^...-■■\;;'r;^»:»:-^;i^v"<.»-;^,.-:t .\t.:.- - >, itj'i r. aifr-y'tsj.: i& ^"*ies.ssi*^^^^*^^^ THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES L / \ JOHNBTONB, O'ShANNKSBY AND Co.. Photographers. ^^.att^e of the v,^^^ OF a<^<© THE 1111 if IIIIBIMI T(t TH^ COUO*h Y OF — ws^iflnBBKl.^ -"iil'^A ■'-;^-i.ae^ d«^,^^ COMPILED BY J. G. KNIGHT. M E L B U R l-I E . AS Kf , FIRTH - ^; D CO 18 6 8. Klin J N T njD D U C T I O N . ~>^w\i%.^^v So important and auspicious an event as the first visit of a son of Queen Victoria to the Austrah'an Colonies, deserves to be inscribed on the brightest page of our Colonial History. It is not however attempted, in the following narrative, to anticipate the work of the historian, or to weaken the interest in the publication of the travels and experiences of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, which will probably be undertaken by some members of the Royal party on their return to England. The object aimed at in the present volume is simple ; and although the mode of dealing with the subject may be regarded as hardly commensurate with its importance, it is hoped that the various events herein recorded may prove sufficiently interesting in themselves to excuse any crudeness or lack of skill in the compilation. The following narrative of the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred to Victoria has been in the main collated from the leading Colonial Newspapers — the Argus, Age, Herald, Australasian, and Leader, supplying the principal matter ; whilst, in describing the visits of his Royal Highness in the Mining and Country Districts, the accounts furnished by the local papers have been generally selected ; thus, the Geelong Advertiser, Ballarat Star, Bendigo Advertiser, Castlemaine Daily News, Hamilton Spectator, &c., have been laid under contribution, and in referring to events which occurred outside Victoria, the sources of information are also acknowledged. It is believed that those who have the patience to read this volume, will be disposed to agree with the compiler, that the unbroken series of loyal demonstrations and festivities described in the various journals, are most truthfully and accurately written. It may not, perhaps, be found that in all cases the descriptions are as graphic or perspicuous as they might have been ; but it must not be forgotten that the tour of his Royal Highness was very rapidly executed — 11GG979 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. that a number of important doings would sometimes occur on the same day — that, surrounded by the bewildering elements of an unprecedented excitement, calm writing was difficult, and revision almost impossible ; the compiler having- seen half-a-dozen gentlemen of the press crowded too-ether in a public room, wildly and almost hopelessly endeavouring to write out copy from their rough notes, under the conscious pressure of a mail about to close. How newspaper men even could write cohe- rently under such conditions, is a matter of wonder ; and the general clearness of the various descriptions of the Royal progress is not the least important item of congratulation in connection with the grand reception accorded by the people of Victoria to a son of our most beloved Queen. It might be urged, that as the reports for the newspapers were prepared with so much haste, and generally under such disadvantages, the duty of the person who might subsequently undertake to describe the visit of the Prince would best be discharged by making himself familiar with the facts, and then writing a fresh and original account. Such a plan would doubtless have been preferable, and might have been adopted had the present writer felt himself strong enough for the task : in the absence of any such assurance, he has taken the safer ground of presenting the facts, opinions, and views of others in preference to his own, contenting himself by stating, that as most of the occurrences herein mentioned took place within his own observation, he can testify to the general accuracy of the various descriptions. Irrespective, however, of the question of ability, the compiler i§ bound, in justice to himself, to state that the time at his disposal altogether precluded the possibility of writing an original work on the subject of the Prince's visit, the preparation of the volume in its present form being as much as he could accomplish; and as the idea was not sug- gested to the Publishers until after the departure of his Royal High- ness from Victoria, it was at once seen by them, as a point of business, that to secure any interest in such a work, its publication should be hastened as much as possible. The present volume must, therefore, be taken for what it is worth, and what it pretends to be — not a literary work, either speculative or historical, but merely a collection of reports, revised, adapted, and dovetailed together, so as to form something like a continuous Introduction. narration ; and if this has been effected, all that is sought has been achieved. It will be observed from a glance at the opening pages, that the narrative commences with the start of the Galatea from Plymouth ; the visits paid by his Royal Highness on his way to Australia, being briefly noted as they occurred. It must not, however, be supposed that in the small space devoted to the narration of the reception of H.R.H. outside of Victoria, any attempt is therein made to do justice to the loyalty and liberality of those colonies and countries which entertained their distinguished cfuest. It is left to them to preserve for themselves the record of so auspicious an event, as the object of the compiler of these pages in mentioning any- thing which took place beyond Victoria, was simply to render the chain of events a little more complete than it otherwise would have been. Having already stated that the aim of the present publication is restricted to a description of the principal incidents connected with the visit of his Royal Highness to the Colony of Victoria, it may here be remarked, in proof of the desirability of such a work, that, notwithstanding the short time which has elapsed since the Galatea departed from our shores, the compiler has found the greatest difficulty in obtaining copies of the news- papers which contained reports of the Royal progress ; and it has been a source of considerable trouble and delay to procure even imperfect files. The question, "What becomes of the millions of pins daily made in Eng- land ?" is no more capable of satisfactory solution than that of " What becomes of all the newspapers ?" One thing, however, is well known, that it is always difficult and often impossible to obtain back numbers of any of the colonial journals. Such being the case, the compiler was led to the conclusion that an event which had evoked more enthusiasm in the breasts of Australians, of all ages and conditions, than any other occurrence in the history of these colonies, was worthy of being put into the form of a permanent record. Many of the details given in the following pages may be pronounced as trifling, uninteresting, or of no importance to the public at large : such doubtless is perfectly true of much that is narrated herein, but the compiler risks the loss of patience by the general reader, rather than do injustice to the loyalty of those whose means, or distant situation from the scenes of the Royal festivities, prevented their taking a prominent part in the public rejoicings. B 2 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. It would be impossible to adduce stronger evidence of the genuine loyalty of the Australian community to our gracious Queen and the mem- bers of her family, than is afforded by the fact that not only where His Royal Highness was enabled to visit, but throughout the whole of Victoria (and the remark applies, it is believed, with equal truth to the adjoining colonies), every little township, even where there were not more than a score or two of inhabitants, set apart a day or two for the special manifestation of its loyalty ; and it may with pride be affirmed that there is scarcely a child in the colonies that cannot sing " God sa\'e the Queen." Brief as was the stay of his Royal Highness in many of the towns and places he visited, the demeanour of the thousands of children who every- where greeted him cannot have failed to have made an agreeable impression on his mind. It is doubted whether in any other part of the Queen's dominions, taking population into account, such a proportion of well-dressed, healthy, and intelligent boys and girls could be brought together of their own free will, and at no inconsiderable expense to their parents. It may seem to be taking a very hard and prosaic view of such an auspi- cious event as the visit to Australia of an English Prince of the Blood, to make any reference whatever to the amount of money expended on the festivities incidental to such an occasion. However well in theory a delicate consideration of this kind might appear, no tangible objection is anticipated to be made to the publication of an approximate estimate of the cost of the late rejoicings. The sums thus expended may be very fairly taken as indicative of the state of public opinion; because, under the broadly democratic political institutions of Victoria, no Government would venture to exceed any grant made by the Parliament, unless convinced that the voice of the people would sanction any excess of expenditure ; and in the present case, where this excess has been incurred in giving a befitting and generous reception to a distinguished member of the Royal Family, the Government has not hesitated in putting a liberal interpretation on the act of the late Parliament. It thus appears that the grant of ^15,000 voted for the reception and entertainment of His Royal Highness (exclu- sive of the amount required in making additions and alterations to Govern- ment House), has been exceeded by somewhere about ;^20,ooo ; and it is calculated that the amount expended by the Government, the various Corporations and Borough Councils, and the community of V^ictoria at large. Introduction. would at least amount to an average of los. per head of the population, or a gross sum of;^326,872. The expenditure in the adjoining colonies has probably been on a proportionate scale. Such a money test of the loyalty of the Australians cannot be lightly regarded. Fourteen or fifteen years ago, the "ordeal by gold" would not have been a very safe criterion either of loyalty or intelligence ; but now-a-days there is neither the inclination nor margin to squander away wealth. The colony of Victoria is at the present time in a prosperous condition, but the people would be little inclined to go to such an expenditure as is above mentioned, unless their hearts were thoroughly in the cause. That such was the case in the reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, the events recorded in the following pages prove beyond a doubt ; and that his Royal Highness received incontestable evidence of the sterling loyalty and devotion of the people of Victoria to the Throne of Her Majesty the Queen, is conclusively shown by the tenor of the replies to public bodies as made by the Prince himself After such an impressive and spontaneous display of loyalty on the one side, and so kind an appreciation of it on the other, the incidents appertaining to the course of events are surely worth recording, and the names of those who pro- moted the success of the Royal Reception deserve also to be gratefully remembered. Accepting as correct the general conclusion that no Royal personage in any part of the world ever received a more enthusia.stic welcome at the hands of the same number of people, it is to be feared that, in testifying our loyalty to a son of our beloved Queen, we were somewhat prone to overtax the physical as well as mental endurance of our illustrious guest, and that the time left at the disposal of his Royal Highness was far too little for his own personal comfort. The motives which caused the time of the Prince to be thus allotted to public bodies and festivities (whether interesting or not) were in themselves highly commendable, and unquestionably had their origin in the most exuberant loyalty to the Queen, and personal regard for her gallant son ; but it seemed for a time to be wholly forgotten that a prince of the Royal blood occasionally required sleep, and an hour or two to attend to his own private affairs, and to enjoy a little relaxation. For- tunately, however, for the welfare of his Royal Highness, the discovery that he was mortal was made about a fortnight before his leaving Victoria, and he was then permitted to enjoy uninterruptedly a little liberty and peace. Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Throughout his stay, the Duke of Edinburgh underwent the penalties of Royalty with the utmost readiness, courtesy, and grace; all the official ceremonials were duly and willingly performed, and those who were brought most closely in contact with his Royal Highness can testify that no one could be more anxious to oblige everybody, and more ready to sacrifice his own personal comfort and convenience to that end, than he himself It is, of course, a matter of conjecture when next the Australian colonies are to be honoured by a visit from a member of the Royal Family, but it may be respectfully suggested that whenever it occurs no Royal guest shall be compelled to devote more than sixteen out of every twenty-four hours to the discharge of official duties, the balance being left for his own enjoyment and rest. With regard to the beneficial effects which are likely to accrue to the several colonies in consequence of the Royal visit, it is but reasonable that we should look to such a hajDpy event as one of a series of means to render the Australian provinces better known and appreciated in England than they are at present. That the Prince and members of the Royal party have been astonished at the advanced progress of the colonies, is no more than we might have expected to hear ; but his Royal Highness has gone much beyond this, and has expressed himself as very gravely impressed with the evidences of general prosperity and of the greatness of Australia. Such assurances as these are highly gratifying, and there can be little doubt that when the Prince returns to England, public attention will be much more directed towards colonial affairs, and it is to be hoped that a more generous tone will be adopted towards these southern portions of the British Empire, after his Royal Highness has enlightened the authorities with regard to their condition and importance. It would probably be impossible to adduce better evidence in support of the known anxiety of the people of Australia to stand well in the estimation of their kindred at home, than is shown by the way in which the community resents anything like misrepresentation of colonial affairs. It is true that we have grown to submit quietly to such postal superscriptions as " Mel- bourne, South Australia ;" but nothing more offends colonial sensibilities than the glaring mistakes which constantly occur in English literature, in describing scenes and events in the different Australian colonies; and it must be admitted as being rather hard, to find the wealth and prosperity of one place attributed to another, or, what is perhaps worse, the social or political Introdtictmi. misdeeds of one colony laid to the charge of an innocent neighbour. The strongly-evinced anxiety, which is always unmistakcably shown, to stand high in the esteem of the old country, cannot be otherwise regarded than as a proof of Australian loyalty and devotion to the institutions of the parent state. Of the external evidence of the appreciation of the honoiu' conferred upon the colonies by the visit of his Royal Highness, the events recorded in the following pages tell their own tale. There are some things, however, not therein mentioned which may be briefly spoken of in this place, as showing the desire of the authorities of Victoria (and it is believed also of South Australia) to give a most generous welcome, not only to the Prince and the friends who accompanied him, but also to the officers and crew of the Galatea. During the whole term of the vessel's stay in Hobson's Bay, car- riages and horses were placed at the disposal of the officers, and the ship was supplied with fresh provisions daily, a boon which was duly appreciated by the crew. The cost of these indulgences was not inconsiderable, but the feeling which dictated such thoughtful attention is better entitled to be recorded than the mere matter of expense. That the voyage of the Prince to Australia was something more than a mere excursion for pleasure, or to gratify the colonists with the sight of a favourite member of the Royal Family, there is already ample evidence to prove. From first to last his Royal Highness exhibited an earnest desire to acquire information on all subjects affecting the progress of the several colonies. Books of statistics, files of newspapers, photographs of towns and characteristic scenery, specimens of produce, and such like data, have been placed by request at the service of his Royal Highness for future use and guidance. A notable instance of the practical light in which his Royal Highness regards the industrial resources of the colonies, is afforded by the correspondence which took place with Mr. John B. Hughes, with reference to the increased use of preserved meat. It will probably be remembered that, prior to the Prince's departure from Melbourne, he was waited upon by that gentleman for the purpose of acquainting him with the prospects of the Australian colonies as exporters of large quantities of surplus meat. His Royal Highness evinced considerable interest in the subject, and agreed that Mr. Hughes should place some cases of preserved meat in tins on board the Galatea, to be subsequently tested and reported on. The following letter from his Royal Highness is an example of the plain. Visit of H.R.H. Prime Alfred. unaffected, and practical style in which a son of our Queen can deal with such a prosaic matter as that of preserved meat : — Government House, Launceston, 15th January, 1868. Dear Mr. Hughes — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Sth inst., which I received just as I was starting from Hobart Town to come here. I tried the preserved meat which you placed on board the Galatea at Melbourne, and so did my officers and some of my men. A leg of mutton was placed on my table, which I consider was remarkably good, cutting much firmer than any preserved meat I had hitherto tasted. The officers liked what they used, and the men highly approved of the beef which I gave them to try. I consider that so far the trial is very satisfactory, but, of course, it remains to be pro\-ed whether the meat will be as good after a longer time of keeping. Should such be the case, always remembering that preserved meat can never be quite equal to fresh, I am certain that many who cannot afford to pay the present very high prices in England, would gladly avail themselves of such good food. The meat preserved in tins which is occasionally given to the ships' companies of Her Majesty's ships, more especially to the sick, during long voyages, as a change from the salt, is inferior in quality to that which you sent on board, and I believe costs the Admiralty eleven pence or a shilling per pound. .Should the Admiralty, therefore, approve of your superior article — which I understand you could deliver at sixpence a pound — they would make a great saving, and perhaps would give the men more of it, which would be a great benefit to the Royal Navy. When I receive the other cases which you propose to send me, with the tins painted, so as to withstand corrosion by the atmosphere at sea, I will try them on the homeward voyage, when they have passed through changes of climate, .and let you know the result. — Believe me, yours truly, ALFRED. To John B. Hughes, Esq., Melbourne Club. The following extract from a letter addressed to his Excellency the Honourable Sir J. H. T. Manners-Sutton by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, will probably be regarded as an appropriate conclusion to the introduction to this work : — '" ■'■ ■' I will now ask you to express to the members of the Government and of the Legislature, and to the gentlemen of the Reception Commission, my wannest thanks for their unwearied eftbrts to entertain me to the best of their power, to carry out the wishes of the people that I should visit the most important portions of the colony, and for their evident desire that I should carry away a pleasant recollection of my visit to Victoria. I know that many of these gentlemen had more important matters to occupy their minds, and I am deeply sensible of the manner in which they spared neither time nor trouble in endeavouring to carry out the wi.shes of the people of Victoria for my reception. I wish to include in these remarks the gentlemen of the Reception Committees of Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst. But my chief desire in writing this letter to you is, that you would assure the people of the colony of my grateful appreciation of the manner in whit :ii they received me. They may well be proud of the magnificent reception which ihey gave me ; it was a fresh evidence of the true Introdtiction. loyalty they bear to the Queen, my mother. They gladly availed themselves of the opportunity of my coming among them to display their unchanged loyalty to their Sovereign and their affection for England. This was the purport of each of the very numerous addresses which were presented to me ; and the an.swer which I have so often given is, I assure them no set phrase of words, but most true ; I mean that it will give Her Maje.sty very great pleasure to learn that her Victorian subjects are so loyal and faithful, and that they have not forgotten, but still love, the old country from which they sprang. I did not need addresses, however, to tell me what the feeling of the people was. The enthusiastic welcome which met me everywhere I went, and on every occasion, manifested the sincerity of their loyalty much more than words could have done. The people of Victoria are proud, and justly so, of their colony, and are naturally anxious that its present attainments in the pursuit of prosperity, as well as its capabilities of future progress, should be more fully known than they are at present. For the furtherance of this desire I have some hope that my visit may have been of assistance. The people of England will be anxious to hear how the Australian colonies have received the first English Prince who has visited their shores ; and I am sure you will agree with me that they will be suqjrised at the unbounded enthusiasm which my visit called forth, and it is my earnest hope that this will strengthen very considerably the ties of affection which have never ceased to exist between the two countries. This hope of the good effect which my visit may have in drawing Australia more closely to the mother-country is the only thing which I can look back to with any feeling of self- satisfaction. The duties which I had to perform were, after all, so full of interest to me that there was much more of pleasure than of duty in them ; and I really feel myself in the awkward position of having received eveiything and given nothing in return. I can only assure them, from my heart, of the sincere affection I feel for them, of my gratitude for their reception of me, and of the interest with which I shall ever watch their future progress. My stay in the colony was unfortunately so brief that I was obliged to leave very much unseen that I could have wished to see, but I saw enough to assure me of the future success of the country, and to show me that Victoria is, after all, but in the infancy of her future greatness. -* » * » The farewell letter of his Royal Highness to His Excellency Sir Dominic Daly, Governor-in-Chief of South Australia, being mainly of a private nature, was not of course published; but His E.xcellency, in publicly thanking the Reception Committee, and especially Mr, R. D. Ross, its honorary secretary, as also Messrs. Charnock, Gunn, and Darwent, intro- duced the following extract from his Royal Highness's communi- cation : — Will you kindly express my thanks, which I am certain I did not adequately do before leaving, to everyone at large, and the Reception Committee in particular, for all their exertions to make my stay a pleasant one, in which they so thoroughly succeeded. It must be a subject of regret to the people of Tasmania that during the stay of the Prince the weather should have been so unpropitious. The lo Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. climate of that colony is so proverbially beautiful that for it to have been otherwise during the royal visit must have been an unexpected and severe disappointment to the guest, as well as to his loyal entertainers. Of his reception his Royal Highness appeared to be as well pleased as heretofore, and wrote thus to His Excellency, Colonel Gore Brown — I beg you will also convey my sincere thanks to the members of the Government, and to the colonists generally, for their hearty welcome and kindly efforts to make my stay amongst them a pleasant one, in which they so well succeeded ; and assure them that I shall always look back to it mth gratitude. ALFRED. Of New South Wales, the fourth Australian colony on the visiting list of his Royal Highness, the account herein published is necessarily brief, as the tour of the Prince, at the time of our going to press, was a long way from being completed. Enough had, however, transpired to show that, as in the case of the preceding colonies, his Royal Highness's reception had been as hearty as it was loyal, and that his impressions of New South Wales were of the most agreeable and gratifying kind. In the course of his recent travels and experiences it has probably happened that some of the attentions paid to his Royal Highness have been more or less tiresome ; but it has already been claimed, for the loyalty and good feeling of the Australian colonists at large, that any little mistakes in the mode of receiving or treating his Royal Highness were fairly chargeable to the zeal and enthusiasm of the people — that such acts were errors on the right side, and were by no means likely to offend one who represented a profession which, for all time, had been renowned for its love of manliness and truth, and equally for its dislike of shams and hollow pretensions. It would be inappropriate to introduce statistics in a work of this kind, except for the purpose of illustrating the importance of the colonies visited by his Royal Highness. A few figures will materially assist those who may desire to know something of the progress and prospects of the Australian dependencies of the British Crown. Quoting from the Official Record of the Intercolonial Exhibition of 1866-7 (prepared by the present writer), the following items are taken with reference to SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Its population, according to the census taken in 1866, was 163,452 ; the population in 1844 numbered only 17,366 persons. The revenue in 1865 Introdiiction. II was ;^i,o89,i89, and expenditure _5/^790,504. The imports in 1865 amounted to ^2,927,596, and exports ;!^3, 1 29,846 ; the chief items of export being wheat (1,001,768 bushels), flour (38,251 tons), copper and ore (21,185 tons), and wool (16,269,890 lbs.). The aggregate number of sheep was 3,779,308, and cattle 158,057. VICTORIA. The population of this colony in 1867 was 653,744 ; thirty-two years ago the number was fourteen ! The present population of Melbourne Proper is 47,000, and the suburban municipalities 104,720, making a total of 151,720, or nearly one-fourth of the whole of the people in the colony. There are 21,136 Chinese in Victoria, the greater portion of whom are engaged in mining. The Commissioner of Trade and Customs kindly furnishes the following re- turns ;— The imports for the year ending 1867 were £\ 1,674,080 ; and the exports ^12,724,427. The latter embrace the undermentioned items: — Wool, 51,314,116 lbs., value ^3,824,956; hides (number), 40,897, value ^26,775 ; skins, value ^^3982 ; tallow, 938^ tons, value ^34,968. The revenue of the colony for the year 1867 was ^^3,043, 984. The Editor of Dicker s Mining Record has supplied the subjoined infor- mation relative to the produce of gold : — " The total export of Victorian gold from its first discovery to the end of 1867 (sixteen years) has been 35,145,725 ounces, of the approximate value of ;^I40,582,900 sterling. The exportation of Victorian gold in 1867 was 1,392,336 ounces; in addition to 246,220 ounces left in the banks, making a total of 1,638,556 ounces, valued at ^6,554,224 sterling. The quantity of gold obtained in 1867 was rather more than in the previous year, notwith- standing that the number of working miners has been steadily diminishing. " The wealth of the alluvial mines of Ballarat is enormous, and the yield of gold is steadily increasing. The value of gold mined by twenty-four of the Ballarat companies approximates to one million sterling, whilst the capital invested little exceeds ^400,000. The dividends paid by, and the market value of these mines, would amount to nearly three millions sterling. " The monthly dividends of the public mining companies now amount to about ;^ 1 40,000, after payment of working expenses. For the week ending 8th February the amount was ;^44,2 70. " Besides the alluvial mines of Ballarat, the quartz claims at Clunes c 2 12 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Bendigo, Tarrengower, and various parts of Gipps Land, yield large quantities of gold. The value of that produced at the Port Phillip Company's mine at Clunes now verges on one million sterling." To show the extraordinary progress made by Ballarat, it may be men- tioned that in 1851 the only habitation on the site of the present town was a shepherd's hut ; and in a circle, having Ballarat as a centre, with a radius of forty miles, the population did not exceed 500 persons. The population of the same area when the census was taken in 1861, was 105,996 persons. The growth of Ballarat from the latter date up to the present time has been proportionately progressive. The agricultural productions of Victoria are greatly increasing, the yield of wheat in 1866 being 3,514,227 bushels against 1,899,378 bushels in the previous year. The cultivation of the vine has also extended from 280 acres in 1857 to 41 11 acres in 1867. There are ninety-three newspapers and periodicals published in Victoria. TASM.VNIA Has a population of 97,368 persons. The imports in 1866 amounted to ^642,107, and exports ^834,606, the principal items of the latter being wool, grain, fruit and provisions, timber, and whale oil. Tasmania is rich in coal, iron, building stone, and other minerals. Gold has also been found. The revenue in 1866 was ^245,421, and expenditure ^242,361. NEW SOUTH WALES. In the year 1803 the population was 7097 persons ; in 1866 it had grown to 420,000. Sydney and its suburbs now number over 100,000 inhabitants. The chief productions of New South Wales are coal, gold, wool, tallow, wine, and the usual variety of agricultural produce. The revenue for 1866, exclusive of loans, was ^"2,038,079 ; and disbursements, ;^2, 100,820. The exports for the same year amounted to .;^9,9 1 3,839 ; and the imports ;^9,403,i92. The harbour of Port Jackson is considered one of the most commodious as well as one of the most beautiful in the world. In concluding the above introductory remarks, the compiler desires to acknowledge the valuable assistance he has received in the preparation of the work from his friend, Mr. James Eville, of Emerald Hill. f O N T E N T S, "O-O- PAQE Addresses — Acclimatisation Society S3 Agriculture, Board of 99 Albion Gold Mininff Company 1'28 Amherst, Borough of 69 Ararat, Borough of 70 Assembly, Legislative 49 Ballan, Shire of 74 Ballarat and Ballarat East, Boroughs of 123 Ballarat Children 131 Ballai-at Mining Board 198 Baptist Association 69 Beechworth, Borough of 71 Boeohworth, Shire of 73 Belfast, Borough of 76 Belfast, Shire of 73 Benevolent Asylum (Bendigo) 147 Bet Bet, Shire of 70 Blues, Society of 77 Brunswick, Borough of 196 Buniugyong, Borough of 133 Buniugyong, Highland Society of 134 Buningyong, Shire of 133 Campbell's Creek, District of 138 Castlemaine, Borough of 137 Castleniaine Fire Brigade 138 Castlemaine Ministers of the Gospel 139 Chinese Residents, Melbom-ne and Victoria 67 Chinese Residents, Saudliurst 143 Civil Ser%'ice, Victoria 63 Congregational Church, Melbourne 62 Council, Legislative 49 Creswick, Borough of 125 Clunes, Borough of 197 DunoUy, Borough of 75 Eaglehawk, Borough of 149 East CoUingwood, Borough of 72 East CoUingwood, Borough of (second address) 172 Echuca, Borough of 173 Emerald Hill, Borough of 43 England and Ireland, United Church of 60 Fire Brigade, Geeloug 116 Fitzroy, Borough of 75 Footscray, Borough of 135 Foresters, A.O. of, Bendigo District 146 Foresters, A.O. of, Castlemaine 139 Foresters, A.O. of, Ech\ica 147 Foresters, A O. of, Melbounie 68 Free Gardeners, Victorian Society of 67 Freemasons of Bendigo 143 Freemasons, Geelong 115 Freemasons, Melbourne 64 Friendly Societies, Geelong 115 Geelong Botanical Gardens 117 Geelong Fire Brigade 116 Geelong, Town Council of 67 Geelong, Town Council of (second address) 114 German Residents, Melbourne Ill FAO£ ADDRF.S.SES — conliiiued. Gisbomo and Lancefield Road Board 136 Guildford, Borough of 138 Hamilton, Borough of 75 Hampden, Shire of 121 Hebrew Congregation, Geelong 316 Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne 61 Hebrew Congregation, Mickva Yisrael 61 Hebrew C!ongrogation and Residents, Sandhm-st 145 Hotliam, Borough of 71 Huntley, Shire of 147 Kyneton, Shire of 136 Ladies' Address, Geelong 116 Maldon, Shire of 70 Marong, Shire of 146 Maryborough, Borough of 125 Melbourne, Coi-poration of 47 Melbourne, Corporation of (second address) . . . 105 Melbourne Pmich 198 Ministers of the Gosjiel, Castlemaine 139 Mount Rouse, Shire of 197 Oddfellows, M.U., Ballarat District 126 Oddfellows, M.U., Bendigo District 145 Oddfellow.s, A.I.O., Melboiu-ne 65 Oddfellows, A.I.O., Melboimie (reply) 199 Oddfellows, G.U.O., Melbourne 65 Oddfellows, M.U., Melbourne ■ 65 Old Colonists 175 Old Colonists, additional signatures 220 Orange (Loyal) Institute, Melbourne 66 Port Phillip F.armers' Society 98 Prahran, Borough of 73 Preshj-terian Church, General Assembly of 60 Primitive Methodists, Melbourne 63 Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company 1-32 Pi'ncl, (Melbourne) 198 Queenscliff, Borough of 34 Queenscliff, Borough of (reply) 199 Raywood, Borough of 146 Rechabites, I.O. of, Melboiuue 68 Reehabites, 1. 0. of, Sandhurst 144 Richmond, Borough of 196 Roman Catholic Chm-ch 220 Royal Society, Victoria 64 Royal Society (reply) 199 Sandhurst, Borough of 142 Sandhurst Fire Brigade 144 Sandridge, Borough of 41 Sebastopol, Borough of 128 Society of Blues 77 South Barwon, Borough of 119 Stawell, Shire of 196 St. Andrew's Society, Sandhurst 144 St. David's Society, Melbourne 66 St. Kilda, Borough of 71 Strathfieldsaye, Shu-e of „ 143 Strathtieldsaye, Shire of (repl^ 199 H Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. PAGE Addresses— ooKtinKeii. Table Bay Harbour, Commissioners of 20 Tamagiilla, Borough of 197 Tullaroop, Shire of 72 United Extended Band of Hope Company 127 UniTersity of Melbourne 179 Victorian Temperance Hali, Ballarat, Com- mittee of 130 Vineg-rowers, Geelong District 120 Vineg-rowers, Geelong District (reply) 220 Wangaratta, Borough of 74 Warrnambool, Borough of 122 Warrnambool, Shire of 76 Wesleyan Body, Melheume 62 Williamstown, Borough of 76 WUliamstown, Inhabitants of 181 Winchelsea, Shire of 120 Adelaide— Agricultural and Horticultural Show ... 26 Athletic Sports 25 Civic Banquet 26 Cricket Match 26 Dinner given to Crew of the Oalatea 26 Governor's Ball 30 Grand Ball at the Town Hall 25 Laying Foundation Stone of Prince Alfred College 25 Laying Foundation Stone of Victoria Tower ... 23 Levee at Government House 23 Sailor's Funeral at 29 'Torchlight Procession 24 Visit to St. Peter's College 30 Volunteer Review 24 Ballabat — Albion Company's Claim, Visit to 126 Banquet at the Alfred Hall 129 Festivities at 124 Fireworks at 129 Grand Ball at the Alfred Hall 131 Laying Foundation Stone of the Victoria Tem- perance Hall 129 Levee at 125 Presentation of Addresses 123 Regatta at Lake Learmonth 130 The Children's Welcome 131 United E.xtended Band of Hope Company's Claim, Visitto 127 Visit to 123 Barwon Park, Rabbit Shooting at 121 Benevolent Asylum, Melbourne, Dinner at 103 Black, Mr. Neil, Visit to 121 Brighton, Fete given to Children at 188 Fimeral of Commander Wilkinson 134 Brunswick, Children's Fsto at 185 Buninyong, the Duke at 133 Caledonian Games at Melbourne 172 Camperdown, Arrival at 121 Cape of Good Hope, Festivities at 18 Cape Town, Laying Foundation Stone of Graving- Dock 20 Catherine Reef Company's Mine, Visit to 150 Castlemaine, Arrival at 137 Ball at 140 Levee at 138 Visit to Botanical Gardens 140 Chatsworth, Arrival at 122 Children's and other Festivities 184 Cliurch of England Grammar School, Distribution of Prizes 163 City Coimcil of Melbourne 106 Civic Banquet, Melbourne 107 Colac, Arrival at 121 Collegiate Schools' S^och Day 152 Collingwood, sec Eiust Collingwood PAGE Collingwood, Children's FSte at 187 Laying Foundation Stone of Mechanics' Insti- tute 171 Consuls, Reception of 151 DoNNTBKOOK and Wallan Wallan, Children's FSte at 185 Duffield, Mr. William, Visit to, at Para-Para 26 DunoUy, Children's F4te at 186 Duneed, Arrival at 120 Eagleh^iwk, School Treat at 192 Visit to 149 Echuca, Children's Treat given by Council 192 Emerald Hill, Demonstrations at 42 Procession Formed at 44 Welcome given by the School Children 43 Essendon and Flemington, Children's F6te at 185 Fanct Dkess Ball at Exhibition 156 Fireworks in the Yarra Park 102 Fitzroy, Children's Ffite at 190 Footscraj', Children's FSte at 189 Visitto 135 Free Banquet at Melbourne 99 Galatea, H.M.S., Description of 35 Fete given to the Boys of the Ship 191 List of Officers '. 35 Passengers 35 Reception of, in Hobson's Bay 36 Gardiner (see Mahern Hill) Gawler, S.A., Visitto 25 Geelong, Arrival at 113 Address from Ladies of 116 Ball at 118 Festivities at 120 FSte at Industrial Schools 185 Illuminations at 118 Presentation of Book by King Jerry 118 Procession at 117 Regatta at 119 Visit to the Botanical Gardens 118 Gisborne, the Duke at 136 Glenelg, Arrival at 21 Landing and Public Reception 22 Rejoicings at 23 Glenormiston, Visitto 121 Governor's Ball at Melbourne 95 Dinner at the Exhibition Building 134 Grants made to Towns by the Royal Reception Commission 33 Graving Dock, Williamstown, laying Memorial Stone of 181 Hahndorf, S.A-, Visit to 29 Hampden, Shire Council of . 'Arch erected by 121 Haymarket Theatre, Visit to 171 Hexham, Arrival at 122 Highland Society's Fete, Melbourne 172 Hobart Town, Arrival at 200 Hobson's Bay, An-ival in 36 Escort of Steam Flotilla 36 Hotham, Children's F(5te at 189 Hustler's Reef, Visit to 148 Illuminations at Geelong 118 Illuminations of Melbourne — Bourke-street 85 Little Bourke-street 91 Collins-street 78 Littlo Collins-street 92 Electric Lights 94 Elizabeth-street 82 Fitzroy Gardens 94 Flagstaff Gardens 94 Contents. 15 PAGE Illumiuatloua of Melbourne — coiUiiitieU. Flinders-street 93 Little Flinders-street 92 King-street 93 Latrobe-street 94 Lonsdale-street 91 Market-street 94 Queen-street 88 Kussell-street 90 Spencer-street 94 Spring-street 94 Stephen-street 93 Suburbs of Melbourne 95 Swanston-street 89 William-street 93 Johnstone and O'Shannessy, Portraits of the Prince, taken by 194 Kapunda, S.A., Visit to 25 Knysna, Visit to the 21 Kyneton, Visit to 136 Levee at Melbourne, General Presentation 52 Names not inchided in list 199 Presentation of Addi'esses 59 Special Entree 52 Linton's, Arrival at 123 Madeira, Arrival at 18 Malvem Hill and Gardiner, Sports and Children's Treat at 192 Marseilles, Stay of the Caidfea at 17 Melbourne, Arrival at Town Hall 46 Agricultural Show at 98 Aldermen and Councillors of 106 Caledonian Games 172 Children's Welcome 47 Civic Banquet 107 Cricket Matchat 95 Dinner at the Benevolent Asylum 103 Distribution of Prizes, Collegiate Schools 152 Fancy Dress Ball 156 Fdte given to the Children by the Corporation.. 187 Fireworks in Yarra Park 102 Free Banquet 99 Botanic Gardens, Visit to 192 Gold Coin struck by City Council 107 Governor's Ball at 95 Governor's Dinner at the Exhibition Building.. 134 Illuminations 77 Laying Foundation Stone, Town Hall 104 Mayors of 106 Onerous Duties of the Police 193 Philharmonic Society, Concert by 193 Portraits taken by Messrs. Johnston and O'Shannessy 194 Presentation of Addresses at the Treasury 48 Presents to His Royal Highness 194 The Procession on the day of Arrival 48 Eaces on New Year's Day 174 Reception at 39 Royal Levee 50 Sailors' Home Ball 173 Scene in Collins-street on day of Arrival 47 Special Race Meeting 112 Supper given by the 14th Regiment to the Petty Officers of the 6^a^a^ea 193 TorchUght Procession at 110 Visit to Police Barracks 172 Visit to Public Libraiy 179 Visit to Princess's Theatre 180 Visit to University 179 Volunteers, Proficiency of 193 PAGE Melbourne — continued. Volunteer Review at 171 Walter Montgomery's Readings 193 Miscellaneous Items, Victoria 192 Mottat, Mr., the Duke's Visit to 122 Montgomery, Walter, Readings by 193 Moorabbin, FOte given to Children at 188 Mortlako, Arrival at 121 Mount Barker, S.A., Presentation of Address 23 Mount Moriac, Arrival at 120 Murchison, Mr. John, presented to H.R.H 192 Nacht-Wacht, Stay at, and Elephant Shooting ... 21 Northcote, Children's Feast at 192 Old Colonists, Names appended to Address 176 Parliament, Members of, Dinner given by Governor to 134 Pentridge, Fetes given to Children at 188 Pioneer Crushing Works, Visit to 149 Plymouth to Tristan D'Acunha 17 Port Adelaide, Boat Races at 30 Port Phillip Farmers' Society's Show 98 Prahran and South Yarra, Children's F6te at 189 Presents to His Roj'al Highness, given in Melbourne 194 Prince Albert Vineyard, Geelong, Visit to 120 Prince's Bridge, Decorations of 45 Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company's Works, Visit to 132 Princess's Theatre, MelboLUTic, Visit to 180 Public Library, Melbourne, Visit to 179 QuEENSCLiEF, Arrival at 34 Races at Flemington on New Year's Day 174 Special Meeting at Melbourne 112 Richmond, Childi-en's Fete at 186 PoUee Barracks, Visit to 172 Riddell's Creek, the Duke at 136 Rio Janeiro, Gi-and Ball at 18 Robertson, Mr. (Colac), Visit to 121 Royal Appointments 195 Reception Commission 31 Sailoes' Home Ball 173 Sandhurst, Arrival at 140 Ball at 150 Banquet at 142 Distressing Occurrence at 148 Fancy Fair at 142 Fire at the Alfred Hall 150 Illuminations 148 Levfe at 142 Procession at 141 School Treat at 192 Sandridge, Arrival at 40 Demonstration by the Victorian Free Gardeners 41 Scarsdale, Ai'rival at 123 Schnapper Point, Hunting Party at 193 Scotch College, Distribution of Prizes 155 Sebastopol, Visit to 127 Sergeants of 14th Regiment, Supper given by, to the Petty Officers of the Ga/afea 193 Simon's Bay, Arrival at 18 Simon's Town, Amateur Performance at 21 Skipton, Arrival at 123 South Australia, Arrival at 22 Arrival at Mount Barker 28 Camping Out 28 Depai'ture from 30 Presentation of Address at Hartley 28 Trip to the Lakes 27 Visit to Gawler 25 i6 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. PAGE South Australia — continued. Visit to Hahndorf 29 Visit to Kapunda 25 Visit to M'Farlaue's Station 28 Visit to Wellington 28 South Yarra (see Prahran) St. Kilda, Children's Fete at 186 Visit to Bowling Green 174 St. Patrick's College, Distribution of Prizes .' 154 Sunbury, Visit to 135 Sydney, Visit to 210 Tasmania, Arrival at 200 Theatre Eoyal, Performance of Mr. Akhurst's Pan- tomime 175 Visit to the Opera 135 Toorak, Concert at 172 Torchlight Procession, Melbourne 110 Town Hall, Melbourne, Laying Foundation Stone of the 104 Tradesmen, Koyal Appointments 195 Tristan D'Aounha, Visit to 18 PAGE United Extended Band of Hope Company's Claim, Visit to ;. 127 University, Melbourne, Visit to 179 Victoria, An-ival in 34 Departure for Western District 112 First Steps Taken for Reception 31 Victorian Musical Association, Concert of 194 Volunteer Review at Melbourae 171 Volunteers, Victorian, Proficiency of 193 Wallan Wallan, {Bee DoMiyhrook) Warrnambool, Rejoicings at 190 Wesley College, Distribution of Prizes 154 Western District (Victoria), Departure for 112 Wilkinson, Commiinder, Funeral of 134 Williamstown, Claim made for the Prince's landing 32 Departure from 184 Visit to -. 180 Willoughby, Hon. J. R. B., Death of 17 Winchelsea, Departure for 119 Laying Cope Stone of Bridge 120 >--io^^54^^^J^0^^^-^-C Visit of H. R. ff. Prince Alfred, Plymouth to Tristan d- Acunha. LTHOUGH the Governments of the several Australian Colonies had been led to anticipate the special honour of a visit from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, it was not until July, 1867, that reliable information was received to confirm previous expectations. On the nth of that month the Melbourne newspapers officially announced that the Government had just received, by the mail, despatches relative to the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred to the Australian Colonies. The day of his departure from Gibraltar, where the ship was then staying, had not been fixed, but it was believed that the Galatea would leave early in June. The Colonies to be visited in succession were the Cape of Good Hope, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, and New Zealand. Subsequently these arrangements were somewhat modified, the Galatea having called at Rio Janeiro, and Western Australia being struck out of the programme. The following account, published in the South Australian Register, contains the leading events connected with the voyage from Plymouth to Tristan d'Acunha : — The Galatea was commissioned on the 22nd January, and left Plymouth on the 22nd February, for Lisbon. Having remained there a few days, she proceeded to Gibraltar, whence, after a short refit, she went on to Malta. At that time the Home Government had sent an ultimatum to Spain about the Tornado affair, and on the 6th March H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh was entrusted with despatches to be forwarded to Marseilles on that subject. After remaining there for some time, awaiting orders from England (the rumours of war with Spain having blown over), the Duke obtained leave of absence, and proceeded to Paris (to visit the Exhibition), England, and Germany, whence he returned on the ist June, and rejoined his ship. During the stay of the Galatea in Marseilles she was moored in Napoleon Basin, which turned out to be an exceedingly unhealthy anchorage. All the sewage of the town empties itself into the dock, and there being little or no tide in the Mediterranean, the extreme filthiness of the place may be imagined. Fever broke out amongst the ship's company, and one of the patients (a first-class boy) died there ; upwards of forty cases succeeded at intervals, many of them being rather severe, and several, including the surgeon of the ship, were long on the sick list. Just before going into Rio, a midshipman, the Hon. R. J. B. Willoughby, son of Lord Middleton, took the fever, and died the day after the .ship's arrival there. From Marseilles the ship proceeded to Gibraltar to coal and make preparations for her start on her voyage round the world. On leaving that place, on the nth June, the Duke (at the suggestion of Lord Clarence 1 8 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Paget, the Admiral commanding the Mediterranean Squadron, who was there with a portion of his fleet) hoisted the royal standard, and commenced his cruise under a salute from the batteries and different ships in harbour. The Galatea arrived at Madeira on June 14th, and left again on the i8th for Rio, which, owing to adverse winds, she did not reach until the 15th July. During her stay there, a grand ball was given by the English Minister, and another by the English residents, at both of which the Emperor and Empress attended to meet the Duke. The Emperor inspected the ship before she left, and dined on board in the evening. On Tuesday, the 23rd July, she left Rio, and was driven down as far south as 37 deg. by strong S.E. winds, touching at Tristan D'Acunha on the 5th September. Here the Duke considerately supplied the islanders with the following articles of clothing and provisions, viz. : — 34 yards blue cloth, 80 yards flannel, 40 yards serge, 15 lbs. tobacco, 9 gallons rum, 9 gallons vinegar, 500 lbs. sugar, 50 lbs. tea, 330 lbs. flour, 24 lbs. chocolate, and purchased supplies of fresh meat and vegetables for the ship's company. There were fifty-three persons remaining on the island, of whom sixteen had been born since the Rev. William Taylor had left them; they were baptised by the Chaplain of the Galatea, who went on shore for the purpose at the request of Mr. Green, the oldest remaining inhabitant. His Highness and suite, and a party of officers, landed and visited all the families, who were in good health and quite contented. It appears that a hea\7 westerly gale on the loth May blew down two of their houses The people from this time will call their village " Edinburgh," after the title of His Royal Highness. The passage from Tristan D'Acunha to Simon's Bay occupied ten days, the Galatea having arrived at the Cape on the 19th of August. The Cape of Good Hope. The Cape Argus of 26th August furnishes the following description of some of the festivities provided for the entertainment of His Royal Highness : — The ball given by the inhabitants of Cape Town and neighbourhood in honour of the Duke's visit, came off in the Market-house on Friday night. Nothing could have been more successful than the whole arrangements connected with it. The entrance to the ball-room was protected from the weather by a substantial balcony, under which the careiages drove for the purpose of setting down the guests, who were received immediately within the gates by the stewards. The ladies were at once shown into a retiring-room, while the gentlemen, after parting with their hats and cloaks, made their way into the reception-room, where they were shortly joined by their partners. The reception-room was fitted up in rustic style. It was thirty-three feet square, and the entire walls and ceiling consisted of trellis-work covered with the most beautiful Cape ferns. In the centre of the ceiling was a dome, the lower edge of which, as well as the cornice of the room, being decorated with golden fir-cones. From the ceiling depended four gas chandeliers, and an equal number of ornamental baskets, containing flowers of the choicest varieties. The centre of the floor was occupied by an ornamental fountain, from the base of which sprang a cluster of lilies and ferns, surrounded by a bed of moss, with the motto, in May blossoms, "Welcome to Cape Town, August 23, 1867." The basin of the fountain was thickly The Cape of Good Hope. ig hung witli glass prisms, which, lighted from the back by sixty gas jets, and with the water trickhng over them, had a n^ost brilliant effect. The floor, from about two feet from each wall, was converted into a flower-bed, from which sprang the various shrubs and runners decorating the apartment. On the left of the reception-room were the private apartments of the Duke and of the ladies, while to the right were the refreshment and cloak rooms ; all of which were roofed with flags, and gaily illuminated. From the reception - room access was obtained to the ball-room by three spacious doorways. This portion of the building was seventy-five feet long by seventy feet wide. The ceiling was covered with drapery in alternate bands of red, white, and blue, the end walls being of white and blue only. The galleries, which extended upon both sides, were fronted and covered witli scarlet cloth, and displayed the crests of St. George, St. .•\ndrew, and St. Patrick, upon shields. The stalls beneath, converted for the nonce into card-rooms, were hung with coloured drapery, and the outsides decorated with leaves of myrtle and sugar-bush. The spandrils of the iron pillars supporting the roof were decorated with .shields, bearing the arms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Cape, respectively. From the centre of the ceiling depended a sun-light, with an outer circle of eighteen burners, in addition to eight gas stars in different portions of the room.- Over the principal entrance and inside the ball-room were the letters " V.R." and a crown in gas jets. Opposite to this was a dais, surmounted by flags, encircling a medallion containing a monogram of the Duke. The supper-room was forty-five feet wide by seventy feet in length. The ball was opened at nine o'clock by the Prince, with Lady Hodges ; and at about one o'clock the drapery separating the ball-room from the supper-room was drawn up, and H.R.H. sat down to supper, supported on the right and left by Sir William and Lady Hodges. After supper Sir William Hodges proposed " The Queen," which met with three hearty cheers. He next gave the toast of the evening, " His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh," in a few appropriate remarks, coupling with it a wish for fair breezes to the Galatea, and also promising the royal guest another hearty welcome should he ever again visit this colony. His Royal Highness, whose rising was a signal for renewed cheering, said : — " Ladies and gentlemen, I offer you my sincere thanks for the very cordial manner in which you have received the toast of my health this evening. I will take advantage of this opportunity to return my warmest thanks to you and to all the members of this colony for the reception that has been accorded me on the occasion of this my second visit among you. I have on previous occasions since my return, in reply to addresses I have received, expressed my thanks to the gentlemen ; on this occasion I can return my thanks to the ladies. I need not tell you how much pleasure it gives me to have this second opportunity of visiting you. My former visit here made so much impression on me, and the kindness I received on all sides has been so w-ell borne in mind, that I can heartily accept the invitation Sir William has given me, should it be in my power to accept it. I have also to thank you for wishing fair breezes to the Galatea, and hope that .some day those breezes may blow her towards the Cape again." His Royal Highness, after a pause of a few minutes, again rose, and said : — " Ladies and gentlemen, the toast I am about to propose I know you will all respond to heartily. It is a toast which has particular interest for all present. I wish to propose ' Prosperity — increased prosperity — to this Colony.' I know that since my last visit here it has been to you a time of considerable anxiety, but I hope that by this time — as, indeed, I have already heard D 2 20 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. many colonists here say — the crisis is over, and that you are now looking fonvard to better and brighter days. It would be needless for me to remind you of the interest which is taken in this colony, as well as in every other colony, by Her Majesty the Queen, and that this interest is most heartily shared by all the Royal Family, and I assure you that it is shared by myself in particular. In proposing this toa^t, I wish also to couple with it the name of His Excellency the Governor. Ladies and gentlemen, ' Increased prosperity to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, coupling with it the name of His Excellency Sir Philip Wodehouse.' " This toast was received with enthusiasm, and three cheers were given for His Excellency, which Sir Philip Wodehouse suitably acknowledged. After supper, the Prince gratified the company by dancing a Scotch reel, with Mrs. Justice Bell as his partner, to an accompaniment by his own piper ; Mrs. Van der Byl, Dr. Snell, Lord NewT)', and one or two other ladies and gentlemen joining in the dance. His Highness gained the golden opinions of all by his unaftected and open demeanour and geniality. Dancing was kept up till a very late hour in the morning ; but the Prince, together with His Excellency and suite, left about three o'clock. On Saturday morning the Prince perfomied the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the graving-dock, at the breakwater. The sides of the dock and every available place where a view could be obtained were lined with thousands of spectators, who repeatedly cheered the Prince as he passed along. On their arrival at the site, the chairman of the Harbour Board requested His Highness to lay the foundation-stone of the graving-dock, and also presented the following address from the board : — To Bis Roi/al Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, K.G., Captain of Her Majesty's frit/aie Galatea. May it please your Royal Highne.ss — The Commissioners of the Table Bay Harbour desire to congratulate your Royal Highness upon your revisiting these shores, and especially to express the pleasure it affords them to welcome ygu to these works. Seven years ago, in a public assemblage in the largest city in the world, one whose memory is endeared to the whole empire by all that was great, and good, and noble, spoke in proud terms of the work in which two of his sons were then engaged in distant lands — one in inaugurating a stupendous work in the greatest of England's colonies ; the other in initiating a work intimately connected with the noble profession he had chosen, and whose object was to provide a safe harbour for ships of all nations rounding the Cape of Good Hope. For more than forty years frequent though unsuccessful attempts had been made to provide a harbour of refuge in Table Bay ; but it was only when Her Most Gracious Majesty had signified her permission that your Royal Highness should inaugur.ite the work, that all difficulties were surmounted, and thus auspiciously commenced its prosecution, which has hitherto been attended with every success ; the Breakwater already affording protection to the shipping in the bay, and the dock so nearly approaching completion that the commissioners have every reason to expect that it will be opened to the commerce of the world early next year. In the original design no sufficient provision was made for the accommodation of a class of vessels which has now become so important a portion of the Imperial navy ; but in anticipation of future arrangements, the commissioners have determined to make provision for the construction of a graving-dock, in the hope of thus securing for all nations the means of repairing iron-olads, and vessels of that class, at a port so conveniently situated for the purpose. Whatever of interest or importance may attend the career of your Royal Highness, the colonists of the Cape of Good Rope will ever be mindful that the first public act of your life was the commencement of a work which will effectually prevent that destruction of valuable hfe and property which this bay has imhappily too frequently witnessed ; and since your Royal Highness is now so intimately associated with the rise and progress of these works, it is the earnest desire of the commissioners that your Royal Highness may gi-aciously permit their being named after yourself, and thus add another link to the many which have connected the affectionate devotion of the colonists of the Cape of Good Hope with the person of your Royal Highness and the illustrious House that claims their loyalty and devotion. South Auslralia. % 21 His Royal Highness replied as follows : — Gentlemen — I accept with mucli ploasure your con{2fratulations on ray second visit to the «cene of these aboiira, which confer as much credit on those wjio have been entrustorl witii the superintendence of these fine worlis as on the enjjijieers through whose sicill and energy they liave i>een hroug'ht so far towards completion The prof^ress which lias been made in tlio few years that have passed since I had the satisfaction of attending at the commencement of the undortalfing far exceeds my expectations, and I am grateful to you for proposing that my name should be permanently associated with a work calculated to afford such great benefits to the ships and to the commerce of the world. I thank you for the expression of your loyalty and devotion to Her Majesty, and of your kindly regard for myself. Cape Town, 24th August, 18(;7. ALFRED. A blessing was pronounced by the Very Rev. the Dean of Cape Town ; and, after the usual formula, Prince Alfred pronounced the stone to be well and truly laid. His Royal Highness then returned to the landing steps, and proceeded to the Central Jetty, escorted by a procession of ten or a dozen of the amateur club boats. On H.R.H. disem- barking, the crews " up oars," and gave him three ringing cheers, which were graciously acknowledged. His Highness next visited the Sailors' Home, and in the afternoon left for Simon's Town, where he intended staying until Tuesday. The garrison ball in the evening was not the least pleasing and successful of the several public compliments that have been paid the Duke of Edinburgh since his arrival in Cape Town, and Colonel Ellis and the officers of the 9th Regiment, and their coadjutors of the 99th, may congratulate themselves upon the result of their labours. The duty which necessitated the return of the Duke to Simon's Town, was, it is said, to preside at a court-martial on Saturday. He returned to town during the afternoon, and in the evening attended the performances at the Theatre Royal, which was re-opened that night under his special command and patronage. A peculiar interest was attached to this entertainment from the fact that the Hon. Eliot C. Yorke, one of the suite, kindly gave his assistance, and appeared in the closet scene in Hamlet. The following evening the Duke attended the Rev. Mr. Guard's lecture on " Body and Soul," delivered in the New Market. On Friday the Prince embarked in the Petrel, and proceeded to the Knysna. It is stated that the Duke's sport did not terminate at the Knysna, as Mr. A. Van der Byl, of Nacht- wacht, in the Bredasdorp division, had invited him to spend a short time on the estate, which the Duke was graciously pleased to accept. The stay at Nachtwacht extended over three days, and there was no lack of capital sport. Here His Royal Highness added to his previous exploits by shooting a large elephant. The Illustrated London Naos of the 2nd and 9th of November contains some graphic sketches of the Royal party in their hunting excursions. Al^^VAL AT GlENELG, SoUTH AUSTRALIA, Leaving the Cape of Good Hope on the 2nd of the month, the Galatea arrived off Glenelg at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, 29th October. She was reported to have experienced westerly winds during the run, and as having sighted no land nor vessels on the passage, excepting the branch mail-ship Alexandra, which waited an hour to carry on letters from the Prince. In consequence of several false alarms, and more than one stupid hoax, the good people of Adelaide were slow to believe that the long-expected ship had really arrived at last, and the vessel had to select her own anchorage, having missed both the schooner Beatrice and the pilot-boat, which were 22 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. stationed outside to signal her approach. The first persons to board tlie Galatea were five young men who had been boating in the Bay. The Mayor of Glenelg (Mr. E. W. Andrews) waited on H.R.H. in the morning, and was most cordially received. The Prince, hearing that he had been expected in Western Australia, stated that he had no instmctions to visit that colony, and expressed his regret at the disappointment to which the people had been subjected. The subjoined account of the Landing and Public Reception on the afternoon of Thursday, 31st October, was telegraphed to the Melbourne newspapers by Messrs. Greville and Co., Renter's agents, and was published on the ist November: — " In accordance with previous arrangements, His Royal Highness left the Galatea in his barge at two o'clock in the afternoon, escorted by several steamers, and, accompanied by his suite, landed on the Glenelg jetty, amid the cheers of the public in boats as well as on the shore, and under a royal salute fired by the Galatea, which was responded to by a battery manned by volunteers. Another salute was fired simultaneously at Port Adelaide. A military guard of honour was stationed on the pier. His Excellency the Governor and the officers of State, the Executive of the Reception Committee, members of both Houses of Parliament, foreign consuls, &c., received the Prince on the pier, and welcomed him to this part of Her Majesty's dominions. At the shore end of the pier His Royal Highness was received by the Mayor and Councillors of Glenelg, accompanied by the neighbouring clergy and some officials, who presented him with an address. A procession was then formed to escort the Prince to Adelaide, preceded by a small troop of cavalry. After the carriages of His Highness and suite. His Excellency and suite, and the others privileged to form this part of the procession, a considerable number of private vehicles and horsemen, who had formed into line in the streets leading off the main road, fell in, and the cavalcade moved on towards Adelaide. At the roadside inns and various private residences demonstrations of loyalty were made. On the arrival of the procession at the south-west corner of the city, where a large triumphal arch had been erected, an immense number of the inhabitants welcomed the Prince, and some time was occupied in getting the pedestrians into their places in the procession, the marshals experiencing some difficulty in effecting it. From this point along the south terrace the road was lined by crowds of persons of both sexes, extending to the south end of King William-street, where another triumphal arch was erected, and the platform (protected by a guard of honour), from which the Mayor of Adelaide read to His Royal Highness a loyal address, at the close of which the Artillery stationed at the Butts in the South Park lands bellowed out a royal salute, the Albert bells pealed forth from the Town Hall tower, and the now immense procession moved northwards along King William-street amidst great demonstrations of loyalty from the inhabitants on either side. On arriving at the north end of Victoria-square, the greatest popular display was presented. From that i)oint to the north end of the town and the entrance to Government House, the street was lined by the military and volunteers. Banners waved from every house and from the public buildings, as well as from the flag-poles erected along the street. Balconies had been formed in front of the principal houses and places of business, most of which were tastefully decorated and filled with pcoi)]e, principally ladies, South Atistralia. 23 who were very demonstrative in their welcome, throwing l)ouquets at the Prince's carriage. At the corner opposite to the Government offices, and where the new post-office is being built, three thousand school children joined in singing the National Anthem very effectively, and they received a marked recognition from the Prince. The most tumultuous demonstrations were made as the Prince moved on slowly towards the North-terrace, where he passed under another triumphal arch. The mass of the population of Adelaide and the suburbs appeared to have collected about this neighbourhood at the time the Prince drove into the grounds of Government House. The Adelaide Club, facing the Governor's grounds, was gaily decorated, as were also several of the residences along North-terrace. The entire reception was of the most cordial and enthusiastic description." In his answer to the address of the Mayor of Glenelg, H.R.H. .said he thanked the inhabitants for their hearty welcome, and for the proofs of their loyalty to the Queen. He regarded this as a very important part of Her Majesty's dominions. To the address of the Mayor of Adelaide, he said it would be his pleasing duty to communicate to the Queen the strong proofs which the whole city had given of their loyalty, and he thanked them cordially for their warm reception. " The city was crowded with people, and gay with a mass of flags. Now that the Prince was on shore, the Galafca moved up the coast, and anchored off the Semaphore, where the embarkation was intended to take ]5lace, via Port Adelaide." " The whole of the streets of the town were illuminated at night, and the effect was most imposing. The programme of the Reception Committee had thus far been well carried out." On Friday, ist November, the Duke held a levee at Government House. The guard of honour was composed of a number of the 50th Regiment, No. i company of Infantry (West Adelaide Rifles) and a portion of No. 2 company (Kapunda Rifles), under the command of Captain Tuckfield, assisted by Lieutenant Cunningham and Ensign Moore. The command of the whole was assumed by Captain Clarke, of the military. Noon was the hour fixed for the general recepdon, and half-past eleven o'clock for those gentlemen having the privilege of private entree. His Royal Highness was dressed in naval uniform, and was attended by His Excellency Sir Dominick Daly. Major Lucas and Captain Deering acted as aides-de-camp in waiting. The Private Secretary acted in a similar capacity, and introduced the gentlemen having the private entree. Before the doors were thrown open for the general reception, the addresses from the two Houses of Parliament were read, and replies given. At noon the doors were thrown open, and the general reception commenced, when a large number of gentlemen paid their respects. The general reception having closed, the Duke expressed his willingness to receive the addresses which it had been arranged to present to him. These were from the old colonists, the Civil Service, the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, the Freemasons, Friendly Societies, Temperance Association, Farmers' Club, and the several Borough Councils. The next ceremony on the programme of the day was laying the foundation stone of the Victoria Tower. This event was thus referred to in one of the Adelaide papers : — "It was a happy coincidence that the Duke of Edinburgh was enabled to pay a visit to this city at a time when a structure which shall hereafter be numbered amongst our most prominent and important buildings had been just commenced, so that the foundation stone of the new General Post Office and Telegraph Station should be laid by the hands of royalty, and with all the eclat and ceremony which such interesting associations should call forth. A platform had been erected, upon which the 4000 or 5000 Sunday-school children stood on the previous day when they sang the National Anthem. The seats rose tier above tier to a height of twenty- five or thirty feet, and the whole was covered by an awning, the ceiling being gaily decorated with flags. A guard of honour consisting of cavalry was drawn up in King William-street, near the building, where also great crowds of people had assembled to catch a glimpse of the Prince. At half-past two o'clock the royal standard was hoisted on the marquee as a signal that the Prince was approaching, the Albert bells ringing out a merry peal. His Royal Highness was met by the members of the Government and the Postmaster-General, and was attended by his equerries and suite. His Excellency the Governor was also accompanied by his private secretary and aides-de-camp Lucas and Deering. The Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. P. Santo) stepped forward and read the address, to which the Duke replied. Three cheers and one cheer more were then given for the Prince, after which Mr. R. G. Thomas, the architect, read the copy of the inscription contained in the bottle, which was placed under the stone. Besides this inscription there were deposited in the bottle the coins of the realm, and copies of the Advertiser, Register, and Comet. The mortar was then spread, and Mr. H. Brown, of the firm of Brown and Thompson, the contractors, presented the Duke with a very handsome trowel, made of pure gold, with which to perform the ceremony. The handle was composed of Echunga gold, of malachite from the Burra, and of silver ; a silver cable encircled the malachite, beyond which was a monogram of the Prince ; the end of the trowel was composed of solid gold, surmounted by a carbuncle worked up as a ducal coronet. The level which was used by the Duke was silver-plated, and the plumb-line was composed of blue silk, the mallet being made of colonial blackwood, and the handle formed of three or four native woods. The ceremony was concluded shortly before four o'clock, when His Royal Highness retired." One of the grandest spectacles ever witnessed in South Australia was that presented by the German colonists in their torchlight demonstration. At nine o'clock the procession fell in on the west side of Victoria-square, and the torches were at once lighted and a start made. The procession was headed by a small party as an advanced guard, some having torches and others lanterns, with the word "welcome" inscribed upon them. The line of march was round the south and east side of Victoria-square, then down King William-street to Government House. The effect was extremely picturesque, and drew forth loud and continued plaudits. On reaching Government House, the Liedertafel and the band took up their positions on the lawn. The Liedertafel was under the leadership of Mr. C. Putman. While they were singing, the Prince appeared under the portico. The singing having concluded, Mr. C. Balk read an address, to which the Prince replied, expressing his gratification at the demonstration. On the following morning the volunteer review took place. For the first time the volunteers were joined by the regulars ; and after the inspection, the colours, presented by Mrs. Fuller, the Mayoress, were consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Adelaide. The ensigns then advanced and knelt before the Prince, who was thus addressed by the Mayor — " I have been deputed by the Adelaide Regiment of Rifle Volunteers to ask your Royal Highness's gracious permission that the regiment may henceforth be distinguished by the name of Prince Alfred's Rifle Volunteers, in commemoration of your most auspicious visit to this capital. Anticipating your Royal Highness's condescension, this title has been inscribed on the regimental colours, the gift of the Mayoress, which I hope your Royal Highness will now be pleased to present on her behalf" Having expressed acquiescence, His Highness formally touched the colours, which were then handed to the ensigns, and Licut.-Colonel Mayo called for " Three cheers for the Prince." The National Anthem having been played, the ceremony closed. A I Soulk Ausiralia. 25 The athletic sports, by the menil)ers of the Adelaide Amateur Club, took place immediately after the review, and as an exhibition of strength, endurance, and skill, the entertainment provided by the members was regarded as highly successful. Early on Sunday morning the Duke proceeded in his carriage to the Semaphore Jetty, and went on board the Galatea, where he stayed during the day. On Monday, 4th November, H.R.H. left the ship in the State barge Polyphemus at 11 o'clock, landing at the Semaphore Jetty, where he was received by the President of the Marine Board and the Harbour-Master. After the usual greetings, he entcFed his carriage, which was drawn by his favourite greys, and drove to the town. On Tuesday, His Highness visited the Botanical Gardens for the purpose of planting memorial trees. Three trees were to have been planted by the Prince, but he requested that two of his friends, Lord Newry and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, should participate in the ceremony by each planting one, which was accordingly done. The Duke was escorted over the Gardens by Dr. Schombergh, and expressed his great admiration of their general beauty, as well as of the excellent collection of Australian birds and animals, which form a very attractive feature in the grounds. Later in the day the Duke laid the foundation-stone of Prince Alfred College — an institution connected with the Wesleyan Church. A massive golden trowel was handed to him, bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., on his laying the foundation-stone of Prince Alfred College, in connection with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1867." The ceremony was witnessed by a large concourse of people. On the evening of the same day, the subscription ball, which had been for some time in course of preparation, was held in the Town Hall, and proved a very brilliant success. The arrangements made by the committee were most perfect, and gave general satisfaction. King William-street, from the Government Demesne to the Town Hall, was again illuminated, and the Prince was loudly cheered by the large concourse outside on his arrival at the hall. The Duke's piper was in attendance in Highland costume, and his playing caused immense enthusiasm, especially when the Prince danced a Scotch reel. The banqueting hall was fitted up magnificently. The Duke conducted the Governor's eldest daughter to supper, and afterwards proposed the toast of " The Ladies." The ball terminated very satisfactorily. Guards of honour, consisting of the regulars and the volunteers, were in attendance until after the Prince's departure. The public buildings and principal streets were brilliantly illuminated, and attracted a large assemblage of persons. On the following morning the Prince started on his northern trip to Kapunda and Gawler Town. He left by railway in a new state carriage, accompanied by the elite of Adelaide. His reception at Kapunda, where he arrived at noon, was thoroughly loyal and demonstrative, the whole of the town being profusely decorated, and the inhabitants enthusiastic in their welcome. An address was presented by the Corporation, to which a suitable reply was vouchsafed. Alighting from the train, the royal party drove through the town, and proceeded to Crase's Hotel, where a sumptuous luncheon was provided. Leaving Kapunda by special train at two o'clock, they next paid a visit to Gawler, and here again the most lavish preparations had been made for their reception. The whole town was profusely decorated, and a loyal address was presented by the Town Council. The unique casket containing the address, was a perfect working model in silver of Ridley's reaping-machine. His Highness afterwards planted a tree in the park-lands; and the National Anthem was sung by a host of little children. The Prince subsequently visited the Gawler Institute, and inscribed his name in the visitors' book. Refreshments were afterwards served in the Oddfellows' Hall, upstairs, and the usual 26 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. loyal toasts were given and responded to. He next visited Mr. Willi.Tm Duffield, at his residence, Para-Para, and finally returned by rail to town, arriving at Government House at si.x o'clock. A most interesting event was the opening of the Show of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, which took place on the 6th November, and at which the illustrious visitor was present. The President of the Society presented an address to His Highness, who returned the President a written reply, couchec in highly complimentary terms. On Thursday, 7th November, a dinner was given by the Reception Committee to the liberty men of H.M.S. Galatea, in the large building in the rear of the Town Hall, the caterers being Messrs. Hines and Son. The sailors and marines assembled outside the Town Hall, and after forming t^vo deep, they entered the room, preceded by the Galatea band playing " Rule Britannia." When they had all taken their places, the Duke of Edinburgh entered, the blue and red jackets greeting him with three hearty cheers. After dinner, the Hon. the Chief Secretary proposed " The Health of the Queen," which was drunk with rounds of hearty cheers, and an expression on the part of the tars of " Long may she live." His Royal Highness next rose and said — " My lads, after the kindness and civility which have been shown to us since our arrival in this colony, I ask you to drink ' The Health of the People of South Australia.' " Whilst the company were preparing to honour the toa.st, a tar named Patrick Toohey caused a good deal of amusement by saying, " Wait a bit, sir ; our glasses are not full yet." As soon as the little defect had been rectified, the toast was dnmk with enthusiastic cheering, led off by the Prince, a supplementary cheer being given for the ladies of South Australia. After a stay of nearly half-an-hour, His Royal Highness departed. Jack and the red coats continued to discuss their repast, and after fully enjoying it one of the sailors proposed "The Pretty Girls of Australia." The toast was drunk with a round of cheers. Sub-lieutenant Mainwaring acknowledged the compliment in a few remarks on behalf of the ladies. Quartermaster Keneil proposed " The Health of the Chief Secretary," which was heartily responded to ; after which the Mayor invited the company to the hall above, where means had been devised to enjoy a dance. In compliance with the invitation, they adjourned upstairs, but not before giving three hearty cheers for His Worship for allowing them the use of the hall. The inspiriting strains from Chapman's band infused a spirit of joyous hilarity into the men, and a pleasant hour or two was spent ; the gallant fellows then separated, evidently well pleased with Adelaide hospitality. On Friday, 8th November, a match between the South Australian Cricket Club and the officers and men of the Galatea came off, the ground having been specially prepared for the occasion. A grand stand, capable of accommodating five hundred persons, was erected, con- tiguous to which was a smaller one for the use of the Prince, who, accompanied by Dr. Young and Senior-Lieutenant Fane, arrived shortly after twelve o'clock, and was received by the president of the club, Mr. Justice Gwynne. The Prince remained for several hours, and was present at the luncheon. On Saturday, 9th November, the civic banquet took place in the Town Hall. The Prince was received by twelve gcntlemen-in-waiting — the band playing the National Anthem, the guard presenting arms — who ushered him into the Council Chamber, where he was received by His Worship the Mayor. The Duke made his appearance in the banqueting chamber preceded by the stewards with their wands of office, each wearing an ekgant rosette witli a silver anchor Ai South Australia. 