New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-21

Won knowr "By their dress" You mean be-
cause they are so well dressed" Because they
are so much I'M dressed" was his grim retort But
that was only an outbreak of national jealousy-at
best it was hasty generalization from one OF two
rather conspicuous instances 1t is hard to say IN
these days what is permissible, OF, rather what Is
not
Among Americans resident in London. Mr. Hop
PIN Gen. Badeau, Mr. Morgan, Mr.. Peabody, ana
Mrs. Edward Dicey were present; MT. husseh
Sturgis was not. Miss Kate Field was there, ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Conway. OF nonresident Americans,
| saw Mr.. Bimey, our Minister at the Hague, Gen.
Clinton b. Fisk, Mr. Crane. American Consul at
Manchester Gen. Torbert, American Consul at Paris,
and Mrs. Torbert. and Mrs. Farchid, whose husband,
American Consul at Liverpool is absent on leave Ia
the Mediterranean.
An imperfect list of the great people of this king
dom who were present fills nearly a column OF mo
organ of society this morning. which is open to the
perusal of those who for it. The diplomatic
body turned out in considerable strength though
there were notable absences. The same may be
said of the British pcerage. Lord Salisbury was
there, but saw neither Lord Beaconsield nor Lord
Derby. nor vet Lord Granvillc-the three men
whose presence would have had some significance.
Among the guests more or less known in America
bury, Lord Cardwel Lord Selborne Mr. Childers,
Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, the Bishop of Glouces-
ter. Mr. and Mrs. W. l.. Forster Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Hughes, Mr. Browning Mr.. and Mrs. Huxley, and
Mr.. and Mis-. Russell Quincy. OF titled and other
fashionable people, there were great numbers, from
Dukes and Duchesses down to plain cOmmoners
If were asked to say what impression Gen. Grant
had made | should hardly know how to answer.
Few people who met him last night for the first
time had an opportunity for any conversation with
him. and we have heard before now that he is not q
laxative person. He seemed in good health and
spirits, aud doing II as could be expected with
out his cigar. One Euglishman was heard to re-
mark that he wished Mr.. PierreDont had been Gen.
Grant; but the occult meaning Of CHS saying de-
fes conjecture. There no such confusion III the
arrangements to make 1t difficult to identity the
General or Mrs. Grant He wore no uniform nor
was there anything remarkable in the costumes Of
any of the small group in the reception-room-eX-
cept the elegance of Mrs. Pierreponts dress. Guests
continued to arrive till past midnight, and the last
were not gone till toward two in the morning
which is late for n party at which there was no
dancing.
p. S.-Thcre arc sundry errors in the foregoing,
which, instead Of correcting silently, prefer to ae-
knowledge and setright by contradiction partly be-
cause all the wrong s'atenehtS caihc I" iio vi "a
cellent authority partly because some of the erro-
neous particulars contain grains of truth Gen.
Grant, then, was not invited TO the Foreign Office
dinner but to Lord Bcaconsiieds dinner, which he
gave as Prime Minister The refusal of the Foreign
ambassadors to waive their claims 10 precedence
may or may not have been made privately, but 1t
was not made officially; and no one of them has yet
been present on any occasion to meet Gen. Grant.
When they do meet him there is reason to believe
that the claims made in his behalf b. our Minister
ill be conceded. The theory on which they we're
contested remains the same, and the concession,
when made, Will be an act Of grace and not sur-
render to any requirement of etiquette. At Mr.
Pierrepont's reception both Lord Derby and Lord
Granville were present. Their names did not appear
in the scmi-0licia record, and | did not see them
hence my comment on their absence. but my pres
cnt correction Is from the best sources. q. W. $.