Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888
Part 45
The Royal College of Music, incorporated by Royal Charter in 1883, is now one of the established institutions of the Empire. There lies before us the Report of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Corporation, with Report of the Council and other official documents and statements. This meeting was held at the Concert Hall of the Alexandra House, adjoining the College, on Tuesday, July 24th, 1888, Prince Christian, K.G., one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. There was a very large attendance of the Council, members of the Corporation, teachers and pupils of the College. The Report of the Council was of the most satisfactory nature. The progress of the pupils has been very encouraging, and the discipline and efficiency of the College thoroughly well maintained. The number of foundation scholars at the end of April, 1888, was fifty-nine. Its number of paying students on the books at the same date, was 170, an increase of 24, during the preceding twelve months. These students were in various years of their training. The total number of pupils was 229.
The Examiners, Mr. W. G. Cusins, Sir Charles Hallé, Mr. C. H. Lloyd, Mr. A. Randegger, Mr. Carl Rosa, and Mr. Prosper Sainton, gave a most favourable report of steady progress, especially by the students of stringed instruments, piano, and organ. As an educational institution, the Royal College has already proved itself able to exert a powerful influence on the condition of musical art in this country.
The results of examinations and competitions were then given in detail, and various incidents of the year were recorded, including visits of Dr. Joachim and Dr. Hans Richter, who delighted the pupils by their presence and their performing. Various changes in the teaching staff were announced. The finances of the College are in good state, the available balance at the close of the year being nearly £2484, a clear increase during the past year of nearly £470. Various donations and benefactions were reported, but the great event of the meeting--which H.R.H. Prince Christian announced with a cheerful emphasis, in keeping with the warm interest he has always taken in the College--this was the generous gift of £30,000 by Mr. Samson Fox, for a building worthy of the institution; met by Her Majesty's Commissioners of 1851 by the grant of a site on their estate at South Kensington.
We must not give more space to this subject of the Royal College of Music. Those who wish further information must apply to the Secretary or Director of the College. In connection with the present volume it only remains to congratulate His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the successful accomplishment of a work, which is an honour to the reign of Queen Victoria, and will be of perennial benefit to the British Empire.
GENERAL INDEX.
A.
Aberdeen, Earl of, 338
Abolition of Slavery, Jubilee of the, 252
Adult Orphan Institution, 201
Agricultural Benevolent Institution, the Royal, 175
---- Society of England, Royal, 298
---- Society of Norfolk, 132
---- Show at Dublin, 122
Albany, The Duke of, 215, 272
Albert Hall, Opening of the Royal, 107
---- Medal, 103
---- Statue at Cambridge, Unveiling, 190
---- Statue, Unveiling the Holborn, 145
Alexandra Dock at Lynn, Inauguration of, 73
---- Home, 350
America, Visit to, 7, 212
Ancient Britons, Society of, Annual Dinner, 1867, 44
Anglo-Danish Exhibition, 347
Anti-Slavery Society, Meeting in Guildhall, 252
Argyll, The Duke of, 244
Arrow, Sir Frederick, 377, 381
Arthur, Prince, 122
Artists' Benevolent Institution, 111
---- Orphan Fund, 111
Art Treasures, Manchester, 1857, 4
Ashantee Expedition, The return of the, 148
Australasian Colonies, 212
Austria, The Emperor of, 165
B.
Baker, Sir Samuel, 69
Battle of Dorking, 121
Beaumont Trustees, 296
"Belgians," The "King of the," 377
Benson, Mr. (now Archbishop), 29
Beresford, Lord Charles, 137, 292
Boust, Count, 165
Birkbeck Institution, opening of the new building, 272
Birkbeck, Sir Edward, 229, 232
Birkenhead, 286
Birmingham, 351
----, Visit to, in 1874, 156
Bingley Hall, Exhibition at, 156
Blackburn, New Technical and Trades' School, 345
Bolton Town Hall, 351
Bombay Durbar, The, 184
Bramwell, Sir F., 291
Bright, Mr., 381
_Britannia_, The training ship, 195
British and Foreign Bible Society, The Laying of the Foundation Stone, 33
British Orphan Anniversary Festival, 15
British Orphan Asylum Festival, The, 146
---- ---- ----, speech, 14
Bruce, General, 5
Buccleuch, The Duke of, 120
Buckingham, Duke of, 247
Buckland, Frank, 233
Buckstone. Mr., 92
Buxton, M.P., Mr. E. N., 189
C.
