THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 32, 3 February 1876, Page 4

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

TBg/^Hiicl of Wales," said the *•*.;, World, , .of Oct. 6th; ; "will be written at, sp'(>k6n at; /and' sung at, as no poor y: naortal ever%'aß*Bihcb the morning stars .: ; sang .together. /Even now, we Can afford, / L. bur ;^|sler!* _ /a //glim pse of a few..speci--7/menßof.ihje^ 7.* will/pour down upon the Prince as ; soon 7as he sets fbbt* in JBbmbay. Poelins in / : /^ appeared lin. /_ iriany Indian papers, chiefly, vernacular ./ ones/and s r ojne of _ themgive a very rich /. foreMlte 1 'iridbed/pf the treat : **7 still in store,/ For instance; /a Bengalee, who / writes in English in a Bengalee paper, { sings'f-jweetly as ; foHb ws :—r * ' . . / 7 '--;/ : '- r &4^jl-'.iraiV/jr-Qno'hundr/ei hails*! / ; : .>*•■' ff/. /^Tofthe/mighty-Prince bf : .Wales ! . r / ... / ' ; -<:-'and/th'eh77/prooeedß.'7to. anticipate the / 7 /feats; whigh7riu3 Royal Highness will 7 perform- with'hia rifle :--* '„7.7/ He will beautit ally shoot ..•■/•/ '77/ .Many "a royal tiger. brute ; backs ;they'H<. ie, // / . Shbt in tbe apple of the.eye I ■••*.- - We migbt/qbote several other f< poems **' Ayhich»hb^& appeared in Bengal in honor /of iihePrinoe'a visit, but th'ey-* are aim- . / ply fMvsop The following^ tratislatib-b/ 7 of 7a/ part of "--a vernacular ode ie,- how.•everj^ . * The .born of the Queen* of England cpnits to us .across the wild back watar.: Let ius,t^elbre present.to the c epbant-headed . -gb-1, fGanesa] rice and melted: butte?. -.:*.-. The fearful antUolimax of this is apt tb remind: bne of the exclamation, "In the name 'of* the' Prophet — figs ?" ;B u t perhaps the absurdest verse 3 which - v*/;hay.e tyfit^'ap'peared in honor of the / Prince of *Wales are not as thoroughly yf" heathenish " as tho above, but are the /pious production of a Christian native bf. the Madras Presidency. The 7- author is; 80/: much in love with his '* Hymn j ,? that he appears to be circu--7 latingitin yellow-colored leaflets ;—- - Lord, my soul, O I : P.-f- jPfaiseiHis.name always ! • j , 7 May/Ho bless the Princess, 7/ / ./■ * And' her -husband Wales 1" _ /;*, /Surely the/force of loyalty can.no.furpi^et^if^: fp--- ■ / // /Tteftgreat/ modern Sanskrit poet of k /'/Kjdiafib 'de&d; so ftfe shall have none of /^i^s|sea/ti>7 recprd j but one of lhe p ß^lKa^iseta: iilfsljkag whioh; have ap-.

peared on the subject of the Prince's risit,- are rather/fine vyy ' ' '" - '*-* - ; v He! comes, the lsstqf th&dvqtdrs,hnd the best! "His Royal Highness-, Albert Edward, Prince, :- • heir to/the British thrbne. •*• ' 7'■ We w/6lcom& bim. asHhe 1 ocean welcom'-s the y-iuqn's'ood-sttdlien riv&r ! „ ■•'";" HefiiHo us as the rain-cloud is to the 'wither-^ ihg fields of Hce, or as the lotus to the hungry bee! . May he protect us, atid. lift all burdens from tbe back of the people ! Very, different .indeed from, this piece of /Oriental sentimental poetry is. the . following,- which ' we understand appeared iv a Guzerat paper of Bombay a month or no ago :— " We await with much anxiety the arrival of the Prince of ; Wales. It is our last desponding hope that he will remove all our grievances, under whioh we weep night and day without red res. The ruthless eon-? duct of Bombay Mahammedans, and the * incapacity of the Governor, should lead io the result of the suppression of the former and suspension of the latter.**' The real light in which the Prince of W-kles** visit to India is regarded by the natives of the oountry, as a body, is lan extremely practical and, we are 60rjry to say, n thoroughly selfish one/ /Leavipg out of account the " poets V. who rave in fßffoorjekees Magazine and . other similar periodicals, tbe most truly . representative : writers io the Native; Press speak out their minds iv very pl^in terms.,. .They consider ! that the visit is a political one, and . solely so; their grievances are glaring: in Itheir own eyes, and the Prince mUBt be informed of ihem, and redress ihem; . in a word, they only shake off their natural Oriental impassibility under the . 7a/vbwed nbtibh/ that they - will derive tangible benefit from the visit of their, future/ Emperor. . .„--_ .7