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Our Grand Master At Home Again.
heers such as only British seamen can raise , are g iven successively by the crews of the ships f war as she passes them . The spectacle is gguificent . The sun shines brilliantly on the •(¦ arbour and the Serapis ; the enthusiasm of the the of the
spectators is boundless ; cheering blue-jackets is re-echoed by the cheers of the spectators on shore and on the numerous and dangerously laden pleasure steamers which have come up the Solent in advance of the great ship bearing the Prince and Princess of Wales . It is amid all this and the music of many bands that
the Serapis is brought-to at just 3 o ' clock . The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children , with the Duke of Edinburgh , who wears his uniform of captain in the Royal Navy , stand on the quarter-deck . His Royal Highness uncovers , and bows graciously over and over again
to the spectators en shore , while there arc such cries of " Welcome Home , " and such waving of hats and handkerchiefs , and such bursts oi cheering as have scarcely ever been witnessed and heard . A gangway was soon adjusted to connect the
Serapis with the jetty , and as soon as it was p laced the Duke erf Conn r . jght , the Duke of Cambridge , Sir Hastings D > y \ i , Admiral lilliot , the Lords of the Admiralty , Lord Alfred Paget , and several oilier distingnis ' ii'd personages went on board . There was a I nog delay before the
Prince landed , owing to : \ ip . uitity of his lighter baggage having to be got out and sent to the railway station . At a q 1 lit . r to 4 o ' clock he came down the gangway , leading the Princess of Wales . His two sons followed ; then came the Duke of Cambridge , leading tlie eldest of
the youu ^ - Princesses ; the Duke of Connaught , with the next , followed , and Princess Maude came on shore with her governess . The Prince of Wales was received by the Board of Admiralty , thc Lieutenant-General Commanding the District , and the Admiiv . 1 ' *' . ' ip * ri ; itendi . * nt of the
Dockyard , with their p- Tsoo-l Staffs , and proceeded direct to the pavili- ; : i , the binds ph-. ying " God s . sve the Queen , " ro-. l the Marine Artillery / iring * a Royal salute . In the pavilion the Mayor was introduced , n . \ -l the Town Clerk read an address .
The Prince of Wales delivered the following reply : — " Gentlemen , —I thank you for your cordial welcome on my return to England . I am much gratified at this expression of your belief that my lon- ; journey has not been without its effect
in knitting still closer the bonds of peace and unity with our great Indian Empire , and should it provo that my visit has helped to bring about so desirable and important a result J may indeed Feel that my labour has not been in vaiu . Since I was last at Portsmouth 1 have travelled to
some of those more distant possessions of the British Crown with which our fleets and soldiers have been in such constant communication , and it was a great satisfaction to me to find thai the same order and security which exist in the mother country are maintained wherever the
power of Great Britain is established . I will not fail to communicate to the Queen yonr expressions of loyalty , and let me thank you , gentlemen , in the name of the Princess of Wales and of niy children , as well as in my own , for your kind congratulations on my safe return ,
assuring yon lhat , however interesting my travels nave been , it affords me a very sincere pleasure to find myself once more at home with the Princess and my family . " The address was beautifully engrossed and illuminated by Messrs . llmvill and James , oi London .
Immediatel y His Royal Highness had coneluded Sir Jules Benedict raised his baton , and a welcome , the words of which are by Mr . Frederic Enoch and the music by Sir Jules Benedict himself , was sung ; the solos bein-- * taken by Mr . C . F , McCheane ancl the choral Dy 200 voices . The solo singer has an excellent voice
, and the performance was singularly effective . At its conclusion the ladies of the Choir showered their bouquets over the Prince « nd Princess . Their Real Highnesses seemed much touched at this spontaneous and graceful •MBpIunent . Before the Prince and Princess entered their carriage a grand march , " Hail to «""•tt-mce , written for the occasion b y Mr . J .
