New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-27
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGIISHMAN'S NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS

AN ENGIISliNIANS NOTES on ENGLISH
TOPICS.
FROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIL TRlnrSh'
On Saturday London was like grave. The
shops shut in the fashionable quarter and seemed
AS If everybody who was at Windsor at the funeral OF
the Duke of Albany had mado on IN some Other drcc
ton The theatres with few exceptions closed, and
Grand lat night OF Mis-, Mary Anderson at the Iyceum
WAS blottcd out. Taking one consideration with an
other the clubs ought 20 have been full but they wero
not On sunday. however. London saw another sight
From thrco o'clock til six tho artistic quarters OF Ken
sinton aud st. Johns Wood were fun OF carriages
driving from studio TO another for IT was tho second
Show Sunday" that which the Royal AcadoHiciah7
and Associates display their pctures Tie studios OF Mr.
Marcus Stone Mr. Mais. Mr.. Ficdrs, MI. Val Prinsep
shorty TO marry pretty Miss Leyiand and MI Watts
were r OF people but perhaps the largest meeting was
NJ the house OF tho President Of the Royal Acad-
cny SIR Frederick Leighton. who received his guests
in velvet scke as usual and IA the funeral
tnnc assumed nv some artists not quite 80 orrirts
Around his superb picture OF CymOu and Iphigenia"
we're grouped about five O'Clock Lord and Lady Whan
ruae. Mr. watts sir Alsernon Borthwick and SIR and
the beautiful Mrs John Hare to whom a humorst pres
ont who had never presented TO her before but
who knew her husbands real nGmo AZ wei as the stage
name he has recently adopted for good aud all applied
the lines Of the Laureate. Only varied by cOns6nant
da lghter of the Gods dyinely tall and most dyinely
by Beauty draws with q donbic HIRE" Bonnie and
hlithe Mrs Kendall also present with MI Kendall Mr.
and Mr., Du Mauricr aud a host Of celebrities
epitou tldus was said of OF the oldest hands AT
Society Journalism by his fathers wife Yes clever fol
low! Iii, mother the best COOK cVei had"
The smashing" majority scored by the Government last
night has quito the heart ont of the Tories and
greatly hc!ued on tho complete decentralization and dis,
utcration OF Their party. Mr. Gladstone5 tremendous
ncco last week in which lie crushed poor sir stafford
NDrhcoo clearly exposed 10 tho T"c5 the LOpelo IN
competence Of their leader In tho Commons majority
Of 80 puts MI Gladstone IN stronger position IMAM
over for the time being but there not wanting signs
of an approaching breakup " the Liberal party lOi-
ton Of which might easl he brought 10 iust WIN the
Tories IL the latter wo'd cAhiht lltic common src
II may nhunAn TO snecaatG upon sIch plo,'M ,io
ines. but the f9os TolnHh tt nl 6 i' , .io
H. The death OF Mr.. Gladstone and That Of the Duke OF
Tryonshiro which would remove the Marquis Of HAT
iuon 10 tho House OF Lords would seriously AFFECT tue
future constitution - the Liberal party The choice OF
leader in Tie House % Commons would hen lie between
SIR charles Dllke and Mr. Chamberlain. The latter Of
those would undoubtedly aspire 10 lead N hc commons
also the rish party bloc II would then be found
impossible TO form durable Cabinet, and any scratch
Liberals and Tories, Of which union strong party
Ike the Peoitea OF days gone BY might not mpossiby be
formed.
am told at the last moment that II Mr. Edmund Yates
should after all. miss his point Of law he will be npris
Oncd rs hrst-class msdcmcansnt But lawyers. and
good ones ac divided III opinion On every part Of his
curious case.
At the studios on Show Sunday It was curious to find
how few people really know the story OF CymOn aud
lplhgcnia" the subject OF Sir Frederick IeightOn's
picture. This general ignorance would not cKist IL Is
npparenty classical title really what n seems t.
De- But IN this country arc qIite thrown out when
we leave the Greeks and Romans Germans and French
CynOn and Iphgcna " has nothing ~ do with Agamen-
mons daughter, from It's title one would infer,
il ono OF the early Italian stories told by BOconooo and
done into English by glorious John Dryden. IL
tolls of the son Prince OF Cyprus, who grow up
Kind of Leyantinc Tony LumpkiD creature gven
60 the rustic pursuits OF avulgar boor Ono Inoonlt
night lao finds beautiful princess asleep among her
rotnue and IL 40 stricken III the sight OF her and tho
conscousness OF his own uDwOrncss that he becomes
an intellectual person. sudiee hard wears fine Clothes
aud Is completely refined sud converted by The power
of love Those who do not 70 read the stn and Old
but very CHOICE Italian OF Boooaccio will md tho story
charmingly told IA Dryd0ns" Fables
regret 20 hear that Mr. Charles RoGdo ls dying Tho
last time dned with him ho drauh very little Imperial
TOksy but that little with kooH sens" OF d' snc pro
prioty, out Of golden 0uyA