New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-28
NOTES FROM LONDON.
SIR PETER LUMSDEN-MR. LOWELHS DE'
PARTURE-MR. BURNE JONES.


p ~ LONDON June 8.
SirPeter Lumsden has now, in MI Giadstone . GU
phuistic phrase repaired to the metropolis, anu
has been received in q way which may perhaps
give Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues something "
think Of Ministerial journals say the reception
was arranged by the Tories donot beheve 1t was
know many people who took part Id !. VI 'iou
own free will and without an idea that tney wcro
the instruments of the Primrose League vi Vi any
other league But what is certain Is that neither
the Tories nor anybody else can arrange demons
tration like that of Saturday without the hop Vi
genuine popular feeling The hour ana place. vi OH
Peter Iumsdens arrival were not certainty KNOWN
somebody-I do not say Ministerial Journaiis-
had s,reaa all over London in the papers au" oh
the club bulletin boards a story that nc hau Aioa"S
arrived at o'clock on Saturday mornihe' VINO"
he was still in Paris. But, notwithstahui's .n1
uncertainty and the false reports crown coiioo,ou
at Charing Cross. Tho station was Kept cie.i io
friends and persons of Distraction; the crown "'
to content itself with the courtyard and the
| Three fold marshals were there to welcome 'neir
fellow-soldlcr-Lord strathnairn, Lord Napier VI
Napdala. and Sir Patrick Grant. Sr p'en'on
probvp came with the greetings of the Prlhce vi
Wales Old Anglo-Indians in great NUMBERS
tbroneed tho platform OF those III Lennon,
sbould saw Among them Lsrd Cheimsloru GU
Charles Brownlow the two Stracheys, Sr rcuericA
| Haincs late Commander-in-Chief in iadia tue
Downgcr Lady Lawrence, widow OF that 1ohh
Lawrence whose name is now almost a. famiiiar "
Americans as to Engishnen and to Indians; ner
! son, the Hon. Charles Lawrence. with her. NO
donbt there were various Tory notabiities IN the
| group; it would be strange had there ocen Aonc'
The cheering inside was general and was taken up
| and echoed by tho multitude outside whose snouIS
| redoubed when Sir Peter Lumsdsn appeared lie
drove for some distance through throng OF people
who gave him a welcome as gratifying rs 1t was
unex pected.
| What happened at the Fereign Office the same
| evening was just marked testiihoniai Oh INC
public interest Sir Peter Lumshch' iho
staircase and halls aud reception rooms ID DOWN
| inr-st were filed with brilliant company OF celeb
ritios-everything most distinguished In Lohdoh
| was there beginning with dozen royalties. but
| the discredited and recalled Commissioner OF the
| Afghan Frontier tho lien OF the evening. IL
| ssop came to be known who was tho broad-should-
erod giant IN scarlet covered with orders; brown,
with n brswn pointed beard, resolute face and
| steady brown syo. Nobody WAS much asked for
or 80 constantly surrounded by friends and people
who wanted 70 500 hin and 10 be introduced to him
Among them was great eccesastica funouonary
who declared he was going TO call for three cheers
| for Sir Peter Lun,dsn. Ho did not DOM know
what would have happened II anythingso startling
had been attempted in those stately salons But his
wish TO do IL will give you pretty good idea OF tho
| enthusiasm which Sir Peter Lumsden eIcites
There is no 10 ystcry about the matter People think
| he has been shaboily treated They look upon MIN
as the IAN who did all he could. and rather more
than hi. Supporters at home wanted, 10 uphold the
honor and prestige OF England on the Afghan
| frontier
Not member OF the Government, high or low,
was present at the arrival Of Sir Peter Lumsden
Imagine says somebody the return OF General
Koma1off TO 81. Petersburg and how he would have
been met by the official world. And Of q swsrd to
the Englishmen we hear nothing. except. perhaps.
in private quarters where the idea Of u national
| subscrp ion has been started.
Al should like to cram General Komarofr's gilt
sword WIN the throat of the Emperor who sent It
| to him." said he. "Who said 1t r You may think
| il was some roaring JIngo. but It was not The
author of this energetic wish alsadcal. and not
| oaly Radical but very leading Radical indeea n
man whose solicitude about Radical reform at home
| has sometimes seemed TO make him careless about
affairs abroad and anxious TO narrow their scope;
moro eager for peace than for honor Yet h" Is tho
| man from whom that last insult from Petersburg
vrung this cry of rage.
A little group OF psopo to b. seen on the
| platform at Euston station Sunday afternoon en-
gagged in saying cood-by to n friend. Tho American
Minister the two Secretaries of The American Lcga-
| ton Mr. IoppIn and Mr. Henry White, Mr. Alma
Tadema aud few Others composed the little group.
| The friend who was going away was Mr. Lowell
| No announcement Of his departure had boon made
| hardly anybody know OF 1t except the few who
were there-thc very reporters had failed 10 find IL
! out Mr.. Lowelps tastes dc not lead him 10 seek
publicity and nothing could have suited hlm better
| than this quiet leave-taking There was nothing
~ attract attention. and yet the impress
| siye 10 those who witnessed IT, There went the
nan who for vo years has been the foremost Ameri-
| can in Europe; the most popular Of American MIN
| listers TO England tho man who has done moro
than any other during this period 10 mako his
country honOred and liked abroad IL Is character
istc of the English and of Mr. Lowell that his faro
well should have been what il was. Neither he nor
| they like fuss. Tho feeling on both SIDES il as
| deep as it could havo been if the wel-mcant pro-
posals for public farewell had been pressed. Mr..
Lowell goes to Chester to spend two days with Mr..
| and Mrs. Tom Hughes, who among his oldest
| friends in England. The papers he stays at
| Eaton Hall with tho Duke of Westminster Tho
| foundation for that story is that the Duke asked
| him and that Mr. Lowell declined. having long been
engaged 30 Mr.. Hughes. People here seom 10 take
il for granted that Mr. Lowell will presently RETURN
| The question they ask is not whether he will
| come back but when. His last weeks have been
| spent in making things pleasant for Mr.. Phelps;
efforts in which, ~ have said before, the En- glish
| show themselves ready TO join with cordIality
| The last public act of the ato American Minister
was to receive deputaton from tho Workngmcns
Peace Association, who came to present an address
TO him. lie made a short speech 20 the dcputation
| telling them that never had he been moro deeply
| touched than by the kindness the vorkn gmen have
| at various times shown him. lie more OK
pressed the sentiment of gratitude which all NORTH
Americans feel for the sympathy which the work.
ing claSses of England give TO the cansn OF tho