New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-14
MR.. MOTLEYS RECEPTION.

Our new Minister to England has been re-
ceived and installed and the prologue to
another diplomatic drama of Alabama claims
has been read with all the pOmp Of an English
official greeting. The mail brings US an account
of Mr.. Motley's arrival in Liverpool, done by
friendly Jenkins in his moment of highest
inspiration. Mr. Motley's steamer made voy-
age SO slow that the Cunard people feared it
might provoke the criticism of his friends; and
so, to mend matters, they sent out not less
than three steam-tugs in search of her. 1t is
duly recorded that the Minister, his family, his
suite, his attendants, his luggage, were trans
ferred TO one of the tugs, and hurried up to
the wharf. How many maid-seryants were OF
the party, and how many trunks Mr.. Motley
had, and how big they were, Jenkins sets
down with the enthusiasm of a man-seryant
and the delight of q trunk-maker. He tells us
how the steamer Cuba was discovered, how
the tugs got astern of her, how she came along
westward of the northwest lightship, how she
slowed ut once, how the gangway was lowered,
how the Consul visited the Minister and how
a mysterious conversation took place, during
which time the thirty-One enormous trunks of
Mr. Motley doomed up like portent.
Arrived at the dock, the Minister was met
by Ellis Worship the Mayor, Mr.. Doves, the
clown clerk, and Major Greig, tho head con-
"stable." This was polite and proper albeit
old-fashioncd, and in Dogberry's order of pre-
cedence The Mayor had his gilt coach in
waiting, along with a great force of police
men, n little rs if Mr.. Motley were the adj
vanced guard of the expected invasion. There
were 10 hostilities, however The Mayor
offered Mr.. Motley his gilt coach, and we dare
say would have thrown in the town clerk if
wanted; but our modest Minister, says the
reporter, reflected that he had not yet been
presented to the Queen, and doubted whether
the gilt coach was not, in the circumstances,
too grand for him. At any rate, he preferred
sensible man--tO drive up to the Adelphi with
Mr.. Dudley, our Consul who also had his
carriage waiting for the Minister, and had,
moreover, himself gone down in tug to get
him safely off the tagging steamer.
They flew at him with addresses instantly.
Two Chambers of Commerce struggled with
each other for the first shy at the new Minister
What they had said, or meant to say, to him
who has now departed would be equally good
for him who has but just reached the shore.
Dir. Motley proved gOod-natured, and agreed
TO take the two together at 10 on Monday
morning How much We all love each other
MS if we had not been on the brink of war
lately-how we speak the same language, and
other ingenious sentences, including the now
familiar impertinence of lecturing a foreign
minister OH the domestic legislation of his own
country-these prOtestations we had, as we
have had before. They have been served up
so often that they had perhaps little OF the
flavor of rochau65, or of hashed mutton; but
then one must not be particular when town
VIGOROUSLY so friendly TO us cOndeScends to be
civil TO our Minister Mr.. Motley replied with
general assurances of good will, adding hint
that what the Chambers of Commerce had to
say about free trade they might rs well address
to the Congress at Washington. Then, spurred
by telegram from Lord Clarendon, he said
good-by to the Fostering delegations and went
up To London, where no has doubtless been
beset by every sort of infiction which such
functionary can be called on to endure.
We suppose that, after this chapter of micro
scopic history, the English journals will do us
the favor of suspendng criticism on their
American contemporaries for, perhaps, day.
On the whole, however, we cannot feel dis
pleased. This Jenkins, in his hack way, has
touched an international chord which vibrates
through the whole length of the Cable, and on
both sidea Of the water. Notwithstanding the
rejected honors, the rcpudiated dinners, given
through Mr.. Johnson TO the deyouring Ameri-
can principle, the good natured public OF En-
gland are intent upon showing us that,
whatever Indignation they may have nursed
against us, they know their ceremonial duty
to an ambassador. II there is anything