The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-30 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

TITE DISCOVERY OF EXPLOSIVE
MACHINES AT LIVERPOOL.

On Monday several of the London morning papers
published an account (furnished by the Liverpool
Correspondent of the Press Association) giving details
of a discovery of large consignments of dynamite and
infernal machines on board two vessels from New
York.—We give the following extracts from the
report :
For some time past it has been suspected that a consider-
able ;raffle in explosives had been carried on between
America and this country, through the agency of certain
people in Liverpool who are not licensed to deal in such com-
modities. Recently more detailed information was received,
which caused a sharp look-out to be kept on all goods
arriving from the United States at Liverpool. Major
Greig, the head of the Liverpeol police, and Chief
Superintendent Williams, of the Detective Department,
were entrusted with the inquiries, and Mr. Gardener, head
collector of Cu;tonis at Liverpool, was also specially com-
missioned by Sir Charles Du Cane, chairman of the Board
of Customs, closely to watch all arrivals of goods, and gener-
ally to investigate the matter. The reports received were to
the effect, that by one of the largest vessels of one of the prin-
ciple hues of steamers sailing between the United States
and Liverpool, a number of infernal machines loaded
with dynamite were being conveyed to this country.
Several vessels were searched, but without any-result. On
the arrival of the Malta belonging to the Cunard line, how-
ever, one particular portion of her cargo aroused suspicion.
This was a consignment of a number of barrels of cement,
an article which, coming to Liverpool, somewhat re-
sembles the proverbial coals at Newcastle. These
barrels were detained, and, in order to keep the matter
as secret as possible, it was decided to examine them
in the middle of the night. The examination took
place in one of the wharves at the Huskisson Dock,
none but Custom House officers being present. Six or
seven of the barrels were opened without anything being
found, but eventually a barrel was opened which afterwards
was noticed to have on it a black cross not to be found on
the others, and in this were found six zinc boxes, which, upon
further examination, proved to be infernal machines, with
neatly constructed clockwork and some composition that
looked like dynamite ready prepared. Dr. Campbell Brown was
asked to examine this stuff, and pronounced it really to be dyne-
mite. Each box contained about 31bs. of the mixture, one or
two of them containing besides a quantity of nitro-glycerine.
A clockwerker was carted in to examine the machinery; he
stated that the works were of a very simple but effective
kind, and that after being started the machines would run
for about six heurs, when a portion of the clockwork would
move a powerful spring, which would be brought into con-
tact with a percussion cap, and so the explosives would be
fired. During the examination one of the officers incau-
tiously started one of the machines, but the action was, of
course, immediately stopped.

The if alta had on board nearly 200 passengers, and it is
terrible to think what would have been the result had one of
these machines been started accidentally during the voyage.
The Home secretary was communicated with, and one of the
machines—the dynamite having previously been extracted—
was forwarded to London for examination.

A few days after the arrival of the Malta the Baroartan,
one of Leylend's steamers, having on board some passengers,
but carrying principally cattle arrived in the same dock. She
also had on board some barrels of cement, consigned to the
same persons. These were, of course, examined, and in one
of the barrels six more machines, constructed on the same
plan, were found, each of these containing 31bs of explosive
material.

The Liverpool papers of Monday, while publishing
the story, did not corroborate it in any way, but
rather discredited it. The Daily Courier said that
inquiries made on the previous night failed to elicit
any corroborative information, the clerks on duty
stating that they had not heard of any such dii-
covery. Another paper also said that the authorities of
the detective office professed to know nothing of the
matter.—The Times of Monday (which did not publish
the full statement, but merely alluded to it in a few
lines) said that their Liverpool Correspondent had
made inquiries from the local police, who stated that
they had no knowledge whatever of the alleged dis-
coveries. It was not until the news was confirmed
by a detailed statement of Sir W. Harcourt in the
House of Commons, en Monday evening, that it was
generally credited.

STATEMENT BY THE HOME SECRETARY.

