Temperance > Autobiography and personal recollections of John B. Gough

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warm friends,—even more than with the glorious rock of
Dunedin, or the couchant lion of Arthur’s Seat. As I
turn over my scrap-books, containing notices, more than
would fill ten volumes like this,—good, bad, and indiffer¬
ent, of my work, I am strongly tempted to make a few
more extracts from the journals of such cities as Edin¬
burgh, Glasgow, Manchester, and the like; and I shall
probably yield to the temptation, at the risk of having
wrong motives imputed to me. My first lecture was given
in Edinburgh on September 1st. The chairman of the
meeting was Duncan McLaren, the Lord Provost of Edin¬
burgh, and the Scottish Press devoted a large space to a
criticism and report. The Edinburgh News, the Constitu¬
tional, and other papers, contained very full accounts.
From Edinburgh we proceeded to Liverpool, and spent a
week with Mr. Harrison; from thence to London, to at¬
tend a temperance fSte at Surrey Gardens on the 12th.
The London Illustrated News presented its readers with a
graphic engraving of the procession, and thus spoke of
it:—
“By half-past eleven—the hour fixed for starting—there were
many thousands of persons assembled, the parties being con¬
veyed in vehicles of every character and description, from the
aristocratic four-in-hand barouche, and the four-wheeled phaeton,
down to the more humble pleasure-van and cart,—the vans deco¬
rated with banners and evergreens. The number of vehicles
amounted to several hundred. The ladies wore favours of various
colours; but that prevailing was white, with a virgin white arti¬
ficial rose; and judging from the number in requisition, the
artificial flower-makers must have reaped a profitable harvest.
The gentlemen were decorated with a rose. The procession was
formed at twelve o’clock, and started, headed by immense
numbers of children with flags, followed by the adult members
of the various societies, with their banners and bands of music;