The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-25
AMERICAN oFFIoERs pINED.
me Commanders of the Chicago Lion.
I'd in London.

ga In London.
Lonoon' May A.-The dinner to Rear
Admiral Erbeu, Capt. Mahan and the Of.
hcers Of the United States cruiser Chi.
c1go, was given at st. James hall this
evening. Lord George Hamilton. for.
merry hrst lord of the admiralty. pre-
sized. Rear Admiral Erben sat on his
lei ana United States Ambassador Raw
| ara on his right. Capt Maban was
Hornby. y -Ao-Aii IL d
The walls Of the hall and the balus-
Irdues We're draped with the eolors of the
I United States and Great Britain. Above
| tne orchestra was the Inscription: s,Plood
is thicker than water" The band of the.
! ortsmeuth division of the ROYAL Marines
played during the dinner and between
Tue loasts. The first piece was "Hail
| columbia, and the last The Star
Spangled Banner" At the place of every
! guest was souvenir book containing the
portraits OF the chief guests, and with
tnese lines on the illuminated cover:
When love unites, wide space divides in
And hands may clasp across the spreading
main,
After reading letters of regret. from
Lord Roseberry, Lord Northorook and
others, Lord Hamilton proposed the
toastS to the queen and president
Cleyel OF the Queen he
said During her long reign
she has exhibited those rare ouali-
ties which have made her occupancy of
the throne the ideal of constitutional
monarchy. No where has this fact been
recognized more generally than on the
other side of the Atlantic
THE TOAST TO CLEVELAND.
0f D,,oe;
Cleveland is a man of pre-eninent ability
and character. His fellow ci liens have
reeogni ed this fact in twice electing him
TO the highest post in the United States.
Hls soorJety OF language and fixity of pur-
pose have excited as much admiration on
this side Of the Atlantic as on the
other lcheersl. May the subjects of both
drink this toast: Long may their in
huence continue to sway the national
policy OF their respective countries.
In proposing the toast to the United
States, tho chairman paid high compIi-
ment to Minister Bayard and said: Il
connect this toast with the sentiment of a
great Englishman, now departed, who
said: England and the United States
are not two nations, but one, for they are
bound together by heavens act of parlia-
.ment, and the everlasting law of nature
and fact.n Loud cheers The toast
OF great enthusiasm.
Ambassador Bayard, in responding to
1t, expressed gratitude at the manner in
which the toast had been received.
The American officers were received by
a committee consisting, among others. of
Lord George Hamilton, Admiral E. H
Seymour, Lord Brassey, Viscount, Gal
way, the Lord Mayor of London. the
Duke of Leeds and Lords Methuen, Hood
and Napier
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SEATS.
At Mr.. Bayard's left sat Lord George
Hamilton, the chairman. Next sat Ad-
miral ErOen. Lord Roberts, the Earl of
Darnley, Niscount Sidmouth and Lords
Leconheld, Hood, Brassey and Alcester,
formerly Admiral SEYMOUR. On the
right sat the Earl of Carlisle, Capt.
Mahan, Admiral Horribly, the Earl
of Galloway, the Earl of
Mimic and Viscount Falmouth.
Four tables extending the whole
length of the hall at right angles to the
principal table accommodated the other
guests, numbering 300 These included
the officers Of the Chicago, Coils Gordo.
Kane and Ludlow; Gen. Viele, Gen.
Patrick Collins, the United States consul
general; Ma. Campbell Kane F. B.
Blake, formerly of the American navy;
B. f. Weeks, formerly of the American
army; Messrs. Roosevelt, Anderson,
Sowles and Brison, of the United States
embassy; English Admirals Commerell
Bair, Phillimore, Hopkins, Bridge,
Lorraine, Robinson, Morant, Kerr, Fan
Shave, Brandreth, Ward Tracey, Dale,
Church, Deraman, Dowell, Salmon,
Colomb, Cleveland, Northland. Boys and
McClintock, Gems. Grant, Goodenough,
and Chesney, Lord Napier, Sir Donald
Currie, Curan Doyle. Lord Linden, Sir
Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. Lord Wolverton,
Sir Charles Dixie and Sir George Baden
Powell, Both inside the hall and along
the approaches large numbers of blue
jackets and Royal Marine Light Infantry
were on duty,