The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-06

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A hero In full many noble cause
A-citizen EeyeTed by aliIis dead'
IT'S wen the ssd-yoiced bells for him should
whese whS triumph on with stately peals
Wen that the thunder ofgreat guns should
Der hin Widowed 50 well their warlike
scarred. Tar-worn veteran offourscore years,
Thou Hest at laSt-life's batttle fought-at
with folded arms across thy warlike
MOurned BY a grateful nations reverent
Close linked with all our grandest stories
with It shall live thy proud name to the last
The Prince OF Wales NOT a Gentleman
....His Rude Behavior ON y Recent
Public Occasion
The Prince of Wales, it is said, is not
earning the title assigned to one of his
ancestors of being "the finest gentle
man in Europe" The Pail Mall Ga
zette says:
"There is nothing, probably, which
attaches people TO a prince so much
as that fine observance of courtesy
which is so excellent amongst gentle
men, and which, when exercised by a
capable OF becoming almost magniti-
cent. 'Princely courtesy is common
expression; il expresses great deal" !"
The writer thus complains:
"I venture to say that at the Royal
Academy dinner there was degree of
impatience at the ceremonies of the oc-
casion, and an indifference to the digni-
ty of other men there, which was re-
marked upon very generally. We are
all ready to render our utmost homage
and duty to the Prince; the Prince has
some duties to us, too-dutieS easy of
fulfilment, but not trihing enough to
disregard"
Another London writer specifies the
following unfriendly act:
"The Dean of Westminster was read
ing before select and deeply interested
audience at the Royal Institution, pa
per on Westminster Abbey. The prince
was present in the chair immediately
fronting and close to the speaker, which
is usually provided for him. When the
usual hour occupied by such papers is
over. the lecturer, if the prince Is pres
ent, waits for some signal from him be-
fore proceeding. On this occasion the
audience was extremely anxious to
have the few leaves remaining OF DR..
Stanley's admirable lecture. DIR. Stan
ley stopped at the end of the hour, and
glanced at the two or three pages nn-
read. The prince was mOtionless.
The lecturer then turned and whispered
to Prof. Tyndall, who told him he could
go on if the prince so indicated. But
though he hesitated a minute or two;
though Professors Tyndall, Earaday,
and others looked at the prince, and the
audience manifested its desire to hear
more lit was just ten o'cl7ck,) the
prince, who knew the rule perfectly
well, gave no sign, and DR.. Stan
lev abruptly closed his manu-
script, bowed and sat down. The au-
dience arose with no very favorable i'm
preston, as you may judge, OF the
present standard of princely courtesy.
prince Alfred Is decidedly the favorite
with the people of all the royal house
hold. There is a strong liking for his
English name and his English looks
and manners, which indicates also a
considerable impatience and contempt
for the extent to which the court has
become German institution in which
one hears nowadays as much German
spoken as English. This feeling found
a curious expression in the House of
Commons, apropos of some idle and
expensive displays over the insignih-
cant German prince, Zeck, who is TO be
made a great man of by his intermar-
riage with the royal family of England.
Mr.. Henley asked who were the dis
tinguished foreigners" 1or whose con-
veyance across the Channel in special
steamers the House was called upon to
pay some money. Mr.. Layard said it
was not usual TO give the names OF
"her majesty's guests" who were thus
conveyed. The feeling in the House
was unmistakable, though shown by a
mere straw.