European Letter

At the unveiling of the late Prince Imperial - Louis Napoleon's - statue, last Saturday, by the Prince of Wales, a notable assembly stood within the temporary enclosurc facing the Boyal Military Academy at WooHvieh, and distant therefrom about 300 yards. All the princes who travelled írom Cbaring cross to Woolwicli, and all the oftieeis who went with them, were in uniform, the Duke of Edinburgh wearing for the tirst time that of the Hoyal Marine Artillery. The breast of Lord Wolseley was covered witli medal?, the number being greater thau is carried by any other offlcer in fhe British Anny. On alighting at the dais before the monument, still veiled with a white sheet, the Prii ice of Wales was greeted with a Royal salute, the cadets presenting arms, and the band playing the National Antheni. The Prince, having been received by General Iirown, and liaving heartily recognized Prince Lucien Bonaparte, and otheis, wus couducted to the foot of the memorial. When in 1858, the Princesa Royal made her entry into Beilin by her husbund's side, aniidst the the cordial acclamations of assenibled multitudes, all those who knew the newly-mairied pair, and the great majorlty of those who were only acquainted with them by hearsay, feit conylnced that the unión would be a happy one. The educated middle classes of Germany, who derived their political ideas from England, were sure that the bride's views would coincide with their aspiralions and longings, and that she would prove a blessing to the country of r.er adoption. Nor have their hopes been deceived. To-day's papers extol tUe wife of "our Fritz," as the model of a Deutsche hausfrau. They praise her for the excellent exaniple she affords as wife and mother, for teaching the rieh to nurse the sick, and showing the poor what cleanHness and ventilation mean, for raising the level of female education, and showing women new ways of gaining a livelihood. They further declare that she has done for Germany what Prince Albertdid for England,that is to say, elevated handicraft into art, and cultivated the general taste by ineans of art school and museums. She has, in a word, well seconded by her husband, been a chief instrument in the movement for social progress, especially in the sanitary and edncatioual line. She might have resented the animosity shown to her by the Junker party, which, devoted to Russia and reaction, hated England and enlightment, and has never once left off prosecutinsf intrigues calculated to prevent the English Princess from augmenting lier influence, or transplanting it to the field of politics. But, backed as she was by the frieods of political progvess, and by her devoted husband, she has had the good sense to -.,,,. ,,uíil, „, i , ¦m-iiuih.i!h :iuu 10 appiy her energy to works of humanity. The National Zeitung says: "We believe the iiitentions of the princely eouple to be identical witli the hopea of the tiation. They have been breathed apon by the spirit of modern times, ind do notseek all their deals in the past. As they were the centre of many hopes that have been fullilled, so they remaln the centre of hopes awaiting fullillnient. The Duke of Edinlmrg, Prince Christian, Lord Sackville, Mayor-General DuPlat, and Lord and Lady Aiijpthill all offered their congratulations before noon. Theo followcd the Emperor, foreign Frinces, and Corps Diplomatique. At half-past three a stout personage, with a white beard, cut quite close, and eyes of unusual lustre, inscribed His name in the list of visitara There stood in tall letter steady and uprisrhr, the words "Von Bismark, Reichs-Kangler," donating no trace of age or decline of strength. Festive pageants have given way to Court mourning, theillumination of public buildings has been countermanded, and all that remains to be said of this anniversary is that the Germán people bas testitield thewarmth and sincerity of their sincerity of their affection for "Fritz" and his spouse by munificent contribution to the Crown Princess" charitable fond. One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars are the upshot of one subscription list, the proceeds of which the Crown Prince intends in part to devote to the endowment of a home for the nurses in the Steinmetz-strasse, which is the liiteet offupring of an excellent sani Carian issociation, from which an instltution for KoverneBses and teachers has also sprung up, all founded and upheld through the exertions of the Crown Princess. Another great pleaaure has been afforded to the royal couple by the collection of funds for the erectiou of an edifice to be used as a high shool for ladies. Thls enjoya a very great reputation. liar Kift fot au anylura fop military orphaut, eliv, prove how weli it is known that nothing coultl ]ltae the uugnst recipients better tlmn giil for benevoleut obji-ots.