The Prince of Wales, in reply, said:—
"I have heard your address with pleasure, and I feel great gratification in opening to-day the Royal College of Music, in the promotion of which I have taken so deep an interest. I avail myself of this, the first public opportunity that has offered itself, of expressing the deep personal gratification I feel at the manner in which the country has replied to my appeal for aid in establishing the College. There is no class of Her Majesty's subjects capable of affording assistance to which I have addressed myself in vain. The Corporation of London and the London companies have led the way in giving pecuniary assistance; and I owe a debt of gratitude to the Mayors throughout the kingdom for the valuable aid they have afforded by granting facilities for holding local examinations essential to the proper selection of scholars. I thank these great bodies for their services, and I trust that I may yet expect from them further help in completing the task so auspiciously begun. I thank the donors of scholarships for their liberality. I thank the general public for the sums they have subscribed at a time when agriculture has been depressed and the prospects of trade have not been encouraging; and, above all, I thank the many kind friends who have responded so cordially and liberally to my appeal for assistance. I have noticed also with the greatest pleasure the contributions for Colonial scholarships that have been given by two eminent colonists, the one on behalf of the colony of Victoria, and the other on behalf of the colony of South Australia. The object I have in view is essentially Imperial as well as national, and I trust that ere long there will be no colony of any importance which is not represented by a scholar at the Royal College.
"Much, indeed, has been done, but I am aware that much remains to be done. I am conscious that I may be thought to have taken a bold step in beginning so great an enterprise with only the resources at present at my command. But I am unwilling that any delay should take place in giving effect to the generous intentions of those who have already contributed so liberally. I am sanguine enough to think that the example set during the last year by corporate bodies, representatives of the colonies, private donors, and the general public will be followed in ensuing years. Ours is an institution which admits of almost indefinite extension, for, wherever a scholarship is founded, we know now that we shall find a deserving candidate to hold it.
"Let me now pass to an account of what has been actually accomplished. Fifty scholarships have been established, of which thirty-five confer a free education in music, and fifteen provide not only a free education, but also maintenance for the scholars. Of these scholarships half are held by boys and half by girls. I observe with pleasure that the various districts from which the scholars are drawn indicate the widespread distribution of a taste for music, and an adequate cultivation of music throughout the United Kingdom. London, with its vast population, sends only twelve out of the fifty. The remaining thirty-eight come as follows:—twenty-eight from fourteen different counties in England, two from Scotland, six from Ireland, one from Wales, and one from Jersey. The occupations of the scholars are as various as the places from which they come. I find that a mill-girl, the daughter of a brickmaker, and the son of a blacksmith take high places in singing, and the son of a labourer in violin playing.
"The capacity of these candidates has been tested by an examination of unusual severity. Each of these scholars who returns to his native place furnished with the highest instruction in music will form a centre from which good musical education will spread around; while those who obtain musical engagements elsewhere will stimulate and encourage by their success the cultivation of music in the places whence they have come. Surely, then, it is not too much to expect that many years will not pass away before our College has so popularised music as to place England on a par with those countries on the Continent which have acquired the distinction of being called musical people.
"I feel, then, that one great object of a College of Music has been secured—namely, the discovery of latent musical ability and the extension to those who, with great natural gifts, have been blessed with little of this world's goods, of the opportunity of obtaining instruction in music, to say the least, not inferior to any which this kingdom can afford. That these words are not the language of exaggeration will be apparent to those who read the names of the eminent staff who have placed their services at the disposal of the College. Side by side with these scholars will be educated a group of paying pupils, who think that music is an art which, if worth studying at all, is worth studying well. They are, then, prepared to enter on a systematic course of instruction, of less severity and continuance than that of the scholars, but still far removed from the musical dilettantism of those who, induced by fashion, not by taste, to study music, make progress enough to torment themselves and distract their friends.
"I lay great store by the meeting of the various classes of society in pursuit of a common yet elevating study. Such a union softens asperities, inspires kindly feeling between various classes, and proves that all mankind are akin when engaged in an art which gives the highest expression to some of the best and purest feelings of the human heart.
