hat Expedition had the opportunity
yesterday of seeing the Queen, and the Queen had the opportunity
of seeing them, and of expressing her approval of everything
that has occurred. Yesterday afternoon, also, both Houses of
Parliament unanimously accorded a vote of thanks for the manner
in which that difficult though short campaign was conducted.
This evening, again, the Lord Mayor takes the opportunity of
welcoming those gentlemen who are here as the representatives of
the troops that formed that Expedition, in the hospitable manner
which is so well known in this Hall. On a question of this kind
it would be unbecoming in me and out of place to make any
remarks with regard to that Expedition which has been so
successfully closed. But I cannot sit down without taking the
opportunity of saying how much I rejoice--if I may say so as a
soldier and a comrade of those I see around me--that this
Expedition has ended in so successful a manner. English officers
and English troops have kept up their reputation. They have not
only displayed great courage--that they have done on all
occasions--but they displayed extraordinary endurance, owing to
the fearful climate and country they had to contend with. I am
glad to have the opportunity of welcoming home the gallant
General on my right, and congratulating him on the great success
of his expedition. Once more I thank you for the honour you have
done me in drinking my health, and on the part of the members of
my family, for the kind way in which you have spoken of them."

In responding to the toast of "The Army and Navy," the Duke of Cambridge
referred to the review of the troops of the Expedition on the previous
day, at Windsor, before the Queen. "The distinguished officer who
conducted this war knew the task he undertook, and how to undertake it;
and he was well backed by the officers and men placed at his disposal."
The speech of Sir Garnet Wolseley was admirable in tone and feeling, and
with clear soldier-like statement of the chief events and results of the
Expedition. He thus concluded: "The military world has learnt many
military lessons in recent years, but the most valuable to us as a
nation that has been taught us by the Abyssinian and Ashantee Wars is
that when you have to appoint an English General to command any military
undertaking it is necessary to trust him; to supply him wit