We are delighted to see that the Hon. Artillery Company
of Boston, the Transatlantic counterpart of our own Hon. Artillery Company, and a body with a history quite as interest- ing and distinguished—it was founded in 1639—is going to pay an official visit to this country. Socially, the Hon. Artillery Company of Boston is of great importance. Its two hundred members are among the wealthiest and most respected business-men of the city, and among them, we are told, are "several millionaires." A military body whose combined estate, were they all killed, would be sworn at fifty or sixty millions sterling, is an inspiring thought for a Finance Minister. An interesting feature of the visit is the fact that to the Boston soldiers will be accorded the unique privi- lege of parading our streets as fully equipped and armed as if they were in Boston.
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