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Winterbottom , the conductor of the Roya Marine Artillery Band , was performed , under the direct ! -in of the composer , by a full orchestra . Thc procession from the jetty was headed by Sir Fastings Doyle and his Staff , a very large escort being subsequently furnished by the
Scots Greys when the Dockyard gates were reached . The Prince of Wales and his wife and family and attendants drove from the jetty to the railway station , amid an enthusiast ! :, and decorated streets , which we should like more fully to
describe in detail in our columns . Sufficient to say , that the reception was the most enthusiastic , and that Portsmouth had indeed done honour to herself by her most artistic and admirable dressing up . We must allude to one scene in the triumphant progress . On the Commercial Road
were stands , accommodating many thousands of spectators , and a triumphal arch of considerable pretensions—one of several erected in th ; borough . No fewer than 7000 school children were stationed on this road , and sang anthems in honour of the Prince . At the end of this road
is the railway station . It was magnificent both inside and out . Amid a parterre of flowers the Royal party entered the station . The ringing and continuous cheers and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which commenced before the Prince put his foot on shore , aud which were
suspended only during the presentation of the address on the jetty , were kept up by the immense lines ol men , women , and children outside , even after he had reached the railway platform . The p latform for the entire length of the Royal train was carpeted with scarlet cloth , and thc
metal p illars supporting tlie roof were richly draped . At the station the Masouic address of the Province of Hampshire was presented by the Prov . G . M ., Bro . Beach , P . M . Tho special train left the station iu charge of
Mr . J . P . Knight at twenty minutes before $ o ' clock , Mr . J . Lang , M . P ., chairman , and several of the directors of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway occupying a compartment in front of the splendid saloon in which the Prince ind Princess of Wales and their
children were seated . The Duke of Edinburgh , ihe Duke of Connaught , and the Duke of Cambridge were also in the Royal saloon , and the suite ol the Prince and Princess of Wales occupied other carriages in the special train . Rapidly as the train travelled , the journey of the Prince
was one triumphal progress from Portsmouth to the metropolis . There was scarcely a field , not to say a village , by which the Royal party passed , without men , women , and children being in readiness to greet the Prince . The only stopping place was Horsham . At this station several
thousand people were assembled ; and a guard of hononr composed ol a local corps of Volunteers was drawn up to present arms , their band playing the National Anthem and " God bless the Piince of Wales " while the locomotive was taking in a fresh supply of water aud the wheels of ihe carriages were being greased . Every
station along the line was decorated , but Horsham elaborately so . At Dorking , Leatherhead , and Clapham J unction , every inch of vantage ground had its occupant . Hundreds of boarding schools along the line turned out to cheer the Prince , and from every window overlooking the line , scarves , handkerchiefs , and hats were raised .
The train orew up in the Victoria Station at . 14 minutes past 6 o ' clock . This station afi ' ords facilities for ornamentation such as few stations present . Last evening it was radiant in brilliant colouring . The iron girders were completely concealed by scarlet and while draperies
on which were innumerable tasteful rosettes , Flags depended from a hundred different points of the roof , and banners floated from all the pillars , which were covered with twisted ribands and artificial flowers . The platform at which the Royal train arrived was carpeted in crimson
and green shrubs and hothouse exotics lined it on the outer side . Along the carriage-way were beds of azaleas , ferns , lilies , and the walls were covered with white and green cloth , the arches being edged with evergreens and flowers . The monograms " A . " and " E . " were displayed at various points , as were also the Prince of Wales ' s
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feathers . Stands covered with crimson cloth were occupied by nearly a thousand ladies and gentlemen . The guard of honour drawn up within the station was composed of a hundred rank and file of the Grenadier Guards , with the band and colours of the regiment . On the
platform , awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales , were very many illustrious and distinguished personages , including the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Loi-ne , the Duke and Duchess cf Teck , the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenbur' -Strelitz , the Duchess of
Manchester , the Duchess of Sutherland , Lady Ailesbury , the Hon . Captain Carington , M . P ., Mr . C . Sykes , M . P . Tremendous were the cheers raised both within and outside the Victoria Station as the Prince aud Princess set out for Buckingham
P : « ace . Accompanied by the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , they were seated in an open carriage and four , preceded by outriders . The young Princesses and the Royal Dukes followed in other Court equipages , and after them came the suite who had returned
