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     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,