The New York herald., 1870-01-31
Prince Arthur.

After delightful round Of complimentary
Official dinners, suppers, balls and receptions
at Washington his Royal Highness Prince
Arthur William Patrick Albert third son Of
Queen Victoria, has returned to New York and
the Brevoort House. He arrived in town by
the Saturday five p. NJ. train, and in the course
OF the evening. with his distinguished party In
their box at Niblo's, be gave wink to Fech-
ter, which was correctly interpreted as the
Dukes Motto-'T am here" And when ssGod
Save the Queen" was played by the orchestral
band the Prince, rising and gracefully bowing
recognized the compliment and tho house re-
sponded with repeated rounds Of applause,
which were given only with an Increased en-
phasis against discordant, gooselike protest.
put In here and there, from perhaps some in
dignant Fenian.
Yesterday, Of course, as Representative Of
the royal Church of England, tho Prince
attended divine service (the Protestant Epis-
copaD at Old Trinity, and his programme for
the week in this Metropolitan district will keep
him moving. He dimes this evening with Mr..
W. B. Duncan; tomorrow evening with Mr..
L. T. Morton, the banker, and then he goes to
the ball at Delmonicos. On Thursday even
ing he dimes with Mr.. August Belmont, and on
Friday evening he is to be the lion Of the re-
ception Of the Brooklyn Ladies' Club, and he
will, Providence permitting, positively attend,
on the 9th prox., the funeral, at the old home
stead in Massachusetts,, of the late world
renowned philanthropist, George Peabody,
and will not, therefore, be present at the re-
ception OF our Twenty-second regiment, N. G.
N. 7. s. M, on the same day.
In view of the five hundred years and moro
OF England's despotism over Ireland, and In
view of the present portentously disturbed
condition of s'the Emerald Isle," our City
Fathers have thought it best not to trouble
Prince Arthur with any corporation festivities.
What does il signify that he is named Arthur,
in honor of ''the great Duke" of Wellington
and Waterloo, who was an Irishmau2 Or what
does 1t signify that this Prince is named
Patrick, after the blessed St. Patrick himself,
so long as he represents the despotism of Eng
land over Ireland, and so long as those Alabama
claims are unsettled9 Mayor Wood, in 1860,
the Prince Of Wales (the brother
of this young man Patrick) at his Blooming
dale villa, and brought out in his honor the
whole Fire Department (old style of footmen)
in grand torchlight procession. But that
was before our late Southern rebellion, and
before the Fenians had dreamed Of flank
movement for an Irish republic upon New
Brunswick or Upper Canada or Lake Winni-
peg, and before these imprisonments Of
American Fenian citizens in British bastiles
The reasons, then, why our City Fathers do not
and cannot dine and wine this young English
Prince or trot him round the circle Of our mu-
nicipal institutions are plain enough. Mr..
Belmont, an Independent democrat Of the
German type, may not be able to comprehend
these things; but he is not Of the inner circle
Of the Wigwan.
We expect, however, that in the round Of
unofficial hospitaAties cut out for him here
Prince Arthur will be abundantly satisfied.
His presence at the Peabody funeral will be
exceedingly appropriate as testimonial of
respect from an English prince Of the blood to
the memory Of an American prince of the
good. We wish the young gentleman pleasant
time to the end OF his sojoarn in the United
States. II