In the House of Commons, on Monday evening,
Lord Sandon said—l wish to ask the right hen gentle-
man the Secretary of State for the Home Department
whether he can give to the House any information as
to the reports contained in the morning papers, with
reference to the discovery in Liverpool of a number of
explosive machines on board two vessels which have
arrived from America; and further whether he has
any information that such machines were sent by any
persons connected with Fenian conspiracies.
Sir W. Harcourt, in reply, said: The accounts
which have appeared in the morning papers relating to
the explosive machines seized at Liverpool are sub-
stantially correct. The Government have not hitherto
been desirous of giving publicity to the matter—first,
because the knowledge of the facts might have proved
an obstacle to the detection of the offenders; and,
secondly, from a natural desire not to create alarm.
But secrecy in these days has ceased to exist,
and now that the circumstance is generally known,
it is right that the facts should be authoritatively,
stated. More than three weeks ago the Ceovernment re-
ceived information of the consignment to Liverpool,
and then on their way from America, of a number of
infernal machines concealed in barrels of cement. I
accordingly communicated at once with the Com-
missioners of Customs, and a confidential agent of the
Customs and a metropolitan police officer were
dispatched from London to Liverpool to await the
arrival of vessels which had been designated. These
officers reached Liverpool only a few hours before
the arrival of the first of the vessels. he cargoes
were accordingly searched in concert with the police and
the Customs authorities at Liverpool, and in the first
vessel six of these machines were discovered in a barrel
said to contain cement; and four more were found in
the second vessel, concealed in the same manner. The
machines consisted of a metal box divided into two
compartments, the uplier portion containing a six-
hour clockwork movement so arranged as to ignite
a detonator to be hereafter inserted, which was to
communicate with the lower compartment, con-
taining 11 cartridges, each charged with three ounces
of a nitro-lignine compound which resembled, but
which has proved not to be, dynamite. It is, how-
ever, of a highly dangerous charaoter—of the character
of gun cotton. I have had the mateeial carefully exa-
mined and experimented upon at Woolwich, Each of
the•ten boxes contained a charge of over 21b. of explo-
sive, and one of the barrels contained in all nearly a
stone weight of this nitro-lignine compound: It is
impossible to estimate the fatal effects of even an
accidental concussion on such a material. I need not
say thet Her Majesty's Government have employed
and are employing every resource at their disposal to
detect the consignees in England and the consignors in
America of these machines. The actual history of the
despatch of these machines is under investigation in
America and remains to be ascertained. But on the
face of them they appear to be the precise and literal
fulfilment of projects openly avowed and declared
in the Irish Fenian Press of America. Week by
week for the last nine months open threats and
public invitations to general outrage and private
assassination have been circulated, and subscrip-
tions for these purposes have been openly collected
in the United States and actually expended
for these purposes. More than one attempt of
the kind has been made in England by mis-
creants hired and despatched from America for
the purpose, and their work has been publicly claimed
by ti*ir instigators as a reward of past and a motive
for fresh subscriptions. I thought it my duty at
an early period of this Session, in the debates on
the Arms Bill, to call the attention of this House to
these publications, their avowed object, and their
necessary results. Some silly and inconsiderate people
—to use a mild term—made light of these atrocious
teachings, and disparaged all attempts to restrain or
punish these incitements to crime. But Her Majesty's
Government have not regarded them as things to be
laughed at or neglected. They knew well the gravity
of the case, and have not been the dupes of the mis-
chievous fallacies of their apologists. The principal
origin of these attempts is to be found in the
assassination Press. (Cheers.) This poisonous seed,
sown broadcast finds a congenial soil in evil minds,
and bears a fatal fruit. (Hear, hear.) We have
shown in the prosecution of the Freiheit that the law
of England is capable and ready to deal with such
criminals not less in the interests of our own people
than of foreign States. (Cheers.) In my opinion, it
is the duty of every civilized Government to co-operate
in putting down with a strong hand these nefarious
enterprises. I have seen with regret the attempt on
the part of persons in this country who ought tb know
better—(hear, hear)—to weaken the hands of the
Government in the representations they have thought
it their duty to make to the Government of the United
States on these matters. It is my firm belief that the
Government of the United States is as ready as our own
to repress and to punish the authors of such crimes.
(Cheers.) It is their interest no less than ours, for the
danger is as great to every American citizen as to every
British subject who crosses the Atlantic. But in
any event I can assure the House that her Majesty's
Government are and have long been fully alive to
their responsibility in this matter—a responsibility
which the House will believe is sometimes heavy
enough to bear. And the Government confidently
count on the sup Port of Parliament and the country
while they employ every power of the Executive and
every engine of the law to detect and to destroy these
associations of assassins. (Cheers.)

