A ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 252, 31 October 1878, Page 6

A ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

Tha London curespon Ifnfc of the 5. A. Hcgister s:ys :— <! This is no longer an idea 'in the air.' The Minisfpr who fuvored, if he did not actually 3ungest, the Prinze's In !im tour will shortly reJurrt from Berlin flushpd with (iip'omsti:: triumph. Hmust look for oih. j r wor!.!s than old Euiope to conquer, nn,l the Greater Britain in the f»ojih will niturally attract what his oritica call his oriental fancy. The Prince himself is renrfy bd<l ev<>n (-ngur. An invitation from the Australian Gorernrueura wouM St.-t tbo bull rolling; su.J it. may Ud hope i lhat nest year Sir Stafford Northcott■will have such a Budget to introduce 88 would warrant &n exceptional vole of £100,000 or ao for r.iyul expenditure »t the antipodes. Some unceriaisity as to date may be cau^ei! by (be arranaemtnts for a dissolution, which nre still in. suspense. L >»■<! B-aconefijlJ, I believe, wif»lml i 0 h iv<« it this autumn, while the efF-ot of toe Congr^aq waa »t its height, but S ; r StafF>rd wished first to put it out of fie power of Mr Gladstone lo fount him with having added twopence to the Income Tax. The Ch'uioclloi'd view prevailed, and it is now considered possible that Pmliament will run out i!a term — namely, two sessions more. If bo, there would be dissolution till 1880, nnd next yeuv may be looked forward to as one of comparative peace, when bis Royal Highness mij/ht be spared lor nine months T.'io idea is eproarliog that au AustralUu tour 13 one of the probabilities of the immediate future. Tne article I have already alluded to ia the Morning Post support* it warmly. lis closing eentencea r.&?urri!S that it is virtually settled :— The Prince lias already had an enthusiaatic reception in Canada, and it may not be out of place to express a hope that the period of his -presiding over the Royal Colonial Institute nj«y be signalised by a visit to a more distant portion of the Colonial Empire on some official occasion, which Buch au event would render for Bver memorable in its anna's The Australian colonists Isave alrea iy expressed ao earnest d.sire that the state of affairs in Europe may permit 6i bis Royal Hijihne»s un lertnking Hn voyage, an 1 the more intimate connection thnt he has just assumed in relation lo colonial interests will certainly strengthen the universal wish for the honor of the Prince's vieii.' "