New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-18


shall announcer the nObleman grasps his hand
and exclaims, "Ah-indeed. i am very glad indeed
Sir, to make your aeeQuaintance-veryY Presently
there came i'll very large fat man, whose great OBJ
ect soon became plain to see all the notables as
they came n-an Ajax not known 10 fame, whoasked
only to see. UncOnscOusy, this big brother had got
such prominent position near the door that all who
entered thought he was the one selected to play the
part of host, and so every guest sprung at him and
wTung his hand. Not Pogram-not Dickens himself
was subjected to such hand shaking as this
amazed fellow, who after many Tultless efior1s TO
explain that he was nobody at all, rushed from the
room i'll dismay. At last the head waiter appeared
at the door and exclaimed: Gentlemen numbered
for Table Hay, please move this way" We OF Table
A. surprising ourselves to be meant, followed, and
thousands of tickets could have been sold had
the room been sufficiently seated and ready to receive
the great guests of the OCCASION AT length the doors
thrown open, and the well-known faces OF Bull
and Dickens appeared at it. They were arm-in-
arm. A cry rang through the room, handkerchefs
waved on the floor and in the galleries. where was
large company of ladies in full dress and the band
struck up grand march, AS Dickens passed up the
aisle, his cheeks were on fire. his eyes tamed. lie
glanced around the room, on whose walls all around
were written in great golden letters the names of his
works. Ahead the saw the English flag KNIT with
the Stars and Stripes, and above them me WORD
Pick wick There was a curious look on the lace
of Lord LyttOn, and it seemed to me TO say, How
gladly would give my title and my estates to have
tins enthusiasm surging up to me from the Anglo
cessOn-stTange because of its incompatible mix,
ture which have already mentioned; the Lord
the air of being king Qimited); Lord H0ughton
smiling, as the world has smiled on Nun; OH
Baron Marschetti, Macse, Herbert Poole, FIRTH
Mais CTeswick Gilmore, Ward T.. LandSeer,
G0Odall, Faed, Sir Francis Grant; SIT Il. LandSeer
Sir Emerson Annent, Sir B. PhiIps next Fr0i
owen with his eagle-eyes Sir William Ferguson, Sir
Thomas Watson, Sir {. Wentworth Dixie the Gap,
tanGeneral of the Queens F9rcss-and several era
Otway. NJ. p; the Hindoo Manscke CursetJee, win
his fez on. There was burst Of applause when inc
@ M Dckens sons also geetd
Charles and Sydney the latter in his military dress
Nearly all of the Younger literary men We're present
men they are whose eminence must genelaiiy pe
measured by this severe standard winch competition
has missed in England. Suppose sMch men as Eu-
mund Yates, Sala, and Hepworth DIXON, had neen
born in Chicago or Cincinnati, what great men they
would have been Here they are IN second ana thId
ranks. because Carlysle and Tennyson are IN the
first inst all chess players are secondrate so long
Morphy and StauntOn live. Some OF those present
however, will climb on, and be on the top Tung OF
the ladder when they de-that small man with ms
purely intellectual allict homelyl lace ". II; Lewis
and the the elastic ever young nObleman Matthew
Arnold There are men here who call up long trains
of memory-HOrace Mayhem, who wrote for the first
number of Punch, and nearly all subsequent ones;
blanchard Jerrold and Tom Hood who reap gold
where their fathers planted dry crusts; Ir Charles
Mackay who pawned the good time coming l9T tiie
gold of Printing House-square Tom Taylor, Marx
Lemon, Walter Thornbury Andrew Halliday VINO
make Bohemianism respectable; Westland Marsl0n,
who used to come TO Bronson Alcotts conversations
renovated race, who has, however, these many
years tried to realize his visions IN the mimic lie OF
the stage Here. too are Mr.. Edward Dicey who
has concluded his friendly works on America by
marrying Boston LADY, Henry Reeve e edifor
of 1Hs Edinburgh r Rerar' pleasant u Plls
Paul and many other dramatIsts; Sergeant
Ballantine, Sergeant Parry. Alr. Henry james,
Mr.. Ralph Benson Mr. Montagu Williams, MT
John Murray, Mr. George Smith, Mr.. f Chap
man, Mr.. Bentley Mr. Cloves, Mr., Virtue, Mr. Cal
pin, Mr., Nude, Mr.. Lethbridge, Mr. Benedict Mr.
