, 1876-05-27
Tho Return Home Of the
Prince Of Wales.
Unjust Assaults of English Critics
upon Signor Rossi.
Tho Appearance Of American Dcbntan'
les upon tho Opcratic Stagc.
Some Pictures in the Exhibition At the
Acadomy-A New Hotel.

iA1lHN4 1OI low lilo ItIi+ ""N 5"''f
THE PRINCE mas BEEN WELCOMED TO HIS HONE
by his tlcvotol and loyal subjects. It was well
worth visit to Portsmouth to witness the
splendid ragcant Of Ills arrival; to mark tlat
vast assembled multitude with their eager
faccs and roelfcrous tlroats; the gay 1ags
tl[ttcsjnc IN the breeze; tho splcndor Of
The Tranquil sce, clothed with pleasurc-boats,
heavily laden with their human freight, the
lark iroclasls waiting TO punr forth the terrific
1o.c Of EngAnd's first sulutc to the uctr-At'-
parent Of tho Throne; to mnrk, above ALL the
dappy faces of tho reunited family wien they
appeared Mt last III presence Of the multitude,
fhe Prince anti Princess none tho less lnnn
md = woman l,ccause In them tho
hope Of n milton ce,ltrcs. The scene at
Covcnt Garden also, In the evening, was most
nprcsstyc,-t Eli!tcring array Of bcaut1fu-
women, blazing With diamonds, sweeping down
rum top.nost gallery to rartcrrc; tho eager
Expectation, anil the spontaneous outburst of
enthusiasm whcn the Royal family appeared;
,c uprising Of the entire house to
,rcct them; tho song Of welcome poured
.ortll by the voice Of Albani, sustained
been there, would have found Ills pulses throb-
ling and Ills blood tiugliug with sympathy. For,
whatever may 10 tho occtslou, it Ia always fins
10 catch the aural breath OF popular entl1'lsl-
lsrns. These congrcgnted individuals, in them
selves SO dull, and commonplace aud obtusc,
let them be united By sufficiently po-
lent sentiment, md tho "oFcr-Soul
bcco mes evident; tie God moves imminent in
ihe MIR. Tho Prince Of Wales 1s not ny my
Ineans n hero, nor haa he accomplished any
aone little more, INDEED, thnn take advantagcof
circumstances md consent to have glorlolls
tkns; yet 1t is certainly true TINT his popularity
las BEEN vast3y augmented. !ie has been The
hcroof a1vcnsurous,i ,igr-hnnts; the'lero Of bn1ls,
1nl festivities, and fandangocs; the hero, alnyc
Rll, OF the Illustrated newspapers. The whole
people Of England have gone with hini on his
ttnvcls; they have fiad before them pictures Of
every scenc That he has v'sitedj they have held
'i.', dnnrer mig might Scfa1i him, lest lis iifo
,l,.uld BIZ threatened ,-rcjoiis!ine r the the
ass ;ass4y Of 0SSsd III rrtus%; To tey sss 1s
pca,cd to cuc! other that he is n thorough En-
p'ishnmn, n,--tlacf proutlcst boast; that lie had
worn out his entire s,,itc III Ills vcnturcsninf,
exploits; that l!c has always the right worl at
repeated these things, tu'Iscd al'out him
aud thought abuut him, until, IT. only
n2no from intimacy Tn oya o. 11Sent,s 5 t tsy new new
srdor Of enthusiasm. And they greeted him
yesterday with MI enthusiastic, spontaneous,
and ai!ectionatc welcolnSS, such as few Mon-
scartcd, s'r tus,erins, oycrgrown Children 81 an
Anglp-9axun race, will, their itnprcssible 10y
atty, not to principles, but to people,,
as sr fur PEOPLE sot not ic,r "1 gTfba't b'. qdnt bt
high in place; ttis dear, o1d-iasl,toned,
sturdy, ttolld, ninn!y milton Of snobs, great
peace is hrootling over them aincc the rrpre-
sentative Of the Grown IL once more trcatiing on
Eusllsl soil. And wfah them Joy Of his return.
sIGNoR HossI
s ut war with his critics, and not without cause.
This grcnt nctor has been received hy thu En-
Etsh press with an Insulting coldhess nml Hts
sail tin. thu powerful ,cliqucs for If.
i!os's F.s a c"gugcn,e. sr' so bs fniare. II lIs
be 80, It merely sows how without uur, md
Eignor Kussi MIA vIoleptty assaulted for 1fs in
tcrprctation Ut Husnk!, and for tln TcnHn that
It Wills not tho Itan.let gt' ShdksFtnre But what
tlorS tic drulnntic critic n!cans by The
course, the conventional type of cler-
ncter, created and Impressed upon the public
mind by serles Of motors. It ought to occur tn
him TINT au artist of extraordinary genius
himself viii, the poet, al,u truer Insight Into
Ills marvellous creatns; ut all events, thnt his
Interpretation. II new ono, should DO dcscrv-
Ing ot rcspestfM cGIsdcration. 81 FOR my own
aud for the special Fcaaon That it e. (ll my opin-
iun) the Iia.uht If Shakespeare; Uni inter
probation muru true to Nature and the poet,
'n"re daring al,,l complete thn,, has before been
stage Prince, melancholy and sick!iy scnti-
mental, he sha,ls rctnorselcssy, and Slows III
1teal tE living ilsan crc.ltcd by tc poet; liam
ht, rendered irlcsulutc,. not by dreamy reflect
Hamlet with Tire uIidrreurscnt Ut ilcrceiicss aud
outlcAplug, kavuge irnny, Indicated by the
tragcdy, nl,1 which, III s,ct Il nature, tortured
by tlswnrtng circumstances und mental
conflict would hasu bccn Inevitable; Iiu,niei,
sane from first to lust, I,evcr liz the true kcnso
Of The word, ttsunt, but from first to last, fren
Eied with doubts aud irrcsolutiuns, and hLs help
cs5ncss to cope with the current by which lie IL
being swept to destruction, LaHsles, In Ills out
btlrbts Ut fAye vcTging over into cxrAyngulict.,
is II natnrr ii Which Islasion Is rcpr,*scd Ii al
ways extravnEant ~ " oecasio''nl , 1'M'!icst..-
sWi Of il prineely bearing not ineon.!stcnt
with tllr grace Of MI alTullG courtesy. THIS Ii
Shuksmare's Ha,nlel, aud IT. ID Iossl's. Aftcr
sttnessing this ustonishlng performance IL wns
)crlally ut certain statements rcpeatcl by the
lritics almost unanllnously,-to the effect, foI
ustance Tint the aetor represented Hamlet ,.s !
dignity. l began To doubt my own IL,
orcssions, and yet wns fully perslat1et
hat the aesor did Mot inte,ul torcircsent M,nte
ts insane; as1 ready to utllrn that 10 prnceay /
kossi In Iamtt i f4lnii!aT with Ills friends mi
euurtiers; but this familiarity II tho gru,td, frct
eonlcsecnston Of Prince royal IN birth and IN
lure: lte snpyrs cnsplleEetf with tho grace nf |
Whit. eiguur lsusst Aas just publ!shed
stating hts opinion of l7du4|el's character, mt
lis nn III Ills ONT, interpretation. As his vteWs
views exMcsscd In this letter., I AM content t.
abllc hymy admiration, despite tho alurs ulM
assaults 81 the English prcss An that hay.
rd nf Ia'ntes ~ n'ay H. he applied with but littlt