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micas in their university robes. The Prince was I forward the collection will not flag until the whole
then conducted upstairs to the Upper Library Hall, is perfected according to the original design. For
where the proceedings were commenced with prayer myself, I humbly trust 'to be neither a useless nor
offered up by the Rev. Dr. Lee. At the request of au indifferent spectator of this national enterprise,
the Principal, the Dean of the Faculty of Law then but to be able to lend dignity to so magnificent a
read the following address to the Prince : structure, by the endeavour to open up a new and
citizens,
"To His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED, broad thoroughfare worthy of the establishment.
K.G., &c., &c. Speaking in the presence of so large a concourse of
I venture to express the wish that they
" May it please your Royal Highness, a few years
since the university had the honour of welcoming will help
me by doins, their part towards the con-
an illustrious Prince on the occasion of the. ayi templated improvements. As regards the more
of the foundation of a National Museum, which had immediate object in hand, the presentation of the
its origin to a great extent in his enlightened zeal diploma for the or burgess-ship, the gift is, in one
promotion of science and art. sense, of little or no value,
The Prince Consort was then pleased to express you yet we trust
<<will accept it as a token of our
good-will ; nor
his interest in this university, having previously can it be quite forgotten that the citizens of Edin-
proved the reality of that interest by inducing his burgh of every degree have been noted for their
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to study with- loyal attachment to the Crown, and that they num-
in its walls, ber in their roll many • •
Illustrious chiefs, statesmen,
"Still more recently the university have had the and princes, among whom I may only' recall the
privilege of enrolling your Royal Highness among names of John Hampden, Earl Grey, Lord Pal-
its students. merston, and your Royal -Highnss's The university now gladly avail themselves of the Prince Consort. It only remains for me, as father,
Lord
the
opportunity of welcoming a Prince who has won Provost, to perform the pleasing duty of placing
from his instructors so much esteem as well as affec- the diploma in your hands.
tion in his youth. To this university, which con- Prince ALFRED, in acknowledgment, said—My
tributed to the National Museum its important col- Lord Provost, magistrates, anti tentZenuny
lection- of- statural history; it is -very agreeable- to my sincere thanks for the hearty welcome which I
find a son. who has acquired so much knowledge have this day received in Edinburgh, an expres-
of that science entrusted by her Majesty with the sion of which you have so warmly given in
duty of announcing to the nation that the work your
address. The loyalty of this city and its inhabi-
tants by his father has now been carried to a sue- tants is well known and highly valued by the
cessful completion.
Queen ; and I shall not fail to bring under
"To mark their sense of this event, the Senatus the notice of her Majesty the feelings of attach-
Academicus ask your Royal Highness to accept the went to her person, crown, and family expressed
honorary degree of LL.D.—a degree which was held by you in behalf of the community of which lam
and valued by the Prince Consort, and to assure now proud to say I form a part by having just re-
your Royal Highness, at the same time, that in ceived at your hands the freedom of this ancient
conferring this degree they do not view it as a mere city. The occasion which has now called me amongst
compliment to the exalted position of your Royal you, and the work of which I have been deputed to
Highness, but as a fitting academical honour for a announce the completion, naturally recalls a feeling of
Prince who has stored his mind with knowledge, not mournful regret that my father could not have been
only in the university, but also by close attention spared to finish the work which he began, and in
and
si observationve travels of natural phenomena during his which he took so warm an interest. The opportu-
exte
The Principal then, with the consent of the Sena- this important ceremony emboldens me to express
tus, conferred the degree upon the Prince, and the my strong desire to follow the footsteps of the
hood of LL.D. was placed upon his Royal Highness. Prince Consort, however feebly, in promoting those
His ROYAL HIGHNESS then said—Mr. Principal peaceful arts and sciences so necessary to the wel-
and Professors, it is with pride and pleasure that I fare of the nation, so intimately associated with his
accept the honorary degree graciously conferred name. This museum, including as it does, collec-
upon me by this university, with which I was already tions of natural history and geology, and passing
connected by many intimate and cherished associa- onwards to other applications of industry, and hav-
tions. Of these associations some are derived from ing illustrations also of the means of adorning them
recollections of the circumstance to which you have by art, gives to this institution a comprehensiveness
adverted, that my lamented father held and valued lam not aware of any other museum possessing.
the degreee with which you have to-day been pleased The Prince was then invited by Professor Archer
to honour me ; others are the result of my own ex- to inspect the museum, which his Royal Highness
perience of the university, and the many happy and did, accompanied by a select party. Upon their re-
I trust profitable days which I spent whilst studying turn to the dais, Prince Alfred declared the museum
within its walls. To the expression of these personal to be open, which declaration was publicly stated
feelings I must add the gratification with which I by the senior herald, and was presently announced
find the university so intimately connected with the to those outside by a flourish of trumpets, and by
Industrial Museum, which we are about to open, by the firing of a royal salute from the castle guns.