27 attached, l'ii)er Dickson marching in front in full Highland costume, and jjlaying most lustily on the pipes. The gallery was crowded with ladies. The Prince was seated immediately on the right of His Worship the Mayor, who presided. Grace was .said by His Lordship the Bishop. The Mayor jjroiiosed the toast of "H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh," which was warmly received and heartily responded to. His Royal Highness, when the cheers with which he was greeted had ended, said : I thank you for the most enthusiastic manner in which you have responded to the toast of my health. I have received so many marks of your kindness since I have been here amongst you, that it is only hearing that cheer which I did just now that put, as I may call it, the finishing touch on the hearty welcome which you have given me. I thank you for the kind way in which you have drunk my health. The toast of " The rest of the Royal Family" was then duly honoured, and was succeeded by one proposed by the Duke, '• Increased prosperity to the colony of South Australia," coupled with the health of his Worship the Mayor of Adelaide ; to which the Mayor (Mr. Fuller) made an aj)propriate response. Mr. W. Townsend, M.P., proposed "The Army, Navy, and Volunteers." The Duke of Edinburgh, in responding for the Navy, said he believed that the ship which he commanded — the Galatea — was the largest that had ever entered these waters. He hoped every facility had been given for all to pay a visit to her, as he thought they would find no ship in her Majesty's navy that would more truly represent the wooden walls of old England. It had been a source of pride to him — a pleasure that he had long looked forward to — to take the command of a ship ; but to have brought one to this colony afforded him still greater satisfac- tion ; and he hoped by the time the voyaije home was completed, to have accomphshed what Captain Cook had done — sailed round the world. Several other toasts having been duly honoured, His Royal Highness said the next toast was one that required no words of his to introduce it to gain a most enthusiastic reception ; he called upon thjm to give three good hearty cheers for the " Lady Mayoress and the ladies of South Australia." Lord Newry responded on behalf of the Mayoress and the ladies : — After the flow of oratory poured upon their ears that evening, he felt somewhat nervous ; but he was honoured with a most pleasant task, that of returning thanks for the toast which the Prince had proposed, and which they had all drunk with that spirit and enthusiasm it so justly merited. He was about to say — and he hoped the ladies of South Australia would feel that he was representing them faithfully, when he said that they joined with all those whom he supposed the ladies called the weaker sex in the hearty and enthusiastic welcome the colony had given to the Duke of Edinl)urgh. The Prince retired shortly after eleven o'clock. The next morning (Sunday) the Prince went on board the Galatea to attend divine service, returning to town in the afternoon. His Royal Highness started on Monday, loth November for the Lakes. It had already been announced, in deference to a wish expressed in high quarters, that the trip of the Prince to the Lakes should be considered private, consequently the reporters for the press, who had so far accompanied him returned to Adelaide ; it is therefore impossible to give anything like a detailed account of the Prince's movements during this part of his tour. On Wednesday night the Prince stayed at Campbell House. The next morning he and the party remaining with £ 2 28 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. him resumed their sport, and at night reached a place known as the Tatiara Waterhole. Through some blundering, akin to that which characterised the management of other matters, the tents did not arrive until too late an hour to be pitched, and the Duke and his companions had literally to sleep sub Jove, without any covering but the blue canopy. Fortunately the night followed upon a day of intense heat, and the party were disposed to make the best of an adventure which, although a mere bagatelle to the hardy bushmen, of whom there were several, was an event worth remembering in the history of some few present. Two days out of the four spent in the Lake expedition were excessively warm, the thermometer being estimated at over I GO deg., and no precaution could save the countenances of the sportsmen from assuming an unpleasantly ruddy appearance. On Thursday, Mr. J. Dunn, M.P., who had only made prepa- rations for a three days' stay, returned home, as also did Mr. J. D. Woods. On Friday evening the party reached Mr. M'Farlane's, a few miles from Wellington, and thus brought to a close their experience of roughing it in the bush. During the week the Prince was rewarded by some very good sport, and gained great credit, even among the crack shots attending him, for his dexterity in handling the rifle. Among his own peculiar spoils was a large kangaroo, besides numerous other specimens of birds and animals, with which it has been stated his Royal Highness contemplated forming the foundation of a museum of Australian natural history, as a trophy of his skill. The chief cause of regret connected with the excursion seemed to have been the inefficient arrangements made by the South-east Visiting Sub-Committee. Between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday morning the Prince and party, having partaken of breakfast, started from Mr. M'Farlane's, intending to accomplish the ride to Mount Barker, a distance of forty-eight miles, in six hours. Wellington was reached in about an hour, and at a quarter to nine o'clock the start from Wellington, where there had been a brief halt, took place. The road was heavy in places, owing to the late rains, but very good speed was kept up. At Hartley an address was presented and graciously received, and a hearty welcome was given to the Prince by the people of Langhorne's Creek. Mount Barker had all along been intended to be the principal station in the Prince's home- ward journey, and the people had bestirred themselves to give his reception all the " pomp and circumstance" which could be looked for in so important an agricultural district. Shortly after two o'clock, the approach of the Prince, with his suite, and a long escort of horsemen who had gone out from the township to meet their illustrious visitor, was descried. Instantly windows and balconies were crowded, and as his Royal Highnes.s drove by, the hundreds who lined the street from the Oakfield Hotel to the Telegraph Station sent up a cheer, which was repeated over and over again until the arch had been reached, where the band played " God Save the Queen." At the invitation of Mr. A. Bell, chairman of the district council, the Prince dismounted, and ascended the platform, followed by his suite, who, like himself, looked none the worse for their excursion, although they had been all, to a greater or less degree, embrowned and otherwise affected as to their faces by the sun. The district councillors and directors of the National Bank were al.so in attendance. Mr. Bell, in a few words, welcomed the Prince to Mount Barker, and Mr. F. I. Smith, clerk of the council, then read an address, which His Royal Highness received, and stated that a reply would be forwarded. The Hon. A. Blyth, chairman of the directors of the Adelaide branch of the National Bank, then requested the Duke to partake of refreshments in an adjoining pavilion. The company sat down to a capital luncheon. The Hon. A. Blyth presided, supported on his right by the Prince and the Hon. Eliot Yorke; on his left by Lord Ncwry and the Hon. j. Morphett. After A I South Atistralia. 29 luncheon and the ordinary loyal toasts, the Hon. A. Blyth, having charged the company to honour the next toast with bumpers, said : — " Gentlemen : I will ask you to drink to ' The Health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.' There are very few men within fifty miles of Adelaide who have not come within the influence of his Royal Highness, and there are, I am sure, no ladies within that distance who have not been brought within it also. Wherever he has gone, he has won golden opinions from the people of the colony. I look upon the visit of his Royal Highness to South Australia as forming one of the most interesting pages in her history — an event which may do a vast deal of good. We have heard a great deal here of the Royal Family, but now we have had an opportunity, through seeing one member of it, of learning those graces which adorn every one of them, and none more than his Royal Highness. I ask you to drink ' The Health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.' " The Prince replied : — " I thank you for the way in which you have drunk my health. As I have had the pleasure of meeting nearly every one of you before, it is needless to use many words. I thank you for the kind reception you have given me on this occasion, as well as on other occasions, and further words are unnecessary." After a brief period spent in conversation, the party broke up, and, as soon as the carriages were ready, resumed the road, his Royal Highness leading with his team of four greys. At the charming German township of Hahndorf, the inhabitants had made preparations on a scale worthy of a place having much more pretension to greatness. On his arrival the Prince was enthusiastically greeted by the inhabitants; whilst the children attending school, to the number of about two hundred, were drawn up, and as the Royal Duke neared them they eagerly held aloft their books to arrest his notice, and to indicate that they desired to show him more than a passing attention. His Royal Highness acceded to their wish, and reined in his horses. A circle was at once formed, and a basket of strawberries having been presented to the Prince by a little girl, and graciously accepted l.>y him, the children sang a sweet German air, set to words of welcome, composed by Mr. Boehm, their teacher and con- ductor. At its close, Mr. Strenz, on behalf of the residents, addressed to his Royal Highness, in German, a few earnest and emphatic words. The Prince inclined his head, and was apparently about to reply, when the crowd opened, but the horses starting forward prevented his doing so. During the remainder of the passage through the townships signs of general rejoicings were everywhere visible. Between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evenmg his Royal Highness reached Adelaide, and drove direct to Government House, thus completing a six days' trip of more than ordinary interest. On the following day (Sunday) his Royal Highness attended divine service, as usual, on board the Galatea. In the afternoon the funeral took place of John Ware, the unfortunate seaman who met his death by falling overboard from the Galatea. The body was brought by the steamer Eleanor from the Galatea to the Port, attended by the officers and crew, and was taken to the Alberton Cemetery, the Prince walking with the rest of the officers in procession the whole distance (nearly two miles) and back to the Port. The deceased was buried with naval honours. A vast concourse of people assembled at the Port, and accompanied the procession to the place of interment. The Prince expressed himself as greatly pleased with his hunting expedition. He was enthu- siastically received at all the townships and roadside places throughout his trip. After dismissmg the reporters, and when the party had been very much thinned in numbers. His Highness 30 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred determined to have a night in the bush, and the party camped in the open air, sleeping without covering. His Royal Highness paid a visit to St. Peter's College, where he was received by Canon Farr and a select party of ladies and gentlemen, with their pupils. He also visited the chapel of the College, and expressed his admiration of the stained-glass windows. His Royal Highness planted a tree in the College grounds as a memorial of his visit. The new Masonic Hall, belonging to the lodge of the I.C, is to be called the Alfred Masonic Hall, by permission of his Royal Highness. An old Trafalgar hero, named Stephen Williams, 87 years of age, was introduced to the Prince, who expressed great pleasure, and shook the old man very cordially b}- the hand. On arriving at Port Adelaide the Prince was presented with an address by the Corporation. There were boat races and other sports, and the launching of a life-boat. The Aldiiiga conveyed His Highness and suite round from the Port to the Galatea. The Governor's ball at the Town Hall was a magnificent affair, and terminated very satisfactorily. The Prince again gratified the company by dancing a Scotch reel to the music of the bagpipes. King William-street north and a few other portions of the city were once more illuminated, and the streets were thronged. The Prince expressed his gratification at the manner in which Mr. Hines, the purveyor to the Parliamentary refreshment rooms, had managed all the catering for the public entertain- ments and the Lake excursions, stating that he never saw anything better arranged. In token of his approval, he presented Mr. Hines with a handsome gold ring. The Prince was also greatly pleased with the way in which Tanner, the coachman, had driven him on State occasions, and gave him a pin of a sporting design. Tanner is the son of the well-known whip of that name, who drove out of London on the Hampstead-road for many years, and has himself been acknowledged as the best whip in the colony for many years past. The Duke, before taking leave, paid a hasty visit to some of the public institutions, including the Museum and Library. Captain Douglas, the Chairman of the Marine Board, had the honour of accompanying the Prince to Melbourne in the Galatea. Thus terminated the visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to South Australia — the first of the Australian group of colonies honoured by the presence of a Prince of the Royal Family of England. Of this circumstance the people of South Australia may be justly proud, and that such was the universal feeling of that community is demonstrated by the fact that there was no flagging or exhaustion on the part of the inhabitants in the round of festivities provided for the entertainment of their illustrious visitor, but, on the contrary, the most strenuous eflbrts were made to induce his Royal Highness to extend the period of his sojourn amongst them. However much delighted and honoured the people of South Australia may have felt in the company of the Prince, it is well known that on his part he was ecjually as gratified and delighted as his bounteous entertainers, and it is not too much to say that the noble captain of the Galatea, his personal friends, his officers, and seamen, carried impressions from Adelaide which no subse(iuent reception in any other place could eftace. Arrival in Victoria. 31 y I C T O Py^I A . So soon as it became definitely known that the Galatea would visit the Australian colonies, and that upon Victoria would be conferred the honour of being the second colony to receive her illustrious captain, the Government evinced a most commendable zeal in initiating the necessary steps for giving the royal visitor such a reception as befitted his rank and relationshi]) to our beloved Sovereign, whose name has been bestowed upon this dependency of her Majesty's dominions. The first official steps taken by the F.xecutive to prepare for th^ important event, was to transmit a message from his Excellency the Governor to the Legislative Assembly, " to appropriate the sum of fifteen thousand pounds for the entertainment of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, such grant to be exclusive of the amount required for alterations and additions to Government House." At the time of voting this specific .sum it was understood and agreed to by the House, without dissent, that whatever amount was required by the Government or the jjurposes of suitably entertaining his Royal Highness during his stay in Victoria, would be freely granted by Parliament. The hearty concurrence of the Legislature being thus obtained, and carte blanche being virtually given to the Cabinet to do all that was required to ujjhold the character of Victoria in the contemplated reception, the next practical step was the appointment by proclamation of a Royal Commission for carrying out the wishes of Parliament in this respect, the following gentlemen being entrusted with the important duties: — The Hon. James M'Culloch, M.LA., Chief Secretary, Chairman; his Honour Sir William Stawell, Knt., Chief Justice; the Hon. G. F. Verdon, C.B., Minister of Finance ; the Hon. J. G. Francis, M.L.A., Commissioner of Trade and Customs; the Hon. Tho.s. Howard Fellows, M.L.C. ; the Hon. John O'Shanassy ; the Hon. A. Michie, Q.C. ; the Hon. D. Moore, M.L.A. ; the Hon. Charles M'Mahon, M.L.A. ; the Hon. Sir James Palmer, Knt., President of the Legislative Council ; the Hon. G. W. Cole, M.L.C; Sir Francis Murphy, Knt., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly; his Honour Sir Redmond Barry, Knt. ; William Williams, Esq., M.L.A. (then Mayor of Melbourne). Subsequently the names of the Hon. W. M. K. Vale, M.L.A., Commissioner of Public Works, and J. S. Butters, Esq., the newly elected Mayor of Melbourne, were addtd to the Commission. Mr. W. B. Gilbert was appointed Secretary, and Mr. J. G. Knight, F.R.LB A., the Agent to the Commission. The appointment of the Commission exercised an immediate influence on the Victorian colonists, and almost every town of any magnitude or importance was on the qui vive to display its loyalty to the Queen in welcoming her son to the colony. A characteristic illustration of the feeling of the public is aflforded by the following paragraph, taken from the Age of 25 th September : — " The Reception Commission met on Tuesday for the first time in the Executive Council Chamber, and settled the preliminaries of action. Their proceedings were brought within the purview of the Assembly on Tuesday by a notice of motion having for its object to make the Commission more representative in its personnel of the country districts. Composed entirely of Melbourne men, it was assumed that there would be displayed such a spirit of centralisation as would destroy all hope of any share in the vote of Parliament being obtained for any locality outside of the metropolis. The explanation of the Chief Secretary disabused every one's mind of such narrow and selfish notions characterising the actions of the Commission. The difficulty of naming gentlemen to act on the Commission without giving offence to some one could not have been better exemplified than by the proposal to include the Mayors of Ballarat East and West, Geelong, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst. Why not the Mayors of Sandridge, 'Williamstown, and Emerald Hill ? and the list might have been extended to the representatives of other local bodies desirous of getting up a demonstration in the Prince's honour. These applications have been so numerous as to lead to the publication of the following notice, in which the Commissioners indicate their intention to confine their operations to the plans therein named : — ' The Commissioners appointed by his Excellency to devise and carry into effect all necessary arrangements for a fitting reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and for paying suitable marks of respect to his Royal Highness during his visit to the colony, having had under their consideration numerous applications from country districts, are of opinion that, as his Royal Highness cannot be expected to visit every country town, it will be expedient for them to limit their co-operation to Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst, and to the city of Melbourne. The mode in which the co-operation of the Commissioners may be desired by the inhabitants of Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst, must be signified through their respective Mayors, who are requested with the least possible delay to communicate to the Commissioners their plans for the reception of his Royal Highness. The Commissioners consider that out of the money placed at their disposal they should -contri- bute to the places before mentioned, having regard to the amounts locally raised James M'CuLLOCH, Chairman. Executive Council Chamber, Melbourne, 24th September, 1867.'" Although the machinery of the reception was thus far got ready for action, it was not to be expected that all the wheels would turn at the beginning with perfect smoothness, and the first symptoms of disarrangement were made manifest when the question was mooted as to where the Prince should land. Williamstown was the earliest to put in a claim, which was regarded as an act of usurpation by the indignant people of Sandridge, who sought the sisterly aid of Emerald Hill to defeat an attempt to deprive the port of Melbourne of its just rights and privileges. In the midst of the contention between Williamstown and Sandridge, a third competitor appeared on the scene, and for some days the paramount claims of St. Kilda, as a maritime depot, were fiercely advocated, and occupied a large space in the public journals. The natural beauty of this marine suburb was generally conceded as one of the points in its favour, but its Jetty accommodation, although unique in its way, was considered scarcely adequate for the berthing of a ship of the size and tonnage of H.M. steam frigate Galatea. The anxiety for providing safe anchorage for the royal ship did not even stop at St. Kilda; the claims of Dromana finding many advocates, whilst the sage councillor Mdbour/ie Pimch came to the rescue with a graphic sketch showing his Royal Highness being borne ashore at Mordialloc on tlie shoulders of the stalwart but solitary boatman who constitutes the coastguard of that picturesque but somewhat desolate beach. As was naturally to be expected, the right of Sandridge as the prin- cipal entrepot was recognised, the point of embarkation being conceded to Williamstown. Having settled that his Royal Highness should land at Sandridge, the next ciuestion was, by which route should he reach Melbourne? It was first arranged that he should be brought up by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway, and be formally received at the Flinders-street Station. This was too much for the pent-up loyalty of the premier and model borough of Emerald Hill, who forthwith appealed to the Commission to reconsider their determination, and after some negotiations the inhabitants were enabled to take that prominent part in the reception of the Prince which was so successfully achieved on the day of the royal landing. The rival claims of Arrival in Victoria. 33 the jetties and lines of route did not, however, occupy all the attention of the i)ublic; no sooner was it definitely settled that the Prince would arrive in Victoria on a given time, than the daily papers were compelled constantly to devote several of their columns to the publication of suggestions upon all possible and impossible matters appertaining, or supposed to appertain, to the reception of the coming guest ; and although it cannot be denied that a number of the proposals were crude and utterly impracticable, the fact of so many persons applying their time and intelligence to devising plans for celebrating the arrival of the royal visitor, is incontestible evidence of an ardent and earnest wish to do the fullest possible honour to the first member of the Royal Family of Britain who has visited these shores. As the time drew nigh for the advent of his Royal Highness from the sister colony, the duty devolved on the Reception Commission of arranging with those public bodies and institutions throughout the colonies who proposed to present addresses of welcome and congratulation to the Prince on his arrival in Victoria. For this purpose it became necessary that copies of the documents proposed to be presented should be submitted for approval, in order that no extraneous subjects should be introduced, or the addresses made too lengthy, and as the drafts were very numerous some considerable time was absorbed in their supervision. It must now, however, be a matter of congratulation to the colonists that every organised body of the slightest importance has testified in unmistakeable language to his Royal Highness the loyalty and devotion of the Victorian (and it may be added the Austrahan) community towards the throne and person of her gracious Majesty his royal mother. As demonstrations of loyalty cannot be made without an expenditure of money, it followed as a matter of course that the Reception Commission would be pretty freely taxed in augmen- tation of local contributions for carrying out the various contemplated festivities. From all comers of Victoria applications for pecuniary aid poured in, and it may be fairly estimated that had the Commission been provided with unlimited funds to have responded to all these appeals, the carnival might have continued until 1870. Happily, however, for the calls of business, and much more happily for the health and comfort of his Royal Highness, the oflicial rejoicings were limited to the towns already enumerated ; nevertheless there was not a spot where a score of persons were resident, at which a day of festivity was not set apart for celebrating the happy occasion of the royal visit. It was but reasonable to suppose that where the large towns proposed to expend considerable sums out of their own funds, they should be supplemented by grants in aid from the Government, through the Reception Commission. Recognising this principle, the following sums were allotted : — To the corporation of Melbourne, ^2000 ; to Geelong, ;!^iooo ; to Ballarat West and Ballarat East, jQ'j'^o each ; and to Castlemaine and Sandhurst also a grant of ^750 each, making a total of _;^6ooo. It was subsequently determined that the contributions of these several municipalities should be supplemented to the extent of jQ\ for every £,\ subscribed and expended, on the conditions already stated, instead of £,\ to every ^2, as previously resolved upon. Subsidies of j£^ioo each were also passed to the boroughs of Emerald Hill, Sandridge, and Williamstown, on the same conditions as those to the country boroughs. In addition to the abovementioned sums, grants were made for residence expenses in the various country districts. The general outline of the arrangements for the reception of his Royal Highness being decided upon, public attention was now turned towards the Galatea, as, reluctantly and regret- fully, she bade adieu to South Australia, and was rapidly nearing the Port of Melbourne. 34 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Af^RIVAL OF THE PrINCE IN VlCTORJA. Fortunately for those who were officially charged wth the reception of his Royal Highness, the electric telegraph furnished the exact time of the departure of the Galatea from Port Adelaide, and the authorities in Melbourne were thereby exempt from the risk of being caught napping, as in the case of the sister colony ; indeed, instead of being found unprepared for the arrival of the illustrious guest, it might be said that the furthest outlying picket was perhaps a little too forward in attesting its loyalty. According to the Age it appears that " after passing QueenscHif, the Galatea rounded to the South Channel, and was boarded by a Customs boat. In this craft was the gentleman who had charge of the lord of the manor's surprise, and for the information of the uninitiated, it may be mentioned that the lord of the manor is Mr. Thomas Howard Fellows. His surprise consisted of an address. It was said to have been prepared by the borough council of Queenscliff, and was presented by the Mayor, who had a seat in the boat. It was as follows : — We, her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor, councillors, and burgesses of the Borough of QueenscUfF, respectfully beg to greet your Koyal Highness on entering the chief port of the colony of Victoria ■with a hearty welcome. Conscious that our progi-ess in the works of civilisation forbids a comparison of the material advancement of this colony with that of the United Kingdom, we, nevertheless, affirm that in loyalty to the Throne, in attachment to the person and family of our Most Gracious Queen, and in an eai'nest desire that Great Britain and Ireland, with all the colonies and dependencies of the Crown, may long remain one glorious, united empire, we are not surpassed by any of her Majestj^'s subjects. We feel assured that your Royal Highness, during your sojourn amongst us, will have ample proof that in crossing the seas the people of this colony have changed their skies, but not their disposition. Given under our common seal. CHARLES KENNEDY, Mayor. ROBERT JORDAN, Toivu Clerk. There are a variety of stories afloat as to the way in which this address was received by the Duke. Some say he was very short with the presenters, and informed them that he thought it a very hard case he was not allowed to navigate his ship to port in peace. Be that as it may, Mr. Fellows can chuckle in his sleeve at the pleasant way in which he sold the Royal Reception Commission." Having received this first " loyal address" on the very threshold of the colony, his Royal Highness was allowed to wend his way without further interruption. The Galatea arrived exactly at the expected hour, and anchored in Hobson's Bay on Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 1867. The event is thus described in the Australasian : — The pALATEA. H.M.S.S. frigate Galatea, the arrival of which had been eagerly and ardently looked for by thousands of Victorians, anchored in Hobson's Bay on Saturday evening, and had such welcome accorded her as must have greatly pleased her captain, who is not only a Prince of the Blood Royal of Great Britain, but is also reputed to be " every inch a sailor." The Galatea left Adelaide on the morning of the 21st November, was telegraphed oft' Cape Otway at half-past five a.m. on Saturday, and with great punctuality arrived at Queensclift" shortly before noon. At thirty minutes past ten a.m. on Saturday, and when about ten miles from Port Philli]) Heads, she was descried from tlie pilot-cutter Corsair, of No. i Company. The wind during tlie night Arrival in Victoria. 35 had been lilowing strong from the .S.^V^, and there was a high sea on, but the Galatea did not seem to feel it much. In the grey cloudy morning she loomed immensely large in the distance, but on nearer approach hor apparently huge outline was qualified by eminently graceful proportions, and she looked a ship fit to be commanded by a royal captain. On nearing the Corsair the Galatea lay to, and was boarded by Mr. Pilot Bovver, who had the honour of bringing the royal frigate into port. The advent of vessels of war to the waters of Port Phillip, although of not such frequent occurrence as in other British dependencies, has yet of late years taken place often enough to divest such circumstances of the charm of absolute novelty. Ships of war belonging to foreign powers have also anchored in Hobson's Bay, and in an exceptional instance — that of the Russian frigate Bogatyr — compared favourably in appearance with the representatives of the British navy ; but it may be affirmed with safety that no ship of war like the Galatea, either British or foreign, has ever visited these waters. Her majestic proportions, her imposing armament, and her extensive array of the munitions of war, make her indeed a formidable vessel, and one not to be encountered unless on equal terms. Her hull has the appearance of immense size and undoubted strength, combined with exceeding gracefulness of outline and symmetry ; her spars and rigging have a taut and light appearance, but a close inspection will show that they are in no wise disproportionate. Her exact dimensions are : — Length overall, 317 ft. ; beam, 50 ft. ; her gross tonnage is stated to be 3227 tons, and her steam-power is equal to 800-horse power. The rate of speed she attained when new, at the measured mile, was thirteen knots. Her engines are of the description known as Penn's trunk engines, from having one cylinder within the other, the lesser being 36 inches, and the greater 894 inches in diameter. Three feet eight inches is the stroke of the piston ; and while the engines nominally are 800-horse power, they can work up to 3400 horses, consequently it is not astonishing that she speeds away at the rate of thirteen knots per hour in favourable weather. She is furnished with Griffith's patent feathering screw, which enables the pitch to be altered from 25 to 29, besides affording means of lifting it when under sail. The total weight of her machinery is 575 tons. There are 2756 tubes in the six boilers, which are supplied with fuel from bunkers capable of carrying 600 tons. Her draught of water (with three months' pro- visions on board) is — aft, 22 feet 7 inches, and forward 21 feet 8 inches. The height of her foremost ports above the water-line is 12 feet 9 inches, of the midship ports 10 feet 64 inches, and the after ports 1 2 feet 5 inches. The armament of the Galatea is unusually formidable. It consists of thirteen guns on each side, or twenty-six in all. There are four 7-inch bore muzzle- loaders, weighing 64 tons each, beautiful pieces, with carriage-gear, breeching, and tackling in such order as would do credit to any vessel. Then there are four 64-pounders, shunt muzzle- loaders, and eighteen ro-inch guns, each 87 cwt., and two 12 -pounder Armstrong breechloaders for boating purposes, and one field-piece of similar character and calibre. In the arm-racks are 172 Enfield rifles, 52 Colt's revolvers, and 172 cutlasses. As the Galatea has been only about a year in commission, her equipment is nearly altogether new. The following is a list of the officers of the ship : — Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G. Commander — Hugh Campbell. Lieutenants — Charles G. Fane, George R. Heneage, Edward R. Forster, Wallace B. M'Hardy, Francis Romilly, Lord Phipps (acting). Master — William H. Bradley. Captain of Marines — Robert F. Taylor. First Lieutenant Marine Artillery — Francis H. Poore. Chaplain and Naval Instructor — Rev. John Milner, B.A. Surgeon — James Young, M.D. Paymaster — Thomas Bradbridge. Chief Engineer — John Sear. Sub-Lieutenants — Anthony Kingscote, John S. Hahfax, George R. C. Eyres. Supernumerary — F 2 36 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Guy Mainwaring. Second Master — Sydney Smith. Assistant Surgeon— W. L. Powell. Assistant Paymasters — William H. Synies (acting), Charles E. James, and Edmund H. Key. Passengers— Lord Viscount Newry, Hon. Eliot Yorke, and Mr. Brierly. Reception of the Galatea and Escort to Hobson'S j3ay. Since the day when the Galatea was known to have sailed from Adelaide for Victoria, the bustle in Melbourne, where innumerable preparations for public rejoicings were going on, doubled ; and on Friday, when the first party started to meet the Prince, the city seemed in quite a fever of excitement. It was arranged that the Victoria should meet the Galatea at the Heads, to give her the first welcome ; and it was impossible to restrain some show of enthusiasm at her departure, everything around — flags floating from thousands of masts, busy workmen erecting scaffoldings, and arches of evergreens, gay colours, and festive displays on every side — denoting the pervading spirit. The party on board consisted of his Excellency Sir J. H. Manners-Sutton, K.C.B. ; Mr. Manners-Sutton, his private secretary ; and Lieutenant Rothwell, his aide-de-camp ; Sir Trevor Chute, K.C.B., commanding Her Majesty's troops in Australia ; .Lieutenant-Colonel Pitt, C.B., assistant military secretary; Lieutenant-Colonel Hyde Page, deputy quartermaster-general ; Major Baker, deputy adjutant-general ; and Lieutenant Richard- son, aide-de-camp ; the Hon. J. M'Culloch, Chief Secretary ; the Hon. G. F. Verdon, C.B., Treasurer ; the Hon. J. G. Francis, Minister of Customs ; Sir James Palmer, President of the Legislative Council ; Sir F. Murphy, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ; Colonel W. A. D. Anderson, commandant of volunteers ; the Hon. Captain Cole, M.L.C. ; the Hon. A. Michie, late Minister of Justice; the Hon. John O'Shanassy, the Hon. R. D. Ireland, the Hon. H. Miller, the Hon. D. Moore, the Hon. J. B. Humffray, the Hon. James Service, the Hon. J. S. Johnston, the Hon. Hibbert Ne^vton, the Hon. A. F. A. Greeves, the Hon. J. R. Bailey, the Hon. George Harker, the Hon. T. Loader, the Hon. J. F. Martley, and Professor Halford, of the Melbourne University. At first sight, too, it might be thought that among those who did attend, elements altogether too inhamionious existed, but fortunately there was no one willing to allow political opposition to influence their social intercourse, and all united in their desire to loyally receive the royal visitor. Queenscliff" was reached in due course, and the major portion of the party went ashore to Adman's Hotel, prepared for their reception. There were plenty of flags flying ; the Free Banquet of the morrow was ready, and only wanted laying ; the iniblic bonfire only wanted lighting ; and it was whispered that the Mayor of Queenscliff and the Borough Council had determined to present an address to the noble captain of the Galatea when his ship entered the Heads : how they kept their word has been already narrated. The Prince having been telegraphed from Port Macdonnell, his arrival at noon next day seemed secure, and nothing remained for the people but to wait and hope. The next morning was windy and comfortless, and by nine o'clock the reception party, increased by the presence of Mr. J. S. Butters, Mayor of Melbourne, and the Hon. Mr. Siaden, were again on board. Ten o'clock came, and no Galatea. At half-past ten something like a steamer was seen in the distance, and the smoke of other steamers loomed on the northern horizon. At eleven a.m. the wind steadily abated. The Victoria was completely ready, not a pin was out of place, and she ■was dressed in flags fore and aft. At last, at fifteen minutes past eleven a.m., the wished-for Arrival in Victoria. 37 signal was given from the outer lighthouse. The news quickly spread, and the lighthouses and flagstaffs at Queenscliff were in a moment afterwards streaming with gay-coloured bunting. The Galatea, as she steamed through the Heads, looked what she was — the finest .specimen of marine architecture that ever entered our waters. Her massive hull loomed large, stately, and with a sort of majestic grace, the effect of which was heightened by her taunt masts, straight as arrows, her rigging taut and trim, and her line of white ports, beneath which the modern dogs of war protruded their terrible mouths. Not a sail was set, and nothing moved amid her yards and spars but a white ensign, indicative of the admiral of the white, to whose squadron she belonged, the thin folds of smoke from her two funnels, and snow-white wreaths of steam from her escape-pipe. An universal sentiment of admiration pervaded the beholders on board the Victoria, whose yards were by this time manned in honour of the new arrival ; but the Galatea made no sign as she moved slowly, and with a sort of conscious grandeur, into Port Phillip Bay. A puff of white smoke and a distant boom then announced the first Royal salute given from the shore battery at Queenscliff, by the local corps, under the command of Captain Snee ; but still our visitor lay silent and still. Then the Victoria thundered out her salute with yards still manned. It was given with admirable rapidity in three and a-half minutes, but the Galatea, now hove to, answered not a shot. It may be supposed that the Admiralty regulations were strictly complied with, but it seemed strange that the man-of-war should keep so cold and grim. Then the men came down from the Victoria's yards, and with commendable swiftness the pinnace was lowered and manned with a dozen stout oarsmen, and Commander Norman and Lieutenant Rothwell, the Governor's aide-de-camp, taking their seats in the stern, were rowed with all speed to the Royal vessel. But now the Galatea and Victoria were not alone. The steamers from Melbourne began to arrive to form the escort, and the air was darkened by their smoke. First came the little Government tug, the George Rennie, glorified with flags, her narrow decks crowded, and she, steaming under the Galatea's stern, her passengers cheering with all their might, received the first civility from the visitor, who dipped her ensign. The Express got the next dip, and the Victoria the third, whereat the passengers aboard rejoiced exceedingly. Other steamers came up in quick succession ; the Aldinga, crowded with members of Parliament and their friends, her band playing loyal tunes and her passengers cheering lustily ; the Coororig, the City of Melbourne, the Southern Cross, the Tasmania, the Derivent, with many others ; and, not least, the Hero, her decks and rigging one jam and crush of people, whose deafening hurrahs seemed to rend the air. Then the Victoria's pinnace was seen to return. What had passed was this : Captain Norman had been introduced at once to his Royal Highness, whom he asked to allow his vessel to be escorted to Hobson's Bay by the steamers which had come, and those which were coming. The Prince said he would willingly do so, but that he was hurried to get to his anchorage ; and he asked whether Captain Norman brought any addresses ? Then it came out that the eager folks of Queenscliff had done what they had threatened — had gone on board the Galatea and presented their congratulations. The Prince did not scruple to tell Captain Norman that he did not want any more addresses just then, having to attend to the navigation of his ship ; however, he said he would wait awhile for the escort, and also expressed himself happy to meet his Excellency. The Governor and suite then proceeded on board the Galatea, Captain Norman accompanying the vice-regal party. The Royal steamer lay impressive and mute, not a man visible on her decks, save a marine standing sentry, three or four officers on her quarter- deck, and two figures on her bridge ; but as his Excellency approached, there came suddenly a 38 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. salute of seventeen giins, each fired at intervals of five seconds, with a rapidity somewhat startling. Before she had well done, the little Pharos, blazing with flags and her decks black ■with passengers, came up, and, with yards manned, fired oft" her salute with creditable speed and regularity. It was not long before Captain Norman returned without his Excellency, and then began the work of getting the escort into order. First came the signalling. To any one unacquainted with the art of making signals at sea by means of little flags of bewildering variety of pattern, it must have been highly gratifying to notice the effective way in which the mysterious bunting performed its functions ; how it was managed cannot now be said, but somehow or other the starboard and port lines were formed, and in very nearly the order of the programme. It was not easy to see which was which, but one could make out enough to say that besides the steamers already named, there were the Tarania, Gothenburg, Edina, Jiatigatira, You Yangs, Resolute, Titan, Bendigo, Aldiiiga, Coorong, Barwon, Dcru'ent, Hero, Southern Cross, Tasmanian, City of Adelaide, &c.. In the meantime the Victoria steamed close under the stern of the Galatea. A nearer view only increased the sentiment of admiration already formed. This was a vessel of war indeed, so serviceable, so clean, so neat, and so ready did she look. The Prince stood on the bridge, scarcely distinguishable save by the four stripes on his arm, and his occasionally raising his cap to acknowledge the cheering. In a iitw minutes more all was in order ; the Galatea, greeted with sounding cheers and dipping ensigns, steamed majestically through the lines, and the whole fleet commenced the homeward trip along the Southern Channel. The wind had partially subsided, the sun had come out, and the spectacle became very interesting. It was soon evident that all the steamers could not keep up, and a few disorders occurred, which were remedied by the e.xcellent feeling of the various captains, who promptly obeyed signals. At times the Southern Cross steamed too much ahead, and left the Hero behind, but in the end order was eliminated from the chaos of confusion. The Victoria and the other fast steamers went at slackened speed, and though many of the smaller boats could only put in an appearance on the horizon, the best part of the fleet managed to keep well together. Sometimes two vessels would come so nearly together as to be within earshot, and a few compliments were passed. But during all this time the Galatea, whose steaming powers appeared to be greater than those of any of the vessels forming the escort, had gone far ahead, and was at one time almost hull down. Some thought she would outstrip her escort altogether, but about four p.m., as the end approached, she stayed a while till the others came up. Upon this the Victoria signalled to the rest to come closer, and form their lines abeam. While in this order, the spires of Melbourne and the masts of the ships at anchor loomed through the haze, and the fleet entered Hobson's Bay. With so much enthusiasm and such a collection of forces, the spectacle could not be otherwise than highly eftective. A fleet, worth nearly half a million of money, and carrj'ing 5000 or 6000 passengers, had come out to meet the Prince ; and as the shore came more and more into view, it was found to be lined with masses of people, each of whom seemed to have a voice to cheer with, or a handkerchief to wave. The Imildings appeared, even in the dim distance, to have lines and dots of colour, caused by the innumerable flags, and the ships and boats, large and small, seemed to have flags fastened to every rope and corner where they could be displayed. The air was filled with echoes of cheering, and when the Galatea cast anchor outside of the breakwater, she was instantly surrounded by a crowd of small sailing craft, whose passengers and crews cheered again and again, as they went under the stern. The major part of Arrival m Victoria. 39 the escort was now pretty close up, and, wrapped in smoke and steam, waited to get near. Then came salutes from shore. 'I'hc Williamstown battery fired hers, and shortly after a series of white pufil's announced that the Sandridge battery was at the same work. The Victoria, with the other vessels of the escort half a cable's length off, next cast anchor, and manning her yards, fired a salute, the Galatea dipping her ensign in return. The little Pharos next fired off another salute, and then tlie crew of the Victoria, filling her rigging, gave cheers three times three. The other steamers followed suit, and as they steamed under the Galatea's stem, her ensign dipped her acknowledgments. Finally, it must have been found next to impossible to acknowledge each compliment. The crowd of vessels, large and small, thickened round the visitor, and the rush of passengers to one side of the decks made some to heel over dangerously. These loyal demonstrations lasted till nearly sundown. The Reception at Melboui\ne. The following description of the Royal progress from Sandridge to Melbourne is chiefly collected from the Argus and Age : — Victoria had not known in her thirty years' life a brighter day than on Monday. A Royal Prince, son of the greatest and noblest Queen that ever sat on the Throne of the British Empire, had landed on her shores. The festivities belonging to our welcome began with the dawn, and as the metropolis woke to life, so did the people commence the work of celebration. Within a few hours of daybreak the city was alive with bustle, and as folks came abroad, the signs of the general feeling were manifested more and more. Long before ten a.m. the streets were full of passengers — many from the country were there to join the townsfolk in their gaiety. It is impossible to tell of the flags that waved from every roof, the festoons and arches of green that ornamented countless windows, balconies, and verandahs, or the other modes of ornamentation by which the loyalty of the people found expression. Looking down the vistas of streets was confusing work, so much was the eye diverted from the perspective by the broad masses of colour — chiefly red — on every side. The public stir was universal. Melbourne humanity seemed to be dressed in holiday clothing, and filling the thoroughfares. Those who had admission to the various choice points of view, hurried to their rendezvous. Volunteers, town and country, paced rapidly to their muster-grounds, and carriages, cabs, and cars dashed along the roadway ; whilst even the policemen — and their name was legion — seemed to have forgotten their usual calm solemnity of demeanour, and betrayed their interest in the general proceedings. All this, however, was a mere preliminary to the after course of things. The formal current of affairs had not then begun to flow, and the only visible tokens of a pre-ordained arrangement of events were the gatherings in the bye-streets of the friendly societies. The holiday-keeping w^as without form, except perhaps at Parliament Houses, where the sudden summoning together of the Legislature to adopt addresses to the Prince, brought together not a few of those who were to take part in the Royal reception. Thither went the Governor and suite, and legislators, large and small, eager to get through the formal business, and be in time for the landing at Sandridge. His Excellency was escorted to and fro by the mounted police, and his and the Parliamentary equipages filled the reserve, where seemed to begin the labours of Captain Scott, the marshal of the procession, who, taking time by the forelock, was at hand to apportion to each vehicle its proper place. It is 40 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. needless now to tell what Parliament did — how Ministerialists and Opposition alike displayed a high tone of feeling, and united to show of what loyal stuff our colonial politicians are made. By eleven a.m. there was a general streaming towards the various points of view, thousands and tens of thousands of people, all in holiday dress, pressing to their places, and animated by the universal sentiment. Long lines of school children (the girls in blue and white), volunteers in marching order, members of friendly societies glorious in rosettes and sashes, and men and W'omen of all ages, dress, and degree, bent their steps in one direction, and from Melbourne to Sandridge was a scene of bustle, evergreens, flags, banners, arches, stands for spectators, policemen, horses, carriages, excitement, and cheerfulness. The day was fine, the wind blew cool, and all was blitheness, animation, rejoicing, and the flashing of many colours. The Prince was to land at Sandridge, and great was the flutter of that port and her few thousand inhabitants. Exuberant loyalty displayed itself in groves of evergreens, and flags enough to stock a fleet. Besides these there were stands, private and public, erected for spectators, and each house seemed to vie with the other in its display. But all eyes and thoughts were turned to the pier, where the disembarkation was to take place. It was at this, the centreing point of the general attention, that there became visible the first fruits of the forethought and preparation of the officials, and to the police be the chief praise. At the railway station trains came and went without crowding or hindrance. Along the pier they might, if they chose, have been loading and unloading, as on ordinary days ; but the space kept sacred for the Royal landing was clear, and reserved only for those whose position entitled them to that consideration. The gate of the railway reserve opening into Beach-street was the entrance, and from thence and the tenninus to the ordinary landing-place of the Williamstown steamers, on the left side of the pier, was appropriated to the ceremony. A guard of honour of the 14th Regiment formed the two sides of an avenue along the space from the landing-stairs to where the carriages were in waiting, and the planked-floor was covered with light brown canvas. Round the stairs were judges, members of Parliament, foreign consuls, leading officials, ministers of religion, and distinguished colonists. Down the railway and town piers the crowded vessels alongside showed their colours, and looked gay ; seaward the ships at anchor were ornamented with bunting of all colours ; and near at hand, was the Victoria, looking every inch the serviceable little war-sloop she is, her yards manned, and her stock of bunting prodigally displayed. In the distance lay the Galatea, her huge proportions splendidly prominent, and an almost countless number of small craft and steamers surrounding her like a cloud. At a few minutes before twelve it could be seen that the Prince was leaving his vessel ; her yards were manned, her colours were flying, and a flash from her port side announced that the disembarkation had begun. Quick and prompt was the reply from the Victoria, and the answering salutes were fired gun for gun. For awhile the Royal vessel was lost to sight in the smoke of her firing ; and when it cleared, the Prince's barge, carrying the Royal standard in her bow, and accompanying boats, were seen in full course for shore ; soon the cortege reached the stairs, and the Prince disembarked. The landing was as simple as might be. The crowd round and about hardly raised their voice as they saw a young gentleman, in morning costume, walk up the steps. A second glance realised matters, and the air pealed with the cheering. The Prince was very quietly dressed, and after being received by the Governor, walked up the pier to the carriages, members of the Government and Reception Commission, members of Parliament, and military and naval officers following. Every step he took was a signal for fresh cheers, and his was a Royal Arrival in Victoria. 41 progress indeed. At tlie shore end of the pier he was met by the Sandridge Borough Council, the Mayor (Councillor Morlcy) in a furred robe, and the Town Clerk also gowned. The Mayor advancec' and said : — We, the Mayor and Council of this borough, wish, on behalf of the burgesses, to present you with an address, and with your permission I shall now request the Town Clerk to read it. The Town Clerk (Mr. E. Clark) then advanced, and read the following address, which was tastefully engrossed on vellum, with heraldic devices, by Mr. (i. F. Smith, and mounted on purple velvet : — May it jileaso your Royal HinhnesK— We, tlic Mayor ami Councillors of tlio municipal >ioroufch of Saiiilridife, ilesire to approach your Royal Highness with expressions of our sincere loyalty and attachment to the throne and person of Her Most Gracious Majesty, under whose wise and beneficent sway we enjoy so many blessings. We desire to congratulate your Royal Highness on your Siife arrival on the shores of Hobson's Bay, and trust that your entry into this colony may be as pleasing to yourself as it is gratifying to us. We most heartily welcome your Royal Highness to this borough, but a few years since the home of the wandering aboriginal, now inhabited by a numerous and intelliiient population, on whose behalf, also, wo tender to your Royal Highness loyal welcome and congratulation. Wo sincerely trust that your Royal Highness in your progress through the colony m ly be gratified with the evidences which will doubtless be made apparent of the skill, enterprise, and intelligence of the general community, and that in the contemplation of the various literary, scientific, religious, and charitable institutions of the colony, yom- Royal Highness will be enabled to distinguish and appreciate the growth and development of all that adds grace and stability to a country, and thus perceive that the active pursuit of wealth has not caused the higher interests of our common humanity to be either forgotten or neglected. Further, we venture to hope that when hereafter yoiu- Royal Highness shall have left these shores, you may have many gratifying reminiscences of your sojourn in the thriving and energetic young colony of Victoria. WILLIAM MORLEY, Mayor. EDWARD CLARK, Town Clbkk. The following names were also appended to the address: — Councillors William May, Andrew Ross, Alfred Joseph Johnson, James Ker Beck Plummer, James Kelly, J. P.; David Thomas, J. P.; H. Charles Curtis, and Edward James Crockford. After the reading of the address, the Mayor handed it to his Royal Highness, saying, " In presenting this address, permit me personally to welcome your Royal Highness to Sandridge, the seaport of this young and important colony, distinguished by the name of your royal mother, our most gracious and beloved Queen." The Prince then read the following reply, which he afterwards handed to the Town Clerk : — Gentlemen — Accept my thanks for the expressions of loyalty and devotion to the Queen, and for the con- gratulations and kind wishes with which you have greeted my arrival on these shores. The present prosperous condition of this borough, which, as you inform me, has sprung into existence but a few years since, is already a substantial proof of the success which has crowned your enterprise and perseverance ; and it is very gratifying to roe to learn that the pursuit of wealth and material prosperity has not interfered with the cultivation of those literary, scientific and religious institutions which chiefly advance the civilisation of the nation. Let me assure you that I shall ever look back with the sincerest pleasure to the memory of the enthusiastic welcome that I have received in Victoria. ALFRED. To the Corporation of Sandridge. In front of the platform where this ceremony took place there was drawn up a lodge of Free Gardeturs, accompanied by forty-one young girls, dressed in white and blue, the daughters of the members. These were preceded by two boys, in Highland costume, carrying banners. One 42 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. of the young ladies, Miss Elizabeth Marion Watson, advanced and presented the Prince with a very tastefully arranged bouquet, and the others strewed flowers in his path. On entering the carriage he was presented with another bouquet. The Prince seemed much pleased with these gifts, and courteously thanked the donors. The Prince then proceeded to the vice-regal carriage, which was drawn by four bay horses. He was accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, General Chute, and the Hon. Mr. Yorke. The Mayor and Council of Sandridge, occupying three carriages, preceded the carriage of his Royal Highness through the borough, and the members of the Prince's suite, the Executive, and the Royal Reception Commission followed immediately behind. The escort consisted of a body of volunteer cavalry. The cavalcade was loudly cheered as it proceeded through the streets, and drove at a moderate pace until reaching Emerald Hill. Long before the time appointed for the disembarkation of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, the scene along the Sandridge-road, from the railway lines to the triumphal arch, was one of great animation and moving life. It having been decided that the children of the various local common public and private schools should take part in the official local reception of his Royal Highness in the borough, the scholars were mustered at their different schools, and marched in order to the place appointed them. The police arrangements at this point were under the management of Inspector Beaver, who exerted himself to the uttermost in preserving order and regularity. His Excellency the Governor drove past the grand stand in a closed carriage, but as soon as the livery of his servants was distinguished, a long and enthusiastic cheer was given by the congregation of spectators. Following the carriage of the Governor was one containing the Hon. Mr. M'Culloch and the Hon. Mr. Higinbotham. Other notables at intervals passed down the Hne, and were greeted with cheers. The Emerald Hill Artillery, officered by Major Krone, Captain Shepherd, and Lieutenant Sandilands,took up a position on the north side of the Sandridge- road, and their excellent regimental band played at intervals until the arrival of the Duke. The preparations made for the royal reception were on a most extensive scale, and reflected the greatest credit upon the borough council and committee who had the management of them. At the boundary line of the boroughs of Sandridge and Emerald Hill was erected a large and imposing triumphal arch, designed by Mr. Poulton. It had three spans, the centre one being forty-three feet wide by thirty-four feet high ; the others, being over the footpath, were only sixteen feet wide by thirty feet high. The decorations were designed by Messrs. R. Shepherd and J. Ward, and the carrying out of the work was entrusted to Mr. James Stewart. The structure was richly decorated with heraldic, naval, and other emblems, the work of Mr. David Whitelaw. Appropriate mottoes of welcome were tastefully intermingled with the decorations. Leading from it to a distance of about two hundred yards up the Sandridge-road, on the north side, were erected a number of ])rivate stands. On the opposite side was also erected a monster .stand, the centre being in the form of an amphitheatre, and specially appropriated to the accommodation of the school children. In front of the children was erected a kind of pavilion, constructed on a raised platform, suitably carpeted and furnished for the especial use of the borough councillors and their ladies. The Arrival in Victoria. 43 building was erected by Mr. W. Ireland, from designs furnished by Mr. W. H. Eiierker. I>eading from the platform was a raised dais, covered with scarlet cloth, from which it was intended the address should be presented. The pavilion and the barriers round were decorated with evergreens and flowers, and had an impcsing effect. The school children were all similarly attired — the girls in white dresses and hats, with blue ribbons and sashes, and the boys generally in light clothes and straw hats. Every child wore the commemorative medal struck for the occasion by Mr. Stokes. There were nearly three thousand children on the stand, and their discipline and good behaviour were the subject of general remark. Rising tier above tier, in one compact mass, a prettier .sight could not be seen. The credit for the precision with which they sang IS due to Mr. Thomas Ford, who had spared no pains in making them perfect. The children were from the Church of England schools (St. Luke's), the Presbyterian, Wesleyan, and National Schools, the schools of St. Peter, St. John, and the two Orphanages, the Protestant Asylum, and the Asylum of St. Vincent de Paul. The Ragged School, and also the Sunday Schools of the Hill were represented, but these children took no part in the singing. After taking their seats they sang, by way of rehearsal, two verses of the National Anthem with such effect as to call for loud cheers and cries of encore. Punctually at a quarter-past twelve o'clock the advance escort was observed entering the Sandridge-road. The approach to Emerald Hill furnished a fine .spectacle. Its triumphal arch was eminently handsome. Thousands on foot were waiting their chance to see the Prince, and all were waving hats or handkerchiefs, and joining lustily in the cheering. A guard of honour of the local Artillery coqss, under the command of Major Krone, presented arms, their band played, and altogether the welcome to Emerald Hill was a magnificent one. The Mayor and Borough Council awaited the Prince beneath the handsome canopy referred to elsewhere. Hitherto, as the Prince had advanced, so had the reception increased in warmth and splendour, but in what followed " The Hill" more than maintained its ancient prestige. On the carriage containing the Duke passing under the triumphal arch, deafening cheers rent the air, which were repeated again and again until the state carriage stopped in front of the pavilion. On silence being obtained, the Mayor (Mr. W. Thistlethwaite), attired in his robes of office, advanced to the carriage, and in a few brief and appropriate remarks, expressed the satisfaction of the residents of Emerald Hill on his Royal Highness's safe arrival in the colony. The Mayor was accompanied by Councillors C. Roy (late Mayor), John Wliiteman, M.P., T. Slead, John Nimmo, William Ireland, C. Skeats, B. N. Sandilands, and Patrick Ward ; also the Health Officer of the Borough, Dr. Haig, J.P., and the Borough Surveyor, Mr. S. W. Smith, C.E. The Town Clerk (Mr. James Eville), clad in official robes, then advanced to the carriage, and read the address of the Borough Council, as follows: — May it please your Royal Highness, —We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Emerald Hill, greet you with a heartfelt welcome to the shores of Victoria as a Prince of great promise, and as the sou of our beloved sovereign, for whose throne and person we feel the most devoted attachment, whose beneficent reign has contributed largely to the pe;ice and prosperity of the British dominions, and whose many virtues and bright example have shed a lustre around monarchy well calculated to inspire the sovereigns of the world with high, pure, and noble impulses. We sincerely trust that your sojourn amongst us may be pleasant ; and, when completed, that the good .ship Galatea may convey you safe to the dear old land, where we pray God you may be long spared as an ornament of the Royal family to which you belong, and a blessing to th.-it nation for whose physical, social, and moral welfare the late lamented Prince Consort, your gifted and noble father, laboured with unexampled and untiring assiduity. WILLIAM THISTLEWAITE, Mayor. JAMES EVILLE, Town-Clerk. G 2 His Royal Highness replied as follows : — I thank you for the hearty welcome you have given me, and for the loyalty you have expressed to her Majesty, as well as for the kindly feeling expressed to myself. I am grateful for your good wishes for my safe return home. Nor can I be unmoved by the allusions you have made to the high examples set before me by her Majesty and my father. ALFRED. To the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of Emerald Hill. At the close of the reply of his Royal Highness, three cheers were given, and then the school children sang the two verses of the National Anthem, ever}' one standing at the time. Hardly a sound was heard except the singing of the little ones, who kept excellent time, giving the music with such precision and power as to be heard at a considerable distance. Nothing could have been more effective, and when they finished a general shout of applause burst from the assembled crowd, his Excellency the Governor appearing visibly affected, and the Prince especially acknowledging the honour by half rising from his seat and bowing directly to the children. The carriage then drove on amid every possible demonstration of applause, which was continued for some time, and repeatedly renewed as the other carriages passed the stand. At a point at Emerald Hill, near the foot of Clarendon-street, the Friendly Societies, drawn up in long array, took their places in front of the procession in the following order : — Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, Ancient Order of Foresters, Grand ' 'uited Order of Oddfellows, United Ancient Order of Druids, Order of Rechabites, St. Patrick's Society, Ancient Independent Order of Oddfellows. Sons of Temperance, St. Francis Society, and Free Gardeners. These bodies looked very well in their regalia and other ornaments, while the " Druids," cultivating the eccentric, contrived to be very comical in their appearance. They were dressed in long white linen gowns and cowls, and wore long stage beards, which made them appear like the priests in " Norma," without the advantages of paint, gaslight, and scenery. The entire procession being now complete, was composed (in addition to the members of it who proceeded on foot) of about fifty carriages in the following order: — Carriages of the Melbourne Press. The carriages containing His Royal Highness and the Governor, followed by two of the Governor's carriages conveying the personal staff, and the carriage of Major-General Trevor Chute. The Members of the Government, The Members of the Hoyal Reception Commission. Members of the smte of His Royal Highness. Members of the suite of His Excellency the Governor and the Consuls. The Memhers of the Executive ( 'ouncil. The Judges. Members of the l.e«.'islative Council. Members of the Legislative Assembly. The Vice-Chancollor of tho University of Melbourne. The Mayor and Members of the Council of the Borougli of Emeiald Hill. The Mayor and Members of the Council of tho Horongh of Sandridge. Pf^ince'S Bridge. At eleven o'clock, large numbers of persons began to assemble in the vicinity of Prince's bridge. The St. Kilda-road, as far as the Immigration Depot, was thickly dotted with anxious visitors, and walking, or even riding, on the Sandridge-road was attended with great inconveni- ence. Near the junction of the two roads, which had been widened and improved by the Emerald Hill Borough Council at a considerable outlay, the children of the Industrial Schools were accommodated with seats on a raised platfomi. Four hundred boys arrived in town from Sunbury, in the care of Superintendent JVt'Farlane, Mr. Duross, and other officers of the schools, and, preceded by their band, they marched to Prince's-bridge, and were there joined by about three hundred and fifty girls. The boys wore blue sashes over their dresses, and the little white straw hats of the girls were trimmed with blue ribbon. Above their heads was fixed a large banner, with the motto, "A Children's Welcome," and placed at each end of the structure were two flags indicative of the institution to which the children belonged. On the opposite side of the road another platform was erected for the accommodation of the public. The arches erected on Prince's-bridge were elegant and tasteful ; each spanned the whole roadway, and both were surmounted by flags of every description. The arches were surmounted with the following mottoes, viz.: — "Enter Royal Duke," "Welcome to Victoria," "Long may he Live," and "Welcome Alfred." The height of the arches in the centre were twenty-two feet; the piers rose thirty-two feet, and were painted with material representing red granite in a framework of marble, with gold mouldings, surmounted by emblazoned heraldry. The space between the arches on each end of the bridge, a distance of one hundred feet, was filled in with trellis-work, from poles attached to which floated a rare display of bunting, the flags having been purchased by the corporation for the occasion. At the end of the bridge approaching from St, Kilda there was stationed a guard of honor, consisting of members of the Prince of Wales Light Horse ; and still further down the road, a cadet corps, recently formed, and numbering above eighty pupils from Wesley College, together with over twenty from the private schools of Messrs. Pegus and Mann, were drawn up. The juvenile soldiers, dressed in a pretty uniform (dark grey with scarlet facings), and armed with carbines, presented a smart and novel appearance. All the balconies and verandahs in Swanston-street, fr6m the bridge to Collins-street, were crowded with spectators, and even the tops of many of the houses were occupied. At half-past twelve o'clock, Inspectors Hare and Dinsey, followed by a number of mounted police, galloped towards the bridge, and announced the approach of the royal procession. The road was then quickly cleared to allow the cavalcade to pass, and simultaneously every head was turned towards Sandridge. The procession was headed by the Friendly Societies. As the carriage in which His Royal Highness, the Governor, Major-General Chute, and the Hon. Mr. Yorke were seated, approached, the excitement became intense. The multitude cheered in the most enthusiastic manner, the cadet corps gave the usual military salute, and the children of the Industrial Schools sang the National Anthem with precision and accuracy. The length of the procession may be gathered from the fact that it was fully half an hour in passing the bridge, after the leading body reached the junction of the roads. In Swanston-street was stationed a detachment of the 14th Regiment, under the command of Colonel Trevor. When the Prince 46 Visit of H.R H. Prince Alfred. had crossed the bridge he was again greeted with deafening cheers and by the smiles of thousands of the fair sex, who occupied the various balconies and windows, and who continued to wave their handkerchiefs until he had almost disappeared, compliments which he repeatedly acknowledged by bowing. The Town Ha LL. Here were gathered a large mass of persons on the stand erected by the City Council. Looking up and down Collins-street, as early as twelve o'clock, the scene presented was a most striking one. From each house hung decorations of every variety; high above the houses were flags flaunting in the breeze, of every color and of every nationality ; while from the windows were to be seen adornments of the most picturesque kind. But, as seen from the Town Hall, the most pleasing sight was the children. There were thousands of them, the girls all dressed in white with blue trimmings, whilst the majority of the boys were attired in complimentary nautical apparel. Looking from Swanston-street, there was row upon row of bright young faces aglow with health and wreathed in smiles. A moderate estimate might compute the number of children at ten or eleven thousand. Through some mismanagement, the magnificent grand stand at the Town Hall got filled by those who were not amongst the invited. Many who had tickets for admission found themselves thrust out of any place by coming even a minute too late, and as a consequence there were complaints both loud and deep. However, by-and-bye, by the aid of friendly verandahs and pavements, and by a general subsidence into the positions left open, nearly every one was satisfied, and all that was left was to wait quietly the arrival of the Prince. In this hour of expectancy the line of route must have presented to even a careless observer a very impressive appearance. From Prince's Bridge to Bourke-street, Swanston-street was densely lined with people of every complexion and of every degree. These seemed as if they had only one object in view in life, and that was to obtain a sight of the Prince. Before one o'clock, the people on the look-out had the pleasure of hearing in the distance the strains from the bands accompanying the procession, and in a very few minutes the advance guard, in the shape of the members of the M.U.LO.O.F., came trooping along. A few revolutions of old Father Time's hour-glass, and then the event so long looked for is a thing of the present. The Prince, seated next the Governor, had drawn up in front of the temporal^ halting place erected by the Council, and there was a huge cheer from the crowd, which was taken up and dilated on by the children, who seemed in the highest of high glee. There was a moment of silence after the state carriage stopped, and then the Mayor of Melbourne, accompanied by the Aldermen and City Councillors, attired in court costume, advanced to the side of the vehicle, and spoke as follows : — In presenting an address to your Royal Highness from the Corporation of Melbourne on behalf of the citizens, we beg to ofier you our hearty congratulations on your safe arrival in the colony. We welcome you within the portals of our young and noble city with pride and pleasure, and hope your stay amongst us may be as gratifying to you as it is pleasing and honourable to us. Of our attachment and devotion to the person of Her Gracious Majesty the Queen, we doubt not you will have ample testimony ere you leave our shores. We are here for Arrival in Victoria. 47 the purpose of presenting you with an address, which, with your permission, I will now read. The following address was then read : — ■ We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the raayor, aldermen, councillors, and citizens of the city of Melbourne, respectfully otfer to your Royal Highness our heartiest welcome to this city. We beg to assure your Royal Highness of our devoted loyalty to the throne of our Most (jracious Sovereign, and of our faithful attachment to her Royal person. Enjoying under Her Majesty's gracious nde the advantage of local incorporation, which has Vjeen with us for a quarter of a century, as amongst our ancestors for ages, the bulwark at once of liberty and order, we, as the oldest representative body in the colony, hail with enthusiasm the opportunity which the honour of your Royal Highness's visit affords us for expressing to a son of our revered Sovereign and of the wise and good Prince Albert, our deeply grateful sense of the benefits of good government and of public and private virtue and beneficence, which, whilst adorning the throne, have been fruitful in blessings to the empire, and have endeared Her Majesty, the memory of her illustrious consort, and the members of their august family, to Her Majesty's subjects throughout the world. We feel assured that amongst the pleasures of your Royal Highness's voyage (which we trust trust may be innumerable and unalloyed) none will exceed that of proving that these sentiments of devoted and affec- tionate loyalty are wide spread as the ocean which you have traversed, and fervent at the antipodes as in the heart of Great Britain (Signed) JAMES STEWART BUTTERS, Mayor. EDMUND GERALD FITZGIBBON, Town Clerk. The address, which was bound in a superb morocco case, was then handed to the Prince, and his Royal Highness replied : — • Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, — I thank you sincerely for your very hearty welcome to the city of Melbourne, and for the expression of your devotion and loyalty to the throne and person of our Queen. I am pleased to find that the rapid growth of this colony, in a short space of years, from very small beginnings to an unwonted state of prosperity, is consistent with a just appreciation of and reverence for the institutions which have flourished in the mother country for so many centuries, and that, while proud of the liberty and freedom which those institutions guarantee, you so gladly come forward and assure me of the devoted loyalty to your Sovereign which I well believe exists in every heart in this colony. In consequence of severe illness Mr. E. G. FitzGibbon, Town Clerk, was unable to be present to read the address, and Mr. S. Masters, Chief Clerk, acted as his deputy. At the conclusion of the reply the signal was given, and the children, under the leadership of Mr. W. Bonwick, struck up the " National Anthem." They sang very correctly and with considerable power, and the obvious interest which the Duke took in their performance showed that to him it was not the least gratifying portion of the day's proceedings. At the conclusion of the anthem the procession again started amid the most enthusiastic demonstrations from the people. The Mayor and Corporation then entered their carriages, and fell in with the procession, the whole arrangements for which at this point were admirably conducted. The Mayor performed the duties of the occasion with dignity and tact, and may justly be congratulated on the first important appearance he made since he assumed the duties of the mayoralty. After the ceremony at the Town Hall was completed, the procession was put again in motion, and was marshalled westward along Collins-street. The men of the 14th Regiment had hitherto assisted the police to keep the line clear, but now the volunteers began to do that duty, and they formed the guard of honour drawn up to receive the Prince. A handsome and stately arch had been erected by the City Council in Collins-street, at the intersection of 48 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Elizabeth-street, fifty feet in height, and spanning the entire carriage-way, and was suitably decorated with flags and trophies. The imposing structure in a measure marred the knit ensemble, as it effectually deprived the cortege of the panoramic effect that it presented when in Bourke-street. The procession stopped for a moment outside the Bank of New South Wales, and to look back at the hill down which it had come was to see nothing but heads below and flags above ; the bank was ornamented with crimson hangings and festoons and bunches of flowers, which harmonised with the general view. The length of the procession may be judged from the fact that as the Prince was passing Queen-street, the friendly societies were crossing the same street in the Hne of Bourke-street. Bursts of applause accompanied every step of the Royal advance, to which the Prince replied by bowing frequently. The line along the western end of Collins-street and William-street was kept by volunteers from Ballarat, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst, who did their duty most creditably. In William-street the appearance of the Prince was the signal for a peal of joy-bells from St. James's Church ; but there was little to see till the procession turned by Goldsbrough's wool store and Menzies' new hotel, into Bourke-street, when the scene of Collins-street was repeated with scarcely abated impressiveness, though the people were not so numerous. There were, nevertheless, a great many stands, and most of them were full. Looking down the hill from the high ground opposite the horse-yards, the fine facade of the Post-oflice came out in splendid relief The warmth of the people's welcome to the Prince never flagged. As he went forward, the cheers were renewed, and bands placed at frequent intervals heightened the general enthusiasm as they thundered out the tune every British heart loves so well. The modes in which the various business establishments put out their insignia of rejoicing were often as singular as they were successful. Messrs. Robertson and Moffat, the drapers, hung their ample balcony with Royal tartans. At Mr. Hosie's dining-hall, the young waitresses were ranged in a row on the first-floor front, and formed a picturesque and not unattractive group. At the Wax- works were displayed excellent figures of the Prince and Princess, and a similar idea was carried out at Mr. Dwight's book-shop, where the busts of the Queen and late Prince Consort were prominently placed. The volunteers lined Bourke-street as well as Collins-street as far as Stephen-street, where the duty devolved upon the friendly societies, who did their best, and not badly. Turning into Spring-street, towards the Treasury, brought to view another enormous crowd awaiting the Royal arrival, and at a few minutes before two o'clock the procession reached the Treasury terrace. Never before, and perhaps never again, will be seen anything like that which was witnessed in front of the Treasury buildings. On the terrace had been erected a superstructure of wood, wnth a canopied dais for the Royal party, and seats around for those entitled to that honour. These and the wide flight of steps in front were covered with crimson and blue cloth, all new and gorgeous, and on each side were masses of ferns and other fresh green shrubs. On either side were the Executive Councillors, members of the Legislature, the judges, heads of religious denominations, foreign consuls, members of the City Council, and some of the suburban borough councils ; Commander Norman, of H.M.CS. Victoria; Commander Wilkinson, R.N., of the Admiralty survey ; the Vice-Chancellor and professors of the Melbourne University, and others ; and behind them were benches for as many ladies as could be accommodated. Most of the gentlemen were in some sort of official costume ; and the city aklermen and councillors appeared in their court dress and cocked hats. In front were in compact masses fully 30,000 persons, surging and waving backwards and forwards, as the police and soldiery strove to make Arrival in Victoria. 49 them keep within bounds. The object was to secure space for the Prince's carriage, but it was only by ahnost superhuman exertions that this could be done. Concentrated masses of police, soldiery, and even the mounted police and the cavalry joined in the efforts made, and it must be said for both sides that they kept their temper admirably. As far as the eye could reach was nothing but a densely packed mass of human beings. Tremendous cheers rent the air when the Prince left his carriage and took his stand on the dais. The Prince bowed his acknowledgments for a few moments, and then retired inside the building, where refreshments had been prepared in the Governor's apartments. While in the Governor's offices the members of the Ministry and the Reception Commission were presented to him, and in the long interval which ensued before he again appeared in public occurred the squeezing mentioned above. At last His Highness returned, and then for a few moments the deafening peals of cheering again rang through the air. When the enthusiastic plaudits had somewhat subsided, the members of the Legislative Council came forward, and the President read the following address : — May it plea.se your Royal Highness — We, the Legislative Council of Victoria, in Parliament assembled, con- gratulate your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in this remote dependency of the British empire, which has the honour of being named after Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We assure your Royal Highness of our sincere loyalty, devotion, and attachment to Iler Majesty's throne and person, and we rejoice to have this opportunity of bidding welcome to one of Her Majesty's sons in the person of your Royal HiL^hness. We find it difficult to express the pleasure with which we regard your Royal Highness's visit to these colonies, and while we beg to tender to you our heartiest welcome, we desire also to express our hope that your visit will be attended with pleasure and satisfaction to yourself. To this the Prince made the following reply: — Gentlemen -No answer that I can return to your address will sufficiently convey my thanks to you, or express the pleasure which I had derived from the manifestations of loyalty and affection to the Queen (my mother) by which I have been met upon my arrival in this province. I shall never cease to rejoice that I have been enabled to visit this distant portion of the empire, to become acquainted with a people of whom I shall carry brick with me most pleasing recollections. It will be most welcome to Her Majesty to hear that this country is so prosperous and happj' ; and I shall not fail to convey to Her Majesty the expressions of your loyalty and devotion. I tbank you heartily for the good wishes with which you speed me on my way through this province. Then the members of the Legislative Assembly presented themselves, and the Speaker (with whom was Mr. Palmer, sergeant-at-arms, manfully shouldering the mace, read the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness,— We, the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach your Royal Highness with expressions of our loyalty to the Throne, and of our affectionate devotion to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We offer your Royal Highness our hearty congratulations upon your arrival in Victoria, and we feel confident that the knowledge which your Royal Hightiess will obtain of the position and resources of this counti-y will conduce to its highest interests as a part of the empire. The visit of yoiu- Royal Highness affords us the most gratifying assurance of the interest with which Her Majesty is graciously pleased to regard these distant provinces of the Crown, and we express the universal sentiment of the people in bidding your Royal Highness welcome to Victoria. 