The Volunteers had their festival on Saturday. Great ex- pectations
had bten raised by the performances of such of the corps as had " come out " in the spring. The result exceeded every anticipation. Not only did the 21,000 men move into the Park by three gates from all parts of the metropolis with order and punctuality, but the whole moved out of the 'Park again in less than two hours without the least confusion—a feat that as- tonished the military men more than the splendid marching and gallant bearing of the battalions. Besides the evident delight of Queen Victoria, and the irrepressible approval of the military officers on the ground, Sir John Burgoyne and others have since expressed measured but substantial compliments to the force. Sir John Burgoyne told the Elder and Honorary Brethren of the Trinity House, that with a little more practice, these volunteer battalions will be fit for any duty. This, coming from one who has often spoken coldly of volunteer soldiers, is the highest com- pliment yet paid to the new troops. We trust they will con- tinue to deserve it.
The Prince of Wales has made his first public appearance. He has laid the foundation-stone of a School of Art at Vauxhall, and has gone through the ordeal with coolness, and that modesty of manner which characterizes him. Soon he will enter on a larger stage, and represent British Royalty in North America. While he inaugurates the Victoria Bridge in Canada, his brother Alfred will lay the foundation-stone of a breakwater at Cape Town—a striking and poetical fact, significant of the wide- spread dominion of our race.
On the 10th of July, the Prince of Wales leaves England for Canada, and it has now been officially notified that he will not return to this country without having visited the United States. In Canada, preparations are in progress to receive, in a fitting manner, the eldest son of Queen Victoria. And we are certain, too, that in the United States of America he will receive as cor- dial and enthusiastic a welcome as among the loyal and devoted subjects of the Queen in Canada. The Prince will learn there, how real is the accord between the people of England and America, and how the tie of a common origin and a common lan- guage is strong enough to baulk the efforts of any foolish Go- vernment which might attempt to provoke or foster ill-feeling between the two nations.
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