New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-11

of rcstlessness or the least disorder; talking to-
gether obedcnt to tho least hint Of the three police
men who constituted the whole visible force for
keeping the peace among Thousand or two thou
sand persons little accustomed to restraint tea
table was set out where perhaps a hundred might
be served at the same time by the srnartly dressed
dsmsels in charge Of the urns and cake.
At half-past q a courier rode up with u message
not audible from the balcony but interesting
enough to the throng below to straghten them all
up and stretch their nccks all in one direction.
Five minutes later Lord Aberdeen arrived alone on
q black steed having quilted the party on the road
in order to receive his guests Mt bis own front door
Another minute aud cheer came from the invisible
distance and grew louder and nea;or and then.
where tho road touches the angle of the left wing.
Nh open landau and four with Positions flashed
into sight. Mr. Gladstone sat on the back seat mt
the right Mrs and Mss Helen Gladstone with him.
The cheers Tor Lord Aberdeen had hardly died away
when they broke out afrcsh for the Grand Old Man.
and he swept on to the door horalded by this roar
and followed by o cloud of horscmcn. The cloud of
horsrmcn were the tenantry of Lord Aberdeen, near
800 In number who had met Mr. Gladstone on the
outer boundarics-the march IN tho Scots have it
of the estate. some four miles away aud lined tho
road ~ he approached welcomed him with cheers.
formed behind him M he passed and 40 rode on with
him beneath arches and Swallowed by waving flags,
t0 ilnddo. A. the carriage drew M there was LORD
Aberdeen 10 receive his guest there were band OF
wOrkmen with the inevitable address; there we're
groups of the servants appcrtaInmg 10 laddo, aud
it took Mr.. Gladstone some minutes to run the
gauntlet of all these He does IT all with marked
cousness of manner. Mrs. and Miss Gladstone are
not forgotten two bouquets are waiting for them
and two ladies TO offer thcul-daughtcr and grand
daughter of Mr.. Mari, the oldest tenant on the
estate.
Then at last Mr.. Gladstone comes mp on the broad
balcony, where long since the party OF guests at
HadGo have been assembled and shows himself TO
the company below The cheers roll ont once more,
aud the mounted tenuntry as if waiting for the
signal rode smartly into the open space OF gravel
and were rapidly marshaed by Captain luthic
into some senblauce Of military array. Indeed. not
u little drilling must have gone 10 the making OF so
good a squadron ont of tins purely agricultural
material. The tenants rode their own horses use
ful cattle with now and then horse that showed
signs of the owners pride IN horsche-h. They were
not in condition for the work they had been asked
10 o-nOthng less than To keep pace for four miles
with Lord Abcrdeens half-thor0ughbrcds-an
most OF them We're steaming But. like every other
proceeding to-day. the arrangements had been
sngulsrlv well thought out and carr ed out There
had not been a hitch from the time Lord aberdeen
took charge # his guest in Aberdeen ltself;--so
MANY .nutes for each portion OF the journey, 50
MANY for each address and speech. many on the
ROLL aad here at the hour named were tins Inc
body of line. looking men on horseback and on foot.
There before them the balcony. he.ccntre OF "a
brilliant gcoup with Lady Aberdeen 1t HI; side,
stood Mr.. Gladstone, his head barred to the gloom
and chill of this gray evening. and the hills sending
lis back the echoes of the thousands of voices raised
10 salute hlm. OF the many welcomes he has re-
ce!ged this j. surely the most novel and me most
PICTURESQUE. We seem curiorsly remote a. we stand
there from the nineteenth century. The keenest ear
could not near railway whistle seven miles or nor
the tick of telegraph instrument two miles distant
This courtyard Gro Sded with mounted men, TINS
Earl of Aberdeen who receives this Minister or Eng
land in this grand scgRer style this loneliness all Ut
once peopled as if by the summons of a chlettan
this figure of sovereign here To accept homage, the
| manlness and the loveliness here to offer it-all
these together more scene OF ancient than of
modern life; of feudal days than of these prosalc
times, OF muster Tor war imam LOT INC purposes VI
| peace.
Mr. Mari as oldest tenant uttered his few simple
sentences ful of real feeling and Mr.. Gladstone re-
| Piled in q ten minutes speech For the first time
| heard him suggest an excuse for the state Oh MS
| voice. He has done more than enough To exhaust
| il. aud it is husky but stIll powerful enough to
reach the fur,hest listener. What he says has all
the freshness which his voice lacks. OduIy enough,
! Mr.. Gladstone had supposed he was 70 make the
sreech Of the day at Old Meldrum and IL was there
ia tad Of here, its fitting place that he had pro-
uounced his medItate euiOgy on the LORD Aberdeen
| IN whose Cabinet he had sat. Mr.. Gladstone never
stints hls good words but his admiration for Lord
! Aberdeen is expressed in terms beyond which even
he could not 20. lie described the grandfather OF
his host rs the dearest and the most revered OF all
the political friends with whom il has ever been his
haopInes, u act. lie pays hun another tribute now
in words have no 10 quote, as landlord. host,
! friend and Minister words 20 which everybody
| listens with real pleasure That Lord Aberdeen mas
! let an honored memory which this Lord Aberdeen
keeps green among all hose who stand 10 him IN
| tine relation which their ancestors held to his.
With Mr Gadstone's address this ceremony came
| 10 IN end except that the strrup cup went round
among the horsemen and the tea-tablc was again
besct and the guests the balcony fingered to see
the assembly below dispeIse. The tenants ana
spectators OF every degree who took their way
slowly over those bare hills 70 their distant homes
| carried with them memories which viii not die with
them nor with their sons II the day is Impressive
| to those of u who have witnessed many demon
stration OF public delight and affection, far more
| IMPRESSIVE mast il be 10 the jewellers on these
| IIaddo farms who see NJ. Gladstone for tae first
| time and also for the last. c. W :