Delaware gazette and state journal., 1895-12-05
DUNDEES HONORS TO BAYARD
Details OF the Ambassadors
Interesting Visit.
OPENING OF THE ART EXHIBITION
Mr.. 5ayard Given the Freedom
RN of the City.
lu Reply He Makes an Admirable Address
upon International Coinity--An INTEREST
iin Occasion Upon the Opening of the Art
ExhibitIonin in Dundee. .t

iin Occasion Upon the Opening of the Art
Exhibition in Dundee. SIX
Dundee, scotland, Advertiser, November i4th.
His Excellency the Hon. Thomas f.
Bayard, American Ambassador to this
country, had busy day in Dundee
yesterday. The occasion of his coming
north to open the exhibition of oil and
water.color paintings in the Victoria
Art Galleries was taken advantage of
by the municipality to confer upon
him the freedom Of the city. This
ceremonial, which was the first of
series of interesting events, took place
in the Town Hall at IL o'clock. Over
200 representative ladies and gentlemen
were present, and impressiveness was
lent to the function by the presence of
the magistrates in their gorgeous robes
of Office, of the members of the Town
Council, and of many ladies and gentle
men. Mr.. Bayard and Mrs. Bayard.
who Were accompanied by the Earl of
Camperdown and lady Abercromby,
drove from Camper6own House and ar
rived at the Town House Buildings
shortly before II o'clock. They were
received in the corridor by Lord Pro-
voet Sir James Low and the other
municipal dignitaries, and thereafter
a procession, headed by the city officers
carrying their halberts, marched form
the Lord Provost's chambers to the
Town Hall. The Lord Provost presided.
and the platform company included, in
addition to those already named, the
Countess of Northesk, Mrs. Baillie,
Lady Low, Mr.. and Mrs. Ogilvy Dal-
gleish, the Rev. DIR. Graham, Enrol !;
and Sir Thomas Thornton, the town
clerk. The proceedings occupied about
three-quarters of an hour. A short adj
dress was delivered by the Lord Pro-
vost, and thereafter the burgess ticket,
enclosed in beautiful silver casket,
was handed to Mr. Bayard. His Ex-
cellency acknowledged the gift in a
speech, the keynote of which was in
tornational amity. At the opening of
the exhibition, which took place in the
Albert Hall, there was very large
attendance Of ladies and gentlemen.
Here the proceedings were presided over
by Provost Orchar, and Mr.. Bayard
in declaring the exhibition open, de-
livered an instructive and appropriate
speech on the influence and educative
effect of art. Afterwards the party in
spected the collection of paintings,
and at half-past one Mr.. Bayard was
entertained at luncheon in the Queen y
Hotel by Mr.. j. NJ. Savage, the Amer
lean consul at Dundee. At the same
hour similar entertainment took
place in the Royal British Hotel in
connection with the exhibition. Again
at 3 o'clock his Excellency met the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce in the Royal Exchange, and de-
livered a speech. A reception followed
in the Queens Hotel, the days pro-
ceedlngs concluding about half-past
five, when Mr.. Bayard and the rest of
the Camperdown party returned to
Camperdown House. Everything
passed off successfully, and the ar
rangements were most complete.
At the ceremonial in the Town Hall,
the Lord Provost, Sir James Low, pre-
sided, and presented to Ambassador
Bayard the burgess ticket, which
Sir. Thomas Thornton read, as follows
At Dundee, and within the Council Cham ber
there on Friday, the eighth day of
November, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nnety-tive-
Which day Lord Provost, Magistrates,
and Town Council of the city and Royal
burgh Of Dundee, being convened, and hav.
ing the locked book of burgesses of the said
city and Royal burgh open before them, did
and hereby do confer the freedom of the
said city and Royal burgh Of Dundee, of the
first class. with all and Sundry liberties,
privileges, and immunities thereto belong
ing, upon his EXcellency the Honorable
| Thomas Francis Bayard. Ambassador of the
| United States of America to Her Majesty
the Queen, in recognition Of his eminent
| services to peace and commercial intercourse
| between Great Britain and the United
/ nf lta fnh agta
and warm friendship entertained by the
| citizens Of Dundee for the American people.
What IS above written is the record of the
| creation and admission of his Excellency
| the Honourable Thomas Francis Buyard,
| Ambassador of the United of America to
! Her Majesty the Queen. as a burgess of the
| said city and Royal burgh, and this folio is
| signed by the Lord Provost being the Chair
man of the meeting of Council at which the
creation and admission was made in name
| and by authority thereof, and also by the
| Town Clerk.
The Lord Provost--I have much
pleasure in presenting you, Mr.
| Bayard, with this casket, in which
has been enclosed the burgess ticket
you have Just heard read. trust you
may be long spared TO your country,
and l trust. also, you may be long
resident in the United Kingdom. Let
| iIo NElG'llHt Nbu db lub youngest Dur
CESS of Dundee. Loud applause.
PROFOUNDLY SENSIBLE OF THE HONOR.
Mr., Bayard, who was cordially re.
ceived, said-My Lord Provost, and
you, gentlemen, the dignitaries of this
ancient and honorable city, and you,
ladies and gentlemen, so fortunate as
to be resident in il, l beg you to be.
lieve am profoundly sensible of the
meaning of the honor now bestowed
upon me as the representative of my
country. My reply must be unpre.
meditated, and it shall come to you,
assure you, with all the simplicity oi
sincerity. Applause. Believe me,
do not narrow this compliment and
this kindness to SO small an object az
myself or Of any poor deserts of mine,
measured with very generous hand,
as has been the short history of my
career at home in the service of my
country, and ending up to this time il
my services hero as her envoy. Never
theless, feel il will not do to restrict
or cramp the meaning of such cere
mnnial as this 10 the personal gratifica
tion Of an individual, however Erea
that qualification may be. Applause.
1t extends much further 1t mean
much more. 1t creates an atmosphere
Of comfy, of kindness between thos,
who are kindred people--we your kins
menlbeyond the sea, and your neare
kinsnen who inhabit this kingdom
with you. Applause. l may sal
that in the various functions | hav
undertaken in life in the way of pub
lie service none has ever been so CRATE
full to me as to represent the comita
pentium--the International comfy he