50 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The Prince replied as follows : -- Gentlemen — The address you have presented to me, in which you proclaim your loyalty to the Queen and your attachment to the British Crown, demands my warmest acknowledgment. For myself, gentlemen, I rejoice at the opportunity which has been afforded me of visiting this colony, whose growing prosperity offers a stiiking example of what may be effected by energy and enterprise, under free institutions. The interest that Her Majesty takes in her Australian subjects is great, and I can with truth assure you of her anxiety for their happiness and prosperity. Accept my hearty thanks for your kind wishes for my future happiness. In return, I wish your every prosperity. The addresses over, Mr. M'Culloch came to the front of the dais, and called for three cheers for the Queen. It may be guessed with what heartiness the appeal was responded to, as also another on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh, and a third for the Governor. The Prince then descended to his carriage, and drove off amid repeated demonstrations of applause. All along the road to Toorak the same evidences of loyalty were exhibited in flags and evergreen decorations in honour of the princely visit. At the intersection of the Punt-road a triumphal arch was erected ; at the Bridge Hotel, corner of Chapel-street and Gardiner's Creek- road, flags and banners were shown over the road. There were not many folks about this part of the Prince's progress, for it seemed as if almost everybody had sought to present their loyal fealty in Melbourne. At Toorak, after a line of flags and banners, there came another triumphal arch of evergreens, and at this point just those few persons who could not reach Melbourne in good time mustered, and gave the Duke a hearty cheer as he passed. His Royal Highness then proceeded to Government House, where a dinner party — Ministers and friends — had been invited to meet him. In the course of the evening his Royal Highness, in company with his Excellency, visited the city, taking the route of Collins-street, and returning to Toorak before eleven o'clock. -ogo-— The j^oYAL Levee. The Levee of the Duke of Edinbmgh, held in the New Exhibition Building on the 26th of November, was such a one as has never been seen in the colony before. All who desired to honour the Prince as we have honoured none who ever yet stood on Victorian shores, passed before him in thousands. The reception took place at the northern end, nearest the chief entrance, where a very handsome canopied dais had been erected. The floor was carpeted with crimson, from which sprang twisted columns of white and gold, .supporting a canopy of gorgeous fretwork and crimson hangings, the inner ceiling of white and blue satin drawn into elegant folds. Beyond was the immense hall, its walls and roof in patterns of blue and buff, and broken by architectural details which robbed the aspect of any touch of sameness. Down the sides were rows of crimson-covered seats, The Royal Levee. cj and filling the southern end were some thousand or more ladies assembled to witness the proceedings. The space immediately before the dais was also laid with crimson cloth, and across it marched those who presented themselves and bowed their compli- ments. The sunlight shone gloriously through the stencilled windows, and though the vast interior was of no time honoured stone, rich with the work of centuries in sculptured ornaments, it was not unfit for the Royal visitor, and told well of what had occupied us during our thirty years' life. The Prince took his place on the dais precisely at noon, accompanied by the Governor. The former wore his naval uniform, with the broad blue ribbon of the Garter. His Highness's face, stamped with his mother's likeness, and a sufficiently noble bearing, added to the effect of his presence. At his right hand was the Governor in official uniform. Behind were the Prince's suite, his equerries, the Hon. Eliot Yorke and Mr. Haig, in uniforms of the Royal household, and Lord Newry in a yeomanry dress. To the right of the dais was a group consisting almost wholly of military and naval officers, Major-General Sir Trevor Chute, K.C.B., and Colonel Pitt, C.B., Lieutenant-Colonel Hyde Page, Major Baker, a number of the officers of the Galatea, and others, including Mr. Brierly (a private friend of the Prince, and an artist of repute, who has accompanied him throughout his present trip). On the left hand was vacant ground at the commencement of the ceremony, but it was soon filled with colonial notabilities, admirably grouped. The presentations began as soon as the Prince took his place. First came the officers of the Executive Government and the members of the Executive Council, then the members of the two Houses of the Legislature, the judges, the clergy, the Vice-Chancellor and members of the University, of whom there was a great show ; the military, both of the 14th Regiment and volunteer service, colonial naval officers, and, lastly, an indiscriminate array of Victorian gentlemen. Ever as eyes were turned to the gangways kept by the soldiery, who only let pass enough to keep up the stream, there was still an eager crowd pressing forward ; still had the hoarse officials to call out the names of the new arrivals, and still had the Prince to bow as each Victorian loyalist bent before him. At last the flow slackened, and the aide-de-camp had no more to receive and read the imprinted paste- boards which previously had descended upon him like a gentle shower. There was first a lull, then a stoppage ; at last the Prince retired for refreshment, and the presentations ceased for a brief interval. On his return, his Royal Highness received addresses from different public bodies. It was supposed that they would be more numerous than they were, but as it was they were soon disposed of, for they were not read, but simply received and handed to the equerry. Replies were promised in due time. When they had all been handed in, there were a few more presentations, and the ceremony was over. The Prince drove from Toorak in a coach and six, with outriders, accompanied by an escort of the Volunteer Light Horse, a hundred in number. As his entrance was made through the Public Library, the whole of Swanston-street front from Lonsdale to Latrobe streets was kept clear of foot and carriage traffic, and the way in which the police did their work cannot be commended too highly. When the Prince entered the city he was, being unexpected, met with but few cheers as he drove along ; things however were different on his return. Thousands had collected to see him pass, and as he was whirled along the streets to the bridge — through rows of houses fringed and dotted with countless flags, and festooned with masses of evergreens^he was cheered ^'ith the greatest enthusiasm. 52 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The following gentlemen, having the special (fntree, were first introduced : — A'Beckett, Hon. Thomas Turner, M.L.C. Agnew, G. F., Acting Vice-Consul for Spain Amstel, J. W. Ploos Van, Consul-General for Netherlands Amstel, D. Ploos Van, Vice-Consul for Netherlands Anderson, Hon. Robert Stirling, M.L.C. Anderson, Lieut. -Colonel, C. B., K. U. Aspinall, Hon. Butler Cole Bailey, Hon. Mr. Beckx, Gustavo, Consul for Belgium Biagi, Chevalier Guiseppe, Consul-General for Italy Bindon, Hon. Samuel Henry, Minister of Ju.stice Brahe. W. A. , Acting-Consul for Prussia Brownless, A. C, M.D., Vice-Chancellorof theLTniversity Campbell, A. J., Moderator of General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Chase, Rev. S. L., Chaplain to Bishop of Melbourne Cooper, R. , Consul for Portugal Damyon, James, Vice-Consul for Russia De Castelnau, Le Comte, French Consul Duffy, Hon. Charles Gavan Fitzgerald, Hon. John Foster Vesey FoUet, Henri, Vice-Consul for France Goethe, Rev. Matthew, head of the Lutheran Clhurch Hall, Major Charles H., Superintendent of Local Military Store Department Harker, Hon. George Higginson, Rev. Henry, head of the Unitarian Cliurch Higinbotbam, Hon. George, Attorney-General. Home, , Deputy Commissary-General Johnston, Hon. J. S. Kay, J. H. , Clerk to the Executive Council Loader, Hon. Thomas Macartney, Very Rev. H. B., D. D., Dean of Melbourne Macgregor, Hon John, Minister of Mines Michie, Hon. Archibald Miller, Hon. Henry Mitchell, Hon. William H. F., M.L.C. Molesworth, His Honour Mr. Justice Moore, Hon. David Murphy, Hon. Sir F., Speaker of Legislative Assembly M'Combie, Hon. John M'Mahon, Hon. Captain Charles Newton, Hon. Hibbert O'Sbanassy, Hon. John Palmer, Hon. Sir James F., President Legislative Council Perry, Right Rev. Charles, D.D., Bishop of Melbourne Puhlman, Judge Rede, Lieut, Col. R., Acting Brigade-Major of Volunteers Rintel, Rev. Moses, head of the Hebrew Congregation Rusden, G. W , Clerk of the Parliaments ber\'ice, Hon. James Skinner, Judge Sladen, Hon. Charles, M.L.C. Standish. F. C , Chief Commissioner of Police StaweU, Chief Justice, His Honoiu- Sir William Foster Strachan, Hon. James Ford, M.L.C. Vale, Hon. W. M. K., Commissioner of Public Works Waugh, Rev. James S., Chairman of Melbourne District of Wesleyan Church Were, J. B., Consul for Denmark Were, N. F., Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway Wilkie, Hon. David, M.L.C. Wilkinson, Commander R N. Williams, His Honour Mr. Justice The following were the general presentations : — HbBOTT. David Abbott, Robert Main A'Beckett, Edward A'Beckett, Edward F. A'Beckett, Thomas T. Adam, Rev. G. W. Adams, J. D. Adams, Robert Adams, W. Adet, Edouard Agg, Alfre.l J. Agg, Edward J. A'.;new, P. A. Agnew, Andrew Aitken, Capt. John Aitken, Thomas Akhurst, W. M. Albiston, Rev. Joseph Alexander, Bnmswick Alexander, M. A. Alexander, Thomas Alexander, Thomas Barry Allan, George L. Allan, George G. AUen, Capt. J. IL, E.C.R. Allingham, J. Straton AUport, Curzon Alson, John Alsop, David G E. Alston, Thomas Alston, William C. Alston, William Henry Amess, Councillor Amos, Mark Amsinck, Commander, R.N. Amsinck, Eugene C. Amsinck, Frederick W. Anderson, Alexander W. Anderson, Arthur Anderson, Major, V.V. L. Horse Anderson, Rev. John Anderson, Rev. John Anderson, T. Y. Andrew, H. M., M.A. Andrew, J. W. Andrews, Isaiah Aplin, C. D'Oyly H. Aplin, Uyson" Appleton, L. F. Archbold, George Arnold, T. Arnold, Andrew Armit, Ijeut. R.N. Archbold, John Archer, William Henry, Re- gistrar-General Armstrong, Thomas Armstrong, William Ai-mytage, George Asche, Thomas Ashley, E. Ashmore, William Ashton, — Atchison, W. C. Atkins, VV, H. Atkinson, J. P. Atkinson, T. (i. Atkyus, Eilward A. Attenborough, — Attcnborough, Thomas Atwood, J. S. Austin. G. B. Austin, n. S. Austin, Richard Austin, Thomas Avent, Nicholas 'Bacon, Thomas Badcock, John Bagley, Rev. John Bagley, J. C. Baillie, Thomas Baillie, W. G., M.L.A. Bailliere, F. F. Baker, C. Baker, John R. Baker, Edward H. Baker, Rev. Henry Balfoiu', James, M.P. Balhari-j', James Ballantyne, Rev. James Paniber, Thomas P. Banco, C'onunander H. Pros cott, R. N. Bancroft, Edward Banks, .1. M. Bardin, Rev. ('. P. M. Bardwcll, Everett Biangflon, H.J. Langwill, P. Lanudiam, Rev. Joseph Langlands, John Langlands, H. W. Langton, Edward, M.P. Laue, George Landale, Robert Laiislv, Walter Larritt, R W. Lassetter, Frederick Latham, Gen. G. R., Consul U.S. America Lavatcr, George T. A. I,;iwiance, William Lawrance, James B. Lawrance, James Lawrence, James Lawrence, 0. V. Lawrence, W. Law, Robert Laws, Horace Lawes, Henry Lawson, John D. Lazarus, Samuel Lazarus. Solomon Le-irmonth, A.J. L. Lecky, James Lee, David Leetch, Connolly Legge, VV. Vincent Lellean, Rev W. D. Lempriere, T H. Lempriere, C M. D'A. Lempriere, William G. Leon, S. Leplastrier, L. H. Lethbridge, George Levey, Oliver Levey, George Collins, M.P. Levey, Wiliam Leveson, R. Ashworth Levi, Nathaniel Leviny, Ernest Levy, Goodman Levy, Henry Levy, E. P. Levy, A. Levy, Joseph Lewers, Alexander Lewellin. — Lewins, Dr. Lewis, Stephen Lewis, Robert E, Lewis, James Lewis, Louis L. Lewis, Arthur B. Lewis, William Liddle, Josh. Lilieufield. Dr. B. H., M.D. Lilly, George W. Linacre, Councillor Lind. Rev- William A. Lindsay, Dr. Robert C. Lintott, Stephen Liston, John Litclifield, Edwin Littlowood, H. T. Livingston, Dr. A. C. Lh'yd, John C. Lloyd, J. P. Lobb, W. J. Loch, John D. Logan, Thomas G. Login, Rev. William Spence I.ontrmoro, Francis Looker, William K. Lord, Juhn Lord. Sainuol P. Lorimur, James Louden, James Loughnan. Henry Love, A , M.P. Love, Duncan Lowe, Ralph Lowe, J. E. Lowe. Edwin Low, Rev. James Stanley Lowry, H. W. Lucas, Charles J. Lukey, Joseph Lulman, A. Ly.dl, William Lyall, James Lyall, Rev James Lyed, George Lyell, Andrew Lydiard, W. Lyna, Rev. James Lynch, William Lynch, Alfred Lynch, John Denison Lynch, George Lyons, D. Lyons, S. Ly»ter, W. Saurin Macartney, — Macartney, George Macai-tney, Rev. Hussey Burgh MacCuUagh, Rev. J C. Macdonald, A. C Macdonald, Allan R., M.D. Macdonald, Rev. A. Macdonald, Rev. D., M.A. Macdowell, Swanston M. Macfarlan, David Macfarlane, Captain. Volun- teer Naval Brigade Macfarlane, J. A. Macfarlane, John Horton Macgregor, John Macgregor, John Murray Mackenzie. Eneas Mackenzie, James Mackenzie, John Mackenzie, M. J.S. Mackie, Alexander Mackie, Rev. George Mackinnon, A. M. Mackinnon, Hamilton Macintosh, A. Mackmeikan, Hugh Maclean, D. P., Assistant- Surgeon, Naval Brigade Macnamara, John Macnauefhton, Alexander Macpherson, John A. Macquarie, George A. Macredie, - Macvean, Rev. A. Madden, J , B.A. andL.L.B. Madden, John Magill, Daniel Magennis Mailer, Robert Maine. Crawford Mair, Lieut. -Colonel Malleson. A. B. Manifold, — Manifold, James William Manifold, Peter Manifold, Walter S. Mann, Thomas. B.A, Manton, Chai'les Many, Bartholomew Maplestone, Charles Margrie, G. Marie, Ludovic Mark, J., M.M.C. Hotha^m Marks, H. Marks, Edward Marks, Henry Slarryat, (i. Sehvyn Marsh, — Marshall, John, M.A. Martin, Charles R. Martin, D. Martin, Dr. Mai'tin, George Martin, John Martin, John Martin, Major Martin. Peter J. Marti u, Robert Martin, S. R. Mai tin, T. Jacques Maitindale, Joseph Marwick John G. Marwood, M. Mason, James Mason, Thomas. J.P, Massina, Lieutenant Masterton, D. Mathews, Aldenxian Mathews, Barnard Mathews, Captain B, R. Mathews, J. F. Mathews, T. B. Matheson, Alexander Mattiison, Anthony Matson, J. M. Mattingley, Moutem E. May, W. Mayne, James Meacham, A. D. Medlicott, W. S. Meek, John Meek, Rev. John Meeks, Henry Meeson, John Meiklejohn. Kev. D, Merrifield, George Messeter, T. Metcalfe, W. H., Lieut, and Adjutant Prince of Wales Light Horse Middlemissj John Middleton, T. M. Mier, Barras Millar, D. If. Millar, William Miller, Edward Miller, Henry Miller. James D. Miller, Rev. John S. Miller, R. Crawford Miller, W^ilUam H. Miller, W. M, Millie, Alexander Mills, John. 14th Regiment Milne, George M. Milton, John B. Minnott, Capt. V. C, 14th Regiment MitcliLdl, Alfred Mitchell, M. A. Mitchell, M.atthcw Moffat, David Mohr, John T/ie Royal Levee. 57 Moir, Rev. Charles M'Cov, Professor Norman, Commander W . H . , Permezel, Edouard, B.A., Moir, Rev. J. S. M'Coy, Robert Oliver, M.A. V.N. L.D. Molino, Charles M'Grae, Capt., late of H.M. Normoylo, John J. Perry, C. J. Moline. Lewis Prichard 84th Regiment Norris, .I.ames Francis Perry, George MoUoy, Dr. William T. M'Crae, — Chief Medical Norri^^, Richard A. Perry, G. W. Moloney, Patrick, M.B. Officer Noyes, Arthm- R. Perry, Rev. C. Stuart Montefiore, A. L. M'Oae, G Gordon Noyes. A. W., Hth Regt. Pettet, J. G. Montefiorc, E. L. M'Crae, John. M.L.C. Nunn, E. J. B. Pfund, J. Montgomery, Walter M'CuUoch, - ©DGERS, W. H. Phair, John Moody Frederick Alfred M'CuUoeh, William Phillips, Dr. Moodv, J. J. M'Donrtell, Etlward Officer, C M. Phillips, James Moody, J. 0. M'Donnoll, S. M'C. Ogg, Cliarles Phillips, J, Walter Moody, Major Lesley Alex., M'Dougall, D. Ogier, — Phillips, Rev. A. P. Vict. Volunteer RiHes M'Ewau, William Ogilby, J. Fitzroy Phipps, Henry Francis \ Pickersglll, Joseph Moore. Alfred E. C. M'Farland, Patrick Ogilvy, David Moore, Dr. M'F.iriand, Thomas Oldham, John Pigott, Henry Capel Moore, Edward M'Fehou. WilUam Onslow, Richard Pilley, George Moore, F. F. M'Gauran, Dr. Oppenheim, Adolphus Pinnock, Clharies D. S. Moo'-e, James M'Gee, John Ormond, Francis Pinnock, J. Denham S. Moore, J. H. M'Gregor, R. Ormond, James Pinnock, — Moore, Rev. Henry M'Gregor, Samuel Orr, James Pirani, F. J. Moore, Rev. Isaac, S.J. M'Gowan, Samuel W. Orr, John, M.P. Pirani, James Charles Moorhead, Captain M'Guigan, Henry Orr, William A. Pitman, Edward D. Moors, Henry M Guire, R. P. Ostler, .Joseph Plaisted, Thomas Morgan, R. C. MHarg, Andrew Otway, John Hastings Platts, Rev, F. C. Morloy, William ivl 'H\igh, Patrick Hugo, Outtrim, Frederick Plummer, James K. B. Morris. John Admiralty Survey Owen, Henry F. Phunmer, W , M P. Morris, William Selwyn M'Intyre, J , MayorofSand- Oxenbould, F. W. Plummer. W. A. Knight Morrison, Alexander, A.M. hui-st Oxley, Arthur W. PlunUet. James Morrison, Christopher M'Kay, George O'Brien, Charles W. Piunkett. Charles T. Morrison, George, M A. M'Koan, James O'Brien, Patrick Plunkett, J. H. Morrison, James Gait M'Kenzie, Rev. D., A.M. O'Brien, Thomas Pokomv, Julius J. Morrow, Thomas M'Lachlan, Duncan, 90th O'Connor, D. F. Pollard", N. W. Moss, Rev. William Light Infantry O'Connor, J. H., M.P. Poolman, Frederick Moseley. Henry M'L;ichlan, Ronald 0'(!rady Thomas Port, James Motherwell, Dr. M'Mahon, Councillor O'Halloran, E. Porter, George Wallich Mount, Charles Alfred M'Meckan, James O'Hea, George Porter, John A., the Pre- Mouritz, George A. M'Millan, Thomas L. O'Neill, Henry sident of the Board of Mowbray. Councillor M'MiUan, William O'Neill, Richard Land and Works Mowell, J. Yorke M'Nicol, Daniel 0' Sullivan, S. Potter, Rev. John Moxham, W. J. M'Nicol, Kev. A. ©ACKER, Samuel Potter, Rev. Robert Mueller, Dr. F., F.R.S. M'Niven, James Potter, Rev. William Muir, William P. M'Pher.son, Councillor Paling, R. J. Powell, Ch.aries R. Midcahey, P. M'Phersoii, James P. Palmer, — Power. Peter Mullaly, -lohn M Pherson, Rev. P., A.M. Palmer, Henry Power, T. H. Mnnday, John 'NaGLE. Garrett Flood Palmer, Henry P. Powning, W. Munro, Donald Panton, J. A. Poynter, — Munro. G. G. Nalder, W. H. Park, .James Praagst, James T., C.E. Murchison. John Napier, James Parker, Arthur Prendergast, Leonard Murfet, J. Napier, T. Parker, Hugh Price, Rev. C. Murphy, Edward Nasmyth, Captain, Royal Parker. T. S. Price, Rev. C. S. Y. Murphy, H. M. Engineers Parnell, Captain, Volunteer Priestly, A. Murphy, Hugh Neighbour, G. H. En.sineers Prince, Alfred H. Murphy, James Ne.ld, Dr. J. E. Pascoe, Charles E. Prophet, — Murphy, Washington, M.D. Neill, Roliert Pasco, -, R. .N'. Pryoe, R S. Murray. Andrew Nell, Fred. Augustus Pass, John de Pryde, (George Murray, Andrew Nettleton, C. Patterson, Dr. Puckle, Rev Edward Murray, Dr, .Tames P. Newberj', J. Cosmo Patterson, Harvey Purcell, G. C. M.A. Murray, Hugh Newell, Andrew Patterson. James Purchas, Captain Murray, John Gordon Nicholas, W. Patterson, L. 0., Sta£f-Srgn. Purse, John Mun-ay, Reginald A. F. NichoUs, (Jeorge M. Payne, S. J. Purse, John Murray, William G. Nicholson, Dr. Payne, Thomas B. Myring, Joseph, Mayor of Nicholson, Durham Pearson John W. SUARTERMAN, — Castlemaine Nicholson, Germain Pease, J. C. Quinan, James M'Arthm-, Peter Nicholson, John, B.A. Peck, Hugh Quinlan, — M'Bain, James, M.P. Nicholson. Joseph Peel, Denis G. Quinn, James M 'Bride, Peter Nicolsou, C. U. Pegus W. T. M'Carthy, Dr. Nicolson, P. Pein, C, William von HaDCLIFFE, Lieut. -Col. M'Caw, Matthew Nicolson, Sir Arthur, Bart. Pelletier, A. G. T., Madras Cavalry M'Cay, Rev. A. R. Boyd. Nimmo, John Pemell, Rev. John Rae, — , Assistant-Surgeon M'Coma-, Francis Nimmo, William Pender, William Bacchus Mu.sh Troop V. M'Comas, John Wesley Nish, Rev. J. Pentland, Rev. W. W. V. Light Horse M 'Comas, Richard N. Noall, William Perkins, Horace Ramsay, Rev A. M. M'Combe, A. G. Noel, — Perks, Rev. Charles T. Randall, Charles E. M'Coy, F. H. Noone, John Petley, Charies P. RandeU, J. M. 1 58 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Rankin, W. B., L.R.C.S. Raven. Major J. C, Royal V. V. Ai'tillery Ray, Henry N. Ravson, Harold Read, Albert Rede, Lieut. -Colonel, Local Staff Reed, Frederic Reed, Joseph Rees, W. Carey, M.B. Rees, W. OiUins Rees, David C. Reeves, C. S. Reeves, I. G., M.P. Reeves, Aid, Reid, D. B , Assistant-Srgn. Geclong Artillery Reid, C. Reid, James Reid, Stuart Renard, Arthur Renwick, John J. Richardson, Albert Richardson, John, M.P. Richardson, J Frederick Riddell. Carre, M.P. RiRby, G. V., M.D. Riley, James Rintel, Rev. Moses Robh, William Roberts, Charles Frederick Roberts, P. Walker. M.T.C. Roberts, William George Robertson, Andrew Robertson, Rev. Andrew Robertson, A. S. Robertson, A. W. Robertson, Georsre P. Rob^rtt^on, Dr. James Robertson, James Robertson, Jchn Robertson, J. Carle Robertson, T. D. W. Robertson, William Robertson, William Robertson, W. Robertson, W., junr., B.A. Robinson, Abraham White Robinson, L. Robinson, I'r. Robinson, William RoV)inson, W^. V. Robison, James L. Robinson, J. D. Roget, Henry Vidmore Rolfe, — Ronald. R. B. Rooklidge, Lieutenant, Vo- lunteer Light Horse Rose. John Octavius Rosel, Lieutenant, Kyneton V.R.C. Ross, Alex. M. Ross, Alfred Ross, Andrew Ross, Charles G. Ross, Clark S. Robs, Mugh F. Ross. Murray Ross, llev. William, MA. Rourkc. Henry Rowes, W. Wilson Roy, Charles Royce, James S. H. Rudall, James T., F.R.C.S. Russell, Edward Rusi^ell, John Russell. Phillip Kussell, Thomas Russell. Thomas Ryall, Edward B. Ryder, Rupert SaBELBERG, Joseph Salway, B. Samuels, E. A. Sanders, Councillor Sanderson, H. Sandford, Edward Sandilands, B. N. Sandys, Rev John Edwin Sasse, Harry A. Saunders, James H. Saunders, William H. Sawrey, Joseph Sawell, James C. Sayce. Joseph Schmidt, Oscar Schott, — Scott, Captain John Scott, Capt. J. R. Scott, James Scott, James Scott, R. D. Scott, Robert Scotchmer. Miller Scurry, Frederick Seddon, Arthur Seddon, F. P. Seddon, Isaac C. Seddon, J. Sumner, B.A. Seddon, Rev. D., M.A. Selby, G. W. Selby, Prideaux Selfe, James John Sellar, Robert Selwyn, Alfred R. C. Serrell, W. H. Severn, H. A. Sexton, John Shackell, James Shanklin, J. W. Shann, — Shaw, Henry Steel Shaw, James R. Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Joseph L. Shaw, Walter Stephen Sheahan. P. J. Shee. E. O. Sheffield, — Sherrard, Leslie J. Sherry, John D. Sherwin, George Sherwin, John Shepherd, Richard, Capt. E.H.K.V. Artillei-y Sheppard, Sherhoume Shields, Andrew Shier, Thom.as Shillinglaw, Malcolm L. Short, William Shuter, i'harles Shuttleworth, Fauconberg Siddcley, William Sievwright, Adolplms Sievwright, Marcus Siiiicox. Howard Simpson, G. Simpson, Peter Simpson, Rev. A. Simpson, Robert Sims, George John Simson, James Simson, John Sinclair, P. S. Singleton, J. W. Singleton, Marshall, B.A. Singleton, Kev. William Singleton, Robert Skeats, Charles Skene, James W. Slack, Edward Slater, John Sleight, Edwin A. Sloane, William Smale, Arthvir William Small, T. Stephen, Capt. Richmond Rifles Smibert, James Smith, Alexander John, Commander, R.N, Smith, Brooke Smith, Capt. Fred. Coape Smith, Colonel, R.A. Smith, Councillor A. K. Smith, i '. F, iJigby Smith, Franc-is Grey Smith, Henry J. Smith, James Smith, James Smith, John Smith, John Smith, John, jun. Smith, John Clifford Smith, J. T., M.P. Smith, Louis L. Smith, Patrick, M.A., M.B. and L. L.B. Smith, Rev. Frederick Smith, Richard Smith, Robert Smith, Robert Smith, R. Murray Smith, S. Smith, Sydney W, Smith, Thomas B. Smith, \\ illiam Smith, William Jardine Smithett, Albei-t L. C, R.A. Smyth, Brough Smyth, Charles A. Smyth. F L., M.P. Smyth. George Snee, Captain Snelling, William Snowball, Joshua, M.P. Siiowden, A. Snowrlcn, Edward G. Somerville, Townsend Souef, Albert Le Southward, Joseph Spence, John Sponsley, Howard Spowers, James Sprague, P^dgar Sprigg, W. G. Spyer, L. J. Stacpoole, Adam Staley, Allan Stanbridge, W. E. Slaolcy. H. J ,K.N. Stark, Lieutenant J. Stark, Malcolm Bannen Stark, William E. Steavenson, John Steel, WUliam H. Steele, R. C, Captain Steinfeld, E. Stephen, J. Wilberforce Stephen, Sydney James Stephen, William Henry Stephens, F. P. Stephens, Henry Ernest Stephens, Lieut. Frederick Sterling, — Sterne, Charles H. Stevenson, George Stevenson, William Steward, Henry \V. Stewart, Duncan Stewart, James Stiles. Henry B. A. Stilling, Edwin Stilwell, J. S. Stirling, William Stokes, Capt. W.,R.V.V.A. Story, Councillor Story, Thomas Strachan, John Strachan, William Strettle, Abraham Strettle, Stra'ford Strickland, Robert, J.P. Strong, Edward Stiaidwicke, Capt. J. L., Brighton Artillery Strutt, C. E. Stuart, F. Stubbs, Capt., Local Staff Stubbs, Thomas, sen. Studdert, Rev. George Sullivan, J F,, M. P., Minis- ter of Railways SumbuU, John Summers, J. Summertield, J. W. Sumner, Theo. John Sutcliffe, Richard Sutherland, Charles Sutherland, Joseph Sutherland, Rev. Robert Swallow, — Swanson, H., 14th Regiment Swindley, S. J. Syder, Charles D, Sykes, J. A. Syme. David Symonds. C. K. Syraond-^, Edward C. Symonds. Edward S. Symons. Rev. J. C, Synnot, George Talbot, — Tankard, John Tatchell, T. Taylor, Lloyd 'J'aylor, Enoch Taylor, E B Taylor, Frederick Taylor, George H. Ta'ylor, G H. Taylor, Herbert Taylor, H. Taylor, James D. Taylor. J. H. Taylor, John Taylor, Joseph 77^1? Royal Levee. 59 Taylor, Rev. Samuel Tyler, J. Chatliold Watt, John Williamson, R. W. Tcaifue, Jainoy 1^. Tynan, Charles Waxtnan, A. Willis, (;harle.s Tcchow, G. Tysim, Thomas Waymouth, Hryant Willis, ■!'. Templar, II. F, Tys.sen, G. R. Webb, George H. K. Willoughby, Howard Templeton, ('apt. STPTON, William Webb, .). Homing Wilmoth, J. Templcton, VV. Webb, Rev. R. B,, B A. Wilmoth, J. A. Terry, Leonard Urq\ihart, George Webster, David Wilson, Dr. Testar, Thomas Urcpihart, W. S. Webster, Jo.seph Wilson, Dr. E. J. Totley, W. Andersou Ussher, Rev. P. R. C. Web.ster, William Wilson, (Jeorge Thistlethwaito, William Uther, Frederick W. Woigall, — Wilson, James Thoma.s, D , J. P. ^VaIL. Edward L. Weigall, Theyre Wilson, James Thomas, Henry Weir, Daniel Wilson, J. L. Thomas, Rev William Vallontine, George Weire, A. L, Wilson, Professor Thomas, Walter Vaughan, S. B. Wells, Arthur Wilson, Ralph Thomas, W. K Veitch, Walter Wells, Rev. W. P. Wilson, Rev. F. R. M Thompson, George, J. P. Vieusseu.Y, Lewis Were, W. Wilson, Samuel Thompson, John Edward, Villiers, Lieut. West, W, H. Wilson, T. R., the Warden Col. Com. Local Force Vine, Henry Westby, E. Wright, LL.B. of the Senate of the Uni- Thompson, J. H., M.A. Virtue, E. P. Westley, Henry versity Thompson, Walter Wade, James Wetherall, W. A. Wilson, William, M.P. Thompson, W K. Wharton, George Wilton, A. L. Thomson, David B. Wadeson, Herbert T. Wheeler. D. Dickinson Wilton, J. Thomson, John Walduck, W, W. Wheeler, J H. Winch, Frederick A. Thomson, J. W.ilford, F. Arthur White, F. Deciraus Windsor, Arthur L. Thomson, Rev. James Walford, William F. White. James Wintle, G. Thoneman, Emil Walker, — Whitford, R. Wiseman. Arthiu- Thorburn, Henry C. Walker, R. C. Whitehead, Edward Wisewould, James Thorp, Samuel Walker, Percy Whitelaw, G. Witchell, — Thwaites, Thomas Henry Walker, Robert Whiteman, John Wood, John Tinning, James Walker, Rev. B. S. Whitney, John Wood, James W. Tipper, (J. H. Walker, William Floggatt Whitestone, Percy Belling- Wood, Rev. William Tobin, William A. B. Wall, Ross ham Wood, W. E. Todd, A. v.. Wall, William J. Whittenbury, Edwyn C. Woodfin, C. P. Tolhurst, Georsre E. Walls, John Whittenham, George Woods, A. T., jun Toms, Revell, 14th Regt. Waller, R.E. Whittingham, John Woolcott, John S. Topp, Charles A., B A. Wallace, R"v. William Whitton, Henry W. Wooley, Henry H, Topp, Samuel Campbell, M.A. Whitty, — Woolley, A. Tracy, Dr. R. T. Walsh, Brevet-Captain A. Whitworth, Robert P. Woolridgo, Henry Traill, (J. Hamilton Walsh, Francis A. Widdicombe, J. Worthington, — Trangmar, James Walsh, Frederick Wigley, Middleton Wragge, Alderman Treacy, R M Walstab, — Wild, Edward Wright, — Trenchard, Henry Walstab, George Arthur Wilkie, Captain Wright, E'lward Byam Trenchard, John WaLstab, William Wilkins, Alfred Wright, Frederick Treneriy. E Walter, John C. Wilkins, John, F.R.C.S. Wright, John Trevor, Lieut -Colonel, Hth Ward, Martin Wilkinson, Frederick Wright, Thomas Regiment Wardill, Benjamin J. Wilkinson, Henry Wright, Walter Trythall, Capt. Wardill, R W. Wilkinson, J. Bryce Wright, W. H. Tucker, Joseph J. Warman, J., midshipman, Wilkinson, J. M. Wrixon, Henry Tuckett, J. R. R.N. Wilkinson, L. C. Wrixon, William Tuckfleld, Rev. James W. Warner, Ashton Wilkinson, Rev. George Wybnm, T. J. Tulk, — Water, W. H. Wilkinson, Rev. Henry J. Wyleigh, George T. Tullett, Henry Waterfiold, W. P Wilkinson. T., J.P. Tully, J. H. Waters, W. U. Wilks, John Young, George TurnliuU, Robert Watkin. Rev. E. I. WiUan, H. Young, George Turner, Caleb Watkins, WilUam M.P. Willan. R. H. Young, James Turner, Henry G. Watson, Edward Williams, Hartley Young, John Turner, John A. Watson, E. G. Williams, H. A. Young, John Charles Turner, Lieut. G. N.,R.V. A. Watson, G. R., B.A. Willi.am.s, Hon. B , M L,C. Young, James Turner, Philip, Com.-Genl. Watson, John Williams, H. James Young, Joseph 'J'urner, Thomas Edwai-d Watson, Rev. James Williams, W. H. Young, R. M. Turner. William Watson, Rev. John H. Williams, William Tweddell, — Watson. Robert Williams, W. J. MUMSTEIN, H. Twentymau, R. Watson, Robert Twells Williamson, Dr. Walter The Presentatic m OF Addresse S. The personal preseii tations being over, the ce remony of presenting th( ; addresses commenced. None were read, but \vt >re simply presented by the official heads of the different public bodies, received by His Royal Highness, and handed b y him to Lord Newry. It was intimated that a formal reply would be sent to each. Those subsequently obtained follow in order as * 6o Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. received. These congratulations may be fairly taken as representing every public body in Victoria — religious, scientific, municipal, and friendly. An address, in which the Duke seemed to take special interest, was that from the Chinese. The Chinamen who presented it were in their full national costume, and with their head-gear done up in the most approved style. The first address presented was from the Bishop and Clergy of the Church of England. The Bishop of Melbourne, accompanied by his chaplain (Rev. S. L. Chase), the Deans of Melbourne, Geelong, and Castlemaine, and between forty and fifty of tlie clergy, were present. It was as follows : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the bishop and clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland in Victoria, beg most respectfully to offer you our cordial welcome. The visit of j'our Royal Highness is a matter of rejoicing to the subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty in every part of the British dominions which you honour with your presence ; but to us the joy at your arrival is enhanced by its importance, as constituting an epoch in our colonial history. By it we are reminded that we are an integral part of the British Empire, and that, while we glory in our subjection to the sway of your Eoyal mother, it behoves us to reflect, as we trust we in some measure do, not only the energy, but also the domestic and social virtues, the loyalty, and the religion, of our fatherland. Your Royal Highness will iind the church in Victoria, in an external position, markedly contrasted with that which she occupies in England. Here she is not an established church ; nor do we, in the circumstances of this country, desire for her any civil superiority over other religious communities. But God forbid we should ever be unmindful of what descent we come ; and your Royal Highness will find us in all things maintaining a spiritual oneness with our mother church, to whose witness for the kingdom of God Engl.ind in no small degi'ee owes its pre-eminence As ministers of that church which acknowledges the Sovereign as her supreme governor on earth, we feel a peculiar gratification in testif}dng to your Royal Highness that there is no name so beloved and respected among all classes of men in our singularly independent-minded commuuity as that of your Royal mother — a name which she has graciously permitted this country to bear. Praying that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may bless your Royal Highness with all spiritual blessings, that He may carry you round the circuit of the world in safety, and in due time restore you to your home in peace, we beg to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's humble and devoted servants, &o. The following was the reply of the Prince : — My Lord Bishop and Gentlemen — I thank you for the interesting address which you have presented to me, and for the welcome with which you greet me. I am heartily pleased to find that my arrival here has given occasion for the universal expression of love and loyalty for their Sovereign, of which every section of Her Majesty's subjects in Victoria has assured me. It will indeed be a great satisfaction to the Queen to learn that Her faithful people of Victoria have lost nothing of those noble English feelings of true loyalty and of love for their old country ; and that the Church of England, which for centuries has been the staunch upholder of the dignity of the Ci-own, is here changed only in external position ; but that its faith, its doctrines, and its traditions remain the same, and its loyalty unshaken. I return you my sincere thanks for the prayers that you have offered on my behalf. (Signed) ALFRED. The next address was from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It was pre.sented by the moderator, the Rev. A. J. Campbell, who was accom])anied by a number of ministers. The address was as follows: — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, in General Assembly met, beg to congratul.ate your Royal Highness on your jirasperous voyage from England, and to bid you a cordial welcome to Victoria. We rejoice in the oi)portunity which is afforded us of imitiiig with our fellow-colonists is assuring your Royal Highness of our loyalty to the Britidli Crown, and o\ir ferrent desire for the continued maintenrinco of its supremacy. In those sentiments of attachment to the throne we have been strengthened in a very eminent degree by our profound respect for the great qiiaUtios of your lamented father, the late Prince Consort, and our admiration of the personal virtues of Uer Majesty the Queen, which have made the Royal palace the model of a Christian household. We commend your Royal Highness to the protection of our Heavenly Father. May He guide you in your progress through the^e colonies, and in all yoiu- future career. May He enrich you with the blessing of His favour, and finally crown you with the joys of everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Signed in name and by authority of the General Assembly. A. J. CAMPBELL, MoDEH.iTOR. For reply to the above see Appendix, in which al.so will be found all those Addresses and Replies which did not arrive in time to appear in their regular order. The following address from the president and wardens of the Melbourne Hebrew congrega- tion was presented by the president, Mr. E. Cohen : — May it please yoiu- Royal Highness— We, the president and wardens of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, for ourselves and the congregation whom we represent, dutifully offer to your Royal Highness, with heartfelt pleasure and devoted attachment, our congratulations on the happy event of your arrival in Victoria. We hail with delight this opportunity of expressing to your Royal Highness oiu- sincere and loyal attachment to our Most Gracious sovereign Lady Her Majesty the Queen, and to all the Royal Family. We most earnestly jsray that the future career of your Royal Highness may be bright and unclouded, and that your Royal Highness may he long spared to witness the advancing glory and prosperity of the British Empire. (Signed) A. F. ORNSTEIN, Minister. A. A. COHEN, Warden. EDWARD COHEN, .J. P., Pre.-5IDEnt. ISAAC BARENT „ BEN.JAMIN BEN.JAMIN, Tre.isurer. ISAAC JACOBS „ EPHRAIM L. ZOX, Warden. HENRY LEVY SAMUEL LAZARUS „ ELIAS SAMUEL „ W. HEYMAN30N „ A. P. PHILLIPS, SECRETARY. The Prince replied in the following terms : — Gentlemen— I have received with much pleasure the expression of your congratulations on my safe arrival, as well as the assurance of your loyal attachment to Her Majesty and to the Royal Family, and I am duly grateful for your kind wishes and prayers for the happiness and success of my future career. The Mickva Yisrael East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, presented, through their President, Mr. Henri J. Hart, the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness -We, the president, treasurer, minister, and committee of the Mickva Yisrael East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, approach your Royal Highness with sentiments of profound respect for yourself, and of devoted loyalty and attachment to your Royal mother, our Most August Sovereign Queen Victoria. We cordially congratulate you on your safe arrival in the metropolis of the colony which is honom-ed with the name of our gracious Queen. As Jews, we desire to express our grateful sense of the toleration which wo share in common with all Her Majesty's subjects — a toleration springing from that glorious spirit of charity which has ever been fostered by our noble Queen and her lamented Consort, Prince Albert the Good. Sincerely praying that the God of Israel may watch over your Royal Highness in your wanderings on the mighty deep, and restore you in safety to yoiu- native land, we have the honour to be, &c. (On behalf of the committee) HENRI J. HART, President. L. C. GERSCHEL, Treasurer. M. RINTEL, Senior Jewish Minister. 62 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The following was the reply : — Gentlemen — It gives me the most sincere pleasure to receive from you, as from every section of the community, the assurance of devoted loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen. I am also glad to find that you justly appreciate the happiness of living in our free English country, where the wisdom of our constitution allows every one to serve God after his own manner. Accept my thanks for your congratulations on my safe arrival, and also for the prayers on my behalf which you offer to the One God whom we all worship. The Rev. J. S. Waugh, the chairman of the Melbourne district, accompanied by Revs. John Harcourt, W. P. Wells, J. Dare, J. Albiston, \\. D. Lelan, J. Cope, the Hon. A. Fraser, M.L.C., &c., presented an address from the Wesleyan body, as follows : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the ministers, office bearers, and members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Victoria, beg to approach yom- Royal Highness on this auspicious occasion with assurances of unfeigned and hearty welcome. We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to express our most affectionate and devoted allegiance to the person and Government of your Royal mother, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and rejoice in the visit of your Royal Highness to this colony, as tending to strengthen the bond by which this part of the empire is connected with the British throne. Devoutly thankful to the gracious Provideace by which yom' Royal Highness has been preserved from the perils of the sea, and guarded in safety to these shores, we trust that the stay of your Royal Highness among us will be one of much happiness, and that it may be ever associated by your Royal Highness, as it will be by ns, with the most pleasing recollections. We humbly add our devout and earnest wishes that your Royal Highness may enjoy health and length of days, followed by that better life which shall never decline or die. Earnestly commending your Royal Highness to the continual favour and guardianship of Almighty God, we are, in the name and on the behalf of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Victoria, your Royal Highness's faithful and most obedient servants, JAMES S WAUGH, Chairman op Disteicts. WILLIAM L. SINKS WILLIAM HILL His Royal Highness replied : — Gentlemen— Accept my thanks for your kind welcome. My visit among you will ever be most gratifying to me, not only on account of the pleasure it gives me, but chiefly because it has given occasions to the people of these colonies to assure Her Majesty of their loyalty and allegiance to Her throne and person. I thank you sincerely for your congratulations on my safe arrival on these shores, as well as for the prayers you offer on my behalf to Almighty God. The address from the Congregational body was presented by the Rev. J. M'Michael, the chairman of the Congregational Union. It was as follows : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the ministers and delegates representing the Congregational Union and Home Mission of Victoria, in general council assembled, desire to approach your Royal Highness with feelings of loyal respect. We h\imbly desire to express devout thanks to Almighty God for having in His kind providence brought your Royal Highness in safety to these shores. We desire to assure your Royal Highness of our unabated attachment to the Royal Family of Great Britain, and specially to the person and throne of our Most Gracious Sovereign the Queen, We pray that your Royal Highness may during the remainder of your voyage enjoy Divine protection, and be permitted to fill for many years the exalteil position in which your Royal Highness, by Divino providence, has been placed. JOHN CLUNIE M'MICHAEL, Chairman. CHARLES SECKERSON YAHRAH 1*R"-'E I se^.k^tauies ALEXANDER GOSMAN i I The Royal Levee. 63 The reply was as follows : — Gontloracii- In thanking yoii for the address you have presented to me, I desire to assure you that I justly api»rOL-iato the spirit of loyalty to Her Majesty and attachment to the Royal family which has dictated it. I must also return you ray sincere thanks for the prayers you offer up on my behalf for my future protection and guidance. The following address was presented on behalf of the Primitive Methodists by the Rev. G. Grey : — Sir — We, the ministers and lay representatives of the Primitive Methodist churches in Victoria, assembled in committee, humbly beg to approach your Royal Ilighness with assurances of welcome to this colony, and to acknowledge the great kindness of Her Majesty, also that of your Royal Highness in foregoing the endearments of home to visit so distant a part of the British Empire. And we would further humbly beg to assure your Royal Highness of our loyal attachment to the British throne, and loving devotiou to the person, and prayers for the health and happiness, of Her Most Gracious Majesty. We have the honoiu* to be, &c., GEORGE GREY, President. JOSEPH LANGHAM, Skcubtaey. The Prince gave a reply as follows : — Gentlemen — The address you have presented to me demands my warm acknowledgments, because it breathes the spirit of loyalty to the Queen and attachment to Her family. On my part, I beg you to accept my thanks for your congratulations, and for your earnest prayers for my present and future hrippiness. ALFRED. An address from the Acclimatisation Society, together with a handsomely-bound copy of the Society's Reports, was presented by the president, Dr. T. Black : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the membsrs of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, do ourselves the distinguished honour of approaching your Royal Hiq^hness with sentiments of loyalty and attachment to Her Majesty's throne and person, and we humbly offer our most sincere congratulations on your safe arrival iu this distant part of Her Majesty's empire. We presume it is unnecessary to remind your Royal Highness of the deep interest your late illustrious and ever-to-be-lamented father, the Prince Consort, took iu the cause of acclimatisation, and also his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as evidenced by his Royal Highness's acceptance of the presidency of a kindred institution in Great Britain. We further do ourselves the honour of presenting to your Royal Highness the published reports of oiu* society, and we do so with the hope that you will find that our past labours have not been in vain. We have the honour to be, &c. Signed on behalf of the Society, THOMAS BLACK, President. REPLY. Gentlemen — I duly appreciate the sentiments of loyalty which your address contains. You are correct in supposing that I share in the mterest taken in the cause of Acclimatisation by other members of my family, and I have no doubt that the success of your efforts in this colony must confer many signal benefits upon its inhabitants. I accept with pleasure the public record of your past proceedings, and I trust that your future co\irse may be attended with results as satisfactory as those which appear to have crowned your past labours. The Civil Service address was presented by Mr. E. P. S. Sturt. It was as follows : — May it please your Royal Highnes— We, the officers of Her Majesty's Civil Service in the colony of Victoria, desire to approach your Royal Highness with the warmest expressions of our loyalty and devotion to her Majesty's throne and person. To welcome and congratulate you on your ai-rival in Victoria gives to us the truest pleasure, and we joyfully bail this the first occasion afforded to us of tendering to a member of the Royal family our hearty tribute of loyalty and affection. We earnestly hope that health and happiness may attend your path, that your Royal Highness will ,be favourably impressed by your sojourn amongst us, and that you will carry away none but agreeable remembrances of the country, and of her Majesty's faithful subjects by whom it is inhabited. 64 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The following reply to the address presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the officers of Her Majesty's Civil Service in Victoria was subsequently received :— Gentlemen — I received with sincere gratification the warm expressions contained in your address ot' loyalty and devotion to her Majesty's throne and person. Your welcome and congratulations on my aiTival in Victoria afforded me much pleasure, and I can assure you that my sojourn here has been most agreeable to me, and that it will ever be remembered by me with great interest and satisfaction. The address of the Royal Society, presented by Mr. R. Ellery, was as follows : — May it please your Royal Highness, — The Royal Society of Victoria humbly begs to offer its most respectful and dutiful assurances of the gratification afforded it by the presence of your Royal Highness in this colony. The Royal Society, honoured by the special approbation of Her Most Gracious Majesty, seeks, in the paths of science, literature, and art, to foster those studies of which your lamented Royal father was so energetic a supporter and beneficent a patron. The profession adopted by your Royal Highness is so intimately interwoven with a particular and important branch of study, as to give earnest hope that beneath your fostering hand science may rapidly expand, and the knowledge and enterprise possessed by Great Britain be disseminated throughout the world. The Royal Society refers with great satisfaction to the circumstance of its labour's having been largely characterised by an attention to those branches of science which have lately had a principal place in the studies of naval officers, and it is proud to regard this as a prominent reason for requesting the especial con- sideration of your Royal Highness. Recognising the presence of your Royal Highness in this young colony as a further proof of the sympathy Her Most Gracious Majesty evinces towards her loyal subjects iu this portion of her dominions, the Royal Society of Victoria humbly trusts that the visit of your Royal Highness to Australia may be a means of drawing stUl closer those bonds which unite us to the old country, and that the union it is so desirable to promote among the cultivators of science, Uterature, and art, in different parts of the world, may be thereby strengthened and permanently established. On behalf of the Royal Society of Victoria. R. L. J. ELLERY, President. R. WILLAN, Hun. Treasurer. T. H. RAWLINGS, Hon. Secretary. J. E. NEILD, Hon. Librarian. The following address froin the Freemasons was presented by Captain Standish, grand master E.C. ; Mr. J. T. Smith, grand master I.C. ; and Mr. T. Reed, grand master S.C. May it please yoiu- Royal Highness, — We, the brethren of the Ancient Order of Freemasons in Victoria, under the constitutions of England, Ireland, and Scotland, beg to offer to your Royal Highness our most sincere congratulations and hearty welcome upon j^our safe arrival in this colony. We desire to express to your Royal Highness our unwavering allegiance to our beloved Sovereign, your august mother — herself the daughter of a mason, and our reverent esteem for one who has long filled, and we fervently hope may be long spared to fill, the throne of the British empire with so much honour to herself and happiness to her people. We pray that, under the blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe, your Royal Highness may return to oiu- fatherland in peace and safety ; and that when you look back upon the many visits you have made during your tour, the remembrance of that to the colony of Victoria will not be among the least pleasant. (Signed on behalf of the brethren. ) FREDK. C. STANDISH, District Grand Master, E.C. , JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Provincial Grand Master, I.C. T. REED, Provincial Grand Master, S.f. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh forwarded the subjoined reply to the Freemasons of Victoria : — Gentlemen — I thank you, and all the members of the Masonic Order in Victoria, for the part you have taken in the reception which I have met with in this colony. I know that the loyalty of Freemasons is in all countries conspicuous for its sincerity, and I have heard this day, with the greatest pleasure, the expres- sions of allegiance contained in your address, which show that the Freemasons of Victoria are second to none in their devotion to Her Majesty. I feel sure that I shall always look back to my visit to this colony with pleasant recollectiooa, whoro your prayers to Him who nUeth all things, for my safe return home, will ever remain graven on my heart. The Royal Levee. 65 From the Ancient Independent Order of Oddfellows, the following address was presented by the grand master, Mr. W. Stirling : — May it pleaso your Royal Hif,'hnoss — Wo, the undersigned grand officers of, and on behalf of the members of the Ancient Independent Onlor of Odtlfellows in Victoria, beg to congratulate you on your safe arrival in Victoria. We desire, as members of an Order representing largely the inclustrial poptdatiou of Victoria, to assure your Royal Highness of om- devotion and fidelity to the person, dignity, and Throne of Her Most Gracious Majesty. We also unite in heartfelt gratitude and loyalty towards Her Majesty the Queen for this distinguished mark of favour, as for the innumerable other privileges we enjoy under Her Majesty's beneficent sway, and in personal attachment and devotion towards your Royal Highness, as to every member of the Royal Family. We sincerely hope that the present visit of your Royal Highness will prove no less pleasant to yourself than it is flattering and gratifying to us. WILLIAM STIRLING, Grand Master. JNO. W. DICKINSON, Depoty Grand Master. JOHN HEDRICK, Grand Treasurer. A. J. COHEN, Grand Secretart. The address of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, as follows, was presented by the grand master, Mr. W. Riddell : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the undersigned, on behalf of the Grand United Order of Odd- fellows in Victoria, beg to tender our sincere and cordial congratulations to your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in this colony. We desire to assure your Royal Highness of our continued devotion and loyalty to the person and Throne of your august mother, our most gracious Queen ; and we trust your Royal Highness's visit to this part of Her Majesty's dominions may strengthen these feelings, and may also be a source of pleasurable recollection to yourself. WILLIAM RIDDELL, Grand Master. THOS. J. MILBURN, Deputy Grand Master. RICHD. THORN, Grand Treasurer. HORATIO F. WILSON, Grand Secretary. REPLY. Gentlemen — Many thanks for your cordial congratulations, and for the assurance of your continued devotion and loyalty to the Throne and person of Her Majesty. I trust that my visit to this colony may help to strengthen those feelings within you, and bind you nearer to the mother-country. For my part, I shall never forget my visit to Victoria, and in after years it will be a great source of gratification to me to look back upon the time I have had the pleasTU-e of passing among you. The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, through their grand master, Mr. Henry P. Fergie, presented the following address : — May it please yoiu- Boyal Highness — We, the chief officers of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows' Friendly Society in Victoria, approach your Royal Highness with feelings of profound respect, and greet you with our hearty congratulations upon yom- safe arrival, and at the same time express our continued devotion to our most gracious Sovereign, your august mother. United for purposes of benevolence and mutual help in sickness and distress, excluding all political and religious controversy, the bulk of the members of our society are of the industrial class, in whose welfare yoiu: lamented parent the late Prince Consort took so warm an interest. We number throughout the world about half a million of members, of whom about 11,000 are resident in this colony. And our institution, by inculcating principles of self-reliance, foresight, and self-control, has not only proved a great boon to those foj* whom it is specially designed, but also tends to estabUsh that spirit of independence, as well as obedience to law and constituted authority, which surely leads to the happiness and greatness of a people. Sincerely hoping that youi- visit will be not only agreeable to yourself but advantageous to the whole 66 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. empire, as manifesting the interest which our beloved Sovereign takes in the distant parts of her dominion ; and sincerely wish you a safe voyage to your native land, and that you may be blessed with a long and happy life. HENRY P. FERGIE, Grand Master. JOSIAH COLUNGS, Deputy Grand Master. JACOB S. HART, Corresponding Secretary. The following reply to the address of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows has been received from H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh : — Gentlemen — I acknowledge with sincere thanks your hearty congratulations upon my arrival among you. The invariable expression of devotion to the Queen's person which has greeted me everywhere during my visit to this portion of the empire has been hi.:hly pleasin^j to me, and I will not fail to make Her Majesty acquainted with every occasion when this devoted loyalty has been manifested. I understand and highly value the objects and results of your organiEation ; and I feel assured that so long as you keep steadily in view the principles upon which the foundation of your great society is based, and pursue a course of action wholly consistent with those principles, you may justly pride yourselves upon rendering great service to your adopted country, and shedding much happiness around you upon your fellow-colonists. I thank you for your good wishes and for this address. The lollcwing address was presented from the St. David's Society by its president, Mr. J. W. Randall :— TEA MOB, TRA BRYTHON. May it please yoiu- Royal Highness — We, the President and Committee of St. David's Society, Melbourne, animated by profound sentiments of attachment to the throne and person of your illustrious mother the Queen, do corriially unite with all classes of our fellow-colonists in giving to your Royal Highness a heartfelt welcome to this colony. We tender to your Royal Highness our best wishes for your health and happiness, devoutly hoping that under Divine Providence, the fullest measure of those blessings will be secured to you, and that yonr Royal Highness may long continue to adorn the glorious British navy, whose annals will derive additional lustre from your connection therewith. REPLY. Gent'emen — Your loyal and hearty address of welcome to me could not fail to give me satisfaction, and I sincerely thank jou for it. The unanimity and frequency with which kind wishes for my welfare, and loyal sentiments to the throne, have been tendered to me, have naturally caused me much gratification, and I shad bear away with me a warm recollection of it all. The Loyal Orange Institute of Victoria presented, through its president, Mr. John Phair, the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the officers and mem- bers of the Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria, desire to approach your Royal Highness with feelings of devotion and loyalty to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and the illustrious House of Brunswick. We take the liberty of assuring your Royal Highness that the members of the Loyal Orange Institution — comprising, as they do, the Protestant nationalities of Europe resident within the colony— hail your advent to these shores as the harbinger of that great and glorious future which awaits this distant ai>panage of the British Crown. We feel it to be the highest honour of which freemen cnn boast, that we are the favoured subjects of a monarch whose social virtues and benign sway are alike the theme of journalist and historian, and we fervently hope that Divine Providence may long watch over jind guard the best and noblest of Britain's sovereigns. Wo sincerely hope that this visit mny bo as pleasing to your Royal Highness as it is gratifying to us, and wo pray that, under the mercies of Divine Providence, your Rojal Highness may enjoy a long life of health and happiness. (Signed on behalf of the Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria.) JOHN PHAIR, Grand Master. WILLIAM CLARKE, Dei'iity Grand Ma.ster. WILLIAM HINDS, Grand Treasurer. R. WALKER, Grand SKCRErAHY. The Royal Levee. 67 REPLY. Gentlemen— The expression of your loyalty to the Crown, anrl the cordial welcome which you have tendered to me, deraMid my warm ai;knowlodrirlo and i)lcasTire to us, affordingf us, as it does, an opportunity of denionatratinp, by our hearty and cordial reception of your Royal lliphiiess, our devoted attachment to the throne and person of our beloved Sovoreifjn, and to the members of the Royal Family. That your Royal Highness may long be spared to cast additional lustre upon your royal parentage, and to uphold the honour of the noble profession which you have embraced, is the earnest prayer of your Royal Highness's devoted servants. WILLIAM BELL, D.C.R. DAVID BUCHAN, D.D.R. JUWEPH GOODE, D S. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.T. REPLY. Gentlemen— I receive this address of the United Branches of the Order of Rechabites of Victoria with pleasure. My visit to the Australian Colonies has been a most interesting and gratifying one, and I have been glad to see that the progress of the colonists has been marked throughout by the establishment of many societies, of which yours forms one, and of others, all of which similar to yours cannot fail to benefit the community when conducted on the sound basis and principles which appear to me to govern them. Your welcome and reception have been most cordial and hearty, and from them I can well understand the sincerity of your loyal profession. Address of the Baptist Association, presented to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, &c., by the Revs. I. New (Chaimian), W. Poole (Secretary), G. G. Lewis, D. Rees, and J. Moss : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Executive Committee of the Baptist Association of Victoria, desire, on the part of those we represent, to congratulate your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in this colony, and in common with our fellow-colonists to tender your Royal Highness a most hearty welcome. We embrace this opportunity of testifying the loyalty of the Baptists of Victoria to the British Throne, and their devoted attachment to your revered mother, Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and to all the members of the Royal Family. We rejoice in this visit of your Royal Highness, as we think it will strengthen and increase the many ties now binding this colony to the home land, and cement more closely the happy union at present existing. We devoutly acknowledge the goodness of God, through whose protection your Royal Highness has hitherto been preserved, and would ever commend your Royal Highness to the benignity and guidance of the Almighty Ruler of all, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (Signed on behalf of the Baptist Association.) ISAAC NEW, CHAlRMiN. W. POOLE, Secretabt. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you very sincerely for your congratulations upon my safe arrival in Victoria, and for the hearty welcome you give me. I shall have much pleasure in conveying to the Queen the assurances of your loyalty to the Throne and attachment to Her Majesty's person. It will ever be gratifying to me to know that my visit to Australia has been regarded as having strengthened the ties which unite England to her colonies. I am grateful to you for your prayers for my safety and prosperity. Address presented by the Council of the Borough of Amherst : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, councillors, and burgessea of the Borough of Amher.st, feeling as we do the warmest attachment and loyalty to your Royal Highness's august mother — our most beloved Queen — desire to approach your Royal Highness with sentiments of affectionate regard, and to congratulate you upon your safe arrival in the prosperous colony which takes its name from Her Most Gracious Majesty. Trusting that your Royal Highness may long be spared by the Almighty disposer of events to enjoy the blessings of peace, and by your own bright example to influence the happiness of others, we have, with profound respect, the honour to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's most humble and obedient ser\'ants, H. HUNTLY HOSKINS, Mayor. ISAIAH ANDREWS, Town Clerk. 70 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. HEPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you most sincerely for your adilress of welcome, presented to me on my arrival in this most influential and prosperous colony. I shall never cease to remember, with pride and gratification, your repeated expressions of loyal devotion to the Queen, which I shall have the greatest p!easare in reporting to Her Majesty on my return home. I thank you for your prayers and kind wishes for my future happiness in life. Address from the Borough of Ararat : — The Burgesses of Ararat, being desirous of expressing the feelings of loyalty and affection which they entertain towards the British Throne, would take the opportunity presented by the visit of your Royal Highne?s to this colony, to assure you of the unalterable attachment which they bear towards Her Majesty the Queen ; and at the same time to express their sense of the jdeasure which they experience on the occasion of your visit amongst them, and the hope that such an occurrence will yet further strentithen that feeling of respect and love for the Royal Family of England which has at all times distinguished Her Majesty's subjects in this colony. On behalf of the Burgesses of Ararat, G. W. H. GRANO, M.WOR OF THE Borough. JAMES CAMPBELL, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — The expression of your loyalty and devotion to Her Majesty's Throne and person has been received by me with sincere gratification, and I thank you heartily for yoiu- welcome to this prosperous colony. Address from the Shire of Bet-Bet, presented by Councillors John Beynon, P. M'Bride, and the Secretary : — We, the President and Councillors of the Shire of Bet-Bet desire to approach your Royal Highness with the assurance of our devoted attachment and loyalty to your augnst mother, our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen, and to all the Royal Family. We beg to offer to your Royal Highness a fervent welcome to the land of our adoption, and tender our sincere congratulations on your arrival. We earnestly hope and believe that during your Royal Highness's visit you will receive the most satisfactory evidence that the people of this colony yield to none in their loyalty to your Royal House — are proud to feel themselves subjects of Her Majesty, and deeply gratified at being able to salute you personally as our Prince. We pray your Royal Highness to be assured that our joy on your arrival is enhanced by the knowledge that we are welcoming one whose princely virtues have even thus early added to the lustre of the Throne, and who has seciu'ed for himself an affectionate interest in the heart of every Briton. We sincerely trust the voyage of your Royal Highness may prove in every way gratifying, and that under the care of an all-wise Providence you may return in safety to dear old England, there to adorn the high station to which you have been called — to win renown in the noble profession you have chosen — to become a solace and support to our ever beloved and widowed Queen, and a source of legitimate pride to all her subjects throughout the wide expanse of the British Empire. We beg most respectfully to tender to your Royal Highness our devoted homage. JOHN BEYNON, Councillor, for the President. GEORGE COOK, Secretary of the Shire. REPLY. Gentlemen — I bog to assure you that I receive with much gratification your expressions of congratul.^tiou and attachment, and thank you sincerely for the warm welcome you have given me in this land of your adoption, where it affords me much pleasure to meet you, and to soa for myself such great results of British energy and enterprise. I thank you for your sentiments of loyalty and devotion, which I will not fail to convey to Her Majesty on ray retiu-n. The following addre.ss, from the Shire Council of Maldon, was presented by Mr. Councillor Lawrence, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh :— May it please your Royal Highness— We, the President and members of the Shire Council of Maldon, beg to congratulate your Royal Highness upon your safe arrival to these distant shores, and to welcome your Royal Highness to one of principal goldfields in this Colony. We beg to assure your Royal Highness of our loyalty and attachment to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and to all the members of the Royal Family. Wo hope that the voyage your Royal Highness has undertaken will continue to bo attended with safety and The Royal Levee. 71 enjoyment, and that your sojourn in tliis colony will form not the least pleasing feature of your Royal Ilighness's reuiiniHcence of foreign travel. We dosiro ti> express our regret that circumstances should preclude Yovir Royal Highness from distinguishing our own di-trict with the honour of your presence, which alone prevents its inhabitants from personally evincing their loyalty by giving Your Royal Highness a ri^-ht haarty reception in their own Town and Khire. On behalf of the Council of Maldon, WILLIAM TAYLOR MILLKR, I'llKSIDENT. JOHN BRIDEMAN JONES, Secretaky. KliPLY. Sib— I beg to aL-knowledge and thank 'you for your address on behalf of the Shiro Council of Maldon, expressing your loyalty and attachment to the Queen and members of the Royal Family, and for the congratula- tions it contains to myself personally. I regret that my brief stay in these colonies will not iiermit me to visit Maldon, but I desire to say through you that it has afforded me very much pleasure to receive this address from the Shire Council. BOROUGH OF HOTHAM. May it please yonr Royal Highness — We the Mayor, Council'ors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Hotham, in the colony of Victoria, desire to express to your Royal Highness the pleasure we feel in being honoured with a vi^it from your Royal Highness to this colonj', and to assure you of our attachment to Hsr Majesty's throne and family, and pray that your Royal Highness may enjoy a long life of heilth and happiness. Signed on behalf of the Mayor, Councillors, anil Burgesses of the Borough of Tlotham, this 14th day of October, 1867. JOHN BARWISE, M.-vyor. GEORGE EVANS, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — It is very gratifying to me to receive so many proofs of the pleasure with which you have welcomed me to this colony, and to hear the assurances of your loyal'y to ller Majesty, and of your attachment to the Royal Familj', and I beg you to accept my thanks for your prayers for my future life and happiness. BOROUGH OF ST. KILDA. May it please your Royal Highness— We the Mayor, Coimci'lors, and Burgesses of the Borough of St. Kilda desire to testify our joyful .appreciation of the kind consideration of our gracious Queen, your august Mother, towards the inhabitants of this remote portion of her empire, by deputing you, her Royal Son, to undertake the long and perilous voyage to our shores. We gratefully thank your Royal Highness for this auspicious visit, and confidently hope that your Royal Hiphness will he able to certify to her Majesty that here at the antipodes the hearts of her Majesty's subjects beat with as great enthusiasm to the throne and affection to her Majesty's person, as is felt by those whose privilege it is to have the Queen constantly near them. Although many of the inhabitants of these Colonies have never seen Old England, yet they have never heard her spoken of except with affection and love ; and this visit of one of England's Royal sons will be fondly remembered by us and by our children to the remotest generations. In the name of the inhabitants of this borough we cordially and sincerely give your Royal Highness a most hearty welcome. {Signed on behalf of the Council.) JAMES PATERSON, Mayor. E. BRADSHAW, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen— My visit to your Borough, although short, was interesting to me. I thank you heartily for the expression conveyed to me, in your address, of your loyalty to the Queen and for your cordial welcome to myself. BOROUGH OF BEECHWORTH. We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Beechworth, in the Ovens District of the Colony of Victoria, beg most respectfully to approach your Royal Highness with deep feelings of loyalty and duty to your august mother, her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and of respect and esteem towards yourself ; and to offer our heartfelt congratulations on yom- safe arrival in this portion of Her Majesty's dominions. We hope that dur'ng your stay amongst us your Royal Highness will become sufBciently acquainted with Her Majesty's subjects in this colony to be perfectly satisfied that they have displayed that talent, energy, and perseverance, in developing the resources of this new country, for which the British name is now so famous. We sincerely trust that your Royal Highness will be so pleased with your visit to this remote dependency of the 72 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. empire that you will be induced to look with leniency on our shortcomings, with satisfaction on our endeavours to progress (especiallj' in those qualities whicla make a people great), and with pride and gratification on our unbounded loyalty and devotion to the throne of Great Britain ; and that you may be enabled on your return to your mother country to express the pleasure you derived from your visit to and sojourn in Victoria. Should your Koyal Highness deign to visit this distant but most important and interesting goldfields portion of the colony, we feel convinced that not only would your welcome by the biu'gesses of this borough and the inhabitants of the district generally be enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sincere, but you yourself would be highly gratified by witnessing the many peculiar and varied resources of the locality, as well as the beauty and picturesqueness of its unrivalled scenery. Wishing you every happiness that this world can give, we fervently pray that Almighty God may of His infinite mercy ever guard, guide, and protect you, and so control events that our beloved Queen may long continue to reign over these realms, and in the hearts and affections of her loyal and devoted subjects ; and beg to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's most obedient servants, JOHN JAMES BERESFORD BOWMAN, Mayor. J. D. FISHER, Councillor HENRY LOUIS CHAS. RAECKE, Councillor. GEORGE GRAHAM „ WILLIAM WITT „ DONALD FIDDES „ EDWARD STEVENSON RUSSOM „ JAMES COLLIER HENRY CLEMENGER „ W. H. C. DARVALL, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I am deeply touched by the cordiality and warmth of feeling with which I have been welcomed by you. For your address I thank you, and heartily appreciate the sentiments of attachment to your Sovereign and her empire which you have expressed. I shall take every opportunity of making myself acquainted with the growing greatness of this colony, but I fear that the limited time at my disposal, and the numerous claims upon it Vidll not admit of a journey so extended as the one to your town. SHIRE OF TULLAROOP. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the President and Councillors of the Shire of Tullaroop, welcome your Royal Highness to the colony of Victoria. We beg to assure your Royal Highness of our loyal and dutiful attach- ment to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queeu and all the members of the Royal Family. We sincerely hope the voyage your Royal Highness has undertaken will continue to be attended with safety and enjoyment, and that your sojourn in the Australias will be as agreeable and pleasant to yourself as it is the earnest desire of all classes of the community it should be. SCRAFTON S. BROWN, President of the Shire op Tullaeoop. FREDERICK T. OUTTRIM, Seoretaky. reply. Gentlemen — It will be my pleasant duty to convey to the Queen your expression of dutiful .attachment to Her Majesty and to the members of the Royal FamUy. 1 thank you for your good wishes for the success of my voyage, and for the enjoyment of my visit to Victoria. BOROUGH OF EAST COLLINGWOOD. May it please your Royal Highness— We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of East CoUingwood, beg to congratulate your Royal Highness upon your safe arrival in Australia, and to offer you a most cordial welcome to our adopted coimtry. We thank you for giving us this opportunity of expressing to your Royal Highness our heartfelt loyalty to the throne, and our devoted attachment to the person and family of Her Most Gracious Majesty your royal mother. Queen Victoria, and our deep and abiding reverence for the memory of your illustrious father. We sincerely hope that your Royal Highness will, through a long, happy, and distinguished life, nobly emulate the example of your august parents, in goodness ami in greatness pre-eminent ; and that we, who now joyfully hail your advent amongst us, will, with our children, hereafter have pleasure and pride in the recollection of this auspicious occasion. (Signed) SAUNDERS BAYNHAM, Mayor. GEORGE DAVID LANGRIDGE, Councillor. JOSEPH PAUL BOWRING, CoUNCiLLOu. CHARLES ROBERT SWIFT BENJAMIN CLARK „ JAMES H. TURNER „ G. GEORGE CRESPIN „ GEO. H. VON BERG TURNBULL „ DANIEL ROSS HUNTER „ GEORGE BENNETT, Town Cleuk. The Royal Levee. 73 REPLY. Gentlemen— Accept my thanks for your congratulations on my safe arrival in Australia, as well as for the cordial manner in which you have wolcoinoii mo hero. It gives mo great pleasure to receive these assurances of your loyalty and devoted attachment to Her Majesty, and of your reverence for tho memory of my beloved father, whose noble example it will always be my earnest endeavour to follow. I thank you for the kind wishes for my future happiness, and I also trust that you all will, as I ever shall, look back upon my visit among you with sincere pleasure. SHIRE OF BELFAST. May it please yoiu- Royal Highness — We, the President and Members of the Council of the Belfast Shire, beg most respectfully to present our congratulations on your Royal Highness's arrival in Victoria, and avail ourselves of the present occasion to request that your Royal Highness will be pleased to convey to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen the expression of our most humble and devoted loyalty to her person and the empire at large. SAMUEL BAIRD, PnESiDENT. JAMES COX, Seceetary. EEPLT. Gentlemen — I thank you for your congratulations upon my arrival in Victoria. It will give me much pleasure to convey to Her Majesty the expressions of your loyalty to the Queen and the empire. ADDRESS FROM THE SHIRE OP BEECHWORTH. We, the President and Councillors of the Shire of Beechworth, beg leave, as the loyal and dutiful subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, to offer our congratulations, and bid you a warm and hearty welcome on this your first visit to the colony of Victoria. We hope your Royal Highness will greatly enjoy yoiu- temporary sojourn amongst us, and may have many opportunities of witnessing that the prudence and energy of the people, which has shone so conspicuously in tho past history of the British empire, has received fresh proofs of its inherent vitality and vigour in the marked development of the varied natiu'al resources of this rich and promising dependency of the British Crown. We sincerely trust your visit to this and the other Australian colonies may be the means of strengthening and prolonging those ties of natural affection which bind us to the mother coimtry ; and we hail your visit as an earnest, on the part of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, of the great interest .she evinces in the welfare, happiness, and progress of those of her people who have made this distant colony their home. We hope your visit to this portion of the British Empire will ever have the effect of awakening in your mind a pleasing reminiscence of the past, when you again return to the shores of Great Britain ; and we fervently pray that the blessing of Almighty God may be with you, and that you may long be spared to be an ornament to the high and honourable station you hold in your profession — a profession whose historical pages are emblazoned with a long line of illustrious names— names that will over shine in the annals of the British Navy, not the least of which, we hope, wiU be England's Sailor Prince. Wishing you every happiness whilst here, and every prosperity for the future, wo humbly pray that Almighty God will ever guard and protect you, and that Heaven's best blessing may descend upon Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, your Royal Mother, and all the members of yoiu- Royal House ; and that o>ir beloved Queen may long continue to reign in the hearts and affections of a loyal and prosperous people. We beg to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's most humble servants — RICHARD THOMSON, President. ALEXANDER M'KINLY, CoCNCnxoR. HENRY BUSSELL, Councillor. JAMES CRAWFORD SAML. M'CLINTOCK „ CHRISTOPHER GILL „ WM. PETTIGREW „ JAMES IRVINE DAVID ALEXANDER „ reply. Gentlemen — Accept my best thanks for the address I have received from you, and for the warm expressions of welcome contained in it, which will ever be remembered by me with pleasure. The earnest feehng of loyalty and affection you have shown towards Her Majesty, is very gratifying to me. I regret that the limited time at my command will prevent the possibility of my visiting Beechworth, or it would have afforded me much pleasiu-e to do so. BOROUGH OF PRAHRAN. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Prahran, in the colony of Victoria, approach youi* Royal Highness ^vith dutiful assurances of oui' devoted loyalty to the throne and person of your august mother, our beloved Queen Victoria. We heartily congratiilate yoiu* Royal Highness on your safe arrival in this colony, and hope that your visit will be a pleasant and satisfactory one, leaving such impressions as will result 74 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. favourably to the future welfare of the Australian colonies. We trust that Providence will vouchsafe unto your Royal Highness a safe return to our mother country, when you will be able to lay before our most gracious Queen our expressions of loyalty to her Throne and attachment to her family. GEORGE YOUNG, Mayor. CHARLES OGG, Councillor. J. B. CREWS, Councillor. J. H. KNIPE „ H. W. LACEY „ ROBT. M. SMITH „ CHAS. BROWN „ AUG. F. WHITE „ EDWD. L. VAIL „ JOHN CRAVEN, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen— I thank you for the welcome you have given me, and for the assurances of your devoted loyalty to the Throne and person of Her Majesty, and for yoiu- attachment to the Royal Family. It is with pleasure that I see the growing prosperity of this colony, and I can assure you that I shall bear away with me a recollection of this remarkable country which will never be effaced from my mind. I shall not fail to convey to Her Majesty the expressions of your loyalty and attachment, BOROUGH OF WANGARATTA. We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Wangaratta, beg to express to your Royal Highness the deep sense of loyalty to the Throne and person of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the feeling of respect and esteem for you her son, with the other members of her Royal Family, entertained by the bui-gesses of this borough in common with all Her Majesty's subjects. We venture to hope that the present visit of a Prince of the Blood Royal to this distant part of Her Majesty's dominions,' wiU result in the strengthening of those ties which now bind us to our beloved Sovereign and oiu- mother country. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS DOBBYN, Mayor. JAMES DIXON, Councillor. J. J. HALLETT, M.D., Councillor. WILLIAM CLARK, „ JOHN GRANT, D. H. EVANS, „ F. C. MICHELL, T. G. BULLIVANT, „ W. WILLIS, REPLY. Gentlemen— Accept my best thanks for your Address. I feel that the attachment which exists between these colonies and the mother-country, and the loyalty borne to Her Majesty the Queen, which have been so forcibly expressed in your address, are such that they can hardly be made stronger or deeper. That my risit here should be instrumental in doing good, will always give me the greatest pleasure. BALLAN SHIRE COUNCIL. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the undersigned, the President and Councillors of the Ballan Shire Council, beg to congratulate your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in this colony, and to convey to your Roj'al Highness the assurance of our loyalty and devotion to the tlu'one and Her Majesty's person and Government. We are duly sensible of the great honour conferred on the Australian colonies by your Royal Highness's visit, and we regard it as a further proof of the kind interest which our beloved Queen feels in the welfare of this portion of Her Majesty's dominions. We hope that your Royal Highness will be so pleased with this the land of our adoption, that before long your Royal Highness will be inclined to pay us another visit ; and we trust that your Royal Highness will remain with us a sufficient time to enable yoiu* Royal Highness to become acquainted with the value and importance of this portion of the British empire. DUGALD MACPHERSON, President. JOHN OSBORNE, Councillob. WALTER DUNCAN, Councillor. JOHN GRAHAM „ DAVID MAIRS „ EDWARD BLAKE WILLIAM ATKINSON „ JAMES MILLYARD „ RICHARD CANTWELL „ R. H. YOUNG, Secretary. reply. Gentlemen — In returning you my best thanks for the cordial welcome which you have given me on my arrival in this colony, let me assiu'e you that I value greatly your expressions of loyalty towards Hor Majesty and throne. It will bo most welcome to the Queen to learn that this portion of the country is prosperous and happy, and I shall not fail to acquaint Her Majesty of that fact. I beg you to accept my thanks for your congratulations. The Royal Levee. 75 BOROUGH OF HAMILTON. We, the Mayor, Councillors, and BurgeBRes of the Town of Hamilton, in the Colony of Victoria, respectfully beg to welcome your Royal Highness to Victoria and tho Western District. We dutifully desire to express our continued and devoted loyalty to your august mother. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. Wo trust that your stay in this colony will be productive of much gratification to your Royal Highness, and servo to draw yet closer the bonds of loyal affection which connect tho pcnplo here with your illustrious family. And we desire further to express our most earnest wish that, when your thrice-wclcomo and most gr.acious visit to these colonies has terminated, your Royal Highness, carrying along with you tho loyal sympathies of the colonists, may voyage peacefully and securely to the homely shores of Britain. (Signed, by request) ALEX. LEARMONTH, Mayor. REPLY. Gentlemen — Pray accept my thanks for your welcome to Victoria. It will be my duty to convoy to Her Majesty your expressions of continued and devoted loyalty to tho Throne. My visit to Victoria has given me great pleasure, and I have seen with much gratification the richness and be.iuty of the Western District. I thank you for your good wishes for the rest of my voyage, anil for my safe return to England. BOROUGH OF FITZROY. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of Fitzroy, beg to offer you our heartiest congratulations on your safe arrival in this colony. We wish your Royal Highness much happiness during your stay amongst us. We avail ourselves of this opportunity of conveying to your Royal Highness our assurances of loyalty and dutiful allegiance to your royal mother. Her Majesty Queen Victoria. We trust Her Majesty may be long spared to reign in peace over her widely spread dominions, and through you may Her Majesty receive many demonstrations of esteem and affection from her subjects in the British colonies. Permit us to say, that your Royal Highness can receive from none more loyal and earnest wishes for Her Majesty's happiness than from the colonists of Victoria. JOHN MICHAEL, J.P., Mayor. THOMAS ROWE. EDWARD DELBRIDGE, JUN., J.P. JAMES M'KEAN, M.P. JOHN FALCONER. ALEXANDER GRANT. ALBAN THOMAS BEST. GEORGE RUSHALL. WILLIAM MILLER SCOTCHMERE. WILLIAM J. GILCHRIST, Town Clerk. reply. Gentlemen — Accept my thanks for your congratulations on my safe arrival, and for your kind wishes for my happiness. The hearty welcome which I have received here, as everywhere in Australia, will convince the Queen that the expressions of loyalty and devotion to her throne and person, which characterise every address presented to me, are not mere words, but the deep-rooted sentiments of all Her Majesty's subjects in these colonies. BOROUGH OF DUNOLLY. