New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-09
BAD NEWS FROM BERLIN.
RITTER COMMENTS on THE EIGHTY CLUBS
DINNER TO MIR. PARNELL.

Mn CHAMBERLAIN TO VISIT SIR w. HARcoURr-
SPLENDID SUCCESS or MEssRs. HALLE AND
cARRs NEW GALLERY-NoTABLE PlcT'
rrrs TO DE SEEN THERE-THE ACADEMY ]
p1NNER-PoLITICAL PARTIRs-MR
GLADSTONE'S HEALTH
rnY CABLE TO THE TRIEUNE.l
co,,,tont, 1888; Bp The Neie- York Tribune.
roypox May S-The news from Berlin Is again
ca very grave that the end is believed to be near
The bulletins as usual tell but small part OF the
nth Private telegraps to London since Sunday
aoscribe the Emperor sinking rapidly. These
,a he too strongly worded, but IL is certain that
,he Queen thinks it doubtful whether tomorrow's
narinr Room can be held There was at one
.,onent some question of countermanding the visit
- the Prince a1d Princess of Wales to Glasgow
TIL. bitterness of politics may be seen in the
comments with which the Unionist journals usher
IN nights dinner TO Mr.. Parnell by the Eighty
Club All is repeated that Mr. Gladstone ever
.oid-and he has said much-in ccnsure upon MI
parneil as the leader of a movement resting upon
crime and leading to plunder and disunion ana
.narcbv Yet Mr. Gladstone is not expected to
be present c,.,,,
.;s,ts Sir William IIarcourt ut his country place.
Ivndbutst, in New Forest, but all speculations
hased IN the visit are valueless. Mr.. Chamberlain
uoo from, Saturday to Monday only, and no politics
vi he talked, still less any negotiations entered
upon
The new Gallery is more than success IL is
q sensation. The gallery itself is like nothins
London has before seen. You walk IN, out OIL
the tumult of Regent-s:., and find
yourself in court with FOUNTAIN
flashing. and palms. shrubs and dowers
all about. The court is panelled with marbles
Of many hues, and overhung with gilded balconies
resting on the glded capitals of marble columns
With statues of bronze and of marble, medals ana
has reliefs at intervals Two large, airy and we'll
lighted galleries lead from this court and IN them
arr some of the most admirable pictures yet seen
In London.
Mr. Burne Jones sends three, beautiful IN draw
ing and lustrous in color; characteristic examples
of art which may be met with alteration or nos
tility but never with indifference. Mr. Alma
Tadema has sketch of his Academy picture
better on the whole than the completed work
He has another small work more delightful than
either finished like gem, full OF grace ana DILL
iancy Mr.. Herkomcr, who has seven pictures IN
the Academy, has five here, Of which portraits
Of Julia, -.archioness of Tweeddale, and of Mr.
Alexander Macmillan the best Mr. Shannon s
portrait of Mrs Williamson still more decisively
than before indicates this young artists gifts as
painter of beautiful women Mr.. Watts sends
an Angel of Death" sombre pathetic and power
full. Sir John Millaiss Forlorn" is an expert
ment in color and feeling, daring than happy.
Mr.. Richmond's Mrs Andrew Lang shows what he
can do as plainly as his Academy Bismarck what he
cannot. Ie can paint pretty, clever face with
the stamp of distinction. Mr. Miet, the American
artist, here, as at the Academy shows how much
hoe in, pfar nd obpin
The portrait of Mr. John Morley, by Mr. Ward, an
artist heretofore little known. reveals him as a
pointer Of originality ana real ability in rendering
character.
Many other works are there of originality and
attractiveness. Critics agree that it is surpris-
ingly strong exhibition, rich in pictures remote
from the commonplace. To-day's private view
brought together company such as the Academy
itself has seldom collected. Much of what is
most beautiful and most distinguished in London
there to be seen. There was but one opinion.
Messrs. Carr and Halle, who conceived this
scheme Mr.. Robson, the architect who designed
the galleries, and the artists who have contributed
to them have all together conferred upon London
a new delight.
The Royal Academy Dinner differed in nothing
from the usual yearly course of such banquets
in dulness OF speeches. Lord Salisbury's
was the exception. Sir Frederick Leighton called
up everybody in honeyed phrases, not less finished
than his pictures The Academy, as usual recog-
nized the existence Of no paper but The Times"
admitting not even reporters from other journals.
Two Of them fitly retort by omitting all notice Of
the dinner.
Lady Hayter's party on Saturday evening in
Grosvenor Square, was by no means Home Rule
party exclusively. Yet had vote been taken in
her crimson silk drawing rooms Ireland would
have had Parliament there and then. Some OF
the London papers say that the company were ex-
pressly invited to meet Mr. and Mrs Gladstone.
That is an error. Most people knew that Mr..
Giadstone was dining there, but his name did not
appear on the cards of invitation to the party 1t
would have been most unusual had it been there.
The dinner-party, however, consisted entirely Of
Homo Rulers, with the exception of the American
Charge d Affairs and Mrs. White A diplomatist
has, Of course, no politics.
There are people in London who take the same
sort Of affectionate interesS in Mr. Gladstones
health that the Mugwumps do in Mr. Blaines.
Imagine their feelings when they beheld him drive
off at half past IL for DOLLS Hill in an open car
riagei
reception of stricter character was that
given by Lord and Lady Ripon in Carlton Gardens
last night to the Women's Liberal Federation This
Federation is a kind Of Liberal Primrose League
II must, l suppose, be admitted that women are
more and more concerning themselves with the
practical business of politics, and Liberal women
could hardly refuse the challenge which the ex-
stence and success Of the Primrose League offered
them. Lady Rosebery, too, gives them a tea
party at her new house in Berkley Square, re.
turning from Glasgow in time for this function
which also is TO be political IN character but only
because it is a political body to whom this
hospitality is offered. G. w. S.
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