the contribution of . its collections of natural history
The band then piayed the National Anthem, which
to that institution. I will only observe, in conclu- brought the proceedings to a close, and his Royal
sion, that I trust I may have frequent opportunities Highness, after again perambulating the building,
of evincing my interest in this seat of learning, and amidst the enthusiastic cheering of the large assem-
of cultivating the acquaintance of the eminent men bly, withdrew.
who preside over it. His Royal Highness subsequently visited the new
This part of the ceremonial being finished, his General Post-office, opened a fortnight ago, after
Royal Highness, accompanied by the Lord Provost,
.which he returned to the Douglas Hotel. The Prince
the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on again walked out in the evening, accompanied by
Education, the Lord Justice General, the Lord Ad- the Hon. E. Yorke, returning to dinner at 8, and
vocate, the Lord Justice Clerk, the Principal of the leaving by the limited mail train for the south at
University, and the Commander in Chief for Scot- half-past 9.
land, about 3 o'clock proceeded to the Museum,
which immediately adjoins the college. Here the
party were received byProfessor Archer, the Regius
keeper of the Museum, and Capt. 1)(mnelly,
Inspector of the Science and Art Department, by
whom they were conducted to- the dais, where the
magistrates and town council in their official robes
were assembled. When the party bad taken up their
position, Prince Alfred requested the Rev. Dr. Lee,
a dean of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, to open the
proceediugs with prayer. This having been done, the
city clerk read to his Royal Highness an address
from the Lord Provost, magistrates, and town coun-
cil, of which the following is a copy
To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Lord Provost, magistrates, and coun-
cil of this city, desire for ourselves, as well as on
behalf of the community over which we preside, to
offer your Royal Highness the expression of our
warmest welcome to Edinburgh.
"As the son of our beloved Queen, and as an
alumnus of our university, your Royal Highness can
never fail to be received here with affection and en-
thusiasm ; but the circumstances of your present
visit, and the associations connected with this cere-
monial, excite peculiar and mingled emotions. In re-
lation to this very building, your illustrious father
performed one of the latest acts of his useful and
noble life. Ever anxious to lend the aid of his high
countenance to whatever promised to accelerate the
material progress of the nation and to promote the
happiness of the people, the Prince Consort laid the
foundation stones of the Industrial Museum and
of the new Post Office, sketching on that occasion
in broad and masterly outline the influence which
both institutions were calculated to exercise.
" Your Royal Highness has now come amongst
us to finish what was so auspiciously commenced.
We accept your presence, for such a purpose, as an
omen of good, and an assurance that your Royal
Highness, cherishing your father's high ambition,
covets as your richest inheritance some portion of
such a life, a heart, a mind, as his.'
" The citizens of Edinburgh will associate this
institution with the name of the Queen and the
memory of her illustrious Consort ; and we fondly
hope that the study of the valuable collection of in-
dustrial products which it contains may serve to
stimulate the energy of future generations, and
enable Scotland to send forth many workers to do
good service to our common country ' in fruitful
strifes and rivalries of peace.'
" We humbly ask your Royal Highness to receive
the renewed assurances of our loyalty and attach-
ment to the Queen, her person, Crown, and family.
It is our earnest prayer that her Majesty may long
be spared to reign over a great, a happy, and a
prosperous country."
The LORD PROVOST then said—May it please
your Royal Highness, I have the proud and envied
privilege, as chief magistrate of this city, to present
you with the document constituting your Royal
Highness an honorary citizen of this ancient capital.
In doing so, I am affected with a variety of emotions,
to which I cannot adequately give utterance. A

Naval and Military intelligence.

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Hussars (the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regi-
ment), president at the annual dinner, which took
f place on Saturday evening at Willis's Rooms, King-
street, St. James's. His Royal Highness, accom-
panied by Prince Peck, and attended by General
Knollys and Major Teesdale, C. 13., arrived punc-
tually at 8 o'clock. Covers were laid for 40. There
were present :—Col. Baker, Lord G. Beauclerk,
Lieut.-Col. F. Marshall, Major the lion. C. K.
Falconer, Major Dyne, Major P. Smith, Capt. the
Hon. F. Fitzclarence, Sir Thos. Munro, Viscount
Valentia, Capt. Hanbury, Capt. the Hon. C. C.
Molyneux, Capt. R. C. Sawbridge, Capt. Unacke,
Capt. de Bourbel, Capt. W. Clarke, Capt. A. Clark,
Capt. W. Chaine, Capt. J. Fife, Capt. Severne,
M.P., Mr. H. Beckett, Mr. Surtees, M.P., Mr. Fre-
mantle, Mr. C. B. Ponsonby, Mr. A. W. Edgell,
Mr. T. A. S. Dorrien, Mr. J. J. Milburne, Mr. E.
Hartopp, Mr. P. Gordon, Mr. Liddell, Mr. F. W.
Bulkeley, Lieut. and Adjt. J. C. Russell, Mr. T.
A. St. Quintin, and the Rev. J. Burn-Murdoch.
The band of the 2d Life Guards performed in the
Guardroom during the entertainment?' The Prince
of Wales and Prince Teck retired shortly after 11
o'clock.
