The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-06 00:00:00

(TWOPENCE

the usual expedients, and the review took place
in a field, Lady Bing being of opinion that
the Maimbon " Heavies " would not un
the appearance of her lawn by
lug thew evolutions thereon. The Prince of
Wales and the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief
warmly praised the appearance and drill of this
splendid body of voltesteer cavalry, and retunsed
rapidly to town, to pay their final university visit,
for luncheon at Msgdalen. The streets were quite
as much thronged as on their arrival, sad the
crowd stretched all the way to the railway station,
where the master—not the Master of Trinity—but
an exoeedingly oourteons and efficient station-muter,
Mr. Fisher, had made admirable arrangements for
their reception and departureter Loudon. The Uni-
versity Rifles furnished a guard of honour for the
platform, and the learned doctors and other uni-
versity "dons" attended to bid a respectful fare-
well to the royal visitors. a strong form of the A
reserve, under Inspector Rocks, kept order in
their usual business-like and civil manner,
and the royal train was drawn up to the
without the slightest hurry or confusion.ettr rliince of Wales lade a frank and friendly
farewell to his late entertainers, slaking hands with
all the " dons," and the Princess of Wales gracefully
bowed her acknowledgments. At 25 minutes to
4 o'clock the train started, and exactly at 5 the
royal party stepped into their carriages at King's-
awn, where, their arrival not having hese expected,
the spacious platform was almost a solitude.
I oanuot close this, my last letter respecting the
royal visit to Cambridge, without noticing two points
which I think deserve some mention. I never saw
a better behaved town population, nor one which
during a time of great bustle, excitement, and
festival, preserved a more creditable demeanour. I
did not see a single drunken person in the streets,
and I could Dot learn that a single breach of the law
had been committed. If a public meeting had been
held, and an unanimous resolution had been come
to, that Cambridge was to set a pattern to other
towns of good order cheerfulness, and courtesy
to strangers on the occasion of the royal
visit, there could not have been a greater preva-
lence of good order than I witnessed during the
three days that my duty detained me in the town.
The second point was the strong relief in which the
advantages of the modern institution of free libra-
ries and reading rooms were brought out on this
occasion. The doors of the Cambridge reading.
room were besieged every morning to see the Lon-
don papers, and it was moat gratifying to observe
the eagerness with which all classes of the people
read the liberal assortment of journalism winch
was provided for them. An exceedingly civil and
intelligent young man, the assistant librarian, in-
formed me that the taste for reading has increased
rapidly since the foundation of the reading-room,
and as sproof of the care and respect with which
the people treat the borrowed works, he showed me
a popular novel which had been nine years in use,
and which was still in excellent condition. Nearly
all the London papers are taken in, and additions
to the lending library are made almost every week.

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