Cabdrivers', Benevolent Association, 198
Caledonian Asylum, The Royal, 120
Cambridge Asylum, The Royal, 159
Cambridge, The Duke of, 149, 160, 225, 284, 374
Cambridge University, Election of Prince Albert to the Chancellorship of, 190
---- ----, Prince of Wales at, 192
Campbell, Sir Archibald, 332
Canadian tour, 8
Canning, Lord, 181
Carnarvon, Earl of, 170
Caxton, William, 16
Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 157
Charterhouse School, 163
Chelsea Hospital for Women, 350
Christian, Prince, 416
City and Guilds of London Institute, 215
City of London College in Moorfields, 239
---- ---- School, The New, 237
Civil Engineers, Institution of, 31, 290
Clerkenwell explosion sufferers, 65
Clowes & Sons, Messrs. Wm., 310
Coble Dene Dock at Newcastle, 351
"Coke of Norfolk," 134
Colet, Dean, 16
"College of God's Gift," "The," 96
Colonial and Indian Exhibition, Meeting of the Royal Commission, 303
Colonial Institute Banquet, 211
Colonial Office, At the, 293
Colquhoun, Sir Patrick, 114
Companions of the Prince on his Indian Tour, 181
Connaught, Duke of, 124
Convalescent Home at Swanley, 276
Cork, The Prince of Wales at, 270
Cornwall Regiment, The, 269
Costa, Sir Michael, 41
Cottage Homes at Weybridge, 350
Crimea, British Graves in the, 225
Cunliffe-Owen, Sir Philip, 303
Currie, Sir E. H., 206
Cust, Sir Edward, 162
D.
'Dark December' of 1861, 128
Darwin Memorial, The, 271
Deaconesses' Institution, The, 324
Deaf and Dumb, Church for, 350
Denmark, King of, 348
Derby, Earl of, 258
Derby Grammar School, 140
Derby, Prince of Wales at, 140
Dibdin, Mr. C., 244
Dickens, Charles, 361
Diseases of the Chest, Hospital for, 350
Disraeli, Mr., 382
Dorchester Cattle Show, 351
Dramatic College, Royal, 26
Dublin, Prince of Wales at, 21
---- in 1868, The Prince of Wales in, 55
---- Chamber of Commerce, 262
----, Demonstrations at, 21
---- Agricultural Show, 122
----, Speeches of the Prince of Wales at, 22
Dulwich College, 96
Dwelling-Houses for Working People, 350
E.
Earlswood Asylum, 71
---- ---- Festival, 116
East End of London, At the, 351
Eastlake, Sir Charles, 11
Edinburgh, Master of Trinity House, 377
----, Speech of the Duke of, on College of Music, 401
Educational Exhibition, International, 87
Education, The Prince of Wales on, 87, 216
Egypt and Palestine, 67
Elizabeth (Queen) and Sir Christopher Hatton, 152.
F.
Fairfax, Captain, 196
Furningham, Cottage Homes at, 118
Fenians, 65, 122
Fever Hospital, 350
'First Ironclad' on the Academy walls, 366
First public speech, 11
Fisheries Exhibition, The International, 228
---- ----, The opening of the, 230
---- ----, The closing of the, 231
---- ----, The surplus fund, 233
---- ----, Financial results, 235
Fishmongers' Company's dinner, 27
Fitzwilliam Museum, 191
Foreign tour, 1868-9, 67
Foreigners in Distress, Society of Friends of, 59
Forster, Mr. W. E., 253
Freake, Sir C., 393
"Frederick the Noble," 218, 352
Freedom of the City of London, 12
Freemasonry, Duties of, 171
Freemasons and the Queen's Jubilee, The, 325
French Ambassador, 248
Frere, Sir Bartle, 261
Frere's Statue, Sir Bartle, 337
Friend of the Clergy Corporation, Sixteenth annual festival, 36
Fusiliers, Royal Welsh, Presenting new colours, 205
G.
Geographical Society, The Royal, 69
German Hospital, The, 165
Gladstone, Mr., 154, 381
----, Mr. Herbert, 339
Glasgow Exhibition, Inauguration of, 332
---- University, Laying foundation-stone of, 66
Gordon Boys' Home, 282
----, General, 285
Grammar School at Yarmouth, New, 135
Grand Master, The Prince of Wales installed as, 169
Grant, Sir Francis, 355, 362
----, General, 386
Granville, Earl, 185, 258
Graves of soldiers in the Crimea, 225
Great Northern Hospital, Opening of new buildings, 349
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 16
Grimsby, New docks, 351
Grove, Sir George, 394, 408
Guards' Industrial Home, 243
Guildhall and Law Courts, Plymouth, The new, 154
Guilds of London Institute, Opening of the, 248
Gymnasium in Long Acre, New, 338
H.
