The Tercentenary celebrations at Quebec were continued on Friday week
and Saturday and Sunday last. On the Friday there was a great review of troops and bluejackets by the Prince of Wales on the Plains of Abraham. The Times correspondent describes it as the most imposing display ever seen in Canada. After the review the Prince presented £90,000 to Lord Grey as a subscription from British citizens iu all parts of the Empire and from French and American sympathisers towards the purchase of the battlefields of Quebec. On the Saturday there was a naval review in the morning, and in the afternoon a pageant which seems to have been extraordinarily well designed. In the evening Lord Grey gave a dinner to the Prince of Wales and the repre- sentatives of the Colonies. The Prince spoke with an excellent mingling of dignity and warm personal interest. Lord Ranfurly spoke for New Zealand, Lord Dudley for the Australian Commonwealth, and Sir H. de Villiers for South Africa. A letter was read from General Botha in which, borrowing Kruger's phrase, he said that Britain had " staggered the world " by her magnanimous policy in South Africa. On the Sunday a great service of thanksgiving in the Anglican Cathedral ended the memorable celebrations, which, we can confidently say, have left the relations of Canada and the Mother-country more cordial than ever.
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