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Dunolly, in approaching your Royal Highness, desire most humbly to express our devoted attachment and loyalty to the Throne and person of your Royal Mother our Most Gracious Queen, and our fervent wishes that Her Majesty may, by the blessing of Almighty God, be long spared to rule her subjects, and that happiness and prosperity may continue to attend Her Majesty's reign. In common with all Her Majesty's loyal lieges in Victoria, we beg most heai-tily to welcome your Royal Highness to these shores, and to e.xpress our w.irm appreciation of the high honour your Royal Highness's visit to this colony will confer upon its people ; and we feel assured that no other event could tend more strongly to cement the attachment felt by the colonists towards Her Majesty's Throne and the mother country. We regret most deeply and sincerely that, from the shortness of your stay, your Royal Highness will be able to visit only a few of the principal towns, and especially do we regret that you wiU be precluded from visiting the borough of Dunolly, which we have the honour to represent, and where your Royal Highness would have been accorded a most enthusiastic welcome, such as will gi-eet you in every part of the colony honoured by your royal presence. With our fervent prayers that health, long life, and happiness may attend you, we beg to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's most humble and devoted servants, JAMES CRAIG, Mayor. CHARLES DICKER, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I receive with pleasure the as.surances of your attachment to the Throne and person of Her Majesty, and return you my heart-felt thanks for the earnest wishes you express for the continued happiness and prosperity of her reign. I regret that the time at my disposal does not permit me to visit Dunolly, but trust that you wUl convey from L 2 76 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. me to the inhabitants of that borough my thanks for their welcome and congratulations, and for the kind wishes for my health and happiness which they send me through you. BOROUGH OF BELFAST. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Belfast in the Colony of Victoria, desire to assure your Royal Highness of our devoted and loyal attachment to Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family, of which you are a member. We esteem it a privilege to express to your Royal Highness feelings of the warmest welcome on this, your first visit to the colony of Victoria. In the hope that time will permit your Royal Highness to honour the favoured Western District of the colony with a visit. We are, your Royal Highness's devoted servants, GEORGE HUTTON, Matok. ROBERT M'MAHON, Councillor. C. VOISEY, W. YOUNG, WILLIAM LOFTUS, „ ANDREW BRUCE, E. G. YOBKE, Councillor. WILLIAM WEBB, „ P. M'DANIEL „ ROBERT ALLEN, Treasurer. WILLIAM BARRETT, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you sincerely for this address, and for its expression of loyalty and devotion towards Her Majesty and Throne, as well as for your feelings of attachment to the Royal Family. It gives me the greatest pleasure to visit this portion of Victoria, and my only regret is that I cannot stay longer amongst you. Accept my thanks for your kind wishes for my future happiness. In my turn, I wish you increased prosperity. SHIRE OF WARRNAMBOOL. May it please your Royal Highness— We the President and Councillors of the Shire of Warmambool, in the Colony of Victoria, desire to approach your_ Royal Highness with an expression of our gratification at the visit you have been pleased to pay to these portions of the southern hemisphere, and to congratulate you on yoiu- safe arrival. We take the opportunity of your presence amongst us to express our unboimded loyalty to the Throne of England, and our personal attachment to the illustrious lady, your mother and our Queen, and to assure you of our fervent prayer that her reign may yet be long, as it has been good and glorious. We are accustomed to regard the resources of Victoria as almost unbounded. We believe that, great as they now are, they are, comparatively speaking, undeveloped, and we have taught ourselves to hope that this colony, now in its infancy, will rise to an eminence worthy the noble name it bears. In prajing you to accept this our humble address, we venture to express the hope that, through your "visit, these portions of Her Majesty's dominions may become more widely known, and we trust that in future days you will think with pleasure that countries, which in your early manhood expressed the sentiments we have embodied in this address, have retained their attachment to their mother country, and their devoted allegiance and affection to the illustrious family of which you are a member. SAMUEL MACGREGOR, President. ALFRED DA VIES, Secretary. REPLY. Gentlemen— Your hearty reiterations of welcome demand my warmest thanks. In the name of the Queen, my mother, I thank you for the expres-sions of loyalty and devotion towards herself and Throne, and for the just tribute you pay to the acts of her reign. In my own name also I thank you for the warm reception you have given me to Victoria, and for the earnest wishes you express for my happiness and welfare. BOROUGH OF WILLIAMSTOWN. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Williamstown, loyal and devoted subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victori.i, beg to tender to your Royal Highness our sincere congratulations on your safe aiTival in this part of Her Majesty's dominions. It is with feelings of gratification and pride that wo observe your Royal Highness engaged in the noble profession which has furnished some of the world's greatest heroes, whose deeds shed such lustre on the annals of our native laud. We desire to express the hope that this visit of your Royal Highness to Victoria may be thoroughly enjoyed by you now, and in the future may be a source of many pleasurable reminiscences. We have the honour to be your Royal Highness's very obedient servants, THOMAS MASON, Mayor. RICHARD CLOUGH, Councillor JOHN COURTIS, Councillor. A. C. LINDSEY RICHARD DOWMAN „ JOSEPH DALGARNO THOMAS HASLAM „ PETER POWER CHAS. FRANKLIN „ GEO. F. S.MITH, Town Clekk. The Ilhiminations. 77 Gentlemen — I am sincerely gratified by the warm expressions of your kind feeling towards me, contained in the ad— The Illuminations of WIelbouhne and its ^uburbs. Scarcely recovered from the gaiety of the Prince's entry, the city was only half given to business on the following day, and as night closed in with every promise of fine calm weather — the night in which the city was to be lit up in honour of the royal visit — every one seemed prepared to give themselves over to the influence of the moment. The roads and avenues to the city were full of people in every sort of conveyance, and the expressions of surj)rise at what was seen, as well as evidences of ignorance as to localities, stamped a vast number of them strangers. As twilight deepened into darkness, so did the thoroughfares fill with passengers ; and the lines of vehicles pemiitted by the police began to form. But the country folks were not left to themselves long ; before nine the denizens of the metropolis commenced to issue forth, 78 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. and then the streets began to assume the aspect they wore till the small hours arrived. In the centre proceeded the line of vehicles — cabs, carriages, carts, furniture-vans, lorries, hay-waggons, coaches, broughams, gigs, buggies, and every conceivable variety of conveyance — crammed to the utmost with men, women, and children, each adding to the prevailing noise by their exclamations. One-seventh, at least, of the entire population of the colony were in Melbourne to see what was going on. Not one class, but all — artisan and merchant, labourer and civil servant, tradesman and agriculturist — either convoying women and children, or glorying in independence from such responsibilities, joined in the throng. It was hard work in places to get along, but people did move, even in the thickest throngs, and in sinuous course managed to see the show. E.xcellent order was preserved, and as a rule there was ample room for every- body. It is no exaggeration to set down the number of people in the streets at not less than one hundred thousand. Early in the evening transparencies would not light up ; designs in gas burnt patchy and scrappy ; but as the wind calmed down, so did the lights improve, and everything went splendidly. From a height the effect was indescribably grand, and the light was reflected in the sky to a great distance. Bourke-street east seemed almost as bright as day, the dark background of the night giving the broad glare an effect like that of one of Martin's pictures of the nether regions, the lurid glow and smoke of the fire-pots on the roofs of some of the larger buildings increasing the similarity. It is gratifying to record that the Prince, for whom was all this celebration, witnessed the splendid result. At about ten o'clock his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Governor, Lady Manners-Sutton and family following in another carriage, drove through the principal streets. They were cheered to the echo wherever they went, and a more unanimous exhibition of loyalty was never witnessed. At eleven o'clock his Royal Highness was entertained at the Melbourne Club, and while he stayed there it was impossible without difficulty to approach within five hundred yards of the entrance. COLLINS STREET. It was anticipated that this street would be the principal scene of the illuminations, being the locale of most of the banks, and containing the places of business of many of our chief citizens. Nor was the expectation so generally entertained disappointed. From one end of the street to the other, it was almost one continuous blaze of light ; and all the designs that ingenuity could devise, or artists' skill could adorn, were there to be seen. In this street the greater part of Chevalier's transparencies were shown, and it is only justice to him to record that he expended an amount of skill that the ephemeral character of the productions scarcely justified. The large triumphal arch at the junction of Elizabeth and Collins streets somewhat interfered with the general view, and it would have been an improvement had its sombre aspect been relieved in some way. On the Treasury buildings the Royal Commission had expended the principal portion of their energies in the way of illuminations, and the designs were such as to bring the fine proportions of that building into prominent relief The facade was one blaze of light from end to end, but it was chiefly on the centre that the decorations had been lavished, the chief of which was a colossal portrait of the Queen (painted by Chevalier), in her Royal robes, as on state occasions. The colouring was very beautifully done. The picture was a fac-simile of the one now in the Parliament Houses. On the other public offices but little labour was expended, the The Illuminations. 79 Commission only illuminating them in order to following is a list of the principal illuminations ; Aarons, J., trade assignee — Gas illuminations in the form of an oval, containing between 3ll(J0 to 40OO jets ; on top and bottom the words, " Welcome to Victoria," and letters, " P.A.," with anchor, and star at each side. Alston and Brown, drapers— Transparencies of the Queen and Prince, Britannia and Neptune. Annand's Chambers, offices of Mr. W. Cook, accountant ; Mr. Ray, broker ; and the shops beneatli, Galvin, hattor, and Adamson, seedsman— Six largo flags, surmounted by the union jack. The building was ornamented by large circles of evergreeu.s, beneath a gilded entablature, " Welcome," in illuminated crimson letters. Appleton and Tweddell, drapers- ■Window.s encircled in gas jets, with letters ''F.A.," over all a large gas star. Argus Hotel— Transparency, a medallion portrait of the Prince surrounded by flags; motto, " Victpria welcomes the Sailor Prince." Arijus office — Large transparency, painted by Chevalier, a state barge, on which the Prince, dressed in full uniform, is standing ; beside him Britannia introducing the Prince to the colonies. The supporters are two female figures, representing the colony and the City of Mel- bourne, Victoria surrounded by the foliage peculiar to the colony. In the distance is the Galatea approaching the Bay, with other ships following. The whole sur- rounded by a wreath, ami beneath are a number of allegorical figm-es, representing literat\ire, science, and art. Audit Oftice— Transparency on glass, by Ferguson and Urie, the Royal arms ; the windows illuminated with pyramids of candles. Australian Alliance Insurance Co. — Transparency, the company's arms. In the fore-ground a sketch of the benefits derived from iusurance,in back-ground a view of Hobson's Bay. At bottom the Royal arms, the whole sur- rounded by oak leaves, Australian flowers, shi-ubs, &c. Australasian Insm-ance Co.— Transparency, painted by Chevalier. The "Galatea" in full sail. Over the transparency a gas star, in centre window a crown, and in those at the sides pyramids of candles. Australian Mutual Provident Society— A star, and within it a transparency in glass. Baillie and Butters, and Gemmell, Tuckett and Co. — Transparency, figure of liberty, driven in a triumphal car ; foreground, a female figure (Victoria) bearing fruit, flowers, &c., and a figure representing Asia. Balderson, R., draper — Transparency, Victoria crowned with garlands. Motto, " Welcome to Victoria." Bank of Australasia. — Transparency, by Chevalier, re- presenting a colossal medallion portrait of His Royal Highness, encircled by a wreath of oak leaves, and sup- ported by figures of Commerce and Maritime Naviga- tion, and a royal crown in gas. Bank of New South Wales — Lines of light arranged to give effect to the architectiu'al featiu'es of the building. show that they were Government buildings. The also lines around window openings anri arches, connected to lower line of upper cornice by linos on keystones of windows. In centre windows were the letters "A.E.A." and a star in each of the side ones. From the balustra- ding were hung festoons. Bank of Victoria — Transparency, painted by Campbell. This picture expresses the reception of the Prince by the people of Victoria. Baptist Chapel (Rev. J. Taylor) — Reflector star, Duke's coronet in centre. Batchelder and Co., photographers — Transparency, painted by Botterill, representing four of England's chief naval heroes at different ages — Drake, Blake, Nel- son, and Colliugwood — in frames ; in the centre a bust of the Prince. Motto, " England's naval heroes and her hope. " Beaney, J. G., surgeon — Transparency, medallion portrait of the Prince, surrounded by wreath of oak leaves and surmounted by a crown. Beauchamp and Rocke, auctioneers — Three reflector stars, each having a crown in the centre, with the word " Welcome. " Beaumont, J., draper— Star, with " A." in centre. Benjamin, M. — Transparencies, the Prince in naval uni- form, and a sailor. Berghoff and Touzel, tobacconists — Two rows of gas jets on the cornices. Blair, Dr. — A number of lanterns, variegated colours. Bradshaw, G. M., hosier— Brunswick star. Briscoe and Co., ironmongers — Transparencies represent- ing the Prince ; a crown and two st;irs in crystal. The upper windows were lit by pyramids of candles. Brovra, Osborne and Co., carriers — Transparency, the Queen in her royal robes. Brownless, Dr., Vice-Chancellor of University — Trans- parency, arms of the University, with the motto, *'Postera crescam laude ;" to the lef t, letters *A.E.," to the right, " D.E.," — both surmounted bj' coronets. Brush and Macdonnell. jewellers — Pyramids of candles. Byrne, Robert, M.L.A., land agent— Handsome trans- parency of Prince Alfred's coat of arms, with mottos " Dieu et men droit, " ** Treu und fest, " and " Peace and plenty." Buzzard, T. M., bookseller — Transparency, by Chevalier, containing a medallion portrait of the Prince in uniform, supported by two sailors. Calvert, S., engraver — Transparency, the Prince in uni- form. Camaby, George, tailor — Transparency on glass, an anchor surmounted by a crown and surrounded by oak leaves, at the bottom the word "Alfred." Carson, John, boot and shoe importer — Brunswick star. Cohen, S. H., and Co. — Two gas stars. Criterion Hotel — Reflector star in gas, Duke's coronet in centre. 8o Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Commercial Bank— Transparencies representing Com- merce, the Edinburgh Arms, and the Royal Arms ; from the flagstaff, seventy feet high, floated a large number of flags. Crown Law Offices— Transparency on glass, painted by Ferguson and Urie, Imperial crown ; the windows filled with pyramids of candles. Cuningham and Macredie, station agents— The front and the sides of the building festooned with lamps of various colours ; in the windows of the second storey transparencies, containing each one of the letters of the word " Welcome." Detmold, W., bookbinder— Rows of gas jets along the front of building. Davidson, A., grocer— Star. Duerdin, James, solicitor — St. George's star. Duke of York Hotel— Transparency, bust of the Prince ; over this a harp, with a wreath of shamrocks ; on one side Britannia, and on the other a sailor ; below, the " Galatea " in full sail. Edwards, W., jeweller— Transparency of the Queen. Eick, A. , watchmaker — Transparency, Duke's coat of arms. Eldridge, J., dyer— A star, with letter "A." Ellis, J. E., outfitter— Brunswick star. European Assurance Co. —Transparency, by ChevaUer, emblematic of the business carried on by the company ; over centre the word "Welcome " in large letters. Evans Brothers, stationers —Transparencies representing the Duke in uniform and his coat of arms. Fergussou and Mitchel, engravers— Transparency, Victoria and Great Britain shaking hands, in centre the " Gala- tea" coming up the Bay, the figures surrounded by flowers, fruit, &c. Fraser and Co., auctioneers — Two large circles of gas, a large star, and two small circles containing anchors. Gardner, P., furrier— Transparency, the city coat of arms, the Prince in the foreground, Britannia and Victoria on either side. Garrard and James, surgeons— Transparency, star with motto, "Welcome, Prince Alfred." GircUestone, Dr. —Around windows and the arch of the door festoons of glass lamps. Glen, W. H., music-seller — Star. Gould and Martin, chemists — Transparency, painted by Marsh, representing the Prince with his feet resting on a globe, sailors on one side and Australian natives on the other, with arms of the City of Edinburgh and Victoria, transparency bearing the legend "King of Australia." Gowan, A., clothier — Transparencies representing British flags surmounted by a crown and a ship in full sail. GreigandMurray, auctioneers— Transparency, "Thousand welcomes to the Royal Sailor." Grover and Baker's Sewing-machine Company — Trans- parencies representing the Prince and the ducal coat of am^s ; in the upper windows pyramids of candles. Gunst, Dr. — Transparency, tho Royal arms, with " Wel- come to Melbourne," and the Duke's and the City arms in a wreath on either side. Haigh Brothers, outfitters — Reflector star, in centre a crown, with "Welcome" and an anchor. HaU of Commerce — Star, " P. A." on either side. Hart, furrier — Ti-ansparenoy, a wreath of roses, sur- mounted by a crown and surrounded by flags, with "A. E. A. " in centre ; round the building were a number of lanterns. Henderson, Rev. A. M. — Transparency representing a lion supporting a shield of the Royal arms. Henry, D., jeweller — Transparency, H.R.H.'s arms, sup- ported by Cupids ; beneath, a star. Hetherington, C, saddler — Transparency of the Prince and the royal arms. Hetherington, Rev. I. — Along the front of the manse a row of glass lamps, various colours. Hickinbotham, W., carpet warehouse — Transparency, arms of Great Britain and Ireland, supported by kan- garoo and emu ; beneath, the Duke's motto, " Treu und fest. " Hill, W. R., chemist — Crown in gas ; beneath it an anchor, also in gas. Hope and King, importers of china — Transparency, the royal arms surrounded by flags, anchor beneath. Howitt, Dr. — Transparency representing the "Galatea" in full sail ; motto, "Welcome." Hughes, C. J., confectioner — Reflector star, crown in centre. Imperial Insurance Oflice — Transparency, arms of the company. In centre the royal arms ; on either side a female figure, holding a cornucopia. Motto, " Victoria welcomes her noble Prince." Insolvent Court — Transparency on glass, by Ferguson and Urie. Kasner and Moss, opticians — Arch of gas jets. Kilp.atrick and Co., jewellers, and W. Bowen, chemist — Transpai'ency, royal arms ; at either side other trans- parencies representing stars. King and Parsons, warehousemen — St. George's star. Land Mortgage Bank — Two rows of gas jets along front of the building, star with letters "A. E. A." in centre, and a number of small stars. Lang, M., and Co., merchants — Pyramids of candles in windows. Lange, Charles, dentist — Gas star. Langwill, Craig and Co. — A circle of gas, within which was a gas star. Law Brothers— Transpai'encies of the City ai'ms, and those of the Duke. Levi, N., and Son — Gas star Lewis, G. , chemist — A star. London and Australian Agency Company— The whole length of the building (66 feet) was illuminated with rows of gas jets ; over the arch the letters " A. D. E.," an anchor, and crown ; on either side the letters V.R. surmounting the crown ; a star. Lord and Co., merchants — Pyramids of candles in upper windows. Lyons and Co., auctioneers — Transparency of " Galatcai." The Illuminations. London Chartered Bank — Transparency, painted by Clie- valier, a triumphal arch ; beneath, the Prince received by Victoria, followed by Peace and Plenty ; in the centre the arms of the Duke, the city of Edinburgh, and the city of Melbourne. On the top of the painting the arms of city of London, and at bottom maritime emblems. M 'Arthur, Sherrard and Copoland, merchants —Trans- parency, the Prince, attended by figures representing commerce, music, and painting ; on either side, ships with sails half furled ; at the top, the arms of the colony and the Prince. M'Cxilloch, W., and Co., earners -Transparency, tho Murray River at Echuca ; a steamer, laden with bales of wool, approaching the wharf. In the foreground one of M'CuUoch and Co.'s waggons, laden with bales of wool. The picture surrounded by Australian trees, shrubs, &c. M 'Gill's Central City Hotel — Two gas stars. M'Guigan, John, bootmaker— Transparency, coat of arms of St. Crispin ; beneath, " Cead mille failthe." Mackenzie, John, merchant— Transparencies containing mottoes in illurainated letters. Maguire and Co., merchants — Pyramids of candles in upper windows. Martin, P. J. — Haq) in gas. Mechanics' Institute— Star. Melbourne Club — The royal arms in gas, with crown in centre. At bottom, in a ribbon, the words, " Dkn ct tiion Droit ;" at top, the motto, "Welcome, Buke of Edinburgh." The royal anns were surmounted by a star. Melboiu-ne Gas Co.— A crystal crown, beneath a rising .sua sm-mounting the word "Welcome." Melvin and Co., bookbinders — Transparencies, the star of the order of the Scotch thistle, the crown of England, and hai-p. Miller, R.U. — Circle of gas jets, with "Galatea" and letters "D. E." on either side, surmounted by a small star. Milton, J. B., and Co., drapers — Star. Moore, S., fniiterer— Transparency of the Duke and the city arms. Moubray, Lush and Co., drapers — Outline of bmlding covered with g^s jets ; in centre a crown, with anchor beneath ; letters "P. A." on either side. Mullen, Samuel — Transpai'en cj', portrait of the Prince, surrounded by figures, the whole draped with union jacks; motto, " Tren, und fcst." Murray Brothers, tailor.s — Transparency representing the Duke of Edinburgh's arms ; motto, " Welcome, our Sailor Prince." National Bank — Transparency, Neptune in a car, the Prince beside him ; the car drawn by foiu- white sea- horses ; the " Galatea" lu the distance, in full sail. Be- neath, in gas, crown, with the letters "V. R." on either side ; four small stars. NichoUs, G. M., tailor — A profusion of flags. Nicholson, Germain, grocer — Transparency, a bust of tho Prince, and above a view of Edinburgh Castle. Northern Assurance Company — A transparency, painted by Mr. Farriuhar, one of tho oflficers of the company. In the centre a shield bearing the lion of Scotland ram- pant, surmounted by a erown, and over this the word " Welcome ;" to the right and left anchors, interwoven with the Scottish thistle, and aljove these stars ; at each side of tho shield roses, and beneath it shamroclfs, and the motto "^Vcwo me impune laeeasit;" the whole sm'- roun led by ropework. Oppenheimer and Co., merchants — The wimlows illumi- nated with pyramiils of candles. Pacific Insurance Company — Transparencies representing Australia, and the "Galatea" entering the Heads. Paling, R. J., mu.sie-sellcr — Harjj in gas. Pearson, J. W., engraver ; and Giraud and Co., confec- tioners — A pillar of revolving fire in gas, in various colours. Power, Rutherfoi-d and Co., station .agents — Round two sides of the building lanterns and coloured glass lamps ; and anchor, with " A. E." on either side. Powis, G. H., fine ai'ts depository — Transi>arency, the Prince's arras. Punch Oifice— Transparency, '' Punch " seated on a cask. Reed, T., fancy repository — A series of balls of gas, in shape of an inverted pyramid. Robertson, Geo-, bookseller — Transparency representing a medallion portrait of the Queen, supported by two Cupids ; over the top an arch, which is again divided into thi-ee Gothic arches — the left containing a view of an English landscape by night ; the right, an Australian Landscape at sunrise ; in the centre Britannia ; motto, '■ Snh semper so/em." The picture was painted by Frey- berger, to illustz-ato the saying, " The sun never sets on the British dominions." Robertson and Jacques, tailors — Transjiareney, a globe, the Australian arms beneath and the " Galatea" above. Robinson, Leonard, draper — Star. Sampson, T. W., mining agent — Star. ►Sands and M'Dougall — Transparency, by Chevalier, re- presenting t'oe Prince at the moment of landing from his ship. In the background Hobson's Bay, and in the distance the lofty summits of the You Yangs. The thi'ee upper windows also contained transparencies. Scott's Hotel — Transparency, by Chevalier, representing the Prince landing ; to the left the arms of the City of Melbourne coupled with those of His Royal Highness. Beneath the transparency was an elaborate gas crown, on each side of which were Biimswick star.s, and two smaller stars, with the word " Welcome." Sleight, J., undert.aker — Transparencies of the Queen the royal arm.s, and the Prince. St. Paul Brother.?, confectioners — Gas star. Stokes, T., engraver — A transparency, painted by Roberts ; bust of His Royal Highness ; to the right, the " Galatea" in full sail. Stuhbs, Oxtoby and Co. — Three transparencies repre- senting Britannia, "Welcome, Prince Alfred," and the "Galatea." M 82 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Stanley and Co., tailors — Star. Swasey, J. B., and Co.— Crown in gas. Tasmania Insurance Company— Brunswick star, with "A " in centre. Taylor, Joseph, and Co.— Crown in gas, with " A " on each side. Temple-Court— Along the front of the buUding, sixty-six feet in breadth, three rows of gas jets ; the cornices lit up with small stars. Thomas, Paul, bootmaker — Variegated lanterns. Tracy, Dr.— In each of the openings of the balcony a transparency, painted by Miss Kennedy. In the centre, a large figui-e of Britannia ; on one side Wmdsor Castle, and on the other Edinburgh Castle. On either side of these, transparencies representing the arms of the Duke of Edinburgh and those of the colony. Union Bank of Australia— The upper parapet of the whole building fronting both Collins-street and Queen- street was decorated with flags. The lower portion of the building was decorated with flags and banners, in keeping with the upper. At the comer of the building was placed a magnificent anchor, composed of flowers and evergreens, entwined with a rope formed of red, white, and blue ribbons. The illuminations of the Collins-street front embraced a handsome royal crown in gas, below which the word " Welcome ;" under it an excellent portrait of the. Prince (transparency) by Mr. Campbell, representing the Duke in captain's uniform. Beneath this a beautifid double revolring star, 12 feet in dinmeter, and a very superior piece of mechanism. The effect of this star was very good, as the light appeared to radiate either from the axis or from the circumference. On the right and left of this star, the words " Prince Alfred;" and still nearer the ground, and below the star, the Duke's arms. On the Queen- street front, a gas anchor, nine feet high ; below the anchor a large transparency representing the " Galatea" under steam ; along the mouldiogs, oil lamps. Union Club— The windows illuminated with Chinese lanterns. Victoria Insurance Company — Transparency, the Prince surrounded by a wreath of laurels, surmounted by two female fig-ures holding a crown ; at each side of the base, a British lion couchant. Wade, James, and Co. — Star, with letters "A. A." on either side. Walsh Brothers, jewellers — Brunswick star. Watson, B., tailor — Star. Whitehead, E., and Co., stationers — Transparency, a full- length portrait of the Prince in imiform ; in the back- ground, the "Galatea" at anchor. Motto, "Wel- come." Whitehead, J., carver and gilder — Transpai-ency, the British lion ; and beneath this another transparency representing sunrise, with ships in the horizon ; motto, " Victoria welcomes the Prince." Whitney, Chambers and Co., ironmongers — In each of the nine windows of the second story a transparency, representing severally the stars of the orders of the Garter, Bath, Tliistle, St. Patrick, St. George — the Britannia, Victoria, and Alfred stars, the ninth transparency representing the "Galatea." The parapet illuminated with variegated lanterns and lamps. Wilkie, Webster and Co , music-sellers— Three festoons crossing the building of tri-colour drapery, festooned wihh stars and rosettes ; three large flags ; in all the windows pyramids of candles. Wise, J., haii'tlresser— Star, with letters "A. D. E." in centre. Wragge, George, chemist — Brunswick star. ELIZABETH STREET. In this street there being comparatively so few public buildings, the general display was necessarily not equal to Collins or Bourke-streets. The splendid facade of the new Post office was not interfered with by any devices placed on the exterior of the building itself, the design, by Mr. J. G. Knight, being on the French system, so as at once not to injure the structure, and yet to show off in its finest proportions the handsomest building yet erected in the city. On the pavement fronting Bourke and Elizabeth-streets were erected twenty-three decorated posts, each surmounted by large gasaliers, containing twelve large ground glass globes, and a still larger globe in the centre. The posts averaged eighteen feet in height, and were entwined with evergreens. The posts, which were about twelve feet distant from each other, were united with festoons of evergreens, eighteen inches in thickness in the middle, and diminishing in thickness at the ends. A double row of pierced piping, also connecting the pillars, threw a soft light on the festoons beneath, and cast a radiant brilliancy around. Each alternate post was surmounted by flags and bannerets. The face of the clock in the tower at the southern end was coloured in various devices. Along the two parapets fronting Bourke and Elizabeth streets were rows of fire pots, burning tallow, which, when lit up, added greatly to the effect of the The Illuminations. 83 illumination ; and at the top of the tower were placed a number of pots containing similar material. In each of the windows were oil transparencies, painted to represent drapery and crimson hangings. The gas fittings were well executed by Mr. Brealey, of St. Kilda. Adams, J., leather-merchant — Transparencies, St, Andrew's cross, and star. Albion restaurant— Transparency, Edinburgh castlo. Archer, J. — Transparency, ship. Agt Office — Star, with " Welcome " in centre. Barry, A., bootmaker — Transparency, crown and star. Bates, T. Tompson, ironmonger— Three transparencies. Beehive store — Reflector star, beehive in centre, silver rays. Bowman, R., and Co., tea-merchants, and Lyell and Gowan, trade assignees — Transparencies, crown, a ship with the motto " Welcome, Alfred," and a medallion portrait of the Prince. Briscoe and Co., ironmongers — Transparencies, Prince of Wales' feather, with letters "P. A." Brooks, Henry, ironmonger — Star; beneath, "A. D. E." in gas jets. Burns, G. H., grocer — Star. Bush lun — Star. Butchers' Arms Hotel — Transparency, Neptune guarding the " Galatea," with Victoria surrounded by the flags of all nations ; on the right the City arms. Can'iers' Arms Hotel — Gas star. City Arms Hotel — Transparency, City arms, and arch of gas. Clarence Hotel — Transparencies, representing the City arms, the Prince in uniform, the Duke's arms, the " Galatea," and the Edinburgh arms. Clarke, William, and Sons, sharebrokers — Transparency, St. George and the Dragon. Colonial Bank of Australasia— On the balustrade, pots of fire, of red, green, blue, and orange colours alternately, were kept bm-ning. From the flag-poles were hung a number of Chinese lanterns. All the windows in the top flat and the second story were beautifully lighted on a novel principle. Over the main entrance was a transparency representing a medallion portrait of the Prince. On either side, medallions of Britannia and Neptune ; the " Galatea " in the distance. Over the transparency was a rising sun, with "A. D. E." in centre. On the Elizabeth- street frontage was a circle of gas, with the " Galatea " within it ; beneath it the word " Welcome." Over the circle a cro\vn and representations of the union jack, and on either side the letters " D. E." Beneath the circle was an anchor. On the Little Collins-street frontage were the letters ''A. E. A.," in a double row of gas. Colonial Wine Vaults — Star in gas. Coutie, John, bootmaker — Large boot in gas. Crouch and Wilson, architects — Transparency on glass, royal arms. Donovan and Mulcahey, grocers — Crown. Do Pass Brothers and Co., embracing the offices of the Universal Marine Insurance Co. — A handsome device on gla'JS, illuminated in front by a wreath in jets of gas and four gas stars. De Gruchy and Co., engravers, &c. — Transparency, the Duko's and the royal arms. Motto, " Victoria wel- comes Alfred, England's Prince." Draper, W., importer. — "A. E. A." in gas, Dublin Tavern — Transparency, haq>, with motto, " Cead mille failthe." Duke of Rothsay Hotel— Star. Dunlea and Nicholson, grocers— Transparency, City arms, with mottos. Eagan, J., butcher — Transparencies of Edinburgh Castle, withmottoes, *' Welcome, Royal Duke," and "Alfred." English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank — Along the front of the building were rows of gas jets. Fanning, Nankivell and Co.— A star, surmounted by the letter "A." Full and Plenty Restaurant— Rising sun. Glasgow Arms Hotel— Circle of gas, and gas star. Harris, J., and Co., boot merchants — Pyramids of candles. Hockin's Hotel — Transparencies : medallion portrait of the Prince ; a ship in full sail ; and the Duke's arms, with motto. Home and Co., agricultural implement makers— Trans- parency, the Prince in a ship, sun-ounded by flags and cannon, with the words "Welcome to Australia." Hood and Co., chemists — Transparencies, representing Irish harp surrounded by oak leaves, shamrock, thistle, and rose ; and Scotch thistle, surraoimted by crown, with the Duke's amis at the bottom. Hotel de France — Transparency, Britannia seated on a lion. House, S., and Co., merchants — Transparencies, crown and star, Isaacs, Moss, pawnbroker — "A.," in gas. Jennings, grocer — Gas star. Kennedy, D., plumber — Crown. Lawrence and Adam, grocers — Transparency, Neptune in a car \rith Victoria at his side, drawn by sea-horses. The "Galatea" in full sail; beneath, Victoria bearing the Royal arms. Lazarus and Co., importers — Crown, in gas. Lipshut, J., tobacconist^Star. Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company— Star of the order of the thistle, over this a line of gas jets, surmounted by ten lighted urns. Loader, T., and Co., merchants— Transparencies, the Duke's arms, the royal arms, and the letters " A.E." London Tavern — Crown, in gas, with letters "D. E." on either side. M 2 84 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Marks, H. — Transparency, medallion of the Prince, sur- rounded by rose, thistle, and shamrock. Mayston and Co., stationers — Crown. M'Donnell, J., and Co., grocers — St. Andrew's cross in gas, letters "A. D. E." on either side. M'Dowell, J., bootmaker— Transparency, a crown and anchor. M'Farlane, C, jeweller — Illuminated clock, and pyra- mids of caudles in windows. M'Ewan, James, and Co., ironmongei-s — A large glass transparency, Britannia seated on shield and union jack, and bearing the trident ; figru'es in the background representing Commerce, Peace, and Plenty ; the bottom panel having ananchor in medallion, surmounted by the Prince's coronet ; the top panel filled in with ornamental work, and ** Welcome " very neatly wrought in ; the whole surrounded by an ornamental glass border. Also three well-executed glass transparencies, the centre one the Duke in nav.d uniform ; on the right of this the Duke's shield ; on the left the star of the Order of the Thistle ; surmounting these, a fine cut crystal Bruns- wick star, brilliantly lighted. The glass transparencies were executed by Messrs. Ferguson, Urie, and Lyon, and reflect credit on the fii'm. Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company — Trans- parency, Victoria, resting on a shield bearing the co'onial arms, welcoming Prince Alfred. Different places about the station were hung with variegated lamps. Mont de Piete — Anchor, in gas, with letters '' P. A. " on either side. Mooney, W. E. — Gas star. Native Oyster Company — Star. Neave and Wiseman — Transparencies, the City arms and the royal arms. Newing, Thomas R., oil-merchant — Gas star. NicholLs, George, bookseller — Reflector star ; steamer in centre, silver rays. Norman, W. J., picture-dealer — Transparency, Victoria and Biitannia greeting. O'Connor's Chambers — Star. Old Lamb Inn — Crown in gas. Owen, Dudgeon, and Arnell, tobacconists — Transparency, the Briti.sh arms, surrounded by a wreath. Perry, G. W., photographic artist ; J. M'Kean, solicitor, S. Gillott, solicitor ; Crouch and Wilson, architects — Grand display of the electric light. Petty, Geo., butcher — Gas star. Plummcr, T., chemist— Star. PostofSco Club Hotel— Star. Post-oHice Hotel— Transparency, sailor. Railway Hotel — " Galatea" in full sail. Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock Hotel (Grimwood's) — Transparencies representing volunteer artilleryman, volunteer rifleman, the "Galatea," and the Duke of Edinburgh. Risk and Co., carriers — Gas star. Rhodes, G., tinsmith — Circle of gas. Robertson, Geo., bookseller — Transparency, by Chevalier. The prince seated on a triumphal car ; Victoria pre- senting to him an olive branch. The car is accom- panied by Literature, who is followed by Painting, Sculjjture, and Architecture. Royal Saxon Hotel— Transparency, the Prince in naval imiform, surrounded by guns, anchors, &c. ; a view in the distance of the " Gidatea " lying in the Bay. To the left, BritL\nnia with the national emblems ; to the right, Neptune in his triumphal car, drawn by sea- horses, and surrounded by nymphs. Sarton, Nicholas, oyster saloon — Transparency, British lion. Scarlett and Marr, grocers — Transparency, medallion portrait of the Prince, supported by Britannia and Australia. Scott, R., dentist — Transpai-ency, crown. Smj'thers, E., wine merchant — Star. Spanish Hotel— Transparency, female figure, holding a wreath and a harji. Stewai-t's Buildings— Containing in the block the ware- houses of W. and S. Gardiner, J. and R. Callaghan, Hyam and Co., Paterson, Piay, Palmer and Co., and W. Young and Co. — All the windows lit up with pyra- mids of candles. Tasmania Steam Narigatiou Company — Star. Thompson, i. D., chemist — Transparency, "Galatea" in full sail. Times Hotel — Transparency, the " Galatea," with Jthe Duke's arms, and those of the City. Topp, A. M., merchant — Transparency, Victoria and Britannia greeting. Turner, R. , tankmaker — Wi'eath surrounding the words, " Welcome oiu* Sailor Prince." Vernon and Co., leather-merchants — Transparency, crown and anchor. Wallach Brothers, furniture dealers— Transparency, the royal arms suppoited by the colonial arms. Weaver, William, and Co., merchants — Transparency representing the Duke's arras. West, W. T , tobacconist— Gas star. White, W. P., and Co. — Transparency on glas.s, the flags of Green's and Wigram's ships, and the A.S.N. Co.'s, with the ensign and union jack, surmounted by iho letters "A. E.," the whole surrounded by gas jets representing a chain-cable ; on tiie top of the flagstaff a small model of the " Galatea," wreathed in gas jets. The front of the premises decorated with flags. Williams' Hotel — Transparencies, royal arms and City arras. Wilson, Charles, tent maker— Statuary and flowers, sur- r,irency, covering the greater por- tion of the upper story, Victoria welc iming the Duke of Edinburgh. The Prince, who has just descended from Neptune's car, is stepping on to a carpet, on which is inscribed the word " Welcome," spread at his feet by an aboriginal, and Victoria shaking hands with him. The " Galatea" in the distance ; the car of the marine deity, drawn by sea horses and surrounded by tritons. The pictiu'o reflected great credit or the artist, Mr. Croft. Allen's Gin Palace — Large portraits, Prince and Queen. Anderson, T. Y., and Co., drapers — Transparency, a marine pictiu-e, depending from the bill of an albatross, whose outstretched wings cover the whole. A ship at sea, and an ornamental border of flags. Artillery Hotel— Gas star. Beaumont, S., wireworker— Large "A" formed of Chinese lanterns ; and an illuminated church, composed of wire and painted calico. Beehive Outiitting Establishment — Star, with reflector, having a beehive in the centre. Bendigo Hotel — Star of St. Andrew, star of the garter, and Queen's crown in centre in gas. Bennett, T. K., butcher — Transparency, painted in oil, by Watts, from a design by H. Oliver Nash, consisting of three pictures enclosed in wreaths, the centre a well- painted representation of the '' Galatea " off Sandridge; the right of the picture, a figure of the Prince, in naval uniform, standing on the deck of his ship ; the left, a portrait of the Queen, in robes of state. Bickerstaff, L. F., draper — Transparency of the Prince. Britannia Hotel — Transparency, figure of Britannia, with ship in the distance. Broadbent and Kitchingman, grocers — Transparency, the Prince supported by Victoria and Britannia. Bull and Mouth Hotel — A transparency (painted by Jfr. Thomas Wiight), Neptune apprising Victoria of tho arrival of the " Galatea. " Victoria appears seated on the beach, siu*rounded by various emblems of her pro- ducts. Brunot, G., tobacconist — Transparency of the Queen. Buckley and Nunn, drapers — Transparency, Victoria welcoming the Prince on his landing, supported by figures of Britannia and Liberty. Canterbury Mu«ic-hall— Gas anchor. Citizen Restaurant — Transparency of ornamental design. Charlwood and Son, printing office -" V. R.," with gas star, encircled by "Welcome Alfred." Cbiswell, confectioner — Transparencies of crown, and other devices. Christian, Franz, tobacconist — Chinese lanterns. City Buffet— Transparency, a lion, and figure of Britannia. City Coffee and Chop House -Transparency, ship. City Music-hall— Reflector stars. Cockburn, confectioner — Gas star. Colonial Wine Store — Gas star. Cookson and Brown, clothiers -Transparency, the royal arms of Scotland, with red lion rampant on gold shield, with unicorns as supporters. Crystal Palace Hotel - Large transparency, divided into compartments, the centre representing the Governor welcoming the Prince to Victoria. The right-hand cartoon represents two emus, surmounted by the colonial arms. The left-hand cartoon represents kan- garoos, surmounted by the city arms. The painting was executed liy Mr. William Handcock. Above was a large reflector star, and beneath a string of variegated lamps. Cunliff, E., grocer— Transparency, tho Prince on the deck of a man-of-war. Cornwall Arms Hotel— Star, "A." in centre. Creese, G. H., baker— Transparency, crown and "P. A." Debit de Vin Colonial — Gas star. Denis Brothers, jewellers — The front was dressed with garlands and flags, the French flag and the union jack being united ; and above were disposed a number of coloured crystal globes. " Vive le Prince Alfred, " in letters composed of flowers, and above appeared in coloured glass the words, "Welcome to Victoria." Dickie, J., plumber — Thistle and " P. A." in gas. 86 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Dalgety and Blackwood's warehouse — Transparency, painted by Messrs. Gill and Pain, the centre occu- pied by a moonlight view of a native corroboree, sup- ported by figiu'es of Britannia and Neptune ; on the left, the shipping at the Sandridge Pier, carrying the flags of Dalgety and Co. From the upper corners of the central pictiu-e, flags of all nations ; beneath, the British and colonial shields, with a representation of Edinburgh Castle ; the whole sui'mounted by a crown. Dinte, tailor— Painted stars on window, and bust of the Queen in front. Domestic Bazaar — Transparency, Victoria going to meet the Prince in a car drawn by swans. DowUng's Plough Inn — Masonic emblems in gas. Dunkley, W. J., bootmaker — Transparency, the Royal arms. Duerdin, James, solicitor — Six-pointed St. George's gas star. Dwight's Book Store — Two coloured transparencies, one with " Welcome " at the top, " A. E. A." in the centre, and two anchors at foot ; and the other, a crown, with the letters " V.R.," and some ornamental work. East Melbourne Hotel— Transparency of the Prince, with a sailor on each side. Elder, jeweller — Illumination in coloured lanterns. Evans, Thomas, tent and flag maker — Transparency, the centre group a painting of Neptune, drawn in a triumphal car by sea horses. On one side is Britannia, with the Prince on the other; a view of the " Galatea " in the distance. Eve's City Baths— Gas star, and flag decorations. Excelsior Hotel — Candles and lamps in the windows. Flanner's White Hart Hotel — Transpai-eucy, royal coat of arms, and the front windows of the hotel, forty in number, lit up with candles arranged in pyramids. Fletcher, hat-maker — Transparency, an exquisite ; under- neath, " Who's your hatter ?" Flying Scud Hotel —Transparency, Duke of Edinburgh. Fougery's Colonial Wine Store — Rows of gas jets along the verandah. Garrick's Head Hotel — Lamps in windows, and trans- parency, painted by Mr. Pitt— the British Lion. Gascard, A., colonial wine rooms — Two transparencies, figure of Britannia, and the other filled with the several shields of the Swiss cantons. Goebel, H., tobacconist — Large reflector star. Goldsbrough, R., and Co., wool-brokers — Candles in each window, and a line of gas jets all round the first floor of the building, with large gas star in centre. Gosling, P., draper — Gas star. Great Eastern Dining-rooms — Transparency. Hall, G., draper— Gas star. Hanks, J., tea mart — Festoons of coloured lamps. Hansen, B. J. W., draper— Transparency, Britannia, with lion and anchor. Hatton and Laws, chemists— Transparency, Britannia. Hickey, J., print shop— Transparency, His Exoollenoy the Governor welcoming the Prince. Higginbotham, W., wigmaker— Flags and Chinese lan- terns, and transparency showing Fame welcoming Victoria's Son. Hilton, F. J., grocer— Transparency, " Galatea," and Manchester coat of arms. Hodgkius, T., draper — Gas star. Hooker, — , clothier — " Welcome," in floral device. Hosie's Dining Hall — Transparency, the town of Edin- burgh, and gas star in front of the verandah. Howie, G. D. — Gas star. Hunimums Hotel — Transparency, the Prince surrounded by female figures typical of the various products of an agi-icultxu'al country. Imperial Hotel — Transparency of novel design, consisting of a framework with stars of various colours, and crystal anchor inside ; the rose, shamrock, and thistle entwining the British oak painted on the exterior, with the motto " Welcome Alfred." On the Spring-street front of the hotel a transparency giving a view of Windsor Castle. Jenkins, J., saddler — Gas star. Johnston, G. K., auctioneer— Transparency, the Prince. Johnstone and O'Shanassy's photographic studio — Three well-executed transparencies, the first containing the Governor, the second the Prince, and the third the Queen. Jones, J., bootmaker — Star. Jude, A., and Co., jewellers, and George Mewling, boot- maker — Transparency, Britannia crowning the Prince with a lam'el wreath. Kaye and Butchart, station agents— "A. E. A.," and stai" above, in gas. King and Cuningham, stock and station agents — Trans- parency, Duke of Edinburgh, with the royal arms, &c. Kleiser, W., jeweller— Gas star, and flags. Langley, J. M., china and glass dealer — Transparencies, a ship and crown, and an anchor. Lee, B., ironmonger — Her Majesty in regal robes, painted by Freyberger. Lesh, G. C, grocer, and De Dollon, colonial wine store — Transparency, a French soldier shaking bauds with a British sailor. Leverett and Son, J., saddlers — Transparencies, the Duke of Edinburgh on board the *' Galatea," and the British and Victorian coats of arms. Leviathan Clothing Establishment— "Leviathan," in gas, with crown above. Levy, J., tobacconist — Drapery, with initials "A. E. A.," "E. U.,"and " D. E." Levy Brothers, importers— Anchor between letters "A. A.," in gas Liverpool Hotel — Gas star and transparency of the Prince. Lockyear, A., haircutter — Gas star. London Chartered Bank of Australia— " A. E. A." in gigantic gas letters, and crown above. Long and Son, chemists— Picture, painted by Chevalier. Subject, Victoria reclining under a fern-tree, while she gazes on a ship some distance from the shore. The Illuminations. 87 LotiK and Co., sewinff tnachino omporium— Transparency, the landing of the Prince, witli Victoria oxtendinf,' her riglit liand to hira. On the riglit, two miners, and the " Galatea" in the distance. Lorimer, R., draper— Transparency ; the centra! figure, the '' Galatea ;" on one side a sailor, with union jack; on the other a Highlander, with flag of Scotland. Lovell, W., furnitiire warehouse — Two transi)arencie3. Maguire, J. F., auctioneer— Transparency, the Prince. Manners-Sutton Hotel— Gas anchor. Market Hotel— Transparency of the Prince. Marks, B. J., miscellaneous repository — Star. Moss, Marks — Brunswick star. Martin's Australian Hotel- Transjiarenoies representing Victoria welcoming the Duke, His Royal Highness's coat of arms, and the British and Australian arms combined. Mechanics' Restaurant— Star, letters "A.E.A." Meares, Geo. and R., linendrapers— Transparency, painted V>y Mr. Roberts. Subject, Neptune's car, drawn by sea-horses ; figures of Industry and Commerce on either side, with Victorian arms. The windows of the upper story were occupied by nine smaller transparen- cies of various designs. M'Donald, A., photographer — St. George and the Dragon. M'Farlane and Morris, tailors — Transparency. M'Pherson, Thomas, warehouse — Transparency, the Duke of Edinburgh, supported by Victoria and Britannia, with royal arms abuve and colonial arms at foot. Mirfin, George, plumber — Large reflector illuminator, star, and other designs, encircled by the words, * ' Thrice welcome. Royal Prince. " Menzies' new hotel was brilliantly illuminated. In the central portion of the middle story, facing Bourke street, were "A. E. A." in gas letters, and the windows on either side were occupied by as many gas stars, the design alternating. There was also a gas star in each of the windows facing William-street. Monster Clothing Company — Crown and " Monster Cloth- ing Company " in gas. Muller, V. A., tobacconist — Reflector star. Murray, James and Co , watchmakers — Gas star. Muskett, C, bookseller — Transparencies, the Queen, and arms of the Duke of Edinburgh, and " Welcome" worked in coloured flowers — with festoons of lanterns. National Bank of Australasia — Gas star, "P. A. "in centre. Newing, — , paperhanger — Two transparencies. Newmarket Hotel — Three transparencies, severally bear- ing mottos. Nissen's Caf^ — Illumination of coloui'ed lanterns. North British Hotel — Transparency, the Duke of Edin- burgh, the royal arms above, and a ship at each side. The windows were also lit up with pyramids of candles. Original Scotch Pie-shop — Gas star, and festoons of Chinese lanterns. Owston, W., and Co., flour importers — Transparency, the Prince. Polytechnic Hall — Crown and star in gas. Paterson, Ray, Palmer and Co. — Bnmswick star, with "A." in centre. Petty, George, butcher — painting on canvas, representing a native coiToborce, with the Duke's arms and the Australian anns at the corners. Also gas crown, with letter "V." between letters "A. A." Pierce, J. W., tobacconist — Transparency, the "Gala- tea," the Duke's coat of arms, and motto, " God speed the ship." Phillips, P. S., china and glass warehouse — Pyramids of candles in windows, and festoons of coloured lamps. Raine, Thomas, ironmonger— Transparency of the Eng- lish and Edinburgh coats of arms. Reaney, R., saddler — Illuminated with candles, with re- flectors at back. Robertson and Moffat, drapers — Transparencies painted in oil on glass, by Ferguson and Uric, consisting of a portrait of the Queen in her robes of state, a crown, and the royal coat of arms. These pictures had the appearance of stained glass. Rodgers, G., tailor — Festoons of coloured lamps, Rolfe and Co.'s warehouse — Crown in gas. Rose of Australia Hotel — Crown in gas. Royal Haymarket Hotel— Three stars of coloured glass, lit up with revolving gas-burners. Royal Mail Coach Offices— Transparency, the Prince being conveyed ashore in Neptune's car ; and a car- riage drawn by six greys, in which the Governor and the Prince are seated. Royal Mail Hotel — Transparency, containing three large pictures : the centre a representation of the Heads, with the " Galatea ;" in the second panel a figure of Victoria and emblems of commerce ; and in the third a digging scene, with miners and their implements. Ruddell, J., provision store — Transparency of a man-of war's man. Sanderson, G. and J., hat-manufacturers — Transparencies, the royal arms, with the Duke's coronet and motto, &o. Sayers, J. W., printer — Crown and star on either side, in transparency. Schobert, L. F., tobacconist — Reflector star. Seymour, J. D., wood-cari-er — Pyramids of candles, with reflectors. Skinner, — , draper — Gas star. Skinner's Crinoline Emporium — Large frame of glass crys- tals, lit up from the back. Smith, L. L., surgery — Transparency, the British lion defying an enemy ; in front, two gas illuminations — a crown with an anchor on each side, and crown with a star on each side. Solomons, A., outfitter— Star, with "A." in centre. Southern Cross Hotel — Star, with "A." in centre. Spanish Restaurant — Gas star. St. Patrick's Hall— Harp in gas. Strettle, A., and Co.— Transparency, representing a por- tion of the mythological history of Acis and Galatea, the whole siurmounted by the word "Welcome," and underneath, the Duke's coronet and motto. 88 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Stanford and Co.'s sewing-machine repository— The parapet of the building was encircled by white stars in glass, edged with gold ; in every pane of the windows of upper story was a star, cut out of a crimson lake ground painted on the windows ; and the middle story windows were filled with stars similarly designed, grouped in vai'ious forms. Tattersall's Hotel— Crown and '' Tattersall's " in ga?. Taylor, Enoch — Transparency, Victoria offering a crown to Prince Alfred, suppoi-ted on the right by a figure of Plenty ; on the left, boat, with sailors bearing union jack. Temple of Pomona — ^'Alfred," in gas letters, and festoons of Ciiinese lanterns and flags. Theatre Koyal — A handsome transparency, painted by Mr. HennJngs. Subject — Britannia, l)earing a banner (on which is inscribed the royal arms), riding in a car drawn by sea-horses, round which are figi.u*es holding baskets of flowers. Uncle Tom's Pawn-Office — Gas star. Varieties— Gas illumination, "Varieties," with a crown at each side. Vickers, George, hosier — Gas star. Victoria Baths — Two anchors, with a star, surrounded by the word " Welcome," in gas. Victoria Insurance Company — Transparency. Victoria Wine Vaults — Illiuninated bunch of grapes on coloured glass. Warbuiton, T., iron-merchant — Three transparencies, the Queen in her robes of state, the Duke's crown, and the Duke's coat of arms. Watts, G., boot store — Reflector star, with arms in centre. Waxworks- -Reflector star. Wenzel and Enes, watchmakers — Gas star. WTiite Horse Hotel — Arches of fern-tree in front, lit up with Chinese lanterns, and transparencies in windows. QUEEN STREET. At the southern end of Queen-street ahnost as brilliant a show was made as in Collins and Bourke-streets, and there were one or two individual illuminations which were not surpassed elsewhere. The Oriental Bank was magnificently lighted, and mention may also be made of the illuminations of the Melbourne Banking Company and the London and Lancashire Insur- ance Company. The Government buildings in this street were very simply illuminated. At the offices of the Board of Agriculture was a design in coloured glass, exhibiting the Duke of Edinburgh's arms ; and the building used for the purjDOses of the Mining Department was lighted up by candles, arranged in pyramids in each of the windows. The following is a list of the more prominent illuminations in this street : — Abraham, M., optician — Brunswick stai\ Bell, Bruce and Co. — Transparency, portrait of ttie Prince. Board of Agi'iculture — Transparency in colom-ed glass, Duke of Edinburgh's arras. British Hotel — Brilliant illuminatious in g.as, and letter "A." in gas. Carter, C, paperhanger—Foui' transparencies, the Queen, and Prince in the centre, supjiiortcd at the sides by Neptune and Albion. Council Club Hotel— "D.E," with star and anchor, in gas. Crisp, G., jeweller — Triple row of gas jets. Franklyn, F. B., and Co. — Three very beautiful triinspa- rencies, painted by Mr. H. Gritten, two being shown in Queen-street and one in Flinders-lano ; the whole of the windows festooned with a number of coloured lamps. Gibbs, liouald and Co. — Large crown in gas, and stars. Haq> of Eriu Hotel — Harp, in gas. House, S. and Co. — The motto "God bless our Sailor Prince," in illuminated letters. Kurr, J., butcher —Transparency, in coloured gl.ass, of the royal arms. Lang and Co. — Gas star. Lilley Brothers, grocers — Transparency, consisting of the crown over harp, supported at the sides by the national arms. London and L.ancashire Insm-ance Company — Transpa- rency, the royal and Lancashire arms enclosed in a wreath of laurel leaves, supported by lion and l^angaroo. Hags, b.^yonets, &c. .\t the top, "Advance Australia,' \vithin globe ; and underneath, the motto " Victoria concoi'did crcscit." Loughnan's Hotel — Tran.sparency of large Irish harp, with motto, "Cead mille failthe." M^CuIloch, Sellar and Co. — Handsome glass transpa- rency, displaying the royal arms in coloured glass. On the left a similar transparency, consistiug of a trophy of flags and naval insignia. On the other side .1 shield, with the Edinburgh arms and nautical emblems. Melbourne Banking Comjiany — Brvmswick star. Miller Brotlicrs, coachbuilders — Tr.ansi>arcncy, royal arras, with Prince's motto ; windows illuminated with candles and Chinese lamps. Mining Dspartment— Pyramids of candles in the win- dows. The Illuminations. 89 Oriental Bank— The pillars in front of tlie I)uili!inf;, five in number, wreatlicfi in spiral form with jets of pas, linos of gas along tho cornice, and following the archi- tectural features of the building, tho mouMingg of the pillars, &c. ; at the summit of tho building a number of flambeaux. Queen Insurance Company - A magnificent tiansparcncy in coloured glass, consisting of the Quorn's portrait, surrounded by an ornamental border. On each side two small transparencies, also in coloured glass, showing tho royal arras. Sandhurst Hotel — Two transparencies, portrait of the Queen, and royal arms. Smith, J. T., butcher — Edinburgh Castle and the "Galatea" in two transparencies, and gas star. Southern Insurance Company — Transparency, view of Quoen- JHE f IREWORKS IN THE T- RRA Par,k. On Thursday evening the 28th of November, Professor Brock gave the Melbourne public one of the finest displays of the pyrotechnic art ever seen in Australia. From first to last it was one uninterrupted success — the interest never flagging, and the crowd (one of the largest ever seen in Melbourne) kept in one continual simmer of good humour. Applause was bestowed as each more and more successful piece was discharged for their delight, until at last it almost seemed as if the spectators (especially the young folks) wanted words to express their wonder at the results achieved. The crowd, numerous as it was, was orderly in the extreme. The Military Store Department, under Major Hall, commenced the display by showing a variety of coloured fires, which excited the warmest approbation of thousands of those present amongst the spectators. The shells, with coloured fires, shown by this department, contributed greatly to the success of the evening. The programme was as follows : — Successive illuminations of Bengal fire and of red and green fire; then an aerial salute of maroon rockets; next a discharge of shells, with bright stars of all the colours of the rainbow. Multitudes of rockets filled up the spaces between the various displays of " pyrotechnic morceaux " Of the latter, first came a well-conceived composition, " The True Lovers' Knot," changing to a revolving sun amidst a .sparkling fire. Presently there came a beautiful centre wheel of coloured fires, changing to resplendent figures of brilliant fire. Rockets with snakes, rockets with golden rain, The Banquet at the Benevolent Asylum. Dana; rockets, and cohorn shells filled uj) the time until Mr. Brock introduced his grand sun-piece, commencing with a rainbow wheel, changing to four vertical wheels illuminated with four more suns revolving in reverse. Then more rockets, shells, tourbillons, &:c., and next was shown a Maltese cross in yellow and white, with three changes of brilliant fire. The compo- sitions of the Professor which followed included the star of Brunswick, in yellow and white lances, with Saxon wheel in front, changing to a pretty device of brilliant fires; then, after intervals of rockets, &c., came a very fine composition of wheels, with three brilliant and beautiful changes. Presently was a very grand illuminated Saxon piece, with five-pointed stars in a device of brilliant fire. The last, and the crowning piece of the evening, was a picture one hundred and twenty feet wide by thirty feet high, representing Britannia, with H.M.S.S. Galatea in the distance, with the shamrock on one side, the thistle the other, with the rose, emblematical of England — the others, of course, representing Ireland and Scotland. In the composition, which was really artistic, were introduced transparencies of Her Majesty and her son Prince Alfred ; on either side of them two revolving globes and five triplet stars, in coloured fires, with supporting columns of coloured Roman discharges. Then came discharges of mines, batteries, &c. Several hundreds of rockets with coloured fires were then discharged, and the finish was a brilliant device, " Vifetoria Welcomes Victoria's Son," followed by a parting word to the Victorian public, " Good night," in brilliant fire. -O^O- The Benevolent ^^sylum. The same evening at the Benevolent Asylum (a suitable pavilion having been erected in front of the building), about four hundred and fifty of the inmates sat down to a good substantial dinner, the materials for which had been generously furnished by a number of ladies and gentlemen. The Hon. George Harker (chairman of the committee of management) presided, and a good many members of the committee were also present, among whom were Mr. Sturt, Mr. Marsden, Professor Wilson, Mr. Tankard, Mr. O'Brien, the Rev. M. Rintel, Mr. Banvise (Mayor of Hotham), &c. Dr. Nield represented the honorary medical staff. The sight was a particularly interesting one ; for among the hundreds of poor creatures who tenant this admir- able charity, there are the e.x-representatives of almost every grade of social life. The toasts proposed and heartily responded to were— "The Queen," "The Duke of Edinburgh," and " The Governor," to which followed " The Superintendent, the Committee, and Honorary Medical Officers." Several of the inmates then sang some songs, and among the vocalists was an old man, aged ninety-one, named Alexander Millar, who gave " Young Lochinvar" with remarkable spirit. An old man-of-war's man, some few years the junior of Millar, sang several comic songs, with much humorous accompaniment of action, and an old lady verging upon eighty sang three songs, accompanying herself on the accordeon. Another inmate, named Lloyd, delivered an eloquent oration on the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia. Whatever contretemps may have attended the other free banquet, this was admitted on all hands to be a great success — a success very largely due to the unflagging exertions of the excellent superintendent and matron, Mr. and Mrs. James M'Cutcheon. 104 VisU of H R.H. Prince Alfred. y AYING THE f OUNDATION ^ TONE OF THE New Town Hall. On the afternoon of Friday 29th November, the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Town Hall, at the intersection of Collins and Swanston streets, was performed by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. For some time before that appointed for the cere- monial to take place, a vast crowd, numbering several thousands of persons, assembled in the neighbourhood of the Town Hall. Every window, balcony, and housetop within sight of the building was thick with human life. The large stand erected by the Corporation was crowded from top to bottom with ladies, who were admitted by special ticket. Every colour and varieties of shade were blended amongst the vast concourse which assembled on the stand, and the ladies may feel gratified when they hear that the Prince said he never saw a finer sight. A strong body of police was drawn up in front of the building, and as barriers had been erected at various points, the crowd was kept well back from pressing on to the platform. The band of the 14th Regiment was stationed close to the entrance. At ten minutes to four a carriage containing his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, his Excellency the Governor, Lord Newry, and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, arrived at the principal entrance, where his Royal Highness was received by his AVorship the Mayor and the members and officers of the Corporation, and by them conducted to the council chamber. The Misses Manners-Sutton were present, and occupied seats in the front of the stand. Punctually at four o'clock a procession, in the following order, reached the platform, where the ceremony was to be performed : — cos TRACTORS, ARCHITECTS, TOWN CLERK, COUNCILLORS, ALDERMEN, THE EIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR, H. R. H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SUITE, HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND SUITE, THE LORD BISHOP OF MELBOURNE, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR TREVOR CHUTE, K.C.B., AND STAFF, THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, THE ROYAL RECEPTION COMMISSION, THE HON. SPEAKER OP THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. His Royal Highness was conducted to a position close to the stone about to be laid, and Mr. Reed, the architect, submitted for his inspection the bottle containing the records and coins to be placed in the cavity. His Worsliip the Mayor then came forward and said — " Your Royal Highness, I beg to request your permission to give a few particulars as to the object for which we are at present met. From the early settlement of this colony, in 1835, the progress made in the city was very slow. In 1842, the then Government of New South Wales saw fit to endow the city with self- government. Up to 1 85 1 the city was, indeed, small; but in that year the discovery of mineral wealth in Victoria caused the city to grow, as it were, by magic. The immense strain upon the funds of the Council and the Government at that time prevented the erection of a .suitable building as a town-hall, proportionate to the position of the city ; but since the city has grown to such an extent, we found it our duty to erect a building which will be a credit to the city in Laying the Foundatioii Stone of the New Tozun Hall. 105 years to come, and will at the jjresent time meet the requirements of the country, and afford proper accommodation and convenience for carrying on the deliberations of this body. It is for that purpose that we are here to-day, and have invited your Royal Highness to lay this foundation-stone, and for your presence here we now beg to give you our thanks. The Town Clerk (Mr. E. G. FitzGibbon) then read the following address : — May it please your Roynl Highness— We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the mayor, aldei-mon, councillors, and citizens of the city of Melbourne, respectfully tender to your Royal Highness our sincerost thanks for the gracious favour accorded to us by your Royal Ilighuoss in consenting? to perform the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the Town-hall of this city. Recognising, in the honour of your Royal Highness's jiresence in this most distant region of Her Majesty's dominions, an immediate and special indioatiou in respect to us of the benignity, love for, and interest in the welfare of her subjects ever evinced by Her Majesty, and which have enshrined her in the hearts of her people, and in none more dearly than in those of the citizens of Mellioume ; and confident that your Royal Highness is imbued with the like gracious sentiments, we venture to occupy your Royal Highness's attention with a brief outline of the local events which have preceded and led to the present undertaking. Ten years prior to the bu'th of your Royal Highness the site of this city was a trackless forest, and the colony an unexplored wilderness. First occupied in 18.35, in 1842 the town w.as incorporated, its burgesses being 543 in number, its revenue less than £.3000, and its streetways dusty tracks and dangerous ravines, winding amongst growing trees and the uncleai'ed roots and stumps of fallen timber. With the public spirit fostered by its corpoi'ate council, the town aided in obtaining for the district of Port Phillip the boon of separation from New South Wales, and the elevation of the district into a new colony, founded by Her Majesty's favour and honoured with her royal name. The immediately subsequent discovery of gold accelerated the progress of the city, and added so rapidly to its population, that public improvements for the convenience of the people became necessary simultaneously in all parts of the wide civic area of more than twelve square miles, and it was found expedient to place some portions of the outskirts under the care of minor corporations ; eight of these, which were wholly or in part within the city, have now an aggregate population of 80,000 persons, and a revenue of £65,000 a year, while there remains to the parent city an area of seven square miles, 100 miles of well-made streets, a population of nearly 60,000 souls, and a revenue of £90,000 per anniun. The progress of the city necessitated suitable buildings for the transaction of corporate business and the assembling of the citizens ; a town-hall was planned, and the adja- cent building, in which we have had the honour to receive your Royal Highness, and which is now about to be demolished, was erected some fifteen years ago as a part of the design. Public requirements have outstripped the provisions of that plan ; it has therefore been found necessary to abandon it, to extend the area of the site, and to erect a larger structure. For this, designs have been prepared by Messrs. Reed and Barnes, architects; its erection is undertaken for £05,-90, by Messrs Lawrence and Cain, builders ; and the happy circumstance of your Royal Highness's visit to these shores has afforded us the sinoular gratification and honour of seeing its foundation-stone laid this day by your Royal Highness's hands. We hail the auspicious event as attaching new interest and distinction to the structure, and as twining a golden strand into the cords of loyal, proud, and loving associations and memories that bind to Her Majesty's throne and erapii-e the hearts of Her Majesty's subjects in Australia. In recalling the occurrences of our short history, we reverently oft'er devout and humble thanks to a bountiful Providence for countless benefits vouchsafed to us for oiu- enjoyment in this fair land. And we pray to the Almighty Giver of every good and perfect gift for long life and happiness to our Most Gracious Sovereign, and for His choicest blessings to your Royal Highness and to the other august members of Iler Majesty's illustrious family. JAMES STEWART BUTTERS, Mayor. EDMUND GERALD FITZGIBBON, Town Clerk. His Royal Highness made the following reply : — Gentlemen — In thanking you for the very interesting address you have presented to me, I wish to assure you that it gives me gi'eat i^leasure to perform the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Town-hall of this city, marking, as it does, another epoch in the increased and, I trust, increasing welfare of this capital. I am very glad that my visit to Australia has given me the opportunity of seeing the results of the wonderfully rapid progress made by this colony — results which only the experience of my stay among you could have enabled me duly to appreciate. But that which gives me the sincerest gratification is to find that the pride which you must feel in the gigantic resources and prosperity of this province, so far f i-om weakening your allegiance to the throne, has made you eager to io6 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. impress upon me the assurance of your devoted loyalty to Her Majesty and your attachment to the mother country. I heartily wish that every success may attend this building and the purposes for which it is intended ; and that if it should ever meet with the fate of its predecessor, it may be from the same cause — the increased prosperity of the city of Melbourne. The Lord Bishop of Melbourne having said a prayer suitable to the occasion, a bottle containing coins, a copy of the address, copies of the Herald, Argus, and Age newspapers, and a gold medal, struck in honour of the occasion, were then placed in the cavity of the stone, in which was also put the subjoined record : — Cljis J^0uitbation Ston£ of i\t S^oton pall of \\% Citg of ^tlbourm Was Laid by the second son of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen Victoria, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T., On the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord 1867, being the Thirty-first year of Her Majesty's Reign, and the Seventh Day of His Royal Highness's visit to the Colony of Victoria, and in the Governorship of His Excellency the Honourable Sir JOHN HENRY THOMAS MANNERS-SUTTON. THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL JAMES STEWART BUTTERS, J. P., MAYOR, The Aldermen and Councillors of the several Wards being as follows : — Lonsdale Ward. — Alderman Edwabd Cohen ; Councillors William Bayles, Thomas Moubeay, James Stewart Butters. Bourse Ward. — Alderman John Thomas Smith; Councillors Thomas M'Pherson, Orlando Fenwick, Samuel Amess. Gipps TFaiY?.— Alderman George Hughes; Councillors Flockhart, Henry Sanders, John Walkek. Lo.trohe Ward. —Alderman GEORGE Wragge ; Councillors Thomas Reed, William Williams, Ales. Kennedy Smith. Smith Ward. — Alderman John Harbison; Councillors Joseph Story, Alexander M'Bean, Abraham LiNACRE. Mayors of Melbourne : 1842—43. Henry Condell. 1855- -56. John Thomas Smith. 1843—44. Henry Condell. 1856- -57. Peter Davis. 1844—45. Henry Moor. 1857- -58. John Thomas Smith. 1845 -46. James Frederick Palmer. 1858- -59. Henry Swallows Walsh 1846-47. Henry Moor. 1859- -60. Richard Fades. 1817—48. Andrew Russell. 1860- -61. John Thomas Smith. 1848-49. William Montgomerie Bell. 1861- -62. Robert Bennett. 1849—60. Augustus F. A. Greeves. 1862- -63. Edward Cohen. 1850-51. William Nicholson. 1863- -64. John Thom.vs Smith. 1851-52. John Thomas Smith. 1864- -65. George Wbagge. 1852—53. John Thomas Smith. 1865- -66. William Bayles. 1853-54. John Hodgson. 1866- -67. William Williams. 1854-55. John Thomas Smith. 1867- -68. James Stewart Butters. Mortar having been spread over the bed of the stone, the Mayor presented a magnificent golden trowel to his Royal Highness, who took with it some mortar from a slab composed of colonial wood, decorated at the comers with emblematic devices in gilt. The Prince spread The Civic Banquet. 107 the mortar, and returned the trowel to the Mayor. The stone having been lowered Ijy the builders, Aldennan Cohen presented to his Royal Highness the plumb and level, while Alderman J. T. Smith presented the mallet, and the Duke of Edinburgh, having tried the level, gave the stone the customary three taps, and then declared the stone to be well and truly laid, amidst the cheers of those present. The Mayor called for three cheers for the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Governor, all of which were most enthusiastically responded to. His Royal Highness, his E.xcellency, the Major-General, and those present on the platform, then returned to the Council Chamber, when, after partaking of some slight refreshment, the Prince took his departure amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the assembled crowds. The gold medal which was struck in commemoration of the event is about the size of a sovereign. Upon one .side is a bust of the Prince, in profile, with the inscription " H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh visited Victoria, 1867," and upon the reverse side is a representation of the new Town Hall, as it will appear when completed, with the sentence, " Laid Foundation Stone of Town Hall, Melbourne, 29th November." Si.\ of these medals have been struck off; one for presentation to Her Majesty, and another was presented to the Prince. Two others were for his E.Kcellency the Governor, and the Hon. the Chief Secretary ; while, of the remaining two, one was placed in the cavity of the stone, and the other was sent to the Public Library, where it may be seen by the public, and will no doubt long be regarded as an interesting relic of the great and auspicious event which it was designed to commemorate. The address, which was beautifully engrossed and illuminated, was bound in a cover of red morocco, and placed in a box manufactured of colonial woods, bound with gold clasps. The trowel was a most exquisite piece of workmanship, manufactured by Messrs. Brush and M'Donnell, of Collins-street, at a cost of ^200. It was much admired by his Royal Highness, who handled it very daintily, and merely touched the mortar with the extreme edge. The designs for the building were furnished by Messrs. Reed and Barne.s, architects, of EUzabeth- street. The contractors are Messrs. Cain and Laurence, and the amount of their contract is ;£'6s,ooo. The building, it is expected, will be finished in the course of two years. — ^=^-%-%- The Civic jBANquET. The Banquet given by the Melbourne Coq^oration to his Royal Highness took place in the evening, in the Exhibition-hall, which had been specially prepared for the occasion. Shortly after seven o'clock, the time appointed, and when about six hundred guests had assembled, his Royal Highness arrived, and was ushered to the seat provided for him by the members of the Corporation. He was attended by the Governor and General Chute, with their respective staffs. The company further included Messrs. M'Culloch, Verdon, Francis, Grant, Vale, Bindon, Cole, and Sullivan, members of the Ministry ; Mr. O'Shanassy, Mr. Fellows, and many executive councillors, besides the members of both Houses of Parliament, the principal military and naval dignitaries, the heads of departments, and many persons of distinction resident in the neigh- bourhood of the city. The Mayor of Melbourne presided, and had on his right hand the Prince, p 2 io8 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. the Lord Bishop of Melbourne, the Hon. E. Yorke, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands. On his left were the Governor, General Chute, Mr. M'Culloch, and Lord Newry. There were six tables arranged down the large hall of the building, five of which were presided over by alder- men, and the sixth by the ex-mayor. Mr. A. K. Smith acted as toastmaster. The first toast, " The Queen," was given by the Mayor, and was enthusiastically responded to. The Mayor then proposed " The Prince and Princess of Wales," and the healths were duly honoured. The Mayor ne.vt proposed the toast of the evening — " The Duke of Edinburgh." He said : Your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen — In proposing this toast, I think it is hardly necessary for me to state to his Royal Highness the pride and pleasure we all, as Victorians, feel at having a member of the Royal family in our midst. We feel, as Victorians far removed from the mother country, that his visit here will do much to place this colony in her proper position in British eyes, which has not yet been done. I trust we have proved to his Royal Highness that Victorian loyalty is not superficial ; but that what we feel on occasions like the present springs truly from the heart. I am quite sure that no effort will be . spared during the remainder of the stay of his Ro)'al Highness to make his time pass as pleasantly and agreeably to him as the Victorian public can make it ; and I trust that when he leaves our shores, he will leave with the impression that the Victorians are a loyal and energetic race of people. I think I need hardly say more than ask you to drink right loyally to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The Prince, who was received with loud and reiterated cheering, replied : My Lords and Gentlemen — I thank you for the cordial way in which you have responded to the toast which his Worship the Mayor has proposed. It is only a continuation of the enthusiastic welcome which I have received amongst you since my arrival here, and I look upon it not only as a reception which you have offered to me, but that you have oflered it to me as a member of the Queen's family. I thank you again most cordially for your great kindness, and for the loyalty you have shown to Her Majesty the Queen. The Mayor then proposed " His Excellency the Governor," remarking that the mention of his name was always a welcome signal to the people of Victoria. The Governor had, he said, during his stay amongst us, endeared himself to the hearts and homes of the people, and had filled the functions devolving upon him as the representative of Her Majesty to the satisfaction of every one in Victoria. His Excellency replied : Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen — I am very deeply sensible of the very kindly, and I fear in some degree undeserved, manner in which you have responded to the toast just proposed. I am fully aware that any person who holds the office which I have the honour to hold will receive at all times from the people that support which they feel to be due to the representative of their Sovereign, and I entertain the gratifying feeling that I may hope — ■ if I deserve it — always to receive that support. Gentlemen, I should now, under ordinary circumstances, abstain from saying one other word, but the Mayor has already said Her Majesty's subjects in distant parts of the empire but seldom have the gratification of seeing among them a member of Her Majesty's family. These opportunities have recently become more numerous than before, and I hope will be more numerous hereafter, and I should be doing injustice to my feelings if I did not avail myself of this ojiportunity of assuring you how sincerely, how firmly, I share in that deep gratification with which the people of Victoria have welcomed his Royal Highness. The next toast, " The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," was proposed by the Mayor, who paid high compHments to all three services. The Prince replied on behalf of the navy as follows : 1 return my best thanks on behalf of the navy. I think it is unnecessary for me to say much on the subject ; the navy has achieved a name and a reputation, and I believe that the navy will always keep it up. General Chute brieHy replied for the army. Colonel Chamj), for the volunteers, confidently expressed his opinion that in no jiart of Her Majesty's dominions, peopled as they were by over one hundred million inhabitants, was there a deeper sense of loyalty and devotion to her Majesty than amongst the volunteers in this colony. The Mayor proposed " Her Majesty's Ministers." The toast was well received, and was responded to by Mr. M'Culloch. His Royal Highness proposed the next toast, " Prosperity to the City of Melbourne." He said : It is my pleasing duty on this occasion to propose to you this toast ; but I will ask to modify it slightly. I find before me " Prosperity to the City of Melbourne." I wish to say, " Increased prosperity to the City of Melbourne." The proofs of the prosperity of this city we had to-day, when I had the pleasure of laying the foundation stone of a new town hall, the plans of which were sufficient to prove the large scale upon which everything is being done in this city. Gentlemen, I think there is very little more I need say, and I confess my inability to make a speech on this topic, in which I could not say sufficient if I said more. The toast was heartily responded to, and the Mayor replied briefly. His Royal Highness then proposed " The Ladies," remarking that the toa.st, like the first one proposed, required nothing to bring it into favour with Englishmen. Lord Newry replied, stating that he felt overpowered by the enormous responsibility he had undertaken ; but when he looked at that gallery and saw so many pairs of bright eyes, he was inspired to express the feelings of the ladies, by stating their appreciation of the honour his Royal Highness had on this occasion done them in proposing their healths, and their thanks to all present for the cordial manner in which the toast had been received. A most cordial reception had been given to his Royal Highness here, and the ladies would have him (Lord Newry) to tell them that they were much pleased at the manner in which they had conducted themselves ; but he would also wish to impress upon Ihem the fact that it had been the presence of the ladies which had rendered the meeting so complete. There was no champagne in the gallery, and therefore the ladies would drink to his Royal Highness and the gentlemen present " only with their eyes," since they had been " pledged with wine." They begged also through him (their most devoted though unworthy servant) to express their thanks for the manner in which their health had been drunk. His Excellency proposed " His Worship the Mayor," referring to the onerous duties which had devolved upon him at the commencement of his year of office, and stating, that from the manner in which he had carried them out, they must feel that a successful choice had been made. His Worship briefly thanked the assemblage, stating that he should endeavour to prove himself worthy of the city, and to conduct its business with credit to himself and some honour to the Corporation of Melbourne. His Royal Highness and suite then left the hall, escorted by the Mayor, and repaired to the front of the Public Library no Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The German Torchlight Procession. The account of this interesting and most successful exhibition of German loyalty is noted from the Herald: — The German demonstration in honour of his Royal Highness was an undoubted and complete success from beginning to end. The arrangements of the committee who had the management of this brilliant affair seem to have been of such a character as to render any risk of failure beyond a doubt, and if any confusion did occur it was most decidedly no fault of theirs. The procession started from the Russell-street Police Barracks, the use of which had been allowed by the Government, and here, for some time before that hour, the Liedertafel torch and banner-bearers commenced to assemble, and precisely at nine o'clock the long procession commenced to defile from the barrack-yard, headed by the band of the 14th Regiment, supported in the middle and rear by the Collingwood Volunteer and the German bands. After the leading band, and between the two long lines of torchbearers, over a thousand in number, marched in procession the members of the Liedertafel, with their insignia, " the garlanded lyre," carried by Mr. Kursteiner, and preceded by the Southern Cross and other Australian banners. Behind these, at a short interval, the Imperial Eagle of Germany was bome aloft by Mr. Willms, and under its folds walked the deputation appointed to present the address, followed by Dr. de Baume, carrying the national colours of Germany. The rear of the procession was closed by other emblematic banners and devices, carried and supported by different members of the German community. Along Russell-street, down Collins-street, up Elizabeth-street, and on through Latrobe-street, towards the Public Library, marched the long procession, the lofty cressets blazing in the front, and the lurid glare of more than a thousand torches at the side ; and, though an immense crowd collected on the pavement, occasionally joining in chorus to the airs played by the band, banners, cressets, and torches were borne without any attempt at a rush or the slightest disorder, until the head of the procession came in front of the Public Library, where the serenade was to take place. The band of the 14th, the members of the deputation, the Liedertafel, and about one hundred torchbearers entered the gates. Here the band was drawn up on one side of the lower terrace, the Liedertafel on the other, the members of the deputation being in the centre. The torchbearers filled up the interval beUveen the terrace and the gates. By the time the whole were drawn up it was half-past nine o'clock. After a short delay, the Liedertafel, consisting of seventy performers, led by Mr. Sprinkhom, commenced the serenade by singing Mendelssohn's " Der frohe Wandersmann." During the song several ladies and guests from the Civic Banquet came out under the portico, and greeted its rendering with loud applause. After this there was another interval of nearly twenty minutes, during which the torchbearers outside seemed to have rather a hard time of it ; but at ten o'clock all symptoms of impatience were allayed by the appearance of the Duke on the stately flight of steps leading down from the artificial portico to the two couchant lions. In the centre of the space between these two his Royal Highness stopped, and stood full in view of the serenaders, the bright light of the torches shining brilliantly on his gold epaulettes and the decorations on his breast. His Royal Highness, who wore the uniform of a post-captain in the navy, was accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, Major-CJeneral Chute, the Chief Secretary, and other members of the The German Torchlight Procession. 