Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-28
PRINCE ARTHUR.
OGcial and Military DIsplay-Ap-
pearanee Of the Prince on Landing
at Halifax.
Correspondence N. Y. Herald. 23il.

HALIFAX, N. s.. Aug. %. 1869.
The anticipated arrival from England
to-day of his Royal Highness Arthur
William Patrick Albrecht, populsrly
known as Prince Arthur, the seventh
child and third son of Queen Victoria
has been fully and pleasantly realized
The steamship City of Paris. of the
Inman line, bearing the royal party,
reached her wharf, at the end OF Lower
Water street, precisely at half-past nine
o'clock to-day, having been signaled be-
low some two hours or more previously.
The City of Paris left Queenstown on
last Sunday afternoon at four o'clock,
and her trip to Halifax within six days
and eleven and half hours is the quickest
which has ever been made between the
two ports by six or seven hours.
The arrival of the City of Paris and
the royal party had, of course, been
awaited with anxious interest, aud in
stead OF the usual stiffness characteristic
of Sabbath in Halifax there was COM
motion throughout the city from day.
break until the moment the steamer
touched her wharf. There WAS no par
ticulsr enthusiasm manifested on the
occasion Of the landing; for by common
consent this is reserved until the formal
reception of the Prince tomorrow after.
noon. The citizens turned out generally,
however. from curiosity, and when his
Royal Highness appeared among them
the tokens of honor and respect rendered
to him were silent and numerous, and
yet in commendahe keeping with the
sacredness of the day.
The weather was clear, cool and balmy,
and everything seemed to conspire to rem
der the occasion of the advent of o mem
ber of the royal family in England within
the precincts of the New Dominion one of
rare and peculiar pleasure Every ele-
ment of nature smiled approvingly on the
scene, and every citizen, collectively aud
individually, took pride in their NANTES.
tations, quiet and appropriate tokens of
welcome and respect. All of the public
with many of the private houses and
buildings in the city we're profusely deco
rated with flags and bunting. The sig
nal ropes of the citadel and the rigging of
the naval and merchant vessels in the
harbor seemed on this occasion to serve
only for the display of streamers aud
other emblems of welcome TO the royal
party.
Just before the City of Paris touched
her wharf, the gates we're thrown open,
and . carriage containing Sir John
Young, Governor General Of the New
Dominion, with General Doyle, Lieuten-
ant Governor and commander of Her
Msjesty's forces in Canada, drove to the
extreme end of the dock. Following
close in the rear was a guard of honor,
consisting OF two NIL companies OF the
Seventy-eighth regiment Of Highlsnders,
preceded by the full regimentsl band of
sixty pieces. The battalion, for the time
being, was stationed upon Que side OF the
wharf, while the Governor General, Lieu
tent Governor, Captain Carpenter. of the
frigaie Royal Alfred Colonel Aaeken-
zie, Colonel Ansell, Colonel Bay mes, the
Quartermaster General; Colonel Mcneil,
of Sir John Young staff; Captain Black,
Lieutenant Ponsonby, and other officers
of the army and navy, stood at the gang
plank awaiting its adlustment to tha YES
sci, so that they I,ight SO on hoard and
greet and congratulate the Prince upon
his safe arrival. This work consumed
but a N oment of time, aud then the Gov
ernor General and eficial party trans
ferred themselves from the wharf to the !
deck Of the City of Paris. They pro-
ceeded Immediately to the stateroom of
His Royal Highzess, where about c half /
hour was occupied il an iniOFnAfFecep-
Son.
During this Interval the mail and bag |
gage Of the steamer were discharged,
Next to the mails the principal baggage |
brought ashore was that Of the royal party,
consisting OF sixtY-oHe PIECES, and in .
cluding Ia tsa VT & fall stock OF hshing,
hantinE aad other sporting tackle and
implements. This, il should be stated,
was not properly the baggage Of the