with the Prince . The escort was furnished by a detachment of the ist Life Guards , nnder the command of Colonel Bateson . The band of this regiment was drawn up outside the station . The entire route from the station to Buckingham Palace and thence to Marlborough House was
lined with troops , composed of the and Battalion Grenadier Guards , Colonel W . A . Higginson , C . B . j 3 rd Battalion Grenadier Guards , Colonel Burnaby j the 2 nd Battalion Coldstream Guards , Colonel L . Fremantle ; and the ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards , Colonel Gipps . The
Royal Horse . Guards , under the command of Colonel Owen Williams , were stationed , in the first instance , at Hyde Park Corner j there they fell in behind the Royal cortege , and subsequently formed a guard of honour when the Prince was entering Marlborough House . Tha route taken
from Victoria Station was by Grosvenor-place , Grosveuor-gardcns , Piccadilly , St . James ' sstrcet , Cleveland-gate , and the Mall to Buckingham Palace . In Grosvenor-gardens thc decorations were of a uniform but novel character . Shield-shaped draperies in red , white , and amber
depended from windows and balconies . The other streets along the line had also been decorated , but in a less effective style . The crowds were enormous . When the Prince and Princess were leaving Buckingham Palace thc Queen and the German Empress appeared on the balcony
above the grand entrance . Having proceeded by the Mall from Buckingham Palace , their Royal Highnesses reached Marlborough House about eight o ' clock . The Prince and Princess , after dining at Marlborough House , went to the Roya ) Opera House , Covent Garden , where they arrived at thc end
of the second act of the " Ballo in Maschera . " The house , which was very full , had waited for some time with mingled excitement , and perhaps a little impatience , " more Gentis Anglicane , " but when they did make their appearance —the Prince of Wales , with the Princess to his
left , the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught to his right , and the young Princess in front—the shouts , the cheers , the " bravos ! " were ss vociferous and long-continued as they wore hearty and spontaneous . The whole assembly rose ; and it seemed as if the demonstrations cf
welcome would never cease . The Prince bowed and bowed repeatedly , till he must havo been fatigued with bowing ; but the cheering went on . At last the curtain was lifted , thc chorus filling the stage , with Madlle . Albani , as solo singer , in their midst ; and Signor Vianesi
raising his Mton , " God bless the Prince of Wales , " to the stirring tune of Brinley Richards , was sung and played with a vigour and unanimity that led to a renewal of tho manifestations in the form of reiterateel cheering : The National Anthem followed , as . 1 matter of course , Madlle . Albani giving the lirst so ) o
with admirably marked empnasis . While all this went on the coup d ' ceil was reall y magnificent , such , perhaps , as could not be surpassed in any European theatre . The third act of the " Ballo in Maschera , " the finest , dramatically considered , in the work , yet still the most gloomy , then proceeded , and the performance was listened to with evident satis-
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Our Grand Master At Home Again.
heers such as only British seamen can raise , are g iven successively by the crews of the ships f war as she passes them . The spectacle is gguificent . The sun shines brilliantly on the •(¦ arbour and the Serapis ; the enthusiasm of the the of the
spectators is boundless ; cheering blue-jackets is re-echoed by the cheers of the spectators on shore and on the numerous and dangerously laden pleasure steamers which have come up the Solent in advance of the great ship bearing the Prince and Princess of Wales . It is amid all this and the music of many bands that
the Serapis is brought-to at just 3 o ' clock . The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children , with the Duke of Edinburgh , who wears his uniform of captain in the Royal Navy , stand on the quarter-deck . His Royal Highness uncovers , and bows graciously over and over again
to the spectators en shore , while there arc such cries of " Welcome Home , " and such waving of hats and handkerchiefs , and such bursts oi cheering as have scarcely ever been witnessed and heard . A gangway was soon adjusted to connect the
Serapis with the jetty , and as soon as it was p laced the Duke erf Conn r . jght , the Duke of Cambridge , Sir Hastings D > y \ i , Admiral lilliot , the Lords of the Admiralty , Lord Alfred Paget , and several oilier distingnis ' ii'd personages went on board . There was a I nog delay before the
Prince landed , owing to : \ ip . uitity of his lighter baggage having to be got out and sent to the railway station . At a q 1 lit . r to 4 o ' clock he came down the gangway , leading the Princess of Wales . His two sons followed ; then came the Duke of Cambridge , leading tlie eldest of
the youu ^ - Princesses ; the Duke of Connaught , with the next , followed , and Princess Maude came on shore with her governess . The Prince of Wales was received by the Board of Admiralty , thc Lieutenant-General Commanding the District , and the Admiiv . 1 ' *' . ' ip * ri ; itendi . * nt of the
Dockyard , with their p- Tsoo-l Staffs , and proceeded direct to the pavili- ; : i , the binds ph-. ying " God s . sve the Queen , " ro-. l the Marine Artillery / iring * a Royal salute . In the pavilion the Mayor was introduced , n . \ -l the Town Clerk read an address .
