The two Princes on their tours have been objects of
great inte- rest. Bath have now embarked fur home—Prince Alfred from Cape Town, the Prince of Wales from Portland. The value of these journeys politically—and that value is great—does not exceed their value to the Princes themselves. It is a great blessing that we live under the rule of a Queen who has known how to bring up her sons like Christian' gentlemen, and her daughters like Christian gentlewomen. The mother and the Queen has been able to trust them abroad, certain that they would do honour to her and to their country, and certain that the varied experiences of these visits will be of infinite advantage to the Princes themselves. Politically, the tour of the Prince of Wales has demonstrated the fact that, at heart, America from Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico abounds with sincere affection for the old country, and no more delicate compliment could be paid to the Queen, no stronger indication of respect could be given to the English people, than the greeting given to her and their eldest son. Henceforth, between the two nations and war will rise not only the millions embarked in commerce, but the picture of the Prince of Wales at the tomb of George Washing- ton, in the streets of New York, and face to face with the sole survivor of Bunker's Hill. Prince Alfred's visit to the Cape has its political value also. It will help to cement the ties between the oolony and England, and, it gives the Caffres ocular proof that they are not forgotten.
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