New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-20
A DESCRIPTION BY ARCHIBALD FORBES.


now THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION APPEARED TO
BRITISH CORRESPONDENCE TRULY DEMO
CRATIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO QUEEN VICTORIA
THAI WERE APPRECIATED.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNEl
YoRKTOwN, oct. 19.-Aftcr the ceremonies of the
day were over THE TRIBUNE correspondent asked
Mr. Archibald Forbes, the distinguished English
journalist who had offered in q spirit Of friendly
comradeshp to help with tho work Of writing. 10
glvc his Impressions as an Englishinan Of the
cises and the audience. He wrote a few pages but
with protest against having his name attached 10
them. The liberty is taken OF dsrcgarGng his mod
est request He was the only well-known subject
of Queen Victoria on the ground and it is Obvious
that the American public will be glad to hear from
him directly aud immediately instead Of later
through the medium OF the London Press Mr..
Forbes wrote:
rangements at all One conversant through dire expe
ricncc with the confusion and chaos ,Eat commonly
avoid tho apprehension that mischief would come oi the
ndeniteness that circumstances had brought about ia
chief, the hitch OF amoment The allprcvalent
determination that the occasion should be successful
ccnfused every obstacle. Instead OF CrOwdnR, jOstng
selshess the features OF the throng were 9rder
ness codrtGay ana @ io
for others not the crudcness which provokca smile
In the messing Of the cl3%d around Ino roSIadm In
tLore was absolutely no attempt whatever made
i'm the direction OF assigning seats. The area Of
chairs free country. There respect OF per
further than the foreign guests had places IN te
Vicinity of the President and the officials OF state. Yet
as the informal procession from the Lafayette Hall
tTamped through the sand toward the auditorl un ~
head mmarshled its track uncuardcd even by single
policeman there not the fantest semblance Of
''ugy mob" For ladies there the first thought;
the next for the guests They accommodated then
every mau in quiet, busncss-like fashion, and be
did the best he could for himself regards Gnding
location IL was the most Democratic CT assemDlages
aud the best conducted inpercepihy, with hustle,
thruStng, no swapping OF advantages The great area
became filled by dense mass OF humanity or ceremo
NAL, in the old wcTi sense there was nothing az all.
The President stepped INTO hs place heYei On to the
platform by quaint old Virginau farmer W no happened
10 be leaning against one OF its supports. little
hy & who can d 90 hs wSs'& DicK Of tine s Chair rCnt Ge
cupcd by Colonel Won steubcn and clapped her hands
TO the gallant German's corporal Gf foot rubbed
shoulders with the General OF the Army; conented
fpd himself incorporated bodily into the brilliant stan
of the Governor OF Maine Perhaps the dccariI OF the
very OF Mr. Winthrops prolonged oraton all around
the rngcs OF the audience were to be observed people
should escape them. No point made by the speaker
missed failed 10 OBTAIN it, fullest need OF appre
ciltton. During Mr. WinthrOps ferycnt and eOqucn6
perOrstion the ncntuess Of attention the orators
words was so close that you might have heard pin
drop. The people had 10 listen, and they listened
with all their force. Swiftly aud nexorably falls the
thunderbolt OF outraged public opinion on the one man
III al the tbrong who thought it TO misconduct himself
He stood ON chair IN the background, and he inter
Jected interruptions OF character, 81 hrst Irrelevant
and presently insolen He tolerated the first time
and the second time. fine third time he got stern
warming which he dsrcgarded, with the consequence
that two stroOg men caught him up and simply threw
him away outside the bounds.
TO speak Of England such day was matter OF no
little decscy lt not that there any dan ger
should be hardly spoken o. That very likely from
American lips WAS less likely tnan just now But
there was fear lest In such a connection
expressions OF good will with England might
have a certain tone Of 0ducherie Tbe man with
memory OF defeats finds II not easy 10 smile under the
patroniang compliments Of the man sefcOmpIacent in
the memory OF success But to-day afforded a freeh
proof heart s the truest guide o good taste
fox the Engsbeu who listened 10 the hearty aud un-
affected expressions OF loving goodwill ior Old Mother
froIn the lips OF every speaker TO be caugnt and
monded 10 by the audience with o faryor that
was clearly genuine US IL stentorian. President