DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN ADELAIDE.

Southland Times, Issue 757, 2 December 1867, Page 3

DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN ADELAIDE.

(From the kelson Examiner, Nov. 14.) The Melbourne papers received by the Otago contain telegraphic and other accounts of the reception and entertainment afforded to Prince Alfred by the colonists of South Australia. The Prince, during the first week of hia sojourn in Adelaide, had dined and danced both in public and private; had laid foundationstones ; attended Volunteer reviews ; been at the Opera and theatre ; and, aa a source of relief, we imagine, went on board the Gralatea on Sunday to attend service, and remained there till the following morning. Then there have been illuminations ; a German torchlight procession ; and we know not what besides, in honor of the Prince ; and as each colon v in succession will endeavor to outvie the others in manifestations of loyalty and respect, we tear by the time the Prince reaches New Zealand he will be pretty well satiated, and will therefore perhaps not be disposed to take amiss our more humble efforts. At Melbourne, vast preparations have been made, the extent of which may be judged of by the notice we find in the papers of stables erected for the service of the horses engaged for the use of his Eoyal Highness during his short sojourn there : — " The internal arrangements of the Duke of Edinburgh's stables on the North Park Lands are now completed, and the premises present a most orderly and cleanly appearance. The stud consists of twenty horses, and for each of them a separate box is provided, and a card notifies the name, pedigree, and height of the occupant. The carriage teams consists of four bays and four greys., and the saddle horse apportioned for his Eoyal Highness' use in his country excursions is Lincoln, a substantial looking bay. The other horses are intended for the use of the outriders and other attendants of the Prince. There are ten grooms employed, and as might be expected, the horses have all the look of being attended to with scrupulous care. The compartment in which these boxes are placed comprises something less than two-thirds of the building, and they are arranged in a triple row. In the centre, is the grooms' room, and beyond is the carriage and harness division. In this are to be the celebrated Melbourne carriage, an ordinary travelling carriage, and a light and handsome phaeton proposed to be used for country trips. There is a most ample display of harness, some of it rich in silver mountings, and other portions mounted in brass. Everything is new and in first-rate style." Sydney intends to welcome the arrival of the Prince, by sending out to meet him, some twenty miles from the Heads, a whole fleet of steamers, and so escort him to Port Jackson. Probably as many as thirty to forty ocean-going vessels may be mustered, and if so, the sight will be an imposing one, and cannot but impress the Prince with the magnitude of colonial commerce. We believe the Prince will visit also Queensland and Tasmania, so that we must not look for his arrival in .New Zealand before the end of January.