Hull in the afternoon in order to
inaugurate the new Western Dock at that town.

The principal object of the Prince's visit was to see the Royal
Agricultural Show, the members mustering in great force for the occasion
from all parts of England. At the midday luncheon the Chairman, the Earl
of Sefton, gave the toast of "The Queen," who was deeply interested in
the agricultural affairs of the Kingdom, and set the practical example
of being an exhibitor at the present Show. The Chairman next proposed
"The Health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales."
He said the present toast should be the last. He had to ask them to
drink to the health of the President of the Royal Agricultural Society
of England, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, coupled with the
toast of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. He had looked forward
to this meeting for a long time, and it was with the greatest pride they
learnt that it was to be held under the presidency of His Royal
Highness. The reception their Royal Highnesses met with the day previous
and that day sufficiently testified to the loyalty and attachment of the
people of this country to the Crown. It was difficult to allude to the
good qualities of His Royal Highness, but he was ever foremost in the
furtherance of works of charity and usefulness. They also experienced
the warmest attachment and the truest loyalty towards the Princess.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in replying, said:--

"I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the kind way in
which you have received this toast. My health has been proposed
twofold--first for myself, and also in my position as President
of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. I can assure you
it was great honour that was conferred upon me when I was asked
to assume this presidency, and my only regret is that this
office has been a mere nominal one, and that I have not been
able to be of so much use as I should have liked. At the same
time I feel a pride in being President of a Society which has
existed for so long, and which is one of the greatest
agricultural societies anywhere, always helping forward
improvements in agriculture. It was a great satisfaction to this
Society to hold one of its annual meetings at Manchester, one of
the greatest manufacturing towns of England. It is my duty as
President of the Society to return, in the name of the S