The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-04-26 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE AT WEYMOUTH.

In the worse of his tour of inspection, H.ft ff. the
Duke of Cambridge paid a visit to Weymouth, last
Tuesday •fternoon, for the purpose of inspecting the
Nothe fortifb-a ion on the western sid• of Weymouth
bay, and the 111, sk water. His Royal Nightie'e journeyed
ft out Plymouth by the Great Western train due at ow
terminus by 6 7.3 p.m., the Unite and his suite ocoupY• I
ing the foremost compartment of • firstelass Oat nag.
at the heed of the train, reserved to them by •
scrap of paper fixed to the window on whit& VAS
written "retained." Intim ition of the coming of His
Hoye' Highnees bad been given to the military authort.
at Weymouth, sod news of the Impending royal visit soon
reached Dorchester, upon which • number of the loyal people
of our county town hastened to join the train. On It, punctual
s,cepti at precheser, ever, body we. Inquiring "I. the Duke
inpietraln r and " Where I. IN? and, on being araured by
ao official acondienying the train, that a peer of the blood
royal was actually going to Wepn uth by the same moans and
in a similar carriage to ordinary folks, with the natural loyalty of
eiwiithmen. • glow of xat.lliattioll WU felt at travelling
In chs .me train. For consider hi. titiee—Duke it/Cambridge
Eat of Tipperary, and Baron of Culloden, in the United
Kingdom. ILO., S.F., (IC.. .0. P.C.. .011 of
Prince Adolplus Frederick, 7th me of King George 111. And
Weymouth people must perforce be Oil to a descendant of
.. GondKing O, they would not worthily fill the places ,
of theme "grateful inhabitant." who erected the statue to his ,
memory. And remember Ills Royal Highness's official d
- Grand Mater .4 tbe Order of Bt. 'lichee! and Bt. ,
Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. and °read thoseof the
Order of Leopold of Belgium, a Pleld•Marshai, and General
Coirmending-In.Chief, Colonel of the Royal Regiment of
Artillery, of the it.yal Engineer., and .4 the (trendier Guard.,
[tenger of Siamese, th.. Green, htdo, and Richmond Park.,
President of the Royal Military College, and we know not he.
many more high officea he holds. Bawd the Duke how you
out he k • notable man, and in appearance he I. a line
specimen .4 an Englishman MIL erect, •ll'prcpontioue4, of
• goodly presence, and noble besting. Ile worts plain frock coat,
but no indications of his rent. But Ishiie we have teen thinking
on the Duke we have quickly and pleaaintly glided along.
side the arrival platform at It eyrt.outh etatitm, and observe •
large crowd collected tocateh a glimpia of His Royal Highness,
Shortly before the train was timed to wrive a guard of honour
from the 7th Fusilier., consisting .4 100 men, and de
sergeants—line folios, all and right well they looked- -
had marched to the station iiii,ler the eennuind of
Captain 81urk., Lieutenant Maori,. and Ensign Brien
hearing the Roy./ standard, accompanied by the splendid band
of the reiriruent under Sergeant Lang, who played route a
spirited Snteh march to lierr. Von H My boy
Tammy." Sevend other officers were present, Including
Licutenani•Colonel Cooper and Lieutenant Winter, of the
Royal Feathers, Lteidenant-Coloncllfleid and Lieutenant
Lloyd. of the Royal Engineer., Captain Nolleth, lI.M S.
Aehilltw, and the Staff-Commander of the Black Eagle, • yacht
14ilial arrives! in %etym. ash bey luring the afternoon. The
guard of honour, whleli heel been lo open column. now took
order, and ordered arum The livened anxiety eas mani.
footed by the crowd to see the Boyd party, and although they
sere allowed to approach close up In all direction., • staff
.4 police, under Supt. Vickers% gooddiumoure ty kept all from
impeding the Proemse of tha Nike and tila party. Accompany•
ing His Royal nighties. were Linnenent- General Sir
Hoss, Grant. Major-Con ral tlembier, Cob-m.l Jervoise and
ItrcietsColonel Clifford aide-sic-camp. The Duke of Canihnehro
on leaving the carriage with his suite, an. met by Lieut.-C.l
Cooper and Colonel &Meld, with whom he abo.k hands, an.]
at once pnesceikd to an open carriage drawn by • par of home,
In waiting for him. The guard of honour presented ann.,
gave the royal alute with celerity and precision, the royal
standard was unllirital, and the bond struck up the Retinal
anthem Entering the carriage Ilia Royal Highness and suite
Kneaded at • nishl pace to the pier. walked scrum the Prince
stouner to an eight-oared galley, despatched from the Black
Eagle for that service. On his stepping Into the boat the
Royal standard was housed at the bow, and an ensign.,
stern, and the crew pulled away lustily towards the Black
Eagle, attended by a four.oared gig and • dawn launch from
the Achilles. A. the r.oa/ visitor• left th- pier the lion tarts
congregated there gave a teal cheer which 1111 Koval Illghoma
etmlially m:11..1.1.110.4. In tie meentline the Fusilier*
had returned to barracks, entertaining the mac of people
lining the oplanade by pley.ng on the way " Sally, don't love
another.- Oil the vtit the to the Breakwater the Blank Eagle
was brought up in front of the Nothe give the Duke
opp.rtunity for impecting the outer sortie The yacht soon
came alongside the Breakwater pier, the Duke and party
landed upon the great sea wall, and lin Royal /lighnew made
a brief hot nevertheless critics/ inspecti II of that remark-
able structure. On retort* g to Weymouth, shortly after
the Black Eagle rounded Nothe Point, the Achilles and
Boacaren Bred a royal salute, the 1`C,0136 of which reverber-
ate] front the line of houses fronting the Esplanade with
telling effect. The Duke landed at the Rothe steps and at
once proceeded bf inspect the fortiecation. Al the entrance
to the work. His Royal Highnee lea met by Lieut.-Colonel
Cooper, Major Wilier, Captain liontzoinery, Captain Sonrh
Lieut. Winter, Lieut. Gillilan, Ensign O'Brien, and Ensign
Clark (Adjutant), with Lieut.-o,lonel Belfhl.l, RE.,
Lloyd, RE., end ('.pt ,in Fraser, Barrack-master. The arty
visited the soldiers' quarters, the enemata, and the mammine,
a/tree-ads went upon the rampart, and, before leering,
Inspected the apparatus connected with the a...bridge over
the moat.. All this wee done with military promptnea, and a
minutenees of scruitny marking the experierseed soldier. On
leaving Ilia Royal Highnew wished the officers attending him
at the fort good night," and Immediately drove to the
Gloucester Hotel, where he remained f ,4 the oirld.