The officers of the Ist Life Guards and a large
party of those formerly belonging to that regiment
dined together on Saturday evening at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The :Earl of Lucan,
K.C.8., colonel of the regiment, presided, and there
were presentMajor-Gen. Parker, Major-Gen.Legge,
Major-Gen. Lord G. Paget, Major-Gen. Fletcher,
the Marquis of Ormonde, the Earl of Clonmel, the
Earl of Tyrone, the Earl of Hillsborough, the Earl
of Kinnoul, Viscount Grey de Wilton, Viscount
Powerscourt, Viscount Ingestre, Viscount New-
port, Viscount Adare, Lord Templemore, Lieut.-
Col. the Hon. D. F. de Ros, Capt. Hon. H. Wynd-
ham, Capt. Hon.R. Grosvenor, Capt. Hon. C. Dun-
combe, Lieut. Hon. S. J. G. Egerton, Lieut. Hon.
R. A. J. Talbot, Sir H. Bruce, Sir W. W. Wynn,
Sir E. Blackett, Col. Hogg, Col. Duncombe, Col.
Bulkeley, Capt. Farrar, Capt. De Winton, Capt.
Lowther, Capt.Walsh,Capt. Caulfeild, Capt Levett,
Capt. Sheathfield, Capt. Bateson, Capt. K. Fraser,
Lieut. C. W. Duncombe, Lieut. G. L. Watson,
Lieut. A. W. F. Greville, Lieut. C. Needham, Lieut.
J. R. Osborn,Lieut. J. Limbert (Adjutant); Lieut.
R. N. Biddulph, Mr. H. W. North, Mr. H. H.
Langham, Mr. T. Jex, Mr. H. Clifton, Mr. G. B.
Bruce, Mr. S. W. Fraser, Mr. St. John Taylor (11th
Hussars), Mr. 'W. G. Craven, Mr. Wells, Mr. Her-
vey, Mr. C. Alexander, &c. The regimental band,
under the direction of Mr. Waterson, performed a
variety of choice music during the entertainment.
The company separated about half-past 11.
The annual regimental dinner of the 3d (the
Prince of Wales) Dragoon Guards, took place on
Saturday at the Albion Tavern, Alderagate-street,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Scott, K.C.8., as Col. of the re-
giment, presided, and the following officers were
present :—Sir H. Marsh, Sir Hickman Bacon, Col.
Dyson, Lieut.-Col. Maryott, Lieut.-Col. Barron,
Major Chaplin, Capt. Berkeley, Capt. Melville,c.lt.
Capt. Neave, Capt. Watt, Capt. Knatehhulldaptfin
Peel Yates, Capt. Garratt, Capt. Gifford,
Turton, Capt. Still, Capt. Macfarilazec,
Wright, Mr. F. J. W. Collinglvvono Lieutenant
from Calcutta,
Messrs. Green's
on Saturday afternoon.
Regt. arrived at Plymouth torpedo experiments at
with the headquartersshoipftßheelnsot‘battalion of the 18th
Subsequent to the
recentt
of them, a trial was made
par
primer," invented by
oPfortthsemonuotvh ,
'to the W Ir.
Abel, professor of chemistry ar Depart-
ment, of the small creeks near the moorings
meat, in ‘llltotrapgedo
of the Excellent gunnery-ship in Portsmouth har-
bour. The experiments made were perfectly suc-
cessful, and, although a very simple adaptation of
a pripciple used by the Russians in the Baltic and
the Crimea during the war, it suggested by
one peculiar feature in the arrangements a possible
means for rendering the action of fixed torpedoes in
narrow water-ways more certainly effective than
they are at present. The most perfect and reliable
of the many torpedoes that has yet been tested as a
fixed submarine mine is, without doubt, the torpedo
laid down in theßaltie by Professor Jacobi, the che-
mical adviser to the Imzerial Russian Admiralty

leading feeling in my mind at this moment, how-
ever, is the consciousness that lam officially ad-
dressing a living and conspicuous representative of
a long and double line of Royal ancestors which
stretches back to the dim mists of antiquity--a line
which on the one hand extends through the Tudors
and Planta genets toWilliam of Norinandy,and which
on the other, in an equally-unbroken chain of consan-
guinity, reaches through the Stewarts and Bruces to
Malcom Canmore and his famed Anglo-Saxon Queen.
But independently of these historical associations,
and reflecting on topics more congenial to the pre-
sent occasion, I am affected by the consideration
that your illustrious father initiated on this spot—
the ancient Kirk of Field—a movement of great im-
portance to the prosperity of this section of the
United Kingdom, and of immense benefit to
Edinburgh in particular. It cannot, I think,
be but a pleasing thing for your Royal High-
ness to see this day so far completed that mag-
nificent museum devoted to the promotion of the
scientific and industrial arts which was begun by
the late Prince Consort. Thanks to the department
which takes charge of such matters, the collection of
works of art is already most valuable and instruc-
tive. And I should fain hope that the energy and
patriotism which to this extent successfully carried