Hartland Point, New Lighthouse, 384
Health Exhibition, The, 246
Higginson, General, 243
Highland honours, 120
Holland, Sir Henry, 293
Holloway Sanitorium, 350
Holyhead, New Harbour at, 203
Homeless and Destitute Children, National Refuges for, 327
Homes for Little Boys, 118
House of Lords, Speech of the Prince of Wales, in the, on the Housing of the Poor, 241
Housing of the Poor, 125, 241
Hull, The Albert Dock, 351
Hunstanton Convalescent Hospital, 351
Huntly, Marquis of, 120
Huxley, Professor, 271
I.
Idiots, Earlswood Asylum for, 116
Illness of December, 1871, The, 128
Imperial Institute, 310
Imperial Policy, The Prince of Wales on, 311
Indian Embassy, The, 180
---- Tour, Places and Courts visited by the Prince of Wales, 182
Infant Orphan Asylum, Wanstead, 193
Installation as Grand Master of English Freemasons, 169
Institution for Girls, Royal Masonic, 114, 340
---- of Civil Engineers, 31, 290
International Education Society, 47
---- Exhibition of 1871, 110
---- Reformatory Exhibition, 24
Inventions Exhibition, 234, 292
Ireland, Visit to, in 1885, 261
Irish International Exhibition of 1865, 21
---- Militia, 126
Ismail Pasha, Reception at the Mansion House, 49
J.
Jenner, Sir W., 218
Jersey, Lord, 327
K.
Kimberley, Earl of, 53, 214
King George III., 298
King's College, 209
---- ---- Hospital, 350
Kintore, Lord, 295
Knight of St. Patrick, Prince of Wales made, 55
Knollys, General Sir W., 177, 188
---- Sir Francis, K.C.M.G., 158
L.
Lambeth, and Doulton Works, 104
Landseer, Sir Edwin, 31, 357, 363
Lawson, Sir Wilfrid, 252
Leeds Art Exhibition, 351
Leighton, Sir Frederick, 366, 368
Leopold, Prince, 246, 386
Lesseps, M. de, 104
Letter of the Queen, 129
Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, 185
Lifeboat Institution, R. National, 42, 244
Lindsay, Colonel Loyd, 121
Liverpool, 288
Livingstone and Gordon, 259, 260
London Hospital New Buildings, 321
---- Institute, City and Guilds of, Laying the Foundation Stone, 215
---- International College, 47
Lorne, Marquis of, 122, 314
Lowell, the Hon. J. Russell, 222
Luther, Martin, 402
Lynn, The Grammar School at, 71
M.
Macaulay, Zachary, and Lord, 257
Macfarren, Professor, 395
MacGregor, Mr. John, 327
Machpelah, Cave of, 67
Magdala, Lord Napier, 283
Manchester Exhibition of 1887, Opening of the, 319
----, Royal Agricultural Society at, 74
----, Visit to, 74
Manning, Cardinal, 259
Mark Masons, Installation of Grand Master of, 294
Martin, Sir Theodore, 9
Masonic Institution in Ireland, Prince of Wales as Grand Patron, 127
---- Gathering, Great, 325
---- Institution for Boys, Royal, 85
Masonic Institution for Girls, 340
Maxwell, Sir J. Heron, 177
Mayors, Meeting of 200, 311
McArthur, M.P., Sir William, 211
Mechi, Mr., 180
Medical Benevolent College, The Royal, 150
---- Congress, The International, 218
---- Register, The English, 218
M. de Lesseps, Presentation of the Albert Gold Medal to, 103
Mercers' Company, Freedom of the, 16
Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Opening of New Dining Hall, 39
---- Taylors' School, at, 163
Mersey Tunnel, Opening of the, 286
Middle and the Inner Temple, at the Opening of the New Library, 152
Milne, Sir A., 121
Morley, Samuel, 324
Morrison, Lady, 40
Motley, Mr., U.S. Minister, 80
Münster, Count, 166
Murchison, Sir Roderick, 12
Museum of Science and Art of Dublin, 265
Music, free Education in, 396
----, Free Scholarships, 393
----, Inauguration of the Royal College of, 408
----, National Training School for, 391
----, Royal Academy of, 392
----, Scheme for the College of, 396
----, The Colonies and College of, 403
----, The Power of, 414
----, The Royal College of, 389
N.
