Before the vote was finally agreed to, Mr. Parker, wishing
to clear the matter up, asked whether he might construe the sympathy expressed by Mr. Akers-Douglas into a definite promise. To which the Chief Commissioner replied that he should represent the general opinion of the House to the Ranger,—namely, that Volunteers should have a largerareafor drill purposes, but that certain portions of the Park should be reserved. If we may conclude, as we trust we may, that "drill purposes" is only a slip for "manoeuvre purposes," this is, of course, quite satisfactory. We most sincerely hope that his Royal Highness, mindful of the sound traditions of his house, will steadfastly resist all the influences that may be brought to bear upon him to make narrow and grudging, instead of wide and ungrudging, concessions. He may well recall the spirit in which his Royal grandfather, George III., met the first American Minister sent to London. The spirit shown on that occasion was a model for all time and for all men as to the way in which a, true gentleman deals with the situation created by the need for concession.
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