The Prince of Wales delivered the following reply : — " Gentlemen , —I thank you for your cordial welcome on my return to England . I am much gratified at this expression of your belief that my lon- ; journey has not been without its effect
in knitting still closer the bonds of peace and unity with our great Indian Empire , and should it provo that my visit has helped to bring about so desirable and important a result J may indeed Feel that my labour has not been in vaiu . Since I was last at Portsmouth 1 have travelled to
some of those more distant possessions of the British Crown with which our fleets and soldiers have been in such constant communication , and it was a great satisfaction to me to find thai the same order and security which exist in the mother country are maintained wherever the
power of Great Britain is established . I will not fail to communicate to the Queen yonr expressions of loyalty , and let me thank you , gentlemen , in the name of the Princess of Wales and of niy children , as well as in my own , for your kind congratulations on my safe return ,
assuring yon lhat , however interesting my travels nave been , it affords me a very sincere pleasure to find myself once more at home with the Princess and my family . " The address was beautifully engrossed and illuminated by Messrs . llmvill and James , oi London .
Immediatel y His Royal Highness had coneluded Sir Jules Benedict raised his baton , and a welcome , the words of which are by Mr . Frederic Enoch and the music by Sir Jules Benedict himself , was sung ; the solos bein-- * taken by Mr . C . F , McCheane ancl the choral Dy 200 voices . The solo singer has an excellent voice
, and the performance was singularly effective . At its conclusion the ladies of the Choir showered their bouquets over the Prince « nd Princess . Their Real Highnesses seemed much touched at this spontaneous and graceful •MBpIunent . Before the Prince and Princess entered their carriage a grand march , " Hail to «""•tt-mce , written for the occasion b y Mr . J .
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Winterbottom , the conductor of the Roya Marine Artillery Band , was performed , under the direct ! -in of the composer , by a full orchestra . Thc procession from the jetty was headed by Sir Fastings Doyle and his Staff , a very large escort being subsequently furnished by the
Scots Greys when the Dockyard gates were reached . The Prince of Wales and his wife and family and attendants drove from the jetty to the railway station , amid an enthusiast ! :, and decorated streets , which we should like more fully to
describe in detail in our columns . Sufficient to say , that the reception was the most enthusiastic , and that Portsmouth had indeed done honour to herself by her most artistic and admirable dressing up . We must allude to one scene in the triumphant progress . On the Commercial Road
were stands , accommodating many thousands of spectators , and a triumphal arch of considerable pretensions—one of several erected in th ; borough . No fewer than 7000 school children were stationed on this road , and sang anthems in honour of the Prince . At the end of this road
is the railway station . It was magnificent both inside and out . Amid a parterre of flowers the Royal party entered the station . The ringing and continuous cheers and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs , which commenced before the Prince put his foot on shore , aud which were
suspended only during the presentation of the address on the jetty , were kept up by the immense lines ol men , women , and children outside , even after he had reached the railway platform . The p latform for the entire length of the Royal train was carpeted with scarlet cloth , and thc
metal p illars supporting tlie roof were richly draped . At the station the Masouic address of the Province of Hampshire was presented by the Prov . G . M ., Bro . Beach , P . M . Tho special train left the station iu charge of
Mr . J . P . Knight at twenty minutes before $ o ' clock , Mr . J . Lang , M . P ., chairman , and several of the directors of the London , Brighton , and South Coast Railway occupying a compartment in front of the splendid saloon in which the Prince ind Princess of Wales and their
children were seated . The Duke of Edinburgh , ihe Duke of Connaught , and the Duke of Cambridge were also in the Royal saloon , and the suite ol the Prince and Princess of Wales occupied other carriages in the special train . Rapidly as the train travelled , the journey of the Prince
was one triumphal progress from Portsmouth to the metropolis . There was scarcely a field , not to say a village , by which the Royal party passed , without men , women , and children being in readiness to greet the Prince . The only stopping place was Horsham . At this station several
thousand people were assembled ; and a guard of hononr composed ol a local corps of Volunteers was drawn up to present arms , their band playing the National Anthem and " God bless the Piince of Wales " while the locomotive was taking in a fresh supply of water aud the wheels of ihe carriages were being greased . Every
station along the line was decorated , but Horsham elaborately so . At Dorking , Leatherhead , and Clapham J unction , every inch of vantage ground had its occupant . Hundreds of boarding schools along the line turned out to cheer the Prince , and from every window overlooking the line , scarves , handkerchiefs , and hats were raised .
