ch in due time was completed, and
was inaugurated by the Prince and Princess of Wales, on the 7th of July,
1869.

Arriving from London, by special train of the Great Eastern Railway, the
Royal visitors were received, with great ceremony, in the Council Room
of the Town Hall of Lynn. An address was presented by the Recorder, in
which gratification was expressed at their Royal Highnesses having
selected an abode in the neighbourhood of the borough, and in showing
their interest in its welfare by having graciously undertaken to
inaugurate their new dock.

His Royal Highness made the following reply:--

"Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,--I thank you for this address, for the
loyalty and attachment you express towards the Queen, and for
the kind welcome you offer the Princess and myself. It is
peculiarly gratifying to us to visit you on an occasion like the
present. The revolutions of time and science would have had the
same effects upon King's Lynn as upon other commercial ports but
for the energies of the inhabitants. Without them its ancient
name would have become interesting only for its antiquity. But
in the century in which we live it is permitted neither to town
nor to community to rest quiet or to stand still. The energies I
have referred to, I have learned to appreciate from living in
your neighbourhood, and, indeed, I have been called on to
participate in them as regards the navigation of your waters. I
fervently pray that the Dock we are about to open this day, may,
under the fostering auspices of a beneficent Providence, open
out new sources of wealth and commerce, shedding the blessings
which are derived from them on your town, and contributing to
the prosperity of our beloved country."

The Royal party then visited the Grammar School, where the Prince
received and responded to an address from the Masters and Scholars, and
presented to the successful competitor the gold medal, given annually,
through the munificence of the Prince, as a prize for classical and
modern languages in alternate years. The Prince presented the prize,
saying:--

"I have great pleasure in presenting you with this medal. On a
former occasion I presented it at Sandringham, but it is more
pleasure to you to receive it among your schoolfellows. I hope
this medal will contribute to your success in future life, and
that it may be a stimulus to you for fu