On Tuesday England witnessed a very interesting and, to those
who love and feel proud of our race, a very touching incident, —the landing on our shores of the officers and men of the Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, the American branch of our own Honourable Artillery Com- pany. Nothing could possibly have been warmer or more heartfelt than the reception given to the gallant band of Volunteer soldiers who, using a privilege which never has been, and never would be, we trust, accorded to foreign troops, but was without question yielded to the men of New England, marched through our streets bearing arms and in their striking blue uniforms and red-plumed helmets. On Wednesday the corps was inspected by the Queen at Windsor. The corps were drawn up on the Terrace, and the Queen drove in her victoria to a point in the middle of the line, while the men "presented sabres." When the carriage stopped, the officers were presented, and the Queen said a few words of welcome. The corps then marched past, and forming again in single line again presented sabres. The good spirits shown by the Queen, and her evident pleasure in the cere- mony, were much noticed. And no wonder. It was no small honour to receive thus the homage of New England, and to feel that she was greeted not merely as the Queen of England, but of the English race.
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