The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-21

tended TO be emphasized being heard. The
third speaker, fortunately. was a commoner,
Colonel Vaughan, al 1rishman, i should say.
with good voice aud an articulation
quite unexceptionable, which enabled all the as
semblage to hear every word oehs very common
place rhetoric for, like the preceding speakers no
had no kind OF to arguments OF any KIND
He was lair match Ior Sir Robert Peel, oil the OPP
position meeting. ana though he grew tedious anu
evidently didn't know where he was In MS speecn'
else was In the habit OF reeng OF his tax pv the
half hour with fecility to chop Oh when time was
up. he was listened to attentvely Loro HOW
ard of Glossop dropped back into the arlstocratic
humdrum OF vague and spiritless defamation,
which tin ued through the proceedings. with the
exception OF an argument Cd the part OF Mr.
Allies to show the unconstitutionaity OF the
Folck laws. The Earl OF Denbigh, the Master OF
Herries and the Master Of Lovat added their part
to the demonstration OF the curious inenectiye-
ness of the aristocratic element In pubic move
ment, an ine1ectveness natural enough, however.
in the proprietors OF the blue blood and better
clay, even If Protestant, but, when we add to this
the greater exclusion for so many years from pub
lie affairs and popular sympathies, more account
able In the Catholics.
TAME AUDIENCE
If the platform was dull and tame. no wever, the
audience was far rom being so. They came TO be
pleased and enthusiastic, and they were SO. They
were not select, though they doubtless contained
enough OF what ID most respectable TO have
outnumbered the Protestant meeting without
the infusion OF what might be called the
irrational element which made up for the austeriy
Of the dignkaries by the impromptu displays Of
spirit and dronery In the more retired parts OF the
house. where the brogue was not infrequent
while IN the gallery near the platform was one
40 Eru tad -dacO
or orderly. who occasionally UNEXPECTED her ad-
miration or appreciation OF the points made tgen-
orally the name OF some person specially oonox-
ious or the reverse), ana who launched out now
and then in comically shrili and strained voice
and grotesque action, throwing her shawl back
from her shoulders az she struck her attitude and
vented her opinions. She was invariably cut
short by push which upset her or pull which
brought ner down, or by being bonneted by some
OF her neighbors, which generally gave rise to q
short and ineffective rush for the offender and the
ejaculation OF sundry and divers epthets, lar from
complimentary, when she subsidized again. Every
mention OF the "msrtyredn German bishops was
the signal for storm OF applause. and every men,
ton OF Bismarck for Northwestern OF groans and
hisses which seemed interminable and powerful
enough to drown any sound less than that OF .
trumpet. When colonel vaughR concluded one Of
his rhetorical nourshes with the summary oil Cath
Ole prosecutions "rom Nero to Cromwell and from
Cromwell to Bismarck" the demonstration OF ap-
plause rose to the frantic and, should say, pretty
near the maximum height that public opinion in
this shape Is capable OF rising to. Every mention
Of Ireland, in any connection, called out new and
vociferous applause, which showed pretty nearly
what was the dominant element In the compost
ton OF the sudience.
The hall was beset all the evening with candi-
fho,nu attn cd nd zed
in the solid crowd. The heat and closeness Of the
room were IN my own experience something I'M
exampled, and all this, with An added force OF
policemen at all the doors, could not keep people
from crowding in and some from wedging their
way OF ct drnts-elbows at least-into the already
compact mass. The persistence OF would-0e
hearers 0vercame the obstnacy Of the hobbies.
and well dressed women, repealed for the tenth
time or more, finally pushed by and actually got
within the space, which by any mathematical or
hygienic calculation was already full. Then there
were boys, too small to be edited but not to be
enthusiastic, duly provided with tickets. while In
general the representation OF the very lowest stra
tumn in ny part of the house was as homogeneous
as that Of the very highest on the platform; and
wnen, escaping before the actual winding up OF
the proceedings to breathe some air 1.-THE gases
remaining in the room being only OF the asphyx-
iating kind and avoid the final rush out, went
down the staircase found people stli quarreiiing
with the policemen on duty-who had been rein
forced because they were not allowed to enter,
ana one gentleman. in highly exalted state OF
mind and incoherent form OF speech amusing him.
self and some Of the bystanders by going up and
down few steps OF the staircase and indulging in
epithets and language with reference to the obdu-
rate guardians OF the peace which certainly the
Church would not sanction. though, from the cir.
hut
AS demonstration OF universal opinion certainly
the meeting showed a most marked superiority to
any Protestant movement have seen. ALI the
expressions OF feeling showed unanimity which
the others had not-a far more intense interest in
the subject than those showed but the singular
want ofmtelligent appreciation Of the true charac
ter Of the German Crisis which was remarked OF
the anti-Popery meeting In the same place, on the
part of the English speakers at least was still
more marked now. 1t was all defamation and
protestation, and no fortunate foreigner dropped
In TO give the information as to the facts OF the
case which MI. Thompson so OPPORTUNITY gave to
his fellow Protestants. l can only remember the
crusade OF Peter the Hermit and counsel the
English Catholics to mingle more wisdom with
their 1ervor in future.
DisraeIian Rejoicings In the West
Indies.
The steamship City OF Merida which reached
New York yesterday, brought news from Nassau,
N. p, to the effect that grand ball was given on
last Monday night at Government House to 200 OF
the fashionable Banamians, American visitors and
naval and military officers, to celebrate the re-
turn OF Mr.. Disrae TO power IN England.
POLITICAL PROPHECY.
Last May a HERALD reporter interviewed John
Pope Hennessy, ex-member Of the House