New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-22
ANGLO-AMERICAN TOPICS.

PRINCE OF WALES BUYS ONE OF MILE. BERN
HARDPs PICTUREs-MME. NILSSON AND MISS
KELLOGG IN "MIGNoN."
lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUSI.I
LONDON, July 10-A word Of acknowledgment
is due to the good intentions of the gentlemen who
arranged an American dinner IN London on the
Fourth of July. Mr.. Curtis Guild, of Boston.
chairman of the committee, and Mr. Isaac II. Bailey,
of New-York, one of its active members. They
chose Messrs. Glllig's American Exchange rooms,
ut Charing Cross as headquarters, and the docu-
ments sent ont to Americans were dated from that
convenient rendezvous. / don't know what effort
was made 20 collect resident Americans for
this festival beyond advertising it in the London
papers OF The not too numerous American colony
lew representatives were present. Tho Legation
sent no de gate Ar Welsh abstans from all So
cal assemblies on account of domestic affection.
Neither Mr. lIoppin, who has lately returned from
Ncw-lork, nor Mr. Nadal came to the dinner. Cen
era Badeau had a garden party at his house In
Kingston, which those who biaved the storm to at
iend speak 0f rs very pleasant, which suf-
Gcently explains his absence from the even
iJg so.emnijv. None Of the American bankers came
] should say that thc seventy or eighty guests tat
So apiece who sat down 10 the table were almost
wholly o. 'hc class styled rnpsient Americans The
best .u"wn exception was Ms- Kate Field. There
causc ac is q member Of me British House Of Com
| mons, but vii pIssr, at rncs-tnanks to his good
ndtur-d attentions to cItiz"ns of the United States
for Az Anglo Amrric az. dozen or more ladies'
eEligtud t'e banquet by their presence Besides
Mis- Field, th.r. was Ms. l.. G. Mouton,
Miss ihrr,bT, who 81 pended her musical
tIiumpls f'r q night IN honor OF the
day Mr.. Guild, NJ. 4. f.. Burbank. and Others
whom did 20 know. Mr.. J. NJ. Libby, Mr.. Bur-
bank, Mr. tlrott +. Shophad are the only other
guests | can recall except General Woodford. who
spoke iu answer % the first toast" Ihe Day we
Celebrate '-lr ne energetic style which has made
hin yulIr at home. The two or three English
ucn present notably Mr. Firth, who is TO contest
Che sea at the next election in company with Sir
Charles Dixie, seemed TO listen to this effort
with mix d admiration and surprise General
WooifoTds manner is too purely American
aud political to be instantly Ineligible
to an English audience. cannot say what passed
after General WoodfOrd's speech, for | was Obliged
to leave, and the English papers, probably from
jealousy on patriotic rage, omitted to report the
proceedings. Or perhaps they resented the exclu-
sion Of the British flag from he hall. The tables
were plentfullv adorned with stars and stripes.
the harmony OF which would have been agreeably
set of BY little friendly contrast with a union
lack or two. PROBABLY no hotel proprietor sup
Piled the Gccoau0ns, and forgot thu, it is the Gus
ION on such to b. polite TO the country in
which the dinner takes place. Mr.. Welsh manages
better. You may see the flags OF both countries
displayed al the Legation.
Tie second day of the French Fair at Albert Hall
was less brilliant than the first but far more
crowded. Il was also less profitable. Standing
beneath box at the opera the same evening l
heard a lady who had been keeping Il stall at the
=. orlr hot ttta pg1a IN s1axr
pigs" "They were absolute swine," continued
She "They made the place uncomfortable and they
bought nothing whatever" take swine to be a
more precise and picturesque substitute for the
usual English eplthct OF disapproval, bcastly."
THIS fair creature rather Ovcrstated the
case. Certainly the crowd was too great
for easy movement in the arena, and there
must have been more gntseers than buyers. Still
there were sales. Nile. Sarah Beruhardt took nearly
81 goo al her STALL Nine. Favart took two-hirds as
much. and many !adIe, reached total of 5000 The
SUM received for admissions woad have been very
large had the prices been kept Up. Bat instead Of
- 80 as on the first day, the entrance fee the
second was but half q crown, or go cents, and the
cscapncss made the throng almost unmsuageable;
PARTLY because th, attempts a5mlnaeiug were as is
usual III ENGLAND, 50 feeble. The English police
man. in dealing with a crowd, has but
as possible. lie is a professional Obstruc-
tfouist At haf-past I, when | came near
the outer door of the hall, the porch quite
blocked up with people struggling to get in. To
facilitate their entrance, the door WAS kept half
shut and presently was closed altogether; the vast
corridors inside being meantime almost empty. AT
the end of five minutes the door once more half
onened. and we were allowed to make way past
the lrowiing guardian If the peace. To gain the
inner hall by the man entrance was all but I'M
possijle If You knew y0ur way and went TO the
further end II could DO managed. Below the amphi-
theatre stalls in the circle where the booths were
SET IN there was a cOmpactly wedged multitude,
struggling, perspiring and yainy demonstrating
with each other. Nile. Bernhardt was III
dcyulir. The group of admlrng spectators about
her could not or would not move on 4; and
bnsiness was at a staud-stll. No policeman was on
duty inside except when Prince or Royal Duke
had 10 be pilotsd about. Two or three times the
stalls of the Com6die Fraucaise were near upsetng
with the pressure of the mob and nothing but
Mile. Beruhardt's passionate eoquence averted
the disaster At tine most critical moment
the solid company of the lady's admirers
diS,olyed into It's individual elements, and
cave way 20 another company, not less
eJrcr. Mrs. CORVALLIS West was, perhaps, the
ouly lady who undaunted by tho crush, c0ntriyed
70 make her way IN the midst Of it, Like nearly all
her colleagues she appeared on the second day IN
fresh costume. The crimson bonnet had gwen
Mace 10 a straw hat with white ribbons and feath-
ers f.; her dress was white; and she wound In and
ont OF the dense masses Of people with an air OF
freshness delightful to behold. Cigars were again
her stock in trade. q" | bought two yesterday"
nleadcd one customer. But you have not bought
ore to-day" was the answer, and there was no help
forit Five minutes later the same viyacious lady
was holding out another cigar to the same victim.
- have inst bought one" he said. "Yes, but
you bouobt two Yesterday" was the victorious re-
:. ~, ,,,,,l.r chat fbe two day5' receipts were