New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-25
HONORS TO HENRY STANLEY.
GRAND RECEPTION AND BANQUET.


PRINCE OF WALES AND sUNDRY oRIENTAIs
| PREsENT-MR. STANLEY ASSUMES THE oFFEN-
| sIyE, AND vINDICATEs HIS CoSDUCr-LoID
| HOUGHToN As A PEACE-MAKER.
| FRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
| LONDON, Feb. 11.-Mr. Stanley has had his two
receptions, and very brilliant they were. 1t Is sell
| dom that ST. Jamess Hall, which holds some 2,OOo
people, is more crowded with people of more dstinc-
ton than OH last Thursday The Royal Geograph-
cal Society numbers about 900 Fellows To each
| Fellow was assigned two tickets, under the rule hrst
come first served until the capacity OF the hall was
| exhausted. The seats on the platform and III klnd
Of large pew in front of the platform, were reserved
| for invited guests-Mr Stanley furnishing liSt'
and the president of the society, Sir Rutherford AL
cock sending out other invitations When came ina
good half hour before the announced time OF begin
ming, the body Of the hall packed, and only
few reserved seats on the platform and i'll the pew
| remained vacant. The celebrities soon struggled
| in the rather restless audience eagerly cheering
| those who were recognized Lord lloughton, Lord
| Arthur Russell ard Mr.. Hughes were among the
| early corners so sundry quaint Orentais,
| the Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, the Chinese Ambas-
sador DIR. Rae the Arctic explorer; Colonel Grant
| the African explorer and many another. The Prnce
of Wales came a little later, and got the usual loyal
| greeting. With him a number Of human be-
| iDgs wearing the Turkish iez. Whether the
| audience recognized the wearcrs may DE
doubted but they recognized the fcz, and chcered
| il wildly The wearers were Midhat Pasha and two
or three less Infamous Ottomans. They were OF the
Princes party; sat ms immediate right and lett
and their presence seemed to be meant as an out
ward and visible sign of the Princes Turkish sym
| pathies The audience understood II SO. The Duke
of Sutherland was there IL was at his house the
party had been dining-includng Mr.. Stanley, ana,
believe the Turks The French Imperial Pretend
er was with the Prince also. who seems to have de-
sired to offend many allies as possible. FINALLY.
ten minutes past the hour, came Mr. Stanley. and
| the cheers that had been given before were
as nothing to those that welcomed the great
explorer. He III evening dress. OF course
and wore an order suspended by a red ribbon about
his neck great cweed star on the left brei st, ana
the French palm leaf decoration gwen HIM the
other day in Paris by the Minister of Public insrnc-
ton. Sir rutherford Alcock and Sir Henry Rawln-
son accompanied him; the latter having lately
shown every disposition to cace all recollection OF
his too famous remark that i; was Livingstone who
had discovered Stanley, and not STANLEY who had
! discovered Livingstone If | recall that ungen-
eIous and unjust sncer II il only to emphasize the
! significance of its authors presence among the
! avowcd supporters of Mr.. Stanley.
After "A brief speech from Sir Rutherford AlcocS,
npatienily listened to- Mr Stanley rose. the cheer
| ing breaking ont afrcsh Ills reception cordial
enough 10 soften mos, mems hearts lui he none the
! less began with a challenge and defiance 10 his
accusers 10 stand up and say TO his face whatever
! they had TO say against him Nobody responded.
| 1t was plain nobody would or could break in upon
meeting called expressly in Mr. Stan!cys honor and
! provoke a wrangc before the Prince and 50 many
! ladies. So the speech took It's free across
/ eI4fs Oh of z
Journey from the day he quilted Zanzibar TIL tie
day he returned to it and restored his foowers-all
/ who were left Of them to their native shores,
| and with them some who had been born on
! the road. Some of it trivial and most
/ Of il was better adapted to "A popular assembly
/ than to n Geographical Society meeting But
! Vraver faults might have bccn redeemed by the
dramatic spirit in which the descent of the Congo
and the running fghts with the warke trlhcs were
| described; still more by the touching account OF
the increduy of the Africans with respect 10 their
| return home They never believed Stanley would
really take them back all through the voyage
| round the Cape thcy remained sccptical; IT was
only when the coast # Zanzibar came IN sight. and
they recognized hills and groves as their own that
they felt sure Of thciT fate. When the boats
touched shore the black fellows fell on their faces
and kissed the soil with cries of Lc Allah il Allah
Thanks Ice to God. In what better words, ex
claimed STANLEY, can conclude than thanks bc To
God for my own safe return II not. perhaps,
particularly piou- company, bat the plainly genuine
| expression of grateful feeling was recognized and
heartily responded to. MI. Stanley sat down much
hctr friends with his hearers than hl, bcllgcrcut
| opening promised.
| No less a parsonage than the Prince Of Wales
moved the vote Of thanks. II was done 80 cordially
! and | believe praciously Is the proper word, that
| nv criticisms the suite of savages with which
! ms EoyaI Highness chose to surround himself
might. perhaps, have been omitted. In private.
| hear. the Prince has shown great interest in Mr.
stanley but his public appearance as culogist Of
| the man who had been charged with massacre and
| otber crimes was moro crcditablc to him than any
amount OF private sympathy. IL gives tone to
society.
| On the Saturday following came the dinner at
Wili.s: tribute still more marked, for here Mr..
| stanley was in every sense Of the word, the guest
Of the Royal Geographical Society. Again of course
| there was a distinguished company, and there were
| speeches Nh Stanleys speech was devoted to an
elaborate rcfu,aon Of The charges brought against
| him by Colonel Yulc Nj iIyndman, and two news
papeIs Into the details Of his defence cannot en-
! ter but if yo8 have space for his speech y0n will
! dad it a. interesting reading ~ anything you are
| likely 10 PRINT on the same morning. | examined
| t31Ouc, UlrS attack IN u recent lctitl, ara con-
| rlud.d that Oh his own showing his charges were
| not sustained The extracts he quoted from Nj
Stanlcy's accounts showed sufficient rea
| son for the fresh assault on the ma.
nyes of Bamblreh. Bat 1t remains TO be
| sid that Mr.. Stanley now cOnyIcts Colonel luic
Of suppre.sing passages Of that account, which cX-
uIrsslv contgadlctcd he differences he drew from H.
| Moreover he row gives long extract from his
| diary 80 colnpanicd by such cuyldations - ought
to silence his dctract0r4 forever but d0as not. Mr.
| IIvudman has since returned 10 the charge: his
evening organ backs him up, and Colonel iule says