eligious
welfare of the children, after having secured a place of Divine
Worship for the parents. He trusted that the association of the
site with its former uses would bear its fruit in the success
of this sacred work of education and religion."

After prayers were read by the Bishop of London, the ceremony of
declaring the schools open was performed, and purses were presented,
with donations to the amount of L1500, including a hundred guineas from
the Prince of Wales.

A luncheon followed, at which the Bishop of London, in proposing the
health of the Queen, recalled a saying of George III., who once
expressed the hope that the time would come when every man in England
would possess a Bible, and be able to read it. This sentiment was also
felt by the old King's grand-daughter who now filled the throne, and
nothing was dearer to Her Majesty's heart than the religious education
of the people.

In next proposing the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the
Bishop said that the Royal visit of this day would give a prestige to
the schools which would ensure their popularity in the neighbourhood.
There was a special interest for the Princess of Wales in the fact that
they were on the site of the old Danish Chapel, long the only place of
worship for Danish seamen in London.

The Prince of Wales, in response, said:--

"My Lord Bishop, Ladies, and Gentlemen,--Allow me in the name of
the Princess of Wales and myself to tender you my warmest thanks
for the kind way in which this toast has been proposed and
responded to. I need not tell you that the proceedings of to-day
have given us great pleasure, or that we feel a deep interest in
the success of the schools which we have now opened. When we
were asked to open these schools and play-grounds for the
children of seamen and other persons living in this
neighbourhood, we at once felt that the object was excellent,
and we were anxious in coming here to-day to evince the interest
we take in the schools. They have, as has already been
mentioned, an especial interest for myself, because just
twenty-four years ago the foundation stone of the neighbouring
church for seamen was laid by my lamented father. That church,
during the twenty-four years it has been in existence, has
answered the purpose for which it was built, and I believe as
many as 240,000 seamen, together with their wives and fa