1 1 1 Ministry, the Mayor of Melbourne, the officers of his personal staff, Lord Newry, Mr. Brierly, several naval and military officers, and a large number of other gentlemen, Lieut. Rothwell, and Mr. Manners-Sutton being in attendance on his E.\cellency the Governor. As soon as his Royal Highness appeared, the Liedertafel sang "Des Deutsche Lied," his Royal Highness and those around him applauding loudly ; and after this Mr. Brahe, the Prussian Vice- Consul, introduced the deputation, consisting of Mr. Pokorny (secretary), Dr. Lilienfeld, Dr. Mueller, Dr. Jonasson, and Messrs. Cleve, Gelbrecht, Wenzel, Von Guerard, and Martin ; and requested his Royal Highness to receive an address from the German in- habitants of Melbourne. The Duke having bowed his assent, Mr. Pokorny read the address as follows : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the German residents of Melbourne and the delegates of the Germans in Victoria, approach your Royal Highness to offer you our hearty welcome, to congratulate you on your safe ai-rival in this country, and to tender the sincere expressions of our devotion and loyalty to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, your august mother, to Her throne, and to the Royal family. Under the benign rule of Her Majesty the Queen wo have here established a new home, and have always been ready to take a fair share in the peaceful combat by which this country, scarcely known to a previous generation, has been subdued by means of labour, euteriirise, arts, and science, rendered a fit abode of free men, and led to so high a development of civilisation. Your Royal Highness is destined at some future day to become still more closely connected with Germany ; and we beg most respectfully to express our sincere conviction that, following the example of your noble father, you will always endeavour to strengthen still more the ties of friendship which unite the two great Teutonic nations — England and Germany — both claiming with equal pride and justice your Royal Highness as their own. We have the honoiu" to sign, on behalf of the Germans of Victoria, your Royal Higliness's truly devoted and most obedient servants, the deputies. (Signed) J. J. POKORNY, Seceetaby. Melboimie, 29th November, 1867. W. A. BRAHE, President. His Royal Highness replied in German, expressing a few words of thanks and appre- ciation. The address, beautifully mounted on red morocco, and ornamented at each end with silver ducal coronets, having been handed to the Prince, the deputation retired. His Royal Highness descended the steps to his carriage, the Liedertafel singing, at the request of the Prince, Becker's " Frisch die ganze Compagnie." The appearance of the Prince outside the gates was the signal for renewed cheers, amid which he drove down the lines of torch- bearers towards Prince's Bridge, the band, the Liedertafel, and the deputation following him. The route was then continued, with bands playing and banners waving, down Swanston-street, past the illuminated Town-hall, to Flinders-street, and so on to Spring-street, where in front of the Model Schools the torches were one by one flung down, and a huge fire soon blazed merrily away, shedding a bright light on the immense crowd collecting, and throwing the Houses of Parliament into a dark shadowy background. The Liedertafel then sung Reichardt's " Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland," and as the soul-stirring words of Arndt rung through the night air, the crowd listened in admiring silence, applauding loudly at the conclusion. The demon- stration terminated by the singing of " God save the Queen " to the band accompaniment, and the large crowd dispersed in the best possible temper. And so ended the German torchlight procession, a demonstration neither Prince nor people are soon likely to forget. The Germans had every reason to congratulate themselves upon it as a success, and all connected with it, including the committee, Dr. de Baume (who was intrusted with many of the most important duties), Mr. John Hennings (who designed and painted the banners and devices), and Messrs. Kelly and Lewis, who supplied the torches. 112 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Special Race Meeting. Not the least attractive of the entertainments provided for the royal visit was the Special Race Meeting, which took place on Saturday, the 30th November. The excellent programme put forward by the committee, and the knowledge that his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was to be present on the ground, had created even more than the usual excitement of a race-day in Victoria. At about twelve o'clock the outriders of the vice-regal carriage and the glittering accoutrements of the constabulary escort, were seen in the distance. In a few minutes the calvacade drew up in front of the grand stand, where a gate was thrown open for the entrance of the distinguished visitor, who was accompanied by his Excellency the Governor and two officers of his personal suite — Lord Newry, Mr. Manners-Sutton, and others having arrived previously in a drag. Lady and the Misses Manners-Sutton came on the ground in one of the Governor's close carriages. As soon as his Royal Highness had alighted, he was conducted to that portion of the grand stand railed off for his accommodation, and in the decoration of which the committee had evidently expended considerable trouble. Tastefiil, however, as were the decorations, the prettiest sight among them was afforded by some flowers, kindly furnished by Mr. Hugh Glass, who, on the application of Mr. Bagot, placed his hot-house at their disposal. The selection and arrangement were made by Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Glass's head gardener, who with his assistants had worked during nearly the whole night in making the floral decorations. A handsome lunch, provided by Mr. Scott, was laid out for the private refreshment of the Prince, the Governor, and their personal staff. It is gratifying to be able to say, too, that after the Duke had once entered the stand he was left entirely to himself, and not in any way intruded upon. Captain Standisli was in attendance on his Royal Highness during the entire day, and it would have been difficult to find a better qualified guide to the Melbourne racecourse ; but, with this exception, the Duke walked, talked, and betted like one of the crowd, and there is reason to believe enjoyed immensely the racing that followed. The Duke viewed most of the races from the stewards' position over the weighing-room. Shortly after the last race his Royal Highness entered his carriage with the Governor, and was driven away amid loud and hearty cheers. The announcement that the Duke of Edinburgh would pay a visit to the Princess's Opera- house in the evening to hear the opera of Faust was in itself sufficient to fill the theatre. At nine o'clock the Duke of Edinburgh and suite arrived, and were conducted to a private box on the right of the dress circle. The special feature in the opera was the part taken by the band of the 14th Regiment in the " Soldiers' Chorus," which was applauded and encored. During Sunday, ist December, the Prince remained on board the Galatea. Leaving the ship at 6 p.m., he landed at Sandridge, and drove to Toorak, where he joined the vice-regal dinner party, and afterwards returned to the ship. The Depai^ture for the WestePxJM Distf^i^ct. The Duke of Edinburgh, having enjoyed just one week of the hospitalities of the capital, took his departure early on Monday, 2nd December, for Geelong, where he began one of the provincial tours which had been arranged with the view of giving his Royal Higlmess a more perfect knowledge of the resources of the colony than he could acquire in Melbourne. The Reception at Ceelong. \ \ 3 Prince had left the Spencer-street station for VVilliamstown, Ijy special train, at eleven o'clock the previous evening, and passed the night on board his vessel. A special train conveyed his Excellency the Governor and suite to Williamstown, at half-past eight o'clock on Monday morning, and the vice-regal party was at once taken on board the Victoria. On receiving the Governor on board, the Victoria fired a salute and manned yards. The Naval Training Ship also manned yards and dressed ship, the latter mark of respect being repeated by the reforma- tory hulks and the barque Jcannie Oswald. The Victoria then got under steam, advanced slowly towards the Galatea., and received the Prince on board. Captain Nicholson, harbour- master of Geelong, was on board to pilot the vessel to her destination. There was no public demonstration either at Sandridge or Williamstown ; and before the Victoria was out of sight, the decks of the Galatea were crowded with visitors, who had availed themselves of the privilege of inspecting so noble a ship. Quoting from the Gecloiig Advertiser, the following are the principal features that marked The Prince'S Visit to Geelong. Never have the loyal citizens of Geelong and the surrounding district witnessed a greater sight in the second town of the colony of Victoria, than that which took place on Monday. The visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was one of those bright scenes that will form a green spot in the memory of all who were fortunate enough to witness it. At a very early hour in the morning gaily dressed visitors poured into the town, and continued to arrive until two o'clock, at which hour the streets were lined on either side with men, women, and children, anxious to give a hearty greeting to the son of our Queen. The weather was delightful. Thousands of yards of bunting waved in the breeze, Moorabool-street being especially gay ; balconies, verandahs, windows, and posts were tastefully decorated with evergreens, grass-trees, and choice flowers, and triumphal arches were to be seen in every direction. Between eleven and twelve o'clock the smoke issuing from the funnel of the Victoria was seen in Bellerine Bay, the steamer steering for the ship channel, and all hastened to the Yarra-street wharf and slopes of the eastern beach to witness the approach and arrival of the Royal visitor. Everywhere was excitement and bustle, but the order kept throughout the day by a strong body of police under the command of Mr. Superintendent Bookey and Sub-Inspectors Macnamara and Ryall, was admirable. The main body of the procession formed on Corio-terrace. An avenue was kept clear by means of ropes, and at the time the Prince arrived there could not have been less than twenty thousand persons congregated. At the end of the Yarra-street wharf nearest the town appeared a very neat triumphal arch erected by the Corporation, and on which was inscribed the motto : — " Welcome to Geelong." Railings kept the crowd from trespassing upon the space through which the Prince was to pass, the central avenue being covered with matting right up to the rich and handsome crimson dais provided for the occasion by Messrs. Ashmore and Sons, and situated in the centre of the wharf, about fifty yards from the landing-place. The dais was surmounted by a rich cornice and graceful canopy, on the top of which appeared a gilt and crimson crown. On the right-hand side of the wharf the clipper ship Lanarkshire was gaily dressed in bunting ; on the left side, the Damascus and the Salamander, and the barque India, were similariy decorated. The most interesting feature to be seen was the children's platforms, on which were seated over three thousand boys and girls, each of whom 114 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. had been presented with a medal struck in honour of the Duke's visit to Victoria. At half-past twelve a guard of honour of volunteers, selected from the Volunteer Artillery, were marched past the dais under the command of Captain Heath, and took up a position at the end of the wharf. Among the officers present were Lieutenant-Colonel Rede, Major Dawson, Captains Rashleigh and Smith, and Lieutenants Macklin and Price. About the same time the Victoria was seen making her way through the ship channel and approaching the wharf, having the Royal Standard at the main, and the Prince's ensign at the peak. Shortly after this the Mayor and Town-Clerk of Geelong, in robes of office, and accompanied by the members of the Council, the Mayors of South Barwon, and Newton, and Chilwell, and other members of those Councils, the presidents and members of the various Shire Councils, the chairmen and members of the several road boards in the Geelong district, the clergy of every denomination, members of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, members of the legal and medical professions, and the leading men among the Friendly Societies, congregated near the dais, and were marshalled into line facing the volunteers, thus forming an avenue in the centre of which appeared the Mayor of Geelong ready to walk up and receive his Royal Highness at the temporary steps erected at the end of the platform. The Victoria anchored at the eastern end of the wharf, and as the Prince placed his foot in the captain's gig, the yards of the Victoria were manned, and her guns and also those of the beach battery, under the command of Lieutenant Hague, thundered forth a Royal salute. The landing of the Prince on the wharf was the signal for immense cheering, the clear ringing voices of the three thousand children being heard above all. He was received by his Worship the Mayor, and conducted to the dais. The Duke appeared to be pleased with the reception given him, and when he took his stand on the dais he received a hearty ovation of cheering. His Excellency the Governor occupied a position on the stand, as did also Lord Newry and the Hon. Mr. Yorke. The Mayor, approaching the Prince, said : — " May it please your Royal Highness, I have the honour, on behalf of the town and Corporation of Geelong, to present you with an address of cordial welcome to our town, and to convey to your Royal Highness our expression of loyalty and devotion to the throne of our beloved Sovereign the Queen, and our high appreciation of the honour conferred upon the colony by your visit, which I feel assured will, under God's blessing, greatly tend to the advancement of this distant portion of Her Majesty's dominions. With Royal Highness's permission, I will call upon the Town Clerk to read the address which I now have the honour of presenting." The address was then handed to the town clerk (Mr. W. Weire) who read, as follows: — May it ple.ise your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, and Burgesses of Geelong, respect- fully offer our heaitiest welcome to your Koyal Highness, on this your visit to our town, and rejoice in the opportunity of again expressing our feelings of devotion and loyalty to the Throne of our Most Gracious Queen, and of affection and attachment to her Royal person. As the chief representative body of Geelong, and the oldest municipal corporation (with but one exception) in Victoria, we highly value the important privileges attached to local self- government, instituted in remote ages by our ancestors for the raainten.inco of tranquillity, the security of property, the encouragement of industry, and the preservation of property. These privileges are the more highly prized by us seeing that under the beneficent and gracious rule of Her Majesty they have, by wise and enlightened policy, been greatly extended. We, therefore, have the high honour in the presence of yourself, a son of our beloved Queen and her illustrious and lamented Consort, of expressing our grateful appreciation of the many blessings which, under Divine Providence, we enjoy, in common with ourfollow subjects in all parts of Her Majesty's dominions, through the bright and glorious examples shown by your Royal parents, which has conduced so eminently to the advancoiiient and stability of the Throne, and thereby tended to improve the religious and social condition of all classes of Her Majesty's subjects, and rendered the foundation of the national prosperity moro firm and sure. Deeply senisihlo of the great honour you have by your visit conferred upon our town, and sincerely trusting that it I Reception at Geclong, 115 may bo a source of enjoyment to you, wo af^ain respectfully ofTcr your Royal Highness our heart-felt wishes that your future pro;2;ros3 may be attended with unalloyed happinuHH and pleasure. ROBERT DE BRUCE JOHNSTONE, Mayor. WILLIAM WEIRE, ToW.v C'LERK. Given under the C'oiporation seal of the Town of Geelong this 2nd day of Decenjbcr, 1867. The address was a beautiful specimen of illuminated writing on vellum, arristically exe- cuted. The Mayor having handed the address to the Prince, his Royal Highness replied, " I am highly gratified at this reception, and will reply to this address as soon as possible." His Royal Highness subsequently forwarded a reply to this and the other address presented by the Corporation of Geelong at the levee held in Melbourne, in the account of which it will be found. Mr. Harwood then presented the following address from the Freemasons : — May it please your lloyal Highness — On behalf of the members of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons resident in Geelong, we beg to offer to your Royal Highness our congratulations and welcome on the occasion of your visit to the colony and to our town. We rejoice at the opportunity now afforded us of expressing to a son of Her Most Gracious Majesty that loyalty and devotion to the person and tin-one of the Sovereign which throughout every portion of her dominions is a prominent characteristic of our Order, for whether its members be peers or peasants, whether it be presided over by an humble colonist or by a Royal Duke, attachment to the Queen, obedience to the law, and brotherly love everywhere prevail. We wish your Royal Highness every happiness which this world can afford, and if in the fullness of time it should please you (following the example of some of your royal ancestors) to seek admission within the mystic portals of the craft, we, and all Masons throughout the universe, will rejoice in the privilege of greeting you as a brother. — We have the honour, &e., THOS. C. HARWOOD, P.M. of Lodge No. 545, EC , and No. 366, S.C, and P.M. Grand "rineipal, Z. R. J. BRADLEY, W.M. of Lodge No. 545, E.G. EDWD. KNIGHT, R.W.M. of Lodge No. 366, S.C. M. S. LEVY, M.E.Z,, of R.A.C., No. 81. This address was splendidly engrossed by Mr. Carpenter. The Friendly Societies, represented by Mr. Christey and Mr. Bannister, then came forward and presented their address, beautifully written and illuminated on vellum by Mr. W. Birdsey: — May it please Your Royal Highness, — We, the District Officers, on behalf of the members of the Friendly Societies of this district, respectfully apjiroach your Royal Highness to offer our sincere congratulations on the occasion of your visiting Geelong. Loyalty being one of the chief characteristics of oiu* Orders, we gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to express to your Royal Highness our devoted loyalty and attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Royal Family. We trust your Royal Highness may long continue in the enjoyment of health and happiness, and that you may return safely to our Fatherland to take the position your Royal Highness is so well calculated to adorn. — We have the honour to be your Royal Highness's most obedient and humble servants, A. CHRISTY, G.M.; J. BAILIFF, D.G.M.; W. G. CLUTTERBUCK, C.S. — M. U. Independent Order of Oddfellows. R. R. MALEY, D.C.R.; H. MORE, D.S.C.R.; H. BANNISTER, D.S.— Ancient Order of Foresters. J. F. GRIGGS, P.G.M.; W. H. BENNETT, D.P.G.M.; J. C. MOGG, P.G.S. — Ancient Order of Oddfellows. GEO. MARTIN, D.M.W.P.; JOSEPH E. LANDER, P.W.S.; W. BOX, P.G.S. — Sons of Temperance. EEPLT. Gentlemen— I feel very grateful to you for yoiu- kindly congratulations, and I fully believe that they ai-e expressed towards me with all sincerity, and in a spirit of loyalty which appears to pervade this community. Your useful society aiding, as it does, the cultivation of all those sentiments among you which must promote pood citizen- ship, proves, I am quite convinced, the correctness of yom- statement, that loyalty is one of the characteristics of your Order. I thank you for yom- good wishes for the prosperity of my voyage. ALFRED. Q 2 ii6 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The Ancient Order of Foresters incurred considerable expense in decorating a triumphal car, on which appeared a young lady in the character of a shepherdess, and leading a milk white lamb; she was supported on each side by juvenile Foresters attired in the green costume of the Order. The Oddfellows provided new regalia. Mr. J. E. Lander acted as marshal. The next feature in the programme was a novel and interesting one, being an address signed by four hundred ladies of Geelong, who were represented by the Hon. C. Sladen, M.L.C., and Captain Haimes. The Hon. C. Sladen, M.L.C., addressing his Royal Highness, asked permission to read the address. His Royal Highness said he would not trouble Mr. Sladen, as he had seen a copy of the address, and would forward a ^vritten reply to it. In the meantime he asked Mr. Sladen to inform the ladies that he regretted that it was not in his power to comply with their request ; his ship had been moored in Hobson's Bay, and arrangements had been made for her remaining there during his stay. The following is the Ladies' Address : — May it please your Royal Highness,— We, the undersigned most loyal and affectionate subjects and countrjTvomen of your Koyal mother, Queen Victoria, beg to congratulate you on your arrival on these shores. We can hardly express the profound satisfaction and pleasure we feel in welcoming you to this distant but important and flourishing colony. The presence of your noble ship in these waters gives us assurance of security, and makes us feel that wo are guarded by the Queen of that great empire on whose dominion the sun never sets. Your couutrjTvomen most an.\iously desire that your Koyal Highness will be pleased to allow the Galatea to visit Point Henry for a brief period, so that the people of Geelong, Ballarat, and the populous Western District may have the privilege and gratification of inspecting the finest ship of war that has ever entered Port Phillip Heads. In conclusion yoiu- countrywomen most fervently pray that your Royal Highness may enjoy long life, health, and happiness, and that 'yo\ir voyage round the world may be accomplished with safety and pleasiu-e. Mr. Leon presented the following address from the members of the Jewish congregation : — May it please your Royal Highness, — We, the president and members of the Jewish Congregation of Geelong, beg to express the pride and pleasure we feel in being able to welcome the son of our beloved and gracious Queen to this our adopted city. Your sojourn anioug us will, we fear, be but short, though long enough we trust to assure yoiu* Royal Highness of oiu' loyal and dutiful attachment to Her Majesty's throne, convinced that, under her protection, we have perfect security for the equal freedom of our people as other sects ; and to assure your Royal Highness that, though separated by many thousands of miles, and years have elapsed since we left our native land — the mother country — we still maintain the same affectionate and loyal feeling to Her Majesty as ever ; and to you as the son of our gracious Queen, words can but feebly express the hearty welcome we would fain offer. S. LEON, President. M. FINK, TREASURER. J. STONE, Minister. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you most sincerely for the cordial reception you gave me in Geelong, .and I regret that the shortness of my visit to Australia prevented me from staying with you longer. The feelings of loyalty and affection you entertain for the Queen shall be made known to Her Majesty, who will be deeply gratified by the manner in which I have been received in this country. Mr. Knight, foreman of the Geelong Volunteer Brigade, presented the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the officers and members of the Geelong and Newtown and Chilwell Vohuiteer Fire Brigades beg most respectfully to offer our hearty congratulations on the auspicious event of your Royal Highness's visit to Geelong; we humbly beg to state that the Geelong Volunteer Fire Brigades have, as public bodies, ever distinguislied themselves for their loyalty, .and while giving yourself a fireman's hearty welcome, we Immbly request that we may be permitted to avail ourselves of the memorable occasion of your presence to express the continuance of our devoted attachment to the person .and throne of your august mother, Reception at Geelong. 1 1 7 her most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We trust your Uoyal Ilighnefis may live long and enjoy every blessing this world can give you, and wish you a safe and pleasant passage back to our fatherland. E. KNIUHT, Forip;MAN Geei-ono Voeunteeu Brigade. E. SEELEY, FoHEMAN NEWTOWN and Ciiilwell Volcnteer Fire Khicade. The following address was also presented : — The Trustees of the Geelong Botanical Gardens beg, in all loyalty, to approach your Royal Highness, and to welcome you to the Gardens. It being the intention of the Trustees to erect handsome gates, they respectfully request that you may be pleased to christen them the " Prince's Gntos ;" and do the town the honour of planting a tree ( WelUngtoiiia Giijanlea) as a memorial of your Royal visit to Geelong. CHARLES IBBOTSON, Chairman. REPLY. Gentlemen — Accept my thanks for your adilross. It affords me gi'oat pleasure to visit the Botanical Gardens of Geelong, and I most willingly accord the permission you desire to have the gates you intend to erect named after myself. This concluded the presentation of addresses, and the Mayor then invited the Prince to inspect the town of Geelong. His Highness, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, the Mayor, and followed by the members of the two suites, and the gentlemen who had occupied positions near the dais, walked down the centre of the wharf between two dense lines of people, the children singing the National Anthem. His Highness stopped for a few seconds opposite the children, in acknowledgment of the juvenile welcome, and on arriving at the end of the wharf passed under the triumphal arch, where a carriage drawn by four greys ridden by postillions was waiting for him; the carriage, a very handsome landau, being lent for the occasion by A. B. White, Esq. The members of the fire brigades, friendly societies, and other public bodies having been drawn up in line opposite Mack's Hotel, the signal was given by the marshal, Mr. W. T. Morris, to proceed, and the Royal progress through the town of Geelong commenced. The advance guard was formed by the Prince of Wales Light Horse, and then came the members of the two volunteer fire brigades with their three engines. Then followed the Rechabites, who mustered strongly, and appeared to great advantage in their new regalia. The Sons of Temperance came next, and were succeeded by the members of the following orders, viz. : — Ancient Order of Foresters, Ancient Independent Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, Members of Road Boards, Members of Shire Councils, Municipal Councils, Reception Committee, Corporation of Geelong, Clergy. An advanced guard of the escort proceeded immediately in front of the carriage containing the Prince, the Governor, Lord Newry, and Mr. Yorke, the carriage being guarded on either side by an escort of the volunteer cavalry. The royal carriage was followed by private carriages, and as the long line turned round into Moorabool-street, the sight was a magnificent one. The firemen's arch, erected at the junction of Great Malop and Moorabool-streets, was a great credit not only to the brigade, but to the town, and a triumph in the art of decoration. As the cortege was returning down Malop-street, the fire-bell commenced to peal an alarm. The services of the Fire Brigade, it appeared, were required in Skene-street, and, leaving the line' of procession, the three engines, each drawn by two of Mr. Kerley's powerful horses, proceeded to the scene of the fire. The departure of the firemen and their engines detracted somewhat from the appearance of the procession, which then passed along Great Malop-street. The Prince returned to Mack's Hotel, where the Royal party partook of a luncheon provided in Mr. Trear's best style. During the stay of the Prince at Mack's Hotel, the Mayor and Town Clerk had an interview with his Excellency, and presented him with a book, with a request that he would hand it to the Prince. The book (a copy of Mr. Bunce's " Language of the Aborigines") was handsomely ii8 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. bound in blue morocco, the interior containing a portrait of King Jerry, and bearing the following inscription : — Presented by King Jerry, the remaining representative of the Geelong, or the Dau-dan-nook, tiibe. This book is, with the deepest respect, presented to his Koyal Highness, as a specimen of the languiige of his [King Jerry's] own and other tribes of Australasia. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh did not leave Geelong without paying a visit to the Botanical Gardens. It had been suggested that he would probably consent to plant a tree in the gardens to commemorate his visit to the town, and the Prince at once kindly acquiesced. On his entering the gardens, the Mayor, addressing his Highness, said : — • " Upon the marriage of your illustrious brother with the Princess Alexandra two trees were planted here to commemorate that auspicious event. I now have the honour and pleasure of requesting your Royal Highness to plant a tree in remembrance of your visit." Mr. Bunce, the curator, then handed a spade to the Prince, who turned tlie earth, and planted a very handsome tree of the Wellingtonia Gigantea species. The Prince then drove through the gardens, and returned to his hotel. At night the town was illuminated, and the streets were crowded with spectators, many of whom had come from a considerable distance. The weather was everything that could be desired. The illuminations commenced at seven o'clock, and an hour after the town from one end to the other was a blaze of light. Chinese crackers, and other descriptions of small fireworks, were fizzing and banging in every direction ; rockets towered high, bursting in showers of brilliantly-coloured stars. Nearly every place of business could boast of either a transparency or a design illuminated with jets of gas, the ships in the harbour were lit up with blue lights, and the general appearance of the town was very striking. A pretty scene was presented by the Market-square Gardens, which were illuminated with festoons of innumerable gaily-coloured Chinese lamps. The Town Hall grounds, the numerous triumphal arches, and the front of the Chamber of Commerce, were also illuminated in the same manner, and had a good effect. The departure of the Prince from Mack's Hotel to the Ball was announced by a fine display of blue lights. Those inhabitants who were unable to obtain gas, or had been too late with their orders for transparencies, made up for it with thousands of candles, arranged on angular stands or in coloured glass lamps. The Ball at the Mechanics' Institute in honour of the Prince's visit was another of the many successes of the eventful day. The committee had been indefatigable in their exertions to conduct the ball on such a principle that all classes of the community of good repute could be present, and make it eclipse all others previously given in the town, for which purpose they engaged the whole of the Mechanics' Institute, and removed the platform in the hall to make more room for the expected large number of dancers. The hall was decorated under the super- intendence of Mr. Wheatland, secretary to the Institute, and Mr. Bunce, curator of the Botanical Gardens. The entrance was from the principal door in Ryrie-street, and the floor from there to the landing, and the stairs leading down to the hall, was covered with crimson baize. On entering the ball-room the scene was very striking. Around the room, in the recesses of the windows, were ranged large mirrors, and on either sitle of the mirrors were vases of choicest flowers, the pilasters being elegantly decorated with floral ornaments. The cornices were covered with festoons of drapery representing the national colours of England — red, white, and blue. At the upper end of the hall was erected the dais, and at the other end a platform for the musicians, on the barrier of which were the words " Welcome Alfred," under a gas star. Reception at Geelong. no The reading-room was fitted up as a ladies' retiring room, and the library as a card room. As early as eight o'clock the comjjany began to assemble ; but it was not until ten o'clock that his Royal Highness made his appearance, accompanied by his Excellency and their respective suites. As the Duke entered the ball-room the band played the National Anthem, which being concluded, a quadrille was danced, a double set being formed, as follows : — The Duke and Mrs. Strachan, his Excellency the Governor and Miss Murphy, Lord Newry and Miss Chimside, the Hon. Eliot Yorke and Miss Murray, Sir Francis Murphy and Mrs. A. B. White, Mr. Brierly and Miss Chapman. After this the Duke joined in a galop with Miss Murphy. At eleven o'clock the company, headed by the Duke and suite, proceeded through the covered passage to the Council Chamber at the Town Hall, where supper was laid, provided by Mrs. Bedford, of the Terminus Hotel. After supper, the Mayor, R. de B. Johnstone, Yai.\., proposed the health of Her Majersty the Queen, which was drank with enthusiasm. The health of the Prince and Princess of Wales was next drank ; after which the Mayor said : The next toast I have to propose is one that I am sure you will all respond to with heart and soul. It is the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the other members of the Royal family. To this the Duke replied : Ladies and gentlemen — I thank you most heartily for the manner in which you have responded to the toast of my health. I need not tell you with what pleasure I accepted the invitation of this visit to Geelong, being as it is a starting point for the western portion of the colony ; and while I return you thanks for your expressions of regard to myself and family, I have also to return you thanks for the appreciation in which you hold the naval service, with which I am connected, shown by the address of the ladies of the town, presented to me this day, asking that the Galatea should visit Geelong, and remain off Point Henry. I am very sorry that such cannot be done, as my orders are strict that she shall not leave her present anchorage until I leave the colony. Ladies and gentlemen, again I beg to return you my best thanks for your kind expression of regard. The Mayor then proposed the health of his Excellency the Governor. His Excellency responded, expressing the satisfaction he felt at finding that with all the differences that had arisen with regard to politics, the colonists of Victoria were loyal to the British throne. The company returned to the ball room, and at one o'clock the Duke left Dancing was then recommenced and kept up until morning, when the company separated. It was hoped that the Prince would extend the time of his departure until two o'clock p.m., in order that his presence might have graced a good portion of the Regatta, but he was anxious to get on his way, and, through his Excellency the Governor, signified to the Regatta Com- mittee that unless the first race took place early, he should be obliged to leave for Banvon Park. The Committee having advertised the time for the first race, were unable to alter the arrangements, but ultimately his Royal Highness very kindly delayed his departure. At half-past ten he was driven to the Yarra-street wharf, and as soon as his presence was made known, a gun was fired from the Pharos, which acted as the flag-ship, and the Regatta com- menced. After remaining a short time, the Royal visitor left, escorted by a detachment of the v. L. Horse, under the command of Lieutenant Isard, and proceeded through the town en route for Winchelsea. Passing Barwon Iron Bridge, the Prince was met by the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of South Barwon, who presented the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness— We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of South Barwon, beg most respectfully to offer our sincere feelings of respect for yourself, and our hearty welcome to this part of the colony of Victoria. We desire to express our undiminished loyalty to the throne and person of Her Most Gracious I20 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Majesty the Queen, and our high appreciation of the honor we have had conferred upon us by bein^ thus privileged to convey this feeling of loyalty to a member of the royal family personally. We trust this expression of our sincere feelings may be graciously accepted by your Royal Highness, and that after a visit of unalloyed pleasure to this part of the British Dominions you may have a safe return to the old country, and carry with you pleasing recollections of the loyalty and progress of the people of this and the other colonies you may have visited. WILLIAM BATTEN, Mayor. Council Chambers, South Banvon, 2nd December, 1807. JOHN RICHARDSON, Town Clekk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I receive with satisfaction tliis expression of your heartfelt loyalty to the Throne and person of Her Majesty. I thank you for the hearty welcome, and for your good wishes for my safe return to England ; and I assure you that I shall cany with me the most pleasing recollections of the loyalty and progress of the people of Victoria. ALFRED. The festivities at Geelong were successfully concluded by a free banquet, a children's picnic, and a treat to the inmates of the Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum. Leaving Geelong and its suburban dependencies, the next object of interest visited was the Prince Albert Vineyard, where the following address from the vinegrowers was presented by Messrs. Hanson, Pettavel, M'Kenzie, and Hedrick : — We, the vinegrowers of the Geelong district, natives of various countries of Europe, are unable to express in words our delight at being permitted to welcome in this beautiful valley, amidst the scenes of our indvistry, the second son of our beloved Queen. The remembrance of the gracious acceptance by yoiu* Royal Highness of this simple display of oui' loyalty will long be cherished by us and by our children. (Signed) GEORGE HANSON. ' D. L. PETTAVEL. ALEX. M'KENZIE. The Duke then proceeded on his journey. On arriving at Duneed another demonstration took place. Mr. Cotton, a local storekeeper, had gallantly maintained the credit of his district by erecting an arch of evergreens, by treating the school children to a free banquet, and by other hospitable services. At Mount Moriac the Prince stopped for refreshment, afterwards going on to Winchelsea. A triumphal arch had been thrown across the road, and Mr. Elkington's store was tastefully decorated. Nothing more of note happened during the journey till the arrival at Winchelsea, at which place the Shire Council had been building a stone bridge over the Banvon, and that this should be opened by royalty was the earnest desire of the residents. The Prince consenting, drove down to the bridge, which consists of three spans, erected at a cost of .;!^45oo. The structure was ornamented with two arches of evergreens, bedecked with flowers. Here H.R.H. was met by the Council, with their president, Mr. Thomas Austin, at their head ; an address was presented, and then the event of the day took place. The Prince duly laid the cope-stone of the bridge, having been presented by the Presi- dent with a handsome silver trowel, suitably inscribed, for the purposes of the ceremony. The following is the address presented by the Council to his Royal Highness : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Council of the Shire of Winchelsea, rejoice to have this opportunity of welcoming yoiu* Royal Highness in Victoria, and of assuring you of our sincere loyalty and affection to Her Majesty's throne and person, and attachment to the Royal family. Proud of the distinguished honour conferred on this district by one of the princes of the blood royal, we venture to a.sk your Royal Highness to be pleased to lay a stono in the parapet of the bridge, with an inscription commemorative of yom* Roy.al Highness's presence on this occasion, and of the opening of the bridge for traffic. THOMAS AUSTIN, PliESIUENT. REPLY. Gentlemen — Accept my best thanks for the addi'oss you have presented to mo, in which the expressions of loyalty to tho Queen are sure signs of the real attachment which you bear to Her Majesty and the great kingdom of which Victoria forms so important a part. It has given me great pleasure to be able to leave a visible and tangible token of my visit to yoiu- district of this colony, where I hope all success will attend tho building, and an increased traffic [irovc the utility of tho undertalcing. ALFRED. i Tour throtigh the Western District. 121 The formalities of the reception being disposed of, his Royal Highness and party were driven to the Barwon Hotel, where a few bumpers of champagne were drank, and \h'where. His sub-marshals were posted variously, Mr. Greene in the van, Mr. Moore with the Royal escort, and Mr. Vance hovered about the rear. As the procession moved down Sturt-street the full force of the ovation given to the Royal guest became more and more apparent. The great surging crowd rolled along with the procession, shouting welcomes wherever the Prince was visible. As the cavalcade arrived at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard streets, the spectacle was magnificent. All around the buildings were brilliantly lighted up, and over the wide expanse of Ballarat East the whole air seemed tremulous with multicoloured motion. House tops, towers, arches, masts, galleries, balconies, all were bright in colours of v^•aving drapery and bunting. But still the immense crowds were ever the greater spectacle. The total number gathered within the field of view must have been forty or fifty thousand, a number equal if not superior to the display in front of the Treasury in Melbourne on the occasion of the Prince's official reception. At Craig's Hotel, where the Prince's quarters were, the royal standard was floating. Here his Royal Highness and suite alighted, and passed in amid the acclamations of the crowd. Reception at Ballarat. 125 The Torchlight Procession of the German residents of Ballarat and the surrounding districts was very successful, and added considerably to the general illiiminalion which so loyally and effectively characterised the arrival of the Prince in every ])art of the town. The procession was formed at the Eastern Town-hall, Mr. Louis Seilifert officiating as marshal, and Mr. Theodor Kawerau acting as musical conductor. The Germans lighted the Prince to and from the Theatre Royal, to which he paid a brief visit ; and upon his return to Craig's Hotel, an address was presented by the German residents. The address was contained in a very beautifully finished bo.\, made of colonial lightwood, composed of over five hundred different i)ieces, and bearing a suitable inscription on a gold plate inside. The bo.\ was the work and gift of Mr. Schrieber, Main road. Mr. Luth, who officiated as spokesman, addressed his Royal Highness in German, and read the address, on receiving which his Royal Highness replied briefly in the same language, stating that he was highly i)leased at the interest taken by the German residents of Ballarat in his visit, and he would in due time send a suitable reply. After the presentation of the address, the Duke was serenaded. The Mayors of Ballarat and Ballarat East, together with Captain Sherard, of the Volunteer Light Horse Troop, dined with the Prince at Craig's Hotel, the Governor being also present. Captain W. C. Smith was also among the invited, as representing the Volunteer Rangers. In the evening the two boroughs were brilliantly illuminated on a scale of unprecedented magnificence, and thus finished up a day ever to be remembered in the annals of Ballarat. The following day (Tuesday, loth December), the Prince proceeded to the Alfred Hall to hold a Levee at eleven o'clock. The streets leading from Craig's Hotel to the hall were crowded with spectators, all anxious to obtain a glimpse of the Royal visitor. One thousand ladies (the exact number) attended as spectators, and filled the gallery and the body of the hall. A number of addresses were presented to the Prince, after the levee presentations had taken place, and amongst others was one from the Ballarat Caledonian Society. That received from the Borough of Cresvvick, is appended : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the mayor, couueillors, .and burgesses of the borough of Creswick beg to assure your Royal Highness of our continued loyalty and devotion to the person and throne of our beloved Sovereign. We most heartily congratulate your Royal Highness on your snfe arrival in this colony, and sincerely hope that your visit to this distant part of the empire will prove a personal gratification, and afford your Royal Highness abundant proof of our unchanging attachment as a people to Her Most Gracious Majesty, and our high regard for yourself personally as an illustrious member of the royal family. We most cordially luiite in wishing your Royal Highness every personal happiness ; and we priy that amongst the many illustrious names that have been and are still connected with the royal navy of England, that of your Royal Highness may ever occupy a high and conspicuous place. (Signed) JOHN THOMAS JEBB, M.1YOR. WILLIAM GARDINER, Cocmcillok. THOMAS COOPER, Cocn'Cillor. JOSEPH HARRIS „ GEORGE WILLIAMS „ HENRY STOREY ANTHONY PASCO „ JOSEPH MOORE Doe. 10th, 1867. JAMES ROGERS „ JOSEPH REED, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank youi' for youi- congratulations upon my safe arrival in Victoria, and for your expressions of loyalty and devotion to the Queen, which it will be my duty to convey to Her Majesty. The good wishes which you offer for my personal happiness and for my success in my profession are very grateful to me, and I heartily thank you for them. The Mayor and Town-Clerk of Maryborough attended, and presented the foUowng address on behalf of the Burgesses of that place, to which the reply is appended : — May it please your Royal Highness — We the Mayor and Councillors of the borough of Maryborough, in the colony of Victoria, approach your Royal Highness with mingled feelings of the deepest respect and joy upon this 126 Ftsz^ of H.R.H. Prince Alfred most auspicious event, your first visit to this colony. It is most gratifying to know that in all the places which you have honoured with your presence, you have been greeted with those expressions of loyalty so justly due to our beloved Queen ; and your Royal Highness may rest assured that there are none who more heartily appreciate and welcome your visit, than the inhabitants of the Maryborough district, who earnestly wish that youi- sojourn amongst us may be as agreeable to yourself, as we sincerely desii'e that it should be. ALEXANDER LOWENSTEIN, Matob. CHARLES TOUTCHER, Town Clebk. BBPLT. Gentlemen — I assure you that it has given me the greatest pleasure to have had an opportunity of visiting this most important colony. The cordial reception that has been given me, and the reiterated expressions of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen, and of attachment to the old country, which I have heard on all sides, will lead me ever to look back upon my short residence here with feelings of unmixed gratification. I thank you most sincerely for the part you have taken in the general welcome which I have received in Victoria, and for the kind wishes on my behalf contained in your address. Addresses were also presented from the Mayor and Town-Clerk of Clunes, on behalf of the residents of that place; by Mr. R. H. Bland, for those of Bungaree ; by Mr. H. Clark, for the Rechabites ; and from the officers of the various Lodges of Odd Fellows, Druids, and Foresters. The following is a copy of that from the Odd Fellows : — May it please your Royal Highness— We, the members of the Ballarat District M.U.LO.O.F., beg leave, as most loyal and faithful subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, to tender our sincere congratulations on your safe arrival in this colony, and especially for your visit to Ballarat, one of the richest of all the goldfields in Her Majesty's dominions. As members of the largest Friendly Society in the world, whose branches spread through every country in which the English language is spoken, as well as in many other parts of Europe, and numbering in our ranks men of every station from the peer to the peasant, our objects being those of philanthropy and charity, the relief of each other in sickness or distress, and to assist the widow and orphan, without reference to the religious or political feelings of any, further than a loyal attachment to the Throne of Her Most Gracious Majesty, we feel the highest honour conferred on us in thus being allowed to approach your Royal Highness with the most humble assurance of our attachment to the crown of Great Britain. That your Royal Highness may ever enjoy the love and esteem of all Her Majesty's subjects, and may long live in the enjoyment of a life of honour and vu-tue, as unfolded in the history of your illustrious parents, is the sincere wish of the loyal Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity. RICHARD KENT, Prov. G.M. ^•a. ROBERTSON, Pbov. D.G.M. Ballarat, Victoria, December, 1867. Wm. NELSON, Prov. C.S. REPLY. Gentlemen— I pray you to accept my hearty thanks for your congratulations upon my safe arriv.il at Ball.arat. I am glad to find that the Societies which have done so much in other parts of the world for the relief of sickness and distress, are so well represented here. I shall have great pleasure in making knoivn to Her Majesty the assurance of your attachment to the crown. ALFRED. The President, Treasurer, and Secretary of the Jewish Society of Ballarat, as representing that body ; the Mining Board, by the hand of its President ; the Chairman, accompanied by several members of the Ballaratshire Council ; Captain M'Dowall, on behalf of the Ballarat West Fire Brigade, and Master Scurby, on behalf of the Students of the Ballarat College, also had the honour of presenting addresses. The Duke was also presented with a copy of a local musical production by Mr. Lennox, entitled " The Duke's Welcome to Australia." It had been arranged that H.R.H. should start at two o'clock to visit the Band of Hope Company's claim, thence to the Sebastopol Town Hall, thence to the Prince of Wales Com- pany's claim, and thence to the Albion Company's claim, returning afterwards to his hotel. The proceedings were to be finished by the attendance of the Prince at the Alfred Hall, to open the banquet. The Prince, accompanied by members of his suite, took their places in the carriage, and the Duke, taking the reins, proceeded down Lydiard-street at a pace which pro- mised a speedy arrival at their destination. Reception at Ballaral. 127 Shortly after two o'clock o'clock his Royal Highness arrived at the claim. He alighted at the No. 2 shaft, where a very large number of persons were congregated. Inside the gates leading up to the shaft and machinery there were drawn up, in lines two deep, the men employed on the mine. The Prince was met at the gate by the chairman of the Board of directors, Mr. Caselli, and by him he was conducted to the mines, where the working committee of the board met him, and showed him round the machinery. For his enlightenment four of the machines, which had been kept loaded with washdirt for the occasion, were put in motion, and he was initiated into some of the mysteries of washing up. The machinery having been inspected, the Prince and his party prepared to descend the mine. The works are always lit with gas, but on this occasion there had been e.xtra burners put on, and here and there were placed stars and other devices. In one of the drives there were tables, laid out on which a light refection was spread. The directors had provided for the royal party a number of suits of clothes, into which they were duly inducted, and then the process of lowering commenced. Arrived at the bottom of the shaft, the party proceeded through the drives. H.R.H. stopped at several points, and with an ordinary pick went to work to dig out for himself some of the treasure which has been so richly scattered by nature throughout this company's claim. He was not unsuccessful in his researches, for he unearthed several pieces of gold of tolerably large size. After spending about an hour and a half in the mine, the party were drawn to the surface, and such a sight as they presented when they came into the full light of day, will not easily be for- gotten by those who saw it. With faces begrimed, hands encrusted with mud, and garments all stained with the earth, they looked like ordinary miners emerging from a day's work. Safely landed, there was a short adjournment to the dressing-rooms, and much merriment was caused by his Royal Highness insisting on every one keeping their dress and their mud on, in order that they might be photographed together. The artist requiring a few minutes for preparation, there was another visit to the works, when the process of washing-off was illustrated to the Royal visitor by the manager. A most handsome nugget of gold, beautifully interspersed with crystals of quartz, was then presented to his Royal Highness. Its weight is 22 oz. It was enclosed in a handsome morocco case, which, on a silver plate, bears the following inscription : — "Presented to H.R.H. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of his visit to the United Extended Band of Hope Company's mine, Ballarat. H. R. Caselli, chairman ; A. J. Forbes, manager. loth December, 1867." The following is an abridgment of the history of the United Extended Band of Hope Mine, presented to His Royal Highness by Mr. Thomas Carpenter, mining engineer : — I am commissioned by the directors of the United Extended Band of Hope Company to give your Royal Highness a description of their mine — the richest gold mine in this or any other country. The company was registered in 1856, and obtained a concession of some SS40 feet on the course or trend of the Golden Point Lead. Other concessions of a very extensive character have been registered on the course of other lovds; on the Frenchman's some 5100 feet, and the complement allowed to sixty men on the Redan, Inkermann, and Suburban Leads. The capital subscribed was £64,000, with power to increase to £80,000. The workings are very large, and at the outset were prosecuted against obstacles of a very severe and trying character. At present the productive workings are on the Golden Point Lead, or, more correctly speaking, on some large river bed, which is composed of quartzose boulders, pebbles, and sand, intermixed with iron pyrites. Through this the gold is more or less distributed. The principal portion is always found near or on the bed-rock, or in its interstices, in nuggets or pepitas of various shapes and weight down to the finest dust, and in a state of great piuity, the fineness being 23 car. 2 grs. 67, and 23 car. 3 gi-s. The course of this river is south of west, as far as it is worked, a distance of some 1400 feet. Its average breadth is 300 feet, and thickness from 5 feet 6 inches to 7 feet. This is all more or less auriferous. Overlying this diluvium or wash there are eight distinct strata, four of igneous rock and four of aqueous. The igneous is basalt, or trap ; the aqueous sedimentary, chiefly clay, slate, and marl, all the result of some more recent deposit. The older formation 128 Visit of H R.H. Prince Alfred. upon which all this reposes is traTersed irith many rich veins and lodes of golden quartz, the source from which we have obtained all our gold, and the one upon wliich we shall have to depend for our future permanent wealth. The metallic deposits are analogous to the staniferous deposits of Cornwall. The thickness of the overlying matter is some 380 feet. The lead is reached from a shaft and a gallery. The shaft is 420 feet deep ; closely timbered and divided into compartments for lowering and raising the workmen, draining the works, and hauling up the broken ground. The main gallery, traversing the ground below the river bed, is 2900 feet in length. Its transverse dimensions are 7 feet by 7 feet. It is timbered with heavy frames, traversed with a double lino of tramway, and is lighted with gas. From this gallery several small shafts are raised at convenient distances, from which small galleries are driven to intersect or form the ground (the river bed) into blocks. The quantity of ground broken from these and sent to surface each 24 hoiu^ amounts to some 1800 small waggons or trucks, the transit of which is so managed that their contents are not disturbed in their passage from the faces to the washing mills. Twelve horses suffice to work the trucks. The quantity of ground excavated and washed amounts to some 2,500,000 cubic feet. The gold extracted from the same in ounces is 151,000, which has realised some £608,000. The general chai-acter and extent of such very extensive workings reqxiire considerable .skill and care on the part of those entru.sted with the management, and that such care and skill has been at all times exercised is known from the fact, that not one single life has been sacrificed. The mine is directed by a board of gentlemen of considerable experience in the class of work they direct : — Messrs. H. R. Caselli (Chairman), F. Trennery, P. Brennan, M. Lee, J. M'Cafferty, D. Brophy, J. Wheelan, R. Jones, and W. Canning. The company's property and finances are in charge and under the general management of their Chief Officer, Mr. A. J. Forbes. Mr. Wai-d is the Mining Manager at No. 2 Works, Mr. Davey at No. 3 Works, and Mr. Salkield, the Engineer. The aggregate horse-power employed for drainage, lowering and raising the miners, raising the stuff, venti- lating the subterranean works, and extracting the gold, all of which is done by steam power, amounts to that of 349 horses. The number of men employed, of all classes and grades, is 350, The amount paid monthly in wages is £3360. The general cost of timber, material,' and light, for the same period, is some £3500. The total value of machinery is £70,000. The photographs having been taken, and the miners' habiliments doflfed, the party proceeded in the direction of Sebastopol, at which place the Mayor and Councillors of the borough presented the follo^Wng address : — May it please yom- Royal Highness— We, the Mayor and Members of the Borough Council of Sebastopol, beg to approach yoiu* Royal Highness with the most sincere feelings of loyalty and affection towards the throne and person of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria ; and towards yourself personal!}', as the son of our beloved Sovereign, we desire to express our warmest regai'd and esteem. In the name of the^burgesses of Sebastopol, we give you a most hearty welcome to this renowned mining to\\'n, "and we trust that your visit here may be one of pleasure and interest, and hope it will not fail to make an indelible impression on your mind of the national importance of the gold mines in this district. And wo pray that the Almighty may endow you richly with wisdom from above, to enable you to perform the onerous duties of yoiu- high station. We are your Royal Highness's loyal servants. ISAAC VICKERS, Mator JOHN EDWARDS, CousciLLOR THOMAS SAYLE „ WILLIAM BELCHER „ THOMAS DICKINSON „ NICHOLAS KENT, Cor.NXiLLOK. JOHN WHITTAKER GEORGE TAIT ISAAC GRANT „ JOHN W^ALE, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you for the welcome you have given me to this important mining district, and for the expressions of personal regard which you offer me. I will not fail to lay before Her Majesty your assurances of loyalty and affection. I have gladly availed myself of the opportunity my visit to Australia has afforded me of seeing the mining districts which have done so much for England. ALFRED, The Prince then drove off to keep his third appointment of the afternoon, at the Albion Company's claim. As he left the Town Hall a shower of bouquets was thrown at him by a bevy of damsels dressed in white and blue. The Prince arrived on the works of the Albion Company at about half-past six o'clock in the evening, where he was received liy the directors, who presented him with the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the directors of the Albion Gold Mining Company, on behalf of the general body of the shareholders, beg to express our pleasure in welcoming to the metropolis of the Victorian gold- I Receptioji at Ballarat. 129 fields youi- Royal Highness, and assure you of our loyalty and attachment to the throne and person of Hor Majesty. Wo venture to hope that, taking into, consideration only sixteen years have elapsed since gold was first discovered in this colony, you will feel pleased at the mafjnitudo and extent of the works of the mining companies which you have visited and are about to visit. Tlie following is a brief outline of the history of the company :— The shaft was com- menced in 1856, and, after many difficultios and delays, through Hooding out, &c., gold was struck five years afterwards — viz., in November, 18151, and the first dividend declared in December of the same year; since which they have been paid regularly, amounting at tho present time to £90,921 15s., the total yield of gold since its first discovery being 63,626 oz., of the value of £2.59,034. The company employ 300 men, at a weekly expenditure of about £1,300, thus distributing a large sum per annum. We hope that your Royal Highness will be gratified with your visit to Australia, and return in health and safety to your native land. J. H. HAMMOND, C'HAiRM.iN. DUNCAN CAMPBELL, Dikectob. F. R. MICHINSON, Dikectoh. J. FOULKS, CHARLES SEAL, „ JOHN CAMERON, DONALD SHAW, „ In the evening the Banquet in honour of the Duke's visit was held at the Alfred Hall, which since the levee in the morning had been promptly prepared for the purpose. Mr. Miller, of Collins-street west, Melbourne, was the " Gunter" for the occasion, and it is only just to state that he fulfilled his contract in a very creditable manner. The Mayor of Ballarat (Mr. Thomas Davey) and the Mayor of Ballarat East (Mr. Steinfeld) received the distinguished guests. His Royal Highness and the Governor advanced to their places on the dais, and the chair was taken by the Mayor of Ballarat East. Mr. Oliver, of Buninyong, officiated as toast-master. At the conclusion of the dinner the usual loyal toasts were drunk, after which The Chairman proposed " The guest, his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Royal Family," which was responded to most enthusiastically. His Royal Highness acknowledged the toast, and said: — "Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I thank you for the hearty manner in which you have responded to the toast of myself, so ably proposed by the Chairman. It has caused me the greatest pleasure to pay this visit, and to have witnessed the immense progress made by the colony in so short a time, and to be able from my own observation to carry away with me an opinion of how important the discovery of gold has been to this city, adding so much to the prosperity of the colony and to the wealth of the world." The next toast was " His Excellency the Governor," to which his Excellency replied. His Royal Highness the Prince proposed the next toast, " Prosperity to Ballarat," coupled with the names of the Mayors of Ballarat and Ballarat East. He said : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen — I think there is no one has any doubt of the thriving and prosperous condition of the colony of Victoria, and more particularly of the district of Ballarat. I have had the pleasure to-day of viewing the mineral riches of the district underground, and to-morrow I purpose visiting Learmonth, one of the most important agricultural portions of this colony, in which I hope to see the same prosperity above ground. I have, therefore, much pleasure in proposing the toast of " Prosperity to Ballarat," coupling with it the names of the Mayors of Ballarat and Ballarat East. The last toast, " The Ladies," was proposed by his Excellency the Governor ; shortly after which the Prince and the Governor retired. Mr. Prescott gave a grand display of Fireworks on the Cricket Ground during the evening, and a truly splendid show it proved. On Wednesday, nth December, his Royal Highness laid the Foundation-stone of the Victoria Temperance Hall, in Lydiard-street. Although the rain came down in torrents, it did not deter a large assemblage from being present. Upon arri\ing at the place, the Prince I30 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. proceeded within the enclosure, accompanied by the Hon. W. M. K. Vale, the members of the Royal Commission, the Hon. T. Learmonth. M.L.C., Mr. C. E. Jones, M.P., and others. Mr. Davey, the Mayor, presented to his Royal Highness Mr. Gray, the President, and other members of the Temperance League. His Royal Highness then proceeded to the dais, when the President of the Society presented the following address : — Hay it please your Royal Higliness — We, on behalf of the Committee of the Victoria Temperance Hall, Ballarat, desire to welcome you with a loyalty as sincere as the principles of temperance are pm'e, and to express oiu- devoted attachment to the throne and person of your Royal mother, than whom no monarch ever reigned more firmly in the love and affection of a people. We desire to express our appreciation of your gracious condescension to lay the foundation-stone of this building, which will be devoted to the sacred cause of temperance. We feel assured that your Royal Highness will recognise in the erection of this hall evidences of the growing prosperity of this young district, as well as of the improved and improving social, moral, and intellectual status of the population, as also promise of its future happiness. The hall will bear the name of our much-beloved Queen, in recognition of those high moral virtues which have been, and are now, the glory aud lustre of her reign. That she may long live to happily witness the social aud material advancement of her vast dominions, that every member of her illustrious family may enjoy a future of unclouded prosperity, and that your Royal Highness may, through a long and happy life, dignify and maintain the honour of the noble profession of your choice and the high character of the British navy, and that the genius of peace may so control the affairs of nations that the noble Gahika, or any other vessel which your Royal Highness shall command, may be required to be employed for no purpose more severe than a messenger of '■ good- will to man," is the fervent prayer of your Royal Highness's most devoted and humble servants. JOHN WHITEMAN GRAY, President. Ballarat, 11th December, 1867. JAMES BAKER, Honoraey Sechet.iky. After an address from the Hon. Mr. Vale, the stone was lowered amid strains of music. A magnificent gold trowel was presented to the Prince by the Hon. T. Learmonth, M.L.C. ; and a bottle, containing copies of the Melbourne and Ballarat papers, the coins of the realm, and other memorials, was deposited in the cavity of the stone. His Royal Highness then used the trowel, applied the spirit-level and the plumb, and declared the stone to be well and truly laid. The trowel which was used by his Royal Highness was composed of gold contributed by the Albion and Prince of Wales Mining Companies, and was very tastefully made. It bore the following inscription : — " Presented to his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, at the laying of the foundation-stone of the Victoria Temperance Hall, Ballarat, and manufactured from gold presented by the Albion Gold Mining Company (J. W. Hammond, chairman) and by the Prince of Wales Mining Company (W. Davies, chairman). J. W. Gray, president ; James Baker, hon. sec. ; Frederick Poeppel, architect." The trowel was enclosed in a handsomely- made box of colonial wood, and was the workmanship of Irving, Clover and Co. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone being over, the Duke took his departure. The Regatta at Lake Learmonth was the next event of the day, but all enjoyment was marred by the unfavourable state of the weather. The Duke of Edinburgh departed from Craig's Hotel about twelve o'clock. At the boundary of the Ballarat Shire a large body of farmers, on horseback, were in waiting to receive his Royal Highness, and hearty cheers greeted his arrival. He was received by the president of the Ballarat Agricultural Society, Mr. Learmonth, and an address was presented. The Royal party then droi'e on to Learmonth, where they were received with the greatest enthusiasm. The Duke was met by Mr. T. Bath, the president of the Regatta Club, and the members of the committee, and conducted to the Court-house, where the members of the Ballarat Shire Council and the Talbot Shire Council were assembled. Addresses were presented from both of the.se bodies, which were acce])ted, and a reply promised. The Royal party then proceeded to the shores of the lake, l)Ut the unpleasantness of the weather rendered it impossible for them to a Reception at Ballarat. 131 remain any length of time. After a short stay they went to the marquee, where lunch was served. The health of the Duke was proposed and drunk with loyal enthusiasm, and briefly acknowledged by his Royal Highness. This concluded the visit of the Royal party to Lake Learmonth. In the evening a dinner, partaking of .something of a public character, was given by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh at Craig's Hotel. There were present, in addition to his Royal Highness's suite, the Hon. Mr. Verdon, the Hon. Mr. Vale, Captain M'Mahon, Messrs. Jenner, M.L.C., Dyte, M.L.A., Jones, M.L.A., the Mayors of Ballarat and Ballarat East, the Mayor of Melbourne, and Captain W. C. Smith. The day's rejoicings were finished up by a ball at the Alfred Hall, which began shortly after ten o'clock, when the Prince and suite were received by the Mayors of the two boroughs, and conducted to the dais. The opening quadrille was formed as follows: — The Prince danced with the Mayoress of Ballarat at the top, and the Mayor of Ballarat with Mrs. Robertson danced at his side. At the bottom the Mayoress of Ballarat East, who was vis-a-vis to the Prince, danced with Captain M'Mahon, and Mr. and Mrs. Embling formed the other couple. .\t the right side, the couple next the top was Mrs. Clissold and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and the Mayoress of Melbourne and Mr. Brierly formed the other couple. .A.t the left side the corresponding couples were Mrs. R. B. Gibbs and Mr. Henderson, and Mrs. Mitchison and Captain W. C. Smith. The Prince afterwards danced with the Mayoress of Ballarat East and Mrs. Clissold, and in the Scotch reel his partner was Miss Williamson. On Thursday morning the Prince visited the Alfred Hall to receive the address from the children of Ballarat, and tlie scene presented was another proof of the marvellous transforma- tions the interior of the 'building was capable of being subjected to when everybody was bent on loyalty in its most festive and various forms. The glittering beauty of the previous night's ball had all vanished, and the whole area of the hall was filled with children, including those of the Benevolent Asylum, under the care of Mrs. Boughen, the matron. About five thousand little ones were mustered, and presented a sight not soon to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. The arrival of his Royal Highness the Prince being announced, his entry at once took place, the big army of little people looking on in quiet wonder. Two constables headed the Royal progress, then came sixteen young girls dressed in white with blue scarfs and trimmings, an anchor being visible on their scarfs. Each of this pretty bevy of little ladies carried a basket of flowers, and as the Prince walked up the nave they spread his path mth their floral ofterings. When the Prince and party had got half-way up the nave, Councillor M'Dowall, from the orchestra, gave a sign, and a storm of cheers at once broke out all over the hall, the children giving full tongue to their juvenile loyalty, delighted at being able to have at last a regular burst out. As soon as silence had again been obtained, the following fourteen young ladies, representing all the denominations in Ballarat, approached the Prince, with the address from the children of that township — Eliza Ann Ainley, Mary Duffy, Sarah Ann Thorpe, Barbara Johnson, Martha "Wallis, Lucy Lake, Edith Mary Wilhams, Emma Jane King, Kate Solomon, Mar)' Eliza Sim, Mary Scott, Eliza Snelling, Sarah Ann Eastwood, and Alice Hart. Miss Ainley was selected to read the address, which was as follows : — We, the children of Ball.ar.at, are greatly pleased at being permitted to welcome your Royal Highness to our town and country, and we feel sm-e that you will accept this address, though presented by children, as graciously as if it were from our parents. Om- parents and teachers have taught us to love and revere your noble mother, our S 2 1^2 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Most Gracious Queen, and we thank you for coming to this distant part of her empire to assure us of Her Majesty's favoiu" and affection. We have also heard much of " Albert the Gjod," your lamented father ; and we assure you that we shall never cease to remember the great honour we have had of seeing and addressing the son of such illustrious parents. We shall never forgot the visit of your Royal Highness, and we venture to hope that, wherever Providence may lead you in future life, you will sometimes remember the children of Ballarat. In conclusion, we pray that God may grant j'ou a safe and prosperous voyage home again, and that your Royal Highness, with the other members of the Royal family, may long be spared to fulfil with honour the high duties entrusted to you. The Prince, having taken the address from the Httle lady, said, in a loud voice, to the children : — " I thank you for your address, which is one of the most interesting I have received in the colony. I have been delighted by your appearance, and I wish that you may all enjoy your holidays. I will not detain you now by saying much ; but if you ever should think in time to come of my visit, pray remember that I shall never cease to have an interest in your welfare, and in the welfare of your parents, by whose industry and perseverance this colony has attained the prosperit)' and happiness it now enjoys, and whose example I trust you all will follow." The conclusion of the Prince's reply was greeted by fresh peals of cheers, and when silence was restored, Mr. A. T. Turner gave the signal to the children for singing the National Anthem, which was well done, and in capital time. As soon as the music was over the Prince and his company left the hall by the way they came, the Prince's egress being saluted by fresh cheers from the thousands of little ones in the hall. After the children's welcome, his Royal Highness proceeded to visit the works of the Prince of Wales Mining Company. The Royal carriage was escorted by the Troop of Ballarat Light Horse, under the command of Captain Sherard, and by a force of mounted police under the charge of Mr. Sub-inspector Ryall. On arriving at the claim, his Royal Highness entered the company's office, which had been suitably decorated, having an arch in front of the doorway. Here an address from the company, worded as follows, was presented and acknowledged : — To Captain His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, Knight of the Garter. — We, the Chairman and board of Directors of the Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company, Sebastopol, approach your Royal Highness with feelings of the highest esteem and respect, and with assurances of our devoted loyalty to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We heartily thank your Royal Highness for the opportunity afforded us of showing you the works and claim of the Prince of Wales Company, and to express our sense of the high honoui" conferred on us by your visit. The following particulars of this mine may not be uninteresting to your Royal Highoess. The company commenced operations in 1857, and first obtained gold in 1861, since which time 75,000 ounces of gold, of the value of £300,000, have been obtained, out of which £152,000 have been paid in dividends. The company is at present working the alluvial deposits and quartz reefs, and employs 450 men. We venture to express a hope that yoiu' Royal Highness will enjoy your visit to Ballarat, and in particular to the claim of the Prince of Wales Company ; and wishing your Royal Highness long life, happiness, and prosperity, we subscribe ourselves your Koyal Highness's most faithful and obedient servants, WM. DA VIES, Chairman. JOHN MUNRO. J. B. BALLANTYNE. WILLIAM MORGAN. HENRY LEWIS. DUNCAN CAMPBELL. JULIAN BROOKE. ALEX. DEMPSTER. SAML. KINGTON. FREDK. W. TATHAM, M.v.naoer. A very clever i)iece of draughtman's work, executed by Mr. F. Ive, was then presented. It gave a section of the No. 3 shaft, and a portion of the underground workings ; also the surface works, and the various strata intersected by the shaft, with their relative thicknesses, and coloured as they actually appeared when struck in sinking. His Royal Highness proceeded,(to inspect the plant, first entering the battery-house, where the use of the rijiples and blankets were explained by the chairman of the company. The action of the stampers was then inspected, and attention I Reception at Ballarat. 133 was drawn to the mode in which the quartz taihngs were treated after they left the stamper-boxes. The shoots into which the quartz is thrown, and from whence a steady supply passes under the stamp-heads, were pointed out, and also the simple means by which the stampers are made to revolve ; the engine-houses were next visited, and the mode of winding up washdirt and quartz, with the powerful engine used for that purpose, minutely examined and explained. Then an adjournment to the office was made, where refreshments had been provided. The healths of the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh, were proposed by Councillor Lovitt. Mr. W. Dempster, one of the company's directors, in responding to " Success to the Prince of Wales Company," referred to the pleasure and pride the shareholders felt at being so honoured by his Royal Highness. The party then went to the No. 3 shaft, and entered the engine-house, where the double-cylinder vertical winding-engine (designed by Mr. Matthews, the company's engineer, and made by Messrs. Hunt and Opie, of Ballarat) was at work. The principles on which the engine had been constructed were explained. At the sluices a parcel of over 200 ozs. of gold was seen, just as it had been won from the mine, and several small nuggets were pulled out and handed to members of his Royal Highness's suite. The yield was then passed through a riddle or sieve, and the coarser particles were left in it, the finer gold passing through. The rough gold, weighing about five ounces, was distributed as keepsakes of the visit. At the office, his Royal Highness was presented by Mr. Tatham, the company's manager, with a very handsome nugget, in which some pieces of white quartz set off the rich colour of the gold. The Prince next proceeded to Buninyong, where the local Borough Council presented an address couched as follows : — May it please your Royal Higline.ss — We, the Mayor and Ooimcillors of the Borough of Buninyong, on behalf of its residents, hail with joy this opportunity of gi'ecting your Royal Highness, and welcoming you to this the oldest inland town in the colony of Victoria, and also the site of the first discovery of gold. We assure you Royal Highness of our loyalty and devotion to Her Majesty's throne and person ; and we rejoice to meet in this distant portion of Her Majesty's dominions the son of our beloved and Most Gr.acious Queen. JOHN BISHOP, Mayor. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Councillor. PETER HEDRICK, CoUNCrLLOR. CHARLES SEAL, „ DAVID BRAYSHAY „ HENRY TURNER ROBERT ALLAN, „ EDWARD NETTELL, Tow.N Clrrk. ROBERT GRAHAM „ REPLY. Gentlemen — It has given nic much pleasure to visit your interesting town, upon the site of which gold was first discovered in Victoria. I will gladly express to the Queen the loyalty and devotion you entertain for Her Majesty's throne and person. ALFRED. The Buninyongshire Council also presented an address in these terms ; — May it please your Royal Highness — We, Her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the President and Councillors of the shu-e of Buninyong, beg leave to approach you on tliis eventful occasion, to offer you on behalf of the rate- payers, of whom we are the representatives, that respectful homage which is due to your Royal Highness as the son of our well-beloved and Most Gracious Sovereign. We hail your appearance amongst us as a happy omen of the glorious future which we trust yet awaits this colony, and cheerfully bid you welcome to this portion of Her Majesty's dominions. We beg to assure your Royal Highness of our unalterable attaclunent to your illustrious house, and pray that the Almighty Giver of all good raiy watch over you with a fatherly care, and make yoiu: career one of honour to yourself and glory to the counti'y of your birth. ROBERT LAMB, President. WILLIAM HOCKING GEORGE INNES CHARLES C. SCORER BENJAMIN BROWN WILLIAM CLARKE, Secretary. GEORGE ARTHUR HALE 134 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Address by the Highland Society of Buninyong :— May it please your Royal Highness— We, the President, Officers, and Members of the Buninyong Highland Society desire to express our loyalty to our Queen, thi'ough her much-loved son, and feel highly gratified in being enal>led to accord to your Royal Highness a hearty Highland welcome; and, although so many thousand miles distant from our native land, to express our warmest love and attachment to your Royal person. Trusting God, in His great mercy, will protect, preserve, and bless you, during your stay with us, and through a long and happy life. In name and by their authority, THOMAS PURVES, President. REPLY. Gentlemen — It will he very gratifying to Her Majesty to receive through me your exjiressions of loyalty and affection. I thauk you most sincerely for the Highland welcome you have accorded me. ALFRED. At the luncheon, Mr. Brayshaw acted as toastmaster, and Mr. Bishop, the Mayor of Buninyong, proposed "Her Majesty the Queen." The next toast was "The Prince and Princess of Wales." The Mayor, in proposing the health of the Duke, remarked that, although they were unable to give him such a demonstration as had been done at other places, he would assure him that there was no more genuine loyalty in any part of the colony than in Buninyong. Shortly after the return of his Royal Highness to Ballarat, Mr. Philip Davies, mining manager of the Prince of Wales Company, presented, on behalf of the company, a very handsome piece of quartz, weighing about thirty pounds, having gold thickly distributed through it. Amongst the presents received by his Royal Highness at Ballarat was a carriage built by Messrs. M'Cartney and Aldred. The Prince expressed his intention of sending the carriage to England for his own use. Messrs. M'Cartney and Aldred were generally congratulated on having turned out a carriage that has met with such marked approval. It had been arranged that Prince Alfred should start for Melbourne by special train at five o'clock, about which time he drove off rapidly for the station. A guard of honour under the command of Captain Smith was drawn up opposite the train, and saluted as his Royal Highness passed. In saying farewell, his Royal Highness thanked the Mayors for the reception he had received, and asked the Hon. Mr. Vale to express his intense satisfaction with the reception, and intimated his intention of coming to Ballarat again to enjoy himself privately at the races. The train started amidst the cheers of a large concourse of people, and made a rapid journey to Melbourne. Friday, the 13th December, was memorable in the history of the Royal visit. It was the first day, since his arrival, that the Prince had to himself His Royal Highness did not appear in public, it being the anniversary of the death of his father. Prince Albert. Having spent a quiet day on Friday, his Royal Highness went on board the Galatea on Saturday, and remained there till Sunday afternoon, when he returned on shore. During Monday the Prince attended the funeral of Commander Wilkinson, R.N. In the evening his Excellency the Governor gave a dinner at the New Exhibition Building to the members of both Houses of Parliament, at which his Royal Highness was present. The party was strictly confined to members of Parliament and the suites of the Prince and his Excellency the Governor. The accommodation of so small a number of guests in so great a hall required some skill, and in order to obtain the effect of an appropriately small .space, 1 20 feet in length by 30 feet in width was completely embowered with evergreens and draped with flags. The organ gallery was filled by ladies who possessed entree cards. His Excellency the Governor was seated in the middle of the hall, facing the rotunda, having on his right his Royal The youmey to Castlemaine. 135 Highness, and Mr. Verdon and Mr. Macgregor. On the Governor's left hand were Messrs. M'Culloch, Cole, A'Beckett, and Grant. The President of the Council and the Speaker of the Assembly immediately fiiced the Governor and his Royal Highness. No speeches were made, and the only toast proposed was " The Queen," which was drunk without comment. The caterer was Mr. Scott. His Royal Highness left the building about twenty- five minutes to nine, as had been previously arranged, in order to be present at the Opera. The Theatre Royal was well filled in every part on the occasion of the Royal visit. The Prince and party occupied the centre box. The opera of William Tell commenced when the Prince and the Governor arrived, so that they were enabled to witness the whole of the performance. Visit to Castlemaine and ^andhui\st. The Duke of Edinburgh proceeded on Tuesday, 17 th December, to Castlemaine by train from the Spencer-street station. The time fi.\ed for leaving Melbourne was nine o'clock, and a little before half-past nine the Royal train, preceded by a pilot engine, started on its journey. The first stoppage was at Footscray. The station was very tastefully decorated, and there was the usual pretty sight of blooming children (dressed in white, with the accompanying blue trimmings) mustered in great force on the platform, who sang the National Anthem. The following address was presented by His Worship the Mayor (Mr. John Brown) : — May it please your Royal Hiyhue.ss — We, the Mayor aud Councillors of the Borough of Footscray, grateful for the distinguished favour granted to us in this the visit of your Royal Highness, eagerly embrace the opportunity of expressing our devoted loyalty and strong attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, her Throne and her Government, and to all the members of her illustrious Family. We welcome you to our shortss as the son of our beloved Queen, whose exalted virtues and bright example have shed their salutary inlluence over the whole civilised world. We welcome you as the son of an exalted Prince, whose memory we revere, and under whose benign influence you have been trained to fill the high position in life which you are called to occupy. We welcome you on your own account, and hail you as our Sailor Prince, destined, we believe, from the profession you have chosen, to be the grand link which will bind this far distant colony in loyalty and permanent attachment to the Throne and Government of our much-loved Queen. We earnestly pray that you may be long spared to exhibit, from clime to c ime, the influence of that high moral and intellectual training aud example which you so richly enjoyed in the happy home of your child- hood and youth. We now desire to commend you to the gracious care of Him who " rules the raging of the sea, and when the waves thereof arise, stilleth them again." JOHN BROWN, Mayor. HYAM HART, Town Clebk. REPLY. Gentlemen — It will be my gratifying duty to convey to Her Majesty the expres-ions of loyalty and attachment which your address contains. It will be a source of great pleasure to me if my visit to Australia should tend in any degree to bridge over the distance which divides these colonies from the mother-country. I thank you sincerely for your good wishes for my future happiness. The next stoppage occurred at Sunbury, where a contretemps occurred which seemed to render nugatory the preparations made for the reception. The children of the Industrial School were present, the station was decorated, and the address was ready, in the possession of Mr. Robertson, of Sunbury, although not presented. It had been understood that the Hon. J. G. Francis would present the address, but he was not there. The train stayed, and his Royal Highness stood in the doorway of the saloon evidently expectant of the usual programme. The apparent lapse at length e.xcited the attention of the Hon. J. F. Sullivan, who, upon being 136 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. J. RIDDELL, Chairman. J. P. WRAGGE, Ex-CHArEMAN. R. S. GRAHAM, |Member. R. T. BEASLEY D. MACKAY T. KEENAN T. GANNON, Clerk. Lancefield District. informed of the absence of the intended presentor, undertook to explain the matter to the Prince, and the train shortly after left the station. The reception at Gisbome was a pleasant one, and excellent taste was displayed in the decorations. Stepping from the carriage on to the platform was like stepping into a conservatory of flowers. Mr. Thomas F. Hamilton, with the members of the Gisborne and Lancefield Road Boards, were in waiting, and handed Prince Alfred the following address : — It is with feelings of the deepest satisfaction that we, the members of the Gisborne and Lancefield Road Boards, on behalf of the inhabitants of those agricultm-al districts, beg most heartily to welcome your Royal Highness on this occasion ; and to assure you of our loyalty and attachment to Her Most Gracious M.njesty the Queen, and of our well-wishes for your happiness, T. F. HAMILTON, Ch.virman. W. HAMILTON, juy., Ex-CHArRMAN. H. HUSSEY, Member. | gkborne H. CAMPBELL „ H. WILSON „ ( District. M. BRADY „ T. H. LI6HTF00T, Clerk. The Prince received the address, and promised that a reply should be forsvarded. After the presentation of the address, the children present, to the number of seven hundred, led and accompanied by a brass band, sang the first verse of the National Anthem. When this was concluded, a little girl, daughter of Mr. G. W. Knight, of Riddell's Creek, stepped forward and offered for his Royal Highness's acceptance a basket of fruit. The contents were very tastefully arranged, and the ripe fruit nestling amongst the green leaves looked refreshingly cool. The little possessor of the basket, too, seemed to be proud of her burden, and very neatly re-arranged the fruit after it had been disturbed by the Prince and his Excellency par- taking of it. Another present was also made to the Royal visitor here in the shape of a bouquet, tendered by a little daughter of Mr. Hamilton. Both gifts were conveyed to the royal carriage. The Prince and his Excellency and suite then proceeded to an apartment in the station, and partook of some wine, the produce of Mr. Knight's vineyard. As the train moved off, preparations, in an adjacent paddock, could be observed for the enjoyment of an al fresco entertainment. The arrangements at Kyneton, although evidently on a large scale, were scarcely equal to those just left. On stepping from the train, the Prince and those accompanying him were met by the President and members of the Shire of Kyneton, and received the following address, to which the reply (since forwarded) is api)ended : — May it please your Royal Highness— We, the Presiilent, Coimcillors, and inhabitants of the shire of Kyneton, desu-e to express our gratification at the auspicious visit of your Royal Highness to this colony. We trust that your progress through these colonies will be as productive of pleasure and enjoyment to yourself as it will be in us of increased att.ichment to the Throne and person of our Most Gracious Majesty tlio Queeu. We fervently wish prolonged health and happiness to your Royal Highness ; and trust that you will carry with you, to that land which we ilelight to call the " mother-country," a firm assurance of the loyalty and devotion of the people of this colony. Healed with the corporate seal, the seventeenth day of December, A.D. 1867. W. THOMSON, President. J. APPERLY, Secretary. REPLV. Gentlemen — It will bo my pleasing duty to convey to Her Majesty the assurance you offer me of your loyalty aud devotion to the crown, and of your affection for the mothor-coimtry. I tli:ink you for your good wishes. ALFRED. After tlie address was read to tlic Prince, the children sang the National Anthem, at the close of which the Royal party proceeded on their waj-. I Reception at Castlemaine. 137 At Malnisbury it was intended tliat the Prince should visit the waterworks, and carriages were in waiting for the purpose of conveying him there. Mr. Christoj)herson, the chief engineer, was also ready to conduct the Royal party over the works, but, owing to the lateness of the hour and the necessity of proceeding to Castlemaine, his Royal Higlmess could not undertake that part of the day's programme. CASTLEMAINE. So soon as the train, with the Royal standard flying from the engine, entered Castlemaine station, it was perceived that the platforms on both sides of the line were crowded with an.\ious observers. In the open ground in Templeton-street, fronting the railway station, a guard of honour was furnished by the ist Castlemaine Rifles, while a cavalry escort was present under the command of Captain Ryland. The Mayor of Castlemaine (Mr. Myring) presented the following address, which was read by Mr. Joseph Davies, the town clerk : — May it please your Royal Highnes.s — We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor, Coun- cillors, and Burgesses, have extreme pleasure in giving your Royal Highness a cordial welcome to Castlemaine. Permit us to express oui- loyalty and attachment to oiu- Most Gracious Sovereign the Queen, and the Royal Family of England. We fiuMiher desire to express our pride in having a Prince who has nobly imposed upon himself a long and fatiguing voyage, by which means alone he could make himself personally acquainted with the several parts of Her Majesty's dominions, being assured that the same desire will direct his liberal views and powerful influence to aid the prosperity aud happiness of Her Majesty's subjects in each part of the world. We shall always retain a grateful sense of the honoiu* which 3'our Royal Highness has conferred upon us on this occasion, and beg leave to express our earnest hope that you will so enjoy yourself, that your visit to Castlemaine may form an item in your travels to which your Royal Highness may refer with emotions of pleasure. We are Impelled by every consideration to wish you a pleasant voyage and safe return to your native land, and to those who are most dear to you ; and, further, to express oui' hope that the life of your Royal Highness may be pro- longed in the full enjoyment of each temporal blessing. JOSEPH MYRING, Mayor. JOSEPH DAVIS, Town Clerk. The address was also signed by the following members of the Castlemaine Borough Council : — Messsrs. W. H. Ross, E. P. Newcombe, F. Hirschi, J. Matheson, W. E. Richards, J. Temple, A. Callaway, T. Bannister. His Royal Highness subsequently made the following reply : — Gentlemen— I thank you for yom* cordial welcome to Castlemaine. It will give me much pleasure to convey to Her Majesty the expression of your loyalty and devotion. I am glad to avail myself of the opportunity my voyage affords of making myself personally acquainted with these distant but most important parts of the empire. It will be ever a source of the highest gratification to me, if my visit to Australia should conduce in any degree to its advance- ment and prosperity. After the reading of the address, the Prince took his place in the carriage provided for him, and a procession was then formed. At the junction of Barker and Moyston-streets the school children, several hundred in number, were collected, and as his Royal Highness passed along they sang the National Anthem with capital effect. Just after the procession had started from the railway station, the horses in the Royal carriage became restive and unmanageable ; the scarlet-coated postilions were unable to control them, and after the horses had run against a triumphal arch, his Royal Highness and the Governor were obliged to alight, and occupy another carriage. A feature in the procession was the demonstration made by the Chinese residents, who were decked out in garments of various descriptions, and presented a picturesque appearance. Upon arriving at Murphy's Castlemaine Hotel, his Royal Highness was received by the Mayor, Councillors, and Town Clerk of the borough. The people cheered 138 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. most heartily. Several triumphal arches had been erected along the line of route taken by the procession, and it was evident that the people of Castlemaine were bent, so far as possible, upon giving to the son of the Sovereign a loyal and hearty welcome. At two o'clock his Royal Highness proceeded to the Market Hall, and held a Levee. The hall had been expressly fitted up for the occasion, and most tastefully, and indeed artistically, decorated with flowering shrubs, ferns, and other festive kinds of ornamentation. His Royal Highness was attired in plain dress. The members of the borough council were first presented by his Worship the Mayor, the general presentations following. The names were announced by Mr. Superintendent Winch. Addresses from public bodies were afterwards presented. These, so far as they have been obtained in time, with the replies thereto, are here appended : — Address from CarnpbeWs Creek. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Chairman and Members of the Corporation of the district of Campbell's Creek, do, on behalf of the inhabitants, most heartily welcome yovir Royal Highness, and must express the gratification your presence affords in givinj:? us an opportunity of renewing our assurance of loyalty and devotion to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ; and we trust your stay will be as agreeable to your Royal Highness as it is the desire of all classes of the community it should be. S. W. PAULSON, Chaikman. HENRY LONDON, Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen— Accept my thanks for the welcome you have given me to Campbell's Creek. I will gladly convey to the Queen the expressions of loyalty and devotion which your address contains. ALFRED. Address from Guildford. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Guildford, earnestly desire to express the sincere pleasure we feel in welcoming yoiu- Royal Highneys to this district, and to assure your Royal Highness of the loyalty and attachment we have to our Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We also desire to express the esteem we feel personally towards your Royal Highness, and that we shall always retain a lively and grateful recollection of the honour which you have conferred upon the district on this occasion. JAMES NEWMAN, Mayur. JAMES MILLIGAN, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — It will be my pleasing duty to convey to Her Majesty your assurances of loyalty and devotion. J am very glad to have an opportunity of visiting Guildford, and I thank you sincerely for the cordial welcome you have given me. ALFRED. Volunteer Fire Brigade. The Castlemaine Volunteer Fire Brigade, with profound respect and loyalty, approach your Royal Highness, humbly to join in the congratulations of our fellow-citizens on being favoured with your benignant visit. The advance made by this town from canvas to solidity in the brief space of thirteen years, the pei'iod of existence of this body, though the oldest in the colony, with the settlement even of our artisans on their own freeholds, evinces the true beneficence of the reign under which we glory to live ; and we would desire to convey to oiu* gracious Queen our unbounded sentiments of fealty and devotion. May your Royal Highness please to accept our felicitations on the noble career you have embraced ; and whilst now on a mission of peace and goodwill, we rest assured that in England's need you would nail your colours to the mast like a true old British Admiral, and Naught shall make us rue If England to itself do rest but true. .May every blessedness attend you. Your Royal Highness's most humble and dutiful servants, EDWARD GORDON WELCH, Chairman and HENRY FAWKNER. Treasurer. WILLIAM MILLAR. ROBERT JAMES CHURCH, Captain. JOHN STEER CHRISTOPHERS. JOHN WORN, Foreman. CHARLES LEE, Engineer. EDMUND ASHER YANDELL. HENRY CHRISTOPHERS, Hon. Skc. I Reception at Castlemaine. 139 REPLY. Gentlomen— I thnnk ymi for ynur consratulations \\\vm my visit to Castlomaino. It is very gratifyin;; to Icam from your arldress that from tlie lieginninc; of the town tliere has been a Volunteer Fire Brigaile. Tlie puVjIic Bpirit which has maintained so useful an institution, will secure for Victoria the greatness and prosperity for which she »eems to be destined. ALFRED. From the Ancient Order of Foresters. May it please your Royal Highness. — Wo, the undersigned, on behalf of the Members of the Ancient Order of Foresters resident in Castlemaine and District, befif to approach your Royal Highness with feelings of devoted loyalty and attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria. We esteem as a high honour and privilege the visit of your Royal Highness to this distant portion of her Majesty's dominions, and wo assure your Royal Highness that, although separated so far from the parent land, wo still possess and shall ever retain tlie most ardent attachment to her Majesty's Throne and person. We heartily welcome your Royal Highness to Castlemaine and District, and that you may long live, and by your many virtues sustain the honour and dignity of the illustrious house of which you are BO distinguished a represeut.ative, is the sincere desire of every member of the Ancient Order of Foresters. (Signed) JOSEPH GOLDSinTH, C.R., Court Castlemaine. CHAS. C. IIOULT, C.R., Court Campbell's Creek. D. F. MARTIN. Sec, Codht Tahrenoower. HENRY W. GREEN, Sec , Court Castlemaine. beplt. Gentlemen — Nothing in connection with my visit to Australia will be more gratifying to the Queen than the assurance you offer me, and which I have received universally, that the distance which separates you from the mother- country serves to increase rather than to diminish the loyalty and devotion of the people to her Majesty's Throne and person. I thank you for your good wishes and for your welcome to Castlemaine. ALFRED. From Ministers of the Gospel. May it please your Royal Highness— The Ministers of the Gospel residing in Castlemaine and the neighbouring towns, and subscribing this Address on behalf of themselves and their respective congregations, hail with unbounded joy the visit of your Royal Highness to this p.art of the British dominions, and bid you most heartily " God speed " throughout the remainder of your contemplated tour. They avail themselves also of the present opportunity of testifying their unwavering loyalty to their gracious Sovereign the Queen ; their unfeigned reverence for the noble qualities which have invariably distinguished her in every department of life ; their api^reciation of the great privileges and particularly the civil and religious liberty enjoyed under the beneficent sway and personal influence of her Majesty ; and their prayerful hope that her valuable life will long be spared to the Royal Family, and the empire on which the sun never sets. And they desire likewise to express their ardent attachment and devotion to your Royal Highness, and to every member of the Royal Family, praying that long life and prosperity here and eternal happiness hereafter may be the portion of all. ANDREW ROSS BOYD M'CAY, B.A. EDWIN DAY. HUGH STOCKMAN CRAMER. J. 0. COOMB. GEORGE TUDOR HALL. CHARLES DUBOURG. FREDERICK JOHN PITMAN. WILLIAM TRANTER. ALEXANDER ROBB. EVAN LEWIS. DAVID MORTIMER DAVIES. WILLIAM HOPKINS. FRIEDRICH MUNZELL. WILLIAM F. MAYNE. EDWARD KING. JOHN ANDERSON. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you sincerely for your assurances of loyalty and devotion towards her Majesty, and for the hearty welcome you have given me to this country. I trust that your efforts, in common with those of your fellow- labourers, may, through the blessings of Providence, be rewarded by the rearing up under your care of a population fearing God and honouring the Queen. I thank you, gentlemen, for the prayers you have offered up to Almighty God for iiiy prosperity, long life, and future happiness. ALFRED. An address from the Chinese was presented by three Chinamen, gorgeously dressed, and with splendid pigtails. The address, which was rather lengthy, was verj' quaintly written. It T 2 I40 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. was translated into English by Mr. C. P. Hodges, of the Mount Akxajider Mail office. The addresses were merely formally presented, and no replies were made. After the Levee, the Prince proceeded in a carriage, with four greys, driven by Mr. Robertson, on a visit to the Ajax Mine. The cavalry, under Captain Ryland and Staff Captain Burton, with the mounted pohce, furnished the escort. The honour of showing the party over the claim fell to the Mayor of Campbell's Creek. The Prince inspected the plant and machinery, witnessed some quartz-crushing, and went up one of the leaders. He was afterwards presented with some rich specimens of gold-bearing quartz, as a memento of his visit to the Ajax mine. The Royal and vice-regal visitors were then driven back to Castlemaine, and reached the hotel shortly after half-past three o'clock. There was a dinner party at night at the Castlemaine Hotel, at which covers were laid for seventeen. The Mayor and Town Clerk, the Mayor of Melbourne, Hon. N. Fitzgerald, M.L.C. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Rede, Local Staff; Captain Burton, Staff Officer, and Captain Ryland, were amongst the guests. At night the town was brilliantly illuminated, the Market Square being particularly well lighted. The day's festivities were concluded with a grand ball given in the Market Hall. The elite of the town and suburbs were present. The Prince opened the ball with Mrs. Myring, the Governor dancing with Mrs. Fitzgerald. At half-past eleven the Prince and his Excellency took their partners in to supper, where the usual toasts were drunk with the customary enthusiasm. The Royal guest, however, ventured upon no more words in reply to the toast of his health than, " Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you." His Royal Highness, who was fatigued with the day's laborious proceedings, retired early. Mr. Goodwin was the caterer for the occasion, and gave general satisfaction to the guests. The following morning (Wednesday, December 1 8th), the Prince, having previously planted a tree in the Castlemaine Botanic Gardens, entered a special train for Sandhurst about noon. Messrs. Jeremy, Tetley, and Christie were in attendance to secure the perfect carrying out of the arrangements, and the journey was accomplished in less than thirty minutes. The only wayside welcome was at Harcourt, where some fifty or so persons assembled, and cheered as the train swept through. SANDHURST. The glorious reception given by " Old Bendigo" to His Royal Highness is abridged from the Bendigo Advertiser of Thursday, December 19th. Precisely at 12.30 was heard the whistle of the approaching special train, which, under the conductorship of Mr. Jeremy, the traffic superintendent, conveyed the Prince and his suite from Castlemaine. Drawing up at the platform opposite the entrance, H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh alighted from the Royal carriage, accompanied by His Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, the Hon. Mr. M'Cullocb, the Hon. Mr. Sullivan, Lieutenants Rothvvell and Haig, and the Mayors of Melbourne and Geelong. As the Prince placed his foot on Old Bendigo, he was received by the Mayor and Councillors and members of the local reception committee, while the volunteer guard of honour, under the command of Colonel Bull and Captains Taylor and Joseph, presented arms, and the volunteer field battery fired a royal salute. It was not, however, until he had entered the carriage at the porch of the station facing the approach that he received such a welcome cheer as must have convinced him that the jjeople of Bendigo had not forgotten the mode of evincing their welcome to a visitor, and their loyalty to the British Throne. A procession having been formed, it proceeded under the trium])hal arch, and turned down Mitchell-street. The excitement amongst the crowd lining the street was intense. On the rising ground towards the bridge, and on the north side of Mitchell-street, the female population were in force ; and on the south side the ]3uke must have been struck by the novel, though not elegant, sight of hundreds actually " sitting on a rail," for the fence of the railway reserve proved a capital perch. The marshal, Mr. O'Keefe, headed the proces.sion. A rushing, pushing, cheering crowd of men gathered around the Prince's carriage, and the crowd increased in strength as the procession moved on. For gaiety and picturesque effect, the view of the town along Mitchell-street was most effective. From every house waved coloured flags in great variety. Strings of bunting were suspended in various places from one side of the street to the other. On the tops of the houses, at the windows, and on the verandahs, and indeed in every favourable position for a view, were clusters of people, and they, as the Prince passed along, cheered again and again, while the ladies waved their handkerchiefs with feminine vigour. At Charing Cross, strings of gay-looking flags were hung across the wide space. Up View-street the festooned floral decorations had a charming effect, while the green trees of the Camp Reserve and the private garden on the Ironbark Ranges added to the picturesqueness of the scene. As the procession headed into the Camp Reserve, there was a great crush of people. The central large gates were guarded by the police, but a rush took place, and it was with difficulty room was kept for the procession to pass. As soon as the Royal carriage arrived opposite the place where the school children were assembled, there was a halt of the procession. The scene in the Reserve at this moment was one of the most interesting and animated description. The brow of the hill had been cut into terraces, seated and covered with grass to keep down the dust, and on these terraces were seated about six thousand school children from all parts of the district. It was a magnificent and thrilling sight, as these young Australians — the girls tastefully dressed, for the most part in white with blue ribbon,s — rose at a signal from the conductor, Mr. J. T. Davies, to sing. With wonderful precision their young voices swelled forth " God Save the Queen," with a volume of sound and sweetness of expression that must have influenced every heart of the immense gathering of people around, variously estimated at from ten to twenty thousand. When the last note of the anthem was sung, three thrilling cheers were given by the children, and the last merged into long -continued cheering and waving of handkerchiefs, during which the procession again moved on. A novel and attractive feature in the reception was the introduction of a miniature Galatea, with steam up, and little sailors at their posts. It was indeed a pretty picture, and a grand feature in the procession. The kilted members of the St. Andrew's Society came in too for a share of regard, and the Chinese portion of the display, with its rich and curious dresses and warlike instruments, was a novel attraction. Along the Mall, the crowds of people under the verandahs, over the verandahs, at the windows, and on the housetops, cheered heartily as the royal carriage passed, and the Prince at intervals acknowledged the welcome by raising his hat. The procession proceeded up Mitchell- street, at the corner of which the people on Birtvvistle and M'Leod's stand had another view of his Royal Highness, and thence along Hargreaves-street to the Town Hall, where a guard of honour was formed by the Volunteer Eifles, and with the assistance of the police and the cavalry a clear space was kept in front of the building. An immense crowd had gathered at this point, and as His Royal Highness stepped from his carriage, enthusiastic cheering 142 Visii oj H.RJi. Prince Alfred. burst forth. He was received on the steps by the Mayor, and was conducted with his suite into the Town Hall to the banquet. At the principal table, at the head of the hall, the Mayor of Sandhurst was seated ; on his right sat the Duke of Edinburgh, and on his left the Governor, at each side of whom were the Hon. Messrs. M'CuUoch and Sullivan, Eliot Yorke, and Messrs. J. Halfey, J. J. Casey, and P. Burrowes, M.P.'s. Amongst the guests at the other two tables were Lieuts. Rothwell and Haig, the Hon. Mr. N. Fitzgerald, the Hon. Mr. Eraser, Colonel Rede, Captain Burton, Colonel Bull, Captain Taylor ; the Mayors of Melbourne, Geelong, and Eaglehawk ; the Presidents, Chairmen, and members of the neighbouring Shire Councils and Road Boards ; and several of the most influential of the Sandhurst citizens, the total number of guests being about a hundred. After the banquet, the Prince proceeded to a Fancy Bazaar, held in the Volunteer Orderly, room, in aid of the building fund. His Royal Highness was received at the entrance by the volunteers, drawn up in double line, and having taken his seat on the dais erected at the eastern extremity of the building (his Excellency the Governor being on his left hand), he proclaimed the bazaar to be opened. He then took a tour of the handsomely decorated room, stopping occa- sionally at the different stalls, which were arranged from the chief entrance in the following order : — On the right was a compartment presided over by Mrs. Hefternan and Mrs. Cheyne, presenting a very gay appearance with its collection of bijouterie, vertu, and fancy work. The next stall w&s occupied by Mrs. Buttry and Miss Davis, of Kangaroo Flat, and contained many objects of interest. Mrs. Bartrop, assisted by Miss Wrixon, was surrounded by wares of many kinds ; amongst others which attracted considerable attention were an ottoman, two doll's houses, and a footstool made and presented by Staff Sergeant Fly, the wool-work on the ottoman being by Mrs. Tolmie, and that on the footstool by Mrs. Bartrop. Mrs. Miles and Mrs. John Watson presided over a varied collection of fancy articles, a tea sers'ice of old china, presented by Mr. Hartley, being much admired, as was also a leather-worked frame given by Mr. Carkeet. The stall of Mesdames Latham, Sibley, and Macartney overflowed with fancy goods of all descrip- tions — artificial flowers, juvenile apparel, and a peculiarly handsome photographic album. The handsome variegated lanterns, with vases and engravings, in Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Betham's department, were not \vithout admirers. Mrs. A. Aldworth and Mrs. Howard made a good display of toys, dolls, and various knickknackeries. The wax flowers which adorned the stall of Mrs. Forbes were beautiful in the extreme. Mrs. Blackham and Mrs. Brown had some nicely arrayed pot plants and cut flowers, with shrubs of various descriptions, and Mrs. Wood- ward had a large collection of toys. At the western end of the room Mrs. Benson presided over a wheel of fortune, while at the eastern end Mrs. Moore Hill, assisted by Miss Scott and Miss Stead, gracefully supplied the refreshments. Upon the entrance of the Prince to the Orderly- room, the National Anthem was sung by the Misses Roberts, Lee, Regan, M'Lachlan, and Mesdames Ellis, Benson, Betham, and Messrs. Fowler, Casey, Daly, Pitman, and Roberts, in a manner which seemed particularly to attract the attention of H.R.H. After the ceremony of opening the bazaar had been completed, the Prince returned to the Shamrock Hotel, and at four o'clock was driven to the Town Hall, where he held a Levee, at which the following addresses were presented : — From the Borough of Sandhurst. May it please your Royal Hip^hiiess— We, the Mayor, Councillora, and Burgesses of the Borough of Santlhurst, approach your Royal Highness with sentiments of the jjrofoundost respect, and tender to you our heai'tfcit wolcorao to the colony of Victoria, and to our loyal horough. We beg through you to convey our sincere thank.s to Her Most Gracious Receptioti at Sandhurst. 143 Majesty our beloved Queen (whoso noblo virtues and example have added such deep reverence in the hearts of her subjects to tho loyalty duo to her exalted station) for affording us in this remote portion of the British Empire the kind con- sideration of a visit from her son. We trust that every success will attend tho tour of your Koyal Highness, and that you will carry away pleasant and interesting memories of our country and its progress, and of the devoted affection of its inhabitants to Her Most Gracious Majesty and her family. JOHN M'INTYRE, Mayou. JOHN HOLDSWORTH, Councillor. R. BURROWES, M.L.A., Uouncilloh. DUGALD M-D0U(!ALL, GEORGE ASPINALL, „ EDWARD (iARSKD, JAMES BOYD, M.D., „ JOHN LATHAM, JOHN HOLMES, „ GEORGE AVERY FLETCHER, Town Clerk. From the Shire of Strathjielilsayc. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the President and Councillors of tho Shire of Strathfieldsaye, beg to approach yoiu' Royal Highness with feelings of the deepest respect, aud offer to you our hearty welcome to this district. We beg to tender through you our devotion and loyalty to the Throne and person of your Royal mother our Most Gracious Queen, and to proffer our heartfelt thanks to her for permitting us to receive the high honour of a visit from your Royal Highness. Wo trust that tho torn' of your Royal Highness will be a pleasant and happy one, that you may be favourably impressed with the pi-ogress and resources of this country ; and that you will be spared to return in health and safety to yom- Royal home, is the sincere prayer of your Royal Highnoss's humble servants, ROBERT BLACKWOOD SIBLEY, Pbesidekt. JOSEPH BELL, Secretakt. From the Freemasons of Bendirjo. May it please your Royal Highness — On behalf of the Freemasons of Bendigo, we have the honour- of expressitig our gratification at your visit, and of bidding you a heai'ty welcome to Sandhurst. We gladly embrace the opportunity of convejing to you our sentiments of loyalty and attachment to the tlirone and person of Her Most Gracious Majesty, aud our feeling of high regard and esteem for yourself personally. L'>yalty aud respect for authority ai-e pai't of our traditional teachings, but we approach yoiu- Royal Highness with far warmer feelings than that of mere duty. Your noble ancestry have beeu members and patrons of om* order, and yoiU" illustrious relative the late Duke of Sussex was Grand Master of the craft ; therefore we have especial pleasure in your visit, and we fervently pray the Most High that Flo may so direct yom- steps in the paths of truth and virtue as to make you to discharge your duties in a manner pleasing to Him and worthy of your exalted position. T. H. HENDERSON, W.M., Golden Lodge. J. BUCKLEY, W.M., Corinthian Lodge. J. DOWDING. W.M , Eac.lehawk Lodge. S. P. HOGG, W.M., Zenith Lodc;e. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you for the expression of your loyalty and attachment to the Throne and person of Her Majesty. Although I am not a member of the craft, I recognise OTth pleasure the extensive charities and the fratei-nal sympathy with each other of the Freemasons of every land. I tender to you my hearty acknowledgments for the welcome with which you received nie on my visit to your district. ALFRED. From the Chinese Residents of Sandhurst. We, the Chinese residents of Sandhurst, humbly and respectfully congratulate the second son of the Queen of the great nation of England on safely arriving in this country. It displays the great wisdom of your Royal Highness in travelling abroad, because by that means you are enabled to judge of the various forms of government in every portion of your great mother's dominions. As you do now, so did many of our former enlightened and intelligent princes. We obey the benign laws of your royal mother, and it is a joyous duty for us to do so, for although aliens, we are equally benefited with the other inhabitants. We rejoice very much that you have visited us, to bear our affection to the Great Queen. Your visit will cause all waters to flow with fragrance, all grass and trees to be radiantly green ; all places will glow in tho effulgence of the gi'eat light shed by your Royal Highness, aud your visit and travels will, in our history, reach to a myi'iad of ages. May the Great Spirit watch over your Royal Highness, and bear you in safety back to your native land. Dated this 23rd day of the 1 1th month of the 6th year of the reign of Tong Tszee, of the lai Ising dynasty. Signed on behalf of the Chinese rc-iidents, WAT A CHEE, and Others. 144 ^i^^i ^f H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Gentlemen Your congratulations on my arrival in this part of Her Majesty's dominions were very pleasing to me and I have received with satisfaction the assurance of your respect for Her Majesty the Queen, and that you recognise the benefits which you, while residents here, derive, in common with Her Majesty's subjects, from obedience to and an impartial administration of the laws. I thank you for your good wishes for my safety and welfare. ALFRED. Fro)ii the Sandhurst Volunteer Fire Brigade. May it please your Koyal Highness— We, the members of the Sandhur.st 'Volunteer Fire Brigade, respectfully beg permission to express our feelings of loyal and devoted attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queeu, and to tender to your Koyal Highness our cordial and respectful welcome to Sandhurst. In thus venturing to present ourselves to your Royal Highness, we are encouraged by the hope that the objects for which we are voluntarily asso- ciated, namely, the saving of life and property from fire, are such as your Royal Highness will deign to regard with interest and approbation. MICHAEL MEAGHER, Captaix. JOHN KERR, Hon. Sec. THOMAS HARRIS, Foreman. GEORGE WEBB, Hon. Treasurer. JAMES HICKEY, Assistant-Foreman. GEORGE OWEN, Apparatus Officer. MEMBERS. R. R. PEEL. RYLAND J. HOWARD. ROBERT PEEL. JAMES ROBERTSON. SAMUEL GARSIDE. SAMUEL LINNETT. PATRICK M'GRATH. WILLIAM BOLTON. RICHARD WOOTTON. SAMUEL MACORD. JOSEPH WALKER. PETER BURRELL. REPLY. I thank you for the expression of yoiir loyalty to the Queen, and your welcome to myself. The beautiful display with which you greeted me, when visiting your district, was attended with circumstances which will be remembered with sorrow by us ; but I do not the less recognise the benevolence of the objects of your vohmtarj' association, or the extensive benefits which are derived from it by the commimity. From the Beudigo St. Andreiv^s Society. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the officers and brethren of the Bendigo St. Andrew's Society, beg leave to express the feelings of pleasure we entertain on your visit to Sandhurst. The presence of the son of our beloved Queen in this distant part of Her Majesty's dominions we feel to be an especial honour, and we desire to convey through your Royal Highness our sentiments of attachment and loyalty to the person and Throne of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. We trust that your Royal Highness may be long spared, a graceful and honourable support of Britain's maritime bulwarks. As a Scottish society in Victoria, we crave to be permitted to express oui- gratification in welcoming a Scottish Peer in our midst. REPLY. Gentlemen— I thank you warmly for your address welcoming me to this part of Victoria, and expressing your devoted loyalty to the person and Throne of Her Majesty. In my own name I thank you for your kind wishes for my futiu-e happiness, and in return wish you every prosperity. ALFRED. From the Independent Order of Rechabites. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the officers and brethren of the Independent Order of Rechabites in the district of Bendigo, beg to congratulate your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in the colony of Victoria, and heartily welcome you to Sandhurst and to the district of Bendigo. As an order, we have no political nor religious creed. We are united together to assist each other in sickness, and to do all in our power to relieve our common brotherhood from the degrading influences of intemperance. We, therefore, come unitedly to assure your Royal Highness of our attachment to our beloved Queen (long may she live), and of our desire that this colony may be an ornament to the British Crown, by jiossessing a united, sober, loving, and industrious people. Trusting that yovu' Royal Highness may enjoy health and happiness while in this colony, and be long spared to add additional lustre to your Royal parentage, we have the honour to subscribe ourselves on behalf of the order. Signed in name of the society, &o. REPLY. Gentlemen — I am much pleased with the veiy loyal address you have presented to me on behalf of the Independent Order of Rechabites. I thank you heartily for this expression of your welcome and good mshes, and I trust that your society may be instrumental in forwarding the best interests of this noble colony, of which I shall ever retain the most pleasant remembrance. ALFRED, Reception at Sandhurst. 145 From tlic Jewish Residents. May it ploaso your Koj'al Tlichnos.s--On bclta'f of the Jewish resi'lcnts of Sandhurst, wo approach your Toynl (iighriHss to prolTer our sincere congratulations on your safo arriva', and to wolcomo you to this part of tlie southern hemisphere. Not only as loyal subjects do wo welcome you, son of Bi-itaiii's beloied Queen, but for the love and admiration you hive already in-pired throughout Her Majesty's dominions. As Jews, wo hail with joy the opportunity that the presence of your Royal Highnes.'s affords us to acknowledge our deep attachment and devoted fealty towards the Hoyal Sovereign who sways the Bi itish sceptre. Her Gracious Majesty may justly claim the devoted love of Her .Jewish subjects; we owe it, Royal Piince, to the thrcno and country whose flag in the cause of civilisation and humanity whirls its protecting influence over the suffering and perse- cuted, and lias cro;ited in the breasts of every son of Israel a love and admiration to England's Throne, and Britain's peerless Queen. In bidding a farewell to your Royal Highness, wo fervently pray thnt Divine Provi- dence, who protected your noble shij) through the vast ocean, and conveyed her precious freight in health, will con- tinue to watch over you ; and that when you shall be pleased to return to Britain's shores, you will tliero receive the expectant love of a loyal people, with the more endearing greetings of your Royal Mother. J. FRIEDMAN, MiNiSTKit. GEOR'iE P. JO.SEPH, Phesidk.vt. M. SAMUEL, Tre.vsukkr. A. ALEXANDER, Me.mbeii of Committee. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you for your congratulations upon my arrivid in Victoria, and for your welcome to Sand- hurst. It will give the Queen great pleiisure to receive from every portion of the community so warm an as-urance of the aflectionate devotion to Her Majesty's Throne and person as that which your address contains. I am grateful for the good wishes you offer me for my safe return to England. ALFRED. The Sandhurst Mining Board. May it please your Royal Highness— We, the Chairmin and Members of the Sandhurst Mining Board, desire, on behalf of the Sandhurst Mining District, to congratulate you upon your sife arrival in this colony, and to accord to you a warm welcome to this goldfield. We have very great pleasure in being thus afforded an opportunity of expressing to your Royal Highness in person our loyalty and attachment to the Throne of your august mother. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ; and, while we trust that your visit to Victoria may be productive of pleasure to yourself, we feel assured th\t the honour conferred upon us by the visit of one so nearly related to Her Majesty, will but serve to draw closer the warm ties which already bind us to our beloved fatherland. We beg to tender our respects to your Royal Highness, and would venture to express a hope that this will not be the last occasion on which you will honour this portiun of the empire with your presence. We trust that your Royal Highness will view with feelings of interest the progress which has been made in the develop- ment of the vast mineral resources of this co'oiiy, and from per onal obseri'ation be able to estimate at its true va'ue the importance of this country as a portion of Her Majesty's dominions. With warmest wishes for your future wel- fare, and that of the other members of the Royal Family, we have the honour to subscrib.; ourselves your Royal Highness's most obedient servants, ROBERT OGILVIE SMITH, Chairman. JAMES BURNSIDE, Cleuk. REPLY. Gentlemen— I thank you most sincerely for your congr.itulations upon my safe arrival in Victoria, and for the cordial welcome you have given mo to this district. It will ever be a source of the highest gratification to me that my visit to Australia should have evuked so many assurances of loyalty to the Crown, and of the deep affection with which the people regard the fatherland. No one who has seen this and other goldiields can restrain his admiration of the progress which has been m.«le in the development of the vast mineral resources of the country, or fail to recgnise the importance of this part of Her Majesty's dominions. ALFRED. The Order of Oddfellows. May it please your Royal Highness -We, the members of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows, Bendigo District, approach your Royal Hi^hnesi with feelings of the most profound respect, and beg to offer you our hearty congratu'ations on your safi3 arrival in tho colony, and our sincere thanks for the gi-eat honour you have done the district by your visit to it. We recognise in yom- presence amongst us another strong proof of the great interest which yoiu- Royal Mother, our beloved Queen, takes in the welfare of her people, even in the most remote part of her dominions ; and pray that your Royal Highness may convey to Her Most Gracious Majesty an assurance that the Independent Order of Oddfellows will ever bo found loyal and attached subjects to the throne. 146 Visit of H R.H. Prince Alfred. Your Royal Highness will graciously please to accept our expression of deep respect and devotion to yourself, as also to the other members of the Royal Family, and most sincere wishes for a happy and favourable voyage on your return to England. May it please your Royal Highness, we subscribe oiu-selves your devoted humble servants, on behalf of the Bendigo District, MU.I.O.O.F., MICHAEL DOYLE, Prov. G.M. HENRY WILLIAMS, Prov. D.G.M. ADOLPHUS ROBERT BARNETT, Prov. C.S. REPLY. Gentlemen — The expressions of hearty welcome and congratulation on my safe arrival among you, conveyed to me in your address, demand my warmest acknowledgments, as well as do your kind wishes for my safe return to England. It will be a pleasing duty to me to convey to the Queen the assurance of your loyalty to her Throne and person, and it will be very gratifying to Her Majesty to learn that you receive my \»isit among you as an earnest proof of the love which her Majesty indeed bears to you and all her subjects, however remote from England. ALFRED. Borough of Raywood. May it please your Royal Highness — We, Her Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Raywood, beg leave to approach your Royal Highness with assurances of our devoted loyalty to the Throne and attachment to Her Most Gracious Majesty and the members of the Royal Family. Permit us most respectfully to offer to your Royal Highness our sincere welcome and congratulations upon your safe arrival in Victoria, and to express the hope that your Royal Highness may experience no feelings but those of gratification and pleasure in connection with yoiu* visit to this colony. JAMES RATCLIFFE, Mayor. GEORGE BRITTEN KING, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — The expression of your devoted loyalty to the Throne and of your attachment to Her Majesty, has been received by me with great satisfaction. For your congratulations on my arrival in Victoria, and for your good wishes, I heartily thank you. ALFRED. Address of the Foresters. We, the District Chief Ranger, Officers, and Brothers, representing over 1300 Members of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Bendigo United District, in approaching your Royal Highness to tender you our welcome to the Borough of Sandhurst, do so, not only with sentiments of the most profound respect for youi'self, but also with feelings of the deepest veneration for our beloved Queen, who has thus graciously permitted us, in this remote portion of the world, to receive a visit from her son ; and for this gi'eat honour we beg, through you, to tender our thanks to Her Majesty, and to assui'e you of the deep feelings of loyalty and respect we entertain for her, our Most Gracious Sovereign. May the tour of yovu* Royal Highness be attended with every imaginable success ; and we trust you will return to England favourably impressed, not only with the climate and productions of tliis floiu-isliiug colony, but also with the loyal feelings of the inhabitants of this important district. THOMAS NORTON HENSHALL, District Chief Ranger. JOHN WILLS, District Sub-Chief Ranger. JAMES THOMAS HOLL, District Secretary. The Shire of Marottg. May it please your Royal Highness — We, the President, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Shire of Marong, avail ourselves with pleasure of the opportunity afforded us by the visit of your Royal Highness to this district, to offer you otu- sincere congratulations on your safe arrival in this colony, and to give you a heai-ty welcome. We accept the visit of your Royal Highness as a distinguished mark of the consideration of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen for the inhabitants of her Australian colonies, and we assure your Royal Highness that all classes in this shire are actuated by a strong feeling of loyalty and attachment to the person and Tlu'one of Her Majesty. We trust that the voyage on which your Royal Highness is at present embarked, may prove as pleasant to your Royal Highness as your presence in our midst is gratifying and welcome to us ; and we desire to express our sincere attachment and devotion to yoiu' Royal Highness, and every member of the Royal Family. We have the honour to be, your Royal Highness's most obedient humble servants, WILLIAM ROGERS, President. J. PARIS, Secretary. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you for your congratulations upon my arrival in Victoria, and for the hearty welcome you offer me to the Shire of Marong. The Queen will be glad to know that my visit to Australia is regarded as an expression of Hor Majesty's deep Interest in the well-being of her people in this distant part of the empire. ALFRED. Reception at Sandhtirst. 147 The Shire of Huntly. May it ploaso your Royal Highness — We, tlie President, Councillors, and Ratepayers of the Shire of Iluntly, beg to offer our cordial congratulations to your Royal IIis;hness on your safe arrival on these shores, and to accord to you a warm welcome to the Bondigo goldfields. Wo avail ourselves with pleasure of the present opportunity to express to your Royal Highness our devotion and loyalty to the Throne and person of our well-boloved Queen, and to assure your Royal Highness of oiu* attachment to the laws and constitution under which we have the privilege to live. We look upon your Royal Highness's presence amongst us as a proof that Her Majesty regards her Australian subjects with affection and interest ; and we trust that the reception accorded by all classes of the community to a son of our Queen, will be accepted not only as a mark of respect to your Royal Highness, but as a proof of our appreciation of those principles of genuine liberty which we enjoy by virtue of our position as a part of the Hritish empire. (Signedl JOHN PETER NOLAN, PREsrDENT. JOHN ROBERTS HOSKINS, Cou.n'CILlor. THOMAS BRITT, ConNCiLLOB. GEORGE SKURRIE, FREDERICK SEBBES, „ JOHN MATCHETT, JAMES WARREN, SEcnETAKY. BEPLY. Gentlemen — I .pray you to accept my thanks for your cordial congratulations upon my arrival in Victoria, and for your welcome to the Bendigo goldfield.s. I will convey to Her Majesty your expressions of loyalty to the Throne, and your attachment to the laws and free constitution which you have brought with you from the mother-country. It is unnecessary that I should assui'e you of the deep and affectionate interest with which Her Majesty regards her Australian people. ALFRED. Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. May it please your Royal Highness— We, the President and Members of Committee of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum, have the honour to congratulate your Royal Highness on your safe arrival in Victoria, and to assure you of our attachment and loyalty to your Royal mother the Queen, and our devotion and respect to the members of the Royal Family. We are certain you will view with feelings of pleasure the estiablishment of charitable institutions, erected for relief of suffering humanity in these remote dependencies of Her Most Gracious Majesty. As your voyage up to the present time has been exceedingly prosperous, we sincerely hope that, under the guiding hand of a kind Providence, you may return in safety, and that you may live long to adorn that position which your exalted station entitles you to ; and in after years, when reflecting on the incidents of your voyage, they mil afford an amount of pleasure which could scarcely be anticipated. We would specially thank you for the honour of this visit, and we offer you a sincere and heartfelt welcome. We beg most respectfully to subscribe ourselves your Royal Highness's most obedient servants, JAMES BURNSIDE, PRESIDENT. GEORGE ASPINALL, Vice-President. J. N. JONES, Tre.vsurer. JAMES BOYD, M.D., Secretary. REPLY. Gentlemen — Accept my sincere thanks for your congratulations upon my ai-rival in Victoria. It is one of the highest proofs of your national progress that such liberal provision has been made throughout the colony for the relief of the sick, and for the care of the poor and the infirm. ALFRED. From the Foresters of Echuca. May it please your Royal Highness— We, the brethren of " Coiul; Hearts of Oak," of the Ancient Order of Foresters, at Echuca, on the River Murray, in the Colony of Victoria, hail your Royal Highness's visit to this distant part of the colony with sentiments of the heartiest welcome. We earnestly hope that your Royal Highness will believe in the sincere and deep loyalty we feel for the person and Throne of your Royal mother, our most gracious Queen. The remembrance of your Royal Highness's visit will be cherished by us as a further cause of endearment to our loved Queen and the Royal Family. That yoiu- Royal Highness may ever enjoy health and happiness, is the fervent prayer of the brethren of this court at Echuca. JAMES LEONARD, Chief Ranger. JOSEPH WM. BURRIDGE, Sub-Chief Ranger. RICHARD GEO. LEWIN, SECRET.VRY. REPLY. Gentlemen— I thank you for the welcome from your court at Echuca. Yoiu- expressions of loyalty to the throne will be very gratifying to Her Majesty, and it will give me great pleasure to know that the remembrance of my visit to Australia will knit still more closely the ties which imite the colonies to the mother-country. U 2 X48 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. After receiving the addresses, the following gentlemen were presented to H.R.H. : — Joseph H. Abbott, G. Adams, George A-pinallj Theojoro BiUerstedt. Charles E. Barker, Alexander Bayne, John Bell, T. Ben'on, Henry Edwin Bower, Joseph Britten, D. Baohan, William Aston Backnall, J. M. Burridg", Joseph Butter-field, Rev. Dr. Backhaus, J. C. Campbell, Robert Cay, H. M. Chomley, Lieutenant H. A. Clarke, P.V.V. Artillery; Jacob Cohn. Julius Cohn, R. Craigie, M. Doyle, G Edward Davis, Jhed. And in conclusion we beg your Royal Highness to bilieve that your vi^it to Eaglehawk will always be gratefully remembered, and to accept our earne-t wishes for your health and happiness. CHARLES LETHF.BY, M.vTOR. HENRY E. TOLHURST, Town Clerk. 150 Visit of H.R.H. Prittce Alfred. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you warmly for your address welcoming me to Eaglehawk, and expressing yoiu- devoted loyalty to the person and Throne of Her Majesty. Even in my hurried journey through this portion of the country, I see much to indicate the future destiny which awaits a land to which so great energy and industry are devoted, and whose inhabitants are influenced bj' such attachment to the free institutions of the mother-country. Gentlemen, once more receive my warmest thanks. ALFRED. His Royal Highness subsequently partook of a lunch provided in the Town Hall, and then visited the Catherine Reef Company's mine. H.R.H. was received by the Board of Directors, consisting of Mr. D. C. Sterry (chairman), and Messrs. Burrowes, Latham, Cook, and Famsvvorth, with Mr. Eyre, the mining manager. The Royal party having selected suitable dresses for the underground journey, descended the mine ; and when at the bottom, his Royal Highness commenced operations on the hard face of the wall with a pick specially made for him, and obtained some specimens. After some light refreshments in the heart of the mine, the party returned to Sandhurst, where a ball was to take place in the Alfred Hall, an edifice of great size, specially erected for the purpose About a quarter of an hour before the time for opening the ball the building took fire, and soon became a heap of ruins. When the excitement created by this unfortunate calamity had somewhat cooled down, the great question became — Would the Ball be held at all? This was soon set at rest, however, by the announce- ment that the supper, provided by Mr. Hourigan, would take place first, and then the hall set apart for that purpose would be cleared for dancing. About eleven o'clock the supper was ready in the Town Hall ; the company soon assembled, and the Prince arrived. The Mayor of Sandhurst presided, and on his right was the Prince, beside whom was Miss Agnes Grant, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Lieutenant Ramsay, the Hon. Mr. SuUivan, M.P., Mr. Casey, M.P.; and on his left, Mr. Butters, Mayor of Melbourne, Mrs. L. M'Lachlan, Judge Skinner, Mrs. Skinner, and in their neighbourhood, Captain Burton, Colonel Bull, and Mr. M'Lachlan, P.M. The Mayor proposed the toast of " His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh," which was drunk with most enthusiastic and long-continued cheering. His Royal Highness responded in a clear and distinct voice, and thanked the ladies and gentlemen for the hearty manner in which they had greeted the toast proposed in such eloquent terms by the Mayor, and expressed his great regret that circumstances had occurred tending to disturb the pleasure of the assembly. The hall was then cleared, the company retiring to the council chamber and other rooms, and through the untiring energy of Mr. M'Intyre and Mr. Hourigan, the tables were speedily removed and a ball-room improvised. A quadrille was the first dance, and in H.R.H.'s set were — the Prince with Miss Agnes Grant, the Mayor of Sandhurst with Mrs. M'Lachlan as vis-A-vis, Lieutenant Ramsay and Miss Bull, Colonel Bull and Mrs. Stirling, Captain Burton and Mrs. Helm, the Hon. Eliot Yorke and Mrs. Watson. A waltz succeeded, and then a " foursome" reel, in which the Prince and Miss Boyd, and the Mayor of Sandhurst and Mrs. Sibley, fonned a set. The Duke's piper played. The Prince then retired, and drove off to his hotel amidst the cheers of a crowd assembled at the door of the Town Hall. The dancing was continued until an early hour. With the ball terminated the visit of his Royal Highness to Sandhurst, the Prince retiring at a comparatively early hour, as he intended leaving for Ballarat shortly after daylight the next morning. The Royal party left Sandhurst at six a.m. on Friday, en route for Ballarat, to attend the Races, arriving in Melbourne at twenty-five minutes past eight, and after partaking of an excellent breakfiist, provided by Mr. Mallam, the Prince started for Geelong, where a short stoppage was made, and then proceeded to Ballarat. Having paid a brief visit to Craig's Hotel, his Royal Highness drove out to the course. After the first greetings, all fonnal ceremony was abandoned, and the Prince was for once permitted to enjoy himself on the course and stand without being bored. He left Ballarat at 6.35 p.m.., and arrived in Melbourne in about two hours. On the following day (Saturday, 21st November) his Royal Highness Prince Alfred accorded a reception to the Consular body, in the Picture Gallery of the Exhibition Building. The Prince was accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Mr. M'Culloch, Mr. O'Shanassy, and several other distinguished gentlemen. His Excellency the Governor introduced Mr. J. B. Were to his Royal Highness as the senior Consul, representing Denmark. Mr. Were then presented the other members of the Consular body, according to their respective rank and official position, as follows : — Netherlands. — Mr. Ploos Van Amstel, Consul-General ; Mr. Daniel Ploos Van Amstel, Vice-Consul. France. — Count de Castelnau, Consul, represented by Mons. Follet, Vice-Consul (the Consul being precluded attending from the state of his health) ; Mons. Lissignol, Secretary. Italy. — Chevalier Biagi, Consul-General ; Mr. Cossu, Vice-Consul. Portugal. — Mr. Cooper, Consul. Belgium. — An apology was made to the Prince for the absence of Mr. Beckx, Consul, arising from indisposition. United States of America. — General Latham, Consul. Hamburg and Bremen. — Mr. Sali Cleve, Acting-Consul. Prussia. — Mr. Brahe, Acting-Consul. Russia. — Mr. Damyon, Vice-Consul. This ceremonial having been concluded, Mr. Were proceeded to speak to the following effect : — We have to thank your Royal Highness for granting this interview. The Consular body now present represent the principal countries in Europe and America; and they considered it right that a Prince of blood of the reigning Monarch of England should not arrive here without the Consuls offering him their congratulations on his visit ; for among their other functions it becomes their duty to act in such manner as may tend to the promotion of commercial relations, to bring about the settlement of foreign residents, and to protect their interests, to the material advantage of the countries they have the honour to represent in this important dependency of the British empire. Mr. Were concluded by again thanking the Prince for the interview, and stating that the Consuls desired to e.xpress a hope that his voyage, so auspiciously begun, would be as happily continued and concluded. Prince Alfred bowed to the gentlemen of the consular body, and said he felt deeply obliged to them for their kind congratulations. He inteqireted the presence of so important a body of foreign representatives as a mark of high respect to the Queen, as well as to himself personally, and he begged to thank them most heartily. His Royal Highness then again bowed, and the interview terminated. 152 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. The reception of the Consuls being concluded, the next duty of his Royal Highness was to preside at the ceremony of the first united Speech Day of the following Collegiate Schools : — The Church of England Grammar School, and St. Patrick's, Scotch, and Wesley Colleges. This interesting commemoration was held in the Exhibition Hall. The spectacle presented was brilliant in the extreme. The gallery, greatly enlarged, was filled with the boys, some seven hundred in number, while the body of the hall was occupied by a vast crowd, principally composed of ladies, whose light summer costumes gave colouring and animation to the scene. It was estimated that there were between four and five thousand persons present. At about twenty minutes past twelve the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by His Excellency the Governor, arrived at the Public Library entrance to the Exhibition, and was received by several gentlemen connected with the different schools. As soon as his Royal Highness entered the hall, three such clear and ringing cheers as boys alone can give rose from the gallery; and just as these died away the strains of the National Anthem pealed from the organ, and were taken up with heart and voice by the youthful assembly. The Prince, who was attended by his equerry, Mr. Haig, took his seat upon the dais, and around his Royal Highness were the following gentlemen: — His Excellency the Governor, the Hon. J. M'Culloch, the Hon. J. O'Shanassy, Sir James Palmer, Hon. J. Macpherson Grant, the Hon. C. Macmahon, Hon. J. G. Francis, the Hon. G. W. Cole, the Hon. D. Moore, the Hon. Archibald Michie, the Hon. T. T. A'Beckett, the Hon. C. G. Dufify, the Hon. A. Eraser, the Hon. J. Macrae, the Mayor of Melbourne, the Bishop of Melbourne, Dr. Cairns, the Rev. G. V. Barry, Rev. J. Lentaigne, Rev. J. S. Waugh, Lieutenant Rothwell, Mr. Manners-Siitton, Mr. Macbain, M.L.A.; Mr. O'Grady, M.L.A. ; Mr. R. Ellery; the educational heads of the different schools, viz.. Rev. Dr. Bromby, Church of England Grammar School; Mr. A. Morrison, of the Scotch College; Rev. J. Moore, of St. Patrick's College ; and Dr. Corrigan, of Wesley College. The programme of " speeches " was then begun. A small platform had been erected on the east side of the hall, near the centre, and on it the different performers were stationed. The first piece was an " Ode to the Duke of Edinburgh," which was delivered by Master Counsel, of St. Patrick's College, with excellent taste and expression. The " Boatman of the Downs " was then recited by Cooper, of Wesley College. The next piece on the programme was the song, " The flag that braved a thousand years," by King, of the Church of England Grammar School. The youthful vocalist possessed a voice of great clearness, power, and flexibility, and notwith standing the enormous size of the hall, it came out full and clear in every part. A scene from King John was next given by four of the junior boys from the Scotch College, and was very well rendered ; the most successful of the four probably being Dalrymple, the representative of Prince Arthur. Following this was an original Latin ode in Sapphics, delivered by Keogh, of St. Patrick's. A grand duo on the pianoforte was performed by Vaughan and Evans, of the Church of England Grammar School. The tent scene from Julius Casar was given by Little and Parnham, of Wesley College, with a good deal of spirit ; and was followed by the recitation of the camp scene from Henry F., by Smith, of the Church of England Grammar School. The masterpiece of the day, so far as elocution was concerned, was " Clarence's Dream," by Wright, of the Scotch College. A " Welcome to Prince Alfred," written by Mrs. T. P. Hill, was tastefully delivered by Hart, of Wesley College. The ]irogramme was finished at twenty minutes past one, and then commenced the distribution of the prizes. Owing to the excellent arrangements made by the masters, the ceremony was carried out with ease and rapidity, the precedence to be taken having been satisfactorily arranged by lot. The successful speech Day of the Collegiate Schools. 153 competitors walked in prescribed order up the centre passage, the head-masters of the different schools read out the names of the prize-takers, and handed the prizes to the Prince, who then presented them to the boys. First came the Church of England Grammar School, then the ■\Vesley College, then the St. Patrick's College, and lastly, the Scotch College. The following are the Honor Lists of the several schools (the mark * representing a prizeman):— Church of England Grammar School. University Distinctions gained Dumsa 1867. Exhibition in classics at matriculation, by Frederick Piraiii. E.xbiliitiou in mathematics at matriculation, by Frede- rick Pirani. Exliibition in mathematics at Christmas, liy FreJorlcli Pirani. Proximo accessit to exhibition in classics at Chri.^tmas, by Frederick Pirani. Exliibition in classics and logic at Christmas, by Chai'les Tynan. Exhibition in medicine, by Walter Thomas. University Honours gained during 1867. Two first class, by Frederick Pirani. One first chiss, by Walter Thomas. One second class, by Douglas Paterson. One second class, by Charles Tynan. One third class, by Samuel Summons. One third class, by Frederick M'Coy. School Distinctions in 1S67. School exhibition, awarded to William Henry Tuckett. The Bi.shop's divinity prizes, awarded to James Hol- land and Frederick Jeremie Bromby. Prize poem, gained by James Holland. Special arithmetic prize, awarded to Newman Arnold. Prizemen of the Year 1867, and those Entitled to Honourable Mention. First Class. ~ Classics : *Holl,and, *Tower3, Bromby ma., Macnamara, Vaughan, Major ma., Lewellin. Latin only: Davidson mi., Harker ma., Barber, John John- son. Natural Science: *John Johnson, Bromby ma., Hai'ker, ma. Enghsh : *Holland, *Harker ma., Towers, Bromby ma., John Johnson, Hebden ma , Barber, Cole, Vaughan, Daridsou mi., Wynne. French : '-Macnamara, *Bromby ma.. Cole, John Johnson, Lewellin, Harkernia., Major ma., Wynne, Hebden ma., Shortt. Second C'l.vss.— Latin : 'Teague, *Sliene ma., Sweeney, Bage ma.. Major mi., Taylor max., Crewe. English: *Skene ma.. *Sweeney, B.age ma , Teague, Clongh ma., Goodman, Crewe, Major mi. French : *Teague, *Bage ma., Crewe, Sweeney, Major mi., Evans ma., Goodman, W. Barker. Greek: *Harker ma., Davidson mi.. Major mi., Shortt, W. Barker, John Johnson. Natural Science : *Clough ma., Teague, Bage ma., W. Johnson. Third Class.— Latin : *Tuckett mi., *Green, Moule ma., Harris ma., Bromby mi., Taylor ma.. Fry ma., Farie, Skeene mi., H. M'Pher.son. English: *Taylor ma., *Skeene mi.. Smith mi., Bage mi., Fry mn., Harris ma. French: Bage mi, Harris ma., H. M'Pherson, Fry nia,, Bargmann, Farie, Tuckett mi , Moule mn., Bromby nii., Ford ma., Vieusseux, Skeene mi., M.Tck ma., Sandford. Greek : *Moule ma., J. J. Smith, Tuckett mi. Natural Science : ^Taylorma., Bage mi., Green. Special English Class.— English ; *Davidsou ma., *Middleton, *Mack. Natural Science : "^Davidson ma. Fourth Cl.ass.— Latin : *Mack mi,, *S. Miller, Smith min.. Gatehouse, Hebden mi,, Harker mi., Stephen ma., M'Pherson mi,, Clongh mi., Dixon. English : Miller, Henty. Oliver, , Mack, *M'Pherson ma., *Dixon, Evans mi., Clough mi., Woolley, Harker mi. Mack mi.. Mickolburgh, M'Pher- son mi.. Snowball ma., Riildell, Watson ma., Gatchou.se. French : *M'Pherson mi., *MicUelburgh, M'Pherson ma., Gregory, Ilarker mi., *Watson ma.. Gatehouse, Mack mi., Clongh mi,, Snowball ma., Stephen ma,, Kiddell, Dixon, Greek : *Sweeney, Moore, Kiddell, Natural Science, — *M'Phorson ma , M'Pherson mi. Fifth Class, — Latin ; "Tuckett ma,, *G. Thomas, Deakin, Hearn mi,, Moulo min,, Oliver, Hearle, English :— *Deakin, *Thom.is, H, King Campbell mi, French: *Tallerman, 'Moule min,, min,, Thomas, Hearn mi,, Hearle, Deakin, Tuckett ma., G, Miller, Campbell mi,, Raine, Oliver, Francis, Delias, Campbell ma. Natural Science : *Deakin. Greek : •Oliver, Thomas, Bear, Dixon, Turner ma,, Deakin. Sixth Clas,s. — Latin : *ScLlicht, 'Thomson mi.. Cam- bell min., Williatt, Bear, Stephen min,, Whitton. Eng- lish : *Williatt, 'Logan, Sehlicht, Thomson mi , Campbell mill, French : 'Sohier, Moule mi,, Arnold, Whitton, Ker, 'Bear, Allen, Seventh Class, — Latin : 'Ford mi., 'Mallett, Major min.. Foot, Pike, Beggs, Galvin. English : 'Foot, 'Major min., Colyer, Galvin. French: 'Mallett, Galvin, 'C'olyer, Foot, Major min,, Crowl, Harper mi. Eighth Class, — Latin (a) : 'Mullen, 'Vance, Do}-ne and Snowball mi, equal, Ross min,, Holt, Slander, Jukes ma,, Riind. (D) : 'Horner, Byrne, Gresson, T, Taylor English (a): 'Holt, 'Ross min,, Stauder, Mullen, Snow- ball mi,. Rand, (B) : 'T, Taylor, Horner, Gresson, Byrne. French : 'Vance, Jukes mi.. Snowball mi , Jukes ma., Stander, King 5tus., Horner, Mullen, Murray mi., Ross min. Mathematics AND Arithmetic —I, (a): 'Harker ma., Holland, Towers, (B) : 'Jno, Johnson, Bromby ma. II. (a) : 'Davidson mi., Shortt, Lewellin. (b) : 'W. Barker, Dixon, Moore, Skene ma,, Sweeney, Taylor ma. Ill, (a) : 'Harris ma,, Bage ma., Robinson, Crewe, Davidson ma, J. J. Smith. Allen, Major mi., Clough ma. (B) : *H. M'Pherson, Tuckett mi , Moule ma., Bargmann, Goodman. IV- (a) : 'Arnold, 'Mack ma. and Middleton equal, Skene mi., Sandford, Clongh mi , M'Pherson ma,, Bromby ml, Turner ma,, Hebden mi,. Chase nia , Liddle, Ford ma , Mack mi, (b) : 'Bage mi,. Fry ma,, MPherson mi,, Farie, Harker mi,, Tuckett ma,. Smith mi V. : Vieusseux, Taylor mi. Arithmetic only : 'Smith min , Riddle ,nnd Sehlicht equal, Fry mi,, Anni- tage, Chase ma,, S, Miller, Tallerman, VI, : *Ker, Campbell ma. Ai-ithmetic only : 'G. Miller, Hughes, Deakin, Campbell min.. Stephen'ma , Hearn mi., Seaward ma,, Mack min, VII, : "Harper ma,, •Foot, Pike, Balderson, Harper mi,, Mullen. VIII, (a): 'Ross min-, T, Taylor, (B) : *Vance, Gresson. Surveying, — 'Crewe, Dixon, Sweeney, Taylor ma. Bookkeeping. — (a) : 'Macnamara, Hodgson, Mickel- burgh, Davidson ma., (B) : 'Tallerman, M'Pherson ma., M'Pherson mi. DR-VWINg.- In colours : 'Lookerraa. In sepia : M'Pher- son mi., Anstis. In chalk : 'M'Pherson ma. In pencil : 'Clough ma., 'Barker ma., 'Macnamara, Gatehouse, Looker mi., Clough mi. 154 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Writing. — English Class: *Davidson ma. , Tallerman, A. Miller. III. : ♦H MTherson, Fane, Moule ma. IV. : *Gregory, Dixon, Watson ma. V.: Tuckett ma., Thomas, Delias. VI. : *Seward ma., Schlitch, Whitton. VII. : *Balderson, Galvin, Foot. VIII. : * Vance, Stander, Jukes mi. German. — *Bargmann, Jno. Johnson, Tallerman. Prize Poem.— "Holland. Elocution.— *J. J. Smith, *Maonamai-a, Tallennan. Gymnastics. — "Ireland. *Macnaniara, *Watson mi., *Schlicht, *C'olyer, *Vance. General Races.- -"Ireland, "Logan. Conduct in the Hou.se.— "Holland, "Pike. Wesley College. Special prize given hy Mrs. A. Fraser, Aldovirie, St. Kilda, for first pupil matriculation with credit in the Melbourne University, books value ^5 — Grice. Draper Scholarship, value £25 — Amess max. Special prize by S. Amess, Esq., for best classical scholar, exclusive of University class, books value £5 — Hart ma. Special prize by T. J. Sumner, Esq., for the best mathe- matical scholar, exclusive of University class, books value £.5 — Amess max. and Kalph, equal. Special prize for best English poem, by H. M. Andrews, Esq., M.A., books value £2 2s— Atkins. Special prize by A. F. Bennie, Esq., M.A. , for best English Essay. Books, value £2 2s.— Archbold mi., Archbold ma,, Anderson max. General Proficiency. — Class 1 : Senior Division ; "Dothie. Junior Division : "Robertson. Class 2 : White ma. Class 3 : Davies. Class 4 : "Wright ma. and Har- court equal. Bible. — Class 1 : "Poolman and "Sherrard, equal ; Fowler, Cay, Robertson. Class 2 : "Raston, Moifitt, Jesse. Class 3 : "Davies, Wright ma. , Moss. Class 4 : "Hart ma. ; Amess max. and Symons, equal ; Minnett max. Classics. — Class 1 : Senior division; "Wearne mi.. Booth, Jesse. Junior division : Wright mi., 'Amess mi., Dunn, Lewis mi. Class 2 ; Stephens, 'Hart mi., Raston, Webb, Walker, mi. Class 3 : 'Wigley, Davies, WUson ma.. Cook. Class 4: '' Wright ma., Welshman mi., New- man, HarcoiU't, Daniel. Class 5 : *Hart ma., 'Atkins, Amess max. Mathematics. — Ainthmetic. Class 1 : •Dalrymplema., Thomson, Dalrymple mi. Class 2 : *Oakley ma., Towle mi., Jesse. Class 3 : *\Vebb, VVigley, Raston. Class 4 : "Davies, Wright ma., Laing. Class 5 : *Amess max. Hart ma., Ralph, Little. Geometry.— Class 1 : Stephens. "Rankin, Webb and Lupton ma., equal. Class 2 : "Sides, Wright ma. and Jefferson ecjual. Moss. Class 3 : "Ralph, Newman, Daniel. Class 4: "Little ma.. Dredge, Amess max, Minnett max. Algebra. — Class 1 : "Ralph, New- man, Dredge. Class 2: "Amess max, Hart ma., Little mi. English. — Grammar, Composition, and Dictation. — Class 1. — Senior Di-vision : "Hodgkinson mi., Wyatt, Hadley. Junior Division : "Hill mi., Jesse, Robertson. Class 2 : Stephens, "Raston, Minnett ma., Wigley. Class 3 : Welshman mi. , Harcourt, Sherrard ma. , Daniel, Class 4 ; "Amess max. , Hart ma. , Ralph, Dredge, Little ma. History : — Class 1 : "Farquhar, Steane, Chambers mi. Class 2 : "Straw ma., Hart mi., Robertson. Class 3 : "Davies, Wyatt, \Vhite ma. Class 4 : "Atkins, Anderson max., Minnett max.. Moss. Geography. — Class 1 : "Lewis mi.. Hill mi., Amess mi. Class 2: "Little mi., Wigley, Stephens. Class 3 ; "Moss, Wright ma., Beauchamp. Class 4 : "Sides, Amess max, Newman, Ralph. Modern Languages —Class 1 : Cay, Minnett ma., Class 2 : "Booth, Wearne mi. Class 3 : Stephens, "Veevers. Raston, Dunn, Brown. Class 4 : "Wilson ma., and "Towle mi. . equal ; Little mi., Sherrard ma.. Hart, mi. Class 5 : "Sides, Row, Moss. Class 6 ; "Little ma., Amess max., Atkins. Writing and Bookkeeping.— Class 1 : Senior Divi- sion ; "Wearne mi.. Read, Wilson mi. Junior Division : "Bickford, Oakley mi., Dalrymple. Class 2 : Wright mi., Row ma., Raston. Class 3 : Coles, Spottiswood, Hoskin, and M 'Crea, equal ; Lewis ma. , Watts ma. Class 4 : "Wright ma., Wearne ma., Laing. Elocution. - Senior Class: "Little ma., Hart ma.. Cooper ma. Junior Class ; Robertson, Dothie, Mat- thews. Drawing and Painting.— Senior Division : Painting in Water Colours : "Amess max. Figure Drawing in Crayon : 'Wearne ma. Pencil Drawing : Senior Divi- sion : "Daniel. Junior Division ; Read, Miscamble, Dahymple ma. Map Drawing: "Welshman ma., Min- nett max. Music. — Instrumental ; Symons, Beauchamp. Vocal : *Wright ma., "Dredge, "Amess max. Gymnastics.— Class 1 ; Little ma., Wearne mi.. Pool- man. Class 2, — 'Wyatt, Row mi. Class 3. — "Wearne ma., Lupton mi.. Little ma. Special Prize for English Essay in Lower School.— "Anderson mi. St. PatficKs College. First Class.— Greek Prize : History, Chemistry, AhoaiTi ; Latin, Bride ; French. O'Shannessy ; EngUsh, Keogh; physical geography. Carter ; Algebra and Euclid, Fitzgerald. Second Class. — Latin, Doyle; French, Croker ; sacred history, Croker; Greek, Bride ; English, Blair ; do., second lirize, (iraham ; history, M. Dalton ; elocution. Counsel ; writing, Dennehy ; Euclid, Cody; arithmetic, MDonnell. Third Class.— Latin, Sheedy; French, Rahilly; sacred history, Bourke ; elocution, Healy ; writing, J. O'Grady; bookkeeping, English composition, Kelly ; English com- position (second prize) and history, Cormick : grammar and analysis, Cbas. O'Grady ; arithmetic, Crosby. Fourth Class. — Latin and history, W. Byrne ; French, Macintosh ; Engli.sh composition, (.'roker ; English composition, second prize, A. M'Doimell ; sacred history, Davis ; grammar and analysis, and writing, Fearon ; elocution. Petty ; arithmetic, W. Carter. Fifth Class.— English, first prize, Finn; second prize, Byrne; third prize. M'Cauley; arithmetic, Curtain; Christian doctrine, Bamson ; Elocution, Wills ; writing, Byrne. Sixth Class. — Christian doctrine, Dowey; English, Petty ; arithmetic, Meaney. speech Day of the Collegiate Schools. 155 Scotch College. Melbourne Unh'Eesity Matriculation Examination, 1867. Eifiht boys from the Scotch Col logo jiroseiitecl them- selves for examination in November, seven of whom passed as follows:— Number of subjects in which a boy must pass — six. Bennie passed in eiirht, with creiiit in four ; Wilkie, passed in eight, with credit in throe ; Inglis passed in eiyht, with credit in two; Orr passed in eight, with credit in one ; Johnson passccl in seven, with credit in two ; M'Gregor passed in seven, with crerlit in none ; Andrews passed in six, with credit in two ; Shiels passed in Febniary in eis;ht, with credit in throe. Special Prizes. -1. Du.x of School : Knight's Pictorial Shakspeare (S vols, super royal 8vo), the gift of Alex- ander Wilson, Esq., awarded to *l Bennie. * 2 Johnson. 2. Dux in Classics ; Blackie'a Homer .and the Iliad (4 vols, demy 8vo), the gift of Andrew Scott, Esq., pained by * 1 Bennie, awai'ded to * 2 Wilkie. :!. Dux in Mathe- matics : Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Em- pire (8 vols. 8vo), the gift of Andrew Scott, Esq., awarded to * 1 Swanson, * 2 Bennie. 