The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-16 00:00:00

THE DUCHESS, OF KENT AND THE PRINCESS

VICTORIA.

THE DUCHESS OF KENT'S VISIT TO TORQUAY.—Her Royal
Highness arrived at six, on Thursday evening, Ist instant, in
the Emerald Yacht, towed by the government steamer. On
heaving in sight the Royal Standard was hoisted at the pier-
head, and salutes fired from the surrounding heights, as well as
by the numerous yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron, assem-
bled in the road for the celebration of the Torbay Regatta. Sir
Wm. Mulcaster, and Henry G. Cary, Esq., of Tor Abbey,
proceeded immediately on board the Royal Yacht to ascertain
when it would be her Royal Highness's pleasure to receive the
address of the inhabitants of Torquay and, its vicinity ; when
seven o'clock was named. Her Royal Highness landed, and
proceeded to Poulton's Hotel. The deputation consisting of
the following, was most graciously received by her Royal High-
ness:—The )tight Hon. T. P. Courtenay, Sir L. V. Palk,
Bart, Major-General Sir George Adams, Rear-Admiral Sir C.
Dashwood, Sir W. Mulcaster, Henry George Cary, Esq., one
of the Lords of the Manor, Rear-Admiral Shields, &c. The
following address was then read, and presented by Henry
George Cary, Esq.:—
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, his Loyal Subjects, the inhabitants of Tor-
quay and its vicinity, request that your Royal Higness will ac-
cept fur yourself and your illustrious daughter a hearty welcome
to this part of Devonshire.
" On this day, the anniversary of the accession of the House
of Brunswick, we see among us with peculiar pleasure her Royal
Highness the Princess Victoria, whose acquaintance with the
history of her country has doubtless reminded her that this our
Bay had the honour of receiving King William, when he landed
in England, and laid the foundation of that happy settlement
under which her Royal Highness has become the Heiress Pre-
sumptive to the Throne of these Realms.
" This favoured day is also the anniversary of a splendid Naval
Victory, and we hope that the recollection of Nelson and his
companions at the Nile will induce your Royal Highnesses to
prolong your stay here, so as to allow us to display before you
our humble endeavours to preserve-among Englishmen a love of
the Sea, and to emulate the excellence of the British Navy.
" We pray'. GOD to bless your Royal Highness, and her Royal
Highness the Princess Victoria, with health and happiness."
'1 o which her Royal Highness was pleased to return the fol-
lowing most gracious answer :
" Gentlemen,—l cannot express to you how gratified the
Princess and myself are with the cordial reception which the
loyalty of the inhabitants of Torquay to the King has led them
to give us, as members of his Majesty's
" On this particular day .I feel myself called on to observe
that the Princess, communicating as she does with all classes
of society, is deeply conscious of the sacred importance of the
trust which may be eventually committed to her charge, and
fully impressed with the conviction that to be the constitutional
Sovereign of a free people is the most exalted object of human
ambition.
" I regret that our stay at this charming spot will not allow
us to participate in the national recreation you allude to, but it
has' ever been my pride to lead the Princess to regard with
warm feelings all the recollections that belong to this day, in
relation to the naval service of the country."
The deputation then retired.
Their Royal Highnesses left Torquay the following morning
ror Plymouth, embarking under a salute from the cannon on
:he Beacon and Warren hills, and the yachts in the bay.