The train orew up in the Victoria Station at . 14 minutes past 6 o ' clock . This station afi ' ords facilities for ornamentation such as few stations present . Last evening it was radiant in brilliant colouring . The iron girders were completely concealed by scarlet and while draperies
on which were innumerable tasteful rosettes , Flags depended from a hundred different points of the roof , and banners floated from all the pillars , which were covered with twisted ribands and artificial flowers . The platform at which the Royal train arrived was carpeted in crimson
and green shrubs and hothouse exotics lined it on the outer side . Along the carriage-way were beds of azaleas , ferns , lilies , and the walls were covered with white and green cloth , the arches being edged with evergreens and flowers . The monograms " A . " and " E . " were displayed at various points , as were also the Prince of Wales ' s
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feathers . Stands covered with crimson cloth were occupied by nearly a thousand ladies and gentlemen . The guard of honour drawn up within the station was composed of a hundred rank and file of the Grenadier Guards , with the band and colours of the regiment . On the
platform , awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales , were very many illustrious and distinguished personages , including the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Loi-ne , the Duke and Duchess cf Teck , the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenbur' -Strelitz , the Duchess of
Manchester , the Duchess of Sutherland , Lady Ailesbury , the Hon . Captain Carington , M . P ., Mr . C . Sykes , M . P . Tremendous were the cheers raised both within and outside the Victoria Station as the Prince aud Princess set out for Buckingham
P : « ace . Accompanied by the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales , they were seated in an open carriage and four , preceded by outriders . The young Princesses and the Royal Dukes followed in other Court equipages , and after them came the suite who had returned
with the Prince . The escort was furnished by a detachment of the ist Life Guards , nnder the command of Colonel Bateson . The band of this regiment was drawn up outside the station . The entire route from the station to Buckingham Palace and thence to Marlborough House was
lined with troops , composed of the and Battalion Grenadier Guards , Colonel W . A . Higginson , C . B . j 3 rd Battalion Grenadier Guards , Colonel Burnaby j the 2 nd Battalion Coldstream Guards , Colonel L . Fremantle ; and the ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards , Colonel Gipps . The
Royal Horse . Guards , under the command of Colonel Owen Williams , were stationed , in the first instance , at Hyde Park Corner j there they fell in behind the Royal cortege , and subsequently formed a guard of honour when the Prince was entering Marlborough House . Tha route taken
from Victoria Station was by Grosvenor-place , Grosveuor-gardcns , Piccadilly , St . James ' sstrcet , Cleveland-gate , and the Mall to Buckingham Palace . In Grosvenor-gardens thc decorations were of a uniform but novel character . Shield-shaped draperies in red , white , and amber
depended from windows and balconies . The other streets along the line had also been decorated , but in a less effective style . The crowds were enormous . When the Prince and Princess were leaving Buckingham Palace thc Queen and the German Empress appeared on the balcony
above the grand entrance . Having proceeded by the Mall from Buckingham Palace , their Royal Highnesses reached Marlborough House about eight o ' clock . The Prince and Princess , after dining at Marlborough House , went to the Roya ) Opera House , Covent Garden , where they arrived at thc end
of the second act of the " Ballo in Maschera . " The house , which was very full , had waited for some time with mingled excitement , and perhaps a little impatience , " more Gentis Anglicane , " but when they did make their appearance —the Prince of Wales , with the Princess to his
left , the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught to his right , and the young Princess in front—the shouts , the cheers , the " bravos ! " were ss vociferous and long-continued as they wore hearty and spontaneous . The whole assembly rose ; and it seemed as if the demonstrations cf
welcome would never cease . The Prince bowed and bowed repeatedly , till he must havo been fatigued with bowing ; but the cheering went on . At last the curtain was lifted , thc chorus filling the stage , with Madlle . Albani , as solo singer , in their midst ; and Signor Vianesi
raising his Mton , " God bless the Prince of Wales , " to the stirring tune of Brinley Richards , was sung and played with a vigour and unanimity that led to a renewal of tho manifestations in the form of reiterateel cheering : The National Anthem followed , as . 1 matter of course , Madlle . Albani giving the lirst so ) o
with admirably marked empnasis . While all this went on the coup d ' ceil was reall y magnificent , such , perhaps , as could not be surpassed in any European theatre . The third act of the " Ballo in Maschera , " the finest , dramatically considered , in the work , yet still the most gloomy , then proceeded , and the performance was listened to with evident satis-