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foreign royalties and the popular figures among the soldiers and

sailors were well received, but nothing so much delighted the spectators, or was in itself more delightful, than the carriage full of Royal children. Princess Mary, bright, eager, quick, and with all the unconscious grace and w hole-hearted joy- ousness of girlhood, literally radiated pleasure from the solemn State coach in which she sat by the side of the Prince of Wales and opposite a bevy of pleasant-faced and keen-eyed brothers. It was clear that the whole party were intensely and effervescently happy, and moreover felt as friendly to the crowds that cheered them as the crowds felt to them. A better understanding between those inside and outside the children's coach is unimaginable.

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