The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

WINO BY THE PRINCE OF WAlysit

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of a
new wing of St. Mary's Hospital, P•ddiagiss, its vs.
formed yesterday by the Prince of Wang la the mew d
the ;overawe, vicerpresidents, Meunier, clam elopha
committee, sad medical oaken of the Mditrthea.
meremony took pleat as the site of the new wild, boa
rear et the preeset build* which wee covered with le.
wards of 2,800 square yards of miens, the merge
beautifully decorated for the occasion by festoons of
sad etheseethg, the galleries being crowded Ma
elegant seemalthen of ladle.. Pnectnally at hams
o'clock the Prises of Wales drove up to the leaf,
ing, attended by Gomel Knollys, Earl Spurr, saw
Koppel, sad Colonel Teesdale. He wee rad*
by the Duke of Grafton. the Marquis of Exeter, led
Murtha, Lord Limeover, Sir W alter Shirley. Mr. Meng
Lewis, M.P., sad the reception committee of the Math.
Lion ; and a proosmioa being formed, his royal waft
was escorted to the place where the stone wee pad is
readiness for *hag.
The hand of the 36th Rifles were present, sad as the pee•
cession entered the mama* it struck up the National
Anthem. them*, company rising, aid the guard of hewer,
composed of the Paddington Rifle Volunteers (30th Mil&
sex), saluted. The choir, consisting of 350 children, aided
from the natimaal schools of Pacidiegtou, opened the me.
esediep by singing "God bless the Prince of Wale;' dew
which the Rev. Canon Boyd stepped forward and real
an addrees.
To this his Royal Highness replied as follows :
My Lord Duke, my Lards, and Othtlemee.—l that yet
for the kind expression you employ towards me ia tde
address. lam thankful also that in complying with yea
wishes that I should lay the foundation stone of the we
wing of this hospital, I am, at the name time, carry* so
the good week commeeeed by my revered father. The mad
dead the continually increasing population of a great sada,
suburb have imperiously demanded additional smooth*
tins for their sick, and this requirement is disticetly sion
by the statement made of the clam of patients which in
been admitted in the course of lot year, the mejantyd
cases treated having been three requiring immeide
surgical aid. It must hereafter be cue of my am
pleasiog associations se connected with the proceed d
this day, to have, as your governors proposed, the are
wing called after myself, sod that two wards thould ream
the names of the Princess of Wales and my son. I nth,
gs•tlemsn, that oeither they nor I will ever peeled la
cause of the sick aid the poor, and 1 join my prides
yours in now invoking the blessings of the Almighty a
prosper the undertaking. (Chews.)
A short religious service VOA performed by the
Bishop of Loudon, and the usual ceremony of doodads
bottle oecetaialng coins and the current report
• cavity of the stone having been performed,
his Royal Highness stepped forward, and • silver Peed
and other building implement being banded to the,
proceeded to spread the mortar sad adjust the stone, win&
was lowered into it place.
The guard presented arms, acid the Old Runtheil
Psalm wag rung be the whole assembly.
The Bishop pronounced the benediction, after *a •
procession of •bout 50 ladies and children walked gni
the gewly.lail stone, each depositing a puree of them
upon it, the total offering amounting to between =Loa
BOW.
The Priam and his suite then left the bolding, end the
ceremonial oesoladed with theNadosal Anthem, perfaual
by the band.