In answer to a further question of Viscount Sandon,
Sir W. Harcourt said representations had been made
to the American Government in reference to certain
publications in America, but no reply had yet been
received.

The Times of Tuesday said :—" The reply of Sir W.
Harcourt to Lord Sandou as to the discovery at Liverpool
occasioned great surprise in the House of Commons. An
impression has gained possession of the minds of the
authorities that some of the machines were intended for
we in London, if not at the House of Commons itself
The precautions taken some time ago, however, have
rendered improper access to any part of the palace
utterly out of the question. None of those precautions
have been in the slightest degree relaxed. An inciden
recently occurred in connection with the visit of coins
strangers to the house of Commons which occasioned a
striet watch to be kept, but nothing was discovered to
;Justify interftrence. The police at the Houses of Parlia-
ment now guard every avenue, and it is certain that no
stranger enters or leaves the building whose movements are
not under observation. The Irish members have taken no
notice, and, it is said, intend to take none, nt the statement
made by Sir W. Harcourt, as, in Mr.eParnell's words,—` the
matter has nothing to do with them.' Several of them,
however, bare Indignantly condemned the conduct of who-
ever is engaged In the infamous traffic which has now been
exposed."

The Times in a leader, commenting upon the above,
remarke

The statement made by the Home Mecretary will be
read with the deepest interest. The machines which
have been seized were, perhaps, intended to be used
against some of our chief buildings, perhaps against the
Houses of Parliament. The last days of Dean St.rnley
were disturbed by rin,nymous letters which he received,
warning him that it was intended to destroy or in-
jure his beloved Abbey, and he did not thibk it right
wholly to ignore them The malignity of tho,c Nth° would
stoop to tire use of infernal machines would shrink from
no application of them, and we may be sure that no elifice
would be safe or sacred in their eyes. It is not only our
arsenals or,' dockyards that require guarding ; anything
Olt is cotPpicuous is fair game to the Nihilist ; it is
enough for him that something will be destroyed or cone.
body will bo annoyed. Under the circumstances, it will
be the duty of the Government to spare no precautions
in order to defeat the machinations of the desperadoes
who are in league against society ; and we may count, no
doubt, upon the moperation of the authorities in the United
states in the effort to bring to justice men who are the enemies
of their kind. It would be foolish tojassume that this dia.

covery places us in safety, or that the malevolence of those
who exported the ten machines is spent.
Vigilance, therefore, is needful. But we need not give
way to a panic. This is not the first attempt of the kind.
We have heard of infernal machines since the French Con-
sulate, and there is the comforting fact that they have never
been beneficial to the cause on behalf of which they were
used. They excite universal loathing and revulsion, and the
object which they are designed to serve never fails
to incur its share of obloquy. If a few misguided
persons fancy that they will accomplish great political
changes in Ireland by putting nitro-glycerin': in the cellars
or areas of public buildings, or placing pipes or bottles
crammed with combustibles near them, they will be greatly
mistaken. The revulsion against their crimes will quickly
extend to the cause which they advocate; and we should
soon observe an immense revolution in public opinion in
regard to all phases of Irish affairs. This is more or less
clearly understood even by unscrupulous persona It is more
than thirty years since the terrible properties of nitro-
glycerine became known to science. It and the compounds
of it have been in practical use for some time ; but the vast
powers tor destruction which the discovery of these and
kindred explosives puts within the reach of a single person
have not been freely used for criminal objects. tier is it
certain that they will be employed•largely as the knowledge
of their existence extends. When researches in chemistry in
the middle ages brought incidentally to light new poisons,
criminals at first used this knowledge for their evil purposes.
The crime spread like an epidemic. It passed from Italy to
France. There is no reason to suppose that poisoning is
at all so common now that toxicology is well understood
as it was in the infancy of the science. It seems a grave
menace to the very existence of society that any one
even a madman or a drunkard, may at no great expense,
procure enough of nitro-glycerine to kill hundreds of persons
and to lay waste a large area. It is an unpleasant re-
flection that one of the clearest consequences of civilization
is that it has armed folly and crime with terrible powers,
and that it enables any one to carry out the threat contained
in the famous letter to Lord Monteagle touching the Gun-
powder Plot—" they shall receive a terriole blow, this
Parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurt them "—in a
way which was but lately impossible. We may fall back as par-
tial comfort on the thought that such crimes produce a re-
vulsion which is the best safeguard against their repeti-
tion, and that there is a reserve of humanity in mankind
at its worst which makes their frequency impossible. Tills,
however, is insufficient protection. We have to do, it is
plain, with a set of reckless criminals. They must be en-
countered with vigilance; they must be tracked out ; and
society will applaud any efforts to punish them, and to put
an end to the causes which stir up the deadly passions of
which they are the instruments.