Arthur Sullivan Mr. German Reed, Mr.. Frank Mat
thews, Mr.. Erasmus Wilson, DIR: Prestly Sir Henry
Thompson. Mr. Couson, Or. Forbes Winslow Dr.
Hood, DR.. Hodgson Dr. Sheppard Or. OConnor,
Col. Hamley, Il. A., Capt. BIackenbnry, SIR Henry
Anderson. Commander PIN, Sir w. Fraser, the Hon.
Spencer Lyttleton Mr.. Benjamin Lumley, the Cheya-
lier Wykoff, Nh. Dixie, Alderman Cotton Mr.; H. a.
Glass Mr. Marsh Nelson, Mr.. Beattle, Mr. j. Berke-
ley Thompson, Mr. Lloyd, Mr.. Alfred Elves, and Mr.
H. X. Forster
The Americans mustered also in some force. Nor
Chuzzlewit" and observed Mr.. G. W smalley OF
TUE TIuBUN c. G.. Coffin (' Carleton OF me Boston
JOuInGi Mr.. NJ ID. Conway MI. kussen Sturgls' anu
Nor is the gallery without ITS attractions chiefly
on account of the presence there OF MISS Lekeh5-
who sfrikingly resembles her father-attended by
Miss HogaTth. the sister of Mrs Dickens (Hdt Wds)
There were not however, many literary ladies'
present. and don't wonder that they staid away, II
only TO protest against the barbaIism which can
thrust them of into a gallery TO look down Tor an
hour the unattTactive sight OF 5OO blpeds leeng
At last the beast is fed the is ready for his en-
90 'fDenm laudate propter beneficial sua.
DOmlnum In eXcelsis laudate. Amen
Lord Ivtton the Chairman, rises. He is excessively
dressed up and cannot suppress ms VANITY over
Co Bulwer doesn't look so; but he Is made uD MS
hair and beard and eyebrows are 100 dark not 10 eA
cite suspicOn voices the real tests OF age anc
when he spoke it was the voice OF past geheraton
Disraeli himself has not such jewish lace as bur
wer whose nose is almost a caT1catuTe OF the Aqul-
line There is unmistakable power In every line. OF
his face, however his body is pbantasm IN which
his tailor may 5eeDe , is e d. Baptst
preacher far away i'll Old Virginia. A hard, con-
vulsive word OF twO-a long drawl-ternlhaled ny y
Jerk at which the forehead is thrown down unpI
the audience sees the back OF the head-thls ID inc
history of one of Bulwers rasping, unpleasant sell
tences He throws his hand with faultleSs cuiis
straoht ont clasps the fingers tightly TO the palm
then draws il in under ms arm, as man Would pun
ing in gudgeonand that is his gesture lie should
appear only IN print To those who could smut then
ewes las / did and listen TO what he said his
speeches on Saturday were very good indeed lie
the first man whom in long experience oil London
diyiues have heard put single remark worth
making into the inevitable toast TO the queen tor
II certainly was worth noting, as he said that the
reign of Victoria had, above all Others seen literary
men raised to political pOwer-"a sign of the civil
izaon that ever seeks to draw closer the legitimate
union of knowledge and power" Ills speech IN pro
posing the toast of the evening was certainly per
feet thing of its kind. do not venture to abrldge
now approach the toast which special to the
and 50 singulariy distinguished You have paid cY
tomary honors TO beloved sovereigndue not G ~
her nersO1al virtues but that principle %" c9is..
tion monarchy in which me eomm9hetSv VI orSpr
revvsI 1 t ba as1irtons for the future definite
stsrpg POINT in the Experience and the habits OF me past
nou a. vbioh seldom peaceably acknowledged unu
wiz and adorns II has ceased to exist IN me BODY
I'D a. ~ longer conscious OF the empire when MS
th, ats bequeath 10 his Happy Is the man VINO
likes clear his title deeds TO the royalty OF genius whle
he yet lives 10 enjoy the gratitude ana reverence OF toSe
he has subjected 20 his sway. Cheers Though u Is
by conquest that he achieves his throne he az least
cOnqueror whom the conquered blese; ana the more
despoticaly he enthralls the dearer he becomes to
the hearts Of men, CHEERS Seldom, ! say, mas
al kind Of nuietlY cOncfded 70 any