No. 213.
Mr. Drummond to Mr. Evarts.
Washington, January 13, 1879.
(Received January 14.)
Sir: Lord Salisbury has transmitted to Sir Edward
Thornton a copy of a dispatch from Her Majesty’s ambassador at Berlin upon
the subject of the funeral of Mr. Bayard Taylor, late United States minister
at the court of Berlin. As it may be of interest to the United States
Government to know the opinion of one of his former colleagues in respect to
the estimation in which he was held by all who knew him in Germany, I give
myself the pleasure of inclosing to you a copy Lord Odo Russell’s
dispatch.
I have the honor, &c.,
[Inclosure.]
Lord Odo Russell to
Lord Salisbury.
Berlin, December 22,
1878.
My Lord: The diplomatic body, including myself
and the other members of Her Majesty’s embassy, attended to-day the
funeral services for the late American minister, Mr. Bayard Taylor, at
the United States legation.
The ministers of state, von Billow and von Philipsborn, represented the
German Government. The Emperor sent his aide-de-camp, General Count
Scherdorff, and the Crown Prince, Colonel von Panvitz. There were,
besides, several distinguished representatives of the Reichstag and of
German literature and science. Almost all the Americans in Berlin were
present, and an impressive and eloquent oration was delivered by the
Rev. Mr. Thompson, followed by a speech from Berthold Auerbach, who had
been one of Mr. Bayard Taylor’s oldest friends in Germany.
His death has caused sincere regret to all who knew him or his works.
I have the honor, &c.,
