New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
ar ENGLAND IN MOURNING.


PAL AND CIIURDH MEMoRIALs-sh'''ic -.' ,,,,
, nov.r CHURCH. OF ST. MAR1N-iN-ihh
- nc ~ uoxopABIE TESTIMONY TO "Ah
y,r,n,s WORTH FROM DIR. TAFT, AkChpi0
c,vrrRRuRY AND PRMATE OF ALL hN N'l.a,.,1
,,pou ruy REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF ii e.
IoNDoN Sept. 27.-Of the lhhuihei''oiv
.ot;ons Of grief by which England yesteiuaS OK
CT hor sorrowfu respect for an American ,0o'-
at no one man saw very many tha' ooutu -
,b,nseIves be called striking. "hat was '
demonstration was its simplicity, its obvious
sincerity. and its distribution over "noio ooun"s
Yon mnst not imagine that London, for example
1871 onv snch spectacle as New-York with
-, miles of streets in black. To the merely cas-
nal observer says one paper the Guy nsen
presented an appearance but httie oinereh'
from that of ordinary days. Yet IL taxes
GOOD deal of space to describe that little
Another writer, on the other hand declares Vn''
very rarely if ever have there been signs oi niou"
ing so marked. so general and so eVlueh'iS epo M
neons AZ were visible in London yesIeru"'' -"
truth lies perhaps, midway between ,n'o0 y"
statements There is conflict as 10 the lac'S' o
only noint of divergence is in the impression 'n0
focts made on different observers 10 the sign'So',
.o J,snIov was not imposing. TO those who looked
rather for the thing symbollzed than lor oS''"'",
i;ous symbols. evidences of English sorrow were
nNprVWhgre
tronoIis One need not dispute on such an occasion
.hout adiect1yes, or count yards of Grape. Inc
onblems of mourning in London were abundant 10
indicate the depth and genuineness of English SYM
patbv: and that is all one could desire.
Aco;n il happened that some of the humber
lssos were among the most eager to signify their
f.olinos The omnibus-drivers had each a knot Oh
crane on his whip. Many of the cabmen had the
same thing. and so had the draymen In the guy
nroperlv so called, aud along the water-sde' IL was
the poorer shops and the smaller craft that noS'
fronuently exhibited tokens of public griel VI 'he
oonIo one met in mourning the same thing was
trre Between mourning put Oh for The day ana
+bot winch was worn +, T private affection 1t was
NOT possible to distinguish. But in many cases IL
was plain enough that the black coat on the WORK
;ngman's shoulders, or the bonnet or bit OF Grape
which a shop girl wOre was no part OF thelr ually
attire They lad done as much as they coulu 10
,oorL themselves as mourners for the President. 1t
was not much but it was enough IL hao coS' .no,
some Thought. little pains, sometimes little
money. and they were people whose lives brought a
burden to every hour, who had no superfluity OF
strength or means and on whom even slight eiiort
imposed distinct sacrifice. They motto the class
% whom the Queens command for Court mourning
xvas addressed Few of tina class are now in Lon
don. st. James's-st. and Pail Mall, Belgravia and
NAV Fair are depOpulated The compliance with
tbe Queens behest has been, am sure, general ana
hearty but evidences of it were TO be sought else
where than in London.
of other demonstrations it can hardly be necessary
to repeat or enlarge upon the description you have
already had. The drawn blinds of the Mansion
House and of Buckingham Palace, the flags at half
mast in the Thames ships of every nationality
the Stock and Metal Exchanges closed, the royal
standard at half-mast the steeple of the royal
church of ST. Martin in the-Fields; the darkened
windows of great numbers OF banking houses
and other places of business in the City it.
self-of all these you have heard. AT the
West End the shops not as a rule, draped
with black. Some of them had the Union Jack at
balf-mast few the Stars and Stripes in black
with white and black hangings on the shop fronts.
The greater number of shOpkeepers testified TO their
association with the general feeling by shutters
oyerhanging the tops of the windows, or by perpen
dcular slabs at intervals down the glass Some had
nothing; but in Regent-st., Bond-st., st. James s.
ST. and Piccadilly, which are the fashionable
business streets of the West End, those
which had nothing were the exception. The
American Legation in VictOria-st., and the
American Consulate in Old BrOad-st, both OF
which were closed, were in deep mourning
The American Dispatch Agency, occupying
part of conspicuous building in Trafalgar Square,
had nothing to indicate It's connection with Amer
lea or any share in the general sorrow. In many
private houses-I should say the majority in such
streets as / passed through during the day-the
blinds were down as they would have been for
death in the family. The same is true of some of
the clubs, and some of the hotels. The Reform
Club of which Garfield is SAID to have been an hon
orary member, had draped American flag over the
door.
To-day as on every previous day since the Prcsi-
dents death, the London papers PRINT many columns
of accounts, each account very brief, of what has
been done and said in the sO-caed provincial towns
One journal prefaces Its copious record by the I'M
pressve statement that from nearly every town and
village telegraphic messages have been sent by its
correspondents describing the respect paid to Cen
eral Garfield the day of his funeral. These trib-
utes are necessarily i'll many places of similar char
acter, yet the variety of sources from which they
proceed is wide enough to include almost every
form of municipal, ecclesiastical political or
individual activity. Everywhere bells are tolled,
churches thrown open for service flags dropping,
business is interrupted, resolutions are passed.
Liverpool, as is natural for the multiplicity and
coseness of her relations with the United States,
may perhaps be said to have taken the lead. She
closed either in whole in part, her Cotton Market,
her Produce Markets, her Provision Market, her
Stock Exchange. Her papers came out in mourn
Ing. The bells tolled all day long Few merchants,
one reads, to their places of business and most
Of those who came in black. The Mayor and
members of the Corporation, III their robes at
tended memorial service at St. Peters,
and the cathedral overlooked with its sor-
rowing congregation. Manchester, Newcastle,
Birmingham, Glasgow, Bradford, Edinburgh
were not much behind Liverpool in demon
and nat Of oil nd - -,
spirit. 1t is an evidence of the community of
feeling between the two countries that much of
the action is official. What makes these official
acts so striking also is tho evident feeling at the