The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-01 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, OLYMPIC.

Tim EVENING, at 7, SL A SHER & CRASHER: Messrs A tkins,
Tanghan, G. Vincent, &c.: Miss Lennox Grey, and Mrs Caulfield.
After which at 7.45, THE YELLOW PASSPORT : Messrs. H
Ne ille, G. Vincent, E. Atkins, H. Vaughan, H. Cooper, and H.
Wigan ; Meadow., Furtado, Lennox Grey, and Caulfield

ROYALTY THEATRE.
Tinder the Management of Miss It Oliver.

TnTs EVENING, at 7.30, A.' LOVIN4; CUP. Mr. Dewar, Miss
M. Oliver. To he followed by CLAUDE DUVAL; Mr. Dewar,
&c. To conclude with EVERYBODY'S HUSBAND•

'PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL TIIF.ATRE.
Under the Mpmrteement of MiSR Marie Wilton

Tnis EVENING, SCHOOL: Mossrs. Hare, H. J. Montague,
Addison. Glover. and Bancroft: Mrs. Buckingham. Whlte, Miss
V. Addison, and Miss ,r_rie Wilt: n. After which, A WINNING
H.AZARI.... And INTRIGUE.

CHRISTY MINSTRELS. St. James's nail, Every Night, at 8
Weilnesdays and ••'a.tt:rdays, at 3 and S all the year round.

ROYAL AL riAIIIBIU PALACE. THREE BALLETS.
Promenade Concert.. Band of GO. Begin at 8. ls. Box-office
open from 11 to 4.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regerre-paik, OPEN daily (ex-
cept Sundays). Admission, ls.; on Mondays, 6d.; Children
under twelve, ("1.

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LONDOA', MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1869.

Some interest naturally attaches to' the proceed-
ings of the: new Lord-Lieutenant. The Viceregal
office, although often spoken of as a sinecure, involves
serious responsibilities. The necessity for its existence
might be superseded, but while it does exist the
nobleman who fills it occupies a post of no light
weight and importance. the is closely watched by

contending factions, by two strong parties in religion

and in poli:ies, who are each eager to con--true his
lightest word and action into some special signifi-
cance. He is painfully conscious of the unpleasant-
ness that may arise from appearing to favour one
particular branch of the commuhity, and while.he is
anxious to conciliate all and offend none, he is
callnd upon to give a decided answer to a whole host
of unreasonable appeals and petitions. Ile has to
ingratiate himself with a p ople who are probably
strangers to him, and yet he must go over
the old beaten ground, .which so many Lord-Lieu-
tenants have trodden before him, that it is actually
impossible ts put the old thoughts and congratula-
tims into new words. Lord SPENCER has as yet
been very successful in his manner of discharging the
somewhat embarrassing duties of his new office, and
on Thursday evening he was fortunate in his subject.
The Royal Dublin Society and the School of Art
offered a haven of repose to the statesman wearied
with suggestions about disestablishment and re-esta-
blishment, about the dangers of Popery, and- the
cruelties of Orangemen; with plans for adjusting the
question of tenant-right, and of reconciling all pos-
sible differences between tenant and landlord; with
proposals to be forthwith transmitted to Downing-
street respecting the assistance to be shown to Irish
railways, the facilities to be given to emigration, and
the countenance which ought to be afforded to Irish
manufactures. At least, on matters of art and study,
the Lord-Lieutenant might speak freely, follow-
ing only the dictates of his own taste and judg-
ment, seeking only to clothe a plain and straight-
forward meaning in fitting worts. There was nothing
in the, crowded theatre to awake the echoes of pos-
sible discord, to arouse the memories of traditional
hate and feudal animosities. Men can agree to differ
about art if they must wage deadly war over the
pi inciples of primary education ; a student may be
rejected at the examination without the too stern
examiner being found lifeless by the wayside. And so,
forgetting Fenianis:n, and pitting on one side the
angry questions which surged outside the walls of
the School of Art. Earl SPENCER on Thursday spoke
freely on those p 'juts on which all interests are iden-
tical, all sympathies are common.
The school itself is not unworthy of especial no-
tice. It has already proved how great is the na-
tional aptitude of the quick witted, quick feeling
Irish people for art in all its branches. The Dublin
School of Art has held its own against the competi-
tion of the whole United Kingdom, and now holds
a rank only second to that of the great metropo-
lis, although its standard of merit is more elevated
than many. The flue arts schools in connection
with the Royal Society have been in existence
for 140 years, and have sent forth artists like SIIEE,
DANBY, and FOLEY. The secretary of the school,
with natural pride, informal the Lord-Lieutenant
that the Dublin school stood actually the first in the
kingdom in the proportion of its awards to the num-
ber of its pupils. The South Kensington school
with 992 pupils, possessing, moreover, great advan-
taz;,:_,l, had carried off 17 national awards. Dublin
had obtained 11, Edinburgh 9, and others obtained
a lesser number. In the proportion of prizes to the
number of scholars, the list stood as follows :—Bir-
mingham 1, for 202; South Kensington 1, for 58 ;
Edinburgh 1, for 65 ; and Dublin 1, for 39.
Earl SPENCER, in his speech, referred tothis gratify-
ing fact, and also to the circumstance that the teacher
belonging to the Society has gained the second place
among the teachers of all England for the success of
his instruction. Another point which attracted Lord
SPENCER'S notice was the success which has
happily attended the designs connected with the
staple manufactures of the country. There could
hardly, as his lordship remarked, be a more impor-
tant object than the improvement of the designs
connected with their manufactures. 'The capabilities
'Of Ireland.havr never yet been fully developed, and
the more that native talent can be devoted to the
cultivation of the national resources, the better it
will, be for all parties. Lord SPENCER was very
happy in his remarks upon the influence of art in
educating a country. " Many have not time," ob-
served the Lord-Lieutenant, " to read long writings
on history, but they may possibly see the works of
painters or of sculptors. Many of us are familiar
with the death of "%You}..}, through the fine picture
which came from the hand of Wr...Z. We are re-
winded of Trafalgar by th 3 noble work of STAICS-
FELD. Our rulers, our statesmen, our patriots, our

soldiers, are recalled . to us through the canvas c:
ITU:A;EIN, Dyer, KNE LLER, GAINSBOLC;:cIT, and
ItErse:.Ds, and through the chisel of CHANTER 1."
The Lord-Lieutenant, in the course of his ad-
dress, expresA his belie' that the qualities belonging
to the Irish people were s:ngulc,rly propitious
to thedevelopment of hlgl- art. T:-..cy hal tile po-
etic imaginatiozi.anJ the wan:. heart which gave the
extended symr,:tl;:i.es ir.6.ls)ensable to the true artist.
They had, 00, ti :z the boau,iful, which is his

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