Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-18
TFrom Our Regular Correspondent ]
Orr EurOpean Letter.
London. Enc. Aug. 8.

LONDON Eng, Aug. 8, 1880.
There was a brilliant gathering at Har-
row on Thursday last. Archbishop
Trench. the dean os Westminster. Lord
Fortescue, Lord George Hamilton and
many old Hlrrovians were there to listen
to the speeches and compositions of the
youth who are, many of them. destined to
ill important places in the future in old
England. DIR. b lker, the worthy and elo-
quent head master. had the pleasure of
presenting his own son with his first public
prize, and did it with evident emotion,
which was shared by the vast assembly.
The most noticeable recitation was that OF
the prize poem on Venice by B. B. Benson,
u composition of real merit. Harrow is
thoroughly en- fete house, and all the build
ings which form the school are thrown
open 10 the inspection OF the guests. AS
Harrow crowns the summit of lofty hill,
rising abruptly from apain which extends
for miles around. the views between the
buildings are very striking and beautiful.
The old church is on the summit of the hill,
and in the churchyard is the tombstone on
which Byron used to sit and muse, and
foster those poetic dreams which were
afterwards to enchant the world
The London season has had sundry di-
versificalions of its normal attractions.
First we had the five tableaux at Cromwell
house. IL is necessary if anything of that
kind is to be got up that there shall be II
charitable object in view. You have only
10 use charity" for YOU sesame, and
safely appeal to the finest artists and the
most resplendent beauties, for gratuitous
services. Invoked by that sacred name,
our beauties awarded floral epithets. would
and any number of times. The lady who
understands all this best is Mrs. Freake, oil
Cromwell house, South Kensington. For.
tunalely for the London season, the Irish
were starving; happily the children hos.
pital was suffering, and, by grace of the
muses., poor and invalid artists found their
| fund low. So the series of tabeaux were
given three times, and as each invitation
cost guinea, about two thousand pounds
the well.to-do received their aims in gaz
ing on Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs
CORVALLIS West, and the newest beaut V
Mrs, Williams, as arranged BY Boughlon,
Millais. and other great artists, in liustra-
very beautiful, and yet | have seen tab
leaux more beautiful ut the same house.
Gen. Joseph X. Hawley is eminently {
popular man both in England and America,
and the dinner and reception which were
given him at he Westminster Palace
Hotel, on the occasion of his assuming The
presidency of the American Exchange il
Europe afforded fresh evidences of hi.
popularity. At the dinner, Hon. Z. j
Reed, NJ P, presided; and among the pro
minent guests were Colonel Mallory, o
the US Army; Colonel d, d. Muter
Major Leach. of the {" Irish Team; Leo
nard Courtney, Mp; George W. Smalley
August Peterson, manager of the U. S
International Press Agency; and Mr.
Hueston, of the Associated Press. Hon
MIR. Lowell was prevented by a previou
engagement from presiding at the feast
he music during the dinner and reception
was furnished by the famous band of th
Coldstream Guards, Mr.. Godfrey leadin
by permission of the colonel of the req
mcnt. The gathering after the dinner WI,
very brilliant, comprising the elite of tn
artistic and literary society. A beautiful
concert to which the noted singers preser
gracefully contributed, was the prime fet
lure of the evening. General Hawley,
his speech at the dinner paid u high con
pliment to the American Exchange, whic
the conspicuous energy, patience and bus
ness capacity of Mr. Henry f. Gilig hav
done SO much for AMI which may now b
considered us soIdly founded.
ALPHA.