l benefits conferred by His Royal Highness
upon our Queen and country by his wise and far-seeing counsels, his
never-wearying vigilance and attention to the public welfare, and his
entire devotion to the duties of his exalted station at the sacrifice of
all personal interests and objects.

"We thank your Royal Highness for the distinguished honour conferred
upon the University by your presence among us this day. It remains only
for us to prefer our request that your Royal Highness will now be
graciously pleased to uncover the statue. To no one does this honourable
office more appropriately belong."

The Prince of Wales returned the following reply:--

"My Lord Duke, Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of the Senate, and
Gentlemen,--I thank you for your address. I feel that it is
hardly necessary for me to assure you what pleasure it affords
me to be present on this occasion for the purpose of unveiling
the statue of my illustrious father and your late Chancellor, in
compliance with the special desire and invitation of the
Chancellor and the Members of the Senate of the University. But,
apart from the performance of this duty, I must express my great
satisfaction at having an opportunity of revisiting Cambridge as
a member of your University, and recalling to my mind the
agreeable recollections which I have always retained of my
undergraduate's days. The interest which the Prince Consort took
in everything relating to the welfare of the University is well
known to us all, and it is a source of deep gratification to me
to witness the respect which the members of the University show
to his memory by the erection of this fine statue. I will now
proceed to execute the task imposed upon me of unveiling the
statue."

The Prince then walked up to the Statue, and having pulled a string, it
stood unveiled before the assembly, who contemplated it for a few
moments in silence.

The Chancellor again addressing the Prince, thanked him for the honour
which he had done the University in being present on so interesting an
occasion. It was, however, a source of regret to him that so many had
passed away who had the best means of becoming acquainted with the views
and thoughts of the Prince Consort--such as Professor Sedgwick and Dr.
Whewell--who, if they were alive, would gladly have borne testimony to
his great virtues that day. There were, however, many now in that