In New York the intelligence of the discovery made at
Liverpool was known almost as soon as in England, and
inquiries were immediately set on foot with a view to find
out the senders of the infernal machines.

The Liverpool Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
says :—"There was some reason for the steamship companies
denying any knowledge of the so-called infernal machines.
It seems that the packages came unaddressed to anyone in
particular, and they were handed over to the police as being
of a suspicious character. It was by selected officers of
the police and the Customs that the barrels of cement
were examined, and the Home Office had taken the most
careful precautions that the result of the examination
should not transpire. It must have been known to a few
heads of departments, if only to secure caution in the
shipment of pimilar dangerous goods in America, but these
had carefully guarded the secret. The recent attempts to
blow up the Police Barracks and Town Hall induced the
Home Office to issue strict injunctions to the Customs
authorities and the police, with a view to the
speedy detection of any further similar attempts
on life and property. The former were instructed
to lee more than usually vigilant when overhauling the
cargoes of vessels just arrived from abroad. It was in fol-
lowing out these orders rather more than three weeks ago
that ties barrels of cement were made over to them. It was
apparently incorrect to say that the dynamite was east into
the sea; it was sent to Woolwich to be tested, while the
elockwork was forwarded to the Home Office.

"The steamer Malta left Boston on Saturday, and the
Bavarian arrived there on the same day. The Malta on her
previous voyage left Boston on June IS. She had on board
twenty-six cabin and forty-five steerage passengers, in addi-
tion to her crew."

A Renter's telegram from Boston says that the Boum,
Advertiser of Tuesday states that the steamship Malta on
her last voyage took on board ten barrels which were repre-
sented as containing cement, and were accepted as such
with Out suspicion. It adds that the names of the consignor
and consignee are probably fictitious; and that the forward-
ing of dangerous goods under false pretences renders the
sender liable to heavy punishment in the United States as
well as in England.

The Times of Wednesday published a communica-
tion from their Liverpool Correspondent, in which he
says:—

"No further particulars are forthcoming with respect to
the means by which the discoveries of the infernal
machines were effected, or the source of the information on
which the Government acted. It seems that, after the
boxes of explosives and mechanism had been removed
from the packages in which they • were brought from
America, the packages were again made up so as to appear
as if they had not been disturbed, and they were then left
on the quay to see whether the consignees would claim
them ; but ne one did so, and this is viewed as a very sig-
nificant circumstance. It is aho pointed out that it was
next to impessible for the boxes to explode during the voyage,
as they were so packed up in cement sas to prevent any
chance of concussion. There is a growing impression among
commercial men in Liverpool that the contrabsnd explosives
and infernal machines have been sent over to England solely
for the purpose of creating a sensation, and thus encouraging
the dupes of the Skirmishing Fund to continue their sub-
scriptions.

" It is thought that the persons who sent the explosives to
Liverpool also simultaneously sent warnings to the authori-
ties, and this opinion is justified by the facts of the discoverks
on board the Malta and Bavarian. The Home Secretary
received such precise and timely information that he was
enabled to have it manifolded and transmitted to various
officials before the steamers reached the Arlersey, and when
the vessels arrived the persons sent to make the discoveries
were able at once to pitch upon the identical part of the
cargo in which the infernal machines,were concealed."
"Another theory is that British spies have ingratiated them-
selves into the confidence of American Fenians, and are thus
enabled to advise the Home Secretary of such shipments as
these, which have caused such a scare all over the kingdom.
One thing is quite clear—namely, that either the persona
send their con‘ignmenta to England with the pre-arranged
purpose of having them seized, or there is utter disloyalty
among the Irish fraternity in America. The fact that both
consignors and consi,nees are unknown, and have studiously
avoided claiming the property, although they were not
warned of its dangerous character having been detected, is
considered further evidence of the whole affair having been
a 'plant' for the mere purpose of drawing subscriptions to
the Skirmishing fund."
The Correspondent of The Times says that the United
States Government officials are taking the matter in hand
both at Boston and New York. The Government are re-
ported to have received telegrams from England giving
cities. Consequently, on Monday instructions from Wash-
ington were sent to the United States Marshal and Attorney
In New York, stating that an examination should be made
there at all Transatlantic steamship offices to discover who
had been shipping barelled freight to Liverpool within the
past three weeks.

