The Prince and Princess of Wales, after their visits to
Agra and Gwalior, returned to pay a second visit to Lucknow, where on Monday the Prince laid the foundation-stone of a new Medical College for natives, —a scheme which it has been reserved for the present Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, Sir James La Touche, to bring to realisation. But the chief feature of the visit was a reception at the historic Residency, where all the survivors of the siege who could be brought together and other veterans of the Mutiny, both Europeans and Indians, were introduced to the Prince. In architectural interest and in memorials of antiquity Lucknow yields to many other Indian cities, but its place in the story of the Mutiny, the heroism of its defenders and relievers, and the graves of Havelock and Henry Lawrence, have associated it imperishably with the record of Anglo-Indian chivalry.
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