New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-13
THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

sdote WAS Yesterday enlivened by unwonted ceremo
n;ss and festivities In which great wds OF VISITORS
mueb more than doubling the ordinary population, look
olsefn mart Such variety of character aud count'-
non,e bsd not before seen in all the Provinces
Thor. v,ere descepdants of the old Welsh emigrants
from beyond the river; profuse sprinkng OF shrewd
and csuiious Scotchmen rudy in face aud rough Oh
tongue. Irishmen with meihuous accents and every
hing loya about them; original settlers, with noses OF
traditional tinee full Of cordially, and laying hosp-
HE for every body and last and least few stray
Cling representatives of the woe-begone and degenerate
Miliseet tribe of Indians civilized to the extent OF
round hats and tattered jackets but not yet rescued
from the barbarian of bare legs and blankets wander
ING indoently and vaguely around, the only dull aud
dr.ary objects in the busy shifting 1t is re-
markable how these diverse populations continue to
preserve their individuality. Ii seems as everything
and everybody once planted here mutt become incaP
able thenceforward of change or advancement, and
that thin region Of all others in the world, has got
itself detached in some nscruabe way from the uni
yerss train of progress and content TO nger largely
behind with the brakes of suggishness hard on, and
with no earthly prospect of catching up, or even
getting fresh start
lisa pity, too that place 80 bountriaiy ehaoHeo
bv nature as Fredericton shielding position eqaauy
agreeable and advantageous in the mfdst OF oeau,uu
and productive valley, upon river free 10 naSieat'n
and in open communication with all parts oil Tue row
noedis,inpuished moreover, for the fairness Oh is
daughters and the unryaled sweetfess OF It's butter
should consent to let progress slip away from 1t In this
rrsccopntable manner. The activity of yesterday
nroved that the pulses of its life not yet beyond re-
ovakenino Itooked ike resurrection of some prom.
se The thorouehfares charged with the hyellest
and most busting animation Everybody was in
holiday dress aud holiday condition Of mind.
The sense of manly allegiance was wide-awake,
and broadly expressed; and the merry faees
,f the Fredericton madens, well sheltered but not
at all concealed by the provincial hats those
wonderful and significant hats which are nowhere else
to be found hats which tip saucy and curl defanty,
and retreat invtngly; hats with pumes that dance
obedient to the ghtes breeze hats that lack no prn
chile of comfort or of grace but, full of all blessed
conditions" do Justly rank the paragon OF capital
adornmen-these faces flashed everywhere as brightly
as the ripples Of the passing river loaded with sum-
beams.
What with its beautiful girls, and its interrupted
butter and its rectangles, and its general sowness,
Fredericton is to NewBrunswick exactly what Phil
adelphia is to the whole United States.
in genuine birch canoe by of the Milsset chiefs,
whose style Of navigation 80 well pleased his High
ness, that bargain struck for the print
tive little craft which is now, in consequence the
Princes own property. The events of yesterday were
a leyee, at noon In Government House, during which
public addresses were exchanged the opening of
Park near the mansion by the Prince; apubic meet
ing of Members of Parliament at which parties forgot
their rancor at least during the Royal visit, and the
leaders of the Opposition toasted the leaders OF the
Government as brown as maybe, and a ball at tn
Province House, in the evening. The interest IN tn
first three was slight compared with the exciting pros
pect offered by the last. The ball was the specially
favored object of all anticipation. To give it unhinder
ed scope the little Province House had been enlarged
adorned remodeed built upon and quite turned inside
out, with multiplicity of temporary expedients, as
visitors were informed. There were two Temporary"
wings, and Temporary floor for dancing, ITEM
porary" supper-tabe in the Supreme Court room,
temporary" throne erected, and any number of
"temporary" accommodations for spectators. There
appeared, indeed 20 much temporary" work that it
became a serious question whether there was anything
permanent about the entire affair, aud whether,
after the elimination of the festival, the whole
structure might not vanish like the baseless fabric of
vision, leaving only racking headaches behind.
The decorations were literally bestowed, and ingeni-
ousy framed. The ball was given in three or four
small rooms, each of which was swathed in ever
greens. Odors of turpentine lOated in the air. One
apartment was embellished under the personal super
vision of the Attorney General of the Province, who
on this occasion deserted the thorny paths of the law,
and entered the pleasant ways Of ornamental shrub
berry. The appearance of this gave evidence of
ueIIbalanced Judgment and acute reasoning. II was,
80 to speak, clothed in legal suit, and the attentive
observer though at first glance perhaps, bewdered
by it's may intricaces soon felt that it was indeed
without flaw and after impartial summing up, gave
in his membarrassed verdict of approval:
The ball was attended by about six hundred persons
Two thousand had frat been expected but these ex-
pansve ideas were destroyed by the practical sugges-
ton of an officer high in authority, to the effect that
of two thousand guests at least one third must be OF
male gender and ~ TO looking for six hundred and
sixty-six ta-coats in all the county-the thing was
preposerous. So preparations were made for only a
thousand and with even threefhs of these, the rooms
were filed to overlooking. Two hundred tail-coats
were supposed to be all assembled and ladies in the e
tmaed proportion The Prince danced to the content OF
all his partners The rooms in which he moved, were,
of course the centers oparcuar attraction the others
being partly deserted at most times. The scene was
one of somewhat compressed brliancy. The military
uniforms cleaned more resplendent than at Halifax,
there being fewer of them, which made them more
distinctly prominent. There was all the eminence
that Fredericton could gather together Lieutenant
Governor, looking composed and contented as any
man might with 80 little to do salary not far In
feror to that ofthe United States Presidents for doing
n apd a finer publc mausion than the presidents ~