rough." A luncheon was given by
Mr. Hambro, the senior member for Weymouth. The streets were
gaily decorated, and the people were loud in their loyal and joyful
demonstrations. The Royal yacht returned to Osborne late in the
evening.

VISIT TO DERBY.

_December 17th, 1872._

The tidings that the Prince and Princess of Wales were coming to Derby
from Chatsworth, where they were on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire,
caused great excitement in the district. Trains brought crowds from
Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, and Chesterfield, to
swell the populace of Derby.

It was on the 17th of December, 1872, not far from the anniversary of
the gloomiest time of the illness of the previous year, that the visit
to Derby was made. There were several loyal addresses--from civic,
municipal, and other bodies, including one from the Freemasons of
Derbyshire. The object of the Royal visit was mainly to present the
prizes at the Derby Grammar School, one of the most flourishing of
provincial middle-class schools. The procession of carriages passed
through streets crowded with people, with brilliant escort of troops,
and decorations everywhere on the route. On arriving at the school Lord
Belper delivered an address referring to the foundation and history of
the institution, and the high scholastic standard aimed at. The Head
Master, the Rev. W. Clark, having thanked the Prince and the Princess
for coming, added that His Royal Highness had kindly said he would write
his name in each of the prize-books in remembrance of the occasion:--

His Royal Highness, on rising, said,--"Mr. Clark, Ladies, and
Gentlemen,--I beg you to accept from the Princess, as well as
myself, our cordial thanks for the very kind words that have
been addressed to us. I can assure you that I have come here
with feelings of the greatest pleasure, and we are glad we
accepted the kind invitation of the noble duke to visit
Chatsworth, and that we have had the pleasure and advantage of
visiting the ancient town of Derby. I have had great pleasure in
presiding to-day and distributing the prizes to the successful
competitors of the Derby school. This school, as you know, is
one of the oldest in the kingdom, though I am afraid one of the
poorest endowed. Still it has always borne the highest
reputation, which I feel convinced it will continue to maintain.
To the young men to whom I have had t