The weather at Cannes on Saturday week was less favour-
able than it had been on the previous day at Nice. No flying was possible owing to the high wind, and visitors had a rough and difficult experience in going to and from the ships. After the march-past of the troops M. Denys Pueoh's statue of King Edward was unveiled by M. Peincitre. We can only say of his speech that it was equal to that on Queen Victoria,. M. Pueoll's statue represents King Edward as a yachtsman, and the figure gazed out over some of the first yachts in the world fully dressed for the occasion. M. Poincare said of King Edward that " without the slightest self-constraint he was invariably himself and invariably equal to the occasion.
. He was as averse from any attitudinizing- as from any familiarity. He accommodated himself without any difficulty to the varying circionstanees of a life which did not leave hint unacquainted with ;Lay of the pleasures, any of the sorrows, or any of the honours of this world." In particular M. Poinear& dwelt on the wise and courageous agency of King Edward in bringing France and Great Britain closer together nine. p.ars ago when all the old misunderstandings had still to be removed.
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