New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-15
LORD COLERiDGE TO VISIT AMERICA.

THE ,opD cUEF JJsIICE OF ENGLAND As THE
CHEST OF THE NETWORK STATE BAR AssoCIA-
TIoN-AN AFTER DINNER SPEECH AT EXETER
Lord Colerdge, Lord Chef Justice OF Eng
land purposes to visit the United states next
summer. n. the guest Of the Bar Association
of the State OF New-York Lord Coleridge is
the next in legal digntes and honors
after England's Lord Chancellor. and his coming Is
looked forward with interest by the members OF
the New-York bar by whom he ia known, by reputation
at least only shining light In the law but also
most entertaining conversatIOnast and charming alter
dinner speaker Not long at luncheon which fol-
lowed the laying the foundation stone of the exten
sion OF the Albert Museum at Exeter Lord Colerdge
proposed toast with speech IN the introduction Of
which he blended q style OF graceful pleasantly with
serious thoughts. Here Is q part Off
The toast have to propose is Prosperity to the Al
bert Museum" Prosperity TO the Museum MEANS sup
pOse prosperity to those things with wcn the Museum
Is which the kno "ledGe OF the uni
representation Of the y9ie OF the gTeeon waoa can
be seen ana " SapsOe Oei yerv
Significance contains all that the best and abest men
Of all haes ana al ages nave ever though. ana sad.
dealt with an afterluncheon speech, especially by
Que who Tor the WGs part "nS S sceI6S 70 dea T9
notning. because L have mover learnt any
s1 na pretty we'll ali
little bits Of Information OF scientific knd which IN tho
practice Of my essOn for purposes temporary, but
In respects not wholly Improbable laushter &c
duty time to time 70 eudeaYOr To master
In Art may say tnat my honorable friend Slr j.
Kennaway) and l belong TO the came party-snd
/ delighted 10 find myself In agreement on any suO-
iect, confess myself to DO IN Art hopeless
Tory lLtnghterl did not learn 10 love Turner, as
Turner nimsrl had made 2l50.000 before Dir. Ruskin
haC written q singe sylabie; therefore did not
Learn to admire him from Ruskln; aud | continue TO
admire Sir Joshua Reynolds aud FaKman In spite
o. him In regard to Literature am in a still worse
case. be- 1 remember well IN tins city standing up
for Greek aud exposing myself TO the serious shakes OF
the head OF my supporters and to those
literary amenities to winch persons VINO repre-.
STOOD up for Greek, aud found 1t uniyers ally
condemned by all tine uead masters OF he schools
As am tOd IL retains haif-anlnIte existence
rather its youth tnan It's beauty and am reminded
whether truly not | cannot Fay-who, when do
Chancellor OF oxford. aud wanting 10 make
Latin speech. appealed TO Sir Henry Hal
ford, tne leading physician OF the day,
for he SAID be he know Latin because he had
10 write prescriptions" Laughter suppose, there
fOre mat hgnt We must view Laun as still PEE
serving "A OF scni-mutantus existence And In Eng
lisn these guides my nave discovered that Walter
scott Is Trivial duh, Wordsworth puerilc, Gray
somewhat artificial, Milton is JnOnght pOnp0us ana
Co per ia thin, trivial and commonplace Well. laGes
ana gentlemen.
The Old order chsngeth yielding place to new;
And God fulnls hiinsef III ma ways
Lest one good Custom suodld corrupt the world
1t is because talnk 10 In these tnat ad
most heartily sucn an Institution rs understand
this Museum to be. IL would DO narrow pedantry 20
suppose because tue old sas undoubtedly It was
good the may also be good, pcrna even more
good. [" Hear! Hearl"l Ii would De ABSURD 10 sup
pose thot all the muiItudes OF forms Of Art, although
tHey have been noby handled by the great
have gone before, have been exhausted Dy Iue. Tho
slignrs reflection reinus us Of this-the literature
Carlyle, Browning, IennysOn, iAttnew Arnold aud Car
dinal Newman SLOWS that the riches the English lau
suaSe exhausted ana that It's are SIN
unfathomed. iAppause