The Royal Review in St. James's Park, on Saturday, was
a success. The dense fog which hung over London, and must The Royal Review in St. James's Park, on Saturday, was a success. The dense fog which hung over London, and must
have driven Adjutants crazy, dispersed in a most loyal and becoming manner as the Queen drove up,—indeed, the Daily Telegraph, hints at some miraculous influence in the Sovereign— and the scene struck experienced soldiers as unusually splendid. No incident happened of any moment—though we May note that there was the usual effort to make the Duke of Connaught as prominent as possible, an effort assisted by the populace— but it is said that civil observers of eminence were struck with the unusually fine physique of the soldiers. It was loudly de- clared that they were equal, considered as noble savages, to the very best men collected under the long-service system. As men without chests or sinews cannot live through a campaign, that is an important fact, and one which should be remembered, next time it is necessary to answer an attack on " our weedy boys in red," who have always been as old as Prussian soldiers.
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