The Philadelphia Correspondent of The Times, under date
July 26, says :—" Liverpool telegrams announcing the dis-
covery of concealed explosives on board steamers from New
York confirm the belief here tuat a conspiracy exists among
a certain Irish party in this country to send over explosives
clandestinely for the destruction of public property in the
United Kingdom, and that funds have been already con-
tributed for this purpose. The agents of trans-Atlantic
steamship companies have become very ri.4id in their deal-
ings with strangers desiring to ship small parcels of goods."

All the New York morning papers have commented on
the dynamite machine discoveries.—The New York Times
says that the Eugli•-li Government may confidently reckon
on the earnest co-operation of both the local and the
national authorities here in discovering the authors.
—The World says the only statute applicable is
one providing a tine for the shipment of explo-
sehivaeisi,
tanddeclaringake
the
sender t a u
t death
liable
by o u
j e poi in t .
r d oceannl ar.
slaughter. It seems clear that Congress in its next session
should pass a law more adequate.—The New York Herald
says as shipments of explosives are contrary to the law, and
are liable to heavy penalties, the Government ought to be
able to put a stop to it.—The Tribune remarks that the
United States Government have good ground for earnestly
co-operating with that of Great Britain in preventing such
atrocious crimes, and in punishing their authors if they can
be discovered.
All the prominent Land Leaguers deny any knowledge of
the nefarious plot, and their organs riclieule the report as
absurd.

The Irish journals declare that the whole thing is a
"put-up job," intended to injure Irish patriots in America.

The Correspondent of The Time says:—" The reports of
the proceedings in Parliament about the infernal machines
landed in Liverpool attract widespread interest in the
United States. The opinion is strongly expressed that the
United States should not be used as the base of such con-
spiracies. American opinion on the subject is much more
sensitive since the attempted assassination of the President.
The State Department has no information about the ship-
ment of the infernal machines."

The Standard of Wednesday said :—" Although no formal
meeting has taken place on the subject, a large number of the
Irish members have exchanged views as to the propriety of
issuing a Mani& sto, signed by the whole of the Home-rule mein-
hers, and addressed to the Irish people in all parts of the worm,
protesting against secret attempts at outrage against English
lives and property. Several influential members of the Party,
however, while vehemently condemning the spirit manifested
in the recent discovery of dynamite and infernal machines
in Liverpool, are emphaticaLy opposed to the proposal on
the ground that the Manifesto is unnecessary in the face of
their -well•known disapproval of all kuch attempts. The
subjnt has, therefore, been left to Mr. Parnell for his deci-
sion, and should he decide in favour of the Manifesto it
will be issued."

The Liverpool Correspondent of the Standard writes
"One of the machines has been retained at the Head Con-
stable's office, and is described as being very beautifully
made and most effectively designed for its purpose.
Although the machines were all charged with the ex alo-
elves substance there is tolerably conclusive evideffce
that there was no intention on the part of -the senders
that they should explode in the hold of the steamers
while in transit from Boston to Liverpool. They
were so carefully packed in the barrels which con-
tained them as to resist the amount of concussion they
were likely to receive on the voyage as well as in course
of handling on the Dock quays. The machine is enclosed in
a neat zinc oblong case, of which it occupies the upper
portion; there is a clock-work arrangement, which, upon
being set, runs a certain time, about six hours, and then
causes a lever to descend upon a tube bearing a cap, and com-
municating with the lower 'half of the case. The tube is
filled with an explosive material, which upon being fired sets
off a detonating cap placed in the middle of tho dynamite
compound in the bottom of the case."

THE SONS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
IN AUSTRALIA.

