Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-13

IUMBoL OF AND Prince ALBERT. The Lon
don A,heuaum contains review oI the extra
ordinary volume Ut correspondence ot the
late b .ron humboldt Ia the ~ ume y ]
letter from P1nce Albert, acknowledging the
receipt Of Humholdts Kosmos. Lni'ru-
nateiy," saws the Athengum. this last con.
tains an expression which Humboldt, not be
ing perhaps in the best of humors hen he
wrote all Ut it to Yarnhagen, has turrCd n-
to ridlcue The Prince Consurt concludes
his letter thus:-'May heaven, whose cir-
cling seas Of light and star terraces" y'u so
nobly describe, preserve you still for many
years % your country, the world and tie
KusmOs itself, in uudi>turbed freshness ho i
Of body and soul. This is the sincere wish
Of your entirely devoted, Altert' Upon
this, Humboldt remarks q Varnhageu that
the Prince makes me speak of "cIrcllng seas
of light and star-terrsces," = Coburg yaria
tiun On my text, and quite E1yl7Sd II n
Windsor, where there are nOIh ng but t,r-
races lie then goes IN t. state that once
III the kOSmos be used the word star-carpet
for which the Prince has substituted star
terraces an ofence which, We think, need
not have been visited with any severity
The Prince C0nsort was evidently no favor
lie with Humboldt, who complain of HIN
in this very letter, for want Of politeuess tv-
wards him some years previously, when az
Stolzenfes On that occasion, he says, tie
Prince asked him 10 present q copy Ot tie
Kosmos, which Humboldt, of course, did,
and the Prince, ne says, had the pJlIteue>s
not ID thank me- The Princes letter "
him lie characterlzes as wooden, weak
epistle, and lie i even vexed at the Prlnce
sending him copy Of Chauerwood's Views
Of Central AmerIca--'a book, he says, 'tbat
| purchased myself two yearsag fine edi-
ton Of Byron would have been tar muio
agreeable. In all this We think the ratur-
AT philosopher tart and crotchetty. moIc
suitable literary gifs than Chatterwood /
Views for q Prince to make To such travel
er as HUMBOLDT does not occur 70 our mind.
How was the Prince to know that the phil
osJpher would have preferred an edition ~
Byron? lie thinks it singular, also that
n0 mention Is made Of the Queen in Prince
Albeu's letter, and concludes, quite gratui-
tousIy, az il appears 70 o., that i i because
his book uf nature is not sufficiently Chris
tian IN It's tone, to secure her commentator.
You see he says, how severely | can Judge
when princes write, Ia smother letter y
Varuhagen, in reply to one in which his cur-
respondent objects to the severity of his stric-
lures upon Prince Albert he still girds AZ
the Prince, whom he calls the Man If the
sfar-Terraces,' md afirms, when he was
with him at Stozeufels, the Prince remark
ed to him. i know that you have great sym
patny for the suffer ng RuS~ian-Poles, which
j. pity, for the Poles deserve our sympa.
thy a. little Ms the Irish Aihidiri!' he
ex.laims, and this i the beaut u husband
ot Great Br,ains Queen We very much
doubt the accuracy IT LIumbiidts memory
upon this point. The words attributed q
tie Prince Z ,nsort, 40 not seem 10 be II bis
style. There i a yexation and unfairness
il al IIumboidr'> remarks upon the Prince,
tlat will make his admirers regret that they
sh uli ever have been published under lib
ntr:e"