New-York tribune., 1885-08-09
NOTES FROM LONDON.
MR.. STANLEY AND THE SLAVE TRADE-THE
ROYAL WEDDING-PATTI-B BERNHARDT.

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Wednesday was spirited appeal for help from the
English public toward putting down tho slave
trade IN the Southern soudan The British and
Foreign Anti-slavery Society called the meeting
which Mr.. Stanley addressed. and the Lord Mayor
presided Tho special topic to be handled was the
practicablity of carrying ont General Gordons
schene of approaching the Bahr Gazcllc and Upper
Nile by way of tho Congo. Mr.. Stanley did not
conline himself strictly to this programme. good
deal of bis speech was a eIogy on General Gordon
and some of it sharp criticism on the policy which
left him to be sacrificed at KLartonm.
Mr.. Stanley Is nova mnch better speaker than
when he drst took the British public into his conii'
dcnce There are faults of taste in his manner. rs
there are In his style bnt both are more than
redeemed by the magnificent fraukncss OF MS
speech; by his courage. his unquenchable energy,
his occasional clo1ncncc and his all but nvariabie
drectness AMI power Of lucid exposition. Most
orators make /. their business to conciliate. Mr.
Stanley only to convince. His attitude to the
most friendly audience Is sometimes all but hostile
The rcproacl and invcctive which men commonly
keep for their enemies. Mr.. Stanley occasionally
hestows on those who have the same end in view
that he himself has He spares no susceptibillties
must say that this belligerent style proves
singnlarly successful II is not persuasive. hut u
carries the speaker into the heart of tho citadel
You will have to prove to me-" aaid Stanley, by
your voices and acts to-day whether my worldly
cynicism IL at fault when | say that the Anti
Slavery Society will find tho net result OF tins
meeting 10 be nothing moro than sentimental
avowa that, alas, IL Is sin and shame that sncn
things should be-" "You revere Gordon he
presently remarked. @and yon were about to sig
nfy yonr reverence bv erecting in his honor
u ,,I,c nr al
on spot sacred IL it is sacred to anything, to the
penins of Ferdinand do Lesseps. Now It Is to be
Goraous BOYS Camp and by and by you will have
Corlon dressln bag tc testify your admiration of
your ilustrions countrynan.' And again: You
urred him to his death. lie went at yonr behest.
single-handci against the unltsd hosts of Central
Africa. Yon owe him reparatIon. The only on"
vou can offer is TO carry ont the work he wanted 10
10 and stcp tho Central African slave trade"
What Mr. Stanley proposes Il simple enough IN
outline. though it will probably require second
Stanley TO make the scheme workable. The hunt-
ing rronnd of the slave traders. Turk and Arab. ~
the district known rs tho Southern Dahr Gazellc.
n is inhabited by tribes who need only leadership
and good connsc. T., 30 able to protect themselves.
In Stanley's igurative way Of putting IT, this new
mission il to comfort with wise counsel and u
cement tribe with tribe in one solid wall Tor resist
ancc 10 the threatened invas'on OF tho slave
bunter TO put the decd and tho doer OF the abo MN
able evil under the public ban OF all III tribes
around. The scene IL Just G.2Oo miles from this
Mansion House. Six thousand miles ot the journey
can he done almost a. safely rs from London to
Liverpool II is for the other 200 that man OF
nerve and experience is wantcl The work is one
for tho Anti-slavery Society TO undertake. 1t
moral mower that il wanted. and by moral influence
sta,ley believes, as Gordon believed that tho slave
nnrscry of the eondan. with its 10000 square
miles NAV be redeemed to freedom and order. The
cos. of IL 20 puts at no moro than s25.0on year;
20. Mr. Stanley seems 10 doubt whether this little
snm will reallybc raised.
II the cheers which accompanied ana followed
Mr. sanley's 7ccch aro any test Of earnestness as
they ara OF enthusiasm. thnrc ought tn be no
difficulty abont the money Tho orator had MS
anliepce Mt his mercy from beainniog TO end ]
co,Il not Int think ~ listonel ~ him ani looked
AZ him that he treated us little like the Africans
with whom he has 8, Ion, dealt. IIc dealt with
them as with children. The habit of command ~
s,rnnr with him: kindly hut brm. Time when
has vhfened his hair and cut deep fnrrow or wv"
in his face has not shaken an atom the strength oi
his hearing or the solid nprightness Of his figure.
The eye ~ az brilliant. alert steady rs ever. AMI
never was the impression OF power more decisive In
renose thcrs il alike something which hints at the
s.crct Of hi. success An indouitablc will. That is
what has carried Stanley through all his abors and
,erls. and will carry him TO the end.
Acrcs Of good clean printing paper havo been
covered with accounts OF tho welding of the
Princess Beatrice. have read rs much OF them as
thought duty obliged me to read. aud. on the
whole cannot he sure that I have mnch clearer
Hhan had In
What I 10 observe IL that all the paper begin
tber narrative with tho quotation. Happy Is the
hr;dc vhon the san shines on" do not infor from
,,is that alt the accounts were written by the same
,,rson. but that tho same slightly hackneyed
saving occurred TO all the persons who wrote
iacrent DESCRIPTIONS Of the same ceremony. One
n them appears to bear OF the paim-the writer
who .ays in the same breath that Princess Beatrice
looked charming and looked flushed and exciter.
lt seems probable that no bride ever had more
hride-cokcs. or that any bridc-cakes were ever
before of equal size and splendor.
pcrhsps It is more to the purpose to note that the
hostility OF many great people to this marriag"
remained 10 the last impacablc. The Emperor of
r;crmany would none OF 1t. His daughter n-law.
the Crown Princess Of Germany. who is
also tho daughter Of the Queen OF England.
refused to allow her daughter to bo bridesmaid.
The Prince OF wales ana tho rest OF the royai
family frowned on the whole business but were not
permitted to mark their dispcasure by staying away
They do not one hears. object 20 Prince Henry OF
Battenberg personally. Bnt they say he is only a
DOOR devil of a Prussan lieutenant. without rank
and without fortune. Well. tho Queen has made
him n Royal Hiehness and Parliament has given
bis wife six thousand year (S3O.O0O) 40 that the
voung people ought to get well enough socially
md financially. But royalties have notions OF
their own on these Subjects and are not tho least
to the MARRIAGE 1t Is the Queen who has
behaved like mother. and with the greatest good
,ense In the whole matter. Ordinary people cannot
but like her the better for it. and cannot sec why
syen Prince and Princess shonld not DO permitted