The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-05


clothes of the Lady Sussex and Liohteld,
E640 9s." The Hoares are the descendants OF
the ieweller Shore the husband Of the famous
Jane Shore, Of whom the black-letter ballad
makes mention:-
"In Lombard street once did dwell,
AS London yet can witness well,
Where many gsllants did behold C
My beauty in shop of gold.
Ipenance did in Lombard street,
In shameful manner in a Sheet"
To this class Of English bankers, class as
exclusive as the old county families, Mr.. Pea
body never belonged. Neither do Brown
Shipley q Co., nor the Barings, nor Morrison,
Dillon q Co., nor the Rothschilds. They are
all merchants, not in the sense in which the
word merchant is used by us, as dealer in
goods, but in the English sense, as one whose
transactions embrace crops in various eoun-
tries, cargoes, stocks, bonds, bills of lading,
Government loans, and railroad and other
chartered securities.
The designations Of the various classes OF
business differ in the two countries speaking
a common language. The merchant here is
the warehouseman in England, and the mer-
chant there is the banker here. We have no
tradesmen as a class, and yet in England every
dealer in goods below the rank of a warehouse
man, that is, one who sells goods by whole
sale, is designated a tradesman. In the COM
mon acceptation of Englishmen the various
kinds of business, transacted in the metropolis
and other large towns, rank in the following
order, viz, bankers, merchants, brewers,
manufacturers, warehOusemen and tradesmen.
In all leases, writs, suits at law and other
legal documents, Mr.. Peabody, like every
member of the firms of Rothschilds, Barings
and Brown, Shipley q Co., would be styled
merchant, that is, one who deals in invoices,
bills of lading and bills of exchange, but not
in goods.
MI. Peabody's first capital stroke in reputa-
tion was made on the 4th of July, 1851. The
old grudge of England toward her revolted
colonies remained. Seventy-fve years had
not wiped out the disgrace. The Times held
up to ridicule our meagre show in the Exhi-
bition, Punch caricatured our industrial pro-
ducts, the Royal Commission had given us
but a stinted welcome, and the cold shoulder
was turned to our exhibitors in nearly all
public entertainments. To change all this
MIR. Peabody proposed to give to Americans
and Englishmen on the day of our national
anniversary the grand tete of the season. lie
suggested his plan to Mr.. Lawrence, who
before committing himself in its favor, laid it
before the Duke of Wellington. 1t met the
Dukes approval, and he promised to give it
his hearty cooperation. No greater success
was ever achieved. Willis rooms, the famous
Almack's, the lady patrOnesses of which were
the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchionesses
of Ely, Londonderry and Westminster,
the Countesses of Jersey, Kinnoull, and Lich-
field, Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Clin-
ton, whose rules prescribed the introduction
of any lady whom a patroness did not VISIT
or any gentleman who was not presented by
lady whose name was on her visiting list
were obtained for the occasion by the influence
of the cold Duke" The programme pre-
scribed concert and an assembly. The ope-
ratio corps of Her Majesty's Theatre, including
Grisi, Alboni, Viardot, and Mario, was
engaged. The ball room, 100 feet by 40, deco
rated with gilt columns and pilasters, classic
medallons and mirrors, was lighted by 500
wax lights in cut glass lustres. The enter-
tainment was elegant and proFuse. When it
became known that the Duke of Wellington
was to be present, every social objection was
removed. The elite of the arstocracy not
only accepted but sought invitations. More
than 100 persons were present, and it turned
out to be the most brilliant assembly of the
most famous season of London, ehronicled by
all the newspapers of the kingdom.
Mr.. Peabody was not then, nor for many
years afterwards, in society. The days of
exclusiveness, where the oligarchy of a set
rules, have not gone by in England. His
brilliant international entertainment broke
down no social barriers; it gave him renown,
but not society. He was engaged in business,
distinguished, indeed, for wealth and hospi-
tality, but nothing more, without family, or
rank, or title, or Office, and hence he was
black -balled at the Reform Club and scratched
from the Minister'S list for the Queens levees
1t is to the credit of his self-respeet that since
he has made a position for himself he has
held aloof from all solicitations from the latter,
and declined a public invitation to become a
member of the former.
The celebration Of the Fourth of July by a
public dinner was inaugurated by Mr.. Peabody
in 1852, and was continued every year up to
1859, at which time the American Association
in London, a club formed for charitable pur-
poses, succeeded to the honor. There are
thousands in both countries who recall with
pleasure those occasions of national reunion.
In one instance only did any occurrence mar
the festivity. During the year that Mr.. (now
GeneraD Sickles held the post of Secretary of
Legation, it was proposed that the annual din
ner should be by subscription in order to give
it more general and public character.
The plan received the appreciation of Mr..
Peabody, who requested, however, that
while all the proceedings were managed by a
committee, he might be allowed to pay
the expenses. Upon this understanding the
plan was made, the tickets issued, and Mr..
Peabody elected to preside. A difference arose
at one Of the preliminary meetings about the
toasts. "The day we celebrate" it was agreed
should come first, but the second toast, should
! it be "The President" or "The QueenH' Mr..
Peabody was strong for the latter urging that
residence in England, the unblemished char
acter of her Majesty, Difference to his invited
English guests, and his own custom hitherto
warranted giving precedence to the toast to
the Queen. Mr.. Sickles argued that the din
ner being a national celebration, made so moi
only by the day. but by the presence of the
American Minister, self-respeot, loyalty, and
custom demanded that honor should be shown
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