"The observations I have hitherto made relate only to the Royal College of Music in its character of a teaching body. It is not proposed, however, that the functions of the College should be restricted to teaching. The charter under which we are incorporated provides that the council are to cause examinations to be held of pupils of the College, and of other persons who may present themselves for examination, and after examination to confer on those who deserve such distinctions the degrees of Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Music, certificates of proficiency, and other rewards. I propose that this power should be exercised by an independent board of examiners chosen by the Royal College in conjunction with the Universities, and after consultation with the great musical authorities of the United Kingdom. I trust thus to secure an examining body whose impartiality will be above suspicion and capacity beyond all question. I hope thus, through the instrumentality of the Royal College, to raise the standard of music throughout the United Kingdom and to create a central influence which may be beneficially exercised over all music-teaching bodies who recognise the advantage of a common system of examination.
"Beyond and above all this I trust, as I stated on a previous occasion, that the College will become the recognised centre and head of the musical world in this country. It has been a reproach to England that, with her vast resources, her large benevolence, her eagerness to instruct all classes of society in other branches of knowledge, one thing has hitherto been wanting—a national institution for music. Yet music is in the best sense the most popular of all arts. If that government be the best which provides for the happiness of the greatest number, that art must be the best which at the least expense pleases the greatest number. I trust that to-day we have removed the reproach. England, by a national subscription, has acquired an institution worthy to be called national, and with the establishment of such an institution we may look forward with confidence to the creation of a national school of music. England has the composers already; all she wants is a general centre, such as a Royal College of Music, to which they may resort for mutual aid and common inspiration.
"Such are the aims, not mean nor ignoble aims, proposed for the College which we open to-day. It remains for you, gentlemen of the council, to be careful that the aims are fully realised. A young institution requires fostering care and constant supervision. You must not relax your efforts, no pains must be spared to gain fresh support and obtain the establishment of new scholarships. We want much; we are, I trust, entitled to ask for much of the public. In addition to scholarships we want more extended premises, a music-hall, lodgings for our scholars, houses for masters, and all the appurtenances of a great College. I am sure I may trust to the generosity of the public to supply these wants; but you, gentlemen, must by your careful supervision make our institution worthy of support, and no efforts of mine shall be wanting to secure the objects we have in view.
"I will say only one word in conclusion. The establishment of an institution such as I open to-day is not the mere creation of a new musical society. The time has come when class can no longer stand aloof from class, and that man does his duty best who works most earnestly in bridging over the gulf between different classes which it is the tendency of increased wealth and increased civilisation to widen. I claim for music the merit that it has a voice which speaks, in different tones, perhaps, but with equal force, to the cultivated and the ignorant, to the peer and the peasant. I claim for music a variety of expression which belongs to no other art, and therefore adapts it more than any other art to produce that union of feeling which I much desire to promote. Lastly, I claim for music the distinction which is awarded to it by Addison—that it is the only sensuous pleasure in which excess cannot be injurious. What, more, gentlemen, can I say on behalf of the art for the promotion of which we are to-day opening this institution—an institution which I trust will give to music a new impulse, a glorious future, and a national life? Before I quit this room a further duty devolves on me—a most gratifying one, I admit. I am called upon to announce a most gracious act by which the Queen has been pleased to mark her interest in the opening of the Royal College. Her Majesty authorises me to say that she proposes to confer the honour of knighthood on Professor Macfarren and Dr. Sullivan. If anything could add to my satisfaction in making this statement it is this, that these honours are bestowed by the advice of the Prime Minister, who has taken so kind an interest in the promotion of the Royal College, and who could have devised no better mode of celebrating its opening than by recommending that honour should be done on this occasion to music by conferring knighthood on men so celebrated in their art as Professor Macfarren and Dr. Sullivan, and that honour should be done to our college by awarding a like distinction to its director, Dr. Grove, who, eminent in general literature, has specially devoted himself to the preparation and publication of a dictionary of music, and has earned our gratitude by the skill and success with which he has worked in the difficult task of organising the Royal College. I have only to add that the Prime Minister (Mr. Gladstone) by his presence to-day proves that neither the cares of State, nor the overwhelming press of business by which he is surrounded, prevents him from giving personal countenance to a national undertaking which, if I am right in what I have said, is calculated to advance the happiness and elevate the character of the English people."
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]
Phœnix 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]