Napier of Magdala, Lord, 283, 379
National Training School for Music, 391
Newcastle, Duke of, 7
Nightingale, Florence, 324
Nile Expedition, 332
Norfolk Agricultural Society, 132
Norfolk Artillery Militia, 135
North Breakwater at Holyhead, 203
Northbrook Club, The, 238
----, Lord, 184, 238
Northcote, Sir Stafford, 252
Norwich Musical Festival, 41
----, Opening of Drill Hall, 42
----, Royal Visit to, 41
O.
O'Connell, Daniel, 128
O'Connor, Colonel, 206
Old 46th Regiment, New Colours to, 330
Orphan Asylum, The London, 315
Owen, Prof. (Sir Richard), 31
Oxford, At, 7
P.
Paget, Sir James, 129, 218, 247
Palmerston, Lord, 12, 26, 258
Pauper Schools, Review of the Boys of the, 138
Peabody Memorial, Unveiling the, 78
Pembroke, Earl of, 125
People's Palace, Laying the foundation stone of the, 296
Phillips, Sir Benjamin, 79
Phoenix Park, Review at, 23
Playfair, Sir Lyon, 6
Porcelain Works at Worcester, 351
Portland Breakwater, The, 139
Preceptors, The College of, 318
Prince Albert Victor, 195, 371
Prince George of Wales, 195
Prince of Wales, early years of, 1-10
Princess Helena College, 201
Princess of Wales, 9, 351
Probyn, Sir Dighton, K.C.B., V.C., 181
"Prosperity to Ireland," 124
Q.
Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, 350
R.
Raikes, Mr. Cecil, 286
Railway Benevolent Institution, 142
---- Guards' Friendly Society, 274
Reading, New Grammar School at, Laying foundation stone, 100
Recovery of the Prince of Wales, National rejoicing at the, 130
Reed, Dr. Andrew, and Sir Charles, 71
Refuge Union, 24
Richard, Mr. Henry, 252
Richmond, the Duke of, 230, 379
Rifle Volunteers, 223
Roberts, Sir Frederick, 370
Rosebery, Earl of, 294, 402
Rosslyn, Lord, 174
Royal Academy Banquets, The speeches at, 353
---- ---- Banquet, First speech at a, 11
Royal Albert Hall, Great Masonic gathering, 325
---- College of Music, Founding the, 394
---- ---- ---- ----, 384
---- Family, The, 159
---- Literary Fund, The, 17
---- National Lifeboat Institution, Annual Meeting, 42, 244
Russell, Dr. W. II., 181
S.
Sailors' Home, London Docks, The, 25
Salford, At, 75
Salisbury, Lord, 31
----, The Marquis of, 181, 241
Sandringham, 41, 298
Sandwich Islands, The King of the, 211
Savage Club, 351
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Edward of, 138
School Drill Review, The, 138
Scottish Corporation, Anniversary of the, 81
---- Hospital, The, 81
Seamen, Schools for the Children of, 98
Selborne, Lord, 215
Shaftesbury House, The, 32
----, Lord, 24, 33, 242, 327
----, The Earl of, 252
Sheffield, 351
Shorthorns, Sale of, at Sandringham, 298
Shouvaloff, Count, 386
Sick Children, Hospital for, 350
Sion College, Opening of, 301
Slavery, The Prince of Wales on, 253
Smith, Mr. W. H., 197
Society of Arts, 87, 103
Soldiers' Widows, Royal Cambridge Asylum for, 161
Southampton, New Church, 351
South Devon Regiment or Old 46th, 331
Southdown, Sale of, at Sandringham, 298
Spencer, The Earl, 125, 271
Spicer, Mr. James, 28
Stanley, Memorial to Dean, 220
St. Anne's School at Redhill, 350
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 62
St. George's Hospital, 93
St. Mary's Hospital, 350
St. Patrick, Festival of, 50
St. Paul's, Thanksgiving Service in, 129
Sullivan, Sir Arthur, 394
Swanley Convalescent Home, 276
Swanley, Orphan Homes at, 120
Sweden, The King of, 338, 341
Sydney, Lord, 201
T.