Some interesting particulars of the visit of the sons of the
Prince ot Wales to Australia are brought by the Chimborazo,
which arrived on Monday. H. Mi.& Bacchante, on board of
which the two Princes are midshipmen, did not go to
Adelaide, but sailed direct to Melbourne from Albany, West
Australta, which port she entered for the purpose of having
necessary repairs effected to her rudder and steering appa-
ratus, as they had been damaged in a gale met with while on
her way to Australia. The Princes arrived in South
Au-tralia on Sunday, June 12, by the Royal mail steamer
Cathay, and were met by unmistakable evidence of loyalty,
a great crowd of people having assembled at Glenelg to
welcome them on landing. The South Australian Advertiser

Both the Princes looked well and in good spirits,
and from the hand-shaking that took place between
them and the mail passengers it is evident that they
made plenty of friends in the few days that have inter-
vened since the Cathay left Albany. They were
dressed alike, both wearing loose grey ulsters and
small black hats. In reply to the aid-de-camp, they
said that they had
,enjoyed a pleasant passage from
Albany and were quite well. Their tutor, the Rev. J.
N. Dalton, informed our representative that since
leaving the latter place they have had an enjoyable,
passage but were somewhat retarded by a bead wind that
opposed them all the way.

The luggage having been transhipped from the Cathay
to the Mermaid, Lieutenant Jervois informed the,
Princes that all was in readiness, and they at once dis-
embarked from the bigger into the smaller vessel.
Before leaving the mail steamer, the young Princes
entered the Captain's office to bid him farewell, and ex-
pressed their thanks for his courtesy and for the pleasant
trip round. As the tug left the bigger vessel's side the
passengers on board the latter gave "three cheers for
the Royal Princes" in a very hearty manner. As
soon as the Mermaid reached the jetty and Lieutenant
Jervois with his Royal charges were discerned in the
fore part of the boat, loud cheers were given by the
large crowd assembled at the end, and the two brothers,
who seemed surprised to see so many people awaiting
their arrival, lifted their hats in response. A special
train was in waiting at the end of the jetty, to which
the Princes, accompanied by Lieutenant Jervois, Lieu-
tenant Henderson (of the Bacchante, one of the Princes'
niessmates), and the Rev. J. N. Dalton, walked,
the crowd, admirably kept back by the police,
cheering the Royal party as they proceeded.
As soon as the special train passengers had
taken thtir seats a start was effected, and as
the train left the jetty, about nine o'clock, the cheer-
ing was loud and long. Adelaide was reached about
9.25. A very large crowd had assembled both in the
station and outside, and as the Princes emerged from
the carriage they were enthusiastically cheered. The
Governor's carriage was in attendance outside, and
conveyed the party to Government House, the people
congregated about the station and at the corner of
North-terrace and King William-street greeting them
with continuous cheers until the gates of the Viceregal
residence shut them out from further view.

The young Princes are, it is said, "invariably up with
the dawn," and they made no exception of their first morn-
ing in Adelaide :

