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United States. General Grant is the third ex-President he has entertained at his house. Lord Napier of Magdala, the commander at Gibraltar, had telegraphed to Cadiz, asking the General to dinner on the evening of his arrival. At seven o'clock the General and Mrs. Grant, accompanied by the Consul, went to the palace of the Governor, called the Convent, and were received in the most hospitable manner by Lord Napier. His lordship had expressed a great desire to meet General Grant, and relations of courtesy had passed between them before, Lord Napier, who commanded the expeditionary force in Abyssinia, having sent General Grant King Theodore's Bible. The visit to Gibraltar may be summed up in a series of dinners-first, at the Governor's palace; second, with the mess of the Royal Artillery; again, at the Consul's. Then there were one or two private and informal dinners at Lord Napier's, and, in fact, most of General Grant's time at Gibraltar was spent in the company of this distinguished commander -a stroll round the batteries, a ride over the hills, a gallop along the beach, a review of troops, and taking part in a sham battle. Lord Napier was anxious to show General Grant his troops, and although, as those who know General Grant can testify, he has a special aversion to military display, he spent an afternoon in witnessing a march past of the British garrison, and afterwards a sham battle. It was a beautiful day for the manœuvres. General Grant rode to the field accompanied by Lord Napier, General Conolly, and others of the staff. Mrs. Grant, accompanied by the Consul and the ladies of the Consul's family, followed and took up her station by the reviewing post. The English bands all played American airs out of compliment to the General, and the review was given in his honor. Lord Napier was exceedingly pleased with the troops, and said to General Grant he supposed they were on their best

behavior, as he had never seen them do so well. The General examined them very closely, and said that he did not see how their discipline could be improved. "I have seen," said the General, "most of the troops of Europe; they all seemed good. I liked the Germans very much, and the Spaniards only wanted good officers, so far as I could see, to bring them up to the highest standard; but these have something about them-I suppose it is their Saxon blood-which none of the rest possess; they have the swing of conquest."

The General would have liked to have remained at Gibraltar longer, but there is nothing in the town beyond the garrison. I suppose his real attraction to the place was the pleasure he found in Lord Napier's society and again coming in contact with English ways and customs after having been so long with the stranger. Gibraltar is a military despotism tempered by smuggling. Held in spite of Spain by a foreign Power, without any dependence upon the Power which governs it except that of a soldier who obeys his general, without municipal pride, Gibraltar seems to be a refuge for all kinds of characters and adventurers, and depends for its support on two industriesfirst, the industry of supplying the wants of the garrison, and, second, that of smuggling tobacco into Spain. You will have observed from the debates in the Spanish Cortes that Spain complains bitterly that this smuggling costs their treasury several millions of dollars a year, and they ask England to prevent this. But one of the Spanish officials told us in Gibraltar that the main trouble about this smuggling was the cupidity of the Spanish officials themselves. There seems to be no reason why England should build and support custom-houses for Spain, and there was a panic among some of the merchants at the bare possibility of custom-houses being established. On the other hand,

the fair view of the subject you take is that if England holds Spanish territory for her own imperial purposes she should, as an act of kindness to a friendly nation, see that that possession does not interfere with Spanish prosperity.

At the present time, however, the question of the right of occupation of Gibraltar becomes one of additional interest. Sultan Muley Hassan, of Morocco, has just succeeded in putting down a troublesome rebellion in his kingdom. His army is encamped near Rabat, and thirty-four decapitated heads of the Berber insurgents adorn the walls of the city, But under cover of dealing with the insurgents, Sultan Muley Hassan has been very busy in importing arms and ammunition, in doing which England has been assisting him to the best of her ability. Moroccan soldiers have been drilled at Gibraltar, English officers have taken service in the Sultan's army, and a number of fortified places, more especially Tangier, have been strengthened by English engineers and English cannon of large calibre. So at least say the Spanish papers and the Paris Moniteur, although the English Chancellor ridicules the soft insinuation. But the assertions are doubtless true, and the reasons for accepting them are not to be looked for far away. Spain has a standing grievance against England. Castelar, speaking very recently, recalled to the minds of his countrymen the fact that Spanish soil was still in the hands of the foreigner. There appears to the Spaniard only one way of getting the Rock from England, and that is by annexing Morocco. The idea is not a bad one. Morocco is the provision chamber for Gibraltar, and if Spain were to annex that boundary, England's great Mediterranean fortress would be neutralized, and her highway to India would be threatened. England knows this very well; and Sultan Muley Hassan knows that in England's fear of Spain's acquiring his land, lies his only hope of independent existence. So he is con

tent to allow the English Ambassador at his court to be popularly styled and to act as the "Vice-Emperor of Morocco." Spain, again, has always considered that Morocco sooner or later must belong to her, either as a province or a colony. She had temporary possession of the land after the war of 1859-60, and since then has had constant disagreements with her African neighbor. A year ago, when a Spanish consular agent was murdered at Tehuan, war was only avoided by a humble apology on the part of the Sultan, and the mediation of England. The Spanish papers and people demanded war at that time, and they are equally clamorous for it now. The result, unless England were to assist Sultan Muley Hassan, would prove disastrous to the Moroccans. If Spain is successful in finding a casus belli with Morocco, she will have the cards pretty well in her own hands. By declaring war she must compel England to active support of the Sultan, in order that the importance of Gibraltar shall not be diminished. If England refuse to assist Sultan Muley, Spain will find the conquest of Morocco an easy matter, and then with Morocco in her hands she can offer to exchange it for the Rock. Spanish national pride would then no longer be hurt by foreign occupation of her soil, and England would not have to give up the key to the Mediterranean and her highway to India. At any rate, events in Morocco are worthy of some attention.

CHAPTER XXIX.

EN ROUTE FOR IRELAND-ARRIVAL AT DUBLIN - -RECEPTION BY THE LORD MAYOR

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- THE REASONS GIVEN GENERAL SHERMAN SPEAKS-A VISIT TO LONDONDERRY-THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY - DINING WITH THE MAYOR SEEING THE SIGHTS-RECEPTION AT BELFAST-BACK TO DUBLIN - -FAREWELL SCENES-OFF FOR LONDON · PARIS- RECEPTION GIVEN BY THE AMERICAN LEGATION-PREPARING TO START FOR INDIA· THE PARTY FAREWELL TO EUROPE EN ROUTE FOR INDIA THE END OF THE EUROPEAN JOURNEY.

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From Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, General Grant and his party proceeded to Ireland, and reached Dublin on the 3d of January. Upon landing they were met by representatives of the city corporation, by whom they were warmly welcomed. They were at once driven to the Shelbourne Hotel, where the General prepared to meet the Lord Mayor at the City Hall. The city was full of strangers, and much enthusiasm was manifested when the General and his party left their hotel to drive to the Mansion House. On arriving at the Mayor's official residence, they were cheered by a large crowd that had gathered to greet the illustrious ex-President. The Lord Mayor, in presenting the freedom of the city, referred to the cordiality always existing between America and Ireland, and hoped that in America General Grant would do everything he could to help a people who sympathize with every Ameri

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