The Portland daily press., 1881-09-28
IN FOREIGN LANDS.
signs OF Mourning Throughout Great,
Britain and the Continent.

8 LONDON, Sept. 26-In London to-day the
9signs of mourning are general and spontaneous
ssand all agree that there was never such az
general wearing of mourning for foreigner. {
L Even many of the carriers and draymen hayes
zstheir whips decorated with Grape, and in whata
Hare usually the busiest thoroughfores such asg
1.-THE Strand, Fleet street and Cbeapside, manye
Eof the shops and all the daily newspaper offices.
Care partially closed. Many shops display larges
tie of President Garfield ia their win
sSand have their blinds lowered. The latter IS
Education of mourning is also visible at all thes
aSroyal palaces, at the Mansion house, at NUNS
3E5er of private residences throughout Thea
sametropois. A majority of the churches ares
4toling their bells Many of them held mid-3
Ssday service. When the guard was relieved at 4
Est James palace. the band under the d1rectlons
Fof Godfrey, played dead march and others
ssm;:sic of similar character. At the CONF
Inference of free thinkers Mr.. Bradlaughs
Stated his opinion that it might be considered
gan ifnpertinence on their part to send mess
Usage of coincidence, as President Garfield wasS
Eprofoundly religious. AT the same time hes
9the bereaved family. The statement was req
#eeived with profound silence, and the subjectE
was dropped.
u In the business portion of the west end OF \
sLopdon, particularly in Regent and Oxford
streets, there is hardly shop not showing s
#some sign of mourning. There was anotherS
Sremarkable demonstration at DIR. Parker's city.s
Mtemple, which was crammed to overlooking, Il
Sthere being hundreds outside unable to gain
Ssadmittance. The pulpit was draped withss
Ncrape, with the stars and stripes blended, aud \
Hwith magnificent white wreath. The SERVICE
commenced with the anthem, "Sleep thy last
Ssleep." followed by the dead march, $50 bes
Sthou faithful unto death" Prayer was offered
@was, "Thy will be done" The solo, 81 knows
Rthat nv Redeemer liveth," was then sung by j
miss Beebe. DIR. Parker took as his text. " As j
Elm Adam all died" He said the funeral is at B
- IA -
Mpossble to recall an instance where deeper 8
Sym patty has been displayed by one nation for 4
President Gar6elds greatness in lifeg
Awas concealed by modesty, but is now seen by3
a9every one He sketched Gen. Garfeld's car
Greer, showing its wonderful vicissitndes HeE
chad handled the world bravely. The throne I
(which knew him best was that he has left in (
Hthe hearts of the people. AS the next name to 4
Ethat of the Queen, that of Queen Lucretia I
EGarfeld stands in all English hearts, Death y
Ewon a poor victory compared with mis-. He II
behaved with heroism which would thrill :
xthe world. At the suggestion of DR.. Parker, )
la message, expressing admiration aud theR
Udeepest sympathy, was cabled to Mrs. Garfield 4
Iall the audience simultaneously rising as signS
sof assent. The service concluded with solo 4
xby Antoinette Sterling, and the hymn, Near e
Ger, my God to Thee" b
Il The Manchester Guardian appears to-day in
Va deep mourning border At various towns ing
4Epgiand to-day some even, as Portsmouth, ~
shaving no particular connection with America,
'sthe municipal authorities have requested the $
to show their respect for the late q
president Garfield by closing some of their X
shutters more particularly during the funeral. n
IA town meeting was be held at Oldham too
Knight, to express sympathy with Mrs. Garfield e
sand the American people. A number OF Off 81
ices connected with America are draped in n
sblack; all the omnibus drivers are ordered Bye
4the omnibus company to have Grape on their e
swbips; all the flags on the river Thames are at y
shalf-mast as are also those, or many, of thee
shal of the city companies. IA
4 The London commercial sale rooms in Nine IL
Sing lane closed at p. m also the rooms of Is
gthe Underwriters association at Liverpool g,
sThe office of the government of New Zealand q
Ein London was closed to-day Is
Elsewhere in Great Britain. n
1 LONDON, Sept 26.-At Portsmouth nuf1ed n
Speals were rung from the parish church. All 4
sthe foreign consulsteS have lowered flags, and =
similar honors were paid by the government. s.
I and garrison. The blinds of most OF the pri-ss
svate residences are drawn. AZ
AT Windsor the American flag is holSfed at rs
ahalf-mast on the town hall. Many of the &
shops are partially closed. The bells at the u
scastle and the parish church tolled for anSS
3hOur. AZ
1 At Glasgow the flags are at half-mast and x
1.-THE bells were tolled for an hour. The princi-a
| pal markets have closed for the afternoon. ~
At Manchester business to great extent is s.
There was funeral service In Il
The mayor of Liverpool and the principal II
Officials Of the city attended in state the spec
sial funeral services in memory of the late 4
President, at the cathedral, which was
4filed with leading citizens. Business was sus-@
spended and the bells rang muffled peals 81
4 AT Birmingham all the markets are closed NJ
I The death of President Garfield was referred y
Ito ia various churches throughout Ireland on y
Sunday. b
Comments of the Pail Mall Gazette. r.
LONDON, Sept. 26.-The Mall Mall Gazette
this evening says: Tod y when England and Il
America stands as mourners beside one grave
1--WE may veture to hope that the bitter memo a
Sries and dividing animosties engendered byfs
1.-The revolutionary war are finally passed away %
band suggests that England and America shall
lendeavor TO arrange some kind of an informal Is
sunion for the prevention of internecine strife. 81
sIf an European concert, despite almost insur- Il
smountable difficulties. is recognized as polti-
Scal necessity. why should there not be an An n
sglo American concert wide enough to include e
lin one fatherland all English speaking men. 81
sSympathy from the Emperor of Germany.
LONDON, Sept. 26.-The Berlin correspon-
dent of the Morning Post says: DR.. Won. Sch 4
Sloezer, the German minister to the United \
Estates, takes with him to Washington, auto y
graph letters of the Emperor William and s
Prince Bismark, expressing their heartfelt
Scondolence with the widow OF the late Presi-
sdent. H
At st. Petersburg. NJ
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. pa special SER e