rom the
instruction they have received.

"Before concluding I wish to congratulate those young gentlemen
to whom I have presented these prizes to-day on having received
these proofs that the education they have received here has not
been thrown away. As most of them are about to leave the
college, I sincerely hope they will allow me to offer them my
best wishes, and to trust that in their future career they will
continue to do credit to themselves and those by whom they have
been educated. I again express the pleasure which both the
Princess and myself have felt in coming here to-day, and say
that we most cordially wish continued and lasting prosperity to
King's College."

COLONIAL BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE.

_July 16th, 1881._

The Lord Mayor of London entertained the Prince of Wales, President of
the Colonial Institute, and a large company of representatives of the
Colonies, with other distinguished guests, at dinner, at the Mansion
House, on July the 16th, 1881. Seldom has there been such an assemblage
in the Capital of the British Empire. Governors, Premiers, and
Administrators of so many countries were present, that one might almost
wonder how affairs went on in their absence. But rulers as well as
subjects must have holiday rest, and the facility and rapidity of travel
allow easy access from all parts of the world to "the mother country."

The Lord Mayor (Sir William McArthur, M.P.), after the toast of "The
Queen," said that they were honoured with the presence of an unexpected
but very distinguished guest, the King of the Sandwich Islands. It was
the first time that His Majesty had visited Europe, and he naturally
wished to visit the land which first made known to the world the islands
of the Pacific. "Having once visited the Sandwich Islands," said the
Lord Mayor, "I was charmed not only with the beauty of the scenery and
the fertility of the soil, but with the good order which everywhere
prevailed. His Majesty reigns over a very prosperous and a very happy
people."

The toast being duly honoured, the King of the Sandwich Islands
expressed his high sense of the graciousness of the Queen, the Prince of
Wales, and the other Royal and distinguished persons he had met, and
would carry back to his country the most grateful and pleasant
recollections of his visit.

Tho Lord Mayor next gave "The health of the Prince of Wales, the
Princess of Wales, an