The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-21
Grant in ENGLAND.
A REVELATION OF TRUE INwARDNEs9
Or THE THING.

Or THE THING.
From the World: The following let
ter received in this city from an Eng
lishman of distinction, as familiar al.
most with the United States as with
England, has been handed us for pub
lication. It opens the way, no doubt,
for an interesting series of social revela-
tions /:
LONDON. June 80. - Well, Gen.
Grant has come and gone, been lion
ized, dined and wined to his hearts
content and beyond, another link has
been forged in the chain which binds
together the two great branches of the
Augl lo-Saxon race-I believe that's the
proper way of putting it-but, as al
ways happens on such occasions, there
Is disagreeible undercurrent left be-
hind OF tales told out school which 1
suppose will be sure to find their way
to the light of day sooner or later.
Perhaps, therefore, there is no objec.
tion to my telling yon that people were
not universally delighted here with the
ex. Presidents ways, and that they were
pretty universally disgusted with the
ways of some of the people who made
social capital for themselves out of his
visit or belonged to his suite. In the
| first place, his silence at most OF the
dinners which he attended was some@
thing absolutely appalling. On two
occasions he literally never spoke one
word from the soup to the salad. At
another dinner he almost broke up the
company by objecting to allow the
Duke of Cambridge to take precedence
of him-this, doubtless, on the instiga-
tion of Pierrepont.
Worst of all the stories current, how
ever, is that in the Princess of Whales
drawing room at Marlborough House
lie pulled out an enormous cigar and
was going to light it, when somebody
stepped up aud prevented him. How
ever, he must not be too harshly judged
for this, for when Mr.. Seward was here,
twenty years ago, and was taken by
Mr.. Dallas-In full dress, with rut1led
shirt to private concert at Bucking-
ham Palace, he insisted on injecting
himself with the fumes of huge Ha-
vana Just before he went, in spite of a
civil hint from Mr.. Dallas that the
Queen had a strong personal repug'
nance to the smell of tobacco. More
over it is well known that poor dead
Mrs. Thornton the excellent house
keeper of Windsor Castle, never got
over the abominable conduct of Victor
Emanuel. who visiting the Castle when
King of Sardinia, insisted on smoking
all night ip bed, and thereby. as Mrs,
Thornton used to say, poisoned the
beautiful green satin hangings of his
room.
The "trick and the manners" of the
ex-PreSident, however, probably would
not have annoyed people so much had
it not been for the insufferable way in
which he was compelled to drag the
Minister and the Pierrepont connection
about with him wherever he went. He
was incensed at this himself, and open
ly expressed his satisfaction at getting
out of Cavendish square. Gen. Badeat
was another bob on the Presidential
kite which Tapped unpleasantly in peo
J pies faces; and it is a great pity tia
some kind friend had not advised Gen
and Mrs. Grant to send that young
hopeful, their boy Jesse, to school be
fore them in some cool and healthy par
: of Switzerland. On the evening of tn,
dinner at Windsor this misguided lad
by way of making himself agreeable Il
tho Queen, went up TO her Majesty ant
} affabiy attempted to open a converse
tiOn with her by saying: "Well
ma am, your Majesty, l hope you
J newspapers don't wIiie about you il
your country as ours do about my faith
: er and mother" grieve to say tina
the interesting conversation thus begal
} never went any further. The youni
gentleman, believe, still lives, and
: hope is not beyond learning.