114 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
     the lofty position be occupied, attracted the attention of every 
     
     spectator, and when the band had ceased to play, hearty cheers 
     
     burst from the assembled crowd : His Excellency the Lieuten- 
     
     ant Governor then received the Prince, and in the name of the 
     
     people, welcomed His Royal Highness to the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Prince was escorted to Government House by a proces- 
     
     sion marshaled in the following order, by the Grand Conductor 
     
     Colonel Frances Longworth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Troop of Cavalry 
     
     Military Band 
     
     Recorder, Mayor, Treasurer 
     
     Carriage containing the Prince and Governor 
     
     Other Carriages 
     
     judges 
     
     Members of Legislature 
     
     Committee of Management 
     
     Clergy 
     
     Members of the Bar 
     
     Naval and Military Officers 
     
    
   
   
    
     To describe the repeated volleys of cheers that accompanied 
     
     His Royal Highness during the procession would be impossible, 
     
     suffice it to say, they were incessant. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Rochfort Square upon an elevated platform were a 
     
     thousand neatly attired children, who, as the Prince approached 
     
     sang the National Anthem, His Highness paused before them, 
     
     uncovered his head and remaided so until their infant voices 
     
     had ceased to sing. The Royal carriage then resumed its way 
     
     through the crowd at the lodge gate where the guard under 
     
     Lieutenant Morris was mounted, the crowd of spectators halted 
     
     but still their cheering continued. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     At Government House, His Royal Highness was welcomed 
     
     by Mrs. Dundas and conducted to the drawing room. When 
     
     the guard of honor presented arms to the Prince, the Royal 
     
     Standard of England, Ireland and Scotland was unfurled at 
     
     the top of the flag staff where it gracefully waved during the 
     
     period of the Royal visit. So far all went as merry as marriage 
     
     bells, but now the rain which had been threatening began to 
     
     descend and continued through the afternoon and following 
     
     night, marring the effects of the illumination and fireworks. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The morning of the 10th opened with a clear bright and