ome correspondence has passed between the Governor and the Commodore respecting the disposition of the figure-heads of the Princess Charlotte (a former receiving ship) and that of the Victor Emanuel, now condemned to be broken up after long ser-yeo as receiving hulk. The Commodore opens the ball by asking that the fi head of the Princess Charlotte, now placed
at Victoria Peak, may be transferred to the unfrequented spot, by the signal gun Royal Naval Yard, and adds: "I expect that before very Jong the figure-head of the Victor Emanuel will be placed in a prominent position in this establishment, and it would seem fit that a Royal Consort should be provided for him." To which His Excellency Sir William Robinson relied:—"I have the honour to state that have no objection to the union in the naval yard of the figure-heads of the Princess Charlotte and Victor Emanuel, but T trust that no objection will be raised on behalf of His Majesty to his proposed Royal Consort on account of her somewhat mature pages of the Government hebdomadal, These official: jokes illuminated the
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