THE PRINCE AT SYDNEY.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2630, 1 February 1868, Page 6

THE PRINCE AT SYDNEY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Sydney in the Galatea on the 21st instant, and met with a magnificent reception. A flotilla, consisting of twenty- two steamers and twenty four smaller vessels, met the Galatea outside the Heads, and furnished a naval escort to the Prince. At night a general illumination of the ships in harbor toolc place. The next day his Royal Highness landed at Circular Quay, and was ceived by liis Excellency the Governor, the members of the Ministry and Houses of Assembly, with other leading people, under a triumphal arch, designed after the arch of Drusus, at Rome. It consisted of one grand central opening by a depth, of thirty feet, twenty-five feet wide, with wing openings eleven feet wide, capped with three goldpainted domes on pediments, with, crown pediments. The central dome rising seventynino feet and the wing domes forty feet each, with telescope flagstaffs, thirty-fivo and twenty- five feet higher. The central dome was pierced with twelve circular openings, each of which contained a letter of the name " Alfred" prepared for illumination. An address was presented by the Mayor of Sydney on behalf of the Corporation, and then the Prince drove through the city, escorted by a picked guard of honor, and a procession composed as follows : — The Volunteer Fire Company, No 1, with engine Manchester unity Lodges of Odd Fellows Grand United Order Lodges of Odd Fellows Ancient Order of Foresters Sons of Temperance Protestant Friendly Alliance Mayors and members of Suburban Municipalities H.R.H. the DUKE OF EDINBURGH Carriage with members of the literary staff of tho Sydney Morning Herald Officers in Command of H.M. Naval and Military Forces — represented by Commodore Lambert, Colonel Waddy, Captain and Adjutant Baynes, Lieutenant Barker, of the 50th Regiment, and Captain Lyons Members of the Executive Council, including the Hon. J. Martin, the Hon. H. Parkes, the Hon. J. Byrnes, tho Hon. J. B. Wilson, the Hon. G\ Eagnr, and the Hon. J. Docker Members of the Reception Committee. Members of the suite of his Royal Highness Members of the Buite of his Excellency the Governor The Consular body Judges of the Supreme Court, represented by their Honors Mr Justice Hargravo, Mr Justice Cheeke, and Mr Justice Fawcett Members of the Legislative Council Members of the Legislative Assembly The Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Sydney Tho Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Senate, Professors, and Officers of the University. The bodies on foot assembled as follows, at half past 10 in the morning: The Odd Fellows of the Manchester Unity, in Bridge street; the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, in New Pitt street, south side of ! Bridge street ; the Foresters in New Pitt street, north of Bridge street ; the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society, in Gresliam street ; the sons of Temperance, in Bridge street, east of tho Exchange ; the Suburban Municipalities and Graduates and Students of the University, behind the Custom-house. The cortege of his Royal Highness, with that part of the procession in carriages, joined the portion on foot in George street, between Bridge and Hunter streets, and thus the line was completed. The streets were lined with tens of thousands of people, and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. Triumphal arches had been erected in suitable spots. In the evening the city was splendidly illuminated. The Sydney Morning Herald, speaking of it, says : — " The day had scarcely closed when the illuminations and transparencies filled the Streets with light. By all forms of mechanism and artistic skill was a welcome to the Prince proclaimed in burning words. The view of the city from the most elevated places was magnificent and unsurpassed for splendor in the Southern hemisphere. It seemed aB though every, public vehicle had been engaged by families and private parties to view the spectacle ; and notwithstanding the steady rainfall, tens of thousands of people traversed the streets on foot."