The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-27 00:00:00

PRINCE ALFRED AT THE CAPE OF

GOOD HOPE.

The nraham's TOlOl6 Journal, a paper of very large
aim, published twice a week in the chief town of the
Eastern Province of ate Caps Co lony, brought out a number
on August nth specially devoted to reporting the visit of
Prince Alfred to that emote provincial capital. The mar-
gins of the paper are Maned with loyal mottoes espreesing
cordial affection for the Qom sad bar family, and ending
with "God bless them all!" It is announced in an edito-
rial paespaph that Ahem *view have been ordered for her
lll•jestrs use.
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on lie fith of August it was th►t the &nyelas frigate,
on board of which Prince Alfred serves se a midshipman,
arrived at Port Elizabeth from Cape Town, with the
governor of the colony, Sir George Grey, as • punitive.
They leaded quietly, it being • Sunday, and went to stay
in the house of Nr. W. Fleming, where • guard of Volun-
teer Gasmen was posted to do them honour. The Limit.-
Governor, General Wyow•rd, was also there. Next day
was the Prince's birthday, sod there were 6,000 or 8,000
people then who assembled to wish him " many happy
ratans."

Address's@ from the municipality of Port Elisabeth, from
the Rifle Corps, and from other public bodies, were pre.
seated both to the Prince and the Governor, awl his Royal
Highs's" read the following reply, which was handed to
him in aa ellvebps by Mll4O/ Cowelt :

"Gastineau,- -I thank you for your good wishes upon
my arrival here, as well as for those which you offer me on
this my birthday. lam very glad that I have had the op-
portunity of landingon inch an ocaurion at this thriving sea-
port town, and 1 shall never forget the greeting you have
given me. Although not at home to receive the Gong:rata-
Woos of my parents on this day, it is with great pleasure
that I find myself in the midst of such loyal subjects of the
queers, who have expressed sock affection and regard for
her."

TM loyal demoestrations were duly shared in by the
Native portion of the inhabitants ; the Pingo.s presented
an address of their own, and the Malays another. In the
evening several of the infishitente were invited to
dine with the Prince and NE George Grey, and the
town was illuminated. Them was • ball, at which
the Prises, it is said, found an agreeable and " blooming "
partner. On the Bth, Sir George Grey laid the !validities
stone of a Masonic Templer Lodge, Prince Alfred being a
witness of the ceremony. The distinguished Party Ws
mounted and rude into the hods an the Amsterdam Mal&
They busted all the way to the Cones, end succeeded in
killing two fine bucks and three bares. The Prince seemed
vastl to enjoy the sport HY eonntenanoe was flushed
with- excitement, and bis eye sparkled with delight. He
was regarded to seemt me et the backs, whampon be
reloseted it might be sent of to the Renal= for the mid.
thipmen's mess. W. hoar that all the pros killed was sent
cm board by Mr. Geo. Reed, who bad minted himself
to afford *mum to his Royal Higaness. The fint Ohne,
wood and all, galloped of in fall perwitit, and on coming
at the death, the Prince seemed vastly amused to lad
the escort " nowhere." A 14011 i pleasant day was spent,
and at the Curia the patty mporsted—the Elizabethans to
return to their stone and hardnees, and the Royal Tidier, to
mime hie journey, accompanied by his suite. All along
the line there were Indleatione of the loyalty of the sad-
tared fanams—here there was • nosegay, and there a
painted benrd perched upon •kw with the weeds " Wel-
come Prince Alfred ;" shortly after which they came upon
ACM flags waving in the air. Dot the greatest effort d
the kind was a pretty triumphal arch erected near the
Cana valley. The Prince and Guvenior stopped for
the night at 31noughlia's station, then at Coe's for the
second night of the journey, and arrived at Graham's
Town on the third day. On the road Commandant Wilmot
bad met him with twenty-five of hies beriberi, and the
Prince offered his rilog-whip as a pries to the
beet shot out of ten picked men. There was
some capital shooting, which so surprised General
Wysvard as to call forth the remark, " What
would the French say if they saw such shooting !"
The beet shot was • Dote:lumen. named Coaster, who
knocked an orange off • stick et • distance of one hundred