The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-01 00:00:00

7HE ROYAL 5C0177,51-1 110S1'17AL.

The anniversary dinner of this institution
given yesterday evening, being St. Andrew's 13°31'
in the large hall of the Freemasons' Tavern;
Great Queen-street. his Royal Highness the Prine,.
of Wales and Duke of Rothesay, the new president
of the Hospital, was in the chair; and was 811P-
ported by Prince Christian, the Duke of 110%;
burghe (the retiring president of the charitY),
Marquis of Huntly, General Sir W. Knollys, Gen.
the Hon. J. Lindsay, Captain Macdonald, 11. d+'
and other noblemen and gentlemen. The atteil
ante of general visitors was larger than on any Priseo
vious occasion, and was so much in excess a thd,
capacity of the hall that a poor dinner, poorlyserveof
was eaten, if eaten at all, under circumstances
great difficulty. When the Prince of Wales re',
to propose the health of the Queen he was recei7l
with loud cheers, and the toast was drunk vitt,
more than ordinary manifestations of entbto
siasm. Not less cordial was the reception givell,,v
the health of the Princess of Wales, proposed
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the Duke of Roxburghe ; and when the Prince,
responding, said, " The Princess is now rapidly
rill
covering from her confinement, and I hope
shortly be about again as much as usual," the de;
monstration of satisfaction took place in
iothvrey.
hearty cheers. In giving "The Army,
Militia, and Volunteers," his Royal highness
ferred to the spirit of the age as one of econol33lo.'
but while abstaining from any expression of opini°s
that economy was not a good thing, declared 13,!".t
conviction that our naval and military forces oug's
to be maintained in as high a state of effieiencY„:o'
and indeed in a higher state of efficieneY, st
those of any other nation. In giving the to:to
of the evening, " Prosperity to the Royal Settle
tish Hospital," the Prince dwelt briefly upon tly
past history of the institution, and urge the
appealed to his' auditors to support it ill n
good work which it had undertaken. This ka;
peal was so warmly responded to that gr. gaer.
Moir, the secretary, was able to announce subscd11101);
Lions to the amount of almost £2,500, inelti: of
100 guineas each from the Queen, the Prie,c;od
Wales, the Duke of Roxburghe, and the IliguA:Je.
Sodiety of London, and 300 guineas from the 'Core
donian Society of London. The other toasts "ao
the " Healths of the Prince of Wale3"---4t' of
stated by the Duke of Roxburghe, its prnPese.ros,"
the "Duke of Rothesay"—and of " The liadif his
proposed by the Prince himself. The health ears,
Royal Highness was drunk with Highland h°l)°,sot..
the su.nro
i.e., with the breaking of wine glasses and
ing of strange shouts, " unwelcome to the sotto:sea
ear," and in acknowledging it the Prince pressed
his pleasure at having at last been able to atirnt
and preside over one of the dinners of this exeell;3s
institution. On his arrival his Royal Highlle ist
received by a guard of honour furnished byte
ci the
City of London Volunteer Artillery Corps, 3,_13
same guard attended his departure. During tufijaii-
ner the pipers of the Queen and of his Royal
uess paraded the room, performing
and after dinner a selection of vocal music was g
between the various toasts. Scottish i