gs of our
fellow-creatures. I can only express the pleasure it has given
us to have it in our power to open this hospital to-day. You
are well aware how much we regretted that it was not in our
power to come here and open the hospital on the date originally
fixed. You are also aware of the cause, and I well know how much
you all sympathise with us and the other members of our family
in our sorrow and grief. I am glad to have the opportunity of
saying, on this public occasion, that my sister has felt deeply
that, although thirty years have elapsed since she left this
country, her compatriots have not forgotten her, and that they
have sympathised with her, that they have felt for her, in the
great and overwhelming sorrow which it has pleased God to
inflict upon her, I beg to thank you once more for your kind
reception of us to-day, and again to assure you of the sincere
gratification it has given us to be present."

The Prince resumed his seat amidst loud cheers, and a number of children
and young ladies then presented purses to the Princess, the names of the
donors being announced by the Secretary. The total of these
subscriptions was L1050. This ceremony being finished, their Royal
Highnesses left the pavilion to visit the hospital.

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The opening of the new Northern hospital in London was the last public
function performed by the Prince of Wales before his autumn visit to
Austria and other regions of Southern Europe. With it our record of his
presence at charitable institutions must close. It has been necessary to
make only a selection of his speeches on such occasions. The Hospital
for Sick Children, the Chelsea Hospital for Women, Queen Charlotte's
Lying-in Hospital, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, the Holloway
Sanatorium at Virginia Water, the Cottage Homes at Weybridge, St. Mary's
Hospital, University and King's College Hospitals, the Fever Hospital;
these, and many other institutions for the help of the poor or the
suffering, have had the advantage of the Prince's advocacy.

There have been also many occasions where he has assisted by his
presence or his voice other institutions for educational and
philanthropic objects, such as the Marine Society's ship "Warspite," and
the training-ship "Worcester," the Windsor and Eton Albert Institute,
the Church for the Deaf and Dumb, the Dwelling Houses for working peop