New-York tribune., 1879-12-10

These Ushcrs of the White Rod may oe ian"'"' '"
the Scottish mind but | never saw them oeiore
With the the help of sixteenth century taiior they
might have passed for surviving representatives. OF
the corrt naqcantry at Holyrood But doubt
whether the gentlcman-ushers Of Mary's day went
ohont tapping spectators the shoulder, or on the
head or IN the eye, wherever they could most
conveniently reach their victims. Those who were
thus admOni nishcd--for reason that could see
took il in sGch good-humor that soon grew to thnk
that the shcrtness of the Scotch temper hau peen
oyerstatcd. An English usher who should take nan
the liberties these functonaries did with their lei
low-subiects would be roughly handled. And they
had kind of chief set over them. whose movements
kent one fully amused during the long hour OF wait
ing first saw him erect on the platform, sur
yeying the scene In n moment he darteu
oil 10 one end OF the hall. Then he
walked rapidly up a side aisle and back again; re-
turning presently TO the platform. and then repea
ing his promenade on the opposite side of the hail.
Next he charged line of nnOcent-looking men
standing against a wall and forced them to &" and
stand against another wall. By-aue-by he ordered
them back again. the windows that were open ne
required 20 be shut /; and those that were smut 10
be opened. lie severely rebuked meek attendant
on the platform in q white tie for some fault IN AZ
ranging the chairs and when they were altered.
caused them TO be replaced as before Exactly al
balfnast . ~ the non electors came pouring III, he
their incoming like hawk When the place al
lotted them was half full he clappcd his hands
thrice. and the doors were closed. After pause he
repeated the signal, and they were reopened. And
SO on with many other ingenious manGuvres UNTIL s
o'clock struck, when he disappeaIed-l thinh
through trap door-and saw him not again No
body could say who he was. or why he went through
these performances. The Ushcrs of the White kod
reappeared at Dalkeith and at Wcst Calder but In
the absence OF their captain their efforts lacked the
originality aud vgor which marked them here In
Edinburgh.
Mr. 0LADsToSI's ARRIVAL.
The painful discipline the audience had under
zone dimini.hed in no degree their impatience or
their enthusiasm. Mr.. Gladstone came ten minutes
late by no fault of his nor yet or Lord Roseberys
horses. bur because the 10000 or $4,000 people in
the streets could not all at make room for his
carriage We heard their cheers sat waiting,
and as these died away Mr.. Gladstone was seen ad-
vancing from the back of the platform The ladies
in the upper gallery the first to catch sight OF
him. and they gave the signal TO the rest with their
handkcrchiefs. The packed masses of human he
ings below struggled to their feet and cheered;
cheered al first wildly. but after a minute OF two
settled down to their work and cheered with per-
sistent. unhrOken, underwriting The Scotch
are preemncntly o business people. IL they had
taken a contract to cheer-a contract a, high
rates and executed under the continuous fear of
competition, they could not have done better. 1t
was such explosion of pent-up enthusiasm as
only those are capable Of who habitually reprcss
their emotions Mr.. Gladstone is pretty well used
to these manifestations, but by this he was visby
touched HIS face flushed all at once and he stood,
not bowng. but with bent head aud strange luni-
nous sofuess in his eyes till the storm beneath him
had spent it, force. For aught could see. that
people would have cheercd till now had they not
bethoughi themselves after awhile that they had
come TO hear Mr.. Gladstone as well as make them
selves heard in his honor. When that thought Mt
last got possession of their minds they stopped
cheering. and Mr.. Gladstone began to speak.
1t is idle see, to attempt to deal with the sub
stance of this speech. still less OF tins and two
others, in the middle of letter which, assure You
without my meaning it-has got to such length al
ready. The speeches must be treated by them
selves and Will finish for all with the exter-
nal aspects of the meetings at Dalkeith and West
Calder.
TIIE MEETING AT DALKEITH.
Dalkeih is the town from which Mr.. GladstOne's
opponent the Earle of Dalketh, takes his title 1t
isa struggling sleepy. dirty village seven miles or
SO southeast from Edinburgh with the usual long
street of gray stone houses. The Duke of Buc-
cleugh owns suppose every foot of the ground on
winch 1t stands. He owns the Corn Exchange in
which Mr.. Gladstone spoke on Wednesday; or will
own il when the lease falls in. Meanwhile he had
no power to close its doors. There the same
pressure for admission here in Edinburgh. albeit
the 5000 people who got in had most Of them TO
come from considerable distances l went by train
from Edinburgh. being indebted once more to
Scotch good-nature for permission to occupy one
undivided eleventh part Of o carriage designed
by its builders TO carry six. Extra trains were
rnnning but the stations had been crowded since
noon. streams of Dalkeith passengers flowing stead
fly through. In Dalketh the streets were in the
same state and were also covered with fine adhe-
sivo mud which mnch prolonged the walk to the hall ;
elbowed YOU were OF every step. whether YOU
chose tie sidewalk the middle of the road Here,
too an hour or before the nominal hour, not of
beginning but of opening, the long barn-ke build
Ing crowded. 1t had been besieged for hours
before gallery spanned the further end; two
side galleries started for its angles with the best in
tenons, but stopped short before they had got half
way 10 the opposite extremity The occupants of all
three curious appearance of being suspended in
the air. or perhaps hung up against the white walls
but the c0ntryance is admirable for exhibit
ing a of people to spectators on the platform,
the floor below being fat from end to end; and
commend il to the next American architect who has
to put up political wigwam. The utmost good
humor prevailed: chastened by that stern sense of
decorum which the Scot is so seldom without. They
sat for the most part patiently as If the Rev.
Hagga Mucketongue were dispensing his views of
damnaton in the world TO come. band-perhaps
should say orchestra for it PLAYED on strnged
instruments-occuped the front of the plat
form, aud from time to time indulged
the tine natural taste for discords which
possessed it's members each and all Where
they twaDged away was the spot from which
MIR. Gladstone to speak and it a moment
of Wind cliye 10Y when on false alarm Of his ap-