Year: 1860

From the New York Evening Post o. sa


When King George the Fourth was Prince
Of Wales be acquired the appellation of the
First Gentlemanin Europe. In the grandest
acceptation Of the term this was clearly a mis-
nOmer. A gross sensualist, perfdious friend,
heartless libertine, q bad husband a prodi-
gal, a man who had not the slightest regard
for the obligations Of a promise, the Prince had
scarcely one moral attribute essential 10 the
composition Of q true gentleman. But in the
ordinary Intercourse of prince with the titled
ladies and nObiemen Of his fathers court, and
the foreign ministers and persons of distinction
who were accredited thereto, there is little to
betray the baser qualities of the heart. 1t is
sufficient that his manners be unexeeptionsble
and his tact supreme to acquire for him spu-
rious renown, and in this respect George the
Fourth was unriyalled. No one bowed with a
better grace; no one could smile more affably
or say the pretty thing in its proper place with
greater readiness He had the art to make
strangers feel themselves at home in his pres
ence, and their Interpretation of his affability
was the key to the enviable reputation he ac-
quired. ..I. ..E -. 5000 as -1.l p


We doubt very much if the utmost display
Of such superfuities would have profted q
Prince Of Wales on his visit to this country


The fatigues, surprises and occasional annoy
anees incident to long journey In strange
country and among people of distinctive hso-
Its, alien to court sycophsncy, would have
thrown him of his guard, and the inirmities
of his disposition would have forced themselves
into prominence in defiance of the panoply Of
manner. Here, more than anywhere else, the
bsse metal must have become apparent. The
flagree Of cOurtly department could not have
survived the friction Incidental to republican
contact and the deSagTsngelS of travel


The triumphant manner in which young Al
bert Edward has passed this ordeal has demon
strstsd not only that his natural qualities are
excel but that he has been subjected to q
most excellent system of training. Education,
in its most enlarged sense, is a result. We do
not look for its illustration in detail any more
than We expect that a mans physical vigor
she'll be estimated by the viands and other ar
ticles Of dat on which he has been reared. The
intellectual regimen should be apparent in the
masculine, yet polished bearing Of its subject.
In this sense, we repeat, the young Prince
VINO has just left our shores carries with him
indubitable evidence Of q rare and jadicous
cultivation. 1t is infinitely to his honor and
TO the credit of those who have moulded him,
that not one single instance has been recorded
OF a breach on his part of the courtesies Of life
or Of the slightest display Of unbecoming tenn
per 10 any one. His demeanor throughout has
completely realized the fair flower Of the state.
Cheerful, affable, modest, and quiet, he has
nevertheless exhibited all the manly qualities
Of a cavalier. A superb horseman, he out
stripped his companions in his Canadian gall
lOps; good shot, he bagged more prairie
chickens than the DaeSSisurS Of his suite en-.
thusiastic in the ballroom, he was the ldmira-
tiOn of all the votaries of Terpsichore who
were witnesses of his boyish but well-regulated
delight; Princely in his liberality, he always
did the right thing at the proper time, and
left everywhere, where humble service was re-
quired, striking proofs of q thoughtful munif-
eence. In no part Of the civilized world has
Queen Victoria been held in such profound
respect as ia the United States of America,
where q regard for the virtues which sdorn the
female character rises paramount to ali politi-
cal prejudice. We did not believe il possible
that the British sovereign could have increased
the admiration with which she is everywhere
regarded in the New World. But the bearing
of her son has proved that we had not taken
the full measure Of her worth. The Queen has
governed her family as admirably As she has
governed her kingdom, aud of the heir to the
British crown We may now say with propriety:


England did never own sweet hopen