The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-06 00:00:00

was a repetition of the night before—a repetition of
the days in New York, yet withal so fresh, so spon-
taneous, so untiring, that every welcome seemed
better than the last, till, as a spectator, y u almost
wondered when and where this devotion ( f respect
and hospitality was to end. And all his kindly
feeling is but a reflex—almost a faint eflex of the
chivalrous sentiment of respect and love with which
the name of her. Majesty is reverenced throughout
the length and breadth of this great country. If
the Queen ever does visit the United States, her re-
ception will mark such an epoch in the welcome of
Sovereigns as the world never saw before. The
troops on the ground gave the usual Royal salute,
presenting arms and lowering colours as his Royal
Highness rode along the ranks. The evolutions of
marching, &c., then commenced. As at New York,
their manoeuvres were executed with a steady solid
precision which would have done honour to some of
the best regiments in our service. There were pro-
bably not more than 2,500 or 3,000 men on the
ground ; no very great number certainly, though
great enough when the reader reflects that these
corps were only a part of the Militia of Boston, and
only types of those that may be found more or less
numerously in every town or city of the United
States. The number, therefore, was sufficient to
serve as a test of efficiency for volunteer corps.
Keenly as each company was scrutinised as it passed,
it was impossible to detect a flaw of irregularity in
its movements. There was an ease and evenness
about all they did which made it difficult to imagihe
them only volunteers. Conspicuous among the
regiments were those companies which had come
to Montreal to assist at the eclat of the splendid
rsception in that fine old city. They were greatly
admired at the Canadian capital, but here they
were no better than others—the drill of all, in fact,
was perfect. So conservative is Boston in all its
traditions of the old country, that some of their
volunteer companies actually still wear the mili-
tary costume of the infantry of the early days of
George 111., old and quaint-looking as the soldiers
in the picture of the victories of Wolfe. The in-
spection occupied some time. When it was over a
military procession was formed, with the cortege of
the royal party in the centre, and with these
honours his Royal Highness was escorted back to
the old State House, in the centre of this city. It
is quite impossible to describe the ovation which
the Prince met with in this progress. It would be
but repeating what I have endeavoured to write of
the reception at New York. Every street was lite-
rally choked full with thousands of spectators, and
long tiers of ladies and gentlemen, storey above
storey, clustered over the front of every building.
In New York there were only a few police to keep
the side streets clear ; here there were none. The
people were their own police, or rather I may say
none were needed. The masses swayed heavily up
and down the roads in slow undulations, but though
almost crushed by their own weight there was no
attempt to encroach on the broad space which they
themselves allowed for the passage of the procession.

Along such streets, and amid such demonstrations
of welcome as really can only be imagined, the
Prince journeyed slowly, now and then removing
his cocked hat as he passed under some unusually
long balcony of ladies more than ordinarily demon-
strative, or neared a street corner where the throng
and enthusiasm demanded special notice even amid
such a scene. The party stopped to lunch at the
state House. It is the very building and looking
into the very street where the• first attack was made
by English troops on the then colonists of Boston,
where, from the blood then shed in State-street,
arose the War of Independence and the empire of
the United States. In these events, and in all that
relate to that war, the Americans have indeed much
which they need strive to forget, and the English
much which they would endeavour to conceal.
Lunch over, his Royal Highness returned to his
hotel, still passing between the same crowds, still
meeting with the same enthusiasm.