4. Dux in English : Staun- ton's Shakspeare (4 vols, demy Svo) the gift of James M'Bain, Esq., M.L.A., gained by " 1 Bennie, awarded to * 2 Orr. CLAS.SIOS. — Latin and Greek : Class 1 : Senior Division : *Taylor, Samson, Beer, R. McPherson, Bryant. Junior Division : *Jas. Macraeikan, A. Hill. C. Jacomb, Dal- rymple, H. Smith. Class 2: 'Davies, *T. Hadley, G. Barlow, Woods. Class 3 : *A. F. Morrison and *L. Terry equal, F. G. White, J.R. Thomson, W. Carson Class 4 ; Senior Division ; "Purvis, *McFarland, E Wisewould, Adam,Ellerman. Junior Division : *l,ind, J. Hill,McCaw, Procter, Heales, E. Hughes. Class5: *Macdonald, Nathan, F. Haley. Lewis. Class6: *G. Wise, "Henderson, Shields, Ad. Sniith, McCracken. G. Haley. Class 7 : Senior Division : *Bennie, Wilkie, A. Tnglis, Johnson. Junior Division : *McKinley, Leonard, J. Inglis. Mathem.vtics. — Arithmetic: Cla.ss 1: *R. M'Pherson, Ormond, Kennedy, Finlay, Graham Class 2: *J. Macmeikan, Walker, J. Thompson, Moor, Samson, Taylor. Class 3 . *Beer, J. R. Thompson, TurnbuU anil Dalrymple (equal), L. Terry. Class 4 : Gardiner, Macgugan, Lind, Macdonald, A. Thompson. Class 5 : "Nathan, Smith. Purvis, Henderson, Ad. Smith, Hill. Class 6: Senior Division: "Bennie, 'Swanson, MGregor, Fisher, Johnson. Junior Dirision : "J. Braily, J. Inglis. Algebra. — Class 1 : Senior Division : "Macdonald, Lind, Hetherington, Gardiner. Jvmior Division : *LiddIe, *D. Herald, A. Herald, Moss. Class 2 : "Purvis, Ad. Smith. Coleman, Hill, F. Haley, Lewis. Class 3 : "Mciodie, Nathan, Wise, M'Cracken, Henderson Class 4 : Senior Division : *Swansi>n, "Fisher, Hennie, Johnson, M'Gregor. Junior Division : "Leonard, J. Inglis, J. Brady. Geometry. — "Guppy, Solomon, Lindsay, M'Farland, A. Thomson, M'Millan. Class 2 : Macgugan. Rogers, Fenton, Lewis. Class 3 : *Ad. Smith, Henderson, Gardiner, Nathan, G. Wise, M'Cracken. Class 4: Senior Division ; *Swanson, *Beunie. Wilkie, A. Inglis, M'Gregor, Andrews. Junior Division : "Stevens, J Inglis. English (including Spelling, History, Geography, Grammar, and Composition). — Class 1, Senior Division : "Taylor, "Samson, C. Jacomb, F. Wisewould, J. Hughes, J. Macmeikan. Junior Division : "Benjamin, A. Hill, Finlay, F. Tindale, Buzzard, Barry. Class 2 : Senior Division : "Da vies, R. M'Pherson and Cooke i equal). Cowan, Woods, T. Hadley. Junior Division : "Ormond, H. Smith, Harris, James Macmeikan, J. Thom- son, G. White. Class 3, Senior Division : "Turabull, J. R. Thomson, F. G. White, W. Carson, Ray, Dalrymple. Junior Division ; *G. Tindale, Mnsa, Garrett, J. Wise, Pattison. Class 4 : M'Farland, Kllennan, Odell, Guppy, W. Gibha, Edwards. Class ,1, Senior Division : 'Mac- donald, "Nathan, Lewis. Moodio. Junior Division ; "Lind, Purvis, Macgugan, Gardiner. Class 0, Senior Division : "G. Wise and 'Smith (equal), Henderson, Shieis, M'Cracken. Junior Division : "James Callaghan, Jacomb, Linacre, Rogers. Class 7, Senior Division : "Bennie, A. Inglis, Orr, Wilkie, Andrews. Junior Divi- sion : "M'Kinley, .1. Inglis. Bible. — Class 1 : "A. Hill, C. Jacomb, Benjamin, Darchy, J. Hughes, F. Wisewould. Class 2 : "G. Barlow, Davies, Cooke, T. Hadley, Cowan, Woods. Class 3 : *W Carson, liay, Turnhull, J. H Thompson, L. Terry, F. G. White. Class 4 : "W. Gibbs, M'Far- land, Simpson, D. Herald, Ellcrman, Procter. Class 5 : Senior Division : Macilonald, "Moodie. Junior Divi- sion : "J. Hill, Lind, Coleman, Macgugan. Class 6 : "G. Wise, Henderson, Ad. Smith, Rogers, Jacomb, Shiels. Writing. — Class 1 : *C. Stewart, Samson, Darchy. Class 2 : "^G. Stewart, Brasher. J. Thompson. Class 3 : "Moss, G. Tindle, Dalrymple. Class 4.— 'Ellerman, Thompson, Ormerod. Class 5 : "F. Haley, Lister, Wright, Fenton. Commercial Correspondence and Book- keeping. - Senior Division : *G. Wise, Shiels, Hender- son, Ad. Smith. Junior DiWsion : "Nathan, Macgugan, Moodie, Gardiner. French. —Class 1 : Taylor, Benjamin. Class 2: A. M'Pherson, G. Stewart. Class 3 : "J. R. Thomson, Turn- bull, L. Terry, W. Carson, Ray. Class 4 : "Hill, Lind and Little (equal). Class 5 : "Shiels, G. Wise, Nathan. Class 6 : "Bennie, Andrews, Wilkie, Orr. Natural Science. — Class 1 and 2 : 'Cooke, Beer, Davies. Class 3 : "W. Carson, J. R. Thomson, TurnbuU, Ray. Class 4 : "Guppy, D. Herald, M'Farland. Proctor. Class 5 : "Coleman, Macgugan, Corcoran, Macdonald, Lind. Class 6 : *G. Wise, "Henderson, Ad. Smith, Shiels, Rogers. Gymnastics. — Class 1 : "J. Morrison, A. Thomson. Class 2 :*Ramsiy, Moss. Class 3: "Bostock, Lewis, Smith. Drawing. —Human Figures in Chalk: "F. Haley, G. Haley, Wight. Landscape ; "Tozer, "Lind, Oliver, Catto, Johnson. Music. — Instrumental : "A. F. Morrison, *Moss, "Ad. Smith, Adam, Liddle. Elocution. — "Wright, "Dalr3nnple, Davies, J.R. Thomson, Turabull, Taylor, Higginson. Special Prizes. — Third in Examination for Dux of School. Third for Dux in English, Third for Dux in Classics : "A. Inglis. First in Weekly Dictation E.xami- natiors : "Craig. Boarders' Sunday Lessons.— Class 1 : "J. Thomson. Class 2 : "Tozer, "A. Thomson. Class 3 : "A. Inglis, "J. Inglis, Stevens. Junior Department. English.- Class 1: "Smith, "Rutherford, Niven, J. Levy, Campbell. Class 2 : *H. Terry, "A. Hadley, A. Stewart, Higginson. Class 3 : *F. Barry, "A. Brady, N. Levy. Bible.— Class 1: "Niven. Rutherford, J. M'Mullen, J. Levy. Class 2: "A. Stewart, A. Harni Hughes, Mr. W., Blazes Hughes, Mrs. W., Night Hughes, Ivlr. C. J., military costume Hughes, Mrs. C J., Pierrette Hunter, Miss, Aurora Humphrey, Mr. F. , his grandfather Humphrey, Mrs. K., Zingaro Humpliries, Mr. \V. B., a student of the Diniidical law Hunt, Dr. , uniform, volunteer officer Hurst, Mr. \V. . Ankastrom Hurst, Miss, Starlight Husband, Mr. W, H., student Husband, Mrs. \V. H., Sardinian peasant girl Hutchison, Mr. D , Lord Tomnoddy Hyams, Mr., Will Watch Hyams, Aliss, Zaubertlote, Queen of Night Hyland, Mr. CV, Chinese prince Hyland, Mrs P , Lady of the Court of George IIL Hyland, Miss, Bavarian peasant Hyman, Mr. M., Prus.sian officer Hyman, Mrs M., Sardinian peasant HjTidman, Mr. W., sergeant V. V. Engineers Hyndman, Mrs., Spanish lady IeVERS, Mr. William, Vincentio Iffla, Miss, flower-girl ItHa, Mrs F., Spanish lady Inglis, Mr. T. A. F., gentleman, time George TIL Ireland, Mr. T. C, Old Virginia Ireland, Mr. De Courcy, Matador Irelanil, Miss S., May Ireland, Mr. R., Circassian prince Ireland, Hon. R. D., United Irishman Ireland, Mrs. K. D. , Spanish lady Ireland, Miss, June Ireland, Mr. J., Yeomanry Cavalry officer Irvine, Mr., uniform Irvine. Mr. W. F., Knight Templar Irvine, Mrs. E. A., Zuleika Isaacs, Mr. B,, undress, Prince of Wales Cavalry Isaacs, Mrs. W. B., Catherine, Empress of Russia Isaacs, Mr. W. B., Garibaldian uni- form Isaacs, Mr. A. M., Earl of Leicester Isaacs, Mrs., Manon Leseault tiACK, Mr., Italian brigand Jack, Mrs., Finland lady James, Dr. E. M.. Dr. Pangloss James, Mrs. F., Swiss peasant James, Mr. W., Wildrake James, Mr J. H. James, Mr. T. R , gentleman of reign of Charles II. Jar\'is, Miss, Clarissa Harlowe Jeffray, Mr. R. J., Russian effeudi Jeffray, Mrs. R. J., Norivgn. villager Jennings, Mr., volunteer of the nineteenth century Jeremy, Mr., Turk Jeremy, Mrs,, English gipsy Jeremy, Miss, Ophelia Jervis, Mr. W., Attornoy-General of Timbuctoo Jervis, Miss, Portuguese peasant Jei-vis, Mr., captain Hon. Artillery Corps, London Johnstone, Mr. R de B., Highland costume Johnstone, Miss, Greek shepherdess Johnston, jun., Mr., .Salem Scudder Johnston, Mr. VV., Aroun-al-Raschid Johnston, Mr. W.. Monk of the Screw Johnston, Mrs. W., lady of time of Commonwealth Johnson, Miss, i'olish girl Johnson, Miss J., Summer Johnson, Mr. G. E., KnightTemplar Jones, Mr. C. E., Sergeant Buzfuz Jones, Mrs. C. E., Night Jones, Mr. John, Garilialdi Jones, Mrs. J ohn, Esther Grazebrook Jones, Miss, Porq«aretto Jones, Mr. W. B. , David, high priest, court of Prince Alfred Jones. Mrs. W. B., Summer Jones, Mr. C. G , Don Carlos Jordan, Miss, Folly Jordan, Miss Lizzie, Rcsalind Jordan, Mrs., Madame de la Vallit're Joseph, Miss J., Norma Joseph, Mr Walter, the Sultan Joseph, Mr. Alfred, Richmond Joshua, Mr. .1. M.. cordelier Joske, Mr. Paul, Don Pablo Joske. Mr. A., Friar Tuck Jude, Mr. A., Polish gentleman Jude, Mrs A., PoHshlady JRATZENSTEIN, Mr. I., comidress Katzenstein, Mr. .J., Friar Joseph Katzdnstein, Mrs. J., Maid of Sara- gossa Kavanagh, Mrs., Bassigaluppo Kavanat^h, Mr., Je ne sais quel Kearney. Mrs., M.oorish gipsy Kelleher, Mr., Lazarillo, ilaritana Kelleher, Miss, La Figha del Reg- gimento Kelson, Mr., Hubert Kennon, Jfr. H., Cassio Kennon, Mrs. H., Polish lady Kennedy, Mr. C, Dick Turpin Kennedy, Mrs., Hungarian dress Kennedy, Miss Marian, Adina, Elit:lr of Love Keogh, Mr. E., a cricketer Keogh, Master, a cricketer Keogh, Mr. S. Keogh, Mr. T., Venetian, 16th cent. Keogh, Mrs. E., Lady Nithsdale Keen, Miss, flower-girl Keon, Miss M., Forget-me-not Kerr, Miss, Lady Isabel Vane Keys, Miss, Swiss peasant Kilhy, Mr., Metropolitan Artillerj- Kilby, Mrs., Night King, Miss M. A., Spanish lady King, Mr. W. C, Arab merchant King, Mr. M. L , Royal Arch Mason King, Miss, Chinese lady King, Mr. Stephen, captain of the Dublin City Militia King, Mr. Jesse, page, IBth century King, Mr. C, Cornstalk King, Mr. A. S , Indian costume King, Mr. M. J., officer of artillery King, Mr. John, gentleman time of George III. King, Miss, a soubrotte King, Mr. J. C, an antiquated cos- tume Kinnimont, Mr. D. S., French noble- man, sixteenth century Kinninmont, Miss J., Swiss lady Kirkiiatrick, Mr. W. M., Foxhunter Kirkjatrick, Mrs. W. M.,Galignani Kirkby, Miss, Linda di Chamouni Kirby, Miss, village coriuette Klemm, Mr., Hamlet Klenim, Mrs., Spanish lady Knight, Mr. J. G., Sir Thos. ClilTord Knight, Mrs. J. G., Mme. Rocamier Knight, Miss, Night Knox, Miss, Swiss peasant girl Koch, Mr. J A. B., Swiss peasant Koch, Miss E., Swiss girl Kong Meng, Mr., Mandarin Kong Meng, Mrs , Grecian lady IEaBERTOUCHE, Mr., Due de Nevers Labertouche, Mrs., Marguerite Lacy, Mr. M., Hans Skeldt Lamond, Mr. W. H., volunteer rifleman, 1863 Lamond, Mrs. W. H., Dolly Varden Landale, Mr. A., medical student Lane, Mrs. W., Countess de Grignon Lane, Miss, Undine Lane, Mr. G., Queen's Own Lane, Mrs. G., Titania Lang, Mr, Gideon Lang, Mrs. Gideon, Esmeralda Lang, Mr. W., Armenian Lang, Mr Matthew, Locksley Langan, Mr. P. J., Modus Langan, Mrs. P. J., Helen Langford, Miss, Columbia Langhorne, Mr. A , Mr. Briefless Langridge, Mr. G. D, P.O. Man- chester Lenity Langridge, Mrs. G. D., French grisette Langton, Mr. E., gentleman of the nineteenth century Langton, Mrs. J., morris-dancer Langtreo, Mr. H., Oliver Goldsmith Langtree, Mr. C. W.,Tui-kishcavalrj- officer Langtree, M:-. 0., General Fairfax Laurence, Mr., N.S.W. cricketer. Laurens, Mrs. J., lady of Normandy Lam-ens, Mr. J., Hungarian Law, Mrs. J. M., lady of rank, time fifteenth century Law, Mr. Robert, y.-ichtsnian Law, Mr. W., a Lowland farmer, 1660 Lawes, Mr., King of Clubs Lawes, Mrs., Twilight Lawes, Miss, Bernese peasant Lawrence, Mrs. O. V., Spanish lady- Lawrence, Miss, lady of Finland Lawrence, Mr. W. , French mariner, sixteenth century Lawrence, Capt. J., Admiral Duncan X 2 • i64 • Visit of HR.H. Prince Alfred. Lawrence, Mrs. James, Christmas Logan, Mr. T. G., Garibaldian Malleson, Mr. A. B., Corsicau chief Laivrence, Mr. 0. V., Bachelor of Logan, Mrs. T. G., fancy dress Malleson, Mrs. A. B., lady of the Medicine, Melboin-ne University Loine, Mr. J. E., yachtsman reign of Louis XIV. Lawrence, Mr. J. B., the CJrand Turk Loine, Mrs J. E., Ellen of Mar Mann, Miss Rosa, gitana Latham, Miss, peasant, 17th century Long, Mr. F., medical student of Mann, Miss, Turkish lady Lazarus, Mr. Isaac, Garibaldian University of Moscow Manners, MissT. F. , Marie Antoinette Lazarus. Mrs. Isaac, Marie de Roloc, Long, Mr., gentleman, Queen Ehza- Manton, Mr. A. H., Louis Xllf. period of liaO beth's time Marks, Mrs. Henry, Queen Elinor Lazarus, Mr. L. H., Tyrolese peasant Long, Mr. H. J., Ben Bowline Manton, Miss M., Pamela Lazai*us, Mrs. Samuel, com't lady of Long, Mrs. H. J., Veroise Endi- Manton, Miss Jessie, Dolly Varden the seventeenth centiu-y manchee Manton, Miss Lucy, a pea.sant gii-1 Lazarus, Mr., Elvino Lord, Miss, Folly Maplestone, Mr. H., English officer Leake, Mr., a guardian of the peace Lord, Mr. S. P. matador Maplestone, Mrs. H., lady of the Learmonth, Major, staff officer Lord, Mrs S. P., lady of Georgia court of Charles I. Leai-month, Mr. A., uniform Lorimer, Mr. J., yachting costume Mai-den, Mr. G. Lecky, Mr. 0., Neapolitan fisherman Love, Mr. A., one of the Light Brigade Marie, Mr. L., French sailor Lee, Mr. David, Robin Hood Lowe, Miss, Spring Marks, Mi-. H., Bugler in Scotch Lee, Mr. Hareom-t, uniform of the , Lowe, Mr. R., Garibaldian officer regiment Victorian Volunteer Light Horse Lowe, Mrs R., lady of last century Marks, Miss, Ann Hathaway (Shakes- Lees, Mr , brigand Lucas, Mrs. C. J., Bertha, from " Le peare's wife) Legge, Lieut., officer R. A. Prophete " Marks, Mr. C, Ancient Druid Lempriere, Mrs., Turkish costume Lucas, Mr. C. J. , .student of Glasgow Marks, Mrs. C, Lady of rank, reign Lempriere, Dr., Bedouin Arab University of Charles I. Lempriere, Miss, evening star Lucas, Capt. W., field-marshal Marks, Miss, Maritana Lecpold, Mr. G , Slim Jim Ludwick, Mr., otficial costume Marks, Mr. Lionel, a Garibaldian Lepelletier, Ensign, 14th Regiment Ludwick, Miss, &Iay Queen Marks, Mr. Henry, Spanish cavalier Leplastrier, Mr. W. H., Edgar, Lulman, Mr., Tm-kish civilian Marks, Mr. E , Doge of Venice K'nig Lear Lulman, Mrs., Lady of Medeah, Algiers Marks, Mi-s. E., Phrosine Leplastrier, Mr., Claudio, Measure Lydiard, Mr., monk Marks, Mr. J., Count Aimaviva for Measure Lydiard, Mrs., lady of honour, time Marks, Mr. Jos., sergt. of volunteers Leplastrier, Mrs. L. H., Neapolitan of Queen Mary Marks, Mr. A., an Oxonian lady Lyell, Miss, Annot Lyle Marks Mrs. A., Cleopatra Levey, Mr. G. C, Captain Crosstree Lyell, Mrs. A., Night Marks, Mr. Jos., Prince Chas. Stuart Levey, Mrs. G. C, Proserpine Lyell, Mr. A., Highland costume, Marks, Miss, La Katarina, Crown, Levi, Mr. N., an abbot clan Stuart Diamonds Levi, Mr., Don Alvara Lynch, Miss, Lurline Marks, Miss, village girl Levy, Mr. A., po.stilion Lynch, Mr. W., Serjeant Buzfuz Marks, Mr. Mark, naval officer Levy, Mr. H., Mameluke Lyons, Mr. Isaac, Punch Marks, Mrs. Mark, lady of the court Levy, Mrs. Goodman, Octavia Lyons, Mrs. Isaac, Queen of Diamonds Martin, Mr. John, vohmteer rifleman Levy, Mr. Goodman, a page Lyons, Master R., officer .Martin, Mr., Trin. Hall B.C. Lewins, Mr., Uniform Lyons, Mr. Darid, gentleman in black Martin, Mrs., Fanchonnette Le\vis, Mr. L. L., Spanish matador Lyons, Miss, Euterpe Martin, Miss, Iia Papillon Lewis, Mrs. L. L., Mrs. Page, reign Lyons, Mrs. S., Ophelia Martin, Miss, dame, sixteenth century of Henry IV. Lyons, Mr. S., Peter Spyke Martin, Mr. C. B., Earl of Warwick Lewis, Mrs. 0. .J.. Neapolit. peasant Lyttleton, Mr.T. H., Victorian police Martin, Mr. P. J., Major Vol. Artil- Lewis, Mr. E., Neapolitan peasant uniform lery (undress uniform) Lewis, Mr. J. P., Spanish muleteer Lyttleton, Mrs. T. H., Morning Martin, Mr , Somerset cheese-dealer Lewis, Mrs. J. P., Spanish gitana |\IaCDONALD, Miss, gipsy Martin, Mrs.. Oddity Lewis, Miss, Turkish lady Martin, Mr. T. J., muleteer Lewis, Mr. G., hermit Macgregor, Mr. S., Highlander Martin, Mr. L. J., Fra Diavolo Lewis, Mr. 6., volunteer artlryman. Macgregor, Miss, Night Martin, Mrs. L. J., lady of the time Lewis, Mr. W., improved volunteer Mackenzie, Mr. Jno., Russian citizen of George III. Lewis, Mrs. S., Neapolitan peasant Mackie, Miss, Tyrolese lady Martin, Mr. S., major of V.V. force Liddle, Mr., Masaniello Mackinnon, Mr. John M. M., High- Martin, Mrs. S., lady of the seven- Liddle, Mrs., Spanish lady land fancy di-ess teenth century Lightfoot, Miss, Bohemian gipsy Macklin, Mr., Charles Siu-face Martin, Mr. A., naval uniform Lightfoot, Mr. E., Dalmatian chief Macpherson, — Martin, Mrs. A. , Swiss costume Lilienfeld, Dr., academic dress, W.D. Macpherson, Mrs. J. M., Jeannie Marwood, Mr. Matt., Master Thomas Linacre, Councillor, city councillor Deans Randall Linacre, Mrs., Athenian lady Macquarrie, Mr., sailor Marwood, Mrs. M., lady of seven- Lindsay, Mrs., lady in winter MacRae, Miss K., Greek girl teenth centviry Lindsay, Mr., Franciscan monk Madden, Mr., Midshipman Masters, Mr. S., uniform Lingbam, Miss, evening star Madden, Mr. D., uniform of the Masters, Mrs. S., fancy dress Lipscombe, Mrs., fancy dress Ballarat Light Horso Matheson, Mr. John, com-t dress, in Lissiguol, Mr., French uniform Madden, Miss, Dinorah reign of George 1 1 1. Lister, Mr. Cliarles, the debarclem* Madden, Mr. F., Hachom Assem Matheson, Mrs. John, court di'ess in Lister, Mrs. Charles, Night Madden, Mr. W., Elvino roign of George III. Liston, Mr. John, Turkish officer Madden, Mr. J., Court d'Artois Matheson, Miss, shepherdess, after Littlewood, Mrs. H. T., Neapolitan Madden, Mr. J., sen., member of the Watteau lady V.R.C. Matheson, Miss Mary, Summer Littlewood, Mr. II. T., Neapolitan Madder, Mr. James, volunteer Mathewson, Miss Flora, French dress noble Maguiro, Mr. J. F., Dai-nley M.atthows, Mr. B , French officer in Liviuj,'stone, Mrs., vivandibro Maguirc, Mrs. J. F., Katarina reign of Louis XV. Llewelyn, Mr. E., Navarain Mailer, Mr. W. L., man-of-war's man Matthews Mrs. B., lady fm. antipodes Lloyd, .Mr., Waverley Mallam, Mr. W. B., M. Davis, Esq. Matthews, Mr. G., Dr. Malatosta The Civic Fancy Dress Ball. 165 Matthews, Mr. J., officer of Vic- Mitchell, Mr. M. A., gent, in black Murphy, Lady, lady of court of torian Vohiutecrs Mitchell. Miss, Swiss girl Francis I., 1521 May, Mr. Thomas, Turk Mitchell, Mr. M., Fra Diavolo Murjihy, Miss, Starlight Mayor of Kiust Collin^wood, P.G.M., Molcsworth, Mr. Muqihy, Mis.s, Donna Ingracia M.U.t.O.O.F. Moncrielf, Mrs., an Arcadian peasant Murphy, Miss, S[>anish lady Mayor of Ilotham, gentleman of the girl Murpliy, Hon. H. M., collegian present century Montefiore, Mr. E. L , Abd-el-Kader Murjiliy, Mrs. 11. M., flower-girl Mayor of St. Kikla, artillery officer Montelioro, Mrs. E. L., lady of the Muqihy, Mr. E., Zouave Mayor of I'rahran, gentleman of the thu'teonth century Murphy, Mr. E, J., Turkish officer seventeenth century Moutefioro, Mr. A., Menotti Gari- Myers, Mr., Hussar officer Mayor of Belfast, a cricketer baldi Myring, Mrs., Harvest Mayor of Adelaide, medical student Montgomery, Mr. W., Lavater M'Bcan, Councillor, official costume Meacham, Mr. A. I)., officer in the Moodio, Miss M. S. Robertson, lady M'Carthy, Dr. C, University cos- United States army timelHH tume, doctor of medicine Meaney, Mrs., lady of the eighteenth Moody, Major L. A., officer M'Combe, Miss, La Fille du Regi- century Moody, Miss, Zerlina, Fi-a Diavolo ment Meaney, Miss, Polish lady Mooney, Miss, evening costume M 'Combe, Mr. A. G., Turkish noble Meaney, Miss M. A., Virginia Morley, Mrs. W., La Papillon M'Coy, Professor, a foreigner, age Meaney, Miss H., Greek shepherdess Moore, Dr., capt.-surgeon R.V.V.A. uncertain Meares, Mr. Geo., a debai-deur Moore, Mr. H. Byron, Voadziri of M'Coy, Mrs., court dress of the time Meares, Mrs. Geo., Spring Madagascar of Chas. II. Meares, Mr. R. S., cavalier of the Moore, Mr. F. F., Peter the Hermit M'Coy, Miss, Christabelle sixteenth century Mootly, Mr. F. A., Masaniello M'Coy, Mr. F. H., Lord Chief Jus- Meares, Mrs. R. S. , Morning Dew Moore, Mr. Geo., Croatian costume tice of the Common Pleas in his Medlicott, Mr., Cassio Morrah, Mr., Court dress younger days Medlicott, Mrs., Evening Morrah, Miss, Colleen Bawn M'Crea, Dr. W., Royal Arch Mason Meissner, Mr. 0., Fra Diavolo Morrah, Mrs. A., Spanish lady M'Crea, Mrs. W., Night Mellish, Mr. Richard, courtier of Morris, Mr. Thomas, morris-dancer M'Crea, Miss, gipsy Charles II. 's reii>n Morris, Mrs. Thomas, Mistress Page M'Cullagh, Miss, Night Mellish, Mrs., court lady of C'harles Mortley, Mr., Jose M 'Donald, Mr. Jno., Count Rodolpho II. 's reign Morton, Mr. W., monk M 'Donald, Mrs. Jno. , Australian lady Menzies, Mr. A., Highland gentleman Morton, Miss, Lmdine M'Don:dd, Miss, Colleen Bawn Merrett, Mrs. S. T., Night Morton, Mr. A. H., cavalier of time M 'Donald, Mr. W., Hungarian pea- Merrifield, Mrs. G., Morning of Charles II. sant Messiner, Mrs. 0., Zerlin^, from Fra Morton, Miss E., Galatea M 'Donald, Miss, gipsy Diavolo Morton, Miss H., Maid of Athens M'Donnld, Mr. E., Charles IL Messiter, Miss, a gleaner Moselly, Mr. H., Gobb M'Donald, Mr. gentleman, 1750 Michael, Miss, Red Riding Hood Moselly, Mrs. H., Lisette M'Don.ald, Mr. F., Pantaloon Michie, Mrs. , fancy dress Moses, Mr. Hyam, military officer M'Don,a]d, Mr. A., Old Marcel Michie, Miss Janet, a Prussian Moses, Mrs. Hyam, court lady of the M'DonaM, Miss, Polish lady peasant of the Bismarck era eighteenth century M'Donald, Mr. A.,General,U.S. army Middleton, Mr. T. M., Ruy Gomez Moss, Mr. Mark, Turkish nobleman M'Donnell, Mrs. A., Spanish gipsy Middleton. Mrs., Polish lady Moss, Mrs. Mark, Spanish gitana M'Donnell, Mr. T. M., gentleman of Mier, Mr. F., Sandhurst V.'F.B. full Moss, Mr. Moton, Captain of the St. the time of Charles II. dress Josef M'Donnell, Miss, May Queen Mier, Mr. B., counsellor of ancient Moss, Mrs. Moton, a Spanish lady M'Dougall, Mr. C. F., Swisspeasant date Moss, Miss, Diana M'Dougall, Mr. A., Sir L. O'Trigger Mier, Miss, Australian damsel Moss, Miss, Morning M'Dougal, Mr. D., Hungarian cos- Millar, Mr. D. H., gentleman of the Mothei-woU, Miss B., English peasant tume time of Queen Elizabeth Motherwell, Miss, Spanish lady M'Ewan, Mr. J. T. H., King Ed- Millar, Mr. R. C, court gentleman of Motherwell, Dr., a Kabyle chief ward VI. the reign of George ill. Mouat, Miss, Lady of the Lake M'Ewan, Mr. James, Victorian rifle- Millar, Mrs. R. C., Queen of Spades Moubray, Councillor man i Miller, Mr. W., fireman Motile, Mr., cavalier of time of Charles M'Farlane, Mr. A.,Conrad , Miller, Mrs. VVm., Snowstorm II. M'Gce, Mr. John, member of Royal Miller, Mr. Albert, C'zarovitz Alexis Moule, Mrs., Roman costume Yacht Club Miller, Miss, Flora Moyle, Mr. T. H.. Mercutio M'Gee, Mrs. John, red, white, and Miller, Miss K. L,, Psyche Mueller, Dr. F., R.S., German cavalier blue Miller, Mr. N. M., Knight of the East Muir, Jlr. W.P., Turkish ambassador M'Gill, Mr., infantry officer in mess and West Mullaly, Mr., Spanish gentleman uniform Miller, Mr, Jas., Garibaldian Mullaly, Mrs., Arabella Stuart M'Grath, Mr., Kentucky fanner Miller, Mr., naval officer Munday, Mr. John, artillery officer M'Grath, Mrs., Rebecca Miller, Mr., Sir Walter Raleigh Munday, Mrs. J., Lady Jane Seymour M'Gregor, Mrs. John., Summer Miller, Mr., fancy volunteer unifoi-ra Munro, Mr. David, Duke of Aranza M'Guu-e, Mr. R., Marquis of Water- Miller, Mrs. , English gipsy girl Munro, Mr. Lawrence, muleteer ford Miller, Mr. Edward, Comte di Luna Murray, Mr. J. G , oriental prince M'Hugh, Mr. P. H., Boatswain Pipes Millish, Mr. and Mrs. Murray, Mr. A., hermit M'Kay, Mr., Captain Heath Mills, Mr. Thomas, Master Mason Murray, Mrs. A., court dress of time M'Kay, Mr. J.. Chief of the M'Kays Mills, Mrs. Thomas, Amphitrite of Henry IV. of France M 'Kay, Mrs. John, modern lady of i Mills, Mr. Thomas, jun , smuggler Murray, Mrs. W. G., Autumn Russia Milne, Mr. G. M., Macduff Murray, Mr. W. G., student of the M'Kean, Mr. Jas., a Garibaldian of- Milne, Mrs. George M., Urania University of Glasgow ficer MUton, Mr. .J. B., William Tell Murray, Miss, Roman lady M'Keau, Mrs. Jas , Spanish lady 1 Milton, Mrs. J. B., Dame Mai-ion Murphy, Hon. Su- F., major, 2nd Vo- M'Kee, Miss, Polish dancing-girl Milton, 1530 lunteers M'Kenzie, Mr. Robert, V. Artillery i 1 1 66 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. M'Kenzie, Dr., officer of Warmam- bool Artillery M'Kenzie, Jlr. James, Capt. Miirphy Maguire M'Kinley, Mr. M'Lachlan, Lieutenant D. M'Lean. Mr. Jas., cavalier time of Henry VIII. M'Lean, Mrs., Folly M'Lellan, Mr. W., Highland chief- tain M'Leod, Miss K. , fancy dress, nine- teenth century M'Meckan, Mr H., Parsee merchant M-Moikao, Mrs. H., Madame Whiraiosky M'Willan, Mr. W., Sydney Volunteer Artillery M'Millan, Mrs. A., Night M'JIullen, Mr. J. ?., Armenian mer- chant M'lMullen, Mi-s., lady of olden times M'llullen, Miss, Les Oiseant M'Namara, Mr. John M'Neil, Miss, English peasant M'Pherson. Mr., court dress M'Pherson, Mr. J., Cluny M'Pherson M'Pherson, Mrs. W., Winter M'Pherson, Jliss, Scotch shephedress M'Pherson, Mr., Mustapha Pacha M'Pherson, Miss, gitana M'Pherson, Councillor M'Pherson, Miss P., the Lily of the Valley KaGLE, Mr., Highlander Nagle, Mrs., Medora Nalder, Mr., Member of Cambridge Boating Club Nash, Mr., German Court hunting suit Nasmyth, Capt., Egyptian gentleman Nathan, Mr,, juu, Cbinese mandarin Nathan, Miss, fancy dress Nathanson, Mr. G., Caspar Neill, Mrs. Colonel, Turkish bride Neild, Dr., Calderon de la Barca Netherlands, Consul-General Nettleton, Mrs. C, La Vivandiere Nettleton, Mr. C, Swiss gentleman Newton, Miss, Holly Newbery, Mr. J. C.', the Corsair Newell, Mr. A., Spanish peasant Nichols, Mrs., costume, time Louis XIV. Nichols, Mr., Our American Cousin NichoUs, Mr. F. W., Spanish gentle- man Nicholls, Mrs., Castilian peasant NichoUs, Mr. G. M., Elvino Nicholls, Mrs. G. M., Christmas in England Nicholls, Mr. A., Thaddeus Nicholson, Mr. C. H. Nicholson, Mrs. C. H. Nicholson, Sir Arthur, Bart., court dre.'is of the time of (Jeorge III. Nicholson, Miss, a Va^ii lady Nicholson, Mr. Germain, miiire du arrondissemont de Paris Nicholson, Mrs. Germain Nicholson, .Miss, Daughter of the Regiment Nulilo, Mr. J. W., midshipman Noel, Mr W. H , a monk Nordt, Miss, Satanella Norman, Captain, Commander Vic- torian Navy Norman, Mrs., lady of nineteenth century Norman, W. 6., Prince of Wales Light Horse Norman, Mrs. W. G., court lady, reign Charles II. Norman, Miss, Bavarian peasant Norris, Mr. J. P., Spanish muleteer Norri.s, Mr. R., Sir R. Walpole Norton, Mr. H. F., Count Rupert, opera SataneUa Norton, Mrs H. P., Grecian lady Norton, Miss A. W., red, white, and blue Noyes, Lieutenant R. W., officer of the nineteenth century D'BRIEN, Mr., Mickey Free O'Brien, Mr. P., Polish refugee O'Brien, Miss S., Helen M'Gregor O'Brien. Miss, Cordelia Occleston, Mr. T. J., Charles II. O'Connell, Mr. M., Claude Melnotte O'Dell, Ml*., student of the nineteenth century Officers H.M.S. Victoria, naval officers O'Grady, Mr. Thomas, courtier time Chai'les I. O'Grady, Mrs. T., Neapolitan peasant Ogg, Mrs., Harvest Ogg, Mr., muleteer of Toledo O'Hara, Miss H., Dawn O'Hara, Miss 0., Amina O'Hara, Miss Harriet, Undine O'Hara. Miss, Spanish girl Oldham, Mr., Danish nobleman of the fifteenth century Oldham, Mrs., Winter O'MuUane, Miss, early morning O'Neil, Mr., Victorian Yeomanry Cavalry Ormond, Mrs., Infanta Isabella Orrock, Mr. W., Courtier, time of Charles I. Orr, Miss, flower-girl. O'Shanassy, Hon. John O'Shanassy, Mrs. John, lady of the fifteenth century O'Shanassy, Mr. John, jun. , a gen- tleman rider O'Shanassy, Mr. K., Pythagorean philosopher Osmond. Miss, Virginian O'Sullivan, Miss, young lady of the nineteenth century Otway, Mr , 13th Hussars Outridge, Mr. J. M., Lieut. R.N.R. Oxley, Mrs. A. W. , Dolly Varden Oxley, Mr. A. W., Duke of Buck- ingham Oxtoby, Mr. C. C, Ramasamy ©AGE, Mr., Hamlet Page, Miss, America Page, Colonel G. H., Deputy Quar- termaster-General Paley. Dr., an Oxford gi'aduate Paley, Mrs., lady of honour to Mario Antoinette Paling, Mr. R. J., Spanish nobleman Paling, Mrs. K. J., May Queen Palmer, Miss, Night Palmer, Mr. H. P., court costume of seventeenth centmy Palmer, Mrs., courtcostume of seven- teenth century Palmer, Miss E. , Spanish lady Palmer, Miss, Medora Panton, Mr., Herr Nainsel Panton, Mrs., Highland lass Papton, Mr. W. H., Don Jose Parcy, Mr. .J., Melbom-ne volunteer Parker, Mr. D. M., Spanish nobleman Parker, Mr. T. S , Touchstone Parker, Mrs H., Katharine of Bra- gauza Parker, Mr. A., a Magyar Parker, Mrs. A., Scotch lassie Parker, Mr. H., CJaribaldi Parker, Miss, Greek shepherdess Parr, Mr. E., Ferdinand of Spain Parr, Mrs. E., Spanish lady Pascoe, Miss, water nymi>h Passmore, Miss , Juliana Passmore, Miss E., Grecian shep- herdess Paton, Miss, Lady Teazle Patterson, Staff Surgeon, uniform Patterson, Mr. W., yachtsman Patterson, Mr. , Polish peasant Patterson, Miss, Rose Bradwardine Patterson, Mr. Thos., morris-dancer Patterson, Mr. Henry, Victorian Yeo- manry Cavalry Pavey, Mr. Thomas, Lord Allcash Pa\ne, Mr. T. B., cavalier of reign of Charles II. Payne, Mrs. T. B., Christmas Payne, Mrs. John, Polish dress PajTie, Mrs., Portia Payne, Mr. John, Irish gentleman Peake, Miss, Maid of Catalonia Pear, Mr. J., Spanish hidalgo Pear, Mrs. J., German peasant girl Pearson, Mr. A., Hungarian peasant Pender, Mr. W., French officer of the nineteenth century Pender, Mrs. W. , Spanish lady Pender, Miss, Lurline Pender, Mr. M, L , huntsman Pennington, Mrs. , Spanish dress Peppin, Mr. G., Capuchin friar Peppiu, Mrs, G., autumn leaves Permezel, Mr. E. . graduate of Uni- versity Perragalli, Mr., Sadi Perragalli. Mrs., French grisette Perrin, Mr. H., Mephistopheles Perry, Miss, evening dress, time of Louis XV. Perry, Miss, evening costume Perry, Mr. W. , evening costume Perry, Mr. George, evening costume Pettctt, M rs. W. H ., French peasant Phair, Mrs. John, a nun Phair, Mr. John, Garib.aldl Phillips, Mr. S. !»., Prince Arthur Pliiliijts, Mr. ,1. W., academic costume Phillii)s, Mr. James, evening dross of the eighteenth century Phillips, Mrs. James, French lady of the sixteenth century Pliillijis, Mrs, P, D., Midnight Phipps, .Mr. 11. F., Aurungzobe Phipps, Mrs.. Dolly Varden Pickersgill, Mrs. F. R., Juanita Pickersgill, Mr. Jos., Paul Pry The Civic Fancy Dress Ball. 167 1 Picot, Mr., Spanish court dress in the IIADCLIFFE, Major, major of Rosenthal, Mrs., Catalouian peasant reif^n of Cliarlos II. volunteers Ross, Mr. A.. Hassan Picot, Mrs., Pnlisli lady Radcliffo, Mrs., English lady, reign Ross, Mr. C. S., yachting costume Pierce, Mr., a collegian of George III. Row, Mr. Fred., Bob Acres Pierce, Mrs., Night Rarnsdon, Mr G., mideteer of Toledo Ross, Mr. J. R., Chief of the Ross Pigott, Mr. L. J., East India mer- RandoU, Mr (J. W., WiUiam Tell Ross, Mr . W. M., military monk, ; chant Kankin, Mr., Schamyl order of St. .John Pigott, Mrs. L. J., Ziugara Rankin, Mrs. J. D., lady of Finland Ross, Mrs. A., lady of 1760 Pigott, Mr. H. C. Antonio Ransom, Mrs., Queen of Spain Ross, .Mrs. C. S., Esmeralda Pigott, Mrs. [I. C, Atlionian lady Rawlings, Mr T. II., Guicciardini, Ross, Mrs. W. M. Pilliington, Miss, Polish peasant historian of Italy Row, Mrs. Fred., Greek lady Pilley, Mr, George, Turlv Ray, Mrs. H. N., Cores Rowe, Miss Pilley, Mrs. George, Countess Gronow Raymond, Mr., onsign of 14th Foot Rowe, Mr. Piunock, Mr. G. B., gentleman of the Rea, Miss, gleaner Roy, Miss C, court lady of the reign reign of Queen Elizabeth Rede, Colonel, brigade-major local of George III. Pinnock, Mr. J. D., citizen of Her- staff Roy, Mr. C, Serjeant Buzfuz manstadt Reed, Councillor Thomas Royoraft, Mrs., Niyht Pinnock, Miss, Turkish lady Reid, Dr., uniform Royse, Mr., a Greek Pincott, Mr. H. S., Mr. Augustus Reid, Mr. J., Sansovino Rudall. Mr. J. T., Faiust Doodle'embuck Reid, Mrs., Christmas Rud.all, Mrs. J. T., Autumn Pii'ani, Mrs. J. C, court lady of the ReiUy, Miss, the Bohemian girl Rusden, Mr. G. W., Yittadaim, Aus- eighteenth century Reilly, Miss, Lady Ashton tralian chief Pirani, Misa, Cinderella Reilly, Miss, vivandi6re (Napoleon's) Rusiiworth, Mr., Robin Hood Pirani, Mr. Fred., academic dress ReUly, Miss E., Maritana Russell, Mr. J., rifle uniform Pitt, Mrs., Night Reilly, Mr. F., Jockey Featherweight Russell, Mr. Thomas, a Greek Pitt, Colonel, C.B., staff uniform Redly, Mr. John, Sir Thomas Clifford Pitt, Miss L., Winter Renwick, Mr., Neapolitan SaBELBERG, Miss J., PoUsh lady Pitt, Miss, Undine ' Renwick, Mrs., Flora M'lvor Sabelberg, Mr. J., Charles Surface Pittmau, Mr. E. D., Turkish officer Reynolds, Mr. J. N., Chiug-no-fat-too- Salway, Mr. W., B.A. Melbourne , Plummer, Mrs. W., Snow lean. Chinese merchant University Plummer, Mr. W., Master Mason Reynolds, Mrs. J. N., Victorian gar- Salway, Mrs. B., Empress Josephine Plunkett, Mrs., lady of the nine- den of flowers (1804) teenth century Rhind, Mr., Conrad the Corsau- Salway, Mr. B., officer 3rd Light Plunkett, Mr. J. H., First Attorney- Rhind, Mr.,Fran(;oi3, Richelieu's page Dragoons Gen, of Port Phillip and Melbourne Rhind, Mrs., Donna Beatrice Samuel, Mr. E., yeomanry officer Plunkett, Mr. C. T., Don Caesar de Rich, Mrs. Edward, Summer Samuel, Mrs. E., Saxon lady Bazau Richardson, Mr. D. , Italian brigand Sanders, Councillor Plunkett, Mrs. C. T., Madame Eliza- Richardson, Mr. W. C , Weather Jock Sanderson, Mrs. , court lady, time of beth of France RiddeU, Miss, Ariel Charles 11. Pollard, Mr, Spanish muleteer Riddell, Mr. J. C., uniform Sanderson, Mr., Peter Spyke, from Pope, Mr. , an Arab chief RiddeU, Mr. Thos., Hindoo Tim Loan of a Lofer Pope, Mrs., Polish lady Rigby, Miss, Annie Laurie Sandhurst, Mayor of. Thane of Fife Porter. Mr. W., Oliver Cromwell Rigby, Dr., graduate of Melbourne Sandilands, Mr. B. N., Royal iVrtillery Porter, Mrs. W., Court lady, 1660 University Sandilands, Mrs. B. N., Hedwig (Toll's Porter, Mr. G. W., Turk Rigby, Mr. G., Tm'kish costume wife) Porter, Mrs. G. W., Italian lady Roberts, Gilbert, eveuinsr costume Sandridge, Mayor of, official costume Powell, Mr. C, D'Artagnan Roberts, Miss J. A., modern Galatea Sanders, Councillor, official costume Powell, Mrs. John, Spanish lady Roberts, Mrs. W. G., Bohemian queen Sanders, Mrs., Night Powell, Mr- .John, Benedick Robertson, Dr., Turkish eft'eudi Sangster, Mr, Polish general Powell, Mr., Conrad the Corsair Robertson, Miss, Neapolitan peasant Sangster, Mrs., court dress, time of Praagst, Mr., Incroyable, 1793 Robertson, Mr. A. W., Marquis del Louis XIV. Prendergast, Mr., yachtsman Monti Saunders, Captain, cavalry Prendergast, Mrs., Colleen Bawn Robertson, Mr. E. B., Count Rodolph Saunders, Mrs., Spanish lady Price, Mr. II. S., officer of Cape Robertson, Mr. G. P., bandit Saunders, Mr. L., Mexican gentleman Mounted Rifles Robertson, Mr. J. H., morris-dancer Sawell, Mr J. G., French page, 1614 Price, Mrs. R. S., May Morning Robertson, Mr. Jas., Highland chief Say, Mr. W. B., Morisco Price, Miss A. , Lurline Robertson, Mr. John Say, Mrs. W. B., gipsy Priestly, Mrs. A., Hungarian baroness Robertson, Mr. T. 0. W., Highland Sayce, Mr., French gentleman, time Priestly, Mr. A., Arch Druid chief of Revolution Prince, Mr. A. H., officer of Austrian Robertson, Mr. W., uniform Sayce, Miss, Scotch lady Hussars Robertson, Mrs., Scotia Filia Sayers, Mrs. James, Waitress Prince, Miss, French lady Robertson, Mrs. A. W., Hinda Sayers, .Mr. James, volimteer band Pritchard, Miss, Night Robertson, Mrs. T. J. D. W., Low- uniform Pryde, Captain, naval officer land lassie Scales, Miss, Anne of Bretagne Pryde, Mrs., Lady Teazle Robinson, Dr., Egyptian officer Sceales, Miss. Athenian Lady Pryde, Master A., Midshipman Easy Robinson, Mr. G. H., midshipman Scott, Mr. J., captain of mai-ines Pryde, Miss, Highland lassie Robinson, Mrs J. H., Spanish lady Scott, Mrs., Sunset Purves, Mr. J. L., barrister Robison, Miss, Ivy Scott, Miss, Forget-me-not Pui-ves, Mrs., Maria Thei-esa Robison, Mr. T. , a student Scm-ry, Mr. F., Gennaro Purves, Miss, Astarte Rooklidge, Miss, Red Riding Hood Scurry, Mrs. F. , Isola di Lora Pui-ves, Miss M., Margiierite Rooklidge, Mr. Thos., officerof Prince Seddon, Mr. J., liout. Volntr. Arthy. of Wales Light Horse Seddon, Mrs.. Night U^UINLAN, Mr. F., Lord Dun- Rolls, Mr. Benj., Friar Tuck Seddon, Mr., Elvino dreary Rosenthal, Mr. D., Windsor uniform Serrell, Mr T., Fusbos Quiidan, Mrs. F., Norma Rosenthal, Mrs. D., Portia Serrell, Mr. C. , a debardeiu' 1 1 1 68 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Sen-ell, Miss Smith, Alderman, and party Steel, Mr. W., uniform, 1st V. E. Sen-ell, Mr. W., Freuch royal pos- Smith, Mr., monk Stephen, Miss M., priestess of the tilion Smith, Mi-s. John, jun., Spanish lady sun Serrell, Dr., Oroveso Smith, Mr. J., jun,. Knight Templar Stephen, Mr. F., volunteer officer Shackell, Mi-s,, Sylvia Smith, Miss J. Stephen, Mr. W., boatman Sharp, Mr. J. H., Metropolitan Vo- Smith, Mr. \V. H., corn-tier of the Stephen, Mrs. F. court dress lunteer Artillery seventeenth century Stephens, Colonel, uniform of H.M. Sharp, Mrs. J. H., Swiss peasant girl Smith, Mrs. H. J,, snow-drift Bengal-European Cavalry Sharp, Mr. T. C, Garihaldian Smith, Mr. H. J., Mr. MantUini Stephenson, Mi.-^s, evening star Sharp, Mrs. T. C, Bride of Lammer- Smith, Jlrs. W. H., Miralda Stephenson, Miss C, morning star moor Smith, Mr. W. H., Turkish dress Stevens, Miss, Sunrise Shaw, Mr., Spi-ing Smith, Mrs. W. H., huntress Stevenson, Mr. Geo., court dress of Shaw, Mr., Garibaldi Smith, Dr. L. L., Melancholy Jacques reign of Geo. II. Shaw, Mr. S. H., Student of Sala- Smith, Mrs. L. L., May Queen Stevenson, Mrs. G. , Queen Catherine manca Smithett, Lieut. A. L., Royal Ai-tlry. Stewart, Dr., Mayor of Richmond Shaw, Mrs. S. H., Spanish lady Smyth, Mr. J. K., Louis di Franchi, Stewai-t, Miss D., Letty Hyde Sherwin, Hon. J., Count Charles from Corstcan Brothers Stewart, Miss M., Ravina the Bo- Sohieski Smyth, Mrs. Geo., lady of the time of hemian Sheahan, Miss, a Portuguese peasant Geo. I. Stewart, Mr. H. P., gentleman of girl Sniyth, Mr. Geo., Monk of the Screw the nineteenth century Sheahan, Mr., Merchant of Venice Smyth, Mr. W. E. F., cavalier, seven- Stewart, Mr. James, Henry IV. Sheahan, Mrs., court lady of the six- teenth century Stewart, Mr. R.. Duke of Qneensberry teenth century Smyth. Mr. F. L., Sii- Picax Shovelle Stewart, Mr. W., stockrider Sherwin, Mrs. J., Countess Von Snee, Major, uniform staff officer of Stewart, Mrs., Edith of Loi-u Nordken, Finland local force Story, Councillor, official costume Shier, Mr. John, Mephistopheles Snellgrove, Mr. C, nobleman of the Story, Mr. W., Spanish Don (bui-lesque) time of Queen Elizabeth Story, Mrs., Night Shier, Mr. Patrick, harlequin Snellgrove, Mrs. C, Night St. Pinnock, Mr. R. D., student time Shier, Miss, Dolly Varden Snelling, Mrs., Polish lady of Edward IV. Shillinglaw, Mr. J. J., Warpaint Suelling, Mr., Manuel .Strachan, Hon. J. F., Wndsr. uniform Shillinglaw, Mi'S. J. J., the bonnie Snelling, Mrs., lady of sixteenth cen- Strachan, Mrs. John, IMorgiana fishwife tury Strachan, Mr. J., All Baba Short, Mr. A., Grand Turk Snowden, Mr. A., Florizel Strachan, Mr. W., captain R.V.V.A. Short, Mrs., Turkish lady Snowden, Mrs. A., Perdita Stranges, Major, uniform Short, Mis3, Spring Snowden, Mr. E. G., Inigo Jones Stratford, Mr. H., Spanish nobleman Sichel, Mr., grey friar Snowden. Mrs. E. G., Hungarian Strettle, Mr. S., Long Tom Coffin Sichel, Mrs., Marquissette Carabas peasant Strettle, Mr. A., French officer Siddeley, Mrs. W., Milanaise Solomon, Mr. L., French peasant Strettle, Miss, Maritana Siddely, Mr. W., gentleman of the Solomon, Mrs. L., waitingmaid, 14th Strudwick, Mr., captain of artillery time of Charles II. centiu*y Stuart, Mr. F. iG., V. V. Rifles Simeon, Mr. J., Lord Mockmergrose Solomon, Mr. E., French peasant Strutt, Mrs., Duchess of Milan Simeon, Miss, Coquette, court of Solomon, Miss, Columbiae Stubbs, Mr. E. F., Selim, from Bride Louis XIV. Solomon, Miss A., Lurline of Ahifdos Simons, Mr. W. P., Sii- Peter Teazle Solomon, Mr. S., Rudolph Stubbs, Mr. Thomas, Sei-vian officer Simons, Mrs. W. P., Lady Teazle Solomons, Miss, Bohemian girl Stubbs, Mr., jun., chasseur Simpson, Mr., Pierrot Solomons, Miss Adelaide, cottage girl Stubbs, Miss, soubrette, time of Simpson, Mrs., Madame Pompadour Spankie, Mr. D., Fra Diavolo Louis XV. Simpson, Miss, a wood nymph Spooner, Mr. ..Tames Styles, Captain, Windsor uniform Simpson, Mr., a Turk Spowers, Mr. J., Snowstorm Sullivan, Mr. P., volunteer of the Simpson, Mr. G., Highland gent. Spain, Acting Vice-Consul for, con- Light Horse Simson, Mr., shepherd sular uniform Summerfield, Mr. J. W., gentleman Simson, Mrs., Spanish lady Spensoly. Mr. Howard, Sir Marma- of the reign of James I. Sinclair, Mr., N. S. W. Cricketer duke Howard, period 1645 Summerfield, Mrs. J. W., Spring Skeene, Mr. J., Haroun-al-Raschid Sparrow, Mrs. G., court lady time of Sumner, Mr. T. J., gentleman of Skinner, Mr., king's jester Louis XIX. sixteenth century Skinner, Mrs., Cleopatra Squires, Mr., gentleman of the four- Sumner, Mrs. T. J., Christmas Skinner, M iss H. , red, white, and blue teenth century Sutherland, Mr. C, Russian noble- Sleight, Mrs. J. A., Paysanne Stafford, Mrs., Princess of Hungary man in reig-n of Peter the Great Sleight, Mr. E., court gentleman Staley, .Mr., volunteer officer Sutherland, Mrs. C., French duchess time of George II. Staley, Mrs., lady, time Charles II. in reign of Francis I. Sloman, Miss, Sardinian peasant Standish, Captain Sutherland, Mr. J., captain of volun- Smith, Miss, Frencb waitress, ISth Stanley, Mr. H. J., uniform Royal teers century Navy Sutton, Mr. J. W., Garihaldian Smith, Colonel C. H., imiform Stanley, Mr. John, jnn., Blimber Sutton, Mrs. J. W., Bergero de Smith, Miss F. J., sweet-brier Stanley, Mrs. John, jim., court lady. Watteau Smith, Mr. J., Henry II. of Germany time George III Swanson, Lieut. H. Smith, Mrs, J., Kunigxmda, wife of Stark, Miss Annie, the colony of Swanston, Mr. J., Highland gentleman Henry 11. of Germany Victoria Swanston, Miss, Queen of May Smith, Mr. James, debardeiu- Stark, Miss Susanna, Le Nozze di ■Sydenham, Mr., Garibaldiau Smith, Miss Fanny, Snow Figaro Sydenham, Miss, S]>ring Smith, Mr. W. H., canoeist Stark, Mr., ancient Dniid Symonds, Lieut. P. H. Smith, Covzncillor A. K., civic costume Stark, Mrs., German peasant holiday Smith, Mr. T. T., liout. of N.Z. Kifles costume TaIT, Mr. John, L'Abbo de la Tour Smith, Mr. Wm., merchant of Kith Stoains, Mr., Lemuel 'rallerman, Mr. D., Austrian cadet century Stebbing, Mrs., the Village Queen Tallerman, Mrs. D., Cornelia Knight The Civic Fancy Dress Ball. 169 Tally, Miss, Vivandii'i'o Tankaril, Mrs., Eufjlisli giimy Taunock, Miss, Frcncii railkinaid Tarrant, Mr., a black fri.ar Tarrant, Mrs., une lillo Suisse Tayler, Mr. Lloyd, (.'zarovitch A^t^-^is Tayler, Mrs. Lloyd, Moorish lady Taylor, Miss, Christmas 'J'aylor, Miss Isabclln, Spring- Taylor, Miss Mary, Turkish girl Taylor, Mr., Sairey Clamp Taylor, Mr. W., Goorge I[. Taylor, Mr. C, Earl of Leicester Taylor, Mr. J., member of Corps I)ipluniatii]ue Taylor, Mr. -J. Vernon Taylor, Mr. M., Monk Taylor, Mrs. M,, Night Taylor, Mrs. W,, Snow Templcton, Mr., crown prosecutor of New South Wales Templeton, Mr. E., volunteer officer Templcton, Mrs., Bride of Lammer- moor Tetley, Mr., Spanish inquisitor Tetley, Mrs., Christmas in England Thomas, Miss M., Spanish girl Thomas, Miss, lady of time Louis XV. Thomas, Mrs. D. J., lady, sixteenth century Thoms, Lieut-, 14th Regiment Thompson, Miss, La Fille du Regi- ment Thompson, Mr.,Garibaldian volunteer Thompson, Mr. W. F., Hector Fer- monty Thompson, Mr. W. F., a Morisco Thompson, Mr. H., grey friar Thompson, Mrs. Jos. W. , Spring Thompson, Mrs. \V. F., Lady of the sixteenth century Thomson, Miss, Annie Laurie Thomson, Mrs. James, Chieftain's Daughter Thomson, Mr. W. K., Charles I. Thomson, Mrs. W. K., Rose Brad- wardiue Thoneman, Mr. E., Comte di Luna Thoneman, Mrs. E., German peasant girl in national colom-s Thorne, Miss, Last Rose of Summer Thorne, Miss G., Autumn Thurgood, Mr., student' Thurgood, Mrs. , modern Russian lady Tickell, Captain, friar Tierney, Mrs., Maiiame Esmond Tijon, Miss, Russian peasant Tijon, Miss Annie, young lady, time of George III. Tipper, Mr. G. H., Paid Clifford Tipper, Mrs., Distaffina Todd, Mr. A. C, Chief of the Came- ron clau Todd, Mrs. A. C , Lady of the Came- ron clan Tolhurst, Mr. G. E., Louis XV. Topp, Miss, Swiss girl Topp, Mr. S., Bachelor of Arts Topping, Mr. H., lago Topping, Mr. T., Diibodoire Topping, Mrs., Spring Topping, Mrs. H., Swiss peasant Towers, Mr. H. St. John, Greek noble Tracy, Dr. R. T., French court ilress, time Louis XV. Trear, Mr., f,'entIoman of the period of George IV. Trcnncry, Mr. G., P.W.V.V. Light Horse Trevor, Colonel, uniform Tuckett, Miss, Spanish lady Tuckett, Mr. W. H., Yeomanry Cavalry corps Tuckett, Mr. J. R., Sam, a down- enster gumsucker Tuckett, Mrs. J. R., Scotch lady of eighteenth century Tulk, Miss A., Klymcno, Nymph of the Ocean Tulk, Miss, Eurydice, the Nyniph of Flowers and Wood Tulk, Mr., gentleman of the nine- teenth century Tulk, Mrs, Lady Faushaw— portrait of an ancestor Tulley, Mr. J. L., Sailor Turnbull, Miss, Summer Turner, Mr. H.-G., Bluebeard Turner, Mr. W., Bashi Bazouk Turner, Mrs. H. G., Beatrix, Duchess of Burgundy, thirteenth century Tweedle, Captain, officer of the nineteenth century Tweedie, Miss, Ar-aby's daughter Twentyman, Mr. R. , Sir T. More Twentyman, Mrs. R., Dame Mar- garet Roper Twomey, Mr. D. J., Charles IL UmPHELBY, Mr. C. W., cornet of R.V.V. Cavalry Uther, Miss, Flora M 'Donald iS,''ALENTINE, Mr. D. H., Highland costume Vaughan, Mrs. S. B., lady of the nineteenth centuiy Vaiighan, Mr. Bradford, university student Van Damme, Mr. C, His Majesty the King of Fiji Van Damme, Mrs. C, Night Vaughan, Mr. S. B., gentleman, of the time of George IL Vaughan Miss, une BabeUere Vickers, Mr. R. E , lieutenant of Leeds Volunteer Artillery Vieusseux, Mr. L,, gentleman, six- teenth century Vieusseux, ^ladam L., Marguerite d'Alen^on Vincent, Mr. Charles, JI. de Fron- tignac, eighteenth century Vincent, Mrs. Charles, Cleopatra Vine, Mr. H., Elvino ^v ADE, Miss, Roman peasant Wade, Mr. .James, Sultan Wade, Mrs., Sultana Wadsworth, Mrs., Spani-sh lady Wadsworth, Mr., Knight Wainwright, Jlr. H. P. Waklej', Mr. J., Gei-man professor Wakley, Mrs., Spanish peasant Waldock, Mr. S. , huntsman Waldock. Mrs. S., huntress Walduck, Mr. W. B., M.V.B. Walford, Mr. F. A., a Turk Walford, Mr., the Sable Brother Walker, Councillor Walker, Miss Helen, Spring Walker, Miss P., Catalonian girl Walker, Miss, Scotch girl Walker, Mr. Michael, Scotch farmer of the seventeenth century Walker, Mr. P., English (laribaldi W.alker, Mrs. iiobcrt, Parthcnia Wall, Miss, Swiss girl Wallace, Miss, Neapolitan peasant Wall.ace. Mr. J. C, Royal Eastern Yacht Club Wallace, Mrs. J. C. , .Snowstorm Wallace, Mr. R., Charles II. Wallace, Miss M., Child of the Regi- ment Wallen, Mr. Robert, fisherman of Sorento Walls, Mr. Jno , Bravo of Venice Walpole, Mr. H., uniform Walsh, Mr. H. S., M.C. Walsh, Mrs., vivandiere Walsh, Mr. A. W., volunteer officer Walsh, Mrs. F. A., Palestine costume Walsh, Mr. F. A., Lombard mer- chant of the fifteenth century Walsh, Mrs. H., Twilight Walsh, Mrs. F., Fenella Walsh, Mr. F., Oliver Cromwell Walters, Mr. Thos., naval officer Warden, I\liss, Neapolitan peasant Wardill, Mr. R. W., Tom Bowling Ware, Mr. J., Roderigo Ware, Mr., court dress of Louis XIV. Ware, Mr., Pierrot Loustel Ware, Mr- J., huntsman Ware, Mrs. Joseph, lady of the reign of Francis I. Warner, Mr. A., Arch Ditiid, priest of Norma Warner, Mrs. A., Norma Warner, Mr. C, John Buttercup Warner, Mrs. C, Helen Mar Waterman, Mrs., court dress of time of George HI. Waterman, Mr., officer of V.A.R., 185S Watei-field, Mr , Spanish hidalgo Watkeys, Mr., Charles II. of Spain Watkins, Mr. W., M L.A., gentle- man of the eighteenth century Watmough, Mr. G. G , Turk Watmough, Mrs. G. G., Spanish lady of rank Watson, Mr. R. T-, captain Royal Victorian Volunteer Artillery Watson, Mrs. R. T., Grecian lady Watson, Mr. George, Garibaldi Watson, Misses, Vivandicres Watson, Mr., Bachelor of Ai-ts, Tri- nity College, Dublin Watson, Mr. D., Swiss peasant Watson, Mrs. D., evening dress. 1814 Watson, Mr. Robt., Tyrolese gentle- man Watson, Mrs. R., lady time of Queen Anne Watson, Mrs. E. G., lady of the court of Marie Antoinette Watson. Mr. E. G., Prince Rupert Watt, Miss Lizzie, Donna Liza Watt, Mr. Alex., Free Gardener Watt, Mrs. Alex., Spanish lady Watt, Mrs., lady of the eighteenth century Watt, Miss, the Maid of Narni 170 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Watt, Mrs., court lady of eighteenth century Watt, Miss, Mariana Watt, Miss Jessie, the White Lady of Avenel Watt, Miss Bessy, a gipsy girl Watts, Miss, Indian lady Waxman, Mr. A., captain of militia Waxman, Mrs., Swiss peasant Webb, Mr. J. H., Gil Bias Webb, Mrs. J. H., Donna Mencia, of Mosquera Webb, Miss F., Actiea {a sea nymph), one of the Nereides Webb, Miss, Galatea (a sea nymph), one of the Nereides Weedow, Mr. James, gentleman of seventeenth centiuy Weedow, Mrs. James, lady of the seventeenth century Weekes, Mr. W. C, Lord No Zoo Welsh, Mrs. S., Queen of the Eoses Were. Miss E., Greek girl Westby, Mr., Cambridge graduate Westly, Mr. H., Spanish nobleman Weston, Miss A., Marie Antoinette Whatmuff, Mr., miUtary engineer Whatmuff, Miss, the Colleen Bawn Wharton, Mr. Geo., Kuyal Victorian Yeomanry Cavaby Wharton, Mrs. Geo., Italian peasant Wheeler, Mr. D. D., Ben Bowline White, Mrs. James Hugh, lady of court of George II. White, Mr. J. H., Dniid White, Mr. F. M , monk White, Mr. F. D., Lieut. Tregooze White, Mr. A. B., a monk White, Mrs. A. B., Swiss dress White, Mr. W., Victorian Volunteer Cavalry White, Mrs. W., Swiss girl of Beme Whiteman, Mr. P., Turk Whiteman, Mr. J., Hyssop Whiteman. Mrs. J., OpheUa Whitty, Mr. G. W., Huguenot officer Whitty, Miss, Adina Whitworth, Mr. R. P., Don Tori-eno Cabral, a Mexican ranchero Whitworth, Mrs. R. P., Marie An- toinette Widdicomb, Mr., Greek corsair Widdicomb, Mrs., Persian lady Wilkins, Miss, Spanish lady Wilkins, Mr. Alfred, matador Wilkins, Mrs. Alfred, peasant Wilkins, Mr. Jno., uniform, Staff-sur- geon Victorian Volunteer Force Wilkinson, Mr. J. B., Arcturo Wilkinson, Mrs. J. B., Polish peasant Wilkinson, Mr., cricketer Wilkinson, Miss, Titilla Wilkinson, Mr. S. M., Gould Mahomed Willan, Mr. Robert, Italian volunteer Williams, Councillor, court suit WiUiams, Mrs. W., Tricolour Williams, Mr. J. H., Zouave Williams, Hon. Ben. Williams, Lieutenant Williams, C. P., English coiui. dress Williams, Miss, Grecian lady WiUiams, Mrs. C. P., fancy dress Williams, Mr., coiu-t dress of time of Charles II. Williams, Mr., Court dress of the nineteenth century Williams, Mrs., court dress time of George IV. Willis, Mr., Don Csesar de Bazan Willis, Mrs., enchantress Willoughby, Mr. A. H., Roderic Man- rique Willoughby, Miss, Juanita Wills, Mrs. John, lady of the time of Louis XV. Wilson, Professor, Zero Wilson, Mr. W., Dromio of Syi'acuse Wilson, Mrs. Samuel, Morning Wilson, Mr. Samuel, Brig.and chief Wilson, Mr. D., Highland gentleman Wilson. Mrs. D., Jessica Wiltshire, Mr. C. R., Charles I. Wiseman, Miss A., Medora Wiseman, Mr. A., Sir Rupert, of the " Ingoldsby Legends" Wiseman, Mrs. A., court dress of the reign of George III. Wiseman, Mr. W.. cavalier of the reign of Charles II. Wiseman, Mrs. W., court dress of the reifu of Louis XV. Withers, Miss. MadameEsmond, reign of George II. Wolsely, Mr. F. Y., Mustapha Pacha Wolstenbolme, Mrs. J., French pea- sant girl Wolstenbolme, Mr. J., Victorian en- gineer Wood, Mrs., Night Wood Mr., Turk Wood, Miss, Morning Woodhouse, Miss, Bavarian Woodland, Ensign H. L. Woods, Miss F. C, Forget-me-not Woods, Miss, soubrette Woods, Mrs. A. T. , Spanish lady Woolf, Mr., barrister Woolf, Mrs., Leonora, from opera of // Troraiore Woolley, Mr. H. K., Leicester Woolley, Miss, lady of Queen Eliza- beth's reign Woolley, Miss M. J., Winter Wootton, Miss, Oriental girl Wragge, Alderman, city alderman Wragge, Mrs., Night Wragge, Mr. J. P., Quebec cavalry Wragge, Mr. H., veterinary surgeon P.W.V.V.L.H. Wright, M r. , Knight Templar Wybum, Mr. T. J., Claude Duval Geo., Duchess of YeLLAND, Mr Berkenfeldt Yelland, Mr. George, jockey Young, Mrs. G., lady of sixteenth century Young, Miss, Annie Laurie Young, Mrs. John, morning star Young, Mrs. James, i^loaming Young. Mr. James, military officer Young, Mr. .James, Circassian chief Young, Mr. James, ancient mariner Young, Mrs, Jos., flower-girl Young, Mrs. Geo., Fides, from Le Prop/icte Yoiuig, Mrs. Wm. , Lady of the Lake Young,Mr. Geo. , Francesco the Pirate Young, Mr., a Gaiibaldian Young, Wr. Wm., officer of 42nd Highlanders Younghusband, Mrs., snowflake I£aNDER, Miss F., flower-girl Zander, Miss, Spanish gitana Zevenboom, Mr. Geo., morris-dancer Zevenboom, Mrs. Jno., Spanish lady Zox, Mr. E., Figaro Zumstein, Mr. H., troubadour The decorations by Mr. J. G. Knight were, as usual, varied from those adopted by him on the previous occasion of the building being used. Notwithstanding the vast crowd, so excellent were the arrangements that the dancers were rarely incommoded, and though the arrivals were continued to a late hour, still the waltzes, quadrilles, and galops proceeded without interruption in the main hall, with Chapman's band in the gallery, and a smaller band in the rotunda. At eleven o'clock the signal was given for supper, to which H.R.H. led the the way with Mrs. Butters, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, the Mayor and the members of the Prince's suite with their partners, and the supper-room was soon filled with guests. The supper was provided by Mr. R. U. Miller, of Collins-street ; the wines were provided by Mr. E. G. Smythers, of Elizabeth-street, and could not be improved upon. Such a profusion of the first qualities of i hampagne — Mumm, Roederer, and Cliquot — has rarely been witnessed in Melbourne. The .supper-room was decorated as at the Governor's ball, and The Volunteer Review. 171 presented a very pleasant spectacle, the epergnes and other table ornaments, the coloured lamps, and the gay dresses making up a jjretty kaleidoscoijic picture. Supper over, the Mayor gave one toast " The Queen," which was responded to with the usual cheering. After supper the Prince danced a "foursome" reel with Miss Grant, and soon afterwards retired, with a view to subsequently appearing incognito. It was known to a few of the Duke's party that H.R.H. reappeared in the disguise of a Monk, and so perfect was his make-up effected, that he was enabled to mingle freely with the general company- without being recognised. His Royal Highness danced with Mrs. J. G. Knight, and thoroughly enjoyed his brief immunity from .State ceremony. The dancing was kept up until .some time after daybreak, and the sun was shining on the revellers as they .sought their respective homes. On Tuesday, the 24th, the Prince honoured the Haymarket Theatre with his presence, to witness the farewell performance of Madame Celeste. Wednesday was Christmas day. On Thursday, the 26th December, the Volunteer Review took place on the racecourse, before his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, the Governor, and five or six thousand spectators. His Royal Highness wore the uniform of a general officer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, to which duchy the Prince is next heir. He was accompanied by the Governor, Lord Newry, Sir Redmond Barry, Major Verdon, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Haig, Lieutenant-Colonel Page, Lieutenant-Colonel Pitt, Major Baker, Mr. Rothwell, &c. In the course of the morning, they came up to the grand stand, where they were received by Captain Standish, Mr. Creswick, and Mr. Dougharty. The field officers in command were as follows : — Statf. — Colonel W. A. D. Anderson, colonel com- mandant; Lieutenant-Colonel Rede, bric^^ade-major; Cap- tain Stubbs and Captain Burton, staff captains ; and Major Sprent, Major Learmonth, and Captain Dowliug. CwAIiBY, — Major Bell, Major Anderson, and Captain Sherard. Naval Bkigade. — Captains Fullarton and Elder, and Lieutenant Ilandfield. Field Artillery. — Major Krone, and Captains Sar- good, Strachan, and Steel. Engineers — Captain Parnell. (The toi-pedo firing party was under Sergeant Phelan. ) First Battalion (Garrison Autillebtj. — Majors Stewart and Raven. Second Battalion (Metropolitan Rifle.s).— Lieut. - Colonel Champ and Major Martin. Third Battalion (Metrop. Rifles).— Major Irving. Fourth Battalion (Ballarat Rifles). — Captain W. C. Smith. Fifth Battalion (Castlem.une Rifles).— Lt. -CI. Bull. His Royal Highness attended the Haymarket Theatre in the evening to witness a perform- ance in aid of the formation of a Theatrical fund, in which some of the Royal party took part. The Area Belle was the first piece given. Lord Ne\vry playing " Tosser," and Mr. Fitzgeorge " Pitcher." Mr. Eliot Yorke took the part of Henri Desart in the Isle of St. Trapez. Box and Cox concluded the entertainments, in which Lord Newry played " Box." There was a brilliant audience, and a large sum was raised for the benefit of the charity. On Friday, the 27th, the foundation-stone of the Mechanics' Institute and Free Libraiy, East Collingwood, was laid by his Royal Highness. Great preparations were made for the event, and accommodation was provided for ladies to witness it from a platform erected within the area upon which the buildings were to be erected. The weather was unfortunately exceedingly unpropitious, and sadly marred the ceremony. His Royal Highness arrived at two p.m., and was received by the Mayor of East Collingwood and the members of the Borough Y 2 Council, the Chief Secretarj-, the Attorney-General, the Minister of Justice, and the members for the district in the Assembly. The following address was presented on the occasion : — Jlay it please your Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Borough of East Collingwood, the premier muuicipality of Victoria, avail oiu'selves of the earliest opportunity after the arrival of your Royal Highness of offering to you a most cordial welcome, and of expressing our heartfelt loyalty to the Throne, and devoted attachment to the person and family of Her Most Gracious Majesty your Royal mother. On the present occasion we desii'e briefly but heartily to thank your Royal Highness for the distinguished honour you have been pleased to confer upon us, and through us on the working classes generally, in laying the foundation stone of a building which, as a public library, reading-room, and lecture hall, and intended as it is to encourage the diffusion of useful knowledge, the practical union of science with industry, and the intellectual, moral, and social improvement of the people generally, may be justly considered a working man's institute. With your Royal Highness's permission, we would desii'e to have this building named the Royal Albert Institute, as an humble but sincere tribute of respect and reverence for the memory of the good and great Prince Albert, who was pre-eminently the friend of the working man, and the most illustrious patron of industrial pui'suits, and who led men to compete, not in arms, but in science and iudusti-y, bringing the inventions, the discoveries, and improvements of each to contribute to the benefit of all ; thus teaching the nations of the earth, not the art of war, but the God-like art of imiversal peace, harmony, and goodwill among men. We sincerely pray that your Royal Highness may, in a prolonged, happy, and prosperous voyage through the ocean of life, enjoy Heaven's choicest blessings. SAUNDERS BAYNHAM, Mayob. GEORGE BENNETT, Town Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — You are fully justified in believing that in assenting to your request that I should lay the foundation- stone of a Mechanics' Institute in your borough, I desired to testify ray high appreciation of these institutions in general, and the interest which I feel in the success of yom* endeavours to promote the intellectual, moral, and social improvement of the people. It will afford me pleasure, when I have left this colony, to remember that my name will be associated with a building devoted to these high and benevolent objects. I thank you for the good wishes which you have e.\pressed for my personal welfare. ALFRED. After the presentation of the address, a prayer was offered up by his Lordship Bishop Peny- and at the conclusion of the ceremony an adjournment took place to a marquee, where a cold collation was served, and after the toasts of " The Queen," " The Prince," and " The Governor" had been proposed by the Mayor, his Royal Highness left the ground. In the evening a dinner-party took place at Toorak, after which a concert was held, and Mr. Summers played his odaic cantata "Galatea Secunda," by command of his Royal Highness. There were present his Royal Highness and suite. His Excellency, Lady Manners-Sutton, and suite, and Sir John and Lady Young. At the conclusion of the performance of the cantata, his Royal Highness requested that the poet, Mr. R. H. Home, and Mr. J. Summers, should be presented to him, and to them he expressed his great pleasure at hearing the work. The principal performers w^ere Mrs. Fox, Miss Bassett, Mr. Donaldson, and Mr. Amery. Mr. King led the orchestra. On Saturday Sir John Young, late Governor of New South Wales, accompanied by Lady Young, left Australia for England. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, accompanied Sir John Young and family, to see them off. His Excellency Sir Henry Manners-Sutton took leave of Sir John Young at Sandridge. The Duke also bade farewell, and wished a pleasant voyage to Madame Celeste, who was also a passenger by the same vessel. On Monday, 30th December, the Duke paid a visit to the Richmond Police Barracks, and witnessed the mode of training adopted in the Riding School. The Caledonian Games, after being discontinued for a long time in this colony, were resumed this year, the Scottish people and the Highland Society having determined to give a demonstra- tion in honour of the Duke of their metropolis and the son of her Majesty, who has during her The Sailors Home Ball. 17^ lifetime peculiarly identified herself with the northern portion of her dominions. Accordingly, measures were determined upon, and a programme arranged on a grand scale, to be carried out in the Zoological Gardens on the 30th and 31st December. The games commenced about 12 o'clock on the 30th, and soon afterwards the committee of management received an intimation from H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, who had previously been requested to attend, that he would visit the ground during the day. The Prince came about four o'clock, in the Governor's private carriage. His Royal Highness was received by Mr. Panton, Dr. Hadden, and other Highland gentlemen, and was immediately conducted to a reserved covered compartment in the middle of the grand stand, where he remained nearly half an hour. Having read over the programme, he requested that the race in Highland costume should be run ; and whilst the preliminaries of that were being proceeded with, Mr. \V. Harcourt, J. P., of Taradale, by request, executed the sword dance in a very skilful manner. A handsome youth, about twelve years of age, dressed in very pretty Highland costume, also danced the Highland fling before his Royal Highness, and was loudly cheered. During the time the Prince stayed rain came on, and he departed before the sports had concluded, but an intimation was left with Dr. Hadden, requesting him to inform the promoters that he would visit the ground on the following day ; his numerous engagements, however, prevented the fulfilment of his promise. Next day, at the Melbourne Club, the Prince received the following address from the Borough Council of Echuca : — May it please youv Royal Highness — We, the Mayor, Councillors, ami Burgesses of the Borough of Echuca, respectfvilly tender to your Koyal Highness our sincere congratulations on your arrival among us, and take occasion to assure youi" Royal H ighness of our devoted loyalty and warm attachment to the Throne and person of our Ijeloved Queen, a fresh instance of whose considerate regard for these colonies we cannot fail to recognise in thus having an opportunity of welcoming you to this continent. We wish your Royal Highness a safe and happy return to your native land, and hope your visit to Victoria may be one of veiy many pleasant memories which your Royal Highness will hereafter associate with your Australian voyage. EDMUND ELLIGET, Mayor. CHARLES E. PASCOE, Tow.-i Clerk. REPLY. Gentlemen — In tendering to you my very warm acknowledgments for the address which you have presented to me, and for the assurance of yoiu* loyalty to Her M.ajesty, I wish to express to you my regret that I was unable to fulfil my intention of personally visiting your borough. I am not the less sensible of your kind wishes for my personal welfare and happiness. ALFRED. The Sailors' Mome Ball. Not the least enjoyable of the entertainments provided in honour of the Royal visit was the Ball which took place in the Exhibition Building on 31st December, in aid of the Sailors' Home, and at which some 1500 persons were present. The ball-room presented a most elegant appearance. A large number of flags had been kindly lent by the captains of H.M.S. Galatea, the steam-sloop Victoria, Messrs. Bright Brothers, Messrs. W. P. White and Co., and the Marine Department. Under the supervision of Mr. J. G. Knight, the great collection of bunting was displayed to the best advantage. A flagstaff was erected in the centre of the hall, and from its summit lines of flags radiated to all points of the room, fontiing altogether a sort of flag canopy to the hall. Along the side-aisles some of the splendid large national flags from the Galatea were displayed to advantage. Festoons of flowers were suspended from the apex of the roof, intertwined with the ensigns, and upon the whole, with the numerous sunlights and 174 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. starlights, a highly picturesque and novel effect was produced. The band was placed in the organ gallery. The rotunda was not used for dancing, but set apart as a refreshment-room and lounge. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, attired in half-dress naval uniform, wore the star and ribbon of the Order of the Garter, and arrived shortly after nine o'clock, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, Lady and the Misses Manners-Sutton, Lord Newry, Mr. ]\[anners-Sutton, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Lieut. Haig, R.N., Mr. Brierly, and Lieut. Rothwell. Dancing was shortly afterwards commenced. His Royal Highness joined in the first set of quadrilles with Miss Manners-Sutton, and during the evening engaged in several other dances. A large number of the officers of H.M.S. Galatea were present, and the handsome blue and gold uniform of the Royal Navy was relieved by the regimental scarlet of the military officers of the garrison. About twelve o'clock the company proceeded to the supper-room, his Royal Highness conducting in Lady Manners-Sutton. There was only one toast, that of " Her Majesty the Queen," proposed by the Hon. J. G. Francis, and which was right loyally responded to. The supper, which was supplied by Mr. Miller, of Collins-street, was exceedingly well served. The wines, supplied by Mr. E. Smythers, were all of the best quality, and served as plentifully as on the occasion of the Civic Fancy Dress Ball. On New Year's Day a race meeting took place on the Flemington Course, at which his Royal Highness and the vice-regal party were present. The portion of the grand stand set apart for the accommodation of his Royal Highness, the Governor, and their suites, was tastefully decorated with ferns and flowers, supplied principally by the courtesy of Mr. Hugh Glass ; and a private room was also provided for Lady Manners-Sutton and the ladies accompanying her. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on the course at the time advertised for the first race, in a carriage and four, with postilions and outriders, accompanied by his E.xcellency the Governor, Lieut. Haig, and Lord Ne\vry. Lady Manners-Sutton, with the Misses Sutton, drove up soon after in a close conveyance; and Major Baker drove a four-in-hand drag, in which were the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Manners-Sutton, Lieut. Rothwell, and several officers of the Galatea. His Royal Highness was received by Captain Standish and other members of the committee, and conducted to the stand ; after which he was, as before, able to stroll about as he pleased, without being obtrusively noticed, and witnessed the greater part of the running from the top of the stewards' stand. An excellent luncheon, provided by Mr. Scott, was laid out in a handsomely-fitted tent, as on the last occasion of the Duke's visit to the races. To this tent at about two o'clock his Royal Highness adjourned, escorting Lady Manners-Sutton ; and here the members of the committee entertained the Duke, the Governor, and a select party of ladies and gentlemen. As soon as the last race was over, his Royal Highness drove away in one of the Governor's close carriages, attended by Captain Standish, and shortly after the Governor and Lady Manners-Sutton followed in a carriage and four. On the same evening his Ro)'al Highness dined with the officers of the Royal Artillery and H.M. 14th Regiment, a party of about twenty guests being invited to meet him. On Wednesday, 2nd January, his Royal Highness paid a visit to the St. Kilda Bowling Club, close to the railway terminu.s. H.R.H. arrived on the ground at about one o'clock, in an open barouche, drawn by four greys. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Haig, and was received at the entrance to the green by Mr. William Nimmo, president of the club, Address of the Old Colonists 175 and the Hon. Alexander Fraser, M.L.C. On entering he was loudly cheered ; he then retired to the pavilion, and after remaining there for a few minutes, he came on to the ground and tried a few bowls, but did not take part in any of the rinks that were playing. He was accom- panied over the ground by the Mayor of St. Kilda (Dr. Patterson), the Mayor of Melbourne, Mr. Lord, and several other gentlemen, and there were also present Messrs. Knight and Gilbert, of the Royal Reception Commission. Between three and four hundred persons, principally ladies, were within the enclo-sure. After the Prince had viewed the green, he proceeded to plant a Wellingtonia Gigantea, in honour and commemoration of his visit, in a highly workmanlike manner, a cross with the following inscrijjtion being placed beside it: — "Wellingtonia Gigantea, mammoth pine, a native of California, planted 2nd January, 1868, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh." His Royal Highness again retired to the pavilion, where he had some refreshment, and in a few minutes left, driving round by the esplanade, and then back to Toorak. In the course of the day his Royal Highness visited the establishment of Messrs. Johnstone and O'Shannessy, the photographers, and sat for his likeness; the artists succeeded in taking some excellent portraits of their distinguished patron, one of which forms the frontispiece to this work. His Royal Highness also visited the establishment of Mrs. Gardner, in Collins-street west, and purchased a large number of furs for presentation to members of his family. In the evening the Prince paid another visit to the Theatre Royal, where Mr. W. H. Akhurst's deservedly popular pantomime, Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, was performed, with great success, to a crowded house. The Prince, accompanied by the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Lord Newry, and Captain Standish, arrived shortly before nine o'clock, a'nd occupied the right-hand proscenium box. The audience was a most enthusiastic one, and when the band played the National Anthem — upon the appearance of the /lui Fiskcn, Archibald Frasor, Alexander Fraser, George Gray, James Gray, William Grice, Richard Haley, C. S. Hall, Henry Hamilton, Thomas T. Herring, Muston William Hervey, Matthew Hitchins, Frederick Hdbson. Francis Hogan, John Hope, George Hope, James Howard, Fred. William Hurst, William Jamieson, Alex. Johnson. William Joj-ce, William Lambaud, John S. Lang, Thomas Lang, William Locke, Charles Lynn, Colin Lyons, David Main, M. Isabella Martin, Robert Miller, Henry Montgomery, James Morgan, Alexander Moss, Moton Mouat, T. A. Mowat. William Murpli)', James Miu-ray, Andrew Murray, H. D. F. M'Bean, William McClelland, W. M^Connell. James M'HatHe, J. U. MKinnuii, John M'Lachlan. Ronald M'Milian, Godfrey M-Mutrio. David M'Walters. Sampson O'CoIk, Richard O'Donovan, Barth John Grr, Frodenck, M.D. Orr, John O'Hlianassj', John Palmer, Tliomas !<. Address of the Old Colonists. 177 Payno, Thomas B. Pender, Michael Pinkerton, James Porter, (ieo. W. Porter, John A. Ridiiell. J. Carre Riley, James Rolin, Arthur Ryan, Charles Scott, Robert Scott, Thomas King Sievwright, Marcus Simson, H. Noi-man Shaw, Henry S. Sterny, Robert Stewart, Thos. W. Swanson, Geo. Symonds, Chai-les H. Thomas, D. T. TolsoD, Joseph Walker, Hugh Walker, R. V. Watson, James Waugh, John Waugh, Robert W. Webb, James Were, J. B. White, Geo. Wilkie, David Williamson, Charles Wills, Thomas W. Wilson, Charles Wilson, James Woolley, Alfreject of much amusement to adults and amazement to juveniles was the Brobdignagian teapot, which was placed on a stand in the centre of the animated throng, and formed an object of prominence from every point of view. This machine was composed of galvanised corrugated iron, and had three taps connected with it. There was ample provision made for the children to amuse themselves, and the merry-go-rounds, swings, &c., found numerous votaries, and races for boys and girls. A little lady named Alice Woolcott, aged seven, proved herself a capital runner, having come in first in five races, and second in two or three ; and Miss Alice Cook also signalised herself in a marked degree. Masters Seacamp, Farrell, and Bell were some of the best of the boys at running and jumping. Races in sacks found numbers of adherents, and were a fruitful source of amusement. The sports were kept up with great spirit until seven o'clock, when the children were conducted to their homes. City of Melbourne. The fete given by the Corporation of Melbourne to the children attending the different Common and Sabbath Schools within the metropolitan district, took place on Monday, i6th December, in the Zoological Gardens reserve, and passed off in the most satisfactory manner. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, attended by the Hon. Eliot Yorke, drove down to the gardens in his four-horse drag, and having alighted at the gates, walked through the crowd of little children, by whom he was most enthusiastically cheered. His Royal Highness appeared to be much pleased with the juvenile demonstration, and to be interested in the proceedings. After remaining in one of the marquees for a few minutes, the Prince was obliged to leave, in order to be present at the funeral of Captain Wilkinson, R.N. Although no absolute record of the number of children present was kept, it is estimated that there could not have been less than 10,000 on the ground, including those from the Immigrants' Home and the Blind Asylum. They began to arrive before noon, and when all were present, a plentiful supply of provisions of the best kind and description was distributed, after which toys and sweetmeats were given to the children. Suitable games and amusements were resorted to in different parts of the reserve. The Mayor, aldermen, and councillors all exerted themselves most strenuously in providing for the children's entertainment, and their efforts were attended with the greatest possible success. Mr. Grimwood, the caterer, provided for 15,000, so that there was more than sufficient, and some to spare. There were 2000 loaves of bread, 1000 lbs. of biscuit, 20,000 buns, 15,000 bags of lollies, meat by the ton, and everything else in proportion. Altogether, the Corporation fete to the chil- dren was a decided success, and the members of the Council must be congratulated upon the manner in which everything was conducted. Collingwood. The children of Collingwood were invited to a fete, given at Dight's Paddock on Monday i6th December. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and had reason to be grateful to the Mayor (Mr. Baynham), the council, and the members of the committee, for the excellent manner in which the arrangements were carried out. Swings, games, and dancing weie amongst the amuse- ments provided. Several races, of 250 yards each, were run; the prizes being cricketing materials. The first one, for boys under fourteen years, was won by Hughes ; the second, for boys under twelve years, by Seward. O'Meara was the winner in the next race, which was for boys under ten years. The teachers' race, for which a copy of Macaulay's History of England was given, fell to Charles Crook, the blindfold race to Tumbull, and the hurdle race to Beard. Each of the children was presented with a medal. The amusements did not terminate until sunset. It was estimated that during the day nearly 8000 persons, mostly children, were on the ground. Pentridge. The fete in commemoration of the visit of Prince Alfred, which had been postponed in consequence of wet weather, was resumed on Monday, i6th December. The locality selected was a vacant piece of ground in the centre of the district, used principally for parade purposes by the local volunteers. Some four hundred children attended, and were well cared for, and regaled with cakes, buns, fruit, &c. On the 19th the Pentridge Schools fete took place in Mr. Thorp's paddock, on the banks of the Merri Creek. The children were mustered on the vacant ground in front of the Stockade, and after singing the National Anthem, under the leadership of Mr. Stranger, were marched through the village en route to the ground, where, by the kindness of Colonel Champ, tents were provided. The amusements consisted, amongst other things, of merry-go-round, football, cricket for the boys, and swings and skipping-ropes for the girls. The number on the ground could not have been less than one thousand. Moorabbin. The children's festival at Moorabbin came off on 19th December, when, notwithstanding the excessive heat of the day, it proved a success. The locality chosen for it was the drill- ground at South Brighton, where a large marquee had been erected, as well as two smaller tents, for the accommodation of the children and visitors, of whom there were in all about two thousand present. Various amusements were provided. The St. Kilda brass band was in attendance, and there was a plenteous supply of provisions. Brighton. • The children's fete at Brighton, on Thursday, 19th December, was a most gratifying success. The committee, consisting of the Mayor and members of the Borough Council, the ministers of the several congregations, and teachers of the various schools, had invited their young proteges at ten a.m., when a very numerous gathering was on the ground. The National Anthem was sung by over eight hundred children, comprising three hundred and twenty-six boys and five hundred and fifty-four girls, besides one hundred and fifty more not attached to schools, and was delivered with very pleasing effect. The only address given was by the Mayor (Mr. James Webb), after which grace was sung, and a liberal distribution of refreshments was made, including buns, cake, pudding, gingerbeer, lemonade, &c. Medals were also given to all children who had not previously been furnished with them. Sports of all kinds were provided, including revolving boats, football, and racing and jumping for prizes of useful books. After the distribution of prizes, tea and coffee, &c., were again served out, and the young folks resumed their play. A splendid marquee sheltered the guests from the heat of the sun, and fonned not the least pleasing feature of the day's arrangements. Children s and other Festivities. i8q Prahran and South Yana. The juvenile treat given to the thildren of Prahran and South Yarra on December 19th was attended by upwards of two thousand five hundred cliildren. The various schools represented thirty in number, marched from the Town Hall at noon, under their respective banners; and soon after their arrival on the picnic ground, were in full enjoyment of the various means of amusement provided for their entertainment. Refreshments were provided in two large tents, and each school had also a tent of its own as a rallying point. Seven pounds ten shillings was distributed in toy prizes to the winners of the flat and hurdle races, feats of jumping, &c. The arrangements of the managing committee were very good, and excellent order was maintained. The proposal to provide this treat for the children of the district originated with the Borough Council of Prahran, and the funds were raised by public subscription, assisted by a donation of one hundred pounds from the Council, with one hundred pounds from the Reception Commis- sion, and twenty-five pounds from the City Corporation, given in consideration of the erection by the Council of two triumphal arches. The affair was under the management of the following committee: — Mr. E. L. Vail (chairman), Dr. Fetherstone, and Messrs. Hole, Wilson, Girdler, Widdicombe, Presswell, T. C. Wright, and Ceruty, and these gentlemen deserve to be compli- mented on the success of their undertaking. Hotham. The school children's fete at Hotham, on Saturday, the 21st December, was not one whit behind any of the others, so far as regarded the success attending it. About five thousand children assembled at the Town Hall at ten o'clock, and, marshalled by Mr. Carroll the ex-Mayor, went in procession to the Royal Park. Each school carried its distinguishing flag, and the litde ones marched well to the strains of a leading band. Mr. Barwise, the mayor, although suffering from the effects of a severe accident, was present. Councillor Lancashire and Mr. Gillam attended as caterers, and perfoniied the onerous duties attached to that office with credit to themselves and satisfaction to those who required their services. Councillors Marks and Flanagan took charge of the sports, and the other members of committee were busy attending to the necessary details. The band of the training-ship Deborah was in attendance, and there were also a string band and a company of Ethiopian minstrels. A box of toys, the gift of Mr. Atkin, was reserved as prizes for those taking part in the races, &c.; and toys were also distributed to the younger of the children, who could not participate in these diversions. Tents, kindly lent by Captain Irving, were erected in various parts of the ground for the children's use. The butchers and bakers of Hotham to a man supplied largely the various comestibles in their line. The ladies on the ground were invited to lunch with the committee, and over two hundred accepted the invitation. The Borough Council had voted a sum of money, which was supplemented by Messrs. Reddish, Fry, Gillam, Sullivan, and others. Swings, see-saws, merry-go-rounds, &c., were scattered over the ground. What was originally intended fftr a picnic swelled during the day into the proportions of a large banquet, and at the end of the proceedings a distribution of provisions, &c., took place amongst those who applied for them. Footscray. On 26th December the children's entertainment was given at Footscray, and proved in every way successful. Games of all kinds were provided, and seemed to be thoroughly enjoyed. At I go Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. intervals, refreshments, consisting of buns, cakes, fruit, gingerbeer, milk, and other good things, were supplied in abundance. The amusements were kept up to a late hour. The arrangements of the committee having been perfect in every respect, a most delightful day was spent. Fitzroy. On Friday, 3rd January, a children's pic-nic was held at Fitzroy, in honour of the visit of Prince Alfred ; this entertainment was one of the last that was given on the occasion of these rejoicings, but was one of the most successful. The Borough Council had voted one hundred pounds in aid, and this sum was supplemented by subscriptions from the inhabitants to the amount of eighty pounds, and by donations of goods to the value of forty pounds. The management of the affair was under the direction of a committee, which included the Borough Council and about forty of the principal inhabitants, Mr. W. J. Gilchrist acting as secretary. Soon after ten o'clock in the morning the children began to muster at the court- house, in Napier-street, and by eleven o'clock a procession was formed, marshalled by Messrs. Eastwood and Raven. Headed by the Mayor, Councillors Grant and Rushall, and Mr. Ewing, and accompanied by a brass band, the procession marched along Napier-street to Gertrude- street, and thence by Brunswick-street to the Cricket Reserve at North Fitzroy. The number of children was about three thousand. Arrived on the ground, the little ones dispersed in search of amusement, as their different tastes inclined — some to football, others to cricket, whilst still larger numbers betook themselves to " kiss-in-the-ring," and those of maturer years to dancing. The band provided was that of the Naval Training-ship, and the young musicians certainly did credit to their training. A couple of merry-go-rounds were in great request, and the horses and carriages ne\'er wanted riders and occupants. For the more active of the lads a number of races were improvised, in which knives, tops, and cricketing materials were the prizes ; and for the girls, skipping races were also got up, for skipping-ropes, dolls, and ladies' companions. The catering arrangements were under the control of Mr. Grimwood, who provided for his guests in his accustomed satisfactory manner. Wamiambool. It will not be out of place here to notice the rejoicings at \Varrnambool in honour of the Royal visit, which took place on Tuesday, 26th November. The town was decorated with flags, and wore a gay and holiday appearance ; the public bodies assembled, the children under their various teachers gathered together, and, as eleven o'clock drew near, the streets became crowded. Residents from the country round about had also come to share in the festivities. A procession of local bodies and friendly societies was arranged in good order in Merri-street by the committee, who were mounted, and acted as marshals. On arriving at the ground reserved for the pic-nic, a centre was formed by the volunteer corps and the children, the latter of whom must have numbered upwards of fifteen hundred, and the estimate of the whole was from five to six thousand. The free supply of provisions, including five hogsheads of beer, was a very popular part of the entertainment, and, in spite of the inconvenient crowding, the utmost good humour prevailed. The amusements occupied the greater part of the afternoon. The volunteer corps were employed for some time in manceuvring and in firing volleys. The Aunt Sallies were an attraction, and footballs were kicked about with indomitable energy and perseverance for hours. A game at cricket was going on in one part of the field. Swings were in active exercise. Several round games were started on various principles, and Children s and other Festivities. iqi participated in by many. In other parts of the reserve races were run by boys and girls, the prizes being medals which have been struck to commemorate the Prince's visit. As night fell, numbers assembled near the battery to witness the fireworks ; and the bonfire, which was subsequently lit, as well as the illuminations, became each in their turn centres of attraction. The fireworks were discharged under the superintendence of Captain Helpman. The bonfire, which was under the charge of Mr. J. A. Smith, and which was lit upon the hill above Tattersall's Hotel, was a great success. Among the illuminations, the most striking and original was that of Mr. Cramer. The windows were decorated with flags and drapery. In one was a cannon, mounted on its carriage, with rifles stacked beside it. In the background was a transparency of the Galatea, while the scroll bore the words, " Volunteers' Welcome— Royal Salute." In the other window was a silver bugle, with swords crossed, the Duke of Edinburgh's Arms, and an inscription, " Sound a loud welcome." The idea of the whole was excellent, and well carried out. Above the Post Oflice there was a centre transparency of the Galatea, with the words, " Victoria's Welcome to Britannia's Pride," with a side transparency of a star, and another of an anchor. The Royal Hotel was illuminated vtdth the Oddfellows' arms, a crown, and other decorations in the window. Messrs. Cramond and Dickson had a coronet above the door of their premises, and also an effective representation of a vessel. Mr. Jamieson and Mr. Hider showed the ducal arms, well executed. The illumination over the stores of Mr. Coleston and Mr. Thomas, bearing the words, " Welcome to Prince Alfred," in bold letters, shone out well. Mr. Edwards exhibited a bust of the Prince, and a full length figure was above Mr. Breckon's premises. The Irish harp and motto was shown in one of Mr. Dooley's windows, and a crown and "V.R." on the store of Messrs. F. P. Stevens and Co. In one of Mr. Bromfield's windows was the pharmaceutical coat of arms. Mr. Brady, Messrs. Dodds and Burnett, Mr. Scott, and others also showed illuminations more or less meritorious. Fete to the Boys of the Galatea. The boys of the Galatea had a great day's amusement, and one which doubtless will invest their visit to Hobson's Bay with pleasant reminiscences. Through the kindness of the Royal Commission, they were driven to some of the principal sights in the city, and then to the grounds of the Acclimatisation Society at the Royal Park, which they reached about half-past one o'clock. They were accompanied by five petty officers and by the fife-and-drum band of the naval training-ship. The youthful visitors were under the charge of Mr. W. C. Rees, Secretary to the Steam Navigation Board. They were received by Dr. Black, the president of the Acclimatisation Society, and the secretary, Mr. G. Sprigg. A marquee had been erected in the grounds, and here the boys were served with an excellent and substantial dinner, to which they did ample justice. The chair was occupied by Dr. Black, and after the toasts of "The Queen," and "Captain the Duke of Edinburgh," one of the petty officers proposed the health of Mr. Rees, who replied, and stated that for the fete they were indebted to the kindness of the Government and the Royal Commission. The health of the chairman. Dr. Black, having been given and duly honoured, the boys adjourned to the lawn outside, where cricket. Aunt Sally, and other games were entered into with spirit. In the evening the boys returned to town, and partook of an excellent tea at Grimwood's Hotel. Afterwards, through the generosity of Mr. Coppin, they visited the Haymarket Theatre, and returned by the last train to Williamstown, after spending an agreeable and memorable day. 192 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Sandhurst. After taking part in the reception of the Prince, the school children of Sandhurst were indulged with a picnic, and to secure an equal division of spoils, each child was presented with a bag containing two buns, two tarts, an apple, and a packet of lollies, tea being supplied in abundance. Various amusements were after\vards organised, and the treat fully realised its name. In addition to this a " monster picnic " was given on the following day at Harcourt, under the management of Messrs. Newcombe, Stead, Crow, and Grover. The gathering embraced two thousand children and one thousand adults. There was a prodigal supply of provisions, plenty of amusements, and the whole affair proved a great success. . Eaglehawk. The school children of this borough marched with banners and flags to the California Gully Cricket Ground, where they were amply supplied with refreshments, after which they indulged in the usual festivities, the only drawback to the enjoyments of the day being the excessive heat. Echuca. The Borough Council of Echuca gave an entertainment to the children of the district, which was also largely patronised by the adult population. The usual round of amusements was gone through, and commemorative medals given to the children. A display of fireworks and a bon- fire concluded the festival, which was altogether highly successful. Northcote. The inhabitants of this suburb subscribed most liberally for the purjoose of giving a children's feast in honour of the Royal visit, and their efforts were completely successful. All the children of the district were welcome to attend, and an immense number availed themselves of the general invitation. One hundred prizes, varying from a doll to a copy of Longfclhnv , were given away, and a profusion of good viands was freely distributed. Malverti Hill and Gardiner. A holiday, with village sports, including a feast to the children of the district, constituted the loyal -demonstrations of the above district. A large sum of money was subscribed by the local residents, and barrels of ale, hams, fruit, and pastry were presented without solicitation. A large number of persons joined in the rejoicings, and everything passed off admirably. The Rev. Mr. Cole, pastor of the district, and Mr. J. Henry, aided materially in promoting the success of the fete. Miscellaneous Items. His Royal Highness tlie Duke of Edinburgh honoured the Melbourne Botanic Gardens with a visit, and planted two young trees in commemoration of the day. The trees selected were Saxono-Gothcea conspicua, from Patagonia, and Abies Albertii, from California. Both these pines were named in honour of Prince Albert. Mr. John Murchison — an old " overlander " and pioneer of tlie colony — was specially pre- sented by liis Excellency the Governor to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, who Miscellaneous Hems. 193 received him most graciously. The grandfather of I'rince Alfred — the Duke of Kent — gave Mr. Murchison his first commission in 18 13. After twenty years' service he retired from the army, and emigrated to these colonies, wlicre he has since resided as a squatter. The hunting party, got up under the auspices of the Royal Reception Commi.ssion for the officers of the Galatea, enjoyed some excellent sport in the neighbourhood of Schnapper Point, and were sumptuously entertained at the station of Mr. Sumner, of Coolart. The sergeants of Her Majesty's second battalion of the Mlh Regiment entertained in their mess-room the sergeants of the Royal Marines, and the chief and first-class petty officers of H.M.S. Galatea, to a supper. The chair was occupied by Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Hopkins, and the vice-chair by Colour-Sergeant Drill. About seventy in all sat down to an excellent and well-served repast. After supper had concluded, the " Health of Her Majesty" was given by the chairman, and warmly responded to. The vice-chairman then gave " The Prince of \\'ales and all other Members of the Royal Family," which was followed in succession by the usual loyal toasts. " Our Guests of the Galatea" was next given ; after which song and mirth abounded, intermixed with other toasts, including " The Garrison," " The Ladies, on sea and land, and of every clime," which was received with loud cheers, as was also " Sweethearts and Wives." The evening was spent very pleasantly. The Galateans, after the " Guests of the Evening" had been ably responded to by the Master-at-Arms of the Galatea, proposed the health of the sergeants of H.M. 14th Regiment, who had so kindly entertained them, and expressed a wish that they might all meet again. Every one present enjoyed the night to the fullest extent. Previous to parting, the National Anthem was sung. Mr. AValter Montgomery had the honour of giving one of his Royal recitals before his Royal Highness at St. George's Hall. The building was crowded with a most select and appreciative audience. The gallery was considerately set apart by Mr. Montgomery for the accommodation of two hundred of the men and boys of the Galatea. Mr. Montgomery read with his usual refinement and ability, and was enthusiastically applauded. His Royal Highness was highly pleased with the proficiency of the Victorian Volunteers, and his testimony to that effect was made the subject of a brigade order, expressing the Prince's gratification in observing the thorough discipline and efficiency of the " local forces" at the late review, and his warm acknowledgments of the efficient manner in which the Volunteers per- formed their duties during his stay, whether as escorts or guards of honour. The manner in which the police force of the colony discharged its onerous labours throughout the stay of the Prince was heartily recognised and acknowledged by his Royal Highness, who presented some of the principal officers with souvenirs of his visit. The Melbourne Philharmonic Society (the oldest musical association in Victoria) employed its well-organised strength in giving a high-class concert, at which his Ro)al Highness and suite, his Excellency the Governor and family, and all the leading members of the community were present. Mendelssohn's ''Athalie" was the principal woik on the programme, and this was nb 194 ^"^'^ ^/ H.R.H. Prince Alfred. rendered in the most effective manner by a band and chorus of four hundred and fifty performers. The great hall of the Exhibition Building was crowded, and his Royal Highness, who is himself an accomplished musician, expressed his gratification at finding classical music so highly appreciated in Victoria. The Victorian Musical Association gave a special farewell concert in the great hall of the Exhibition Building, in honour of his Royal Highness, and at which an original work, an Odaic Cantata, WTitten by Mr. R. H. Home, the music by Mr. Summers, and entitled " Galatea Secunda," was performed with great success. Selections from Mr. C. E. Horsle/s " South Sea Sisters," the words of which are also by Mr. R. H. Home, and an overture by Mr. Siede, constituted the local contributions to the programme ; Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise," and other classical subjects, completing the entertainment. The frontispiece to this work is a reduced copy of a portrait taken by Messrs. Johnstone and O'Shannessy of his Royal Highness, who consented to sit for it at the desire of the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library, and also of the members of the Melboume Club. At the same time Messrs. Johnstone and O'Shannessy took excellent photographic likenesses of Lord Newry, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Lieut. Haig, and of several officers of the Galatea. The appointment of photographers to his Royal Highness was conferred upon Messrs. Johnstone and O'Shannessy by the Prince. PRESENTS TO HIS RoYAL HlGHNESS. Most of the presents made to his Royal Highness have been described in proper order in the course of the preceding narrative, but many other interesting offerings were made to the Royal visitor, of which no formal record has been made. A few of the items which were made public are here given : — The very handsome carriage built by Messrs. M'Cartney and Aldred, of Ballarat, for the use of his Royal Highness during his visit to that city, was presented to the Prince by the joint Councils of Ballarat and Ballarat East. His Royal Highness expressed his intention of having it shipped to London for his private use. Mr. Green, of Swanston-street, presented to his Royal Highness the skin of a very fine kangaroo, the animal having been shot by the Prince himself The skin was well tanned, and lined with scarlet cloth, the head and claws of the animal were added in a most ingenious manner. There was also a handsome fire-screen, made from the wings of a pelican, prepared and mounted with great taste and skill. Mr. H. U. Alcock presented his Royal Highness with a very handsome set of billiard cues. Mr. Thomas Chuck, of Collins-street east, presented an album containing an extensive series of photographic views of Melboume streets and Victorian scenery. Mr. Charles Nettleton, of Madeline-street, presented a fine collection of large-sized photo- graphic pictures, including public buildings and views of Melboume. Mr. N. Chevalier, who was honoured with a special invitation to accompany his Royal Highness to Tasmania and New South Wales, presented his Royal Highness with a great Royal Appointments. 195 number of admirably executed and liighly artistic sketches, most of tliem Ijeing illustrative of the Royal tour. The Monster Clothing Company forwarded to his Royal Highness a fine silk coat, which was pronounced to be a very excellent specimen of colonial workmanship. The mining equipment of his Royal Highness was made up by Mr. Miller, of Arrnstrong- street, Ballarat, who presented mining boots ; Mrs. Warren, of Lal-Lal-street, who furnished beautifully knitted socks ; and Mr. Kiddie, who prepared a comjjlete suit of flannel. The per- sonal comfort of his Royal Highness was thus studied by the people of Ballarat. Messrs. L. Giraud and Co., of Collins-street, manufacturers of bon-bons and crystalline fruits, made a handsome presentation of tlieir productions to his Royal Highness, who expressed himself as highly pleased with their quality. Mr. E. Whitehead, engraver and stationer, of Collins-street east, presented an appropriate assortment of stationery to his Royal Highness. The arms and monogram of the Prince were so artistically worked as to call forth a handsome acknowledgment. A very beautiful present was made to his Royal Highness by Mrs. Gray, of Nareeb Nareeb. It consisted of a pair of vases, the bowls of which were black swans' eggs, elegantly mounted in silver. On the surface of the bowls were exquisite little etchings, executed by Mrs. Gray, who is known to possess a very fine taste as well as great skill in this branch of art. The Prince expressed himself as being highly pleased with these unique off"erings. Royal Appointments. The following persons have been honoured with fonnal authority to hold trade offices on the Household Staff of his Royal Highness : — H. U. Alcock, of Russell-street, biUiard-table maker to his Royal Highness. Charles Anderson, of St. Kilda, baker to his Royal Highness. T. K. Bennett, of Bourke-street east, purveyor to his Royal Highness. G. Chapman, Swanston-street, music publisher to his Royal Highness. F. Gardner, 84 Collins-street west, furrier to his Royal Highness. Johnstone and O'Shannessy, Bourke-street, photographers to his Royal Highness. M. E. Meyers, 81 Little Collins-street, caligrapher and illuminator to his Royal Highness. R. U. Miller, of Collins-street, cook and confectioner to his Royal Highness. Moubray, Lush and Co., of Collins-street, silkmercers, drapers, and upholsterers to] his Royal Highness. M'Cartney and Aldred, of Ballarat, carriage-builders to his Royal Highness. McFadzean and Lambert, Collins-street east, hairdressers and perfumers to his Royal Highness. E. J. Pre'vot, [20 Queen-street, manufacturer of aerated waters and cordials to his Royal Highness. Roberts Brothers, of Ballarat, photographers to his Royal Highness. E. Smythers, Elizabeth-street, wine and spirit merchant to his Royal Highness. J. Stanley, ColHns-street east, tailor to his Royal Highness. Paul Thomas, 3 Collins-street east, bootmaker to his Royal Highness. George H. Tipper, Haymarket Hotel, Bourke-street east. Henry Watts, 7 1 Bourke-street east, perfumer to his Royal Highness. Bb 2 196 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Additional y^iDDRESSES. The following addresses to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, and the replies thereto, were not received in time to be placed in their proper order ; — Fro7n the Borough of Richinoml . May it please youi- Koyal Highness — We, the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Richmond, represent- In" more than 12,000 inhabitants, in approaching yom- Royal Highness, would humbly, and with cordial feelings, express our deep, strong, and enduring attachment to your Royal mother, cm' gi'acious Queen, and om" unfeigned dependence on, and unflinching support of, the British Constitution. Tiiat we would wish to present to your Royal Highness, in the simpleness of sincerity, our heartfelt congratulations on this auspicious occasion, when the majesty of royalty is amongst us, so distant from the mighty centre of the British empire. That the visit of yom- Royal Highness shall confer great and permanent benefit on our infant colony, " in distant ages su'e to son shall tell;" we would desu-e to testify and to record the mag'nitude of the obligation. That it is our earnest prayer that the God of the universe will protect and bless, and on the desei-t waste of waters be the unerring guide of our Sailor Prince. CORNELIUS STEWART, Mayor. THOMAS GARDNER, Town Clerk. observing, as I can, that the spirit which attachment to the Constitution of Great REPLY. Gentlemen-I have received your address with much pleasure, animates it is one of deep and devoted loyalty to the Queen, and of Britain. I thank you for yom- hearty congi-atiUations, as well as for your prayers on my behalf ; and I assiu-e you that it will ever he a source of great gratification to mc, to think that my visit has assisted in any degree in benefiting this great colony. ALFRED. From the Borough of Brunswick. May it please your Royal Highness — We, Her Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the Mayor, CoimciUors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Brunswick, beg to approach your Royal Highness with the expression of our devoted loyalty to Her Most Gracious Majesty's Tlirone and person. We hail with the highest satisfaction the visit of your Royal Highness to this portion of Her Majesty's dominions, and trust that your Royal Highness will be assm-ed, from personal observation, that in no part of Her Majesty's emph-e is there a more ardent attachment to Her Majesty's beneficent rule than in this colony, which is honoured by bearing Her Majesty's name. We trust that your Royal Highness will allow us to offer our warmest and most sincere wishes for yom- Royal Highness's personal safety and happines.s, and for the bestowment of every gift of the Divine Providence requisite to sustain your Royal Highness in the exalted positi.m which you occupy. W. JNO. LOBB, Mayok. G. W. FREDK. GRYLLS, Town Clerk. IIEPLY. Gentlemen— It is a very great satisfaction to me to find that the chief aim of every address which I have received here, is to impress upon mo the devotion and loyalty to the Queen which actuate all Her Majesty's subjects in Victoria. I assure you that it will be very gratifying to Her Majesty to learn from me that distance lias not weakened the love for their Queen in the hearts of her Australian subjects. Pr.ay accept my thanks for your kind w-ishes and prayers on my behalf. ALFRED. From the Shire of Stiuce//. May it please yoiu- Royal Highness— We, the President and Councillors of the Shire of Stawell, on Iwhalf of the general body of residents, beg to tender to your Royal Highness our warmest congratulations on yotir safe arrival in this colony, and to record o\ir appreciation of the honour conferred by this Wsit. We most heartily embrace the opportunity thus afforded us of expressing to your Royal Highness our assm-ance that there exists amongst us a deep and earnest loyalty and devotion to the Tlirone and person of om- beloved Queen, which, although neither time nor distance can efface, we arc certain will bo intensified by your Royal Highness's visit to our shores ; and wo sincerely hope that your stay amongst us will yield you pleasurable reminiscences in the future, when memory shall call up the golden land at the antipodes. -'OHN CHILDE, J.P., President. GEORGE JENNINGS, Councillor. DANIEL SCALLAN, J. P., COUNCILLOR. REPLY. Gentlemen— I accept with the greatest pleasure your address, conveying to me the expression of your loyalty to the Throne and person of Hor Majesty the Queen, and I thank you heartily for your welcome. ALFRED. From the Bonnii^h of Taniagiilla. May it plcfiso your Royal Highness— We, the M.nyoi- aii'I Councillors of the Borough of Tarnag-iilla, bog to apfiroach your Royal Iliylinoss, tho eon of oui- belovoii Queen, with an assurance of our loyalty and attachment to the Throne anil person of Iter Most Gracious Majesty, ami to give to your Royal Highness on' behalf of our fellow-towns- people, a warm and cordial welcome to the colony of Victoria. Wo fondly believe that your visit hero will veiy materially strengthen the bonds of iniion and frieudsliip that already happily exist between the Australian colonies and the parent state. Wo pray that your stay with us may prove instructive and interesting, that your subsequent voyage may be pleasant and prosperous, and that by tho blessing of Almighty God you m.-iy long be spared to a career u- recollections of this brief visit your Royal Highoe-iS may cherish a kiiuUy memory of the cordial welcome and loyal enthusiasm of its capital. We heartily pray the Almighty Disposer of events that the remainder of yom- Royal Highness's voyage may be accom- plished in safety and comfort, and that on your return to our common country this auspicious visit to the Australian colonies may be found to have supplied another illustration of the close identity which happily unites Her Majesty's dominions in all parts of the globe in sentiment, interests, and institutions, in loyal and harmonious dependence upon the Imperial Crown and Government. JAMES MILNE WILSON, Mayor. HENRY WILKINSON, Town Clerk. Having read the address, the Town Clerk handed it to the equerry-in-waiting, Mr. Haig, together with a handsome octagonal casket of polished Tasmanian light wood, ornamented with forget-me-nots in silver, and the lid surmounted by a ducal coronet and plate bearing the Prince's arms. His Royal Highness in a clear tone read the following : — Gentlemen — I accept with sincere gratification the address you have just read, in which you bid me welcome to your shores ; and on behalf of the Queen I thank you for the expressions of loyalty to Her Majesty contained in it. The beauty of the scenery in the neighboiu'hood of your town, as well as the hearty reception with which you have greeted me. will long remain in my memory ; and while I thank you for the prayers you offer up on my behalf, I wish to assure you that nothing has gratified me during my visit to Australia more than the unanimous desire of the people of each colony to impress upon me their loyalty for the Queen, and their love for England. The ceremony of presenting the address over, a procession was formed along the principal streets of the city. The procession terminated as soon as the Prince reached the Club Hotel, which had been engaged for the Duke and suite. A most agreeable feature in the day's proceedings was the children's demonstration, four thousand of whom, standing on a platform, sang the National Anthem, with admirable effect, as the procession paused for the purpose, and showered countless bouquets upon those below. Triumphal arches were erected in various parts of the city, and one, worthy of note from its elegance and beauty, was the stnicture erected by the citizens, designed by Mr. C. Walch. The decorations of the public buildings and private dwellings were profuse in the extreme, and at night the city was brilliantly illuminated. A pleasing novelty, in the shape of a torchlight aquatic procession, also took place. The ladies and gentlemen who were to take part began to assemble on board the Tivins steamer about half-past seven o'clock. The sea breeze, which had been blowing briskly all day, died away, and gave place to a westerly wind. The moon shone beautifully, and rode through an almost cloudless sky. The temperature was sufficiently cool to render shawls and wrappers a comfortable addition to the ordinary dress. There were on board altogether about six hundred ladies and gentlemen, including many of the leading inhabitants of the city. The formation and maintenance of the line, a task of no small difficulty. 204 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. was conducted by Mr. James Johnston, the marshal elect of the regatta flotilla; and considering the necessarily haphazard manner in which the crews of the various boats were got together to carry out so novel and difficult an undertaking, all parties acquitted themselves in very creditable style. The arrangements to give eftect to the demonstration were as perfect as they possibly could be. The whole of the living freight being on board, the steamer got slowly under way, and proceeded towards the Galatea, amid cheers from the shore. A little delay was caused in arranoing the flotilla, during which the rockets and red and green fires were occasionally burnt, and the band on board the steamer played some most inspiring strains. The steamer went slowly round the Galatea, the company singing " Rule Britannia" with precision and effect. The scene at this time was brilliant and beautiful in the extreme. The long line of boats, with lighted torches undulating with the waves, and slowly advancing, was one of the prettiest sights ever witnessed on the banks of the Dement. Three hearty cheers were given as the steamer passed the Galatea, which were returned by the men on board the frigate, the band at the same time striking up a lively air. Green fires were now burnt and several rockets thrown up, the band playing a march, and then the company sang " O'er the calm and sparkling waters," which sounded very beautifully, the voices blending well. As soon as this ended, the Galatea exhibited a blue fire at each port-hole, and one from the jibboom end. The effect was magnificent, and there was but one feeling of delight at this brilliant exhibition. The flotilla, on reaching its appointed place off Government House, dropped anchor, rockets were fired, the orchestra went through the programme again, and, amidst the cheers of the assembled populace, the proceedings terminated. LAVING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NEW CATHEDRAL. The foundation-stone of the church designed to be the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Tasmania was laid at eleven o'clock on the forenoon of Wednesday, 8th January, by the Duke of Edinburgh. Long before the hour appointed for the commencement of the ceremony, the streets leading to the cathedral were thronged by many hundreds of spectators, while every available window was filled by eager occupants. The large stand was crowded to excess at the hour appointed for the ceremony to commence, the majority of its occupants being ladies. The square space in front of the stand was kept clear for the accommodation of the clergy and others connected with the proceedings of the day. At half-past ten o'clock the clergy assembled in the church, habited in their surplices, and a procession was arranged to march to the stone on the arrival of the state carriage. Shortly after half-past ten o'clock a guard of honour, composed of one hundred men of the 2-i4th Regiment, arrived in front of the cathedral to receive his Royal Highness. In attendance were the churchwardens, Messrs. H. Cook, T. Giblin, and H. Roberts, the local architect (Mr. Henry Hunter), and the contractor (Mr. Robert Wiggins). The silver trowel used, and afterwards presented to the Duke, was manufactured by Mr. Charles (laylor, and engraved by Mr. W. R. Bock, and also a beautifully-designed level of Tasmanian lightwood, in the form of a triangle, having a lion couchaiit at either end of the base, a ducal coronet at the top surmounting a cross, and a plummet of silver. This implement was designed by Mr. H. Hunter, and executed by Messrs. Hamilton and Sons. There was also a mallet of she-oak wood, higlily jjolished, turned by Mr. Powell, of Collins-street. Let into the front of the stone was a plate of brass, bearing a suitable inscription. The jjlate was a beautiful piece of engraving, executed by Mr. Jarman, of Murray-street. The churchwardens also deposited on the stone the box to Ijc lodged in the cavity, containing copies of the Tasmanian newspapers and current coins of the reahii. The following inscription was also placed in the box : — Thi« chm-ch, dcaignofl to bo tlio cathedral church of the diocese of Tasmania, and also the parish cliiirch of Saint David (roplaoins an earlier struetiu-o, founded in the year of our Lord 1817), was soleninlv founded on the 8th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1868, by Ids Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of KdinburKh, Duke of Saxony, Prin(-o of (:;obur(j;-Gotha, K.G., K.T. llis Kxcellcncy Colonel Thomas Ciore Hrowne, fJ.B , being Govei-nor of Tasmania ; the PdH-ht Reverend Charles Henry Broniliy, D.D., the Lord Bishop of Tasmania ; the Venerable Rowland Robert Davies, B.A., Archdeacon of HobartTown ; the Venerable Thomas Reibcy, M.A., Archdeacon of Launceston ; Sir Valentino Flonunp, Chancellor of the Diocese ; William Land>ert Dobson, Ksijuire. (Jh>u-ch Advocate ; John Harrison, Pi'iuire, Kc^'istrar ; the Reverend Frederick Holdship Cox, B.A., Incumbent of St. David's Chiirch ; the Reverend Ileni-y Bodioy Broniby, B.A,, Assistant-Curate of the same, and chaplain to tho Bishop; Henry Cook, Thomas Gihlin, and Henry L. Roberts, Esquires, Chiuchwardens : George Frederick Bodlev, architect ; Henry Hunter, local architect and superiutendent of the works. The following were the clergymen present : — The Bishop, Archdeacon Davies, Revs. F. H. Cox, H. B. Bromby, A. Davenport, T. Gellibrand, Dr. Parsons, G. B. Smith, J. R. Buckland, JF. Hudspeth, New 'I'own ; E. C. Williams, Glenorchy ; T. Stansfield, Huon : S. Wayn, Green Ponds ; G. Wright, Hamilton ; E. Freeman, Brown's River ; AV. W. F. Murray, New Norfolk ; G. Eastman, Port Arthur ; D. Galer, Richmond ; R. Wilson, Clarence Plains ; R. D. Harris, E. P. Adams, Deloraine ; H. W. Adams, Jericho ; G. M. Wilson, Campbell Town ; E. Symonds, D'Entrecasteaux Channel ; C. J. Brammall, J. H. Smales, St. John's ; — Dunning, Queensland. The Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, having arrived, the opening prayers and versicles and the 8th Psalm, were chanted. Tiie prayers were said by the incumbent, the Rev. F. H. Cox. On the recitation of that portion of the service commencing " Behold, I lay in Zion a chief comer-stone," c&c, the box containing the coins, inscription, newspapers, &c., was deposited in the cavity, the mortar was spread, and the stone lowered. The Bishop then advanced towards the Prince, and said, '• In the name of the committee charged with this work, I now beg your Royal Highness to lay the foundation-stone of this building." His Royal Highness then in a clear voice said, " In the faith of Jesus Christ, we place this foundation-stone in the name of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. — Amen." His Royal Highness then tested the stone v.ith the plummet, and, giving three taps with the mallet, declared it to be well and truly laid. THE LEVEE. A Levee held in Tasmania by a member of the Ro}'al Family was, of course, an event of sufficient importance to attract a larger attendance than had been collected on any previous occasion. The road to Government House was kept by a body of special and regular constables. In front of the portico of the viceregal building was drawn up the military guard of honour, con- sisting of one hundred men of the 2- 14th Regiment, under the command of CajHain Saunders, and Lieutenants Daly and Churchward. Pre\'ious to the ceremony, addres.ses were presented by the Legislative Council and Legis- lative Assembly of Tasmania, and were replied to by his Royal Highness. .The following gentlemen, having the entree, were jjresented by the Private Secretarj- : — The Officer Commanding the Troops, Major Vivian, H.M. 2-i4th Regiment; the Chief Justice, Sir V. Fleming ; the Puisne Judge, Sir F. Smith ; the members of the Ministry — the Hon. Sir R. Dry, Premier; the Hon. T. D. Chapman, Treasurer; and the Hon. A\'. L. Dobson. 2o6 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. Attorney-General ; the Bishop of Tasmania, the Right Rev. Charles Henry Bromby, D.D., attended by his chaplain, the Rev. H. Bromby ; the Bishop of the Church of Rome, the Right Rev. Daniel Murphy, D.D , attended by his chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Beechinor; the President of the Wesleyan Conference, Rev. W. A. Quick ; the President of the Legislative Council, the Hon. W. E. Nairn ; the Usher of the Black Rod, E. Abbott, Esq. ; the Hons. J. ^Vhyte, C. Meredith ; the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Hon. R. Officer ; Captain Fenton ; Major Maycock, 14th Regiment ; Captain Warren, Royal Engineers ; Archdeacon the Venerable G. Hunter ; Vicar-General the Very Rev. W. J. Dunne ; Captain Tarleton, A. C. G. Bartlett, Esq., R. P. Adams, Esq., E. J. Manley, Esq., J. E. Calder, Esq., T. T. Watt, Esq., H. J. Buckland, Esq., the Hon. J. M. Wilson, J. Forster, Esq.; T. Stephens, Esq., M.A. ; Major Lloyd, W. S. Sharland, Esq., J. Dunn, Esq., J. Barnard, Esq., Colonel Crawford, the Hon. M. Isaacs, Solicitor-General New South Wales ; and T. Home, Esq. After the levee, addresses were presented to his Royal Highness as follows : — By the Bishop and Clergy of Tasmania, the Ministers of the Church of Scotland, the Bishop and Catholic Clergy of Hobart Town, the Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Congregational Union, Hebrew Synagogue ; also the Masonic Body, Ancient and Independent Order of Odd- fellows, Manchester Unity do., Rechabites of Hobart Town, the Warden and Councillors of Glenorchy, Independent Order of Rechabites of the Northern Division of the Island, Inde- pendent Order of Oddfellows of the Cornwall District, and from the Working Men's Club of Hobart Town, To all the above, gracious and appropriate replies were made by his Royal Highness. THE governor's BALL. The fine assembly room of the Town Hall had been specially decorated for the occasion, and presented a very brilliant appearance, on the evening of the 9th J'inuary, when filled with the gay company assembled to do honour to the Royal visitor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived with the Governor soon after ten o'clock. He was received at the entrance by a guard of honour of the 2-1 4th Regiment, and on his arrival in the ballroom by the general company standing, the band playing the National Anthem. The ball was attended by between seven hundred and eight hundred persons, including the officers of the Galatea and of the garrison, _in full uniform. The Prince led ofT the first set with Mrs. Gore Browne, the Governor and Lady Fleming vis-a-vis. Other dances followed, and his Royal Highness retired about twelve o'clock. At the supper the Governor proposed the health of Her Majesty, which was responded to in the usual manner. His Excellency then proposed the health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. The toast, which was received with great applause, was dnnik with all the usual honours. VISIT TO NEW NORFOLK. On Friday, loth January, the Duke paid a visit to New Norfolk. Along the route were erected a number of triumphal arches. On the arrival of the royal party, the Warden and Councillors of the district presented a loyal address, to which his Royal Highness was graciously pleased to accord a reply. After this ceremony, a little fellow about five years old (Master James L. A. Moore), dressed in sailor's costume, was held up to the carriage, and presented the Prince with a beautiful nosegay enclosed in a very handsome bouquet-holder, on which was engraved the Duke's arms on a gold shield, and an inscription to the effect that it was presented to his Royal Highness by one hundred and sixty native-born residents of the district. From the state of the weather it was found quite impossible to extend the trip to the Salmon Ponds ; and, after lunching with the Hon. Robert Officer, Esq., the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and a short stay in the township, the party returned to town. citizens' banquet to THli CREW OF THE " GALATEA." At half-past one p.m. on Saturday, January nth, two hundred and thirty of the seamen under command of Lieutenant Fitz-George, and thirty marines under Sergeant-major Thacker, accompanied by his Royal Highness's band, were brought ashore in the launch Ads, and landed at the Duke's stairs, when they were received by several members of the Banquet Committee, with whom and the Artillery Volunteers they proceeded to the Town Hall, at which place the band halted, the citizens drew aside, and the men marched in and took their places at the tables, where there were above one thousand dishes, and wines and ale were provided in profusion, and the sailor guests to all appearance did ample justice to the good cheer set before them. Charles Colvin, Esq., Chairman of the Banquet Committee, was in the chair, with A. Rheuben, Esq., as vice-chairman. In the course of the afternoon, the Premier (Sir R. Dry), the Colonial Treasurer, and the Mayor of Hobart Town, entered the room, and took their seats by the chairman. After a number of toasts had been proposed and responded to, the ship's company gave three cheers for the Mayor, citizens, and ladies of Hobart Town, and the proceedings terminated. REGATTA. The same day the Annual Regatta took place, and amongst the events was the " Galatea Match Race," between a crew from H.M.S. Galatea and one picked from the crews of boats entered for other races. The Tasmanians came in easy winners, and the steerer of the winning craft, Mr. Hopwood, was presented with the prize, a purse of twenty sovereigns, by his Royal Highness. JOURNEY TO LAUNCESTON. The Duke left Government House at nine o'clock a.m. on Monday, 13th January, for Launceston, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor, Sir R. Dry, Lieutenant Haig, and Mr. Brierly. At New Town were two arches spanning the main road, and opposite the Queen's Orphan School the children from that institution, to the number of about four hundred, were drawn up, and sang " God save the Queen'' as the carriage approached. On reaching O'Brien's Bridge, his Royal Highness was met by a large number of the inhabitants, including the members of the Municipal Council of Glenorchy, and was most enthusiastically received, the Warden, Dr. Butler, presenting a loyal address, to which His Royal Highness gave a reply. At Pontville an arch of welcome had been erected and a dais constructed close to the bridge, where were congregated the Warden and councillors, and many of the neighbouring gentry. A. Finlay, Esq., warden, presented an address of welcome and congratulation on the part of the inhabitants, to which his Royal Highness replied. Passing through Bagdad, the next township arrived at was Green Ponds, where a very fine arch had been erected uith evergreens and flowers, having the words " Welcome, Royal Duke." Here the royal party stopped a short time, and the Warden, G. A. Kemp, Esq., read an address. At half-past one Melton Mowbray 2o8 Visit of H R.H. Prince Alfred. was reached, where a hinch was provided by Mr. Blackwell. This pretty little township was decked out with flowers and flags, the inhabitants all turning out in their holiday attire to greet the Prince with their mite of welcome. At Spring Hill there was an arch embellished with floral decorations. At the township of Oatlands the preparations were most elaborate. A large triple arch was thrown across the road opposite the principal hotel, and a dais erected for the accommodation of tlie members of the municipal body. The address was read by the Warden, J. R. Roe, Esq., to which a reply was given. The little village of Tunbridge had done its best to give evidence of its loyalty, floral decorations of all kinds being displayed. It had been arranged that his Royal Highness should dine and pass the night at Mona Vale, the estate of the Hon. R. Q. Kermode, M.L.C. Along the avenue leading from the main road to the house and grounds reception arches had been erected, decorated in the most tasteful manner, with banners, floral devices, and appropriate mottos. The interior of the noble mansion had been most elegantly fitted up by Messrs. Hamilton and Son. The whole arrange- ments had been completed under the personal superintendence of the proprietor, whose princely fortune and large establishment enabled him to entertain his Royal Highness in such a manner as probably no other private gentleman in Tasmania could pretend to. Soon after eleven o'clock the following morning his Royal Highness left Mona \'ale house. At Ross, his Royal Highness was received by the "Warden and councillors, who were in waiting at the principal arch, which had been erected about the centre of the township. The address was presented by P. T. Smith, Esq., warden. Campbell Town \\as the next stage reached, and here also were signs of great rejoicing. The Prince arrived at the picturesque township of Perth, situate on the banks of the Esk, the inhabitants of which had constructed an immense triple arch. At Franklin Village the Duke took his seat in the carriage and four that awaited him, accompanied by the Governor, Sir D. Dry, and Mr. Haig. About one hundred horsemen escorted the Prince to the foot of the Sandhill, where a more ceremonious reception awaited him. RECEPTION AT LAUNCESTON. The volunteers, fire brigades, and other public bodies marched out from their different places of meeting to the great muster-ground, the triumphal arch on the ^^'ellington Road, and waited until the Royal corte'ge hove in sight, and the salute soon announced the fact for miles around. His Royal Highness was escorted by a detachment of the First l^ight Cavalrj-, and about a hundred gentlemen, well mounted. The carriage was the property of T. C. Archer, Esq., who drove it, accompanied on the box by Joseph Archer, Esq., M.L.C. In the carriage with the Prince were his Excellency the Governor, Sir Richard Dry (Premier), and Mr. Haig. The Artillery Coqis was drawn up as a guard of honour at the triumphal arch, and presented arms. The band played the National Anthem. On a platform were seated his Worship the Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Clerk, and officers of the Corporation, members of the Royal Reception ConuTiittee, wardens, and councillors of the northern rural municipalities, &c. The carriage drew up opposite the Mayor and aldermen, amidst enthusiastic cheering, and his Worship the Mayor read and presented an address from the Council and Burgesses of Launceston, to which the following reply was handed in : — Gentlemen — 1 liavc rccoivod your address \vitl\ much .satisfaction, and in thanking; you for tlic cordial manner in which you have welcomed mo to Launceston, and for your kind wislioa for my welfare and happiness, I also gratefully acknowledge on behalf of the Queen your expression of devotion and loyalty for her Majesty's Throne and person. I assure you that it has added, in no small degree, to the hapjiiness of my stay among you, to find that you aro all so eager to assure mo that nowhere has Her Majesty more devotedly loynl suhjects tliau in Tasmania. Return to Hobart Town. 209 The procession passed along Wellington to Frederick-street; up Frederick-street to St. John- street, at the junction of which, beside St. John's Church, about three thousand Sunday-School children, with their teachers, were as.sembled on an immense platform specially erected for the purpose. On the approach of the procession the children sang the National Anthem. Three cheers were then given for the Queen, three for the Duke of Edinburgh, three for the Governor, and three for the Mayor of Launceston. The streets were .strewed with bouquets of beautiful flowers, and, taken altogether, the scene at Prince's-square was one j)eculiarly interesting. The procession passed on down St. John-street to Cimitiere-street, thence to Charles-street, and through Bri.sbane-street to the Town Hall, where a guard of honour of the Launceston Artillery, under the command of Captain Harrap, received the Prince. His Royal Highness stepped lightly from the carriage and up the steps in front of the house, acknowledging the pre-sentation of arms by the guard of honour as he passed . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred held a levee in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, and the following gentlemen had the private entree :~-'XW Hon. the Treasurer; the Mayor of Launceston ; the Ven. Archdeacon Reiby ; the Recorder, John Whiteford, Esq. ; the Collector of Customs, the Hon. F. M. Innis, Esq., M.L.C. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Home ; the Sherifif, John Foster, Esq.; the Deputy-Recorder of Titles, R. C. Gunn, Esq. ; the Police Magistrate, W. Gunn, Esq. ; the Under-Sheriff, George Smith, Esq. ; H. E. Lette, Esq., M.L.A. ; and W. Archer, Esq., M.L.C. The general presentations were comparatively numerous, and included the principal residents in the northern side of the island. At night the Town Hall and public buildings were splendidly illuminated, and the fronts of the houses in most of the streets were decorated with brilliantly and tastefully executed designs in gas and transparencies. On the 15th the Duke planted two oaks in Prince's-square, and on the same day turned the first sod of the Launceston and Deloraine Railway, after which his Royal Highness inspected the General Hospital. His Royal. Highness visited the Cataract gorge in the evening, accompanied by the Governor, Mrs. Browne, Sir R. Dry, Lady Dry, Mr. Brierly, Miss Boyd, Lieut. Haig, and R. Green, Esq. His Royal Highness e.xpressed great admiration of the magnificent scenery of the Cataract and Falls, and sketches of the same were taken by Mr. Brierly. The aquatic procession took place at half-past eight o'clock, but his Royal Highness was not present. The ball took place in the evening at the Mechanics' Institute. The ball was opened with a quadrille. Prince Alfred dancing with Mrs. Gore Browne, with the Governor and Lady Dry as vis-a-vis ; Lieut. Haig with Miss Walker, and Mr. Brierly with Miss Boyd. At twelve o'clock supper was announced, after which the health of the Royal guest was drunk with the usual honours, and responded to. RETURN TO HOBART TOWN, AND DEPARTURE. The Duke returned the following day to Hobart Town, where, on the evening of the 17th, a grand ball was held in his honour. Her Majesty's Ministers, the Bishop, the Judges, the members of the late Ministry, the Mayor of Hobart Town, Mr. Tarleton, and Mr. John Forster, had the honour of meeting the Prince at dinner at Government House during the Royal visit. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh had issued special invitations for twelve o'clock od 2IO Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. on Saturday, i8th January (the day fixed for his departure), on board the Galatea, to his Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Gore Browne, and Miss Gore Browne, Her Majesty's Ministers, the Chairman of the Reception Committee (the Hon. J. M. Wilson, M.L.C.), and Mr. Tarleton ; and advantage was taken of this farewell interview to place in the Prince's hands the album of photographs of Tasmanian scenery which had been prepared under the direction of the Reception Committee for presentation to him from the colonists as a memorial of his visit. The album contained eighty-three photographs illustrative of the scenery of Tasmania, forty-eight portraits of children born in the colony, and nine plates immediately connected with the Prince's visit. The title-page was drawn by Mr. Alfred Randall, and illustrated by Mr. W. C. Piguenit. His Royal Highness was pleased to request that the Reception Committee would furnish him with duplicate copies of all the pictures, for the illustration of a work which his Royal Highness is preparing in connection with his visit to the Australasian Colonies. After the presentation, the guests sat down to luncheon with his Royal Highness in the state reception saloon of the Galatea. Lord Newry and the Prince's suite were also present. The Prince's guests bade their Royal host farewell about halfpast two p.m., when steam was got up and the anchors were weighed. At three o'clock the noble vessel steamed slowly down the estuary of the Derwent, and the Prince, bidding adieu to Tasmania, proceeded on his voyage to Sydney. From the detailed accounts which have been published, as well as from other authentic sources of information, it is well known that the people of Tasmania welcomed his Royal Highness with the greatest fervour and enthusiasm. It was not to be imagined that his reception would be otherwise, as the Tasmanian community has always shown the highest public spirit on all occasions of importance. At the Great Exhibition in London in 185 i and 1862, and recently at the Intercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne of 1866-7, Tasmania displayed more taste, skill, and liberality than any other colonial contributor, and it was therefore but natural that she should accord to a son of Queen Victoria a brilliant and generous reception. New South Wales. From the time when the first intimation arrived of the projected visit of the Prince to the Australian colonies, the citizens of Sydney had determined that the welcome given in New South Wales should not be less enthusiastic and demonstrative than proposed to be vouchsafed to the Royal traveller in each of the other dependencies. Arrangements were at once made for the reception, and when it was definitely known that the Duke might be expected during the month of January, preparations were pushed forward, and public attention was absorbed in the eager expectation of his arrival. The Legislative Assembly, when appealed to by Government, voted in the first instance ;^sooo, and subsequently another ^5000, for the purpose of entertaining the Duke in a becoming mannei, and spontaneously assured the Government that if more were required it should be forthcoming. Party strife was laid aside, and notwithstanding that it was a period of great political excitement, an adjournment of Parliament until the 25th February was unanimously agreed to. Arrival at Sydney. 2 1 1 On Monday, 20th January, a telegram arrived that the Galatea had touched at Twofold Bay, some two hundred miles south of Sydney, and that the Royal ship would jjrobably be off Port Jackson Heads some time during the 21st. Early on the forenoon of the latter date, the steam fleet, which had been prepared to escort the Duke, was got ready for i;utting to sea, and the following particulars of the naval reception, landing, and subsequent events up to the date of the publication of this work, have been condensed from the Sydney Empire, MoniiiKj Herald, and Mail : — The Naval Commission, to whom the management of the reception was entrusted, consisted of Captain Hixson, Commodore ; Captain Trouton, Vice-Commodore ; Mr. H. C. Dangar, Commodore of the yacht squadron ; Captain Smith, Captain Watson, and Captain Williams. Under the direction of this commission the following twenty-one steamers moved out from their respective wharves into the stream at twelve o'clock :— The Auckl.imi (Captain Harris), the City of Adelaide (Captain Walker), the Morpeth (Captain Budd), the Coonatibara (Captain Thomas), the Lady jfftirc'ir;/ (Captain Lake), the City of Melbourne (Captain Paddle), the Balclutha (Captain Hill), the Wojiga Wonga (Captain Fitzsimmons), the Kembla (Captain Mailler), the Florence Irving, the Agnes Irzting, the City of Neiacastle, the Hunter, the Collaroy, the Ballina the Grafton, the James Paterso/i, the Woniora, the Fire King, the Helen Macgrcgor, and the Sir John Burgoyne. These steamers moved very slowly down the harbour, until they had all taken up their proper relative position in two lines ; the Auckland (which conveyed the Ministry and their friends), and the City of Adelaide (on which were most of the members of the two Houses of Parliament and their friends), respectively heading the starboard and port lines. A large number of passengers occupied the remaining vessels. After these came another fleet of smaller steamers— the Prince Alfred, the Breadalbanc, the Adelaide, the Phantom, the Emu, the Culloden, the Atalanta, the Courier, the U'aratah, the Ysabcl, the Peri, the Brothers, the Gipsy Queen, the Vesta, the Transit, the Pelican, the Black Swan, the Herald, the Gomea, the Boomera?ig, the Sir John Young, the Kiribilli, the Perseverance, and the Fairy Queen. These last-named steamers went to Watson's Bay only, and there awaited the entrance of the Galatea. The first fleet passed out through the heads into the ocean. The morning was wet and cheerless, and a stiff north-easterly wind was blowing. But as soon as the fleet was outside the heads, about half-past one, through rain and sleet they saw to the southward, within ten miles, the e.\pected Royal steamer ; and the whole fleet moved steadily onward in two lines to meet her as she approached. On coming near the Galatea, the steamers wheeled off, one line headed by the Auckland to the westward, the other headed by the City of Adelaide to the eastward ; every one of them unfurling the .signal " welcome," and dipping the ensign to the Galatea, which returned the salute. On rounding the South Head the Galatea came in view of the second fleet of steamers lying in Watson's Bay, which all saluted in turn. When the next point was turned, there lay the flotilla of yachts waiting to join in the general welcome, and a swarm of small boats with adventurous passengers, eager to witness the arrival of the Galatea. Lying at anchor were the P. and O. Company's large steamships, the Avoca and the Bombay, and the Titatia and Kaikoura, the Globe, and the Napoleon III. The sailors of the Bombay and Kaikoura manned their yards, and the boys on the Vernon training-ship followed their e.xample. As soon as the Galatea came in sight of Commodore Lambert's flag, she fired a salute of eleven guns ; which was answered by the Commodore with a salute of seven. At 4 o'clock, the Galatea came to anchor, and shortly afterwards the Duke went in his boat to the private steps leading to Government House, and there landed. D d 2 212 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. THE PUBLIC LANDING. On Wednesday, 22nd January, his Royal Highness made his public entry into Sydney. For an hour or two before the time appointed for his landing, a number of members of Parliament, ministers of religion, and other citizens, were assembled under a triumphal arch erected at the Circular Quay for the reception of the Prince. At half-past eleven the Mayor and aldermen came up ; and, almost immediately after, the Premier, the Treasurer, the Minister for Lands, the Postmaster-General, the Minister of Works, and others connected with the Govern- ment arrived at the arch, nearly all being dressed in court costume. The Hon. E. Deas Thomson was present, accompanied by Professors Badham and Pell, and other members of the Universit)'. As the time drew near for the Prince's landing, the rain held off, and the aspect of the clouds almost promised a return of fine weather. Shortly before eleven his Excellency the Earl of Belmore arrived, and was loudly cheered. Some ten minutes before, twelve guns from the ships announced that his Royal Highness had left the Galatea, and in a short time the white boat bearing the Royal standard came into view, and a Royal salute was fired from Fort Macquarie. His Excellency the Earl of Belmore then went forward to the steps to meet the Prince, and was followed by the members of the Government present, namely, the Hon. James Martin, the Hon. Henry Parkes, the Hon. J. B. Wilson, the Hon. G. Eagar, the Hon. James Byrnes, and the Hon. J. Docker, the members of the Reception Committee, and a number of the clergy. His Royal Highness upon landing shook hands with Lord Belmore, who introduced him to the Premier and his Ministerial colleagues. An address of welcome was read by the Mayor of Sydney, in the name of the Corporation, after which the Prince and the Earl of Belmore walked forward to the carriage, which stood in waiting a few paces from the arch. .\ procession of great length was formed in the following order : — Voluuteer Fire Companies, with their Engines. Manchester Unity Lodges of Oddfellows. Grand United Order Lodges of Oddfellows. Royal Foresters. Ancient Order of Foresters. Sons of Temperance. Protestant Friendly Alliance. Mayors and Members of Suburban Municipalities. Gradviates and Students of the University. H.R.H. TUE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. His Excellency the Governor. Officers in command of H.M. Naval and Military Forces. Members of the Executive Council. Members of the Reception Commission. Members of the Suite of his Royal Highness. Members of the Suite of his Excellency the Governor. The Consular Body. ^ Judges of the Supreme Com-t. Members of the Legislative Council. Members of the Legislative Assembly. The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sydney. The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Senate, Professors, and Officers of the University. Warden of St. Paul's College and Rector of St. .John's College. District Court Judges and the Bar. The procession moved by Briilge-street to George-street, along George-street as far as the Cathedral of St. Andrew, then up Bathurst-street, round the southern end of Hyde Park by The Levee in Sydney. 213 Lyons'-terrace, and then along College-street and Macquarie-street to Government House, a little more than two miles. There were four triumphal arches — one at the landing jjlace, one at the corner of Hyde I'ark and the Soutli Head road, one opposite tlic statue of Prince Albert, in Macquarie-street, and one at the entrance to Government House. Spectators were gathered in thousands all along the line, and greeted the Prince with a mo.st hearty and unanimous welcome. As the long line of march passed on, reaching from Prince Albert's statue to Lyons'-terrace, the variety of costume, the bands of music, the many-coloured symbolic flags, and the myriads of human faces, made up a scene of lively interest. As his Royal Highness turned from St. Mary's-road, and arrived at the statue of his lamented father, he was received by a guard of honour formed by the Volunteer forces ; but no stoppage was made, as the rain at this time came down in torrents. The procession then proceeded through the triumphal arch at the end of Macquarie-street, and passed the Mint, the Infirmary, and the Houses of Parliament, to Government House. On the Prince's carriage turning into Government House gates, through the triumphal arch there erected, the procession halted until the school children of Sydney, under the coniluctorship of Mr. Fisher, sang the National Anthem. The procession then pro- ceeded to Government House, where the Prince alighted. ILLUiMINATIONS. In the evening of 21st January an illumination and display of fireworks took place in the harbour. Blue lights and coloured fires were burnt on many of the vessels. Others were plenti- fully adorned with lanterns slung in the rigging. The most remarkable sight of all was a great sea dragon, formed by the decoration of the A.S.N. Company's steamer Yaamha. This vessel was so set out with transparencies and lights as to resemble a gigantic dragon one hundrefl and two feet in length, with a tail composed of twenty-two boats hung with lanterns. It was towed about by the Ata/anta, which was invisible in the darkness, and the efifect was very striking. In the evening of the 22nd the city was brilliantly illuminated. The public buildings were adorned with appropriate transparencies; some, however, put up by private parties, vied in splendour with those on the public buildings. Fireworks added to the attractions of the exhibition. Sydney was crowded by tens of thou.sands of visitors from various parts of the countn', but the streets were free from disorder. THE LEVEE. On I'hursday, the 23rd, the Duke of Edinburgh received at Government House loyal addresses from the two Houses of Parliament, to which he replied, thanking them for the expression of their loj'alty to Her Majesty the Queen, and for their good wishes towards himself Shortly after one o'clock, carriages began to arrive at Government House, and by two, the hour fixed for the commencement of the levee, there was a continuous and eager stream of visitors. The British standard floated over the tower of Government House, proclaiming the presence of royalty. On the right of the entrance (to persons approaching) the Duke's body guard of mounted police was drawn up ; opposite to the door was a guard of honour of the 50th; and on the left a detachment of the regular police. The levee was very numerously attended. His Royal Highness — in full uniform as a Captain in the Royal Navy— wore the blue ribbon and other splendid insignia of the Order of the Garter, with the stars and crosses of the other orders of knighthood which have already been conferred ujjon him. At his right hand stood his Excellency the Eari of Belmore, behind whom were the Hon. Eliot Yorke and Lieutenant Haig, equerries to the Duke. In the immediate suite of his Royal Highness were Lord Newry, Lord Bertram Gordon, and Mr. O. \V. Brierly. The Earl of Belmore wore the uniform of a Privy Councillor ; and the members of the Executive Government of this colony — all of whom, except the Solicitor-General, were present — wore the uniform prescribed for members of colonial ministries by the revised regulations of July, 1867, which place the civil servants of the colonies on a footing with the civil servants of the Crown in England. Addresses were presented from the Presbyterian Churches of New South Wales, the Congrega- tional Union, the Wesleyan Churches, the Sons of Temperance, the Freemasons, and the Sydney University. FIREWORKS IN THE DOMAIN. There was a most extensive exhibition of pyrotechny in the domain, in honour of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, arranged by Messrs. Scott and Korff, and carried out at the expense of the Government; the display attracted an immense number of spectators. The gem of the whole was the finale, which surpassed anything of the kind ever before seen in New South Wales. The design was most beautiful, and consisted of three large arches formed of laurel leaves, adorned with numerous devices. On the summit of the centre arch was a trophy of flags sur- mounting an Imperial crown, the words " Alfred, Welcome," being defined in large and brilliant letters below. On each of the small arches was a ship, and in the panels were anchors with cables twisted round them. TREAT TO THE AGED AND INFIRM. The visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh was very thoughtfully, and with proper feeling on behalf of the Reception Committee, made an occasion of rejoicing even among the inmates of institutions for the destitute and aged poor. At the recommendation of the committee, certain sums of the funds placed at their disposal by the Government were set apart for special festivities at the following institutions: — The Hyde Park Asylum, the Benevolent Asylum, the Ragged School, the Soup Kitchen, the Liverpool Asylum, the Asylum at Randwick, and in addition provision was made for feasting five hundred families receiving out-door relief. The entertainment of the inmates at Hyde Park Asylum, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. Applethwaite and Mr. F. King, took place on Thursday. During the dinner the institution was visited by a number of ladies and gentlemen of distinction. The inmates evidently enjoyed the occasion heartily, and drank the healths of the Prince and Royal Family with much enthusiasm. They also paid a similar compliment to the master, matron, and the members of the Reception Committee. REVIEW OF THE TROOPS AND VOLUNTEERS. On Friday, the 24th, his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Earl of Belmore, the Bishop of Sydney, Lord Newry, Lieutenant Haig, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and others, inspected the troops and the volunteers of each force — the Artillery, the Rifles, and the Naval Brigade — in the Outer Domain. There were two hundred and eighteen troops and one thousand three hundred and sixty-nine volunteers, all under the direction of Colonel Waddy. Their evolutions and order elicited the approval of his Royal Highness. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY. The same evening his Royal Highness attended the University of Sydney, to witness the performance of the P/wr?n!o of Terence and the Pouneaugnac of Moliere, by some of the New South Wales Anniversary Regatta. 215 students. The performance was highly creditable, the company was large and brilliant, and the Duke testified his appreciation of the result. THE RACES. On Saturday, the 25th, the Duke's visit was celebrated at the Randwick Racecourse, and the meet was esteemed by sporting men to be the grandest ovation yet got up in honour of the Prince's advent in New South Wales. At eleven in the morning the course was thronged with almost as large a number of spectators as proportionately could be found at Epsom or Ascot. The committee of Tatter.sall's Club and their indefatigable secretary very worthily discharged their duty. The Governor's box was tastefully and elaborately fitted up for the convenience of the Royal visitor. His Royal Highness arrived on the course about one o'clock, and was received with vociferous cheering as he alighted from his carriage. His Excellency the Governor's carriage followed the Royal Duke's, immediately succeeded by a splendid turn-out of Sir George Bowen's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and his suite, with Lord and Lady Belmore, were present throughout the whole of the sports. THE ANNIVERSARY REGATTA. The eitrhtieth anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales was welcomed on Monday, the 27th January, with enthusiastic and holiday festivity by a people proud of the position they hold as a colony, and the race from which they spring. On the 26th of January, eighty years ago, a few scattered native camps stood where flourishing cities and towns now raise their head.s. To celebrate the anniversary by the good old English sport of boat-racing had long been the custom of the port, and on this birthday of the colony it was determined to carry out the time-honoured custom with all the glory which the prestige of the Royal visit could lend to it. The principal feature in the day's performance was the yacht race, for boats of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron ; and there was a good deal of speculation as to the result. After a beautiful race, the first prize, valued at ;^ioo, was carried off by Messrs. Fairfax and Lassetter's Nereid, and the second prize by Mr. Wilshire's Haidce. The committee had the good fortune to be able to secure the fine ship Sobraon as flagship for this occasion, and on board of this vessel were his Royal Highness and suite. The Sobrao?t was gaily decorated in rainbow fashion, with bunting from stem to stern, every flag fluttering in the wind. Nor was her decoration confined to her exterior. The immense saloon was gaily adorned with wreaths and festoons of flowers, real and artificial, the whole of the latter bemg the work of Mrs. Letheby. The saloon table was loaded with every delicacy of the season, the display and arrangement of which were in excellent taste. The chair was occupied by Mr. Dangar, and his Royal Highness sat upon his right, the Earl of Belmore on his left hand. Next his Royal Highness sat Mrs. Lambert, her vis-a-vis being Mrs. Parbury. Near the distinguished guests were seated Lord Newry, Colonel Waddy, Sir George and Lady Bowen, Mr. Lempriere, Mr. Parkes, Mr. Dalley, Captain Williams (of the Parrmnatta ), Captain Elmslie (of the Sobraon), Mr. E. Vickery, and many other of the leading members of society of Sydney. The vice-chair was occupied by Mr. George Thornton. The usual loyal and gallant toasts were well sustained, and the day was one of great enjoyment to the citizens and those who joined them in the celebration of the anniversary. VISIT TO ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. On Tuesday Prince Alfred visited the Cathedral of St. Andrew, when he was presented by the Bishop of Sydney with a Bible and Prayer Book, in a casket of myall wood, richly ornamented, the gift of the children of the Church of England Sunday-Schools of the dioceses of Sydney and Goulburn. There was a large concourse of children, clergy, and ladies and gentlemen on the occasion. ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW. On Wednesday his Royal Highness opened the Annual Flower Show, one of unexampled variety and beauty, in the Botanic Gardens. VISIT TO THE WATERFALLS. On Friday, 31st January, his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and a select party visited the Waterfalls at the Weatherboard, on the Blue Mountains, a distance of sixty-two miles from Sydney. The route thither was by the Western Railway. The locality of the Waterfalls is one of the most interesting in New South Wales. The party consisted of the Bishop of Sydney, the Bishop of Goulburn, the Earl of Belmore, the Hon. James Martin, Q.C. (Premier); the Hon. Henry Parkes, Colonial Secretary ; the Hon. J. Bowie Wilson, Secretary for Lands ; the Hon. James Byrnes, Minister for Works ; the Hon. J. Docker, Postmaster-General ; the Hon. T. A. Murray, President of the Legislative Council ; Dr. Badham, professor of classics, Sydney University ; Commodore Lambert, Colonel Waddy, C.B. ; Lord Newrj, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, Mr. Brierly, the Hon. George Allen, M.L.C. ; Sir William Macarthur, M.L.C. ; the Hon. W. Byrnes, M.L.C; Captain Beresford, Mr. Piddington, M.P. ; Mr. Lord, M.P. ; Mr. Windeyer, M.P. ; Mr. Barnet, colonial architect; the Countess of Belmore, and about t\velve other ladies. The party left the Sydney station at half- past nine o'clock. Prince Alfred, the Earl of Belmore, the Bishops of Sydney and Goulburn, the Countess of Belmore, and three other ladies occupying the royal carriage, designed by J. H. Thomas. The train travelled at a rapid pace until it reached Penrith, which town had arrayed itself in holiday costume and a display of bunting. The railway station was very handsomely decorated. The Parramatta Volunteer Band was in attendance, and about seven hundred school-children formed into a semicircle. When the train stopped, the children sang the National Anthem. The train was then put in motion, and passed over the Nepean Bridge. A fine semicircular curve brought the party to the foot of Lapstone Hill, where the Zigzag commences, by means of which an altitude of upwards of two thousand feet above the sea-level is gained, and the Blue Mountains rendered as passable as the plains. From this elevation the Emu Plains below appear like a panorama, and the surrounding country for thirty miles can be seen. A more lovely sight could not be desired. The corn fast filling, the orange groves, and orchards, with nicely cultivated paddocks, contributed to give a pleasing variety to the picture. But these soon disappeared. The carriages were now flying along the ridge of a mountain, and gradually getting into the fog which hangs upon its summit. Ravines on both sides, with the Blue Mountains still in front. Onward speeds the iron horse, puffing and panting, for his labour is hard ; nor will he cease till he has risen fully two thousand feet. On the summit of one of the highest mountains the traveller can overlook the dense foliage of other mountains, can glance at the deep ravines on either side, and catch occasional glimpses of gaps and chasms as wonderful as they are grand. New South Wales. 2 17 On arriving at the Weatherboard, sixty-one miles from Sydney, the Prince alighted on a platform specially constructed. The Prince stood alone on the platform for several minutes when he got into his private carriage, which had preceded him, and drove away to the Waterfalls with the Earl of Belmore and his suite. Six other large carriages conveyed the remainder of the party to the tents near the waterfall, where a substantial luncheon had been provided. It was raining and misty, and the spectacle could not be seen to great advantage. The party spent about three hours at this place, after which they returned to Sydney, where they arrived at half-past six o'clock. The Duke's carriage was in waiting at the Sydney terminus, whence he drove with Earl Belmore, the Countess of Belmore, and suite, to Government House. BALL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. In the evening a grand ball took place at Government Hou.se, at which his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, the naval and military commanders, members of the Ministry, and members of Parliament, were present. VISITS TO THE THEATRE. On Saturday evening his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Prince of Wales Opera House, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Belmore, Commodore and Mrs. Lambert, Lord Newry, the Hon. E. Yorke, Mr. Brierly, and several officers of the Galatea. The pieces selected for the occasion were Paul Pry and Craven's Milky White, and an interlude from the Christmas pantomime known as the Middies of the Galatea. His Royal Highness again visited the Prince of Wales Opera House on Monday, 3rd February, and witnessed Mr. Walter Montgomery's first appearance in that theatre. The pieces chosen for representation was the tragedy of Hamlet, the entertainment concluding with the farce entitled A Thumping Legacy. The house was crowded to excess. PRESENTATION OF A BIBLE AND C.A.SKET TO PRINCE ALFRED. On Tuesday, 4th February, the children of the Church of England Sunday Schools presented a Bible and Casket to his Royal Highness. The presentation took place in the Domain, and the attendant circumstances were of a most gratifying nature. The binding of the sacred volume, which was a splendid specimen of workmanship, was by Mr. John Sands, of George-street ; the casket was the production of Mr. Dean, the goldsmiths' work being by Messrs. Hardy Brothers, of Hunter-street. In every respect the present was a thoroughly artistic production. There were not less than twelve or thirteen thousand children present, and there were upwards of five thousand visitors, who lined the carriage drive on both sides, from the gates of the Inner Domain to Government House. The management of the children was undertaken by a sub-committee. Through the judicious exertions of the police, under the personal direction of Captain M'Lerie, the Inspector-General, a clear course was kept open for the litttle ones, and the utmost good order prevailed. On arriving at the ground, his Royal Highness was received by the superintendents and secretaries of the various schools, by two of whom (Mr. Reeve and Mr. Mailer) the Bible and Casket were presented, together with the following address : — May it please your Royal Highness — We, the undersized, in name of the teachers and scholars of Sabbath schools belonging to the various Protestant denominations in New South Wales, approach your Royal Highness nnth the pro- found respect due to your exalted station, and bid you a hearty welcome to our shores. We rejoice in the opportunity EC 2l8 Visii of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. thus afforded us of assui-ing your Royal Highness of the sentiments of loyalty and attachment universally entertained by the yoimg, no less than the old, throughout the colony, towards the person and Government of her Most Gracious Maiestv your illustrious mother, together with the affectionate veneration in which all unite to cherish the memory of yoiu- late illustrious father, whose name as " Albert the Good" has become among us a " household word." We beg most humbly to request your Royal Highness to accept, as a small but sincere tribute from the Sabbath Schools repre- sented by us, the accompanying copy of the Holy Bible, enclosed in a casket of New South Wales materials and workmanship. We feel persuaded that your Royal Highness will regard it as a pleasing indication of the spii-it which pervades the rising generation of the colony, that the children of our Sabbath Schools, in selecting their humble offering, should have instinctively turned to that book of books which has " God for its Authoi', Salvation for its end, and Truth with- out any mixtm-e of error for its matter." Tliat God may fulfil, in the experience of youi- Royal Highness, the "exceeding great and precious promises" of His Holy Word; that He may abundantly replenish you with His heavenly grace here below, and at length crown you with life and glory everlasting, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, is the sincere desire and prayer of, may it please your Royal Highness, your Royal Highness's most dutiful and most obedient servants, The above address was signed by Messrs. Mailer, Rowe, Medcalf, Goold, Reeve, AVeame, Miller, and Catley. His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh replied as follows : — " I accept the gift which has to-day been presented to me with feelings of heartfelt gratitude, and I sincerely appreciate and thank you for the sentiments contained in the address that accompanies it. I .receive this present not only as a token of goodwill to myself and affectionate loyalty to Her Majesty, but I alse recognise in it the assurance that these young children are being brought up in the fear of God and in reverence for their Queen. The allusion which you have made to my dear father should remind us that it behoves us all — young and old — to endeavour to be guided by the lofty principles of self-denial and love of duty which were manifested in his life, which won for him the hearts of the English nation, and which, above all, are inculcated in that Book of Truth, which I have had so much pleasure in receiving this morning." The children then sang very heartily another verse of the National Anthem, and the Prince returned to Government House. THE CITIZENS BALL. The next event of interest was the Citizens' Ball, given on the evening of the following day. The guests began to arrive about nine o'clock, and probably not fewer than three thousand persons must have been present. The Duke of Edinburgh and suite, and his Excellency and Lady Belmore were received by his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress. Her ladyship the Countess was accompanied by Miss Gladstone, Mrs. Beresford, and Mrs. Toulmin. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Lord Newry, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and Lieutenant Haig. Captain Beresford and Mr. Toulmin (the Governor's Aide-de-Camp and Private Secre- tary) were in attendance upon his Excellency. All the members of the Ministry were present, with the lady members of their respective families. Amongst the company were also Sir Alfred Stephen (Chief-Justice) and Lady Stephen, Sir William and Lady Manning, the Hon. John Hubert Plunkett, and, indeed, most of the representatives of the leading f;imilies of the colony. Colonel Waddy and all the military officers stationed in Sydney, and Commodore Lambert and the naval officers in the harbour, were amongst the more distinguished guests. His Royal High- ness opened the ball with the Mayoress (Mrs. Charles Moore), his Worship the Mayor leading out the Countess of Belmore ; His Excellency also joined in the dance. Miscellaneous Items. 2 1 9 The ball commenced shortly after the arrival of the Royal guest and the Vice-regal party. Mr. John Clark, of the Colonnade, Elizabeth-street North, acted as master of the ceremonies, and Mr. D. Callan was conductor of the volunteer band. In the supper-room everything provided was of the most reclierchc description, and the deco- rations were of the most gorgeous Character. After supi)er the usual loyal toasts, including that of the Royal guest, were given and responded to, the toast of the Countess of Belmore and the ladies of the colony, being replied to by I-ord Newry. MISCELLANEOUS ITK.MS. During his stay in Sydney, up to the period of our going to i)ress, his Royal Highness occupied his time in visiting the environs of the city. On the loth he went up the river to Parramatta, and was received at the wharf by the Corporation and a large number of people. An address was presented by the Mayor, to which the Prince replied. A procession took place to the Domain, where the school-children sang the National Anthem. The Prince planted a tree, lunched in the pavilion, and drove out to the orangeries, and then back to Sydney. Another day he visited the Orphan Asylum at Randwick, and his Royal Highness also took the opportunity of inspecting the Training Schools, Infirmary, and other institutions of Sydney. The time of the Duke was likewise taken up in making arrangements for the docking of his ship for some necessary repairs, and these works were carried out under his personal superin- tendence. On Friday evening, 14th February, his Royal Highness and his Excellency Earl Belmore attended the theatre on the occasion of Mr. Walter Montgomery's benefit. A grand Picnic was the next item on the programme of festivities in honour of the Royal visitor. When this narrative was sent to press it was understood that his Royal Highness would shortly proceed to Queensland, returning to Sydney to complete his engagements there, and afterwards continuing his tour to the several Provinces of New Zealand. 220 Visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred. h Yi V) ADDRESS FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BODY OF THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. To His Royal Highness Pmhce Alpbed, K.G., Duke of Edinbuegh. Th^ rts})ertfv-l address of the Roman CatJtolic Ckiyt/ and Laity of Victoria. On behalf of the Roman Catholic Body, numbering as it does one-fourth of the Christian population of Victoria, we cordially welcome yoiu- Royal Highness on your arrival in this colony. We respectfully assure you that the circumstances of our living, as we do, under a perfectly free constitution, and in the enjoyment of complete civil and religious liberty and equality, have strengthened oiu- feelings of attachment to the mother country and loyalty to the Throne. In conclusion, we wish your Royal Highness health, happiness, prosperity, and a safe and pleasant return to your native land. On behalf of the Roman Catholic Body, JOHN FITZPATRICK, D.D., Vicar-General administering the Diocese in the absence of his Lordship the Bishop. REPLY. Gentlemen — I thank you for your congratulations, and the welcome you offer me upon my arrival in Victoria. I am glad to know that, under the free Constitution of Victoria, all classes of the community enjoy complete civil and religious liberty, and that your regard for the mother country, and your attachment to the Throne, are strength- ened by the justice and ecpiality of the laws under which you are governed. I thank you for the wishes you express for mv prosperity and happiness, and for my safe retvurn. ALFRED. The Secretary to the Geelong Vinegrowers Association has received the following reply to the address presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by that body. [Note. — The Address will be found on page 120.] Gentlemen — The welcome which you accorded to me in passing through your district was very gratifying to me. You have mv hearty good wishes for the success of your industry . ALFRED. ADDRESS OF THE OLD COLONISTS. At the moment of going to press (Febniar}- 20) the following additional names to the Address of the Old Colonists have just been received from the Western Districts : — 1833- Must, Thomas 1836. Henty, John 1837- Campbell, L. H. Fawthrop, James M'Leod, J. N. Williams, Leo. 1838. Anderson, Humy Wood Cantstock, James Crouch, George Godwin Rutledge, William Scott, Thomas P. 1839. Coldliam, John Kerr, John Hunter, by the Midlothian, first ship from Great Britain. Morris, Richard Savage, Robert Wilson, James Yelverton 1840. Corney, William Macgregor, Samuel McCarthy, Dennis M*Kinley, Andrew Neate, James Ritchie, John Vine, Richard 1841. Ardlie, John Martin Barber, George Chishoim, G. Craig, John H. Finn, Edmund Foggan, James Irvine, James H. .Jackson, Thoma.-* Johnstone, J. M'Knight, Charles H. Murray, Adam. 1842. Claridge, G. G. P. Finn, Thomas Phillips, Henry Richardson, J. F. Rutledge, Richard Stevens, H. Trangmar, James Tulloh, William Tozer, Francis Urquhart, Roderick Woodward, R. H. 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