, 1877-07-10
GEN. GRANT.
A Mysterious Dinner, and the Sncrod Order
of pEtcet&ente.
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Mao York Tribune,
LONDON, JulJ 1}.-1 don't remember to have
seen on uny former occasion paragraph 80 |
curiously framed ns that which describes ycstcr-
tay morning the dtnnerg given the evening before |
by the Minister of the United States In honor
Of Gen. Grant ant Mrs. Grant. No doubt you
have already published somo account Of this
festival Did It include plan OF the tablet
And, II II did, werc you, Or wcrc you not, led
TO inquire whether II is usual TO state In tho
newspaper tho order In which tho guests at q
banquet takc thch' placcsa Did you remark
that only two 1adics--Alrs. Grant and Airs.
rcrrcpont-wcrc prcscnti Did you take in
tho full stgnit!cuncu Of Tho fact Tint tho
hostess sat on tho left Of tho Prince OF
Wales, Gen. Gral,t sitting on Ills right DID
you lllnke out why Mrs. 0rant sat oppoa!le tho
FRINGE at tho other entl, With tho Duke Of Rich
mond OH her right and hts. plcrrcpont-I beg
his pardon, the Minister Of tho United States
I'll her fcftl These hTc conludftfns to which
do mot 5st to r s q % nnsMs9 sG C ao
bring IN solutions TO the varions problems In
yolved.
But lc. us postpone these "details for a mo-
Of etiquette scttled nt Marlborough House | wcre
unsettled Inst night III Cayendsh square. l
when ten. Grant dlncd with tho Prince
rear of all tho titled people who formed the
solemn procession from tho drawing
room to tho dinine-room. Tho order was re-
setsed la.. % igit l., ,lc r., general ye!ds prese,
wcre present no less tllan ak Embassnlora.
There wcsc four Dukes, thcre wcrc three Mir
qufses, there wcrc, ilyo Ear's, there was the
xso.s III ifS "s.' sis s
ii I'll Ind lad to '' s1vo Way. The, E%oa:ss.
dors, as n rule, rive way to nobody but the
Royal family. Mr.. Plcrrepont's crownng trt-
ex.trcsicnt OF TIC United statcs az equal to m
ex-Empcror Or cx-kiuR. It was IN his own
house, but It + not to be supposed that man
these. Mr.. plcrrepont would not hare been
guilty Of the dscourtesy Of asking pca-
pic TO-. dino with him and treating
IN fnet, settled beforehand. For lii once, .ho
grcnt fuuctonarfes, who pride themselves 10
Dttng tho pcrsoaal representatives Of their soy
crciRns, recognized the sovereignty uf tic
dsso s; u Il; 1ss IN Gss ts 8sssa .ss s
whom they wero to meet. 3ir. Ptcsrcpout
has made Ills Views 20 clearly known that
they Ind not, suspect. mucll choice
III tho matter, except tho option Ut stnytug
away. Diplomatic trlumphs moro important to
tho welfare Ut States 'ayo perhaps been
schiovcd, hut nothing precisely like this ia:
Derby Is reported to have sad that Mr.. Pierre
pont Ind douu what ho himself could not 40.
It Is only the envioua who say TINT ho satd
Wwould not lo''
As for tho Dukes, Marquiscs, Earls, mud
other English magnntcs, tlcY aro great eticklcrs
| for rank mud precedence as between themselves,
but they sccn1 10 ia1o ucqulrsced from tho 30.
ginning readily enough in Slr. Pierre
| Iont's wtshcs With respect TO ucn.
drant. When Mr.. Picrrepont lot It 10
known that he would allow Gen. Grant
rank everybody else, there remained to TIC peo-
pic who wanted to lioniza him only tho choice
| between having him on ME. Ptcrscpont'a terms
and not having him Ut all. They arc u good-
natured race, these EngIish. They laughed,
perhaps, ln some cases, and shrugged their
shoulders, and wondered that plain Ameri-
| cans should set such value on the OBJ