Castle Gardens. The corps
mustered 800 strong, under Colonel Stabb, the commanding officer. The
Prince wore his Field Marshal's uniform, and his son that of the Norfolk
Artillery Volunteers. The usual routine on such occasions was followed,
after which the Prince addressed the regiment which had formed up close
around the group of officers among whom he stood.

"Colonel Stabb, Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of
the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry,--I consider it a high
honour to be permitted to present new colours to such a
distinguished regiment as that under your command--one which
ever since it was raised in 1704 has had as brilliant a record
of services in the field as any regiment in Her Majesty's
service. You first served with the great Duke of Marlborough in
Flanders, and then in America. Dettingen is the first name
inscribed on your colours. In the great Peninsular War you
especially distinguished yourselves, and suffered heavy losses
at Corunna and Salamanca. At Quatre Bras and Waterloo you lost
more than any other corps engaged, and the gallant Sir Thomas
Picton was killed at the head of your regiment. Your next
service was in India, where you took part in the Punjab
campaign. Later, in 1857, you gallantly distinguished yourselves
in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, and gallantly held the
Residency of Lucknow during its defence from June till November.
You were on that occasion commanded by Brigadier-General Inglis,
who for those services was created a Major-General and a Knight
Commander of the Bath, while you received the honour of being
made Light Infantry. You, Colonel Stabb, are, I believe, the
only officer of the regiment present who served during the
Mutiny. When some years ago I visited the remains of the
Residency of Lucknow, my attention was especially called to the
services of this regiment. On your return the Queen and my
father inspected the regiment and personally thanked the
officers, non-commissioned officers and men for their gallant
conduct at Lucknow, and I feel doubly proud as their son to
have the honour of presenting these new colours to you to-day.
The latest records on your colours are Egypt and Tel-el-Kebir. A
second battalion, at this moment serving in the Soudan, has
recently been added to you, which, with the Royal Cornwall
Rangers