Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
- Contents
- ROYALTY IN THE NEW WORLD; OR, The Prince of Wales in America
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
- SUMMARY OF THE PRINCE's TOUR
- THE HISTORICAL PRINCES OF WALES
- THE ROYAL PARTY
- THE RETURN HOME
- SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF H. R. H the Prince of Wals Tour in Amarica
CHAPTER XII
The First day in Montreal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
- Contents
- ROYALTY IN THE NEW WORLD; OR, The Prince of Wales in America
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS
- SUMMARY OF THE PRINCE's TOUR
- THE HISTORICAL PRINCES OF WALES
- THE ROYAL PARTY
- THE RETURN HOME
- SYNOPTICAL VIEW OF H. R. H the Prince of Wals Tour in Amarica
Summary
The morning of Saturday the 25th of August, broke wet and gloomy. This gave rise, I heard, to a wag remarking that His Royal Highness was not only heir apparent to the British throne, but the Raining Prince. Before eight o'clock, however, the rain had ceased, and the current of traffic set in strongly towards the river-side. At a few minutes before nine—the hour appointed for the landing—I drove to Bonsecours Market, and then walked through the mud between lines of citizens, kept in order by a few policemen, towards the wharf near the extreme end of which stood the triumphal arch or pavilion.
There I found the Ministry in their Third-Class uniform, members of the Upper House in their regulation steel-buttoned coats, many of the Lower House in evening dress, the Anglican Bishop and clergy and several of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, the Admiral of the Fleet, and other naval officers, the members of the Executive Committee, and lastly, but mightiest of all, the Mayor in his scarlet robe. He stood foremost of the group in all the pride and majesty of office, and was evidently eager to give the Prince a fervent welcome. The steamer Kingston painted white, and with the plumes and motto of the Princes of Wales painted on her paddle-boxes was only a few yards distant from the wharf, but, owing to the awkwardness displayed in getting her alongside, more than a quarter of an hour elapsed before the gangway was opened to the shore.
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- Royalty in the New WorldOr, the Prince of Wales in America, pp. 91 - 97Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009