THE TWO PRINCES ABROAD.
The Prince of Wales has finished his tour in America and is now on his way home, having embarked on board the Hero at Portland on the 20th October. Prince Alfred had embarked from Cape Town a month earlier, after an extensive tour in the interior.
The last days of the Prince of Wales in the United States were marked by splendid fetes and rejoicings of all kinds. At New York there was a great ball, which was too crowded to be successful. The grandest scene was a torchlight procession of the firemen : 6000 men with torches moved along the streets in compact array, stretching from kerb to kerb, each body being accompanied by its engine, hung with lamps and decorated with flowens. The crowds in the streets greeted the Prince with thunder- ing cheers whenever he showed himself, and called him forth by their vehement appeals when he had retired. The Prince visited General Scott during his stay. LJaving New York, he went to West Point and inspected the military school there ; and on the 18th started for Boston. Here he reviewed a body of Militia and Volunteers, and was introduced by Mr. Everett to Ralph Farnham, the sole survivor of the battle of Bunker's Hill. Mr. Farnham was attended by a daughter who is up- wards of seventy years of age. Governor Banks entertained the Prince at the State House. He visited Cambridge and partook of luncheon there. On the 20th he quitted Boston, and was escorted to Portland by Mr. Banks, Mr. Everett, and other distinguished men. At Portland he was received by the Mayor and Corporation, and there, amid cheers and salutss from 67 guns, he embarked for old England. The conduct of our cousins has been, throughout this tour, highly honourable to them. A prince in his native land could not have been made more welcome. Prince Alfred's tour in the Cape colony is also full of incident. He went to the far interior, visiting the Orange State, and touching on the borders of Natal. On his journey to Queenstown the Tambookies, eager to see him, waited two days and nights on the road. When he came in sight, they charged up within forty yards, shouting a war cry, and then drew up in a dense column. They were inspected and their chief presented an assegai to the Prince, which he was to give to Queen Victoria as a token of submission. The Zulus and the Bassatos also came out to receive the Prince. Moshesh was introduced to him. The Natives sang songs in his praise. Sir George Grey, whe accompanied Prince Alfred, is evidently beloved by -his Caffre friends. The Prince returned from this tour to 6'imon's Bay, and went thence in the Euryalus to Cape Town. Here he laid the foundation stone of the breakwater, attended a Volunteer field-day, a ball, and a concert in aid of the funds of a Sailor's Home. On the 19th of September he embarked, the popu- lation lining the shore, and following in boats, and the Volunteer artil- lery thundering a salute.
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