounced &c the usher the Upper aouse, headed
by man carr5iog 1ha hea:y gold mace, and
TIC Spe:ker, whose dress, long tails and oil, is
:aove described. Urrol.izg piece Of p.reh-
,aent, toe Speaker read an address first IL E,K-
li+h Il1d tbta in French, which welcomed Tie
Prince, aud eviuc-d in the atrongeat manner
The Gtection AID reHncc: with which the Cana.
dams regard their Queen. The Prince sccep'cd
tine roll, handed it ~ h.s aid, took aaothcr from
him, unroli.d it aad read The reply.
Having iiLi.hed his reply, the Prince, through
lis Ai1, whispered to the Speaker, who advanc-
cd Btep aud krelt uE:on one EIee, bending his
hezsl 10 the grtund, while the representative of
the Q1een Of Eogland, taking sword from the
hama Of an attendant party, gently Slapped the
happy Shoulders ef tue Speaker, thereby rais-
ing lin 10 The Order Of kLigh.laod ana c:us-
irE the blood to jump 1t She ra:c nf thousand
n.:l=s m hour from Ills fingers to his toes. Af.
ter sis the Loncraoln C:unc'cr were 1,re-
sented by rame, c.ch 10akirg bow t. Lis
Rayal u4glness Is 1hay p-s;ed ffcm left 10
r,gat besbre linn, 1c:=iyipg ttcm tie Prince
glance Of recognition I sight bo..
These parties having backsd out frog. tho
susust presence another !unry little chsp,
dressed like his friend CT tue Upper House,
popped in like rap Fl. wi2sled his lett lex
and tquir1aed bis b5dy Ike slake for Ahcut
half u raipu:c, a1l bo~ipg once. advanced
foe:, be -iEE tSice, prccsttied another twelve
inch*s. aoc toinE it nEain. Fs1nc so T.use, and
announced sir. Speaker end tue Lower 1}ouse.
The Sps aker WIS gotten up in style mast &C.
l:ghtfeE to behold. HIS had on gcwn which
tr:liled bchiad him ut least six feet, On which
trod frequently the i'll Dire ed, CAVITY, rowdy
crowd, wlo uncersmoniou6ly, aid without Or
der, pust+ i their itf.mannered way into the at.
dicncc room. He delivered his address bo1h in
English ana French, end Rad them both well,
10 winch the Price, :s usual, atten'iyeiy lis-
both languages clearly distinctly, ald swectly
l. havin. been announced tn tile Speaker that
III. IIiuce would be pleased to kuigh: lin, he
dropped upon both knees il most ridiculous
and absurd manner. causing smile to pass
over the .acs Of his Royal Aizhnsss, aud na-
uavinf; received tue customary touch With tho
sword, and harirg been recognized in his new
rank by tue Prince, tie Speaker rose, display
iur rent in tic knee Of his pants, ana stepred
backward so quickly upon his Snwn tail Us
nearly 10 cause his kni2hsh'p to ta'l upon the
ground. 4 tpd;cus iutroducin: Of the r1em-
bers cnsued, which must have been wearisome
certainly was to The Unjust. ous quill drivers in
the gallery; th:ugh it was great lun to witness
the ur iu sting Of neck ties, the smoothing ofheir
the Tightening Of gloves, the carefsng Of nous.
tache*. and the anxiety manifested b5 the meEn-
bers who %cr: to have the horor Of b3wiug to
the Prince: aud then to see the bows, to see
the vulgar ob~i.ance, the familiar nod, svag-
gcrire, ungent!cn,anly recognition, the simid
b. nding Of lhe head and the crinein9 looseniog
of the body, a. each man, true to bis own ma.
turc, wen: through the senseless ceremony,
IVES something botl' novet ard interesting.