The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-27
ROYAL REvELs AT MALTA.

 --auhenca a signal was given enabling
 Fort Ricasoli to punctuate the landing
 of the Duke and Duchess Cor Cornwall
 and York) with a salute. Eight Steps
 were hurriedly ascended and descended { as the royal party had to overtake the
 programme, which included process
 sion in launches to another creek,
 where the blue jackets and marines,
 drawn up on the forecastles of the ships, saluted. The next landing-place
 was Corradino Hill, where their Royal Highnesses entered carriages and drove
 in procession to the parade-ground, where two twelve-pounder batteries, under Commanders Nicholson and Sow erby and a nine -pounder battery under Commander Vaughan, were drawn up on opposite sides. A physical drill par
 ty stood in the background facing the royal pavilion, round which a guard or honor of marine artillery and infantry was stationed, while a selection or mu- sic was performed by the fleet band.
 Some picturesque evolutions were then performed All the batteries ad- vanced rapidly to the center and opened fire The -pounders shift < ed both wheels, and the nine-pounders were dismounted and retired with their gear, then were remounted, and finally drawn back at the double to their orig inal positions. The drill party ad- yanced and extended, practising so beautifully to the music that repetl- ton was commanded. Captain Tyr whit then marched the batteries past at the double. Lieutenant Webb, com manding the drill party, who is an old professional comrade of the duke, was called forward, as the royal party passed on to a pavilion, whence view was commanded of the new dock exten- sion works, the plans and photographs os which appeared greatly to interest the duke and duchess. The royal na- ! val canteen was next visited. This IS spacious building, in which many ob- jects suggest "reminiscences of the duke in his sailor days, and of his late uncle' the Duke of Edinburgh
 Their Royal Highnesses and the other members of the royal party then en- tered four launches, which made rap Id voyage to the mouth of the harbor, where the duke was as eager as the duchess to see the strange performances of the Brennan torpedo. The move ments of this formidable engine were directed by electricity from the fort. \ Their Royal Highnesses were first shown how, in case of any m1shap to the wire, an outburst of flame and smoke enabled the seamen to detect the exact whereabouts of the torpedo and pick it up. They next saw a trilm- phant run out of a torpedo to attack barge. After lodging the gunboats, the torpedo finally struck the object de- sired. The Duchess of Cornwall was then persuaded to drive the torpedo herself. It's course was naturally fol- lowed with the keenest interest, espec- ially when it hit the mark, which was far outside the harbor.
 After the torpedo practice, the duke and duchess proceeded on board his ma jestys ship Families, where they were entertained at lunch by Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. After lunch the duchess came with the governor to see the St. Elmo chapel where the Knights of St. John, foreseeing death while defending the fort against the Turks in the great siege, took the last sacrament. A still grimmer relic ad- Joining is the Chapel of Bones, where the remains of those killed in the great siege were collected from the closed cemetery really in order to decorate the walls, panels, altar and cornices The bones are so arranged as to produce floral and geometrical designs. The duchess and her suite were much struck with this triumph of artistic ar engagement over a revolting idea. A visit was also paid to the hospital of the Knights of St. John. where Surgeon General O'Farrell showed her Royal FIighness over the wards. The duchess then drove off to join her husband, who, with Lord Charles Beresford, had al- ready landed in the grand harbor and driven to the governors residence at San Antonio for tea.
 The Duchess planted in the gardens of San Antonio a tree commemorative of the visit. The duke thanked the police | for the arrangements made for the visit | and has, asked Captain Primadye to is | sue an order to that effect tomorrow | morning.
 At half-past seven the Ophir came o,1t of dock and moored between the lines of battle-ships. The contribu- tions of the blue-jackets to the water carnival takes the shape of some huge models of animals, made of canvas on france, and lighted up from within. Some are working models, one being an elephant, which moves it's trunk and tail This was the design of the Can opus, for whom Lieutenant Parker had charge of this carnival, and superin tended at the dock-yard the making of an imposing model of white swan. The Caesar furnishes kangaroo, the empress a crocodile, the Gladiator a dragon, the Illustrious a Noah's ark, the Royal Oak camel, and the Victo- rious a dodo.
 Just before eight o'clock a rocket from the Ophir signalled that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were coming to dinner on board the flagship Renown. The answer was salvo of rockets from Corradino Hill, and then suddenly the harbor was flooded with light every ship being illuminated simultaneously with the flagship. Behind the Oprir in a line extending up to the harbor, were the Caesar, Families and Gladiator, and parallel with the Ophir in line were the Royal Sovereign, Royal Oak, Re- nown Victorious and Empress of India.
 Behind these lines of illuminated J,a tleshins law the torpedo destroyers