Tait, Dr. (Archbishop of Canterbury), 222
Technical instruction, 313
Teck, Duke of, 164
----, Princess Mary of, 164
Temple, Sir Richard, 318, 337
Thackeray, Mr., 12
Thames Embankment, Opening of the, 105
Thanksgiving Collect, 129
Thanksgiving Day, 129
---- Hymn, 131
Theatrical Fund, Royal General, 91
"The Roll Call," 364
Thompson, Elizabeth, 365
Thwaites, Sir John, 105
'Times,' The, on the Irish visit, 57
Tite, Sir W., 113
Tower Bridge, The new, 351
Training ship _Britannia_, 195
Training ships, Review of the boys of the, 138
Trinity College, Prince of Wales made LL.D. at, 57
---- House banquets, 375
---- ----, Past Masters of, 377
---- ----, The Corporation of, 377
---- ----, The Prince of Wales installed as a "Younger Brother," 378
Truro Cathedral, Consecration of, 328
"_Tu Marcellus eris_," 129
Tyndall, Professor, 385.
U.
University Hospital, 350
---- of Dublin, 267
V.
Virchow, Professor, 220
Volunteers, Civil Service, 223
W.
Warehousemen and Clerks' School, Formal opening, 38
Warehousemen and Clerks' School, The laying of the foundation-stone, 38
_Warspite_ training ship, 350
Washington, At the tomb of, 8
Waterlow, Sir Sydney, 277
Wellington College, Speech day at, 29
----, Duke of, 116
----, "The great" Duke of, 316
West Norfolk Hunt, 344
Weymouth, Prince of Wales at, 139
Whittington, Sir Richard, 16
Wigan Infirmary, 351
Wilberforce, William, 254
Wilson, Sir Erasmus, 151
Windsor and Eton Institute, 350
Wodehouse, Sir Philip, 184
Wolseley, Banquet to Sir Garnet, 148
----, Sir Garnet, 362
Women and Children, Royal Hospital for, 208
_Worcester_ training ship, 350
Working classes, The, 241
Workmen's International Exhibition, 106.
Y.
Yarmouth Hospital, Laying foundation-stone, 137
----, Prince of Wales at, 135
Yorkshire College at Leeds, Inauguration of the, 278
Young Men's Christian Association, Opening of the gymnasium, 338
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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE.
Corrections to the original text have been made as follows:
Pg ix It is the variety of subjects that will strike most readers. [Punctuation after readers changed from comma to period.] Pg 2 seemed delighted with him." [Closing quote added.] Pg 130 late mercies vouchsafed to him."" [Closing quote added in most likely place.] Pg 132 alluded to, it is not for man to judge; [Original: to, it it not] Pg 136 presented by Sir Edmund Lacon, Chairman of the Trustees [Original unclear but appears to read "Edmond Laeon" - however it is most probable that the passage refers to Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, 3rd Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth 1852-1857, 1859-1868 and Norfolk North 1868-1885.] Pg 172 "The health of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master." [Superfluous single quote removed from: Master.'"] Pg 181 Footnote A: With illustrations by Sydney P. Hall. [Original: Sydney E. Hall.] Pg 191 read by the Chancellor, setting forth the services [Original: seting] Pg 191 The site chosen was in the Fitzwilliam Museum [Original: FitzWilliam] Pg 212 I think, to be found here this evening. I regret that [Punctuation after evening changed from comma to period.] Pg 227 who are Mohammedans by religion [Original: Mahomedans; Mohammedans appears 5 other times in the book.] Pg 240 and for being given this opportunity of expressing [Original: opportuntity.] Pg 243 Maude of Wales, visited Chelsea Barracks [Original: Baracks.] Pg 331 "Your regiment was raised [Opening quotation mark added.] Pg 350 gratification it has given us to be present." [Closing quotation mark added.] Pg 377 July 2nd, 1866. [Section heading; ending period added.] Pg 387 auspices of President Grant." [Closing quotation mark added.] Pg 419 Hartland Point, New Lighthouse, 384 [Index entry; page number added.]
Missing punctuation in the Index has been corrected without note.
Inconsistent use of :-- ,-- and -- at the start of quotations has been retained.
Oe ligatures have been replaced by Latin-1 letters 'oe'.
Variant spellings: sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitorium, sanitarium, appear once each in the text and have been retained.
Hypenation of some words is inconsistent and has been retained: life-boat, key-note, good-will, re-formed (in both cases used of parades that broke up and formed again) and under-graduate all appear with and without hyphens. Other words that were originally hyphenated at line ends have been made consistent with the rest of the text.