New-York tribune., 1881-12-28
DEAN STANLEY.
r,,r MEETING AND THE MEMORIAL.

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! ,,i..,, 10 honor the memory of Dean Stanley.
| vyeo If we leave ont the speakers, there remain
,,r IN reprpeeutatiye men to show how wide anu
,-.r,I WAS the esteem felt for the late Dean OF
,ycstr1instcr The Church, which really 'ooked
ppon Stanley with some alarm. was present III tno
,crsou. Of score of Deans and other dIRnItarie5'
Whatever they may have Thought OF StahieyS
tr,litv in matters ecclesiastical during his life
time they are fully sensible of the usefulness ol ms
creat name to the Church now that he Is dean It
must be said hat they omitted to DO one easy honor
to the great advocate of tOeraton whom they c'nho
~ rrai-e. Not single dissenting minister figured
ON fine list of speakers. This was not an oversight
Dean Bradley. Staniey's successor had an oppor-
,,,itv of considering whether he would or would
,,t inclnde Dr. Nlartneau III his programme. Dc.
,rtireau is the leader Of one wing OF the Nonc0u-
for,i,ts. and among the abest Of living dtylnes.
lie had been close personal friend of Dean Stanley
for thirty years. But Dean Staney's successor
couId not find room for him, for any other Nom
c,nfor1nlst preacher. on the list OF yesterdays
sneakers. As a sort of compromise, Mr., SamneI
Morley was permitted to support resolution.
euppose lay d>scntcr is lees odious to the Church
man than n minister
II this meeting had been purely ecclesiastical, the
nullic interest III it would not have been Keen.
Rpt nobody wished it to be purely occe5a1tlcal.-
to the first resolution is likely indeed at some prob
obIy distant day to be the Head of the English
Church but at present he is Prince Of Wales
ouoht not to say ho was the first speaker The
Dean of Westminster was the first. lie II was VINO
arranged everything that has been done. lie
gained his public reputation "a q schooimaster. lie
has since been Master of University College, Ok
ford. whence he was translated by Mr.. Gladstone to
this brilliant Dcanery. But he has not yet left his
school behind him. Never any mans manner
a more drol mixture Of pcdagogue and preacher
am sure We all felt like boys before thit domino
Uo called upon the celebrities about him to pro-
pose and second resolutions Just as at Marlborough
he summoned his pupils to construo a difficult
chorus of Sophocles. Nobody know whose turn
would come next and all sat trembling And yet
into this magisteria bearing the excellent Dean
contrivct TO infuse tincture of humility 10 great
ness that would have satisfied the most lowy OF
the Apostles Tho smrk on his face-but no, l VIII
not 90 on It is not Dean Bradley but Dean
Stanley with whom this meeting had to 10
The Prince of Wales proposed a resolution
I. That the genius. the character and The public
services of the late Dean of Westminster cmlnenty
entitlc him to National memorial | suppose IL
need not be explained to the most energetic rcpub-
ican that the mere OF the Prince OF Wales
on snch m occasion was a conspicuous tribute 10
the memory of Dean Stanley What the Prince sad
was worthy Of the occasion simple, IN good TASTE
full Of good feeling, and obviously sincere. Prob
ably he never made a better speech. One has
often heard him public occasions and after
dinner when not very much is expected Of any
body. But Yesterdays meeting wa, Of quito OK
.ceptional kind demanding something more than
the wclibrod commonplace, which serve for laying
c,rnrr-toncs or rcturnin, thanks Tor the drinking
OF hcrltls The Princes manner was quite p,riert
his delivery distinct hiS grammar once or tWlce
little mixed ~ is the custom with English speakers
of atmo. al ranks his accent at times Just slightly
German lie dwclt on his own friendship with ithe
Dean. who had been his tutor 30 Oxford and his
fellow-travcllrr IN the East am not likely to
FORGET the charm Il his oompanionShIp and All th"
knowledge ne impaired to me during that tour
lie told us how deeply the death Of th" Dean had
been felt hy my beloved mother the Quccn' lic
passed n general and wc'l-cnnccived cuoIy on he
Dean, chart"ter and qualities. lie referred to the
breadth VI his symp1thIc- and expressed mi, own
Measure in seeing among those assembled the MIN
igtcr OF the United States. The Deans visit TO
America was dwrlt ou,-uS visit to " that kindred
country across tine Atlantic, whrr' "" know That he
received SD much hudars, aud hospitality The
Prince added heard from his OWE lips on his
return from America. the expression ~; tie great
qualification hc derived from his visit, ana Of the
on some iuturc occasion be able 60 repeat IT."
Lord Granvill}s speech in secondlns the rcSolu-
,on was like all his speeches. graceful and Judi
cions Then came Mr.. Lowell with ono Of chose
p,ce of polished lctou oi hich he has the secret
Mr. Iowc,Vs prose +, at once an illustration and a
rcrptation of Coloridgc's definition Of poetry" the
hest words lu tn, br,, orlcr' He neither uscs
,yr,ng word nor touches "a false note. He spoke
moro briefly than most and also more compIrllJ.
Tho whole matter Is stated n one OF his early sen
teuccs. " The quality and the character Of this
meeting are in themselves q monument and
crlorv" Mr. Lowell claimed stanley ~ ono OF
those Tng-lucu dear 10 all Of English speech. and
b rightly spoke Of his own presence as an oueugy
nf tLat day which may De distant. but which be-
Iieyc viii surely come, when the character aud SCR
,.ic,s of cyerv eminent man Of th' British race IN
cycrv land under Whatever distant slio, he may
have hccn born shall hr the common possession and
tbe common iuhcrlance.ind the common pride Of
every branch which is sprung !rom on- ancestral
.t,ulr That and the not less ski.iui reference to
fine recent sympathy shown by England and Eng
land. Oucen with America in the loss of her Presi-
dGnnt won the audience. The touch of the practi7rd
orator was i,lt. Tho even flow of those full sem
fences and the singular charm of style and manner
enchanted an assembly perhaps as critical as could
bo r,tbcrcd together anywhere. Like many others
where ! sat- / was pleased to hear Mr. Lo"elis
reference 10 his friend Dr. Holmes, whom some OF
Won know, and n who know ADMIRE The ro-
snon.e was n warm one and betokened n popularity
greater in England than DR.. Holmes himself may DO
aware Of.
OF the other speeches. have hardly left myself
s,oce IN say word with one exception they
were all good. and the variety in what was said
WA remarkable considering that the topic OF all
,y,t the same. The Marquis of Lorne was not
b,nny The MARQUIS Of Salisbury welghty as
be oCteo ia. but his panogyrc, like his inyccti7e
Yopts Gnish | should be almost inclined 10 apply