2-995-996 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Presentations to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Government House, Halifax, [Canada], 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America. '...the Royal standard, run up by a signal-man from the Nile, announced that Government House was for the time, through its occupation by the Prince, converted into a palace. The sentries were then doubled and a permanent guard encamped on the lawn. Both Houses of the Legislature met his Royal Highness in one of the larger rooms to present him with the address of the Executive, in the name of the people. The presentation appropriately followed that of the municipal authorities. The one conveyed to him the congratulation of the city - this was to give him the more extensive welcome of the colony. The address was read by the President of the Executive Council. The reply was read by the Prince with unaffected, unembarrassed, and emphatic warmth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860.