The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-04
BARON CoLERIDGE.
How He Was Entertained Yesterday.

How He was Entertained Yesterday.
Yesterday morning Judge Webb of the
United States Circuit Court called on Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge at the Falmouth
| Hotel and invited him to attend brief seq
sion of the United States Circuit Court. The
Chief Justice accepted and proceeded with his
party to the court room. Almost all of the
leading members OF the Bar were present. At
the coming in of court Baron Coleridge oc-
cupied seat on the Bench with Judge Webb,
and few interlocutory motions were argued
by Hon. j. I'll. Drummond, Hon. w. L. Put
nam, Hon. Wilbur f. Lunt, Messrs. Geo. r.
Holmes, Judge Cleaves and T. FL. Haskell.
The court then adjourned.
After adjournment the members of the Bar
not acquainted with Baron Coleridge were in
troduced to him in Judge Webb's private
| rooms.
In the afternoon drive was enjoyed by
Lord Coleridge and party as guests of the Bar,
| and many places Of interest In this vicinity
visited.
Last evening President s. @. Strout and Vice
| President William L. Putnam gave dinner
to Lord Coleridge and party at the Falmouth
Hotel The dinner was served in the elegant |
private parlor of the hotel, and was OF nature |
to reflect the highest credit on the proprietor,
Mr.. J. X. Martin. In spite Of the brief time
allotted for getting it up, nothing was lacking
that goes to the making up OF first class ban
quet.
The long table was richly adorned with rare
flowers in tall vases, while from the chande-
lers hung beautiful floral baskets interspersed
| with Trailing vines In the center OF the table
stood beautiful device, in the shape Of a lofty
| castle, formed of the choicest confectionery,
| the whole crowned with most fragrant flowers
1 At either end Of the table was large glded
candelbra, its wax candles arranged in star
form, which added greatly to the general effect.
| In front OF the large mirrors facing the ta- |
| bles were array OF potted plants and lovely |
ferns. At each plate was charming button |
| hole bouquet, consisting of rosebud embed |
| ded in few open flowers and bright green |
| leaves l
| Shortly after o'clock dinner was announced |
| and the company proceeded to the dining |
| parlor and took seats at the table. The Lord |
Chief Justice sat at the right of President s. G.
| Strout and Mayor Deering at his left. just |
opposite sat the Lord Bishop Of Fredericton Oh |
| the right of Vice President W. L. Putnam, |
with bon. Gilbert Coleridge on his left. The |
names Of the other gentlemen present follow:
Hon. Elliott F. Shepard, Hon. James D. |
| Johnson Hon. James A Beal, Hon. John /
McClel land Col. +. N. Dow, Judge j. W. Sy- |
monds. Col. John M. Adams, Judge Perciyal |
| BoDney, Hon. Bion Bradbury, John NJ. |
| Rand Esq, Col. Charles b. Merrill, Gen. |
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| s. G. Andrews, Jxdge Nathan Cleaves, Hon. |
Henry B. Cleaves, Hon. W. H. Clifford, 7, B. |
| HASKELL Esq, Judge Nathan Webb, Hon. |
| Geo. B. Walker, Hon. G. f. Libby, Hon. |
Josiah ii. Drummond, Hon. Joseph A. Locke, |
Col. j. o. Cobb, Judge G. W. Goddard, A. A. |
Strout, Esq, Hon. Geo. G. Emery, Gen. c. P. |
| Mattocks
| The following was the menu
Petites Bouchees la Diplomatic.
Kennebec Salmon la Hollandaise.
| Boiled Capon Ia Toulouse
Potatoes.
rurker-cranberry Jelly: Rib of Beef
| Roman Punch.
| Fiet de Beuf a la Financiere.
Tomato Farci aux Fines Herbes. |
Spring Chicken sauts la Msrengo
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| English Plum Pudding-Brandy Sauce.
Macaroo9s. Fancy Cake
Champagne Jelly.
Dessert.
| Coffee.
The service of the dinner left nothing to be
desired on that score. The large corps of well
trained walters gave the best of satisfaction,
being prompt in movement, and acting for the
greater part of the time under the eye of pro-
prietor Martin himself.
1t was IL O'Clock before the final course was
gone through with, and President S. G. Strout,
in most fitting and well chosen words ex-
pressed the pleasure it afforded the Portland
lawyers to meet so learned and distinguished
jurist the Lord Chief Justice of England
He closed by proposing the health of Lord
Coleridge, which was drank standing.
On rising to respond to the toast Lord Cole.
ridge was greeted with the heartiest applause
He spoke substantially as follows:
Mr., chairmen and gentlemen 1 thank You
very, very much for the kind manner in which
you have received the toast which my friend
Mr.. Strout proposed to you, and must repeat
it, because find no better way of expressing
what are the feelings of my heart, Although
by an accident of birth, cannot help being
foreigner in America, yet every American
whom have seen, and every American with
whom have been brought In contact, has TAX
en- care TO tell me that am not a stranger.
And gentlemen hope may say to those Of
you who know anything about my course,
hat no American lawyer can be to the Chief
Justice of England anything but friend
(Applause.) hope can say that in a certain
sense no American can be anything to any
right thinking Englshman but friend also.
lApplause) and in this City OF Portland
feel peculiarly called upon to assert
the truth of what 1 have just said. In this
beartiful and interesting, picturesque, and i'll
may presume to say SO, most comfortable city,
| it is the duty of every Englishman to assert
that community of feeling and community of
interest which belongs, to both nations. 1t is
the birthplace of one upon whom l cannot
help thinking that England has committed
crime something compounded Of highway rob-
berry and murder-t is the birthplace of
| Greenleaf as understand, and with regard TO
Greenleaf, we have stolen his book and sup
| pressed his name.
in q literary point of view can be PARALLEL TO
| crime; we hare both plundered and murdered
himl And it Is also the birth
place Of one whom no English thinker
without the greatest gratitude-it is the birth
| place of Longfellow. 1t is the birthplace of
one whom we have not plundered, whom we
have not murdered, but whom we have placed
| by universal consent in that grand glory roll
| of English poets which begins with Geonrey
| Chaucer and ends with Alfred Tennyson, and
| in which are to be found the great and dlstln-
| guished names OF Shakespeare, Spenser, Dry
den, Pope, Wordsworth and Byron, and your
own delightful and cultivated Holmes aud
Bryant. Therefore feel that in this place of
Portland it is becoming in an Englishman to
| assert that community of language, that COM
munity of thought, that community Of interest
in all that is best in the two countries which
all right thinking mon must wish may ever
continue.
Gentlemen, 1 have been a very short time in
| this country and have been asked by my
| kind friends what l think of it;
| l will only say in regard to what l think of it
that it seems to me that wise man should re-
| member that GOODNESS of temperament and
depth of ledge are necessary to critic,
and that with regard to such country as
America and the very slight acquaintance
| which it is possible for foreigner to have who
| has only been few days in this country, he is
| probably the wisest who is content to let the
impressions of a glorious country sink in his
mind, and wait, if he must wait, until the
warmth of feeling has subsidized and the dis