The programme for the day was a round of visits to
some of our principalemildings and institutions, though
before a start was made from Government House the
Royal and Viceregal party indulged in agame or two at
lawn tennis, the young Princes showing themselves
very apt in the use of the racket. While the
Princes were at St. Peter's College some of
the scholars went through a series of exercises
in the gymnasium attached to the college to the
undisguised satisfaction of their Royal critics. The
party next paid a visit of inspection to Prince Alfred
Coller,e, which had a special interest for the nephews
of "our Sailor Prince," since its foundation-stone was
laid by their popular uncle. The pupils were engaged
at football and other games when the Princes arrived,
and, having been hastily summoned into the large
school-room gave expression to their loyal enthusiasm
by three ringing cheers—cheers which became still
more enthusiastic when Prince Albert requested the
headmaster to give the boys a holiday in remembrance
of the occasion. The Royal and Viceregal company
were then conducted through the college building and
the gymnasium, and having inspected the premises
expressed their pleasure at what they had seen, and
drove away, amidst the cheering of the boys, who
appeared to thoroughly appreciate the presence of the
Royal visitors.
On the morning of the second day of their visit the young
Princes left as early as ten minutes past six by special train
to visit the copper mines on Yorke's Peninsula. Their Royal
Highnesses, having breakfasted at Balaklava, and received
a loyal demonstration at the railway station, sontinued
their progress
The journey between Balaklava and Kadina is at no
time a remarkably picturesque or enjoyable one, and
the rain that fell up to within a few minutes of the
train's arrival at Kadin& was anything but reassuring
to the day's enjument. The Princes, however, were
in excellent spirits throughout, and evidently looked
forward with no little curiosity to the reception await-
ing them when they next stopped, as well as to
the underground expedition on which they were to
enter upon their arrival at Moonta Mines. At 11.15
they reached Kadina, at which place special prepara-
tions had been made for their reception, the town-
ship displaying all its available flags and other
decorations, and the day being generally observed
as a public holiday. They were met at the rail-
way station by his Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. J.
Christmas), the Town Clerk and Councillors of Kadina.
The morning opened with heavy showers, but for-
tunately the wet cleared off about a quarter of an hour
before the arrival of the train. A platform had been
specially erected at the station, and was tastefully
decorated with flags, bunting, and evergreens. On the
arrival of the Royal Princes they were loudly cheered
by a large crowd that had assembled, numbering about
2,000 people. The children of the Model School were
drawn up on the platform, and as soon as the Princes
alighted from the State carriage they sang "God save
the Queen ! " in a very creditable manner.
Addresses of welcome were then read by the Mayor
and Town Clerk of Kadina; and three cheers having
been given for the Princes and for the Queen, Prince
Albert Victor read a suitable reply, speaking in a clear
and distinct voice. Their Royal Highnesses then
drove to the Moonta Mines. On arrival they were
met by the Moonta Model School children, who sang
"God Save the Queen!" and more cheering took
place, in response to which the Princes both raised
their hats.
The Princes then donned the miner's costume, and
shortly afterwards descended Allen's shaft, and in-
spected the mine. They took a considerable time
over their explorations, and. listened with attentive
interest to their guide's description of the working of
the mine, expressing themselvesmuch pleased with their
subterranean excursion. Upon regaining the surface
they at once abandoned their rough habiliments, and
after thanking Captain Hancock for his courtesy, and
stating the pleasure they had derived from their visit,
the Princes and party returned to Kadina.

Finer weather favoured the third day of the Princes' visit
to Adelaide. After spending the morning at Government
House, the Princes were taken to Marble Hill, the country
residence of his Excellency, the Governor :

The drive was a most enjoyable one, and the Princes
did not disguise their admiration at the nature of the
scenery passed through. At Marble Hill luncheon was
partaken of, and after a short stay the Princes and his
Excellency, the Governor, drove back to Adelaide, the
rest of party coming back on horseback. In the
evening a ball took place at Government House, when
there were about three hundred ladies and gentlemen
present. The proceedings were opened by their High-
nesses, accompanied by his Excellency the Governor,
Lady Jervois, and members of the Viceregal staff,
walking up the centre of the ballroom, while Chap.
man's band played the National Anthem. On arriv-
ing at the end of the room the ball was opened with
a waltz, and the festivities were then proceeded with
and kept up until a late hour. The assemblage was
of a most brilliant description, and the ball passed off
with that éclat which the importance of the occasion
merited.

The programme for the remaining days of the stay of the
young Princes in South Australia included a visit to Freeling
where great preparations were made for a loyal demonstra-
tion, attendance at a dinner given by the Speaker of the
House of Assembly, at a ball in the Town Hall at Adelaide,
at the opening of a National Art Gallery, at a race meeting
at ilJorphetville, and at an amateur dramatic performanoe In
aid of an institute for young women. The South Australian
Advertiser adds :

On Monday their Royal Highnesses will leave
Adelaide, and proceed to Victoria overland by special
conveyance. On leaving this city they will not have
been rid of those spontaneous feelings of loyalty which
are felt all over the Colony, for at Narracoorte and
other places through which our Royal visitors will have
to pass preparations are being made to give them a right
loyal welcome. They expect to reach Melbourne on
June 25, and our telegrams have informed us that in
the "metropolis of the southern hemisphere" most
extensiye arrangements have been made for the
fitting entertainment of the distinguished visitors.
Of whatever nature these arrangements may be, we
are assured that Fo far as a true feeling of loyalty is
concerned, South Australians will not hold a very
retiring position in the eyes of the sons of the heir to
England's Crown.