National Republican., 1885-08-06
GRANT IN THE ABBEY.

A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA AND AMERICANS
FEATURES OF THE SERVICE.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-The memorial ser.
vice held at this afternoon in West.
minister Abbey was touching and
beautiful tribute to Gen. Grant, and a
not less beautiful testimony to the good
will which Englishmen feel toward
America. Such gathering was prob.
ably never before seen at this season,
when nearly everybody has left London.
The queen sent Col. Henry Peter Ewart
as representative. Lieut.. Gen. Sir
Dighton Probyn was present on behalf of
the Prince of Wales; Col. William Col.
vile for the Duke of Edinburgh, Mai.
Alfred Egerton for the Duke of Con.
naught. The Duke of Cambridge, Gen.
Lord WolSeley, Adjt. Gen. Sir Archi.
bald Allison, Sir Gen. Graham and nun
erous staff officers represented the Brit.
ish army. OF the government there
we're present in person two cabinet min.
listers, the Earl of Iddesleigh and the
Earl Of Harrowby; of the late govern
ment. Mr.. Gladstone, who came from
the country against the doctors orders;
the Right Hon. Mr.. Foster, and the Right
Hon. Mr.. Shaw-Lefevre.
Other eminent personages were the
Duke and Duchess of Teck, Mrs. Glad.
stone, the Marquis of Lorne, Lord
Houghton, Sir Lyon and Lady Playfair,
and many members of parliament The
Americans present included the Ameri.
can minister and Mrs. Phelps, Mr.. Hop.
pin, Mr.. and Mrs. White, Commander
and Mrs. Chadwick, Consul General
Waller, Chief Justice Waite, who came
from Scotland; Senators Edmunds and
Hawley, the Rev. DR.. Hale, Baltimore,
whom Dean Bradley invited to assist in
the service in canonicals, which he
would have done for no English clergy.
man; Attorney General Brewster, j. S.
! Morgan, Howard Potter, Cyrus W.
Field, Henry James, DIR. Fordyce Barker,
Manton Marble, and Mary Anderson,
The congregation began to gather by
noon, and by the vast concourse filled
the transepts, the choir, and even the
nave, where they were far out of sight OIL
| hearing,
The dean and clergy, accompanying
the representatives of royalty and the
American minister, entered the choil
and took their places as the opening
sentences Of the burial service were sung
After Schubert's Funeral March the
Ninetieth Psalm followed; then the
proper lesson, then hymn, then Arch
| deacon Farrar's address, to which nc
summary will do justice The abbey
echoed with fcrvid eulogies, not on Gen
Grant only, but on his country, on the
two martyr Presidents, and on many
| great American names. The discourse
was penetrated with admiring sympathy
for Gen. Grants greatest qualities, anG
with affectionate admiration for his coun.
try 1t abounded in passages of pa
thetic eloquence, in appeals TO the two
| countries to honor Gen. Grants memory
by dwelling together in brolherly love, as
one country and one people, The ad-
dress and the entire ceremony profoundly
impressed the whole immense congrega
ton. Anthems and two prayers from
the burial Office concluded the service.
There is but opinion among Ameri
cans in London that the honor was
worthy of the man to whom it was of
fercd. Every acknowledgement is due
the dean Of Westminster, who, like SC
many others, returned 10 London ex
pressIy for this service, and to Arch
deacon Farrar.
The chief burden of the work of the
American committee has fallen on the
American minister and Secretary White
To all these, and to all Englishmer
present, we are all grateiul.-SmdlLe,
| 10 NcU York Tribune,