MILITARY AND CIVIL. I I7

His Highness was accompanied by His Excellency and Mrs. Dundas on board the ship Hero, to luncheon, and as he was descending the landing stage to his royal barge, all the war— ships in port manned their yards, and when he stepped on the deck of the noble ship the Royal Standard of old England resumed its place at the mainmast top, then every ship thundered forth a Royal Salute, while the Band played the national anthem. Thus Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, bid adieu to Prince Edward Island. Then as the Royal Squadron sailed away from its moorings, in passing George’s Battery the Volunteer Artillery greeted the Prince with a parting salute 0f 2: guns, with which closed the numerous events of this memorable visit.

Prince Edward Islanders were proud of the reception given in honor of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, not one mishap occurred throughout the whole time to mar the pleasure of the reception; men, women, and even children vied with each other in demonstrations of loyalty; and truly were the words spoken, which the address presented by the city corporation contained: “We beg to assure Your Highness that this day will form an epoch in our history long to be remembered.” Yes, to this remote period—when its writer and presenter have passed away~—the visit of the Prince of Wales is referred to with sentiments of delight by all those who had the pleasure of witnessing his reception.

The Prince was then in the nineteenth year of his age. In 1863 His Highness married a Princess of Denmark, by whom he has four children surviving, viz., one son and three daughters. T hirty—six years have elapsed since His Royal Highness visited our beloved Isle, and although living through a period of changeable events, he still glories in the same high position which he then occupied, that is, Heir Apparent to the Crown and Throne of a great and mighty Empire; the sceptre of which his Queen mother has so long wielded, with the ever growing respect and admiration of a dutiful people, who wish wrth God’s blessings that she may long be spared to rule over her vast domain.

On the morning of the 13th, the French frigate Pomone weighed anchor and stood slowly out to sea, having taken an active part in the various salutes fired in honor of the Prince,