The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-07-18
THE EARL AT HOME.
ROYAL RECEPTION OF THE VIC,
TORIOUS STATESMEN.

LONDON, July ga number of lords
and members Of the house of commons 90
to Dover to-day to welcome the Berlin
plenipotentiGries. The mayor and the cor
poration of Dover will present Lord Bea-
constield withan address of congratulaton.
and special train provided for the plenipo-
tentiaries will reach the Channg Cross rail
road station at 4 As o'clock. Lord Henry
LcnnoX has charge of the organized demon
stration Of welcome. Tickets have been is
sued Tor as many persons as the railroad
station will accommodate. All the metro
politan conservative associations will be re-
presented, but no address will be presented
All 'he ministers who can be absent from
parliament will be OF the platform at the
station. Many
LIBERAL MEMBERS
ofparliament have applied for tickets to the
platform, expressing wish to make the
demonstration national. Seats for five hun.
dred friend]o the first lord oithe admiralty
have been erected within the admiralty
Enclosure in Whitehall. Downing street
will be reserved for the members Of parli-
ament. Between the Charing Cross and
Downing street the general public will be
admitted, SO that the spontaniety and
warmth Of welcome will have to be Judged
by the demonstration at this point of the
route. Traffic will be stopped from 4;30
until Beaconsfeld's carriage passes.
THE MEMORIAL BANQUET
at the Mansion house will take place the
3rd Of August. The date of the compl-
mentary dinner rendered by the Carlton
club has not yet been announced.
THE DECORATIONS.
The western platform of Charing Cross
station, down which the carriage road runs,
has been partitioned off, and while rows of
raised seats skirt one side, banks of rare
flowers rise on the other. Along the sides
Of the carriage way the platform is lined
entirely by flowers, and the walls of the
station and entrance way are decorated with
the flags of the nations participating in
the congress, and clusters of national
devices and emblems.
HIS GLORIOUS FAME.
The Times says: Lord Beaconsfeld will
be welcomed to-day as the chief actor in
one of the most honorable triumphs in the
modern diplomacy of England. To the
fame of the distinguished English states
man he has added that of singularly
successful foreign minister, and it would be
hard to say what greater distinction can
remain for him.
THE ARRIVAL AT DOVER.
New YORK, July 16.-Cable dispatches
from London say that Earl Beaconstield and
Marquis of Salisbury arrived at Dover to-
day. and were enthusiastically cheered on
landing.
BEACONsFIELDs SPEECH.
In replying to the address of the mayor,
Earl Beaconstield said he was much touch
ed at this cordial greeting. The nation he
SAID was equally indebted TO Lord Salisbury.
He hoped the result of the congress at
Berlin would insure the prosperity of Eng
land and the peace of Europe. Lord
Beaconstield, in concluding his speech, said:
I'VE have brought peace with honor, and |
hope the prosperity of England will fol-
low"
THE CROWDS
were so dense that it was almost impossible
for the carriages Of the party to proceed to
the railway station, where train was taken
for London.
An immense concour.e of people collect
ed at the station to welcome the distin.
guished statesmen to the city.
THE seems AT DOVER.
DOVER, July 16.-Long before the hour
at which the steamer bearing Earl Beacons-
field and the Marquis of Salisbury, from
Calais, was due, the piers ut the landing
place, the strand and the approaches to the
railroad station were packed with immense
crowds Of excited people. AS the steamer
came in sight cheer after cheer was given.
This continued until she had been made
fast to the pier, and the illustrious states
men were seen upon deck. The pier had
been carpeted and decorated and dais ar
ranged upon which the mayor and alder
men Of Dover, in their robes of office, stood
ready TO receive the heroes of the hour.
Earl Beaconsfeld and the marquis advanced
together.
The earl was looking remarkably well.
lie seemed to have entirely recovered from
his late illness. The mayor advanced to
meet him, and with voice some.
what shaken with emotion, read
THE ADDRESS,
which had been prepared in the name of the
corporation at the conclusion, handing the
scroll to Mr.. Montague, the earl's secre.
tary.
EARL BEACoNsFIELD,
in clear and powerful voice, that was dis.
tlnctly heard, made an elegant, but brief
reply. The whole line of railway from Do
yer to London is en- fete. At every station
there are decorations, and the crowds were
waiting in the hope Of catching q glimpse
OF Earl Beaconstield, as the train passed
INTO LONDON.
Earls Beaconstield and Salibury arrived
in London this evening. There was i'm.
mense enthusiasm among the populace.
Both gentlemen are well.
uNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM.
LONDON, July l6,--Atter Earl Beacons.
field had arrived at the foreign office, the
crowd gave enthusiastic cheers for the pre-.
mier, and loud calls were made for both of
the illustrious digntaries to appear at the
window Both Beaconsheld and Salisbury
responded. The former in brief speech
said he hoped the peace secured by the Der.
lin treaty would satisfy the queen and
crafty the country. Lord Salisbury said
he hoped Engishmen would always sup.
port the government by supporting Eng.
lands honor. The enthusiasm was unbound
ed The popuace finally retired singing
God Save the Queen