20 OCTOBER 1860, Page 2

The most impressive scene in the tour of the Prince

of Wales, the most touching incident both for Englishmen and Americans, is the visit of the Prince to Mount Vernon. The great grandson of George III. at the tomb of George Washington, head un- covered in the presence of the dead, ought to be the funeral ser- vice over the last relies of international enmities. In token of peace and reconciliation, the Prince planted a tree on Mount -Vernon, and at that moment he was a Prince of American hearts as well as the heir to the British throne.