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A MEMORABLE GATHERING
THE PRINCE or WALES ADDRESSES
THE BOSTON "4NCIENTS.n

! THE BOSTON "iNCIENTSD
| An Historical Event-Dinner at the Kings
Hall-Ambassador Baynrd, Hon. Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew and Colonel Walker Make
! Eloquent Speeches-1t Was Mt the Ban
Duet rendered by the Hosts to Their
in Visit of Americans.
| London, July 9.--The review of the
troops at the Aldershot Camp given in
honor of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery company of Boston began
soon after the arrival of the visitors
at Aldershot. Upwards of 5000 cav
airy artillery and infantry marched
past. Colonel Walker commanding the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery COM
pany stood with General Lord Woolsey,
the commander-in-c chief of the British
forces, and the Duke of Connaught,
chief-in- command at the Aldershot
Camp, receiving the salute of the
troops in the march past.
Shortly after Lord Lansdown's recep-
tion the Americans were driven to the
/ railway station and took the special
tonight was held in the Kings hall of
| the Holborn restaurant, one of the
most prominent places of the kind in
London. The hall was elaborately dec
Grated with flowers and flags. Above
the chair of Colonel Walker, chairman
of the banquet, were portrait of the
| queen, and the arms of the United
States, which were flanked by the stars
and stripes and the banner of the Am
erican company. Prior to the banquet
there was a reception at which the
hosts welcomed the chief justices.
To the right of the chairman sat the
Prince of Wales, Ambassador Bayard,
the Marquis of LandsoWn and Field
Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, governor
of the Royal hospital at Chelsea. On
his left were the Duke of Connaught,
Baron Halsbury Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain; General Patrick Col
Inns, American consul general at Lon
don, and the Right Rev Alfred Earle,
bishop suffragen OF Marlborough.
! Among the five hundred other guests
present were General Sir Redver Bull
Ter, General Sir Evelyn Wood, General
Lord Methuen, Major General Sir Fran
els Grenfell, Major General Sir Freder-
ick Walker, General Sir George Hig-
ginson, General Burnett and General
Ellis, Lord Denbgh, Lord Colvllle, Sir
Donald Smith, Canadian high minister
to England, the Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew and Sir Henry Irving.
The members of the Boston organiza-
tion were in undress uniform, as were
also a number Of their guests. A ma
jority OF the latter, however, were in
evening dress, wearing their orders and
medals. A throng of ladies in gay toll
cites watched the banquetting and lis
tened to the speeches from the galleries
There was an atmosphere of enthusi
asm and good fellowship everywhere,
and the banquet was one of the most
successful functions of the kind ever
| given In London.
Colonel Walker, in proposing toast
to the queen. Welcomed the guests and
expressed his sincere pleasure in being
In position to welcome them. The
American ambassador. he stated, and
his other fellows -countrymen who We're
guests Joined as hosts in extending a
most cordial brotherly welcome to those
present. Colonel Walker said he was
especially glad to see the Prince of
Wales present
He hoped that the name of his royal
highness would remain on the rolls of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
company for many years as a tie bind
ing the two companies and the two
peoples. (Prolonged cheers.) He al
luded to the founding of the Boston
| company, and continued. saying that
| they now stood on British SOIL the soil
of their fatheriand, which fact they had
not forgotten (Cheers)
Throughout the glorious history of
Great Britain there was no brighter
| lustre than that shed during the last
three-score years by the ruler who had
won the respect of the world, and dur
ing whose career the prosperity of the
country the extension of it's power and
the increase OF it's wealth were unpar
alleled in its history.
Her majesty's queenliness as wo-
man and her womanliness as a queen
clothed both her throne and home with
dignity, purity and honor To her
whose words and counseIs had ever
been for peace between the great Saxon
peoples their sincere good wishes which
were carried to her yesterday, were
now renewed.
Colonel Walker called for cheers for
her majesty which he himself led,
waving his hands. The call was re-
sponded to enthusiastically When
the Prince of Wales arose to reply in
behalf o. the queen there was a pro-
longed tumult of applause. He greeted
the2 chairman and called for three
| American cheers for the Ancients,
which was given with will, the nine
rounds being followed by the cry of
the company.
The prince said: Holding the posi-
tion I do as the queens senior subject,
feel sure l may say with my fellow
subjects how grateful we are for the
kind way this toast has been proposed.
You know how gratiffed the queen has
been to see you, Colonel Walker, and
your distinguished corps. The same
feelings animate her as do me in our
strong liking and affection for your