New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-06
A LONDON SUNDAY.
WITH TROOPS FROM EGYPT TO HELP KEEP

come of Sunday TO the troops returning from EgyP'
had no adequate notion of the powerand influence
of this Government. "A planned thing, Cries INC
organ Of cha f-penny Radicallsm, In Its shriilesV
treble Well q Government capable OF planning
all that is q very remarkable UoVerhmehV
indeed Half a million people of all classes
and conditions five miles of streets lined
with shouting muItitudes. every open space
packed every window and balcony filled, the East
End of London joining hands with the West, Nap-
ping with Mayfair, Whitechapel with Belgravlai
Conservatives and Liberals, fshwives and hne
ladies' all ages and both sexes-n short all London
pouring out into the air, and startling the Quot
air of Sunday with one long outburst of irrepres
sible entbusiasm-that is what this omnIpotent
Government planned. 1t is such bitter stupid spite
as this squeal about planned things which makes
one think at times that some of the people who call
themselves Radicals have taken leave OF their
senses They were opposed to the war IN Egypt
They persuaded themselves dare say. that great
body Of opinion in England was opposed to 1t. lney
are astOunded and dismayed by the sudden rush Oh
popular approval on Friday and on Sunday Ana
this is how they seek to account for 1T planned
thing"
III ever a public manifestation was spontaneous
this was spontaneous. am not going to argue such
a matter Anybody capable OF believing the con-
trary Do lett 10 DeUeVe III. no Nouiu DeIioNo
Government could plan new solar system. On
Friday it was not even known which OF two routes
the troops would take. The result was that both
routes were thronged with spectators. On Sunday,
while Piccadllly from the top of ST. Jamess-st TO
HYDE Park corner was densely peOped on both
sides a rlImor was suddenly started that the troops
were going round the other way 10y the road from
Marlborough Gate to Buckingham Gate. In a moment
the crowd broke up and rushed nearly across st.
Jamess Park, only to find they had been deceived,
and rushed mady back again too late, most OF
them The arrival was fixed for at Knlghisbrldge
Barracks on tho south side of Hyde Park. AT /
walked past the upper end of the Park. Ii was
simply black with people hurrying across 10 knights
bridge In every street as | went on were squads OF
men and women, and sometimes whole procession
of them, making for some favorable point OF sight
by the time had got to st. JameS'sst., moro than
an hour before the troops expected, 1T was al
ready difficult make ones way, either on foot or
driving The sidewalks were given up to an i'm
movable body of spectators. The police kept more
or less clear IN the roadway Just much space as
would allow two vehicles to pass each other The
clubs were full steps, dOorways, windows S, balconies;
and ladies all of them. This one of those little
things that showed how high the current ran. No
London club admits ladies as guests visitors. On
great occasions, the committees hold solemn meet
ings and pass solemn vote shat on such day. be-
tween such hours and IN such and such parts of the
clubhouse ladies may be admitted. For Sundays |
spectacle though the Government had had time 70
plan It, there had been time to hold committee |
meetings, mono had been held, nobody gave leave
for q single lady to IN, and the fair intruders
swarmed all over all the club buildings of ST. |
James's-st and Pail Mall.
Anobliging servant found me q corner in a bal |
cony commanding full view of the whole Of this
celebrated emnence." and all the way down TO
st. Jamess Palace at the bottom. IL had been |
raining hard but had cleared off, Half Of The people
one saw were drenched. They had been their
posts for hours. A friend who came in said he had
driven upan hour before from the Mansion House in
the City ana that there also and all along the route
the crowds had been standing for hours. By 2
o'clock the police abandoned the noJion of keeping
any part OF the clear Piccadilly. into which
we could look, was blocked. st. Jancs's-st was |
sohd mass. 1t is rs wide Broadway perhaps |
wider.
Looking down the broad slope about haf-past 2
over the heads of the people on foot, among whom
half dozen mounted police seemed caught and |
vainly struggling, you all at once at the very
bottom q white helmet and red Jacket flash against
the gloomy background of the old palace which |
looks up the street. The sound of far away cheer
ing broke out end rolled upward minute later
the Life Guards in sight. and what sight |
This is what London has turned out for; this is the
magnificent spectacle, the plumed troop, the |
royal banner, and all quality, PRIDE pOmp.
and circumstance of glorious war. Stretching
along the middle of the dense concourse of peace
full people in their Sunday clothes of Gecorous
black you can a mere thread Of scarlet. Thai
Is the First Life Guards, so many Of them are
here to he welcomed Here is Kinglake's immortal
t.. q IL,
hemmed in and comprised about by black mob,
thrust hther and thither swaying half across the |
street as they slowly climb the h their ranks
once or iwico all but broken in by the rush of eager
frieuds-thls Is has the Government have Organ
lied"
AS thoy drew nearer and passed along beneath
tie balcony the spectacle became still moro extra
ordinary. The whole squadron is of 100 men at
most. The horses are in the most wTetcned plight
all ribs and ragged coats. The men hollow
checked, but look hard and fit nevertheless, with
their brOnzed faces and firm seats in the rusty
saddles. But their unifOlms-red serge jackets.
stained andI-fttng, their legs swathed in long ban
dages IN place OF smart boots-mproviscd CATER
leggIngs should say-their dirty pith helmets, 10
gloves dirty blanket rolled on the pOmmel Of the
saddle hardly anything about them shining or
clean except their spurs and the blades of their
swords. A man who had seen these same dragons
march I'D that same street three months ago and
who knew naught of what had befalen since |
might safely be challenged 10 say who and what |
this motley company of cavalry might be. Irregu-
RS from the Cape, he would very likely answer
The Life Guards of three months agO-with whose
appearance it is worth noting, everybody in this
multitude is perfectly familiar-are the most SPLEEN
did troops IN Europe unrIvalled in the physique
of the men, the brilliant perfection of their equip
ments, the size aud rength and condition of their
horses And this ls what six weeks campaigning
has brought them to.
Su oh On tbav vare tbev were enouoL IN snt IN.